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 .coverage
 uv.lock
 .superpowers/
+.scratch/
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
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 - **Read marker** — a member's `last_read_message_id`, the highest id they have
   acknowledged. Advances only forward, via `GREATEST` inside the UPDATE. *Avoid:*
   read receipt, watermark.
+
+## Agent skills
+
+### Issue tracker
+
+Issues and specs live as markdown files under `.scratch/<feature-slug>/`
+(gitignored). See [`docs/agents/issue-tracker.md`](docs/agents/issue-tracker.md).
+
+### Triage labels
+
+The five canonical triage roles, unchanged, recorded as a `Status:` line in each
+issue file. See [`docs/agents/triage-labels.md`](docs/agents/triage-labels.md).
+
+### Domain docs
+
+Single-context: `CONTEXT.md` + `docs/adr/` at the repo root. See
+[`docs/agents/domain.md`](docs/agents/domain.md).
diff --git a/docs/agents/domain.md b/docs/agents/domain.md
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+# Domain Docs
+
+How the engineering skills should consume this repo's domain documentation when exploring the codebase.
+
+This repo is **single-context**: one glossary and one decision log, both at the root. There is no `CONTEXT-MAP.md`, no per-context `CONTEXT.md`, and no context-scoped ADR directory.
+
+## Before exploring, read these
+
+- **`CONTEXT.md`** at the repo root: the glossary, and nothing but the glossary.
+- **`docs/adr/`**: the ADRs that touch the area you're about to work in. `docs/adr/README.md` carries the local standard, which is stricter than the stock ADR format: rejected alternatives and a revisit trigger are required, not optional.
+
+If either doesn't exist yet, **proceed silently**. Don't flag its absence; don't suggest creating it upfront. The `/domain-modeling` skill (reached via `/grill-with-docs` and `/improve-codebase-architecture`) creates them lazily when terms or decisions actually get resolved.
+
+## File structure
+
+```
+/
+├── CONTEXT.md
+├── docs/
+│   └── adr/
+│       ├── 0001-sequence-ids-not-snowflakes.md
+│       └── 0002-cookie-auth-not-bearer.md
+├── app/
+└── tests/
+```
+
+ADR numbers are permanent and assigned in dependency order, so reading from `0001` upward introduces the system in the order its decisions build on each other. A new ADR takes the next free number.
+
+## Use the glossary's vocabulary
+
+When your output names a domain concept (in an issue title, a refactor proposal, a hypothesis, a test name), use the term as defined in `CONTEXT.md`. Don't drift to synonyms the glossary explicitly avoids.
+
+If the concept you need isn't in the glossary yet, that's a signal: either you're inventing language the project doesn't use (reconsider) or there's a real gap (note it for `/domain-modeling`).
+
+## Flag ADR conflicts
+
+If your output contradicts an existing ADR, surface it explicitly rather than silently overriding:
+
+> _Contradicts ADR-0007 (upsert via duplicate-key recovery), but worth reopening because…_
diff --git a/docs/agents/issue-tracker.md b/docs/agents/issue-tracker.md
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+# Issue tracker: Local Markdown
+
+Issues and specs for this repo live as markdown files in `.scratch/`.
+
+## Conventions
+
+- One feature per directory: `.scratch/<feature-slug>/`
+- The spec is `.scratch/<feature-slug>/spec.md`
+- Implementation issues are one file per ticket at `.scratch/<feature-slug>/issues/<NN>-<slug>.md`, numbered from `01`, never a single combined tickets file
+- Triage state is recorded as a `Status:` line near the top of each issue file (see `triage-labels.md` for the role strings)
+- Comments and conversation history append to the bottom of the file under a `## Comments` heading
+
+## When a skill says "publish to the issue tracker"
+
+Create a new file under `.scratch/<feature-slug>/` (creating the directory if needed).
+
+## When a skill says "fetch the relevant ticket"
+
+Read the file at the referenced path. The user will normally pass the path or the issue number directly.
+
+## Wayfinding operations
+
+Used by `/wayfinder`. The **map** is a file with one **child** file per ticket.
+
+- **Map**: `.scratch/<effort>/map.md` (the Notes / Decisions-so-far / Fog body).
+- **Child ticket**: `.scratch/<effort>/issues/NN-<slug>.md`, numbered from `01`, with the question in the body. A `Type:` line records the ticket type (`research`/`prototype`/`grilling`/`task`); a `Status:` line records `claimed`/`resolved`.
+- **Blocking**: a `Blocked by: NN, NN` line near the top. A ticket is unblocked when every file it lists is `resolved`.
+- **Frontier**: scan `.scratch/<effort>/issues/` for files that are open, unblocked, and unclaimed; first by number wins.
+- **Claim**: set `Status: claimed` and save before any work.
+- **Resolve**: append the answer under an `## Answer` heading, set `Status: resolved`, then append a context pointer (gist + link) to the map's Decisions-so-far in `map.md`.
diff --git a/docs/agents/triage-labels.md b/docs/agents/triage-labels.md
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+# Triage Labels
+
+The skills speak in terms of five canonical triage roles. This file maps those roles to the actual label strings used in this repo's issue tracker.
+
+| Label in mattpocock/skills | Label in our tracker | Meaning                                  |
+| -------------------------- | -------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| `needs-triage`             | `needs-triage`       | Maintainer needs to evaluate this issue  |
+| `needs-info`               | `needs-info`         | Waiting on reporter for more information |
+| `ready-for-agent`          | `ready-for-agent`    | Fully specified, ready for an AFK agent  |
+| `ready-for-human`          | `ready-for-human`    | Requires human implementation            |
+| `wontfix`                  | `wontfix`            | Will not be actioned                     |
+
+When a skill mentions a role (e.g. "apply the AFK-ready triage label"), use the corresponding label string from this table.
+
+Edit the right-hand column to match whatever vocabulary you actually use.