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   - `compare-topdata`
   - `convert-topdata`
 
-During development, sibling repositories can point at `../sow-tools/tools/sow-toolkit`. For pinned releases, each consumer repo can instead carry its own copy at `tools/sow-toolkit`.
+During development, sibling repositories can point at `../sow-tools/tools/sow-toolkit`
+or `../sow-tools/tools/sow-toolkit.exe`. For pinned releases, each consumer repo can
+instead carry its own copy in its local `tools/` directory.
+
+## Cross-Repository Behavior
+
+The current ownership split is:
+
+- `sow-tools`
+  - owns the shared CLI and build logic
+  - owns module build, extract, compare, and HAK manifest application logic
+  - owns topdata validation, build, compare, conversion, and packaging logic
+- `sow-module`
+  - owns canonical module source under `src/`
+  - owns canonical topdata authored data under `topdata/`
+  - owns the user-facing module and topdata wrapper commands
+- `sow-assets`
+  - owns canonical binary asset source under `assets/`
+  - owns generated HAK manifests and parts manifests under `staging/`
+  - owns the user-facing asset wrapper commands
+
+Consumer wrapper resolution is intentionally aligned:
+
+1. Prefer a pinned local binary in `tools/`
+2. Else prefer a sibling `../sow-tools` checkout for local source development
+3. Else install the latest published `sow-tools` release artifact
+
+NWScript compilation behavior is also aligned:
+
+1. Prefer `SOW_NWN_SCRIPT_COMPILER` when explicitly set
+2. Else prefer a local compiler in `tools/script-compiler/` or `tools/`
+3. Else use a system-installed `nwn_script_comp` from `PATH`
+
+When the compiler runs, the toolkit prepares `NWN_HOME` / `NWN_USER_DIRECTORY`
+automatically and tries to detect `NWN_ROOT` from common Steam locations, including
+custom Steam library folders, before an explicit override is required.
 
 
 ## Release Automation