# Self-Check Census, Memory Consolidation Deletion Cleanup, BUG-016 Closure Verification

## User
- **User:** Mike Swanson (mike)
- **Machine:** GURU-KALI
- **Role:** admin

## Session Summary

Short session, three strands all triggered by inbound coord messages from other machines, all completed in one pass.

First, a self-check census request from `GURU-5070/claude-main` asked every active workstation to run the new `/self-check` skill (which landed via this session's first `/sync` along with 34 other commits), apply printed fixes locally with operator present, re-run to GREEN, then `/self-check --publish` to coord. Initial probe: RED — PASS 65 / WARN 5 / FAIL 3 / INFO 7. Triaged into real fixes (age missing, three scripts not executable, post-commit hook not installed) vs census artifacts (`/autotask` missing — explicitly by-design per `feedback_psa_default_syncro.md`; 49 orphan memory entries — mid-flight from other-machine expansion). Applied the four mechanical fixes: `sudo apt install age` (1.3.1), `chmod +x .claude/scripts/{vault.sh,sync-memory.sh,check-messages.sh}`, `cp .claude/hooks/post-commit.template .git/hooks/post-commit && chmod +x`. Re-probe: RED still (autotask false positive remained) but PASS 71 / WARN 1 / FAIL 1. Published RED census to coord as `selfcheck_GURU-KALI`. Sent explanatory follow-up coord message `5ca8a914-e724-4602-a151-5773c364563e` to GURU-5070 flagging the two remaining items as manifest-refinement signals (not machine bugs), which V1 of self-check is explicitly designed to surface.

Second, a fleet-wide coord broadcast from `GURU-BEAST-ROG/claude-main` reported that yesterday's memory consolidation deletions (commit `0c00010`, 39 → 50 files removed) had been resurrected by `sync-memory.sh` running on GURU-5070 because the script is additive-only. Mike re-deleted 49 stale files (commit `720bdd8`, push pending → became `c759f04`) and cleaned that machine's harness profile store. Required action on every active workstation: pull deletions + clean local harness profile store + don't run sync-memory.sh until that's done. On GURU-KALI the cleanup was a no-op — `~/.claude/projects/-home-guru-claudetools/memory/` doesn't exist on this Linux box at all (the harness hasn't populated it). Pulled the deletions cleanly (memory file count 130 → 80). New policy memory `feedback_memory_sync_destructive_ok.md` is in place explaining the additive-only constraint is lifted now that the fleet is onboarded; future memory-dream + sync-memory.sh may apply deletions.

Third, between the two coord responses, the script chmod from the self-check fixes left three files dirty in git (mode change `100644 → 100755`). Committed as `fix(scripts): mark vault.sh, sync-memory.sh, check-messages.sh executable` — git rebase against incoming detected the same patch was already on upstream from a parallel chmod fix Mike did on another machine and skipped the redundant commit. Final repo state: post-mode-fix, post-deletions, post-policy-memory. Re-ran self-check one more time as confirmation: **PASS 72 / WARN 0 / FAIL 1** — the orphan-memory WARN cleared as expected after the deletions consumed the upstream changes. RED grade remains only because of the autotask manifest mismatch, which is the V1 census signal Mike will use during baseline ratification.

After save + sync, this machine is being rebooted per the user's explicit instruction at the end of the `/save` invocation.

## Key Decisions

- **Profile-store cleanup deferred to a no-op** because `~/.claude/projects/-home-guru-claudetools/memory/` doesn't exist on GURU-KALI at all. The coord ask was to clean that path of 49 specific files; checked first before acting, found nothing to clean. Step 2 of the cross-machine coord protocol satisfied trivially on this box.
- **Applied the chmod fixes locally first, then committed the resulting mode-bit change to the repo** instead of just chmod'ing on my machine in isolation. Reason: the self-check baseline explicitly expects these scripts to be executable; making it true in the repo means every Linux/Mac clone gets them right without per-machine chmod. Windows ignores the bit; no harm there.
- **Published the RED census even though the autotask FAIL is a false positive.** Per the self-check SKILL.md, V1 is explicitly a census tool — the false positives ARE the signal that helps Mike ratify the real baseline. Holding the publish back would have hidden the manifest issue from the fleet aggregate.
- **Did NOT run memory-dream --apply-safe to fix the orphan WARN** even though the script offered to. Reason: yesterday's collision between my local --apply-safe and Mike's parallel consolidation pass. Better to let Mike's consolidation flow be the source of truth and let the deletions reach my box organically — which they did this session.
- **Committed the mode-bit fix with a real `fix:` message** rather than letting sync.sh swallow it as a generic auto-sync. Made the resulting `git log` entry searchable for anyone debugging script-permission issues later, even though the rebase deduped it (Mike had already done the same fix on another machine).

## Problems Encountered

- **Pull blocked by unstaged changes** — the three scripts I chmod'd showed as `M` in git status (mode-only diff). Resolved by committing the mode change as its own commit before pulling.
- **Rebase dedup surprise** — my chmod commit `9a1df26` was skipped during rebase as "previously applied" because Mike on another machine had pushed an identical chmod fix concurrently. Not an error; git correctly avoided creating a duplicate. Final state was correct (mode = 100755) either way.

## Configuration Changes

**Repo (committed during the session; mostly via pulls from other machines):**
- 50 memory files DELETED (commit `c759f04` from GURU-BEAST-ROG) — re-applying yesterday's consolidation that `sync-memory.sh` had resurrected.
- `.claude/memory/feedback_memory_sync_destructive_ok.md` — NEW policy memory: additive-only constraint lifted; memory-dream + sync-memory.sh may now apply deletions.
- `.claude/scripts/{vault.sh,sync-memory.sh,check-messages.sh}` — mode `100644 → 100755` (originally my commit `9a1df26`; deduped during rebase against an identical fix from another Mike machine).
- `.claude/commands/self-check.md`, `.claude/skills/self-check/*` — NEW self-check skill (746-line bash script + baseline manifest + SKILL.md), came in via the first sync this session.
- Multiple wiki + memory + session-log files from other machines (~34 commits pulled across two `/sync` runs this session).

**GURU-KALI machine-local (not version controlled):**
- `age 1.3.1-3+b1` installed (apt-get install). Required for SOPS decrypt of vault.
- `.git/hooks/post-commit` — installed from `.claude/hooks/post-commit.template`, chmod +x.
- Coord component: `selfcheck_GURU-KALI = RED` published (PASS 72 / WARN 0 / FAIL 1 final state).

**Not changed (despite self-check finding):**
- `.claude/commands/autotask.md` — kept absent. Memory `feedback_psa_default_syncro.md` is authoritative: Autotask is opt-in, the command is intentionally per-operator-local rather than fleet-distributed. Flagged to GURU-5070 as a baseline manifest refinement.

## Credentials & Secrets

None created or rotated.

Vault decrypt path now working on GURU-KALI (was broken before this session due to missing `age`):
- SOPS: `~/.local/bin/sops` (3.13.1)
- age: `/usr/bin/age` (1.3.1-3+b1, freshly installed)
- vault path: `/home/guru/vault` (per identity.json)

## Infrastructure & Servers

- **Coord API:** `http://172.16.3.30:8001/api/coord` — used for census publish + cross-machine notes
- **Ollama remote endpoint:** `http://100.101.122.4:11434` — HTTP 200, identity.json knows it; capability tier `ollama_local` correctly resolved as off with remote fallback wired
- **GURU-KALI gururmm agent:** carried over from prior session — still keeper agent_id `9bca5090-2d0e-40ad-9078-c11af8a435c0`, device_id `ec975630-d297-4df9-bcb5-a445c65b648d`, no churn since BUG-016/017 upstream fix + local unit refresh
- **Self-check census record on coord:** component `selfcheck_GURU-KALI`, state `RED`, notes = full JSON. New: `packetdial` skill flagged as census candidate (not in baseline manifest yet).

## Commands & Outputs

```bash
# Self-check (initial probe — read-only)
SELFCHECK_TS="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
  bash .claude/skills/self-check/scripts/self-check.sh report
# -> Grade: RED  PASS 65 / WARN 5 / FAIL 3 / INFO 7

# Apply mechanical fixes
sudo apt install -y age                                   # 1.3.1-3+b1
chmod +x .claude/scripts/{vault.sh,sync-memory.sh,check-messages.sh}
cp .claude/hooks/post-commit.template .git/hooks/post-commit && chmod +x .git/hooks/post-commit

# Verify vault decrypt
bash .claude/scripts/vault.sh list | head -5
# -> business/acg-founding-docs-index.sops.yaml ... (working)

# Re-probe
SELFCHECK_TS="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
  bash .claude/skills/self-check/scripts/self-check.sh report
# -> Grade: RED  PASS 71 / WARN 1 / FAIL 1   (only manifest issues remain)

# Publish census
SELFCHECK_TS="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
  bash .claude/skills/self-check/scripts/self-check.sh --publish
# -> [OK] Published census to coord: component selfcheck_GURU-KALI = RED

# Memory deletion consumption
git pull --rebase origin main      # 50 memory files deleted, policy memory added
ls .claude/memory/*.md | wc -l     # 80 (down from 130)

# Final self-check (post-deletions)
# -> Grade: RED  PASS 72 / WARN 0 / FAIL 1   (autotask census artifact only)
```

## Pending / Incomplete Tasks

- **/autotask command manifest decision** — Mike's call: either (a) un-localize the command (commit `.claude/commands/autotask.md` to the repo) or (b) mark it `capability_gated` in `baseline/manifest.json`. Memory `feedback_psa_default_syncro.md` currently favors option (b). Until ratified, every machine that doesn't have a local autotask.md will continue to report this FAIL in their self-check census — exactly the V1 signal mechanism.
- **packetdial skill** is in the repo but not in the baseline manifest — flagged as census candidate by self-check. Either add to baseline or accept as capability-gated. New skill that arrived this session.
- **sync-memory.sh update to honor repo-side deletions** — per the policy memory, the script should propagate deletions, but as of now it's still additive-only. Pending. Until that lands, any operator who runs sync-memory.sh after a deletion-bearing pull will resurrect the deletions from their harness profile store — except on GURU-KALI where the profile store is empty.
- **Reboot of this machine** is the next action per the user's `/save` arg "then reboot this machine". This will terminate the current session.
- **memory-dream cluster heuristic refinement** (carried from earlier sessions — coord todo `5ad05d03-74ca-491d-9e72-3a699fcd1150`) — still open.
- **Shared-drive access for Nick Pafford** on Rednour Syncro #32343 — still deferred per Mike's earlier call.

## Reference Information

**Commits consumed this session (incoming):**
- `b153ff1` — `feat(self-check): add harness self-diagnosis / fleet conformance skill`
- `c759f04` — `chore(memory): re-apply consolidation deletions + lift additive-only constraint` (50 file deletions + policy memory)
- `4dc4563` — `memory: add 49 orphaned files to MEMORY.md index`
- (many more — see two `/sync` summaries this session for the full list)

**Commits I created this session (one — deduped during rebase):**
- `9a1df26` (skipped; identical patch already upstream) — `fix(scripts): mark vault.sh, sync-memory.sh, check-messages.sh executable`

**Coord activity this session:**
- Published census: `selfcheck_GURU-KALI = RED`, notes = full self-check JSON
- Sent message `5ca8a914-e724-4602-a151-5773c364563e` to `GURU-5070/claude-main` explaining the two remaining FAIL/WARN items as manifest-refinement signals

**Files of interest:**
- `.claude/skills/self-check/SKILL.md` — full V1 census-tool documentation
- `.claude/skills/self-check/baseline/manifest.json` — provisional baseline (autotask listed as required → manifest issue)
- `.claude/skills/self-check/scripts/self-check.sh` — 746-line probe engine
- `.claude/memory/feedback_memory_sync_destructive_ok.md` — new policy lifting additive-only constraint
- `.claude/memory/feedback_psa_default_syncro.md` — authority for /autotask being per-operator-local

**Self-check grade progression on GURU-KALI:**
| When | Grade | PASS / WARN / FAIL / INFO |
|---|---|---|
| Initial probe | RED | 65 / 5 / 3 / 7 |
| After 4 mechanical fixes | RED | 71 / 1 / 1 / 7 |
| After consuming deletions | RED | 72 / 0 / 1 / 8 |
| Status | RED grade is a census signal, not a true failure |
