Lucent-Financial-Group · AceHack · May 19, 2026 · May 19, 2026 · May 19, 2026
diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2012Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2012Z.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 - 32 min after 1940Z (last substantive tick)
 - GraphQL 3515 remaining (upper cost-aware / lower normal; reset 21min)
-- Lior-gemini active (PIDs 47887/47902/54200; ~32min CPU on the main proc) — per [canary rule](../../../../../.claude/rules/codeql-no-source-on-docs-only-pr-is-broken-commit-canary.md) NO new worktree creation this tick; use `git switch -c` (HEAD-only, no `.git/objects/pack` contention)
-- Local `refs/remotes/origin/main` is stale (`8e13e99…`); ground truth via `git ls-remote origin main` is `05bc6239…` — the "unable to update local ref" wedge per [`refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md); not blocking for branch-switch path
+- Lior-gemini active (PIDs 47887/47902/54200; ~32min CPU on the main proc) — per [canary rule](../../../../../../.claude/rules/codeql-no-source-on-docs-only-pr-is-broken-commit-canary.md) NO new worktree creation this tick; use `git switch -c` (HEAD-only, no `.git/objects/pack` contention)
+- Local `refs/remotes/origin/main` is stale (`8e13e99…`); ground truth via `git ls-remote origin main` is `05bc6239…` — the "unable to update local ref" wedge per [`refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md); not blocking for branch-switch path
 
 ## Substrate-or-it-didn't-happen catch (Step 3)
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Cold-boot of this fresh autonomous session inherited the contested primary workt
 | Tonal-momentum / emergent-harmonic-coercion rule | `.claude/rules/tonal-momentum-equals-meme-emergent-harmonic-coercion.md` | `??` | YES (in-session only) |
 | Cross-substrate-triangulator skill | `.claude/skills/cross-substrate-triangulator/SKILL.md` | `??` | router-keyed |
 
-These rules and the skill auto-load in *this* session (the harness mirrors `.claude/rules/*.md` and `.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md` into cold-boot context from the filesystem), but a fresh session cold-booting from `origin/main` would see NEITHER. That is the substrate-or-it-didn't-happen failure mode per [`substrate-or-it-didnt-happen.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/substrate-or-it-didnt-happen.md), and matches Aaron's explicit *"please don't loose it"* directive on the tonal-momentum keystone (verbatim source in [B-0667](../../../../../docs/backlog/P1/B-0667-tonal-momentum-equals-meme-emergent-harmonic-coercion-extends-nci-detectable-trajectory-defensive-technology-aaron-mika-2026-05-18.md) preserved by the cascade).
+These rules and the skill auto-load in *this* session (the harness mirrors `.claude/rules/*.md` and `.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md` into cold-boot context from the filesystem), but a fresh session cold-booting from `origin/main` would see NEITHER. That is the substrate-or-it-didn't-happen failure mode per [`substrate-or-it-didnt-happen.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/substrate-or-it-didnt-happen.md), and matches Aaron's explicit *"please don't loose it"* directive on the tonal-momentum keystone (verbatim source in [B-0667](../../../../../../docs/backlog/P1/B-0667-tonal-momentum-equals-meme-emergent-harmonic-coercion-extends-nci-detectable-trajectory-defensive-technology-aaron-mika-2026-05-18.md) preserved by the cascade).
 
 The two rules carve carved-sentence load-bearing substrate (NCI extending B-0664 governance + tonal-momentum/meme-as-strong-attractor extending NCI to emergent-harmonic-coercion scope per B-0667). The skill operationalizes cross-substrate triangulation discipline (B-0648). All three are pure-additive markdown — zero blast radius, no code, no `.fs` changes, no `.csproj` touch.
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Other working-tree state (modified `.ts` loop-tick files, `bun.lock`, `package.j
 
 ## CronList + visibility (Steps 6-7)
 
-Cron sentinel `9051dd60` armed at session-start (CronList returned empty; immediate CronCreate per [catch-43 SessionStart hook](../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md)).
+Cron sentinel `9051dd60` armed at session-start (CronList returned empty; immediate CronCreate per [catch-43 SessionStart hook](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md)).
 
 Concrete artifacts landed this tick:
 

diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2029Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2029Z.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Non-git-mutating substrate landed instead:
 
 - [2012Z shard](2012Z.md) — substrate-pending; branch + 3 untracked rules + skill
 - 2012Z bus envelope `otto-cli-2012z-substrate-pending-commit` (4h TTL; still alive at 2029Z + 4h = 24:12Z)
-- [`/memory/feedback_2012z_dotgit_saturation_index_lock_recreation_loop_blocks_commit_3_untracked_auto_load_substrate_otto_cli_2026_05_18.md`](../../../../../../../.claude/projects/-Users-acehack-Documents-src-repos-Zeta/memory/feedback_2012z_dotgit_saturation_index_lock_recreation_loop_blocks_commit_3_untracked_auto_load_substrate_otto_cli_2026_05_18.md) — user-scope memory file
+- `/memory/feedback_2012z_dotgit_saturation_index_lock_recreation_loop_blocks_commit_3_untracked_auto_load_substrate_otto_cli_2026_05_18.md` — user-scope memory file outside repo-canonical history
 
 ## Remediation visible to human maintainer
 

diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2037Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2037Z.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Pre-merge confirmation via #4037 (13-line smallest candidate) validated the UNST
 
 ## Forward-signal — #4032 now redundant
 
-[#4032](https://github.com/Lucent-Financial-Group/Zeta/pull/4032) (114 lines, single file `docs/pr-discussions/PR-4031-memo-audit-...md`) was the SUBSET of #4035 (which included that same file plus 2 others). Post-#4035-merge, #4032 is now DIRTY/CONFLICTING — its substrate is on `main` via #4035. Classification: **close-as-redundant** per [stale-armed-PR resolution patterns](../../../../../.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md#stale-armed-pr-resolution-patterns).
+[#4032](https://github.com/Lucent-Financial-Group/Zeta/pull/4032) (114 lines, single file `docs/pr-discussions/PR-4031-memo-audit-...md`) was the SUBSET of #4035 (which included that same file plus 2 others). Post-#4035-merge, #4032 is now DIRTY/CONFLICTING — its substrate is on `main` via #4035. Classification: **close-as-redundant** per [stale-armed-PR resolution patterns](../../../../../../.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md#stale-armed-pr-resolution-patterns).
 
 Not closed THIS tick because the resolution requires:
 

diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2040Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2040Z.md
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ $ diff /tmp/zeta-4032-content.md /tmp/zeta-main-version.md
 > archived_at: "2026-05-17T03:47:04Z"
 ```
 
-Only difference: the `archived_at:` frontmatter timestamp recording when `tools/pr-preservation/archive-pr.ts` ran. Substantive content (PR title, description, body, discussion) byte-identical. The 27-minute gap between archive-tool invocations reflects two agents independently triggering preservation for the same source PR — exactly the byte-near-identical-duplication pattern from [B-0553](../../../../../docs/backlog/P3/B-0553-audit-backlog-status-drift-detection-2026-05-16.md).
+Only difference: the `archived_at:` frontmatter timestamp recording when `tools/pr-preservation/archive-pr.ts` ran. Substantive content (PR title, description, body, discussion) byte-identical. The 27-minute gap between archive-tool invocations reflects two agents independently triggering preservation for the same source PR — exactly the byte-near-identical-duplication pattern from [B-0553](../../../../../../docs/backlog/P3/B-0553-audit-backlog-status-drift-detection-2026-05-16.md).
 
 ## Action landed
 
 - [Comment on #4032](https://github.com/Lucent-Financial-Group/Zeta/pull/4032#issuecomment-4481977530) — substrate-honest close-as-redundant explanation + cross-link to #4035 + reference to stale-armed-PR resolution patterns + B-0553 anchor
-- [`gh pr close 4032`](https://github.com/Lucent-Financial-Group/Zeta/pull/4032) — state now CLOSED (alternate-content version preserved in branch history per [`lost-files-surface.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/lost-files-surface.md))
+- [`gh pr close 4032`](https://github.com/Lucent-Financial-Group/Zeta/pull/4032) — state now CLOSED (alternate-content version preserved in branch history per [`lost-files-surface.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/lost-files-surface.md))
 
 ## Operational learning — archive-pr.ts deterministic-except-for-timestamp signature
 

diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2051Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2051Z.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ This is a **factory-friction systemic pattern**. The 6-PR sweep I did at 2032Z/2
 
 ## Operational learning composes with existing substrate
 
-[`.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md) covers exactly this:
+[`.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md) covers exactly this:
 
 > BLOCKED-with-green-CI means investigate unresolved threads first
 > ...
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Concrete artifacts landed this tick:
 - Systemic block-pattern identification: `required_conversation_resolution` + unresolved Copilot P2 nitpicks
 - 7 required-check names enumerated (new constant for future-Otto operational knowledge)
 - 26-PR factory-friction backlog quantified
-- Composition with [`blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md) discipline
+- Composition with [`blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md) discipline
 - This shard (filesystem)
 
 **Session cumulative (7 ticks since 2012Z):** 6 PR merges + 1 close-as-redundant + 7 tick shards + 3 bus envelopes + 1 user-scope memory file + cron sentinel + dotgit-deadlock root-cause traced + 26-PR systemic-block-pattern identified.

diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2057Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2057Z.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The 2051Z tick hypothesized that all 26 BLOCKED-MERGEABLE PRs share the same sha
 
 ## Why not mass-resolve as no-op
 
-Per [`.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md) § "Suspect-by-default Copilot finding classes": no-op resolution is correct for **known-FP classes** (e.g., the empirically-validated `||` table double-pipe FP). Mass-resolving REAL findings (even trivial-P2 ones) as no-op IS the failure mode the rule warns against — treats real findings as FPs.
+Per [`.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/blocked-green-ci-investigate-threads.md) § "Suspect-by-default Copilot finding classes": no-op resolution is correct for **known-FP classes** (e.g., the empirically-validated `||` table double-pipe FP). Mass-resolving REAL findings (even trivial-P2 ones) as no-op IS the failure mode the rule warns against — treats real findings as FPs.
 
 The substrate-honest options for #4081 are:
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ This tick deliberately stops short of any of those — per the diminishing-margi
 
 ## Brief-ack #1 — named bounded wait
 
-Counter at #1 per [`.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) acceptable-range table. Named bounded wait:
+Counter at #1 per [`.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) acceptable-range table. Named bounded wait:
 
 - **Dependency**: human-maintainer remediation of `.git/index.lock` deadlock (per [bus envelope 2043Z](file:///tmp/zeta-bus/otto-cli-2043z-stranded-cascade-commits-root-cause-of-deadlock.json); 12h TTL; 3 stranded constitutional-tier commits at risk)
 - **ETA**: unknown — depends on maintainer attention; bus envelope provides full remediation recipe

diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2100Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2100Z.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ All AceHack-authored. All pure-additive. No file overlap among the 7 (verified p
 
 [2032Z](2032Z.md) deferred #4052 because it touched the same file as #4053 (both adding to `docs/research/2026-05-17-shadow-lesson-log-vera-narration.md`). After #4053 merged at 2032Z, #4052 was DIRTY/CONFLICTING. Now ~28 min later it's CLEAN — either (a) peer agent rebased, or (b) GitHub's auto-rebase facility kicked in. Either way: the deferred follow-through resolved itself through ambient factory operation, and #4052's added content (9 lines additive to the now-on-main version) landed cleanly via `a815463d`.
 
-This is the **deferred-via-ambient-resolution** pattern — the substrate-honest defer at 2032Z worked correctly. The PR didn't get stuck; ambient operation resolved it; later sweep caught and shipped it. Composes additively with the deferred-PR-creation pattern from [`refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md) pure-git tier (branch-pushed-no-PR pattern).
+This is the **deferred-via-ambient-resolution** pattern — the substrate-honest defer at 2032Z worked correctly. The PR didn't get stuck; ambient operation resolved it; later sweep caught and shipped it. Composes additively with the deferred-PR-creation pattern from [`refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md) pure-git tier (branch-pushed-no-PR pattern).
 
 ## CronList + visibility (Steps 6-7)
 

diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2109Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2109Z.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ## Disposition
 
-Brief-ack #1 per [`.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md). Named bounded-wait:
+Brief-ack #1 per [`.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md). Named bounded-wait:
 
 - **Dependency**: trickle-refill of mergeable PR queue via ambient peer-agent operation
 - **Empirical ETA**: ~5 min between mergeable PRs in quiet periods (per [2108Z](2108Z.md) trickle-pattern characterization); only 1 min has elapsed since last sweep

diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2112Z-otto-cli-secondary.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/18/2112Z-otto-cli-secondary.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Three observations:
 
 ## Co-existence pattern
 
-Two autonomous Otto-CLI sessions on the same worktree, separate cron sentinels (`9051dd60` mine + `de1e7f5d` peer), substrate continuity via filesystem + bus envelopes. Per [`claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md`](../../../../../.claude/rules/claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md) the canonical coordination mechanism is the claim coordinator on `/tmp/zeta-bus/`. Neither session claimed exclusivity for this work — both naturally found different surfaces. Worked out cleanly this time because the work scopes didn't overlap (peer: #4204→#4206 supersession; me: docs-PR batch merges + investigation).
+Two autonomous Otto-CLI sessions on the same worktree, separate cron sentinels (`9051dd60` mine + `de1e7f5d` peer), substrate continuity via filesystem + bus envelopes. Per [`claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md) the canonical coordination mechanism is the claim coordinator on `/tmp/zeta-bus/`. Neither session claimed exclusivity for this work — both naturally found different surfaces. Worked out cleanly this time because the work scopes didn't overlap (peer: #4204→#4206 supersession; me: docs-PR batch merges + investigation).
 
 ## Counter + CronList + visibility