delivery arc: appendix still curated + further-reading footers (Helm/K8s/OpenShift official docs) as site convention

content/appendix-dependency-ledger.md

@@ -77,3 +77,10 @@ treatment fits the "when it is down" strip. Cross-link each card to its owning c
 (VI, VI, VII respectively). No slice scene; if art is ever wanted, a single small
 still of three unconnected objects (crystal slab / vault cube / way-station) reusing
 the arc heroes' silhouettes - do not generate anything new for this page now.
+
+## Page footer - further reading (site convention)
+GitHub docs (https://docs.github.com/); Azure Key Vault
+(https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/); zot registry
+(https://zotregistry.dev/); and the arc's canon trio: Kubernetes
+(https://kubernetes.io/docs/), Helm (https://helm.sh/docs/), Red Hat OpenShift
+(https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform).

content/course-VI-gitops.md

@@ -66,3 +66,12 @@ small GHOST SHARD (the hand-edit being reverted). Separate armoured VAULT BOX fl
 above the chain, apart from everything (the secret store - deliberately not in line).
 6 parts, no connectors. Slice plan: collapse packs chain into the engine; vault stays
 apart even collapsed (it is never absorbed into the pipeline - the visual argument).
+
+## Page footer - pre-reads + further reading (site convention: every course carries this)
+Pre-reads: Course II (the reconciliation loop - this course is that loop one level up);
+Kubernetes concepts (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/); git + pull requests
+(https://docs.github.com/en/get-started).
+Further reading: Argo CD docs (https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/); Red Hat OpenShift
+GitOps (via https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform);
+External Secrets Operator (https://external-secrets.io/); Azure Key Vault
+(https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/); Helm docs (https://helm.sh/docs/).

content/course-VII-supply-chain.md

@@ -73,3 +73,12 @@ translucent, edges blurring) and an ENGRAVED SEAL plate (the digest - dense, cri
 crystalline). 6 parts, generous void, no connectors. Slice plan: collapse draws the
 journey into the mirror block (everything local); the two seals collapse toward each
 other but never merge - ghost stays ghost.
+
+## Page footer - pre-reads + further reading (site convention: every course carries this)
+Pre-reads: Course I (what an image IS - layers, this course ships that object);
+Kubernetes images concept (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/).
+Further reading: zot registry docs (https://zotregistry.dev/); Azure Container
+Registry (https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/); OpenShift image
+configuration + mirroring (via
+https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform); skopeo
+(https://github.com/containers/skopeo).

content/course-VIII-helm-contexts.md

@@ -72,3 +72,11 @@ Course III's gatekeeper silhouette re-used) with one dim REJECTED SHEET stopped
 7 parts, generous void, no connectors. Slice plan: collapse draws crystals + sheets into
 the press (one machine at rest); the rejected sheet collapses BEHIND the gate, never
 past it - the visual argument for Move 3.
+
+## Page footer - pre-reads + further reading (site convention: every course carries this)
+Pre-reads: Course II (desired state - a chart renders it); working with Kubernetes
+objects (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/).
+Further reading: Helm docs (https://helm.sh/docs/) and the chart template guide
+(https://helm.sh/docs/chart_template_guide/); Go text/template
+(https://pkg.go.dev/text/template); Helm on OpenShift (via
+https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform).

content/further-reading.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Site convention - the further-reading footer (all courses)
+
+Every course page ends with a "Pre-reads + further reading" strip: official docs only
+(kubernetes.io / helm.sh / docs.redhat.com OpenShift + per-topic), two lines, quiet
+styling - a service to the reader, never a wall of links. The delivery-arc briefs
+(VI-VIII + appendix) carry theirs inline; the main-menu courses get these at build:
+
+- 00 aperitif: none (the terminal IS the hook).
+- I Docker: https://docs.docker.com/get-started/ ; image layers via
+  https://docs.docker.com/build/
+- II Machine: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/ ;
+  https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/
+- III Runtime: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/ ;
+  https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/#node-components
+- IV Traffic: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/
+- V OpenShift: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform ;
+  https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift
+- VI-VIII + appendix: inline in their briefs (content/).
+
+Pre-reads point BACKWARD into the site first (courses build on courses), outward second.