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diff --git a/.ai/protocols.org b/.ai/protocols.org index 6b1d873..3048df2 100644 --- a/.ai/protocols.org +++ b/.ai/protocols.org @@ -100,8 +100,14 @@ When two agents share one project at the same time, a single =session-context.or - =AI_AGENT_ID= unset or empty (the normal one-agent-per-project case): =.ai/session-context.org=, exactly as before. - =AI_AGENT_ID= set: =.ai/session-context.d/<id>.org= (id sanitized to filename-safe chars). Archived at wrap-up to =.ai/sessions/YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-<id>-<description>.org= so concurrent agents don't collide on the archive name either. +The id must be unique per run, and the spawner makes it so by appending an epoch on the tail. The recommended shape is =host.project.runtime.<epoch>= (e.g. =velox.rulesets.claude.1718400000=); a fresh run of the same logical agent then resolves to a fresh anchor. A bare, reused id (just =codex=) makes the next run resolve to the previous run's leftover =codex.org= and either mistake it for a crashed session to recover or clobber it if both run at once. This happened on 2026-06-13: a =codex= run left =session-context.d/codex.org= behind, and the next session had to clean it up by hand. + +The epoch is baked into the id by the spawner, never minted inside =session-context-path=. That resolver is called many times per session (startup existence check, every log write, the wrap-up rename) and must return the same path on every call, so a self-generated =date +%s= would fragment the anchor across calls. The shell that runs each call doesn't carry env between calls either, so the agent can't export the epoch once at startup. The only stable source is the =AI_AGENT_ID= the spawner injects on every call. + Resolve the path with =.ai/scripts/session-context-path= rather than hardcoding =.ai/session-context.org=; it prints the right path for the current =AI_AGENT_ID=. Fall back to =.ai/session-context.org= if the script isn't present (older checkouts mid-sync). Everything below — the record/recovery purpose, the update triggers, the startup existence check, the wrap-up rename — operates on that resolved path. The prose says "session-context.org" as the default name; read it as "the resolved active path" when =AI_AGENT_ID= is set. +A helper instance (a second agent running in this project while a primary session is live) follows a different contract: it skips the pulls and rsync, makes only scoped single-heading edits to shared files, leaves all git mutation to the primary, and wraps up by archiving its own context file without committing. The full rules — read/write tiers, data-integrity, light startup, helper wrap-up — live in [[file:workflows/helper-mode.org][workflows/helper-mode.org]]. A session is a helper only when something routes it there (the =ai --helper= launcher, startup's roster check, or an explicit "you are a helper" instruction); the routing itself ships behind the helper-instance feature gate and isn't live yet. + This file serves two purposes with one mechanism: 1. *Crash recovery* — if the session dies mid-work, the live file is all that's left. On 2026-01-22 a session crashed during a 20-minute design discussion and all context was lost because this file wasn't being updated. 2. *Session archive* — at wrap-up the file is renamed into =.ai/sessions/=, becoming the permanent record. No transcription to notes.org; the file IS the record. @@ -197,7 +203,7 @@ Check =inbox/= at every task boundary (after finishing a unit of work, before re .ai/scripts/inbox-status -q #+end_src -Exit 1 means handoffs are pending — process them per =process-inbox.org=. For each accepted handoff, the act-vs-file rule: *act now* when it's clear, bounded, low-risk, in-scope, and cheaper than deferring — just do it, no asking; *file* otherwise — ask first, with filing as option 1 and "do it now" as option 2; *ask* if unsure. Exception: a proposal to change a shared asset (template workflow, rule, skill, synced script) or a substantive convention never silently acts now — it goes through process-inbox's Skeptical Review and its approval (or park) step. Always reply to a handoff's sender (confirm on accept, the why on reject). Full process, the reply discipline, and the opt-in background-monitor =/loop= recipe live in =monitor-inbox.org=. +Exit 1 means handoffs are pending — process them per =inbox.org= process mode. For each accepted handoff, the act-vs-file rule: *act now* when it's clear, bounded, low-risk, in-scope, and cheaper than deferring — just do it, no asking; *file* otherwise — ask first, with filing as option 1 and "do it now" as option 2; *ask* if unsure. Exception: a proposal to change a shared asset (template workflow, rule, skill, synced script) or a substantive convention never silently acts now — it goes through the inbox engine's skeptical review and its approval (or park) step. Always reply to a handoff's sender (confirm on accept, the why on reject). Full process, the reply discipline, and the opt-in background-monitor =/loop= recipe live in =inbox.org= monitor mode. ** Recursive Reads — Honor =.aiignore= @@ -421,7 +427,7 @@ When creating commits: - Keep messages clear and informative 3. **No Claude-tooling artifacts**: Commit messages describe project changes only — the meta-process of how work got shipped stays out of public git history. - - **ABSOLUTELY NO** mentions of =notes.org=, =session-context.org=, =.ai/sessions/=, =todo.org=, "session wrap-up", or session timestamps (e.g., "Session YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM → ...") + - **ABSOLUTELY NO** mentions of =notes.org=, =session-context.org=, =.ai/= (including =.ai/sessions/=), =.claude/=, =CLAUDE.md=, =todo.org=, "session wrap-up", or session timestamps (e.g., "Session YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM → ..."), except when one of those files is itself the change — then name what changed by category, not the surrounding tooling layer - Subject lines must NEVER start with =session:= as a conventional-commit type — use =docs:=, =refactor:=, =fix:=, =feat:=, =chore:=, etc. (real change categories) - When a wrap-up commit bundles many changes from a session, describe what /shipped/ (e.g., =refactor: extract RAID logic + add bats testing infrastructure=), not that a session happened - Same spirit as the no-Claude-attribution rule: the tooling stays invisible in =git log= @@ -454,7 +460,7 @@ When Craig says this phrase: - If exact match found: Read and guide through process 3. **Fuzzy match across both directories:** Ask for clarification - - Example: User says "empty inbox" but we have "inbox-zero.org" + - Example: User says "empty inbox" but we have "inbox.org" (roam mode) - Ask: "Did you mean the 'inbox zero' workflow, or create new 'empty inbox'?" 4. **No match at all:** Offer to create it |