startup-credits

# Sourcey catalog

The public source of truth for Sourcey's open registry of startup programs.
Readable vendor inputs compile into immutable revisions and a deterministic,
content-addressed release consumed by sourcey.com, the API, feed, and MCP.
The same public package owns the provider-neutral Evidence Operations
application and durable local journal; hosted environments supply bounded
fetch, CAS, and review-proposal adapters without taking catalog authority.
Catalog also owns the public claim-proposal contract, offline validator, and
trusted operator command that turns an accepted proposal into
purpose-separated protected event files. A provider adapter may open a review,
but only this boundary can materialize catalog truth.

The current dataset is fictional dogfood. It exercises lifecycle, provenance,
freshness, disputes, routing, search, and release mechanics without making
claims about real vendors.

```sh
npm install
npm run verify
npm exec catalogctl -- inspect --release dist/release
```

Repository boundaries and contribution rules are documented in
[`docs/ARCHITECTURE.md`](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md) and
[`docs/CONTRIBUTING.md`](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md).