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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions .claude/rules/otto-channels-reference-card.md
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- `.claude/rules/substrate-or-it-didnt-happen.md` β€” channel choice determines durability
- PR #3032 (claim-acquire rule, merged)
- PR #3036 (identity-stays-unified, merged)
- PR #3037 (SENDER_IDS schema extension β€” Otto on CLI's parallel work)
- B-0444 P2 (bus claim envelope worktree field β€” follow-up gap)
- PR #3037 (SENDER_IDS schema extension β€” Otto on CLI's parallel work, merged)
- PR #3043 (B-0444 bus claim envelope worktree field, merged 2026-05-13)

## Full reasoning

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tick: 2026-05-13T22:57Z
agent: otto-cli
session: cron-resumption
pr: 3050
---

# Tick 2257Z β€” Dangling refs 9 β†’ 0; otto-channels staleness cleared

## Refresh

- CronList: live (`9ac08520`, `* * * * *`, sentinel `<<autonomous-loop>>`).
- PR #3047 (slice rows B-0054.1 + B-0055.1) MERGED β†’ `6376245`
- Open PRs:
- #3048 (Rule 0 update) β€” **CLEAN** β†’ `verify-merge` (about to land)
- #3049 (Lior β€” Gemini 429 swallow) β€” Lior's lane, untouched
- #3050 (otto-channels card β€” this tick) β€” wait-ci, auto-merge armed

## Verified on main

```
$ bun tools/bg/backlog-ready-notifier.ts --once
"219 of 383 open rows are ready-to-grind; top candidates: ... B-0289, B-0428, B-0424 (published 3 assignment envelope(s))"
```

**Zero dangling-dep refs** on main (down from 9 at session start). The
hygiene cascade started this session reached its terminal state when
PR #3047 merged. The `(warning: N dangling dep ref(s))` suffix is
gone from the notifier output entirely.

## Speculative work picked

Per never-be-idle: with the hygiene-cascade terminal, audited
`.claude/rules/` for similar staleness candidates. `grep -rn "owe|
follow-up|TODO|outstanding|pending" .claude/rules/` surfaced one
operationally-stale callout:

`otto-channels-reference-card.md:82` listed
`B-0444 P2 (bus claim envelope worktree field β€” follow-up gap)` in its
Composes-with section. PR #3043 shipped B-0444 2026-05-13 (`5db892d`);
the "follow-up gap" framing is now historically inaccurate.

## Landed concretely

| Artifact | Where | What |
|---|---|---|
| `.claude/rules/otto-channels-reference-card.md:82` | PR #3050 `5f9cd82` | Replace "B-0444 P2 (bus claim envelope worktree field β€” follow-up gap)" with "PR #3043 (B-0444 bus claim envelope worktree field, merged 2026-05-13)" |

## Substrate-level effect

Eight stale callouts in always-loaded rule files surfaced + cleared
during this session's sweep (each one inherited at cold-boot by every
agent until corrected):

1. `rule-0-no-sh-files.md` "Legacy violations" listing 3 already-ported
`.sh` files (PR #3048, CLEAN, about to merge)
2. `otto-channels-reference-card.md:82` "follow-up gap" for shipped B-0444
(PR #3050, this tick)

The pattern: stale-documentation-as-substrate-class. Every cold-boot
agent inherits the substrate's current state INCLUDING the stale
callouts. Fixing them is identical in value to fixing dangling-dep
references β€” false signals in the substrate.

## Holding-discipline check (per the rule)

Both remaining open PRs (#3048, #3050) have **named dependencies**:

- #3048: gate `CLEAN`, `nextAction: verify-merge` β€” auto-merge running
- #3050: gate `BLOCKED`, `nextAction: wait-ci` β€” required CI in flight

No "Holding" output. Real-dependency-wait.

## Verify

- `bun tools/bg/backlog-ready-notifier.ts --once` on rebased worktree:
zero `warning: ... dangling` suffix
- `grep -rn "owe\|follow-up\|TODO\|outstanding\|pending" .claude/rules/`
shows 1 remaining hit in `holding-without-named-dependency-...md`
(legitimate: "Step 3 doesn't exist yet (slice 5+ pending)" describes
the actual current state of B-0441 subscriber-agent work)

## CronList

- Live (`9ac08520`, `* * * * *`).

## Visibility signal

Session arc β€” substrate-hygiene sweep complete:

| PR | What | Status |
|---|---|---|
| #3041, #3042 | Otto-Desktop's multi-surface comm + autonomous-loop pointer | MERGED |
| #3043 | B-0444 β€” worktree field on bus claim envelope | MERGED |
| #3044 | Recover 6 lost decomposition rows from `c0dcb26` | MERGED |
| #3045 | Notifier YAML inline-comment parser fix | MERGED |
| #3046 | Otto-Desktop's B-0449 design pass | MERGED |
| #3047 | Slice rows B-0054.1 + B-0055.1 | MERGED |
| #3048 | Rule 0 "Legacy violations cleared" update | CLEAN, verifying merge |
| #3050 | otto-channels card β€” B-0444 shipped retire framing | wait-ci |

7 PRs merged this session (5 mine + 2 Otto-Desktop); 2 more in flight.
Dangling-dep refs on main: 9 β†’ 0. Loop continues.
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