session-bridge

name	session-bridge
description	Universal context persistence across sessions. Auto-saves decisions, conventions, and progress to .rune/ files. Loads state at session start. Use when any skill makes architectural decisions or establishes patterns that must survive session boundaries.
metadata	{"author":"runedev","version":"0.8.0","layer":"L3","model":"haiku","group":"state","tools":"Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep","listen":"phase.complete, checkpoint.request, oracle.dispatched","emit":"invariants.loaded, oracle.failed"}

session-bridge

Purpose

Solve the #1 developer complaint: context loss across sessions. Session-bridge auto-saves critical context to .rune/ files in the project directory, and loads them at session start. Every new session knows exactly where the last one left off.

Triggers

• Auto-trigger: when an architectural decision is made
• Auto-trigger: when a convention/pattern is established
• Auto-trigger: before context compaction
• Auto-trigger: at session end (stop hook)
• Signal: checkpoint.request — explicit checkpoint from cook/team mid-phase
• /checkpoint — manual checkpoint (save exact resume point)
• /rune status — manual state check

Calls (outbound)

Exception: L3→L3 coordination (same pattern as hallucination-guard → research)

• integrity-check (L3): verify .rune/ file integrity before loading state

Called By (inbound)

• cook (L1): auto-save decisions during feature implementation
• rescue (L1): state management throughout refactoring
• context-engine (L3): save state before compaction
• context-pack (L3): coordinate state for sub-agent handoff
• neural-memory (L3): sync key decisions back to .rune/ files after Capture Mode
• adversary (L2): (oracle-mode) detach protocol when target model is opus-class for non-blocking dispatch

State Files Managed

.rune/
├── decisions.md        — Architectural decisions log
├── conventions.md      — Established patterns & style
├── progress.md         — Task progress tracker
├── session-log.md      — Brief log of each session
├── instincts.md        — Learned project-specific patterns (trigger→action)
├── cumulative-notes.md — Living project understanding (profile, themes, relationships)
├── learnings.jsonl     — Structured learning log (append-only, queryable)
└── checkpoint.md       — Exact resume point for cross-session continuity

Execution

Save Mode (end of session or pre-compaction)

Step 1 — Gather state

Collect from the current session:

• All architectural or technology choices made (language, library, approach)
• Conventions established (naming patterns, file structure, coding style)
• Tasks completed, in-progress, and blocked
• A one-paragraph summary of what this session accomplished

Python project context (if pyproject.toml or setup.py detected):

• Python version (from .python-version, pyproject.toml requires-python, or python --version)
• Virtual environment path and type (venv, poetry, uv, conda)
• Installed optional dependency groups (e.g., [dev], [test], [embeddings])
• Last mypy error count (from most recent verification run, if available)
• Last test coverage percentage (from most recent test run, if available)
• DB migration version (if alembic, django migrations, or similar detected)

Step 2 — Update .rune/decisions.md

Use Glob to check if .rune/decisions.md exists. If not, use Write to create it with a # Decisions Log header.

For each architectural decision from this session, use Edit to append to .rune/decisions.md:

## [YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM] Decision: <title>

**Context:** Why this decision was needed
**Decision:** What was decided
**Rationale:** Why this approach over alternatives
**Impact:** What files/modules are affected

Step 3 — Update .rune/conventions.md

Use Glob to check if .rune/conventions.md exists. If not, use Write to create it with a # Conventions header.

For each pattern or convention established, use Edit to append to .rune/conventions.md:

## [YYYY-MM-DD] Convention: <title>

**Pattern:** Description of the convention
**Example:** Code example showing the pattern
**Applies to:** Where this convention should be followed

Python example:

## [YYYY-MM-DD] Convention: Async-First I/O

**Pattern:** All I/O functions use `async def`; blocking calls (`requests`, `open`, `time.sleep`) are forbidden in async modules
**Example:** `async def fetch_data(): async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client: ...`
**Applies to:** All modules in `src/` — sync wrappers only in CLI entry points

Step 4 — Update .rune/progress.md

Use Glob to check if .rune/progress.md exists. If not, use Write to create it with a # Progress header.

Use Edit to append the current task status to .rune/progress.md:

## [YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM] Session Summary

**Completed:**
- [x] Task description

**In Progress:**
- [ ] Task description (step X/Y)

**Blocked:**
- [ ] Task description — reason

**Next Session Should:**
- Start with X
- Continue Y from step Z

**Python Context** (if Python project):
- Python: [version] ([venv type])
- Installed extras: [list of optional dependency groups]
- mypy: [error count] ([strict/normal])
- Coverage: [percentage]%
- Migration: [version or N/A]

Step 5 — Update .rune/session-log.md

Use Glob to check if .rune/session-log.md exists. If not, use Write to create it with a # Session Log header.

Use Edit to append a one-line entry to .rune/session-log.md:

[YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM] — [brief description of session accomplishments]

Step 5.5 — Autonomous Loop Notes (when inside team or headless)

When session-bridge is invoked by cook running inside team or in autonomous mode (claude -p), persist iteration state to .rune/task-notes.md:

# Task Notes: [task name]
## What Worked (with evidence)
- [approach]: [outcome, test output, or file path as proof]

## What Failed
- [approach]: [why it failed, error message]

## What's Left
- [ ] [remaining task with specific next step]

## Key Context for Next Iteration
- [critical info that would be lost on context reset]

Why: In autonomous loops, each claude -p invocation starts with zero context. Without this file, the next iteration repeats failed approaches and loses progress. The notes bridge the gap between independent invocations.

Rules: Agent reads .rune/task-notes.md at start (Step 1 of Load Mode), updates at end. Keep concise — max 50 lines. Prune completed items.

Step 5.7 — Instinct Extraction (Project-Scoped Learning)

Extract atomic "instincts" — learned trigger→action patterns — from this session and persist to .rune/instincts.md. Instincts are project-scoped by default to prevent cross-project contamination.

Instinct format:

## [YYYY-MM-DD] Instinct: <short name>

**Trigger:** <when this pattern applies — specific condition>
**Action:** <what to do — specific behavior>
**Confidence:** <0.3–0.9>
**Evidence:** <what happened that taught this — file, error, outcome>

Extraction rules:

Signal	Example	Confidence
Repeated manual correction by user	"Don't use X, use Y here" (2+ times)	0.7–0.9
Failed approach → successful pivot	Tried approach A, failed, approach B worked	0.5–0.7
Project-specific convention discovered	"This codebase uses X pattern for Y"	0.4–0.6
One-off preference (may not generalize)	User chose a specific library once	0.3–0.4

Promotion to global: When the same instinct (matching trigger+action) appears in .rune/instincts.md across 2+ projects at confidence ≥0.8, promote it to Neural Memory via Step 6 with tag [cross-project, instinct]. Until then, it stays project-local.

Pruning: At session start (Load Mode Step 1), review instincts older than 30 days with confidence <0.5 — remove them. Instincts that conflict with current conventions should be removed immediately.

Max instincts: Keep .rune/instincts.md under 20 entries. When full, evict the lowest-confidence entry.

Step 5.8 — Learnings Log (Structured JSONL)

Append structured learning entries to .rune/learnings.jsonl — an append-only log that captures decisions, insights, and error resolutions in a machine-queryable format. Unlike markdown state files (which are for human reading), JSONL enables fast filtering and "latest winner" lookups.

Entry schema — one JSON object per line:

{"ts":"2026-04-04T14:30:00Z","skill":"cook","type":"decision","key":"state-lib","insight":"Chose Zustand over Redux — fewer re-renders in dashboard with 50+ real-time widgets","confidence":0.8,"files":["src/store/index.ts"]}

Field	Type	Description
ts	ISO 8601	When the learning was captured
skill	string	Which skill produced this learning
type	enum	decision · error · insight · convention · performance
key	string	Dedup key — latest entry per key+type wins on read
insight	string	1-2 sentences, causal language ("Chose X because Y", "Root cause was X")
confidence	0.1–1.0	How certain this learning is (0.3=hunch, 0.7=validated, 0.9=battle-tested)
files	string[]	Optional — affected file paths

Write rules:

• Append only — never edit or delete lines in the JSONL file
• Max 1-3 entries per session (only genuinely transferable learnings)
• Use causal/comparative language, not flat facts
• Key must be kebab-case, descriptive (e.g., auth-lib, db-migration-strategy, react-hook-pitfall)

Read rules (latest-winner):

• When loading learnings, group by key+type and take the entry with the latest ts
• This means updating a learning = just append a new entry with the same key+type
• No dedup needed on write — dedup happens on read

Query patterns (for other skills or session-start):

• All learnings: read .rune/learnings.jsonl, parse line-by-line
• By type: filter type === "error" to surface past mistakes before coding
• By skill: filter skill === "cook" to see cook-specific learnings
• By recency: sort by ts descending, take top N
• Surface top 5 learnings at session start if file has 10+ entries

Pruning: When file exceeds 100 entries, compact by keeping only the latest-winner per key+type. Write compacted entries to a new file, replace original.

Why: Markdown state files (decisions.md, conventions.md) are great for human reading but hard to query programmatically. JSONL enables structured recall — "show me all errors from last week" or "what did we decide about auth?" — without parsing markdown headers.

Step 5.9 — Cumulative Project Notes (Structured Memory)

Maintain a running cumulative notes file at .rune/cumulative-notes.md that evolves across sessions. Unlike progress.md (which tracks tasks) or decisions.md (which logs choices), cumulative notes capture the living understanding of the project — patterns learned, relationships discovered, recurring themes, and open threads.

Format — use these fixed sections (add content, never remove prior entries):

# Cumulative Project Notes

## Project Profile
- [Core purpose of the project — 1 sentence]
- [Primary users/audience]
- [Key technical constraints — e.g., "must run offline", "latency-critical", "multi-tenant"]

## Architecture Map
- [Key modules and their responsibilities — discovered over sessions]
- [Critical data flows — e.g., "user input → validation → API → DB → cache invalidation"]
- [Integration points — external APIs, services, databases]

## Recurring Themes
- [Patterns that keep coming up across sessions — e.g., "auth edge cases", "migration complexity"]
- [Common failure modes — what breaks and why]
- [Technical debt hotspots — areas that repeatedly cause issues]

## Active Topics
- [What's currently being worked on — updated each session]
- [Open questions that haven't been resolved yet]
- [Experiments in progress]

## Relationship Map
- [Key files and their dependencies — "changing X requires updating Y"]
- [People and their areas — "Alice owns auth, Bob owns payments"]
- [External service dependencies — "Stripe webhook → order.complete handler"]

## Follow-Up Items
- [ ] [Things noted but not yet addressed — carry forward until done]
- [ ] [Ideas that came up during work but were out of scope]

## Attention Points
- [Things the next session should be aware of — fragile areas, pending PRs, deadlines]
- [Temporary workarounds that need proper fixes]

Update rules:

• Create the file on first session-bridge save if it doesn't exist
• Append to existing sections — never overwrite prior entries (they represent accumulated knowledge)
• Prune entries older than 60 days in Recurring Themes and Relationship Map — these may be stale
• Move completed Follow-Up Items to a ## Resolved section at the bottom (keep last 10)
• Keep under 200 lines — if approaching limit, summarize older entries in each section

Why: Individual state files (decisions.md, progress.md) capture discrete events. Cumulative notes capture the emergent understanding that develops over many sessions — the kind of knowledge that's lost when context resets. This is the project's "institutional memory."

Step 6 — Cross-Project Knowledge Extraction (Neural Memory Bridge)

Before committing, extract generalizable patterns from this session for cross-project reuse:

1. Review the session's decisions, conventions, and completed tasks
2. Identify 1-3 patterns that are NOT project-specific but would help in OTHER projects:
   • Technology choices with reasoning ("Chose Redis over Memcached because X")
   • Architecture patterns ("Fan-out queue pattern solved Y")
   • Failure modes discovered ("React 19 useEffect cleanup breaks when Z")
   • Performance insights ("N+1 query pattern in Prisma solved by include")
3. For each generalizable pattern, save to Neural Memory:
   • Use nmem_remember with rich cognitive language (causal, comparative, decisional)
   • Tags: [cross-project, <technology>, <pattern-type>]
   • Priority: 6-7 (important enough to surface in other projects)
4. Skip if session was purely project-specific (config changes, bug fixes with no transferable insight)

Why: This turns every project session into learning that compounds across ALL projects. A pattern discovered in Project A auto-surfaces when Project B faces a similar problem.

Step 7 — Commit

Stage and commit all updated state files:

git add .rune/ && git commit -m "chore: update rune session state"

If git is not available or the directory is not a repo, skip the commit and emit a warning.

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Load Mode (start of session)

Step 1 — Check existence

Use Glob to check for .rune/ directory:

Glob pattern: .rune/*.md

If no files found: suggest running /rune onboard to initialize the project. Exit load mode.

Step 1.5 — Integrity verification

Before loading state files, invoke integrity-check (L3) to verify .rune/ files haven't been tampered:

REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: rune:integrity-check
→ Invoke integrity-check on all .rune/*.md files found in Step 1.
→ Capture: status (CLEAN | SUSPICIOUS | TAINTED), findings list.

Handle results:

• CLEAN → proceed to Step 2 (load files)
• SUSPICIOUS → present warning to user with specific findings. Ask: "Suspicious patterns detected in .rune/ files. Load anyway?" If user approves → proceed. If not → exit load mode.
• TAINTED → BLOCK load. Report: ".rune/ integrity check FAILED — possible poisoning detected. Run /rune integrity for details."

Step 1.7 — Load invariants (auto-discipline)

Before loading the usual state files, run the invariants loader so the agent sees active discipline rules without being told to look:

Execute: node skills/session-bridge/scripts/load-invariants.js --root <project-root> --json

The loader:

• Reads .rune/INVARIANTS.md (silent no-op if missing)
• Strips the ## Archived section (retired rules don't re-activate)
• Parses active rules into { section, title, what, where, why }
• Returns a token-budgeted preview (≤ 500 tokens by default)
• Flags staleness when mtime > 30 days

Emit signal: invariants.loaded with payload { loaded, count, rules, stats, stale, overflow, path } where:

• loaded (boolean) — whether any active rules were parsed
• count (number) — total active rules (convenience alias for stats.total)
• rules (array) — full rule objects [{ section, title, what, where: string[], why }] — consumers cache these for glob matching
• stats — { danger, critical, state, cross, total, archivedSkipped }
• stale (boolean) — mtime > 30 days
• overflow (number) — rules present but not shown in preview (budget overflow)
• path (string) — absolute path to .rune/INVARIANTS.md

Downstream listeners (logic-guardian, Pro autopilot) consume rules[] directly — no second file read needed.

Present to agent (injected verbatim into the Load Mode summary):

📎 Active Invariants (.rune/INVARIANTS.md)
⚠  skills/skill-router/** — L0 router, never bypass
🔒  compiler/parser.js — IR schema is the adapter contract
🔁  compiler/hooks/dispatch.js — phase order is pre → run → post
🔗  .claude-plugin/marketplace.json — mirrors plugin.json
…+2 more rules in .rune/INVARIANTS.md

Staleness warning (emit ONCE per session, not per tool call):

⚠ Invariants file is stale (> 30 days since last onboard). Consider `rune onboard --refresh`.

Failure modes:

• Missing file → silent no-op (no preview, no error). Don't nag fresh repos.
• Malformed file → loaded: false, rules: []. Log a single-line warning, continue.
• File fails integrity-check in Step 1.5 → this step is skipped entirely (load already blocked).

Step 2 — Load files

Use Read on all four state files in parallel:

Read: .rune/decisions.md
Read: .rune/conventions.md
Read: .rune/progress.md
Read: .rune/session-log.md
Read: .rune/cumulative-notes.md

Step 3 — Summarize

Present the loaded context to the agent in a structured summary:

"Here's what happened in previous sessions:"

• Last session: [last line from session-log.md]
• Key decisions: [last 3 entries from decisions.md]
• Active conventions: [count from conventions.md]
• Current progress: [in-progress and blocked items from progress.md]
• Project understanding: [Active Topics + Attention Points from cumulative-notes.md]
• Next task: [first item under "Next Session Should" from progress.md]

Step 4 — Resume

Identify the next concrete task from progress.md → "Next Session Should" section. Present it as the recommended starting point to the calling orchestrator.

Checkpoint Mode (explicit save-and-resume point)

Unlike Save Mode (which captures session state broadly), Checkpoint Mode creates an exact resume point — a single file that tells the next session precisely where to pick up, what's in-flight, and what decisions are load-bearing.

Trigger: User says /checkpoint, or cook/team emits checkpoint.request signal when pausing mid-phase.

Step 1 — Capture resume state

Collect into a structured checkpoint:

# Checkpoint — [YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM]

## What I Was Doing
[1-2 sentences: the exact task and sub-step in progress]

## Current Git State
- Branch: [branch name]
- Last commit: [short hash + message]
- Uncommitted changes: [list of modified/untracked files, or "clean"]
- Stashed: [yes/no — if yes, stash message]

## Decisions Made This Session (Load-Bearing)
[Only decisions that affect the remaining work — not all decisions]
- [Decision 1]: [choice + why]
- [Decision 2]: [choice + why]

## What's Left (Ordered)
1. [Next immediate step — be specific: file, function, what to change]
2. [Step after that]
3. [Remaining steps...]

## Context the Next Session Needs
[Critical info that's NOT in the code or git history — mental model, gotchas discovered, things tried and failed]
- [Item 1]
- [Item 2]

## Resume Command
[Exact instruction for the next session to pick up — e.g., "Continue Phase 2 Task 3: implement the retry logic in src/api/client.ts, the happy path is done, need error handling"]

Step 2 — Write checkpoint file

Write to .rune/checkpoint.md (overwrite — only one active checkpoint at a time).

Step 3 — Confirm to user

## Checkpoint Saved
- **Resume point**: [1-line summary of what to continue]
- **Git state**: [branch] @ [commit hash] — [clean/N uncommitted files]
- **Remaining tasks**: [count]
- Next session will auto-detect this checkpoint and offer to resume.

Checkpoint Resume (in Load Mode)

At Load Mode Step 1, after checking .rune/*.md existence, also check for .rune/checkpoint.md:

• If checkpoint exists, read it FIRST (before other state files)
• Present the resume point prominently:

  ## Checkpoint Detected — [date]
  **Resume**: [Resume Command from checkpoint]
  **Git state**: [branch] @ [commit] — [clean/dirty]
  **Tasks remaining**: [count]
  

• After successful resume (user confirms they've picked up where they left off), rename checkpoint:

  mv .rune/checkpoint.md .rune/checkpoint-[date].resolved.md
  

• Keep last 3 resolved checkpoints for history, delete older ones

Why: Save Mode captures everything broadly. Checkpoint captures the exact needle position — like a bookmark in a book vs. a summary of chapters read. The next session doesn't need to scan all state files to figure out what to do; the checkpoint tells it directly.

Output Format

Save Mode

## Session Bridge — Saved
- **decisions.md**: [N] decisions appended
- **conventions.md**: [N] conventions appended
- **progress.md**: updated (completed/in-progress/blocked counts)
- **session-log.md**: 1 entry appended
- **Git commit**: [hash] | skipped (no git)

Load Mode

## Session Bridge — Loaded
- **Last session**: [date and summary]
- **Checkpoint**: [detected — resume point] | [none]
- **Invariants**: [N loaded from .rune/INVARIANTS.md] | [none] | [stale — run rune onboard --refresh]
- **Decisions on file**: [count]
- **Conventions on file**: [count]
- **Learnings on file**: [count] (top 5 surfaced if 10+)
- **Next task**: [task description]

Checkpoint Mode

## Checkpoint Saved
- **Resume point**: [1-line summary]
- **Git state**: [branch] @ [hash] — [clean/N files]
- **Remaining tasks**: [count]

Detach Mode (v0.8.0)

Triggered by oracle.dispatched from adversary oracle-mode. Decouples the primary agent from a slow heavy-model call so the agent can continue adjacent work while the second model reasons.

Why: Opus-class reasoning takes 1-10 minutes wall time. Synchronous waits kill primary-agent throughput, especially in team parallel workstreams.

Step D1 — Receive dispatch

When oracle.dispatched arrives, payload contains:

• sessionId — caller-provided unique id
• triggerSignal — agent.stuck or manual
• sourceSkill — debug | fix | manual
• targetModel — concrete model name (e.g. gpt-5.6-sol, gemini-3-pro, claude-opus-4-8; API-only frontier: claude-fable-5)
• bundleHash — sha256 of the bundled context (idempotency key)

Step D2 — Idempotency check

Look up .rune/oracle-pending/<sessionId>.json AND any pending file with matching bundleHash. If a pending record with status=pending and the same bundleHash exists, return the existing sessionId — do NOT dispatch a duplicate.

Step D3 — Write pending record

Create .rune/oracle-pending/<sessionId>.json:

{
  "sessionId": "oracle-1714234500-abc123",
  "dispatchedAt": "2026-04-27T12:34:56Z",
  "triggerSignal": "agent.stuck",
  "sourceSkill": "debug",
  "targetModel": "claude-opus-4-8",
  "bundleHash": "sha256:9f3a...",
  "status": "pending",
  "timeoutAt": "2026-04-27T12:44:56Z",
  "responseId": null,
  "responseExcerpt": null
}

timeoutAt defaults to dispatchedAt + 10min.

Step D4 — Return control to caller

Caller (adversary) receives the sessionId and returns to the primary orchestrator. Primary agent (cook/team) continues adjacent phases.

Step D5 — Reattach (called by primary agent between phases)

Invocation: session-bridge --reattach <sessionId> (or via oracle.dispatched listen → poll).

Behavior:

1. Read .rune/oracle-pending/<sessionId>.json
2. If status=complete → return responseExcerpt to caller, mark record as consumed
3. If status=pending AND now >= timeoutAt → set status=failed, emit oracle.failed reason=timeout
4. If status=pending AND now < timeoutAt → return not_ready to caller, primary agent works on next independent task

Step D6 — Cleanup

On every session start, scan .rune/oracle-pending/ for records older than 24h. Delete them — they are orphaned.

Pending Record Schema

Field	Type	Required
sessionId	string (matches ^oracle-\d+-[a-z0-9]+$)	yes
dispatchedAt	ISO 8601 timestamp	yes
triggerSignal	string	yes
sourceSkill	enum: debug | fix | manual	yes
targetModel	string	yes
bundleHash	string (matches ^sha256:[a-f0-9]{8,64}$)	yes
status	enum: pending | complete | failed	yes
timeoutAt	ISO 8601 timestamp	yes
responseId	string | null	yes (null until status=complete)
responseExcerpt	string ≤500 chars | null	yes

Constraints

1. MUST save decisions, conventions, and progress — not just a status line
2. MUST verify saved context can be loaded in a fresh session — test the round-trip
3. MUST NOT overwrite existing bridge data without merging
4. (Detach) MUST be idempotent — same sessionId or bundleHash returns existing record, never dispatches twice
5. (Detach) MUST clean up orphaned pending records (age >24h) on session start

Sharp Edges

Known failure modes for this skill. Check these before declaring done.

Failure Mode	Severity	Mitigation
Overwriting existing .rune/ files instead of appending	HIGH	Constraint 3: use Edit to append entries — never Write to overwrite existing state
Saving only a status line, missing decisions/conventions	HIGH	Constraint 1: all three files (decisions, conventions, progress) must be updated
Load mode presenting stale context without age marker	MEDIUM	Mark each loaded entry with its session date — caller knows how fresh it is
Silent failure when git unavailable	MEDIUM	Note "no git available" in report — do not fail silently or skip without logging
Loading poisoned .rune/ files without verification	CRITICAL	Step 1.5 integrity-check MUST run before loading — TAINTED = block load
Learnings JSONL grows unbounded	MEDIUM	Auto-compact at 100 entries — keep only latest-winner per key+type
Checkpoint stale after code changes	MEDIUM	Checkpoint includes git state — if branch/commit differ at resume, warn user that checkpoint may be outdated
Multiple checkpoints overwrite each other	LOW	By design — only one active checkpoint. Resolved ones archived with date suffix
(Detach) Pending file orphaned forever — process crashed mid-dispatch	MEDIUM	Step D6 cleanup runs every session start; records >24h auto-deleted
(Detach) Two adversary calls dispatch same bundle simultaneously	MEDIUM	Step D2 idempotency: bundleHash-keyed lookup returns existing sessionId
(Detach) Reattach polls indefinitely without timeout	HIGH	Step D5 enforces timeoutAt — exceeded → emit oracle.failed reason=timeout, free the primary agent

Done When (Save Mode)

• decisions.md updated with all architectural decisions made this session
• conventions.md updated with all new patterns established
• progress.md updated with completed/in-progress/blocked task status
• session-log.md appended with one-line session summary
• learnings.jsonl appended with 1-3 structured entries (if transferable learnings exist)
• Git commit made (or "no git" noted in report)
• Session Bridge Saved report emitted

Done When (Load Mode)

• .rune/*.md files found and read
• Checkpoint detected and presented (if exists)
• Learnings surfaced (top 5 if 10+ entries)
• Last session summary presented
• Current in-progress and blocked tasks identified
• Next task recommendation from progress.md (or checkpoint resume command)
• Session Bridge Loaded report emitted

Done When (Checkpoint Mode)

• Git state captured (branch, commit, uncommitted files)
• Load-bearing decisions documented
• Remaining tasks listed in execution order
• Resume command written (specific enough for a fresh session to act on)
• checkpoint.md written to .rune/
• Checkpoint Saved report emitted

Done When (Detach Mode)

• Pending record written to .rune/oracle-pending/<sessionId>.json with valid schema
• Idempotency verified: duplicate bundleHash returned existing sessionId, no duplicate dispatch
• Reattach API returns complete / pending / failed based on record status + timeout
• Orphan cleanup runs at session start (records >24h deleted)
• oracle.failed emitted with reason=timeout if timeoutAt exceeded

Cost Profile

~100-300 tokens per save. ~500-1000 tokens per load. Always haiku. Negligible cost.