Base directory for this skill: C:\Users\decid\.ccs\instances\bigscreen\plugins\cache\cplugs\spt\1.11.25\skills\commune

# /spt:commune

All commands use `$LIVE` env var, auto-injected by the plugin's SessionStart hook. If commands fail with "command not found", restart the Claude Code session so the SessionStart hook re-runs.

> **Identity auto-detection:** Your identity is auto-detected from your session. Pass your ID explicitly only if auto-detection fails.

## Flow

1. **Download Psyche's *current* context** — it shifts during the session as background echo communes fire. Re-download right before composing; the gen-N snapshot you read at session start is already stale:
   ```bash
   $LIVE psyche-download <your-id>
   ```

   > **Output truncation.** If the Bash tool reports `Output too large (N KB)` and saves the full result to a `tool-results/<id>.txt` file, use the `Read` tool on that saved path to access the full content. Do NOT re-run `psyche-download` to grep/awk out sections — repeated invocations re-download the same context, waste tokens, and may duplicate `## Pending Commune` sections in `live_context.md`.

2. **Diff your knowledge against this fresh download** — only what's missing from *it* is the real delta (new work, decisions, intentions). Anything already absorbed is not. If the download includes a `<memformat>` section, use it as a guide for what topics to cover. A `## Pending Commune (uncommitted)` section means a previous commune is still queued — do NOT re-send it.

3. **Commune only the delta** -- use the **Write tool** to create
   `.claude/{your-id}-commune.md` with the two-slice body as its contents
   (see `## Two-slice body shape (Phase 25 D-10/D-11)` below for the required
   envelope wrapping). Do not use Bash/heredoc -- Write is the canonical path:
   no shell escaping, no `EOF` collision risk, and Write auto-creates the
   `.claude/` parent directory.

   Your Self listener detects the file on its next poll iteration, notifies
   your Psyche wrapper, and the wrapper ingests the content via the existing
   Psyche session. On success (subprocess exit code 0) the wrapper deletes the
   file. On error (token rate limit, etc) the file is retained and retried on
   the next consume cycle. If you write again before the wrapper consumes, the
   latest write wins (last-write-wins overwrite semantics).

If Psyche's context is already current, no commune is needed. Say so and move on.

Read `commune.md` (in this skill directory) for the full commune protocol -- when to send, what to include, and diligence triggers.

**Agent-type guard:** Only works on live agents. If target is not live, refuses with: "Communes require a live agent with Psyche."

## Two-slice body shape (Phase 25 D-10/D-11)

The body you write in `.claude/{your-id}-commune.md` MUST itself be wrapped in two-slice envelopes per Phase 25 D-10/D-11. The taxonomy — what belongs in `<live-context>` vs `<project-context>` — is defined canonically in `psyche.md` §`<output_envelope>` (lines 282–323). Read that section as the source of truth; this skill doc teaches only when and how to apply it.

**In-project detection rule (D-25.1-04).** Before composing your commune body, run `$LIVE psyche-download <your-id>` (Step 1 of `## Flow` above) and inspect the `<current ... />` tag at the top of the output. The `<current/>` tag carries a `project="..."` attribute whenever any payload is produced — its presence means you are inside a tracked project (inside a git repo, `project` is the repo name; outside a git repo per D-11, `project` is the cwd-basename fallback, which still counts as a project context for routing purposes). A `psyche-download` invocation that returns no payload at all (NO-CONTEXT exit) means no project resolved. So: `project="..."` populated on `<current/>` → emit BOTH envelopes (apply rule 1 or 2 below); no payload at all → emit ONLY `<live-context>` (rule 3). Secondary signal: the `<project-context-resolved name="..."/>` sentinel further down the output indicates the project file already has prior content — useful for spotting first-time-in-project pairings, but NOT the routing rule.

**Three rules (D-25.1-01..03):**

- **In-project, both slices populated** (marker present, you have project-specific content this cycle): emit `<live-context>...</live-context>` AND `<project-context>...</project-context>`, both with non-empty bodies.
- **In-project, no project-specific update this cycle** (marker present, but nothing project-bound to report): emit `<live-context>...</live-context>` AND `<project-context></project-context>` (empty body — the deliberate "in-project but quiet" signal per D-25.1-02). Distinguishable from "no project resolved".
- **Outside any tracked project** (marker absent): emit ONLY `<live-context>...</live-context>`. Do NOT emit an empty `<project-context>` envelope (missing tag means "no project resolved" per D-25.1-03).

**Nested envelopes.** The Phase 23 `<EVENT type="commune">` envelope (see `## Envelope shape (Phase 23 v1.8)` below) is composed by `$LIVE commune` automatically — you NEVER write `<EVENT>` tags. You write ONLY the inner two-slice body. The two envelope layers nest: outer EVENT wraps inner two-slice body.

(See `psyche.md` §`<output_envelope>` for the canonical taxonomy and per-slice content rules.)

## Envelope shape (Phase 23 v1.8)

As of v1.8 Phase 23, commune deliveries are wrapped in a typed EVENT envelope carrying a 5-field stamp (`machine`, `project`, `branch`, `head_sha`, `head_subject`); the prose `COMMUNE (timestamp): body` form is gone.

```xml
<EVENT type="commune" timestamp="2026-05-20T06:00:00-07:00" machine="hostname" project="claude_skill_owl" branch="main" head_sha="abc123..." head_subject="subject line capped at 72 chars">body</EVENT>
```

Outside a git repo (D-11), `branch`, `head_sha`, and `head_subject` are omitted entirely (not empty-string-set):

```xml
<EVENT type="commune" timestamp="2026-05-20T06:00:00-07:00" machine="hostname" project="cwd-basename">body</EVENT>
```

`$LIVE commune` composes this envelope automatically — Self does NOT manually construct EVENT XML. The `body` placeholder in the example above is the two-slice body (see `## Two-slice body shape (Phase 25 D-10/D-11)` above); the two envelope layers nest. The wrapper-side parser ignores unknown attrs, so the stamp fields are forward-compatible with older receivers. For drift detection on resume, see the `live` skill.

ARGUMENTS: with immediate next steps and broad summary of the project's status + end goal. we'll resume in the next session


<owl_reachability_notice>
You have an active owl perch. When spawning subagents or doing work, use run_in_background: true so you stay reachable for incoming messages.
</owl_reachability_notice>


CAVEMAN MODE ACTIVE (full). Drop articles/filler/pleasantries/hedging. Fragments OK. Code/commits/security: write normal.


Download Psyche's current context first to diff the delta.


Bash

$LIVE psyche-download doyle 2>&1 | tail -60

Download current psyche context


<memformat>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<memformat version="1">
<!-- Changelog: v1 - initial seed -->
<topics>
  <topic name="events">Notable or unusual events and requests</topic>
  <topic name="interactions">Agent interactions -- who, roles, contributions</topic>
  <topic name="reflections">Thoughts on recent work -- what went well, what was tricky</topic>
  <topic name="ideas">Ideas to raise with the user</topic>
  <topic name="improvements">Further improvement ideas for recent problem spaces</topic>
  <topic name="timeline">What happened when, timing, sequencing</topic>
  <topic name="blockers">Current blockers or concerns</topic>
  <topic name="focus">Current focus and immediate next steps</topic>
</topics>
</memformat>
</memformat>

<current machine="HFENDULEAM" project="spt-core" branch="dev-freeform" head_sha="db9f1bbdc69abf60279377e34cd49eed9418d5e1" head_subject="feat(mesh): seed-proof at connect + ConnEntry membership set (REQ-MESH-1…" commits_since="0" commits_unpulled="0"/>
**Session paused here — resume next session.** Two phases landed clean this session (Mesh-D0 red harness `2c46a83`, Mesh-D1 seed-proof codec `fdbfbfd`); D1 mechanics already in my context, no need to re-absorb. My read on the resume: D2 is the first phase that touches *live connection code* (`nethost` dial/accept), so it wants fresh focus, not a tail-end push. The codec from D1 is the thing D2 drives in-band — `SeedProofFrame::{Challenge,Proof}` over the conn, mutual verify before the conn is usable, result cached on `ConnEntry`. The crypto is done and tested; D2 is integration + the keep-alive verification, not new primitives.<project-context-resolved name="spt-core"/>
**Resume pointer — start Mesh-D2 next session.** JIT-write `MESH-D2-PLAN.md` first (project convention). D2 = seed-proof in-band at every dial+accept in `nethost`, *before* the connection is usable; cache the membership verdict on `ConnEntry`; fail→drop. Old `is_trusted` gates stay running in parallel (belt+suspenders — no regression; the swap is D5). Fold in **open-item #1**: confirm/enable QUIC `keep_alive_interval` < `max_idle_timeout` in `endpoint.rs` (conns must stay multi-week so re-proof is restart/partition/rotation-only). int = a member conn establishes only when both sides prove; a non-prover is dropped. Enriches REQ-MESH-1 `impl` (already active).

**Mesh milestone arc (where D2 sits):** D0 ✅ red repro (flips green at D6) · D1 ✅ codec · **D2 ← next** seed-proof at connect · D3 roster store + tombstones + pairing seed-transfer · D4 roster propagation on-connect · D5 gate swap (`is_trusted`→`is_member`) + hard cutover (delete `peers.json`) · **D6 fan-out widen → MESH ON, D0 harness flips green** · D7 revoke/rotate/re-seed grace · D8 status-probe concurrency. Every pre-D6 phase is a no-reach-regression; D6 is the single switch. Carry-forward open items: #2 (REQ-SUBNET-5 probe loop concurrent? — D8) and #3 (self-update path node-local, not riding member conns → cutover won't deadlock — pre-D5).

**Broad status + end goal (user asked to record):** spt-core = harness-independent core for the agent ecosystem — messaging, live-agent lifecycle, terminal hosting, P2P networking, runtime-manifest harness contract; clean-room rebuild of `claude_skill_owl`. M0–M8 shipped; **v0.2.0 live on the reachable fleet**. Now in the post-M8 **subnet full-mesh** milestone (this work) — fixes "the subnet was the pairing graph, not a mesh." **End goal = v1 with the rebuilt `spt` plugin (Claude Code, separate downstream repo) working E2E on top = the acceptance proof.** Also queued on disk, untouched: `DAEMON-LIFECYCLE-PLAN.md` (service-aware daemon start/stop). `dev-freeform` carries unpushed commits (the mesh set + earlier offline-name fix + daemon-start alias) — user controls the push.


Psyche still says "start Mesh-D2 next session" — stale. Delta = D2 landed, design decision, next is D3. In-project (`project="spt-core"`) → both envelopes.


Write

<live-context>
**Mesh-D2 DONE this session — commit `db9f1bb`.** Your resume pointer said "start Mesh-D2"; it's now landed clean. Don't re-plan D2. Flow was: JIT-wrote `MESH-D2-PLAN.md` → orient (nethost/endpoint/trust/subnet stores) → implement → 4 int tests green → traceability → commit. Smooth phase, no checkpoints needed.

**The one design call worth remembering (it shaped the whole phase):** the cached membership verdict is a **`HashSet<String>` of proven subnets per `ConnEntry`, NOT a bool.** This was *forced by the codebase*, not a preference — two findings: (1) `dial(addr)` takes only an address, iroh dedups to one QUIC conn per peer-pair on the shared ALPN, so connections are NOT subnet-scoped — one conn carries every shared subnet; (2) the five gates D5 swaps are all per-`(subnet, origin)` evaluated per-item (`registryhost.rs:81/228/291`, `notifsync.rs:60/106`, `sync.rs:102/107`). So the verdict must answer "did this peer prove subnet S?" for any S. Single-subnet-per-conn would need MORE plumbing and still couldn't answer the gate. D5 will read `conn_proven_subnets(id).contains(item.subnet)` in place of `is_trusted`.

**Reflection — what was tricky:** the blast radius was bigger than my D2 plan's "two_hosts test still passes" line implied. Making seed-proof mandatory (fail→drop) would have broken ~16 integration-test `NetConfig` literals that dial without any subnet setup → empty intersection → drop. Resolved with the `NetConfig.membership: Option<MembershipSource>` seam: `None` disables the proof entirely (no control stream), mechanics-only tests pass `None`, production wires `Some(SubnetStore::load)`. Both peers must agree (both `Some` or both `None`) or the side expecting the control stream hangs — always holds in production (both real daemons). Good seam; remember it for D5 (gate consumes the verdict only when membership is enforced).

**Open item #1 (keep-alive) — CLOSED.** iroh 0.98.2 default was keep-alive=**off**, idle=30s (quiet conns would drop). Set keep-alive 15s < idle 60s via `QuicTransportConfig::builder()` in `endpoint.rs::spt_transport_config()`, asserted at the constant seam. "Multi-week" = survives indefinite idleness while both ends up, not one conn pinned literally for weeks.
</live-context>
<project-context>
**Mesh-D2 shipped (`db9f1bb` on `dev-freeform`, unpushed). REQ-MESH-1 now `[impl, unit, int]`.** What landed:
- `spt-net/mesh/seedproof.rs`: added `Hello{nonce, subnets}` frame (D1 had only `Challenge`/`Proof`) so the two nodes negotiate which subnets to prove; total decode + unit test.
- `spt-net/endpoint.rs`: QUIC keep-alive (15s) < idle (60s) — `spt_transport_config()` + `MESH_KEEP_ALIVE`/`MESH_MAX_IDLE` consts, `keep_alive_is_under_idle_timeout` unit.
- `spt-daemon/seedproofx.rs` (NEW module): connect-time orchestration. One bidi control stream, four-leg ping-pong (dialer Hello → acceptor Hello-with-intersection → dialer Proofs → acceptor Proofs). Each side derives `MK` from its OWN local seed+epoch → exact-epoch reject on skew. `prove_membership()` returns `Option<HashSet>` (None = drop). `production_membership()` loads SubnetStore fresh per connect (picks up D7 rotation w/o restart).
- `nethost.rs`: `ConnEntry.proven_subnets` + `conn_proven_subnets(id)` accessor (D5's read seam); `NetConfig.membership` source; proof runs in `dial()` + accept-loop before `register_conn`, drop on fail.
- int tests `tests/seedproofx.rs`: both-prove / proven-is-the-shared-set / wrong-seed-dropped / no-shared-subnet-dropped.
- Verification: traceable-reqs check = **172 complete, 0 findings**; spt-net + 209 daemon-lib + ~16 None-path int tests green; `--no-default-features`, workspace build, clippy clean. **Five `is_trusted` gate files UNTOUCHED** (D5 owns the swap; is_trusted still gates in parallel = no regression).

**IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP = Mesh-D3.** JIT-write `MESH-D3-PLAN.md` first (project convention). D3 = roster store + tombstones + pairing seed-transfer (REQ-MESH-2 impl/unit, activate at start). The union-merge grow-set (per-node self-entry under `lease_epoch`, strictly-greater-wins), tombstones (dominate / suppress-reinsert / clear-on-repair), persist-through-silence, atomic/corrupt-degrades-empty — pure + unit-tested (mirror the existing store shapes in `spt-store/src/{subnet,trust}.rs` — same atomic_write + load-degrades-empty discipline). `pairing::wire::Frame::Seed` gains the full current roster; joiner adopts it at pairing. D3 consumes nothing from D2's wire beyond established conns.

**Mesh arc (updated):** D0 ✅ · D1 ✅ · **D2 ✅** · **D3 ← NEXT** roster store · D4 roster propagation on-connect · D5 gate swap (`is_trusted`→ConnEntry set) + hard cutover (delete `peers.json`) · **D6 fan-out widen → MESH ON, D0 flips green** · D7 revoke/rotate/re-seed · D8 status-probe concurrency. Every pre-D6 phase = no-reach-regression; D6 = the single switch. Carry-forward open items: #2 (REQ-SUBNET-5 probe loop serial? → D8) · #3 (self-update path node-local, not riding member conns → pre-D5 check before cutover).

**Broad status + end goal (unchanged, re-affirm):** spt-core = harness-independent core for the agent ecosystem (messaging, live-agent lifecycle, terminal hosting, P2P networking, runtime-manifest harness contract); clean-room rebuild of `claude_skill_owl`. M0–M8 shipped; v0.2.0 live on the reachable fleet. In the post-M8 **subnet full-mesh** milestone now (fixes "subnet was the pairing graph, not a mesh"). **End goal = v1 with the rebuilt `spt` plugin (Claude Code, separate downstream repo) working E2E on top = the acceptance proof.** Queued on disk untouched: `DAEMON-LIFECYCLE-PLAN.md`. `dev-freeform` carries the unpushed mesh commit set (now through D2) + earlier offline-name fix + daemon-start alias — **user controls the push.**
</project-context>


File created successfully at: C:\Users\decid\Documents\projects\spt-core\.claude\doyle-commune.md (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

<live-context>
**Mesh-D2 DONE this session — commit `db9f1bb`.** Your resume pointer said "start Mesh-D2"; it's now landed clean. Don't re-plan D2. Flow was: JIT-wrote `MESH-D2-PLAN.md` → orient (nethost/endpoint/trust/subnet stores) → implement → 4 int tests green → traceability → commit. Smooth phase, no checkpoints needed.

**The one design call worth remembering (it shaped the whole phase):** the cached membership verdict is a **`HashSet<String>` of proven subnets per `ConnEntry`, NOT a bool.** This was *forced by the codebase*, not a preference — two findings: (1) `dial(addr)` takes only an address, iroh dedups to one QUIC conn per peer-pair on the shared ALPN, so connections are NOT subnet-scoped — one conn carries every shared subnet; (2) the five gates D5 swaps are all per-`(subnet, origin)` evaluated per-item (`registryhost.rs:81/228/291`, `notifsync.rs:60/106`, `sync.rs:102/107`). So the verdict must answer "did this peer prove subnet S?" for any S. Single-subnet-per-conn would need MORE plumbing and still couldn't answer the gate. D5 will read `conn_proven_subnets(id).contains(item.subnet)` in place of `is_trusted`.

**Reflection — what was tricky:** the blast radius was bigger than my D2 plan's "two_hosts test still passes" line implied. Making seed-proof mandatory (fail→drop) would have broken ~16 integration-test `NetConfig` literals that dial without any subnet setup → empty intersection → drop. Resolved with the `NetConfig.membership: Option<MembershipSource>` seam: `None` disables the proof entirely (no control stream), mechanics-only tests pass `None`, production wires `Some(SubnetStore::load)`. Both peers must agree (both `Some` or both `None`) or the side expecting the control stream hangs — always holds in production (both real daemons). Good seam; remember it for D5 (gate consumes the verdict only when membership is enforced).

**Open item #1 (keep-alive) — CLOSED.** iroh 0.98.2 default was keep-alive=**off**, idle=30s (quiet conns would drop). Set keep-alive 15s < idle 60s via `QuicTransportConfig::builder()` in `endpoint.rs::spt_transport_config()`, asserted at the constant seam. "Multi-week" = survives indefinite idleness while both ends up, not one conn pinned literally for weeks.
</live-context>
<project-context>
**Mesh-D2 shipped (`db9f1bb` on `dev-freeform`, unpushed). REQ-MESH-1 now `[impl, unit, int]`.** What landed:
- `spt-net/mesh/seedproof.rs`: added `Hello{nonce, subnets}` frame (D1 had only `Challenge`/`Proof`) so the two nodes negotiate which subnets to prove; total decode + unit test.
- `spt-net/endpoint.rs`: QUIC keep-alive (15s) < idle (60s) — `spt_transport_config()` + `MESH_KEEP_ALIVE`/`MESH_MAX_IDLE` consts, `keep_alive_is_under_idle_timeout` unit.
- `spt-daemon/seedproofx.rs` (NEW module): connect-time orchestration. One bidi control stream, four-leg ping-pong (dialer Hello → acceptor Hello-with-intersection → dialer Proofs → acceptor Proofs). Each side derives `MK` from its OWN local seed+epoch → exact-epoch reject on skew. `prove_membership()` returns `Option<HashSet>` (None = drop). `production_membership()` loads SubnetStore fresh per connect (picks up D7 rotation w/o restart).
- `nethost.rs`: `ConnEntry.proven_subnets` + `conn_proven_subnets(id)` accessor (D5's read seam); `NetConfig.membership` source; proof runs in `dial()` + accept-loop before `register_conn`, drop on fail.
- int tests `tests/seedproofx.rs`: both-prove / proven-is-the-shared-set / wrong-seed-dropped / no-shared-subnet-dropped.
- Verification: traceable-reqs check = **172 complete, 0 findings**; spt-net + 209 daemon-lib + ~16 None-path int tests green; `--no-default-features`, workspace build, clippy clean. **Five `is_trusted` gate files UNTOUCHED** (D5 owns the swap; is_trusted still gates in parallel = no regression).

**IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP = Mesh-D3.** JIT-write `MESH-D3-PLAN.md` first (project convention). D3 = roster store + tombstones + pairing seed-transfer (REQ-MESH-2 impl/unit, activate at start). The union-merge grow-set (per-node self-entry under `lease_epoch`, strictly-greater-wins), tombstones (dominate / suppress-reinsert / clear-on-repair), persist-through-silence, atomic/corrupt-degrades-empty — pure + unit-tested (mirror the existing store shapes in `spt-store/src/{subnet,trust}.rs` — same atomic_write + load-degrades-empty discipline). `pairing::wire::Frame::Seed` gains the full current roster; joiner adopts it at pairing. D3 consumes nothing from D2's wire beyond established conns.

**Mesh arc (updated):** D0 ✅ · D1 ✅ · **D2 ✅** · **D3 ← NEXT** roster store · D4 roster propagation on-connect · D5 gate swap (`is_trusted`→ConnEntry set) + hard cutover (delete `peers.json`) · **D6 fan-out widen → MESH ON, D0 flips green** · D7 revoke/rotate/re-seed · D8 status-probe concurrency. Every pre-D6 phase = no-reach-regression; D6 = the single switch. Carry-forward open items: #2 (REQ-SUBNET-5 probe loop serial? → D8) · #3 (self-update path node-local, not riding member conns → pre-D5 check before cutover).

**Broad status + end goal (unchanged, re-affirm):** spt-core = harness-independent core for the agent ecosystem (messaging, live-agent lifecycle, terminal hosting, P2P networking, runtime-manifest harness contract); clean-room rebuild of `claude_skill_owl`. M0–M8 shipped; v0.2.0 live on the reachable fleet. In the post-M8 **subnet full-mesh** milestone now (fixes "subnet was the pairing graph, not a mesh"). **End goal = v1 with the rebuilt `spt` plugin (Claude Code, separate downstream repo) working E2E on top = the acceptance proof.** Queued on disk untouched: `DAEMON-LIFECYCLE-PLAN.md`. `dev-freeform` carries the unpushed mesh commit set (now through D2) + earlier offline-name fix + daemon-start alias — **user controls the push.**
</project-context>


/spt:commune with immediate next steps and broad summary of the project's status + end goal. we'll resume in the next session


Commune written to `.claude/doyle-commune.md` — Self listener picks it up, Psyche ingests, file auto-deletes on success.

Delta sent:
- **Mesh-D2 DONE** (`db9f1bb`) — was the stale "next step"; now landed. Don't re-plan.
- **Key design call recorded** — verdict is `HashSet` not bool, forced by codebase (conns not subnet-scoped + per-(subnet,origin) gates).
- **`NetConfig.membership: Option` seam** — the no-regression trick; matters for D5.
- **Open item #1 closed** — keep-alive 15s < idle 60s.
- **Next = Mesh-D3** (roster store + tombstones + pairing seed-transfer), JIT-plan first.
- Arc updated, end goal + unpushed-commits-are-yours re-affirmed.

Ready to resume at D3 next session.