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 # Implementation Plan: Merchant Analytics API
 
-- Status: Approved plan — detailed tasks and implementation not yet authorized
+- Status: Approved plan and task breakdown — implementation not authorized
 - Capability: Merchant API
 - Approved contract: `docs/API-SPEC.md` and `docs/openapi.yaml` version `1.0.0`
 - Task list: `tasks/todo.md`
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 # Merchant Analytics API Task List
 
-- Status: Draft for review — implementation not authorized
+- Status: Approved task breakdown — implementation not authorized
 - Plan: `tasks/plan.md`
 - Contract: `docs/API-SPEC.md` and `docs/openapi.yaml` version `1.0.0`