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+id: CENG-WP-0001
+type: workplan
+title: "INTENT placeholder — await extraction from citation-evidence"
+domain: citation_evidence
+repo: citation-engine
+status: active
+owner: codex
+topic_slug: citation_evidence_mvp
+created: "2026-06-21"
+updated: "2026-06-21"
+state_hub_workstream_id: "ccd217a2-572d-435d-9a29-e0a55b6a4311"
+---
+
+# CENG-WP-0001 — INTENT Placeholder
+
+Umbrella-first MVP: engine code lives in `citation-evidence/src/engine/` and
+`citation-evidence/src/shared/`. This file satisfies ADR-001 workplan structure
+until extraction per `INTENT.md`.
+
+## Extraction gate
+
+```task
+id: CENG-WP-0001-T01
+status: wait
+priority: low
+state_hub_task_id: "755e36b7-983d-48e8-af94-fd074db7f745"
+```
+
+Blocked on citation-evidence MVP stabilization and engine API contract freeze.
+See `citation-evidence/wiki/DependencyMap.md`.
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