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+# Provenance
+
+## Source Evidence
+
+- Gitea description: Maintained project with documented setup, stewardship notes, and release hygiene.
+- Default branch: main
+- Detected language: TypeScript
+- Visibility: Public
+- Topics: automation, readiness, stewarded
+- No mapped local source directory was found; details are based on the Gitea tree.
+- Visible project files beyond stewardship docs: 179
+
+## Imported Or Generated Content Signals
+
+| Signal | Detail |
+|---|---|
+| package.json | name=fundraising-platform; scripts=dev, dev:next, build, start, lint, postinstall, db:seed, db:migrate, test:integration, test:http; deps=@prisma/adapter-pg, @prisma/client, @stripe/react-stripe-js, @stripe/stripe-js, bcryptjs, clsx, framer-motion, next, next-auth, pg |
+| README files | README.md |
+
+## Required Provenance Work
+
+- Identify upstream source, if any.
+- Preserve third-party license and notice files.
+- Record copied code, generated files, and binary artifacts separately.
+- Record build toolchain, source commit, and checksums for release assets.
+- Resolve `LICENSE_STATUS.md` before adding a final `LICENSE`.
+
+## Unknowns
+
+- Repository description still needs a project-specific maintainer rewrite.