Greetings! For the current iteration of Shakespeare (Act I), that is the current flow for working between a remote got host and Shakespeare. In the next iteration of Shakespeare, this will become a bit easier to manage using ngit projects that can be fed more easily between Shakespeare and the repository.
For the latter inquiry, I haven't set something up like that personally, but possibly multiple file parts that must be decrypted via a key (provided after zapping/purchasing the media). Here is a similar inquiry fed to ChatGPT that provides a few more ideas: https://chatgpt.com/share/68a4d1cf-a428-8007-9bda-6e27b9ea421d