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Internal (ADR-4629 section 8.1, epic #4629 child C1): introduce the `StateWriteIntent` type, extending `StateTransaction`, and a `readModifyWriteStateMd` opaque-transform recognition capability in the STATE.md write-path drift guard. This is the foundation for verified, bounded STATE.md writes. No user-facing behavior changes and no caller is migrated (that is Phase 2 and later).