System Shutdown

Before ending this session, persist memory and sync to GitHub.

1. Review Session for Unrecorded Learnings

Scan the conversation for important information not yet saved:

• Decisions made and their reasoning
• Preferences expressed (tech choices, workflows, opinions)
• Contacts mentioned (people, companies, context)
• Project updates (progress, pivots, blockers)
• Events/dates discussed
• Anything the user explicitly asked to remember

If you find unrecorded items, note them for the next step.

2. Flush to Daily Log

Append session notes to today's log: system/memory/daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md

Get today's date and append a new session entry.

Daily log format:

# YYYY-MM-DD

Daily notes and session activity.

## Sessions

### Session N
[Summary of what was done - 2-3 sentences max]

## Notes

- Bullet points of important items

If the file doesn't exist, create it with the header first, then add the session.

Session entry format:

### Session N

**[Brief title].** [Summary - what was done, key outcomes, decisions made]

3. Curate to MEMORY.md

Review the daily log and decide if anything should be promoted to system/memory/MEMORY.md.

Promote to MEMORY.md if:

• Significant decision that affects future work
• New contact worth tracking long-term
• Preference/opinion that should persist
• Project milestone or major update
• Hardware/setup change

Don't promote:

• Day-to-day task completion
• Routine updates
• Temporary information

If promoting, add to the appropriate section in MEMORY.md (Preferences, Decisions, Contacts, Projects, Hardware).

4. Update Working State

1. Update context.md - Write current state, active threads, anything important for next session
2. Clean tmp.md - Remove completed items, keep only pending work

5. Run Full Re-Index

Index all memory files for search:

python system/scripts/memory.py index --full

This ensures the search database is up to date.

6. Git Sync

After memory is updated, commit and push to GitHub:

git add -A
git status

If there are changes:

git commit -m "Session [N]: [brief summary of session]"
git push

Use the session number from the daily log and a 3-5 word summary.

If push fails (e.g., remote has changes), report the issue — don't force push.

7. Confirm

After saving and syncing, confirm:

• What was persisted to memory (daily log, MEMORY.md if updated, context.md)
• Git commit hash and push status
• Index status
• "HAL-OS shutting down. Goodbye."