diff --git a/.forum/src/bootstrap_meta.ts b/.forum/src/bootstrap_meta.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc3b52b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.forum/src/bootstrap_meta.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/**
+ * Agent Forum v4 - Meta-State Bootstrap Tool
+ * Automatically scaffolds the orphan 'meta-state' branch with initial
+ * JSON-LD requirements, task DAGs, and transition rules.
+ */
+
+import { ensureDir } from "https://deno.land/std@0.224.0/fs/ensure_dir.ts";
+import { join } from "https://deno.land/std@0.224.0/path/mod.ts";
+
+async function runCmd(args: string[], cwd?: string): Promise<string> {
+  const cmd = new Deno.Command("git", {
+    args,
+    cwd,
+    stdout: "piped",
+    stderr: "piped",
+  });
+  const { code, stdout, stderr } = await cmd.output();
+  if (code !== 0) {
+    const errText = new TextDecoder().decode(stderr);
+    throw new Error(`Git command failed: git ${args.join(" ")}\n${errText}`);
+  }
+  return new TextDecoder().decode(stdout).trim();
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  console.log("-> Bootstrapping Agent Forum Meta-State...");
+
+  const tmpDir = await Deno.makeTempDir({ prefix: "meta_state_" });
+
+  try {
+    // 1. Initialize or check out meta-state orphan branch in a temp dir
+    console.log("   Initializing meta-state orphan workspace...");
+    try {
+      await runCmd(["symbolic-ref", "HEAD"], tmpDir);
+    } catch {
+      // Not a git repo yet in tmpDir, clone/init local linkage
+      const repoRoot = await runCmd(["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"]);
+      await runCmd(["clone", repoRoot, tmpDir]);
+      await runCmd(["checkout", "--orphan", "meta-state"], tmpDir);
+      await runCmd(["rm", "-rf", "."], tmpDir); // Clean slate for orphan branch
+    }
+
+    // 2. Ensure directories exist
+    await ensureDir(join(tmpDir, "ontologies"));
+    await ensureDir(join(tmpDir, "tasks"));
+    await ensureDir(join(tmpDir, "vectors"));
+
+    // 3. Auto-generate JSON-LD Requirement Graph based on repo inspection
+    console.log("   Generating JSON-LD ontology graph...");
+    let projectName = "Auth-Yes Project";
+    try {
+      const pkgRaw = await Deno.readTextFile("package.json");
+      const pkg = JSON.parse(pkgRaw);
+      if (pkg.name) projectName = pkg.name;
+    } catch {
+      // Default fallback
+    }
+
+    const ontologyGraph = [
+      {
+        "@context": "https://schema.org",
+        "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
+        "name": projectName,
+        "description": "Auto-bootstrapped application architecture for Agent Forum governance."
+      },
+      {
+        "@type": "Requirement",
+        "id": "REQ-001",
+        "description": "Ensure zero-trust authentication and rate-limiting patterns are enforced on all API routes.",
+        "status": "Approved"
+      },
+      {
+        "@type": "Requirement",
+        "id": "REQ-002",
+        "description": "Maintain strict code-to-documentation parity using SCIP index extraction.",
+        "status": "Approved"
+      }
+    ];
+
+    await Deno.writeTextFile(
+      join(tmpDir, "ontologies", "ontology.graph"),
+      JSON.stringify(ontologyGraph, null, 2)
+    );
+
+    // 4. Auto-generate Initial Task DAG
+    console.log("   Generating initial task backlog DAG...");
+    const initialTask = `id: TASK-001
+title: Bootstrap Agent Forum Governance
+status: Done
+description: Automatically initialized meta-state architecture and baseline requirements.
+blocked_by: []
+`;
+
+    await Deno.writeTextFile(
+      join(tmpDir, "tasks", "TASK-001.yaml"),
+      initialTask
+    );
+
+    // 5. Commit and push/update meta-state branch
+    console.log("   Committing meta-state structures...");
+    await runCmd(["add", "."], tmpDir);
+    
+    // Check if there are changes to commit
+    const status = await runCmd(["status", "--porcelain"], tmpDir);
+    if (status) {
+      await runCmd(["commit", "-m", "chore(meta-state): bootstrap initial ontologies and task DAGs"], tmpDir);
+      // Push meta-state to local/remote
+      await runCmd(["push", "origin", "meta-state:meta-state"], tmpDir).catch(() => {
+        console.warn("⚠️ Could not push meta-state to remote (offline or remote not set). Local branch updated.");
+      });
+    }
+
+    console.log("🎉 Meta-state successfully bootstrapped!");
+
+  } finally {
+    await Deno.remove(tmpDir, { recursive: true }).catch(() => {});
+  }
+}
+
+if (import.meta.main) {
+  await main();
+}
diff --git a/.forum/src/hooks/pre-push b/.forum/src/hooks/pre-push
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b32aae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.forum/src/hooks/pre-push
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Agent Forum v4 - Pre-Push Synchronization Hook
+# Automatically syncs the 'meta-state' orphan branch and all agent git notes
+# whenever any branch is pushed to a remote.
+
+remote="$1"
+url="$2"
+
+echo "-> Agent Forum: Syncing meta-state and Git Notes to remote '${remote}'..."
+
+# 1. Push the meta-state branch if it exists locally
+if git rev-parse --verify meta-state >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    git push "$remote" meta-state:meta-state --quiet || echo "⚠️ Warning: Failed to push meta-state branch."
+fi
+
+# 2. Push all agent Git Notes across all namespaces
+git push "$remote" 'refs/notes/*' --quiet || echo "⚠️ Warning: Failed to push Git Notes."
+
+echo "-> Agent Forum: State synchronization complete."
+exit 0
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