chore: set up knowledge distillery infrastructure

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Summary

• Initialize Knowledge Distillery on this repo: GitHub Actions pipeline workflows, empty vault, CLAUDE.md directives, and ignore-rule updates.

Changes

• .github/workflows/: add mark-evidence.yml, batch-refine.yml, curate-report.yml, and apply-changeset.yml covering the four pipeline stages.
• .knowledge/vault.db: add the initial empty SQLite knowledge vault. .knowledge/changesets/ and .knowledge/reports/ will be populated by the pipeline.
• CLAUDE.md: add Knowledge Vault section (query workflow, MUST/MUST-NOT enforcement, do-not-read-files rule) and Memento section (per-commit 7-section session summary on refs/notes/commits).
• .gitignore: ignore .knowledge/tmp/, tmp/ (vault-refs scratch), and .mcp.json (runtime secrets); leave vault.db, changesets/, reports/ tracked.

Test Plan

• mark-evidence workflow triggers on PR merge and posts an Evidence Bundle Manifest comment.
• batch-refine workflow runs on schedule (or manual dispatch) and opens a report PR.
• curate-report workflow responds to /curate comments on knowledge/batch-* PRs.
• apply-changeset workflow applies the merged changeset to the vault.
• Memento note is attached and pushed to refs/notes/commits on every new commit.
• knowledge-gate CLI commands resolve against the committed vault.db.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Introduced automated workflows for managing knowledge batches, applying changesets, collecting evidence, and curating reports. These workflows streamline the processing pipeline through scheduled and event-driven automation.

• Documentation

  • Added comprehensive operational guidelines defining Knowledge Vault workflow requirements and Memento commit process specifications.

• Chores

  • Updated repository ignore configuration to exclude temporary directories, runtime files, and sensitive configuration artifacts.

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• .github/workflows/apply-changeset.yml
• .github/workflows/batch-refine.yml
• .github/workflows/curate-report.yml
• .github/workflows/mark-evidence.yml
• .gitignore
• CLAUDE.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR introduces a Knowledge Distillery integration system comprising four new GitHub Actions workflows for batch processing pipelines (evidence marking, batch refinement, report curation, and changeset application), along with configuration updates for ignored files and operational guidelines documentation.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
GitHub Actions Workflows .github/workflows/mark-evidence.yml, .github/workflows/batch-refine.yml, .github/workflows/curate-report.yml, .github/workflows/apply-changeset.yml	Four orchestration workflows managing Knowledge Distillery batch processing: mark-evidence triggers on PR merge to extract and annotate evidence, batch-refine processes PR labels to generate changesets via Claude Code Action, curate-report handles comment-triggered feedback updates to changesets, and apply-changeset applies validated changesets to the vault database. All workflows fetch the external knowledge-distillery plugin, configure MCP/git contexts, and clean up temporary secrets.
Configuration & Documentation .gitignore, CLAUDE.md	Updates .gitignore to exclude knowledge distillery temporary directories (.knowledge/tmp/, tmp/) and runtime MCP config (.mcp.json). Adds CLAUDE.md defining Knowledge Vault query requirements, memento commit procedures, and rule compliance mandates for the integrated workflow.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~25 minutes

Poem

🐰 Whiskers twitch with glee and cheer,
Knowledge flows both far and near,
Four workflows dance in GitHub's hall,
Changesets gathered, refined for all!
Evidence bundled, reports so bright—
A knowledge vault shines pure and right! 🌙✨

✨ Finishing Touches

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• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch manila

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