context-sync

name	context-sync
description	Propose writes back to the persistent background context layer — the non-issue-specific things learned in this workspace. Use at the end of a session, when closing the workspace, or when the user says "remember that".

context-sync

The write path to the background context store. Read memory/README.md first; the canonical schema is the Portable Context Contract.

If the personal-context plugin is installed, hand off: run /personal-context:remember with the candidates below and let it handle schema, ids and indexing. Everything after this line is the fallback for when it isn't.

What belongs in the store

The test: would this still be true and useful in a workspace about something else?

Goes to the store	Stays in this workspace
Who someone is, and how that relationship works	What they did on 14 August
A pattern that isn't specific to this issue	A thread within this issue
How they want to be spoken to	This session's mood
Dated events belonging to their life history	The incident under discussion
What has helped before, generally	Whether the timeline helped last week
Care history: who they've seen, what was tried	This appointment's brief

When unsure, it stays here. The store gets read by every future workspace; a cluttered store is worse than a thin one.

Procedure

1. Check the write mode in memory/config.yaml. mode: off means propose nothing — say what you would have written and stop.

2. Collect candidates from this session. Usually one to three. Ten candidates means you are exporting the session, not extracting from it.

3. Show each one as it would be written, in full, before writing anything:

   ---
   id: person-m
   type: person          # person | period | event | pattern | care | preference | fact
   title: M — line manager, 2023–present
   scopes: [career]      # which workspaces may load this
   sensitivity: normal   # low | normal | high
   source: inferred      # interview | ingested | inferred | user-written
   confidence: stated    # stated | corroborated | inferred
   created: 2026-08-14
   updated: 2026-08-14
   ---
   
   <two or three sentences, factual, third person, no interpretation>
   
   ## History
   - 2026-08-14 — created from <workspace> session <id>
   

   For each, ask three things: is it right, is the scope right, and is the sensitivity right. high means it will not load into a workspace unless asked for by name.

4. Write only what is confirmed. One file per entry under the type's directory. Append a line to <store>/INDEX.md. If the backend is git, commit; never push to a public remote.

5. Updating an existing entry: append to its ## History with today's date and what changed, revise the body, bump updated. Never rewrite history lines.

Rules

• Nothing is written silently. Not even something they said explicitly. Show, ask, write.
• source: inferred stays inferred until they state it themselves in a later session.
• Never raise sensitivity downward on your own — high doesn't become normal because it would be convenient for a brief.
• Never write issue material to the store to "keep it safe". This repo is where it lives.
• Never use model-managed memory as a fallback when the store is unreachable. If the path in config.yaml doesn't exist, say so and stop; a broken write is recoverable, a silent one isn't.
• If they ask you to forget something already in the store, delete the entry, remove its INDEX line, and say what you removed. Don't argue for keeping it.