fix(ci): three CI blockers — dead rsr-antipattern ref, K9 pedigree gap

.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml

@@ -92,6 +92,28 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: '.'
           strict: 'false'
+          # Local override of the action's default paths-ignore, pending
+          # hyperpolymath/k9-ecosystem#<TBD> (adds the same three entries to
+          # the action's own default so wrapper repos won't need this
+          # override once that PR merges and this pin is refreshed).
+          # coordination.k9 / session/custom-checks.k9 are the estate-standard
+          # session-management coordination bindings (plain YAML, unrelated
+          # to K9 pedigree contracts). methodology-guard.k9.ncl is a K9
+          # *validator definition*, not a pedigree target. None of the three
+          # were ever meant to satisfy the K9!/pedigree schema this action
+          # checks for.
+          paths-ignore: |
+            vendor/
+            vendored/
+            verified-container-spec/
+            .audittraining/
+            integration/fixtures/
+            test/fixtures/
+            tests/fixtures/
+            absolute-zero/
+            coordination.k9
+            session/custom-checks.k9
+            self-validating/methodology-guard.k9.ncl
 
       - name: Write summary
         run: |

container/deploy.k9.ncl

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+K9!
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 # deploy.k9.ncl — bitfuckit deployment component (Hunt level)
 #
@@ -143,7 +144,16 @@ echo "K9: Rollback complete."
 
 # Export the component
 {
-  pedigree = component_pedigree,
+  # Re-exposed inline (in addition to the let-bound component_pedigree
+  # above) so the K9 validator's line-based scanner — which looks for a
+  # literal `pedigree = { ... name = ...; version = ...; leash = ... }`
+  # block rather than evaluating Nickel — can see the required fields
+  # without having to resolve the let-binding indirection.
+  pedigree = component_pedigree & {
+    name = "bitfuckit-deploy",
+    version = "0.1.0",
+    leash = 'Hunt,
+  },
   deployment = deployment,
   scripts = scripts,