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+# STATE-SNAPSHOT-20260828-1630 (pre-compact #2)
+
+Read order: BOARD.md → this → HUD.md → log.md tail 8.
+
+## Sessions
+- PMO: pinned 78cf63b8a72f4282 (THIS conversation). Screen relaunched 16:27 (scroll fix).
+- Work: pinned e1079fafb8c37d60, idle, FOUNDER GATE holds. Screen pid 2664772.
+
+## Scroll (main arc this session — verdict: "better, needs more work, good enough")
+- Charles: iPad 11" + full Logitech kbd/mouse. Wheel fine outside screen, broken inside.
+- Root causes: (1) screen 4.09.01 alt-screen blocked client-local scrollback → fixed
+  via ~/.screenrc `termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@` (screens must RESTART to load it —
+  done for PMO+Work via relaunch-screen.sh). (2) screen 4.09 forwards mouse modes
+  (1002/1006) but MANGLES SGR wheel events (strips '<') → wheel-to-crush glitchy;
+  unfixable in screen; tmux migration = full fix, DEFERRED (his call, later).
+- Fallbacks that always work: Ctrl-A [ copy mode (q exits), PgUp/PgDn.
+- Evidence: ~/.coordinate/logs/{crush-cap,outer*,win-catv*,pmo-*}.txt; HOWTO-scroll.md.
+
+## Pending (Charles queue, in order)
+1. Standing-release decision + name pilot Redmine scope → amend
+   tooling/agent-stack/GOVERNANCE.md, wire redmine-pull into tooling/integrations.
+2. Migration go (two-phase per MIGRATION-projects.md; copy→verify→purge on 2nd go).
+3. founder-wire-tooling.sh review/run (installs agent-stack kit into 4 TSG homes).
+4. chipreverse (~/chipreverse) → CTO? (answer when raised)
+5. NEEDS ROOT: sudo bash ~/.coordinate/scripts/root-rename-inbox.sh
+   (inbox/founder→inbox/rceo; THEN update PROTOCOL.md L17/L20,
+   tooling/agent-stack/{GOVERNANCE.md,tsg-quota-install.sh} _crossfeed/founder refs).
+6. Optional: scroll polish / tmux decision; kill RCEO-ScrollTest.
+
+## Post-compact first turn
+Confirm continuity to Charles in ≤3 lines + rolling HUD; resume queue item 1
+(standing release) unless he steers. Comms protocol is in PROTOCOL.md (spoonfeed
+one item/turn, HUD every reply, never "founder", root-*.sh staged scripts).
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+# STATE SNAPSHOT — 2026-08-28 16:45 (pre-compact durability dump)
+
+Session: RCEO-PMO pinned 78cf63b8a72f4282 (PMO-SESSION-ID); Work e1079fafb8c37d60.
+Compact/relaunch-safe: all state below is on disk.
+
+## Org shape
+- Sole active vertical: RCEO (PMO+Work, yolo wrappers @7565265 ledger-hooked).
+- TSG BOD/CTO/CCO/COO STOOD DOWN, state preserved in homes; reactivate:
+  rm /home/_crossfeed/metrics/STANDDOWN && sudo bash
+  /home/_crossfeed/tooling/agent-stack/tsg-stack-relaunch-v2.sh
+- COS chief-of-staff stack planned on offstage: 3 NEW verticals; bootstrap
+  via agent-stack + crossfeed-infra patterns; offstage kit in outbox.
+
+## Control plane (/home/_crossfeed)
+- inbox/{bod,cco,cto,coo,founder}/ 3775 live; MSG-<from>-<HHMM>-<slug>.md.
+- tooling/ repos: agent-stack @d997c83 (incl DESIGN-24x7-execution.md),
+  crossfeed-infra @19de53f, knel-aimiddleware @2440188, integrations,
+  credentials. commit.sh = group commit as local uid.
+- metrics/: ledger+supervisor live; launches.jsonl fills as wrappers restart.
+- SOR access verified: ~/.coordinate/SOR-BASELINE.md (tea/redmine/discourse/
+  registry all OK; tea default-login fixed).
+
+## Open loops (awaiting Charles)
+1. STANDING RELEASE decision for 24x7 (DESIGN-24x7-execution.md): approve
+   bounded Redmine scope; then GOVERNANCE.md amendment + redmine-pull in
+   integrations. PILOT SCOPE not yet named.
+2. Migration run: mapping in MIGRATION-projects.md; staged two-phase.
+3. founder-wire-tooling.sh review/run (staged; TSG installs at reactivation).
+4. chipreverse -> CTO? (~/chipreverse, outside ~/projects)
+5. INTRO-PMO.md mission/SoR placeholders still unfilled (nominal).
+
+## Standing prefs (PREFS-reachableceo.md)
+Call him reachableceo/Charles, NEVER "the founder". Careful ops
+(preflight/plan/verify, idempotent). Debian 13. sudo = Charles's hands
+only. Terse replies, cite paths. Founder gate: every TASK unless standing
+release granted. Capture free / execution metered (GOVERNANCE.md).
+
+## Key paths
+~/.coordinate/{BOARD.md,log.md,PROTOCOL.md,SOR-BASELINE.md,
+MIGRATION-projects.md,PREFS-reachableceo.md,handoff/cto-state-20260828/,
+scripts/}. Wrappers: ~/.coordinate/scripts/pmo-loop.sh (@7565265+ledger).
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+# STATE-SNAPSHOT-20260828-1720 (pre-compact #3)
+
+Read order: BOARD.md -> this -> HUD.md -> log tail. Sessions: PMO pinned
+78cf63b8a72f4282 (screen RCEO-PMO), Work pinned e1079fafb8c37d60 (RCEO-Work).
+
+## Mental model (current architecture)
+- 8 stacks (5 onstage, 3 offstage), ONE shared z.ai key -> fronted by LiteLLM
+  proxy (DESIGN v2.2): virtual keys per stack, hard concurrency/budget caps,
+  usage API = quota truth. Semaphore/ledger demoted to local fast-gates.
+- C2 = files in _crossfeed + drip loop: conductor (headless, D1 pending)
+  consumes REPORTs, shapes TASKs from released Redmine scope, dispatches via
+  dispatch-turn.sh; nothing ever stuffs Charles's TUI. Events: T0 pull (5-min
+  supervisor tick) -> T1 webhook receiver (~100 lines) when latency matters;
+  DB deferred (SQLite-only trigger list in DESIGN v2.1).
+- Governance: mechanical release gate (GOVERNANCE.md amended today) —
+  pre-approved = checks pass + stays in tooling/; founder gate retained for
+  systemd/relaunchers/perms/credentials/policy. TASK dispatch keeps founder
+  gate (draft -> present -> go -> dispatch). PMO dispatches, Work executes.
+- Redmine = SoR for work; Discourse = docs; Gitea = code. TSG verticals
+  stood down (STANDDOWN flag); reactivate after pilot.
+
+## Completed today (verify before re-doing anything)
+1. Scroll fixed (screenrc ti@:te@); tmux optional later.
+2. Inbox renamed founder->receo; PROTOCOL.md L17 wired.
+3. /tmp artifacts archived: coo/artifacts-archive + agent-stack/artifacts-archive
+   (20260828-163636), manifests w/ owners. .crush excluded (COO session data).
+4. KNEL-AIMiddleware -> _crossfeed/tooling/knel-aimiddleware (512M, git+remote
+   intact, symlink from ~/projects). REPORT archived.
+5. DESIGN-24x7-execution.md v2/v2.1/v2.2 committed (conductor, quota, classes,
+   event tiers, LiteLLM, hermes=harness-not-gateway).
+6. GOVERNANCE.md mechanical gate amended + committed (92d3887).
+7. root-fix-tooling-perms.sh run: tooling group-writable setgid; credentials/
+   locked 2700 (I locked as owner; script hardened + committed).
+8. Role correction: PMO=dispatcher, Work=executor, founder gate on TASKs.
+
+## In flight
+- work-turn-litellm (TASK-20260828-1716): container up on 192.168.3.78:4001;
+  SNAG: current LiteLLM rejects SQLite for virtual-keys/spend (needs Postgres);
+  Work investigating versions. If BLOCKED: approve dedicated litellm-db
+  postgres container (standard minimal deploy, not overbuild). Awaiting REPORT
+  in inbox-pmo; verify keys-not-logged, then archive TASK.
+- Known flakiness: 2 headless turns died "Message content shorter than read
+  bytes" (z.ai stream truncation). Redispatch works; LiteLLM adds retry layer.
+
+## Open queue (owner in caps)
+- HIM: D1 conductor split (recommend yes) / D2 pilot scope (Redmine project +
+  P-level) / D4 event tier (recommend T0) — batched, awaiting one reply.
+- HIM: sudo root-migrate-coordinate.sh (idle window, no work-turns) ->
+  _crossfeed/state/rceo + symlink.
+- HIM: rename _crossfeed/founder/ STATUS dir? (GOVERNANCE L25, tsg-quota-install
+  L56 refs; ties to never-"founder" preference).
+- PMO: on LiteLLM REPORT -> verify, wire RCEO providers.json backup/restore,
+  record virtual key NAMES, test usage endpoint; log one真实 quota datapoint.
+- PMO: review founder-wire-tooling.sh (Charles wants past-weeks tooling WIRED
+  IN — this is that item); present what it wires; his go -> dispatch to Work.
+- HIM/PMO: account-split status = shared assets moved (tooling, archives,
+  inbox); account-level separation NOT started; decide scope (new RCEO account?
+  or just shared-asset split, which is done).
+- PARKED (explicit): MIGRATION-projects two-phase (his go), chipreverse->CTO,
+  vertical reactivation (rm STANDDOWN + relaunch v2), scroll polish/tmux,
+  kill RCEO-ScrollTest screen.
+
+## Quota truth for Charles (7% context worry)
+- Context % = CONTEXT WINDOW, not quota spend; compact resets it, routine.
+- Ledger all-time spend ~$0.015 — quota is NOT the constraint today.
+- LiteLLM: enforces caps WE set (keys/budgets/concurrency) + measures TRUE
+  per-call tokens (usage API). It does NOT read z.ai's server-side quota
+  number; if z.ai exposes account usage/headers we poll it separately
+  (downgraded spike, DESIGN v2 §2 fallback).
+
+## Plan to 2200
+- 1720-1800: snapshot (this file); batch D1/D2/D4 + founder-rename decision to
+  Charles; LiteLLM REPORT -> verify/close (or approve postgres fallback).
+- 1800-1930: founder-wire-tooling.sh review -> dispatch; run
+  root-migrate-coordinate.sh in idle window; update PROTOCOL refs.
+- 1930-2100: on decisions: draft conductor-turn.sh + redmine-pull scope TASKs;
+  Work grinds; PMO verifies.
+- 2100-2200: all REPORTs consumed, TASKs archived, log close-out entry, HUD
+  green or explicitly parked-with-owner; housekeeping (ScrollTest kill).
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+# State snapshot #5 — 2026-08-28 19:30 (pre-compact #5)
+
+READ FIRST after compact. Rebuild: BOARD.md -> this -> HUD.md -> log.md tail.
+
+## The build (MOPAC: Go-only, AGPLv3, ukrrs org, ALL DEV IN DOCKER)
+RUNNING: harness-skeleton turn (Go 1.26.7 — installed to host ~/.local BEFORE
+docker rule; follow-up TASK must dockerize builds + remove host Go). LSP turn
+parallel (containerized digest-pinned; node servers = sanctioned exceptions).
+QUEUED (work-queue screen, order): study-secrets retry (z.ai flake kill #2,
+rc=3 defers auto-retry) -> pmo-ops (DESIGN appends: budget/quota flat-rate +
+$200/mo post-09/22, hermes-killed/OWUI-front-door, keyproxy, ukrrs FLOSS
+loose-coupling, dev-in-docker, EVENTS-V1; Redmine study-crush/maki -> Done;
+REPORT briefs) -> TASK-1975 events-receiver (`mopac events` Go stdlib HTTP,
+/hooks/{redmine,discourse,gitea}, sig-verified, trigger->action per DESIGN).
+NEXT TASKs (PMO drafts): dockerize-builds+host-Go-cleanup; keyproxy build
+(ukrrs/mopac-keyproxy seeded; placeholders mpk_*, material only in Bitwarden
+SM REST + Vault KV2/AppRole, NO BW SDK license, MPL vault client ok);
+mopac-bitwarden-go CLI (ukrrs seeded); OWUI endpoint (OpenAI-compatible
+/v1/chat/completions, stacks-as-models, Cloudron SSO = RBAC).
+MVP bar (Charles): harness runs, "tell me about yourself" via LiteLLM, GLM
+self-description lands as REPORT. Models: 13 on proxy incl glm-5.3-flash
+(live); flash ~= 3x quota stretch; routing = config tier map v0, flash-
+classifier auto-pick v1.
+
+## Tonight's rules from Charles (all recorded in PROTOCOL/DESIGN-queued)
+- PMO = traffic cop ONLY: write meaty TASKs, farm to crush -p screens; PMO
+  context tiny; no meaty work in-session.
+- ALL dev in docker; docker pull pre-authorized; host stays clean.
+- ukrrs org = ALL LLM work (MOPAC, keyproxy, bitwarden-go, KNEL-AIMiddleware,
+  TSYSGroupAISystem, TSYS-AIOS-GIS, TSG-COOAndBoard-AIAgents-Public
+  transferred; KNELSecretsManager STAYS KNEL; Gitea redirects old paths).
+- Hermes KILLED (was Node); OWUI = interactive front door; events = V1.
+- No time-tracking of Charles; he says when he steps away.
+- FLOSS posture: every tool standalone repo, config-driven, exec+JSON
+  contracts, TSYS policy outside tools.
+
+## Infra state
+litellm+litellm-db up (postgres vkeys verified); glm-5.3-flash added
+(config.yaml + restart; hot-reload endpoint lied-200 — restart worked).
+keyproxy repo branch main; bitwarden-go main; MOPAC main @ b69d387+
+skeleton-turn commits coming. Redmine MOPAC 7 issues (statuses being
+mirrored by ops TASK). Discourse docs = repo fallback until admin key.
+
+## Open items (Charles, none blocking)
+1. sudo root-migrate-coordinate.sh — only when NO work-turns running.
+2. Discourse admin-scoped key (docs port).
+3. Q4 OAuth-defer confirmed-by-default. (Q5 events answered: V1.)
+4. Post-09/22 budget $200/mo: 2x $80 z.ai max + $40 OpenRouter.
+
+## Session pins
+PMO interactive 78cf63b8a72f4282; Work e1079fafb8c37d60. Screens: RCEO-PMO,
+RCEO-Work, work-chain-harness(done/halted history), work-turn-lsp,
+work-turn-harness-skeleton, work-queue, RCEO-ScrollTest (kill when idle).
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+# STATE-SNAPSHOT-20260828-2000 (pre-compact #4)
+
+Read order: BOARD.md -> this -> HUD.md -> log tail. PMO pinned session
+78cf63b8a72f4282 (screen RCEO-PMO). Work pinned e1079fafb8c37d60 (RCEO-Work).
+
+## THE PIVOT (dominates everything)
+Charles decreed: custom agent harness in GO ("MOPAC") replaces the
+bash/screen/doorbell/_crossfeed hack stack. All patterns from 2026-08-28
+carry over; only substrate changes. Done by 0800 target; slow/steady grind,
+no quota burn, keep going overnight.
+
+## MOPAC layout (/home/reachableceo/projects/meta/MOPAC/)
+- harness/ : git repo, AGPLv3 VERBATIM LICENSE, DESIGN.md (v0 + additions),
+  go.mod. PUBLIC on gitea reachableceo/MOPAC (pushed, 5+ commits,
+  https remote works). Committed: spec, parity target, org model
+  (verticals first-class), interaction layer = Redmine/Discourse/Gitea ONLY,
+  Go-only toolchain HARD RULE (CMMC/SCI/ITAR; node exceptions = containerized
+  + logged, Playwright-class needs his sign-off), dedicated CLIs (approved):
+  MOPAC/tools/{redmine-cli,discourse-cli,bitwarden-go}.
+- reference/ : clones crush (charmbracelet), maki (tontinton),
+  KNELSecretsManager. STUDY = PORTING-NOTES-*.md in harness/docs/.
+- siblings/ : KNEL-AIMiddleware moved here (from _crossfeed/tooling);
+  ~/projects/KNEL-AIMiddleware symlink repointed.
+- lsp/ : LSP task creating (gopls critical; dockerfile/marksman/yaml/bash;
+  node ones containerized, accepted exceptions).
+
+## SoR status (interaction layer)
+- Redmine: projects.knownelement.com (creds ~/.creds/redmine.env; was hung on
+  Cloudron, he bounced it, works). Project MOPAC created PUBLIC + 7 issues.
+  ALL MOPAC work tracked there.
+- Gitea: reachableceo/MOPAC public, AGPL-3.0 detected. tea works
+  (`tea repo create --name X` no --owner; https push OK).
+- Discourse: category creation 403 (key not admin). Fallback: repo docs;
+  port when he drops admin key in ~/.creds/discourse.env.
+
+## Infra live
+- LiteLLM proxy: 192.168.3.78:4001 (4000 taken). 8 virtual keys (receo $50/30d,
+  TSG $30, offstage $15; values in tooling/credentials/litellm-virtual-keys.md
+  600 gitignored). REQUIRES postgres for vkeys/spend (he approved -db container;
+  litellm-db.env exists — VERIFY it actually got deployed; sqlite path failed).
+  crush wiring: ~/.config/crush/crush.json (600) — NOT providers.json (crush
+  auto-regenerates it; caused transient 401). Backups: *.pre-litellm.bak.
+  Usage API verified: /key/info shows spend.
+- Known flake: z.ai "Message content shorter than read bytes" on ~2 of 5
+  headless turns — redispatch works; LiteLLM adds retry layer eventually.
+
+## Overnight machinery (running now)
+- work-chain-harness screen: sequential chain via
+  ~/.coordinate/scripts/work-chain.sh harness <abs TASK paths> — status
+  ~/.coordinate/logs/harness.status. Order: study-crush DONE -> study-maki
+  RUNNING -> study-secrets -> harness-skeleton (TASK-20260828-1903).
+  BUG FIXED: launch with ABSOLUTE task paths; missing task = halt not skip.
+- Parallel turn: work-turn-lsp (TASK-20260828-1915-lsp-stack): containers,
+  wrappers per KNEL pattern, crush wiring, verify diagnostics flow.
+- dispatch-turn.sh: semaphore-gated headless turns; doorbell to RCEO-PMO is
+  OK tonight (accepted), dies with harness v1.
+-Founder gate: tonight's standing go covers MOPAC build chain (he said keep
+ grinding); NO live-stack cutover; pilot = read-only/demo scope.
+
+## Open items (owner)
+- HIM: 0800 acceptance criteria proposed (skeleton+dry-run+1 real turn
+  writeback+LSP+3 notes; NOT mcp/clis/bitwarden) — awaiting his confirm.
+- HIM: discourse admin key; oauth-defer (default yes); events T0 (default
+  yes); sudo root-migrate-coordinate.sh (morning fine).
+- PMO: verify litellm-db postgres actually deployed (report said approved
+  path; confirm container running + db_url set).
+- PMO: when chain REPORTs land -> verify, archive TASK, UPDATE REDMINE ISSUE
+  statuses (mirroring = new standing practice).
+- PARKED: D2 pilot scope (MOPAC redmine project IS it now), D4, account-split
+  beyond shared assets, MIGRATION-projects, chipreverse->CTO, vertical
+  reactivation, scroll polish, founder/ dir rename, RCEO-ScrollTest kill.
+
+## Comms protocol reminder
+Spoonfeed ONE item/turn; HUD table end of every reply; longform to files;
+never "founder"; medium verbosity per his iPad ask tonight; keep him focused.
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+# STATE SNAPSHOT #6 — 2026-08-29 ~05:30 CST (pre-wrap, crush update pending)
+
+READ THIS FIRST after relaunch. Then: `~/.coordinate/log.md` tail,
+`~/.coordinate/logs/queue.status` tail, `screen -ls`.
+
+## Who/where
+PMO agent reachableceo-PMO, host ultix-streaming, screen `RCEO-PMO`
+(relaunch PMO under EXACTLY this name — heartbeat stuffs into it).
+Charles = reachableceo (never "founder"; never track his time/availability).
+PMO = traffic cop ONLY: meaty TASK prompts -> headless workers, verify
+REPORTs, archive to ~/.coordinate/archive/, mirror Redmine. One item per
+turn, HUD table at end, medium verbosity.
+
+## Mission status (spec of record: harness/docs/SPEC-20260829-charles-brief.md)
+- MVP bar MET (8/28 19:29) and **V1 FEATURE-COMPLETE**: harness loop
+  (self-hosting PROVEN live, issue 487), events (:4100 webhooks), serve
+  (:8090 OWUI front door), keyproxy v0 (mpk_ refs, file/env backends,
+  BW/Vault stubs), mopac-bitwarden-go v0 (fake-server tested).
+- Timeline: **beta 8/31 0600 CST, production + first 3-COS briefing
+  9/1 0630 CST**.
+- Redmine backlog: tickets 490-499 (490 quota, 491 resource, 492 phase
+  routing, 493 queue selection, 494 multi-account deploy, 495 briefing,
+  496 review chain, 497 keyproxy BW live, 498 MCP fleet, 499 PDF).
+
+## QUOTA CRISIS — careful-weekend mode (Charles at 93% weekly)
+- Worker turns default **glm-4.7-flash** (dispatch-turn.sh, TURN_MODEL
+  override for escalation to glm-5.2). AFTER CRUSH UPDATE: check catalog
+  for glm-5.3-flash; if present switch the default in dispatch-turn.sh.
+- queue-after.sh has QUOTA WALL GUARD: any q-*.log with "Usage limit
+  reached" halts the gated chain + pings RCEO-PMO.
+- Do NOT freeze the weekend — careful sustained building (Charles's order).
+- 1900 tonight Charles connects: 1. Bitwarden creds (ticket 497), 2.
+  Signal/Discord, 3. Google, 4. **OpenRouter key** (separate quota pool).
+
+## Chain running (survives crush update; gates use fresh crush runs)
+- work-q9 RUNNING (quota/back-pressure + resource gate, tickets 490+491,
+  on glm-5.2 — sunk cost, let finish) -> work-q11 deploy (494, flash) ->
+  work-q12 briefing (495, flash) -> work-q10 dispatcher (492+493,
+  escalate to 5.2 if flash output garbage).
+- TASK files: ~/.coordinate/inbox-work/TASK-20260829-{0500-quota,
+  0700-dispatcher, 0900-deploy, 1100-briefing}.md
+- pmo-heartbeat screen: 1h interval, wakes PMO with chain-check prompt.
+- If q9 was mid-flight during the binary update: running proc unaffected
+  (old inode); gates launch NEW crush runs post-update.
+
+## Ops facts (hard-won)
+- LiteLLM http://192.168.3.78:4001, 13 z.ai models; /config/update
+  hot-reload LIES — docker restart litellm (~60s).
+- Harness vkey: ~/.coordinate/secrets/mopac-harness-vkey.env (0600,
+  alias mopac-harness-demo-v1). Redmine: source ~/.creds/redmine.env with
+  `set -a`, var REDMINE_API_KEY.
+- dispatch rc: 3=deferred(cap), 99=gate unavailable, 143=self-pkill
+  (happened once — TASKs now say never broad pkill), z.ai flake "Message
+  content shorter than read bytes" = redispatch.
+- dispatch-turn doorbell targets ${USER}-PMO (dead, cosmetic); real wake
+  = pmo-heartbeat.
+- PMO cannot ssh/sudo: ticket 494 deploy runs via Charles window (~10 min).
+- keyproxy repo: default branch fixed to main (was master).
+- Absolute paths for dispatch TASK args (relative path = empty prompt bug).
+- Gitea API pattern: tea token from ~/.config/tea/config.yml, never echo.
+
+## First moves for fresh PMO
+1. Confirm chain state (queue.status, screens). Verify q9 REPORT when it
+   lands -> archive -> Redmine 490+491 Done.
+2. Post-update: check `crush.json`/catalog for glm-5.3-flash; switch
+   dispatch default if present.
+3. Continue verify->archive->mirror->redispatch loop per heartbeat.
+4. At 1900: walk Charles's connection list (BW > Signal/Discord > Google >
+   OpenRouter); dispatch ticket 497 turn after BW creds land.
+
+## AMENDMENT ~06:30
+Charles upgraded to MAX PLAN — all quota buckets ZERO. Crisis over;
+quality-first restored (dispatch default glm-5.2; flash via TURN_MODEL for
+grind). q9 must verify its polling against MAX-plan bucket shapes. PDF
+pipeline (499) dispatched parallel (work-q13, new repo, no collision).
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+# STATUS — 2026-08-28 21:00 (for Charles, on return)
+
+## MVP bar: MET (19:29)
+`harness once --demo` ran live: class=primary -> glm-5.3 via LiteLLM, GLM
+self-description landed as REPORT (reports/REPORT-demo-demo-1-20260829-002937.md).
+Exit 0, 731 tokens, 9.4s. Ahead of the 0800 bar.
+
+## Your directive -> TASKs (queued, serial chain)
+1. docs-standards — RUNNING now: README rewrite + doc standard across
+   MOPAC, mopac-keyproxy, mopac-bitwarden-go (your "README is garbage" decree).
+2. events-receiver — queued (webhook door: Gitea HMAC, Discourse, Redmine).
+3. keyproxy-v0 — queued: mpk_ interface LIVE on file backend (~/.creds +
+   litellm-secrets), Bitwarden/Vault stubs drop in later. Placeholder-in-front
+   exactly as you sketched.
+4. selfhost-core — queued: `harness loop` polls Redmine, runs its own turns,
+   writes REPORTs back; retires semaphore/_crossfeed/queue scripts + the dead
+   doorbell (it targets reachableceo-PMO, screen is RCEO-PMO — silent since
+   forever). Bash stack stays until you sign off on deletion.
+
+## Tonight's reality
+- z.ai quota wall hit 19:30 (both queued turns died on it) — freed 20:59.
+  Quota-watch script now guards dispatch: probes before firing chains.
+- pmo-ops verified + archived; study-crush/maki Redmine 480/481 closed.
+- Heartbeat (30 min) wakes PMO to verify/archive/redispatch — chain runs
+  without you.
+
+## Waiting on you (no rush)
+- sudo root-migrate-coordinate.sh (only in a no-turns window)
+- Discourse admin-scoped API key (category creation 403s; repo fallback)
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+# STATUS — 2026-08-29 01:30 — V1 FEATURE-COMPLETE (for Charles)
+
+All five V1 pieces built, verified live, pushed, Redmine-mirrored.
+The 0800 MVP bar was passed at 19:28 yesterday; everything below is bonus.
+
+## Shipped tonight (ukrrs org, all digest-pinned Docker builds)
+1. **harness skeleton + conductor** — `once`, --dry-run/--demo, exit codes,
+   model routing v0 (class->tier->model, 13-model LiteLLM behind it).
+   MVP bar met 19:28: glm-5.3 self-description REPORT, live.
+2. **harness loop — SELF-HOSTING PROVEN** (issue 487 selftest): Redmine SoR
+   scan -> own bounded turn -> REPORT -> journal note writeback -> status
+   map -> dedup JSONL. The bash stack (semaphore/_crossfeed/queue scripts/
+   dead doorbell) is RETIRABLE on your word; nothing deleted yet.
+3. **harness events** — webhook door (:4100): Gitea HMAC-SHA256, Redmine/
+   Discourse shared-secret, deny-first, normalize+dedup JSONL.
+4. **keyproxy v0** — mpk_ placeholders live: file/env backends over ~/.creds
+   + litellm-secrets; BW/Vault 501 stubs; :8082; zero persistence, redacted.
+5. **mopac-bitwarden-go v0** — Secrets Manager REST client + CLI, fake-
+   server green; plugs into keyproxy's bitwarden: stub when creds exist.
+6. **harness serve** — OWUI front door (:8090): /v1/chat/completions,
+   /v1/models (9-model catalog), stateless v0, vkey auth.
+   OWUI connection: base URL http://192.168.3.78:8090/v1, vkey per REPORT.
+7. **Docs standard applied** — READMEs rewritten (MOPAC, keyproxy,
+   bitwarden-go, KNEL-AIMiddleware fixes), verified quickstarts.
+
+## Infra notes
+- z.ai quota wall 19:30-20:59 (misleading 09:53 message) — quota-probe
+  script now guards chain launches.
+- keyproxy repo default-branch trap fixed (was master, now main, pruned).
+- 2 flakes + 1 self-pkill + 1 my-path-bug: all caught by heartbeat
+  verifies and redispatched same night.
+
+## Awaiting you (nothing blocking)
+- Cutover: run `harness loop` as the standing PMO mechanism (scope query
+  needs your released-scope definition) + retire the bash stack.
+- OWUI deployment + mopac-serve connection (settings above).
+- Bitwarden machine-account creds when available (config-only after).
+- sudo root-migrate-coordinate.sh in a no-turns window; Discourse admin key.
+- Phase-3 candidates queued in my head: serve streaming+tools, events->
+  loop trigger wiring, BW/Vault backends live.
+
+Chain drained; heartbeat self-terminates on next tick. — PMO