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+# Restricted incus tier — implementation plan (issue #74)
+
+> **Status: placeholder.** This PR is a work in progress; the design below is being
+> validated by a live multi-user rehearsal before the implementation lands. Do not
+> review yet — the PR stays in draft until the rehearsal passes.
+
+## Scope
+
+Deliver the restricted (`incus`-group) tier described in #74:
+
+- A restricted user can `box new/list/shell/snapshot/rm` **their own** boxes.
+- Their boxes ride a network carrying box's full isolation contract
+  (ACL, `dns.mode=none`, resolver pin, `security.port_isolation`, nft box↔box drop).
+- No cross-user visibility. Admin tier unchanged.
+- The admin-side convergence is a documented, idempotent command — not manual
+  per-user `incus project set`.
+
+## Planned shape (subject to rehearsal)
+
+- `box grant <user>` / `box revoke <user>` — admin convergence hook per #74
+  option 1: widen `restricted.networks.access` to include `boxnet` and install
+  the `box-net` profile into the user's `user-<uid>` project.
+- CLI awareness of running inside a restricted project.
+- `drill/multiuser.sh` rehearsal criteria (a)–(f) green on a real multi-user host.
+- Test suite expansion + CI wiring.
+
+Tracking issue: heavy-duty/box#74.