tools/TOOLS_VERSION

One line naming the version of the tools.

What it holds

"v38.3 2026-09-25", then what the pass changed: mint, place and unplace write scheme_current; forest pages end at a thread; progress --plan; compare on one scale; done.sh gates pauses and interview cuts.

Who writes it, and when

Written with the tools; shipped in the analyst's tools/.

Why it exists

Why it exists is not stated in the sources. A1's run_manifest.json records a tools_commit, and build.sh fingerprints tools/ into CONTROL/RUN.json.

Where

tools/TOOLS_VERSION.

Checked against: tools/TOOLS_VERSION, stages/STAGE-A1-reading-room-notes.md, harness/build.sh.