chalupa/templates/thread/README.md

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>