release(v4.8.1): bump framework and eight skills to 4.8.1 in lockstep; archive PR #43 reviews (two rounds)

Issue #26: one .mam.env parser for the wrapper and the Python tools,
decimal integer knobs, tests on a local MQTT broker. Merge-workspace
review: round 1 (@b58edac) claude agy PASS, codex NOT PASS (R1-R4), grok
no verdict (its late report, archived as report-c9ed5b14.md, found R1 too);
round 2 (@0eec795) 4/4 PASS. Reports and round-2 identity sidecars go to
.agents/reports/<session>/.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VCgu9Fa9iT7TbJUSzdq4Ff

README.md

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 An advanced, high-reliability **Multi-Agent Orchestration & Messaging Backplane** framework built on Herdr and MQTT. It is designed to coordinate, isolate, and audit long-running agent tasks (such as code generation, refactoring, and security reviews) across multiple LLM backend clients (`claude`, `agy`, `hermes`, `grok`, `opencode`, `codex`).
 
-[![Version: v4.8.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-v4.8.0-blue.svg)](VERSIONS.md)
+[![Version: v4.8.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-v4.8.1-blue.svg)](VERSIONS.md)
 
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