Source and target are on the same filesystem (device 2049), source git status is clean at commit 2440188. Notably, the stale target is at the *same commit* but has an uncommitted `.env` deletion and lacks vendor/ and current working-tree files. Before deleting the target, I'll verify it has no unique history (branches/stashes).Target has no unique history (no extra branches, stashes, or commits beyond origin/main; only uncommitted `.env` deletion) — safe to replace. Now checking the inbox conventions for the report destination.Found the report destination: `/home/reachableceo/.coordinate/inbox-pmo/`. Now executing the swap — precise counts first, then remove stale copy, rename, and symlink in one atomic sequence.Counts confirmed (21,590 / 283 files, matching the brief). Executing the swap now.Move and symlink done. Applying group permissions recursively.chgrp hit non-owned files (root-created, likely from Docker builds) under `vendor/discourse-mcp/.pnpm-store`. Since chmod after `&&` didn't run, let me quantify the non-owned set and check whether they're already world-readable.Only 4,753 root-owned entries (pnpm store, all world-readable 755/644) — just 1 exception to inspect. Applying perms to the reachableceo-owned majority now.All 4,753 root-owned entries are world-readable, so group access is unaffected; the flagged file is my own `crush.log` (will get g+r). The chgrp run tripped on 2 dangling symlinks in vendor test fixtures — rerunning with `-h` (act on links themselves) plus the chmod passes.Perms applied. Running full verification sweep.One entry still has group `reachableceo` — locating and fixing it.`.git/index` (rewritten by my own `git status` runs) re-fixed; final state: 21,126 entries group `users`, 4,753 root-owned world-readable. All verifications pass. Writing the report.Consolidation complete.

- **Moved**: atomic same-fs rename; `/home/_crossfeed/tooling/knel-aimiddleware` now holds the full tree (21,590 files, 512M, vendor/ + .git). Counts match source exactly.
- **Git**: clean status, HEAD `2440188` intact, remote `origin` preserved.
- **Symlink**: `/home/reachableceo/projects/KNEL-AIMiddleware` → target, resolves.
- **Perms**: 21,126 entries group `users` (dirs g+rx, files g+r, incl. `.git`); 4,753 root-owned `.pnpm-store` entries skipped but already world-readable.
- **Report**: `/home/reachableceo/.coordinate/inbox-pmo/REPORT-knel-aimiddleware-consolidation.md`