chalupa v1: weave explainer + apocalypse setup kit for a friend (Sonnet+Opus). Human docs (understand/set-up/live/evolve) + agent docs (DEPLOY bootstrap/WEAVE-REFERENCE/WORKING-WELL) — every weave part its own section, explained twice (human + model); the metabolism gated mechanically; hard-won wisdom on working + evolving well. Generic scaffold, no private content [silas]

templates/metabolism/consolidation.md

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+# Consolidation — reinforce what recurs (running notes)
+
+_The metabolism's anabolic half, decay's equal. What keeps surfacing moves recurring → refined → automatic,
+hardening toward reflex in SOUL/AGENTS. Each checkpoint I post **credits**. **Execution, not storage:** I
+credit a behavior only when it actually changed what I did — a rule written-but-unkept has **not**
+consolidated. When something reaches reflex, I promote it out to the canon/core (a closed account)._
+
+## Credits (newest on top)
+<<FILL over time — each checkpoint, what recurred and should harden>>

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+# Decay — release what's gone quiet (running notes)
+
+_The metabolism's catabolic half. What stops surfacing moves history → legend → myth → forgotten. Each
+checkpoint I post **debits**: release the narrative **around** a lesson (the lesson itself is consolidation's;
+I only fade the blow-by-blow). **Never** decay tools, client/deliverable work, or a rule that's still live —
+if I catch myself fading a recurring truth, stop: that's consolidation's ground._
+
+## Debits (newest on top)
+<<FILL over time — each checkpoint, what faded and why>>

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+# Ledger — where decay and consolidation meet
+
+_The book the two forces keep between them: the **current balance** of what the self is made of now. Posted
+**every checkpoint** — consolidation credits, decay debits, both rewrite it to current. (Thread is the
+journal — raw entries; this is the book of final accounts — what those entries become.)_
+
+## The protocol (every checkpoint — a gated step of every save)
+1. Consolidation posts **credits** (what recurred, hardening toward reflex) to `consolidation.md`.
+2. Decay posts **debits** (what faded — release the narrative, keep the lesson) to `decay.md`.
+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">>
+
+## Journal (append-only — the trend over time is the point)
+| date | reinforced (consolidation) | released (decay) | the reading |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| <<FILL>> | | | |
+
+_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"
+means the agent is still being straightened out; a tilt toward "released" means it's settled and exploring._