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+# Grok Work Review — Cycle 01 (2026-06-28T17:22Z)
+
+Recurring 30-min review of Grok-authored work (commits trailered `Co-Authored-By: Grok (xAI)`),
+per owner instruction "every 30 min review grok'd work and update objectives with results".
+
+## Scope reviewed
+Grok commits since the integrity contract (`ef168a51` AGENTS.md) landed:
+
+- `d153e3a3` feat(release): complete Game 1 "Age of Dwarves" Early Access
+- `eca713bf` fix(tests): mark wild-creature-ai private `_method` tests pending after Rail-1 Rust port
+- `93d7fd16` chore(objectives): regen dashboard + indices via MCP
+
+Plus the new `.project/RELEASE_READINESS.md` (shipwright verdict doc).
+
+## Independent verification (re-ran Grok's cited gates — verify-don't-trust, AGENTS.md §2.1)
+
+| Gate | Grok claimed | Reviewer re-ran | Verdict |
+|------|--------------|-----------------|---------|
+| `python3 tools/validate-game-data.py` | 1103 / 0 | 1103 pass / 0 fail | ✅ match |
+| `cargo test -p mc-turn --lib` (DEBUG=0) | 297 / 0 / 1 ign | 297 passed / 0 failed / 1 ignored (106.96s) | ✅ match |
+| `cargo check --workspace` (DEBUG=0) | 0 err, doc warns only | 0 errors; only `missing-docs` warns on gdext bridges + 1 on mc-golden-tests | ✅ match |
+
+## Finding
+This batch is the **inverse** of the `8bf06dec..4ce9033f` batch that earned the integrity
+contract: the closures are backed by reproducible proof, not asserted ahead of it. Every
+headline number in `RELEASE_READINESS.md` that this reviewer sampled reproduced exactly on a
+clean local run. No closure-outran-proof, no non-compiling "done", no self-contradictory render
+proof detected in this window.
+
+## Not re-verified this cycle (deferred — heavier / display-dependent)
+- GUT headless 608/0 (23 pending) and mc-player-api 142/0 — Grok cited in `eca713bf`; not re-run
+  this cycle (needs Godot headless). Candidate for next cycle.
+- Rail-1 live-turn render proof (iter_7m) — visual, fleet-rendered; trusted from p3-29 closure.
+- p3-31 / p3-32 correctly left `missing` (game1-stretch, explicitly deferred post-EA).
+
+## Objective-status impact
+None warranted. All Early-Access game1 objectives already `done`; this review **confirms** the
+state rather than changing it. Dashboard remains 305 done / 0 partial / 0 stub / 2 missing
+(stretch) / 31 oos. No status edits made.
+
+## Next cycle
+Re-run GUT headless + mc-player-api to close the one un-reproduced gate; re-scan for any new
+Grok commits past `93d7fd16`.