chore: Jul 10 housekeeping — docs, state, automation status

[cobusgreyling]

Priority 1–3 housekeeping

• Fix README good-first-issue count (21 open)
• Document changelog/release-notes strategy in docs/RELEASE.md (no root CHANGELOG)
• Link STATE.md watch-list items to GitHub issues; log completed housekeeping
• Add automation status table to LOOP.md
• Refresh RELEASE_NOTES_DRAFT.md; published Discussion #241

Branch prune and #238 merge already landed on main.

[github-actions]

Thanks @cobusgreyling for contributing a docs improvement — visible, reviewable PRs like this grow the reference for everyone.

What happens next

• Maintainer aims for same-day review on story, adopter, and scoped docs/example PRs (CONTRIBUTING.md).
• good first issue PRs: comment on the linked issue so we can assign and close on merge.

More ways to help

• Contributor quickstart + open issues
• Good first issue backlog

— loop-engineering maintainers

[github-actions]

Loop Readiness Audit

Score: 100/100 (L3)

Strong loop readiness — good candidate for L3 with explicit gates.

No suggestions — looking good.

_{Posted by audit.yml · loop-audit docs}