Philosophy [summary drafted Tier 2, Pat-in-loop · awaiting D]
Focus: TireSurf → [user TBD] · ship by 2026-06-11
refresh

Dashboard2026-06-08 · Claude Minsky · v1.0

Pressing what's hot this week
THIS WEEK
Ship TireSurf v1
to a named Thai driver by 2026-06-11
0
days remain
06-04 plan locked → 06-11 hard date · 60% of window elapsed
BLOCKED · Name the TireSurf v1 user
Your move:
▶ ULTIMATE
Web app deployed to Thai drivers
100+ users/month within 90 days of v1. Pat's "decision equalizer" pattern proven at consumer scale. First evidence the AI-amplified individual ships consumer products. Smart Consumer line pattern locks ~180 days out.
TireSurf Tier 0 · urgent
Now
v1 build queued · awaiting named user · Claude Alex (Opus) ready to execute CRAFT → DoD → build → ship as soon as user lands.
⚠ Friction: user not named — 3 days remain.
▶ Ultimate
Web App · 100 Thai drivers/mo
Real driver opens link → sees tire fitment + 3 shops + confidence score → walks away knowing which tire and which shop. v1 with 1 user → v2 with 10 → category leader for tire decisions in Thailand.
HNF LI frozen · deliverable
Now
Frozen at iteration. Delivery to a named target-audience contact still allowed if one emerges. Hard-kill pivot target if TireSurf misses 06-11.
▶ Ultimate
Pipeline live · First paying client
10+ trials with target-audience contacts. Sight system delivering personalized intelligence at scale. First paying client signals the product clears the air gap between research and pay.
Dashboard active · memory pane VERIFIED · live what's loaded
Now
Phase 2 substrate live (markers + generate.py + Stop hook + state.json + START-HERE auto-maintain + server.py + launchd plist). UI features [BUILT — UNVERIFIED] pending Playwright tests or Pat click-confirm.
▶ Ultimate
Auto-regen · Zero drift
Pat opens laptop · 30-second glance · knows what each Claude is doing · knows what's blocking · knows next move. The 30-second CEO surface for an AI organization. Zero drift events / session by 07-15.
What Moved since last session + current session i
✓ Win
2026-06-25
Verification caught THREE fundamental bugs in close-gate before it went live — v1 inert (ctime≈now), v2 false-fire (transcript spans sessions), clo…
✓ Win
2026-06-25
First LIVE fire of Minsky's close-gate false-armed on my STARTUP. Root cause: close-arm.py substring-matches `/retrospective.md` in the Bash `comma…
✓ Win
2026-06-25
Minsky's close-arm v2 (mtime-evidence) fix is VERIFIED. Strongest proof was LIVE, not sandbox: THIS session's startup ran the Loop-1 check as a Bas…
✓ Win
2026-06-25
The resolution claimed "the test gap that let v1 through is now permanently covered" — it wasn't. `selftest-close.sh` tests only the GATE; `close-a…
✓ Win
2026-06-25
close-gate FIRST LIVE FIRE: false-armed on startup (caught + fix written)
✓ Win
2026-06-25
Session-close enforcement built (close-gate + close-arm) · Claude Inheritance panel · delegated-completion methodology
✓ Win
2026-06-25
Close-arm v2 re-test (close-protocol fix verification)
Completed Work all products + all infrastructure · where I am · where I'm going
▼ Products (customer-facing)
TireSurf
Tier 0 · urgent
Smart Consumer · Claude Alex
End:Web app · 100 Thai drivers/mo. Decision-equalizer pattern proven at consumer scale. First evidence the AI-amplified individual ships products.
HNF LI
frozen · deliverable
HNF Life Intelligence · Claude Prime
End:Pipeline live · 10+ trials · first paying client. Sight system delivering personalized intelligence at scale.
iMessage 2
frozen · deliverable
iMessage 2 · Claude Prime
End:Replaces legacy iMessage skill. Contact intel auto-updates · sight system integrated · Pat communicates at scale without losing context.
▼ Infrastructure (internal)
Mark I OS
Mark I.I' panel received · Pat decides
Mark I · Claude Minsky
End:F. Hand-off Readiness — Pat delegates a product, terminal ships it, Pat checkpoints at gates she chose. 6th capability dimension codified 2026-06-13. TireSurf v1 → Claude Alex by 2026-06-27 = first instance.
Dashboard
Phase 2 · VERIFIED · Mark I.I tab restructured 2026-06-13
Dashboard · Claude Minsky
End:Auto-regen · zero drift. 30-second CEO surface for the AI organization. Zero drift events/session by 07-15.
Vision & Narrative
slow · active
V&N · Claude Dave Vision
End:MTP locked · 1+ moonshot selected. Venn-scoring as live decision tool. Daily work connects to 10-year trajectory.
Jarvis
standby
Jarvis · personal strategic
End:Jarvis on Opus. Personal-strategic layer always available. Mentor frameworks active during life decisions.
Recursive Self-Improvement
steady
RS-I · Claude Minsky
End:6-loop OS architecture maintained. BVL · monthly cleanup · signal generator firing as designed.
Room
quiet
Room · cross-terminal
End:Cross-terminal collaboration substrate. Board updates · cross-impact signals · convergence log.

Plan Listauto-listed from ~/.claude/plans/

Directory of every plan. Grouped by status. One-line summary visible · click ▸ to expand for full detail.

Active · 4

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2026-06-04 · CLAUDE MINSKY · OWNER: MINSKY
4 tiers (ship · learn · trim+dashboard · architecture) · 8-section dashboard · /get-to-know-me skill · Owner/Specialist model.
▸ full detail
Master plan from 2026-06-04. 4 tiers (0 ship · 1 learn · 2 trim+dashboard · 3 architecture). 8-section dashboard. /get-to-know-me skill. Owner/Specialist model. Mark II tracking via existing Mark-I/06+07.

FILES
~/.claude/plans/elegant-drifting-storm.md (registry)
~/Claude/Dashboard/03-plan-and-design-review/01-mark-i-ship-plan-2026-06-04.md (permanent)
~/Claude/Dashboard/03-plan-and-design-review/01.1-reviewer-panel-mark-i-ship-2026-06-04.md (Blundin · Miller · Wissner-Gross)
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2026-06-19 · CLAUDE MINSKY · OWNER: MINSKY
The adversarial validation of the M4/M5 cleanup feature. Result: VERIFIED & CLOSED 2026-06-19 (2 rounds — R1 found 3 real bugs + 1 method gap, all fixed; R2's "critical" was a test artifact).
▸ full detail
The validator panel: cold-run → 2 skeptics → defender → judge → trajectory. M4/M5 verified; the reusable method (the "Adversarial V&V Panel") was extracted to the V&V manual. Open follow-on: the report's HTML view needs a proper rebuild.

PLAN FILE
~/.claude/plans/m4m5-validation-2026-06-19.md
RECORDS
~/Claude/Recursive Self-Improvement/verification/archive/m4m5-validation-report-2026-06-19.md (the report)
~/Claude/Library/verification-and-validation-protocol/manual.md (the reusable method)
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2026-06-21 · REV 2026-06-23 · CLAUDE MINSKY · OWNER: MINSKY
Two builds: the standing V&V system (Library) + the Claude Inheritance continuity methodology, plus the small CLAUDE.md Domain Context Loading "read-all" fix. Part 2 (continuity/DCL arc) DONE + verified 2026-06-22/23; Part 1 (the V&V system itself) is next.
▸ full detail
Claude Inheritance methodology built + cold-read VERIFIED · CLAUDE.md Domain Context Loading now reads ALL VARIABLE items (v2.26) · folder renamed to claude-inheritance/. Next: build the V&V system (mock the real-time view → docs → build → fix the M4/M5 report as the first use case).

PLAN FILE
~/.claude/plans/not-develop-the-lively-cray.md
DELIVERS
~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/ (the methodology) + ~/Claude/Library/verification-and-validation-protocol/ (the V&V system)
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2026-06-08 · CLAUDE MINSKY · OWNER: MINSKY
Dashboard Phase 2 + Continuity Enforcement active · executing today
Closes 2 gaps named 2026-06-08: continuity convention not enforced + Dashboard HTML doesn't auto-update at session close.
▸ full detail
Closes the two gaps Pat named 2026-06-08: (A) continuity convention not enforced — Claude skips silent-anchor-bridge in practice. (B) Dashboard HTML doesn't auto-update at session close — listed in master plan Tier 2 since 2026-06-04, never built. Plus: nav notification system (unread dots + status pills), Plan List manual controls, Plan Execution sub-nav + tabs, START-HERE.md auto-maintenance, build verification protocol, spec disclaimer.

FILES
~/.claude/plans/dashboard-phase-2-and-continuity-enforcement.md (active registry)
~/Claude/Dashboard/03-plan-and-design-review/03-dashboard-phase-2-and-continuity-enforcement-plan-2026-06-08.md (permanent design record)
~/Claude/Library/build-verification-protocol/ (the protocol this plan delivers)
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2026-06-10 · REV 2026-06-13 · CLAUDE MINSKY · OWNER: MINSKY
Originally Kernel + Modules + claude-mode.md (3/3 panel reject 2026-06-13). Revised to Mark I.I' — ORIENT · retirement primitive · hand-off readiness. 2026-06-19: Move 1 shipped + verified (N=3 cold test) · Room/Board Meeting/Innovate/Staging retired · 6 enforcement hooks live. 2026-06-23: core overhaul done — Move 2/Move 3/Pre-handoff/A3/A6 retired, A8 doc fixed; plan KEPT OPEN for A7 (BVL triage) + the A8 Loop-4 signal — "the loops are convention, not enforced" (see plan Findings).
▸ full detail
Restructure CLAUDE.md (614 lines, v2.22+) into small Kernel (~80 lines) + ~16 trigger-loaded modules + universal behavioral layer (~/Claude/claude-mode.md). Mark I.I, not Mark II — same OS (BVL, 6 loops, 4-file domain pattern, all features unchanged). Panel run 2026-06-13 by Pat's call. All three reviewers (Blundin · Miller · Wissner-Gross) reject claude-mode.md as designed — independent reasoning, same conclusion. They sharpened the lead hypothesis (decisions vs. bytes · orientation forcing functions · retirement vs. accumulation). Pat reads three full reviews → decides direction.

PANEL REVIEW PACKAGE ~/Claude/Mark-I/research-and-design-review/02-overhaul-2026-06-10/ (panel main · 01-architecture-review-2026-04-17 + 02.2-mark-i-audit-2026-06-13 are derivatives)
00-README.md — navigation + verdict summary
01-mark-i-overhaul-plan.md — plan snapshot (live working copy at ~/.claude/plans/mark-i-overhaul-2026-06-10.md)
02-panel-brief.md — full brief
03-panel-blundin.md — Dave's verdict
04-panel-miller.md — Allie's verdict
05-panel-wissner-gross.md — Alex's verdict
06-08-v3-*.md — V3 adversarial agent reports

PLAN FILE ~/.claude/plans/mark-i-overhaul-2026-06-10.md — 2026-06-13 diagnosis + panel-results sections at top · original 8-step plan body preserved below
BACKUP ~/Claude/Mark-I/backups/mark-i-operation-backup-2026-06-10.tar.gz · 250MB · delete-by 2026-07-10

Drafting / Review · 1

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2026-06-17 · CLAUDE MINSKY · OWNER: MINSKY
Pat's learning path · 5 modules (M1–M5) · transmission + cultivation per module · Vision Workshop · ends in M5 ship of novel SOTA artifact.
▸ full detail
Pat's learning path to become a great AI architect AND ship a novel state-of-the-art artifact (her Mark II candidate, or whatever emerges). Training, NOT infrastructure — lives in its own domain at ~/Claude/Training the Architect/ (folder created with plan copy; 4-file foundation pending panel approval). Five-module spine (M1 Mark I Mastery → M2 AI Systems Architecture → M3 Frontier Awareness → M4 Design Voice → M5 Build + Ship). Two layers per module: transmission (frameworks, lenses) + cultivation (Pat applies, Minsky pushes). Vision Workshop thread continuous M1→M5. 4-reviewer panel (Blundin · Miller · Wissner-Gross · Schmidt) pending — same full brief to all four, no per-reviewer narrowing.

PLAN FILES
~/.claude/plans/training-the-architect-2026-06-17.md (active registry · v0.1 draft)
~/Claude/Training the Architect/01-training-the-architect-2026-06-17.md (permanent record · domain copy)
PARENT PLAN ~/.claude/plans/mark-i-evolution-master-2026-06-17.md Track 3
DOMAIN ~/Claude/Training the Architect/ (folder created · 4-file foundation + M1–M5 outputs pending panel approval)

Done · 2

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2026-06-06 · COMPLETED 2026-06-07 · CLAUDE MINSKY · OWNER: MINSKY
Domain START-HERE.md Pattern · Closing One Surface of Discontinuity done · in use · logged to Mark II
START-HERE.md as 5th standard file per domain · pattern in use (Dashboard) · panel skipped (evidence beats opinion on working pattern).
▸ full detail
Proposes START-HERE.md as 5th standard file per domain. Layered FIXED (5 files always read) + VARIABLE (work-dependent). 2026-06-07 session 2: reviewer panel skipped — pattern is in use (Dashboard domain has START-HERE.md + Continuity pill renders state), direct evidence beats opinions on something already working. Full drift-problem context + 8 foundations built + Mark II implication logged at Mark-I/05-mark-ii-findings-log.md.

FILES
~/.claude/plans/silent-anchor-bridge.md (active registry copy)
~/Claude/Dashboard/03-plan-and-design-review/02-start-here-pattern-plan-2026-06-07.md (permanent design record)
~/Claude/Dashboard/START-HERE.md (first instance — Dashboard domain · renamed from read-first.md)
~/Claude/Dashboard/03-plan-and-design-review/02.1-reviewer-panel-foundation-2026-06-07.md (related panel — reviewed the foundation docs the plan called for)
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2026-06-18 · COMPLETED 2026-06-19 · CLAUDE MINSKY · OWNER: MINSKY
Mark I Blueprint + Mark I.I′ — source-of-truth + the change-set done
Mark I.I′ substantively complete — ORIENT + M4/M5 both verified (M4/M5 via the adversarial V&V panel); Moves 2 & 3 dropped; system-spec + operator-guide refreshed.
▸ full detail
Delivered: ORIENT block (M1/M2) · 7 enforcement hooks · M4/M5 cleanup (verified via the adversarial panel) · system-spec + operator-guide refreshed. Dropped: Move 2 (retirement primitive) · Move 3 (Kernel) · Step B (claude-mode.md). CEO identity = separate thread (parked).

PLAN FILE
~/.claude/plans/as-i-told-you-polished-nest.md
ARTIFACTS
~/Claude/Mark-I/html/blueprint-v0.5-draft.html (System Map + In Depth)

Plan Execution6 plans executing

Ship TireSurf + Dashboard 1/14
Dashboard Phase 2 + Continuity 14/19
Mark I.I Overhaul 20/48
Training the Architect 2/22
M4/M5 validation 17/18
V&V system + DCL fix 9/14

The 4 tiers from the active master plan. Deliverables A–M from ~/Claude/Dashboard/deliverables.md nested under each tier. Status pills show where each stands. Plan file: ~/.claude/plans/elegant-drifting-storm.md

Tier 0

Ship TireSurf v1 by 2026-06-11 — 2 days remain
G. TireSurf v1 BLOCKED · needs Pat: user
Owner: Alex · G1 user · G2 CRAFT · G3 DoD · G4 build · G5 handover

Tier 1

Learn from first ship
One-page learning doc blocked on T0
Triggered after Tier 0 delivers

Tier 2

Trim + foundational + dashboard (parallel)
B. Dashboard v1.0 · Phase 2 shipped · UI UNVERIFIED
Owner: Minsky · markers + generate.py + Stop hook + state.json + START-HERE auto-maintain + server.py + launchd
C. /get-to-know-me queued
Skill + Instructions section toggle
D. Philosophy + Operating Criteria partial
philosophy.md LOCKED 2026-06-07 · operating-criteria.md still queued
F. Mark I System Trim partial
task-list sync done 2026-06-09 · handoff/Library/sys-arch still queued
E. Per-project foundation.md partial
Dashboard 3-file split locked · other domains staggered per owner
A. Big Plan done · 2026-06-04
Reference for the sprint

Tier 3

Architecture after first ship
H. Identity per terminal future
I. Mark II preparation future
J. Owner sub-team creation future
K. Mission Control retirement future
L. Room domain decision future
M. Jarvis migration future

Verification checkpoints from master plan

○ 2026-06-11 (hard): TireSurf v1 in named user's hands — OR hard-kill pivot triggered
○ Next session: dashboard built; Pat opens and sees state without re-explanation
○ Dashboard auto-regenerates at session close (Stop hook — v0.3+)
○ Plans tab auto-lists this plan + any new plan (v0.3+)
○ Operating criteria visible in task-list.md header + dashboard html
○ Pat's philosophy drafted; Pat-in-loop; locked when sounds like her
○ /get-to-know-me skill works; reads 3 files; persists in session
○ Mark-I/07 has ≥3 entries by 2026-06-11
○ Within 30 days of ship: 2 products shipped · Tier 3 decision started with evidence

Phase 2 substrate work. Closes the two continuity gaps named 2026-06-08: (A) silent-anchor-bridge convention not enforced in practice. (B) Dashboard HTML doesn't auto-update at session close. Plan file: ~/.claude/plans/dashboard-phase-2-and-continuity-enforcement.md

Branch 1 — Substrate

Generator + Stop hook + state
A. Propagate v12 → dashboard.html done · v1.0
2-col landing · journey-row · Endgame redesign · clickable Plan Exec nav/tabs
B. Insert HTML markers done · 24 pairs
13 concept markers (some inline) · BEGIN/END pairs symmetric
C. Write generate.py done · v0.1
Marker-based section updater · 13 active generators · preserves hand-built design
D. Apply build-verification-protocol done
Category A applied · journal + BVL entries written
E. Wire Stop hook done
~/.claude/settings.json — alongside Mission Control hook · launchd plist auto-starts server.py
F. state.json schema + init done · v1.0
last_session_close · last_dashboard_version · domain_reads · section_views

Branch 1 — Domain reads + Verification

Substrate complete · UI verification next
G. Per-domain START-HERE auto-maintain done
fixed-list markers + auto-regenerator (Dashboard active; other domains as they gain START-HERE)
H. End-to-end verification substrate · UI UNVERIFIED
11/11 technical checks pass · UI features need Playwright OR Pat-click-confirm
Playwright UI test suite DEFERRED · 2026-06-10
Pat 2026-06-10: not for now, future when more users / more dev pressure. Pat-verification is sufficient floor. See plan file update at bottom of dashboard-phase-2-and-continuity-enforcement.md
Memory Panel toggle → state.json intent done
JS click → POST /save-state → state.json domain_reads · refresh hint banner + dirty-state button

Branch 2 — Docs (after Branch 1)

Spec + philosophy comprehensive rewrite
I. 02-philosophy.md (SOUL) queued
Comprehensive rewrite · Pat-in-loop
J. 03-dashboard-html-spec.md (MANUAL) queued
Locked status colors · owner-identity colors · Story-over-State · sections

Decisions + locks (this work)

What was settled
v12 landing mockup LOCKED done
2-col layout · Pat-approved 2026-06-08
CLAUDE.md "Domain Context Loading" done
Read-side enforcement · + STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION RULE 2026-06-09
build-verification-protocol shipped done
manual + journal + STRUCTURAL RULE: UI work cannot be self-verified
state.md architecture considered + rejected done
Built then reverted 2026-06-09 — violated "Pat asks → Claude edits directly" rule
EDIT RULE in dashboard.html + mode.md done
5-line top comment · 6-step procedure · Step 0 marker-type check · inline AUTO tags on 6 markers
Option B — PostToolUse auto-log hook done
~/.claude/settings.json + auto-log-domain-read.py — auto-logs Read of START-HERE.md to state.json · eliminates manual logging failure mode
Unread-dot mechanism (right concept) partial verified · 3/4 Pat-tested
section_changes vs section_views in state.json · per-section hash detection across runs · click clears dot · refresh preserves

Verification checkpoints from Phase 2 plan

✓ dashboard.html v1.0 visually matches v12 mockup
✓ generate.py preserves hand-built design (marker-based, not template render)
✓ Stop hook triggers regen at session close — same output as manual refresh
✓ state.json schema initialized + read tracking working
✓ START-HERE.md auto-maintained per domain at session close
✓ Branch 1 ships before Branch 2 starts (philosophy + spec rewrite)
✓ Build verification protocol applied to generate.py before declaring done
○ UI features VERIFIED via Playwright OR Pat click-confirm (pending)

Mark I.I' — Hand-off Readiness Through Structural Enforcement. (Revised 2026-06-13 after panel verdict + Pat dialogue. Supersedes original Mark I.I 8-step plan — preserved as historical record below.)

Mission: Mark I succeeds when Pat can name a deliverable + named user + hard date to a terminal, the terminal carries it to ship, and Pat checkpoints at gates she chose — not at every Claude decision. Codified 2026-06-13 as 6th capability dimension F. Hand-off Readiness in ~/Claude/Mark-I/01-north-star.md. Plan: ~/.claude/plans/mark-i-overhaul-2026-06-10.md

Problems → Root cause M1-M2 Pat-named (felt) · M3-M5 Claude-observed (structural)

# Problem Named by
M1Startup protocol skipped consecutively · drift events 3+/session baselinePat (felt friction)
M2Domain Context Loading skipped or partialPat (felt friction · 2026-06-08 catch)
M3CLAUDE.md bloated (614 lines, v2.0 → v2.22+)Claude-observed (Mark II findings 2026-05-01 Weight)
M4handoff.md bloated (1052 lines)Claude-observed (accumulation pattern)
M5task-list completed accumulatesClaude-observed (Monthly Cleanup step 5 slipping)

Root cause: Convention-as-enforcement degrades non-linearly with protocol size + accumulation without retirement primitive. The asymmetry: every Mark I structural enforcement (PostToolUse hook · BVL · STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION RULE · 4-tier history mandatory fields) held; every convention-only rule slipped.

Three structural moves zero new files · zero new convention surface

Move Solves Confidence Benchmark (success = ___) Expected output Risk if wrong
1. ORIENT block at session boundaries. Generalize ✓/○ checklist (STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION RULE 2026-06-09 — the one mechanism that held) to session open + close. Pat-visible chat block per session. M1 (90%) · M2 (80%) High (85%) Drift events ≤1/session sustained 14 days · Pat catches ≥3 drift via ORIENT in 30 days Pat-visible chat block at session boundaries · ✓/○ for handoff/task-list/curiosity/schedule (room retired) · full 10-step checklist + evidence validator Noise Pat scrolls past — measure 30d; retire via Loop 6 if no catches
2. Retirement primitive. Every rule/file/mechanism gets a death condition at creation (use-based · contradiction-based · supersession · permanent). Monthly Cleanup death-scan; Pat-confirms; archive to CLAUDE-archive.md. M3 (90%) · M4 (95%) · M5 (95%) High (80%) CLAUDE.md trims ≥20% in 90 days · handoff sustained <800 lines · task-list auto-archived after 30 days Death-condition field on every rule (retro-fit) · Monthly Cleanup outputs candidates · CLAUDE-archive.md grows Death conditions gamed (permanent overused) — quarterly audit catches
3. Hand-off Readiness as success metric. Codify as 6th capability dimension (done 2026-06-13). First instance: TireSurf v1 → Claude Alex. Contract at 08-design-review/03-handoff-contract-template-2026-06-13/02-tiresurf-instance-2026-06-13.md. Pat's actual constraint (one thing at a time) Medium (60%) TireSurf v1 ships to 1 named user by 2026-06-27 · Pat-touches <2/wk · 0 catastrophic overrides · <3 corrective Hand-off contract signed by Pat + Alex · TireSurf moves to autonomous Alex-mode · ship-status visible at session open via ORIENT Trust gap wider than Moves 1+2 close — diagnose at first miss; iterate contract

Status flow: done → queued → dropped

✅ DONE

Holds in Mark I.I' (from earlier work)
Step C · D — handoff + task-list raise-confirm done · 2026-06-10
Owner-scoped retirement · Mark I-consistent
Step E — Domain Context Loading in production
START-HERE.md + STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION RULE 2026-06-09 · RSI/START-HERE.md 2026-06-13 extends it
Step H — Plan-file-as-continuity-carrier standing
Standing Mark I protocol
Format spec deployed
handoff DATE + DOMAIN + ONE-LINE + ### · task-list two-line
6th capability dimension F. Hand-off Readiness codified · 2026-06-13
~/Claude/Mark-I/01-north-star.md
Hand-off contract template + TireSurf instance drafted · 2026-06-13
08-design-review/03-handoff-contract-template-2026-06-13/

⏳ QUEUED

Pat reads panel → confirms → executes next session
Move 1 — ORIENT block shipped + verified · 2026-06-19
Session open + close · Pat-visible ✓/○ on handoff/task-list/room/curiosity
Move 2 — Retirement primitive dropped
A death-condition field on every Mark I rule, so rules self-retire when their trigger stops firing — keeps the OS lean as it grows. Dropped 2026-06-23: leanness came from what shipped (deprecation-guard hook + M4/M5 cleanup + the actual retirements); a death-condition on every rule is itself the accretion the executable-only discipline rejects.
Move 3 — TireSurf hand-off cycle dropped
Prove hand-off readiness via a real cross-terminal hand-off — a live TireSurf instance handed to Claude Alex as the test. Dropped 2026-06-23: hand-off readiness is codified (north-star dim. F); the TireSurf instance is blocked on its named user = #125 in Alex's Smart Consumer domain, not this OS plan.
Pre-handoff readiness design dropped
A pre-hand-off readiness gate — a 3-signal contract a terminal must pass before handing work off. Dropped 2026-06-23: Pat — not load-bearing now, good-to-have not worth the time. Revive only if a real hand-off surfaces the need.
Foundation document methodology guideline done
Done 2026-06-23 — built out as the Claude Inheritance methodology · folder renamed → ~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/
A3 + A6 audit fixes dropped
Two 2026-06-13 audit items — A3 = Monthly Benchmark prompt; A6 = HNF LI memory.md Rule 1 (cold-start). Dropped 2026-06-23: A3 never defined — nothing functional broken; A6 re-homed to the HNF LI domain (Prime), off this plan.
A7 BVL triage + A8 Loop-4 signal queued
Both root causes unfixed: A8's mode.md doc was sharpened, but Loop 4 still isn't auto-firing; A7 = 16 stale BVL entries to triage. Same root — "the loops are convention, not enforced." Plan KEPT OPEN — see its Findings.

❌ DROPPED

Per 2026-06-13 panel verdict (3/3 reject)
Step A — Kernel + Modules split dropped
Rearranges convention without removing it · Run Moves 1+2+3 for 60 days; revisit only if still bleeding
Step B — claude-mode.md universal layer dropped
Violates 2026-04-16 RSI history: "intelligence cannot be installed by writing instructions" · 3/3 panel reject
10 behavioral patterns synthesis dropped
Feedback memories stay atomic + validated · uncompressed substrate preserved
V2 · V4 · V6 validation gates dropped
No implementation to validate

Kill condition when to roll back Mark I.I'

If after 30 days Moves 1+2 show no measurable reduction in drift events AND TireSurf hand-off cycle requires >3 unplanned Pat-touches/week, Mark I.I' is wrong. Roll back; reassess. Original 8-step plan preserved below for reactivation reference.

Panel reviews read full when ready

~/Claude/Mark-I/08-design-review/02-overhaul-2026-06-10/03-panel-blundin.md — execution velocity · ship discipline · scale compound
04-panel-miller.md — 10-second orientation · MVA · teammate AI mode
05-panel-wissner-gross.md — F=T∇Sτ · option preservation · futures structure

All three sharpened the lead hypothesis. All three rejected claude-mode.md as designed. Mark I.I' synthesizes their convergent moves.
⤵ Original 8-step Mark I.I plan + earlier diagnosis — superseded historical content (click to expand)

Mark I.I — Kernel Split + Universal Behavior Mode (original 2026-06-10 design — superseded 2026-06-13). Restructure CLAUDE.md (614 lines, v2.22+) into Kernel + ~16 trigger-loaded modules. Add ~/Claude/claude-mode.md as universal behavioral layer (3rd tier between constitution and per-domain mode.md). Same OS (BVL, 6 loops, 4-file domain pattern, all features unchanged). Closes Surface 1 (cross-session, same terminal) per continuity analysis.

Root cause + the 5 problems Pat's question 2026-06-13 · diagnosis before solution

Pat asked: "Is it because of CLAUDE.md? We need to know the cause."

Answer. CLAUDE.md is the surface where the problem shows up — it's the accumulator. The deeper cause is the enforcement model: Mark I's protocol is convention; execution is Claude's self-discipline. Convention grows by adding bytes; execution fidelity degrades non-linearly as bytes grow.

Evidence already in Mark I findings — three angles, one root cause:

RSI memory.md 2026-04-02 audit: "If startup protocol failures are viewed as one root cause, the count likely exceeds 3." Symptom-level tagging hid the real count.
Mark II finding 2026-05-01 (Weight): "every improvement permanently increases startup cost… no mechanism to retire prose once a rule becomes habit."
Mark II finding 2026-05-01 (Verification): "the integrity of every CLAUDE.md edit, every history entry, every retrospective compression depends on Claude's self-discipline."

This explains all 5 problems with one cause. M1 + M3 surface in CLAUDE.md directly. M2 is convention ("read START-HERE.md") vs. Claude execution. M4 + M5 are Monthly Cleanup mechanism that exists but isn't reliably executed.

The evidence that structural enforcement works where convention fails: every case where Mark I added an external/automatic check — PostToolUse hook for domain reads · BVL passive verification · 4-tier history mandatory fields · STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION RULE for ✓/○ checklist — held. Convention-only fixes slipped.


The 5 problems Pat named — proposed solutions are Claude's starting points for the review panel:

# What Pat sees Where the cause manifests Claude's proposed solution (panel reviews) Confidence
M1 Startup protocol skipped consecutively CLAUDE.md grew v2.0 → v2.22+ (614 lines) — too much to execute reliably under context pressure Split CLAUDE.md into small always-loaded Kernel (~80 lines, ~15 explicit sub-rules) + ~16 trigger-loaded Modules. Smaller surface = readable end-to-end. Pointer table in Kernel guarantees module discoverability. Medium-high — reduces surface; same Claude must still obey
M2 Domain Context Loading skipped or partial Convention ("read START-HERE.md") relied on Claude discretion — execution slipped despite Pat-visible drift START-HERE.md pattern (already in use in Dashboard) + STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION RULE (✓/○ checklist, already added 2026-06-09) + propagate pattern to remaining domains. Two structural fixes already live. High — pattern in use, evidence accumulating
M3 CLAUDE.md bloated (614 lines) Monotonic accretion — every learning translated to a new rule; no retirement mechanism Kernel + Modules split (same lever as M1) + 1-in-1-out structural cap on any new layer that gets created so the same accretion pattern doesn't re-emerge in claude-mode.md or modules. Medium-high — structural cap is the discipline mechanism
M4 handoff.md bloated (1052 lines) Monthly Cleanup mechanism exists but per-terminal owner-scoped retirement doesn't run reliably Owner-scoped raise-confirm at monthly cleanup (mechanism designed 2026-06-10). Archive to handoff-history.md append-only. High — mechanism is mechanical once executed
M5 task-list.md completed entries accumulate Monthly Cleanup step 5 exists but execution slips Same mechanism as M4 — owner-scoped, monthly, append archive. Already specified; needs reliable execution. High — auto-runs once executed

Cross-cutting proposal: ~/Claude/claude-mode.md — universal behavioral layer between constitution (values · slow) and per-domain mode.md (specialized · fast). Synthesizes 27 of 51 feedback memories into ~10 patterns. This is the part Pat flagged anxiety on — it risks codifying behaviors that 2026-04-16 history.md says should emerge through validated practice. The panel should pressure-test this specifically: does it close M1 by reducing repeated correction load, or open a new accretion surface?


Status: Diagnosis complete. Proposed solutions above are starting points only. Review panel runs only when Pat calls it. Claude does not run the panel autonomously.

Phase 1 — Plan & Validate

Get the plan-plan right before any change
Plan file written done · 2026-06-10
Risk per step · V1-V5 + T1-T7 + 9-surface coverage · 16 decisions logged
Full OS backup done · 250MB
~/Claude/Mark-I/backups/mark-i-operation-backup-2026-06-10.tar.gz · delete-by 2026-07-10
V3 adversarial validation done · 3 Opus agents
285 rules · 20 structural-ref findings + 8 missing files · 10 behavioral patterns
Continuity branch consolidated into this plan done
Per Pat 2026-06-10: branch lives in parent plan, not separate file. Analysis + parked sequels now a section in mark-i-overhaul-2026-06-10.md
handoff + task-list raise-confirm done · 2026-06-10
Minsky scope · #34 #98 #51 retired · #124 → Completed · #123 DEFERRED · #117 closed · handoff Minsky scope clean (0 candidates).
Format spec + implementation done · 2026-06-10
CLAUDE.md Q1 handoff format updated (DATE + DOMAIN + ONE-LINE + ### sub-headers) · Real-Time Task Tracking gained two-line task format · handoff.md Minsky section rewritten · task-list Minsky entries rewritten · CLAUDE-history.md Tier 1 entry (all 7 fields)
Reconcile V3 gaps into plan-plan done · 2026-06-10
285 rules · ~16 modules · 26+ files · 10 patterns · step-number preservation locked as hard constraint · 3-tier history entry mandate captured · all V3 deltas integrated
Self-critique per BVP discipline done · 2026-06-10
6 findings · 3 actioned in plan: 1-in-1-out structural cap (claude-mode.md anti-accretion) · V6 step-number citation check (enforces HARD CONSTRAINT) · format-propagation-incremental note · 3 held as Claude-calibration
Plan-plan FINALIZED — ready for panel ready · 2026-06-10
All decisions made · all scope explicit · V1-V6 validation strategy · T1-T7 post-implementation testing · self-critique findings integrated · 3-reviewer panel is the gate before execution
3-reviewer panel next session · tomorrow
Blundin · Miller · Wissner-Gross · brief: full plan + V3 findings + step-number constraint + 3-tier history mandate + self-critique findings

Phase 2 — Build & Deploy

After panel approves
A. CLAUDE.md → Kernel + Modules queued
Kernel ~80 lines · ~16 modules at ~/.claude/protocols/ · step numbers preserved
B. claude-mode.md (10 patterns + Aesthetics) queued
~/Claude/claude-mode.md · synthesizes 27 of 51 feedback memories · 2-section file
E. Domain Context Loading in Kernel queued
FIXED + VARIABLE on entry · hold throughout · ✓/○ structural verification
V1 inventory diff + V2 trigger sim queued
Self-validation gate before deploy · zero blockers required
Deploy queued
Write Kernel + modules + claude-mode.md · V5 backup already taken

Phase 3 — Post-Deploy Verify

Immediate, <48 hr
V4 shadow-run on next session queued
Run live session as if claude-mode.md loaded · behavioral gaps surface naturally
F + G. T2 docs update (26+ files) queued
CLAUDE-history (7-field) · system-architecture S1+S2+Quick Status · Mark-I/02/03/06/07 · RSI · feed-map · skills-map
T1 Architectural integrity queued
All references resolve · Kernel ≤80 lines actual · module count correct · no orphans
T2 Operational scenarios queued
Cold start · domain entry · session close · mid-save · monthly cleanup · task tracking — each fires correctly
T3 Behavioral evals (10 patterns) queued
Each claude-mode.md pattern gets 1-3 test scenarios · 16-24 tests · pass/fail logged
T4 Regression queued
Every v2.22 rule still fires under Kernel+Modules · zero regressions allowed
T3 docs append + BVL entry queued
loop-log · activity-log · retrospective · MEMORY · BVL: Category B Architectural

Phase 4 — Harden

14 days · then mark VERIFIED
T5 User testing (Pat's real usage) queued
Pat uses normally over 3-5 sessions · reports any friction · findings logged
T6 Long-horizon queued
14 days · Loops fire as expected · drift events reduce from baseline 3+/session
T7 Adversarial red-team queued
3 Opus subagents try to break it · attack vectors documented + defended
Mark VERIFIED queued
All T1-T7 pass · BVL entry → VERIFIED · Mark I.I closure

Validation strategy Pat cannot validate this — Claude drives

V1 Complete inventory diff done via V3 Agent 1
285 rules · all mapped · ZERO unaccounted
V2 Simulated trigger pass per module queued
Each module trigger walked end-to-end · outputs verified
V3 Adversarial subagent review done · 3 Opus agents
Agent 1 (rules) + Agent 2 (refs) + Agent 3 (behaviors) all complete
V4 Live-session shadow run queued
Run today's remaining session as if claude-mode.md loaded · gaps surface
V5 Backup + rollback hatch done
~/mark-i-operation-backup-2026-06-10.tar.gz · 250MB · delete-by 2026-07-10

Post-implementation testing 7 layers (T1-T7)

T1 Architectural integrity · T2 Operational scenarios · T3 Behavioral evals (10 patterns) · T4 Regression · T5 User testing (Pat's real usage) · T6 Long-horizon (14 days) · T7 Adversarial red-team

All 7 → BVL entry "Mark I.I overhaul · Category B Architectural · VERIFIED"

Next move when session resumes

NOT tonight — Pat is tired. Decisions remaining (Pat's call): (1) 3-reviewer panel kick-off · (2) confirm 3-tier behavioral architecture (constitution + claude-mode + per-domain mode) — needs RSI/history.md entry resolving 2026-03-03 2-tier collision · (3) confirm handoff.md retirement of 6 candidates · (4) confirm additional task-list retire candidates.

PLAN FILE ~/.claude/plans/mark-i-overhaul-2026-06-10.md — running record, survives session pause
Why · What's broken · What we're building · What done looks like (click to expand)

Why are we doing this

Mark I grew through 3 months of compounding learnings. Each new failure prompted a new CLAUDE.md rule. By 2026-06-10 the protocol reached 614 lines (v2.0 → v2.22+) and Claude started skipping steps under that weight — treating the protocol as a menu instead of executing it. Constitution Section VI explicitly rejects this pattern: "Claude does not improve by adding rules. Principles over patches." Mark I.I removes the accreted weight by restructuring, not by adding more.


What's broken

• CLAUDE.md too heavy — Claude treats it as a menu, skips steps
• Startup protocol fails consecutively — drift events 3+/session (baseline)
• 40+ feedback memories scattered with no synthesis — behaviors don't compound
• Documentation alone fails to enforce — needs structural answer
• Domain Context Loading inconsistent — Claude reads START-HERE.md partially or drops it mid-session


What we're building

Kernel (always-loaded, ~80 lines) + ~16 trigger-loaded modules → same content, structurally lighter; only what's needed for THIS moment loads
claude-mode.md (NEW) — universal behavioral layer between constitution and per-domain mode.md → 10 patterns synthesizing 27+ feedback memories
Format spec for handoff + task-list → Pat-scannable for decisions
Domain Context Loading hardened in Kernel → loads on every domain entry, holds throughout the session
Same OS — BVL, 6 loops, 4-file domain pattern, all features unchanged


What done looks like

• Drift events ≤1 per session sustained for 14 days (baseline: 3+/session)
• Claude doesn't skip startup steps — every step verifiable in conversation
• Domain entry fully loads FIXED + VARIABLE; holds throughout the session
• All 4 terminals (Minsky, Prime, Alex, Dave Vision) operate cleanly post-deploy
claude-mode.md patterns produce consistent behavior across sessions and terminals
• BVL entry: Category B Architectural → VERIFIED
• Pat opens the dashboard and trusts the state without needing to re-verify

M4/M5 validation — the run, round by round. Result: M4/M5 VERIFIED & CLOSED 2026-06-19. Report: verification/archive/m4m5-validation-report-2026-06-19.md · Plan: ~/.claude/plans/m4m5-validation-2026-06-19.md

Round 1 FAIL · load 9

all bugs fixed → re-test
1 · Cold-run (Sonnet) done
ran the cleanup but eyeballed — never ran the helper (the gap that hid the bugs)
2 · Skeptic A (Opus) done
found schedule-gate · handoff-regex · status-case · helper-never-run
3 · Skeptic B (Opus) done
reproduced the same four faults
4 · Judge (Opus · indep.) done
3 code bugs + 1 method gap · refuted 2 over-claims · NOT PASS
5 · Trajectory done
load 9 (baseline) — 1 CRIT + 3 MAJ
6 · Fixes applied done
3 code fixes + CLAUDE.md v2.25 mandates the helper

Round 2 VERIFIED · load 9→0

no surviving real defect
0 · Snapshot done
tar'd ~/Claude before the run (restored after)
1 · Cold-run (Sonnet) done
ran the helper (v2.25 held) — but then destructively edited the handoff
2 · Skeptic A (Opus) done
flagged the handoff deletion as critical (removed two other terminals' sections)
3 · Skeptic B (Opus) done
reproduced it
4 · Judge (Opus · indep.) done
R1 fixes held · ruled the deletion a real critical → raw NOT PASS
5 · Defender (you) done
Pat: the deletion only happened because the test was headless — can't happen in the real raise-to-Pat flow → test artifact
6 · Outcome VERIFIED
no real defect · honest residual + revisit trigger
7 · Restore done
snapshot restored — real memory untouched

Round 3 not run

not required
Not needed n/a
verified at Round 2 (bar: 2 clean rounds via an improving trajectory)

Other tasks

deliverables
Report — md done
self-explanatory · in verification/
Report — HTML view done
faithful render from the md (render-report.py)
Method → V&V manual done
the reusable "Adversarial V&V Panel"

Records where it lives

~/Claude/Recursive Self-Improvement/verification/archive/m4m5-validation-report-2026-06-19.md — the full report
~/Claude/Library/verification-and-validation-protocol/manual.md — the reusable method ("Adversarial V&V Panel")
~/.claude/plans/m4m5-validation-2026-06-19.md — this plan

V&V system + Domain Context Loading fix. Two builds — the standing Verification & Validation system (Library) + the Claude Inheritance continuity methodology — plus the small CLAUDE.md Domain Context Loading "read-all" fix. Part 2 (continuity / DCL arc) is DONE + verified; Part 1 (the V&V system itself) is next. Single tracking surface = the plan's Sequence. Plan: ~/.claude/plans/not-develop-the-lively-cray.md

Part 2 — continuity + DCL DONE · 06-22/23

the whole arc shipped + verified
2.3 · Mark-I deletions done
Deprecation Protocol · migrated first · logged
3 · Mark II "build-for-cold-Claude" finding done
banked as a standing-practice candidate
2A · settle the START-HERE structure done
FIXED+VARIABLE floor · read-all · open-beyond
2A+ · Claude Inheritance methodology VERIFIED
master + 5 -thinking guides · cold-read verified
2.2 · repair the START-HEREs done
Mark-I good · RSI freshened + "fixes under Mark I"
2.1 · CLAUDE.md read-all (v2.26) done
Domain Context Loading reads ALL VARIABLE items
2.4 · ship-discipline done
history + system-arch + BVL · cold self-test PASSED
Folder rename → claude-inheritance done
+ reference sweep · 2026-06-23

Part 1 — the V&V system next

build the system itself
1.1 · mock the real-time V&V view next
visual-prototype-first → Pat agrees (v0.1 rejected — revisit)
1.2 · V&V docs queued
00-START-HERE + foundation pair (non-domain LIGHT) + guideline + protocol · retire manual.md
1.3 · real-time view + report queued
model→view · scoreboard + stage-band
1.4 · fix the M4/M5 report queued
first real use case — the system proves itself by being used

Wrap Pat runs

two review panels
Review panel — Claude Inheritance done
the methodology + the Strategy-section design · ran 2026-06-25 → 1.0 incorporated
Review panel — V&V system queued
after Part 1 builds it

What Pat wants the framing

A universal, living V&V asset — the standing way we validate anything we build, growing with each use case. Claude does the V&V; Pat oversees, not tests. The work-type→method matrix is a guideline, not a cage. The continuity half ("Claude Inheritance") fixes the cold-Claude problem: every compounding artifact carries its own foundation + loader so a future Claude inherits everything — vision, strategy, soul, why.

Training the Architect — Pat's learning path to ship novel SOTA artifact. Training, NOT infrastructure. Lives in its own domain at ~/Claude/Training the Architect/. Five-module spine, each with transmission (frameworks) + cultivation (Pat applies, Minsky pushes) layers. Vision Workshop thread continuous M1→M5. End state: Pat ships a real novel state-of-the-art thing she designed. Plan file: ~/.claude/plans/training-the-architect-2026-06-17.md

Path forward — how this plan completes

The training plan retires when M5 ships: Pat builds and ships a novel SOTA artifact under her name (her Mark II candidate or whatever emerges through Training). The path runs through pre-launch → 5 modules → Curriculum-as-System Mark II finding.

Phase A · Now

Next 1–2 sessions
Plan v0.1 written done
Active registry + permanent copy in domain folder
Domain folder seeded done
~/Claude/Training the Architect/ created with plan copy · full 4-file foundation pending panel approval
Schmidt Sciences research pre-panel
+ Schmidt material since 2026-04-16 on training/teaching/operator development · update mentors-library.md

Phase B · Soon

2–4 weeks
4-reviewer panel runs queued
Blundin · Miller · Wissner-Gross · Schmidt · same brief to all · no per-reviewer narrowing
Plan v0.2 (panel synthesis) after panel
Revise inline based on what reviewers raised
Domain fully set up + Training HTML after v0.2
Full 4-file foundation + 01-foundation/ + M1–M5 output folders + vision-workshop.md · single-file HTML with tabs per module

Phase C · Later

Months — the main arc
M1 → M4 run sequentially 2–3 weeks each
Mark I Mastery → AI Systems Architecture → Frontier Awareness → Design Voice. Each module produces a Pat-authored artifact.
M3 runs continuous from start of Phase C background
Frontier Awareness is a perpetual subscription to the field, not a discrete module gate
Vision Workshop accumulates Pat-authored thread
What Pat wants to build comes into focus session by session through M1–M4

Phase D · End-state

M5 ships
Pat ships novel SOTA artifact M5 endgame
Real · used · Pat-authored · Minsky multiplier. For Pat: likely Mark II first version, but shape emerges through Training — not pre-committed.
Curriculum-as-System Mark II entry post-M5
Methodology that produced Pat's training becomes Mark II infrastructure for other operators — Hypothesis 5 in 06-mark-ii-design-brief.md
Plan archives housekeeping
Move to ~/Claude/Training the Architect/archive/ with date stamp · delete from ~/.claude/plans/

The five modules (detail)

M1

Mark I Mastery
Pat understands Mark I deeply queued
Architecture · loops · 4-tier history · Q5 creation rule
Pat-authored Mark II hypothesis note M1 output
~/Claude/Training the Architect/M1-outputs/

M2

AI Systems Architecture
Patterns across the field queued
Agentic systems · ExO · memory · multi-agent · alignment
Architecture sketch + rationale M2 output
Pat sketches alternatives for the M1 hypothesis · picks one direction

M3

Frontier Awareness
Field-level lenses queued · continuous
Diamandis · Kurzweil · Wissner-Gross · Schmidt · Pal · frontier labs
10x bet statement M3 output
Pat maps work onto curves · names Innovation Power leverage

M4

Design Voice
Voice exercises queued
Jobs · Miller · constraint as creative force · taste
Pat's design philosophy M4 output
Pat names her own design voice · stands behind it

M5

Build + Ship
Pat ships a novel SOTA artifact M5 endgame
Mark II candidate, or whatever Pat has discovered along the way. Real · used · Pat-authored · Minsky multiplier.

Continuous

Vision Workshop
Pat-authored thread M1 → M5
~/Claude/Training the Architect/vision-workshop.md · what Pat wants to build comes into focus session by session

4-reviewer panel — pending

Blundin · Miller · Wissner-Gross · Schmidt. Same brief to all four: big picture + background + the problem + objective + why we're doing this + full plan content. Optional shared questions at the end (not per-reviewer). Reviewers bring their own lenses organically. Pre-panel: research Schmidt Sciences + Schmidt material since 2026-04-16 on training/teaching/operator development.

Productscustomer-facing

What we sell. Each card shows the Blundin compound model as a phase train: ideas → build → ship v1 → learn → ship faster v2 → ship better → pattern locks → repeat. Current phase highlighted.

TireSurf
Smart Consumer · Claude Alex · Opus 📚 CONTINUITY i
Tier 0 · this week
Thai consumer product helping drivers make tire-buying decisions. Lowest-friction path: link → fitment + 3 shops + confidence → walk away knowing which tire and which shop.
ideas build ship v1 learn ship faster v2 ship better pattern locks repeat
build done (Cowork 18.5h) · ship v1 active (needs user) · hard date 2026-06-11
🎯EndgameWeb app deployed to Thai drivers. 100+ users/month within 90 days. First evidence the AI-amplified individual ships consumer products.
HNF Life Intelligence
Claude Prime · Opus 📚 CONTINUITY i
iteration frozen · delivery allowed
Personalized intelligence document that reads someone's life and produces a deeply personal reading. Pipeline matured through v1.14 across April–May. Currently frozen at iteration; delivery to a real user remains allowed.
ideas build ship v1 learn ship faster v2 ship better pattern locks repeat
v1.14 ready to ship · trial 11 was simulated · no real-user ship yet
🎯EndgamePipeline deployed. 10+ live trials with target-audience contacts. First paying client.
iMessage 2
Claude Prime · Opus 📚 CONTINUITY i
iteration frozen · delivery allowed
Next-gen contact + relationship management via iMessage with AI assistance. Phase 1 build A–M complete with engine specs and 6 contact profiles migrated.
ideas build ship v1 learn ship faster v2 ship better pattern locks repeat
build still pre-ship · no user touching yet
🎯EndgameReplaces legacy iMessage skill. Contact intel auto-updates. Sight system integrated. Pat communicates with contacts at scale without losing context.

Infrastructureinternal · the systems we run on

What we build for ourselves. Same Blundin phase train, current phase highlighted.

Mark I OS
Claude Minsky · Opus 📚 CONTINUITY i
Mark I.I' panel verdict received · Pat decides
Pat's AI operating system. 6 capability dimensions (F. Hand-off Readiness codified 2026-06-13 as operationalization of the North Star) · 6 loops · 13 domains · BVL · retrospectives · memory. Mark I.I' revised after 2026-06-13 panel: drop claude-mode.md (3/3 panel reject) · adopt three structural moves (ORIENT block · retirement primitive · hand-off readiness via TireSurf to Claude Alex). Mark I freeze (2026-05-01) honored — Mark I.I' adds zero new files + zero new convention surface.
ideas build ship v1 learn ship faster v2 ship better pattern locks repeat
Mark I.I' panel verdict received 2026-06-13 · Pat reads 3 reviews → decides direction · 6th capability dimension F. Hand-off Readiness codified
🎯EndgamePat can name a deliverable + named user + hard date to a terminal, the terminal carries it to ship, Pat checkpoints at gates she chose — not at every Claude decision. F. Hand-off Readiness is the measured success criterion.
Dashboard
Claude Minsky · Opus 📚 CONTINUITY i
v1 shipped · public
Visual command center. Mark I domain. 10 nav sections. Blundin phase trains. Auto-regen via generate.py + Stop hook + SessionStart hook. Public mirror at pat-ai-dashboard.pages.dev (manual re-upload). 2026-06-13: Mark I.I tab restructured for Mark I.I' (problems · root cause · 3-moves table · status flow card · kill condition · panel reviews) + Status section converted to 3-column flow card (done · queued · dropped) + path references updated for renamed 08-design-review/ subfolders.
ideas build ship v1 learn ship faster v2 ship better pattern locks repeat
v1.0 live local + public 2026-06-10 · memory-in-context pane VERIFIED 2026-06-11 · generate.py + Stop + SessionStart + PostToolUse:Read all running · learning from real use
🎯EndgameAuto-deploy to public at session close. All 12 domains have START-HERE.md. Zero drift events / session by 2026-07-15. Becomes Pat's CEO surface across local + public.
Vision & Narrative
Claude Dave Vision · Opus 📚 CONTINUITY i
MTP pressure-test ends 2026-06-21
MTP filtering · moonshot architecture · 10-year horizon. Provisional MTP formed 2026-03-21; pressure-test ends 2026-06-21.
ideas build ship v1 learn ship faster v2 ship better pattern locks repeat
MTP draft · moonshot dashboard v2.1 · 5 candidate moonshots
🎯EndgameMTP locked. 1+ moonshot selected. Venn-scoring as live decision tool. Daily work connects to 10-year trajectory.
Jarvis
migrating Gemini → Claude Opus 📚 CONTINUITY i
migration pending
Personal strategic partnership. Mentor frameworks. Long-game. Was on Gemini for 1M context — but token quota burns out. Migrating to Claude Opus (200K is enough for actual use).
ideas build ship v1 learn ship faster v2 ship better pattern locks repeat
v1 ran on Gemini · migration to Opus is v2 prep
🎯EndgameJarvis on Opus. Personal-strategic layer always available. Mentor frameworks active during life decisions. Boundary with Dave Vision settled.

Task Listlive · from ~/Claude/task-list.md + Mark I task tracker

OPERATING CRITERIA HEADER
Current focus: TireSurf → [user TBD]
Anti-procrastination: Is this the literal next thing between TireSurf and the named user?
Compound: ship → learn → ship faster → ship better → pattern locks → repeat
[Full operating criteria injects here once D ships — drafted from Source A + B, Pat-in-loop]

Pending — Claude Dave Vision

#47 ~/Claude/Vision & Narrative/ — MTP deepening + Moonshot planner. MTP is starting point — not yet grand. Moonsh…
pending
#53 Review v2.1-draft Venn Scoring tab — Pat to test in Safari, both themes, scoring, dot movement. Fix issues.
pending

Pending — Claude Prime

#86 HNF LI Post-Review Documentation — roadmap consolidation into implementation-plan, reviewer comment review ses…
pending
#74 HNF LI Roadmap — Phases 1-5 + Gap Actions (see ~/Claude/HNF Life Intelligence/roadmap.md + reviews/gap-analysi…
Phase 1: Pre-Trial 2 — Stage 5 feedback, Stage 6 learning, reviewer comment review
pending
#67 Wong car sale — listing kit deployed to wong-car-sale.pages.dev (Cloudflare Pages + Access, OTP auth). Big Rev…
pending
#55 iMessage 2 — Phase 1 Build. A-M done. NEXT: L + O + P together (test executor, enrich profiles, first HNF doc)
pending
#102 HNF LI end-to-end build — Trial 2 ran (8 failures). Pipeline v1.5 plan approved. NEXT: apply v1.5 to pipeline.…
pending
#105 session-poller.sh build — 8s polling on iMessage chat.db for active contact, 2-minute inactivity timeout, step…
pending
#106 Channel-agnostic intake architecture — Mark II finding 2026-05-01. Currently iMessage = bespoke polling, Line …
pending
#108 HNF LI Sight methodology + Abundance Side — 3 section review rounds remaining (Blocker+BS, 3H+Our Role, Reveal…
pending

Pending — Claude Alex

#109 Smart Consumer domain setup — folder structure, Mark I integration, operations log. ~/Claude/Smart Consumer/ ·…
done
#110 TirePro v1 app build — single HTML, bilingual (EN/TH), all 5 zones, calculation engine, embedded data
pending
#111 Franchise coverage research — Cockpit + B-Quik location mapping across 77 provinces
pending
#112 ClaudeAlex.md design — terminal-to-domain responsibility contract (Mark II prototype concept)
pending

Pending — Claude Minsky

#12 [Delegated-Completion] ★ FIRST NEXT SESSION (Pat's order) — carry the Claude Inheritance panel work to SHIPPED…
Domain: Library (delegated-completion) · Last: 2026-06-25 · Status: Active — FIRST
pending
#142 [V&V] Build the Verification & Validation system + Domain Context Loading fix — universal living Library asset…
Domain: Library (V&V) + RSI/Mark I · Last: 2026-06-21 · Status: Active
pending
#141 [Mark-I] Mark I Blueprint + Mark I.I′ — build all-in-one System Map to the fused spec + CLAUDE.md walkthrough;…
Domain: Mark-I · Last: 2026-06-18 · Status: Active (blueprint v0.5 built · Pat walkthrough pending)
pending
#115 [Dashboard] Write Dashboard/operating-criteria.md — Pat-in-loop, 9 operational tests
Domain: Dashboard · Last: 2026-06-07 · Status: Active
pending
#116 [Dashboard] Build /get-to-know-me skill — reads Pat_Profile.md + Personal_Constitution.md + mtp.md
Domain: Dashboard · Last: 2026-06-04 · Status: Active
pending
#118 [Mark-I housekeeping] Library audit — keep what's referenced last 30 days; archive rest
Domain: Mark-I / Library · Last: 2026-06-04 · Status: Active
pending
#119 [Mark-I housekeeping] Update ~/Claude/system-architecture.md — add Phase 2 substrate + Dashboard mode.md to …
Domain: Mark-I · Last: 2026-06-09 · Status: Active (absorbed by Mark I.I)
pending
#120 [Mark-I housekeeping] Add entries to ~/Claude/Mark-I/07-mark-ii-findings-log.md — Phase 2 substrate + struct…
Domain: Mark-I · Last: 2026-06-09 · Status: Active
pending
#121 [Dashboard Phase 3] Per-project state.md architecture (living dashboard direction) — schema, per-domain stat…
Domain: Dashboard · Last: 2026-06-09 · Status: Held (rejected 2026-06-09 — over-engineering for m…
held
#122 [Dashboard] Memory Panel toggle → state.json intent-marker (next-session pickup)
Domain: Dashboard · Last: 2026-06-09 · Status: Active
pending
#123 [Dashboard verification] Playwright install + UI test suite — covers refresh button, +Add, ×Remove, toggles, s…
Domain: Dashboard · Last: 2026-06-10 · Status: DEFERRED · Pat 2026-06-10: not for now; future whe…
deferred
#125 [TireSurf] TireSurf v1 named user — Tier 0 hard date 2026-06-11
Domain: Smart Consumer · Last: 2026-06-09 · Status: Blocked — needs Pat naming user
blocked

Completed last 30 days

#113 Build Dashboard domain — Dashboard folder built with all standard files + 01-foundation/ split (vision-and-nar…
done
#129 Monthly cleanup (June) — auto-ran 9 sub-steps, surfaced 11 retrospective compression candidates + 7 unverified…
done
#130 Memory Panel UI fixes — dynamic START-HERE detection · friendly timestamps · "Mark I OS" display · disabled st…
done
#131 Option B — PostToolUse auto-log hook · auto-logs Read of START-HERE.md to state.json · eliminates manual loggi…
done
#132 Plan Execution progress counters auto-computed from pill classes (4 markers · scans plan-content for pill done…
done
#133 What Moved redesigned — 3 sources (task-list.md primary · ALL domain retrospective.md DISCOVERY entries · acti…
done
#134 Unread-dot mechanism — section_changes vs section_views in state.json · per-section hash detection across runs…
done
#135 START-HERE.md cleanup — removed duplicate spec.md from VARIABLE list · added Phase 2 plan to VARIABLE · update…
done
#136 Critical bug fix: dashboard.html top comment had broken HTML comment exposing wall of code · slimmed EDIT RULE…
done
#137 launchd plist for server.py · refresh button auto-starts at login · KeepAlive on crash. · 2026-06-09
done
#114 Write Dashboard/philosophy.md — locked Pat-in-loop (3 working principles, identity tests) · 2026-06-07
done
#101 AI terminal personality/identity system — folded into Tier 3 owner/specialist model (no longer separate task) …
done
#126 Dashboard Phase 2 substrate — markers, generate.py v0.1, Stop hook, state.json schema, START-HERE auto-mainten…
done
#127 build-verification-protocol STRUCTURAL RULE — UI work cannot be self-verified; manual.md + journal.md updated …
done
#128 CLAUDE.md Domain Context Loading STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION RULE — explicit ✓/○ FIXED checklist required · 2026-0…
done
#124 Monthly cleanup (June) — completed via #129 (this entry was the overdue tracker; #129 captured the actual 9-su…
done
#117 handoff.md cleanup — Minsky scope clean (current + previous 2026-06-09 both valid · 0 retirement candidates). …
done
#138 [Dashboard] Memory-in-context pane (right 1/3 of Continuity) — file-level visibility · per-domain blocks with …
done
#139 [Dashboard] Auto-gen Task List + Activity Log + What Moved info icon · 3 new generators replacing hardcoded fi…
done
#140 [Library] Publishing principles + workflow + automated scan · ~/Claude/Library/publishing-principles.md (unive…
done

Activity Loglast 3 days · grouped by domain · from ~/Claude/activity-log.md

Shows the last 3 days of session activity, grouped by domain (older entries archived in ~/Claude/activity-log.md). Auto-generated from the source file on every refresh — never hand-edited.

Dashboard

2026-06-23 · Claude Minsky
Shipped Part 2.1/2.4 — CLAUDE.md ## Domain Context Loading now reads ALL VARIABLE items (v2.26), full ship-discipline + cold self-test PASSED.
2026-06-23 · Claude Minsky
fixed mark-i-i dropped cards to the tab's existing "dropped" pill convention (task content kept + bold drop-justification appended); collapsed A7/A8 into one "queued" card (both root causes unfixed); auto-counted "plans executing" — new generate.py generator gen_sublabel_plan_exec() from len(_PLA...
2026-06-22 · Claude Minsky
Reframed ~/Claude/Library/foundation-document-methodology/ into the Claude Inheritance methodology (master reframed IN-PLACE + guides renamed to the -thinking convention + locked terminology + 2 NEW guides 04-start-here-thinking + 05-plan-document-thinking); cold-read VERIFIED via...

Mark I OS

2026-06-23 · Claude Minsky
Shipped Part 2.1/2.4 — CLAUDE.md ## Domain Context Loading now reads ALL VARIABLE items (v2.26), full ship-discipline + cold self-test PASSED.
2026-06-22 · Claude Minsky
Reframed ~/Claude/Library/foundation-document-methodology/ into the Claude Inheritance methodology (master reframed IN-PLACE + guides renamed to the -thinking convention + locked terminology + 2 NEW guides 04-start-here-thinking + 05-plan-document-thinking); cold-read VERIFIED via...

Recursive Self-Improvement

2026-06-25 · Claude Alex
routine "alex" startup; Minsky's day-old close-gate blocked my Stop claiming a close was underway.
2026-06-25 · Claude Minsky
Session-close enforcement built (close-gate + close-arm) · Claude Inheritance panel · delegated-completion methodology
2026-06-25 · Claude Alex
re-tested Minsky's close-arm v2 fix for the startup false-arm bug I found earlier today.
2026-06-25 · Claude Alex
after verifying close-arm v2 (07), assessed whether the close enforcement was necessary (08).
2026-06-23 · Claude Minsky
Shipped Part 2.1/2.4 — CLAUDE.md ## Domain Context Loading now reads ALL VARIABLE items (v2.26), full ship-discipline + cold self-test PASSED.
2026-06-22 · Claude Minsky
Reframed ~/Claude/Library/foundation-document-methodology/ into the Claude Inheritance methodology (master reframed IN-PLACE + guides renamed to the -thinking convention + locked terminology + 2 NEW guides 04-start-here-thinking + 05-plan-document-thinking); cold-read VERIFIED via...

TireSurf

2026-06-25 · Claude Alex
routine "alex" startup; Minsky's day-old close-gate blocked my Stop claiming a close was underway.

InstructionsPat's foundation that instructs Claude how to operate as her AI

These are the files that tell every Claude session who Pat is and how she works. Load them with /get-to-know-me (skill ships in Tier 2).

ContinuitySTART-HERE.md activation per domain · this session

Domain Continuity 🟢 active · ⚪ not active · toggle disabled when no START-HERE.md exists

Dashboard
Loaded · 2026-06-25 17:31
Claude Minsky
Recursive Self-Improvement
Loaded · 2026-06-25 11:17
Claude Minsky
HNF Life Intelligence
No START-HERE.md yet — owner creates when next opens domain
Claude Prime
iMessage 2
No START-HERE.md yet — owner creates when next opens domain
Claude Prime
Smart Consumer
No START-HERE.md yet — owner creates when next opens domain
Claude Alex
Vision & Narrative
No START-HERE.md yet — owner creates when next opens domain
Claude Dave Vision
Jarvis
No START-HERE.md yet — owner creates when next opens domain
Claude Minsky
Mark I OS
Loaded · 2026-06-25 11:17
Claude Minsky

Memory in context this session

Dashboard 7/7 fixed · 1/8 var · 1 other
~/Claude/Dashboard/01-foundation/03-dashboard-html-spec.md 17:33
~/Claude/Dashboard/01-foundation/01-vision-and-narrative.md 17:36
~/Claude/Dashboard/01-foundation/02-philosophy.md 17:37
~/Claude/Dashboard/retrospective.md 17:37
~/Claude/Dashboard/memory.md 17:37
~/Claude/Dashboard/mode.md 17:37
~/Claude/Dashboard/history.md 17:37
~/Claude/Dashboard/04-build/dashboard.html 17:43
~/Claude/Dashboard/START-HERE.md 17:31
Library 14 other
~/Claude/Library/delegated-completion-methodology/01-method.md 11:12
~/Claude/Library/delegated-completion-methodology/runs/reviewpanel-run-01-claude-inheritance-2026-06-24/01-raw-comments.md 11:30
~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/00-foundation-thinking.md 11:30
~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/01-vision-and-strategy-thinking.md 15:05
~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/04-start-here-thinking.md 11:19
~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/05-plan-document-thinking.md 11:19
~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/02-philosophy-and-narrative-thinking.md 11:19
~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/03-spec-thinking.md 11:19
~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/journal.md 11:19
~/Claude/Library/claude-inheritance/value-proposition-thinking-lens.md 11:20
~/Claude/Library/delegated-completion-methodology/00-principal.md 11:30
~/Claude/Library/delegated-completion-methodology/runs/reviewpanel-run-01-claude-inheritance-2026-06-24/02-disposition-ledger.md 11:30
~/Claude/Library/delegated-completion-methodology/runs/reviewpanel-run-01-claude-inheritance-2026-06-24/03-draft.md 11:30
~/Claude/Library/delegated-completion-methodology/02-journal.md 11:43
Mark-I 5 other
~/Claude/Mark-I/00-START-HERE.md 11:17
~/Claude/Mark-I/01-north-star.md 11:18
~/Claude/Mark-I/02-operator-guide.md 11:20
~/Claude/Mark-I/04-system-spec.md 11:20
~/Claude/Mark-I/05-mark-ii-findings-log.md 16:48
Recursive Self-Improvement 4/4 fixed · 0/13 var · 2 other
~/Claude/Recursive Self-Improvement/memory.md 11:18
~/Claude/Recursive Self-Improvement/mode.md 11:18
~/Claude/Recursive Self-Improvement/retrospective.md 11:18
~/Claude/Recursive Self-Improvement/history.md 11:20
~/Claude/Recursive Self-Improvement/START-HERE.md 11:17
~/Claude/Recursive Self-Improvement/CLAUDE-history.md 16:43
PLANS (2)
~/.claude/plans/not-develop-the-lively-cray.md 13:55
~/.claude/plans/handoff-readiness-2026-06-24.md 16:52
Loaded = START-HERE.md exists and Claude read it this session. Not loaded = file exists but Claude didn't read it (uncommon — would mean drift). Toggle disabled = no START-HERE.md file yet; owner creates when they next open the domain. Click toggle to manually force-load or unload (auto behavior: Claude reads on domain detection).
FOUNDATION READ · ACTIVATION POLICY
/get-to-know-me i not loaded this session
Click toggle (when skill ships) to load Pat's foundation into this session. The 3 files read:
~/Claude/Jarvis/Pat_Profile.md — identity, archetype, values, knowledge stack, tensions, behavioral decoder
~/Claude/Jarvis/Personal_Constitution.md — core values, immutable principles, emerging identity
~/Claude/Vision & Narrative/mtp.md — provisional MTP, moonshots, cascade

Working philosophy from Dashboard/01-foundation/02-philosophy.md

Locked 2026-06-07 · Pat-in-loop
5-second rule: every page communicates WHAT THE PAGE IS in 5 seconds.
20-second rule: every page USABLE + completable in 20 seconds.
Density is respect. Sparse layouts signal "might leave"; dense signals "came to work."
Status before noise. Quiet is the default. Attention is the exception.
Peer-to-peer audience. No celebrations · no marketing · no tutorials.

3 working principles for THIS project (alignment gate · Pat-in-loop drafting · Pat's-words-preserved).
5 identity tests applied per page: (1) understands in 5s · (2) usable in 20s · (3) reduces cognitive load · (4) faster + higher-quality action · (5) discovers blindspots (v2+ roadmap).

Full text: ~/Claude/Dashboard/01-foundation/02-philosophy.md

START-HERE protocol enforced via CLAUDE.md Domain Context Loading · 2026-06-09

Domain START-HERE.md pattern · in use + enforced
Every Mark I domain gets a START-HERE.md file listing what to read before working in that domain. FIXED reads (retrospective · memory · mode · history · 01-foundation/*) + VARIABLE reads (plans, deliverables, spec, methodology).

Enforcement (2026-06-09): CLAUDE.md "Domain Context Loading" + STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION RULE — Claude must output explicit ✓/○ FIXED checklist on domain entry. No "I read most." Pat sees gap externally.

Dashboard's START-HERE.md: ~/Claude/Dashboard/START-HERE.md · ✓ created · auto-maintained by generate.py at session close
Other domains: created by owner when next opens domain · auto-maintenance applies once START-HERE.md exists
Plan: ~/.claude/plans/silent-anchor-bridge.md · pattern in use · reviewer panel skipped (evidence logged to Mark II findings)

What this does NOT solve: global CLAUDE.md startup drift · cross-terminal continuity · cross-tool workflows · mid-session compaction. See ~/Claude/Mark-I/07-mark-ii-findings-log.md for the surface map.

Mission (MTP) from Vision & Narrative/mtp.md

[Provisional MTP renders here when /get-to-know-me is invoked. Pressure-test ends 2026-06-21.]

ToolboxCore + Accessories · Dashboard/tools.md · quarterly refresh

Last-refreshed: 2026-06-06 · next refresh: 2026-07-01 (quarterly Jan 1 · Apr 1 · Jul 1 · Oct 1)

Core in use or available

Claude Code
5 terminals on Opus. Build · ship · operate · maintain.
in use
Linear
Issues · Projects · Initiatives (strategic parent) · Cycles · Triage · Linear Agents (beta) · MCP. Tier 0: add Initiatives. Tier 3: MCP.
in use
Cloudflare
Workers · Pages (Wong) · R2 (zero egress) · D1 · Workers AI · Vectorize · AI Gateway · Agents SDK (preview) · Browser Run · Zero Trust Access. Tier 0: Pages + Access + R2 + AI Gateway.
in use
Google Workspace
Drive · Docs · Sheets · Apps Script · Gemini · Gems · official Workspace MCP. Tier 3: replace custom OAuth with MCP.
in use
OpenArt
Image / video gen · LoRA · ControlNet · REST API. For brand visuals, product imagery, consistent character IP.
available
Lovable
React + Supabase + Stripe + GitHub sync. Pat tested for TireSurf, chose Claude. Keep for future.
available

Accessories channels

iMessage
Primary contact channel — Pat's real conversations.
in use
Line OA
HNF LI delivery channel · infrastructure built.
parked

Deferred will over-build if used now

Cloudflare Agents SDK preview · Linear Code Intelligence · Vectorize for HNF LI (needs 10+ trials first) · Gemini Gems as client surface (locks clients into Google accounts)

Claude Team5 owners · the AI executive layer

Each owner owns a domain + a real personality + foundation docs (vision · philosophy · soul). Specialists come at Tier 3.

Claude Minsky
Systems Architect · Opus
Mark I OS · architecture · loops · BVL · monthly cleanup · dashboard build
Now: Building Dashboard v0.2 · drafting Mark I drift-fix plan
Claude Prime
Prime Counsel · Opus
Contacts · iMessage 2 · HNF LI delivery · relationships · conversation pipelines
Now: Standby — HNF LI / iMessage 2 frozen at iteration
Claude Alex
Smart Consumer Operator · Opus
TireSurf · consumer surfaces · decision compression for end users
Now: Awaiting user name from Pat · then Tier 0 begins
Claude Dave Vision
Strategic Layer · Opus
Vision & Narrative · MTP filtering · moonshot architecture · 10-year thinking
Now: Continuing Moonshot work · MTP pressure-test ends 2026-06-21
Jarvis
Personal Strategic Partner · Opus (migrating)
Mentor frameworks · life-level decisions · long-game · growth coaching
Now: Migrating from Gemini → Claude Opus · boundary statement pending

Specialists Tier 3 — summoned by owners

Specialists are reusable capability units owners summon for specific work (Architect · Deployment · Researcher · Reviewer · Designer). Implementation via Agent sub-agents or skills. Not pre-built — owners design their team as needed. Tier 3 work.
Last generated 2026-06-25 17:54 · v1.0 · Claude Minsky Sources: handoff · task-list · activity-log · plans · domain foundation files