- BEGIN [A-Z0-9 ]*PRIVATE KEY now covers OPENSSH/RSA/EC variants
- sk- patterns tolerate hyphens and prefixed families (ctx7sk-)
- credential-assign catches PASSWORD=/token:/|API_KEY| tables (placeholder-aware)
- telegram bot tokens + connection strings with embedded passwords
- .obsidian/** third-party plugin code excluded from value scan (noise)
- regression: all 12 files named in REVIEW-FOLLOWUP now flagged
- GIT_WORKFLOW: drop git add . / Windows path, add verifier step,
note force-push exception for the one-time history rewrite