---
title: COO audit findings — synthesis 2026-05-26
created: 2026-05-26
type: investigation
drafted-by: claude-code-coo
agents: [general-purpose×4, Explore×1]
status: live
related:
  - "[[README]]"
  - "[[CLAUDE]]"
  - "[[Hermes-as-COO-Architecture-2026-05-03]]"
  - "[[Multi-Hermes-Strategy-2026-05-06]]"
  - "[[Multi-Hermes-Rollout-Phase0-3-2026-05-07]]"
  - "[[Hunt-Approval-Bottleneck]]"
  - "[[Truth-Audit-2026-05-02]]"
---

# COO audit findings — 2026-05-26

> Synthesis of 5 parallel agent investigations fired 2026-05-26 ~07:00 AEST. Compresses ~900 KB of raw findings into the load-bearing facts a COO needs to operate from day one. Verbatim full reports in agent transcripts.

## TL;DR — the 7 things that change the strategy

1. **`hermes-coo` profile ALREADY EXISTS on VPS** since 2026-05-07. Multi-Hermes Phase 0-3 went live per Rocky directive override on Kimi-K2-thinking (RR), DeepSeek-v3.2 (siteops), MiniMax-M2.7 (coo). The Kanban dispatcher is already embedded in `hermes-gateway.service` with 60s tick, 5 boards live (`default`, `lfcs`, `rr`, `siteops`, `infra`). What's missing is THIS folder being on the VPS as the COO's operating home.
2. **Multiple major "facts" in the vault are wrong.** The `MEMORY.md` claim "Supabase service-role key is 41 chars not a valid JWT" is wrong — that's the new `sb_sec_` format (post late-2025), which IS valid. The "359 leads scraped, 1 sent, approval bottleneck" framing is wrong — 359 is the legacy Rivet sales table, `scraped_leads` actually has 1 row total. The repo's `CLAUDE.md` references `the-50-dollar-app/` as a directory inside this repo but it doesn't exist — the v2 marketplace platform lives at `C:\Users\mclou\rateright-v2\`.
3. **Goals are not live.** `30_Goals/Active.md` has been `status: draft-awaiting-rocky-review` for 24 days. By protocol Hermes-COO cannot boot from it. This is the load-bearing block — Phase 0 is Rocky filling `_System/COO/goals.md` from the template before anything else.
4. **23-day attention drift to LFCS, zero RR work logged.** Every daily note since 2026-05-04 is LFCS-only. The `hermes-rr` profile exists with Kimi-K2 budget and has done ZERO work. The COO's first job is surfacing this drift — it's the existential pattern Rocky's RateRight `_Brain/CLAUDE.md` says deprioritises anything that doesn't move worker numbers.
5. **Hunt has never produced a real lead.** Scrapers extract 0 contacts from real Gumtree pages (selector breakage after Gumtree HTML update). The "approval bottleneck" is a downstream symptom of zero inflow. Real headline: scrapers broken, ScrapingBee API key not provisioned (fallback wired but inactive), even if both worked SMS is the natural worker-outreach channel and SMS is disabled.
6. **Hibernated fleet has Tier-1 lift-able assets** — 31 Radar research files (competitor/market intel), 100 Herald city posters + 3 email templates + customer-success playbooks, Sentinel's 96-line production-ready `fleet-health-check.sh`, Susan's full sales playbook + 17 archived leads + 10 SMS drafts (99 days dormant), Cog's 2026-02-18 fleet-outage postmortem with recovery playbook. None migrated to HQ-Vault yet.
7. **Paperclip + AION UI are real and relevant.** Paperclip = Nous Research's managed-employment framework where Hermes runs as a "managed employee"; Gladiator hackathon demo shows two AI companies competing for GitHub stars over 10 days. AION UI = 22.8k-star desktop app auto-detecting 16+ CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Hermes, OpenClaw) into one GUI with scheduling + file browser. Both are deployable in days, not weeks.

---

## 1. Hermes infrastructure — actual state

### Live on VPS (134.199.153.159) as of 2026-05-26

- **Hermes Agent v0.14.0** (2026.5.16). 442 commits behind latest. Stable.
- **`hermes-gateway.service`** active 5+ days, 1.1GB RAM, healthy. systemd auto-restart works.
- **4 profiles provisioned** (Multi-Hermes live since 2026-05-07):
  - `default` — MiniMax-M2.7, LFCS lane (the foreman, current SOUL.md is LFCS site-assistant)
  - `coo` — MiniMax-M2.7, orchestrator (NEVER given a SOUL.md or skills — this is what we're fixing)
  - `rr` — Kimi-K2-thinking (Moonshot), RateRight lane (NEVER invoked)
  - `siteops` — DeepSeek-v3.2-thinking, SiteOps lane
- **Kanban DB** at `/root/.hermes/kanban.db`. 5 boards: `default`, `lfcs`, `rr`, `siteops`, `infra`.
- **4 active crons on `default` profile**: `lfcs-am-lookahead` (6 AM), `lfcs-eod-summary` (5 PM), `lfcs-weekly-programme` (Mon 6 AM), 1 more truncated in output. All "ok" on last runs.
- **MCP servers wired into `default`**: Airtable MCP (loaded as child process — read/write LFCS-Operations base).
- **WhatsApp bridge** running on port 3500.
- **Telegram chat ID**: `7377499346` (Rocky's DM).
- **Telegram bots**: `@opsman_lfcs_bot` (existing, LFCS). `@hq_coo_bot` (needs creation for COO).
- **Known issue**: `default` profile log spamming "file not found" errors for `/home/ccuser/opsman-work/Jobs/Ongoing Jobs/01-2275 - HPE Field of...` — a job folder was renamed/moved; one of the lfcs-* skills has a hard-coded path. Quick fix needed.

### PM2 fleet — what's actually alive

| Service | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `cc` | online 2M | localcc bridge |
| `growth-engine` | online 2M | RateRight CRM API |
| `hunt-monitor` | online 27d | Gmail reply checking |
| `hunt-outreach` | online 27d | Sender loop |
| `hunt-aggregator` | stopped | cron-driven, expected between runs (UTC 20:00) |
| `hunt-workers` | stopped | cron-driven (UTC 20:30) |
| `hunt-contractors` | stopped | cron-driven (UTC 21:00) |
| `hunt-matchmaker` | stopped | cron-driven (UTC 21:30) |
| `hostel-campaign` | NOT in pm2 list anymore | Was zombie (4,465 restarts), already killed |

PM2 schedule is correct per `scripts/hunt/ecosystem.config.js`. The "stopped" status on the 4 cron-once-daily scrapers is expected between runs.

### Crons on VPS (root crontab)

```
0,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/bin/node /home/ccuser/the-50-dollar-app/scripts/growth-engine-monitor.js
# PAUSED: */5 * * * * /home/ccuser/rateright-growth/rivet/scripts/fleet-doctor.sh
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/node /home/ccuser/opsman-control-centre/scripts-live-sync.mjs
0 2 * * * /home/ccuser/shared/scripts/check-telemetry-health.sh
*/30 * * * * /home/ccuser/rateright-growth/scripts/auto-sync.sh
```

The opsman-control-centre live-sync is what populates the dashboard Supabase tables (`cc_agent_snapshots`, `cc_activity_log`, `cc_approvals`) — directly reusable pattern for COO's filesystem → Supabase pump if we want to surface COO state in the dashboard.

---

## 2. The hunt pipeline — actually broken (not "approval bottleneck")

Per the platform-code-audit agent and the existing `_System/Investigations/Hunt-Approval-Bottleneck.md`:

```
[Gumtree HTML]
    │ scrape (cron-once-daily)
    ▼
[scripts/hunt/scrapers/*.js]  ← DEAD LINK 1: 0 contact rows from real pages
    │ insertLead() → scraped_leads (status='new')
    ▼
[db.js:248 auto-approve gate]  ← needs lead.email + contact_registry_id
    │ updateLeadStatus('approved')              ← fix landed; works on valid leads
    ▼
[outreach-sender.js (continuous, 30-min)]
    │ canSendToday('email') → 20/day cap
    ▼
[scraped_leads.status='sent']
    │
    ▼
[reply-monitor.js (continuous)]  ← works
    │
    ▼
[matchmaker.js (cron 21:30 UTC)]  ← DEAD LINK 2: needs worker.status='replied'
    │ writes match_introductions table
    ▼
[NOTHING]  ← DEAD LINK 3: no outbound from match_introductions
```

**Three dead links:**
1. Scrapers extract 0 contacts (Gumtree selector breakage)
2. Workers don't reply because outreach is email-only and most Gumtree workers post phone-only (~70% skipped per `outreach-sender.js:74`)
3. `match_introductions` populated but no script reads from it — write-only

**Why SMS would fix #2 but isn't an option:**
- `outreach-sender.js:75`: `// no email address, skipping (SMS TODO)`
- SMS template exists at `config.js:119`
- No SMS sender wired even if `DISABLE_ALL_SMS` flipped
- Hard rule against re-enabling SMS regardless

**Quick wins (whitelist-safe for COO):**
- Provision `SCRAPINGBEE_API_KEY` env var — fallback at `gumtree-scrapingbee.js` is already wired (likely 0-results was Cloudflare blocking direct fetches)
- Re-baseline selectors against current Gumtree HTML structure (Cowork task)
- Manual lead injection from Susan's 17 dormant leads (`vault/09-Agent-Archive/Susan/workspace/MEMORY.md`) to test pipeline end-to-end

---

## 3. Hibernated fleet — what's worth lifting

Per the fleet-archaeology agent's full report (~900KB raw, condensed below):

### Tier 1 — lift this week (high ROI, low effort)

| From | To | What |
|---|---|---|
| **Radar** | `10_RateRight/_Brain/competitor-intel/` + `market-data/` | 31 research files (HiPages, ServiceSeeking, Airtasker, Yakka, Sidekicker, Casu, AU construction market data, hiring pain points, $50 pricing validation, seasonality patterns) |
| **Herald** | `10_RateRight/_Brain/marketing-assets/` | 100 city × 5 messaging variant posters + 3 email templates + customer-success playbooks (contractor onboarding, worker onboarding, conflict resolution) |
| **Cog** | `11_OpsMan_LFCS/_Brain/incident-playbook.md` | 2026-02-18 fleet-outage postmortem + recovery playbook (the single most valuable single ops document in the archive) |
| **Sentinel** | `11_OpsMan_LFCS/_Brain/incident-playbook.md` | OPS.md Failure Modes section (Agent Crash Loop, Disk Exhaustion, Memory Pressure, App Down) |
| **Harper** | `10_RateRight/_Brain/finance-facts.md` | Compliance calendar + financial facts ("BAS NOT REQUIRED — stop flagging" lesson) |

### Tier 2 — turn into Hermes crons

| Cron | Schedule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| voice-brief | 05:30, 18:30 | Rivet pattern (what we're doing via `coo-pulse`) |
| VPS health | every 15 min | `vault/09-Agent-Archive/Sentinel/scripts/fleet-health-check.sh` (lift verbatim) |
| Disk usage check | every 3h | Cog |
| Log rotation | 00:00 | Cog |
| DB backup | 04:00 | Cog |
| Compliance check | Mon 09:00 | Harper |
| Self-audit (5 questions) | 02:00 | Rivet (mapped to `coo-self-audit` skill, written) |

### Tier 3 — turn into skills (proposed)

- `decision-prep` (Rivet) — brain-dump → decision + recommendation + tap-yes/no
- `caveman-correspondence-check` (Herald) — runs Rocky's caveman rule before send
- `cold-outreach-draft` (Susan) — caveman-style outbound
- `grant-scanner` (Harper) — grants.gov.au + business.gov.au with delta detection
- `competitor-pricing-monitor` (Radar) — weekly scrape, alert on changes
- `claude-code-spawn-with-wake-callback` (Builder) — pty:true, background:true, wake-on-done

### Tier 4 — lift code directly

- `rivet/scripts/rivet.sh` — 550-line Telegram polling + Whisper + DeepSeek/Sonnet thinking + git sync. Self-contained, no framework. Potential template for the AM voice brief.
- `rivet/scripts/fleet-doctor.sh` — diagnose-first agent recovery (replaces 4 broken crons; cooldown + escalation built in). Currently PAUSED in VPS crontab.
- `vault/09-Agent-Archive/Sentinel/scripts/fleet-health-check.sh` — 96-line bash, production-ready.

### Tier 5 — leave dead

- JSONL inbox + status.json + buddy-system plumbing → Hermes Kanban solves this differently
- Conversation-protocol directory choreography → replaced by Cowork orchestration
- Anything Anthropic-OAuth-dependent → Rocky runs CC directly now

---

## 4. Hermes power-use research — paperclip, AION UI, what we're missing

### Paperclip (Nous Research's managed-employment framework)

- Hermes Agent runs as a "managed employee" inside Paperclip company infrastructure
- Adapter at https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-paperclip-adapter
- Transcript parsing: raw Hermes stdout → typed `TranscriptEntry` objects → Paperclip renders tool cards with status icons
- Scans both Paperclip-managed and Hermes-native skills, sync/list/resolve APIs
- **Gladiator** hackathon demo (Nous Research Hackathon 2026): two AI companies (Blitz vs Craft) compete to maximise GitHub stars on identical starter repos over 10 days. Paperclip coordinates, Hermes workers execute. Live dashboard. Demonstrates multi-agent coordination at scale with transparent task handoffs.
- Repo: https://github.com/runtimenoteslabs/gladiator
- **Relevance to Rocky:** if RateRight ever scales to need multiple specialised Hermes workers (e.g. hermes-rr-hunt + hermes-rr-matchmaker + hermes-rr-marketing), Paperclip is the orchestration UI for that. Not Phase 0. Park for Q3.

### AION UI

- Desktop app, 22.8k GitHub stars
- Auto-detects 16+ CLI agents: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, etc.
- One GUI: scheduling, file management, jobs, history, logs, skill management, memory inspection across all agents
- Local-first, no telemetry
- Repo: https://github.com/iOfficeAI/AionUi
- **Relevance to Rocky:** Probably YES for Phase 1. He's running Claude Code (laptop) + Hermes (VPS) + occasionally Cowork. AION UI gives one pane of glass for all of them on the laptop. If Hermes-COO writes its `Outbox.md` and goal pulses, AION UI surfaces them as notifications.

### Top patterns worth stealing (top 5)

1. **Cron with natural language** — Hermes supports `/cron add 30m "Remind me to check the build"`, `/cron add "every 1h" "Summarize new feed items" --skill blogwatcher`, `0 9 * * 1-5` cron expressions, ISO timestamps. Delivery targets: telegram, discord, slack, whatsapp, signal, matrix, email, sms, `all`, comma-separated. Job chaining via `context_from`. `--no-agent --script` for cheap polling + `wakeAgent: false` to skip LLM unless state changed.
2. **Execute_code** — let the agent write Python that calls Hermes tools programmatically via RPC. Single complex task → 50-100k tokens with serial tool calls; with execute_code → sandboxed, parallel, single LLM turn. Massive token savings.
3. **FTS5 full-text search across all sessions** — persistent memory queryable by topic, entity, decision. By month 2, the agent knows Rocky's preferences and decision history better than he does.
4. **SkillClaw** (https://github.com/AMAP-ML/SkillClaw) — auto-converts successful patterns to reusable skills, deduplicates across sessions.
5. **MCP gateway pattern** — connect Hermes to any MCP server (Composio: Gmail, Sheets, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, 1,000+ tools). Universal connector.

### Webhook patterns (Hermes CLI has `webhook` subcommand)

- HTTP server accepts POST, validates HMAC signature, transforms payload → agent prompt, routes response back
- Three core patterns:
  - **Event-driven runs**: GitHub PR created → webhook → Hermes auto-reviews → comments
  - **Deliver-only**: `approvals.mode: deliver_only` → no LLM, just template + ship
  - **Inter-agent comms**: Agent A → webhook to Agent B → handoff
- **Relevance to Rocky:** the hunt watchdog (Failure modes #1-3) could be a webhook fired by `growth-engine-monitor.js` when scraper success rate drops, instead of polling.

### Cost data (May 2026 real numbers)

| Deployment | Monthly | Hardware | Use case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lean | $6-8 | Hetzner VPS + DeepSeek V4 | Personal assistant |
| **Mid-tier** | **$15-25** | **$10 VPS + Claude Sonnet** | **Small-team COO ← Rocky's likely band** |
| Premium | $30-80 | Dedicated + Opus | Multi-agent research |
| Hosted (FlyHermes) | $29.50 | Managed | No-ops option |

Rocky's current VPS ($24/mo DO) already paid for. Inference: MiniMax for triage, Claude API for hard reasoning days = $5-10/day steady, $30 spike on heavy debug days. Hard cap $50/day per profile.

### Killer feature we're not using

**Persistent memory across sessions** (FTS5 + memory tool). The `default` Hermes profile has been running since 2026-05-21 (5 days uptime) but isn't actively using memory across sessions — it's a stateless foreman per its SOUL.md. The `coo` profile should be the opposite: stateful, learning, querying past decisions ("Last quarter Rocky rejected RFI style X because Y; escalate matching styles to him").

---

## 5. RateRight state — what's actually live

### Marketplace platform (`C:\Users\mclou\rateright-v2\`)

- Next.js 16, Supabase, Stripe LIVE, Tailwind
- Routes built: auth (login/signup/callback), contractor (signup/matches/post-job), worker (signup/jobs), dashboard, `/go` + `/hire` QR landing
- DB schema: `profiles, companies, worker_profiles, jobs, matches, ratings, payments, notifications` (full RLS, triggers)
- **1 real signup found** (`flodeliffre@gmail.com`, confirmed 2026-04-17 during 50-day downtime — provenance UNINVESTIGATED for 23 days, queued)
- **Last commit ~2026-04-04** — dormant
- **Live** on VPS at `rateright.com.au:3000` since 2026-05-03 (recovered from port-3000 conflict with Hermes WhatsApp bridge)

### Stripe LIVE

- `sk_live_51Rx...` validated 2026-05-03 against `api.stripe.com/v1/balance` → HTTP 200, `livemode: true`, balance $0
- End-to-end Checkout browser smoke test — UNVERIFIED (queued 2026-05-03)

### Two Supabase projects (clarification)

| Project | Ref | Purpose | Key format | Key location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth-engine CRM | `memscjotxrzqnhrvnnkc` | Hunt, scraped_leads, contact_registry, aggregated_jobs, legacy leads (359 rows) | `sb_sec_...` (41 char, NEW format, VALID) | `/home/ccuser/rateright-growth/.env` (VPS) |
| Marketplace platform | `eciepjpcyfurbkfzekok` | Workers, contractors, jobs, matches, payments | JWT (219 char) | `/home/ccuser/the-50-dollar-app/.env.local` (VPS) |

**Local `.env` is missing BOTH.** Scripts that do `process.env.SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY` fail locally — `scripts/hunt/db.js:11-13`, `import-existing-leads.js:21-24`, every legacy `scripts/*.js`. Local-dev blocker but not VPS-blocker.

### The "designed not built" list (large)

- SMS outreach for workers (template + config exists, no sender code, blocked by `DISABLE_ALL_SMS`)
- Seek + Indeed scrapers (`hunt/job-aggregator.js:81 // TODO Phase 2`)
- Notion summary posting (`hunt/notion-summary.js:4 // TODO: Wire up`)
- Match introduction outbound (table populated, nobody reads it)
- Manual approval UI (skill exists at `Skills/matchmaker/SKILL.md` as direct SQL, no UI in `admin/src/pages/`)
- Voice profile builder (Whisper → AI profile) — full spec, no code
- Company auto-research (ABN + Google + LinkedIn) — spec only
- White Card OCR verification — spec only
- AI matching engine in v2 with distance/experience/rating/availability — `matches` table exists, no matching logic
- Push notifications — migration + `notifications` table + `web-push` in package.json, no subscriptions registered
- Pause/resume hunt flag (`Skills/matchmaker/SKILL.md:22`)

---

## 6. Promises not kept (existing — for hermes-coo to surface on first comeback pulse)

- **Worker supply hunt** — flagged "STILL untouched, existential priority" 2026-05-03. Nothing logged since. 23 days drift.
- **Pawel Wolonciej (AWX Labour Hire)** — last contacted ~Feb 2026, score 70 INTERESTED. ~115 days overdue for callback.
- **Susan's 17 leads + 10 SMS drafts** at `vault/09-Agent-Archive/Susan/workspace/MEMORY.md` — staged since 2026-02-17, ~99 days dormant. Decision: drop or revive.
- **`30_Goals/Active.md`** drafted 2026-05-02 with `status: draft-awaiting-rocky-review`. Was meant to be re-read next morning, edited, flipped to `live`. **24 days later still draft.**
- **`30_Goals/Projects.md`** — same. 3 TODOs unresolved.
- **flodeliffre@gmail.com signup provenance** — queued 2026-05-03, not investigated.
- **Stripe Checkout end-to-end browser smoke** — queued 2026-05-03, not done.
- **MVP Ventures grant** — already cancelled, deadline passed 2026-04-05.
- **2635 per-job CLAUDE.md** — not scaffolded yet (action item 2026-05-15).
- **Reo productivity update (22-25 → 20-25 hrs/T)** — carried across 2026-05-14, 15 sessions.

---

## 7. Recommended sequence — what hermes-coo does first

### Phase 0 — boot prerequisite (Rocky, 5 min, MUST do first)

1. Open `_System/COO/goals-template.md`
2. Copy to `_System/COO/goals.md`
3. Fill 1-3 goals (suggestions in template; biggest leverage = a worker-supply number with date)
4. Set frontmatter `status: live`
5. Flip `30_Goals/Active.md` from `draft-awaiting-rocky-review` to `live` (or supersede it with a pointer to `_System/COO/goals.md`)

Without this Hermes-COO refuses to pulse. Cannot fabricate goals from inference per source-of-truth discipline.

### Phase 1 — VPS push + COO bootstrap (me, 45 min)

1. Commit this folder + auto-sync to VPS
2. On VPS: `cp -r /home/ccuser/rateright-growth/HQ-Vault/_System/COO/* /root/.hermes-coo/` (or symlink — test which expectation matches Hermes profile loader)
3. Verify `/root/.hermes-coo/SOUL.md` points to `_System/COO/CLAUDE.md` content (or copy as actual `SOUL.md`)
4. `hermes --profile coo doctor` — all skills loaded?
5. Fix the LFCS log-spam path bug (`/home/ccuser/opsman-work/Jobs/Ongoing Jobs/01-2275 - HPE Field of...`)

### Phase 2 — Telegram bot (Rocky, 5 min in Window)

1. @BotFather → create `@hq_coo_bot`
2. Get token → paste to `/root/.hermes-coo/.env` as `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN`
3. `hermes --profile coo gateway restart`
4. `/start` on the new bot, confirm response

### Phase 3 — first manual pulse + tune (me + Rocky, 15 min in Window)

1. `hermes --profile coo cron run coo-pulse` (mode=eod)
2. Read pulse. Tune `coo-pulse/SKILL.md` format. Repeat until "ship it."

### Phase 4 — flip on EOD cron only (Rocky, 1 min)

`hermes --profile coo cron activate coo-eod-pulse`
Watch 5 days. If signal:noise good, add AM + Sunday weekly.

### Phase 5 — graduate authority (Rocky, gated)

Whitelist actions enabled per-action after Rocky sees dry-run a few times. Start greylist-only.

### Phase 6+ — backlog (defer past Phase 0-5)

- Migrate Tier-1 hibernated assets (Radar intel, Herald posters, Cog postmortem)
- Wire up the LFCS `default` Hermes skills (it's working, leave it alone for now)
- Consider AION UI on laptop for unified visibility (Phase 1.5 candidate)
- Hunt scraper repair (Cowork task or claude-code-rr task — dispatched via COO Kanban)
- ScrapingBee key provisioning
- flodeliffre signup investigation

---

## 8. Files written this session

- `_System/COO/README.md`
- `_System/COO/CLAUDE.md`
- `_System/COO/safety-rails.md`
- `_System/COO/goals-template.md`
- `_System/COO/Inbox.md`
- `_System/COO/Outbox.md`
- `_System/COO/state.json`
- `_System/COO/dispatch-log.ndjson` (seeded)
- `_System/COO/skills/coo-pulse/SKILL.md`
- `_System/COO/skills/coo-inbox-poll/SKILL.md`
- `_System/COO/skills/coo-comeback/SKILL.md`
- `_System/COO/skills/coo-self-audit/SKILL.md`
- `_System/COO/findings-2026-05-26.md` (this file)

## Pending writes (not yet done — flag for next session)

- `_System/COO/templates/` directory with `inbox-request.md`, `pulse.md`, `dispatch.md`, `escalation.md` scaffolds
- `_System/COO/skills/coo-classify/SKILL.md` (programmatic classifier — referenced by inbox-poll)
- `_System/COO/skills/coo-dispatch/SKILL.md` (kanban + cc-cli dispatcher)
- `_System/COO/skills/coo-escalate/SKILL.md` (Telegram escalation)
- `_System/COO/skills/coo-hunt-watch/SKILL.md` (no-agent script for hunt watchdog cron)
- `_System/COO/_Archive/.gitkeep` (placeholder for archive folder)
- Daily note append per AI Team Protocol
- `_Log.md` append for `10_RateRight` and `_System` (or wherever cross-cutting logs go)