GaijinEntertainment · borisbat · Aug 28, 2026 · Aug 28, 2026 · Aug 28, 2026 · Aug 28, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/REVIEW.md b/.github/workflows/REVIEW.md
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ such step enforces its rule automatically, with no reviewer involved -
 `skills/internal/preflight.md` sec."doc.yml - the gates", sec."extended_checks.yml".
 
 **A diff that adds or changes a per-PR gate step - a workflow step that runs on
-`pull_request` and fails the lane when it finds a defect - makes that step fail on every
-defect in what it checks, and on nothing else.**
+`pull_request` and fails the lane when it finds a defect - makes the step's failure the
+lane's failure: no `continue-on-error`, no trailing `|| true`, no swallowed exit code.**
+
+**A diff that adds or changes a per-PR gate step states a run of that step's command on the
+lane's platform in its PR body or commit message; a green run of that lane on the PR's head
+commit is that evidence.** A step that fails for a non-defect turns a green branch red for
+everyone.
 
 **A diff that adds or changes a step in `pages.yml` that names the deployed games writes
 that list as a `for g in <ids>; do` loop.** `examples/games/REVIEW.das` (repo root) reads

diff --git a/.github/workflows/extended_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/extended_checks.yml
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         set -eux
         python3 utils/watchdog/test_tray_state.py
+        python3 utils/watchdog/test_consent.py
 
     - name: "Test pip wheel repack (python)"
       if: matrix.target == 'linux'

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yml b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
@@ -571,7 +571,8 @@ jobs:
         cp site-dasllama/robots.txt _site_dasllama/
         cp site-dasllama/sitemap.xml _site_dasllama/
         cp site-dasllama/feed.xml _site_dasllama/
-        cp site-dasllama/files/* _site_dasllama/files/
+        # -R: files/ now carries subdirectories (files/fonts/); a bare * would fail on them
+        cp -R site-dasllama/files/. _site_dasllama/files/
 
         # Shared visual language, staged from the daslang.io tree — single source
         # in the repo, mirrored by site-dasllama/serve.py for local preview.

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BSD 3-Clause License
 
-Copyright (c) 2018-2026, Gaijin Entertainment
+Copyright (c) 2018-2026, Gaijin Games Kft.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

diff --git a/doc/source/_static/custom.css b/doc/source/_static/custom.css
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /* `@import` must precede all other rules (CSS 2.1 §6.3) — keeping this
  * at the top of the file so browsers actually fetch the web fonts. A
  * later `@import` after `:root` would be silently dropped. */
-@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter+Tight:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,600&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap');
+@import url('fonts/fonts.css');
 
 :root {
     --bg:        #0d0c0a;
@@ -433,3 +433,13 @@ footer a { color: var(--fg-dim) !important; }
 .highlight .n                                     { color: var(--fg); }
 .highlight .o, .highlight .p                      { color: var(--fg-dim); }
 .highlight .err                                   { color: var(--red); background: transparent; border: none; }
+
+/* LEGAL footer links (layout.html footer block) */
+.forge-legal-links {
+    margin-top: 8px;
+    font-size: 90%;
+    color: var(--fg-faint);
+}
+.forge-legal-links a {
+    color: inherit;
+}
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-cyrillic-ext.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-cyrillic-ext.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-cyrillic.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-cyrillic.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-greek-ext.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-greek-ext.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-greek.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-greek.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-latin-ext.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-latin-ext.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-latin.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-latin.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-vietnamese.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-italic-vietnamese.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-cyrillic-ext.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-cyrillic-ext.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-cyrillic.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-cyrillic.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-greek-ext.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-greek-ext.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-greek.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-greek.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-latin-ext.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-latin-ext.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-latin.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-latin.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-vietnamese.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/InterTight-normal-vietnamese.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-cyrillic-ext.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-cyrillic-ext.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-cyrillic.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-cyrillic.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-greek.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-greek.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-latin-ext.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-latin-ext.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-latin.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-latin.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-vietnamese.woff2 b/doc/source/_static/fonts/JetBrainsMono-normal-vietnamese.woff2
diff --git a/doc/source/_static/fonts/fonts.css b/doc/source/_static/fonts/fonts.css
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+/* cyrillic-ext */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-italic-cyrillic-ext.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0460-052F, U+1C80-1C8A, U+20B4, U+2DE0-2DFF, U+A640-A69F, U+FE2E-FE2F;
+}
+/* cyrillic */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-italic-cyrillic.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0301, U+0400-045F, U+0490-0491, U+04B0-04B1, U+2116;
+}
+/* greek-ext */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-italic-greek-ext.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+1F00-1FFF;
+}
+/* greek */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-italic-greek.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0370-0377, U+037A-037F, U+0384-038A, U+038C, U+038E-03A1, U+03A3-03FF;
+}
+/* vietnamese */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-italic-vietnamese.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+0300-0301, U+0303-0304, U+0308-0309, U+0323, U+0329, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB;
+}
+/* latin-ext */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-italic-latin-ext.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
+}
+/* latin */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-italic-latin.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+2000-206F, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
+}
+/* cyrillic-ext */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-normal-cyrillic-ext.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0460-052F, U+1C80-1C8A, U+20B4, U+2DE0-2DFF, U+A640-A69F, U+FE2E-FE2F;
+}
+/* cyrillic */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-normal-cyrillic.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0301, U+0400-045F, U+0490-0491, U+04B0-04B1, U+2116;
+}
+/* greek-ext */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-normal-greek-ext.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+1F00-1FFF;
+}
+/* greek */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-normal-greek.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0370-0377, U+037A-037F, U+0384-038A, U+038C, U+038E-03A1, U+03A3-03FF;
+}
+/* vietnamese */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-normal-vietnamese.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+0300-0301, U+0303-0304, U+0308-0309, U+0323, U+0329, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB;
+}
+/* latin-ext */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-normal-latin-ext.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
+}
+/* latin */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Inter Tight';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(InterTight-normal-latin.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+2000-206F, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
+}
+/* cyrillic-ext */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(JetBrainsMono-normal-cyrillic-ext.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0460-052F, U+1C80-1C8A, U+20B4, U+2DE0-2DFF, U+A640-A69F, U+FE2E-FE2F;
+}
+/* cyrillic */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(JetBrainsMono-normal-cyrillic.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0301, U+0400-045F, U+0490-0491, U+04B0-04B1, U+2116;
+}
+/* greek */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(JetBrainsMono-normal-greek.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0370-0377, U+037A-037F, U+0384-038A, U+038C, U+038E-03A1, U+03A3-03FF;
+}
+/* vietnamese */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(JetBrainsMono-normal-vietnamese.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+0300-0301, U+0303-0304, U+0308-0309, U+0323, U+0329, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB;
+}
+/* latin-ext */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(JetBrainsMono-normal-latin-ext.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
+}
+/* latin */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400 700;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url(JetBrainsMono-normal-latin.woff2) format('woff2');
+  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+2000-206F, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
+}
diff --git a/doc/source/_templates/layout.html b/doc/source/_templates/layout.html
@@ -47,3 +47,14 @@
   <div id="docsearch"></div>
 
 {%- endblock %}
+
+{# LEGAL links block — GDPR/EU distributor requirement: Terms, Privacy, license
+   reachable from every docs page. Rendered under the theme footer. #}
+{%- block footer %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  <div class="forge-legal-links">
+    <a href="https://legal.gaijin.net/termsofservice" rel="nofollow">Terms of Service</a> ·
+    <a href="https://legal.gaijin.net/privacypolicy" rel="nofollow">Privacy Policy</a> ·
+    <a href="https://github.com/GaijinEntertainment/daScript/blob/master/LICENSE">BSD 3-Clause License</a>
+  </div>
+{%- endblock %}
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/utils/dasllama_server.rst b/doc/source/reference/utils/dasllama_server.rst
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ Endpoints
    * - ``POST``
      - ``/exchange/retune``
      - Arm a local re-tune and restart — the next boot races this box
+   * - ``POST``
+     - ``/exchange/consent``
+     - ``{"accept": true|false}`` — record the first-contact choice about contacting the exchange; accept on an untuned box drains and restarts to run the lookup
    * - ``POST``
      - ``/gc``
      - Schedule a validated collection at the next lifecycle safe point; concurrent requests coalesce

diff --git a/install/README.md b/install/README.md
@@ -160,5 +160,5 @@ Binaries produced by `cmake --install` are ad-hoc code signed automatically, whi
 
 ## License
 
-BSD 3-Clause License - Copyright (c) 2019-2026, Gaijin Entertainment.
+BSD 3-Clause License - Copyright (c) 2018-2026, Gaijin Games Kft.
 See `LICENSE` for the full text.
diff --git a/modules/dasLLAMA/ARCHITECTURE_ENGINE.md b/modules/dasLLAMA/ARCHITECTURE_ENGINE.md
@@ -190,8 +190,12 @@ file builds an `ArchDesc` (name * `configure` * the `ArchBlocks` fn-ptr quad * `
   (record stores + tune sidecars); the dasllama.io ladder service builds on it.
 - **`dasllama/dasllama_exchange.das`** - the sidecar-exchange client (a sanctioned public entry point): the boot-time
   lookup/apply (llvm_tune's scope resolver - a verified per-box match downloads instead of a
-  ~20-minute tune), the privacy-stripped submit rails, and the control-page surface
-  dasllama-server serves at `/exchange`.
+  ~12-minute tune), the privacy-stripped submit rails, and the control-page surface
+  dasllama-server serves at `/exchange`. The first-contact consent gate (GDPR) sits ahead of
+  every lookup: an explicit `exchange_*` config counts as the expressed choice, otherwise the
+  `<stem>.consent` sidecar-sibling file governs - unset asks on a real terminal, or emits
+  `@sidecar consent state=needed` for the watchdog dialog / control page, and no request
+  leaves until a surface records "accepted".
 - **`benchmarks/asr/mem_census.sh`** - the peak-memory census (`/usr/bin/time -l` around one
   asr_bench process per cell; macOS only) - the interim footprint instrument until a footprint
   leg lands in `gen_bench_records`; its numbers live in `PERF_LEDGER.md`, never the stores.

diff --git a/modules/dasLLAMA/ARCHITECTURE_MEASUREMENT.md b/modules/dasLLAMA/ARCHITECTURE_MEASUREMENT.md
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ stages, tokenizer build) - the rails do not apply. A clock whose value feeds log
 flow, not instrumentation; it is marked `// clock: control` so the sweep and any future lint
 leave it alone.
 
+The override-announce rule (REVIEW.md) draws its boundary here: a knob or setter whose purpose
+is timing still counts as an override when it moves computed numerics - two GEMM forms of the
+same math differ in float terms - while one that changes only WHEN work happens does not, and
+a CLI flag is never an override (it is the run's own command line, visible where the run is
+launched).
+
diff --git a/modules/dasLLAMA/ENVIRONMENT.md b/modules/dasLLAMA/ENVIRONMENT.md
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ Overrides for the dasllama.io exchange client.
 
 | Variable | Type | Default | Effect |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| `DASLLAMA_EXCHANGE_URL` | text | unset | Sidecar exchange base URL override (tests, mirrors); unset = the baked-in dasllama.io. |
-| `DASLLAMA_EXCHANGE_ACCEPT` | text | unset | One-shot exchange accept-policy override: verified | any | off; unset = the app config's exchange_accept. The watchdog arms 'any' on a relaunch when the user adopts an unverified sidecar over finishing a tune. |
+| `DASLLAMA_EXCHANGE_URL` | text | unset | Sidecar exchange base URL override (tests, mirrors); unset = the baked-in dasllama.io. Setting it is an expressed choice to use the exchange - the first-contact consent question is skipped (announced at boot). |
+| `DASLLAMA_EXCHANGE_ACCEPT` | text | unset | One-shot exchange accept-policy override: verified | any | off; unset = the app config's exchange_accept. The watchdog arms 'any' on a relaunch when the user adopts an unverified sidecar over finishing a tune. Setting it is an expressed choice to use the exchange - the first-contact consent question is skipped (announced at boot). |
 
 ## daslang core knobs dasLLAMA honours
 

diff --git a/modules/dasLLAMA/REVIEW.md b/modules/dasLLAMA/REVIEW.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # dasLLAMA Code Review Checklist
 
-**Read `REVIEW_COMMON.md` (repo root) first - its contract binds this checklist.** Architecture doc:
-`ARCHITECTURE.md`. Planned work: `followup_general.md`, `followup_vulkan.md`; the perf
-backlog is `PERF_LEDGER.md` - a performance followup goes there, everything else in the
-two followup ledgers.
+**Read `REVIEW_COMMON.md` (repo root) first - its contract binds this checklist.** Architecture
+docs: `ARCHITECTURE.md` and the `ARCHITECTURE_*.md` companions it indexes. Planned work:
+`followup_general.md`, `followup_vulkan.md`, `PERF_LEDGER.md` (performance goes to the perf
+ledger, everything else to the followup ledgers).
 
 **A dasLLAMA `[test]` file, wherever the diff puts it, answers to this module's
 `tests/REVIEW.md`.**
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ file's sec.1 charter line in `ARCHITECTURE_ENGINE.md`, `ARCHITECTURE_GPU.md`, or
 **Platform-specific code in an engine file (`dasllama/`) lands only in that platform's backend
 file.**
 
-**A new engine concern that is not `Model`/`Session`/`Config` state gets its own file, not
-more of `dasllama/dasllama_common.das`.**
+**A diff that adds a new engine concern that is not `Model`/`Session`/`Config` state to
+`dasllama/dasllama_common.das` is a defect - give the concern its own file.**
+
+**A boot-path prompt (code that runs at startup, before the first request) that reads stdin
+without first proving both stdin and stdout are terminals is a defect - emit the question as
+a `@sidecar` event instead.** A supervised or piped boot must never block on input.
 
 **A NEW clock read paired with a print or log of the elapsed interval is a defect in an engine
 file (`dasllama/`) outside a cold one-shot load, bake, map, or tokenizer-build progress log** -
@@ -124,14 +128,13 @@ template strings any of them look up, records a `tests/test_tokenizer.das` run w
 EXECUTED, not skipped.**
 
 **A diff that adds an override, or gives one a new effect, without the announce is a defect.**
-An override is an environment knob or an exported runtime setter that moves a gate, policy, or
-threshold off its default and thereby changes what the run writes, reads, mints, or computes -
-including a knob or setter whose purpose is timing when it moves computed numerics, since two
-GEMM forms of the same math differ in float terms. A knob or setter that changes only WHEN work
-happens is not an override, and a CLI flag is never one. The announce is a line the run prints
-where the override changes the outcome, naming it by the spelling a user would set - the
-environment variable name, the sidecar key, or the setter's function name. Per-site repeats are
-fine. A set-but-inert override stays silent.
+An override is an environment knob, an exported runtime setter, or an on-disk state file that
+moves a gate, policy, or threshold off its default and thereby changes what the run writes,
+reads, mints, or computes - a timing knob included when it moves computed numerics. A knob
+that changes only WHEN work happens is not one, and a CLI flag is never one. The announce is
+a line the run prints where the override changes the outcome, naming it by the spelling a
+user would set - the environment variable name, the sidecar or file key, or the setter's
+function name. Per-site repeats are fine; a set-but-inert override stays silent.
 
 **A change to user-facing API updates every place it is shown: a tutorial source, `.rst` page,
 docstring, help string, `README.md`, or checked-in document still showing the old call, flag, or
@@ -238,7 +241,8 @@ file** - a single-caller helper sanctioned as tower-worthy is ledgered on
 **A harness that prints output for another tool to compare exits non-zero when its run ends
 without those comparison lines - wrong flags, failed load.**
 
-**Tool wire text - building or parsing - is produced only in `dasllama/dasllama_tools.das`.**
+**Tool wire text (the text of a model's tool/function call, built or parsed) is produced only
+in `dasllama/dasllama_tools.das`.**
 
 **No engine file (`dasllama/`) other than `dasllama/dasllama_audio_io.das` requires `audio` (the
 miniaudio decode module).**

diff --git a/modules/dasLLAMA/dasllama/dasllama_env.das b/modules/dasLLAMA/dasllama/dasllama_env.das
@@ -653,10 +653,10 @@ struct public ExampleEnv {
 
 [EnvConfig(env_prefix = "DASLLAMA")]
 struct public ExchangeEnv {
-    @clarg_doc = "Sidecar exchange base URL override (tests, mirrors); unset = the baked-in dasllama.io."
+    @clarg_doc = "Sidecar exchange base URL override (tests, mirrors); unset = the baked-in dasllama.io. Setting it is an expressed choice to use the exchange - the first-contact consent question is skipped (announced at boot)."
     exchange_url : string = ""
 
-    @clarg_doc = "One-shot exchange accept-policy override: verified | any | off; unset = the app config's exchange_accept. The watchdog arms 'any' on a relaunch when the user adopts an unverified sidecar over finishing a tune."
+    @clarg_doc = "One-shot exchange accept-policy override: verified | any | off; unset = the app config's exchange_accept. The watchdog arms 'any' on a relaunch when the user adopts an unverified sidecar over finishing a tune. Setting it is an expressed choice to use the exchange - the first-contact consent question is skipped (announced at boot)."
     exchange_accept : string = ""
 }