From 655aa13ea79e23927cde7fd47ab13b505cb042d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Snelling <david@soulcraft.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:30:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?build(release):=20the=20docs-push=20step=20reti?=
 =?UTF-8?q?res=20=E2=80=94=20this=20engine=20documents=20itself=20in=20its?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20own=20repository?=
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The one-doc-set ruling (2026-08-31) gives soulcraft.com/docs to the paid
product alone; the site serves redirects for the slugs this rail used to
push. The push script stays in the tree as history; the rail stops calling
it.
---
 scripts/release.sh | 17 ++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 67ad1053..5d434320 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -248,17 +248,12 @@ else
   echo -e "${RED}⚠️  FORGEJO_RELEASE_TOKEN unset — no release page created; tag + CHANGELOG remain the record${NC}\n"
 fi
 
-# Step 12: Push public docs to the soulcraft.com docs ingest door
-# (VENUE-DOCS-RELEASE-PUSH). Skips with a loud warning when
-# DOCS_INGEST_SECRET is unset; fails loudly (without undoing the publish —
-# that already happened) when a push errors, so the docs site never
-# silently trails npm.
-echo -e "${BLUE}1️⃣2️⃣ Pushing public docs to soulcraft.com/docs...${NC}"
-if node scripts/push-docs.js; then
-  echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Docs push step done${NC}\n"
-else
-  echo -e "${RED}❌ Docs push FAILED — soulcraft.com/docs trails npm until re-run or interim sync${NC}\n"
-fi
+# Step 12 RETIRED (2026-08-31, CORTEX-SITE-BRAINY-RENAME round 12, David-ruled):
+# soulcraft.com/docs carries the paid product's documentation only. This
+# engine's documentation home is THIS repository — README and docs/ — and the
+# site serves 301s for the slugs this rail used to push. The push script stays
+# in the tree for history; the rail no longer calls it.
+echo -e "${BLUE}Docs step: this engine documents itself in its own repo (site push retired 2026-08-31)${NC}"
 
 echo -e "${GREEN}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
 echo -e "${GREEN}🎉 Release ${NEW_VERSION} complete!${NC}"