DO NOT MERGE: branch protection test (stale DESIGN.md) - #4

Process completed with exit code 1.

AssertionError: [FAIL] DESIGN.md is out of date with docs/design/ -- run `make design` and commit the result. assert 1 == 0 + where 1 = CompletedProcess(args=['/home/builder/.cache/uv/builds-v0/.tmpQbgHoo/bin/python', '/home/builder/sysforge/tools/build_...1, stdout='', stderr='[FAIL] DESIGN.md is out of date with docs/design/ -- run `make design` and commit the result.\n').returncode

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