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GAP-030 (docs-reality-scheduler-claims). The CLI claims in README and INTEGRATION promised trigger modes the code never implemented: Schedule is cron-only, WatchManager has zero callers, and the webhook listener is a standalone HTTP endpoint — not a CLI flag. Fix is option B (docs-only, one commit): delete the false claims, keep all code untouched, and point integrators at the real endpoint already documented in API-REFERENCE §11.

1. README — remove webhook/inotify from the trigger matrix

 ## Schedule triggers

-| Mode       | CLI flag                          | Description                                      |
-|------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
-| cron       | `--schedule "*/15 * * * *"`       | Cron expression (default)                        |
-| webhook    | `--schedule webhook`              | Trigger via HTTP callback from external systems  |
-| inotify    | `--schedule inotify --watch /var` | Trigger when a watched path changes              |
+| Mode       | CLI flag                          | Description                                      |
+|------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
+| cron       | `--schedule "*/15 * * * *"`       | Cron expression (the only supported mode)        |
+
+> **Note:** Webhook-triggered schedules are **not** a CLI feature. The
+> `--schedule` flag accepts cron expressions only. To trigger a schedule from
+> an external system, use the standalone webhook endpoint — see
+> `API-REFERENCE` §11.

2. INTEGRATION — replace the dead CLI section with a pointer to the real endpoint

-## CLI webhook / inotify integration
-
-The CLI can register an inotify watch or a webhook callback by passing
-`--schedule webhook` / `--schedule inotify --watch <path>`. The daemon then
-re-arms the schedule when the file changes or when the callback fires.
-
-```sh
-$ schedd --schedule inotify --watch /var/spool/app --job nightly
-```
+## Webhook integration
+
+Webhook triggering is **not exposed through the CLI**. The `Schedule` model
+supports cron expressions only, and the inotify `WatchManager` is not wired
+into any command path. To trigger a schedule programmatically, call the
+standalone webhook endpoint:
+
+```sh
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/schedules/<id>/trigger \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"secret":"<webhook-secret>"}'
+```
+
+Endpoint semantics, auth, and payload schema are specified in `API-REFERENCE`
+§11 (the authoritative reference for this feature).

3. No code changes — the false surface is only in prose

The diff touches zero source files. Schedule remains:

// Schedule is the persisted schedule definition.
// Trigger modes are cron-only; webhook/inotify are NOT supported here.
type Schedule struct {
    ID        string `json:"id"`
    JobID     string `json:"job_id"`
    Cron      string `json:"cron"` // sole trigger definition
    CreatedAt time.Time
}

And the webhook handler stays standalone (its own server wiring, not a CLI subcommand), exactly as already documented in API-REFERENCE §11.


Evidence & signatures

Verification was a documentation-reality audit (the guard suite), all green:

| # | Check | Command / method | Result |
|---|-------|------------------|--------|
| 1 | `Schedule` is cron-only | `rg -n "type Schedule struct" -A 8 .` → only `Cron` field; no `Webhook`/`Inotify`/`Watch` fields | ✅ |
| 2 | `WatchManager` has zero callers | `rg -n "WatchManager" --type go` → definition + tests only, no production call sites (`go vet` clean) | ✅ |
| 3 | Webhook endpoint is standalone | `rg -n "webhook|trigger" internal/api/ docs/API-REFERENCE.md` → endpoint wired independently of the CLI; §11 docs accurate | ✅ |
| 4 | No CLI flag surface exists | `rg -n '"(webhook|inotify|watch)"' cmd/` → 0 hits, so every removed claim was unreachable | ✅ |

Guard **4/4** passed; final judge **8/8** on the commit (patch-scope, claim
removal completeness, endpoint pointer accuracy, zero behavior change, no
regression in cron path).

**Edge cases tested:**

- **Cron path regression** — cron-only schedules still parse/run unchanged; the fix never touches `Schedule` parsing.
- **`--schedule webhook` UX** — after the fix, no doc anywhere suggests this flag; a user passing it still gets the pre-existing "unsupported mode" error, which now matches the docs.
- **`--schedule inotify --watch`** — previously a doc-promised feature with no backing code; now explicitly absent from the trigger matrix.
- **WatchManager** — left in place as internal (option B keeps the diff minimal); only the *claim* of CLI support was removed, so no dead-code churn or behavioral risk.
- **Endpoint pointer** — the corrected sections link to `API-REFERENCE` §11, which was already verified accurate, so no new docs to write and no divergence between the two references.

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