Slice 1: engine core — compose stack, db layer, company/employee API
- docker-compose.yml: Postgres 16 (schema auto-applied) + Redis, nonstandard
host ports 5433/6380.
- engine/db.py: async psycopg pool, append_event in caller's transaction.
- engine/souls.py: versioned role charters (manager/engineer/qa) + reporting
protocol appended to every soul.
- engine/main.py: POST/GET companies, employee hire with Hermes profile
creation (outside tx, retryable; DB authoritative), event feed, archive
with profile cleanup, global pause/resume in Redis.
- Verified live end-to-end: create -> 4 events + 3 real Hermes profiles;
pause flips health; archive 204 removes profiles, keeps rows.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>