Why: establish the authorized task workspace and its initial baseline.
Evidence: preserved precheck receipt in .task/fix-pal-component-delivery-pins.md; R0=a496ea0f0249b2b412354677ef97612ccd692d25.
Impact: task metadata only; the feature workspace starts at a496ea0f02.
Refs: .task/fix-pal-component-delivery-pins.md