diff --git a/docs/ECC-2.0-GA-ROADMAP.md b/docs/ECC-2.0-GA-ROADMAP.md
index 6e29b419..810551bd 100644
--- a/docs/ECC-2.0-GA-ROADMAP.md
+++ b/docs/ECC-2.0-GA-ROADMAP.md
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ As of 2026-05-12:
 - `docs/releases/2.0.0-rc.1/publication-readiness.md` gates GitHub release,
   npm dist-tag, Claude plugin, Codex plugin, OpenCode package, billing, and
   announcement publication on fresh evidence fields.
+- `docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md` records that no `_legacy-documents-*`
+  directories exist in the current checkout and classifies
+  `legacy-command-shims/` as an opt-in archive/no-action surface.
 - AgentShield PR #53 reduced two context-rule false positives and closed the
   remaining AgentShield issues.
 - ECC PR #1778 recovered the useful stale #1413 network/homelab architect-agent
@@ -189,7 +192,5 @@ Acceptance:
    AgentShield repo.
 2. Audit ECC Tools billing and check-run surfaces before any native GitHub
    payments announcement.
-3. Inventory `_legacy-documents-*` and map useful artifacts to landed,
-   milestone-tracked, salvage, or archive states.
-4. Build the stale-PR salvage ledger from closed cleanup batches, then port
+3. Build the stale-PR salvage ledger from closed cleanup batches, then port
    useful pieces in small attributed maintainer PRs.
diff --git a/docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md b/docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..435c23d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Legacy Artifact Inventory
+
+This inventory keeps legacy and stale-work cleanup from becoming implicit. Each
+artifact should be classified as landed, milestone-tracked, salvage branch, or
+archive/no-action before release work treats the queue as clean.
+
+## Classification States
+
+| State | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| Landed | Useful work has already been ported to current `main` and verified. |
+| Milestone-tracked | Useful work remains, but belongs to a named roadmap milestone. |
+| Salvage branch | Useful work should be ported through a fresh maintainer branch with attribution. |
+| Translator/manual review | Content may be useful, but cannot be safely imported automatically. |
+| Archive/no-action | Artifact is intentionally retained or skipped; no active port is planned. |
+
+## Current Repository Scan
+
+As of 2026-05-12, the tracked repo has no `_legacy-documents-*` directories.
+
+Fresh check:
+
+```sh
+find . -type d -name '_legacy-documents-*' -print
+```
+
+Expected result: no output.
+
+The only tracked legacy directory currently found by filename scan is
+`legacy-command-shims/`.
+
+## Inventory
+
+| Artifact | State | Evidence | Action |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `_legacy-documents-*` directories | Archive/no-action | No matching directories exist in the tracked checkout as of 2026-05-12. | Re-run the scan before release. If any appear, add each directory to this table before publishing. |
+| `legacy-command-shims/` | Archive/no-action | `legacy-command-shims/README.md` states these retired short-name shims are opt-in and no longer loaded by the default plugin command surface. | Keep as an explicit compatibility archive. Do not move these back into the default plugin surface without a migration decision. |
+| Closed-stale PR salvage ledger | Landed | `~/.cluster-swarm/handoffs/ecc-stale-salvage-ledger-20260512-0210.md` records useful stale work recovered through maintainer PRs. | Continue using the ledger pattern for future stale closures. |
+| #1687 zh-CN localization tail | Translator/manual review | Large safe subsets landed in #1746-#1752; remaining pieces require translator/manual review per salvage ledger. | Do not blindly cherry-pick. Split by docs, commands, agents, and skills if a translator review lane opens. |
+
+## Legacy Command Shim Contents
+
+The compatibility archive currently contains 12 retired command shims:
+
+| Shim | Preferred current direction |
+| --- | --- |
+| `agent-sort.md` | Use maintained command or skill routing where available. |
+| `claw.md` | Use maintained `scripts/claw.js` / `npm run claw` surfaces. |
+| `context-budget.md` | Use maintained token/context budgeting skills. |
+| `devfleet.md` | Use maintained agent/harness orchestration docs and skills. |
+| `docs.md` | Use current documentation and release checklist workflows. |
+| `e2e.md` | Use maintained E2E testing skills and test scripts. |
+| `eval.md` | Use eval-harness and verification-loop skills. |
+| `orchestrate.md` | Use maintained orchestration status and worktree scripts. |
+| `prompt-optimize.md` | Use prompt-optimizer skill. |
+| `rules-distill.md` | Use current rules and skill extraction workflows. |
+| `tdd.md` | Use tdd-workflow and language-specific testing skills. |
+| `verify.md` | Use verification-loop and package-specific verification skills. |
+
+## Release Rule
+
+Before any GA or rc publication pass:
+
+1. Re-run the `_legacy-documents-*` scan.
+2. Re-run the closed-stale salvage ledger check.
+3. Confirm every newly discovered legacy artifact is represented in this file.
+4. Port useful work through fresh maintainer PRs with source attribution.
+5. Leave archive/no-action artifacts out of default install and plugin loading.
diff --git a/tests/docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.test.js b/tests/docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce706431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const repoRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..');
+const legacyShimsDir = path.join(repoRoot, 'legacy-command-shims', 'commands');
+
+let passed = 0;
+let failed = 0;
+
+function test(name, fn) {
+  try {
+    fn();
+    console.log(`  ✓ ${name}`);
+    passed++;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`  ✗ ${name}`);
+    console.log(`    Error: ${error.message}`);
+    failed++;
+  }
+}
+
+function read(relativePath) {
+  return fs.readFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, relativePath), 'utf8');
+}
+
+function findLegacyDocumentDirs(dir) {
+  const results = [];
+
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (entry.name === 'node_modules' || entry.name === '.git') {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const nextPath = path.join(dir, entry.name);
+
+    if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (entry.name.startsWith('_legacy-documents-')) {
+      results.push(path.relative(repoRoot, nextPath));
+    }
+
+    results.push(...findLegacyDocumentDirs(nextPath));
+  }
+
+  return results.sort();
+}
+
+console.log('\n=== Testing legacy artifact inventory ===\n');
+
+test('legacy artifact inventory documents classification states', () => {
+  const source = read('docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md');
+
+  for (const state of [
+    'Landed',
+    'Milestone-tracked',
+    'Salvage branch',
+    'Translator/manual review',
+    'Archive/no-action',
+  ]) {
+    assert.ok(source.includes(state), `Missing classification state ${state}`);
+  }
+});
+
+test('any _legacy-documents directories are explicitly inventoried', () => {
+  const source = read('docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md');
+  const dirs = findLegacyDocumentDirs(repoRoot);
+
+  for (const dir of dirs) {
+    assert.ok(source.includes(dir), `Missing legacy artifact inventory row for ${dir}`);
+  }
+});
+
+test('legacy command shims remain classified as an opt-in archive', () => {
+  const source = read('docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md');
+  const readme = read('legacy-command-shims/README.md');
+
+  assert.ok(source.includes('legacy-command-shims/'));
+  assert.ok(source.includes('Archive/no-action'));
+  assert.ok(readme.includes('no longer loaded by the default plugin command surface'));
+  assert.ok(readme.includes('short-term migration compatibility'));
+});
+
+test('legacy command shim table tracks the current archive contents', () => {
+  const source = read('docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md');
+  const shims = fs.readdirSync(legacyShimsDir)
+    .filter(fileName => fileName.endsWith('.md'))
+    .sort();
+
+  assert.strictEqual(shims.length, 12);
+
+  for (const shim of shims) {
+    assert.ok(source.includes(`\`${shim}\``), `Missing legacy shim ${shim}`);
+  }
+});
+
+test('stale salvage backlog records the remaining manual-review tail', () => {
+  const source = read('docs/legacy-artifact-inventory.md');
+
+  assert.ok(source.includes('#1687 zh-CN localization tail'));
+  assert.ok(source.includes('Translator/manual review'));
+  assert.ok(source.includes('#1746-#1752'));
+});
+
+if (failed > 0) {
+  console.log(`\nFailed: ${failed}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log(`\nPassed: ${passed}`);