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 ## Checklist
 
 - [ ] Linked issue or backlog item
-- [ ] Contract behavior and invariants are described clearly
-- [ ] Docs updated if contract interfaces or workflows changed
-- [ ] Scope stays limited to one contract concern
+- [ ] Added or updated `creator-keys` unit/integration tests for every changed contract behavior, including failure paths for new or reachable `ContractError` variants
+- [ ] Ran `cargo fmt --all -- --check`, `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`, and `cargo test --workspace`, or explained exactly why a command was not run
+- [ ] Reviewed persistent storage changes against `docs/storage-key-invariants.md`; any storage layout change includes a migration/backward-compatibility note
+- [ ] Confirmed event names, topic order, payload field order, and field meanings remain compatible with `docs/contract-event-conventions.md`, or documented the breaking change and versioning plan
+- [ ] Updated docs for any changed public contract interface, read-only method, event schema, storage behavior, fee logic, or deployment workflow
+- [ ] Scope stays limited to one contract concern and does not include unrelated formatting, lockfile, generated artifact, or dependency changes