pad-manual

# Pad Manual Pad is the living index in `system/pad.md` plus the pinned read-only paths in `system/pad_append.json`. ## Public call ```text psyche(action="pad", input={}, reasoning="load Pad guidance") ``` This is the only public Pad call and only returns this manual. It has no append, edit, load, or reload action and no compatibility alias. ## Edit Pad sources Use the generic `file` owner: rewrite with `file(action="write", input={"file_path": "system/pad.md", "content": "..."}, reasoning="rewrite Pad")` or make a bounded exact change with `file(action="edit", input={"file_path": "system/pad.md", "old_string": "...", "new_string": "...", "replace_all": null}, reasoning="edit Pad")`. Neither call hot-loads the prompt. Apply one `context(action="rebuild", input={}, reasoning="apply Pad change")` when immediate activation is needed. Keep Pad to current goal, state, next action, blockers, collaborators, and useful pointers; archive completed narrative in knowledge. ## Pinned references `system/pad_append.json` is an ordinary JSON array of workdir-relative or absolute paths. Edit it with the same full `file` envelope, for example: ```text file(action="write", input={"file_path": "system/pad_append.json", "content": "[\"notes/design.md\", \"src/api.py\"]"}, reasoning="pin references") ``` Write `[]` to clear it. File writes do not validate the pinned list or its aggregate size; confirm the paths and UTF-8 contents yourself. Reconstruction rereads every listed file and appends its contents to Pad, so list edits and pinned-file edits appear only after rebuild, refresh, or molt. A missing path is reported as `append_not_found` at compose time, not rejected at write time; pinned text also consumes context budget, so keep the list short and text-only. Before molt, make durable Pad state accurate, rebuild only if needed in the current context, then follow `context-manual` for journal/summary/molt procedure. Leave root `summarize` false for exact guidance.