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 ### Keeper Decision
 
 Do not create verified releases or enable branch protection yet. Real CI and branch rules should follow after the remaining secret review, license/provenance resolution, and binary artifact cleanup.
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+## Placeholder And Junk Cleanup: 2026-05-20
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+After review, the forge still had too much scaffolding and too many placeholder shells. Cleanup actions:
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+- Archived 13 public repos that had no real project files beyond stewardship/README shell content:
+  `4-way-handshake`, `4-way-handshake-2`, `4-way-handshake-3`, `MONEYTOOLS`, `brute-rat`, `capture-kali`, `car-fob-killer`, `carding-git-easyCarding`, `dead-rat`, `jammerremix`, `nrf24-jammer-2.4ghz-boosted`, `pn532final`, `wifi--killer`.
+- Removed tracked macOS AppleDouble sidecar files and clangd `.cache` index files from:
+  `ai-girlfriend`, `esp32c5-workspace`, `nfc-pn532-warlord`, `p4-bridge`, `p4-gemini-chatbot`.
+- Added ignore rules for `._*` and clangd cache paths in the same cleaned repos.
+- Verified the affected remotes no longer track those sidecar/cache files.
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+Keeper decision: inactive shells should be archived, not polished. Real work now belongs on repos with source, manifests, or confirmed local project content.