digest — Distribute Session Insights to Vault

What this does

Reads your latest session digest (written by harvest.py) and distributes what it learns about you across the vault modules where it belongs: career, work, research, goals, decisions, and current priorities.

Nothing is written without your approval.

Step 1 — Find the latest digest

ls vault/90_Inbox/ | sort | tail -5

Read the most recent *-sessions-digest.md file.

If no digest exists, tell the user:

"No digest found. Run python -m selfos harvest first, then come back." Stop here.

Step 2 — Read existing vault state

Before writing anything, read:

• vault/NOW.md
• vault/GOALS.md
• vault/PROFILE.md (if exists)

This prevents overwriting what's already confirmed.

Step 3 — Analyze the digest

Work through every context section in the digest. For each one, extract:

Rules:

• Label every inference [ai-inference]
• Only write what is clearly supported by the digest text
• Do not fabricate or extrapolate beyond what was said
• Include a short quote from the digest as evidence for each key claim

Step 4 — Write staging files

Write one file per module that has new information.

File naming: vault/91_Staging/YYYY-MM-DD-digest-[module].md

Each file starts with:

---
type: [career | work | research | goals | now | decisions | life | health]
updated: YYYY-MM-DD
source: session-digest
target: vault/[path to canonical file]
---

Step 5 — Present summary and wait

Show the user a table before touching anything:

Module             | File                                   | Key findings
-------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------
01_Career          | 91_Staging/...-digest-career.md        | [2-3 word summary]
02_Work/[project]  | 91_Staging/...-digest-work-[proj].md   | [2-3 word summary]
03_Research        | 91_Staging/...-digest-research-....md  | [2-3 word summary]
NOW.md             | 91_Staging/...-digest-now.md           | [2-3 word summary]

Then say:

"Review the staging files above. Say apply to write them to the vault, or tell me what to change."

Do not apply anything until the user explicitly approves.

Step 6 — Apply and commit

After approval:

1. Apply each staging file to its target path
2. Commit with message: digest: distribute session insights YYYY-MM-DD