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+# inbound-library IMAP entry
+
+This is a sibling of the telemetry SMTP entry (`docs/telemetry-smtp-custody.md`).
+It follows the same pattern and makes the same guarantees. The work belongs to
+inbound-library ILIB-WP-0002-T07. The founder requested the entry on 2026-10-05
+for the dedicated mailbox library@coulomb.social and will add the password.
+
+KV v2 mount: `platform`. Entry: `workloads/inbound-library/imap`.
+Full CLI path: `platform/workloads/inbound-library/imap`.
+
+The initial fields are:
+
+| Field | Value |
+| --- | --- |
+| `IMAP_HOST` | `imap.ionos.de` |
+| `IMAP_PORT` | `993` |
+| `IMAP_USERNAME` | `library@coulomb.social` |
+| `IMAP_TLS` | `implicit` |
+| `IMAP_FOLDER` | `INBOX` |
+
+`IMAP_PASSWORD` is deliberately absent until the founder adds it as version 2.
+Keep the existing fields when saving that new version, for example with
+`bao kv patch platform/workloads/inbound-library/imap IMAP_PASSWORD=-`, which
+reads the value from stdin.
+
+This is an attended founder command. It needs the existing local OpenBao
+forwarding:
+
+```sh
+BAO_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:18200 VAULT_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:18200 warden access openbao-platform-admin-login --exec -- python3 /home/worsch/railiance-platform/scripts/inbound_library_imap_entry.py
+```
+
+Behavior:
+- The helper prints nothing.
+- It writes with CAS=0, so it never overwrites any existing path or version.
+- If a version already exists, it returns without reading values or writing.
+- A successful rerun on an existing path proves only that the path exists, not
+  what it contains.
+
+Four tests cover:
+- first creation;
+- an existing version is kept;
+- permission errors;
+- CAS conflict.
+
+Exit codes:
+
+| Code | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| 20 | invalid metadata |
+| 21 | metadata access failure |
+| 22 | creation failure |
+| 23 | unexpected write version |
+| 24 | verification failure |
+| 25 | contained failure |
+
+Read Warden's printed completion line:
+- `login-failed`: no child process ran.
+- `completed-but-revocation-unconfirmed`: creation ran, but the session
+  revocation needs attention.
+
+The native creation counts as pending until that attended result is in.
+
+This helper does not do any of the following:
+- grant read access to any workload;
+- set a coding-agent deny boundary;
+- copy another mailbox's credential;
+- touch the mailbox.
+
+inbound-library first runs on the workstation, with `INBOUND_LIBRARY_IMAP_USER`
+and `INBOUND_LIBRARY_IMAP_PASSWORD` in its environment. Scoped delivery is a
+separate, later step, done when the library moves into the cluster: a read
+policy, an ESO ServiceAccount and an ExternalSecret, modelled on
+`telemetry_smtp_delivery.py`. That later step also adds a certificate-verified,
+read-only IMAP login check.
diff --git a/scripts/inbound_library_imap_entry.py b/scripts/inbound_library_imap_entry.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Silent attended creation of a password-free inbound-library IMAP KV entry.
+
+Never overwrite an existing version, including a password subsequently added by
+its owner. Run inside warden's attended OpenBao platform-admin login envelope.
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+PATH = 'platform/workloads/inbound-library/imap'
+FIELDS = {'IMAP_HOST': 'imap.ionos.de', 'IMAP_PORT': '993',
+          'IMAP_USERNAME': 'library@coulomb.social',
+          'IMAP_TLS': 'implicit', 'IMAP_FOLDER': 'INBOX'}
+
+
+def command(args):
+    return subprocess.run(['bao', *args], capture_output=True, timeout=30)
+
+
+def run(invoke=command):
+    # Read only metadata before CAS=0 creation. No existing credential value is
+    # needed to refuse an overwrite. The owner can safely rerun after adding it.
+    before = invoke(['kv', 'metadata', 'get', '-format=json', PATH])
+    if before.returncode == 0:
+        metadata = json.loads(before.stdout)['data']
+        if type(metadata.get('current_version')) is int and metadata['current_version'] >= 1:
+            return 0
+        return 20
+    # Never infer absence from arbitrary errors or an unauthenticated connection.
+    if b'No value found at ' not in before.stderr + before.stdout:
+        return 21
+    created = invoke(['kv', 'put', '-format=json', '-cas=0', PATH,
+                      *[key + '=' + value for key, value in FIELDS.items()]])
+    if created.returncode:
+        return 22
+    if json.loads(created.stdout).get('data', {}).get('version') != 1:
+        return 23
+    after = invoke(['kv', 'metadata', 'get', '-format=json', PATH])
+    if after.returncode or json.loads(after.stdout)['data'].get('current_version') != 1:
+        return 24
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # The attended lane refuses all child output, including exceptions.
+    with open(os.devnull, 'w') as sink:
+        os.dup2(sink.fileno(), 1)
+        os.dup2(sink.fileno(), 2)
+        try:
+            status = run()
+        except Exception:
+            status = 25
+    sys.exit(status)
diff --git a/tests/test_inbound_library_imap_entry.py b/tests/test_inbound_library_imap_entry.py
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+import importlib.util
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+
+spec=importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('imap_entry',Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]/'scripts/inbound_library_imap_entry.py')
+entry=importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec);spec.loader.exec_module(entry)
+
+class EntryTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_create_without_password_and_verify(self):
+        calls=[]
+        results=[subprocess.CompletedProcess([],2,b'',b'No value found at platform/metadata/workloads/inbound-library/imap'),
+                 subprocess.CompletedProcess([],0,b'{"data":{"version":1}}',b''),
+                 subprocess.CompletedProcess([],0,b'{"data":{"current_version":1}}',b'')]
+        def invoke(args): calls.append(args);return results.pop(0)
+        self.assertEqual(entry.run(invoke),0)
+        self.assertIn('-cas=0',calls[1]);self.assertFalse(any('PASSWORD' in a for a in calls[1]))
+        self.assertIn('IMAP_USERNAME=library@coulomb.social',calls[1])
+    def test_existing_password_version_never_read_or_overwritten(self):
+        calls=[]
+        def invoke(args):
+            calls.append(args);return subprocess.CompletedProcess([],0,b'{"data":{"current_version":2}}',b'')
+        self.assertEqual(entry.run(invoke),0);self.assertEqual(len(calls),1)
+        self.assertEqual(calls[0][:3],['kv','metadata','get'])
+    def test_permission_error_never_triggers_write(self):
+        calls=[]
+        def invoke(args): calls.append(args);return subprocess.CompletedProcess([],2,b'',b'permission denied')
+        self.assertEqual(entry.run(invoke),21);self.assertEqual(len(calls),1)
+    def test_cas_conflict_is_not_success(self):
+        results=[subprocess.CompletedProcess([],2,b'',b'No value found at x'),subprocess.CompletedProcess([],2,b'',b'CAS mismatch')]
+        self.assertEqual(entry.run(lambda _:results.pop(0)),22)