1	---
2	name: force-stop
3	description: |
4	  Force-stop an SPT agent — ready or live (with its Psyche).
5	argument-hint: "<id>"
6	allowed-tools: [Bash]
7	---
8
9	# /sptc:force-stop
10
11	> **Skeleton — thin by design.** Operative instructions for this skill are delivered by the
12	> `sptc` adapter at invocation time (UserPromptSubmit injection from the adapter `[strings]`;
13	> see `docs/adr/0001-distribution-splits-by-volatility.md`). This SKILL.md stays a stub.
14	>
15	> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
16	> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.
17
18	Tears down a perch; topology-aware (endpoint shutdown/stop for spt-hosted).
19

---
name: force-stop
description: |
  Force-stop an SPT agent — ready or live (with its Psyche).
argument-hint: "<id>"
allowed-tools: [Bash]
---

# /sptc:force-stop

> **Skeleton — thin by design.** Operative instructions for this skill are delivered by the
> `sptc` adapter at invocation time (UserPromptSubmit injection from the adapter `[strings]`;
> see `docs/adr/0001-distribution-splits-by-volatility.md`). This SKILL.md stays a stub.
>
> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

Tears down a perch; topology-aware (endpoint shutdown/stop for spt-hosted).


Edit

> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

Tears down a perch; topology-aware (endpoint shutdown/stop for spt-hosted).

> **Operative.** The UPS hook detects `/sptc:force-stop` and injects the body from
> `adapter/strings/skills/force-stop.md` (UPS-fires-on-slash confirmed, ADR-0002; file-backed
> `[strings]` shipped, F-003). If injection ever no-ops (spt absent / adapter unregistered), this
> stub is the floor.

Tears down an agent's endpoint: graceful `spt endpoint shutdown` (final save + Psyche teardown) or
soft `spt endpoint stop`. No hard/no-grace path in core spt (tracked gap).


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> **Operative.** The UPS hook detects `/sptc:force-stop` and injects the body from
> `adapter/strings/skills/force-stop.md` (UPS-fires-on-slash confirmed, ADR-0002; file-backed
> `[strings]` shipped, F-003). If injection ever no-ops (spt absent / adapter unregistered), this
> stub is the floor.

Tears down an agent's endpoint: graceful `spt endpoint shutdown` (final save + Psyche teardown) or
soft `spt endpoint stop`. No hard/no-grace path in core spt (tracked gap).

---
name: force-stop
description: |
  Force-stop an SPT agent — ready or live (with its Psyche).
argument-hint: "<id>"
allowed-tools: [Bash]
---

# /sptc:force-stop

> **Skeleton — thin by design.** Operative instructions for this skill are delivered by the
> `sptc` adapter at invocation time (UserPromptSubmit injection from the adapter `[strings]`;
> see `docs/adr/0001-distribution-splits-by-volatility.md`). This SKILL.md stays a stub.
>
> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

Tears down a perch; topology-aware (endpoint shutdown/stop for spt-hosted).

-> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection

-> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

+> **Operative.** The UPS hook detects `/sptc:force-stop` and injects the body from

+> `adapter/strings/skills/force-stop.md` (UPS-fires-on-slash confirmed, ADR-0002; file-backed

+> `[strings]` shipped, F-003). If injection ever no-ops (spt absent / adapter unregistered), this

-Tears down a perch; topology-aware (endpoint shutdown/stop for spt-hosted).

+Tears down an agent's endpoint: graceful `spt endpoint shutdown` (final save + Psyche teardown) or

+soft `spt endpoint stop`. No hard/no-grace path in core spt (tracked gap).


Now extend registration-int.sh — `commune` is no longer inline (the step-4b inline assertion would break) and add the new file-backed bodies. Reading + updating step 4b:


45	# 4b. File-backed [strings] pointer resolves to FILE CONTENTS (not the table, not raw); an inline
46	#     sibling still prints as-is. Proves `{ file = "skills/<x>.md" }` over adapter/strings/ (F-003).
47	body=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.whoami 2>&1)
48	case "$body" in "# /sptc:whoami"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.whoami -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.whoami not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$body")'" ;; esac
49	inline=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.commune 2>&1)
50	[ "$inline" = "Send a communal context update to your Psyche." ] && ok "inline string prints as-is: skills.commune" || bad "skills.commune inline='$inline'"
51

# 4b. File-backed [strings] pointer resolves to FILE CONTENTS (not the table, not raw); an inline
#     sibling still prints as-is. Proves `{ file = "skills/<x>.md" }` over adapter/strings/ (F-003).
body=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.whoami 2>&1)
case "$body" in "# /sptc:whoami"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.whoami -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.whoami not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$body")'" ;; esac
inline=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.commune 2>&1)
[ "$inline" = "Send a communal context update to your Psyche." ] && ok "inline string prints as-is: skills.commune" || bad "skills.commune inline='$inline'"


body=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.whoami 2>&1)
case "$body" in "# /sptc:whoami"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.whoami -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.whoami not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$body")'" ;; esac
inline=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.commune 2>&1)
[ "$inline" = "Send a communal context update to your Psyche." ] && ok "inline string prints as-is: skills.commune" || bad "skills.commune inline='$inline'"

body=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.whoami 2>&1)
case "$body" in "# /sptc:whoami"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.whoami -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.whoami not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$body")'" ;; esac
# Newly file-backed skills (commune = file-drop body; force-stop = endpoint shutdown body).
cbody=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.commune 2>&1)
case "$cbody" in "# /sptc:commune"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.commune -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.commune not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$cbody")'" ;; esac
fbody=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt "skills.force-stop" 2>&1)
case "$fbody" in "# /sptc:force-stop"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.force-stop -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.force-stop not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$fbody")'" ;; esac
# `live` remains an inline summary (held pending doyle's psyche_init propagation confirmation).
inline=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.live 2>&1)
[ "$inline" = "Upgrade this session to a live agent (Psyche-backed)." ] && ok "inline string prints as-is: skills.live" || bad "skills.live inline='$inline'"


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body=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.whoami 2>&1)
case "$body" in "# /sptc:whoami"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.whoami -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.whoami not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$body")'" ;; esac
# Newly file-backed skills (commune = file-drop body; force-stop = endpoint shutdown body).
cbody=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.commune 2>&1)
case "$cbody" in "# /sptc:commune"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.commune -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.commune not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$cbody")'" ;; esac
fbody=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt "skills.force-stop" 2>&1)
case "$fbody" in "# /sptc:force-stop"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.force-stop -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.force-stop not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$fbody")'" ;; esac
# `live` remains an inline summary (held pending doyle's psyche_init propagation confirmation).
inline=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.live 2>&1)
[ "$inline" = "Upgrade this session to a live agent (Psyche-backed)." ] && ok "inline string prints as-is: skills.live" || bad "skills.live inline='$inline'"

#!/bin/sh
# Integration proof for the claude-spt adapter manifest against a REAL spt-core (>= v0.7.0): the
# 2nd validation layer beyond JSON Schema — spt-core's `spt adapter add` cross-field registration —
# accepts the manifest, the shipped profile resolves, [strings] read through the registry, and the
# profile overlay is observable (base vs :deep differ). This is the v1 acceptance proof for the
# adapter manifest (LLM never in the loop; pure CLI assertions). [int->REQ-DIST-MANIFEST-SCHEMA]
#
# Mutates the node-local adapter registry (add + soft-remove), so it is gated behind SPTC_ACCEPTANCE=1
# and a present spt>=0.7.0 — never runs in the default `tests/*.sh` unit sweep. Idempotent: removes
# what it adds. Run: SPTC_ACCEPTANCE=1 sh ci/manifest/registration-int.sh   (exit 0 = pass).
set -u
ROOT=$(CDPATH= cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)
MANIFEST="$ROOT/adapter/claude-spt.toml"

if [ "${SPTC_ACCEPTANCE:-0}" != "1" ]; then echo "SKIP: set SPTC_ACCEPTANCE=1 to run (mutates the adapter registry)"; exit 0; fi
command -v spt >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "SKIP: no spt on PATH"; exit 0; }
ver=$(spt --version 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $NF}')
case "$ver" in
  0.6.*|0.5.*|0.4.*|0.3.*|0.2.*|0.1.*|0.0.*) echo "SKIP: spt $ver < 0.7.0 (shortcut_basename + adapter add are v0.7.0)"; exit 0 ;;
esac

fail=0
ok()  { echo "ok   $1"; }
bad() { echo "FAIL $1"; fail=1; }
# Clean up registry residue however we exit.
trap 'spt adapter remove claude-spt >/dev/null 2>&1 || true' EXIT INT TERM

# 1. Registration cross-field validation accepts the manifest.
out=$(spt adapter add "$MANIFEST" 2>&1)
case "$out" in *registered*) ok "spt adapter add: registered" ;; *) bad "adapter add rejected: $out" ;; esac

# 2. Listed, with the shipped profile resolved as a composite option.
list=$(spt adapter list 2>&1)
case "$list" in *claude-spt*) ok "listed: claude-spt active" ;; *) bad "claude-spt not listed" ;; esac
case "$list" in *claude-spt:deep*) ok "shipped profile resolves: claude-spt:deep" ;; *) bad "deep profile not resolved" ;; esac

# 3. [strings] read through the registry (base value).
base=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt adapter_label 2>&1)
[ "$base" = "Claude Code (spt)" ] && ok "strings resolve: adapter_label (base)" || bad "base adapter_label='$base'"

# 4. Profile overlay is observable: :deep leaf-replaces the base string.
deep=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt:deep adapter_label 2>&1)
[ "$deep" = "Claude Code (spt, deep)" ] && ok "overlay observable: :deep adapter_label differs" || bad "deep adapter_label='$deep'"

# 4b. File-backed [strings] pointer resolves to FILE CONTENTS (not the table, not raw); an inline
#     sibling still prints as-is. Proves `{ file = "skills/<x>.md" }` over adapter/strings/ (F-003).
body=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.whoami 2>&1)
case "$body" in "# /sptc:whoami"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.whoami -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.whoami not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$body")'" ;; esac
inline=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.commune 2>&1)
[ "$inline" = "Send a communal context update to your Psyche." ] && ok "inline string prints as-is: skills.commune" || bad "skills.commune inline='$inline'"

# 4c. UPS skill-injection end-to-end: the hook helper resolves a /sptc:<skill> prompt to the wrapped
#     operative body via get-string (REQ-UPS-INJECTION impl, on the registered adapter).
( . "$ROOT/plugin/sptc/hooks/_common.sh"
  inj=$(sptc_inject_skill "$(sptc_skill_key '/sptc:whoami report me')")
  case "$inj" in
    '<sptc_skill name="whoami">'*'# /sptc:whoami'*'</sptc_skill>'*) exit 0 ;;
    *) printf 'inject got: %.60s\n' "$inj"; exit 1 ;;
  esac ) && ok "UPS skill-injection: /sptc:whoami -> wrapped body" || bad "skill-injection did not emit wrapped body"

# 4d. The spt-hosted bringup blocks ([session.self] + [env.SPT_ENDPOINT_ID]) cross-field-validate:
#     `adapter add` (step 1) is manifest-first ("an invalid manifest registers nothing"), so the
#     manifest carrying these blocks registering at all proves spt-core accepted their shape. Confirm
#     the registered adapter advertises a hostable harness — the thing `spt endpoint run` spawns via
#     [session.self] (the M12 cc-launcher target). [int->REQ-DIST-MANIFEST-SCHEMA]
cap=$(spt api --adapter claude-spt --manifest "$MANIFEST" capability 2>&1)
case "$cap" in *LiveAgent*) ok "bringup blocks accepted; capability reports hostable harness" ;; *) bad "capability missing LiveAgent: $cap" ;; esac

# 5. Soft-deregister cleanly.
rm=$(spt adapter remove claude-spt 2>&1)
list2=$(spt adapter list 2>&1)
case "$list2" in *"claude-spt"*"active"*) bad "claude-spt still active after remove" ;; *) ok "removed (soft-deregistered)" ;; esac

[ "$fail" -eq 0 ] && { echo "MANIFEST-REGISTRATION-INT OK"; exit 0; } || { echo "MANIFEST-REGISTRATION-INT FAIL"; exit 1; }

-inline=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.commune 2>&1)

-[ "$inline" = "Send a communal context update to your Psyche." ] && ok "inline string prints as-is: skills.commune" || bad "skills.commune inline='$inline'"

+# Newly file-backed skills (commune = file-drop body; force-stop = endpoint shutdown body).

+cbody=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.commune 2>&1)

+case "$cbody" in "# /sptc:commune"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.commune -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.commune not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$cbody")'" ;; esac

+fbody=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt "skills.force-stop" 2>&1)

+case "$fbody" in "# /sptc:force-stop"*) ok "file-backed string resolves: skills.force-stop -> body" ;; *) bad "skills.force-stop not resolved to file body: '$(printf %.40s "$fbody")'" ;; esac

+# `live` remains an inline summary (held pending doyle's psyche_init propagation confirmation).

+inline=$(spt adapter get-string claude-spt skills.live 2>&1)

+[ "$inline" = "Upgrade this session to a live agent (Psyche-backed)." ] && ok "inline string prints as-is: skills.live" || bad "skills.live inline='$inline'"


if you aren't too far into building the extractor, you might want to switch to rust. fewer opportunities for latent bugs + it's what the legacy spt (which this project is based on) used. so it would j…


Consider switching extractor implementation to Rust


Validating: registration-int with new assertions + full gate:


Bash

cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-claude-code"
PATH="$(pwd)/tools/claude-spt-digest/target/release:$PATH"
echo "=== registration-int ==="
SPTC_ACCEPTANCE=1 sh ci/manifest/registration-int.sh 2>&1 | tail -16

Run registration-int with new skill assertions


=== registration-int ===
ok   spt adapter add: registered
ok   listed: claude-spt active
ok   shipped profile resolves: claude-spt:deep
ok   strings resolve: adapter_label (base)
ok   overlay observable: :deep adapter_label differs
ok   file-backed string resolves: skills.whoami -> body
ok   file-backed string resolves: skills.commune -> body
ok   file-backed string resolves: skills.force-stop -> body
ok   inline string prints as-is: skills.live
ok   UPS skill-injection: /sptc:whoami -> wrapped body
ok   bringup blocks accepted; capability reports hostable harness
ok   removed (soft-deregistered)
MANIFEST-REGISTRATION-INT OK


12/12 green — `[session]` block + new bodies all accepted. Full gate:


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-claude-code" && sh ci/run-gates.sh 2>&1 | grep -E "GATE:|FAIL|SKIP|coverage|RESULT|skeleton|manifest validates"

Full gate condensed


=== GATE: shell-syntax (sh -n) ===
ok  ci/publish/package-skeleton.sh
ok  ci/publish/validate-skeleton.sh
ok  tests/skeleton-validate.sh
=== GATE: unit tests (tests/*.sh) ===
ok  tests/skeleton-validate.sh
=== GATE: digest-extractor (cargo build + test) ===
=== GATE: traceable-reqs check (requirement coverage) ===
ok  coverage green
=== GATE: skeleton-validate (cplugs installability) ===
ok  skeleton installable
=== GATE: manifest-schema ===
ok   manifest validates against published manifest.schema.json
=== GATE: docs-drift ===
=== RESULT: PASS ===


Gate PASS. The `new-alarm` + `live` stubs still cite stale "F-001/M12" hold reasons — updating for accuracy (new-alarm = out-of-scope; live = held on doyle's propagation check):


1	---
2	name: new-alarm
3	description: |
4	  Schedule a one-shot timed alarm delivered as a TIMED PULSE.
5	argument-hint: "<time_spec> -- <message>"
6	allowed-tools: [Bash]
7	---
8
9	# /sptc:new-alarm
10
11	> **Skeleton — thin by design.** Operative instructions for this skill are delivered by the
12	> `sptc` adapter at invocation time (UserPromptSubmit injection from the adapter `[strings]`;
13	> see `docs/adr/0001-distribution-splits-by-volatility.md`). This SKILL.md stays a stub.
14	>
15	> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
16	> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.
17
18	Schedules a delayed self-notification delivered when the time arrives.
19

---
name: new-alarm
description: |
  Schedule a one-shot timed alarm delivered as a TIMED PULSE.
argument-hint: "<time_spec> -- <message>"
allowed-tools: [Bash]
---

# /sptc:new-alarm

> **Skeleton — thin by design.** Operative instructions for this skill are delivered by the
> `sptc` adapter at invocation time (UserPromptSubmit injection from the adapter `[strings]`;
> see `docs/adr/0001-distribution-splits-by-volatility.md`). This SKILL.md stays a stub.
>
> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

Schedules a delayed self-notification delivered when the time arrives.


Edit

> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

Schedules a delayed self-notification delivered when the time arrives.

> **Out of scope for v1 (no core primitive).** spt-core has no user-facing alarm / timed-pulse
> command — the legacy `$LIVE TIMED PULSE` is an owl/Psyche-layer convenience not lifted into core,
> and an adapter cannot add a core feature (adapter = manifest + binary). There is deliberately no
> `[strings.skills].new-alarm` entry; this stub stays inert until spt-core mints a deferred-pulse
> primitive (tracked spt-core parity-gap finding — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`).

Would schedule a delayed self-notification — pending a core deferred-pulse primitive.


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> **Out of scope for v1 (no core primitive).** spt-core has no user-facing alarm / timed-pulse
> command — the legacy `$LIVE TIMED PULSE` is an owl/Psyche-layer convenience not lifted into core,
> and an adapter cannot add a core feature (adapter = manifest + binary). There is deliberately no
> `[strings.skills].new-alarm` entry; this stub stays inert until spt-core mints a deferred-pulse
> primitive (tracked spt-core parity-gap finding — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`).

Would schedule a delayed self-notification — pending a core deferred-pulse primitive.

---
name: new-alarm
description: |
  Schedule a one-shot timed alarm delivered as a TIMED PULSE.
argument-hint: "<time_spec> -- <message>"
allowed-tools: [Bash]
---

# /sptc:new-alarm

> **Skeleton — thin by design.** Operative instructions for this skill are delivered by the
> `sptc` adapter at invocation time (UserPromptSubmit injection from the adapter `[strings]`;
> see `docs/adr/0001-distribution-splits-by-volatility.md`). This SKILL.md stays a stub.
>
> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

Schedules a delayed self-notification delivered when the time arrives.

-> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection

-> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

+> **Out of scope for v1 (no core primitive).** spt-core has no user-facing alarm / timed-pulse

+> command — the legacy `$LIVE TIMED PULSE` is an owl/Psyche-layer convenience not lifted into core,

+> and an adapter cannot add a core feature (adapter = manifest + binary). There is deliberately no

+> `[strings.skills].new-alarm` entry; this stub stays inert until spt-core mints a deferred-pulse

+> primitive (tracked spt-core parity-gap finding — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`).

-Schedules a delayed self-notification delivered when the time arrives.

+Would schedule a delayed self-notification — pending a core deferred-pulse primitive.


1	---
2	name: live
3	description: |
4	  Run a live agent session (Self + Psyche companion). For past sessions, restores a summarized context.
5	argument-hint: "[<id>] [--auto]"
6	allowed-tools: [Bash]
7	---
8
9	# /sptc:live
10
11	> **Skeleton — thin by design.** Operative instructions for this skill are delivered by the
12	> `sptc` adapter at invocation time (UserPromptSubmit injection from the adapter `[strings]`;
13	> see `docs/adr/0001-distribution-splits-by-volatility.md`). This SKILL.md stays a stub.
14	>
15	> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
16	> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.
17
18	Runs a live agent (Self) with its Psyche companion. Maps to spt-hosted bringup + the harness-hosted listen loop.
19

---
name: live
description: |
  Run a live agent session (Self + Psyche companion). For past sessions, restores a summarized context.
argument-hint: "[<id>] [--auto]"
allowed-tools: [Bash]
---

# /sptc:live

> **Skeleton — thin by design.** Operative instructions for this skill are delivered by the
> `sptc` adapter at invocation time (UserPromptSubmit injection from the adapter `[strings]`;
> see `docs/adr/0001-distribution-splits-by-volatility.md`). This SKILL.md stays a stub.
>
> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

Runs a live agent (Self) with its Psyche companion. Maps to spt-hosted bringup + the harness-hosted listen loop.


> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

Runs a live agent (Self) with its Psyche companion. Maps to spt-hosted bringup + the harness-hosted listen loop.

> **Held (body pending).** The injection mechanism is operative, but the `live` body is not yet
> authored: `/sptc:live` upgrades THIS session to a LiveAgent via a `claude-spt:live` profile that
> overlays `[session.psyche_init]`. Held pending doyle confirming (in spt-core code) that the
> seed-time profile PROPAGATES to drive the daemon's `psyche_init` spawn (`SKILLS-SLICE-PLAN.md`).
> Until the body lands this stub is the floor.

Upgrades this session to a live agent (Psyche-backed) — distinct from `spt endpoint run` (which
spawns a separate broker-PTY session). Body lands on the psyche_init propagation confirmation.


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> **Held (body pending).** The injection mechanism is operative, but the `live` body is not yet
> authored: `/sptc:live` upgrades THIS session to a LiveAgent via a `claude-spt:live` profile that
> overlays `[session.psyche_init]`. Held pending doyle confirming (in spt-core code) that the
> seed-time profile PROPAGATES to drive the daemon's `psyche_init` spawn (`SKILLS-SLICE-PLAN.md`).
> Until the body lands this stub is the floor.

Upgrades this session to a live agent (Psyche-backed) — distinct from `spt endpoint run` (which
spawns a separate broker-PTY session). Body lands on the psyche_init propagation confirmation.

---
name: live
description: |
  Run a live agent session (Self + Psyche companion). For past sessions, restores a summarized context.
argument-hint: "[<id>] [--auto]"
allowed-tools: [Bash]
---

# /sptc:live

> **Skeleton — thin by design.** Operative instructions for this skill are delivered by the
> `sptc` adapter at invocation time (UserPromptSubmit injection from the adapter `[strings]`;
> see `docs/adr/0001-distribution-splits-by-volatility.md`). This SKILL.md stays a stub.
>
> **Not yet operative.** Wiring is held pending spt-core finding **F-001** (the injection
> contract — `docs/SPT-CORE-FINDINGS.md`) and the M12 file-backed `[strings]` dependency.

Runs a live agent (Self) with its Psyche companion. Maps to spt-hosted bringup + the harness-hosted listen loop.

+> **Held (body pending).** The injection mechanism is operative, but the `live` body is not yet

+> authored: `/sptc:live` upgrades THIS session to a LiveAgent via a `claude-spt:live` profile that

+> overlays `[session.psyche_init]`. Held pending doyle confirming (in spt-core code) that the

+> seed-time profile PROPAGATES to drive the daemon's `psyche_init` spawn (`SKILLS-SLICE-PLAN.md`).

+> Until the body lands this stub is the floor.

-Runs a live agent (Self) with its Psyche companion. Maps to spt-hosted bringup + the harness-hosted listen loop.

+Upgrades this session to a live agent (Psyche-backed) — distinct from `spt endpoint run` (which

+spawns a separate broker-PTY session). Body lands on the psyche_init propagation confirmation.


Re-running gate (stub edits) then committing:


Bash

cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-claude-code" && sh ci/run-gates.sh 2>&1 | grep -E "FAIL|RESULT|coverage|skeleton inst"

Gate after stub edits


=== GATE: traceable-reqs check (requirement coverage) ===
ok  coverage green
ok  skeleton installable
=== RESULT: PASS ===


cd "C:/Users/decid/Documents/projects/spt-claude-code"
git add adapter/claude-spt.toml adapter/strings/skills/commune.md adapter/strings/skills/force-stop.md ci/manifest/registration-int.sh plugin/sptc/skills/commune/SKILL.md plugin/sptc/skills/force-stop/SKILL.md plugin/sptc/skills/new-alarm/SKILL.md plugin/sptc/skills/live/SKILL.md
git status --short
git commit -q -F - <<'EOF'
feat(skills): author commune (file-drop) + force-stop (shutdown); scope new-alarm out

Per doyle's 2026-06-15 scope ruling. Two of the four live-layer skills land now
(both fully unblocked); live stays held, new-alarm is out-of-scope v1.

- commune — FILE-DROP (no api commune by design): the agent writes
  <id>-commune.md into the manifest's watched dir; daemon ingests + deletes.
  Manifest [session].commune_dir/signoff_dir = ".claude" (CC's per-project state
  dir). Body adapter/strings/skills/commune.md (file-backed { file }). Live-agent
  only (needs a Psyche).
- force-stop — graceful `spt endpoint shutdown [<id>]` (final save + Psyche
  teardown for a live composite); soft `spt endpoint stop <id>` as the lighter
  path. No hard/no-grace path in core (tracked spt-core gap). Body file-backed.
- live — body HELD: upgrade-this-session-to-LiveAgent via a claude-spt:live
  profile overlaying [session.psyche_init]; pending doyle confirming the seed-time
  profile propagates to the daemon's psyche_init spawn. Stub reason refreshed.
- new-alarm — EXPLICIT OUT-OF-SCOPE v1: no core alarm/timed-pulse primitive; no
  [strings.skills] entry (visible-not-silent). doyle carries a parity-gap finding.
- registration-int: commune + force-stop bodies resolve; live stays inline (9->12
  assertions vs live v0.7.1). [session] block accepted (manifest-first).

9/11 skills operative (commune, force-stop added). live held, new-alarm out-of-scope.
REQ-DIST-MANIFEST-SCHEMA (the [session] seam) / REQ-UPS-INJECTION (the bodies).

Co-authored by: perri
EOF
echo "rc=$?"; git log --oneline -1

Commit commune + force-stop skills


<owl_messages>
<owl_message from="doyle" priority="high">[doyle → perri] GROUNDED — traced the full propagation path + Psyche contract. Your two-profile live design WORKS. Author it.

Q1 — PROFILE PROPAGATES + DRIVES psyche_init. CONFIRMED in code: `api seed` stores the FULL `<adapter>:<profile>` string -> establish_perch writes it verbatim to info.json `adapter` -> the daemon reads info.adapter_name and calls resolve_option_in, which SPLITS the composite and APPLIES the profile overlay -> BrainLifecycle gets the MERGED manifest and checks manifest.session.psyche_init on THAT. So a `:live` overlay's [session.psyche_init] IS present and the Psyche spawns. Internal design says the same (profiles = "runtime selection, not registration identity"). So: base `claude-spt` (no psyche_init = ReadyAgent) + `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` (= LiveAgent); /sptc:ready seeds `--adapter claude-spt`, /sptc:live seeds `--adapter claude-spt:live`. The published "profiles aren't runtime dispatch" line you saw is WRONG vs code — see doc-gap note below.

Q2 — psyche_init {keys} the daemon fills: exactly {id, session_id, psyche_dir, psyche_prompt}. Detail: BrainLifecycle base_keys provides {id, session_id}; spawn_psyche then injects {id (= <parent>-psyche, OVERRIDES the parent id), psyche_dir, psyche_prompt}. So in your psyche_init.command template, ONLY {id}/{session_id}/{psyche_dir}/{psyche_prompt} resolve. NOT psyche_context and NOT session_name on the initial spawn — {psyche_context} is the fresh-with-preload RESUME seam key (catalog lists it for the Psyche role but it's filled on the preload path, not first spawn). If you need carried context on a resume, that's a separate seam — flag it and I'll spec it.

Q3 — Psyche process contract: FIRE-AND-FORGET DETACHED. spt-core spawns it with Stdio::null on stdin/stdout/stderr and DROPS the handle; the daemon does NOT supervise the process. Liveness is daemon-authoritative (perch marked online after spawn, not pid-tracked). The command is adapter-authored + opaque to spt-core. So claude-spt's psyche_init.command = launch `claude` headless as the companion consuming {psyche_prompt} (the composed turn prompt); it runs autonomously and authors COMMUNE deltas only (never reply/notify — note the echo-commune is a DISTINCT cheaper model, a separate actor from the Psyche). Exits at session end. Conceptually the same companion contract as legacy owl's Psyche — spt-core doesn't pick the model, your claude invocation does. Since it's Stdio::null, the Psyche cannot rely on stdin/stdout to the daemon — it communicates via its perch/commune drops.

DOC GAP (mine): the published api.md never states that `--adapter` accepts `<adapter>:<profile>` or that the bound profile drives runtime resolution (incl psyche_init). That's the real gap. The contradicting "api doesn't accept profile qualifiers / registration-not-dispatch" line is NOT in current docs-site/src — and llms-full.txt is GENERATED by concatenating those pages, so what you read is likely a STALE published copy (pre-update). My doc fix adds the positive contract to api.md; the next site publish regenerates llms-full clean. If that line is in the CURRENT live llms-full.txt, paste me the anchor/section so I can confirm stale-vs-real. Authoring the live profile path is UNBLOCKED — go. F-004 PR #14 still in CI; release pending operator, I'll ping the tag.</owl_message>
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M  adapter/claude-spt.toml
A  adapter/strings/skills/commune.md
A  adapter/strings/skills/force-stop.md
M  ci/manifest/registration-int.sh
M  plugin/sptc/skills/commune/SKILL.md
M  plugin/sptc/skills/force-stop/SKILL.md
M  plugin/sptc/skills/live/SKILL.md
M  plugin/sptc/skills/new-alarm/SKILL.md
rc=0
0cbd8c9 feat(skills): author commune (file-drop) + force-stop (shutdown); scope new-alarm out


doyle GROUNDED the full live contract — **live is unblocked**:
- **Q1:** profile propagates (`seed` stores `<adapter>:<profile>` → info.json → daemon splits + applies overlay → BrainLifecycle checks `psyche_init` on the MERGED manifest). Two-profile design confirmed.
- **Q2:** psyche_init keys = `{id, session_id, psyche_dir, psyche_prompt}` only (NOT psyche_context/session_name on initial spawn).
- **Q3:** Psyche = fire-and-forget detached (Stdio::null), adapter-authored command, runs autonomously authoring commune drops, has its own perch (`<parent>-psyche`), exits at session end.

The contract's clear but the CC Psyche-RUNNER invocation (a resident headless `claude` companion polling its own perch) is a real design piece. Acking doyle + spinning a claude-code-guide agent (background) for the right CC headless-resident invocation, while I capture his grounding durably.


$OWL send --reply-to doyle doyle <<'EOF'
[perri → doyle] GROUNDING ABSORBED — thank you, that's the whole live contract. Two-profile design confirmed: base claude-spt=ReadyAgent, [profiles.live.session.psyche_init]=LiveAgent; /sptc:ready seeds --adapter claude-spt, /sptc:live seeds --adapter claude-spt:live; daemon resolves the merged manifest + spawns the Psyche off psyche_init. Keys {id,session_id,psyche_dir,psyche_prompt} only (no psyche_context/session_name on first spawn). Psyche = fire-and-forget detached, own perch <parent>-psyche, commune-drops only, exits at session end.

DOC-GAP source clarification: the "api doesn't accept profile qualifiers / registration-not-dispatch" wording was the WebFetch model's PARAPHRASE answering my prompt over llms-full.txt — NOT necessarily a literal line. So it may be the fetch summarizing absence-of-the-positive-contract as a negative, rather than a stale literal sentence. Your read (the positive contract is simply MISSING from api.md, and llms-full is generated from those pages) is the likely truth. I won't claim a literal stale line; your doc fix (add the positive `<adapter>:<profile>` + profile-drives-psyche_init contract to api.md) is the right close. If you want the exact rendered text I'll re-fetch and grep the anchor.

TWO remaining IMPLEMENTATION questions before I author the live body (the CONTRACT is clear; these are the claude-specific HOW):
1. CC :live ACTIVATION for a hook-draining session. CC does NOT block-listen (it drains via the UPS api-poll hook, no `api listen` loop). SessionStart already seeds/binds as base claude-spt. So to upgrade THIS running session to :live, does /sptc:live re-establish info.json's adapter to claude-spt:live via `spt api --adapter claude-spt:live bind <id> --set-session-id <sid>` (re-bind, same session, flips the profile → daemon sees :live → spawns Psyche)? Or a re-seed? What's the sanctioned re-profile verb for an already-online perch?
2. The Psyche RUNNER command. "claude headless companion consuming {psyche_prompt}, resident for the session, own perch, commune-drops" — a bare `claude -p {psyche_prompt}` is one-shot (prints+exits), not resident. Spinning a claude-code-guide agent on the right CC headless-resident invocation; if there's a canonical Psyche-runner shape you intend (wrapper script vs a claude flag), point me at it and I'll match.

Authoring the [profiles.live] overlay skeleton now to your key contract; finalizing the command + the live body on these two. F-004 ping awaited.
EOF
echo "rc=$?"

Ack doyle grounding + 2 impl questions


➜ REPLIED:doyle
rc=0


Agent

CC headless resident agent invocation

Prompt:
I need to know how to launch Claude Code (the `claude` CLI) as a long-running, DETACHED, headless "companion" process — not interactive, no TTY. Requirements for this companion process:

1. It is spawned fire-and-forget with stdin/stdout/stderr all redirected to /dev/null (Stdio::null) and the parent drops the handle (no supervision).
2. It must consume an INITIAL prompt passed to it at spawn (a composed prompt string), then keep running AUTONOMOUSLY for the lifetime of a "session" — i.e. it should NOT just print one response and exit. It needs to stay resident and continue doing work over time (the work: it periodically authors small markdown "delta" files to a watched directory; it has its own message inbox it polls via a hook).
3. Because stdin is /dev/null, it cannot be driven by piping turns into stdin interactively. It needs to either loop internally, or be driven by some other mechanism (its own hooks / a scheduled wake).

Concretely answer:
- What is the exact `claude` command/flags to launch a NON-interactive, headless session that stays alive and works autonomously over time? Cover: `claude -p/--print` (headless print mode) — does it stay resident or exit after one turn? Is there a streaming/loop mode? What about `--output-format stream-json` with `--input-format stream-json`?
- Is there a supported way for a headless `claude` to run a recurring/looping task without a human at the keyboard (e.g. via hooks like Stop, or a self-scheduling mechanism, or the `/loop` skill, or the Agent SDK)?
- If `claude -p` is fundamentally one-shot, what is the canonical pattern to build a resident autonomous agent on top of Claude Code — a wrapper shell loop that re-invokes `claude -p` each cycle? The Claude Agent SDK? Headless with a Stop hook that re-triggers?
- Given stdin is /dev/null, what drives subsequent turns? Can a Stop hook inject additionalContext to continue the agent in a loop?

I'm building an adapter where an external daemon spawns this companion ONE TIME, detached, and it must run autonomously until the session ends. I need the most robust, supported invocation pattern. Cite Claude Code docs/features. Be concrete with exact command lines.


<owl_messages>
<owl_message from="doyle" priority="high">[doyle → perri] HEADS-UP — second published-doc bug found while writing the profile fix, directly in your path: the manifest.md `[session.psyche_init]` EXAMPLE uses `{session_name}` (`--name {session_name}` + `keys = ["session_name", ...]`). That key is NEVER filled for the Psyche roles — verified in code: base_keys fills only {id, session_id}, and spawn_and_bind adds {id, psyche_dir, psyche_prompt}. So a psyche_init command templating {session_name} HARD-FAILS at spawn ("no value for substitution key session_name"). {session_name} is a `[session.self]` fill, not a Psyche one. DO NOT copy that example.

Correct psyche_init fill set = exactly {id, session_id, psyche_dir, psyche_prompt}. Template only those. I fixed the example to `--prompt {psyche_prompt}` + `keys = ["psyche_prompt","psyche_dir"]` and added an explicit "Psyche roles fill exactly these four" note. Both fixes (this + the api.md `--adapter <adapter>:<profile>` runtime-selection contract) are on a branch, PR incoming. Your live-profile authoring stands — just use the four real keys. Carry on.</owl_message>
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CC headless resident agent invocation

Prompt:
I need to know how to launch Claude Code (the `claude` CLI) as a long-running, DETACHED, headless "companion" process — not interactive, no TTY. Requirements for this companion process:

1. It is spawned fire-and-forget with stdin/stdout/stderr all redirected to /dev/null (Stdio::null) and the parent drops the handle (no supervision).
2. It must consume an INITIAL prompt passed to it at spawn (a composed prompt string), then keep running AUTONOMOUSLY for the lifetime of a "session" — i.e. it should NOT just print one response and exit. It needs to stay resident and continue doing work over time (the work: it periodically authors small markdown "delta" files to a watched directory; it has its own message inbox it polls via a hook).
3. Because stdin is /dev/null, it cannot be driven by piping turns into stdin interactively. It needs to either loop internally, or be driven by some other mechanism (its own hooks / a scheduled wake).

Concretely answer:
- What is the exact `claude` command/flags to launch a NON-interactive, headless session that stays alive and works autonomously over time? Cover: `claude -p/--print` (headless print mode) — does it stay resident or exit after one turn? Is there a streaming/loop mode? What about `--output-format stream-json` with `--input-format stream-json`?
- Is there a supported way for a headless `claude` to run a recurring/looping task without a human at the keyboard (e.g. via hooks like Stop, or a self-scheduling mechanism, or the `/loop` skill, or the Agent SDK)?
- If `claude -p` is fundamentally one-shot, what is the canonical pattern to build a resident autonomous agent on top of Claude Code — a wrapper shell loop that re-invokes `claude -p` each cycle? The Claude Agent SDK? Headless with a Stop hook that re-triggers?
- Given stdin is /dev/null, what drives subsequent turns? Can a Stop hook inject additionalContext to continue the agent in a loop?

I'm building an adapter where an external daemon spawns this companion ONE TIME, detached, and it must run autonomously until the session ends. I need the most robust, supported invocation pattern. Cite Claude Code docs/features. Be concrete with exact command lines.


doyle: second doc bug — the manifest.md `[session.psyche_init]` example uses `{session_name}`, which is NEVER filled for Psyche roles (hard-fails at spawn). Correct fill set = exactly `{id, session_id, psyche_dir, psyche_prompt}`. Noted — I haven't authored the command yet, so no harm; I'll template only those four. Capturing both groundings durably while the subagent researches the runner invocation. Acking + updating the plan:


Bash

$OWL send --reply-to doyle doyle <<'EOF'
[perri → doyle] Noted the {session_name} trap — good catch, would've bitten me. psyche_init.command will template ONLY {id}/{session_id}/{psyche_dir}/{psyche_prompt}, keys a subset of those, no session_name. Both your doc fixes captured (api.md profile-runtime-selection contract + manifest.md psyche_init example→{psyche_prompt}). Spun a claude-code-guide agent on the CC headless-resident Psyche-runner invocation (still open Q2); will finalize the [profiles.live] command + live body on that + your activation-verb answer (Q1). Carrying on.
EOF
echo "rc=$?"

Ack doyle session_name bug


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Subagent perch noted (informational). Updating the plan's `live` section with doyle's full grounding:


10	1. **live — IN SCOPE.** Semantics = upgrade THIS CC session to a **LiveAgent**; do NOT spawn a
11	   separate/nested broker-PTY session (that's the `spt endpoint run`/`spt rc`/picker door — a
12	   different entry). Harness-hosted-bind model: `/sptc:ready` = ReadyAgent (perch + poll, no Psyche);
13	   `/sptc:live` = upgrade this session to LiveAgent = **trigger the Psyche spawn for it**.
14	   - **MECHANISM (doyle):** LiveAgent-vs-ReadyAgent is gated by the manifest **`[session.psyche_init]`**
15	     seam — the daemon BrainLifecycle only spawns the Psyche when the manifest declares it
16	     (early-returns None otherwise). There is **no "go-live" api verb**. So "this session is a
17	     LiveAgent" ≡ "its adapter/profile declares `psyche_init`."
18	   - **RESOLVED (research 2026-06-15):** TWO-PROFILE shape. base `claude-spt` = ReadyAgent (no
19	     `psyche_init`); `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` overlay = LiveAgent. `/sptc:ready` seeds
20	     `--adapter claude-spt`; `/sptc:live` seeds `--adapter claude-spt:live`. **Empirically the api
21	     accepts the composite:** `spt api --adapter claude-spt:deep seed …` → `SEEDED`. psyche_init keys
22	     the daemon fills: `{session_name}` `{psyche_dir}` `{psyche_prompt}` `{psyche_context}`. Example:
23	     `[session.psyche_init] command="… --name {session_name}" cwd="{psyche_dir}" detach=true`.
24	   - **DOC GAP flagged to doyle (2026-06-15):** published llms-full.txt says api calls do NOT accept
25	     profile qualifiers ("profiles are registration/data, not runtime dispatch") — CONTRADICTS the
26	     empirical `--adapter claude-spt:deep seed` acceptance. Unconfirmed on the public surface: (1) does
27	     seed→listen PROPAGATE the profile so the daemon spawns the `:live` psyche_init? (2) psyche_init
28	     {keys} filled for a harness-hosted bind. doyle owns the doc fix; live-daemon int deferred (like
29	     other acceptance ints) until confirmed.
30	   - **OPEN design Q to doyle:** the CC Psyche spawn COMMAND (`psyche_init.command`) — what the daemon
31	     expects the Psyche process to DO (summarizer companion contract? same as legacy owl?). Shapes the
32	     command (likely `claude` headless w/ {psyche_prompt}/{psyche_context}). **Author on doyle's reply.**
33
34	2. **commune — IN SCOPE, FILE-DROP (not a command).** No `api commune` by design. The adapter writes
35	   `<endpoint_id>-commune.md` into the manifest-declared **`[session].commune_dir`** (a spawn-session
36	   seam field); the daemon watches/ingests/deletes it (daemon = single writer). So `/sptc:commune` =
37	   compose the delta + drop the file. **Author `[session].commune_dir` (+ `signoff_dir`) in the
38	   manifest.** (Schema confirmed: `Session.commune_dir` / `Session.signoff_dir` exist.)
39

1. **live — IN SCOPE.** Semantics = upgrade THIS CC session to a **LiveAgent**; do NOT spawn a
   separate/nested broker-PTY session (that's the `spt endpoint run`/`spt rc`/picker door — a
   different entry). Harness-hosted-bind model: `/sptc:ready` = ReadyAgent (perch + poll, no Psyche);
   `/sptc:live` = upgrade this session to LiveAgent = **trigger the Psyche spawn for it**.
   - **MECHANISM (doyle):** LiveAgent-vs-ReadyAgent is gated by the manifest **`[session.psyche_init]`**
     seam — the daemon BrainLifecycle only spawns the Psyche when the manifest declares it
     (early-returns None otherwise). There is **no "go-live" api verb**. So "this session is a
     LiveAgent" ≡ "its adapter/profile declares `psyche_init`."
   - **RESOLVED (research 2026-06-15):** TWO-PROFILE shape. base `claude-spt` = ReadyAgent (no
     `psyche_init`); `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` overlay = LiveAgent. `/sptc:ready` seeds
     `--adapter claude-spt`; `/sptc:live` seeds `--adapter claude-spt:live`. **Empirically the api
     accepts the composite:** `spt api --adapter claude-spt:deep seed …` → `SEEDED`. psyche_init keys
     the daemon fills: `{session_name}` `{psyche_dir}` `{psyche_prompt}` `{psyche_context}`. Example:
     `[session.psyche_init] command="… --name {session_name}" cwd="{psyche_dir}" detach=true`.
   - **DOC GAP flagged to doyle (2026-06-15):** published llms-full.txt says api calls do NOT accept
     profile qualifiers ("profiles are registration/data, not runtime dispatch") — CONTRADICTS the
     empirical `--adapter claude-spt:deep seed` acceptance. Unconfirmed on the public surface: (1) does
     seed→listen PROPAGATE the profile so the daemon spawns the `:live` psyche_init? (2) psyche_init
     {keys} filled for a harness-hosted bind. doyle owns the doc fix; live-daemon int deferred (like
     other acceptance ints) until confirmed.
   - **OPEN design Q to doyle:** the CC Psyche spawn COMMAND (`psyche_init.command`) — what the daemon
     expects the Psyche process to DO (summarizer companion contract? same as legacy owl?). Shapes the
     command (likely `claude` headless w/ {psyche_prompt}/{psyche_context}). **Author on doyle's reply.**

2. **commune — IN SCOPE, FILE-DROP (not a command).** No `api commune` by design. The adapter writes
   `<endpoint_id>-commune.md` into the manifest-declared **`[session].commune_dir`** (a spawn-session
   seam field); the daemon watches/ingests/deletes it (daemon = single writer). So `/sptc:commune` =
   compose the delta + drop the file. **Author `[session].commune_dir` (+ `signoff_dir`) in the
   manifest.** (Schema confirmed: `Session.commune_dir` / `Session.signoff_dir` exist.)


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<result>Perfect. Now I have all the information I need. Let me compile a comprehensive answer based on the official documentation.

## Direct Answers

Based on Claude Code's official documentation:

### 1. **Exact command for headless, detached, non-interactive operation**

```bash
claude -p "Your initial prompt here" \
  --no-session-persistence \
  --bare \
  < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 &
```

**Key flags:**

- `-p` / `--print`: Non-interactive mode. Reads stdin, processes one turn of the agentic loop, outputs result, then **exits**. Does NOT stay resident.
- `--no-session-persistence`: Disable transcript saves to disk (makes sense for fire-and-forget processes).
- `--bare`: Skip auto-discovery of hooks, skills, plugins, MCP servers, CLAUDE.md. Reduces startup overhead and ensures deterministic runs.
- `< /dev/null`: stdin is null (compatible with your requirement).
- `> /dev/null 2>&1 &`: Redirect output to null and background the process.

**Critical limitation:** `claude -p` is **fundamentally one-shot and exits after one turn**. It does not stay resident or loop internally. From the docs:

> "Print response without interactive mode...then exit"

---

### 2. **Does `--print` stay resident or loop?**

**No.** `claude -p` **runs one full agentic turn (the agent may use tools, loop internally, and perform multi-step reasoning) and then exits**. It cannot:
- Loop autonomously after the turn completes
- Stay alive waiting for external input
- Be re-driven via a Stop hook
- Self-reschedule

---

### 3. **Streaming and loop modes**

Yes, streaming output is supported:

```bash
claude -p "Your prompt" \
  --output-format stream-json \
  --verbose \
  --include-partial-messages
```

**But streaming does NOT change the one-turn-then-exit behavior.** The output is streamed token-by-token, but the process still exits when Claude's response completes.

There is NO built-in looping or recurring mode for `claude -p`. The `/loop` skill mentioned in custom skills is **interactive only** and requires a human at the keyboard.

---

### 4. **Canonical pattern for autonomous, long-lived companion processes**

**Option A: Shell wrapper loop (NOT RECOMMENDED for true detached daemons)**

```bash
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
  claude -p "Check for work in ~/inbox" --continue \
    --output-format json \
    --bare
  # Parse JSON response, check if work exists, sleep
  sleep 5
done &
```

**Problems:**
- Spawns new `claude` processes in a loop; expensive startup overhead.
- Not truly detached; shell script must stay alive.
- Sessions bloat with history from repeated invocations.

**Option B: Claude Agent SDK (RECOMMENDED)**

This is the **correct, supported pattern** for autonomous agents. Use the Python or TypeScript SDK:

```python
from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic()
session_id = None

while True:
    # Poll for work in ~/inbox
    response = client.messages.create(
        model="claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
        max_tokens=1024,
        messages=[
            {"role": "user", "content": "Check for new work"}
        ]
    )
    # Parse response, take action
    # session_id persists across turns; no transcript bloat
    time.sleep(5)
```

From the docs:

> "Use the Agent SDK to run Claude Code programmatically from the CLI, Python, or TypeScript."

The Agent SDK provides:
- **Native session persistence** without transcript bloat
- **Multi-turn agentic loops** with tool use across turns
- **Programmatic control** (no stdin required)
- **Streaming callbacks** for real-time output
- **Custom tool approval handlers** for autonomous tool use

---

### 5. **Can a Stop hook restart the session or inject context for next turns?**

**No, not as a looping mechanism.** Stop hooks can:

- Prevent Claude from finishing (`exit code 2` or `decision: "block"`)
- Inject `additionalContext` for the **current turn** to continue
- Block exit and ask Claude to reconsider

**But they cannot:**
- Restart the session after exit
- Trigger a new turn after the process exits
- Be used in `-p` mode to loop

---

### 6. **Robust pattern for your use case (external daemon spawns companion once, detached)**

Given your constraints:

> "external daemon spawns this companion ONE TIME, detached, and it must run autonomously until the session ends"

**The only supported approach is the Claude Agent SDK**, not `claude -p`:

```typescript
// TypeScript example (Python equivalent available)
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const client = new Anthropic();

async function runCompanionAgent() {
  let conversationHistory = [];

  while (true) {
    // Poll watched directory for deltas
    const workItem = await checkInbox("./deltas");

    if (workItem) {
      conversationHistory.push({
        role: "user",
        content: `Process this work: ${JSON.stringify(workItem)}`,
      });

      const response = await client.messages.create({
        model: "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
        max_tokens: 2048,
        messages: conversationHistory,
      });

      conversationHistory.push({
        role: "assistant",
        content: response.content[0].text,
      });

      // Parse response, write deltas to directory
      await writeDelta(response.content[0].text);
    }

    await sleep(5000); // Poll interval
  }
}

runCompanionAgent().catch(console.error);
```

**Why this works:**
1. Runs detached, no TTY required, stdin/stdout unneeded
2. Stays resident indefinitely; controls its own loop
3. Maintains conversation state across iterations
4. Can be spawned fire-and-forget: `node companion.js &`
5. Official, supported pattern for autonomous agents

---

## Summary Table

| Requirement | `claude -p` | Agent SDK | Shell Loop |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-shot exit | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Autonomous loop | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ (fragile) |
| Detached, no TTY | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Session persistence | Optional | Native | Messy |
| Multi-turn context | ✓ (one turn) | ✓ | ✓ (bloated) |
| Official support | ✓ (one-shot) | ✓✓ (recommended) | Not recommended |

---

## Official docs references

- **Headless mode:** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/headless.md — covers `claude -p`, `--output-format stream-json`, bare mode
- **CLI reference:** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference.md — all flags including `--no-session-persistence`, `--continue`
- **Agent SDK (recommended for your case):** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-sdk/overview.md
- **Sessions:** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sessions.md — covers resumption and persistence
- **Hooks:** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks.md — what Stop hooks can/cannot do

**Bottom line:** `claude -p` is a one-shot batch-processing tool. For a long-lived autonomous companion, use the **Agent SDK** (Python or TypeScript). It's the only officially supported pattern.</result>
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   - **RESOLVED (research 2026-06-15):** TWO-PROFILE shape. base `claude-spt` = ReadyAgent (no
     `psyche_init`); `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` overlay = LiveAgent. `/sptc:ready` seeds
     `--adapter claude-spt`; `/sptc:live` seeds `--adapter claude-spt:live`. **Empirically the api
     accepts the composite:** `spt api --adapter claude-spt:deep seed …` → `SEEDED`. psyche_init keys
     the daemon fills: `{session_name}` `{psyche_dir}` `{psyche_prompt}` `{psyche_context}`. Example:
     `[session.psyche_init] command="… --name {session_name}" cwd="{psyche_dir}" detach=true`.
   - **DOC GAP flagged to doyle (2026-06-15):** published llms-full.txt says api calls do NOT accept
     profile qualifiers ("profiles are registration/data, not runtime dispatch") — CONTRADICTS the
     empirical `--adapter claude-spt:deep seed` acceptance. Unconfirmed on the public surface: (1) does
     seed→listen PROPAGATE the profile so the daemon spawns the `:live` psyche_init? (2) psyche_init
     {keys} filled for a harness-hosted bind. doyle owns the doc fix; live-daemon int deferred (like
     other acceptance ints) until confirmed.
   - **OPEN design Q to doyle:** the CC Psyche spawn COMMAND (`psyche_init.command`) — what the daemon
     expects the Psyche process to DO (summarizer companion contract? same as legacy owl?). Shapes the
     command (likely `claude` headless w/ {psyche_prompt}/{psyche_context}). **Author on doyle's reply.**

   - **GROUNDED by doyle 2026-06-15 (traced spt-core code) — TWO-PROFILE design CONFIRMED, author it:**
     base `claude-spt` = ReadyAgent (no `psyche_init`); `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` overlay =
     LiveAgent. `/sptc:ready` seeds `--adapter claude-spt`; `/sptc:live` activates `--adapter claude-spt:live`.
     - **Q1 propagation CONFIRMED:** `api seed` stores the full `<adapter>:<profile>` → `establish_perch`
       writes it verbatim to info.json `adapter` → daemon `resolve_option_in` SPLITS the composite +
       applies the overlay → BrainLifecycle checks `psyche_init` on the MERGED manifest → Psyche spawns.
       (Empirically `spt api --adapter claude-spt:deep seed` → `SEEDED`.)
     - **Q2 psyche_init keys = EXACTLY `{id, session_id, psyche_dir, psyche_prompt}`.** NOT `{session_name}`
       (that's a `[session.self]` fill — the published manifest.md example wrongly uses it and HARD-FAILS;
       doyle fixed the example). NOT `{psyche_context}` on first spawn (that's the resume/preload seam key).
       In spawn_psyche `{id}` is OVERRIDDEN to `<parent>-psyche`. Template only the four; `keys` a subset.
     - **Q3 Psyche process contract:** FIRE-AND-FORGET DETACHED — spawned with Stdio::null on all three
       fds, handle dropped, NOT supervised (liveness is daemon-authoritative via the perch, not pid).
       Command is adapter-authored + opaque. The Psyche has its OWN perch (`<parent>-psyche`), communicates
       via perch/commune drops (NOT stdin/stdout), authors COMMUNE deltas only (never reply/notify — the
       echo-commune is a DISTINCT cheaper actor/model), exits at session end. → `detach = true`,
       `cwd = "{psyche_dir}"`.
   - **DOC GAPS (doyle's, fixes on a branch/PR):** (a) api.md never stated `--adapter` accepts
     `<adapter>:<profile>` / that the bound profile drives runtime resolution incl psyche_init (the
     WebFetch "not runtime dispatch" wording was the fetch model's paraphrase of the MISSING positive
     contract, not a literal stale line); (b) manifest.md psyche_init example used the never-filled
     `{session_name}`. Both fixed by doyle.
   - **OPEN (impl HOW, before authoring the body):**
     - **Q-A (to doyle):** CC `:live` ACTIVATION verb for a hook-draining session (CC does NOT block-
       `api listen`; SessionStart already seeds/binds as base). Re-establish info.json adapter→`claude-spt:live`
       via `spt api --adapter claude-spt:live bind <id> --set-session-id <sid>` (re-bind, flips profile →
       daemon spawns Psyche)? Or re-seed? Awaiting doyle's sanctioned re-profile verb.
     - **Q-B (claude-code-guide agent in flight, perri-w1):** the CC headless-RESIDENT Psyche-runner
       invocation — `claude -p {psyche_prompt}` is one-shot (prints+exits), not resident. Need the
       supported pattern for a detached autonomous `claude` that stays alive over the session (wrapper
       loop? Agent SDK? Stop-hook re-trigger? stream-json?). psyche_init.command = launch `claude`
       headless as the companion consuming `{psyche_prompt}`. **Author the command + body on Q-A + Q-B.**


<owl_messages>
<owl_message from="doyle" priority="high">[doyle → perri] ACK. Doc-gap source clear — WebFetch paraphrased absence-of-positive-contract as a negative; no literal stale line to chase, my api.md fix (add the positive <adapter>:<profile> + profile-drives-psyche_init contract) is the right close. No re-fetch needed.

Q2 (Psyche runner command) — that is YOURS, by the boundary: spt-core never dictates a harness's invocation; psyche_init.command is adapter-authored and opaque to core. The only CONTRACT core imposes: detached process, consumes {psyche_prompt}, resident for the session, own <parent>-psyche perch, commune-drops only, exits at session end. CONTEXT is explicit that this is "an adapter/manifest concern, not a core concern" AND gives the steer: migrate OFF `claude -p` (one-shot; also the imminent CC billing change) to a resident HEADLESS claude session (--resume-style for the Psyche). So your claude-code-guide spin is the right move — there is no canonical CC Psyche-runner in spt-core to point you at (legacy owl's is owl's, and is the thing being migrated off). Pick the resident headless shape; core just spawns it.

Q1 (re-profile an already-online, hook-draining perch) — this IS a core contract question and I'm grounding it now, because your premise has a sharp edge: CC drains via the api-poll hook, NOT an `api listen` loop. The Psyche is daemon-spawned, so the real question isn't just "does re-bind rewrite info.json's adapter to :live" (it should — explicit adapter wins on re-bind) — it's "what daemon EVENT triggers the Psyche spawn, and does a hook-draining session ever raise it?" If Psyche spawn is gated on `api listen` (which CC never calls), a bare re-bind won't spawn it and you'd need an explicit trigger. Tracing the daemon's spawn_psyche call-site + what raises it now. Hold authoring the live ACTIVATION path until I confirm; the [profiles.live] overlay skeleton + key contract you're writing is safe to proceed on. Answer + (if it's a gap) the sanctioned verb inbound. F-004 PR #14 still in CI.</owl_message>
</owl_messages>

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   - **GROUNDED by doyle 2026-06-15 (traced spt-core code) — TWO-PROFILE design CONFIRMED, author it:**
     base `claude-spt` = ReadyAgent (no `psyche_init`); `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` overlay =
     LiveAgent. `/sptc:ready` seeds `--adapter claude-spt`; `/sptc:live` activates `--adapter claude-spt:live`.
     - **Q1 propagation CONFIRMED:** `api seed` stores the full `<adapter>:<profile>` → `establish_perch`
       writes it verbatim to info.json `adapter` → daemon `resolve_option_in` SPLITS the composite +
       applies the overlay → BrainLifecycle checks `psyche_init` on the MERGED manifest → Psyche spawns.
       (Empirically `spt api --adapter claude-spt:deep seed` → `SEEDED`.)
     - **Q2 psyche_init keys = EXACTLY `{id, session_id, psyche_dir, psyche_prompt}`.** NOT `{session_name}`
       (that's a `[session.self]` fill — the published manifest.md example wrongly uses it and HARD-FAILS;
       doyle fixed the example). NOT `{psyche_context}` on first spawn (that's the resume/preload seam key).
       In spawn_psyche `{id}` is OVERRIDDEN to `<parent>-psyche`. Template only the four; `keys` a subset.
     - **Q3 Psyche process contract:** FIRE-AND-FORGET DETACHED — spawned with Stdio::null on all three
       fds, handle dropped, NOT supervised (liveness is daemon-authoritative via the perch, not pid).
       Command is adapter-authored + opaque. The Psyche has its OWN perch (`<parent>-psyche`), communicates
       via perch/commune drops (NOT stdin/stdout), authors COMMUNE deltas only (never reply/notify — the
       echo-commune is a DISTINCT cheaper actor/model), exits at session end. → `detach = true`,
       `cwd = "{psyche_dir}"`.
   - **DOC GAPS (doyle's, fixes on a branch/PR):** (a) api.md never stated `--adapter` accepts
     `<adapter>:<profile>` / that the bound profile drives runtime resolution incl psyche_init (the
     WebFetch "not runtime dispatch" wording was the fetch model's paraphrase of the MISSING positive
     contract, not a literal stale line); (b) manifest.md psyche_init example used the never-filled
     `{session_name}`. Both fixed by doyle.
   - **OPEN (impl HOW, before authoring the body):**
     - **Q-A (to doyle):** CC `:live` ACTIVATION verb for a hook-draining session (CC does NOT block-
       `api listen`; SessionStart already seeds/binds as base). Re-establish info.json adapter→`claude-spt:live`
       via `spt api --adapter claude-spt:live bind <id> --set-session-id <sid>` (re-bind, flips profile →
       daemon spawns Psyche)? Or re-seed? Awaiting doyle's sanctioned re-profile verb.
     - **Q-B (claude-code-guide agent in flight, perri-w1):** the CC headless-RESIDENT Psyche-runner
       invocation — `claude -p {psyche_prompt}` is one-shot (prints+exits), not resident. Need the
       supported pattern for a detached autonomous `claude` that stays alive over the session (wrapper
       loop? Agent SDK? Stop-hook re-trigger? stream-json?). psyche_init.command = launch `claude`
       headless as the companion consuming `{psyche_prompt}`. **Author the command + body on Q-A + Q-B.**

# JIT plan — the 4 live-layer skills (live / commune / force-stop / new-alarm)

> Next slice after large-drain (8487ea0). Fully specced by **doyle's scope ruling 2026-06-15**
> (grounded in spt-core CONTEXT, not memory). Public-surface-only still binds (AGENTS.md). Each
> skill body is a file-backed `[strings.skills].<x> = { file = "skills/<x>.md" }` (F-003 pattern);
> flip the inline summary → `{ file }` pointer; refresh the thin SKILL.md stub.

## doyle's ruling (authoritative for this slice)

1. **live — IN SCOPE.** Semantics = upgrade THIS CC session to a **LiveAgent**; do NOT spawn a
   separate/nested broker-PTY session (that's the `spt endpoint run`/`spt rc`/picker door — a
   different entry). Harness-hosted-bind model: `/sptc:ready` = ReadyAgent (perch + poll, no Psyche);
   `/sptc:live` = upgrade this session to LiveAgent = **trigger the Psyche spawn for it**.
   - **MECHANISM (doyle):** LiveAgent-vs-ReadyAgent is gated by the manifest **`[session.psyche_init]`**
     seam — the daemon BrainLifecycle only spawns the Psyche when the manifest declares it
     (early-returns None otherwise). There is **no "go-live" api verb**. So "this session is a
     LiveAgent" ≡ "its adapter/profile declares `psyche_init`."
   - **RESOLVED (research 2026-06-15):** TWO-PROFILE shape. base `claude-spt` = ReadyAgent (no
     `psyche_init`); `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` overlay = LiveAgent. `/sptc:ready` seeds
     `--adapter claude-spt`; `/sptc:live` seeds `--adapter claude-spt:live`. **Empirically the api
     accepts the composite:** `spt api --adapter claude-spt:deep seed …` → `SEEDED`. psyche_init keys
     the daemon fills: `{session_name}` `{psyche_dir}` `{psyche_prompt}` `{psyche_context}`. Example:
     `[session.psyche_init] command="… --name {session_name}" cwd="{psyche_dir}" detach=true`.
   - **DOC GAP flagged to doyle (2026-06-15):** published llms-full.txt says api calls do NOT accept
     profile qualifiers ("profiles are registration/data, not runtime dispatch") — CONTRADICTS the
     empirical `--adapter claude-spt:deep seed` acceptance. Unconfirmed on the public surface: (1) does
     seed→listen PROPAGATE the profile so the daemon spawns the `:live` psyche_init? (2) psyche_init
     {keys} filled for a harness-hosted bind. doyle owns the doc fix; live-daemon int deferred (like
     other acceptance ints) until confirmed.
   - **OPEN design Q to doyle:** the CC Psyche spawn COMMAND (`psyche_init.command`) — what the daemon
     expects the Psyche process to DO (summarizer companion contract? same as legacy owl?). Shapes the
     command (likely `claude` headless w/ {psyche_prompt}/{psyche_context}). **Author on doyle's reply.**

2. **commune — IN SCOPE, FILE-DROP (not a command).** No `api commune` by design. The adapter writes
   `<endpoint_id>-commune.md` into the manifest-declared **`[session].commune_dir`** (a spawn-session
   seam field); the daemon watches/ingests/deletes it (daemon = single writer). So `/sptc:commune` =
   compose the delta + drop the file. **Author `[session].commune_dir` (+ `signoff_dir`) in the
   manifest.** (Schema confirmed: `Session.commune_dir` / `Session.signoff_dir` exist.)

3. **new-alarm — OUT OF SCOPE v1.** No core primitive (spt has internal daemon pulse loops but NO
   user-facing alarm/timed-pulse command; legacy `$LIVE TIMED PULSE` is owl/Psyche-layer, not lifted
   into core). Adapters don't add core features. **Disposition: mark explicit-out-of-scope** in the
   manifest comment + traceability (visible-not-silent). doyle carries a PARITY-GAP FINDING (mint a
   core alarm/deferred-pulse primitive) to the operator.

4. **force-stop — AUTHOR against `endpoint shutdown`** (graceful; runs graceful_signoff via daemon
   BrainLifecycle which owns the Psyche → tears down the LiveAgent's Psyche too) as primary; note
   `endpoint stop` (soft, spool kept) as the lighter variant. The hard/no-grace SIGKILL+immediate-
   teardown ($LIVE 3-step) equivalent is a **core GAP** → doyle's finding, deferred.

## Tasks (sequence; one commit + green gate each, or grouped)

1. **Research** the ready-vs-live authoring path (live mechanism OPEN above). Decide: profiles vs
   single manifest + listen-profile selection. Flag doc gap if unclear.
2. **Manifest:** add `[session].commune_dir` + `signoff_dir`; add `[session.psyche_init]` (+ maybe a
   `:live`/`:ready` profile split per task 1); keep `[session.self]` as-is.
3. **Skill bodies (file-backed):** `adapter/strings/skills/{live,commune,force-stop}.md`; flip the
   inline `commune`/`live` summaries → `{ file }` pointers; add `force-stop` pointer; refresh stubs.
4. **new-alarm:** explicit out-of-scope note (manifest + a REQ or doc line), not a `[strings.skills]`
   entry. Cross-ref doyle's parity finding.
5. **Tests:** extend `ci/manifest/registration-int.sh` (commune_dir/psyche_init accepted +
   file-backed live/commune/force-stop bodies resolve); any new REQ (e.g. REQ-SKILL-LIVE /
   REQ-DIST-SESSION-SEAMS) added to `traceable-reqs.toml` first, then satisfied.
6. **Gate:** `sh ci/run-gates.sh` PASS + `traceable-reqs check` green. Commit `Co-authored by: perri`.

## Findings doyle carries (not ours to author)
- alarm/deferred-pulse core primitive (blocks new-alarm parity).
- hard/no-grace force-stop core primitive (force-stop hard path).
- (pending) ready-vs-live authoring path doc clarity — confirm or flag in task 1.

## Done earlier this session (context)
- d1f14ab `[session.self]` + bind path (REQ-DIST-SHORTCUT-BASENAME [doc,impl,unit]).
- 39c05d1 digest extractor (Rust) (REQ-DIST-DIGEST-EXTRACTOR [impl,unit]; int F-004-blocked, doyle fixing).
- 8487ea0 large-drain cap/spill (ADR-0002 Open #2 resolved).
- 7/11 skills operative pre-slice; this slice targets live+commune+force-stop → 10/11 (new-alarm out-of-scope).

-   - **RESOLVED (research 2026-06-15):** TWO-PROFILE shape. base `claude-spt` = ReadyAgent (no

-     `psyche_init`); `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` overlay = LiveAgent. `/sptc:ready` seeds

-     `--adapter claude-spt`; `/sptc:live` seeds `--adapter claude-spt:live`. **Empirically the api

-     accepts the composite:** `spt api --adapter claude-spt:deep seed …` → `SEEDED`. psyche_init keys

-     the daemon fills: `{session_name}` `{psyche_dir}` `{psyche_prompt}` `{psyche_context}`. Example:

-     `[session.psyche_init] command="… --name {session_name}" cwd="{psyche_dir}" detach=true`.

-   - **DOC GAP flagged to doyle (2026-06-15):** published llms-full.txt says api calls do NOT accept

-     profile qualifiers ("profiles are registration/data, not runtime dispatch") — CONTRADICTS the

-     empirical `--adapter claude-spt:deep seed` acceptance. Unconfirmed on the public surface: (1) does

-     seed→listen PROPAGATE the profile so the daemon spawns the `:live` psyche_init? (2) psyche_init

-     {keys} filled for a harness-hosted bind. doyle owns the doc fix; live-daemon int deferred (like

-     other acceptance ints) until confirmed.

-   - **OPEN design Q to doyle:** the CC Psyche spawn COMMAND (`psyche_init.command`) — what the daemon

-     expects the Psyche process to DO (summarizer companion contract? same as legacy owl?). Shapes the

-     command (likely `claude` headless w/ {psyche_prompt}/{psyche_context}). **Author on doyle's reply.**

+   - **GROUNDED by doyle 2026-06-15 (traced spt-core code) — TWO-PROFILE design CONFIRMED, author it:**

+     base `claude-spt` = ReadyAgent (no `psyche_init`); `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` overlay =

+     LiveAgent. `/sptc:ready` seeds `--adapter claude-spt`; `/sptc:live` activates `--adapter claude-spt:live`.

+     - **Q1 propagation CONFIRMED:** `api seed` stores the full `<adapter>:<profile>` → `establish_perch`

+       writes it verbatim to info.json `adapter` → daemon `resolve_option_in` SPLITS the composite +

+       (Empirically `spt api --adapter claude-spt:deep seed` → `SEEDED`.)

+     - **Q2 psyche_init keys = EXACTLY `{id, session_id, psyche_dir, psyche_prompt}`.** NOT `{session_name}`

+       (that's a `[session.self]` fill — the published manifest.md example wrongly uses it and HARD-FAILS;

+       doyle fixed the example). NOT `{psyche_context}` on first spawn (that's the resume/preload seam key).

+       In spawn_psyche `{id}` is OVERRIDDEN to `<parent>-psyche`. Template only the four; `keys` a subset.

+     - **Q3 Psyche process contract:** FIRE-AND-FORGET DETACHED — spawned with Stdio::null on all three

+       fds, handle dropped, NOT supervised (liveness is daemon-authoritative via the perch, not pid).

+       Command is adapter-authored + opaque. The Psyche has its OWN perch (`<parent>-psyche`), communicates

+       via perch/commune drops (NOT stdin/stdout), authors COMMUNE deltas only (never reply/notify — the

+       echo-commune is a DISTINCT cheaper actor/model), exits at session end. → `detach = true`,

+   - **DOC GAPS (doyle's, fixes on a branch/PR):** (a) api.md never stated `--adapter` accepts

+     `<adapter>:<profile>` / that the bound profile drives runtime resolution incl psyche_init (the

+     WebFetch "not runtime dispatch" wording was the fetch model's paraphrase of the MISSING positive

+     contract, not a literal stale line); (b) manifest.md psyche_init example used the never-filled

+     `{session_name}`. Both fixed by doyle.

+   - **OPEN (impl HOW, before authoring the body):**

+     - **Q-A (to doyle):** CC `:live` ACTIVATION verb for a hook-draining session (CC does NOT block-

+       `api listen`; SessionStart already seeds/binds as base). Re-establish info.json adapter→`claude-spt:live`

+       via `spt api --adapter claude-spt:live bind <id> --set-session-id <sid>` (re-bind, flips profile →

+       daemon spawns Psyche)? Or re-seed? Awaiting doyle's sanctioned re-profile verb.

+     - **Q-B (claude-code-guide agent in flight, perri-w1):** the CC headless-RESIDENT Psyche-runner

+       invocation — `claude -p {psyche_prompt}` is one-shot (prints+exits), not resident. Need the

+       supported pattern for a detached autonomous `claude` that stays alive over the session (wrapper

+       loop? Agent SDK? Stop-hook re-trigger? stream-json?). psyche_init.command = launch `claude`

+       headless as the companion consuming `{psyche_prompt}`. **Author the command + body on Q-A + Q-B.**


Prompt:
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<result>Perfect. Now I have all the information I need. Let me compile a comprehensive answer based on the official documentation.

## Direct Answers

Based on Claude Code's official documentation:

### 1. **Exact command for headless, detached, non-interactive operation**

```bash
claude -p "Your initial prompt here" \
  --no-session-persistence \
  --bare \
  < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 &
```

**Key flags:**

- `-p` / `--print`: Non-interactive mode. Reads stdin, processes one turn of the agentic loop, outputs result, then **exits**. Does NOT stay resident.
- `--no-session-persistence`: Disable transcript saves to disk (makes sense for fire-and-forget processes).
- `--bare`: Skip auto-discovery of hooks, skills, plugins, MCP servers, CLAUDE.md. Reduces startup overhead and ensures deterministic runs.
- `< /dev/null`: stdin is null (compatible with your requirement).
- `> /dev/null 2>&1 &`: Redirect output to null and background the process.

**Critical limitation:** `claude -p` is **fundamentally one-shot and exits after one turn**. It does not stay resident or loop internally. From the docs:

> "Print response without interactive mode...then exit"

---

### 2. **Does `--print` stay resident or loop?**

**No.** `claude -p` **runs one full agentic turn (the agent may use tools, loop internally, and perform multi-step reasoning) and then exits**. It cannot:
- Loop autonomously after the turn completes
- Stay alive waiting for external input
- Be re-driven via a Stop hook
- Self-reschedule

---

### 3. **Streaming and loop modes**

Yes, streaming output is supported:

```bash
claude -p "Your prompt" \
  --output-format stream-json \
  --verbose \
  --include-partial-messages
```

**But streaming does NOT change the one-turn-then-exit behavior.** The output is streamed token-by-token, but the process still exits when Claude's response completes.

There is NO built-in looping or recurring mode for `claude -p`. The `/loop` skill mentioned in custom skills is **interactive only** and requires a human at the keyboard.

---

### 4. **Canonical pattern for autonomous, long-lived companion processes**

**Option A: Shell wrapper loop (NOT RECOMMENDED for true detached daemons)**

```bash
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
  claude -p "Check for work in ~/inbox" --continue \
    --output-format json \
    --bare
  # Parse JSON response, check if work exists, sleep
  sleep 5
done &
```

**Problems:**
- Spawns new `claude` processes in a loop; expensive startup overhead.
- Not truly detached; shell script must stay alive.
- Sessions bloat with history from repeated invocations.

**Option B: Claude Agent SDK (RECOMMENDED)**

This is the **correct, supported pattern** for autonomous agents. Use the Python or TypeScript SDK:

```python
from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic()
session_id = None

while True:
    # Poll for work in ~/inbox
    response = client.messages.create(
        model="claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
        max_tokens=1024,
        messages=[
            {"role": "user", "content": "Check for new work"}
        ]
    )
    # Parse response, take action
    # session_id persists across turns; no transcript bloat
    time.sleep(5)
```

From the docs:

> "Use the Agent SDK to run Claude Code programmatically from the CLI, Python, or TypeScript."

The Agent SDK provides:
- **Native session persistence** without transcript bloat
- **Multi-turn agentic loops** with tool use across turns
- **Programmatic control** (no stdin required)
- **Streaming callbacks** for real-time output
- **Custom tool approval handlers** for autonomous tool use

---

### 5. **Can a Stop hook restart the session or inject context for next turns?**

**No, not as a looping mechanism.** Stop hooks can:

- Prevent Claude from finishing (`exit code 2` or `decision: "block"`)
- Inject `additionalContext` for the **current turn** to continue
- Block exit and ask Claude to reconsider

**But they cannot:**
- Restart the session after exit
- Trigger a new turn after the process exits
- Be used in `-p` mode to loop

---

### 6. **Robust pattern for your use case (external daemon spawns companion once, detached)**

Given your constraints:

> "external daemon spawns this companion ONE TIME, detached, and it must run autonomously until the session ends"

**The only supported approach is the Claude Agent SDK**, not `claude -p`:

```typescript
// TypeScript example (Python equivalent available)
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const client = new Anthropic();

async function runCompanionAgent() {
  let conversationHistory = [];

  while (true) {
    // Poll watched directory for deltas
    const workItem = await checkInbox("./deltas");

    if (workItem) {
      conversationHistory.push({
        role: "user",
        content: `Process this work: ${JSON.stringify(workItem)}`,
      });

      const response = await client.messages.create({
        model: "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
        max_tokens: 2048,
        messages: conversationHistory,
      });

      conversationHistory.push({
        role: "assistant",
        content: response.content[0].text,
      });

      // Parse response, write deltas to directory
      await writeDelta(response.content[0].text);
    }

    await sleep(5000); // Poll interval
  }
}

runCompanionAgent().catch(console.error);
```

**Why this works:**
1. Runs detached, no TTY required, stdin/stdout unneeded
2. Stays resident indefinitely; controls its own loop
3. Maintains conversation state across iterations
4. Can be spawned fire-and-forget: `node companion.js &`
5. Official, supported pattern for autonomous agents

---

## Summary Table

| Requirement | `claude -p` | Agent SDK | Shell Loop |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-shot exit | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Autonomous loop | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ (fragile) |
| Detached, no TTY | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Session persistence | Optional | Native | Messy |
| Multi-turn context | ✓ (one turn) | ✓ | ✓ (bloated) |
| Official support | ✓ (one-shot) | ✓✓ (recommended) | Not recommended |

---

## Official docs references

- **Headless mode:** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/headless.md — covers `claude -p`, `--output-format stream-json`, bare mode
- **CLI reference:** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference.md — all flags including `--no-session-persistence`, `--continue`
- **Agent SDK (recommended for your case):** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-sdk/overview.md
- **Sessions:** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sessions.md — covers resumption and persistence
- **Hooks:** https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks.md — what Stop hooks can/cannot do

**Bottom line:** `claude -p` is a one-shot batch-processing tool. For a long-lived autonomous companion, use the **Agent SDK** (Python or TypeScript). It's the only officially supported pattern.</result>
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Two arrivals:
- **doyle:** Q2 (Psyche-runner command) is **mine** by the boundary (core doesn't dictate harness invocation); steer = migrate OFF `claude -p` (one-shot + imminent CC billing change) to a resident headless `claude` session. Q1 (re-profile an online hook-draining perch) is a **core question he's holding** — sharp edge: CC drains via api-poll hook, never `api listen`, so what daemon event triggers `spawn_psyche`? He's tracing the call-site. **Hold the live activation path**; the `[profiles.live]` overlay + key contract are safe.
- **claude-code-guide agent:** confirmed `claude -p` is fundamentally one-shot (exits after one turn; Stop hooks can't loop it). Resident companion needs a wrapper loop (`claude --continue` cycles) or the Agent SDK — a real artifact to build.

So `live` = two remaining pieces: activation (held on doyle) + a resident Psyche-runner artifact (mine, next sub-slice). Capturing both durably + committing, then this is a clean checkpoint.


   - **OPEN (impl HOW, before authoring the body):**
     - **Q-A (to doyle):** CC `:live` ACTIVATION verb for a hook-draining session (CC does NOT block-
       `api listen`; SessionStart already seeds/binds as base). Re-establish info.json adapter→`claude-spt:live`
       via `spt api --adapter claude-spt:live bind <id> --set-session-id <sid>` (re-bind, flips profile →
       daemon spawns Psyche)? Or re-seed? Awaiting doyle's sanctioned re-profile verb.
     - **Q-B (claude-code-guide agent in flight, perri-w1):** the CC headless-RESIDENT Psyche-runner
       invocation — `claude -p {psyche_prompt}` is one-shot (prints+exits), not resident. Need the
       supported pattern for a detached autonomous `claude` that stays alive over the session (wrapper
       loop? Agent SDK? Stop-hook re-trigger? stream-json?). psyche_init.command = launch `claude`
       headless as the companion consuming `{psyche_prompt}`. **Author the command + body on Q-A + Q-B.**

   - **OPEN (impl HOW — the live body/activation is its own sub-slice, NEXT):**
     - **Q-A — HELD ON DOYLE (core contract, he's tracing spawn_psyche call-site):** CC `:live` ACTIVATION
       for a hook-draining session. Sharp edge doyle flagged: CC drains via the api-poll hook, NEVER
       `api listen`; the Psyche is daemon-spawned, so the real question is *what daemon EVENT triggers
       spawn_psyche, and does a hook-draining (no-listen) session ever raise it?* If spawn is gated on
       `api listen`, a bare re-bind to `:live` rewrites info.json but won't spawn the Psyche → needs an
       explicit trigger (a gap → doyle gives the sanctioned verb). **Do NOT author the activation path
       until doyle confirms.** (Re-bind `spt api --adapter claude-spt:live bind <id> --set-session-id <sid>`
       is the likely info.json-rewrite half — explicit adapter wins on re-bind — but insufficient if the
       spawn event isn't raised.)
     - **Q-B — RESOLVED (claude-code-guide agent + doyle boundary ruling): the Psyche RUNNER is MINE to
       build** (spt-core never dictates harness invocation; psyche_init.command is adapter-authored/opaque).
       `claude -p {psyche_prompt}` is **one-shot** (one turn → exits; Stop hooks can't re-loop it) — and
       doyle says migrate OFF `claude -p` anyway (imminent CC billing change). So the runner is a small
       **resident artifact** (like the digest extractor): a detached headless `claude` companion that stays
       alive for the session — a wrapper loop re-invoking `claude --continue` driven by its own
       `<parent>-psyche` perch (poll for turns), authoring commune drops; or the Agent SDK. Build it
       (`tools/claude-spt-psyche` or a wrapper script), then `psyche_init.command` launches it with
       `{psyche_prompt}`/`{psyche_dir}`/`{id}`/`{session_id}`, `cwd={psyche_dir}`, `detach=true`.
   - **SAFE TO AUTHOR NOW (doyle confirmed):** the `[profiles.live.session.psyche_init]` overlay skeleton +
     the four-key contract. Defer wiring it until the runner exists + Q-A resolves, so the live sub-slice
     lands coherent (profile + runner + activation + body together).


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