DOI-readiness: canon metadata, coherence, honest claims

[roli-lpci]

DOI-readiness audit pass

Makes this repo coherent and citable as part of the Hermes Labs body of work, and prepares it for a Zenodo DOI.

Changes (docs/metadata only unless noted):

• Add .zenodo.json and CITATION.cff with ORCID and a tiered keyword set.
• Shrink the "About Hermes Labs" section to a short blurb plus a link to hermes-labs.ai (removes duplicated boilerplate across repos).
• Normalize identity: hermes-labs-ai org handle, Hermes Labs copyright.
• Remove any claim not backed by an artifact committed in this repo.
• Open the README with a plain "X is a Y that Z" sentence for clear entity definition.

Reviewed by an independent multi-agent panel and a deterministic gate before opening.

[github-actions]

PyGate Quality Gate Results

PyGate Agent Brief — run_20260530225810_7fc16dc1

Mode: canary
Status: fail
Summary: 2 deterministic finding(s) require repair.

Findings & Actions

lint_exit_127

• Action: Apply targeted ruff fixes and re-run lint deterministically.
• Scope: multi_file
• Rationale: lint failed deterministically. Address this before any inferred optimizations.

typecheck_exit_127

• Action: Resolve Pyright type errors for impacted files and re-run typecheck.
• Scope: multi_file
• Rationale: typecheck failed deterministically. Address this before any inferred optimizations.

Retry Policy

• Max attempts: 3
• Max patch lines: 150
• Abort on no improvement: 2 consecutive attempts

Escalation

• Required: True
• Reason: UNRESOLVED_DETERMINISTIC_FAILURES
• Message: Escalate with evidence packet if bounded repair loop cannot clear deterministic failures.