plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "grimoire",
   "description": "Grimoire for Claude Code: connects the grimoire MCP server, adds the hooks that deliver live project state and relevant records at the right moment, ships the shared client-neutral Grimoire skills (using-grimoire, writing-plans, reporting-back, systematic-debugging, verification, brainstorming, reusing-code, shape-accounting, family-canon), and syncs your saved Grimoire Processes as skills (/grimoire:sync).",
-  "version": "2026.10.22.1945",
+  "version": "2026.10.26.2029",
   "author": {
     "name": "Bryan Van Deusen"
   },

plugin/hooks/grimoire_after_write.sh

@@ -119,10 +119,11 @@ combined=""
 n_files=0
 while IFS= read -r rel_path; do
   [ -n "${rel_path:-}" ] || continue
-  # A Bash call that rewrote many files is a refactor or a generator, not a
+  # Every changed file goes into the end-of-turn ledger, up to forty — a bound
-  # shape being instantiated; four is enough to name what matters.
+  # on this hook's run time, past which the call was a generator. The arms
+  # below speak for the first four only (see the check after the ledger).
   n_files=$((n_files + 1))
-  [ "$n_files" -le 4 ] || break
+  [ "$n_files" -le 40 ] || break
   file_path="$repo_root/$rel_path"
 
   # The code just written: the ADDED lines of the uncommitted diff for a
@@ -136,14 +137,19 @@ while IFS= read -r rel_path; do
     fresh="new"
   fi
   [ -n "$code" ] || continue
-  # `|| true` inside: an early-exiting `head` must not void its own output.
+  all_names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | grimoire_defs | sort -u || true)
-  names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | grimoire_defs | sort -u | head -12 || true)
+  # What this write defined, for the end-of-turn question: every definition,
-  # What this write defined, for the end-of-turn question —
   # recorded before the arms below, which skip a write that defines nothing.
-  printf '%s\n' "$names" | grimoire_written_append "$safe_sid" "$rel_path" "$fresh" "$code"
+  printf '%s\n' "$all_names" | grimoire_written_append "$safe_sid" "$rel_path" "$fresh" "$code"
   # Nothing DEFINED in what was written (prose, data, a call-site edit) →
   # nothing to say; the arms are about shapes.
-  [ -n "$names" ] || continue
+  [ -n "$all_names" ] || continue
+  # A Bash call that rewrote many files is a refactor or a generator, not a
+  # shape being instantiated; four files and twelve names per file are enough
+  # for the arms to name what matters, and bound their git grep and URL.
+  [ "$n_files" -le 4 ] || continue
+  # `|| true` inside: an early-exiting `head` must not void its own output.
+  names=$(printf '%s\n' "$all_names" | head -12 || true)
 
   local_lines=$(grimoire_local_dups "$repo_root" "$rel_path" <<< "$names") || local_lines=""
   local_context=""

plugin/hooks/grimoire_prior_art.sh

@@ -79,10 +79,16 @@ fi
 
 # ARM 1 — BY NAME, LOCALLY: does a definition of this already exist
 # in the repo? (grimoire_local_dups in grimoire_defs.sh carries the why.)
+#
+# `all_names` is every definition the write carries; it feeds the end-of-turn
+# ledger, which must hear about all of them. `names` is the first twelve, and
+# bounds the queries below — a git grep and a URL per name.
+all_names=""
 names=""
 if [ -n "$code" ]; then
+  all_names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | grimoire_defs | sort -u || true)
   # `|| true` inside: an early-exiting `head` must not void its own output.
-  names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | grimoire_defs | sort -u | head -12 || true)
+  names=$(printf '%s\n' "$all_names" | head -12 || true)
 fi
 
 local_lines=""
@@ -204,10 +210,11 @@ if [ -n "$session_id" ]; then
   # Write onto a path that does not exist yet creates a file, which may be a
   # unit in its own right (see grimoire_written_append). Written before any
   # server call: the ask at the end of the turn must not depend on this
-  # write's hint having been answered.
+  # write's hint having been answered. Every definition, not the capped list
+  # the queries use; an Edit that names none records its enclosing one.
   fresh=""
   [ -e "$file_path" ] || fresh="new"
-  printf '%s\n' "$shapes" | grimoire_written_append "$safe_sid" "$rel_path" "$fresh" "$code"
+  printf '%s\n' "${all_names:-$shapes}" | grimoire_written_append "$safe_sid" "$rel_path" "$fresh" "$code"
   idfile="$state_dir/${safe_sid}.ids"
   syncfile="$state_dir/${safe_sid}.sync.ids"
   derivefile="$state_dir/${safe_sid}.derive.ids"

plugin/hooks/grimoire_record_opened.sh

@@ -72,19 +72,29 @@ printf '%s\n' "$rule_id" | grimoire_rules_append "$state_dir/${safe_sid}.opened.
 
 # ── What came just before the open ───────────────────────────────────────
 #
-# grimoire_moment.sh writes every call to `grimoire-moment/<sid>.acts`. The ones
+# grimoire_moment.sh writes every call to `grimoire-moment/<sid>.acts`. The
-# from the last three minutes go to the server with this rule's id: a rule
+# last three, from the last ninety seconds, go to the server with this rule's
-# opened just after a moment fired is evidence it belongs on that moment, and
+# id: a rule the agent went and opened right after a moment fired is evidence
-# once that repeats across sessions the server answers with one line asking
+# it belongs on that moment, and once that repeats across sessions the server
-# the reader to offer the operator the mount. Nothing is mounted by this.
+# answers with one line putting the question to the reader. Nothing is
+# mounted by this.
+#
+# An open of a rule a hook has just NAMED is not reported. A ranked arm or a
+# moment line put it in front of the reader, and that explains the open; the
+# moment beside it did not, so counting it would propose mounts on whatever
+# moment happened to fire while search was surfacing the rule. The window is
+# short for the same reason: a few minutes of agent work reaches many moments.
 command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
 grimoire_config || exit 0
+case ",$(grimoire_rules_live "$state_dir/${safe_sid}.rules.ids")," in
+  *",${rule_id},"*) exit 0 ;;
+esac
 acts_file="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/grimoire-moment/${safe_sid}.acts"
 [ -f "$acts_file" ] || exit 0
 now=$(date +%s 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
-acts=$(awk -F '\t' -v since=$((now - 180)) \
+acts=$(awk -F '\t' -v since=$((now - 90)) \
   '$1 + 0 >= since { sub(/^[^\t]*\t/, ""); print }' "$acts_file" 2>/dev/null \
-  | tail -n 30 | paste -sd ',' - 2>/dev/null)
+  | tail -n 3 | paste -sd ',' - 2>/dev/null)
 [ -n "$acts" ] || exit 0
 
 sid_esc=$(printf '%s' "$session_id" | grimoire_json_escape) || exit 0

plugin/skills/using-grimoire/moments.md

@@ -73,12 +73,16 @@ than a mount is fixed through its trigger instead.
 
 ## When a line proposes a mount
 
-A rule that keeps being opened just after the same moment, across several
+A rule that sessions keep going and opening just after the same moment —
-sessions, probably belongs on that moment. A line says so, naming the rule,
+without a hook having shown it to them first — may belong on that moment. A
-the moment and how often. It is a question for the operator, not a change you
+line says so, naming the rule, the moment, the action that reached it and how
-make: offer it in one line, and record their answer with
+often. That is co-occurrence, not a recommendation, so judge it before it
-`judge_rule_moments` — `confirm` mounts the rule, `reject` with their reason
+reaches the operator: read the rule's trigger against what the moment means
-stops the question being asked again.
+(`list_moments`). Offer it only when the rule governs that point in the work
+whatever the work is about, as a question with your reason; a rule about a
+subject (a library, a file, a style) is reached by meaning, and the line is
+left alone. Record their answer with `judge_rule_moments` — `confirm` mounts
+the rule, `reject` with their reason stops the question being asked again.
 
 The same tool answers proposals from a pass over the rules
 (`rules_to_mount`, `propose_rule_moments`, `rule_moment_proposals`): a pass

src/grimoire/services/rule_moment_judgments.py

@@ -494,17 +494,50 @@ def _keep(row: RuleMomentJudgment, note: str, now: datetime) -> None:
 # ── The signal ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 
+# How many distinct actions a signal pair remembers as having reached its
+# moment. Enough to show the operator what the opens followed.
+_SIGNAL_ACTIONS_CAP = 5
+
+
+def _reached_phrase(evidence: dict) -> str:
+    reached = (evidence or {}).get("reached_by") or {}
+    if not isinstance(reached, dict) or not reached:
+        return ""
+    top = sorted(reached.items(), key=lambda kv: (-int(kv[1] or 0), kv[0]))[:3]
+    return " (reached by " + ", ".join(f"`{match}`" for match, _n in top) + ")"
+
+
+def _signal_note(moment: str, evidence: dict) -> str:
+    """The `why` a signal proposal shows the operator: what the opens followed."""
+    counts = lesson_rules.evidence_summary(evidence)
+    return (
+        f"Opened just after `{moment}`{_reached_phrase(evidence)} in "
+        f"{counts['situations']} distinct sessions, each time without a hook having "
+        f"shown the rule first. Co-occurrence only: confirm it if the rule governs "
+        f"that point in the work whatever the work is about."
+    )
+
+
 def _proposal_line(rule: Rule, moment: str, evidence: dict) -> str:
+    """The line an open past the bar returns to the session.
+
+    It says what the evidence is, and makes offering it conditional on the
+    reader's own reading: a session relays an unqualified "offer this" as a
+    recommendation, and co-occurrence is not one.
+    """
     counts = lesson_rules.evidence_summary(evidence)
     kind = rule.kind or "rule"
     return (
-        f"> {kind.capitalize()} #{rule.id} \"{rule.title}\" has been opened just after "
+        f"> {kind.capitalize()} #{rule.id} \"{rule.title}\" was opened just after "
-        f"`{moment}` in {counts['situations']} distinct sessions — it may belong on "
+        f"`{moment}`{_reached_phrase(evidence)} in {counts['situations']} distinct "
-        f"that moment, where it would arrive without being searched for. Offer the "
+        f"sessions, each time without a hook having shown it first. That is "
-        f"operator the mount in one line; on their yes, `judge_rule_moments("
+        f"co-occurrence, not a recommendation. Read the {kind}'s trigger against what "
-        f"[{{\"rule_id\": {rule.id}, \"moment\": \"{moment}\", \"verdict\": \"confirm\", "
+        f"`{moment}` means (`list_moments`): only if the {kind} governs that point in "
-        f"\"note\": \"why\"}}])` mounts it; on a no, `\"reject\"` with their why stops "
+        f"the work whatever the work is about, ask the operator whether to mount it, "
-        f"the asking."
+        f"with your reason; if it is about a subject, leave it. On their yes, "
+        f"`judge_rule_moments([{{\"rule_id\": {rule.id}, \"moment\": \"{moment}\", "
+        f"\"verdict\": \"confirm\", \"note\": \"why\"}}])` mounts it; on a no, "
+        f"`\"reject\"` with their why stops the asking."
     )
 
 
@@ -521,24 +554,39 @@ def signal_moments(moments) -> list[str]:
 
 async def co_occurred(
     user_id: int, rule_id: int, moments, *, situation: str,
-    project_id: int | None = None,
+    project_id: int | None = None, reached: dict | None = None,
 ) -> str:
     """Record that a rule was opened shortly after these moments fired, and
     return a proposal line once a (rule, moment) pair has earned one.
 
     `situation` is what makes two opens distinct — the session, so a rule
     opened after every push in one long session counts once. A pair already
-    mounted or judged gathers nothing. One proposal per open at most. Fails
+    judged gathers nothing, and neither does a rule already mounted anywhere:
-    open: this rides a hook, and bookkeeping must never break the read.
+    it arrives by lookup at its own moments, so an open of it is far likelier
+    to follow that delivery than to reveal a missing moment. `reached` maps a
+    moment to the action that reached it, kept as the proposal's evidence.
+    One proposal per open at most. Fails open: this rides a hook, and
+    bookkeeping must never break the read.
     """
     try:
-        return await _co_occurred(user_id, rule_id, moments, situation, project_id)
+        return await _co_occurred(user_id, rule_id, moments, situation, project_id,
+                                  reached or {})
     except Exception:
         logger.warning("rule/moment co-occurrence could not be recorded", exc_info=True)
         return ""
 
 
-async def _co_occurred(user_id, rule_id, moments, situation, project_id) -> str:
+def _add_reached(evidence: dict, match: str) -> dict:
+    """`evidence` with one more open counted against the action that reached
+    the moment, keeping at most _SIGNAL_ACTIONS_CAP distinct actions."""
+    reached = dict(evidence.get("reached_by") or {})
+    match = (match or "").strip()[:80]
+    if match and (match in reached or len(reached) < _SIGNAL_ACTIONS_CAP):
+        reached[match] = int(reached.get(match) or 0) + 1
+    return {**evidence, "reached_by": reached}
+
+
+async def _co_occurred(user_id, rule_id, moments, situation, project_id, reached) -> str:
     wanted = signal_moments(moments)
     key = lesson_rules.situation_key("s", situation)
     rid = _int(rule_id)
@@ -551,11 +599,10 @@ async def _co_occurred(user_id, rule_id, moments, situation, project_id) -> str:
         rule = owned.get(rid)
         if rule is None:
             return ""
-        mounted = (await _mounts(session, [rid])).get(rid, set())
+        if (await _mounts(session, [rid])).get(rid):
+            return ""
         existing = await _rows(session, [rid])
         for moment in wanted:
-            if moment in mounted:
-                continue
             row = existing.get((rid, moment))
             if row is not None and row.state != SUGGESTED:
                 continue
@@ -563,11 +610,13 @@ async def _co_occurred(user_id, rule_id, moments, situation, project_id) -> str:
                 row = RuleMomentJudgment(rule_id=rid, moment=moment, state=SUGGESTED, source="signal")
                 session.add(row)
             ev = lesson_rules.add_evidence(row.evidence, key, project_id, now)
+            ev = _add_reached(ev, reached.get(moment, ""))
             if proposal is None and lesson_rules.proposal_due(ev, now):
                 ev["proposed_at"] = now.isoformat()
                 ev["proposed_count"] = int(ev.get("proposed_count") or 0) + 1
                 proposal = (moment, ev)
             row.evidence = ev
+            row.note = _signal_note(moment, ev)
         try:
             await session.commit()
         except IntegrityError:
@@ -599,6 +648,7 @@ async def opened_after(
     from grimoire.services.moment_actions import moments_for
 
     reached: list[str] = []
+    reached_by: dict[str, str] = {}
     for act in list(acts or [])[:_ACTS_CAP]:
         if not isinstance(act, dict):
             continue
@@ -615,11 +665,13 @@ async def opened_after(
             name = hit.get("moment") if isinstance(hit, dict) else None
             if name and name not in reached:
                 reached.append(name)
+                reached_by[name] = str(hit.get("match") or tool)
     moments = signal_moments(reached)
     context = ""
     if moments and (session_id or "").strip():
         context = await co_occurred(
             user_id, rule_id, moments, situation=session_id.strip(), project_id=project_id,
+            reached=reached_by,
         )
     return {"moments": moments, "context": context}
 

tests/test_after_write_hook.py

@@ -90,6 +90,23 @@ def test_after_write_names_what_bash_just_wrote_then_stays_quiet_until_the_next_
         assert seen[0]["exclude_derive"] == ["dup:483a"]
         assert set(seen[0]["shapes"][0].split(",")) == {"css:log-empty", "css:other"}
 
+def test_after_write_records_every_definition_for_the_turn_but_queries_only_the_first_four_files(tmp_path):
+    """The end-of-turn ledger hears every file and every definition a Bash call
+    wrote; the prior-art arms stay bounded to four files and twelve names."""
+    with http_sink(SINK_REPLY) as (port, seen):
+        env = _env(tmp_path, url=f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}")
+        repo = _repo(tmp_path, env)
+        for n in range(6):
+            body = "".join(f"def f{n}_{i:02d}():\n    return {i}\n\n" for i in range(15))
+            (repo / f"gen{n}.py").write_text(body)
+        _run(repo, env, session="s-many")
+        ledger = (tmp_path / "grimoire-priorart" / "s-many.written.ids").read_text().splitlines()
+        assert len(ledger) == 6 * 15
+        assert "gen5.py\tsym\tf5_14" in ledger
+        assert len(seen) == 4
+        assert all(len(q["shapes"][0].split(",")) == 12 for q in seen)
+
+
 def test_after_write_is_silent_where_it_has_nothing_to_say(tmp_path):
     env = _env(tmp_path)
     repo = _repo(tmp_path, env)

tests/test_integration_rule_moment_judgments.py

@@ -195,7 +195,23 @@ async def test_the_open_resolves_acts_through_the_installs_mappings(world):
     out = await judgments_svc.opened_after(uid, done.id, acts, session_id="s1")
     assert "work.deliver" in out["moments"]
     assert "work.run" not in out["moments"]
-    assert (await _row(done.id, "work.deliver")).source == "signal"
+    row = await _row(done.id, "work.deliver")
+    assert row.source == "signal"
+    # The action that reached the moment is kept, and shown as the why.
+    assert row.evidence["reached_by"] == {"git push": 1}
+    assert row.note.startswith("Opened just after `work.deliver` (reached by `git push`)")
+
+
+async def test_a_rule_already_mounted_gathers_no_signal(world):
+    """A mounted rule arrives by lookup at its own moments, so an open of it
+    is no evidence it is missing another."""
+    uid, done = world["uid"], world["done"]
+    await rulebooks_svc.set_rule_moments(done.id, uid, ["work.finish"])
+    for situation in ("a", "b", "c", "d"):
+        assert await judgments_svc.co_occurred(
+            uid, done.id, ["work.verify"], situation=situation,
+        ) == ""
+    assert await _row(done.id, "work.verify") is None
 
 
 # ── The misfire ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

tests/test_rule_moment_judgments.py

@@ -61,6 +61,29 @@ def test_the_proposal_line_names_the_tool_that_answers_it():
     assert "judge_rule_moments" in line and '"reject"' in line
 
 
+def test_the_proposal_line_is_a_question_to_check_not_advice_to_relay():
+    rule = SimpleNamespace(id=11, title="Definition of done", kind="rule")
+    evidence = {"situations": ["a", "b", "c"],
+                "reached_by": {"git push": 3, "git push --tags": 1}}
+    line = svc._proposal_line(rule, "work.deliver", evidence)
+    assert "co-occurrence, not a recommendation" in line
+    assert "`list_moments`" in line and "if it is about a subject, leave it" in line
+    assert "(reached by `git push`, `git push --tags`)" in line
+    note = svc._signal_note("work.deliver", evidence)
+    assert note.startswith("Opened just after `work.deliver` (reached by `git push`")
+    assert "3 distinct sessions" in note
+
+
+def test_the_actions_a_signal_remembers_are_bounded():
+    ev: dict = {}
+    for i in range(svc._SIGNAL_ACTIONS_CAP + 3):
+        ev = svc._add_reached(ev, f"cmd {i}")
+    ev = svc._add_reached(ev, "cmd 0")
+    assert len(ev["reached_by"]) == svc._SIGNAL_ACTIONS_CAP
+    assert ev["reached_by"]["cmd 0"] == 2
+    assert svc._add_reached({}, "")["reached_by"] == {}
+
+
 # ── The misfire ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 

tests/test_rule_moment_signal_hooks.py

@@ -133,6 +133,49 @@ def test_an_open_sends_the_window_and_prints_the_answer(sandbox):
     assert (tmp / "grimoire-priorart" / "s1.opened.ids").read_text().startswith("11\t")
 
 
+def test_the_window_is_the_last_three_acts(sandbox):
+    tmp, env = sandbox
+    ledger = tmp / "grimoire-moment"
+    ledger.mkdir()
+    now = int(time.time())
+    acts = [{"tool_name": "Bash", "tool_input": {"command": f"step {i}"}} for i in range(5)]
+    (ledger / "s1.acts").write_text(
+        "".join(f"{now - 10 + i}\t{json.dumps(a)}\n" for i, a in enumerate(acts))
+    )
+    _run("grimoire_record_opened.sh",
+         {"session_id": "s1", "tool_name": "mcp__grimoire__get_rule",
+          "tool_input": {"rule_id": 11}}, env)
+    body = json.loads((tmp / "curl.body").read_text())
+    assert body["acts"] == acts[-3:]
+
+
+def test_an_open_of_a_rule_a_hook_just_named_is_not_reported(sandbox):
+    """A ranked arm or a moment line explains that open; the moment beside it
+    does not, so it is no evidence for a mount."""
+    tmp, env = sandbox
+    ledger = tmp / "grimoire-moment"
+    ledger.mkdir()
+    now = int(time.time())
+    (ledger / "s1.acts").write_text(
+        f"{now - 5}\t{json.dumps({'tool_name': 'Bash', 'tool_input': {'command': 'git push'}})}\n"
+    )
+    named = tmp / "grimoire-priorart"
+    named.mkdir()
+    (named / "s1.rules.ids").write_text(f"7\t{now - 30}\n11\t{now - 20}\n")
+    out = _run("grimoire_record_opened.sh",
+               {"session_id": "s1", "tool_name": "mcp__grimoire__get_rule",
+                "tool_input": {"rule_id": 11}}, env)
+    assert out.stdout == ""
+    assert not (tmp / "curl.log").exists()
+    # The open itself is still recorded.
+    assert (named / "s1.opened.ids").read_text().startswith("11\t")
+    # A rule no hook named is still reported.
+    _run("grimoire_record_opened.sh",
+         {"session_id": "s1", "tool_name": "mcp__grimoire__get_rule",
+          "tool_input": {"rule_id": 1}}, env)
+    assert json.loads((tmp / "curl.body").read_text())["rule_id"] == 1
+
+
 def test_an_open_with_nothing_in_the_window_sends_nothing(sandbox):
     tmp, env = sandbox
     ledger = tmp / "grimoire-moment"

tests/test_shape_check_hook.py

@@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ def test_an_edit_to_an_existing_file_adds_no_file_line(tmp_path):
         assert lines == ["lib.py\tsym\thelper"]
 
 
+def test_a_write_with_many_definitions_notes_every_one(tmp_path):
+    """The ledger is not bounded by the twelve names the prior-art query sends:
+    a new test file with twenty functions is asked about in full."""
+    with http_sink(b'{"note_ids":[]}') as (port, _seen):
+        env = _env(tmp_path, f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}")
+        repo = _repo(tmp_path)
+        body = "".join(f"def test_case_{i:02d}():\n    assert {i}\n\n" for i in range(20))
+        _pre_write(env, repo, "test_many.py", body)
+        lines = _ledger(tmp_path).read_text().splitlines()
+        assert len(lines) == 20
+        assert "test_many.py\tsym\ttest_case_19" in lines
+
+
 def test_a_skipped_path_notes_nothing(tmp_path):
     with http_sink(b'{"note_ids":[]}') as (port, _seen):
         env = _env(tmp_path, f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}")