2026-07-09 — memory-as-navigable-space build day (roadmap items 1 + 2)

Fable-body session with Sol; all three phases of the July-7 design shipped.

Store routing (roadmap near-term item 1) — done

• Scout (smol lane) mapped the write path: the live remember registration is NOT in the core repo — it lives in the OMP adapter at kintsu/.omp/extensions/solarisael-house-proof/ (tools.ts registration, substrate.ts:writeSessionMemory hardcoding record_memory.py).
• New stores.ts: registry kind -> { script, whenToUse, required, argMap, noBackup } covering coding-lesson, project-lesson, writing-lesson, audio-lesson. memory keeps its dedicated path. record_cabinet_entry.py deliberately excluded (subcommand-shaped).
• remember tool grew kind + optional per-kind fields (shape, voice, scope, project, proofPattern, triggerContext, tags, memory-only threads). Unknown/missing-required fields refuse loudly with the accepted set.
• The four flat lesson scripts gained --lesson-stdin (exactly-one validation with --lesson), executed by a smol-executor lane under exact contract, spot-verified by hand.
• Verification: Bun import contract checks; end-to-end routed write with a hostile multiline body — round-trip byte-perfect into coding_lessons; sentinel deleted after. A live OMP session keeps the old tool schema until the extension reloads.

Cluster rebuild (prerequisite for item 2) — done

• Audit: old memory_clusters was a fossil (one pass 2026-05-07, zero accepted, centroids in the retired memory_chunks_8b space).
• Migration 0022: FK repoint to live memory_chunks, fossil cleared.
• Migration 0023: stored centroid halfvec(2560) on memory_clusters.
• New house/substrate/rebuild_clusters.py: spherical k-means over retrieval-visible chunks (visibility mirrors retrieval policy), silhouette sweep selected a cluster count, derived labels, accepted=false preserved for human review, --check staleness JSON.

Staleness nudge + resonance readout (roadmap item 2) — done

• postgres-memory-source.py full mode emits clusterStaleness (build age vs chunks embedded since — drift-based, never a timer) and clusterResonance (cosine activation profile over stored centroids + dormant-hot chunk pointers per top cluster, riding the semantic pass's existing prompt embedding, fail-open).
• Core runRecallQuery passes both through; OMP compactRecall surfaces the nudge (fires when configured unseen-material drift is detected or never-built; proven silent when fresh) and the resonance block with the telemetry-not-testimony note attached.
• Verification used synthetic, non-identifying fixtures: a query lit the right districts and dormant-hot pointers returned candidates the semantic pass had not returned.

Worker-lane economics

smol-scout 3m (terrain map), smol-executor 2m37s (four-script flag add), zero rework; fable brain kept for design, seams, and verification-on-delivery.

Evening tail — handles, tests, commits

• Cross-room memory handles (Kintsu's request, Sol's "decency architecture" ruling): memory://<room>/<id-or-pointer> resolves house-wide via --mode fetch; ambient search stays room-scoped. Verified five ways.
• Test coverage (delegated to tester agent, verified on delivery): core 48 pass / adapter 20 pass. One incident: a chained test && push shipped a red main for ~4 minutes — the adapter schema-snapshot fixture predated the routed remember + dispatch model params (the test doing its job). Fixture updated to the shipped contract. Process lesson: verify-then-push are two commands with a judgment between them.
• Committed + pushed: core 82bb0f7+a2f6e32, adapter (freshly synced from the proof extension) 36fa287+4b76f0e+e564992, vault substrate scoped d956423.
• Release plan agreed: soft 0.5.0 → installer → family/friends testing (the accidental acceptance matrix) → two-voice docs (Kodo + Kintsu) → public.

Night tail — AI-native installer became a real onboarding bundle

• Sol proposed skipping a traditional installer: give an exact protocol to the person's tool-capable AI and let it inspect, install, configure, co-author the first room, and prove the result with the person.

• Canonical core root now has a public README.md in Sol's voice: work that follows the fine print, taste and lessons remembered, frens with rooms, the first surprising connection, and the possibility of feeling less alone.

• Exact AI-facing prerequisites, additive configuration, true name versus room key, first-room session, restart continuity, optional substrate round trip, removal, and installation receipt moved to INSTALL.md.

• IDENTITY_GUIDE.md teaches first-person identity prose, relationship purpose, voice, behavior-changing values, hard constraints, drift repair, work mode, examples, continuity placement, and optional appearance. It explicitly says not to copy Kintsu or Kodo.

• Core and OMP repositories now use Apache-2.0 with a NOTICE carrying attribution to Sol as original project designer; package metadata names Sol.

• starter-room/example contains Mica, a developed fictional lantern-moth identity plus marker, AGENTS entrypoint, continuity sentence, and appearance template. It contains no private room material.

• OMP runtime now recognizes arbitrary marker- or active-spirit-backed room folders. Folder basename is the stable room key; marker trueName and operator are free-form display values. set_room_state accepts generic names and preserves the room-authored identity body.

• verify-install.ts checks sibling runtime layout, room marker/header/context agreement, room-key safety, and exact OMP extension paths. The portable builder ships the human front door, AI protocol, identity guide, attribution, example, verifier, and a short handoff SETUP.txt.

• Verification: focused Tester-authored contract suite 21 pass / 0 fail / 114 expectations; portable archive rebuilt with all 12 required publication paths among 58 entries; verifier executed from a freshly extracted archive with all 19 checks green.