# External Consumer Adaptation

Synthetic validator coverage only; no durable adopter record exists in this route.

An external consumer keeps its canonical JSON record in its own repository, selects it explicitly there, and points only toward the pinned Layout source. StyleGallery documents that route without storing an adopter, attestation, production, independence, or promotion claim.

The validator exercises a synthetic local-as-external mutation and rejects any JSON record placed below this documentation directory.

## IA Navigation

Parent: [Reference Profiles](https://style.gallery/library/design-engineering/reference-profiles/index/index.md).
Next: [Platform Guides](https://style.gallery/library/platform-guides/index/index.md).