diff --git a/docs/architecture/service-filesystem-boundary.json b/docs/architecture/service-filesystem-boundary.json
index cf5918d4..bb63c112 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/service-filesystem-boundary.json
+++ b/docs/architecture/service-filesystem-boundary.json
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
-  "maximumEntries": 34,
+  "maximumEntries": 31,
   "entries": [
-    {
-      "path": "server/src/services/agent-health-service.ts",
-      "category": "authoritative-persistence",
-      "owner": "#1187",
-      "rationale": "Operational evidence storage migration is tracked in issue #1187."
-    },
     {
       "path": "server/src/services/attachment-service.ts",
       "category": "compatibility-debt",
@@ -26,12 +20,6 @@
       "owner": "#1189",
       "rationale": "Remaining process I/O migration is tracked in issue #1189."
     },
-    {
-      "path": "server/src/services/codex-health-service.ts",
-      "category": "authoritative-persistence",
-      "owner": "#1187",
-      "rationale": "Operational evidence storage migration is tracked in issue #1187."
-    },
     {
       "path": "server/src/services/config-service.ts",
       "category": "compatibility-debt",
@@ -92,12 +80,6 @@
       "owner": "#1188",
       "rationale": "Managed-content storage migration is tracked in issue #1188."
     },
-    {
-      "path": "server/src/services/metrics/task-metrics.ts",
-      "category": "authoritative-persistence",
-      "owner": "#1187",
-      "rationale": "Operational evidence storage migration is tracked in issue #1187."
-    },
     {
       "path": "server/src/services/metrics/telemetry-reader.ts",
       "category": "authoritative-persistence",
diff --git a/server/src/services/agent-health-service.ts b/server/src/services/agent-health-service.ts
index b5d22b71..bf07dfc5 100644
--- a/server/src/services/agent-health-service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/agent-health-service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import fs from 'fs/promises';
-import { constants as fsConstants } from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
 import { execFile } from 'child_process';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import type { AgentConfig } from '@veritas-kanban/shared';
 import { hasClaudeCodeBareAuthentication } from './claude-code-adapter.js';
+import {
+  OperationalMetadataRepository,
+  operationalMetadataRepository,
+} from '../storage/operational-metadata-repository.js';
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 const PROVIDER_VERSION_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
@@ -64,7 +65,10 @@ export interface AgentHealthChecker {
 }
 
 export class AgentHealthService implements AgentHealthChecker {
-  constructor(private readonly runCommand: AgentHealthCommandRunner = defaultCommandRunner) {}
+  constructor(
+    private readonly runCommand: AgentHealthCommandRunner = defaultCommandRunner,
+    private readonly operationalMetadata: OperationalMetadataRepository = operationalMetadataRepository
+  ) {}
 
   async checkAgent(agent: AgentConfig): Promise<AgentHealthStatus> {
     const checkedAt = new Date().toISOString();
@@ -98,14 +102,8 @@ export class AgentHealthService implements AgentHealthChecker {
   private async findExecutable(command: string): Promise<{ found: boolean; path?: string }> {
     if (!command.trim()) return { found: false };
 
-    if (command.includes(path.sep)) {
-      try {
-        await fs.access(command, fsConstants.X_OK);
-        return { found: true, path: command };
-      } catch {
-        return { found: false };
-      }
-    }
+    const directPath = await this.operationalMetadata.probeExecutablePath(command);
+    if (directPath.directPath) return { found: directPath.found, path: directPath.path };
 
     try {
       const { stdout } = await this.runCommand('which', [command]);
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ export class AgentHealthService implements AgentHealthChecker {
     agent: AgentConfig,
     versionProbe: ProviderVersionProbe
   ): Promise<{ authenticated: boolean | null; error?: string; diagnostics?: string[] }> {
-    const command = path.basename(agent.command);
+    const command = this.operationalMetadata.basename(agent.command);
     const provider = agent.provider ?? '';
 
     if (provider === 'codex-cloud' || command === 'gh') {
@@ -264,7 +262,7 @@ export class AgentHealthService implements AgentHealthChecker {
     command: string,
     args: string[]
   ): Promise<ProviderVersionProbe> {
-    const source = `${path.basename(command)} ${args.join(' ')}`;
+    const source = `${this.operationalMetadata.basename(command)} ${args.join(' ')}`;
     try {
       const { stdout, stderr } = await this.runCommand(command, args, {
         timeout: PROVIDER_VERSION_TIMEOUT_MS,
diff --git a/server/src/services/codex-health-service.ts b/server/src/services/codex-health-service.ts
index 5afe4dc8..810bfdb8 100644
--- a/server/src/services/codex-health-service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/codex-health-service.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { execFile } from 'child_process';
-import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import { ConfigService } from './config-service.js';
+import {
+  OperationalMetadataRepository,
+  operationalMetadataRepository,
+} from '../storage/operational-metadata-repository.js';
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
@@ -38,7 +41,9 @@ export interface CodexHealthStatus {
 export class CodexHealthService {
   private configService: ConfigService;
 
-  constructor() {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly operationalMetadata: OperationalMetadataRepository = operationalMetadataRepository
+  ) {
     this.configService = new ConfigService();
   }
 
@@ -111,12 +116,9 @@ export class CodexHealthService {
       await import('@openai/codex-sdk');
       const moduleUrl = import.meta.resolve('@openai/codex-sdk');
       const packageUrl = new URL('../package.json', moduleUrl);
-      const packageMetadata = JSON.parse(await readFile(packageUrl, 'utf8')) as {
-        version?: unknown;
-      };
       return {
         available: true,
-        version: typeof packageMetadata.version === 'string' ? packageMetadata.version : undefined,
+        version: await this.operationalMetadata.readPackageVersion(packageUrl),
       };
     } catch (error: any) {
       return { available: false, error: error.message || 'Codex SDK is not available' };
diff --git a/server/src/services/metrics/task-metrics.ts b/server/src/services/metrics/task-metrics.ts
index 44b2aab2..1a3f7318 100644
--- a/server/src/services/metrics/task-metrics.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/metrics/task-metrics.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 /**
  * Task-related metrics: task counts by status and sprint velocity.
  */
-import fs from 'fs/promises';
-import path from 'path';
 import type { BlockedCategory } from '@veritas-kanban/shared';
 import { TaskService } from '../task-service.js';
 import { getRuntimeDir } from '../../utils/paths.js';
+import {
+  OperationalMetadataRepository,
+  operationalMetadataRepository,
+} from '../../storage/operational-metadata-repository.js';
 import type {
   TaskMetrics,
   VelocityTrend,
@@ -101,7 +103,8 @@ export async function computeTaskMetrics(
 export async function computeVelocityMetrics(
   taskService: TaskService,
   project?: string,
-  limit = 10
+  limit = 10,
+  operationalMetadata: OperationalMetadataRepository = operationalMetadataRepository
 ): Promise<VelocityMetrics> {
   // Get all tasks (active + archived) to calculate velocity
   const [activeTasks, archivedTasks] = await Promise.all([
@@ -112,12 +115,8 @@ export async function computeVelocityMetrics(
   // Load sprint labels from sprints.json for display
   const sprintLabels = new Map<string, string>();
   try {
-    const sprintsFile = path.join(getRuntimeDir(), 'sprints.json');
-    const sprintsData = await fs.readFile(sprintsFile, 'utf-8');
-    const sprints = JSON.parse(sprintsData) as Array<{ id: string; label: string }>;
-    for (const s of sprints) {
-      sprintLabels.set(s.id, s.label);
-    }
+    const persistedLabels = await operationalMetadata.readSprintLabels(getRuntimeDir());
+    for (const [id, label] of persistedLabels) sprintLabels.set(id, label);
   } catch {
     // No sprints file or can't read it - will use IDs as labels
   }
diff --git a/server/src/storage/operational-metadata-repository.ts b/server/src/storage/operational-metadata-repository.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9a78581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/storage/operational-metadata-repository.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { constants } from 'node:fs';
+import { access, readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+export interface ExecutablePathProbe {
+  directPath: boolean;
+  found: boolean;
+  path?: string;
+}
+
+export class OperationalMetadataRepository {
+  async probeExecutablePath(command: string): Promise<ExecutablePathProbe> {
+    if (!command.includes(path.sep)) return { directPath: false, found: false };
+
+    try {
+      await access(command, constants.X_OK);
+      return { directPath: true, found: true, path: command };
+    } catch {
+      return { directPath: true, found: false };
+    }
+  }
+
+  basename(filePath: string): string {
+    return path.basename(filePath);
+  }
+
+  async readPackageVersion(packageUrl: URL): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    const metadata = JSON.parse(await readFile(packageUrl, 'utf8')) as { version?: unknown };
+    return typeof metadata.version === 'string' ? metadata.version : undefined;
+  }
+
+  async readSprintLabels(runtimeDir: string): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
+    const content = await readFile(path.join(runtimeDir, 'sprints.json'), 'utf8');
+    const sprints = JSON.parse(content) as Array<{ id: string; label: string }>;
+    return new Map(sprints.map((sprint) => [sprint.id, sprint.label]));
+  }
+}
+
+export const operationalMetadataRepository = new OperationalMetadataRepository();