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+SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell (hyperpolymath)
+-->
+
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to `poly-k8s-mcp` will be documented in this file.
+
+This file is generated from conventional commits by the
+[`changelog-reusable.yml`](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/.github/workflows/changelog-reusable.yml)
+workflow (`hyperpolymath/standards#206`). Adopt the workflow in this repo's CI to keep this file in sync automatically — see
+[`templates/cliff.toml`](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/templates/cliff.toml)
+for the canonical config.
+
+The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/);
+this project aims to follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+- feat: add FlatRacoon orchestrator manifest
+- feat(ci): enable Hypatia scanning
+- feat: add Containerfile and ghcr.io publishing workflow
+
+### Fixed
+
+- fix(ci): bump a2ml/k9-validate-action pins to canonical (standards#85) (#3)
+- fix(ci): sync hypatia-scan.yml to canonical (kill cd-scanner build drift) (#2)
+- fix: remove duplicate SCM files from root
+- fix(security): update editorconfig SHA and CodeQL language
+- fix: use correct Chainguard base image
+
+### Documentation
+
+- docs(readme): add SPDX header, OSSF and GWF badges
+- docs: update SCM files with project information
+- docs: add CONTRIBUTING.md
+- docs: add SCM checkpoint files
+- docs: add checkpoint files for state tracking
+- docs: Add runtime mode, security boundary, and smoke test sections
+
+### CI
+
+- ci: redistribute concurrency-cancel guard to read-only check workflows (#4)
+- ci: bump actions/upload-artifact SHA to current v4 (#1)
+- ci: wire hypatia-scan.yml to query own Dependabot alerts
+
+## Pre-history
+
+Prior commits to this file's introduction are recorded in git history but not formally classified into Keep-a-Changelog sections. To backfill, run `git cliff -o CHANGELOG.md` locally using the canonical [`cliff.toml`](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/templates/cliff.toml) — this is one-shot mechanical work.
+
+---
+
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