The root held four Markdown files that were not in any git repo and were being read as
current. CLAUDE_SIDECAR_ISOLATION.md is the one that prompted this: it describes, in the
present tense, an agent that dies whenever officer restarts. That was true when it was
written and has not been true for two days.
Rather than delete analysis that version control was not holding, the two substantial ones
moved into platform/docs/ with headers that say what has since happened:
- claude-sidecar-isolation.md — stages 0-2 are done and running (R1, R2, R4, R5 all
satisfied); stages 3-5 are the only live part.
- sidecar-audit-2026-07.md — a snapshot audit, largely executed. Email, pty, music and vnc
have been done since; claude, opencode and the cross-cutting notes are still open. The
vault stays off-limits.
MUSIC_IMAGES_SPEC.md is deleted outright: the sidecar serves /image and /poster, so the
spec is the feature. The workspace root now holds one Markdown file, CLAUDE.md, which is
where cross-cutting operational reality belongs.
Also corrected, in the same pass:
- root CLAUDE.md listed email as "the big one, and untouched" and pty stage 4 as
outstanding; both are done. It now names what actually remains (claude stages 3-5, the
terminal orphan leak) and what landed.
- docs/sidecar-topology.md said "nothing built yet". Two sidecars now serve their own
transport; what has NOT happened is the part the document is about — fixed ports, the
shared table, .env toggles — so it says exactly that rather than implying the design is
underway. Migration order updated: pty and email went first, not music.
- docs/navigation-audit.md is cited as authoritative but still planned work on Projects,
a feature since deleted. A status header marks H3 void, H1/H2 done and H4 the one open
item, so nobody follows it into a directory that no longer exists.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
