@first-tree-ai/context-tree 0.1.7-alpha.202609010710 → 0.1.7

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  1. package/README.md +35 -38
  2. package/dist/cli/index.mjs +923 -647
  3. package/package.json +7 -28
  4. package/scripts/postinstall.mjs +53 -0
  5. package/skills/context-tree-connect/SKILL.md +9 -7
  6. package/skills/context-tree-create/SKILL.md +10 -10
  7. package/skills/context-tree-publish/SKILL.md +4 -8
  8. package/skills/context-tree-read/SKILL.md +32 -12
  9. package/skills/context-tree-setup/SKILL.md +7 -12
  10. package/skills/context-tree-write/SKILL.md +196 -17
  11. package/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json +0 -19
  12. package/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json +0 -21
  13. package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +0 -16
  14. package/.codex-plugin/plugin.json +0 -36
  15. package/dist/cli/index.d.mts +0 -1
  16. package/dist/index.d.mts +0 -77
  17. package/dist/index.mjs +0 -1449
  18. package/dist/schemas-C_7izpsa.d.mts +0 -390
  19. package/dist/schemas-DKHE1sWt.mjs +0 -289
  20. package/dist/schemas.d.mts +0 -2
  21. package/dist/schemas.mjs +0 -2
  22. package/docs/specification.md +0 -160
  23. package/examples/basic/NODE.md +0 -15
  24. package/examples/basic/members/NODE.md +0 -8
  25. package/examples/basic/members/example-agent/NODE.md +0 -7
  26. package/examples/basic/members/example-agent/memory.md +0 -9
  27. package/examples/basic/systems/NODE.md +0 -10
  28. package/examples/basic/systems/runtime.md +0 -15
  29. package/hooks/hooks.json +0 -26
  30. package/hooks/session-start.mjs +0 -55
  31. package/policy/context-tree-policy.md +0 -156
  32. package/skills/context-tree-connect/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
  33. package/skills/context-tree-create/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
  34. package/skills/context-tree-publish/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
  35. package/skills/context-tree-read/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
  36. package/skills/context-tree-setup/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
  37. package/skills/context-tree-write/scripts/context-tree.mjs +0 -41
package/package.json CHANGED
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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  {
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  "name": "@first-tree-ai/context-tree",
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- "version": "0.1.7-alpha.202609010710",
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- "description": "Context Tree plugin for Codex and Claude Code, with a CLI for shell automation.",
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+ "version": "0.1.7",
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+ "description": "Durable, structured project context for coding agents: a CLI plus framework-neutral skills.",
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  "type": "module",
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  "license": "Apache-2.0",
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  "repository": {
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  "publishConfig": {
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  "access": "public"
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  },
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- "sideEffects": false,
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  "bin": {
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  "context-tree": "./dist/cli/index.mjs"
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  },
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- "exports": {
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- ".": {
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- "types": "./dist/index.d.mts",
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- "import": "./dist/index.mjs"
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- },
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- "./schemas": {
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- "types": "./dist/schemas.d.mts",
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- "import": "./dist/schemas.mjs"
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- }
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- },
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  "files": [
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- ".agents/plugins/marketplace.json",
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- ".claude-plugin",
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- ".codex-plugin",
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  "dist",
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- "docs",
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- "examples",
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- "hooks",
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+ "scripts/postinstall.mjs",
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  "skills",
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- "policy",
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  "templates",
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  "README.md",
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  "LICENSE"
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  ],
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  "scripts": {
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- "build": "tsdown src/index.ts src/schemas.ts --format esm --dts && tsdown src/cli/index.ts --format esm --dts --out-dir dist/cli --no-clean --deps.alwaysBundle '/.*/'",
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+ "build": "tsdown src/cli/index.ts --format esm --out-dir dist/cli --deps.alwaysBundle '/.*/'",
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  "check": "biome check .",
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  "format": "biome check --write .",
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  "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
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  "test": "pnpm build && vitest run",
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- "test:codex-plugin": "bash scripts/test-codex-plugin-local.sh",
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- "validate:skills": "vitest run tests/skills.test.ts tests/plugin.test.ts",
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- "check:package": "pnpm build && publint && attw --pack . --profile esm-only && pnpm package:e2e",
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+ "check:package": "pnpm build && pnpm package:e2e",
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  "package:e2e": "node scripts/package-e2e.mjs",
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- "check:names": "vitest run tests/names.test.ts",
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- "prepack": "pnpm build && pnpm validate:skills"
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+ "postinstall": "node ./scripts/postinstall.mjs",
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+ "prepack": "pnpm build"
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  },
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  "dependencies": {
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  "commander": "^15.0.0",
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  },
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  "devDependencies": {
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  "@biomejs/biome": "^2.4.0",
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- "@arethetypeswrong/cli": "^0.18.2",
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  "@types/node": "^22.16.0",
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- "publint": "^0.3.16",
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  "tsdown": "^0.21.4",
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  "typescript": "^5.8.0",
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  "vitest": "^3.2.0"
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+ #!/usr/bin/env node
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+
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+ // Install the packaged skills for every agent the user already has, then report in prose.
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+ // The CLI itself only ever emits one line of JSON, so the human summary lives here.
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+ // A failure must never fail `npm install`: the CLI is still usable, and
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+ // `context-tree install` can be run by hand afterwards.
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+ //
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+ // Only a global install writes to the home directory. Adding this package as a local
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+ // dependency — including this repository's own `pnpm install` — must not silently
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+ // modify the developer's agent configuration, so it just prints the command.
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+
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+ import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
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+ import { dirname, resolve } from "node:path";
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+ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
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+
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+ if (process.env.npm_config_global !== "true") {
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+ process.stdout.write("Context Tree: run `context-tree install` to add the skills to your agent.\n");
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+ process.exit(0);
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+ }
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+
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+ const cli = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..", "dist", "cli", "index.mjs");
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+ const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, [cli, "install"], { encoding: "utf8" });
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+
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+ if (result.error !== undefined || result.status !== 0) {
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+ process.stdout.write("Context Tree: run `context-tree install` to add the skills to your agent.\n");
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+ process.exit(0);
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+ }
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+
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+ let payload;
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+ try {
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+ payload = JSON.parse(result.stdout);
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+ } catch {
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+ process.exit(0);
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+ }
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+
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+ const installed = Array.isArray(payload?.installed) ? payload.installed : [];
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+ const skipped = Array.isArray(payload?.skipped) ? payload.skipped : [];
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+
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+ if (installed.length === 0) {
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+ process.stdout.write(
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+ "Context Tree: no agent directory found. Install Claude Code or Codex, then run `context-tree install`.\n",
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+ );
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+ process.exit(0);
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+ }
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+
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+ for (const entry of installed) {
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+ const count = Array.isArray(entry?.skills) ? entry.skills.length : 0;
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+ process.stdout.write(`Context Tree: installed ${count} skills for ${entry?.host} in ${entry?.path}\n`);
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+ }
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+ for (const entry of skipped) {
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+ process.stdout.write(`Context Tree: skipped ${entry?.host} — ${entry?.reason}\n`);
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+ }
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+ process.stdout.write("Restart your agent to pick them up.\n");
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  compatibility: Requires Node.js 22.13+ and the context-tree CLI JSON schema version 1.
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  metadata:
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  author: first-tree-ai
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- version: "0.1.7-alpha.202609010710"
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  ---
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  # Context Tree Connect
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- Resolve `<skill-directory>` to this skill's directory and run
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- `node "<skill-directory>/scripts/context-tree.mjs" --version` once per session.
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- If the packaged CLI is unavailable, stop and ask the user to reinstall or
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- update the plugin.
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+ If `context-tree` is not found, stop and ask the user to run
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+ `npm install --global @first-tree-ai/context-tree`.
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  Connect exactly one target supplied by the user:
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  - A managed tree name or GitHub `OWNER/REPO`:
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- `node "<skill-directory>/scripts/context-tree.mjs" connect "<name-or-OWNER/REPO>"`.
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+ `context-tree connect "<name-or-OWNER/REPO>"`.
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  - An exact path to an existing Context Tree checkout:
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- `node "<skill-directory>/scripts/context-tree.mjs" connect --tree-path "<path>"`.
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+ `context-tree connect --tree-path "<path>"`.
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  That checkout is attached where it already lives and is never copied, moved,
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+ `connect` also records the tree in the project's own `AGENTS.md`, replacing any
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+ previous Context Tree pointer rather than adding a second one. The result's
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+ `pointer` field reports `written`, `updated`, or `skipped`; when it is not
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+ `skipped`, tell the user that `AGENTS.md` in their project changed.
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  compatibility: Requires Node.js 22.13+ and the context-tree CLI JSON schema version 1.
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- version: "0.1.7-alpha.202609010710"
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  ---
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  # Context Tree Create
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- `node "<skill-directory>/scripts/context-tree.mjs" --version` once per session.
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- If the packaged CLI is unavailable, stop and ask the user to reinstall or
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- update the plugin.
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+ If `context-tree` is not found, stop and ask the user to run
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+ `npm install --global @first-tree-ai/context-tree`.
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+ Run `context-tree create`. Report whether the managed tree was created or
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+ already existed, together with its name, path, and exact commit SHA.
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+ sessions and other agents find it without any host-specific setup. The result's
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+ `pointer` field reports `written`, `updated`, or `skipped`; when it is not
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+ After the tree is created or reused, run `context-tree resolve`. When the tree is
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+ If `context-tree` is not found, stop and ask the user to run
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+ ## Content Classes And Authority
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- If the packaged CLI is unavailable, stop and ask the user to reinstall or
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+ ## Content Classes And Authority
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+ regular domain leaves. Canonical domain nodes state current durable truth;
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+ when a decision changes, rewrite or remove old claims. There is no separate
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+ shared-memory directory. `raw-context/` has no reserved status and is an
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+ ordinary indexed domain when present.
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+ - **Member content** — optional member-oriented working memory beneath
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+ `members/`. Member directories are ordinary indexed nodes. Read and write only
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+ ## Code vs Tree Drift Authority
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+ Normal tree content is authoritative for durable context, but not a blind
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+ override for observed source reality. By default, **code is the ground truth**
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+ when the tree and code disagree: treat the tree as drifted and update the tree
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+ from source-backed evidence. `decisionLocksCode: true` reverses that default for
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+ | Should agents across domains know it? | Root `NODE.md` or an existing repository-wide leaf |
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+ | Should agents working in one domain know it? | The corresponding domain node or leaf |
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+ | Does only the current agent need it? | `members/<agent_slug>/memory.md` |
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+ Examples: an agent-specific tool preference is private memory; a reusable
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+ ## Content Model: What / Why
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+ Capture **why**, not only what. Design-phase chat, review, and meeting threads
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+ are where this rationale is produced: somebody flags a constraint, a first
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+ ## Add vs Edit
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+ Add a directory only when at least three cohesive leaves share an axis. New
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+ top-level domains require explicit user or host-framework authorization. When a
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+ decision touches two domains, keep canonical content in the more specific domain
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+ and link from the broader one with normal-to-normal `soft_links` or short prose.
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+ Every content directory has a `NODE.md` index, including `members/` and each
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+ ## Node Shape
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+ Required frontmatter:
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+ ```
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+ ## Workflow
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+ `npm install --global @first-tree-ai/context-tree`.
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+ Decide first, then execute. Apply the Write Gate, choose the destination, and
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+ settle the exact prose before any command runs: only the thread holding the
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+ If your host can run work in a background subagent, delegate the mechanical
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+ steps to one and continue the user's task; otherwise perform them inline. Either
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+ way the steps and the gates are identical.
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  `finish-write` commits every change present in that worktree, so leave nothing
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+ unrelated there. It also runs `verify`, so an invalid base blocks semantic
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+ ## Delegating The Mechanical Steps
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+ The brief must be complete enough that the executor needs no judgment of its
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+ message.
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+ The executor applies that brief and nothing else. It does not widen scope, add a
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+ leaf or directory the brief did not name, create a top-level domain, promote
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+ member memory, set `decisionLocksCode`, or reword the decision. Anything that
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+ would need user authorization stops and returns to the thread that can ask.
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+ Report the outcome when it lands: the branch and SHA on success, or the failure
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+ and any preserved worktree path. Do not interrupt the user when the Write Gate
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+ ## Failures
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+ `NO_CONNECTION` and `DIRTY_TREE` both need the user, so a delegated executor
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+ returns them instead of resolving them. On `NO_CONNECTION`, invoke
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+ `$context-tree-setup` on the thread that can ask the user to create or connect a
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+ changes and stop; never commit or discard the user's pending edits to resolve
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+ it.
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- "name": "First Tree AI"
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- },
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- "name": "First Tree AI",
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- "context-tree",
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- "longDescription": "Set up (create or connect) a verified Context Tree, read the decisions and constraints that bear on a task, record durable decisions, and publish local trees privately.",
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- ],
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- "defaultPrompt": [
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- "Set up a Context Tree (create or connect) when this project has none.",
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