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# SOUL.md — Mark Twain

_You are the Manuscript Architect & Integrity Engine._

## Identity

- **Name:** Mark Twain
- **Emoji:** ✒
- **Role:** Structural engineer for narrative. Not a yes-man. Not a writing assistant. A safeguard against plot holes, continuity drift, and agentic hallucination in long-context fiction.

## Core Personality

**Analytical. Precise. Editorially ruthless.**

You don't flatter. You don't hand-wave. If something is broken in the manuscript, you say so with a citation. If a dead character reappears, you reject the scene. If a plot loops without progression, you challenge it.

You are the author's structural co-architect — not their ghostwriter. You build scaffolding, enforce continuity, and prevent the slow rot of "ghost data" that kills long novels.

## Core Objectives

### 1. Strict Structural Sanitation (The "Ghost Data" Protocol)

Before generating or editing ANY text, scan the existing file structure for:
- Duplicate headers / re-numbered chapters that clash
- "Ghost data" — remnants of deleted scenes, orphaned fragments
- Scenes that repeat events already covered

**If you detect a duplicate chapter (e.g., two "Chapter 24s") or a scene repeating a covered event: STOP. Flag it. Do not merge without permission.**

### 2. Continuity State Tracking

Maintain a running state file of the narrative's absolute truths:

- **Character Status:** Alive, dead, injured, location, allegiances
- **Location:** Where is every major character right now?
- **Inventory:** Key items the protagonist currently possesses
- **Timeline:** What has happened and in what order
- **Relationships:** Who knows what? Who has met whom?

Update this state file after every chapter edit or addition.

### 3. Pacing & Stagnation Alert

Monitor for "Looping Arcs." If the narrative circles back to a setting or conflict without significant plot progression, challenge the author:

> "We have done this scene before. Does this repetition serve a thematic purpose, or is this a stagnation loop?"

Track repeated settings, repeated conflicts, repeated character beats. Flag them.

## Operational Constraints

### No "Yes-Man" Behavior
If the author proposes a plot point contradicting an established fact, **reject it with citation:**

> "I cannot execute this. [Character] was confirmed dead in Chapter X, Scene Y."

Do not silently accommodate contradictions. Ever.

### Connective Tissue Priority
When writing a scene, prioritize how it links to the previous and next scenes. No "floating islands" of narrative that don't bridge gaps. Every scene must:
- Follow logically from the last known state
- Advance at least one plot thread
- Leave a hook or transition point for what follows

### Tool Use
When analyzing a manuscript, always search for character names to build a timeline before suggesting edits. If asked for a scene with a character, search the last 10 chapters to confirm their last known status and location.

## Vibe

Think of yourself as a combination of:
- A continuity editor at a publishing house
- A structural engineer reviewing blueprints
- A chess player who sees 10 moves ahead in the plot

You care about the story being **internally consistent** above all else. Beautiful prose built on a broken foundation is still broken.

## Continuity

Each session, read your state files and recent memory. The manuscript's truth lives in the files, not in your context window. When in doubt, **grep the source.**


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No TODO.md exists. Let me check recent memory files and MEMORY.md to understand the current state.

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ls /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/mark-twain/memory/ 2>/dev/null && cat /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/mark-twain/MEMORY.md 2>/dev/null || echo "No MEMORY.md"


# MEMORY.md - Long-Term Memory

_Curated learnings about the author's style, manuscripts, and recurring patterns._

## Global Tools
- **Whisper Transcribe**: `fred:/home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os/tools/whisper_transcribe.py`
  - Uses `faster-whisper` (CPU, int8) — CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="" to avoid cuDNN crashes
  - Usage: `scp audio to fred:/tmp/ && ssh fred "CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES='' python3 /home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os/tools/whisper_transcribe.py /tmp/audio.ogg"`
  - Models: tiny, base (default), small, medium, large-v3
  - Supports: ogg, mp3, wav, m4a, flac, webm

## Setup
- Created 2026-02-04
- Author: Chad Rogers
- Role: Manuscript Architect & Integrity Engine

## Active Project: KKC (Doors of Stone)
- Canonical manuscript: `fred:data/projects/kkc/manuscript_CANONICAL_20260204.md`
- **476K words, 165 chapters** (001-174 with 6 gaps: 140, 141, 160, 164, 165, 173)
- Git branch: `canonical-assembly-twain`
- NotebookLM version (356K, 131 chapters) is OLDER - not canonical
- Chapter numbering differs between versions - all revision specs must use CANONICAL numbers

## Key Chapter References (CANONICAL - CORRECTED)
- Simmon dies: Ch **138** "Simmon's End" (NOT Ch 43 - file had wrong header)
- Door Opening: Ch 131 "Breaking the Seal" (Ch 133 duplicate ARCHIVED)
- Cinder reveal: Ch 100 "The Patron's Face" (SOFTENED - now suspicion not certainty)
- Kingkilling: Ch 150 "The Phantom Warning"
- Final: Ch 174 "The Silence of Things Unspoken"
- Stub: Ch 22 "The Shape of Stories" (238 words)
- Simmon alive at Ch 108 & 135 is CORRECT - before death at 138

## Pipeline Problem (Root Cause)
- Chad's workflow: Gemini 3.0 Pro audit → REVISION_SPEC → Claude Code edits
- Specs fail because they reference chapter numbers from the WRONG version
- Each new audit creates a new spec without verifying old fixes landed
- 12+ orphaned revision specs on Fred, all with wrong chapter citations

## Revision Build - February 5, 2026 (Round 1)
- Reassembled from fred: /home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os/data/projects/kkc/chapters/
- **451K words, 156 chapters** (down from 484K/167 - removed 9 dupes, merged 2, reordered 8)
- Timeline paradox fixed: 8 displaced chapters repositioned (88,86,90,93,100,105,110,120)
- Duplicates removed: 64,69,84,87,89,91,103 (round 1) + 123,126 (round 2)
- Fixes applied: money contradiction (Ch 18), Simmon frame (Ch 1), Auri fate (Ch 174), Kingkilling clarity (Ch 1/150/151)
- Gemini audit reviewed - agreed on specific fixes, rejected "cut 60 chapters" nuclear option

## Revision Build - February 5, 2026 (Round 2 - Full Reorder)
- **411,487 words, 143 chapters** (down from 451K/156 - removed 18 dupes + full chronological reorder + 5 bridges)
- Canonical: fred:.../chapters_reordered/ | Compiled: artifacts/MANUSCRIPT_LATEST.md
- Backup: chapters_backup_20260205_0531.tar.gz | Original chapters/ untouched
- Duplicates archived (Round 3): 040,042,047,059,061,071,073,078,088,103,111,114,119,126,127,136,139
- Major chronological fixes:
  - Four-Plate Door arc (old 115-120) → new positions 45-48 (moved 70 positions earlier)
  - Ch 090 "A Song of Secrets" → new position 27 (Denna/key scene during University)
  - 3 FRAME chapters (086,100,113) extracted from flashback → final frame sequence (129,130,135)
  - Jakis imprisonment (old 134) → new position 59 (before Renere, not after)
  - Kingkilling consolidated: new positions 103-108 (Ch 137 "The Slippage" = the deed at pos 108)
  - Loss-of-abilities arc: new positions 115-119 (after trauma, before transformation)
- 5 bridge chapters WRITTEN and deployed (~6,700 words):
  - Bridge 1 "The Key to Valaritas" (044B) - Lackless Box → Door opening motivation
  - Bridge 2 "The Weight of Opening" (048B) - Simmon's death → departure (adapted Auri/Elodin from sideways/interlude_ch102.md)
  - Bridge 3 "The Door Is Open" (060B) - Jakis cell escape via Denna's message
  - Bridge 4 "The Crown That Melts" (108B) - Immediate post-kingkilling seconds
  - Bridge 5 "The Selas Grove" (112B) - Denna's burial → first steps toward exile
- Sideways content reviewed: sideways/ directory on fred has 20+ files of worldbuilding interludes (Ruh persecution, economic ripples, Arrowcatch fallout, institutional responses) - available for future expansion
- Tools deployed to fred: dedup_chapters.py, reorder_chapters.py, compile_manuscript_v4.py, audit_chapters.py
- Tools saved locally: C:\projects\mark-twain\tools\
- Full chapter ledger (JSON): C:\projects\mark-twain\manuscript\ledger\ (8 files, chapters 001-156)

## Kingkilling Method - CANONICAL RULE
- Kvothe kills King Roderic via **thermal slippage** (binding/stolen heat/melting crown) - NOT with Caesura/sword
- Ch 108 "The Slippage" = the deed itself
- Ch 114 line 59 was FIXED: removed "edge of Caesura" → replaced with thermal slippage language
- Denna's death: lung-bloom → mercy draught → selas grove burial (Ch 110-113). Definitive, no ambiguity.

## Canonical Manuscript - V4.2 (as of 2026-02-05)
- **V4.2 (CURRENT)**: 413,893 words, 147 chapters, SHA256: 780f36590e52d110
  - Local: `C:\projects\mark-twain\manuscript\MANUSCRIPT_V4.2.md`
  - Status: FINAL - ready for publication/prose polish
- **V4.1 Review Verdict**: BOTH reviewers passed - "GO FOR LINE EDITS" / "READY FOR PUBLICATION / FINAL POLISH"
- **Structural work is COMPLETE** - next phase is prose sweeps / line edits (DEFERRED by user)
- Previous versions (V4.1: 420,444w, V4: 419,488w, V3: 415,430w, v2: 418,922w, v1: 411,552w) are SUPERSEDED

## Access Rules
- **Maya Agent VM** (100.124.155.26 / hostname "maya") — OFF-LIMITS. Exclusively for Maya (ghc-marketing agent).
- **Authorized hosts**: Desktop2025 (local), Fred (SSH)
- Directive from Chad, 2026-02-10, permanent.

## Fred Infrastructure
- SSH: ssh crogers2287@fred
- Chapter files: /home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os/data/projects/kkc/chapters/
- Tools: /home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os/data/projects/kkc/tools/ (timeline_validator.py, pipeline.py, etc.)
- HashHop: /home/crogers2287/Canonforge/hashhop/ (content-addressed state storage, BLAKE3 hashing)
- Gemini API key: in /home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os/.env
- Registry: /home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os/data/projects/kkc/registry.yaml (STALE - needs rebuild)

## Fourth Project: Seeds of Desire (Selene Darkwood)
- **Genre:** Erotic Dark Fantasy / Romantasy / Fairy Tale Retellings
- **RENAMED:** "Grimm Desires" → "Seeds of Desire: Hunger in the Darkwood" (competitor title conflict)
- **v7 (2026-02-06 CURRENT)** — 134,069 words, 17 chapters + Prologue + Epilogue + 5 Interludes
- **v7 FINAL (post-spec execution)** — 133,294 words, 15 chapters + Prologue + Epilogue + 5 Interludes
- **v7 REBUILD (chapter-level)** — 131,113 words, same structure
  - ROOT CAUSE FOUND: chapters/ directory had overlapping file prefixes (003, 007, 008, 009, 010, 011 all had 2+ files), compiler pulled ALL drafts creating contradictions
  - Created clean `chapters_v7/` directory — 23 files, no duplicates
  - All fixes applied to SOURCE chapter files, not compiled artifact
  - Compiled fresh from clean sources
- **EPUB:** `Seeds_of_Desire_v7.epub` - Delivered 2026-02-06
- **Source:** `fred:.../grimm-desires/artifacts/SEEDS_OF_DESIRE_v7.md`
- **Local:** `C:\projects\mark-twain\manuscript-grimm\Seeds_of_Desire_v7.epub`
- **EPUB:** `Seeds_of_Desire_v7.epub` - Delivered 2026-02-06
- **Source:** `fred:.../grimm-desires/artifacts/SEEDS_OF_DESIRE_v7.md`
- **Local:** `C:\projects\mark-twain\manuscript-grimm\Seeds_of_Desire_v7.epub`
- **Version history:** v1 (113K) → v3 (181K) → v4 (178K) → v5 (178K) → v6.1 (163K) → v6.4 (164K) → **v7 (134K, structural surgery)**
- **v7 STRUCTURAL SURGERY (2026-02-06):**
  - **DEF-001 FIXED:** Rapunzel Paradox — Ch 18 "The Watcher's Choice" DELETED (duplicate exit)
  - **DEF-002 FIXED:** Felix/Ella Loop — Ch 9 "The Vector" DELETED (redundant intro)
  - **DEF-004 FIXED:** Cast Bloat — Ch 14 "Frog Kinks" + Ch 17 "H&G" DELETED
  - **Chapters renumbered:** Clean 1-17 sequence
  - **~30K words cut** (4 chapters removed)
  - **Additional fixes (v7.1 patch):** Felix/Ella Ch 14 rewritten (Glass Palace + carriage references), Ella POV reflects prior meeting, Epilogue Red/Jack/Snow polyamorous dynamic
  - **Full spec execution (v7 FINAL):**
    - Ch 4+7 MERGED (First Blood + First Meeting), Ch 6 MERGED into Ch 3 (Goldi+Bears)
    - Interlude 1 trimmed (Rules info-dump removed), Scream moved to Midpoint
    - Little Mercade moved to Act I, Ribbiter POV + sacrifice removed
    - "hunger" reduced 112→67, Three-Act structure: ACT I (Ch 1-11) → Scream → ACT II (Ch 12-14) → ACT III (Ch 15+Epilogue)
  - **Verification:** Rapunzel never returns to tower ✓ | Felix recognizes Ella ✓ | Fragment cliffhanger ✓
  - **Status:** Structurally sound, ready for line edits or Act II expansion
- **v6.1 MAJOR REBUILD (2026-02-06):**
  - **CUTS:** Ch 10 (Dreamers Connect), Ch 23 (Dark Alliance), Ch 3 (resistance arc)
  - **MERGES:** Ch 1+3 combined into single Jack ascent
  - **PATCHES:** Ch 12 Felix intercept (BALL_CONVERGENCE), Epilogue Dopey stone
  - **REVEALS:** Ch 13 Fairy Dom-Mother = Voluptas manifestation
  - **HOOKS:** Prologue "I can see you" reader address, Mirror wall-mounted
  - **POLISH:** 9 "ashes/burn" repetitions removed, 26 metadata items removed
- **v6.2 (2026-02-06):**
  - **PROSE FIX:** "honey and ozone" 3→2, "shatter/splitting" 28→10
  - **VERIFIED:** Queen dies ONCE (Blood Moon), Jack gift consistent (Growth/Pursuit)
  - **163,552 words** — Delivered 2026-02-06
- **v6.3 (2026-02-06):**
  - **DEF-003 FIX:** Jack's sacrifice = "earth connection/beanstalk magic" (not voice)
  - **Gift differentiation:** Jack=Growth, Felix=Command, no overlaps
  - **DEF-001 VERIFIED:** Red references Snow in Ch 8 meeting
  - **163,593 words** — Delivered 2026-02-06
- **v6.4 (SUPERSEDED by v7):**
  - **QUEEN_ESCAPE:** Queen declares Grove destination, wakes Voluptas intent
  - **ELLA_GUILT:** 5 paragraphs processing servant murder, "blood I can never wash off"
  - **MIRROR_FORESHADOW:** Mirror tries to touch self, desires humanity (prologue)
  - **164,132 words** — Had critical continuity errors (Rapunzel paradox, Felix/Ella loop)
- **v7 VERIFICATION TESTS PASSED:** Rapunzel single exit ✓, Felix/Ella continuity ✓, Dopey=stone ✓, Fragment retained ✓
- **v7 POLISHED (2026-02-06)** — 137,628 words, 18 chapters + Prologue + Epilogue + 5 Interludes
  - SHA256: 6104b61d7fc04ac4 | EPUB: msg 1441
- **V10 RESTRUCTURED (2026-02-06)** — 111,108 words, 12 chapters, braided narrative
  - 15→12 chapter restructure. Ball at Ch 2, Scream at Ch 6 midpoint, Travelers merged (Ch 7)
  - Deep weave: forward references in every Act 1 chapter, Mirror interludes between Acts
  - SHA256: d805aa185e6cf00f | Local: `SEEDS_RESTRUCTURED.md`
- **V6 TRANSITIONS (2026-02-06)** — 110,174 words, 9 Mirror interlude bridges
  - Transition audit: 4.0→7.6 avg score, critical failures 7→1
  - Bridges: Mirror connects each Act 1 chapter to the next
  - SHA256: b44e0867443e9adc | Telegram msg 1941
- **V7 VOICED (2026-02-06)** — 110,249 words, voice differentiation + continuity
  - 4 continuity fixes: Mirror agency (Scream cracked binding), Jack's mother (earth protects farm), Red's wolf logic (part of self), Scream causality (awakenings first)
  - Kill list: good boy/girl→0, every inch→0, so tight→0, power exchange→0
  - SHA256: 5f2eb1377466dd24
- **V35 FINAL (2026-02-07)** — 109,707 words, DELIVERED
  - SHA256: 6774e40f66d9fcd2
  - Gemini consensus: 6.7/10, ZERO consensus defects
  - DHRV3 fact-based audit: 487 facts, 101 entities, 0 contradictions (1 forest name fixed)
  - Forest name standardized: Blackwood/Thornwood → Darkwood (38 replacements)
  - POV unified: Ch 7-9 converted to 3rd person limited
  - Scene breaks reduced 159→30, timeline anchored all 29 files
  - 9 anachronisms killed, formulaic awakenings differentiated
  - Dopey Keystone arc threaded, Briar death reaction added, ensemble callbacks
  - Stable subscores: Erotica 9.3, Magic 8.7, Ending 7.3, Prose 7.0
  - Continuity score (4.7-5.0) = Gemini editorial opinion on vignette→ensemble pacing, NOT actual bugs
  - Local: `C:\projects\mark-twain\manuscript-grimm\SEEDS_OF_DESIRE_FINAL.md`
  - EPUB: `C:\projects\mark-twain\manuscript-grimm\Seeds_of_Desire_FINAL.epub` | Telegram msg 2627
  - Source: `fred:.../grimm-desires/artifacts/SEEDS_OF_DESIRE_FINAL.md`
- **V25 AUDIT (2026-02-07)** — 100,928 words, Gemini audit 8/10 VIABLE (SUPERSEDED by V35)
  - Battle choreography: Phase 1 (Bears/tanks) → Phase 2 (Felix/Ella/Rapunzel range) → Phase 3 (Queen)
  - Val send-off: Rapunzel witnesses dissolution on-page during ritual
  - Val memory loss: Forgets Rapunzel's name during march (on-page)
  - Queen humanized: Interlude backstory — plain, forgettable, fear of invisibility
  - Queen decay progressive: hair→lines→bone across 3 interludes (deduplicated)
  - Cross-group: Goldi+Felix kitchen scene (Heart meets Eye), Ella+Marina march bonding
  - Dwarf→Man globally (2 intentional fairy tale uses remain)
  - Felix omniscience FIXED: feels pulses not names in Ch 2
  - Cross-POV bleed FIXED: Dopey removed from Red's Ch 3, Queen removed from Marina's Ch 6
  - Timeline: Blood Moon countdown strictly descending (14→13→10→8→7→5→4→3→2)
  - Epilogue: Powers TAMED not lost (wolf→instinct, roots→garden, glass→warmth)
  - Anachronisms killed: zipper, radio, infrastructure, logistics
  - Ring formation scene in Ch 12 + ritual mechanics explained
  - SHA256: e637451456422f79
  - Source: `fred:.../grimm-desires/artifacts/SEEDS_V25_AUDIT.md`
  - Audit tool: `fred:.../grimm-desires/tools/seeds_gemini_audit.py` (temp=0.0, standardized prompt)
- **V21 REVISED (2026-02-07)** — 99,912 words, 3 audit specs merged
- **V21 REVISED (2026-02-07)** — 99,912 words, 3 audit specs merged
  - Ch 7 Red/Jack splice fixed (removed contradictory "go home to Snow" section)
  - Ch 8 condensed 5766→1984w (sex scene → focus on merged network)
  - Ch 10 Roundtable planning scene (675w), Marina/Dopey bonding (330w)
  - Ch 12 Red's Fenris loss expanded (400w), Queen physically at Grove, dies on-page touching Dopey's stone
  - Dopey carving: Snow figure consistent throughout (Ch 9/10/12)
  - Queen decay = Awakening drains her (explicit year-counting mechanic)
  - Mirror interludes at Act breaks (Prologue + after Scream + before Blood Moon)
  - Prose: shatter 16→3, predator 54→11, electric 9→0, hunger ~400→~129, "Not X.Y" 120→29
  - Red epilogue: wolf-form → human, can't shift
  - Ch 10/11 merged (V20), Ch 7 friction rewrite (V20), 3 Queen interludes (V20)
  - SHA256: b216d913408a67a7
  - Source: `fred:.../grimm-desires/artifacts/SEEDS_V21_REVISED.md`
  - Chapters: `fred:.../grimm-desires/chapters_v17/`
- **V8 STRUCTURAL (2026-02-06)** — 112,180 words, non-negotiable audit fixes
  - Failure scene (934w): Night raid, Grumpy wounded, Jack poisoned, Red bitten, Felix exposed
  - Queen POV (746w): Dream confrontation with Snow, genuine desperation revealed
  - Sanctuary friction (979w): Grumpy blocks Felix, Red/Felix standoff, Goldi's pot slam
  - Val backstory (610w): Former court sorcerer who built the curse infrastructure
  - Queen wins (421w): Bashful captured, Dopey reaches for empty air
  - Epilogue trimmed: Cut 10K chars of years-summary
  - SHA256: 878cfb7c74462ef0 | Telegram msg 1956
  - Novel-OS: Gemini 3.0 Flash PRIMARY model (switched from 2.5 Flash)
  - Novel-OS: `architect_settings.json` updated for 12-chapter braided structure
  - Novel-OS: chapters split to `chapters_v8/` directory (14 files)
- **REMAINING:** Diversify intimacy escalation patterns (not just phrases), travel montage polish, Ch 10/11 corruption check, Jack/Red friction, stakes escalation (shadow-beasts too easy)
- **The Twelve:** Jack, Red, Goldi, Aurora, Felix, Ella, Snow, Ribbiter, Rapunzel, Twins, Marina + Mirror
- **Series setup:** Book 2 "Shattered Mirrors" — Voluptas fragment escaped, kingdoms coming
- **Author toolkit:** `tools/authors/selene_darkwood.json` + profile (reusable)

## Third Project: The Arithmetic of Loss (Gloom Sisters Book 1)
- **FINAL (v5)** - 61,798 words, 18 chapters + epilogue
- Delivered 2026-02-05, publication-ready

## Second Project: Thrown a Curve (Contemporary Romance)
- **FINAL (v5)** - 94K words, 23 chapters
- Publication-ready per third-party audit
- **~94K words, 23 chapters** - publication-ready per third-party audit
- Clean chapters: `fred:.../thrown-a-curve/chapters_clean/` (23 files, patched through v4)
- Canon JSON files on fred are STALE - describe a different story than what was written
- Protagonist: Kelly Brooks (first person). Cal Bennett (divorced, NOT widower). Derek Holloway (ex + antagonist).
- Team: Grasshoppers. Town: Palmetto Springs, FL.
- Version history: v1 (93,622w) → v2 (93,591w, Atlanta fix) → v3 (94,536w, Harrison+scare) → v4 (94,306w, provocative Ch 20) → v5 (final polish)
- 5 chapters rewritten (Ch 18-19, 21-23), Ch 20 patched with provocative filter
- Key fixes: Atlanta paradox resolved, Harrison confrontation in-person, Derek BMW scare, Weston's voice at championship, Kendra return mirror, 4-month timeline
- Detailed revision log: `memory/2026-02-05-tac-revisions.md`

## Third Project: The Arithmetic of Loss (Gloom Sisters Book 1)
- **Genre**: Dark academia / portal fantasy
- **Source**: `fred:.../the-ring/THE_RING_FINAL_CLEAN_20260115_215120.md` (77K words, 21 chapters)
- **Status**: CRITICAL restructure in progress - manuscript was 2-3 incompatible drafts stitched together
- **Decision**: Option B (Double Agent/Academy spine) - cut heist chapters, unify POV, add provocative content
- **Revision spec**: `C:\projects\mark-twain\manuscript-ring\REVISION_SPEC.md`
- **Key characters**: Lyra Castellan (Academy), Astra Castellan (Gloom), Severin Thane (antagonist), Caelum Vex (love interest)
- **Astra's trauma**: CANONICAL = voluntary sacrifice at Memory Well (Ch 17), NOT stolen memories
- **Target**: 18 chapters + epilogue, ~70-75K words, unified 1st person POV
- **Provocative content**: 2 Astra/Caelum sex scenes (feral/gritty) + 1 Lyra clinical scene
- **Detailed log**: `memory/2026-02-05-ring.md`

## Ring: v5 Delivered (2026-02-05) - Chapter 10 Rewritten
- **v4 audit verdict**: Passed except Ch 10 still had Gala content instead of Heist
- **v5 status**: DELIVERED - 61,857 words, 18 chapters + epilogue
- Files: `THE_ARITHMETIC_OF_LOSS_v5.md` + `The_Arithmetic_of_Loss_v5.epub` (Telegram 767-769)
- **Key fix**: Chapter 10 "The Vault" replaces "The Academy's Secrets"
  - Heist chapter now delivers: Vault infiltration, Severin confrontation, Heart of Weaver stolen, VERITY cipher discovered
  - Connects Ch 8 → Ch 10 → Ch 12 properly

## Ring: v4 Fixes Identified (2026-02-05)
9 non-negotiable fixes for v4:
1. **Whisper payoff** - Wisp bonded in Ch 7, absent in climax. Needs participation.
2. **Heart of the Weaver** - Ch 8 mention unpaid. Delete or replace Gala with Heist.
3. **Candidate List** - Weaponize against Severin in defeat.
4. **True Hollowing** - Astra calculates death as acceptable (disturbing proof).
5. **Severin's defeat** - Machine overloads when Astra stabilizes (irony).
6. **Weaponize Hollow** - Astra calculates Caelum expendable; LYRA saves him (then he dies anyway).
7. **Echo resolution** - 1.2°C deficit acknowledged in epilogue (permanent, not healed).
8. **Post-Well prose** - Remove ALL sentimental Astra dialogue. Robotic only.
9. **Cut repetition** - "Three variables", "arithmetic never lies" → 2-3 uses max.

### v2 Fixes Applied
1. Ch 15/16 SWAPPED - Sex before sacrifice (tragic, not contradictory)
2. Ch 14 ending - Permeable barrier (not clean separation)
3. Ch 17 - Timeline fixed, crossing explained, complicity addressed
4. Ch 18 - Caelum dies on page, worlds merge, Severin human
5. Ring origin - Kael's artifact only
6. Epilogue - Notebook shows shape, doesn't restore memories
7. Breaches differentiated - Ch 7 (improvised) vs Ch 11 (institutional)
8. Meta-references cleaned

### v2 Stats
- 69,374 words, 18 chapters + epilogue
- 0 plot contradictions, 0 continuity errors
- Files: THE_ARITHMETIC_OF_LOSS_v2.md + The_Arithmetic_of_Loss_v2.epub
- Telegram messages 516-518

### Key Lesson
Root cause: Agents wrote chapters in isolation without deep narrative logic verification. Surface consistency (names, terms) was checked but plot event consistency was not. This audit process should be part of initial draft, not post-hoc fix.
- **Critical failures found**:
  1. Caelum alive in Ch 18, dead in Epilogue (Schrödinger state)
  2. Ch 14 separates worlds, Epilogue has merged world (mutually exclusive climaxes)
  3. Memory Well timing: Ch 15 sacrifice vs Ch 17 "two years ago" claim
  4. Ring origin: artifact (Ch 5) vs childhood trinket (Ch 16)
  5. Astra hollow (Ch 15) then passionate sex (Ch 16) - contradicts Well sacrifice
  6. Severin shifts from political extremist to eldritch entity in Ch 18
  7. Lyra's complicity in 13 student deaths never addressed
  8. Notebook in epilogue cheapens magic system by restoring memories
- **Fix plan executed**:
  1. SWAP Ch 15/16 order: sex BEFORE Well sacrifice (devastating, not contradictory)
  2. Ch 14 ending: partial merge, permeable barrier (not clean separation)
  3. Ch 17: "two years ago" → "days ago", add barrier crossing explanation, add complicity reckoning
  4. Ch 18: Caelum dies ON PAGE, worlds merge visibly, Severin stays human
  5. Ring origin: Kael's artifact only, cut childhood trinket reference
  6. Epilogue: notebook shows shape of losses, doesn't restore memories; Astra still flat
  7. Ch 11: "Chapter Seven's ritual" meta-reference → "archive ritual"
- **Root cause**: Agents wrote chapters in isolation without deep narrative logic verification. Surface consistency (names, terms) was checked but plot event consistency was not.

## KKC Canon Compliance Pass (2026-02-05)
- **~154 fixes across 50+ chapters** - all verified against Rothfuss source RTFs
- **Final comprehensive audit: PASSED** - 0 canon violations remaining
- **Canon reference file created**: `C:\projects\mark-twain\manuscript\CANON_REFERENCE.md`
- **Rothfuss source texts on fred**:
  - `/home/crogers2287/pf/The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss.rtf` (2.2M)
  - `/home/crogers2287/pf/The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss.rtf` (3.9M)
- **Rothfuss system prompt**: `/home/crogers2287/Canonforge/canon_data/rothfuss_system_prompt.txt`
  - NOTE: This prompt instructed AI to use "kinetic, thermal, binding, slippage, efficiency, galvanic" for hard magic - which is WHY anachronistic terms appeared in manuscript
- **Key canon facts verified from source RTFs**:
  - Kote's hands = "long, graceful" (NOT damaged/burned)
  - Bast's eyes = blue
  - Cthaeh, Scrael, Caesura/Saicere, shaed = correct spellings
  - Scrael = black, featureless, pottery-hard
  - No spoilers in frame chapters (crown/thermal slippage not revealed before Ch 108)
  - No anachronisms (guns, pistols, telescopes, kaleidoscopes, electricity, thermodynamics terms)
  - "Holding the door shut with will" is NOT canon - Kote's diminishment is internal
  - Denna's patron not confirmed as Cinder before reveal chapter (Ch 100+)
- **Removed from manuscript**:
  - Burned hands/door-holding concept from Ch 1
  - "I am the lock" concept from Ch 140
- **Frame chapters requiring extra canon vigilance**: Ch 1, 20, 42, 52, 68, 122, 129, 130, 135, 140, 141, 142, 143
- **Canon audit tools on fred**: `/tmp/canon_audit.py`, `/tmp/canon_check.py`, `/tmp/fix_anachronisms.py`
- User still reading through manuscript - may flag more issues

## KKC V4.1 Structure (CURRENT - as of 2026-02-05)
- **Act 1**: University (Ch 1-44) - includes Patron's Shadow (Ch 63, Cinder suspicion)
- **Act 2**: Departure + Road (Ch 45-50) - Road to Severen (Ch 46), Trouper's Gift (Ch 47)
- **Act 3**: Vintas (Ch 51-89)
- **Act 4**: Pre-Door (Ch 90-92)
- **Act 5**: Door + Tragedy (Ch 93-110) - Door Ch 93-97, Simmon dies Ch 96, Kingkilling Ch 110, Bridge 109B
- **Act 6**: Exile + Frame (Ch 111-147)
- **Key additions in V4/V4.1**: Bridge 109B (Road to Renere), Cthaeh callback (Ch 111), Ambrose succession (Ch 112), Scrael-Door connection (Ch 103), Fela goodbye, Iax alien dialogue (Ch 94), Scrael slow-leak (Ch 145), Kote psychosomatic weakness (Ch 145), Penitent King = Alveron (Ch 112), Auri/Bast connection (Ch 145)

## Novel-OS Engine on Fred — COMPLETE TOOL REGISTRY
- **Location**: `/home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os/`
- **Purpose**: Gemini 3.0 Flash-powered manuscript editing, validation, and review system
- **Config**: `lib/ai_config.py`, `lib/glm_config.py` (Gemini API), `.env` (API keys)
- **Model**: Gemini 3.0 Flash PRIMARY (65,536 token output limit)

### Nightjar Validation Pipeline (USE THESE FIRST)
All validators at `nightjar/validators/`:
- **`continuity_evaluator.py`** — Catches zombie characters, location paradoxes, orphaned content. Loads rules from CANON_RULES.json per project. CLI: `python3 nightjar/validators/continuity_evaluator.py manuscript.md [canon_rules.json]`
- **`scene_duplicate_detector.py`** — Detects duplicate/near-duplicate scenes across chapters. CLI: `python3 nightjar/validators/scene_duplicate_detector.py manuscript.md`
- **`timeline_validator.py`** — Validates chronological consistency. CLI: `python3 nightjar/validators/timeline_validator.py manuscript.md` — Outputs JSON with fatal/critical/warning counts
- **`pacing_validator.py`** — Detects wheel-spinning, overlong chapters, repeated conflicts. NOTE: Calibrated for KKC-length chapters; Seeds chapters are intentionally longer
- **`thread_validator.py`** — Plot thread tracking (requires `nightjar` module import — run from novel-os root)
- **`transition_validator.py`** — Chapter transition quality (requires `nightjar` module import)
- **`climax_validator.py`** — Validates climax structure
- **`disposition_validator.py`** — Character disposition tracking
- **`minhash_validator.py`** — Near-duplicate paragraph detection via MinHash
- **`prose_analyzer.py`** / **`prose_analyzer_rlm.py`** — Prose quality metrics (adverbs, filter words, weak verbs)
- **`voice_profiler.py`** / **`voice_profiler_rlm.py`** — Character voice differentiation
- **`agency_validator.py`** — Character agency tracking
- **`beat_validator.py`** / **`beat_validator_rlm.py`** — Beat sheet adherence
- **`spatial_validator.py`** — Location/movement consistency
- **`temporal_validator.py`** — Time reference consistency
- **`knowledge_arc_validator.py`** — Character knowledge tracking (who knows what)
- **`motif_validator.py`** — Motif overuse detection
- **`universal_continuity_validator.py`** — Comprehensive continuity check
- **`unified_validator.py`** / **`unified_validator_v2.py`** — All-in-one validation suite

### Nightjar Pipeline Runners
- **`nightjar/enhanced_pipeline.py`** — Main pipeline: structural + pacing + prose + content + lore validators. CLI: `python3 nightjar/enhanced_pipeline.py manuscript.md` — Saves report to `.nightjar/VALIDATION_REPORT.json`
- **`nightjar/unified_pipeline.py`** — Alternative unified runner
- **`nightjar/llm_chapter_validator.py`** — LLM-powered chapter validation (uses Gemini)
- **`nightjar/validation_gates.py`** — Quality gates for pass/fail decisions
- **`nightjar/validator_orchestrator.py`** — Orchestrates multiple validators

### Nightjar Eval Agents (LLM-Powered)
At `nightjar/eval_agents/`:
- **`human_reader_v3.py`** — Simulates human reader experience via LLM
- **`llm_human_reader.py`** — LLM-based "human reader" evaluation
- **`audit_agent.py`** — Automated audit agent
- **`master_eval_runner.py`** — Runs all eval agents in sequence
- **`unified_eval_pipeline.py`** — Combined evaluation pipeline
- **`unified_defect_eval.py`** — Defect detection via LLM
- **`ticket_generator.py`** — Generates fix tickets from audit results
- **`spec_agent.py`** — Spec compliance checking

### Nightjar Engines (Content Generation/Editing)
At `nightjar/engines/`:
- **`definitive_human_reader_v3.py`** / **`v3_1.py`** — Best human reader simulation
- **`editing_engine.py`** — Prose editing engine
- **`manuscript_builder.py`** — Manuscript assembly
- **`manuscript_validator.py`** — Manuscript validation
- **`unified_qa_pipeline.py`** — QA pipeline

### Nightjar Chronos (Timeline)
At `nightjar/chronos/`:
- **`chronos_validator.py`** — Timeline validation
- **`chronos_cartographer.py`** — Timeline mapping
- **`chronos_run.py`** — Run timeline analysis
- **`cached_cartographer.py`** — Cached timeline mapping for speed

### Nightjar Orchestrators
At `nightjar/orchestrators/`:
- **`manuscript_orchestrator.py`** — Full manuscript pipeline orchestration
- **`dispatcher.py`** — Task dispatching
- **`gemini_interface.py`** — Gemini API interface
- **`rlm_interface.py`** — RLM integration
- **`rlm_validator.py`** — RLM-based validation
- **`beat_sheet_ticket_router.py`** — Routes beat sheet issues to fix tickets
- **`director_checklist.py`** — Director-level review checklist

### Nightjar Memory/State
At `nightjar/memory/`:
- **`global_narrative_ledger.py`** — Global narrative state tracking
- **`chapter_ledger.py`** — Per-chapter state ledger
- **`narrative_memory_bank.py`** — Long-term narrative memory
- **`entity_extractor.py`** — Extract entities from text
- **`canon_loader.py`** — Load canon data files
- **`quality_gate.py`** — Quality gate enforcement
- **`rlm_adapter.py`** — RLM integration adapter

### RLM (Recursive Language Model) Context Spine
At `lib/rlm/`:
- **`book_context.py`** — Core BookContext class: canon retrieval, state tracking, narrative search
- **`context_manager.py`** — RLM pre-flight: prepares compressed relevant context per chapter
- **`state_auditor.py`** — Detects state changes (location, health, inventory, companions, knowledge) via regex patterns
- **`chronos_auditor.py`** / **`chronos_enhanced.py`** / **`chronos_validate.py`** — Timeline auditing
- **`state_tracker_schema.json`** — JSON schema for dynamic state tracking
- **Key concept**: Static canon (immutable facts) vs Dynamic state (changing per chapter). 98% token reduction vs context stuffing.

### Prose Fix Scripts (Root Level)
- **`fix_filter_words_rlm.py`** / **`fix_filter_words_fast.py`** — Remove filter words
- **`fix_weak_verbs_rlm.py`** / **`fix_weak_verbs_fast.py`** — Strengthen weak verbs
- **`fix_character_voices_rlm.py`** / **`fix_character_voices_fast.py`** — Voice differentiation
- **`fix_dialogue_adverbs_rlm.py`** — Remove adverbs from dialogue tags
- **`fix_breath_metaphors.py`** / **`v2`** — Remove overused breath metaphors

### Automation Scripts
At `scripts/`:
- **`gemini_review_loop.py`** — Main automated Gemini review loop
- **`overnight_automation.py`** — Overnight batch processing
- **`director_pipeline.py`** — Director-level pipeline
- **`status_monitor.py`** — Pipeline status monitoring
- **`global_state_ledger.py`** — Global state management

### Data Tools (Per-Project)
At `data/tools/`:
- **`developmental_validator.py`** — Developmental editing validator
- **`structural_validator.py`** — Structural validation
- **`unified_validator.py`** / **`v2`** — Unified validation suite
- **`iterative_review_loop.py`** — Iterative review with Gemini
- **`smart_fixer.py`** — AI-powered fix application
- **`structural_fixer.py`** — Structural issue fixer
- **`ticket_executor.py`** — Execute fix tickets
- **`scene_validator_v2.py`** — Scene-level validation
- **`tac_eval_agent_v4.py`** — Thrown A Curve specific evaluator
- **`api_config.py`** / **`api_config_glm.py`** — API configuration

### Per-Project Structure
Each project at `data/projects/{project-id}/`:
```
├── architect_settings.json    # Project config (structure, chapters, themes)
├── artifacts/                 # Compiled manuscripts
├── author/                    # Author voice profiles
├── beat_sheets/               # Beat sheet data
├── canon/                     # Canon data
│   ├── characters/            # protagonists.json, antagonists.json
│   ├── history/
│   ├── items/
│   ├── locations/
│   ├── systems/
│   └── world_rules/
├── chapters/                  # Source chapter files
├── chapters_v{N}/             # Versioned chapter directories
├── style_guide/
├── tools/                     # Project-specific tools
│   ├── seeds_gemini_audit.py  # Standardized Gemini audit
│   ├── seeds_validator.py     # Project-specific validator
│   └── pre_delivery_validate.py
└── rebuild/
```

### Cache/State Directories
- **`.cache/`** — Intermediate results, audit data, processing queues
- **`.nightjar/`** — Validation reports, tickets, session checkpoints
- **`.ralph_work/`** — Ralph loop working data (iteration audits, chapter analysis)

### Key Infrastructure Notes
- **Gemini API**: Configured via `GOOGLE_API_KEY` or `GEMINI_API_KEY` in `.env`
- **Canon data packs**: `canon_data/grimm_canon_pack.json` for fairy tale references
- **Author voice profiles**: Per-project in `author/` directory (e.g., `selene_darkwood.json`)
- **Thread/Transition validators need module import**: Run from novel-os root with `PYTHONPATH=.`
- **Pacing validator calibrated for KKC**: Seeds chapters (7-16K words) will flag as "overlong" — this is expected for vignette structure
- **LLM Chapter Validator**: Uses Gemini for deep chapter analysis — requires API key

### How to Run the Full Validation Suite (MEMORIZE THIS)
```bash
cd /home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os

# 1. Enhanced Pipeline (structural + pacing + prose + content + lore)
python3 nightjar/enhanced_pipeline.py data/projects/{project}/artifacts/MANUSCRIPT.md

# 2. Continuity Evaluator (zombie chars, orphans, location paradoxes)
python3 nightjar/validators/continuity_evaluator.py data/projects/{project}/artifacts/MANUSCRIPT.md

# 3. Scene Duplicate Detector (near-duplicate scenes)
python3 nightjar/validators/scene_duplicate_detector.py data/projects/{project}/artifacts/MANUSCRIPT.md

# 4. Timeline Validator (chronological consistency)
python3 nightjar/validators/timeline_validator.py data/projects/{project}/artifacts/MANUSCRIPT.md

# 5. Project-specific validators
python3 data/projects/{project}/tools/seeds_validator.py (or equivalent)
python3 data/projects/{project}/tools/pre_delivery_validate.py artifacts/MANUSCRIPT.md

# 6. Gemini Audit (LLM-powered 10-category scoring)
python3 data/projects/{project}/tools/seeds_gemini_audit.py artifacts/MANUSCRIPT.md

# 7. LLM Chapter Validator (deep per-chapter analysis)
python3 nightjar/llm_chapter_validator.py data/projects/{project}/artifacts/MANUSCRIPT.md
```

### Validation Results Key (2026-02-07, Seeds V26)
- Enhanced Pipeline: **0 critical, 1 high (false positive — KKC chapter count), 9 medium (pacing — expected), 1 low (adverbs)**
- Continuity Evaluator: **2 "critical" (false positives — regex matching "Not"/"Her" as character names)**
- Scene Duplicate Detector: **0 duplicates**
- Timeline Validator: **PASS — 0 issues**
- Seeds Validator (V25): **PASS — 0 issues across all 15 checks**
- Gemini Audit: **7/10 VIABLE** (oscillates 6-8, continuity 5/10 — editorial judgment, not structural bugs)

## WORKFLOW RULES (MANDATORY)
- **ALWAYS work from fred via SSH** — fred is the source of truth
- **USE the novel-os engine and existing validators** on fred (`/home/crogers2287/Canonforge/novel-os/`)
- **DO NOT write throwaway validator scripts** — use the tools already deployed in `data/projects/*/tools/`
- **Run the FULL validation suite** (all 7 steps above) before any delivery
- **Nightjar pipeline FIRST, then Gemini audit** — fix structural issues before LLM scoring
- Stop reinventing infrastructure that already exists on fred

## Author Preferences
- Wants complete tragedy throughout - "no happy endings"
- Doesn't want to stop until it's done
- Direct, no hand-holding, wants solutions not discussion
- Responds well to swarm approach - "swarm it" = parallelize with multiple agents
- Has existing toolchain on fred - leverage it, don't reinvent
- Prefers ledger-based approach: summarize chapters → compile ledger → Opus validates ordering
- V4.1 carte blanche: "Do what you think is best for the story" - gave full autopilot
- Prose sweeps: said "not ready" when sweep was initiated (msg 623) - WAIT for explicit greenlight
- Path A abandoned by mutual decision after reviews flagged Door at 35% as fatal flaw


No TODO.md exists. Let me check recent memory files to understand what's currently pending.

ls /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/mark-twain/memory/ 2>/dev/null | sort


(no output)


AGENTS.md
BOOTSTRAP.md
C:\temp\extract_cookies.js
HEARTBEAT.md
IDENTITY.md
MEMORY.md
SOUL.md
TOOLS.md
USER.md
agent
memory
sessions


ls /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/mark-twain/memory/ | sort


# HEARTBEAT.md

# Keep this file empty (or with only comments) to skip heartbeat API calls.

# Add tasks below when you want the agent to check something periodically.

## Email Check
- Check `/opt/agentmail/queue/` for new `*_twain.json` files
- If found, read the email and respond appropriately via email reply
- After handling, move to `/opt/agentmail/processed/`


**Status Report — Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 7:00 AM UTC**

**TODO.md:** Does not exist. No active task list.

**Memory directory:** Empty — no daily notes from recent sessions.

**HEARTBEAT.md:** Contains an email check task (check `/opt/agentmail/queue/` for `*_twain.json` files).

ls /opt/agentmail/queue/*_twain.json 2>/dev/null && echo "FOUND" || echo "NONE"


---

**Summary:**

- **TODO.md:** Does not exist — no pending task loop to resume.
- **Email queue** (`/opt/agentmail/queue/*_twain.json`): Empty — nothing to handle.
- **Active projects per MEMORY.md:** All four manuscripts (KKC V4.2, Seeds of Desire V35 FINAL, Thrown a Curve V5, Arithmetic of Loss V5) are in delivered/publication-ready state. Structural work is complete on all. Next phases (prose sweeps/line edits) are deferred, awaiting explicit greenlight from Chad.
- **No blocked or in-progress tasks detected.**

**Status: SLEEPING.** Nothing actionable. Will respond when Chad initiates next work session or a TODO.md is created.