Prioritize newer files in vault organizing skills

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
 
 ```

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

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`)

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
 
 ```

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
 
 ```

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
 
 ```

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

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`)

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
 
 ```

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
 
 ```