diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5d2f791..385b90d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -11,19 +11,16 @@ Base workspace can run the same checks with the project’s standard Python
 tooling:
 
 ```bash
-python3 -m pip install -e ".[dev,typer,quality]"
-python3 -m pytest
-ruff format --check scripts examples
-ruff check lib/python/base_cli scripts examples tests
-python3 -m mypy --strict examples/typed_consumer.py
-python3 scripts/validate_docs.py
-python3 -m compileall -q examples
-python3 -m build
+python3 -m pip install -e ".[dev,typer,quality,benchmark]"
+./tests/full_validate.sh
 ```
 
 Use the Python interpreter from your active virtual environment in place of
-`python3` when necessary. The strict mypy command covers the supported typed
-consumer fixture; the framework-wide typing gate is tracked separately.
+`python3` when necessary. The aggregate is the authoritative local gate and
+includes the framework-wide strict typing, documentation, benchmark, package,
+and security checks. Use `./tests/validate.sh` for the fast repository-baseline
+check when the full extras are not installed; it is not a substitute for the
+aggregate.
 
 ## Workflow
 
diff --git a/docs/releasing.md b/docs/releasing.md
index 31894b7..15bbf81 100644
--- a/docs/releasing.md
+++ b/docs/releasing.md
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ and install the reviewed wheel in an isolated environment. The installed-wheel
 smoke test exercises public API, lifecycle, and output behavior without the
 source tree on `sys.path`. Tests run across Python 3.10 through 3.14 on Linux,
 macOS, and Windows, with Debian, Fedora, and WSL validation retained. Blocking
-quality gates cover Ruff formatting/lint, strict public-sample typing, an 80%
-branch-coverage threshold, documentation/example checks, and dependency/static
-security scans. The [performance contract](performance.md) also checks fresh
+quality gates cover Ruff formatting/lint, strict public-sample and
+framework-wide typing, and an 80% combined statement-and-branch coverage
+threshold. Documentation/example checks and dependency/static security scans
+are separate required gates. The [performance contract](performance.md) also checks fresh
 import and isolated invocation budgets, while the adversarial suite exercises
 redaction, protocol framing, persistence, concurrency, retention, and signal
 cleanup.