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

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/).