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+-- Note templates (Phase 8, T8.1, FR-NOTE-5). Templates themselves are a
+-- built-in Rust catalog (notes::templates), not a DB table — this column
+-- just remembers which one a meeting picked, so re-rendering notes.md on
+-- reprocess/resume keeps the same section structure instead of losing it.
+ALTER TABLE meetings ADD COLUMN template_id TEXT;