diff --git a/.machine_readable/scorecards/estate-constitution.scorecard.a2ml b/.machine_readable/scorecards/estate-constitution.scorecard.a2ml
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@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+# Hand-authored source. Regenerate the dashboard with: just scorecards
+
+[scorecard]
+spec_id = "estate-constitution"
+version = "0.1.0"
+assessed_date = "2026-07-11"
+assessor = "estate-governance-migration"
+
+[[must]]
+id = "M1"
+text = "The constitutional district MUST contain its declared canonical documents."
+system = "test: expected-path existence"
+status = "pass"
+evidence = "constitution/ contains README, estate, authority, assurance, contribution, exceptions, tensions, change-procedure, and agent-instruction sources."
+effects = "Missing sources would make the authority route incomplete."
+
+[[must]]
+id = "M2"
+text = "Generated registry and topology views MUST derive from the registry source."
+system = "scripts/build-registry.sh --check"
+status = "pass"
+evidence = "Generator was run twice and scripts/build-registry.sh --check returned OK on commit e573c86."
+effects = "Drift would make discovery disagree with the canonical source table."
+
+[[must]]
+id = "M3"
+text = "Constitutional adoption MUST receive authorised human review."
+system = "none"
+status = "manual-only"
+effects = "The branch remains a proposal and cannot authorise itself."
+
+[[must]]
+id = "M4"
+text = "Source-pack material MUST be reconciled rather than blindly copied."
+system = "none"
+status = "fail"
+effects = "The required assurance pack is unavailable locally, so reconciliation is incomplete."
+
+[[should]]
+id = "S1"
+text = "Known tensions SHOULD identify class, priority, containment, next action, and evidence status."
+system = "manual document review"
+status = "pass"
+evidence = "constitution/KNOWN-TENSIONS.adoc supplies all six fields for the twelve required tensions."
+effects = "Omission would allow unresolved policy questions to masquerade as implementation completion."
diff --git a/COMPLIANCE-DASHBOARD.md b/COMPLIANCE-DASHBOARD.md
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--- a/COMPLIANCE-DASHBOARD.md
+++ b/COMPLIANCE-DASHBOARD.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 | Spec | MUST status | MUST (pass/total) | SHOULD (pass/total) | COULD (pass/total) | Systems coverage | Assessed |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| `estate-constitution` | ❌ gap | 2/4 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 60% | 2026-07-11 |
 | `a2ml` | ✅ met | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/3 | 84% | 2026-07-03 |
 | `k9-svc` | ❌ gap | 3/6 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 100% | 2026-07-03 |
 | `contractiles` | ❌ gap | 0/5 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 54% | 2026-07-03 |
@@ -52,10 +53,10 @@
 
 ## Estate rollup
 
-- **Specs registered (local):** 29
-- **Specs with a scorecard:** 29 / 29
-- **MUST requirements:** 46 passing / 143 total (74 failing)
-- **Estate systems coverage:** 67% of 338 graded requirements have a mechanical check
+- **Specs registered (local):** 30
+- **Specs with a scorecard:** 30 / 30
+- **MUST requirements:** 48 passing / 147 total (75 failing)
+- **Estate systems coverage:** 67% of 343 graded requirements have a mechanical check
 
 ## How this dashboard stays honest