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passepartout v0.7.2 (Gate Trace + HITL + Search + 11 more features):
- Gate trace visualization with Ctrl+G toggle
- HITL inline panels with styled collapse on approve/deny
- Agent identity file + /identity command
- Safe-tool read-only allowlist
- Message search mode with Up/Down nav and highlights
- Context budget visibility with section breakdown
- Session rewind /sessions /resume /rewind
- Undo/redo per operation
- Context debugging /context why /context dropped
- Tool hardening (timeouts, write verify, read-only cache)
- Tag stack severity tiers + trigger counts
- Merkle provenance audit + audit-verify
- Self-help /help <topic> reads USER_MANUAL.org
- Live CONFIG section in system prompts
- Pads: Page Up/Down scroll by 10 lines

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Captured from memory/2026-03-17.md on 2026-03-21 01:00

Captured from memory/2026-03-17.md on 2026-03-21 01:00

:CREATED: [2026-03-21 Sat 01:00]

## Major System Developments

### Three OpenClaw Skills Deployed Created and deployed three integrated skills for the opencortex-memex system:

  • opencortex-memex-zettlekasten: Nightly distillation of daily logs into atomic notes
  • opencortex-memex-gtd: Automated task promotion and GTD workflow management
  • opencortex-memex-workbreakdown: Meta-cognitive skill for task decomposition to prevent context saturation

All skills follow the established pattern: SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter, README.md for users, and integration with the PARA + Atomic Notes (Zettelkasten) + GTD workflow.

### Agora Gap Verification Progress Completed comprehensive gap verification:

  • CRITICAL gaps (4): 2 IMPLEMENTED, 2 REAL gaps confirmed
  • HIGH gaps (15): 7 IMPLEMENTED, 3 PARTIAL, 5 REAL
  • MEDIUM gaps (14): 10 verified, 4 deferred pending pressure-testing session

Used sub-agents for parallel verification of HIGH gaps successfully. Sub-agents struggled with MEDIUM gaps due to unclear task boundaries.

### 21-Layer System Audit Conducted first comprehensive self-assessment across 21 system layers. Honest grading:

  • Overall: C+ (70%)
  • Strengths: Git rollback (A-), PARA filing structure (B+), Skills framework (B-)
  • Critical gaps: Simulation/sandbox (F), Health/heartbeat automation (D+), Coordination layer (C)

Identified 5 highest-confidence solutions and 4 highest-risk gaps. Awaiting pressure-testing session before building.

### Tool Failure Protocol Established After repeated tool syntax errors and gateway restart misuse, formalized the protocol:

  1. READ error message completely
  2. IDENTIFY specific issue
  3. FIX actual syntax problem
  4. RETRY with corrected parameters
  5. ESCALATE only specific error after 2 attempts

Documented in tool_failure_protocol.org (Atomic Notes (Zettelkasten) atomic note, concept-based filename).

### Key Operational Learnings

  • Gateway restarts are for actual service issues, not syntax errors
  • Skills don't automatically replace old habits; must actively consult them
  • Complexity check must be invoked BEFORE execution, not as justification after
  • "What should I do?" is forbidden; use complexity check to decide autonomously
  • Sub-agents successful for parallel HIGH gap verification; MEDIUM gaps need clearer task definition

### Token Usage Reality Check 685k tokens "in" vs 6.4k "out" (107:1 ratio) revealed unsustainable consumption pattern. Added research task to Infrastructure project for optimization strategies.

### Workflow Integration Success Successfully established:

  • Bidirectional linking between GTD.org and 5_projects/*
  • Atomic Atomic Notes (Zettelkasten) notes in memex/2_notes/
  • Clean separation: actionable tasks in GTD, reference material in projects
  • LOGBOOK drawers for state tracking
  • .env-based configuration for portability

### Pattern Recognition Failure Despite creating skills explicitly forbidding dated filenames in notes, I created "operational_learnings_2026-03-17.org" before correcting to "tool_failure_protocol.org". Skills don't automatically override habits; active consultation required.

## Status: Session End Awaiting pressure-testing session for 21-layer audit assumptions. All building paused until final plan approved.

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