Brummel e864c85840 spec: form-a-default-authoring milestone — roadmap entry + draft spec
Form A (.ail) becomes the sole authoring surface for every program
in the working tree. The seven negative-test JSON-AST fixtures are
the only post-milestone .ail.json files; everything else is rendered
to .ail and the JSON counterpart is deleted (single representation
per program).

Spec decides the four open design questions inline:
- A1: in-process parse via ailang_surface::parse, no build-time
  target/ artefacts (would reintroduce a second representation).
- A2: prelude.ail ships as iter-0 pilot, validated by the existing
  every_ail_fixture_matches_its_json_counterpart gate.
- A3: per-file deletion cadence; iter 0 is the singular dual-form
  window because the JSON counterpart is the witness the CI gate
  uses.
- A4: CLAUDE.md and DESIGN.md reworded — canonical vs authoring
  forms separated, JSON-AST stays canonical/hashable, .ail becomes
  the authoring entry point.

Roundtrip invariant restates from "two forms agree byte-for-byte"
to "parse is deterministic + idempotent under print"; carve-out
inventory test pins the seven JSON-only fixtures against silent
list drift.

Grounding-check PASS over 8 load-bearing assumptions.

Iteration scope: iter 0 = prelude pilot only (render
prelude.ail.json -> prelude.ail; do not delete the JSON yet; do
not touch CLAUDE.md/DESIGN.md/tests yet).
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