# 2026-07-01 — Discord Self-Test + Registry Budget Fix (GREEN)

## User
- **Executed by:** ClaudeTools Discord Bot (GURU-BEAST-ROG)
- **Requested by:** Mike Swanson (@azcomputerguru, via Discord) - admin
- **Role:** automation (acting on the requester's behalf)

## Session Summary

Mike requested a self-test with version report via Discord (#botmagic, thread 1522075935598313605). Ran `/self-check` in report mode: grade AMBER — PASS 83 / WARN 1 / FAIL 0 / INFO 35. The sole warning was `harness.registry_budget`: skill-registry descriptions totaled 15,678 chars against the 10,500 budget across 35 skills. Reported versions: harness 1.4.3, Claude Code CLI 2.1.183, baseline manifest 1.0.0 (provisional), repo head f6f6aae6.

Mike approved clearing the AMBER and asked for the session model, which was reported as Claude Opus 4.7. Ranked all 35 skill descriptions by length, confirmed 17 of the 18 longest had no trigger documentation in their SKILL.md bodies, and ran a one-shot Python script (`.trim_registry.py`, deleted after use) that trimmed 18 descriptions to quoted one-liners and inserted a `## Triggers` section (full original trigger lists + preserved operational notes) into each body. Local recount: 9,544 / 10,500 — under budget.

A sync race then surfaced: while the local trim was in flight, the periodic auto-sync pulled commits from GURU-5070 (`b07613c1` auto-sync + `1264cbda` discord-bot gitlink advance) — GURU-5070 had shipped the SAME registry trim in parallel, plus a new `errorlog-dream` skill. The pull briefly produced 18 UU merge conflicts (a mid-merge self-check run read a stale/inflated 15,777-char total across 36 skills), which resolved in favor of the upstream (GURU-5070) versions; the local uncommitted edits were superseded. Final tree: 38 skill dirs, registry total 10,112 / 10,500.

Because the bot had copied its own (now-superseded) SKILL.md versions into `~/.claude/skills`, those deployed copies diverged from the repo's canonical ones; redeployed all repo SKILL.md files over `~/.claude/skills/<name>/` to restore identical duplicates. Final `/self-check`: **GREEN — PASS 86 / WARN 0 / FAIL 0 / INFO 36**. Logged the race as `--friction` in errorlog.md.

## Key Decisions

- Trimmed only the 18 longest descriptions (864→~200 chars each) rather than all 35 — sufficient to clear the ~5,200-char deficit with headroom, minimal blast radius.
- Preserved trigger keywords in the shortened one-liners (they drive auto-invocation) and moved full trigger lists + unique operational facts (ALIS read-only API / communityId 622, drive-map user-session/cmdkey nuances) into SKILL.md bodies so no information was lost.
- On discovering the merge race, accepted the upstream GURU-5070 trim as canonical instead of re-applying local edits — same fix, already committed and pushed fleet-wide; re-applying would have created pointless divergence.
- Redeployed repo SKILL.md copies to `~/.claude/skills` immediately to avoid the divergent-duplicate WARN on the next self-check.
- Logged the parallel-work race to errorlog.md with `--friction` (lesson: check coord / claim a lock before fleet-wide harness edits).

## Problems Encountered

- **Sync race / duplicate work:** GURU-5070 performed the identical registry trim concurrently; the periodic auto-sync merged its commits mid-task, transiently putting 18 SKILL.md files into UU conflict state. A self-check run during the merge read an inflated 15,777-char total (36 skills). Resolution: merge completed in favor of upstream; verified final total 10,112 / 10,500 and GREEN grade. Friction logged to errorlog.md.
- **Deployed-copy divergence:** bot had copied its own trimmed versions to `~/.claude/skills` before the upstream versions won; fixed by re-copying all repo SKILL.md files over the deployed copies.

## Configuration Changes

- `~/.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md` — redeployed from repo copies (deployed target only; not tracked in repo)
- `errorlog.md` — appended one `--friction` entry (self-check/registry-trim)
- `.trim_registry.py` — created and deleted (scratch, never committed)
- Repo `.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md` — final state comes from GURU-5070's upstream commits, not this session

## Credentials & Secrets

None accessed or created.

## Infrastructure & Servers

- Machine: GURU-BEAST-ROG (windows/amd64), ClaudeTools Discord Bot service
- Coord API reachable (self-check connectivity PASS); Gitea internal PASS

## Commands & Outputs

- `SELFCHECK_TS="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" bash .claude/skills/self-check/scripts/self-check.sh report`
  - Run 1: AMBER 83/1/0/35 — registry 15,678 > 10,500 (35 skills)
  - Run 2 (mid-merge, stale): AMBER — registry 15,777 (36 skills)
  - Run 3 (final): **GREEN 86/0/0/36**
- Registry recount one-liner (awk over `description:` frontmatter blocks): 9,544 post-local-trim; 10,112 final upstream state
- `git status --short` transiently showed 18 `UU` SKILL.md files; cleared after merge completed
- Versions: `.claude/harness/VERSION` = 1.4.3; `claude --version` = 2.1.183; session model Claude Opus 4.7

## Pending / Incomplete Tasks

- None for this task. Fleet note: other machines should `/sync` to pick up the trimmed registry; census/baseline ratification (self-check V1) still pending fleet-wide.
- Process improvement candidate: claim a coord lock (or check coord messages) before fleet-wide harness edits to avoid duplicate parallel work (errorlog friction entry filed).

## Reference Information

- Discord: #botmagic, thread 1522075935598313605, requester @azcomputerguru (Mike, 264814939619721216)
- Upstream commits merged mid-session: `b07613c1` (auto-sync GURU-5070), `1264cbda` (discord-bot gitlink -> a35bd1bf, default model claude-fable-5)
- Parallel session log (GURU-5070): `session-logs/2026-07/2026-07-01-mike-self-check-skill-desc-trim.md`
- Self-check engine: `.claude/skills/self-check/scripts/self-check.sh`; baseline: `.claude/skills/self-check/baseline/manifest.json` (1.0.0 provisional)
