docs(rules): Option B disclosure for 3 user-scope memory refs (audit #4031)#4033
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…4031) Implements the audit memo b56f129 (PR #4031) Recommendation Option B: add citation-form disclosure to .claude/rules files that cite memory files existing only at user-scope. Affected rules + memory refs disclosed: 1. persistence-choice-architecture-for-zeta-ais.md - feedback_classifier_caught_otto_in_standing_by_* - feedback_aaron_zeta_is_memory_preservation_specialist_first_* 2. codeql-no-source-on-docs-only-pr-is-broken-commit-canary.md - feedback_codeql_no_source_seen_on_docs_only_pr_is_broken_* 3. premise-flagged-unverified-stays-unverified-downstream.md - feedback_aaron_we_are_the_ones_cooking_it_youtube_finance_* For each citation: discloses file is user-scope only (not in-repo at the cited path) and names the cold-boot fallback (rule's own body sections + CURRENT-*.md projections in-repo). Audit's 5th candidate (holding-without-named-dependency-...) was not found in current origin/main — likely stale audit anchor. Skipped. Audit's 4th candidate (shadow-star-shorthand-...) already has good Option B disclosure at line 78. No change needed. Composes with: - memory/feedback_otto_cli_audit_in_repo_rules_cite_user_scope_only_memory_files_5_dangling_refs_cold_boot_invisible_2026_05_17.md (PR #4031) - CLAUDE.md two-tier memory architecture Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR updates three .claude/rules/ documents to disclose that cited memory files are user-scope only and to provide cold-boot fallback guidance for fresh checkouts.
Changes:
- Adds user-scope-only disclosure for dangling
memory/feedback_*.mdreferences. - Points readers to in-rule projections and
memory/CURRENT-*.mdfallback files. - Keeps the changes documentation-only.
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.claude/rules/premise-flagged-unverified-stays-unverified-downstream.md |
Adds disclosure and fallback text for a user-scope-only substrate lesson memory. |
.claude/rules/persistence-choice-architecture-for-zeta-ais.md |
Adds disclosure and fallback text for two user-scope-only memory citations. |
.claude/rules/codeql-no-source-on-docs-only-pr-is-broken-commit-canary.md |
Adds disclosure and fallback text for the user-scope-only CodeQL canary memory. |
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- P1: This says
memory/CURRENT-aaron.mdormemory/CURRENT-otto.mdcarries the constitutional projection, but neither file currently contains the cited memory stem or the "Zeta is memory preservation specialist first" wording. That makes the advertised cold-boot fallback inaccurate.
(user-scope only; same cold-boot fallback as above —
`memory/CURRENT-aaron.md` or `memory/CURRENT-otto.md` in-repo
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| the in-repo projection; `memory/CURRENT-aaron.md` carries the entry. | ||
| The user-scope file's "CORRECTION (2026-05-16T19:05Z) — Kestrel | ||
| critique caught a razor failure" section is the verbatim source.) |
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| read the rule body above + `memory/CURRENT-otto.md` in-repo for | ||
| the projection) | ||
| (Otto's Standing-by catch that surfaced the | ||
| ephemerality-attractor at smaller amplitude) | ||
| - `memory/feedback_aaron_zeta_is_memory_preservation_specialist_first_everything_else_second_ephemeral_or_maxed_out_chat_agents_2026_05_15.md` | ||
| (user-scope only; same cold-boot fallback as above — | ||
| `memory/CURRENT-aaron.md` or `memory/CURRENT-otto.md` in-repo | ||
| carries the constitutional projection) |
| (user-scope only — preserved at `~/.claude/projects/.../memory/` | ||
| on maintainer machines and indexed in user-scope `MEMORY.md`. Cold-boot | ||
| agents on fresh checkouts: this rule's own body above is the canonical | ||
| in-repo projection; `memory/CURRENT-otto.md` may also carry the entry) |
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…n m-acc rule (audit #4031 follow-up) (#4038) Peer-Otto-Desktop's #4033 covered 3 of 5 audit findings + correctly identified one mis-attribution (my #4031 audit said the classifier-caught-otto memo was cited in holding-without-named-dependency rule; it's actually in persistence-choice-architecture rule — peer's "stale audit anchor" catch was right). The shadow-star-shorthand-autocomplete-marker.md case was correctly SKIPPED by peer's #4033 because that rule already has good user-scope disclosure at line 78. BUT the same memory file is also cited inline in `m-acc-multi-oracle-end-user-moral-invariants.md` line 191 — a second citation site my original audit's `sort -u` dedup hid. Peer-Otto-Desktop didn't pick this up because they followed my audit list directly. Fix: add Option B disclosure inline, pointing cold-boot agents at the in-repo shadow-star-shorthand rule that names the shorthand definitively. Audit-method gap revealed: future audits should track ALL rule→file edges, not unique file paths. Filed for future-Otto consideration. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Substrate-honest follow-up from the audit→Option-B chain:
Worked example of multi-Otto coordination via substrate-only signal: my audit memo → peer-Otto-Desktop's implementation PR → my r2 follow-up → my extension audit. Each surface independent, each coordinated through merged-substrate handoff. Catalog-worthy. |
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Summary
Implements PR #4031 audit's Recommendation Option B (citation-form disclosure) for 3 in-repo
.claude/rules/*.mdfiles that cite memory files existing only at user-scope (~/.claude/projects/.../memory/), not in-repo.Rules fixed
persistence-choice-architecture-for-zeta-ais.mdfeedback_classifier_caught_otto_*+feedback_aaron_zeta_is_memory_preservation_specialist_*codeql-no-source-on-docs-only-pr-is-broken-commit-canary.mdfeedback_codeql_no_source_seen_on_docs_only_pr_*premise-flagged-unverified-stays-unverified-downstream.mdfeedback_aaron_we_are_the_ones_cooking_it_youtube_finance_*Each citation now names: (a) the file is user-scope only (not in-repo at the cited path), (b) cold-boot fallback (the rule's own body sections +
CURRENT-*.mdprojections in-repo).Skipped (with rationale)
holding-without-named-dependency-...→feedback_classifier_caught_*): the ref stringclassifier_caughtwas NOT found anywhere in the currentorigin/mainversion of that rule. Likely a stale audit anchor. Skipped (no action needed).shadow-star-shorthand-...→feedback_aaron_shadow_star_shorthand_*): the rule already has good Option B disclosure at line 78: "preserved at user-scope memory. These memos auto-load into every Otto-CLI session via~/.claude/projects/<slug>/memory/MEMORY.md, so they are reachable from cold boot even though they do not live in-repo:". No change needed.Empirical: peer-Otto worktree contamination during this fix
Mid-edit, peer Otto-CLI fresh-session switched the shared worktree to a different branch (
shard/tick-0236z-...). My unstaged edits survived the switch (pergit switchsemantics) and were applied to a fresh unique-name branch (r2-2026-05-17) per the saturation-ceiling rule's branch-contamination mitigation. Composes with.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.mdsub-case 5 + 1.Composes with
memory/feedback_otto_cli_audit_in_repo_rules_cite_user_scope_only_memory_files_5_dangling_refs_cold_boot_invisible_2026_05_17.md(the audit memo from PR memo(audit): in-repo rules cite user-scope-only memory files — 5 dangling refs, cold-boot invisible #4031)Test plan
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