# STATUS.md — Agent Scratchpad

> Durable, git-tracked scratchpad for token efficiency — NOT the system of record
> (Redmine is). Agent-owned; human consumes only. See BASELINE-PROMPT.md §8.

Last updated: 2026-08-06

## Current State

DRAFT — meta project bootstrapped and self-applying its own rules.

## What Just Shipped

- Surveyed 18 projects across two machines (12 local + 6 on ultix-offstage via ssh).
- Extracted cross-project patterns into PATTERNS.md (13 sections + scorecard).
- Authored BASELINE-PROMPT.md from the owner's operating notes.
- Built template/ — a reusable repo skeleton (AGENTS.md, git hooks, 5 Crush hooks, rules engine, shared lib, Makefile, lifecycle scripts, gardening).
- Folded the baseline-prompt principles into the template (PATTERNS.md §13).
- **Self-applied**: meta now runs its own hooks + check-rules.sh; git initialized.

## In Progress

- Driving template/test inconsistency to zero across all projects.

## Inbox

> New work the human mentions mid-task lands here. Don't pivot. If materially different, spin up a Redmine ticket.

- (empty)

## Blockers / Needs Human Input

- See questions-v1.md (remote setup; bin/-wrapper gap; promote baseline §12).

## Tactical Notes

- RCEO-PersonalAssistant is the gold-standard hook stack (only project using Crush hooks).
- Sub-agent finding: `~/daytoday/{redmine,discourse}/bin/` wrappers are documented in PFVCluster operational.md but the dirs only contain AGENTS.md/.gitignore — no bin/. Real CLI source is in KNEL-AIMiddleware/{redmine,discourse}-cli/. Surface to human.
- PFVCluster's real SoR flow has NO JOURNAL.md — it's Redmine ticket + Discourse #298 audit log. Template's JOURNAL.md may need rethinking for infra projects.
- Pointer-header pattern: PFVCluster .md stubs use a 10-line boilerplate pointing to community.turnsys.com/t/<N>.

## Next Actions

1. Human: configure git remote (questions-v1.md Q1).
2. Strengthen BASELINE-PROMPT.md §12 (sub-agents) per sub-agent recommendation.
3. Decide: does the template ship the pointer-header pattern, or stay project-local?
4. Consider: add the sub-agent nudge hook (hooks/nudge-subagent.sh).