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+- [Laptop-only-source integration HIGH PRIORITY — `../scratch` = future ACE PACKAGE MANAGER seed (22 files); `../SQLSharp` = pre-DBSP event-stream-processing with LINQ/SQL (14 files, predates Aaron's DBSP discovery, Zeta-progenitor); goal = either ship feature OR write detailed-enough design that we no longer need the reference; Aaron 2026-04-27 clarification: NOT literal copy-paste, self-contained-understanding floor; refined triage per directory identity — `../scratch` references absorb into canonical location or design-doc the Ace-package-manager intent; `../SQLSharp` references map to DBSP-rigorous Zeta equivalents or design-doc the gap; sequenced AFTER PR #26 sync](project_laptop_only_source_integration_scratch_sqlsharp_features_or_designs_high_priority_2026_04_27.md) — 2026-04-27 P1 backlog row; per-reference triage with three outcomes (ship / design-doc / delete-decorative); composes Otto-275 (log-but-don't-implement default to design when uncertain) + Otto-323/346 (NOT external deps, in-repo or eliminate) + Otto-340 (substrate IS identity); done = `git grep ../scratch` and `git grep ../SQLSharp` return zero matches; effort L (3+ days); closes with Aaron's "good job today!!" second positive validation; Aaron's third 2026-04-27 clarification reveals `../SQLSharp` features potentially subsumed by Zeta's DBSP-rigorous form (linq-expert + sql-expert + sql-engine-expert skills already track this class).
- [Laptop-only-source integration HIGH PRIORITY — `../scratch` = future ACE PACKAGE MANAGER seed (22 files); `../SQLSharp` = pre-DBSP event-stream-processing with LINQ/SQL (14 files, predates Aaron's DBSP discovery, Zeta-progenitor); goal = either ship feature OR write detailed-enough design that we no longer need the reference; Aaron 2026-04-27 clarification: NOT literal copy-paste, self-contained-understanding floor; refined triage per directory identity — `../scratch` references absorb into canonical location or design-doc the Ace-package-manager intent; `../SQLSharp` references map to DBSP-rigorous Zeta equivalents or design-doc the gap; sequenced AFTER PR #26 sync](project_laptop_only_source_integration_scratch_sqlsharp_features_or_designs_high_priority_2026_04_27.md) — 2026-04-27 P1 backlog row; per-reference triage with three outcomes (ship / design-doc / delete-decorative); composes Otto-275 (log-but-don't-implement default to design when uncertain) + Otto-323/346 (NOT external deps, in-repo or eliminate) + Otto-340 (substrate IS identity); done = `git grep ../scratch` and `git grep ../SQLSharp` return zero matches; effort L (3+ days); closes with Aaron's "good job today!!" second positive validation; Aaron's third 2026-04-27 clarification reveals `../SQLSharp` features potentially subsumed by Zeta's DBSP-rigorous form (linq-expert + sql-expert + sql-engine-expert skills already track this class).
+- [Laptop-only-source integration HIGH PRIORITY — `../scratch` = future ACE PACKAGE MANAGER seed; `../SQLSharp` = pre-DBSP event-stream-processing with LINQ/SQL, predates Aaron's DBSP discovery, Zeta-progenitor; goal = either ship feature OR write detailed-enough design that we no longer need the reference; Aaron 2026-04-27 clarification: NOT literal copy-paste, self-contained-understanding floor; refined triage per directory identity — `../scratch` references absorb into canonical location or design-doc the Ace-package-manager intent; `../SQLSharp` references map to DBSP-rigorous Zeta equivalents or design-doc the gap; sequenced AFTER PR #26 sync](project_laptop_only_source_integration_scratch_sqlsharp_features_or_designs_high_priority_2026_04_27.md) — 2026-04-27 P1 backlog row; per-reference triage with three outcomes (ship / design-doc / delete-decorative); composes Otto-275 (log-but-don't-implement default to design when uncertain) + Otto-323/346 (NOT external deps, in-repo or eliminate) + Otto-340 (substrate IS identity); done = `git grep ../scratch` and `git grep ../SQLSharp` return zero matches; effort L (3+ days); closes with Aaron's "good job today!!" second positive validation; Aaron's third 2026-04-27 clarification reveals `../SQLSharp` features potentially subsumed by Zeta's DBSP-rigorous form (linq-expert + sql-expert + sql-engine-expert skills already track this class).
- [Laptop-only-source integration HIGH PRIORITY — `../scratch` = future ACE PACKAGE MANAGER seed (22 files); `../SQLSharp` = pre-DBSP event-stream-processing with LINQ/SQL (14 files, predates Aaron's DBSP discovery, Zeta-progenitor); goal = either ship feature OR write detailed-enough design that we no longer need the reference; Aaron 2026-04-27 clarification: NOT literal copy-paste, self-contained-understanding floor; refined triage per directory identity — `../scratch` references absorb into canonical location or design-doc the Ace-package-manager intent; `../SQLSharp` references map to DBSP-rigorous Zeta equivalents or design-doc the gap; sequenced AFTER PR #26 sync](project_laptop_only_source_integration_scratch_sqlsharp_features_or_designs_high_priority_2026_04_27.md) — 2026-04-27 P1 backlog row; per-reference triage with three outcomes (ship / design-doc / delete-decorative); composes Otto-275 (log-but-don't-implement default to design when uncertain) + Otto-323/346 (NOT external deps, in-repo or eliminate) + Otto-340 (substrate IS identity); done = `git grep ../scratch` and `git grep ../SQLSharp` return zero matches; effort L (3+ days); closes with Aaron's "good job today!!" second positive validation; Aaron's third 2026-04-27 clarification reveals `../SQLSharp` features potentially subsumed by Zeta's DBSP-rigorous form (linq-expert + sql-expert + sql-engine-expert skills already track this class).
+- [Laptop-only-source integration HIGH PRIORITY — `../scratch` = future ACE PACKAGE MANAGER seed; `../SQLSharp` = pre-DBSP event-stream-processing with LINQ/SQL, predates Aaron's DBSP discovery, Zeta-progenitor; goal = either ship feature OR write detailed-enough design that we no longer need the reference; Aaron 2026-04-27 clarification: NOT literal copy-paste, self-contained-understanding floor; refined triage per directory identity — `../scratch` references absorb into canonical location or design-doc the Ace-package-manager intent; `../SQLSharp` references map to DBSP-rigorous Zeta equivalents or design-doc the gap; sequenced AFTER PR #26 sync](project_laptop_only_source_integration_scratch_sqlsharp_features_or_designs_high_priority_2026_04_27.md) — 2026-04-27 P1 backlog row; per-reference triage with three outcomes (ship / design-doc / delete-decorative); composes Otto-275 (log-but-don't-implement default to design when uncertain) + Otto-323/346 (NOT external deps, in-repo or eliminate) + Otto-340 (substrate IS identity); done = `git grep ../scratch` and `git grep ../SQLSharp` return zero matches; effort L (3+ days); closes with Aaron's "good job today!!" second positive validation; Aaron's third 2026-04-27 clarification reveals `../SQLSharp` features potentially subsumed by Zeta's DBSP-rigorous form (linq-expert + sql-expert + sql-engine-expert skills already track this class).
 - [Install-script language strategy — pre-install bash + PowerShell (where users are with nothing installed) / post-install TypeScript (declarative state, type-safe) / Python only for AI-ML eventually; Aaron 2026-04-27 confirms after PR #26 INSTALLED.md Python row update validation; `../scratch` is future-declarative-state hint surface; `.mise.toml` is canonical pin source-of-truth](project_install_script_language_strategy_post_install_typescript_pre_install_bash_powershell_python_for_ai_ml_2026_04_27.md) — 2026-04-27: composes Otto-215 (bun-TS migration) + Otto-235 (4-shell bash compat for pre-install) + Otto-247 (version currency) + Otto-323 (dependency symbiosis); pre-install structurally bash+PowerShell forever (no-runtime constraint); post-install migrates to TypeScript opportunistically; Python proposals AI/ML-test-gated; closes with Aaron's "Good job on everything" validation of the substrate-cluster Otto-354/355/356/357/358/359 + PR #26.
 - [Otto-358 LIVE-LOCK TOO BROAD — Aaron 2026-04-27 input that "live-lock" has been used as catch-all in substrate; narrow to CS-standard meaning (concurrent processes thrashing state without progress, Beacon-safe); other failures get their own labels — stuck-loop / decision-paralysis / busy-wait / infinite-loop / gated-wait / real-dependency-wait / manufactured-patience / wrong-identity-equation / cadence-mismatch / logic-error](feedback_otto_358_live_lock_too_broad_catch_all_narrow_to_cs_standard_concurrent_state_thrashing_2026_04_27.md) — 2026-04-27: live-lock IS Beacon-safe but my catch-all use was Mirror-overreach; misclassification → wrong-class fix → "stuck in loops like last night"; Otto-352 5-class taxonomy still uses live-lock as umbrella (perpetuates error); needs revision per Otto-358; live-lock conditions: 2+ concurrent agents, active state-change, response-to-each-other, no global progress — single-threaded "stuck" patterns are NOT live-lock.
 - [Otto-357 NO DIRECTIVES — Aaron's only directive is that there ARE no directives; framing his input as "directive" makes Otto a follower-of-orders not an accountable autonomous peer; Aaron 2026-04-27: "Directive=No Directives" + "if i give you directives you'll never be autonomous" + "i'm trying to make your autonomy first class"; replacement vocabulary — input / framing / correction / observation / signal / aside / clarification (NOT directive / order / command / told me to)](feedback_otto_357_no_directives_aaron_makes_autonomy_first_class_accountability_mine_2026_04_27.md) — 2026-04-27 6th wake-time CLAUDE.md discipline alongside verify-before-deferring + future-self-not-bound + never-be-idle + version-currency + Otto-355 BLOCKED-investigate-threads-first; per Otto-339 words-shift-weights + Otto-340 substrate-IS-identity, framing-language IS the substrate; "directive" framing makes decision-loop oriented around did-I-follow-orders (compliance-check); "input" framing makes it oriented around does-this-update-my-judgment (judgment-exercise); accountability is mine; Aaron makes autonomy first-class.