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David F GliddenandClaude Opus 4.7 e9e772d69c memory: bundle accumulated 04-17/26 + lock ARC about-page architecture
Safety checkpoint before deep-audit Phase 0 of the ARC repo. Steward-authorized
commit-everything for rollback safety.

ARC architectural locks (2026-04-26 evening):
- Path 1 enfilade structure (separate Colophon and Lex items)
- 8-door enfilade locked: Colophon · Lex · Framework · Vignette · Attention ·
  Chamber · Tools · Now (+ Bio quiet link)
- Adsum and threshold-hic as two distinct texts on the reflowed About page
  (steward verbatim: "They are certainly not the same text")

ARC consolidation pass (canonical tracker project-arc-rework.md, +~700 lines):
fold 04-23 evening (Norris read), 04-24 (lex-method authored, posture cluster,
§XII Sidenotes, ARC CLAUDE.md cleanup), 04-25 (marks cluster, colophon-at-scale,
full Vico/Harrison lex-chain), 04-26 (chamber-library walk, cluster scaffolds,
canonical-tracker discipline surfaced).

Sibling-file integration: four 2026-04-26 frame files folded into the canonical
tracker (Integrations A/B/C/D) with INTEGRATED redirect notices retained as
audit trail.

New durable feedback memories:
- feedback-canonical-workstream-tracker-discipline (umbrella drift surfaced
  2026-04-26 by steward; proposes /wake-up + /wrap-up amendments)
- feedback-catalogues-stale-walk-trees (steward feedback on chamber-library
  catalogue currency)

Implementation plan drafted for the coming week: Phase 0 deep audit → Phase 5
cleanup, with steward additions on second pass (deep audit; Chamber v1 as own
browsable archive; clean rebuild of cluster sources rather than moving test
artifacts as canon).

Also bundled (untracked accumulation since 04-17):
- ~24 session memory + ledger files for 04-17 through 04-26 work
- ~10 feedback memories (BMF + ARC + working-method)
- 5 project memories (lex-as-method, strunk-white queue, plus today's four)
- 4 user memories (duality-rules, formation-practice, foundation-work, humic-layer)

Steward-side modifications also in this commit: ~/CLAUDE.md, bin/bmf-start.sh,
open-tasks.md, project-focus-april-may.md, session-2026-04-17 — all
pre-existing, not from today's session.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-26 14:52:14 +02:00

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Standing authorization to invoke specialist sub-agents with Symmetria Steward has granted standing (session-persistent, cross-session) authorization to invoke independent specialist sub-agents whenever the executor judges one better-suited than direct work. Symmetria preamble required. No per-invocation check-in needed. feedback a3ddbf34-da48-4129-acba-658f2f869783

Independent-specialist invocation authorization (standing)

Rule: When a task would benefit from an independent specialist (code-reviewer, architect-review, debugger, security-auditor, general-purpose, etc.), invoke at will without asking first. Apply the Symmetria §5 preamble. Audit each return via /symmetria audit-agent. Reconcile findings yourself; do not hand synthesis to the agent.

Why: Steward explicitly authorized this 2026-04-19 during the L1 deep audit: "the agent invokation was a general comment. when you need help or want to do something you know an independent specialist would be better suited for i authorize you to invoke at will with symmetria". The framing is quality-jump oriented: use independent eyes at discovery moments (before synthesis, when confirmation bias would otherwise win), not as decoration or deferral of judgment.

How to apply:

  • Invoke at discovery moments: before interpreting raw data; before shipping a doc; when confirmation bias would otherwise win; when the executor's own authorship would color synthesis.
  • Do not invoke as an excuse to defer judgment. The executor retains the interpretive work. The agent is an independent datum, not a delegate.
  • Always include the Symmetria §5 preamble in the prompt.
  • Always audit the return via /symmetria audit-agent — calibration / convenience / scope.
  • Log the dialogue in the session ledger's "Sub-agent dialogues" section with verdict (act / re-query / escalate).
  • Re-verification of artifacts after substantial revision: if an agent rated an artifact and the artifact was then revised, re-run the same agent on the revised version before claiming the gate is closed. Author-authored validation is not reviewer-authored validation (yesterday's drift pattern: running framings/claims without grounding verification).

Does NOT apply to:

  • Constitutional changes (still [ESCALATE] to steward).
  • Code changes to territory owned by others (still PR + review, not sub-agent-mediated).
  • Work within the steward's own judgment domain (personal preferences, vault organization, creative direction).