| column | used_by | safe_to_drop | notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `layer` | `USED_BY_CODE_V2`, `USED_BY_DOCS_INDEXING` | no | Core selector for C0-C3 and D1-D4 queries. |
| `title` | `USED_BY_CODE_V2`, `USED_BY_DOCS_INDEXING` | no | Used in lexical ranking and prompt evidence labels. |
| `metadata_json` | `USED_BY_CODE_V2`, `USED_BY_DOCS_INDEXING` | no | C2/C0 graph lookups and docs metadata depend on it. |
| `span_start`, `span_end` | `USED_BY_CODE_V2` | no | Needed for symbol-to-chunk resolution and locations. |
| `symbol_id`, `qname`, `kind`, `lang` | `USED_BY_CODE_V2` | no | Used by code indexing, ranking, trace building, and diagnostics. |
| `repo_id`, `commit_sha` | `USED_BY_CODE_V2`, `USED_BY_DOCS_INDEXING` | no | Used by indexing/cache and retained for provenance. |
| `entrypoint_type`, `framework` | `USED_BY_CODE_V2` | no | Used by C3 filtering and entrypoint diagnostics. |
| `doc_kind`, `module_id`, `section_path` | `USED_BY_DOCS_INDEXING` | no | Still written by docs indexing and covered by docs tests. |
| `artifact_type`, `section`, `doc_version`, `owner`, `system_component`, `last_modified`, `staleness_score` | `USED_BY_DOCS_INDEXING` | no | File metadata still flows through indexing/cache; left intact for now. |
| `rag_doc_id` | `UNUSED` | yes | Written into `rag_chunks` only; no reads in runtime/indexing code. |
| `links_json` | `UNUSED` | yes | Stored in `rag_chunks` only; reads exist for `rag_chunk_cache`, not `rag_chunks`. |