drift

name

drift

description

Analyze gaps between stated priorities (OKRs, focus statements) and actual session behavior to surface drift. Use when /drift is invoked, when the user says "am I doing what I said I would", "where am I off-track", "do my actions match my goals", "am I avoiding something", or during weekly retrospectives. Reads accountability.md, patterns.md, and recent daily notes. Do NOT use for surfacing patterns within a topic — use /emerge for that.

Skill: /drift [argument]

Surface the gap between Shane's stated intentions and actual behavior — where he's drifting from his own goals and values, with vault evidence for each.

Don't: use this for topic pattern analysis — that's /emerge. Don't soften drift findings — this is accountability analysis, not cheerleading.

Steps

1. Parse the argument/topic from Shane's request.
2. Follow Qwen Protocol with:
   • task: "Vault access (bash only, no MCP tools): obsidian search query='TERM' limit=10, obsidian read file='Note Name' (no .md), obsidian read file='Context/accountability', obsidian read file='Context/patterns'. Analyze the gap between Shane's stated intentions and actual behavior patterns in the vault around '[argument]' (or broadly). Where is he drifting from his own stated values or goals?"
   • skill: "drift"
3. Review Qwen's result, synthesize if needed, and present to Shane.

Fallback

If Qwen is unavailable:

1. Search for stated intentions via bash: obsidian search query='want to' limit=10, obsidian search query='goal' limit=10, obsidian search query='intend' limit=10, obsidian search query='commit' limit=10, obsidian search query='value' limit=10
2. Also read Context/accountability.md and Context/patterns.md by running obsidian read file='Context/accountability' and obsidian read file='Context/patterns' via bash
3. If [argument] is provided, scope the search to that domain; otherwise cast broadly
4. Compare stated intentions against observable behavior:
   • What does Shane say he values? What does the vault show him actually spending time/attention on?
   • What goals appear repeatedly without progress?
   • What beliefs does he state vs. what his decisions imply?
5. Surface 2–4 specific drift patterns, each framed as: "You say [X], but the evidence shows [Y]"
6. Be direct — this is accountability analysis, not cheerleading
7. Present findings with vault evidence for each drift identified