Document and operationalize production-readiness remediation program

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -22,6 +22,26 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run tests
       run: cargo test
 
+  issue-selector:
+    name: Production-readiness issue selector
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4.3.1
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.12"
+    - uses: taiki-e/install-action@c070f87102a1c75b3183910f391c1cb887fe13c8  # v2.77.6
+      with:
+        tool: just@1.51.0
+    - name: Check Just recipes
+      run: just --fmt --check
+    - name: Compile selector
+      run: python3 -m py_compile scripts/get_next_production_readiness_issue.py
+    - name: Run selector tests
+      run: just test-production-readiness-selector
+
   fmt:
     name: Rustfmt
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.gitignore

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ target
 # Contains mutation testing data
 **/mutants.out*/
 
+# Python helper tooling
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+
 # RustRover
 #  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore

AGENTIC_NAVIGATION_GUIDE.md

@@ -64,5 +64,15 @@
 - NOTICE # Apache-2.0 section 4(d) notice for downstream distributors
 - LICENSE-MIT
 - LICENSE-APACHE
+- justfile # Repository task aliases, including production-readiness work selection
+- scripts/
+  - get_next_production_readiness_issue.py # Select the next remediation issue from live GitHub state
+- tests/
+  - test_get_next_production_readiness_issue.py # Offline selector regression suite
+- audits/ # Production-readiness records
+  - 2026-07-25-production-readiness-audit.md # Due-diligence findings
+  - production-readiness-remediation-goal.md # End-to-end next-session execution runbook
+  - production-readiness-work-selection.md # Remediation burndown ordering and selector contract
+  - production-readiness-reassessment-playbook.md # Reassessment procedure
 - ... # Additional project files (tests, examples, etc.)
 </agentic-navigation-guide>

CLAUDE.md

@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ cargo test -- --nocapture  # Run tests showing println! output
 cargo test <test_name>     # Run specific test by name
 ```
 
+### Production-Readiness Remediation
+
+```bash
+# Print the next actionable production-readiness issue from live GitHub state
+just get-next-production-readiness-issue
+
+# Emit the selection as JSON or temporarily skip one or more issues
+just get-next-production-readiness-issue --json
+just get-next-production-readiness-issue --exclude 34 --exclude 35
+
+# Run the selector's offline regression suite
+just test-production-readiness-selector
+```
+
 ### Running the CLI Tool
 ```bash
 # Dump directory structure