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+# IaC catalog: containment edges for resource templates, lookup references, and aliases
+
+Status: approved for implementation (decisions taken 2026-09-05)
+Parent epic: codellm-devkit/.github#52
+Tracking: codellm-devkit/codeanalyzer-schema#2 (catalog), analyzer child filed when picked up
+Extends: `docs/design/specs/2026-09-02-codeanalyzer-iac-helm.md` §5
+
+## 1. Problem
+
+The accepted IaC Neo4j catalog (`schema.neo4j.json`, catalog version 1.0.0, schema commit
+`e127901`) gives a `HelmTemplate` artifact an edge to each kind of contained source fact except
+two: `HelmResourceTemplate` and `HelmLookupReference`. In `analysis.json` those children nest
+under the template facet's `resource_templates{}` and `lookup_references{}`, so containment is
+implicit. In the graph the only edge that can reach a `HelmResourceTemplate` is `IAC_DERIVED_FROM`
+from a rendered `KubernetesResource`, and nothing reaches a `HelmLookupReference`.
+
+`IaCAlias` nodes have the same shape from the other side: they nest under `Artifact.aliases[]`
+in JSON but the graph has no edge from the owning artifact to the alias, only the alias's own
+outgoing `IAC_ALIAS_OF`.
+
+Observed on `sample.daytrader.microservices@8a68b59`, chart `platform/helm`: the five
+`*-service.yaml` templates each hold a `Service` document and a `{{ if .Values.ocCreateRoute }}`
+`Route` document. `codeanalyzer-iac` attributes render provenance only for single-region template
+files (per-region emission counts are not statically knowable through `if`/`range`), so those ten
+`HelmResourceTemplate` nodes receive no `IAC_DERIVED_FROM` and, lacking a containment edge, are
+disconnected islands in Neo4j.
+
+## 2. Contract-impact triage
+
+| Question | Answer |
+| --- | --- |
+| Changes `analysis.json` shape? | Additively: `application.edges` gains three keys (`iac_has_resource_template`, `iac_has_lookup_reference`, `iac_has_alias`), each an `EdgeMap`, declared in `analysis.schema.json`. Node nesting under `resource_templates{}`, `lookup_references{}`, `aliases[]` is unchanged. |
+| Changes the Neo4j catalog? | Yes, additive: three new relationship types. No label, property, constraint, or index changes. |
+| Catalog version | Stays 1.0.0 (decision, §4). |
+| Repos touched | `codeanalyzer-schema` (catalog, semantic checker, fixtures); `codeanalyzer-iac` (embedded catalog copy, projector, accepted-edge tests). |
+| SDKs touched | None. No SDK consumes the IaC catalog yet. |
+| Docs touched | None. The docs site has no IaC pages yet; the analyzer README's graph section is updated in the analyzer child. |
+
+## 3. The change
+
+Three identity-only relationship types, mirroring the existing `IAC_HAS_VALUE_REFERENCE` entry
+(`from`, `to`, empty `properties`):
+
+| Type | From | To | One edge per |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `IAC_HAS_RESOURCE_TEMPLATE` | `HelmTemplate` | `HelmResourceTemplate` | entry in the template facet's `resource_templates{}` |
+| `IAC_HAS_LOOKUP_REFERENCE` | `HelmTemplate` | `HelmLookupReference` | entry in the template facet's `lookup_references{}` |
+| `IAC_HAS_ALIAS` | `Artifact` | `IaCAlias` | entry in the owning artifact's `aliases[]` |
+
+Semantics carried forward from §5 of the parent spec without change:
+
+- Identity-only. No properties; ordering and provenance stay on nodes.
+- Producer-owned `IAC_*` relationships: written every generation, removed by `--eager` for the
+  selected application generation, never touched for foreign producers.
+- Present from L1 onward and monotone through L2 and L3, because the child nodes are L1 source
+  facts (`IaCAlias` from chart detection, the two template children from template parsing).
+- Exactly one edge per nested child; the semantic checker enforces the counterpart both ways
+  (edge without child, child without edge).
+- `IAC_ALIAS_OF` is unchanged. An alias therefore has one inbound owner edge and one outbound
+  target edge. Aliases owned by a `KubernetesResourceAddress` have no JSON home today; if one is
+  added later, `IAC_HAS_ALIAS.from` is extended, not replaced.
+
+## 4. Decisions
+
+| # | Decision | Alternatives considered |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| D1 | Per-kind names `IAC_HAS_RESOURCE_TEMPLATE`, `IAC_HAS_LOOKUP_REFERENCE`, `IAC_HAS_ALIAS`. | One generic `IAC_CONTAINS`: fewer types, but breaks the per-child pattern and makes counterpart checks label-dependent. |
+| D2 | Include `IAC_HAS_ALIAS` so every owned contained node has an inbound edge from its owner. | Two edges only: closes the observed islands but leaves alias nodes reachable only from themselves. |
+| D3 | Catalog `schema_version` stays 1.0.0. | Bump to 1.1.0 as an additive minor. Rejected: the analyzer pins by commit and byte-compares; the version field is not yet consumed anywhere. |
+| D4 | Analyzer change lands before the `v0.1.0` tag. | Ship in 0.1.1: avoided because no release exists yet and the change is additive. |
+
+Out of scope, deliberately: the single-region provenance rule in `codeanalyzer-iac`. Recovering
+`IAC_DERIVED_FROM` for multi-document template files soundly means rendering per source region,
+which is a separate design question. With the containment edges in place the multi-document
+resource templates are reachable from their file even without provenance.
+
+## 5. Work per repository
+
+### `codeanalyzer-schema` (codellm-devkit/codeanalyzer-schema#2)
+
+- `v2/iac/neo4j/schema.neo4j.sample.json` (the accepted catalog the analyzer embeds byte-for-byte):
+  add the three `relationship_types` entries; `schema_version` unchanged.
+- `v2/iac/json/analysis.schema.json`: add the three `edges` keys as `EdgeMap` (the `edges` object is
+  closed, so an undeclared key is a validation failure).
+- `scripts/check_iac.py`: extend the containment invariant that today covers
+  `value_references` (`_require_edge(..., "iac_has_value_reference", ...)`) to
+  `resource_templates`, `lookup_references`, and `aliases`, in both directions; extend the
+  projected-label endpoint check so the new types accept only the families above.
+- `tests/test_check_iac.py`: one positive fixture and one negative fixture (missing edge,
+  dangling edge, wrong endpoint label) per new type.
+- Sample documents `v2/iac/json/analysis.l{1,2,3}.sample.json` carry the edges from L1 onward.
+- Accept and record the new schema commit on the issue.
+
+### `codeanalyzer-iac` (child filed when picked up)
+
+- `make sync-schema` from the accepted commit; `schema.neo4j.json` and
+  `internal/contract/schema.neo4j.json` byte-identical (`make schema-check`).
+- `internal/model/base.go`: three `Relationship` constants and accepted-edge registration.
+- `internal/dialects/helm/templates.go`: emit `IaCHasResourceTemplate` and
+  `IaCHasLookupReference` edges alongside the existing `IaCHasValueReference` emission at L1.
+- `internal/dialects/helm/chart.go`: emit `IaCHasAlias` from the chart artifact to its alias where
+  the alias patch is built.
+- `internal/model/validate.go`: counterpart invariants for the three new edges, matching the
+  `IaCHasValueReference` rule.
+- `internal/emit/neo4j/project.go`: nothing beyond the catalog allowlist parse if the projector
+  already projects all accepted edges; add the three types to the accepted-edge test helper.
+- Tests: L1 fixture assertions, monotonicity across L1–L3, graph parity, and a DayTrader live
+  assertion that every `HelmResourceTemplate` node has exactly one inbound
+  `IAC_HAS_RESOURCE_TEMPLATE` edge.
+- README graph section: list the three edges; `.claude/SCHEMA_DECISIONS.md`: record D1–D4.
+
+## 6. Release plan
+
+1. Schema PR merges; commit recorded on codeanalyzer-schema#2 (replaces `e127901` as the pin).
+2. Analyzer child re-pins, emits, tests; merges to `main` after codeanalyzer-iac#2.
+3. The release pipeline work item (codeanalyzer-iac#3) tags `v0.1.0` from a `main` that already
+   contains this change. No lockstep with any SDK is required.
+
+## 7. Tracking record
+
+- Epic: codellm-devkit/.github#52 (existing; both children attach as native sub-issues).
+- Schema work item: codellm-devkit/codeanalyzer-schema#2 (existing; links this spec).
+- Analyzer work item: filed on `codeanalyzer-iac` when picked up, after step 1 above.