| name | governance-sentinel |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| category | devops |
| description | Recurring governance introspection — scrape brain sync snapshots for codepath patterns, compile weekly insights, and store verdicts in dream.json for retrospection. Runs as a sentinel after mycortex-update-sync, before daily police logs. |
Governance Sentinel v1.0.0
Scraping brain sync state, extracting codepath patterns, and producing
governance insights for weekly retrospection. This is the sentinel that
sits after mycortex-update-sync and before daily police logs in the pipeline.
When to Use
Load this skill when the task involves:
- "sentinel" related to brain sync, governance, or reflection
- Scraping brain snapshots for patterns
- Writing or updating
dream.json
- Weekly retrospection or governance insight compilation
- Pipeline-position-aware sentinel work (between mycortex update and police logs)
Pipeline Position
mycortex-update-sync → GOVERNANCE-SENTINEL → daily police logs
The sentinel runs after the brain snapshot is refreshed (so it sees the
latest state) and before the police logs (so its insights are available
for the daily governance report).
What It Does
- Scrape brain sync snapshots — read the latest mycortex sync output for
codepath patterns (repeated file paths, recurring operation types,
agent activity signatures).
- Extract patterns — cluster the scraped activity into codepath families:
which scripts, crons, or workflows recur most.
- Compile weekly insights — aggregate the daily observations into
weekly governance themes (drift sources, hot paths, risky patterns).
- Store verdicts in
dream.json — each run appends a verdict record
(timestamp, pattern summary, confidence, suggested follow-up) for
retrospection. dream.json is the sentinel's persistent memory.
dream.json Format
{
"verdicts": [
{
"ts": "2026-08-01T03:00:00Z",
"patterns": ["ops/scripts/cortex-update.sh x4", "cron agent-fixer-* x3"],
"confidence": 0.8,
"suggestion": "Review cortex-update lock purge interaction"
}
]
}
Running the Sentinel
python3 ~/hermes-cortex/src/loop-governance/governance-sentinel.py
python3 -c "import json; print(len(json.load(open('~/.hermes-cortex/state/dream.json'))['verdicts']))"
Related
loop-governance — the cycle-scoring system it reflects onlegacy-brain-maintenance — the sync step it followssoul-refinement — daily SOUL.md insights (companion)orch-weekly-auto-fix — weekly opportunity scan (consumer of insights)
