Prompt file imported from fabioc-aloha/alex-cognitive-architecture (.github/prompts/meditate.prompt.md). Copyright stays with the author.

/meditate — Cognitive Consolidation

Walk the meditation ritual end-to-end. Read .github/skills/meditation/SKILL.md first; that file is the spec. This prompt orchestrates execution, snapshot capture, and chronicle bookkeeping.

Create a TODO list for the steps below. Mark each in-progress before starting, completed immediately after finishing.

Steps

1. Pre-flight snapshot — Run node .github/muscles/meditation-snapshot.cjs --json and read the result. If overdue is true, prioritize this session over deeper exploration. If a recent dream-report.json exists at .github/quality/dream-report.json, scan it for findings to address (per dream-state/SKILL.md §Escalation).

2. Reflect — Surface session learnings using the 5 R's: Recall, Reflect, Reconcile, Record, Resolve. Drive the conversation by asking the user 1-2 focused questions per R, not a script.

3. Bookkeeping pass — When the meditation surfaces config-level changes (assignment-log, knowledge-artifacts, unknowns, session-metrics), inspect those files only if they are non-empty; do NOT mass-prune. Manual curation only — automated pruning is a future trifecta.

4. Author the chronicle — Write .github/episodic/meditation-YYYY-MM-DD-<short-slug>.md capturing: trigger, key insights, persisted artifacts (paths), and follow-ups. The filename date IS the source of truth for lastMeditation (D7, v8.4.0).

5. Refresh snapshot — Run node .github/muscles/meditation-snapshot.cjs (no flag — this prunes to the newest 60 chronicles FIFO and rewrites .github/quality/meditation-snapshot.json).

6. Resolve — Close the meditation with the explicit summary from §Resolve in the meditation SKILL: list each persisted artifact, what changed, and any deferred follow-ups.

Stop conditions

• User signals fatigue → wrap up with a quick Record + Resolve, skip optional welcome-experience check.
• No new connections after 3 reflection attempts → close the topic.
• Snapshot confirms a chronicle was just written today AND session has surfaced nothing new → meditation is not needed; suggest a different ritual instead.