feat(scripts): add wrap-up routing recommendation engine

I added route_recommend.py, a pure recommend(item, projects) → (destination, confidence). It has strong, weak, and none tiers, word-boundary literal matching that also handles dot-stripped name aliases, and a deterministic tie-break that downgrades an ambiguous top-tier tie to weak. An empty candidate list yields none. The CLI reuses inbox-send's discover_projects, so the candidate set is the same project universe inbox-send already knows. This covers Phases 1 and 3 of the wrap-up routing spec. The marker and router sub-tasks call it next.

5 files changed, 522 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/.ai/scripts/route_recommend.py b/.ai/scripts/route_recommend.py
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+++ b/.ai/scripts/route_recommend.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Wrap-up routing recommendation engine.
+
+Given an inbox keeper's text and a list of candidate project names, infer which
+project the item belongs to, with a confidence tier:
+
+  strong  a project's name (or its dot-stripped form, or a path containing it)
+          appears literally in the item
+  weak    a distinctive name token overlaps, but the full name doesn't
+  none    no overlap; the item stays put
+
+A multi-way tie at the top tier is ambiguous, so it downgrades to weak with a
+deterministic pick (most token overlap, then alphabetical). An empty candidate
+list yields none.
+
+The pure core is `recommend(item, projects) -> (destination, confidence)` — the
+shape the wrap-up router (Phase 4) and the process-inbox marker (Phase 2) both
+call. The CLI wires it to inbox-send.py's `discover_projects` so the candidate
+set is the same project universe inbox-send already knows.
+
+CLI:
+    route_recommend.py --item "<text>" [--exclude <current-project>]
+prints "<destination>\\t<confidence>" on a match, or "none".
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import importlib.util
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# A distinctive-enough token for weak matching; shorter tokens (of, to, id) are
+# too noisy to route on.
+MIN_WEAK_TOKEN = 4
+
+_TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r"[a-z0-9]+")
+
+
+def _tokens(text: str) -> set[str]:
+    return set(_TOKEN_RE.findall(text.lower()))
+
+
+def _name_variants(name: str) -> set[str]:
+    """A project name and its dot-stripped alias (.emacs.d -> emacsd)."""
+    return {v for v in (name.lower(), name.replace(".", "").lower()) if v}
+
+
+def _literal_present(name: str, item_lower: str) -> bool:
+    """True if a name variant appears in the item on word-ish boundaries.
+
+    Boundaries keep 'home' from matching inside 'homeowner' while still
+    matching it inside a path ('~/code/home/...') or a hyphenated name.
+    """
+    for variant in _name_variants(name):
+        if re.search(r"(?<![a-z0-9])" + re.escape(variant) + r"(?![a-z0-9])", item_lower):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def _tiebreak(candidates: list[str], item_tokens: set[str]) -> str:
+    """Most token overlap first, then alphabetical — deterministic."""
+    return sorted(candidates, key=lambda p: (-len(_tokens(p) & item_tokens), p))[0]
+
+
+def recommend(item: str, projects: list[str]) -> tuple[str | None, str]:
+    """Infer the destination project for `item` from `projects`.
+
+    Returns (destination, confidence). confidence is "strong" / "weak" / "none";
+    destination is None exactly when confidence is "none".
+    """
+    if not projects:
+        return (None, "none")
+
+    item_lower = item.lower()
+    item_tokens = _tokens(item)
+
+    strong: list[str] = []
+    weak: list[str] = []
+    for project in projects:
+        if _literal_present(project, item_lower):
+            strong.append(project)
+            continue
+        name_tokens = {t for t in _tokens(project) if len(t) >= MIN_WEAK_TOKEN}
+        if name_tokens & item_tokens:
+            weak.append(project)
+
+    if len(strong) == 1:
+        return (strong[0], "strong")
+    if len(strong) > 1:
+        return (_tiebreak(strong, item_tokens), "weak")
+    if len(weak) == 1:
+        return (weak[0], "weak")
+    if len(weak) > 1:
+        return (_tiebreak(weak, item_tokens), "weak")
+    return (None, "none")
+
+
+def _load_inbox_send():
+    """Load the sibling kebab-named inbox-send.py as a module for its discovery."""
+    path = Path(__file__).with_name("inbox-send.py")
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("inbox_send", path)
+    if spec is None or spec.loader is None:
+        raise ImportError(f"cannot load {path}")
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+def discover_destination_names(exclude: str | None = None) -> list[str]:
+    """The candidate project names, reusing inbox-send's discovery.
+
+    `exclude` drops the current project (matched by exact name or dot-stripped
+    alias) so the engine never recommends routing an item to where it already is.
+    """
+    mod = _load_inbox_send()
+    names = [p.name for p in mod.discover_projects(mod.resolve_roots())]
+    if exclude:
+        drop = _name_variants(exclude)
+        names = [n for n in names if not (_name_variants(n) & drop)]
+    return names
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Recommend a routing destination for an inbox keeper.")
+    parser.add_argument("--item", required=True, help="the keeper's text")
+    parser.add_argument("--exclude", help="current project to exclude from candidates")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    projects = discover_destination_names(exclude=args.exclude)
+    destination, confidence = recommend(args.item, projects)
+    print("none" if destination is None else f"{destination}\t{confidence}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/.ai/scripts/tests/test_route_recommend.py b/.ai/scripts/tests/test_route_recommend.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/.ai/scripts/tests/test_route_recommend.py
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+"""Tests for route_recommend.py — the wrap-up routing recommendation engine.
+
+The core is a pure function recommend(item, projects) -> (destination, confidence):
+- strong: a project's name (or its dot-stripped form) appears literally in the item
+- weak:   a distinctive name token overlaps, but the full name doesn't
+- none:   no overlap; the item stays put (destination is None)
+
+A multi-way tie at the top tier downgrades to weak with a deterministic pick.
+An empty project list yields none.
+
+The CLI wires this to inbox-send.py's discover_projects (sandboxed here via the
+INBOX_SEND_ROOTS env var, the same hook inbox-send's own tests use).
+"""
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+SCRIPTS = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+SCRIPT = SCRIPTS / "route_recommend.py"
+sys.path.insert(0, str(SCRIPTS))
+
+import route_recommend as rr  # noqa: E402
+
+
+# --- pure function: the five spec'd cases -----------------------------------
+
+def test_strong_match_named_literally():
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("fix the rulesets refactor command", ["rulesets", "home", "work"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == ("rulesets", "strong")
+
+
+def test_strong_match_via_dot_stripped_name():
+    # ".emacs.d" addressed as "emacsd" in the item is still a literal hit.
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("update the emacsd ai-term module", [".emacs.d", "rulesets"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == (".emacs.d", "strong")
+
+
+def test_strong_match_dotted_name_verbatim():
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("patch .emacs.d startup", [".emacs.d", "rulesets"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == (".emacs.d", "strong")
+
+
+def test_weak_match_topic_token_only():
+    # "wttrin" is a token of "emacs-wttrin" but the full name isn't present.
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("the wttrin weather bug", ["emacs-wttrin", "rulesets"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == ("emacs-wttrin", "weak")
+
+
+def test_no_match_stays_put():
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("calibrate the telescope mount", ["rulesets", "deepsat"])
+    assert dest is None
+    assert conf == "none"
+
+
+def test_two_project_strong_tie_downgrades_to_weak():
+    # Both named literally → ambiguous → weak, deterministic tie-break (alphabetical).
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("sync rulesets and home configs", ["rulesets", "home", "work"])
+    assert conf == "weak"
+    assert dest == "home"  # tie-break: most-overlap then alphabetical
+
+
+def test_empty_project_list_is_none():
+    assert rr.recommend("anything at all", []) == (None, "none")
+
+
+# --- boundary / robustness --------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_literal_name_requires_word_boundary():
+    # "home" must not match inside "homeowner".
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("the homeowner association meeting", ["home", "rulesets"])
+    assert dest is None and conf == "none"
+
+
+def test_path_mention_counts_as_literal():
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("edit ~/code/rulesets/Makefile", ["rulesets", "home"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == ("rulesets", "strong")
+
+
+def test_strong_beats_weak_when_both_present():
+    # "rulesets" named literally (strong) outranks an emacs-wttrin token hit (weak).
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("the wttrin fix belongs in rulesets", ["rulesets", "emacs-wttrin"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == ("rulesets", "strong")
+
+
+# --- CLI + discovery reuse (sandboxed roots) --------------------------------
+
+def _run(args, roots, item):
+    import os
+    env = {"PATH": os.environ.get("PATH", ""), "HOME": os.environ.get("HOME", "/tmp"),
+           "INBOX_SEND_ROOTS": ":".join(str(r) for r in roots)}
+    return subprocess.run([sys.executable, str(SCRIPT), "--item", item, *args],
+                          capture_output=True, text=True, env=env)
+
+
+def _mk_project(tmp_path, name):
+    proj = tmp_path / "projects" / name
+    (proj / ".ai").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (proj / "inbox").mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    return proj
+
+
+def test_cli_discovers_and_recommends(tmp_path):
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "foo")
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "bar")
+    r = _run([], roots=[tmp_path / "projects"], item="fix the foo widget")
+    assert r.returncode == 0
+    assert r.stdout.strip() == "foo\tstrong"
+
+
+def test_cli_no_match_prints_none(tmp_path):
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "foo")
+    r = _run([], roots=[tmp_path / "projects"], item="unrelated grocery list")
+    assert r.returncode == 0
+    assert r.stdout.strip() == "none"
+
+
+def test_cli_exclude_drops_current_project(tmp_path):
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "foo")
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "bar")
+    # Item names foo, but foo is excluded as the current project → no other match.
+    r = _run(["--exclude", "foo"], roots=[tmp_path / "projects"], item="fix the foo widget")
+    assert r.returncode == 0
+    assert r.stdout.strip() == "none"
diff --git a/claude-templates/.ai/scripts/route_recommend.py b/claude-templates/.ai/scripts/route_recommend.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b36405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/claude-templates/.ai/scripts/route_recommend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Wrap-up routing recommendation engine.
+
+Given an inbox keeper's text and a list of candidate project names, infer which
+project the item belongs to, with a confidence tier:
+
+  strong  a project's name (or its dot-stripped form, or a path containing it)
+          appears literally in the item
+  weak    a distinctive name token overlaps, but the full name doesn't
+  none    no overlap; the item stays put
+
+A multi-way tie at the top tier is ambiguous, so it downgrades to weak with a
+deterministic pick (most token overlap, then alphabetical). An empty candidate
+list yields none.
+
+The pure core is `recommend(item, projects) -> (destination, confidence)` — the
+shape the wrap-up router (Phase 4) and the process-inbox marker (Phase 2) both
+call. The CLI wires it to inbox-send.py's `discover_projects` so the candidate
+set is the same project universe inbox-send already knows.
+
+CLI:
+    route_recommend.py --item "<text>" [--exclude <current-project>]
+prints "<destination>\\t<confidence>" on a match, or "none".
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import importlib.util
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# A distinctive-enough token for weak matching; shorter tokens (of, to, id) are
+# too noisy to route on.
+MIN_WEAK_TOKEN = 4
+
+_TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r"[a-z0-9]+")
+
+
+def _tokens(text: str) -> set[str]:
+    return set(_TOKEN_RE.findall(text.lower()))
+
+
+def _name_variants(name: str) -> set[str]:
+    """A project name and its dot-stripped alias (.emacs.d -> emacsd)."""
+    return {v for v in (name.lower(), name.replace(".", "").lower()) if v}
+
+
+def _literal_present(name: str, item_lower: str) -> bool:
+    """True if a name variant appears in the item on word-ish boundaries.
+
+    Boundaries keep 'home' from matching inside 'homeowner' while still
+    matching it inside a path ('~/code/home/...') or a hyphenated name.
+    """
+    for variant in _name_variants(name):
+        if re.search(r"(?<![a-z0-9])" + re.escape(variant) + r"(?![a-z0-9])", item_lower):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def _tiebreak(candidates: list[str], item_tokens: set[str]) -> str:
+    """Most token overlap first, then alphabetical — deterministic."""
+    return sorted(candidates, key=lambda p: (-len(_tokens(p) & item_tokens), p))[0]
+
+
+def recommend(item: str, projects: list[str]) -> tuple[str | None, str]:
+    """Infer the destination project for `item` from `projects`.
+
+    Returns (destination, confidence). confidence is "strong" / "weak" / "none";
+    destination is None exactly when confidence is "none".
+    """
+    if not projects:
+        return (None, "none")
+
+    item_lower = item.lower()
+    item_tokens = _tokens(item)
+
+    strong: list[str] = []
+    weak: list[str] = []
+    for project in projects:
+        if _literal_present(project, item_lower):
+            strong.append(project)
+            continue
+        name_tokens = {t for t in _tokens(project) if len(t) >= MIN_WEAK_TOKEN}
+        if name_tokens & item_tokens:
+            weak.append(project)
+
+    if len(strong) == 1:
+        return (strong[0], "strong")
+    if len(strong) > 1:
+        return (_tiebreak(strong, item_tokens), "weak")
+    if len(weak) == 1:
+        return (weak[0], "weak")
+    if len(weak) > 1:
+        return (_tiebreak(weak, item_tokens), "weak")
+    return (None, "none")
+
+
+def _load_inbox_send():
+    """Load the sibling kebab-named inbox-send.py as a module for its discovery."""
+    path = Path(__file__).with_name("inbox-send.py")
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("inbox_send", path)
+    if spec is None or spec.loader is None:
+        raise ImportError(f"cannot load {path}")
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+def discover_destination_names(exclude: str | None = None) -> list[str]:
+    """The candidate project names, reusing inbox-send's discovery.
+
+    `exclude` drops the current project (matched by exact name or dot-stripped
+    alias) so the engine never recommends routing an item to where it already is.
+    """
+    mod = _load_inbox_send()
+    names = [p.name for p in mod.discover_projects(mod.resolve_roots())]
+    if exclude:
+        drop = _name_variants(exclude)
+        names = [n for n in names if not (_name_variants(n) & drop)]
+    return names
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Recommend a routing destination for an inbox keeper.")
+    parser.add_argument("--item", required=True, help="the keeper's text")
+    parser.add_argument("--exclude", help="current project to exclude from candidates")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    projects = discover_destination_names(exclude=args.exclude)
+    destination, confidence = recommend(args.item, projects)
+    print("none" if destination is None else f"{destination}\t{confidence}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/claude-templates/.ai/scripts/tests/test_route_recommend.py b/claude-templates/.ai/scripts/tests/test_route_recommend.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acc4755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/claude-templates/.ai/scripts/tests/test_route_recommend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+"""Tests for route_recommend.py — the wrap-up routing recommendation engine.
+
+The core is a pure function recommend(item, projects) -> (destination, confidence):
+- strong: a project's name (or its dot-stripped form) appears literally in the item
+- weak:   a distinctive name token overlaps, but the full name doesn't
+- none:   no overlap; the item stays put (destination is None)
+
+A multi-way tie at the top tier downgrades to weak with a deterministic pick.
+An empty project list yields none.
+
+The CLI wires this to inbox-send.py's discover_projects (sandboxed here via the
+INBOX_SEND_ROOTS env var, the same hook inbox-send's own tests use).
+"""
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+SCRIPTS = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+SCRIPT = SCRIPTS / "route_recommend.py"
+sys.path.insert(0, str(SCRIPTS))
+
+import route_recommend as rr  # noqa: E402
+
+
+# --- pure function: the five spec'd cases -----------------------------------
+
+def test_strong_match_named_literally():
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("fix the rulesets refactor command", ["rulesets", "home", "work"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == ("rulesets", "strong")
+
+
+def test_strong_match_via_dot_stripped_name():
+    # ".emacs.d" addressed as "emacsd" in the item is still a literal hit.
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("update the emacsd ai-term module", [".emacs.d", "rulesets"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == (".emacs.d", "strong")
+
+
+def test_strong_match_dotted_name_verbatim():
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("patch .emacs.d startup", [".emacs.d", "rulesets"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == (".emacs.d", "strong")
+
+
+def test_weak_match_topic_token_only():
+    # "wttrin" is a token of "emacs-wttrin" but the full name isn't present.
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("the wttrin weather bug", ["emacs-wttrin", "rulesets"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == ("emacs-wttrin", "weak")
+
+
+def test_no_match_stays_put():
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("calibrate the telescope mount", ["rulesets", "deepsat"])
+    assert dest is None
+    assert conf == "none"
+
+
+def test_two_project_strong_tie_downgrades_to_weak():
+    # Both named literally → ambiguous → weak, deterministic tie-break (alphabetical).
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("sync rulesets and home configs", ["rulesets", "home", "work"])
+    assert conf == "weak"
+    assert dest == "home"  # tie-break: most-overlap then alphabetical
+
+
+def test_empty_project_list_is_none():
+    assert rr.recommend("anything at all", []) == (None, "none")
+
+
+# --- boundary / robustness --------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_literal_name_requires_word_boundary():
+    # "home" must not match inside "homeowner".
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("the homeowner association meeting", ["home", "rulesets"])
+    assert dest is None and conf == "none"
+
+
+def test_path_mention_counts_as_literal():
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("edit ~/code/rulesets/Makefile", ["rulesets", "home"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == ("rulesets", "strong")
+
+
+def test_strong_beats_weak_when_both_present():
+    # "rulesets" named literally (strong) outranks an emacs-wttrin token hit (weak).
+    dest, conf = rr.recommend("the wttrin fix belongs in rulesets", ["rulesets", "emacs-wttrin"])
+    assert (dest, conf) == ("rulesets", "strong")
+
+
+# --- CLI + discovery reuse (sandboxed roots) --------------------------------
+
+def _run(args, roots, item):
+    import os
+    env = {"PATH": os.environ.get("PATH", ""), "HOME": os.environ.get("HOME", "/tmp"),
+           "INBOX_SEND_ROOTS": ":".join(str(r) for r in roots)}
+    return subprocess.run([sys.executable, str(SCRIPT), "--item", item, *args],
+                          capture_output=True, text=True, env=env)
+
+
+def _mk_project(tmp_path, name):
+    proj = tmp_path / "projects" / name
+    (proj / ".ai").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (proj / "inbox").mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    return proj
+
+
+def test_cli_discovers_and_recommends(tmp_path):
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "foo")
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "bar")
+    r = _run([], roots=[tmp_path / "projects"], item="fix the foo widget")
+    assert r.returncode == 0
+    assert r.stdout.strip() == "foo\tstrong"
+
+
+def test_cli_no_match_prints_none(tmp_path):
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "foo")
+    r = _run([], roots=[tmp_path / "projects"], item="unrelated grocery list")
+    assert r.returncode == 0
+    assert r.stdout.strip() == "none"
+
+
+def test_cli_exclude_drops_current_project(tmp_path):
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "foo")
+    _mk_project(tmp_path, "bar")
+    # Item names foo, but foo is excluded as the current project → no other match.
+    r = _run(["--exclude", "foo"], roots=[tmp_path / "projects"], item="fix the foo widget")
+    assert r.returncode == 0
+    assert r.stdout.strip() == "none"
diff --git a/todo.org b/todo.org
index 8494503..175d244 100644
--- a/todo.org
+++ b/todo.org
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ Craig's review challenge reshaped the design from a direct cross-repo =todo.org=
 *** 2026-06-24 Wed @ 00:21:20 -0400 Reconcile — marker sub-task repointed at inbox.org
 The 2026-06-23 inbox consolidation (24ca58d) merged =process-inbox= + =monitor-inbox= + =inbox-zero= into one =inbox.org= engine (process/monitor/roam modes) and deleted the three old files. The =:ROUTE_CANDIDATE:= marker sub-task targeted =process-inbox.org='s Phase D — repointed it to =inbox.org= process mode (core §3 "File as TODO"). No build has started, so this is a target-rename only; the spec design is unaffected.
 
-*** TODO [#B] Recommendation engine + destination discovery :feature:solo:
-Pure function =(item, project-list) → (destination, confidence)= reusing =inbox-send.py='s =discover_projects= for the project list. Confidence tiers: strong (destination name/path literal in the item), weak (topic-word overlap only — still routed, visibly labeled), none (stays put, never surfaced). Unit-tested directly: strong/weak/none, two-project tie, empty project list. Covers spec Phases 1 + 3. Spec: [[file:docs/design/wrapup-routing-spec.org]].
+*** 2026-06-28 Sun @ 13:02:42 -0400 Built the recommendation engine + destination discovery
+Added =.ai/scripts/route_recommend.py= (canonical + mirror): pure =recommend(item, projects) → (destination, confidence)= with strong (name/path literal, word-boundary matched, dot-stripped alias aware), weak (distinctive name-token overlap), and none tiers; a multi-way top-tier tie downgrades to weak with a deterministic pick (most overlap, then alphabetical); empty list → none. The CLI (=--item=, =--exclude=) reuses =inbox-send.py='s =discover_projects= via importlib so the candidate set matches inbox-send's project universe. 13 tests (the five spec'd cases + boundary/path/strong-beats-weak + 3 sandboxed CLI integration tests), full =make test= green. Covers spec Phases 1 + 3. Next sub-tasks (=:ROUTE_CANDIDATE:= marker, wrap-up router) call this engine.
 
 *** TODO [#B] =:ROUTE_CANDIDATE:= marker in inbox process mode :feature:solo:
 Extend =inbox.org= process mode's "File as TODO" disposition (core §3 / Phase D) to stamp =:ROUTE_CANDIDATE: <inferred-project>= on any keeper whose inferred home differs from the current project (uses the engine above). Edit the canonical, sync the =.ai/= mirror, verify sync-check clean. Spec Phase 2 / D8. Spec: [[file:docs/design/wrapup-routing-spec.org]]. (Originally targeted =process-inbox.org=, merged into =inbox.org= by the 2026-06-23 consolidation.)