diff --git a/.fossil-settings/ignore-glob b/.fossil-settings/ignore-glob
index 43e6eeec..ea5f1dc4 100644
--- a/.fossil-settings/ignore-glob
+++ b/.fossil-settings/ignore-glob
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ lib_tcl9
 modules
 modules_tcl8
 modules_tcl9
-vendorbuilds
 
 #Temporary files e.g from tests
 tmp
@@ -46,9 +45,6 @@ test*
 src/testdata
 src/scriptapps/test_*
 
-#temp ignore - not ripe
-src/buildsuites
-
 #review
 src/docgen
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 80f0e591..df3dfbdf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 /modules/
 /modules_tcl8/
 /modules_tcl9/
-/vendorbuilds/
 
 #Temporary files e.g from tests
 /tmp/
@@ -45,9 +44,6 @@ scratch*
 /src/testdata
 /src/scriptapps/test_*
 
-#temp ignore - not ripe
-/src/buildsuites
-
 #review
 /src/docgen
 
diff --git a/GOALS.md b/GOALS.md
index bb660a9d..626e8eb3 100644
--- a/GOALS.md
+++ b/GOALS.md
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Detail: goals/G-094-punkcheck-single-lifecycle.md
 Scope: src/modules/punkcheck-999999.0a1.0.tm (save/load chokepoint: atomic rename, lockfile protocol, merge-on-flush, non-interactive recovery), src/make.tcl + src/modules/punk/mix/cli-999999.0a1.0.tm (event-scoped lock consumers as verified), src/tests/modules/punkcheck/testsuites/punkcheck/ (new concurrency suite)
 Detail: goals/G-095-punkcheck-concurrent-writer-safety.md
 
-### G-096 [proposed] Tracked zig tcl buildsuite (suite_tcl90) with recovered TCLSH_PIPEREPL kit-repl capability
+### G-096 [active] Tracked zig tcl buildsuite (suite_tcl90) with recovered TCLSH_PIPEREPL kit-repl capability
 Scope: src/buildsuites/ (suite_tcl90 new; samplesuite1 sketch reconciliation; VCS ignore flip), src/buildsuites/_build/ (untracked build/source area via existing _build globs), .gitignore + .fossil-settings/ignore-glob, src/scriptapps/bin/ (getzig scriptset rename), bin/ (regenerated punk-getzig wrapper twins, old names retired, AGENTS.md naming policy), bin/tools/ (untracked zig toolchains, existing), TEMP_REFERENCE/2024zig (read-only recovery origin)
 Detail: goals/G-096-zig-buildsuite-piperepl.md
 
diff --git a/src/buildsuites/samplesuite1/download_and_build.config b/src/buildsuites/samplesuite1/download_and_build.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5917f757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/buildsuites/samplesuite1/download_and_build.config
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#=======================================================
+#configuration data for download and build of buildsuite
+#=======================================================
+#SKETCH ONLY - predates the G-096 conventions. For a real, working suite see
+#suite_tcl90/ (zig-based; per project toolchain policy zig is the only mechanism
+#approved to become part of punkshell - mingw64/gcc noted below is historical).
+#windows build mechanism: mingw64 -ucrt64 gcc
+#other platforms build mechanism: gcc
+
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------
+#buildprefix convention: per-suite area under src/buildsuites/_build (VCS-ignored via
+#the existing _build globs). The former <PROJECTDIR>/vendorbuild location is retired
+#(G-096, user decision 2026-07-20).
+set buildprefix <PROJECTDIR>/src/buildsuites/_build/samplesuite1
+set basemakeflags [list -j 2]
+set baseconfigflags [list --enable-64bit --prefix=$buildprefix]
+set repofolder ~/.fossils
+#-------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+
+SOURCEDOWNLOAD  -project tcl\
+                -mechanism fossil\
+                -localrepo tcl.fossil\
+                -branch core-8\
+                -remote https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl
+
+#etc.
+#SOURCEDOWNLOAD tk...
+#SOURCEDOWNLOAD thread...
+
+#SOURCEDOWNLOAD -project critcl\
+                -mechanism git\
+                -branch master\
+                -remote http://github.com/andreas-kupries/critcl
+
+#SOURCEDOWNLOAD -project tclbench\
+                -mechanism fossil\
+                -remote https://core.tcl-lang.org/tclbench
+
+#CONFIGSTART tcl <SOURCEBASE>/win
+
+#CONFIGSTART tk <SOURCEBASE>/win
+#EXTRACONFIG tk --with-tcl=$buildprefix/lib --with-tclinclude=$buildprefix/include
+
+
+#CONFIGSTART thread ???
+#EXTRACONFIG thread --with-tcl=$buildprefix/lib --with-tclinclude=$buildprefix/include
+
+
+#SOURCEDOWNLOAD -project zint\
+                -mechanism git\
+                -branch master\
+                -remote  https://git.code.sf.net/p/zint/code
+
+
+
+
+