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Jordan Ritter 5b37a94571 fix(showcase): restore single-source python tool symlinks + iron-rule guard (#5975)
## Summary

Companion structural PR to #5971. It fixes the **root cause** behind the
a2ui divergence #5971 patched: the showcase's single-source symlinks
eroded to real, drifting copies.

`showcase/integrations/*/tools`, `*/shared-tools`, `*/_shared` are meant
to be **symlinks into `showcase/shared/...`** — `stage_shared()`
dereferences them for the Docker build, `restore_symlinks()` restores
them. An **accidental `stage_shared()` leak** (commit `534cd1efa7`, PR
#4449 "D5 all-green") committed the dereferenced real files instead of
restoring the symlinks. Once they were real files, they drifted — which
is exactly how the a2ui `render_a2ui` vs `_design_a2ui_surface` split
(fixed in #5971) arose.

## Changes

- **Restore 12 Python `tools/` dirs to symlinks** →
`../../shared/python/tools` (ag2, agno, claude-sdk-python, crewai-crews,
google-adk, langgraph-fastapi, langgraph-python, langroid, llamaindex,
ms-agent-python, pydantic-ai, strands). Content is byte-adopted from
shared — verified no load-bearing per-integration code is lost (only
`render_a2ui` naming + shared `roll_dice`/sanitize additions).
Integrations' intentional internal-planner names (llamaindex,
ms-agent-python) live in `src/`, not `tools/`, and are untouched.
- **`showcase/AGENTS.md` (+ `CLAUDE.md`, root pointers,
INTEGRATION-CHECKLIST section)** — canonical statement of the 4 iron
rules (identical tests, near-identical frontends, minimal backends,
per-integration fixtures) + the single-source symlink mechanism ("edit
the shared source only; a real file there is a bug"). These were
previously written down nowhere.
- **`validate-shared-symlinks` CI guard** — fails on any NEW erosion
(real dir where a symlink belongs), with a shrink-only baseline that
tightens to fully-enforcing as symlinks are restored. Mirrors the
existing `validate-*` ratchet pattern.

## Scope / independence

- **No overlap with #5971** — this PR touches nothing under
`showcase/shared/typescript/` and does not modify the 3 TS integration
`shared-tools/` dirs (verified: empty file-set intersection). Mergeable
independently.
- Build-safe: `stage_shared()` correctly dereferences the restored
symlinks (targets resolve within the build context);
`restore_symlinks()` recreates them post-build.

## Verified

- `validate-shared-symlinks` test suite: 7/7 pass; validator EXIT 0 (no
new erosion).
- Reviewed by a full panel (correctness, content-integrity, build/CI,
docs, scope, silent-failure, simplicity) — zero mandatory findings.

## Follow-ups (deliberately out of scope)

1. **3 TS `shared-tools` dirs** (mastra, claude-sdk-typescript,
langgraph-typescript) remain real (baselined) — symlink them in a
follow-up **after #5971 merges**, to avoid overlapping its TS edits.
2. **Guard hardening**: validate the symlink *target* (not just that
it's a symlink), fail-loud on a malformed baseline, and code-enforce the
shrink-only ratchet. (This PR's guard catches the real-file erosion —
the actual failure mode; these are robustness extras.)
3. Pre-existing `shared/python` a2ui test failures (#5971-adjacent) and
a couple of stale doc line-refs, noted during review.

Companion: #5971.
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