# Heimdall Instructions

## Project Purpose

Heimdall exists to hold the shared auth authority design for GameCult-hosted
experiments without letting that shared layer metastasize into a giant
mixed-data pit.

The planned shared authority owns:

- provider OAuth and linking
- signed session / claim issuance
- entitlement refresh
- capability evaluation
- app-facing access claims
- audit and grant surfaces

The planned non-shared-by-default layer is:

- app-domain user data
- audience data
- creator data
- queue/job payloads
- product-specific state
- app-local resource ownership checks

## Canonical State

- Treat `state/map.yaml` as the canonical current project map.
- Treat `state/scratch.md` as disposable working memory for one bounded subgoal.
- Treat `state/evidence.jsonl` as the distilled durable ledger of decisions,
  verified boundaries, and rejected paths.
- Treat `state/branches.json` as hypothesis tracking, not phase/status prose.
- Treat `notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md` as the compact re-entry packet.
- Treat `docs/architecture.md` as the source-grounded shared architecture note.
- Treat `docs/implementation-plan.md` as the forward plan.
- Treat `docs/app-profiles/repixelizer.md` and
  `docs/app-profiles/streampixels.md` as thin app bindings, not the whole
  shared architecture.

## Important Paths

- Project root: `E:\Projects\Heimdall`
- Shared architecture: `E:\Projects\Heimdall\docs\architecture.md`
- Implementation plan: `E:\Projects\Heimdall\docs\implementation-plan.md`
- Repixelizer profile: `E:\Projects\Heimdall\docs\app-profiles\repixelizer.md`
- StreamPixels profile: `E:\Projects\Heimdall\docs\app-profiles\streampixels.md`
- Handoff summary: `E:\Projects\Heimdall\notes\fresh-workspace-handoff.md`
- State CLI: `E:\Projects\Heimdall\tools\heimdall_state.py`
- Pre-compaction helper: `E:\Projects\Heimdall\tools\heimdall_prepare_compaction.py`

## Useful Commands

This repo does not carry a dedicated virtualenv yet. Use any working Python
3.11+ interpreter. On this workstation,
`E:\Projects\repixelizer\.venv\Scripts\python.exe` is known-good.

Preferred here:

```powershell
E:\Projects\repixelizer\.venv\Scripts\python.exe .\tools\heimdall_state.py status
E:\Projects\repixelizer\.venv\Scripts\python.exe .\tools\heimdall_state.py add-evidence --type design --status accepted --note "..."
E:\Projects\repixelizer\.venv\Scripts\python.exe .\tools\heimdall_prepare_compaction.py
```

Fallback if a normal `python` command exists:

```powershell
python .\tools\heimdall_state.py status
python .\tools\heimdall_state.py add-evidence --type design --status accepted --note "..."
python .\tools\heimdall_prepare_compaction.py
```

## Session Bootstrap And Re-entry Protocol

On fresh session load:

1. read:
   - `state/map.yaml`
   - `notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md`
   - `docs/architecture.md`
   - `docs/implementation-plan.md`
2. run:
   - `python .\tools\heimdall_state.py status`
   - `git status --short --branch`
   - `git log --oneline -5`
3. restate the current next action from persisted state before editing

After compaction or suspicious continuity loss:

1. rerun `heimdall_state.py status`
2. reread `state/map.yaml` and `notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md`
3. treat the persisted next action as authoritative unless fresh evidence
   contradicts it

When the user says to prepare for imminent compaction:

1. run `tools/heimdall_prepare_compaction.py`
2. update only the state that actually changed
3. rerun the helper
4. commit the completed persistence pass unless the work is deliberately
   mid-surgery

## Operating Discipline

- Before substantial edits, restate the current mechanism and intended change.
- Keep identity authority central and app-domain data local unless there is a
  very deliberate, source-grounded reason to share something.
- Prefer the Yggdrasil-hosted Heimdall service over duplicated per-app provider
  stacks.
- Do not require a Heimdall round-trip for every guarded app route; host apps
  should verify signed claims locally and keep resource ownership checks local.
- Do not let app profiles turn into duplicate copies of the shared
  architecture.
- If the diff grows while the boundary gets blurrier, stop and simplify.
- Before handoff or compaction, sync `state/map.yaml`, refresh
  `notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md`, add distilled evidence when future belief
  changed, and make the next action explicit.

## External Context

- For StreamPixels architecture/auth context, prefer the indexed `StreamPixels`
  repo through `voidbot` before filesystem spelunking.
- For GameCult deployment and host conventions, check
  `E:\Projects\gamecult-ops` before improvising infra claims.