Initial baseline: LaraBlog core with plugin commerce surface.

Captures the current working tree after theme slots, ArticleAccess, and the payment / paid-content plugins so subsequent work has a reviewable git history.

app/Domain/Blog/ArticleExcerpt.php

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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Domain\Blog;
+
+use App\Models\Article;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+
+class ArticleExcerpt
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        protected ArticleAccess $access,
+    ) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Safe list/card excerpt — never render full body for restricted articles.
+     */
+    public function forList(Article $article, int $limit = 160): string
+    {
+        if (filled($article->description)) {
+            return Str::limit((string) $article->description, $limit);
+        }
+
+        $decision = $this->access->resolve($article, null, []);
+        if (! $decision->isAllow()) {
+            $html = $this->access->publicHtml($article, $decision);
+
+            return Str::limit(trim(html_entity_decode(strip_tags($html), ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8')), $limit);
+        }
+
+        return Str::limit(trim(strip_tags($article->renderedHtml())), $limit);
+    }
+}