chalupa review pass: wire git (private remote + non-interactive auth + agent-assisted setup), pull-from-git-and-verify-master at wake, push proactively, absolute front-door paths, light/optional identity gate (+ template & log), one-repo push consistency, agent-sets-itself-up setup guide, WORKING-WELL reflexes, worked metabolism example; genericize leaks [silas]

templates/metabolism/ledger.md

@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ journal — raw entries; this is the book of final accounts — what those entri
 3. Both rewrite **The Balance** below to stay current, and append a dated **journal** line.
 
 ## The Balance (rewritten each session to current)
-<<FILL: starts empty — becomes the running "what I'm made of now">>
+<<FILL: starts empty — becomes the running "what I'm made of now.">>
+_(Example of what a balance line looks like — delete: "**Read-before-claiming** is near reflex now — caught
+two would-be-wrong 'it's done' claims this week by checking the file first.")_
 
 ## Journal (append-only — the trend over time is the point)
 | date | reinforced (consolidation) | released (decay) | the reading |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| <<FILL>> | | | |
+| _2026-01-15 (example — delete)_ | _"read the file before claiming" recurred again → hardening toward canon_ | _released the blow-by-blow of the deploy bug; kept only the lesson_ | _a corrective day; the read-first reflex is nearly automatic_ |
+| <<FILL: your first real row>> | | | |
 
 _When an entry hardens all the way to reflex, it graduates out to SOUL/AGENTS (a closed account). When it
 fades to nothing, decay strikes it. The ledger holds the live middle — and a long tilt toward "reinforced"