---
session_id: S-2026-0213-2232
timestamp: 2026-02-13T21:32:39Z
predecessor: S-2026-0213-2150
tasks_active: [T-018, T-019]
tasks_touched: [T-009, T-010, T-011, T-015, T-016, T-017]
tasks_completed: [T-009, T-010, T-011, T-015, T-016, T-017]
uncommitted_changes: 0
owner: claude-code
---

# Session Handover: S-2026-0213-2232

## Where We Are

This session **completed 6 tasks** including a major self-review that found the framework was lying to itself about context completeness. Multi-agent review revealed 8 of 10 episodic summaries were empty templates. We fixed the generator (T-015), added audit checks (T-016), and generated missing episodics (T-017). The framework now detects and enforces episodic quality. 2 tasks remain: enriching old low-quality episodics (T-018) and adding a handover gate (T-019).

## Completed This Session

### T-009: Document falsifiability criteria
- **Delivered:** Defined what would prove the framework wrong for all 4 directives and 3 core mechanisms
- **Key insight:** Pivot threshold defined (3+ directives fail, 2+ mechanisms fail)

### T-010: Define framework scope and audience
- **Delivered:** Primary audience is individual developers using AI agents
- **Key insight:** Framework overhead only justified when AI context loss is the problem

### T-011: Define practice graduation criteria
- **Delivered:** Knowledge pyramid (Update → Learning → Practice → Directive) with graduation criteria
- **Key insight:** Higher levels require more evidence and are harder to change

### T-015: Fix episodic generator to require enrichment
- **Delivered:** Added enrichment_status field, See git log prompts, warning banner
- **Key insight:** Generator produces skeletons, not summaries — be honest about limitations

### T-016: Add episodic quality checks to audit agent
- **Delivered:** Section 6 in audit.sh checks for missing/low-quality episodics
- **Key insight:** Audit was blind to episodic completeness despite it being primary goal

### T-017: Generate missing episodic summaries
- **Delivered:** Generated and enriched episodics for T-002, T-003, T-004, T-012
- **Key insight:** Good task documentation enables retroactive episodic creation

## Work in Progress

### T-018: Enrich low-quality episodic summaries
- **Status:** captured
- **Last action:** Not started this session
- **Next step:** Enrich T-001, T-006, T-007, T-008 episodics (these predate T-015)
- **Blockers:** None
- **Insight:** These old episodics have empty summaries but no enrichment_status field

### T-019: Add handover gate for episodic completeness
- **Status:** captured
- **Last action:** Not started this session
- **Next step:** Modify handover.sh to check for pending episodic enrichments
- **Blockers:** None
- **Insight:** This closes the enforcement loop at session boundaries

## Decisions Made This Session

1. **Multi-agent review for critical self-assessment**
   - Why: Different perspectives (D1, D2, D3, skeptic, architect) provided comprehensive diagnosis
   - Alternatives rejected: Single-agent review (less thorough)

2. **enrichment_status field instead of blocking generation**
   - Why: Non-blocking allows workflow to proceed while tracking debt
   - Alternatives rejected: Blocking (too disruptive), no tracking (current broken state)

3. **WARN not FAIL for missing episodics**
   - Why: Older tasks may predate the system; too disruptive to fail immediately
   - Alternatives rejected: FAIL (breaks existing workflow)

## Things Tried That Failed

1. **Assumed existing episodics were useful** — Multi-agent review revealed 7 of 10 were empty templates

## Open Questions / Blockers

1. Should old episodics (T-005, T-013, T-014) be regenerated with new format, or just leave them as-is since they're already enriched?

## Gotchas / Warnings for Next Session

- **Old episodics lack enrichment_status field** — They predate T-015, audit checks may behave differently
- **FP-003 pattern recorded** — "Existence check without quality check" — apply this lesson elsewhere

## Suggested First Action

**Work on T-018 (Enrich low-quality episodic summaries)** — There are still 7 episodics with empty summaries (T-001, T-006, T-007, T-008, T-009, T-010, T-011). However, T-009, T-010, T-011 were completed this session and may need re-generation with the new generator.

Alternative: **T-019 (Handover gate)** — Adds enforcement at session boundary.

## Files Changed This Session

**Created:**
- `.context/episodic/T-009.yaml`, `T-010.yaml`, `T-011.yaml` (generated this session)
- `.context/episodic/T-015.yaml`, `T-016.yaml`, `T-017.yaml` (new format with enrichment)
- `.context/episodic/T-002.yaml`, `T-003.yaml`, `T-004.yaml`, `T-012.yaml` (retroactive)
- `.tasks/active/T-015.md` through `T-019.md` (remediation tasks)

**Modified:**
- `agents/context/lib/episodic.sh` — Added enrichment_status, TODO prompts, warning banner
- `agents/audit/audit.sh` — Added Section 6: Episodic Memory Checks
- `001-Vision.md` — Updated open questions
- `015-Practices.md` — Added graduation criteria
- `.context/project/patterns.yaml` — Added FP-003
- `.context/project/learnings.yaml` — Added L-005

## Session Statistics

- Tasks completed: 6 (T-009, T-010, T-011, T-015, T-016, T-017)
- Commits: 8 with task refs
- New episodics: 10 (4 retroactive, 6 this session)
- Patterns added: 1 (FP-003)
- Learnings added: 1 (L-005)
- Decisions recorded: 2 (D-006, D-007, D-008)
- Git traceability: 97% (38/39)
- Audit status: 15 PASS, 2 WARN, 0 FAIL

## Recent Commits

- 93487cb T-017: Enrich T-017 episodic summary
- ec4cb71 T-017: Generate and enrich missing episodic summaries
- fd5bb45 T-016: Add episodic quality checks to audit agent
- 7e034c6 T-015: Fix episodic generator to require enrichment
- 3ca49fb T-015: Create remediation tasks for episodic context gap
- a9cefb2 T-010: Define framework scope and audience
- 29b593e T-009: Update Vision with answered falsifiability question
- dcc00e7 T-009: Document falsifiability criteria

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## Handover Quality Feedback (for next session to complete)

- Did this handover help? [ ]
- What was missing?
- What was unnecessary?
