Create Comic Manifest authoring CLI and Epic 7 reference consumer #97

Parent epic: #6

Summary

Create Comic Manifest authoring CLI and Epic 7 reference consumer for Comic Manifest v1.

Ownership and dependencies

• Repositories: platform.
• Depends on: Implement Comic Manifest build-result verification and public projection #96.
• Plan position: 10 of 12.

Scope and deliverables

• Provide validate, inspect, diff and verify authoring commands with stable machine-readable outcomes.
• Use explicit inputs, bounded parsing, safe diagnostics and consented protected-output handling.
• Build an offline mock consumer demonstrating the Epic Epic 7 - Build Orchestrator #101 handoff from production manifest through result verification and separately approved public projection.
• Document installation, review workflow and failure behavior without adding orchestration.

Acceptance criteria

• CLI success/failure exit behavior is documented and tested.
• Protected bodies or evidence are not printed or written by default; unsafe paths/overwrite attempts fail.
• The synthetic vertical slice runs without paid providers, real private inputs or production credentials.
• Reference consumer exposes the future orchestration boundary without scheduling, retries or workflow execution.

Implementation guardrails

Follow Constitution v1.0.0 at a9cc8a503aa30e17820edc62ac95f7cbe10e0564 and the boundaries in #6. Use public/synthetic fixtures only. Preserve released Prompt SDK v1, Context Package v1 and Context Builder v1 bytes. Add focused tests and documentation with implementation; the suite task consolidates rather than postpones testing. No implicit retrieval, permission renewal, direct Lore checkout, silent declassification, self-approval or canon promotion. Normative gaps belong in Codex. Orchestration, rendering, production trust onboarding and creative canon remain separately scoped. Creating this issue does not authorize implementation or publication.