diff --git a/dist/skill/SKILL.md b/dist/skill/SKILL.md
index 04ade59..592fe31 100644
--- a/dist/skill/SKILL.md
+++ b/dist/skill/SKILL.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description: >
   utility code in MUMPS/YottaDB. Triggers: "m-stdlib", "STDJSON", "STDASSERT", "STDCRYPTO", "STDLOG", "$$parse^STD", "do start^STDASSERT", "^STD".
 ---
 
-# m-stdlib — pattern library and quick reference (v0.5.0)
+# m-stdlib — pattern library and quick reference (v0.7.0)
 
 Generated from m-stdlib's `dist/stdlib-manifest.json` — every public
 module + label, the canonical-idiom library, and the full U-STD* error
diff --git a/dist/skill/error-codes.md b/dist/skill/error-codes.md
index e56c670..373a287 100644
--- a/dist/skill/error-codes.md
+++ b/dist/skill/error-codes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # m-stdlib — error codes
 
-m-stdlib v0.5.0; 44 error codes across 14 modules.
+m-stdlib v0.7.0; 44 error codes across 14 modules.
 
 Inverted index over the manifest's `@raises` arrays. Every
 `,U-STDxxx-NAME,` code an m-stdlib label sets via `set $ecode=`
diff --git a/dist/skill/manifest-index.md b/dist/skill/manifest-index.md
index b9d492d..c1df9f3 100644
--- a/dist/skill/manifest-index.md
+++ b/dist/skill/manifest-index.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # m-stdlib — manifest index
 
-m-stdlib v0.5.0; 33 modules; 290 public labels.
+m-stdlib v0.7.0; 33 modules; 290 public labels.
 
 Generated from `dist/stdlib-manifest.json`. One entry per module
 with every public label: signature on the left, synopsis on the
diff --git a/dist/skill/patterns.md b/dist/skill/patterns.md
index d9f7b36..7c6fc00 100644
--- a/dist/skill/patterns.md
+++ b/dist/skill/patterns.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- generated from tools/skill-patterns.md against m-stdlib v0.5.0; do not edit this file directly — edit the input. -->
+<!-- generated from tools/skill-patterns.md against m-stdlib v0.7.0; do not edit this file directly — edit the input. -->
 
 # m-stdlib — canonical patterns
 
diff --git a/scripts/unseed-vista.sh b/scripts/unseed-vista.sh
index 20d89f7..3a12898 100755
--- a/scripts/unseed-vista.sh
+++ b/scripts/unseed-vista.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,18 @@ CONN="${VISTA_CONN_FILE:-$HOME/data/vista-meta/conn.env}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
 source "$CONN"
 
+# NOTE (m/v waterline transport monopoly): this hand-rolls the raw GT.M interpreter
+# over SSH against the LEGACY vista-meta host — NOT the vehu/foia VSL-MSL driver
+# stack (which is reached only through m-driver-sdk -> m-ydb/m-iris via the `m`
+# toolchain). vista-meta is winding down and has no driver transport, so this stays
+# raw. The trailing `stack-exempt` marker keeps the offending line visible to the
+# engine-access gate (it is a harmless comment to the remote bash — ends at its
+# own newline, so the closing quote on the next line is untouched).
 ssh -p "$VISTA_SSH_PORT" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o BatchMode=yes \
     "$VISTA_SSH_USER@$VISTA_HOST" "bash -lc '
   source /etc/profile.d/ydb_env.sh
   rm -rf \$HOME/export/seed/$PROJECT
-  \$ydb_dist/mumps -run %XCMD \"K ^XTMP(\\\"$XTMP_KEY\\\")\" 2>/dev/null || true
+  \$ydb_dist/mumps -run %XCMD \"K ^XTMP(\\\"$XTMP_KEY\\\")\" 2>/dev/null || true  # stack-exempt: legacy vista-meta SSH cleanup, no driver transport
 ' " 2>/dev/null || true
 
 echo "[$PROJECT] unseed done"