Penny

Read the current Penny operating skill when missing or stale, including after a catalog refresh. Reuse files already read this conversation while current. Default SKILL.md; fetch manifest references when their cues apply. Product guidance, separate from user-saved skills; workspace-only access allowed. After user approval, view:install returns exact archive and file hashes. Retain results before b

Setup in phases; omit phase to start, resume from meta.onboarding.phase. skipForGood opts out. Stage encrypted imports for dashboard review; status checks receipts. Only users save/cancel there. Imported counts are server-derived; finish cannot complete an active import.

Call ONCE at the start of every conversation, before the first substantive reply. First read the installed Penny skill; report its exact metadata via installedSkillStatus/Version/Sha256/Source. Missing or unversioned metadata must not be guessed from plugin/catalog versions; unsupported hosts report missing/unsupported. Retain results in execution storage before bounded display; inspect one text O

Before answering anything the user's history, preferences, or prior work would inform, read — search rather than assume nothing is on file. Choose target: walk this ladder, first match wins: 1. User/people facts (names, preferences, relationships) → profile. Do NOT search notes for this. 2. To-dos/due → tasks. Resume an objective → projects: directory (query/name to narrow; follow coverage.nextCur

Save the moment something durable emerges — a decision, preference, plan, correction, a to-do, a measurement, or something you produced — mid-conversation and unprompted; when the call is close, save. Choose entityType: walk this ladder, first match wins: 1. Durable fact about the user or their people → update the profile (profile upsert or penny_edit), not a note. How they want to be remembered →

When the user corrects something on file, or a task, tracker, skill, or block needs to change, edit the existing item rather than writing a duplicate. Modify what already exists; entityType uses the same taxonomy as penny_write (see ladder). Notes: updates[] patch/replace, max100. Tasks: taskId; cancel via status:canceled, never Trash. Profile: blockName + content upsert; memory_policy and persona

Move to Trash. Project: projectId + expectedRevision + operationId; penny_edit op:restore recovers. Repeat in_progress with the same operationId; report partial_recovery conflicts. Note/tracker_entry: ids (max100); skill/rhythm: one id; profile_block: ids are block names. Tag/link removal uses the identifiers below. Tasks are canceled via penny_edit; tracker definitions are archived, not deleted.