diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/01-g2b-label-scale.md b/TODO.publish-client/01-g2b-label-scale.md
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+# 01-g2b-label-scale
+
+The domain-residual causal test: build units from the cleaned tashkeela-full corpus, relabel with the r7 teacher, distill at the G2a recipe. Gate: >=0.5pp full-set gain attributes to domain. [models+papers]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/02-lite-int4-export-gate.md b/TODO.publish-client/02-lite-int4-export-gate.md
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+# 02-lite-int4-export-gate
+
+Export layerdrop-6ep int4 (~95MB), run the margin flip analysis (head-fp32 discipline), ship if flips gated. [models]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/03-ara-diac-small-21.md b/TODO.publish-client/03-ara-diac-small-21.md
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+# 03-ara-diac-small-21
+
+Export/publish G2a best (4.5701) as ara-diac-small-2.1: parity, release, models.yaml, index-v3, Modal serving. [models+project]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/04-hebrew-layerdrop-replication.md b/TODO.publish-client/04-hebrew-layerdrop-replication.md
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+# 04-hebrew-layerdrop-replication
+
+The capacity law cross-lingually: layerdrop on the Hebrew teacher, same protocol. [papers]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/05-paper-a-teacher-draft.md b/TODO.publish-client/05-paper-a-teacher-draft.md
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+# 05-paper-a-teacher-draft
+
+Draft paper A on the repositioned thesis: data quality buys teacher-tier quality; capacity is the client boundary. All tables exist. [papers]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/06-paper-b-assembly-figures.md b/TODO.publish-client/06-paper-b-assembly-figures.md
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+# 06-paper-b-assembly-figures
+
+Assemble paper B: frontier + factorial + law + decode + margins + subset-x5; figure script over final_preds.jsonl. [papers]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/07-paper-c-systems-draft.md b/TODO.publish-client/07-paper-c-systems-draft.md
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+# 07-paper-c-systems-draft
+
+Draft paper C around verification-is-free + tier tradeoffs + IMF contract + provenance. [papers]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/08-r8-multiseed.md b/TODO.publish-client/08-r8-multiseed.md
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+# 08-r8-multiseed
+
+Two extra seeds on the r8 morph-vs-none arms (paper-A rigor, compute-gated). [papers]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/09-site-neural-polish.md b/TODO.publish-client/09-site-neural-polish.md
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+# 09-site-neural-polish
+
+/neural nav entry, tier dropdown refresh, Playwright spec with assertions. [project]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/10-api-docs-openapi.md b/TODO.publish-client/10-api-docs-openapi.md
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+# 10-api-docs-openapi
+
+Document /v1/assets + /v1/infer/batch in docs.ts endpoint table + openapi.json. [project]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/11-index-v3-and-serving.md b/TODO.publish-client/11-index-v3-and-serving.md
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+# 11-index-v3-and-serving
+
+Cut index-v3 when 2.1/lite entries land; redeploy Modal inference. [project]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/12-tag-protection.md b/TODO.publish-client/12-tag-protection.md
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+# 12-tag-protection
+
+Repo admin: protect index-v* and *-v* tags (open since 8/27). [project — USER]
+
+Status: pending (2026-09-02).
diff --git a/TODO.publish-client/README.md b/TODO.publish-client/README.md
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+# TODO.publish-client — substantiate the client-focused work
+
+Written 2026-09-02. Order = execution priority. Each item notes its
+substantiation target (models / papers / project).