chore: complete contributor readiness follow-up

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Summary

• update public and maintainer documentation to reflect the completed npm namespace bootstrap, Trusted Publisher, protected environment, and Dependency Graph setup
• keep the first supported npm publication explicitly dormant behind NPM_PUBLISH_ENABLED=false
• distinguish the published 0.0.0 bootstrap placeholder from a supported release
• fix the README's visible escaped newline
• make the Smart Contract template test keep its Node-only assertions on every machine while running cargo metadata only when Cargo is available

Refs #88.

Related Issue

Refs #88; this does not close REL-001 because the first approved protected OIDC publication is still outstanding.

Scope

This is a maintainer contributor-readiness follow-up. It does not enable npm publication, change package metadata, alter runtime behavior, or activate additional Wave issues.

Testing

• Clean npm ci --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-fund
• npm run typecheck
• npm run lint
• npm run format:check
• npm test — 155 passed, 1 Cargo-only validation skipped because Cargo is absent
• npm run build
• npm run release:dry-run
• Existing relevant tests pass
• Lint/type/build checks pass

Security Impact

• No security-sensitive runtime behavior is changed
• Security-sensitive behavior is changed and explained below

Security notes: release documentation preserves tokenless OIDC publishing, protected-environment approval, and the disabled publication kill switch.

Release Impact

• No published/user-visible CLI behavior change

• Patch

• Minor

• Breaking/pre-1.0 contract change

• Changeset included where required

• Changeset not required; test and documentation maintenance only

Release notes: none.

Documentation

• Documentation updated where applicable
• No documentation change required

Checklist

• I stayed within the agreed maintainer scope
• I checked for overlapping open contributor PRs
• I did not include secrets or sensitive data
• No dependencies were added or updated
• I considered failure/error paths, not only the happy path
• I am not disclosing an unresolved vulnerability publicly

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Updated release and installation guidance to reflect completed npm namespace, Trusted Publishing, protected environment, and Dependency Graph setup.
  • Clarified that the 0.0.0 package is a bootstrap placeholder, while supported publication remains disabled pending approval and verification.
  • Documented the required first protected OIDC publication and provenance checks.

• Tests

  • Added optional Cargo metadata validation for the smart-contract template, with graceful skipping when Cargo is unavailable.

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Walkthrough

The documentation records completed npm namespace and Trusted Publisher setup while keeping OIDC publication disabled pending approval. Installation guidance distinguishes the 0.0.0 placeholder from supported releases. Smart-contract tests add conditional Cargo metadata validation.

Changes

Release readiness documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Release controls and activation status README.md, docs/adr/ADR-0003-release-and-versioning-strategy.md, docs/contributing/release-process.md, docs/roadmap/v1-readiness.md	The documentation records completed publication setup, the disabled NPM_PUBLISH_ENABLED state, and the remaining first-publication verification steps.
Installation and contributor guidance README.md, docs/guides/installation.md	The guidance identifies 0.0.0 as an unsupported namespace placeholder and documents optional Cargo validation and deferred npm installation instructions.

Smart-contract template validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Conditional Cargo metadata validation tests/smart-contract-template.test.ts	The tests check Cargo availability and run cargo metadata for the generated demo-contract workspace only when Cargo is available.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c0c32

A contributor or CI environment with broken Cargo may miss Smart Contract template validation; correct the probe before merging.

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In `@tests/smart-contract-template.test.ts`:
- Line 12: Update the Cargo availability probe around spawnSync so only an error
with code ENOENT marks Cargo unavailable; treat successful startup regardless of
command status as available, and throw or otherwise report any other startup
error. Use the probe result’s error field and preserve the existing
metadata-test skip behavior for missing Cargo.

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• README.md
• docs/adr/ADR-0003-release-and-versioning-strategy.md
• docs/contributing/release-process.md
• docs/guides/installation.md
• docs/roadmap/v1-readiness.md
• tests/smart-contract-template.test.ts

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