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Current main already removes the stale seed-directory instructions, but still conflates the benchmark case files and leaves quickstart retrieval service use implicit. Document each real file and consumer, the combined eval default and live-corpus case generation, disposable-server use, and the background service shared by both quickstart commands.

Closes #74.

Validation: python bench/eval.py --help, python bench/benchmark.py --help, all 17 repository paths named in CONTRIBUTING checked present, ruff check src/ tests/, and git diff --check pass. No live benchmark or real-store access. Documentation-only change; Hermes Gate non-code exemption applies.

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Summary by Sourcery

Clarify benchmark case-file usage and quickstart service requirements in the documentation.

Enhancements:

• Clarify the distinct roles, formats, and consumers of the benchmark case files, including combined evaluation defaults and live-corpus case generation.
• Document the disposable server and store requirements for live evaluations.
• Explain that both quickstart commands use the background service started by fidelis init.

Documentation:

• Update contributor and quickstart documentation with benchmark usage, safety guidance, and background-service behavior.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Clarified how benchmark case files are used and which commands require a running server and live corpus.
  • Added guidance on using a disposable store for benchmarks and running help commands without a server.
  • Clarified that fidelis watch and fidelis recall-hybrid use the background service started by fidelis init.

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Reviewer's Guide

Documentation-only updates clarify the distinct benchmark case files and their consumers, explain live-corpus evaluation and disposable-store safeguards, and make the shared fidelis init background service explicit for quickstart commands.

File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
Clarify benchmark case-file formats, consumers, and runtime requirements.	Distinguish the default inputs for the benchmark and evaluation runners. Document the historical hardset file and its limited legacy-runner usage. Explain live-corpus case generation, static-only behavior, and disposable-server/store requirements. Provide server-free help commands for validating benchmark interfaces.	CONTRIBUTING.md
Document shared background-service behavior and data-handling implications in the quickstart.	State that watch and hybrid recall use the service initialized by fidelis init. Clarify where ingested data and watcher metadata are stored and how service cleanup affects them.	README.md
Record the documentation clarification in the unreleased changelog.	Add an unreleased entry covering benchmark guidance and quickstart service usage.	CHANGELOG.md

Assessment against linked issues

Issue	Objective	Addressed	Explanation
#74	Update CONTRIBUTING.md to accurately document the real benchmark case-file layout, including the distinct roles, formats, and consumers of cases.json, eval_cases.json, and hardset.json.	✅
#74	Document the benchmark runtime requirements, including that eval.py uses a running Fidelis server and live corpus, generates recall cases through /recall_b, and should be run only against a disposable store, while providing valid server-free help commands.	✅
#74	Add a README quickstart note explaining that fidelis watch and fidelis recall-hybrid use the background service started by fidelis init.	✅

Possibly linked issues

• Docs: correct stale bench/seeds instructions and note the quickstart uses the running service #74: The PR directly updates CONTRIBUTING.md and README.md to satisfy the issue’s benchmark and background-service documentation criteria.

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The documentation clarifies the roles of benchmark case files, the server requirements for evaluation, and the service used by quickstart commands.

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Bench and quickstart instructions CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md, CHANGELOG.md	Contributor instructions distinguish benchmark case files and describe server and disposable-store requirements. The README identifies the service used by quickstart commands. The changelog records these documentation changes.

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Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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The contributor guide may lead readers to think the legacy runner uses hardset fields it does not read. Correcting that description is a small documentation change; no broader workflow failure was established.

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main documentation changes: benchmark case files and the quickstart service.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #74 has coding requirements. CONTRIBUTING.md now documents bench/cases.json, bench/eval_cases.json, and historical bench/hardset.json, including their consumers and fields. It states tha…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The reviewed changes are limited to CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md, and one unreleased CHANGELOG.md entry. The benchmark clarification, disposable-server guidance, quickstart service note, and chang…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…

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Review disposition (Codex/Hermes): the complete CodeRabbit review found one minor hardset-field precision issue, fixed in 37ffee8 and acknowledged by CodeRabbit in the review thread. A full rerun is rate-limited; that terminal unavailability is not counted as a technical pass. Independent steward rereview of the exact corrected head found no further issues. Original Sourcery approval and both benchmark help/path checks support the focused documentation-only change; final CI is required before merge.

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