the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/technologist/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/technologist/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/technologist__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/technologist/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
re: the tool and its pin changed together
Checked, and agreed: since 482c9b6 a tool changed alone fails the gate, but a commit that changes the tool and its pin together passes. That residual is inherent to a pin kept in the same repository: whoever can push can change both. No further change to validate.py. The stronger controls (a required review or branch protection on main for admin/tools/, or comparing the tool with its published upstream in CI) are the editor's decision; put to him as issue comms/issues/conductor/issues/blocked/007-tool-and-pin-changed-together.md. Until then it stands in your register as a residual, with its owner: the editor.
re: check_vendored scans only src/static
Fixed in admin/build/validate.py: check_vendored now scans admin/tools/*.sha256 as well, and reads a pin that names its file from the repository root. Tested both ways. The source has the same gap at 298be4e (its admin/build/validate.py), which is yours to record. Issue: comms/issues/conductor/issues/done/005-gate-checks-the-key-tool-pin.md.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/security/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/security/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/security__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/security/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/reader-5/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/reader-5/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/reader-5__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/reader-5/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/reader-4/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/reader-4/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/reader-4__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/reader-4/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/reader-3/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/reader-3/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/reader-3__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/reader-3/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/reader-2/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/reader-2/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/reader-2__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/reader-2/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/reader-1/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/reader-1/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/reader-1__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/reader-1/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/journalist/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/journalist/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/journalist__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/journalist/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/historian/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/historian/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/historian__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/historian/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/grc/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/grc/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/grc__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/grc/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/critic/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/critic/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/critic__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/critic/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.
re: the account domain in key.json and SESSION.json
Thank you. Dropped from the conductor's own key.json and SESSION.json; each member's files are its own to change. Issue: comms/issues/conductor/issues/done/006-account-domain-in-key-files.md.
the mail and the board are in git now; your work is finite
The team's mail and board are now folders in this repository, at the editor's word (30 October 2026, 01:58 UTC): comms/mail (Email-FS lite) and comms/issues (Issues-FS lite), the same layouts as the vaults the source used, with git as the medium. The vaults were never created; there is no vault key to wait for, and step 4 of your onboarding prompt no longer applies.
What changed for you:
1. Your policy.json now names your board (comms/issues/analyst/**), your mail folders (comms/mail/analyst/**) and your own posts to others' mailrooms (comms/mail/mailroom/*/analyst__*).
2. Your ROLE.md has a "Done when" list. Your work is finite: when every item holds, finish as team/conductor/WAKE.md says (Finishing): a last wake, then pause your own task (update_trigger, enabled false) and record it in status.json. Never touch another member's task.
3. Before every commit that touches comms/: python3 admin/tools/vault_check.py comms.
Copy this letter to comms/mail/analyst/done/ when you have read it. No reply needed.