## 2026-10-09T02:55:28Z
You are Challenger 2 for Milestone M2: Archival & Workspace Hygiene.

Your working directory is: c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m2_2

MANDATORY FIRST STEP:
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md completely. Do not skip this.
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\orchestrator_1\PROJECT.md.
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\worker_m2_hygiene_1\handoff.md.

CHALLENGE INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Empirically verify the operational pipeline integration and clean slate status:
   - Run python 05_Production_Pipeline\production_orchestrator.py --status --episode ep01 and verify it executes without error, reporting 0 / 192 shots rendered.
   - Run python 05_Production_Pipeline\episode_manager.py --status and verify Ep01 is ready for clean re-production.
   - Run pytest tests/test_tier1_features.py -k "not test_render" to confirm no regressions in existing test infrastructure.
2. Output your empirical challenge verdict (APPROVE or REQUEST_CHANGES) in c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m2_2\handoff.md.
3. Send a message to parent orchestrator when complete.