#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Wake digest — cheap, computed session-start context. Emits ~600 tokens of CURRENT state at SessionStart, replacing the ~1,000-token session-handoff.md snapshot that had gone five months stale. The governing property: this is DERIVED, never CACHED. A stored digest drifts silently from the substrate — that is precisely how MemPalace's boot context failed. A computation over the substrate cannot drift; it can only have bugs, and bugs are found by positive controls. Every section here degrades honestly: if it cannot be computed it says so rather than emitting nothing. wake-digest.py emit the digest wake-digest.py --selftest prove each extractor detects presence AND absence Provenance: 2026-07-28, steward-authorized alongside the PENDING split and the CLAUDE.md doctrine annotation. Sibling of governance-drift-check.py. """ import os, re, subprocess, sys, time HOME = os.path.expanduser("~") D = os.path.join(HOME, "dotfiles") MEM = os.path.join(HOME, ".claude", "projects", "-Users-davidglidden", "memory") PENDING = os.path.join(D, "PENDING.md") REVIEWED = os.path.join(D, "REVIEWED.md") DRIFT = os.path.join(D, "scripts", "governance-drift-check.py") REPOS = ["CapableMind-AI", "BetterMemories.io", "chamber-library", "animal-davidglidden-eu", "studium-engine"] warn = [] def sh(args, cwd=None, timeout=8): try: r = subprocess.run(args, cwd=cwd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout) return r.stdout.strip() if r.returncode == 0 else None except Exception: return None def read(p): try: return open(p, encoding="utf-8").read() except Exception: return None # ---------- extractors (pure functions of text, so --selftest can exercise them) ---------- def open_items(text): """-> [(header, line_no)] for every '## ' item lacking closure evidence. Closure evidence = a REVIEWED-N (resolved by the caller) or CLOSED/COMPLETED in the header. Any '## ' line is an item — assuming one naming family missed twenty items on 2026-07-28.""" out = [] for i, l in enumerate(text.split("\n"), 1): if l.startswith("## ") and "CLOSED" not in l and not l.startswith("## COMPLETED"): out.append((l[3:].strip(), i)) return out def tag_of(text, header): m = re.search(re.escape("## " + header) + r".*?\n\*\*Tag:\*\*\s*(\[[A-Z]+\])", text, re.S) return m.group(1) if m else "" def strip_frontmatter(text): """YAML frontmatter restates the thread inside `description:`, and matching there runs the extraction on into `metadata:`. The body is the record.""" m = re.match(r"^---\n.*?\n---\n", text, re.S) return text[m.end():] if m else text def extract_anchor(text, anchor, limit=900): """Verbatim text following an anchor. Never summarised — a digest that paraphrases the steward's own words is the lossy extraction this whole architecture is designed to avoid. Handles both wrap shapes: `**ANCHOR: content**` (label and content share the bold run) and `**ANCHOR for next-Claude:** content` (label closes first).""" text = strip_frontmatter(text) i = text.find(anchor) if i < 0: return None s = text[i + len(anchor): i + len(anchor) + limit + 120] c = s.find(":") if 0 <= c <= 40: # remainder of the label, not content s = s[c + 1:] cut = re.search(r"\n\s*\n", s) if cut: s = s[: cut.start()] s = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", s.replace("**", "")).strip(" *—-") return (s[:limit].rstrip() + " …[truncated]") if len(s) > limit else s # ---------- sections ---------- def sec_pause(): files = [f for f in os.listdir(MEM) if f.startswith("session-") and not f.startswith("session-ledger-")] if not files: warn.append("no session memory files found") return None, None newest = max(files, key=lambda f: os.path.getmtime(os.path.join(MEM, f))) age = time.time() - os.path.getmtime(os.path.join(MEM, newest)) h = age / 3600 span = f"{age/60:.0f} min" if h < 1 else (f"{h:.1f} h" if h < 48 else f"{h/24:.1f} days") return newest, span def sec_pending(): t = read(PENDING) if t is None: warn.append("PENDING.md unreadable") return [] rt = read(REVIEWED) or "" rev = {m for m in re.findall(r"^## REVIEWED-(\S+)", rt, re.M)} items = [] for h, ln in open_items(t): m = re.match(r"PENDING-(\S+?)\s*—", h) if m and m.group(1) in rev: continue items.append((h, ln, tag_of(t, h))) if not items: warn.append("PENDING.md parsed but yielded no open items — check the parser") return items def sec_reviewed(n=3): t = read(REVIEWED) if t is None: warn.append("REVIEWED.md unreadable") return [] hs = re.findall(r"^## (REVIEWED-\S+ —.*)$", t, re.M) out = [] for h in hs[-n:]: m = re.search(re.escape("## " + h) + r".*?\n\*\*Decision:\*\*\s*(\w+)", t, re.S) out.append((h[:88], m.group(1) if m else "?")) return out def sec_drift(): o = sh([sys.executable, DRIFT]) if o is None: warn.append("drift check did not run") return None if "INSTRUMENT NOT VERIFIED" in o: return "INSTRUMENT NOT VERIFIED — treat as unestablished" m = re.search(r"(\d+) claim", o) return m.group(1) if m else "0" def sec_repos(): rows = [] for r in REPOS: p = os.path.join(HOME, "_Dev", r) if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(p, ".git")): continue sb = sh(["git", "-C", p, "status", "-sb", "--porcelain"]) or "" lines = sb.split("\n") head = lines[0][3:] if lines and lines[0].startswith("##") else "?" dirty = sum(1 for l in lines[1:] if l.strip()) subj = sh(["git", "-C", p, "log", "-1", "--format=%s"]) or "?" rows.append((r, head, dirty, subj[:60])) if not rows: warn.append("no repos resolved") return rows def sec_thread(newest): t = read(os.path.join(MEM, newest)) if newest else None if t is None: warn.append("session file unreadable — no thread or question") return None, None th = extract_anchor(t, "PULLING THREAD", 400) q = extract_anchor(t, "LITERAL QUESTION", 900) if th is None: warn.append("no PULLING THREAD anchor in the last wrap") if q is None: warn.append("no LITERAL QUESTION anchor in the last wrap") return th, q # ---------- the .app brief ---------- # The jurist reads Claude.app's personal preferences and has NO filesystem access, so # unlike CLAUDE.md that document cannot compute its state — it can only cache it. A cache # drifts; the mitigations are to keep it small, generate rather than hand-write it, and # date it so staleness is visible rather than misleading (Constitutional Constraint #4 # across a boundary we cannot check). This emits a paste-ready block and records when it # was generated, so the wake can report the age. BRIEF_PATH = os.path.join(D, "claude", "app-brief.md") def trackers(): t = read(os.path.join(MEM, "MEMORY.md")) if t is None: warn.append("MEMORY.md unreadable — no workstreams for the brief") return [] m = re.search(r"^## Canonical Workstream Trackers\s*$(.*?)^## ", t, re.S | re.M) if not m: warn.append("MEMORY.md has no 'Canonical Workstream Trackers' heading") return [] def clip(s, n): s = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", s).strip() if len(s) <= n: return s return s[:n].rsplit(" ", 1)[0] + "…" out = [] for line in m.group(1).split("\n"): if not line.startswith("- "): continue body = re.sub(r"\[([^\]]+)\]\([^)]*\)", r"\1", line[2:]) # unlink body = re.sub(r"[*`]", "", body) name, _, gist = body.partition(" — ") out.append((clip(name, 38), clip(gist, 72))) return out def commits_30d(path): o = sh(["git", "-C", path, "log", "--since=30.days", "--oneline"]) return len(o.split("\n")) if o else 0 def brief(stamp): """Replaces ONLY the projects half of the .app preferences' §Standing Context. The personal entries there (the orchestra conflict, the divorce, fraternal practice) are steward-held, unverifiable from any substrate, and must never be generated.""" items = sec_pending() o = [f"### Standing Context — Projects *(generated {stamp}; do not hand-edit)*", "", "Regenerate: `python3 ~/dotfiles/scripts/wake-digest.py --brief`. This is a snapshot,", "not a live view — the reader of this document has no filesystem access, so it cannot", "be computed here. If today is more than ~30 days after the date above, treat every", "line as unverified rather than current. Personal standing context is kept separately", "and by hand.", "", "TRACKER INDEX (from MEMORY.md — what exists, not what is hot; see repo activity" " below for that)"] for n, tail in trackers(): o.append(f" {n:<38} {tail}") o.append(f"\nOPEN AUTHORIZATION ITEMS ({len(items)}) — full text in ~/PENDING.md; " "closed items in ~/PENDING-archive.md") for h, _ln, tag in items: o.append(f" {tag:<12} {h[:92]}") o.append("\nLAST RULINGS") for h, d in sec_reviewed(4): o.append(f" {d:<10} {h}") o.append("\nREPO ACTIVITY (commits, last 30 days)") for r in REPOS: p = os.path.join(HOME, "_Dev", r) if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(p, ".git")): o.append(f" {r:<24} {commits_30d(p):>4}") o.append(f"\nGOVERNANCE DRIFT — ~/CLAUDE.md: {sec_drift()} substrate-contradicted claim(s)") o.append("\n*(end generated block)*") return "\n".join(o) + "\n" def brief_age_days(): """Age from the date written INSIDE the brief, never from mtime: git does not preserve mtime, so a fresh clone would make a stale brief read as newly generated — false freshness inside the freshness instrument.""" t = read(BRIEF_PATH) if t is None: return None m = re.search(r"generated (\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})", t) if not m: warn.append("app-brief.md carries no 'generated ' stamp — age unknown") return None y, mo, d = (int(x) for x in m.groups()) return (time.time() - time.mktime((y, mo, d, 12, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1))) / 86400 # ---------- self-test ---------- def selftest(): ok = True def chk(name, cond): nonlocal ok ok = ok and cond print(f" [{'ok ' if cond else 'FAIL'}] {name}") print("extractor controls (presence AND absence):") chk("open_items finds a plain item", open_items("## PENDING-1 — x") == [("PENDING-1 — x", 1)]) chk("open_items finds a non-numeric family [v1 splitter's blind spot]", open_items("## PENDING-S2 — x\n## PENDING — ICP-19") and len(open_items("## PENDING-S2 — x\n## PENDING — ICP-19")) == 2) chk("open_items excludes CLOSED / COMPLETED", open_items("## PENDING-1 — x (CLOSED)\n## COMPLETED — y") == []) chk("open_items returns empty on empty input", open_items("") == []) chk("tag_of reads a tag", tag_of("## PENDING-9 — t\n**Date:** d\n**Tag:** [ESCALATE]\n", "PENDING-9 — t") == "[ESCALATE]") chk("tag_of returns '' when absent", tag_of("## PENDING-9 — t\n", "PENDING-9 — t") == "") chk("extract_anchor pulls verbatim", extract_anchor("noise\n**PULLING THREAD:** do the thing.\n\nmore", "PULLING THREAD") == "do the thing.") chk("extract_anchor handles label-inside-bold (**A: content**)", extract_anchor("**PULLING THREAD: do the thing.**\n\nmore", "PULLING THREAD") == "do the thing.") chk("extract_anchor drops a label remnant (**A for next-Claude:** content)", extract_anchor("**LITERAL QUESTION for next-Claude:** Is it?\n\nx", "LITERAL QUESTION") == "Is it?") chk("extract_anchor skips YAML frontmatter", extract_anchor('---\ndescription: "PULLING THREAD: the wrong one."\ntype: x\n---\n' "**PULLING THREAD: the right one.**\n\nz", "PULLING THREAD") == "the right one.") chk("extract_anchor marks truncation", extract_anchor("**A:** " + "w " * 200, "A", limit=50).endswith("…[truncated]")) chk("extract_anchor returns None when the anchor is absent", extract_anchor("no anchor here", "PULLING THREAD") is None) print("\nlive substrate:") chk("PENDING.md readable", read(PENDING) is not None) chk("REVIEWED.md readable", read(REVIEWED) is not None) chk("drift check runs", sec_drift() is not None) chk("memory dir resolves", os.path.isdir(MEM)) print("\nSELFTEST", "PASS" if ok else "FAIL") return 0 if ok else 2 # ---------- render ---------- def main(): newest, span = sec_pause() th, q = sec_thread(newest) items, revs, drift, repos = sec_pending(), sec_reviewed(), sec_drift(), sec_repos() o = ["=== WAKE DIGEST (computed now — not a stored snapshot) ==="] o.append(f"Last wrap: {span} ago ({newest})" if span else "Last wrap: UNKNOWN") if th: o.append(f"\nPULLING THREAD — {th}") if q: o.append(f"\nOPEN QUESTION — {q}") o.append(f"\nOPEN AUTHORIZATION ITEMS ({len(items)}) — bodies in ~/PENDING.md at the line given;" " closed items are in ~/PENDING-archive.md") for h, ln, tag in items: o.append(f" L{ln:<5} {tag:<12} {h[:78]}") if revs: o.append("\nLAST RULINGS") for h, d in revs: o.append(f" {d:<10} {h}") o.append(f"\nGOVERNANCE DRIFT — ~/CLAUDE.md: {drift} substrate-contradicted claim(s)" " (detection only; correction needs [ESCALATE])") age = brief_age_days() if age is None: o.append("\n.APP BRIEF — never generated. The jurist's §Standing Context cannot be" " checked from here; run `wake-digest.py --brief` and paste it.") elif age > 30: o.append(f"\n.APP BRIEF — last GENERATED {age:.0f} days ago. This tracks generation," " not pasting: it is a lower bound on the jurist's staleness, never a" " guarantee of freshness.") if repos: o.append("\nREPOS") for r, head, dirty, subj in repos: flag = f" ~{dirty} dirty" if dirty else "" o.append(f" {r:<24} {head:<34}{flag} {subj}") if warn: o.append("\n⚠ DIGEST DEGRADED — these sections could not be computed:") for w in warn: o.append(f" - {w}") o.append("=== END WAKE DIGEST ===") print("\n".join(o)) def emit_brief(): stamp = sh(["date", "+%Y-%m-%d"]) or "date-unavailable" text = brief(stamp) os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(BRIEF_PATH), exist_ok=True) open(BRIEF_PATH, "w", encoding="utf-8").write(text) print(text) print(f"[written to {BRIEF_PATH} — the wake reports this file's age]", file=sys.stderr) if warn: print("⚠ brief degraded: " + "; ".join(warn), file=sys.stderr) if __name__ == "__main__": try: if "--brief" in sys.argv: sys.exit(emit_brief()) sys.exit(selftest() if "--selftest" in sys.argv else main()) except Exception as e: # never break session start print(f"=== WAKE DIGEST UNAVAILABLE — {type(e).__name__}: {e} ===")