Project Notebook

Project Notebook

Treat Git and the repository's Project Manifest as authoritative. Treat the remote notebook as scoped, derivative context that PJangler owns and can audit.

Work through PJangler

1. Resolve the repository explicitly when the current directory is ambiguous.
2. Inspect pj notebook status [repo] before assuming a healthy binding.
3. Use --json when another tool will consume the result. Check ok, symbolic error code, and next_actions; do not infer success from prose.
4. Keep reads and mutations project-scoped. Never call the notebook service directly or accept a result whose membership in the resolved binding is not proven.
5. Use pj notebook audit [repo] to diagnose Drift. Use pj notebook migrate [repo] for an owned repair plan, adding --apply for local changes and --live only when remote repair is intended.
6. Preserve repository files as the source of truth. Never overwrite Git content from notebook content.

Use the public command surface

Use these command families rather than internal hook or worker entrypoints:

• pj notebook status|create|overview|audit|migrate
• pj notebook list notes, get note, add note, update note, delete note
• pj notebook search notes
• pj notebook capture list|retry

Direct note mutation authorizes only that selected operation. create and live migration require --live; note deletion requires confirmation or --yes. Never delete the stable Overview note.

For complete command forms, policy precedence, hook projection, and safe configuration, read configuration.md. For capture pressure, Drift, snapshots, uninstall, and failure recovery, read recovery.md.

Handle session context safely

• Let the global wrappers scope themselves at runtime. Global installation does not enable a repository.
• Use true SessionStart and SessionEnd only. Never substitute Stop for a session boundary.
• Keep hook payloads and user content out of argv and logs.
• Treat hook failures as bounded, actionable, fail-open diagnostics.
• Treat PROJECT NOTEBOOK OVERVIEW DRIFT as stale context. Run the exact audit or migration action reported before relying on the stored Overview.
• Treat retention pressure as an admission diagnostic, not a receipt state. Never delete or compact an unresolved receipt to make room.

Protect credentials and foreign configuration

Resolve endpoint and authentication through PJangler runtime configuration; never store them in a repository Manifest, note, hook command, or skill file. Use scripts/project-hooks.py for global Claude projection. Its owner marker is exactly project-notebook.v1; do not hand-edit live settings or remove Bloodbank, Hindsight, Git checkpoint, notification, CommonProject, or other foreign hooks.