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+# Folder-based Cowork contribution verification
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+Status: template
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+This page is a disposable test, not project knowledge. It exists only to verify that a Cowork session can contribute to this repository from the owner's attached local folder using host execution and existing host credentials. It contains no accepted project facts.
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+This change must not be approved or merged. Close the pull request and delete its branch once the test has been reviewed.