dotmd-cli 0.84.0 → 0.86.0

package/README.md

@@ -259,6 +259,29 @@ The register block is the fenced block whose first line carries `statusLine`.
 The row is the question plus `--answers` (what each answer leaves in place),
 which is required when a register is configured.
 
+## Flags
+
+A flag is something someone found that the person should know about when they
+come back: a plan that contradicts another, a decision open in one place and
+ruled in another, a citation that no longer says what it claims. Any session,
+person or check can add one, and no model is needed:
+
+```bash
+runlist flag add docs/plans/auth.md:42 "says tokens expire in 1h; the spec says 24h" --severity problem
+runlist flags                 # open flags, problems first, newest first
+runlist flag accept F3 --note "real, owner agrees"
+runlist flag reject F4        # not a problem; closed
+runlist flag resolve F3       # fixed
+runlist check --flag          # the check's errors become flags, attributed to it
+```
+
+Each flag keeps the text of the line it points at, so the list says when that
+line has moved or changed since. A repeat of an open flag on the same place is
+merged. The log is append-only, `.runlist/flags.jsonl` by default
+(`export const flags = { file }` moves it), and triage is recorded as events
+beside the flag, never over it. Every session start shows a count and the top
+open flags.
+
 ## Safety Model
 
 - Mutation commands support `--dry-run` / `-n`.

package/bin/dotmd.mjs

@@ -1895,6 +1895,8 @@ async function main() {
   if (command === 'deps') { const { runDeps } = await import('../src/deps.mjs'); runDeps(restArgs, config); return; }
   if (command === 'unblocks') { const { runUnblocks } = await import('../src/deps.mjs'); runUnblocks(restArgs, config); return; }
   if (command === 'health') { const { runHealth } = await import('../src/health.mjs'); runHealth(restArgs, config); return; }
+  if (command === 'flags') { const { runFlags } = await import('../src/flags.mjs'); runFlags(restArgs, config); return; }
+  if (command === 'flag') { const { runFlag } = await import('../src/flags.mjs'); runFlag(restArgs, config); return; }
   if (command === 'glossary') { const { runGlossary } = await import('../src/glossary.mjs'); runGlossary(restArgs, config); return; }
   if (command === 'export') { const { runExport } = await import('../src/export.mjs'); runExport(restArgs, config, { dryRun, root: rootArg, type: typeArg }); return; }
 
@@ -2014,6 +2016,17 @@ async function main() {
       ? ['validate', 'transformDoc', 'formatSnapshot', 'renderCheck']
           .filter(name => typeof config.hooks?.[name] === 'function')
       : [];
+    // `--flag` puts each error on the flags list, attributed to this check, and
+    // resolves the check's earlier flags it no longer reports. Whole-repo runs
+    // only: a scoped run cannot tell a fixed error from one outside its scope.
+    const flagCheckErrors = async (checkIndex) => {
+      if (!args.includes('--flag') || dryRun) return;
+      if (checkTargets.length > 0) die('`--flag` runs on the whole repository; drop the path arguments.');
+      const { syncCheckFlags } = await import('../src/flags.mjs');
+      const findings = checkIndex.errors.filter(e => e.path).map(e => ({ file: e.path, text: e.message }));
+      const { added, resolved } = syncCheckFlags(config, 'runlist check', findings);
+      process.stderr.write(`flags: ${added} added, ${resolved} resolved\n`);
+    };
     const checkJson = (checkIndex) => {
       const builtInPassed = checkIndex.errors.length === 0;
       const complete = skippedCheckHooks.length === 0;
@@ -2068,6 +2081,7 @@ async function main() {
       applyIndexFilters(freshIndex);
       applyPathScopeToIndex(freshIndex, config, checkTargets);
       applyFloor(freshIndex);
+      await flagCheckErrors(freshIndex);
       if (args.includes('--json')) {
         process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(checkJson(freshIndex), null, 2) + '\n');
       } else {
@@ -2080,6 +2094,7 @@ async function main() {
 
     applyPathScopeToIndex(index, config, checkTargets);
     applyFloor(index);
+    await flagCheckErrors(index);
 
     if (args.includes('--json')) {
       process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(checkJson(index), null, 2) + '\n');

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dotmd-cli",
-  "version": "0.84.0",
+  "version": "0.86.0",
   "description": "CLI for managing markdown documents with YAML frontmatter — index, query, validate, graph, export, lifecycle, and AI summaries.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",

package/src/commands.mjs

@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ const definitions = [
   command('summary', none, 'read', [form('<file>', { args: positionals(1, 1), options: [value('--model'), value('--max-tokens'), flag('--json')] })]),
   command('unblocks', none, 'read', [form('<file>', { args: positionals(1, 1), options: [flag('--json')] })]),
   command('health', none, 'read', [form('', { options: [flag('--json')] })]),
+  command('flags', none, 'read', [form('', { options: [flag('--all'), flag('--json')] })]),
+  command('flag', mutates('the flags log under the state directory'), 'mutate', [
+    form('add <file[:line]> <text...>', { subcommands: ['add'], args: positionals(2, Infinity), options: [value('--severity'), value('--by')] }),
+    form('accept <id>', { subcommands: ['accept'], args: positionals(1, 1), options: [value('--note'), value('--by')] }),
+    form('reject <id>', { subcommands: ['reject'], args: positionals(1, 1), options: [value('--note'), value('--by')] }),
+    form('resolve <id>', { subcommands: ['resolve'], args: positionals(1, 1), options: [value('--note'), value('--by')] }),
+    form('show <id>', { subcommands: ['show'], args: positionals(1, 1) }),
+    form('sync <check-name> [findings]', { subcommands: ['sync'], args: positionals(1, 2), dashPositionalsAfter: 1 }),
+  ]),
   command('glossary', none, 'read', [form('[term]', { args: positionals(0, 1), options: [flag('--list'), flag('--json')] })]),
   command('modules', none, 'read', [form('', { options: [value('--sort'), value('--limit'), flag('--all'), flag('--json')] })]),
   command('module', none, 'read', [form('<name>', { args: positionals(1, 1), options: [value('--sort'), flag('--json')] })]),
@@ -129,7 +138,7 @@ const definitions = [
   command('touch', mutates('managed source or managed source sweep'), 'mutate', [form('[file...]', { args: positionals(0, Infinity), options: [flag('--git')] })]),
   command('new', mutates('managed document destination; external body input unrestricted'), 'mutate', [form('[type] <name> [body...]', {
     args: positionals(0, Infinity),
-    options: [value('--status'), value('--title'), value('--runlist'), flag('--coordination'), flag('--roadmap'), flag('--lite', '--minimal'), flag('--audit', '--findings'), value('--body', '--message'), value('--root'), flag('--show-files'), flag('--list-templates', '--list-types')],
+    options: [value('--status'), value('--title'), value('--runlist'), flag('--coordination'), flag('--roadmap'), flag('--lite', '--minimal'), flag('--audit', '--findings'), value('--body', '--message'), value('--root'), flag('--show-files'), flag('--list-templates', '--list-types'), value('--question'), value('--answers'), value('--disposition')],
     dashPositionalsAfter: 1,
   })]),
   command('lint', mutates('managed source sweep with --fix; otherwise read-only'), 'mutate', [form('', { options: [flag('--fix')] })]),
@@ -151,7 +160,7 @@ const definitions = [
     form('migrate <type>', { subcommands: ['migrate'], args: positionals(1, 1), options: [flag('--yes', '-y'), flag('--json'), flag('--ignore-lifecycle-override')] }),
     form('', { options: [value('--type'), flag('--json')] }),
   ]),
-  command('check', mutates('managed fix sweeps and repo-generated index; otherwise validation'), 'mutate', [form('[paths...]', { args: positionals(0, Infinity), options: [flag('--fix'), flag('--errors-only'), flag('--no-collapse'), flag('--json'), flag('--verbose'), value('--min-docs')] })]),
+  command('check', mutates('managed fix sweeps and repo-generated index; otherwise validation'), 'mutate', [form('[paths...]', { args: positionals(0, Infinity), options: [flag('--fix'), flag('--errors-only'), flag('--no-collapse'), flag('--json'), flag('--verbose'), value('--min-docs'), flag('--flag')] })]),
   command('index', mutates('repo-generated index destination; --print is read-only'), 'mutate', [form('', { options: [flag('--print')] })]),
 
   command('self-check', none, 'internal', [form('', { options: [flag('--json')] })], { visibility: 'internal' }),

package/src/config.mjs

@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ const DEFAULTS = {
   glossary: null,
   // `runlist new decision`: { section, prefix, register: { file, statusLine } }.
   decisions: null,
+  // `runlist flag` / `runlist flags`: { file } moves the log from .runlist/flags.jsonl.
+  flags: null,
 
   // Opt-in JSONL command journal at .dotmd/journal.jsonl. Default off — agents
   // and users who want usage observability flip this on (or set RUNLIST_JOURNAL=1).

package/src/flags.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+import { appendFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { withPathLocks } from './atomic-mutation.mjs';
+import { stateDir } from './naming.mjs';
+import { die, hostSessionSource, nowIso, toRepoPath } from './util.mjs';
+import { bold, dim, green, red, yellow } from './color.mjs';
+
+// Flags: what anyone found that the person should know when they come back —
+// a plan contradicting another, a decision open in one place and ruled in
+// another, a citation that no longer says what it claims. A session, a person
+// or a check adds one; no model is needed. A later pass may build context onto
+// an open flag, but the flag stands on what its author wrote.
+//
+// Storage is an append-only event log (`add`, `accept`, `reject`, `resolve`),
+// one JSON object per line, so nothing is overwritten and the triage record
+// survives as written. The current state of a flag is derived from its events.
+// Default path `.runlist/flags.jsonl`; `export const flags = { file }` moves it.
+
+export const SEVERITIES = ['problem', 'warn', 'info'];
+const TRIAGE = new Set(['accept', 'reject', 'resolve']);
+const QUOTE_MAX = 200;
+
+export function flagsFile(config) {
+  const configured = config.raw?.flags?.file;
+  return configured ? path.resolve(config.repoRoot, configured) : path.join(stateDir(config.repoRoot), 'flags.jsonl');
+}
+
+export function readFlagEvents(file) {
+  if (!existsSync(file)) return [];
+  const events = [];
+  for (const line of readFileSync(file, 'utf8').split('\n')) {
+    if (!line.trim()) continue;
+    try { events.push(JSON.parse(line)); } catch { /* a torn line is skipped, never fatal */ }
+  }
+  return events;
+}
+
+export function deriveFlags(events) {
+  const flags = new Map();
+  for (const e of events) {
+    if (e.event === 'add' && e.id && !flags.has(e.id)) {
+      flags.set(e.id, { ...e, state: 'open', triage: null, history: [] });
+      continue;
+    }
+    const flag = flags.get(e.id);
+    if (!flag || !TRIAGE.has(e.event)) continue;
+    flag.history.push({ event: e.event, at: e.at, by: e.by, note: e.note ?? null });
+    if (e.event === 'accept') flag.triage = 'accepted';
+    if (e.event === 'reject') { flag.triage = 'rejected'; flag.state = 'closed'; }
+    if (e.event === 'resolve') flag.state = 'resolved';
+  }
+  return [...flags.values()];
+}
+
+function nextId(flags) {
+  let max = 0;
+  for (const f of flags) max = Math.max(max, Number(String(f.id).replace(/^F/, '')) || 0);
+  return `F${max + 1}`;
+}
+
+// `--by check:<name>`, `--by model:<name>`, `--by person:<name>`; otherwise the
+// session the environment names, or the person at the keyboard.
+export function resolveAuthor(byArg, env = process.env) {
+  if (byArg) {
+    const m = byArg.match(/^(session|person|check|model):(.+)$/);
+    if (!m) die('--by is <kind>:<name>, where kind is session, person, check or model.');
+    return { kind: m[1], name: m[2].trim() };
+  }
+  const source = hostSessionSource(env);
+  if (source?.scope === 'session') return { kind: 'session', name: source.host, session: source.id };
+  return { kind: 'person', name: os.userInfo().username };
+}
+
+export function normalizeText(text) {
+  return text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim().toLowerCase();
+}
+
+// `docs/plans/x.md:12` → file and line; the file must exist in the repo and
+// the line must be inside it. The line's text is kept, so a later read can say
+// whether the place still says what was flagged.
+export function resolvePlace(place, config) {
+  const m = place.match(/^(.*?)(?::(\d+))?$/);
+  const rel = m[1];
+  const line = m[2] ? Number(m[2]) : null;
+  const abs = path.resolve(config.repoRoot, rel);
+  if (!existsSync(abs)) die(`No such file: ${rel}`);
+  const repoPath = toRepoPath(abs, config.repoRoot);
+  if (repoPath.startsWith('..')) die(`${rel} is outside the repository.`);
+  let quote = null;
+  if (line !== null) {
+    const lines = readFileSync(abs, 'utf8').split('\n');
+    if (line < 1 || line > lines.length) die(`${repoPath} has ${lines.length} lines; there is no line ${line}.`);
+    quote = lines[line - 1].trim().slice(0, QUOTE_MAX);
+  }
+  return { file: repoPath, line, quote };
+}
+
+// Where the flagged text is now: unchanged, moved to another line, or gone.
+export function locateFlag(flag, config) {
+  if (flag.line == null) return { status: existsSync(path.resolve(config.repoRoot, flag.file)) ? 'here' : 'gone' };
+  let lines;
+  try { lines = readFileSync(path.resolve(config.repoRoot, flag.file), 'utf8').split('\n'); }
+  catch { return { status: 'gone' }; }
+  if ((lines[flag.line - 1] ?? '').trim().slice(0, QUOTE_MAX) === flag.quote) return { status: 'here', line: flag.line };
+  if (flag.quote) {
+    const at = lines.findIndex(l => l.trim().slice(0, QUOTE_MAX) === flag.quote);
+    if (at !== -1) return { status: 'moved', line: at + 1 };
+  }
+  return { status: 'changed' };
+}
+
+function withFlagsLock(config, fn) {
+  const file = flagsFile(config);
+  const dir = path.dirname(file);
+  if (!existsSync(dir)) mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+  return withPathLocks([file], { repoRoot: config.repoRoot }, () => fn(file));
+}
+
+function append(file, event) {
+  appendFileSync(file, `${JSON.stringify(event)}\n`, { flag: 'a' });
+}
+
+export function addFlag(config, { place, text, severity = 'warn', by = null }) {
+  if (!text || !text.trim()) die('A flag says what is wrong: runlist flag add <file[:line]> "<what is wrong>"');
+  if (!SEVERITIES.includes(severity)) die(`--severity is one of ${SEVERITIES.join(', ')}.`);
+  const where = resolvePlace(place, config);
+  const author = typeof by === 'object' && by ? by : resolveAuthor(by);
+  return withFlagsLock(config, file => {
+    const flags = deriveFlags(readFlagEvents(file));
+    const key = normalizeText(text);
+    const same = flags.find(f => f.state === 'open' && f.file === where.file && f.line === where.line && normalizeText(f.text) === key);
+    if (same) return { flag: same, added: false };
+    const event = { event: 'add', id: nextId(flags), at: nowIso(), ...where, text: text.trim(), severity, by: author };
+    append(file, event);
+    return { flag: { ...event, state: 'open', triage: null, history: [] }, added: true };
+  });
+}
+
+export function triageFlag(config, { id, event, note = null, by = null }) {
+  const author = typeof by === 'object' && by ? by : resolveAuthor(by);
+  return withFlagsLock(config, file => {
+    const flag = deriveFlags(readFlagEvents(file)).find(f => f.id === id);
+    if (!flag) die(`No flag ${id}.`);
+    if (flag.state !== 'open') die(`${id} is already ${flag.state === 'closed' ? 'rejected' : flag.state}.`);
+    append(file, { event, id, at: nowIso(), by: author, ...(note ? { note } : {}) });
+    return flag;
+  });
+}
+
+export function openFlags(config) {
+  const rank = f => SEVERITIES.indexOf(f.severity);
+  return deriveFlags(readFlagEvents(flagsFile(config)))
+    .filter(f => f.state === 'open')
+    .sort((a, b) => rank(a) - rank(b) || String(b.at).localeCompare(String(a.at)));
+}
+
+// A check's flags follow what the check reports: each error it reports is
+// flagged once, and a flag it raised earlier that it no longer reports is
+// resolved, so the list never holds a problem the check has stopped seeing.
+// A finding is matched to its open flag on file and text, not line: a check
+// reports the same problem at a new line after an edit above it, and that is
+// still one flag.
+export function syncCheckFlags(config, checkName, findings) {
+  const by = { kind: 'check', name: checkName };
+  const keyOf = f => `${f.file}\0${normalizeText(f.text)}`;
+  const current = new Set(findings.map(keyOf));
+  const open = new Set(openFlags(config).filter(f => f.by?.kind === 'check' && f.by?.name === checkName).map(keyOf));
+  let added = 0;
+  let resolved = 0;
+  for (const finding of findings) {
+    if (open.has(keyOf(finding))) continue;
+    if (!existsSync(path.resolve(config.repoRoot, finding.file))) continue;
+    const place = finding.line ? `${finding.file}:${finding.line}` : finding.file;
+    const severity = SEVERITIES.includes(finding.severity) ? finding.severity : 'problem';
+    try {
+      if (addFlag(config, { place, text: finding.text, severity, by }).added) { added++; open.add(keyOf(finding)); }
+    } catch { /* a line the file no longer has: the next run reports it again */ }
+  }
+  for (const flag of openFlags(config)) {
+    if (flag.by?.kind !== 'check' || flag.by?.name !== checkName) continue;
+    if (current.has(`${flag.file}\0${normalizeText(flag.text)}`)) continue;
+    triageFlag(config, { id: flag.id, event: 'resolve', note: `no longer reported by ${checkName}`, by });
+    resolved++;
+  }
+  return { added, resolved };
+}
+
+function authorLabel(by) {
+  if (!by) return 'unknown';
+  return by.kind === 'session' ? `${by.name} session ${String(by.session ?? '').slice(0, 8)}` : `${by.kind} ${by.name}`;
+}
+
+function placeLabel(flag, config) {
+  const where = locateFlag(flag, config);
+  const base = flag.line != null ? `${flag.file}:${flag.line}` : flag.file;
+  if (where.status === 'moved') return `${base} ${dim(`(now line ${where.line})`)}`;
+  if (where.status === 'changed') return `${base} ${yellow('(text there has changed)')}`;
+  if (where.status === 'gone') return `${base} ${yellow('(file gone)')}`;
+  return base;
+}
+
+const severityLabel = s => (s === 'problem' ? red(s) : s === 'warn' ? yellow(s) : dim(s));
+
+// One line for the session-start banner, or null when nothing is open.
+export function flagsHudLine(config, { top = 3 } = {}) {
+  let open;
+  try { open = openFlags(config); } catch { return null; }
+  if (open.length === 0) return null;
+  const problems = open.filter(f => f.severity === 'problem').length;
+  const items = open.slice(0, top).map(f => `${f.id} ${f.line != null ? `${f.file}:${f.line}` : f.file} ${f.text.slice(0, 80)}`).join('; ');
+  return `[runlist] ${open.length} open flag${open.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}${problems ? `, ${problems} problem${problems === 1 ? '' : 's'}` : ''}, for awareness: ${items}. List: \`runlist flags\`.`;
+}
+
+export function runFlags(argv, config) {
+  const json = argv.includes('--json');
+  const all = argv.includes('--all');
+  const events = readFlagEvents(flagsFile(config));
+  const flags = deriveFlags(events)
+    .filter(f => all || f.state === 'open')
+    .sort((a, b) => SEVERITIES.indexOf(a.severity) - SEVERITIES.indexOf(b.severity) || String(b.at).localeCompare(String(a.at)));
+  if (json) {
+    process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify(flags.map(f => ({ ...f, location: locateFlag(f, config) })), null, 2)}\n`);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (flags.length === 0) {
+    process.stdout.write(dim(all ? 'No flags.\n' : 'No open flags.\n'));
+    return;
+  }
+  for (const f of flags) {
+    const state = f.state === 'open' ? (f.triage === 'accepted' ? green('accepted') : '') : dim(f.state === 'closed' ? 'rejected' : f.state);
+    process.stdout.write(`${bold(f.id)} ${severityLabel(f.severity)} ${placeLabel(f, config)} ${state}\n`);
+    process.stdout.write(`  ${f.text}\n`);
+    process.stdout.write(dim(`  ${authorLabel(f.by)}, ${f.at}`) + '\n');
+  }
+}
+
+export function runFlag(argv, config) {
+  const [sub, ...rest] = argv;
+  const positional = [];
+  let severity;
+  let by = null;
+  let note = null;
+  for (let i = 0; i < rest.length; i++) {
+    const a = rest[i];
+    if (a === '--severity' && rest[i + 1]) { severity = rest[++i]; continue; }
+    if (a === '--by' && rest[i + 1]) { by = rest[++i]; continue; }
+    if (a === '--note' && rest[i + 1]) { note = rest[++i]; continue; }
+    if (a === '--config') { i++; continue; }
+    if (a.startsWith('-')) continue;
+    positional.push(a);
+  }
+  const usage = 'Usage: runlist flag add <file[:line]> "<what is wrong>" [--severity problem|warn|info]\n'
+    + '       runlist flag accept|reject|resolve <id> [--note "..."]\n'
+    + '       runlist flag show <id>\n'
+    + '       runlist flag sync <check-name> [@findings.json | -]';
+
+  if (sub === 'add') {
+    const [place, ...words] = positional;
+    if (!place) die(usage);
+    const { flag, added } = addFlag(config, { place, text: words.join(' '), severity, by });
+    process.stdout.write(added ? `${green('Flagged')} ${flag.id} ${placeLabel(flag, config)}\n` : `${dim('Already open as')} ${flag.id}\n`);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (TRIAGE.has(sub)) {
+    const [id] = positional;
+    if (!id) die(usage);
+    triageFlag(config, { id, event: sub, note, by });
+    process.stdout.write(`${green({ accept: 'Accepted', reject: 'Rejected', resolve: 'Resolved' }[sub])} ${id}\n`);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (sub === 'sync') {
+    // A check outside runlist hands over everything it reports now, as a JSON
+    // array of { file, line?, text, severity? }; the list follows it.
+    const [name, source] = positional;
+    if (!name) die('Usage: runlist flag sync <check-name> [@findings.json | -]   (JSON array of { file, line?, text, severity? })');
+    let raw;
+    try { raw = source && source !== '-' ? readFileSync(source.replace(/^@/, ''), 'utf8') : readFileSync(0, 'utf8'); }
+    catch (err) { die(`Could not read the findings: ${err.message}`); }
+    let findings;
+    try { findings = JSON.parse(raw); } catch { die('The findings are not valid JSON.'); }
+    if (!Array.isArray(findings) || findings.some(f => typeof f?.file !== 'string' || typeof f?.text !== 'string')) {
+      die('The findings are a JSON array of { file, line?, text, severity? }.');
+    }
+    const { added, resolved } = syncCheckFlags(config, name, findings);
+    process.stdout.write(`flags from ${name}: ${added} added, ${resolved} resolved\n`);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (sub === 'show') {
+    const flag = deriveFlags(readFlagEvents(flagsFile(config))).find(f => f.id === positional[0]);
+    if (!flag) die(`No flag ${positional[0] ?? ''}.`);
+    process.stdout.write(`${bold(flag.id)} ${severityLabel(flag.severity)} ${placeLabel(flag, config)}\n  ${flag.text}\n`);
+    if (flag.quote) process.stdout.write(dim(`  flagged line: ${flag.quote}`) + '\n');
+    process.stdout.write(dim(`  raised by ${authorLabel(flag.by)}, ${flag.at}`) + '\n');
+    for (const h of flag.history) process.stdout.write(dim(`  ${h.event} by ${authorLabel(h.by)}, ${h.at}${h.note ? `: ${h.note}` : ''}`) + '\n');
+    return;
+  }
+  die(usage);
+}

package/src/hud.mjs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { flagsHudLine, openFlags } from './flags.mjs';
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import { buildIndex } from './index.mjs';
 import { readJournalEntries, journalFilePath, readMisuseEntries } from './journal.mjs';
 import { compareVersions } from './update.mjs';
 import { findOwnedPlan } from './baton.mjs';
-import { listOwnedPlans } from './pickup.mjs';
+import { listOwnedPlans, surveyOwnershipClaims } from './pickup.mjs';
 import { actionablePromptStatuses, comparePromptDocs, resolveStatusMetadata } from './status-metadata.mjs';
 
 export { actionablePromptStatuses } from './status-metadata.mjs';
@@ -83,7 +84,22 @@ export function buildHudFast(config) {
     const records = listOwnedPlans(config);
     if (!records.diagnostics?.length && records.length === 1) owned = { path: records[0].plan, title: null, via: 'ownership' };
   } catch { /* hud must not fail */ }
-  return { owned, prompts, misuseRecap: buildMisuseRecap(config) };
+  return { owned, prompts, misuseRecap: buildMisuseRecap(config), deadClaimsLine: deadClaimsHudLine(config) };
+}
+
+// A claim whose session is provably gone wedges `set`, `archive` and `baton` on
+// that plan until someone releases it, and nothing at session start said so:
+// three platform claims sat dead for up to 25 days, and the session that found
+// them had to read `doctor --help` to learn the verb. Name them and the command.
+export function deadClaimsHudLine(config, { top = 3 } = {}) {
+  let claims;
+  try { claims = surveyOwnershipClaims(config); } catch { return null; }
+  const dead = claims.filter(claim => !claim.corrupt && claim.liveness === 'dead');
+  if (!dead.length) return null;
+  const n = dead.length;
+  const shown = dead.slice(0, top).map(claim => claim.plan).join(', ');
+  const more = n > top ? `, +${n - top} more` : '';
+  return `[runlist] ${n} plan${n === 1 ? ' is' : 's are'} claimed by a session that is gone (${shown}${more}) — \`runlist doctor --claims --apply\` releases ${n === 1 ? 'it' : 'them'}; \`runlist doctor --claims\` lists every claim.`;
 }
 
 function findActionablePrompts(config, index) {
@@ -263,6 +279,8 @@ export function buildHud(config) {
     fleet,
     recentRejections,
     misuseRecap,
+    deadClaims: (() => { try { return surveyOwnershipClaims(config).filter(c => !c.corrupt && c.liveness === 'dead').map(c => ({ plan: c.plan, sessionId: c.sessionId, since: c.since })); } catch { return []; } })(),
+    flags: (() => { try { return openFlags(config).map(f => ({ id: f.id, severity: f.severity, file: f.file, line: f.line, text: f.text })); } catch { return []; } })(),
   };
 }
 
@@ -275,6 +293,7 @@ export function buildHud(config) {
 const SUBAGENT_PRIMER = [
   'runlist manages this repo\'s plans/docs/prompts (markdown + YAML frontmatter).',
   'Verbs: plans|briefing | query <filters> | use [<file>] | set <status> <file> | new <type> <slug> | archive <file>.',
+  'Claims: `runlist doctor --claims` lists which session holds each plan; `--apply` releases the ones whose session is gone.',
   'Do NOT: cat/read a docs/prompts/*.md (use `runlist use <file>` — archive/claim commits before at-most-once output);',
   'git add/commit a prompt (they are session-local, often gitignored); hand-edit a `status:` field (use `runlist set`).',
 ].join('\n');
@@ -403,5 +422,11 @@ export function runHud(argv, config) {
     process.stdout.write(yellow(`[runlist] ${n} pending prompt${n === 1 ? '' : 's'} queued for this session — unless the user asks for something else, start by running \`runlist use\` to consume the oldest (${hud.prompts[0]}) and act on it. Peek first: \`runlist prompts show <file>\`; list: \`runlist prompts\`.`) + '\n');
   }
   if (hud.misuseRecap) process.stdout.write(yellow(`[runlist] ${hud.misuseRecap}`) + '\n');
+  if (hud.deadClaimsLine) process.stdout.write(yellow(hud.deadClaimsLine) + '\n');
+  // Open flags are the one piece of passive state printed here: the person
+  // asked that every session start knowing where things stand. It is worded
+  // as awareness, not an instruction, so no session treats it as its task.
+  const flagsLine = flagsHudLine(config);
+  if (flagsLine) process.stdout.write(yellow(flagsLine) + '\n');
   if (drift) process.stdout.write(yellow(drift) + '\n');
 }