nx_work_pulse_test.nx

nx_work_pulse_test.nx -- ENGINEER's gate for the standing work loop. A synthetic backlog file with every row hazard (comments, prose without pipes, a DONE row, padded fields) must parse to exactly the data rows; the gap pick must follow the Researcher's math (priority x under-coverage, NOT raw priority); the directive line must carry the topic text verbatim. license_tier: ORIGINAL