docs(companion): add release bundle install and verification runbook

docs/plans/state.json

@@ -7000,6 +7000,19 @@
         "docs/plans/state.json"
       ],
       "test_status": "pnpm test:run src/cli/companion.test.ts src/companion/releaseBundle.test.ts + pnpm typecheck passing"
+    },
+    "personal-assistant-productization-phase1-companion-install-runbook": {
+      "status": "completed",
+      "date": "2026-02-27",
+      "updated": "2026-02-27",
+      "summary": "Added companion release installation/verification runbook (`docs/operations/COMPANION_RELEASE_BUNDLE.md`) covering bundle generation, checksum verification, launch flows, platform push-provider defaults, and secret-handling guidance. Linked runbook from docs index and README companion section.",
+      "files_modified": [
+        "docs/operations/COMPANION_RELEASE_BUNDLE.md",
+        "docs/README.md",
+        "README.md",
+        "docs/plans/state.json"
+      ],
+      "test_status": "docs-only runbook update; no runtime code changes"
     }
   },
   "overall_progress": {
@@ -7018,7 +7031,7 @@
     "tier2_completion": "4/4 (100%) — inbound webhooks, vector memory search, Dockerfile, heartbeat monitor",
     "tier3_completion": "5/5 (100%) — lane queue, credential redaction, web UI token dashboard, xAI (Grok) provider, Voyage AI embeddings",
     "tier4_completion": "4/4 (100%) — gateway lock, shell completion, Tailscale Serve/Funnel, DM pairing codes",
-    "feature_gap_scorecard": "rebaselined 2026-02-26 and updated 2026-02-27 (phase 3 + phase 1 + phase 2 + phase 4 slices + companion packaging/bundle tooling + shell bootstrap controls) — channel breadth, setup wizard, baseline browser automation, subagent controls, browser workflow reliability primitives (wait/assert/extract/retries/checkpoints/guardrails/budgets), companion reconnect/runtime-handoff foundations, companion packaging primitives (bootstrap export + release-bundle artifacts + checksum manifests) and one-shot status/location/push shell bootstrap controls, voice reliability hardening (talk controls + TTS fallback/health + interruption-safe cancel semantics), and onboarding first-success funnel improvements are implemented; remaining high-impact personal-assistant gaps center on shipped desktop/mobile companion app binaries and signed distribution pipelines.",
+    "feature_gap_scorecard": "rebaselined 2026-02-26 and updated 2026-02-27 (phase 3 + phase 1 + phase 2 + phase 4 slices + companion packaging/bundle tooling + shell bootstrap controls + install runbook) — channel breadth, setup wizard, baseline browser automation, subagent controls, browser workflow reliability primitives (wait/assert/extract/retries/checkpoints/guardrails/budgets), companion reconnect/runtime-handoff foundations, companion packaging primitives (bootstrap export + release-bundle artifacts + checksum manifests), companion install/verification runbook, and one-shot status/location/push shell bootstrap controls, voice reliability hardening (talk controls + TTS fallback/health + interruption-safe cancel semantics), and onboarding first-success funnel improvements are implemented; remaining high-impact personal-assistant gaps center on shipped desktop/mobile companion app binaries and signed distribution pipelines.",
     "operator_dx_milestone": "Phase 3 (Live Ops Dashboard): 2/2 plans complete — milestone done",
     "dashboard_observability": "completed — service health graphs + core service log viewer added to web UI via observability RPCs and bounded backend sampling",
     "gmail_auth_cli": "flynn gmail-auth command implemented with OAuth2 flow, doctor check, config routed to Telegram",
@@ -7051,7 +7064,7 @@
     "deeper_surfaces_phase3_companion_canvas_voice": "completed — companion reconnect resilience (auto-reconnect with backoff, pending-wait cancellation on disconnect), canvas artifact persistence (SQLite-backed store, daemon-restart durability), voice TTS fallback coverage (text-only reply on TTS failure, no dropped responses)",
     "deeper_surfaces_phase4_rollout": "completed — phase 4 rollout and operator readiness plan documented: canary rollout plan by feature flag/surface, explicit rollback playbook, operator docs and architecture/protocol docs synchronized",
     "post_phase_test_fixes": "completed — fixed 4 test failures introduced by phases 1-3: iOS/Android push listNodes (missing publishHeartbeat before platform-filtered query), server.test agent.send (run_state events now precede done; added sendAndWaitForDone helper), httpBody 413 (req.destroy() closed socket before response could be sent; replaced with Connection: close header on 413 responses)",
-    "personal_assistant_productization_plan": "in_progress — 8-10 week phased roadmap active; Phase 3 browser workflow reliability shipped, Phase 1 companion runtime reliability includes reconnect state replay + typed handoff support, companion packaging primitives now include bootstrap manifest export, release-bundle artifact generation, and checksum manifests, companion shell bootstrap controls cover status/location/push metadata, Phase 2 voice reliability ships talk controls + TTS provider fallback/health + interruption-safe voice cancel mapping, and Phase 4 onboarding includes Personal Assistant Mode preset + live readiness checks + first-success guidance. Remaining phase focus: shipped companion app surfaces and signed release artifacts.",
+    "personal_assistant_productization_plan": "in_progress — 8-10 week phased roadmap active; Phase 3 browser workflow reliability shipped, Phase 1 companion runtime reliability includes reconnect state replay + typed handoff support, companion packaging primitives now include bootstrap manifest export, release-bundle artifact generation, checksum manifests, and an install/verification runbook, companion shell bootstrap controls cover status/location/push metadata, Phase 2 voice reliability ships talk controls + TTS provider fallback/health + interruption-safe voice cancel mapping, and Phase 4 onboarding includes Personal Assistant Mode preset + live readiness checks + first-success guidance. Remaining phase focus: shipped companion app surfaces and signed release artifacts.",
     "subagents_support": "completed — subagent phases 1-3 shipped with `subagent.spawn/send/list/cancel/delete/summary`, per-child queue mode (`followup|interrupt`), budgets (`max_turns`, `max_total_tokens`, `turn_timeout_ms`), tool-profile overrides, trace-linked audit events, `/subagents` inspection commands, and focused regression tests."
   },
   "soul_md_and_cron_create": {