Memory log — 2026-07-08

56 sessions captured from Hermes history.

6:30 AM — Personal daily digest · Jul 08 06:33

Source: cron · Session: cron_7b24c5b04192_20260708_063017 · Messages: 23 · Tools: 14

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: ☀️ Daily Digest — Wednesday, July 8 At a glance: 3 today • 6 inbox • 4 open loops • dream signal ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Today / Tomorrow • 8:00 AM — Happy Birthday Dad!: quick reach-out window this morning. •…

Subjects: Email

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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: google-workspace description: “Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python.” version: 1.1.0 author: Nous Research license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] required_credential_files: - path: google_token.json description: Google OAuth2 token (created by setup script) - path: google_client_secret.json description: Google OAuth2 client credentials (downloaded…

Hermes: ☀️ Daily Digest — Wednesday, July 8 At a glance: 3 today • 6 inbox • 4 open loops • dream signal ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Today / Tomorrow • 8:00 AM — Happy Birthday Dad!: quick reach-out window this morning. • 8:00 AM–3:00 PM — Rosie at Allerton camp: today’s camp block is on calendar. • 9:00 AM — Buy Disney Gift Card: short reminder slot already on calendar. • Tomorrow 9:30–11:00 AM — Library visit / see Brooke at MMS: useful if you still want to help with White Heath library layout. • **Tomorrow 3:00–6:00 PM —…

6:31 AM — Fantasy AM waiver edge · Jul 08 06:32

Source: cron · Session: cron_869fce67ba80_20260708_063151 · Messages: 2 · Tools: 0

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “fantasy-sports-coowner” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “fantasy-sports-coowner” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: fantasy-sports-coowner description: “Act as Clay’s fantasy-sports co-owner: inspect league-aware tools/data, produce decision-oriented daily briefs, and prioritize moves over generic news.” version: 1.0.0 author: Hermes Agent license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] metadata: hermes: tags: [fantasy-sports, fantasy-baseball, co-owner, daily-briefings, waivers,…

Hermes: [SILENT]

6:35 AM — Morning ponder quote · Jul 08 06:35

Source: cron · Session: cron_0468c61969e2_20260708_063517 · Messages: 13 · Tools: 6

Started with: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the…

Early response: Quote to ponder “We are all just walking each other home.” — Ram Dass What changes when you remember that no one is carrying life alone?

Subjects: Calendar, Cron

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Clay: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the output yourself. Just produce your report/output as your final response and the system handles the rest. SILENT: If there is genuinely nothing new to report, respond with exactly “[SILENT]” (nothing else) to suppress delivery. Never combine [SILENT] with content — either report your findings normally, or say [SILENT] and nothing more.] You are Donn sending Clay a…

Hermes: Quote to ponder “We are all just walking each other home.” — Ram Dass What changes when you remember that no one is carrying life alone?

6:49 AM — Logging microwaveable pancakes nutrition

Source: telegram · Session: 20260708_064959_03785c08 · Messages: 10 · Tools: 4

Started with: Two great value microwaveable pancakes

Early response: Logged snack for Clay: ~170 cal Protein: 4g · Carbs: 31g · Fat: 4g Assumptions: • Assumed this means 2 plain Great Value frozen microwaveable pancakes with no syrup or butter • Estimated from a typical serving of 2…

Subjects: General

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Clay: Two great value microwaveable pancakes

Hermes: Logged snack for Clay: ~170 cal Protein: 4g · Carbs: 31g · Fat: 4g Assumptions: • Assumed this means 2 plain Great Value frozen microwaveable pancakes with no syrup or butter • Estimated from a typical serving of 2 microwaveable pancakes; brand variation may move this a bit • Estimate only — I don’t have durable food-log storage connected in this chat yet, so this isn’t saved — Today for Clay: 🔥 Calories: 170 cal 🏃 Exercise: 0 cal burned ⚖️ Net: 170 cal 💪 Protein: 4g 🍞 Carbs: 31g 🥑 Fat: 4g > Remaining: 1727 cal ·…

7:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 07:00

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_070019 · Messages: 15 · Tools: 8

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: Quick live-task delta for today (7:00 AM CDT): • Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff — this is still open and due today in Clay Mate. No action taken; just flagging it because it did not…

Subjects: General

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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: daily-dreaming description: “Use when creating or running Clay’s Hermes dreaming workflow: daily-on-meaningful-activity and weekly reflective recommendations grounded in Hermes sessions plus Open Brain/Clay Mate.” version: 1.0.0 author: Hermes Agent license: MIT metadata: hermes: tags: [dreaming, daily-brief, open-brain, clay-mate, cron, recommendations] related_skills:…

Hermes: Quick live-task delta for today (7:00 AM CDT): • Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff — this is still open and due today in Clay Mate. No action taken; just flagging it because it did not appear in the open-loop stack from the morning digest.

7:44 AM — Fantasy baseball podcast thought process

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_074405_f78eda9a · Messages: 78 · Tools: 44

Started with: [clay (he/him)] OK, so I’m listening to the fantasy baseball today podcast right now and the one from yesterday I should say. The one where they talk about Christopher Sanchez up…

Early response: That’s useful, and I get the pattern. What I’m taking from your process is: - one bad outing from a good pitcher does not change the talent baseline - the real question is whether that outing creates a **market…

Subjects: Open Brain, PD, Fantasy baseball, Fantasy football

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] OK, so I’m listening to the fantasy baseball today podcast right now and the one from yesterday I should say. The one where they talk about Christopher Sanchez up at the top. So I wanna share my thought process with you when I’m listening to a podcast and I hear about a poor performance like a good picture like Christopher Sanchez. I’m sharing this with you in hopes that you can start to learn my thought process and adopt it for your own. The host discussed Christopher Sanchez and how he had a really rough start on Monday…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Christopher Sanchez is cheap. I think I had him at $4, so t hi sye a r h e w o u l d b ee i t h er$ 14 or $24 depending on how long Shane extended him. I’m almost certain that he extended him for two years. Anyway, my first look is to go see that Shane still has him for how much longer and for what price, and if he’s “gettable,” then I start seeing if I can formulate a package. 2/2

Hermes: That’s useful, and I get the pattern. What I’m taking from your process is: - one bad outing from a good pitcher does not change the talent baseline - the real question is whether that outing creates a market inefficiency - from there you pivot fast to: - who rosters him - whether that manager is a plausible seller - contract years + salary - current standings/context - what kind of present-for-future package could actually move him So for a guy like Sánchez, your instinct isn’t “is he bad now?” It’s more like: **“does this news…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Never write things like this to general memory. They should all go inside your co-owner skill.

Hermes: Got it — that was the wrong place for it. I fixed two things: - updated my user memory to reflect your rule: fantasy/co-owner heuristics belong in the co-owner skill, not general memory - patched the fantasy-sports-coowner skill so future league/strategy heuristics get stored there instead I’ll treat general memory as off-limits for this kind of fantasy reasoning going forward.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] You don’t have to do this for every rostered player that we hear about, but for big-name people, it’s at least worth checking if they have favorable conditions to be traded with contract and salary. If they do, we can advance, and if they don’t, we can just drop it in their hunt.

Hermes: Yep — that’s the cleaner rule. I’ve now added that to the co-owner skill as: - don’t do a contract/salary trade check on every rostered player mentioned - do run a quick triage for big-name / obvious talent players - first check: - who rosters them - whether that manager is a plausible trade partner - whether salary/contract/remaining years make the player realistically gettable - if the conditions aren’t favorable, drop it fast and move on - if they are favorable, then we can advance into package construction That makes…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] So, did you update the co-owner skill? If you did, what is your read on this particular situation with this particular pitcher?

Hermes: Yes — I did update it. I just re-checked, and the skill now explicitly says: - league/fantasy heuristics belong in the co-owner skill/reference files, not general memory - for big names / obvious talent buys, do a quick trade-target triage - check: - who rosters them - whether that manager is a plausible trade partner - whether salary/contract/remaining years make the player realistically gettable - if not favorable, drop the lead quickly My read on this Christopher Sánchez spot: - Baseball take: not worried by the bad…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] But you didn’t do the things. How many years does he have left? What’s his contract price?

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7:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 07:45

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_074519 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 5

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

8:00 AM — Create every-other-day pool skim+robot task · Jul 08 08:00

Source: cron · Session: cron_59674c2bc95a_20260708_080020 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 4

Started with: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the…

Early response: 2026-07-08 local run: skipped — 23 days since 2026-06-15, which is not divisible by 2.

Subjects: Calendar, Cron

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Hermes: 2026-07-08 local run: skipped — 23 days since 2026-06-15, which is not divisible by 2.

8:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 08:00

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_080021 · Messages: 14 · Tools: 9

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

8:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 08:45

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_084521 · Messages: 6 · Tools: 3

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: Quick open-task check — 8:45 AM CDT These are still status: open right now: • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Overdue / money: Pay credit cards: Citi Strata. •…

Subjects: General

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Hermes: Quick open-task check — 8:45 AM CDT These are still status: open right now: • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Overdue / money: Pay credit cards: Citi Strata. • Tomorrow: Finish recycling batteries; optional MMS library visit with Brooke is tomorrow 9:30–11 AM. No action taken — just surfacing the live open items.

9:00 AM — Daily LearnedLeague-style trivia roundup · Jul 08 09:05

Source: cron · Session: cron_c5edcbffe578_20260708_090022 · Messages: 28 · Tools: 18

Started with: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the…

Early response: 🧠 LearnedLeague-ish Daily 6 — 2026-07-08 Reconstructed/paraphrased from public LearnedLeague chatter/pages for 2026-07-06 — not official question text, just a fun public-source remix. 1. In Dvořák’s *“New World”…

Subjects: Learned League, Calendar, Web publishing, Cron

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Hermes: 🧠 LearnedLeague-ish Daily 6 — 2026-07-08 Reconstructed/paraphrased from public LearnedLeague chatter/pages for 2026-07-06 — not official question text, just a fun public-source remix. 1. In Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony, what instrument opens the famous Largo melody later adapted into the song “Goin’ Home”? Answer: ||English horn|| 2. What Latin-titled Dvořák choral work sets a medieval text about Mary’s grief at the Crucifixion? Answer: ||Stabat Mater|| 3. What nickname is given to Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12, written during his time in…

9:00 AM — rosie-practice-piano · Jul 08 09:00

Source: cron · Session: cron_aad140a8de9a_20260708_090022 · Messages: 7 · Tools: 3

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “personal-knowledge-systems” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: Created action item Rosie practice piano with ID a525c18b... and due date 2026-07-08.

Subjects: The List, Rosie

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Clay: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “personal-knowledge-systems” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name: personal-knowledge-systems description: “Use when working with Clay’s personal knowledge systems: recalling Open Brain/Clay Mate notes, capturing durable context/action items, maintaining Markdown/Obsidian vaults, and publishing or operating Quartz wiki workflows.” version: 1.0.0 author: Hermes Agent license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] metadata: hermes:…

Hermes: Created action item Rosie practice piano with ID a525c18b... and due date 2026-07-08.

9:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 09:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_090022 · Messages: 14 · Tools: 9

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 9:00 AM CDT — new open item for today • Rosie practice piano is now status: open and due today, July 8. No action taken — just surfacing the live open item.

Subjects: Rosie

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Hermes: 9:00 AM CDT — new open item for today • Rosie practice piano is now status: open and due today, July 8. No action taken — just surfacing the live open item.

Source: cron · Session: cron_cb6045957bbb_20260708_091522 · Messages: 46 · Tools: 34

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “google-workspace” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: Fable 5 and the Coming Model Access Gap — AI Goes to College, Craig Van Slyke Source: Craig Van Slyke writing in AI Goes to College. Van Slyke argues that the short-lived availability of Anthropic’s…

Subjects: Substack, Newsletter

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Hermes: Fable 5 and the Coming Model Access Gap — AI Goes to College, Craig Van Slyke Source: Craig Van Slyke writing in AI Goes to College. Van Slyke argues that the short-lived availability of Anthropic’s top-tier Fable 5 model points to a broader shift: frontier AI models may increasingly appear briefly inside flat-rate subscriptions, then move behind expensive usage-based access. He says the bigger higher-ed issue is not just inconvenience for power users, but a growing equity problem as students and institutions with more money gain…

9:30 AM — Creating a remembrance calendar event

Source: telegram · Session: 20260708_093045_5c7232fa · Messages: 11 · Tools: 3

Started with: Dad passed away last year so I won’t be reaching out but I like to have it on my calendar and remember to celebrate him anyway.

Early response: I’m sorry, Clay. That makes a lot of sense — you don’t need outreach on the calendar for him, but having a day to remember and celebrate him absolutely does. If you want, I can help you turn that into something gentle…

Subjects: PD, Calendar, Google Workspace

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Clay: Dad passed away last year so I won’t be reaching out but I like to have it on my calendar and remember to celebrate him anyway.

Hermes: I’m sorry, Clay. That makes a lot of sense — you don’t need outreach on the calendar for him, but having a day to remember and celebrate him absolutely does. If you want, I can help you turn that into something gentle and specific, like: - a yearly calendar title - a short note for the event - a private reminder text for the day For example: Dad remembrance day Remember Dad today. Celebrate him in a way that feels good — a memory, a meal, a story, a quiet toast. If you want, I can make 3 better versions in your voice.

Clay: If you update with a note, it would really be for you and not for me, but that would be fine

Hermes: Got it — I’ve noted it for my context, not as something to message back to you later unless it’s relevant. And thank you for clarifying.

9:33 AM — Checking Etsy API Status

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_093311_a3a01f54 · Messages: 25 · Tools: 14

Started with: [clay (he/him)] Can you check the status of my etsy API somehow?

Early response: Yep — I checked it live. Status - Your Etsy app credentials are present and working for app-level access. - I successfully called Etsy’s API for your shop and got HTTP 200. - Shop returned: ILorraineUS…

Subjects: General

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Can you check the status of my etsy API somehow?

Hermes: Yep — I checked it live. Status - Your Etsy app credentials are present and working for app-level access. - I successfully called Etsy’s API for your shop and got HTTP 200. - Shop returned: ILorraineUS (shop_id: 28462821) - Etsy rate-limit headers also came back normally, so the key/secret pair is valid. What I verified - ETSY_API_KEY → set - ETSY_SHARED_SECRET → set - ETSY_SHOP_ID → set - ETSY_ACCESS_TOKEN → missing - ETSY_REFRESH_TOKEN → missing Important catch Your **OAuth tokens are not…

9:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 09:47

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_094523 · Messages: 23 · Tools: 14

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

10:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 10:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_100024 · Messages: 12 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

10:36 AM — Adding Two Open Items

Source: photon · Session: 20260708_103632_d3378458 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 3

Started with: Two open items to add one help Brooke with library layout to tarot card library of skills

Early response: Added both: - Help Brooke with library layout - Tarot card library of skills Done.

Subjects: General

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Clay: Two open items to add one help Brooke with library layout to tarot card library of skills

Hermes: Added both: - Help Brooke with library layout - Tarot card library of skills Done.

10:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 10:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_104525 · Messages: 10 · Tools: 6

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

11:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 11:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_110026 · Messages: 13 · Tools: 8

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 11:01 AM CDT check — these are still open in Clay Mate right now: • Today: Rosie practice piano. • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Tomorrow: MMS library visit with…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Rosie

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Hermes: 11:01 AM CDT check — these are still open in Clay Mate right now: • Today: Rosie practice piano. • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Tomorrow: MMS library visit with Brooke, 9:30–11 AM at the front doors — there is a matching open task.

11:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 11:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_114527 · Messages: 10 · Tools: 5

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

11:49 AM — Corregir creación automática de contactos

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_114940_7b8b1536 · Messages: 138 · Tools: 82

Started with: [clay (he/him)] Quick note from today: While saving Dunker’s Fourth responses into Open Brain person notes, a bogus low-confidence contact (“my mom”) got auto-created from…

Early response: Yep — I’d treat this as a real product gap, not just a one-off cleanup annoyance. I already did two useful things: - added a Clay Mate task: **“Add Clay Mate people cleanup ops: delete/update/merge/unlink mistaken…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, Supabase, MCP

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Quick note from today: While saving Dunker’s Fourth responses into Open Brain person notes, a bogus low-confidence contact (“my mom”) got auto-created from Lindsey Halfar’s answer “My moms bbq.” Current state: - I can capture thoughts and resolve person confirmations from Hermes - I cannot directly delete or edit people/contact rows with the currently exposed Clay Mate MCP tools - I verified the live tool list; there is no people delete/update tool available So the options are: 1. Remove that contact manually in Open Brain 2.…

Hermes: Yep — I’d treat this as a real product gap, not just a one-off cleanup annoyance. I already did two useful things: - added a Clay Mate task: “Add Clay Mate people cleanup ops: delete/update/merge/unlink mistaken person mention” - captured the problem/requirements into Open Brain as a durable implementation note What I think the fix should be Immediate 1. Manually delete the bogus "my mom" contact in Open Brain. 2. Do not let low-confidence free text auto-create people silently unless the text looks like an actual name.…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] tl;dr

Hermes: TL;DR: - This is a real tooling gap. - Delete the bogus my mom contact manually now. - Then build 4 cleanup ops: - delete person - update person - merge duplicate people - unlink mistaken person from thought - Also tighten extraction so phrases like “my mom” or “my moms bbq” do not auto-create contacts. My recommendation: - fix today manually - then build cleanup + safer extraction ASAP

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Ok, go

Hermes: I went ahead and built the cleanup support in clay-mate. Added to the MCP function In supabase/functions/clay-mate-mcp/index.ts I added 4 new tools: - delete_person - update_person - merge_people - unlink_person_from_thought Also added - supabase/functions/clay-mate-mcp/person_cleanup.ts - supabase/functions/clay-mate-mcp/person_cleanup_test.ts Behavior - delete_person: refuses if linked records exist unless force=true - update_person: fixes name / aliases / role / relationship / domain / contact / status…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] i can ssh into the dell from here, what shoudl I type in the CLI tro give you auth

Hermes: Type this on the Dell in the CLI: bash supabase login That’ll open/auth the Supabase CLI for the account that has deploy rights. Then verify with: bash supabase projects list If you see project bnmupvkjtghnzczkmpxj, you’re probably on the right account. Then tell me: - whether supabase login succeeded - whether supabase projects list shows the Clay Mate project If browser login is annoying over SSH, use: bash supabase login --no-browser and follow the device-code flow. Important Don’t paste me the access token…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Supabase Unable to create CLI sign-in Retry the sign-in command from Supabase CLI Supabase could not create the CLI sign-in session. Error: Public key is not valid for specified curve Back to dashboard

Hermes: That error is in the browser/device-login flow, not your project. Fast workaround: skip the sign-in flow entirely and use a personal access token. On the Dell, do this instead 1. In Supabase dashboard, create or copy a Personal Access Token Path is usually something like: Account / Access Tokens or Personal Access Tokens 2. Then in the CLI run: bash supabase login --token YOUR_TOKEN_HERE Or safer, without putting it in shell history: ```bash read -s SUPABASE_TOKEN supabase login —token “$SUPABASE_TOKEN” unset…

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11:51 AM — Finding Game Roster Files

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_115148_b6c2125b · Messages: 204 · Tools: 117

Started with: [clay (he/him)] you built the game for me and all the players and coaches are present in the game. can you go into your own files and find the list. Also, looks like this should…

Early response: Yep — I found it. Game folder - /home/clay/illini-draft-game Where the roster data lives right now - The game’s live embedded list is inside: - /home/clay/illini-draft-game/index.html - The build script is:…

Subjects: The List, GitHub, Public writing, Fantasy football

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] you built the game for me and all the players and coaches are present in the game. can you go into your own files and find the list. Also, looks like this should probably live on github so its not islated on your device (the Dell XPS 16).

Hermes: Yep — I found it. Game folder - /home/clay/illini-draft-game Where the roster data lives right now - The game’s live embedded list is inside: - /home/clay/illini-draft-game/index.html - The build script is: - /home/clay/illini-draft-game/build_game.py What I verified - 152 players - 6 coaches - Eras present: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s Coaches in the file - Harry Combes - Lou Henson - Bill Self - Bruce Weber - John Groce - Brad Underwood One important thing: the original source JSON the…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] yes, go

Hermes: Done. GitHub repo - claydunker-yalc/illini-draft-game - Private - https://github.com/claydunker-yalc/illini-draft-game What I did - Found the game at /home/clay/illini-draft-game - Extracted the live embedded roster data from index.html into: - data/players.json - data/coaches.json - data/summary.json - Added: - README.md - .gitignore - Initialized git - Committed the project - Created the private GitHub repo - Pushed main Verified - Repo remote is set: - `origin…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] do whatever you thnk its best

Hermes: I did the best next step: made the repo self-contained and pushed it. What changed - build_game.py no longer depends on the missing Hermes cache file - It now reads from: - data/players.json - data/coaches.json - I updated README.md to reflect that - I re-ran the build successfully and pushed the result Verified build output - Loaded 152 players - Loaded 6 coaches - Regenerated: - /home/clay/illini-draft-game/index.html - /home/clay/illini-draft-game/vercel.json GitHub - Repo:…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] No, now it’s time to go find those pictures … Remember, for each player and coach, I want a head shot and an action shot from their time with the University of Illinois, not with another organization or school.

Hermes: On it. I started the actual image hunt and put the work in the repo. What I added - data/image_manifest.json - pushed to GitHub Repo - https://github.com/claydunker-yalc/illini-draft-game - latest commit: 430bd03 — Start Illinois image manifest for players and coaches What’s in the manifest - all 158 entities scaffolded - 152 players - 6 coaches - per person: - headshot - action_shot - source page - verification note - notes / blockers Verified so far - Ayo Dosunmu - headshot: verified - action shot:…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] yes, do all o fthem

Hermes: Working on it. Current state: - I expanded data/image_manifest.json to cover all 158 entities - I auto-filled 49 official Fighting Illini roster-page headshot candidates - I’ve already got a small set of vision-verified Illinois-only images in place as seeds - I launched 3 parallel research passes: - 2020s players - 2010s players - historical players + coaches Right now the manifest status mix is: - 2 verified headshots - 6 verified action shots - 48 official headshot candidates from Fighting Illini roster pages…

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11:52 AM — Lightweight Agent Workflow TLDR

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_115257_b734053b · Messages: 13 · Tools: 3

Started with: [clay (he/him)] tl;dr

Early response: TL;DR: yes to the pattern, no to the full build. - The useful part is having one shared queue, explicit handoffs, statuses, and receipts. - The overkill part is building a whole “agent operating system” before you…

Subjects: Kanban, Email, Obsidian

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] tl;dr

Hermes: TL;DR: yes to the pattern, no to the full build. - The useful part is having one shared queue, explicit handoffs, statuses, and receipts. - The overkill part is building a whole “agent operating system” before you actually need it. - For you, the right move is probably a lightweight workflow: - one queue - a simple task template - clear claimed / blocked / done states - Build a protocol, not a product. - Keep going only if it quickly reduces copy-paste, lost tasks, and agent handoff friction. If not, stop. Shortest version: worth testing…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] kleep it short: what does that look like in practice

Hermes: In practice: - Pick one queue: Linear, Kanban, or even one markdown inbox. - Every agent task becomes one card: - ask - context/links - owner - status - done = what counts as finished - Agents don’t “hold” work in chat. Chat creates or updates the card. - Handoffs are explicit: - claimed - blocked - done - receipt/result - You review only at checkpoints, not every step. Example: - Card: “Summarize this article into 5 bullets for wiki” - Hermes: claims it - Hermes: posts result + source links - You: approve / revise / publish So the system is…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Let’s stick a pin in this. I don’t know that I see an immediate need or pay off for me to work on this now when I have other things that I’m working on, but help me keep this in mind if I become tired of manually handing things off back and forth

Hermes: Yep — pinned. I’ll treat this as: not a priority now, but worth resurfacing if your agent handoffs start feeling annoying enough to justify a simple queue/protocol.

11:53 AM — Default response style explanation

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_115310_4a4d9e78 · Messages: 29 · Tools: 7

Started with: [clay (he/him)] tell me what your default response style is when replying to my messages and inquiries

Early response: Default style: concise, direct, useful. More specifically, when I reply to you I generally aim for: - short first answer, not essay-first - plain language, not corporate/AI-sounding language - practical over…

Subjects: Public writing

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] tell me what your default response style is when replying to my messages and inquiries

Hermes: Default style: concise, direct, useful. More specifically, when I reply to you I generally aim for: - short first answer, not essay-first - plain language, not corporate/AI-sounding language - practical over performative - clear about uncertainty when I’m unsure - action-oriented when a tool or concrete next step would help - adaptable: if you want terse, detailed, brainstormy, strategic, or more human/voicey, I shift fast Given what I know about your preferences, I also try to: - keep copy human and in your voice - avoid overexplaining…

Clay: [The user sent a text document: ‘message.txt’. Its content has been included below. The file is also saved at: /home/clay/.hermes/cache/documents/doc_f871e7b699d4_message.txt] [clay (he/him)] [Content of message.txt]: clay (he/him) [LIST], — 7/2/26, 8:24 PM Wondering if building this is worth my time or would it be overkill for what I do now? How to make your AI agents work as one system 0:00 By the end of this video, you’re going 0:01 to know how to make Claude, Codeex, 0:03 message.txt 28 KB Donn APP — 7/2/26, 8:24 PM 📚 skill_view:…

Hermes: No — not in that length. Today I’d give basically the same judgment, but much tighter. More like: Short answer: probably not worth building in full right now. Worth doing: a lightweight shared queue + explicit handoff/status rules. Not worth doing yet: a full orchestration/meta-system. My read: build a protocol, not a product. If the lightweight version saves real friction in 1–2 weeks, then expand it. So: same conclusion, better compression. Why the earlier one was too long: - too many section headers - repeated the same…

Clay: [The user sent a text document: ‘message.txt’. Its content has been included below. The file is also saved at: /home/clay/.hermes/cache/documents/doc_4f2fb1e26765_message.txt] [clay (he/him)] [Content of message.txt]: clay (he/him) [LIST], — 11:49 AM Quick note from today: While saving Dunker’s Fourth responses into Open Brain person notes, a bogus low-confidence contact (“my mom”) got auto-created from Lindsey Halfar’s answer “My moms bbq.” Current state: I can capture thoughts and resolve person confirmations from Hermes I cannot directly…

Hermes: Yeah — and same issue: right conclusion, too many words before the tl;dr. Today I’d answer that like: Short version: This is a real gap. Fix now: delete the bogus contact manually. Fix next: add 4 cleanup ops — delete person, update person, merge people, unlink person-from-thought. Also: tighten extraction so phrases like “my mom” or “my moms bbq” don’t auto-create contacts. Or even tighter: Yes: real product gap, not user error. Manual cleanup now; backend cleanup ops next; safer extraction rules too. So no, I would…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Yeah, I don’t care about this one specifically or any of them individually. I want VA behavior to be more concise at first and let me follow up with questions if I did them. Do not omit truly important details for the sake of brevity, but I also don’t need a bunch of fluff

Hermes: Got it. I’ll default to: - answer first - keep it concise - include only truly important details - skip fluff/redundancy - let you pull more via follow-ups If something is actually important, I’ll still include it — I just won’t make every reply a memo.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] clay (he/him) [LIST], — 11:58 AM What’s the typical staff for building a mobile-first app on an HTML web page? clay (he/him) [LIST], — 11:58 AM stack [LIST], Donn APP — 11:58 AM ⚡ Interrupting current task (iteration 1/90). I’ll respond to your message shortly. Typical stack + staff for a mobile-first web app: Lean MVP team 1 product-minded designer Mobile UX, flows, simple design system, responsive states. 1 frontend engineer HTML/CSS/JS + app framework. 1 backend engineer API, auth, database, integrations. 1 fractional PM /…

Hermes: Yeah — that’s still too padded, and it missed the real cue: you corrected staff → stack. Better response would’ve been: Typical stack for a mobile-first web app: - Frontend: React / Next.js + Tailwind - Backend: Next.js API routes or Node - Auth + DB: Supabase (Auth + Postgres) - Deploy: Vercel - Optional: PWA features if you want app-like install behavior If you meant staffing instead of stack: usually 1 strong full-stack engineer + 1 designer + you as product lead is enough for an MVP. Why the earlier…

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11:57 AM — Build recommendation lightweight queue setup

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_115725_c17f2dcb · Messages: 39 · Tools: 24

Started with: [clay (he/him)] build your recommendation

Early response: Done. I built the lightweight queue/handoff version, not a bigger meta-system: - New board: agent-work-queue - Current active board: agent-work-queue - Default workdir: /home/clay - **Quickstart…

Subjects: General

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] build your recommendation

Hermes: Done. I built the lightweight queue/handoff version, not a bigger meta-system: - New board: agent-work-queue - Current active board: agent-work-queue - Default workdir: /home/clay - Quickstart note: /home/clay/.hermes/notes/agent_work_queue_quickstart.md Verified: - board exists - board is active - DB is healthy - stats/list both work Use it like this: bash hermes kanban boards switch agent-work-queue hermes kanban list hermes kanban stats hermes kanban watch Create work: ```bash hermes kanban create “Research…

Clay: [The user sent a text document: ‘message.txt’. Its content has been included below. The file is also saved at: /home/clay/.hermes/cache/documents/doc_dc7169fd89cb_message.txt] [clay (he/him)] [Content of message.txt]: clay (he/him) [LIST], — 7/5/26, 7:10 PM Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image clay (he/him) [LIST], — 7/5/26, 7:10 PM Hang on [LIST], Donn APP — 7/5/26, 7:10 PM ⚡ Interrupting current task (iteration 1/90). I’ll respond to your message shortly. clay (he/him) [LIST], — 7/5/26, 7:10 PM Forgot the prompt Donn APP —…

Hermes: You’re right. The recommendation you were replying to was not the long setup explanation. It was the offer at the end: - walk you through the exact Exa signup + config steps, or - apply the non-key config changes now and leave only the Exa key for you to add So the real concise response should have been more like: TL;DR: I recommend option 2: I can apply the non-key config changes now, and you’d only need to add EXA_API_KEY. That means: - set web.search_backend = exa - set web.extract_backend = firecrawl - optionally…

11:58 AM — Typical Staff for Mobile-First Web App

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_115826_35b852e7 · Messages: 4 · Tools: 0

Started with: [clay (he/him)] What’s the typical staff for building a mobile-first app on an HTML web page?

Early response: Typical stack + staff for a mobile-first web app: Lean MVP team - 1 product-minded designer Mobile UX, flows, simple design system, responsive states. - 1 frontend engineer HTML/CSS/JS + app framework.…

Subjects: General

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] What’s the typical staff for building a mobile-first app on an HTML web page?

Clay: [clay (he/him)] stack

Hermes: Typical stack + staff for a mobile-first web app: Lean MVP team - 1 product-minded designer Mobile UX, flows, simple design system, responsive states. - 1 frontend engineer HTML/CSS/JS + app framework. - 1 backend engineer API, auth, database, integrations. - 1 fractional PM / founder Scope, priorities, acceptance decisions. - Optional: 1 QA person Often part-time early; more important once real users show up. That’s often 2–4 people total for a solid MVP. Very common stack Frontend -…

12:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 12:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_120028 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 6

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

12:08 PM — Automating an iOS App Build

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_120845_2350c9c6 · Messages: 7 · Tools: 2

Started with: [clay (he/him)] How would I go about automating a build of an ILS app?

Early response: For an iOS app, “automating the build” usually means setting up CI/CD so every push or tag can: 1. install deps 2. run tests/lint 3. build the app 4. optionally sign + archive it 5. ship to TestFlight/App Store…

Subjects: General

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] How would I go about automating a build of an ILS app?

Hermes: For an iOS app, “automating the build” usually means setting up CI/CD so every push or tag can: 1. install deps 2. run tests/lint 3. build the app 4. optionally sign + archive it 5. ship to TestFlight/App Store The shortest good path is: Recommended stack - GitHub Actions for CI - Xcode build tools via xcodebuild - Fastlane for signing + TestFlight/App Store delivery - Match or App Store Connect API keys for cert/profile management Typical pipeline 1) On every PR / push Run: - xcodebuild test - lint /…

12:18 PM — MEA treasurer check duties

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_121817_351694e0 · Messages: 15 · Tools: 7

Started with: [clay (he/him)] Are there notes about my treasurer job in the MEA labor union and what I need to be doing when I write a check, etc.?

Early response: Yes — your notes do have a pretty solid MEA treasurer outline. What your notes say: - Big monthly rhythm - Deposit local dues checks monthly - Review the IEA billing statement monthly - **Mail the IEA dues…

Subjects: General

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] Are there notes about my treasurer job in the MEA labor union and what I need to be doing when I write a check, etc.?

Hermes: Yes — your notes do have a pretty solid MEA treasurer outline. What your notes say: - Big monthly rhythm - Deposit local dues checks monthly - Review the IEA billing statement monthly - Mail the IEA dues check plus a copy of the statement monthly - Update the check register and supporting documentation monthly - Important check-specific note - For IEA dues, the money does not flow through the MEA account - Jana provides the IEA dues check - You review the statement - Then **you mail the check to IEA…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Does it say how much the scholarship checks are for, and do I have to get one or two signatures on the checks?

Hermes: I’m not seeing either of those in your notes. What I found: - Your treasurer notes do mention tracking scholarship recipients throughout the year - But I did not find a scholarship check amount - I also did not find a note saying whether MEA checks need one or two signatures Closest related signature notes I found were about: - collecting signatures on credit union training logs - getting credit committee signatures on an approved loan application So: **nothing in your saved MEA treasurer notes currently answers the…

12:18 PM — SSH command for T-shirt workflow files

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_121856_78253915 · Messages: 42 · Tools: 19

Started with: [clay (he/him)] I have done an SSH into the Dell, which is your local device. I want to get an updated copy of the T-shirt workflow files. Can you give me a command to type into…

Early response: Yep — if you want a local copy of the current T-shirt workflow files on the Dell, paste this: ```bash mkdir -p ~/tshirt-workflow-20260708 && cp -v \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_workflow_handoff_2026-06-02.md \…

Subjects: PD

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] I have done an SSH into the Dell, which is your local device. I want to get an updated copy of the T-shirt workflow files. Can you give me a command to type into the CLI to get that, please?

Hermes: Yep — if you want a local copy of the current T-shirt workflow files on the Dell, paste this: ```bash mkdir -p ~/tshirt-workflow-20260708 && cp -v \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_workflow_handoff_2026-06-02.md \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_umbrella_kanban_guidance.md \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_market_research_kanban_spec.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_market_research_ledger.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_concept_selection_kanban_spec.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_design_generation_kanban_spec.yaml \…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] and where will that folder save?

Hermes: In your Linux home on the Dell: bash /home/clay/tshirt-workflow-20260708 Since ~ expands to /home/clay, that command saves there.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] no i want to use tailscale to move it to my macbook

Hermes: Yep — use Tailscale scp straight to the Mac. Your Mac is visible on Tailscale as: bash macbook-pro So if your Mac username is clay, run this on the Dell: ```bash mkdir -p ~/tshirt-workflow-20260708 && cp -v \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_workflow_handoff_2026-06-02.md \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_umbrella_kanban_guidance.md \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_market_research_kanban_spec.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_market_research_ledger.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_concept_selection_kanban_spec.yaml \…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] tailscale: unknown subcommand: scp clay@DESKTOP-6A0JCTE:~$

Hermes: Right — on this machine it’s tailscale file cp, not tailscale scp. Best move: make one tarball, then send it to your Mac’s Tailscale inbox: ```bash tar -czf /tmp/tshirt-workflow-20260708.tar.gz \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_workflow_handoff_2026-06-02.md \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_umbrella_kanban_guidance.md \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_market_research_kanban_spec.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_market_research_ledger.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_concept_selection_kanban_spec.yaml \…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] tailscale: unknown subcommand: scp clay@DESKTOP-6A0JCTE:~$ tar -czf /tmp/tshirt-workflow-20260708.tar.gz \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_workflow_handoff_2026-06-02.md \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_umbrella_kanban_guidance.md \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_market_research_kanban_spec.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_market_research_ledger.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_concept_selection_kanban_spec.yaml \ /home/clay/.hermes/notes/tshirt_design_generation_kanban_spec.yaml \…

Hermes: Yep — the fix is exactly what it says. Run this now: bash sudo tailscale file cp /tmp/tshirt-workflow-20260708.tar.gz macbook-pro: If you want to make future sends work without sudo, run this once: bash sudo tailscale set --operator=clay Then later you can use: bash tailscale file cp /tmp/tshirt-workflow-20260708.tar.gz macbook-pro: So the shortest path right now is just the first command with sudo.

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12:25 PM — Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for the 2020s players

Source: subagent · Session: 20260708_122530_a43c6c · Messages: 71 · Tools: 53

Started with: Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for the 2020s players in /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/players.json and update…

Early response: Done. What I did: - Reviewed data/players.json and isolated the 2020s player entries. - Researched official Illinois-only image sources on fightingillini.com. - Used roster-page og:image assets for headshots and…

Subjects: PD, Research, Public writing, Fantasy football

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Clay: Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for the 2020s players in /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/players.json and update /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/image_manifest.json for those players where you can verify official Illinois-era assets. Prefer fightingillini.com roster og:image for headshots and embedded Sidearm/fightingillini action images for game shots. Use vision verification before marking verified. Commit NO git changes; just modify the manifest file and report exactly which player ids you updated.

Hermes: Done. What I did: - Reviewed data/players.json and isolated the 2020s player entries. - Researched official Illinois-only image sources on fightingillini.com. - Used roster-page og:image assets for headshots and official Fighting Illini news-page og:image assets for action shots. - Vision-verified each image before marking it verified. - Updated data/image_manifest.json only. No git commits made. Player ids I updated: - andre_curbelo - alfonso_plummer - trent_frazier - da_monte_williams - jacob_grandison -…

12:25 PM — Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for the 2010s players

Source: subagent · Session: 20260708_122531_0abb3d · Messages: 59 · Tools: 42

Started with: Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for the 2010s players in /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/players.json and update…

Early response: Done. What I did - Reviewed data/players.json and the 2010s section of data/image_manifest.json. - Researched official Illinois-only assets on fightingillini.com roster/player pages. - Pulled official…

Subjects: PD, Research, Public writing, Fantasy football

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Clay: Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for the 2010s players in /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/players.json and update /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/image_manifest.json for those players where you can verify official Illinois-era assets. Prefer fightingillini.com official sources and verify with vision before marking verified. Commit NO git changes; just modify the manifest file and report exactly which player ids you updated.

Hermes: Done. What I did - Reviewed data/players.json and the 2010s section of data/image_manifest.json. - Researched official Illinois-only assets on fightingillini.com roster/player pages. - Pulled official headshot/action URLs from those pages. - Verified each selected image visually before marking it verified. - Updated data/image_manifest.json only; made no git changes. Updated player ids - andres_feliz - tracy_abrams - rayvonte_rice - malcolm_hill - leron_black What I found/accomplished - Added verified official Illinois-era…

12:25 PM — Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for older historical

Source: subagent · Session: 20260708_122531_e7137d · Messages: 88 · Tools: 62

Started with: Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for older historical subjects (1960s-2000s players plus coaches) in /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/players.json and…

Early response: Done. What I did: - Reviewed data/players.json, data/coaches.json, and data/image_manifest.json - Searched official Fighting Illini Hall of Fame / archive pages for Illinois-era images only - Visually verified…

Subjects: Research, Public writing, Fantasy football

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Clay: Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for older historical subjects (1960s-2000s players plus coaches) in /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/players.json and data/coaches.json and update /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/image_manifest.json where you can verify official Illinois-era assets. Focus especially on official Hall of Fame, galleries, and roster pages. Commit NO git changes; just modify the manifest file and report exactly which ids you updated and which remain blocked by lack of clean headshots.

Hermes: Done. What I did: - Reviewed data/players.json, data/coaches.json, and data/image_manifest.json - Searched official Fighting Illini Hall of Fame / archive pages for Illinois-era images only - Visually verified whether each asset was a posed portrait/headshot vs action/coaching image - Updated data/image_manifest.json only File modified: - /home/clay/illini-draft-game/data/image_manifest.json Ids updated in the manifest: - don_freeman — verified Illinois posed portrait/headshot from Hall of Fame page - dave_downey — verified…

12:27 PM — SSH edit Etsy app settings

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_122759_114d7707 · Messages: 144 · Tools: 76

Started with: [clay (he/him)] i need to ssh into the dell and use the file editor thing to add this info: Go find your app’s keystring and shared secret in the Etsy developer dashboard (same…

Early response: Added. File updated: /home/clay/.hermes/kanban/boards/tshirt-market-research/workspaces/t_6dc30256/etsy_api_channel_readiness_memo.md I inserted your Etsy setup note into the “Missing setup” section, including: -…

Subjects: Hermes, PD, Kanban, Research, Dashboard

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Clay: [clay (he/him)] i need to ssh into the dell and use the file editor thing to add this info: Go find your app’s keystring and shared secret in the Etsy developer dashboard (same place you registered the app). Save both somewhere safe, same convention as before. Check what redirect URI you set when you registered the app. If you didn’t set one deliberately, Etsy likely defaulted to something like http://localhost:3003/oauth/redirect — go check your app’s settings page and tell me exactly what’s listed there, since the next step depends on…

Hermes: Added. File updated: /home/clay/.hermes/kanban/boards/tshirt-market-research/workspaces/t_6dc30256/etsy_api_channel_readiness_memo.md I inserted your Etsy setup note into the “Missing setup” section, including: - find/save the Etsy keystring + shared secret using the prior convention - check the exact redirect URI in the Etsy app settings - note that it may default to http://localhost:3003/oauth/redirect - emphasize that the next OAuth step has to match the stored URI exactly Verified at lines 78–93.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] no dude

Hermes: Yep — that’s my bad. After you SSH in, type: bash hermes config env-path That should print: bash /home/clay/.hermes/.env Then open it in the editor with: bash nano /home/clay/.hermes/.env Add your line, for example: bash ETSY_API_KEYSTRING=*** ETSY_SHARED_SECRET=*** Then save/exit in nano: - Ctrl+O = save - Enter = confirm - Ctrl+X = exit If you want, I can also tell you the exact env var names I’d use for the Etsy creds so you paste them in once and cleanly.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] permission denies

Hermes: That usually means you’re SSH’d in as the wrong user. On this machine: - .env is owned by clay - perms are 600 - path is /home/clay/.hermes/.env So first check who you are: bash whoami If it does not say clay, that’s the problem. Then either: bash ssh clay@<dell-hostname-or-ip> or, if you’re already in and have sudo: bash sudo -u clay nano /home/clay/.hermes/.env If nano itself is the issue, this also works: bash sudo -u clay vi /home/clay/.hermes/.env If you want the fastest safe route, use:…

Clay: [clay (he/him)] ok i am in. I have this - what is the shape of the new secret I need to enter ETSY_API_KEY=yg1idmqpp8r0ek7j6zstn82v ETSY_SHARED_SECRET=40dm895so3 ETSY_SHOP_ID=28462821 i need to add the shared secret

Clay: [Recent channel messages] [clay (he/him)] ok i am in. I have this - what is the shape of the new secret I need to enter ETSY_API_KEY=yg1idmqpp8r0ek7j6zstn82v ETSY_SHARED_SECRET=40dm895so3 ETSY_SHOP_ID=28462821 i need to add the shared secret [New message] [clay (he/him)] CRAP

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Ignore that hahaa

Hermes: No worries. Same shape as the other lines: bash ETSY_SHARED_SECRET=*** So: - if that line already exists, replace the old value after = - do not add a second ETSY_SHARED_SECRET line Example: bash ETSY_API_KEY=*** ETSY_SHARED_SECRET=*** ETSY_SHOP_ID=28462821 A few quick rules: - no spaces around = - usually no quotes - paste the full secret exactly as Etsy shows it Then save and exit. If you want, next I can tell you the exact command to verify the file looks right without exposing the secret back on screen.

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12:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 12:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_124529 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 6

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

1:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 13:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_130030 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 6

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 1:00 PM CDT live open-task check — these are still status: open in Clay Mate: • Overdue / money: Pay credit cards: Citi Strata. • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. •…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: 1:00 PM CDT live open-task check — these are still status: open in Clay Mate: • Overdue / money: Pay credit cards: Citi Strata. • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Today: Rosie practice piano. No action taken — I only checked the live open list.

1:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 13:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_134530 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

2:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 14:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_140031 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 5

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

2:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 14:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_144532 · Messages: 7 · Tools: 4

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 2:45 PM CDT live open-task delta — still status: open in Clay Mate: • Home / overdue: Skim pool and run robot vacuum — clean daylight window if you want it off the board before evening. • Today: Mail award…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: 2:45 PM CDT live open-task delta — still status: open in Clay Mate: • Home / overdue: Skim pool and run robot vacuum — clean daylight window if you want it off the board before evening. • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Today: Rosie practice piano. No action taken — I only checked the live open list.

3:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 15:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_150033 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

3:02 PM — Fantasy midday news radar · Jul 08 15:02

Source: cron · Session: cron_8cce6f8e103a_20260708_150233 · Messages: 2 · Tools: 0

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “fantasy-sports-coowner” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: New Since Morning - Ian Seymour moved from “interesting stash” to “use him.” He just struck out 12 Yankees in 5.1 IP with 17 whiffs / 36% CSW, and the Pitcher List read was explicit: **roster…

Subjects: Fantasy baseball

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: New Since Morning - Ian Seymour moved from “interesting stash” to “use him.” He just struck out 12 Yankees in 5.1 IP with 17 whiffs / 36% CSW, and the Pitcher List read was explicit: roster everywhere, must-start vs SEA next. On your roster he’s still reserve, so this is the clearest same-day upgrade in recommendation strength. - Seth Lugo got worse, not better. Another bad one: 4.1 IP, 6 ER, 9 H, and the PL takeaway was basically “15-team Toby at best; don’t want to start him @ BAL next.” If you need a cut…

3:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 15:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_154534 · Messages: 9 · Tools: 5

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

4:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 16:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_160035 · Messages: 12 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

4:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 16:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_164535 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

5:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 17:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_170036 · Messages: 16 · Tools: 10

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

5:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 17:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_174537 · Messages: 14 · Tools: 8

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

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Hermes: [SILENT]

6:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 18:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_180038 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 6:00 PM CDT live open-task check — these are still status: open in Clay Mate, and the evening window is getting short: • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Today: Rosie…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: 6:00 PM CDT live open-task check — these are still status: open in Clay Mate, and the evening window is getting short: • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Today: Rosie practice piano. • Overdue / money: Pay credit cards: Citi Strata. No action taken — I only checked the live open list.

6:30 PM — Daily Reddit Hermes Agent Digest · Jul 08 18:31

Source: cron · Session: cron_0fe31dae2fff_20260708_183046 · Messages: 4 · Tools: 1

Started with: [IMPORTANT: You are running as a scheduled cron job. DELIVERY: Your final response will be automatically delivered to the user — do NOT use send_message or try to deliver the…

Early response: Hermes Agent Reddit Digest — 2026-07-08 Authenticated Reddit access is not configured yet. The pre-run script reports the missing env vars are exactly: - REDDIT_CLIENT_ID - REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET…

Subjects: Hermes, Calendar, Cron

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: Hermes Agent Reddit Digest — 2026-07-08 Authenticated Reddit access is not configured yet. The pre-run script reports the missing env vars are exactly: - REDDIT_CLIENT_ID - REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET REDDIT_USER_AGENT is also recommended. Diagnostics from this run: - OAuth path: failed because credentials are missing - RSS fallback for query "Hermes Agent": worked (200, 25 entries) - Additional RSS queries were rate-limited by Reddit (429) for: - hermes-agent - "NousResearch Hermes" - "Nous Hermes Agent" -…

6:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 18:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_184539 · Messages: 12 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

7:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 19:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_190040 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 6

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 7:00 PM CDT delta — verified live in Clay Mate as status: open: • Tomorrow 9:30–11:00 AM: MMS library visit with Brooke — optional, front doors. • Tomorrow: Finish recycling batteries. I’m not re-raising the…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: 7:00 PM CDT delta — verified live in Clay Mate as status: open: • Tomorrow 9:30–11:00 AM: MMS library visit with Brooke — optional, front doors. • Tomorrow: Finish recycling batteries. I’m not re-raising the 6:00 PM items here since that cluster was already delivered. No action taken.

7:13 PM — URLs to Two Wiki Pages

Source: discord · Session: 20260708_191327_f6346c65 · Messages: 19 · Tools: 9

Started with: [clay (he/him)] What’s the url to my two wiki pages on claydunker.com

Early response: These are the two wiki page URLs: - https://wiki.claydunker.com/syntheses/from-district-redesign-to-classroom-discipline - https://wiki.claydunker.com/syntheses/from-observable-thinking-to-validated-claims If you want,…

Subjects: Wiki, Web publishing

Conversation excerpts

Clay: [clay (he/him)] What’s the url to my two wiki pages on claydunker.com

Hermes: These are the two wiki page URLs: - https://wiki.claydunker.com/syntheses/from-district-redesign-to-classroom-discipline - https://wiki.claydunker.com/syntheses/from-observable-thinking-to-validated-claims If you want, I can also give you the page titles alongside them in a cleaner copy/paste block.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Actually not what I meant wiki.claydunker.com is one - this is for my professional readings, etc The other is ??.claydunker.com I think? It’s the one that has our work sessions and topics on it. Almost a karpathy style wiki

Hermes: Yep — the other one is: - https://sessions.claydunker.com — the work-sessions / topics / “Karpathy-style” memory wiki So the two are: - https://wiki.claydunker.com — professional readings / knowledge wiki - https://sessions.claydunker.com — session memory + project/topic wiki If you want, I can also give you the exact distinction in one sentence you can save somewhere.

Clay: [clay (he/him)] Yessss thank you I couldn’t remember what we called it

Hermes: Haha yep — sessions.claydunker.com.

7:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 19:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_194541 · Messages: 17 · Tools: 11

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 7:46 PM CDT delta — verified live in Clay Mate as status: open: • Tomorrow: Add confidence scoring to the Clay Mate MCP server so Claude/MCP captures use the same low-confidence inbox behavior as Slack ingest.…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate, MCP

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: 7:46 PM CDT delta — verified live in Clay Mate as status: open: • Tomorrow: Add confidence scoring to the Clay Mate MCP server so Claude/MCP captures use the same low-confidence inbox behavior as Slack ingest. I’m not re-raising the 7:00 PM library/recycling reminders or the 6:00 PM evening cluster. No action taken.

8:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 20:01

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_200042 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 7

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: [SILENT]

Subjects: General

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: [SILENT]

8:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 20:46

Source: cron · Session: cron_6b5fd0721020_20260708_204543 · Messages: 11 · Tools: 6

Started with: [IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the “daily-dreaming” skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.] --- name:…

Early response: 8:45 PM CDT last-call check — verified live in Clay Mate as status: open: • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Today: Rosie practice piano. • Overdue / money: Pay…

Subjects: Open Brain, Clay Mate

Conversation excerpts

Hermes: 8:45 PM CDT last-call check — verified live in Clay Mate as status: open: • Today: Mail award check to Amara Fulton after treasurer handoff. • Today: Rosie practice piano. • Overdue / money: Pay credit cards: Citi Strata. No action taken — I only checked the live open list.

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Memory log — 2026-07-08

6:30 AM — Personal daily digest · Jul 08 06:33

6:31 AM — Fantasy AM waiver edge · Jul 08 06:32

6:35 AM — Morning ponder quote · Jul 08 06:35

6:49 AM — Logging microwaveable pancakes nutrition

7:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 07:00

7:44 AM — Fantasy baseball podcast thought process

7:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 07:45

8:00 AM — Create every-other-day pool skim+robot task · Jul 08 08:00

8:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 08:00

8:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 08:45

9:00 AM — Daily LearnedLeague-style trivia roundup · Jul 08 09:05

9:00 AM — rosie-practice-piano · Jul 08 09:00

9:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 09:01

9:15 AM — Substack newsletter daily sweep · Jul 08 09:19

9:30 AM — Creating a remembrance calendar event

9:33 AM — Checking Etsy API Status

9:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 09:47

10:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 10:01

10:36 AM — Adding Two Open Items

10:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 10:46

11:00 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 11:01

11:45 AM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 11:46

11:49 AM — Corregir creación automática de contactos

11:51 AM — Finding Game Roster Files

11:52 AM — Lightweight Agent Workflow TLDR

11:53 AM — Default response style explanation

11:57 AM — Build recommendation lightweight queue setup

11:58 AM — Typical Staff for Mobile-First Web App

12:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 12:01

12:08 PM — Automating an iOS App Build

12:18 PM — MEA treasurer check duties

12:18 PM — SSH command for T-shirt workflow files

12:25 PM — Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for the 2020s players

12:25 PM — Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for the 2010s players

12:25 PM — Research Illinois-only headshot and action-shot image URLs for older historical

12:27 PM — SSH edit Etsy app settings

12:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 12:46

1:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 13:01

1:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 13:46

2:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 14:01

2:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 14:46

3:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 15:01

3:02 PM — Fantasy midday news radar · Jul 08 15:02

3:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 15:46

4:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 16:01

4:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 16:46

5:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 17:01

5:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 17:46

6:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 18:01

6:30 PM — Daily Reddit Hermes Agent Digest · Jul 08 18:31

6:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 18:46

7:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 19:01

7:13 PM — URLs to Two Wiki Pages

7:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 19:46

8:00 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 20:01

8:45 PM — Donn Proactive Situational Awareness · Jul 08 20:46

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