H.3.2 Bootstrap

Bootstrap establishes the minimum supported local environment.

• Select versions through repository-owned manifests, launchers, and configuration rather than undocumented ambient tools.
• Make authentication, generated configuration, SDK acquisition, and unsupported platform boundaries explicit.
• Verify the smallest useful source edit, build or test, and review preparation from a clean machine.
• Keep first-run failures attributable: separate network, credential, tool, generator, workspace, and build-graph faults.
• Retest bootstrap as tools and host platforms change; successful onboarding once is not a maintained contract.