diff --git a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 813c159a..c1eb2a32 100644
--- a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "scribe",
   "description": "Scribe for Claude Code: connects the scribe MCP server, adds the hooks that deliver live project state and relevant records at the right moment, ships the shared client-neutral Scribe skills (using-scribe, writing-plans, reporting-back, systematic-debugging, verification, brainstorming, reusing-code, shape-accounting), and syncs your saved Scribe Processes as skills (/scribe:sync).",
-  "version": "2026.10.05.1621",
+  "version": "2026.10.05.1624",
   "author": {
     "name": "Bryan Van Deusen"
   },
diff --git a/plugin/hooks/scribe_moment.sh b/plugin/hooks/scribe_moment.sh
index d91c8a6e..1deafea9 100644
--- a/plugin/hooks/scribe_moment.sh
+++ b/plugin/hooks/scribe_moment.sh
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ safe_sid=$(printf '%s' "$session_id" | tr -c 'A-Za-z0-9._-' '_')
 #
 # Five minutes. A mount or a mapping made in this session reaches the hook
 # within that window; the MCP door delivers Scribe's own moments at once.
-# Not a `.ids` file, so a compaction does not sweep it: it describes the
-# install, not what this context holds.
-tools_file="$state_dir/${safe_sid}.moment.tools"
+# Its own directory, outside SCRIBE_LEDGER_DIRS, so a compaction does not
+# sweep it: it describes the install, not what this context holds.
+cache_dir="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/scribe-moment"
+mkdir -p "$cache_dir" 2>/dev/null || true
+tools_file="$cache_dir/${safe_sid}.tools"
 now=$(date +%s 2>/dev/null) || now=0
 stamp=""
 [ -f "$tools_file" ] && stamp=$(head -n 1 "$tools_file" 2>/dev/null)
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/lessons.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/lessons.py
index 780b8b23..09d98cf6 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/lessons.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/lessons.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from scribe.services import systems as systems_svc
 from scribe.services import trash as trash_svc
 from scribe.mcp.tools import systems as systems_tools
 from scribe.services.note_usage import attach_usage, record_pulled
-from scribe.services.moment_delivery import attach_moment_rules
+from scribe.services import moment_delivery
 
 
 # The payload shape lives in the service (`lesson_to_dict`), shared with the
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ async def create_lesson(
         await _offer_candidates(uid, data, what, when_to_apply, project_id)
     elif no_rule.strip():
         await _name_convergence(uid, data, note.id)
-    return await attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_lesson", {"project_id": project_id}, data)
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_lesson", {"project_id": project_id}, data)
 
 
 async def _name_convergence(uid: int, data: dict, lesson_id: int) -> None:
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/milestones.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/milestones.py
index 98175770..367e72aa 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/milestones.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/milestones.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from scribe.services import task_logs as task_logs_svc
 from scribe.services import rulebooks as rulebooks_svc
 from scribe.services import trash as trash_svc
 from scribe.services.record_refs import refuse_guessed_ids
-from scribe.services.moment_delivery import attach_moment_rules
+from scribe.services import moment_delivery
 
 
 async def list_milestones(project_id: int) -> dict:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ async def create_milestone(
         body=body or None,
         status=status,
     )
-    return await attach_moment_rules(
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(
         uid, "create_milestone", {"project_id": project_id}, milestone.to_dict(),
     )
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ async def update_milestone(
     milestone = await milestones_svc.update_milestone(uid, milestone_id, **fields)
     if milestone is None:
         raise ValueError(f"milestone {milestone_id} not found")
-    return await attach_moment_rules(
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(
         uid, "update_milestone", {"status": status, "project_id": project_id},
         milestone.to_dict(),
     )
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/notes.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/notes.py
index 0b7665c9..09e7e41b 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/notes.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/notes.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from scribe.services import systems as systems_svc
 from scribe.services import trash as trash_svc
 from scribe.services.note_usage import record_pulled
 from scribe.services.record_refs import refuse_guessed_ids
-from scribe.services.moment_delivery import attach_moment_rules
+from scribe.services import moment_delivery
 
 
 async def list_notes(
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ async def create_note(
     await systems_tools.attach_systems(uid, uid, data, note.id, project_id or None)
     await supersession_svc.attach_relations(uid, note.id, data, hint=True)
     data.update(dedup_svc.note_overlap_response(overlaps, "note"))
-    return await attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_note", {"project_id": project_id}, data)
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_note", {"project_id": project_id}, data)
 
 
 async def update_note(
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/processes.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/processes.py
index 9e4ef194..2c0833ea 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/processes.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/processes.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from scribe.services import notes as notes_svc
 from scribe.services import systems as systems_svc
 from scribe.services import trash as trash_svc
 from scribe.services.note_usage import record_pulled
-from scribe.services.moment_delivery import attach_moment_rules
+from scribe.services import moment_delivery
 
 
 async def list_processes(
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ async def create_process(
     )
     if system_ids:
         await systems_svc.set_record_systems(uid, note.id, system_ids)
-    return await attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_process", {}, note.to_dict())
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_process", {}, note.to_dict())
 
 
 async def get_process(name_or_id: str, project_id: int = 0) -> dict:
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/rulebooks.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/rulebooks.py
index d6c877d6..64f1e050 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/rulebooks.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/rulebooks.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from scribe.services import trash as trash_svc
 from scribe.services.rule_usage import (
     record_rule_outcome, record_rule_pulled,
 )
-from scribe.services.moment_delivery import attach_moment_rules
+from scribe.services import moment_delivery
 
 
 # ── Rulebook CRUD ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ async def create_rule(
     )
     data = await rulebooks_svc.rule_detail(uid, rule, system_ids, moments)
     data.update(dedup_svc.overlap_response(overlaps, "rule"))
-    return await attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_rule", {}, data)
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_rule", {}, data)
 
 
 async def create_project_rule(
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ async def create_project_rule(
     )
     data = await rulebooks_svc.rule_detail(uid, rule, system_ids, moments)
     data.update(dedup_svc.overlap_response(overlaps, "rule"))
-    return await attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_project_rule", {"project_id": project_id}, data)
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_project_rule", {"project_id": project_id}, data)
 
 
 async def update_rule(
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ async def create_preference(
     )
     data = await rulebooks_svc.rule_detail(uid, rule, system_ids, moments)
     data.update(dedup_svc.overlap_response(overlaps, "preference"))
-    return await attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_preference", {}, data)
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_preference", {}, data)
 
 
 async def update_preference(
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py
index 8fd0d349..1266d9de 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from scribe.services import dedup as dedup_svc
 from scribe.services import snippets as snippets_svc
 from scribe.services.note_usage import attach_usage, record_pulled
 from scribe.services import systems as systems_svc
-from scribe.services.moment_delivery import attach_moment_rules
+from scribe.services import moment_delivery
 
 
 async def list_snippets(
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ async def create_snippet(
     advice = snippets_svc.trigger_advice(when_to_use)
     if advice:
         data["trigger_advice"] = advice
-    return await attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_snippet", {"project_id": project_id}, data)
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(uid, "create_snippet", {"project_id": project_id}, data)
 
 
 async def get_snippet(snippet_id: int, project_id: int = 0) -> dict:
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/tasks.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/tasks.py
index 5aac4826..ab460a51 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/tasks.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/tasks.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ from scribe.services import trash as trash_svc
 from scribe.services.note_usage import record_pulled
 from scribe.services.record_refs import refuse_guessed_ids
 from scribe.services.text import elide
-from scribe.services.moment_delivery import attach_moment_rules
+from scribe.services import moment_delivery
 
 
 # A work log entry is prose, often long — the discipline asks for what was
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ async def update_task(
         if prefs:
             data["reply_preferences"] = prefs
             data["report_back"] = REPORT_BACK_CUE + " " + REPLY_PREFERENCES_CUE
-    return await attach_moment_rules(
+    return await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(
         uid, "update_task", {"status": status, "project_id": project_id}, data,
     )
 
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ async def start_planning(
     )
     if isinstance(result, dict):
         result.update(dedup_svc.batch_overlap_response(overlaps))
-        await attach_moment_rules(uid, "start_planning", {"project_id": project_id}, result)
+        await moment_delivery.attach_moment_rules(uid, "start_planning", {"project_id": project_id}, result)
     return result
 
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 89cbf7e8..99e121e1 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -221,9 +221,10 @@ def _no_moment_delivery(request):
 
     update_task, the create_* record tools and the milestone tools now hand
     back the rules mounted on the moment they mark, and finding those is two
-    database reads. Patched BENEATH the attach, at `deliver_for_act`, because
-    the tools bind `attach_moment_rules` by name at import time. Skipped for
-    integration tests; tests/test_moment_delivery.py binds the real one.
+    database reads. Patched BENEATH the attach, at `deliver_for_act`, so the
+    attach itself — its fail-open and its non-dict pass-through — still runs.
+    Skipped for integration tests; tests/test_moment_delivery.py binds the
+    real one.
     """
     if request.node.get_closest_marker("integration"):
         yield
diff --git a/tests/test_moment_delivery.py b/tests/test_moment_delivery.py
index de7e3eef..5bc5daf0 100644
--- a/tests/test_moment_delivery.py
+++ b/tests/test_moment_delivery.py
@@ -346,8 +346,10 @@ def _attached_names(path: Path) -> dict[str, set[str]]:
         if not isinstance(node, ast.AsyncFunctionDef):
             continue
         for call in ast.walk(node):
-            if (isinstance(call, ast.Call) and isinstance(call.func, ast.Name)
-                    and call.func.id == "attach_moment_rules" and len(call.args) > 1
+            func = call.func if isinstance(call, ast.Call) else None
+            name = (func.id if isinstance(func, ast.Name)
+                    else func.attr if isinstance(func, ast.Attribute) else "")
+            if (name == "attach_moment_rules" and len(call.args) > 1
                     and isinstance(call.args[1], ast.Constant)):
                 out.setdefault(node.name, set()).add(call.args[1].value)
     return out