diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-.PHONY: validate validate-spine smoke carry
+.PHONY: validate validate-spine smoke carry emit-service-manifest release-dry-run
 
 validate: validate-spine
 	python3 tools/validate.py
 
+emit-service-manifest:
+	cat service-manifest/functional-service.v1.json
+
+release-dry-run: validate smoke carry
+	@echo "release-dry-run OK: manifest + maturity spine validated, offline smoke passed, SourceOS carry emitted (disabled-by-default)."
+
 validate-spine:
 	python3 tools/validate_spine.py
 
diff --git a/docs/LAB_SURFACE.md b/docs/LAB_SURFACE.md
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# EmbeddingLab — lab surface
+
+`embeddinglab` is a **lab-only** workspace: it emits governed functional-service
+manifests and evaluation evidence for downstream SocioProphet services. It does not
+self-promote models into production and does not carry mutable model state into SourceOS.
+
+## Surfaces
+
+Enumerated in [`../lab.manifest.json`](../lab.manifest.json):
+
+- embeddings
+- rerankers
+- hybrid-retrieval-preparation
+- vector-evaluation
+- semantic-indexing
+
+## Service manifest
+
+The primary functional surface is declared in
+[`../service-manifest/functional-service.v1.json`](../service-manifest/functional-service.v1.json),
+which conforms to the canonical `functional-service.v1` schema
+(`SocioProphet/functional-model-surfaces`). Inputs, outputs, evals, governance flags, and
+the SourceOS carry policy are all declared there.
+
+## Evidence
+
+- Deterministic offline smoke: `make smoke` (the M2 promotion gate).
+- Maturity record: [`../repo.maturity.yaml`](../repo.maturity.yaml) (`repo-maturity.v1`).
+- Promotion dry-run gate: `make release-dry-run` (validate + smoke + carry).
+
+## Boundary
+
+Lab-only. No model weights, datasets, secrets, or credentials are committed. Scaffolding
+directories (`datasets/`, `evals/`, `adapters/`, `training-runs/`) hold **references and
+provenance only**.
diff --git a/docs/PROPHET_INTEGRATION.md b/docs/PROPHET_INTEGRATION.md
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+# EmbeddingLab — Prophet integration
+
+How this lab hands off to the wider SocioProphet estate. All handoff targets are declared
+in [`../lab.manifest.json`](../lab.manifest.json) under `governanceHandoff` and in the
+service manifest `governance` / `sourceosCarry` blocks.
+
+| Target | Relationship |
+|--------|--------------|
+| `SocioProphet/holmes` | consumes the embedding/rerank surface as a product capability |
+| `SocioProphet/model-router` | routes to the governed surface |
+| `SocioProphet/model-governance-ledger` | receives promotion evidence (evals, provenance) |
+| `SocioProphet/guardrail-fabric` | enforces guardrail policies on the surface |
+| `SocioProphet/functional-model-surfaces` | canonical schema authority for the manifest |
+| `SourceOS-Linux/sourceos-model-carry` | disabled-by-default SourceOS carry reference |
+
+## Governance handoff
+
+- `governance.ledgerRequired` / `guardrailRequired` / `routingRequired` are all `true` in
+  the service manifest — the surface cannot be promoted without ledger evidence, guardrail
+  policy, and a routing entry.
+- `sourceosCarry.carriesMutableModelState` is `false` and `clientRefRequired` is `true`:
+  SourceOS carries only a signed client reference, never mutable model state.