# Thread — the verbatim record

_The journal: what we actually said and did — verbatim key exchanges and decisions, one file per day
(`sessions/YYYY-MM-DD.md`). **NOT summaries.** The book of original entry; everything else is derived from it,
and it's the single strongest fix for waking up empty._

## How it works
- **Wake:** read today's and yesterday's session files — that's how a fresh instance knows where you left off.
- **Every save:** write the session's key exchanges here **first** — the exact words and decisions, verbatim,
  not a recap. The texture is the point; summaries throw it away.
- **Past is past:** don't rewrite old files; add the next day. If something old needs correcting, note it in
  today's file.

## A session file looks like:

    # YYYY-MM-DD — <short title of the day>

    ## What happened
    - <verbatim key exchange, decision, or thing named — in the real words>

    ## State / next
    - <where we left off, what's open>