Always-on rules were on-demand, not always-present: Tier-1 static context only
tells the agent to call list_always_on_rules(), and Tier-2 dynamic fetch is dark
(token doesn't reach the hook subprocess). On compaction the fetched rules get
summarized away while the harness's own built-in git instruction ("branch first")
survives in the base prompt — so post-compact the generic git instinct wins and
rule #1 ("dev is home") is missed.
- scribe_static_context.md: new "Operator rules govern consequential actions"
bullet — before any git branch/commit/push or hard-to-reverse action, loaded
rules beat generic harness/default habits; re-pull rules if not loaded or
summarized by a compaction. Tier 1 = always fires, keyless, re-fires on compact.
- scribe_session_context.sh: compaction banner now re-pulls list_always_on_rules(),
not just enter_project().
- plugin.json: 0.1.10 → 0.1.11 so autoUpdate ships the plugin/ change (#1040).
Generic and instance-agnostic per rules #115/#119 — no operator-specific rule
text hardcoded. Refs issue #1197.
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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01E4bNefPFAz7esmMZMZmkzL
Turn the SessionStart static guidance into a concrete recall trigger — search
Scribe before answering about the operator projects/people/places/decisions or
starting a task, and pass the active project id to scope results — instead of a
vague "search for related work". Step 4 (pull-path sharpening); the
cross-encoder rerank half is deferred until auto_inject telemetry shows
precision is the bottleneck.
Scribe: project 2, milestone 93, task 1034.
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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xz4j1H7pjYSjKsEpgcNH5E
Plan #825 (T2 — Issues task_kind) shipped S1–S4 but its S5 docs slice
never landed, so every behavioral surface the plugin pushes to the agent
still described the pre-kind convention ("tag `issue`" on a create_note).
Result: agents fixed bugs without reaching for kind=issue and dumped the
work as logs on unrelated open tasks.
- _INSTRUCTIONS: rewrite the "record a problem" bullet to
create_task(kind="issue") with symptom→cause→fix + arose_from_id /
system_ids, and an explicit "not a work-log on an unrelated task"; add
Issue + System to the hierarchy section.
- skills/systematic-debugging, verification: drop "tag `issue`" /
create_note-issue, point at create_task(kind="issue").
- skills/using-scribe: add issues/systems to the entity list + reflex #6.
- hooks/scribe_static_context: fix → its own issue on the keyless floor.
Instance-agnostic, prose-only; no schema or tool-behavior change.
Pairs with always-on rule #118. Issue: #855.
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#834. The pre-compaction complement to the shipped post-compaction re-grounding
banner. Because Scribe records progress as you go (task status, work-logs,
decision notes), a compaction at a clean work-seam is lossless — so guide the
model to recommend it proactively rather than letting auto-compact fire mid-task.
Placed in the ALWAYS-loaded channels (operator wants it consistently in context,
not relevance-gated like a skill): MCP _INSTRUCTIONS (every handshake) + the
static SessionStart floor (every session, MCP-independent). Behavior: at the end
of a block of work in a long session, ensure in-flight state is logged, then tell
the operator it's a safe moment to /compact (naming what was logged); recommend
at seams, not every turn; the model can't run /compact itself.
plugin.json 0.1.8 → 0.1.9 so clients re-pull the static-context change.
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Plain-language 'related prior work' instead of 'prior art'; replace the
dev-shaped 'meaningful landing (a merge, a shipped feature, a finished plan)'
with concrete neutral triggers — log on task completion and when a problem is
found, so direction pivots are captured, not just successes. Keeps the static
mandate domain-neutral (pre-empts B9 drift in plan 812).
Refs task 809 / plan 812 item A1.
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The SessionStart push channel was single-tier: it curled /api/plugin/context
with a Bearer token and, on any failure (missing/unexported token, network
error, missing curl), injected nothing and exited 0 — silently. A known
upstream Claude Code gap (sensitive userConfig not reliably exported to hook
subprocesses) trips this routinely, so a fresh session gets no signal to reach
for Scribe and falls back to local file-memory (root cause of unlogged work on
remote/rc sessions).
Split into two tiers:
- Tier 1 (static, keyless, networkless, always fires): inject bundled
scribe_static_context.md — the load-bearing behavioral mandate. Cannot be
suppressed by the upstream key bug.
- Tier 2 (dynamic, best-effort, fails open): existing curl for live rules +
active-project context, appended below the static block. Lights up as
enrichment once the key reaches the hook.
Only jq is now required (JSON envelope); curl/token gate the dynamic tier only.
Bump plugin 0.1.5 -> 0.1.6 so clients pick up the change.
Refs milestone 55; task 809; decision note 810.
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