# Session End > Use this skill when performing a full session close-out: verifies all planned work against the agreed plan, creates issues for gaps, runs quality gates, commits cleanly, mirrors to GitHub, and produces a session summary. Triggered by /close command. - Skill: `majiayu000/session-end-8` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add majiayu000/session-end-8` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/majiayu000/session-end-8/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: majiayu000 (https://skillmd.com/u/majiayu000) - Updated: 2026-09-09 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/majiayu000/session-end-8 --- # Session End Skill > **Platform Note:** State files (STATE.md, wave-scope.json) live in the platform's native directory: `.claude/` (Claude Code), `.codex/` (Codex CLI), or `.cursor/` (Cursor IDE). All references to `.claude/` below should use the platform's state directory. Shared metrics live in `.orchestrator/metrics/`. See `skills/_shared/platform-tools.md`. > **Project-instruction file:** `CLAUDE.md` and `AGENTS.md` (Codex CLI) are transparent aliases — see [skills/_shared/instruction-file-resolution.md](../_shared/instruction-file-resolution.md). All references to `CLAUDE.md` in this skill resolve via that precedence rule. ## Phase 0: Bootstrap Gate Read `skills/_shared/bootstrap-gate.md` and execute the gate check. If the gate is CLOSED, invoke `skills/bootstrap/SKILL.md` and wait for completion before proceeding. If the gate is OPEN, continue to Phase 1. Do NOT proceed past Phase 0 if GATE_CLOSED. There is no bypass. Refer to `skills/_shared/bootstrap-gate.md` for the full HARD-GATE constraints. ## Phase 0.5: Parallel-Aware Preamble > Skip silently when `persistence: false` in Session Config. Before Phase 1, run the parallel-aware preamble per `skills/_shared/parallel-aware-preamble.md`. The preamble detects other active sessions in the worktree-family via `findPeers(repoRoot, { mySessionId })`, classifies the caller's mode via `classifyMode(callerMode)` against the exclusivity-matrix, and fires the appropriate AUQ on conflict. **Outcome handling:** - `PASS_THROUGH` → continue to Phase 1 - `EXCLUSIVE_BLOCKED` → exit Phase 0 cleanly per the AUQ outcome - `PROMOTION_OFFER` → user picks Worktree-Promotion (see `parallel-aware-auq.md` outcome-handling — calls `enterWorktree()`), in-place + Deviation, or Abbrechen For session-end specifically: the preamble is DETECTION-ONLY. The lock-release path in later phases keeps its current behavior — releasing the OWN session's lock requires no matrix consultation. **Implementation reference:** `skills/_shared/parallel-aware-preamble.md § Implementation`. **AUQ reference:** `skills/_shared/parallel-aware-auq.md`. ## Phase 1: Plan Verification Read back the session plan that was agreed at the start. For EACH planned item: ### 1.1 Done Items - **Verify with evidence**: read the changed files, check git diff, run relevant test - Confirm acceptance criteria are met - Mark as completed ### 1.2 Partially Done Items - Document what was completed and what remains - Create a VCS issue for the remaining work with: - Title: `[Carryover] ` - Labels: `priority:`, `status:ready` - Description: what's done, what's left, context for next session - Link to original issue if applicable ### 1.3 Not Started Items - Document WHY (blocked? de-scoped? out of time?) - If still relevant: ensure original issue remains `status:ready` - If no longer relevant: close with comment explaining why ### 1.4 Emergent Work - Tasks that were NOT in the plan but were done (fixes, discoveries) - Document and attribute to relevant issues - If new issues were identified: create them on the VCS platform ### 1.5 Discovery Scan (if enabled) Read `skills/session-end/discovery-scan.md` for embedded discovery dispatch and findings triage. ### 1.6 Safety Review > Skip if `persistence` is `false` in Session Config (STATE.md won't exist). Review safety metrics from the session. This is informational — it does NOT block the session close. 1. Read `/STATE.md` to extract: - **Circuit breaker activations**: agents that hit maxTurns (`PARTIAL`), agents that spiraled (`SPIRAL`), agents that failed (`FAILED`) - **Worktree status**: which agents used worktree isolation, any fallbacks or merge conflicts 2. Read enforcement hook logs from stderr (if captured): count of scope violations blocked/warned, command violations blocked/warned 3. Summarize: ``` Safety review: - Agents: [X] complete, [Y] partial (hit turn limit), [Z] spiral/failed - Enforcement: [N] scope violations, [M] command blocks - Isolation: [K] agents in worktrees, [J] fallbacks ``` 4. If any agents were `SPIRAL` or `FAILED`, ensure carryover issues exist (cross-reference with Phase 1.2) 5. **Carryover validation fallback (#261):** Walk each Wave History entry in STATE.md. For every agent whose status is `SPIRAL` or `FAILED`, check whether the line ends with a `→ issue #NNN` suffix (or `→ existing #NNN`). If the suffix is absent, the auto-create call in wave-executor did not run (e.g. a consumer-project #251 V0.x.y-close incident where the session crashed before dispatch completed, or the CLI was offline at detection time). Retroactively file the carryover via `createSpiralCarryoverIssue`: ```js import { createSpiralCarryoverIssue } from '${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/spiral-carryover.mjs'; // For each SPIRAL/FAILED agent missing the "→ issue #NNN" suffix: const result = await createSpiralCarryoverIssue({ taskDescription: '', kind: 'SPIRAL', // or 'FAILED' context: '', priority: 'high', vcs: '' }); // result.created → note new issue id in Final Report under "New Issues Created" // result.skipped === 'duplicate' → an earlier session already filed one; record the existing id // result.skipped === 'error' → log in Final Report as "⚠ carryover filing failed for : " and continue (do NOT block close) ``` The module is idempotent via its task-hash dedup marker, so re-running the fallback across sessions will not create duplicates. ### 1.7 Metrics Collection Read `skills/session-end/metrics-collection.md` for JSONL schema and conditional field rules. ### 1.8 Session Review Dispatch the session-reviewer agent to verify implementation quality before the quality gate: > On Codex CLI, dispatch via the `session-reviewer` agent role defined in `.codex-plugin/agents/session-reviewer.toml`. 1. Invoke `subagent_type: "session-orchestrator:session-reviewer"` with: - **Scope**: all files changed this session (from `git diff --name-only` against the base branch) - **Context**: the session plan (issues, acceptance criteria) and all wave results from STATE.md 2. Wait for the reviewer's **Verdict**: - **PROCEED** — continue to Phase 2 - **FIX REQUIRED** — disposition each listed item by severity: | Finding class | Disposition | |---|---| | HIGH+ / blocking review finding | Fix inline if quick (<2 min); else create an issue (`priority:high`, `status:ready`) and note it in the Final Report | | MED / LOW review finding | Fold in-session if quick; else record under "Unresolved Review Findings" in the Final Report — DO NOT create an issue (#617) | | Planned-carryover (item was in the plan, not finished) | ALWAYS create a `[Carryover]` issue per Phase 1.2 — unchanged | | SPIRAL / FAILED agent carryover | ALWAYS file via `createSpiralCarryoverIssue` per Phase 1.6 — unchanged | ### 1.9 Mission-Status Classification (when `mission-status` present in STATE.md) > Skip if `persistence` is `false` in Session Config, or if `mission-status:` is absent from STATE.md frontmatter. When absent, fall back to binary checkbox detection in 1.1–1.4 unchanged — full backward compat. When STATE.md frontmatter contains a `mission-status:` array (set by session-plan + wave-executor per #340), use the enum values to classify items into the 1.1–1.4 buckets. Read the array via `parseMissionStatus(frontmatter)` from `scripts/lib/state-md.mjs`. **Classification mapping:** - `status: completed` → **1.1 Done Items** (item finished; verify with evidence per 1.1) - `status: testing` or `status: in-dev` → **1.2 Partially Done** (carryover; document what remains) - `status: validated` or `status: brainstormed` → **1.3 Not Started** (carryover; check if still relevant) - Items NOT present in the `mission-status:` array → fall back to binary checkbox detection per 1.1–1.4 unchanged **Backward compat:** When `mission-status:` is absent from STATE.md (pre-#340 STATE.md files, or sessions where session-plan did not emit the block), behave exactly as before — enum classification is skipped entirely and 1.1–1.4 binary checkbox logic runs as the sole classification mechanism. ### 1.10 Mission Status Breakdown (when `mission-status` present) > Skip if `mission-status:` is absent from STATE.md frontmatter (backward compat — no breakdown emitted). After classifying items in Phase 1.9, produce a **Mission Status breakdown** subsection as part of the closed/carryover summary output. Count the number of tasks at each enum value across ALL waves: ``` ### Mission Status Breakdown - completed: tasks - testing: tasks - in-dev: tasks - validated: tasks - brainstormed: tasks - Total: tasks across waves ``` Rules: - Count each task-id entry from the `mission-status:` frontmatter array by its current `status` value. - `completed` maps to Phase 1.1 (Done). `testing` + `in-dev` map to Phase 1.2 (Partial). `validated` + `brainstormed` map to Phase 1.3 (Not Started). - Include this block in the Phase 6 Final Report under `### Carried Over` or as a standalone subsection immediately after the Completed/Carried Over/New Issues lists. - When all tasks are `completed`, the breakdown still appears (confirms clean session state). ## Phase 2: Quality Gate > **Verification Reference:** See `verification-checklist.md` in this skill directory for the full quality gate checklist. Run ALL checks listed in the verification checklist. If any check fails: fix if quick (<2 min), otherwise create a `priority:high` issue. Do NOT commit broken code. ### Phase 2.0a: Echo-Stub Detection (GH #42) `gate-full.mjs` emits a top-level `stubbed: {}` map in its JSON result, keyed by check name (`typecheck`, `test`, `lint`); value is `{ kind: 'echo'|'noop' }`. When any check was short-circuited as a stub, `runCheck()` already returned `status: 'pass'` — so the overall gate verdict is green, but the result is meaningless. **Detection:** immediately after parsing the `gate-full` JSON result, evaluate: ```js const stubbedEntries = Object.entries(result.stubbed ?? {}); ``` **If `stubbedEntries.length > 0`**, surface a HIGH WARN block in the close summary: ``` ⚠ QUALITY GATE STUBBED — command(s) are echo/noop stubs, not real checks: - : stub (configured: "") Re-configure with a real test command in CLAUDE.md Session Config before /close, OR document this exception in /close --reason. ``` **Behavior by `enforcement` mode:** - `enforcement: strict` — **block /close**. Treat as a Phase 2 failure. Present the WARN block and exit without committing. - `enforcement: warn` (default) — continue, but write `quality-gate-stubbed: true` to STATE.md Deviations so the metrics writer captures it. - `enforcement: off` — silent. Emit a single-line `stderr` log only (`echo-stub detected: `). **Recipe:** for container-based test runners (e.g. EspoCRM PHPUnit) where an echo-stub was the historical workaround, see [`docs/recipes/quality-gate-container-pattern.md`](../../docs/recipes/quality-gate-container-pattern.md). **Source issue:** GH #42 (root cause: a consumer-project #251 V0.15.7-close incident — silent false-positive close-verdicts from echo-stub test commands). ### 2.1 Vault Validation (if configured) Read `skills/session-end/vault-operations.md` for validator bash contract and reporting matrix. ### 2.2 CLAUDE.md (or AGENTS.md) Drift Check (if configured) Read `skills/session-end/drift-operations.md` for checker bash contract and reporting matrix. Complements 2.1: vault-sync validates frontmatter inside the vault tree; drift-check validates narrative claims (paths, counts, issue refs, session-file refs) in top-level repo docs. ### 2.3 Vault Staleness Check (if configured) > Skip this subsection if `vault-staleness.enabled` is not `true` (default: `false`). #### Step 1 — Resolve mode Read `vault-staleness.mode` from `$CONFIG` (default: `warn`). Valid values: `off | warn | strict`. If `mode === 'off'`, skip Phase 2.3 entirely. #### Step 2 — Invoke staleness probes Both probes already ship in `skills/discovery/probes/`. Invoke each via Node import (no shell-out): ```js import { runProbe as runStaleness } from '$REPO_ROOT/skills/discovery/probes/vault-staleness.mjs'; import { runProbe as runNarrative } from '$REPO_ROOT/skills/discovery/probes/vault-narrative-staleness.mjs'; const projectStaleness = await runStaleness(projectRoot, config); const narrativeStaleness = await runNarrative(projectRoot, config); ``` Each probe returns `{ findings: Array, metrics: Object, duration_ms: Number }` and auto-appends a JSONL summary record to its respective metrics file. #### Step 3 — Aggregate and route by mode ``` totalFindings = projectStaleness.findings.length + narrativeStaleness.findings.length ``` - `mode === 'warn'` (default): report findings to closing report Docs Health line. Never block close. - `mode === 'strict'`: - If `totalFindings === 0`: continue, log `Vault staleness: clean (mode=strict)`. - If `totalFindings > 0`: BLOCK the close. Present the findings list and offer override: - On Claude Code: AskUserQuestion with options: 1. "Fix and retry Phase 2.3" (Recommended) — exit close, let user investigate 2. "Override and close" — proceed, log a Deviation entry in STATE.md `## Deviations`: `- [] Phase 2.3: Vault staleness strict-mode findings overridden by user. Findings: (projects: , narratives: ).` 3. "Abort close" — exit close without writing - On Codex CLI / Cursor IDE: same options as numbered Markdown list. #### Step 4 — Surface to closing report Pass the aggregated counts and mode forward to Phase 6 Final Report (Docs Health line — see Phase 6 below). ## Phase 3: Documentation Updates > **Final heartbeat (#590-3)** — at Phase 3 entry, refresh the session-lock heartbeat BEFORE the multi-minute close-out chain (vault-mirror, dialectic, durable-commit, metrics). A long-idle deep session may not have had PostToolBatch activity for >4h; without a refresh the 4h-TTL lock would lapse mid-close and appear stale to a concurrent session. Place this call BEFORE Phase 3.8 Session Lock Release (which deletes the lock — refreshing a deleted lock is a no-op). Best-effort: a failure must NOT block the close. > > ```js > // Final heartbeat (#590-3) — refresh before the multi-minute close-out (vault-mirror, dialectic, durable-commit) > // so a long-idle deep session's 4h-TTL lock does not lapse mid-close. > // BEFORE Phase 3.8 lock-release (which deletes the lock). > import { updateHeartbeat } from 'scripts/lib/session-lock.mjs'; > updateHeartbeat({ sessionId, repoRoot: process.cwd() }); > ``` > > Skip silently if `persistence: false` in Session Config (no session.lock exists in that mode). ### 3.0 Defensive Cleanup Delete `/wave-scope.json` if it still exists: ```bash rm -f /wave-scope.json ``` This should have been cleaned up by wave-executor after the final wave, but crashed sessions or interrupted executions may leave it behind. A stale scope manifest from a previous session could incorrectly restrict the next session's enforcement hooks. ### 3.1 SSOT Files - Update `STATUS.md` / `STATE.md` if they exist (metrics, dates, status) - Update `CLAUDE.md` (or `AGENTS.md` on Codex CLI) if patterns or conventions changed during this session - Check `/rules/` — if a new pattern was established, suggest a new rule file ### 3.2 Docs Verification (docs-orchestrator integration) > Skip this subsection if `docs-orchestrator.enabled` config is not `true` (default: `false`). Also skip entirely if `docs-orchestrator.mode` is `off`. Reads `docs-tasks` from STATE.md frontmatter (written by wave-executor Pre-Wave 1b), computes `CHANGED_FILES` via `git diff --name-only "$SESSION_START_REF..HEAD"`, and runs a per-task verification loop (outcome: `ok`/`partial`/`gap`). In `warn` mode logs results non-blocking; in `strict` mode blocks on any gap and presents an AskUserQuestion override prompt. Emits a `### Documentation Coverage (docs-orchestrator)` block for inclusion in the Phase 6 Final Report. **See `phase-3-2-docs-verification.md` for full details.** ### 3.2a Session Handover (for significant sessions) If this session made substantial changes, create or update: - `/session-handover/` doc with: tasks completed, resume point, metrics changed, issues opened/closed - Or update `/STATE.md` with session digest ### 3.3 Claude Rules Freshness Review `/rules/` files that are relevant to this session's work: - Are the rules still accurate after this session's changes? - Should any rule be updated with new patterns? - Should a new path-scoped rule be created? - Suggest changes but DO NOT modify without user confirmation ### 3.4 Update STATE.md > **Ownership Reference:** See `skills/_shared/state-ownership.md`. session-end is authorized to set `status: completed` plus the optional `updated` timestamp (#184), and — as of Phase A of Epic #271 — the 5 Recommendation fields written by Phase 3.7a. No other fields. > **Runtime Ordering Note (Epic #271 Phase A):** Phase 3.4's `status: completed` write executes LAST in Phase 3, AFTER Phase 3.7 (sessions.jsonl) and Phase 3.7a (Compute and Write Recommendations). The ordinal position here (3.4) is kept for historical compatibility; the canonical runtime order is `3.1 → 3.2 → 3.3 → 3.4a → 3.5 → 3.5a → 3.6 → 3.6.5 → 3.6.7 → 3.7 → 3.7a → 3.7b → 3.4`. Rationale: Phase 3.7a reads in-memory session metrics and writes the 5 Recommendation fields via `updateFrontmatterFields`; that write must complete BEFORE the STATE.md frontmatter is finalized with `status: completed` so the Recommendation fields are visible to the next session-start while STATE.md is still `status: active`. Crash-resilience: if `/close` aborts between 3.7a and 3.4, STATE.md carries `status: active` + Recommendations; session-start Phase 1.5 offers resume (and the banner renders). If the reverse ordering were used (status: completed first), a crash would leave `status: completed` without Recommendations — the Reader would silently no-op the banner, losing the handoff. > Gate: Only run if `persistence` is enabled in Session Config and `/STATE.md` exists. 1. Set frontmatter `status: completed` 2. Record final wave count and completion time in the frontmatter 3. Touch `updated: ` in the frontmatter (issue #184). Use `scripts/lib/state-md.mjs` → `touchUpdatedField` for safety: ```bash node --input-type=module -e " import {readFileSync, writeFileSync} from 'node:fs'; import {touchUpdatedField} from '${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/state-md.mjs'; const p = '/STATE.md'; writeFileSync(p, touchUpdatedField(readFileSync(p, 'utf8'), new Date().toISOString())); " ``` Silent no-op if the file has no frontmatter. 4. Keep the file as a record — do NOT delete it (next session-start reads it) If STATE.md doesn't exist, skip this subsection. ### 3.4a Coordinator Snapshot Cleanup (#196) Pre-dispatch snapshots (`refs/so-snapshots//wave-*`) are created by wave-executor before each wave dispatch so that session-start can offer recovery if a session is interrupted mid-wave. On a clean close those snapshots are no longer needed and should be deleted. In addition, orphaned refs from older sessions that were never cleaned up (e.g. after a hard crash) are garbage-collected using an age-based policy (14 days). > Gate: Only run if `persistence` is `true` in Session Config. Skip entirely when persistence is off (snapshots are never written in that mode). ```bash node --input-type=module -e " import { listSnapshots, deleteSnapshot, gcSnapshots } from '${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/coordinator-snapshot.mjs'; // Step A: delete this session's snapshots (clean close → we don't need them) const mine = await listSnapshots({ sessionId: '${SESSION_ID}' }); for (const s of mine) { const r = await deleteSnapshot({ refName: s.ref }); if (!r.ok) console.error('snapshot cleanup:', r.error); } // Step B: GC orphans older than 14 days (non-fatal) const gc = await gcSnapshots({ olderThanDays: 14 }); console.log(\`snapshot cleanup: deleted \${mine.length} from this session + \${gc.deletedCount} expired orphans (scanned \${gc.scanned}).\`); " ``` Failures in either step are logged to stderr but do **not** block session close — a missed cleanup is self-healing via the 14-day GC on the next session. This cleanup is the counterpart to the session-start Phase 1.5 recovery prompt: once a session closes cleanly, future sessions must not be offered recovery for its snapshots. ### 3.5 Session Memory > Gate: Only run if `persistence` is enabled in Session Config AND platform is Claude Code (session memory at `~/.claude/projects/` is Claude Code-only). Learnings (Phase 3.5a) and metrics (Phase 3.7) still write to `.orchestrator/metrics/` on all platforms. 1. Create `~/.claude/projects//memory/session-.md` with: - Frontmatter: `name`, `description` (1-line summary), `type: project` - `## Outcomes` — per-issue status (completed / partial / not started) with evidence - `## Learnings` — patterns discovered, architectural insights, gotchas - `## Next Session` — priority recommendations, suggested session type, blockers 2. Update `~/.claude/projects//memory/MEMORY.md`: - Under a `## Sessions` heading (create if missing), add: `- [Session ](session-.md) — ` ### 3.5a Learning Extraction + 3.6 Memory Cleanup & Learnings Write Read `skills/session-end/learning-patterns.md` for extraction heuristics, confidence updates, passive decay, and JSONL write procedure. ### 3.6.3 Memory Proposals Collection (#501, F2.1) > Gate: Skip this phase entirely when ANY of: > - `persistence` is `false` in Session Config > - `memory.proposals.enabled` is `false` (default: `true`) > - `.orchestrator/metrics/proposals.jsonl` does not exist OR contains zero entries After learnings are written (Phase 3.6) and BEFORE auto-dream dispatch (Phase 3.6.5), collect agent-proposed memory entries written during this session and present them to the operator via `AskUserQuestion` multiSelect. Approved entries flow to `learnings.jsonl` with `_provenance: agent-proposed@`. Rejected entries are archived to `.orchestrator/proposals.rejected.log`. The proposals queue is populated mid-session by wave-executor agents calling `node scripts/memory-propose.mjs --type ... --subject ... --insight ... --evidence ... --confidence ...`. The CLI enforces: - Quota per wave (default 5, configurable via `memory.proposals.quota-per-wave`) - Confidence floor (default 0.5, configurable via `memory.proposals.confidence-floor`) - Wrong-context guard (CLI exits non-zero when STATE.md `status` is not `active`) #### Coordinator-direct procedure 1. Read Session Config: `memory.proposals.enabled` (default `true`), `memory.proposals.quota-per-wave` (default 5), `memory.proposals.confidence-floor` (default 0.5), `auto-dream.min-confidence` (default 0.5 — issue #566; SECOND gate above the write-time `memory.proposals.confidence-floor`). 2. Invoke `collectProposals` from `scripts/lib/memory-proposals/collector.mjs`, passing the collect-emit confidence floor from Session Config: ```javascript import { collectProposals } from '${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/memory-proposals/collector.mjs'; const { queue, stats, perWaveSummaries } = await collectProposals({ repoRoot: process.cwd(), // Issue #566: collect-emit confidence floor. Records with // `record.confidence < minConfidence` are dropped from `queue` (but // counted in stats). When the key is absent, defaults to 0.5 via the // `_parseAutoDream` parser. minConfidence: config['auto-dream']?.['min-confidence'], }); ``` 3. If `queue.length === 0`: log `memory-proposals: queue empty (stats: ${JSON.stringify(stats)})` and continue. 4. **AUQ pagination logic**: partition the queue into FIFO batches of 4 inline: - Empty queue → silent skip (no AUQ rendered). - 1-4 items → single multiSelect call with all items as options. - 5+ items → sequential multiSelect calls in batches of 4 (FIFO order; final batch may have < 4 items). ```javascript // Inlined from former scripts/lib/memory-proposals/auq-partition.mjs (PRD F2.2 #502 closed; see #558 M2). const BATCH_SIZE = 4; const batches = []; if (Array.isArray(queue) && queue.length > 0) { for (let i = 0; i < queue.length; i += BATCH_SIZE) { batches.push(queue.slice(i, i + BATCH_SIZE)); } } ``` Then iterate `batches` and emit one `AskUserQuestion` per batch with `header: "Memory — Confirm Proposals (Batch N of M)"`. Option label format: `[] | | conf=X.XX`. Option description: `evidence: `. `multiSelect: true`. 5. After all batches answered, partition the queue into `approved` (any option selected across all batches) and `rejected` (all unselected). 6. Invoke `writeApproved` and `archiveRejected` from `scripts/lib/memory-proposals/sink.mjs`: ```javascript import { writeApproved, archiveRejected, clearProposalsJsonl } from '${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/memory-proposals/sink.mjs'; const writeResult = await writeApproved({ approved, repoRoot, sessionId }); const archiveResult = await archiveRejected({ rejected, repoRoot, reason: 'user-declined' }); await clearProposalsJsonl({ repoRoot }); ``` 7. Log outcome for Phase 6 Final Report: `memory.proposals: queued → approved, rejected (dropped: quota, below-floor)`. #### Failure modes - If `collectProposals` fails (fs error): log warning `⚠ memory-proposals: collect failed (${err}) — skipping`, do not block session close. - If `writeApproved` reports errors per-record: log each, but continue (per-record fault isolation per sink contract). - If `clearProposalsJsonl` fails: log warning; do not block. The file may be re-collected at the next session-end, idempotent. #### Cross-references - PRD: `docs/prd/2026-05-21-learning-memory-modernization.md` § F2.1 - Modules: `scripts/lib/memory-proposals/{schema,store,collector,sink}.mjs` - CLI: `scripts/memory-propose.mjs` (agents call this) - Hook: `hooks/pre-bash-memory-propose-audit.mjs` (audit trail) - Coordinator AUQ spec: `agents/memory-proposal-collector.md` (reference doc) - Sibling phases: 3.6.5 Auto-Dream (#502), 3.6.7 Auto-Dialectic (#506) - Issue: #501 ### 3.6.5 Auto-Dream Dispatch (#502, F2.2) > Skip this phase if `memory-cleanup-threshold: 0` (kill-switch per PRD F2.2). Also skip on non-Claude-Code platforms (memory dir at `~/.claude/projects/` is Claude Code-only, mirrors Phase 3.5 gate). After learnings are written (Phase 3.6), determine whether to emit a **manual-cadence nudge** to run `/memory-cleanup --dry-run` in the next session. The decision uses MEMORY.md line count and a sessions-since-last-cleanup signal. There is no `memory-cleanup` agent in the registry, so the historical auto-dream subagent dispatch never fired (see #614) — the nudge replaces it. A manually-run `/memory-cleanup --dry-run` writes a unified-diff proposal to `.orchestrator/pending-dream.md` for the session after that to apply via `/memory-cleanup --apply-pending`. 1. Read `memory-cleanup-threshold` (default 5) and `memory-cleanup-soft-limit` (default 180) from `$CONFIG`. 2. Invoke `shouldDispatchAutoDream` from `scripts/lib/auto-dream.mjs`: ```javascript import { shouldDispatchAutoDream } from '${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/auto-dream.mjs'; import { resolveMemoryDir } from '${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/memory-paths.mjs'; const memoryDir = resolveMemoryDir(); const decision = await shouldDispatchAutoDream({ repoRoot: process.cwd(), memoryDir, threshold: config['memory-cleanup-threshold'] ?? 5, softLimit: config['memory-cleanup-soft-limit'] ?? 180, }); ``` 3. If `decision.trigger === false`: log `auto-dream: not triggered (${decision.reason})` and continue. Emit no nudge. 4. If `decision.trigger === true`: **do not dispatch a subagent** — there is no `memory-cleanup` agent in `agents/`, so the historical `Agent({…})` dispatch pointed at the agent name `memory-cleanup` (a subagent type that was never built) and never fired (see #614). Instead, emit a manual-cadence nudge and continue: `auto-dream: cadence reached (${decision.reason}) — run /memory-cleanup --dry-run manually in the next session, then apply the proposal with /memory-cleanup --apply-pending.` The `shouldDispatchAutoDream` decision helper and `scripts/lib/auto-dream.mjs` lib stay in use: they compute the signal that drives this nudge and back the manual `/memory-cleanup` path (`writePendingDream` / `readPendingDream` / `applyPendingDream`). 5. Record the outcome (skipped / nudge-emitted) so Phase 6 Final Report can surface a line: `auto-dream: manual /memory-cleanup --dry-run recommended (cadence reached) — apply with /memory-cleanup --apply-pending next session`. The pending-dream sidecar at `.orchestrator/pending-dream.md` is intentionally outside the vault tree — vault-mirror (Phase 3.7) must exclude it from its scope so the proposal survives the session close without being mirrored into 50-sessions/. Cross-reference: PRD F2.2 acceptance criteria; `scripts/lib/auto-dream.mjs` API (`shouldDispatchAutoDream`, `readDreamSignals`, `writePendingDream`, `readPendingDream`, `applyPendingDream`). ### 3.6.7 Auto-Dialectic Dispatch (#506, F2.5) > Skip this phase if `dialectic.cadence: 0` (kill-switch per PRD F2.5 AC3). Also skip if `persistence` is `false` in Session Config. After learnings are written (Phase 3.6) and the auto-dream decision is made (Phase 3.6.5), determine whether to emit a **manual-cadence nudge** to run `/evolve --dialectic` in the next session. The decision uses sessions-since-last-dialectic counted against `.orchestrator/dialectic-last-run`. There is no `evolve` agent in the registry, and the nearest one (`dialectic-deriver`) is `sandbox-tier: read-only` and cannot write the sidecar — so the historical auto-dialectic subagent dispatch never fired (see #614). On trigger, emit the nudge and advance `.orchestrator/dialectic-last-run`; the timestamp is updated only when the nudge is emitted (not on skip), so the reminder surfaces once per cadence window rather than every session. A manually-run `/evolve --dialectic --dry-run` writes the proposed diff to `.orchestrator/dialectic-pending.md`. 1. Read `dialectic.cadence` (default 5), `dialectic.model` (default haiku), `dialectic.budget-tokens` (default 8000) from `$CONFIG`. 2. Invoke `shouldDispatchAutoDialectic` from `scripts/lib/auto-dialectic.mjs`: ```javascript import { shouldDispatchAutoDialectic } from '${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/lib/auto-dialectic.mjs'; const decision = await shouldDispatchAutoDialectic({ repoRoot: process.cwd(), cadence: config.dialectic?.cadence ?? 5, }); ``` 3. If `decision.trigger === false`: log `auto-dialectic: not triggered (${decision.reason})` and continue. Emit no nudge. Do NOT update `.orchestrator/dialectic-last-run`. 4. **AC4 precondition guard:** Even if cadence met, if `signals.sessionsSinceLast === 0 && signals.learningsSinceLast === 0`, skip with reason `no-new-input-since-last-run`. The Final Report (Phase 6) MUST include the literal string `dialectic: skipped (no new input since last run)`. 5. If `decision.trigger === true`: **do not dispatch a subagent** (see #614 — no `evolve` agent exists; `dialectic-deriver` is read-only and cannot write the sidecar). Instead, emit a manual-cadence nudge and continue: `auto-dialectic: cadence reached (${decision.reason}) — run /evolve --dialectic --dry-run manually in the next session, review .orchestrator/dialectic-pending.md, then apply with /evolve --dialectic --apply.` The `shouldDispatchAutoDialectic` decision helper and `scripts/lib/auto-dialectic.mjs` lib stay in use: they compute the cadence signal that drives this nudge. 6. When the nudge is emitted (cadence reached), update `.orchestrator/dialectic-last-run` via `writeDialecticLastRun({ repoRoot, isoTimestamp: new Date().toISOString() })` so the cadence counter advances and the nudge does not repeat every session. Atomic; failures non-fatal. 7. Record outcome (skipped / nudge-emitted) for Phase 6 Final Report: `auto-dialectic: manual /evolve --dialectic --dry-run recommended (cadence reached) — apply with /evolve --dialectic --apply next session`. The `.orchestrator/dialectic-pending.md` sidecar is intentionally outside the vault tree — vault-mirror (Phase 3.7) MUST exclude it from its scope. Cross-reference: PRD F2.5 acceptance criteria (#506); `scripts/lib/auto-dialectic.mjs` API. > **Dialectic chain rationale** — design choices in the manual `/evolve --dialectic` chain (`/evolve → runDialecticDeriver → dispatchAgent → Agent`). Session-end no longer auto-dispatches this chain (see #614 — the `evolve` agent never existed); the rationale below applies when you run `/evolve --dialectic` manually: > - **/evolve → subagent (not direct invoke):** the manual `/evolve --dialectic` skill spawns a subagent so the dialectic pass runs in a fresh context window — keeping the deriver's input-heavy payload (top-50 learnings + last-10 sessions + 2 peer cards + steering) out of the invoking coordinator's context, and letting the deriver run as Haiku while the coordinator stays Opus. > - **/evolve → runDialecticDeriver (not direct dispatchAgent):** /evolve owns argument parsing, config resolution, dry-run/apply gating, error-handling, and sidecar writes; runDialecticDeriver owns the pure derivation pipeline (load → payload → budget-check → dispatch → parse → guard). Separating skill-level orchestration from deriver business logic lets unit tests exercise the deriver without standing up the full evolve skill. > - **runDialecticDeriver → dispatchAgent (DI boundary):** per `.claude/rules/prompt-caching.md:3`, session-orchestrator forbids direct `@anthropic-ai/sdk` imports in business logic (the harness manages caching at the platform layer). dispatchAgent is the injected boundary — the evolve skill wires the real `Agent({...})` harness call at runtime, tests pass a `vi.fn()` mock. Same DI shape as `scripts/lib/autopilot.mjs::runLoop({opts})` (cf. `scripts/dialectic-deriver.mjs:7-16,531`). ### 3.7 Write Session Metrics Read `skills/session-end/session-metrics-write.md` for JSONL append, vault-mirror invocation, and behavior matrix. ### 3.7a Compute and Write Recommendations (Epic #271 Phase A) > Gate: Only run if `persistence` is `true` in Session Config AND `/STATE.md` exists. Skip silently otherwise. > **Ownership Reference:** See `skills/_shared/state-ownership.md`. session-end is the ONLY writer of the 5 Recommendation fields (`recommended-mode`, `top-priorities`, `carryover-ratio`, `completion-rate`, `rationale`). No other skill may write these keys. > **Ordering:** Runs AFTER Phase 3.7 (sessions.jsonl is just-written — reads in-memory session metrics, NOT JSONL) and BEFORE Phase 3.4 `status: completed` setting. See the Phase 3.4 Runtime Ordering Note for rationale. Calls `computeV0Recommendation({completionRate, carryoverRatio, carryoverIssues})` from in-memory session metrics and writes 5 fields to STATE.md frontmatter via `updateFrontmatterFields`. Inputs MUST come from in-memory metrics, NOT re-read from `sessions.jsonl`. On any exception writes `recommendation-compute-failed` to `sweep.log` and does NOT block Phase 3.4. **See `phase-3-7a-recommendations.md` for full details.** ### 3.7b Durable-Commit Session Telemetry (#490 AC2) > Gate: Always runs when persistence is enabled. Local execution is a no-op (`enabled: false`). > **Ordering:** Runs AFTER Phase 3.7a (Recommendations written to STATE.md) and BEFORE Phase 3.4 (`status: completed`). See the Phase 3.4 Runtime Ordering Note canonical order. Wraps the already-completed Phase 3.7 + 3.7a writes with `withDurableCommit` (from `scripts/lib/autopilot/durable-telemetry.mjs`) for the two session-end-owned files: `.orchestrator/metrics/sessions.jsonl` and `/STATE.md`. `enabled: false` keeps local closes a no-op (`{ok: true, skipped: true}`); the flag flips `true` only in cloud Routines execution so telemetry survives ephemeral-clone reclamation. `autopilot.jsonl` is NOT in scope here — `scripts/lib/autopilot/loop.mjs` owns its commit (#490 Wave-2). **See `phase-3-7a-recommendations.md` § Phase 3.7b for the full `withDurableCommit` invocation.** ## Phase 3.8: Session Lock Release (#330) > Gate: Only run if `persistence` is `true` in Session Config. Skip silently otherwise. After STATE.md is finalized with `status: completed` (Phase 3.4) and Recommendations are written (Phase 3.7a), release the distributed session-lock so the next session can acquire it cleanly: ```javascript import { release } from 'scripts/lib/session-lock.mjs'; // sessionId = the session identifier established by session-start Phase 1.2 acquire() // and stored in .orchestrator/session.lock (session_id field); matches the // STATE.md frontmatter `session:` field written during Pre-Wave 1b initialization. const result = release({ sessionId, repoRoot: process.cwd() }); // result.ok is always true unless a filesystem error occurred. // result.deleted === true → lock file removed successfully. // result.deleted === false → lock was absent or belonged to a different session_id (silent-OK). ``` If `result.deleted === false`, log `info: session-lock not released — already absent or session_id mismatch (no action needed)` and continue. This is a non-error state. If `result.ok === false` (rare filesystem error), log `⚠ session-lock: release failed — ` and continue. Do NOT block the close for a lock-release failure — the TTL provides automatic expiry for the next session. The lock is released here — AFTER all STATE.md writes are complete and BEFORE the commit is staged in Phase 4.1. This ordering ensures a clean handover: the lock file is absent from the working tree when the commit is assembled, so it is not accidentally staged. ## Phase 4: Commit & Push ### 4.1 Stage Changes - **Stage files individually**: `git add ` — NEVER `git add .` or `git add -A` - **Always stage these session artifacts** (if modified): - `.orchestrator/metrics/sessions.jsonl` (session summary from Phase 3.7) - `.orchestrator/metrics/learnings.jsonl` (learnings from Phase 3.6) - `/STATE.md` (session state, if persistence enabled) - Any files created or modified by wave agents - Review staged changes: `git diff --cached` — verify every change is from THIS session - If you see changes you did NOT make, ask the user (parallel session awareness) ### 4.2 Commit Use Conventional Commits format: ``` type(scope): description - [bullet points of what changed] - Closes #IID1, #IID2 (if applicable) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) ``` For sessions with many changes, prefer ONE commit per logical unit (not one mega-commit). ### 4.3 Push ```bash git push origin HEAD ``` ### 4.4 GitHub Mirror (if configured in Session Config) ```bash # Only attempt if 'mirror: github' is in Session Config AND remote exists git remote get-url github 2>/dev/null && git push github HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "GitHub mirror: not configured" ``` ## Phase 4a: Auto-Promoted Worktree Cleanup (#575 P3.2) > Skip if `persistence: false` in Session Config. Skip silently if the current worktree is NOT an Auto-promoted sibling (the common case). After Phase 4 commit+push has durably persisted `sessions.j …(truncated)