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+# 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
+
+## 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`