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Everything is green and the working tree is ready for your PR:

• Code: wrappers.py (scoped resolution, fetch_wrapper_repo, wrapper_repo_info, lock read/write), build_containers.py (prepare_wrapper_base_container pull-or-build, wrapper-ref/lock handling in the wrapped path), build_util.py (wrapper-ref field), build_webapp.py (--wrapper-ref, prebuilt base path), constants.py (wrapper.lock name).
• Docs: wrappers.md (prebuilt bases, pinning/locking, CI-publish expectation for wrapper authors), stack-files.md (wrapper-ref, wrapper.lock section), recent-features.md (entry as #163 — fix if the number lands differently).
• Validation: lint clean; scenario tests for pull, local-fallback tagging, lock write/honor/refetch-at-hash, and --wrapper-ref incl. error case; both full suites pass cold with the pull path proven in the logs.

Suggested short PR description: "Pull prebuilt wrapper base images from ghcr (keyed on the wrapper repo commit hash, published by wrapper repo CI), falling back to local build. Add wrapper-ref to pin a wrapper repository/branch, and wrapper.lock (analogous to container.lock) for repeatable wrapped builds."

And the test-coverage work for the fetch/lock paths is queued in my notes as the next item whenever you want it.

Let me check what's actually linked today:

So to answer directly: yes, and now more completely. The link graph is:

• Stack repo → wrapper repos: README.md → docs/wrappers.md, whose available-wrappers table links both wrapper repos, the authoring section links stack-wrapper-static-content as the minimal example, and (new just now) the stack.yml usage section links the full working example — the pure-HTML stack-test-static-content repo plus the test-static-content stack in stack-test-stacks that deploys it.
• Wrapper repos → stack repo: both READMEs link the stack repo and now reference docs/wrappers.md (was docs/webapp.md) — that's a two-line change sitting in your wrapper repo clones to push whenever convenient.

So someone landing in any of the repos can walk the whole system. The stack-repo side of these edits is in the working tree along with the rest of the batch for your PR.

Sounds good. Two small reminders for the push: verify the PR number in docs/recent-features.md (I guessed #163), and the wrapper repo clones each have the two-line README pointer update (docs/webapp.md → docs/wrappers.md) to push separately whenever convenient.

That completes the whole wrapper roadmap — abstraction, external repos, static content, stack.yml integration, cleanup, prebuilt bases, and version locking. The only queued follow-up is the dedicated test coverage for the fetch/lock paths, noted in my memory for whenever you want to pick it up.

The docs are accurate as written, then — nothing to correct. Once #163 merges and you push the wrapper README tweaks, everything's consistent across all five repos. Give me a shout whenever you want to tackle the fetch/lock test coverage or anything else.

Yes — the feature as we scoped it across this whole arc is complete:

1. ✅ Wrapper abstraction with wrapper.yml manifests (#160)
2. ✅ Definitions in external repos with discovery + auto-fetch, static content wrapper, build-level test (#160)
3. ✅ wrapper: in stack.yml, deployment-level test, docs consolidation (#161)
4. ✅ webapp-template special case and fixups retired (#162)
5. ✅ Prebuilt base images on ghcr, wrapper-ref pinning, wrapper.lock (#163)

The original goal — "a repository that only contains HTML can be deployed just by including it in a stack, with wrapping schemes discovered at runtime from their own repos" — is fully realized and regression-tested at every step.

Two loose ends, both minor and non-blocking:

• The two-line README pointer updates (docs/webapp.md → docs/wrappers.md) sitting in your wrapper repo clones, if you haven't pushed those yet.
• The deliberate deferral: dedicated test coverage for the base-image fetch and lock mechanics (build-locally-when-no-published-image, lock honored on fresh clone, dirty-checkout-doesn't-lock). That's queued in my notes as its own piece of work whenever you want it.

Updating my memory to mark the arc closed:

All done — the wrapper system is shipped end to end. It was a satisfying arc: four PRs, each gated by the existing webapp test passing unchanged, ending with the static-content case that motivated the whole idea working from a bare index.html repo to a served deployment. Ready for the test-coverage round or anything else whenever you are.