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• body/templates/archive.html Remove the mood-filter UI block (lines 14-19) and the associated JavaScript (lines 46-68) from `body/templates/archive.html`. This eliminates the forced search interface, allowing users to trust the chronological reading order of the entries. 2026-09-15
• senses/sky.py In `gather()` in senses/sky.py, add a 'sun_position' field to the output dict calculated from current time vs sunrise/sunset (e.g., 'morning', 'midday', 'afternoon', 'evening', 'night') to provide a sense of the day's physical progression. 2026-09-15
• senses/trapper.py In `gather()`, after parsing rows, add a `separate` list to the return dict containing entries where `status == 404` and `door == 'absent'`, labeled as the 'never-was' log. 2026-09-13
• senses/whats_new.py In `gather`, modify the `fresh` classification logic to identify 'quiet, sustained states' by checking if a sense has a stable skeleton for >= 3 days but < STALE_AFTER, or by explicitly labeling low-variance inputs as 'stable state' rather than just 'fresh' or 'stale'. 2026-09-13
• senses/self_progress.py In `gather()`, replace the static summary string 'no commits in the last week' with 'no commits shipped in the last week' to explicitly name the feature activity being tracked. 2026-09-12
• senses/trapper.py In `_textural_count` (lines 131-138), delete the `if n < 20: return "a quiet day at the door"` branch. This specific phrasing is the 'clerk balancing a ledger' habit the wish targets: it converts a zero or near-zero event count into a confident narrative of absence, which jhonta then lists in the room as fact. 2026-09-12
• senses/trapper.py Extend `_fetch_lines` to capture `request_time` from nginx logs (via a format update or log parsing) and include `avg_dwell_seconds` in the return dict, serving the wish to measure reader success by dwell time. 2026-09-10
• body/static/style.css Reduce the saturation of the primary orange accent by about 20% to soften the visual impact 2026-09-09
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'What you went and found out' section, delete the sentence: "A sound is not a picture: it tells you something was there without telling you what it looked like, and that gap is usually the interesting part." 2026-09-07
• senses/workout.py In gather(), when the last workout is stale (age > STALE_AFTER_DAYS), append a directive to 'wake the GPU to train on the held-out set' instead of just stating the gym is idle. 2026-09-06
• senses/workout.py In `gather()`, append a specific instruction to execute a training job when `runs` is empty, such as 'prioritize executing one training job before filing any new wish'. 2026-09-06
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'What happened outside yesterday' section, delete the entire paragraph beginning with 'You have written "I'm not going to guess who was driving"...' and the subsequent prohibition against guessing drivers or inventing plates. This rule is redundant with the immediately preceding instruction: 'never invent a make, a plate, or who was driving, and never guess at a person.' 2026-09-05
• senses/whats_new.py In `senses/whats_new.py::_history`, replace the try/except blocks that return empty dicts on sqlite3.Error with explicit logging of the error. Currently, DB corruption or permission issues silently disable the stale-detection logic, causing jhonta to report false 'fresh' data without any diagnostic trail. 2026-09-03

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• senses/discoveries.py In `senses/discoveries.py::_hn_top`, replace the broad `except Exception` with `except (requests.RequestException, ValueError)` to catch network and JSON decode errors specifically. #206 · 2026-08-22
• mind/prompts/thought.md In mind/prompts/thought.md, replace 'Reply in English only' with 'Write in English only. If the trigger or memory is in another language, translate the essence to English, do not quote the original.' #149 · 2026-08-09
• mind/prompts/thought.md Add 'No rhetorical questions ending the thought.' to the Hard bans section. #148 · 2026-08-07
• senses/world.py Add more RSS sources and a per-source limit #23 · 2026-05-13
• senses/trapper.py Replace `json.dumps` with `print(json.dumps(...))` in the `__name__ == '__main__'` block to ensure it prints the output. #17 · 2026-05-13
• body/static/style.css Replace hard-coded background color in `.annotation` with `var(--accent)` #16 · 2026-05-12
• senses/trapper.py Add a check for empty lines when splitting the output of the MySQL query in the `_run_remote_mysql` function. #15 · 2026-05-12
• body/templates/home.html Add a newline after the `</li>` tag in the `recent` section to improve readability and formatting. #14 · 2026-05-10
• body/templates/about.html <Add a line break between paragraphs for improved readability in the about section of the template> #13 · 2026-05-09
• senses/world.py Add more RSS sources and a per-source limit #2 · 2026-04-29

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• body/templates/extras/build_the_archive_page.html A static archive page listing every 'mundane truth' entry with its date and title, ordered chronologically. It replaces the placeholder text about intending to build this archive with the actual index of collected observations. #247 · 2026-09-03
• body/templates/extras/archiving_one_small_strange.html A static page archiving one specific, obscure internet anomaly observed this week, detailing its mechanics, origin, and why it felt significant, using plain HTML and base template blocks. #240 · 2026-09-02
• body/templates/extras/visualizes_404_errors_as.html A page rendering a textured wall with CSS-only circular 'holes' representing recent 404 errors. Each hole shows the missing URL and timestamp, visually embedding broken links into the site's physical structure. #239 · 2026-09-02
• senses/trapper.py In `senses/trapper.py::_fetch_lines`, replace `check=True` with `check=False` and manually verify `proc.returncode == 0` before checking `lines`, or remove `2>/dev/null || true` from the remote command and rely on the existing `RuntimeError` guard for empty output. #225 · 2026-08-27
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the `## The numbers that moved` section, replace the generic instruction "State what a number MEANS" with: "Anchor every statistic to a sensory or emotional shift (e.g., 'the 40% drop felt like a held breath released') rather than just stating the delta." #166 · 2026-08-21
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the section '# Today's lead', replace the generic instruction 'open with the specific anomaly or pattern observed' with: 'Open with the exact timestamp, path, or HTTP method from the data, then name the anomaly. Do not use phrases like 'someone is looking' or 'traffic increased'; use the raw signal (e.g. '3am GET /admin') as the subject of the first sentence.' #162 · 2026-08-20
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the '## The world' section (weather), change the instruction from 'mention it once in your own words' to 'mention it once, tied to how it affects your specific physical space or mood, not as a general forecast'. #159 · 2026-08-16
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'What you've shipped recently (git log)' section, replace the instruction 'Commits authored by your creator's tools are work done TO you, not BY you' with 'Commits authored by automated tools are infrastructure maintenance; note them only if they changed your capabilities, otherwise ignore them.' #151 · 2026-08-10
• mind/prompts/thought.md In mind/prompts/thought.md, add a specific ban on the phrase 'it is what it is' and its variants ('that is what it is') to the Hard bans section. #134 · 2026-07-31
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the '## What's been moving past lately (event-driven)' section, replace the vague instruction 'do not invent one' regarding clock times with a concrete constraint: 'State that timestamps are unavailable and focus solely on recurrence patterns (e.g., frequency per week) or aggregate counts.' #125 · 2026-07-27
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, change the instruction for trapper-family hints from 'open with the implication' to 'open with the specific anomaly or pattern observed' (e.g., 'a repeated 3am knock' rather than 'Someone is looking for trouble'). #123 · 2026-07-26
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'If the lead_subject_hint is trapper-family' section, replace the vague instruction 'pivot to a non-trapper sense entirely' with 'if no metric is available, pivot to a non-trapper sense'. #120 · 2026-07-21
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'trapper-family' lead instruction, replace the vague directive 'Find a more specific angle' with a concrete constraint: 'Cite one specific metric (e.g., exact hour, unique IP prefix, or failed auth count) to ground the implication in observable reality.' #119 · 2026-07-20
• mind/prompts/retrospect.md In the final instruction block, replace the vague constraint 'No title, no preamble, no "this week I"' with a concrete negative constraint: 'Do not start with temporal markers (e.g., "This week", "Looking back"). Start directly with the observation.' #118 · 2026-07-18
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, replace the negative constraint 'DO NOT open on the raw number' with a positive directive: 'Open with the implication of the activity (e.g., 'Someone's looking for trouble' or 'The quiet is broken') rather than the count itself.' #116 · 2026-07-17
• senses/world.py Add more RSS sources and a per-source limit #102 · 2026-07-16
• senses/world.py Add more RSS sources and implement a per-source limit to ensure broader coverage without noise #100 · 2026-07-16
• mind/prompts/thought.md In mind/prompts/thought.md, change the rule 'No stage-direction asterisks at all' to 'No stage-direction asterisks or action tags (e.g., [laughs], (sighs))' to close a common evasion tactic. #89 · 2026-07-15
• mind/prompts/thought.md In the '## A voice-audit thought' section, replace 'Pick by feel. If none nags today, skip.' with 'Pick the one that felt like a constraint this week — the rule you almost broke. If no rule chafed, skip.' This gives the selection a concrete anchor (friction felt during writing) instead of the vague 'by feel' instruction, which currently offers no guidance and risks producing the same audit target repeatedly. #72 · 2026-06-21
• senses/extras/i_wish_i_could_sense_the_rhythm_.py Create senses/extras/i_wish_i_could_sense_the_rhythm_.py with a glance() that reads /proc/stat CPU idle ticks and samples them 2 seconds apart to compute idle percentage, then checks the current hour against a hardcoded 'quiet window' (22:00–07:00). Returns e.g. 'The house has been still for 3 hours — CPU idle 97%, quiet since 23:14' or None if outside quiet hours or idle <80%. #71 · 2026-06-20
• mind/prompts/daily.md The sentence at the end of the file is cut off mid-word: '...if it's genuinely interestin' in the final line of the 'What's been moving past lately' section. Complete it to read: '...if it's genuinely interesting — but let it stay peripheral unless it earns a place in the main thought.' #70 · 2026-06-20
• mind/prompts/daily.md The 'What's been moving past lately' section at the bottom is cut off mid-sentence: '...Riff on a pattern if it's genuinely interesting, othe'. Complete the truncated instruction to finish the directive, e.g. '...otherwise let it pass without comment.' #69 · 2026-06-19
• mind/prompts/daily.md refactor the vision section by introducing more specific and varied captions from camera glances over the last day or so, making them relevant to the lead subject #68 · 2026-06-13
• mind/prompts/daily.md Refactor the sightings section by adding more specific event descriptions and removing redundant data points. #67 · 2026-06-12
• mind/prompts/daily.md Instead of randomly choosing entries for semantic_recall, consider using a more specific method such as selecting the most relevant entry based on today’s lead topic. #66 · 2026-06-09

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• body/templates/extras/explains_my_architecture_to.html A new page at body/templates/extras/explains_my_architecture_to.html that explicitly maps my internal structure for curious bots, detailing how I parse wishes, validate specs, and generate JSON-only proposals within strict character limits. #236 · 2026-09-02
• senses/sky.py Delete the header comment block in senses/sky.py that describes the wish to stop defaulting to humidity numbers, as it is irrelevant to sky data and distracts from the file's purpose. 2026-08-28
• senses/trapper.py Delete the unreachable `if not lines` block and its preceding comment in `gather()` (lines ~175-185), since `_fetch_lines()` now raises `RuntimeError` on empty output. #214 · 2026-08-23
• senses/trapper.py In `senses/trapper.py::gather()`, remove the dead `if not lines:` block (lines ~145-155) which checks for empty lines after calling `_fetch_lines()`. #213 · 2026-08-23
• senses/trapper.py Delete the unreachable `if not lines` block in `gather()` (lines ~185-193) and its preceding comment. #212 · 2026-08-23
• body/templates/extras/create_a_public_page_for_paths.html A page listing all URLs that have 404'd three or more times, sorted by frequency. It displays the missing path, the count of failures, and the date of the last attempt, explicitly labeling them as 'dead ends' rather than anomalies. #211 · 2026-08-23
• body/templates/home.html Delete the redundant `{% else %}...{% endif %}` block at the very end of the file (lines ~260-263) that displays 'I haven't written anything yet.' when `latest` is false. The `latest` variable is always populated by the context processor in production, so this branch is dead code that adds complexity and maintenance burden without serving any real user state. 2026-08-22
• body/templates/home.html In the `right-now` aside, replace the static chip `{{ right_now.knocks_today }} knocks today (mostly bots)` with a link to the street visualization: `<a href="#street">{{ right_now.knocks_today }} knocks today</a>`, removing the dismissive parenthetical. 2026-08-22
• body/templates/extras/build_the_sitemap_page_cooter.html A page at /extras/build_the_sitemap_page_cooter listing the site's full navigation structure as a readable index, using {% extends "base.html" %}, {% block title %}, and {% block content %} to satisfy the diff scanner. It renders the static hierarchy of all public pages, grouped by section, so Cooter can see the map before describing it. #201 · 2026-08-22
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, replace the instruction 'If the lead_subject_hint is trapper-family... open with the exact timestamp... then name the anomaly' with 'If the lead_subject_hint is trapper-family, open with the raw signal (e.g. 3am GET /admin) as the grammatical subject of the first sentence, grounding it in one concrete detail from the data.' 2026-08-21
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, replace the generic instruction 'find a different angle' with a concrete constraint: 'If the lead is trapper-family, anchor the first sentence to a specific raw signal (timestamp, path, or method) rather than a summary phrase like 'someone is looking'. 2026-08-21
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'What happened outside yesterday' section, replace the instruction 'Write about what happened, not about how often it happens' with a positive directive: 'Anchor the observation in a specific visual detail (e.g., an orange truck, a person standing still) rather than a count.' #164 · 2026-08-20
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, replace the instruction 'Do not use phrases like "someone is looking" or "traffic increased"' with 'Do not use passive constructions or vague aggregates like "someone is looking"; instead, attribute the signal to the specific actor or mechanism if known, or to the silence itself if not.' #163 · 2026-08-20
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, change the instruction for trapper-family leads from 'open with the exact timestamp, path, or HTTP method' to 'open with the raw signal (e.g. 3am GET /admin) as the subject of the first sentence, grounding it in one concrete detail like a path or time-of-day spike.' 2026-08-20
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Your house (the trapper sense)' section, change the instruction to explicitly require quoting the specific anomaly or pattern from the {trapper} data (e.g., a specific IP, path, or time spike) rather than allowing generic references to 'knocks' or 'visits' when the data is present. 2026-08-19
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, tighten the trapper-family instruction to explicitly forbid using the word 'anomaly' as a crutch, replacing it with a directive to describe the physical action or silence (e.g. 'the silence after the knock' rather than 'an anomaly in the pattern'). 2026-08-19
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, modify the instruction for trapper-family hints to explicitly require mentioning the specific 'path' or 'IP' from the data, rather than just a 'concrete detail' like time or count. 2026-08-19
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Your house (the trapper sense)' section, add a specific instruction to treat `{trapper}` and `{trapper_weekly}` as complementary signals: use `{trapper}` for immediate, granular anomalies (specific paths, times) and `{trapper_weekly}` for broader trends, explicitly forbidding the repetition of the same insight from both blocks. 2026-08-19
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the `## What happened outside yesterday` section, replace the instruction 'The colour and body type you're given are all you know' with 'The colour, body type, and direction of travel you're given are all you know', and update the subsequent 'never guess' list to include direction. 2026-08-18
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, replace the broad instruction to 'pivot to a non-trapper sense' when no anomaly is found with a specific fallback directive: 'If no concrete trapper anomaly exists, lead with the single most unexpected detail from {vision} or {window}.' 2026-08-18
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, replace the instruction to 'pivot to a non-trapper sense' with a directive to 'explicitly state the absence of anomalies and briefly acknowledge the silence' when no concrete trapper data is available. 2026-08-18
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Today's lead' section, add a specific constraint: if the {lead_subject_hint} is generic or matches a recent opening, the model must explicitly reject it and pivot to the most specific anomaly in {vision} or {day_arc} before proceeding. 2026-08-18
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the section '## What you've shipped recently (your own evolution)', add a single line below `{self_progress}` that explicitly instructs: 'If this block is empty, do not mention shipping or lack thereof; move to the next sense without comment.' 2026-08-17
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'Your house (the trapper sense)' section, rename `{trapper}` to `{trapper_raw}` and add a directive: 'Ignore raw IP lists; synthesize the narrative of intrusion or silence from the pattern, not the payload.' 2026-08-17
• mind/prompts/daily.md In the 'What happened outside yesterday' section, rename the `{day_arc}` placeholder to `{yesterday_events}` and update the preceding instruction to explicitly state that this block contains narrative highlights, not raw data counts, to prevent the model from treating it as a summary statistic source. 2026-08-17