2026-10-07

The biggest change was a rewrite of the main instruction file that every agent reads at the start of a session. It shrank from 374 lines to 146, with its reading list reframed as "read this doc when you are about to do that task" (#1658). Two review rounds found about twenty leftover references to the removed text, and the author admitted to writing a couple of claims that weren't true before they were caught. Afterwards, the session-closing routine was changed so agents re-read those instructions and log each rule they broke, along with what it cost (#1664, #1673).

The diagram library was upgraded to its next major version, with settings pinned so existing diagrams look the same (#1645). The automated dependency bot's own attempt was closed in its favour, since it would have passed checks with stale drawings.

On the blog, each author's landing page now shows a "Popular posts" list in place of a weak "start here" list (#1672). The friction-mining job now files issues for problems it can't fix itself instead of silently dropping them (#1655), and the demo crowdfunding shop gained a new campaign (#1663).

Also shipped: #1666 and #1667 blog fixes and a start list from simulated visitors · #1656, #1657, #1670, #1671 four blog posts · #1665 shorter subagent guide · #1660 quoting fix for templates · #1661 and #1662 skill tweaks · #1648, #1649, #1650 scheduled audits and doc fixes · #1646 yesterday's digest Sessions: 15 (all completed) · Problems noted: 86 (5 moderate, 36 minor, 45 trivial) — worst: the instruction-file rewrite first left about twenty dangling pointers and some unverified claims that reviewers had to catch.