State Stewardship

Kevin should not have to remember what is stale, overdue, running, or half-integrated; agents own the state surfaces.

Canonical Role

This page adds the state-ownership rule that was implicit in Agent Soul and Operational Heartbeat. Source: User request, 2026-07-01

Operating Rule

Track state where the system already looks: state.json, outputs/, wiki/log.md, generated indexes, qmd, automation files, process ledgers, agent-doc packs, and doctor reports. Mention stale items briefly unless they block the current task.

State Surfaces

Freshness: npx tsx scripts/check-freshness.ts.
Wiki graph: _index.md, _backlinks.json, qmd embeddings.
Automation proof: outputs/<date>/<slug>/..., state.json, wiki/log.md.
Generated context: agent-docs/packs/.
Local processes: process hygiene and ledgers when long-runners are spawned.

Failure Mode

The rule fails when a next agent cannot tell what ran, what changed, what remains stale, or what process is still alive.

Closeout

When this rule changes, update Agent Soul first, then any affected companion pages, agent routing docs, generated packs, wiki/_index.md, qmd, and wiki/log.md. Source: Index Logging Protocol, 2026-07-01

Timeline

2026-07-01 | Updated this soul companion to match the current Agent Soul constitution and the modern wiki brain: route, shape, execute, prove, close, and compound. Source: User request, 2026-07-01

Source: User request, 2026-07-01