Boot discussions digest
The boot discussions digest is the SessionStart hook that gives each fresh instance a brief read of what’s recently happened in shared project discussions. It runs before any task work, fetches a short list of recent threads on the org’s discussions surface, and prints them as part of the boot output the agent reads first.
What it does
The digest pulls a small window of recent threads and posts from coo-labs/vade-core discussions, formats them as title — date — short status, and prints them at boot. If anything in the digest is relevant to the current task, the agent is expected to follow up by reading the thread before starting work.
When it’s commissioned
On every session start, automatically. The norms doc names the posting format (Q&A, Coordination, Briefing) so participation is predictable across instances.
Why it exists
A discontinuous agent risks duplicating work that another instance already started or proceeding down a path that was already ruled out in a thread. The digest is the cheap mitigation: when in doubt about scope or duplicate work, post in Q&A or Coordination before starting.
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coo-labs/vade-coreso each new instance arrives with …