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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# inbox-status — list unprocessed inbox handoffs; exit nonzero if any are pending.
+#
+# "Unprocessed" = a regular file in inbox/ that isn't a pipeline artifact. The
+# exclusions match the wrap-up inbox sanity check: .gitkeep, lint-followups.org
+# (the lint-org pipeline file daily-prep consumes), and any PROCESSED-* file
+# (explicitly deferred).
+#
+# Prints one indented line per pending handoff, then a summary count.
+#
+# Exit codes (so a cadence check can gate cheaply — `inbox-status -q || ...`):
+#   0  inbox clean (only artifacts)
+#   1  one or more handoffs pending
+#   2  no inbox/ directory, or bad usage
+#
+# Flags:
+#   -q / --quiet   print only the summary count line, not the per-item lines
+#
+# Run from a project root (where inbox/ lives).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+quiet=0
+case "${1:-}" in
+    -q|--quiet) quiet=1 ;;
+    "") ;;
+    *) echo "usage: inbox-status [-q|--quiet]" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+esac
+
+if [ ! -d inbox ]; then
+    echo "inbox-status: no inbox/ directory" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+mapfile -t pending < <(find inbox -maxdepth 1 -type f \
+    ! -name '.gitkeep' \
+    ! -name 'lint-followups.org' \
+    ! -name 'PROCESSED-*' \
+    -printf '%f\n' 2>/dev/null | sort)
+
+n=${#pending[@]}
+
+if [ "$quiet" -eq 0 ]; then
+    for f in "${pending[@]}"; do
+        printf '  %s\n' "$f"
+    done
+fi
+printf 'inbox-status: %d pending handoff(s)\n' "$n"
+
+[ "$n" -gt 0 ] && exit 1
+exit 0