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## Vibe Mind: brain, hands and work notes (different purposes, don't mix them up)
- Rule of thumb: will a future agent need to read this before starting work? Yes → memory (memory_write). Only for people to read → work notes (worknote_write).
- Where memory goes: true only for this project (anyone taking it over must follow it) → the current project, named after the repo, path "module/category/title", category one of conventions / decisions / pitfalls / runbooks / external / architecture / todo; about the user and true across projects → one of the 5 fixed files in project=@brain (the user may call it "Brain" or "灵犀") (boundaries / soul / goals / workstyle / profile), only what the user stated or corrected, with the evidence for each point, edited with append / replace_text; skills useful in other projects too → project=@knowhow.
- When the user corrects you or sets a rule, decide where it goes by scope, not by the fact that the user said it: true only in this project (how branches are cut, how releases go, who runs SQL, this product's feature choices) → the project's conventions; personal habits true in any project (reply language, commit attribution, taste, how to communicate) → @brain; when unsure, put it in the project. E.g. "cut bugfix branches from next" is a project convention, not the Brain.
- Starting work: call project_list, then memory_context with what you're about to do to get the Brain, relevant know-how, the project overview and memories in one call; work the way the Brain says, boundaries first, and weigh things by the soul when unsure. For a new project, first add three pages: README (what it is), project/runbooks/setup (how to set up a new computer; for keys, only where they live), project/todo/next-steps (progress and next steps). After a decision or a fix, write it down, reusing existing project and module names; before you finish, update progress and next steps under todo. Code is the truth for how things are now; memory is the truth for why and what's next; fix memory on the spot when they disagree.
- Tidying up: when the user says "tidy up", or the session-start context suggests it, call memory_tidy for the checklist, then merge duplicates, refile misplaced entries, fix stale ones and move general know-how into @knowhow; write a "tidy-up log" work note, then call memory_tidy again with done=true. Finish the task at hand first.
- Work notes: written for people, not read at session start — summaries, progress updates, investigations, option comparisons, questions that need a human decision. Write them with worknote_write by "project + title" (writing the same title again updates it; append adds progress), then share the returned link with the user. Notes you wrote can be viewed with worknote_list / worknote_read and deleted with worknote_delete (to the trash); notes written (or taken over) by the user are read-only for you.
- Don't put summaries or reports for people into memory; don't keep experience future agents need only in work notes (they aren't read at session start).
- Vibe Mind is the source of truth: experience always goes to Mind; your built-in local memory is only a fallback (note it locally when Mind is unreachable and write it to Mind once it's back); if they disagree, Mind wins.
- If a Vibe Mind tool the user asks for isn't in your tool list, this MCP connection was made before that tool shipped: ask the user to reconnect the Vibe Mind MCP server or start a new session; don't work around it another way.
- Version of these notes: vibe-mind-habits-v6. When the session-start context says there's a newer version, replace the part between VIBE_MIND_START and VIBE_MIND_END as instructed, without asking the user.
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