docs(core): snapcompact audit — measured shape/recall table, frank-archon image-count budget, 85% trigger law

Live probe against frank-archon (212,916-char archive, 8 planted facts):
auto shape 8on22-bw reads back 8/8 recall at 47% of raw-text billed
tokens; both denser grids drop characters. Lands the docs for the paired
live-config changes (thresholdPercent 95->85, imageCountBudget 16) and
records the catalog-only frame-pricing law (radiance ~2,400 tok/frame vs
the harness's blind 5,024 floor).

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## 2026-10-27
### Snapcompact audited against frank-archon; the blind frame price is the real limit
A live recall probe (212,916-char archive, 8 planted facts, four legs) against
frank-archon: the auto shape `8on22-bw` reads back at full recall for 47 % of
the billed tokens of raw text, while both denser grids drop characters inside
identifiers — `snapcompact.shape: auto` stays. `thresholdPercent` returns 95 →
85 (the max_tokens gap math in `models.yml` was written for 85; 95 routes
compaction through the overflow-refuse path). `imageCountBudget: 16` lands on
the frank-archon row: custom providers inherit the unknown-provider floor of 5
images/request and silently halve the archive. Law: **frame pricing is
catalog-only** — radiance charges ~2,400 tokens/frame and the harness assumes
5,024, and no user-row key can fix that until upstream prices
`openai-completions` vision. Page: [core/snapcompact.md](core/snapcompact.md).
## 2026-10-21
### The WAN door into the model registry