# HyperTwist operator handoff: status, sequence, and next steps

Created on `2026-05-29`.

## Purpose

This note is the explicit operator handoff snapshot for the current HyperTwist
state after the `6R-M*` memory family and the `S1` through `S4-C` skill family
were landed. It is written so another instance can resume without reconstructing
the sequence from chat history.

This note is HyperTwist-only. Do not route this handoff through VectorShell.

## Current repo state

- app repo: `C:\HyperTwist`
- workspace repo: `C:\Workspaces\HyperTwist`
- app repo branch state at handoff: clean, aligned on `origin/main`
- workspace repo branch state at handoff: clean, aligned on `origin/main`
- current app `HEAD`: `85c0658` `Implement Phase S4-C design shell skills`
- current workspace `HEAD`: `d6cd5b9` `Close out Phase S4-C design shell skills`

## Canonical docs to trust first

Read these first before any new implementation step:

- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\ops\HYPERTWIST_IMPLEMENTATION_PHASE_1_KICKOFF.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\ops\HYPERTWIST_MEMORY_LANE_AUTHORITY_AND_PHASE_IMPLEMENTATION_DOCTRINE_2026-05-21.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\ops\HYPERTWIST_SKILLIZATION_AND_COMMAND_SURFACE_DOCTRINE_2026-05-21.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\v6_5_deep_manual_pack\HyperTwist\ROADMAP.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\v6_5_deep_manual_pack\HyperTwist\FEATURE_REGISTRY.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\v6_5_deep_manual_pack\HyperTwist\SKILLS.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\v6_5_deep_manual_pack\HyperTwist\ARCHITECTURE.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\v6_5_deep_manual_pack\HyperTwist\PROVENANCE_AND_TRUST_MODEL.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\HYPERTWIST_IMPLEMENTED_RETAINED_AND_NON_IMPLEMENTABLE_REPO_ROUTE_BOARD_2026-05-28.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\HYPERTWIST_REPO_STATE_BOARD_2026-05-11.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\v6_5_deep_manual_pack\HyperTwist\LICENSETRACKING.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\HYPERTWIST_REPO_LICENSE_EVIDENCE_AUDIT_2026-05-28.md`

## Repo and custody truth

Current broad portfolio truth:

- current curated portfolio rows: `75`
- all `75` current portfolio rows have explicit root-tracker coverage
- original closed shallow-eval board: `71`
- remaining `Phase 0R` deep-evaluation rows in that original board: `0`
- rows with source-backed authority visible in canonical docs for that original board: `71`

Current route split:

- live implemented rows: `33`
- live permissive rows: `21`
- live boundary-sensitive rows: `7`
- live restrictive clean-room rows: `5`
- selected-not-live permissive retained rows: `29`
- benchmark / oracle / comparison / discard rows: `13`

Current legal-evidence truth:

- total deduped standalone mirrored roots scanned: `70`
- `MIT` rows with clear root license file: `34`
- this `MIT` count is a legal-evidence signal count only
- this `MIT` count is not the live implementation count
- this `MIT` count is not the clean-room backlog count

Current later-intake truth:

- `cjpais/Handy` is integrated as a later permissive bounded sidecar only
- governing doc: `C:\HyperTwist\docs\HYPERTWIST_HANDY_OFFLINE_DICTATION_SHELL_HIERARCHY_RECONCILIATION_2026-05-28.md`

## Product-lane truth

### Speech/provider lane

The current later speech and provider lane is already landed through:

- `6R-AG` first-party native capture-route ownership and workflow preparation/control
- `6R-AH` first-party operator-facing native capture-route workflow shell
- `6R-AI` first-party provider-neutral custom-endpoint runtime routing

Do not reopen these by default. The current canon treats them as landed bounded
seams, not open backlog.

### Memory lane

The bounded first-party memory family is closed through `6R-M6`.

Landed sequence:

1. `6R-M1` memory contracts and ledger
2. `6R-M2` chronicle and continuity
3. `6R-M3` recall and shared context
4. `6R-M4` cognitive consolidation
5. `6R-M5` knowledge and notes
6. `6R-M6` derived memory and optional adjunct

Current memory-family rule:

- do not reopen `6R-M1` through `6R-M6` as broad memory packets
- any future memory move must be a narrower post-`M6` refinement proven by a
  concrete gap

### Skill lane

The first-party skill substrate and its current bounded family are landed
through `S4-C`.

Landed sequence:

1. `S1-A` skill registry and manifest contract
2. `S1-B` skill settings, menu, and off-state control
3. `S1-C` skill invocation, provenance, and audit ledger
4. `S1-D` skill authoring, examples, and validation harness
5. `S2-A` permissive analyzer wrappers
6. `S2-B` clean-room command-contract specs
7. `S2-C` clean-room skill specs
8. `S3-A` continuity and resume skills
9. `S3-B` recall and compact-view skills
10. `S3-C` workflow-memory capture skills
11. `S4-A` extraction skills
12. `S4-B` browser diagnostics skills
13. `S4-C` design shell skills

Current skill-family rule:

- the browser/docs/design extraction base, browser diagnostics seam, and design
  shell seam now exist
- broader provider and domain skill widening should wait until the
  workflow/review family settles

## Exact recent commit chain

App repo:

1. `496279e` `Implement Phase 6R-M1 memory contracts and ledger`
2. `01edda6` `Evaluate Handy later speech adjunct`
3. `eedbaa9` `Implement Phase 6R-M2 chronicle and continuity`
4. `09a66f5` `Implement Phase 6R-M3 recall and shared context`
5. `0e27e22` `Implement Phase 6R-M4 cognitive consolidation`
6. `b5c5cd7` `Implement Phase 6R-M5 knowledge and notes`
7. `740b89e` `Implement Phase 6R-M6 derived memory and optional adjunct`
8. `87676bd` `Implement Phase S1-A skill registry and manifest contract`
9. `f01fa43` `Implement Phase S1-B skill settings menu and off-state control`
10. `956fb4f` `Implement Phase S1-C skill invocation provenance and audit ledger`
11. `9d0a41a` `Implement Phase S1-D skill authoring examples and validation harness`
12. `28b546e` `Implement Phase S2-A permissive analyzer wrappers`
13. `5cc553d` `Implement Phase S2-B clean-room command-contract specs`
14. `b9a5148` `Implement Phase S2-C clean-room skill specs`
15. `5c56ccf` `Implement Phase S3-A continuity and resume skills`
16. `3de19b9` `Implement Phase S3-B recall and compact-view skills`
17. `eac1c6d` `Implement Phase S3-C workflow-memory capture skills`
18. `0cd6362` `Implement Phase S4-A extraction skills`
19. `10df959` `Implement Phase S4-B browser diagnostics skills`
20. `85c0658` `Implement Phase S4-C design shell skills`

Workspace repo:

1. `f656d1c` `Close out Phase 6R-M1 memory contracts and ledger`
2. `8677e69` `Track Handy later speech adjunct`
3. `9aae03a` `Close out Phase 6R-M2 chronicle and continuity`
4. `d6c98dd` `Close out Phase 6R-M3 recall and shared context`
5. `118fc07` `Close out Phase 6R-M4 cognitive consolidation`
6. `01da12d` `Close out Phase 6R-M5 knowledge and notes`
7. `4a8d925` `Close out Phase 6R-M6 derived memory and optional adjunct`
8. `bbf57e6` `Close out Phase S1-A skill registry and manifest contract`
9. `b64fa01` `Close out Phase S1-B skill settings menu and off-state control`
10. `1023b9c` `Close out Phase S1-C skill invocation provenance and audit ledger`
11. `70f8856` `Close out Phase S1-D skill authoring examples and validation harness`
12. `1a3302f` `Close out Phase S2-A permissive analyzer wrappers`
13. `8ef1aa4` `Close out Phase S2-B clean-room command-contract specs`
14. `91e3b48` `Close out Phase S2-C clean-room skill specs`
15. `07b453b` `Close out Phase S3-A continuity and resume skills`
16. `68a012f` `Close out Phase S3-B recall and compact-view skills`
17. `6816e7b` `Close out Phase S3-C workflow-memory capture skills`
18. `2f0a999` `Close out Phase S4-A extraction skills`
19. `2bbb933` `Close out Phase S4-B browser diagnostics skills`
20. `d6cd5b9` `Close out Phase S4-C design shell skills`

## Validation truth and known caveats

### Memory family

The `6R-M1` through `6R-M6` packets were sealed with:

- green `UnrealHyperTwistEditor Win64 Development` builds
- focused packet automation passing
- packet-specific `Saved\AutomationReports` residue removed before closeout

### Skills `S1-A` through `S2-C`

The `S1-A` through `S2-C` packets were sealed with:

- green `UnrealHyperTwistEditor Win64 Development` builds
- focused packet automation passing
- expected regression runs passing
- packet-specific `Saved\AutomationReports` residue removed before closeout

### Skills `S3-A` through `S3-C`

These packets are landed, pushed, and canonically closed, but the machine
validation caveat must be preserved:

- build was green for all three
- the command-line runner discovered the focused tests
- the Unreal automation runner stalled after queue start on this machine
- `S3-A` recorded a successful `AuthoritativeStoreRead` completion before the
  stall pattern
- these three packets therefore closed with green build plus partial automation
  evidence, not a full clean automation sweep

If a future instance wants to harden the validation record, `S3-A`, `S3-B`, and
`S3-C` are the right focused skill packets to rerun first when the automation
runner is behaving.

### Skills `S4-A` through `S4-C`

These packets are fully green:

- `S4-A` focused automation passed `3/3`
- `S4-B` focused automation passed `3/3`
- `S4-C` focused automation passed `3/3`
- `S4-B` carried green `S4-A` regression
- `S4-C` carried green `S4-B` regression
- `S4-A`, `S4-B`, and `S4-C` each carried green full `PhaseS1` regression

### Hygiene rule at handoff

Current hygiene rule:

- remove packet-specific `Saved\AutomationReports` residue before sealing
- do not claim full hygiene if packet-specific automation-report folders remain
- generic Unreal logs under `Saved\Logs` may remain unless a pass explicitly
  says they were cleaned

At this handoff:

- packet-specific `Saved\AutomationReports` residue from the recent packets was
  removed
- generic Unreal logs may still exist and are not by themselves a repo-dirty
  problem

### Validation lane rule from this point forward

When Unreal build or editor-automation validation is sensible for a packet and
the active instance is running on the VPS without `UnrealEditor`:

- use the documented Windows reverse-SSH lane
- do not present VPS-only source checks as if they were Unreal validation
- if the Windows checkout lags the VPS source state, say so explicitly and
  limit the validation claim to the source tree that actually existed on the
  Windows machine

## Next exact move

The next clean product-lane move is `S5-A`.

Governing doctrine:

- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\ops\HYPERTWIST_SKILLIZATION_AND_COMMAND_SURFACE_DOCTRINE_2026-05-21.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\ops\HYPERTWIST_IMPLEMENTATION_PHASE_1_KICKOFF.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\v6_5_deep_manual_pack\HyperTwist\SKILLS.md`
- `C:\HyperTwist\docs\v6_5_deep_manual_pack\HyperTwist\ROADMAP.md`

Current exact `S5-A` scope:

- `S5-A` permissive workflow/review wrappers
- outputs:
  - proposal review
  - diff review
  - bounded workflow wrappers

What the next instance should do:

1. open the `S5-A` preparation packet in `C:\HyperTwist\docs\arch\`
2. define bounded first-party skill ids, state contracts, and registry entries
   only for proposal review, diff review, and bounded workflow wrappers
3. keep the packet inside the existing skill substrate
4. do not widen into `S5-B` implementation review or delegation specs yet
5. do not widen into `S5-C` plan synthesis or orchestration glue yet
6. build, run focused `S5-A` automation, run the necessary `S1` substrate
   regression, clean packet-specific automation-report residue, then seal and
   push

## What not to do

- do not route work into VectorShell
- do not reopen `Phase 0R` or `Phase 1R`
- do not reopen `6R-M1` through `6R-M6` as broad memory packets
- do not reopen `S1` through `S4-C` as broad skill packets
- do not treat the legal-evidence `MIT` count as the clean-room backlog count
- do not treat retained oracle or comparison rows as direct donor implementation
  targets
- do not skip packet-specific cleanup after validation

## Minimal restart procedure for the next instance

1. verify:
   - `git -C C:\HyperTwist status --short --branch`
   - `git -C C:\Workspaces\HyperTwist status --short --branch`
2. read the four sequence anchors:
   - `HYPERTWIST_IMPLEMENTATION_PHASE_1_KICKOFF.md`
   - `HYPERTWIST_SKILLIZATION_AND_COMMAND_SURFACE_DOCTRINE_2026-05-21.md`
   - `ROADMAP.md`
   - `SKILLS.md`
3. read this handoff note
4. confirm the next packet is still `S5-A`
5. create `S5-A` preparation and implementation packet docs
6. implement only the bounded `S5-A` wrapper family
7. validate, clean packet-specific byproducts, commit, and push

## Final status summary

At the moment of handoff:

- repo-evaluation and route/custody canon are reconciled
- the bounded first-party memory family is closed through `6R-M6`
- the first-party skill family is closed through `S4-C`
- `S5-A` permissive workflow/review wrappers are the next clean product-lane
  move
- both HyperTwist repos are clean and aligned on `origin/main`
