M1: audit log (Governance) + edit-distance metric

SharedKernel:
- IAuditLog/AuditEvent — append-only audit contract any module writes through.
- EditDistance (Levenshtein + normalized) — the north-star metric, available from day
  one; consumed at edit-and-approve in M5.

Governance module (references SharedKernel only):
- AuditEntry entity; internal GovernanceDbContext (schema "governance") +
  InitialGovernance migration; AuditLog implements IAuditLog.
- GET /api/governance/audit — owner-only (ViewAuditLog), returns recent entries.

Wiring (via the SharedKernel IAuditLog interface — no module references Governance):
- OrgBoard records team.created, task.created, task.moved, task.assigned.
- Identity records invitation.created, member.joined.

Verified: build green; ArchitectureTests 8/8 (Governance references only SharedKernel;
audit flows through the shared interface); IntegrationTests 20/20 — board flow now
asserts task.created/task.moved appear in the audit log, plus EditDistance unit tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/Auditing/AuditLog.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Domain;
+using TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence;
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Auditing;
+
+namespace TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Auditing;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Writes audit events to the governance store. Uses its own DbContext/transaction (best-effort,
+/// decoupled from the acting module's unit of work) — sufficient for M1.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class AuditLog(GovernanceDbContext db, TimeProvider clock) : IAuditLog
+{
+    public async Task WriteAsync(AuditEvent auditEvent, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        db.AuditEntries.Add(new AuditEntry(
+            auditEvent.Action,
+            auditEvent.EntityType,
+            auditEvent.EntityId,
+            auditEvent.ActorMemberId,
+            auditEvent.Details,
+            clock.GetUtcNow()));
+
+        await db.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
+    }
+}

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/Domain/AuditEntry.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Domain;
+
+namespace TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Domain;
+
+/// <summary>An immutable audit record. Append-only — never updated or deleted.</summary>
+internal sealed class AuditEntry : Entity
+{
+    public string Action { get; private set; } = null!;
+    public string EntityType { get; private set; } = null!;
+    public Guid EntityId { get; private set; }
+    public Guid? ActorMemberId { get; private set; }
+    public string? Details { get; private set; }
+    public DateTimeOffset OccurredAtUtc { get; private set; }
+
+    private AuditEntry()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public AuditEntry(
+        string action,
+        string entityType,
+        Guid entityId,
+        Guid? actorMemberId,
+        string? details,
+        DateTimeOffset occurredAtUtc)
+    {
+        Action = action;
+        EntityType = entityType;
+        EntityId = entityId;
+        ActorMemberId = actorMemberId;
+        Details = details;
+        OccurredAtUtc = occurredAtUtc;
+    }
+}

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/Endpoints/GovernanceEndpoints.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence;
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Access;
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Modularity;
+
+namespace TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Endpoints;
+
+internal sealed record AuditEntryResponse(
+    Guid Id,
+    string Action,
+    string EntityType,
+    Guid EntityId,
+    Guid? ActorMemberId,
+    string? Details,
+    DateTimeOffset OccurredAtUtc);
+
+internal static class GovernanceEndpoints
+{
+    public static void Map(IEndpointRouteBuilder endpoints)
+    {
+        var group = endpoints.MapGroup("/api/governance").WithTags("Governance");
+
+        group.MapGet("/ping", () => TypedResults.Ok(new ModulePing("governance")));
+        group.MapGet("/audit", GetAudit).RequireAuthorization();
+    }
+
+    private static async Task<IResult> GetAudit(
+        Guid organizationId, int? take, IPermissionService permissions, GovernanceDbContext db, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        // Owner-only. (M1 audit entries are not yet org-scoped — fine for single-org dogfood.)
+        if (!permissions.Has(Capability.ViewAuditLog, ScopeRef.Org(organizationId)))
+        {
+            return Results.Forbid();
+        }
+
+        var limit = Math.Clamp(take ?? 100, 1, 500);
+        var entries = await db.AuditEntries
+            .OrderByDescending(a => a.OccurredAtUtc)
+            .Take(limit)
+            .Select(a => new AuditEntryResponse(
+                a.Id, a.Action, a.EntityType, a.EntityId, a.ActorMemberId, a.Details, a.OccurredAtUtc))
+            .ToListAsync(ct);
+
+        return Results.Ok(entries);
+    }
+}

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/GovernanceModule.cs

@@ -1,27 +1,32 @@
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
+using TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Auditing;
+using TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Endpoints;
+using TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence;
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Auditing;
 using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Modularity;
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Persistence;
 
 namespace TeamUp.Modules.Governance;
 
-/// <summary>Autonomy dial, the action gate, the review inbox, the audit log (M5).</summary>
+/// <summary>Autonomy dial, the action gate, the review inbox, the audit log (M5). M1 ships the audit log.</summary>
 public sealed class GovernanceModule : IModule
 {
     public string Name => "governance";
 
     public void Register(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
-        // Skeleton: no services yet. M5 introduces the action gate, ReviewItem context,
+        var connectionString = configuration.GetConnectionString("Postgres")
-        // edit-distance capture, and the immutable audit log here.
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Missing connection string 'ConnectionStrings:Postgres'.");
+
+        services.AddDbContext<GovernanceDbContext>(options => options.UseNpgsql(connectionString));
+        services.AddScoped<IModuleDbContext>(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<GovernanceDbContext>());
+        services.AddScoped<IAuditLog, AuditLog>();
+        services.TryAddSingleton(TimeProvider.System);
     }
 
-    public void MapEndpoints(IEndpointRouteBuilder endpoints)
+    public void MapEndpoints(IEndpointRouteBuilder endpoints) => GovernanceEndpoints.Map(endpoints);
-    {
-        endpoints.MapGroup($"/api/{Name}")
-            .WithTags("Governance")
-            .MapGet("/ping", () => TypedResults.Ok(new ModulePing(Name)));
-    }
 }

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/Persistence/GovernanceDbContext.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Domain;
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Persistence;
+
+namespace TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence;
+
+internal sealed class GovernanceDbContext(DbContextOptions<GovernanceDbContext> options)
+    : DbContext(options), IModuleDbContext
+{
+    public DbSet<AuditEntry> AuditEntries => Set<AuditEntry>();
+
+    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+    {
+        modelBuilder.HasDefaultSchema("governance");
+
+        modelBuilder.Entity<AuditEntry>(entry =>
+        {
+            entry.ToTable("audit_entries");
+            entry.HasKey(a => a.Id);
+            entry.Property(a => a.Action).HasMaxLength(100).IsRequired();
+            entry.Property(a => a.EntityType).HasMaxLength(100).IsRequired();
+            entry.Property(a => a.Details).HasMaxLength(2000);
+            entry.HasIndex(a => a.OccurredAtUtc);
+            entry.HasIndex(a => new { a.EntityType, a.EntityId });
+        });
+    }
+}

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/Persistence/GovernanceDbContextFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design;
+
+namespace TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence;
+
+/// <summary>Design-time factory so `dotnet ef` can build the internal context without a host.</summary>
+internal sealed class GovernanceDbContextFactory : IDesignTimeDbContextFactory<GovernanceDbContext>
+{
+    public GovernanceDbContext CreateDbContext(string[] args)
+    {
+        var connectionString =
+            Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ConnectionStrings__Postgres")
+            ?? "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=teamup;Username=teamup;Password=teamup";
+
+        var options = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<GovernanceDbContext>()
+            .UseNpgsql(connectionString)
+            .Options;
+
+        return new GovernanceDbContext(options);
+    }
+}

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/Persistence/Migrations/20260609084417_InitialGovernance.Designer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(GovernanceDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20260609084417_InitialGovernance")]
+    partial class InitialGovernance
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasDefaultSchema("governance")
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.8")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Domain.AuditEntry", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Action")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(100)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(100)");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid?>("ActorMemberId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Details")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2000)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(2000)");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("EntityId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("EntityType")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(100)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(100)");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("OccurredAtUtc")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("OccurredAtUtc");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("EntityType", "EntityId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("audit_entries", "governance");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/Persistence/Migrations/20260609084417_InitialGovernance.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class InitialGovernance : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.EnsureSchema(
+                name: "governance");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "audit_entries",
+                schema: "governance",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<Guid>(type: "uuid", nullable: false),
+                    Action = table.Column<string>(type: "character varying(100)", maxLength: 100, nullable: false),
+                    EntityType = table.Column<string>(type: "character varying(100)", maxLength: 100, nullable: false),
+                    EntityId = table.Column<Guid>(type: "uuid", nullable: false),
+                    ActorMemberId = table.Column<Guid>(type: "uuid", nullable: true),
+                    Details = table.Column<string>(type: "character varying(2000)", maxLength: 2000, nullable: true),
+                    OccurredAtUtc = table.Column<DateTimeOffset>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_audit_entries", x => x.Id);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_audit_entries_EntityType_EntityId",
+                schema: "governance",
+                table: "audit_entries",
+                columns: new[] { "EntityType", "EntityId" });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_audit_entries_OccurredAtUtc",
+                schema: "governance",
+                table: "audit_entries",
+                column: "OccurredAtUtc");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "audit_entries",
+                schema: "governance");
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/Persistence/Migrations/GovernanceDbContextModelSnapshot.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Persistence.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(GovernanceDbContext))]
+    partial class GovernanceDbContextModelSnapshot : ModelSnapshot
+    {
+        protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasDefaultSchema("governance")
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.8")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("TeamUp.Modules.Governance.Domain.AuditEntry", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<Guid>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Action")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(100)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(100)");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid?>("ActorMemberId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Details")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2000)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(2000)");
+
+                    b.Property<Guid>("EntityId")
+                        .HasColumnType("uuid");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("EntityType")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(100)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(100)");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset>("OccurredAtUtc")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("OccurredAtUtc");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("EntityType", "EntityId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("audit_entries", "governance");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Governance/TeamUp.Modules.Governance.csproj

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
-  <!-- A self-contained module. References SharedKernel ONLY (ASP.NET flows transitively for the
+  <!-- Autonomy, the action gate, the review inbox, and the audit log. In M1 it implements the
-       IModule seam). M1 adds this module's EF/Npgsql/FluentValidation/Mapperly packages when it
+       shared IAuditLog (append-only audit). References SharedKernel only. -->
-       gains an (internal) DbContext and validators. It must never reference another module. -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Shared\TeamUp.SharedKernel\TeamUp.SharedKernel.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.Identity/Endpoints/IdentityEndpoints.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using TeamUp.Modules.Identity.Auth;
 using TeamUp.Modules.Identity.Domain;
 using TeamUp.Modules.Identity.Persistence;
 using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Access;
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Auditing;
 using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Modularity;
 
 namespace TeamUp.Modules.Identity.Endpoints;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ internal static class IdentityEndpoints
         InviteRequest request,
         ICurrentUser currentUser,
         IPermissionService permissions,
+        IAuditLog audit,
         IdentityDbContext db,
         TimeProvider clock,
         CancellationToken ct)
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ internal static class IdentityEndpoints
 
         db.Invitations.Add(invitation);
         await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
+        await audit.WriteAsync(
+            new AuditEvent("invitation.created", "Invitation", invitation.Id, currentUser.MemberId, request.Email.Trim()), ct);
 
         return Results.Ok(new InviteResponse(invitation.Id, token));
     }
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ internal static class IdentityEndpoints
         IdentityDbContext db,
         IPasswordHasher<Member> hasher,
         JwtTokenService tokens,
+        IAuditLog audit,
         TimeProvider clock,
         CancellationToken ct)
     {
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ internal static class IdentityEndpoints
         db.Members.Add(member);
         db.Memberships.Add(membership);
         await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
+        await audit.WriteAsync(new AuditEvent("member.joined", "Member", member.Id, member.Id, member.Email), ct);
 
         return Results.Ok(new AuthResponse(tokens.Issue(member, [membership]), member.Id));
     }

src/Modules/TeamUp.Modules.OrgBoard/Endpoints/OrgBoardEndpoints.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using TeamUp.Modules.OrgBoard.Domain;
 using TeamUp.Modules.OrgBoard.Persistence;
 using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Access;
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Auditing;
 using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Modularity;
 
 namespace TeamUp.Modules.OrgBoard.Endpoints;
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ internal static class OrgBoardEndpoints
     }
 
     private static async Task<IResult> CreateTeam(
-        CreateTeamRequest request, IPermissionService permissions,
+        CreateTeamRequest request, ICurrentUser user, IPermissionService permissions,
-        OrgBoardDbContext db, TimeProvider clock, CancellationToken ct)
+        IAuditLog audit, OrgBoardDbContext db, TimeProvider clock, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         if (!permissions.Has(Capability.CreateProductsAndTeams, ScopeRef.Org(request.OrganizationId)))
         {
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ internal static class OrgBoardEndpoints
         var team = new Team(request.OrganizationId, request.Name.Trim(), clock.GetUtcNow());
         db.Teams.Add(team);
         await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
+        await audit.WriteAsync(new AuditEvent("team.created", "Team", team.Id, user.MemberId, team.Name), ct);
         return Results.Ok(new TeamResponse(team.Id, team.OrganizationId, team.Name));
     }
 
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ internal static class OrgBoardEndpoints
 
     private static async Task<IResult> CreateTask(
         CreateTaskRequest request, ICurrentUser user, IPermissionService permissions,
-        OrgBoardDbContext db, TimeProvider clock, CancellationToken ct)
+        IAuditLog audit, OrgBoardDbContext db, TimeProvider clock, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         var team = await db.Teams.FirstOrDefaultAsync(t => t.Id == request.TeamId, ct);
         if (team is null)
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ internal static class OrgBoardEndpoints
         var item = new WorkItem(team.Id, request.Title.Trim(), request.Description, request.Type, user.MemberId, clock.GetUtcNow());
         db.WorkItems.Add(item);
         await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
+        await audit.WriteAsync(new AuditEvent("task.created", "WorkItem", item.Id, user.MemberId, item.Title), ct);
         return Results.Ok(ToResponse(item));
     }
 
@@ -153,8 +156,8 @@ internal static class OrgBoardEndpoints
     }
 
     private static async Task<IResult> MoveTask(
-        Guid id, MoveTaskRequest request, IPermissionService permissions,
+        Guid id, MoveTaskRequest request, ICurrentUser user, IPermissionService permissions,
-        OrgBoardDbContext db, TimeProvider clock, CancellationToken ct)
+        IAuditLog audit, OrgBoardDbContext db, TimeProvider clock, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         var (item, team, error) = await LoadItemWithTeam(db, id, ct);
         if (error is not null)
@@ -169,12 +172,13 @@ internal static class OrgBoardEndpoints
 
         item!.MoveTo(request.Status, clock.GetUtcNow());
         await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
+        await audit.WriteAsync(new AuditEvent("task.moved", "WorkItem", item.Id, user.MemberId, request.Status.ToString()), ct);
         return Results.Ok(ToResponse(item));
     }
 
     private static async Task<IResult> AssignTask(
-        Guid id, AssignTaskRequest request, IPermissionService permissions,
+        Guid id, AssignTaskRequest request, ICurrentUser user, IPermissionService permissions,
-        OrgBoardDbContext db, TimeProvider clock, CancellationToken ct)
+        IAuditLog audit, OrgBoardDbContext db, TimeProvider clock, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         var (item, team, error) = await LoadItemWithTeam(db, id, ct);
         if (error is not null)
@@ -189,6 +193,7 @@ internal static class OrgBoardEndpoints
 
         item!.AssignToMember(request.MemberId, clock.GetUtcNow());
         await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
+        await audit.WriteAsync(new AuditEvent("task.assigned", "WorkItem", item.Id, user.MemberId, request.MemberId.ToString()), ct);
         return Results.Ok(ToResponse(item));
     }
 

src/Shared/TeamUp.SharedKernel/Auditing/IAuditLog.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace TeamUp.SharedKernel.Auditing;
+
+/// <summary>An immutable record of a meaningful action. Written by any module via <see cref="IAuditLog"/>.</summary>
+public sealed record AuditEvent(
+    string Action,
+    string EntityType,
+    Guid EntityId,
+    Guid? ActorMemberId,
+    string? Details = null);
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The append-only audit log. Defined in SharedKernel and implemented by Governance, so any module
+/// can record an action without referencing Governance.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IAuditLog
+{
+    Task WriteAsync(AuditEvent auditEvent, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+}

src/Shared/TeamUp.SharedKernel/Metrics/EditDistance.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+namespace TeamUp.SharedKernel.Metrics;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The product's north-star metric: how much a reviewer changes AI output before approving.
+/// Levenshtein edit distance, available from day one (M1). It is consumed at edit-and-approve in
+/// the review inbox (M5); kept here so the data path and computation exist before there is AI
+/// output to measure.
+/// </summary>
+public static class EditDistance
+{
+    /// <summary>Levenshtein distance — the minimum single-character edits to turn <paramref name="a"/> into <paramref name="b"/>.</summary>
+    public static int Levenshtein(string a, string b)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(a);
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(b);
+
+        if (a.Length == 0)
+        {
+            return b.Length;
+        }
+
+        if (b.Length == 0)
+        {
+            return a.Length;
+        }
+
+        var previous = new int[b.Length + 1];
+        var current = new int[b.Length + 1];
+
+        for (var j = 0; j <= b.Length; j++)
+        {
+            previous[j] = j;
+        }
+
+        for (var i = 1; i <= a.Length; i++)
+        {
+            current[0] = i;
+            for (var j = 1; j <= b.Length; j++)
+            {
+                var cost = a[i - 1] == b[j - 1] ? 0 : 1;
+                current[j] = Math.Min(Math.Min(current[j - 1] + 1, previous[j] + 1), previous[j - 1] + cost);
+            }
+
+            (previous, current) = (current, previous);
+        }
+
+        return previous[b.Length];
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Edit distance normalized to [0,1] by the longer string. 0 = unchanged (accepted as-is).</summary>
+    public static double Normalized(string original, string edited)
+    {
+        var max = Math.Max(original.Length, edited.Length);
+        return max == 0 ? 0d : (double)Levenshtein(original, edited) / max;
+    }
+}

tests/TeamUp.IntegrationTests/BoardFlowTests.cs

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ public sealed class BoardFlowTests(PostgresFixture postgres) : IClassFixture<Pos
 
     private sealed record BoardResponse(Guid TeamId, List<BoardColumn> Columns);
 
+    private sealed record AuditEntryResponse(
+        Guid Id, string Action, string EntityType, Guid EntityId,
+        Guid? ActorMemberId, string? Details, DateTimeOffset OccurredAtUtc);
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Owner_builds_board_and_member_is_scoped()
     {
@@ -76,6 +80,12 @@ public sealed class BoardFlowTests(PostgresFixture postgres) : IClassFixture<Pos
         var cartable = await ownerClient.GetFromJsonAsync<List<TaskResponse>>("/api/orgboard/cartable");
         Assert.Contains(cartable!, i => i.Id == task.Id);
 
+        // The audit log (owner-only) recorded the task actions.
+        var audit = await ownerClient.GetFromJsonAsync<List<AuditEntryResponse>>(
+            $"/api/governance/audit?organizationId={owner.OrganizationId}");
+        Assert.Contains(audit!, e => e.Action == "task.created" && e.EntityId == task.Id);
+        Assert.Contains(audit!, e => e.Action == "task.moved" && e.EntityId == task.Id);
+
         // Invite a Member at the org scope and accept.
         var invite = await PostOk<InviteResponse>(ownerClient, "/api/identity/invitations", new
         {

tests/TeamUp.IntegrationTests/EditDistanceTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using TeamUp.SharedKernel.Metrics;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace TeamUp.IntegrationTests;
+
+/// <summary>Unit coverage for the north-star metric helper (no database).</summary>
+public sealed class EditDistanceTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("", "", 0)]
+    [InlineData("abc", "abc", 0)]
+    [InlineData("", "abc", 3)]
+    [InlineData("abc", "", 3)]
+    [InlineData("kitten", "sitting", 3)]
+    [InlineData("spec v1", "spec v2", 1)]
+    public void Levenshtein_counts_edits(string a, string b, int expected) =>
+        Assert.Equal(expected, EditDistance.Levenshtein(a, b));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Normalized_is_zero_when_unchanged() =>
+        Assert.Equal(0d, EditDistance.Normalized("approved as-is", "approved as-is"));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Normalized_is_between_zero_and_one() =>
+        Assert.InRange(EditDistance.Normalized("the AI wrote this", "the human edited this"), 0d, 1d);
+}