Draft capability entry (reuse-surface REUSE-WP-0017-T04, cohort 1)

Honest first-pass maturity vector grounded in README/docs/tests present
in this repo; no invented evidence. Flagged for human review before
publish. See reuse-surface history/2026-07-06-coverage-classification.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

registry/capabilities/capability.infotech.email-connector.md

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+---
+id: capability.infotech.email-connector
+name: Mailbox Evidence Scanner (email-connect)
+summary: Headless, provider-neutral email communication and evidence service; first slice scans a mailbox
+  or fixture directory and produces timestamped CSV evidence reports.
+owner: email-connect
+status: draft
+domain: infotech
+tags:
+- email
+- evidence
+- coordination
+maturity:
+  discovery:
+    current: D2
+    target: D4
+    confidence: medium
+    rationale: README documents the Mailbox Evidence Scanner MVP slice and explicitly disclaims overclaiming
+      delivery/awareness/coordination success; a coordination-engine adapter contract exists (spec/).
+  availability:
+    current: A1
+    target: A3
+    confidence: medium
+    rationale: Runnable today via `PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m email_connect.cli`; local SQLite state and
+      CSV report output; no packaged distribution or hosted service.
+external_evidence:
+  completeness:
+    level: C1
+    confidence: low
+    basis: scope_vs_intent_and_consumer_expectations
+    satisfied_expectations:
+    - mailbox/fixture scanning with classification and CSV report generation
+    - expected-recipient diffing with known_recipient/undef.no_signal diagnostics
+    broken_expectations: []
+    out_of_scope_expectations: []
+  reliability:
+    level: R0
+    confidence: low
+    basis: consumer_quality_signals
+    known_reliability_risks:
+    - first implementation slice only; broader email-connector scope from INTENT not yet built
+discovery:
+  intent: Provide provider-neutral email-channel evidence (has this address been reached? what signal
+    exists?) without overclaiming delivery or awareness.
+  includes:
+  - mailbox/fixture scanning and classification
+  - CSV evidence report generation
+  - coordination-engine adapter contract
+  excludes:
+  - actually sending email (evidence/scanning only in this slice)
+  - delivery or awareness guarantees
+  assumptions: []
+  use_cases: []
+  research_memos: []
+availability:
+  current_level: A1
+  target_level: A3
+  current_artifacts:
+  - Python CLI module (`email_connect.cli`)
+  target_artifacts: []
+  consumption_modes:
+  - cli
+relations:
+  depends_on: []
+  supports: []
+  related_to: []
+evidence:
+  documentation:
+  - README.md
+  tests:
+  - tests/
+  consumer_feedback: []
+  bug_reports: []
+  incidents: []
+consumer_guidance:
+  recommended_for:
+  - needs for email-channel evidence scanning without delivery guarantees
+  not_recommended_for:
+  - needs requiring actual outbound email sending (not in this slice)
+  known_limitations:
+  - MVP slice; state is local SQLite, not shared/service-backed yet
+promotion_history: []
+---
+
+# Mailbox Evidence Scanner (email-connect)
+
+## Overview
+
+`email-connect` is a headless, provider-neutral email evidence service. Its first slice, the Mailbox Evidence Scanner, scans a mailbox or fixture directory, classifies inbound evidence, and produces timestamped CSV reports without overclaiming delivery or coordination success.
+
+## Assessment notes
+
+### Discovery
+
+README documents the Mailbox Evidence Scanner MVP slice and explicitly disclaims overclaiming delivery/awareness/coordination success; a coordination-engine adapter contract exists (spec/).
+
+### Availability
+
+Runnable today via `PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m email_connect.cli`; local SQLite state and CSV report output; no packaged distribution or hosted service.
+
+### Completeness
+
+First-pass honest assessment from the REUSE-WP-0017 coverage campaign
+(reuse-surface). No external consumer feedback exists yet; levels reflect
+scope-vs-intent documentation quality, not internal code quality.
+
+### Reliability
+
+No production consumer telemetry exists yet; reliability level is
+intentionally conservative pending REUSE-WP-0019 reuse-telemetry evidence.
+
+## Promotion checklist
+
+- [x] ID follows `capability.<domain>.<name>` pattern
+- [x] Maturity enums match `specs/CapabilityMaturityStandard.md`
+- [x] `external_evidence` is populated separately from `maturity`
+- [ ] Relations reference valid capability IDs (none yet)
+- [x] Index entry added in `registry/indexes/capabilities.yaml`

registry/indexes/capabilities.yaml

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 version: 1
-updated: '2026-06-16'
+updated: '2026-07-06'
 domain: helix_forge
-capabilities: []
+capabilities:
+- id: capability.infotech.email-connector
+  name: Mailbox Evidence Scanner (email-connect)
+  summary: Headless, provider-neutral email communication and evidence service; first slice scans a mailbox
+    or fixture directory and produces timestamped CSV evidence reports.
+  vector: D2 / A1 / C1 / R0
+  domain: infotech
+  status: draft
+  owner: email-connect
+  path: registry/capabilities/capability.infotech.email-connector.md
+  tags:
+  - email
+  - evidence
+  - coordination
+  consumption_modes:
+  - cli