fix(quality): anchor quantified registry populations

scripts/test-support/gate-verify-fixture-runner.mjs

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+import { verifyRegistry } from '../gate-verify.mjs';
+
+let root;
+let manifest = 'gates/gates.manifest.json';
+let structureOnly = false;
+for (let index = 0; index < process.argv.slice(2).length; index += 1) {
+  const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+  const value = args[index];
+  if (value === '--root') root = path.resolve(args[++index]);
+  else if (value === '--manifest') manifest = args[++index];
+  else if (value === '--structure-only') structureOnly = true;
+  else throw new Error(`unknown fixture-runner option: ${value}`);
+}
+if (!root) throw new Error('fixture runner requires --root');
+const { failures, observations } = await verifyRegistry({
+  root,
+  manifest,
+  skipHistory: true,
+  structureOnly,
+  fixtureProfile: true,
+});
+for (const observation of observations) process.stdout.write(`${observation}\n`);
+for (const failure of failures) process.stderr.write(`GATE VERIFY FAILED: ${failure}\n`);
+if (failures.length > 0) process.exitCode = 1;