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+# Provenance
+
+## Source Evidence
+
+- Gitea description: Hardware/firmware project with documented setup, provenance, and release hygiene.
+- Default branch: main
+- Detected language: Markdown
+- Visibility: Public
+- Topics: firmware, hardware, readiness, stewarded
+- No mapped local source directory was found; details are based on the Gitea tree.
+- Visible project files beyond stewardship docs: 0
+
+## Imported Or Generated Content Signals
+
+| Signal | Detail |
+|---|---|
+| 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 non-stewardship source files are visible yet; this repo may still be a placeholder or import shell.