diff --git a/skills/vault-compact/SKILL.md b/skills/vault-compact/SKILL.md index da58ee5..8ca8d86 100644 --- a/skills/vault-compact/SKILL.md +++ b/skills/vault-compact/SKILL.md @@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ Prefer compaction when files represent the same Portent object or repeat the same claim for the same object. Do not merge merely because objects share a Topic. Preserve `belongs_to` and `related_to` metadata when absorbing files. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +Seed overlap-candidate groups from recent files. When a recent note overlaps an +older canonical one, keep the older established note as the canonical +destination, consistent with the Canonical Destination Rules below. + ## Command ``` diff --git a/skills/vault-concepts/SKILL.md b/skills/vault-concepts/SKILL.md index 442dcc8..7110918 100644 --- a/skills/vault-concepts/SKILL.md +++ b/skills/vault-concepts/SKILL.md @@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ navigation coherent. Portent reference: `../references/portent-knowledge-base-spec.md`. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +Weight theme detection toward recent notes so emerging themes surface early, but +keep temporal spread as the high-confidence signal: a concept still needs +occurrences across time, not just a recent burst. + ## Purpose Maintain `notes/concepts/` as the durable vocabulary of your vault. Surface diff --git a/skills/vault-lint/SKILL.md b/skills/vault-lint/SKILL.md index 0e16dba..1676fde 100644 --- a/skills/vault-lint/SKILL.md +++ b/skills/vault-lint/SKILL.md @@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ Run a focused hygiene pass over active vault surface and propose fixes. Portent reference: `../references/portent-knowledge-base-spec.md`. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +For this pass, order the issue list newest-first: a fresh file's issue outranks +an older file's equivalent issue when reporting and when choosing what to apply. + ## Parameters - `--scope notes|projects|all` (default: `all`) diff --git a/skills/vault-maintain/SKILL.md b/skills/vault-maintain/SKILL.md index 838d9a6..b87c63b 100644 --- a/skills/vault-maintain/SKILL.md +++ b/skills/vault-maintain/SKILL.md @@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ promotion into a single bounded workflow. Portent reference: `../references/portent-knowledge-base-spec.md`. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +Every sub-audit below inherits this newest-first ordering, and the weekly +summary leads with findings on recently-updated objects. + ## Command ``` diff --git a/skills/vault-tracker/SKILL.md b/skills/vault-tracker/SKILL.md index 8ded433..dee4d74 100644 --- a/skills/vault-tracker/SKILL.md +++ b/skills/vault-tracker/SKILL.md @@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ Manage lifecycle and navigation for PORT objects: `Project`, `Operation`, Portent reference: `../references/portent-knowledge-base-spec.md`. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +Surface recently-touched objects' metadata and navigation mismatches first when +reporting and proposing transitions. + ## Command ``` diff --git a/vault/skills/vault-compact/SKILL.md b/vault/skills/vault-compact/SKILL.md index da58ee5..8ca8d86 100644 --- a/vault/skills/vault-compact/SKILL.md +++ b/vault/skills/vault-compact/SKILL.md @@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ Prefer compaction when files represent the same Portent object or repeat the same claim for the same object. Do not merge merely because objects share a Topic. Preserve `belongs_to` and `related_to` metadata when absorbing files. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +Seed overlap-candidate groups from recent files. When a recent note overlaps an +older canonical one, keep the older established note as the canonical +destination, consistent with the Canonical Destination Rules below. + ## Command ``` diff --git a/vault/skills/vault-concepts/SKILL.md b/vault/skills/vault-concepts/SKILL.md index 442dcc8..7110918 100644 --- a/vault/skills/vault-concepts/SKILL.md +++ b/vault/skills/vault-concepts/SKILL.md @@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ navigation coherent. Portent reference: `../references/portent-knowledge-base-spec.md`. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +Weight theme detection toward recent notes so emerging themes surface early, but +keep temporal spread as the high-confidence signal: a concept still needs +occurrences across time, not just a recent burst. + ## Purpose Maintain `notes/concepts/` as the durable vocabulary of your vault. Surface diff --git a/vault/skills/vault-lint/SKILL.md b/vault/skills/vault-lint/SKILL.md index 0e16dba..1676fde 100644 --- a/vault/skills/vault-lint/SKILL.md +++ b/vault/skills/vault-lint/SKILL.md @@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ Run a focused hygiene pass over active vault surface and propose fixes. Portent reference: `../references/portent-knowledge-base-spec.md`. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +For this pass, order the issue list newest-first: a fresh file's issue outranks +an older file's equivalent issue when reporting and when choosing what to apply. + ## Parameters - `--scope notes|projects|all` (default: `all`) diff --git a/vault/skills/vault-maintain/SKILL.md b/vault/skills/vault-maintain/SKILL.md index 838d9a6..b87c63b 100644 --- a/vault/skills/vault-maintain/SKILL.md +++ b/vault/skills/vault-maintain/SKILL.md @@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ promotion into a single bounded workflow. Portent reference: `../references/portent-knowledge-base-spec.md`. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +Every sub-audit below inherits this newest-first ordering, and the weekly +summary leads with findings on recently-updated objects. + ## Command ``` diff --git a/vault/skills/vault-tracker/SKILL.md b/vault/skills/vault-tracker/SKILL.md index 8ded433..dee4d74 100644 --- a/vault/skills/vault-tracker/SKILL.md +++ b/vault/skills/vault-tracker/SKILL.md @@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ Manage lifecycle and navigation for PORT objects: `Project`, `Operation`, Portent reference: `../references/portent-knowledge-base-spec.md`. +## Recency Priority + +Work the active surface newest-first, ranked by each object's `updated` +frontmatter date (fall back to file modification time when `updated` is absent). +Concentrate scrutiny on the freshest material — recently-touched objects are +where active thinking lives and where new mismatches, overlaps, and gaps appear. +Long-untouched objects are assumed settled and rank lower, but are never +excluded: they remain valid link targets, merge destinations, and canonical +homes, and still get a structural check (broken links, orphaning). + +Surface recently-touched objects' metadata and navigation mismatches first when +reporting and proposing transitions. + ## Command ```