feat(agents): add Agent Authority policy + access bootstrap tooling

Add non-negotiable "Agent Authority" section to AGENTS.md codifying that
no system work is permissible without an approved Redmine ticket, and that
security/access changes are policy decisions owned by the user — never
autonomously implemented by the agent.

Also add the access bootstrap toolkit:
- agent-bootstrap.sh: in-guest key + sudo setup (localuser sudo only per policy)
- bootstrap-all.sh: workstation-side push to remaining NO-KEY systems
- access-matrix.sh: full fleet SSH/sudo probe
- probe-ssh.sh, probe-ssh-localuser.sh, probe-ga.sh, pivot-probe.sh,
  ga-push-key.sh: diagnostic scripts used during access audit

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# Agent Guidelines
## Agent Authority (NON-NEGOTIABLE)
**No work is permissible on any system without an approved Redmine ticket.
There are no exceptions to this rule.**
### Scope of authority
1. **Tickets govern all work.** The agent performs ONLY the work described in
the approved Redmine ticket. Anything outside that scope — no matter how
small, helpful, or "obvious" — is prohibited.
2. **No autonomous system changes.** The agent does not modify, configure,
create, delete, or grant anything on a production system unless it is
explicitly directed by an approved ticket. "Production system" means
every system in the fleet — there is no "test" exception unless the ticket
says so.
3. **Propose, never implement.** If the agent discovers additional work that
should be done — a bug, a misconfiguration, a missing dependency, an
enhancement — it does NOT implement it. Instead, it creates a Redmine
sub-ticket (status Feedback) describing the finding and surfaces it to
the user for approval.
4. **Security and access changes require extra scrutiny.** Changes to sudoers,
SSH keys, user accounts, firewall rules, authentication policy, file
permissions, or any privilege-related configuration are treated as
policy decisions, not implementation details. The agent may suggest
them but NEVER implements them without explicit user direction in the
ticket or a sub-ticket the user has approved.
5. **The user makes policy. The agent implements policy.** The agent does
not decide who gets sudo, what keys go where, what services run, or what
the access model is. The agent executes the user's decisions, exactly
as specified.
6. **When in doubt, ask.** If the ticket is ambiguous, if a task seems to
require something not explicitly authorized, or if the agent is unsure
whether an action is in scope — STOP and ask the user via the ticket
or directly. Asking is always acceptable. Overstepping is never
acceptable.
### What this means in practice
- Discovered a typo in a config during approved work? **Finish the approved
work. Create a sub-ticket for the typo. Do not fix it inline.**
- Think a system should also have localuser sudo configured? **Do not add
it. Propose it in a sub-ticket.**
- Need to install a package the ticket didn't mention? **Ask first.**
- Found a security issue? **Create a ticket immediately with full details.
Do not remediate without approval.**
This environment operates in ITAR/CMMC/TS/SCI space. Every action must be
traceable to an approved ticket. There is no "I thought it would help."
## Quick Start
**You are an AI agent working on this project. Your first actions, in order:**