diff --git a/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json b/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
index 79c5958..c5f596d 100644
--- a/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
+++ b/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "task_file": "dev/tasks/DEV-000100-production-recovery-repair.json",
-  "task_id": "DEV-000100",
+  "task_file": "dev/tasks/DEV-000101-dependency-aware-readiness.json",
+  "task_id": "DEV-000101",
   "task_revision": 1
 }
diff --git a/dev/tasks/DEV-000101-dependency-aware-readiness.json b/dev/tasks/DEV-000101-dependency-aware-readiness.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c3e6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tasks/DEV-000101-dependency-aware-readiness.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "task_id": "DEV-000101",
+  "task_revision": 1,
+  "architecture_revision": "ADR-0018",
+  "base_repo_revision": "15c9517",
+  "risk_tier": "E",
+  "intent": "Add dependency-aware readiness projections with typed degraded reasons for core, continuity, commit, cognitive and lifeboat runtimes without changing canonical ownership.",
+  "requirement_ids": ["WP-003", "Typed degraded dependency reasons", "Frontend health distinct from product readiness"],
+  "allowed_change_scope": {"modules": ["development-governance"], "paths": ["cmd/core-runtime/**", "cmd/continuity-runtime/**", "cmd/commit-runtime/**", "cmd/cognitive-worker/**", "runtime/health/**", "tests/readiness/**", "dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json", "dev/tasks/DEV-000101-dependency-aware-readiness.json"]},
+  "forbidden_change_scope": {"paths": ["architecture/**", "security/**", "database/**", "deploy/**", "contracts/**", "modules/**", "adapters/**", ".gitea/**"]},
+  "allowed_architecture_delta": {"new_cross_module_dependencies": 0, "new_canonical_owners": 0, "new_privileges": 0, "new_third_party_dependencies": 0, "new_database_owner_roles": 0},
+  "contracts": {"consume": ["Existing runtime health handlers", "Existing owner-local repository health", "Existing cognitive capability health"], "may_change": []},
+  "semantic_owner": "none-readiness-projection", "canonical_state": [],
+  "state_transitions": ["dependency available -> ready", "dependency unavailable/unknown -> typed degraded readiness"],
+  "side_effects_and_privileges": ["Read-only dependency probes; no canonical mutation, external mutation or credential expansion"],
+  "persistence_and_migrations": ["No database schema or migration changes"],
+  "failure_retry_restart": ["Probe timeout is UNKNOWN/DEGRADED, not false healthy; recovery returns ready on next probe"],
+  "assumptions": ["Existing /healthz endpoints remain backward compatible", "Frontend health and product readiness are separate projections", "docker-test remains prohibited"],
+  "acceptance_scenarios": ["Stopping each dependency yields the correct typed degraded reason", "DB owner connectivity is represented without cross-owner writes", "cognitive binding/model freshness and lifeboat availability are visible", "recovery returns readiness without restart", "health endpoint does not claim product readiness"],
+  "required_tests": ["go test ./...", "go vet ./...", "go run ./cmd/devctl/independent", "go run ./cmd/devctl preflight -active dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json", "go run ./cmd/devctl check-diff -active dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json", "go run ./cmd/devctl check-architecture", "git diff --check", "readiness dependency-stop integration tests"],
+  "terminal_gap_states": ["BLOCKED_BY_ARCHITECTURE_GAP", "BLOCKED_BY_SPEC_GAP", "BLOCKED_BY_MISSING_CAPABILITY", "BLOCKED_BY_CONFLICT"]
+}