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+# Provenance
+
+## Source Evidence
+
+- Gitea description: ever want your own housing site? to charge payments. 
+- Default branch: main
+- Detected language: TypeScript
+- Visibility: Public
+- Topics: readiness, software, stewarded
+- No mapped local source directory was found; details are based on the Gitea tree.
+- Visible project files beyond stewardship docs: 39
+
+## Imported Or Generated Content Signals
+
+| Signal | Detail |
+|---|---|
+| package.json | name=sacred-villas; scripts=dev, dev:client, dev:api, build, lint, preview; deps=@stripe/react-stripe-js, @stripe/stripe-js, cors, dotenv, express, framer-motion, react, react-dom, react-router-dom, stripe |
+| 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
+
+- No provenance unknowns were inferred from inspected evidence.