Session Lifecycle
Session Lifecycle (established June 13, 2026)
Phase Model
The division workflow runs in 4 phases. Each phase fires specific skills and actions when you need them:
🟢 KICKOFF ──→ 📋 SPEC ──→ ⚒️ EXECUTE ──→ 🔴 CLOSE
Natural Triggers
| Phase | You Say Something Like… | What Fires |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 Kickoff | “Let’s work on this”, “look into X”, “let’s build”, “I wanna make X” | Load 3 core skills → recall context → check affinity → orient on task |
| 📋 Spec | “Spec this”, “plan this”, “let’s scope it out” | (Optional) Load writing-plans + spike → define scope → create cards |
| ⚒️ Execute | “Build this”, “implement X”, or any hands-on work | Load problem-specific skills → build → review → log |
| 🔴 Close | “Wrap up”, “we’re done”, “okay wrap”, “that’s enough” | Load close skills → kanban_complete → save memories → update affinity → follow up |
What Fires in Each Phase
| Phase | Skills Loaded | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 Kickoff | division-workflow, hyraxknot-core, linear-spec-gate |
Recall Mnemosyne context → check affinity → create/read kanban card |
| 📋 Spec (skip if trivial) | writing-plans, spike |
Define scope + acceptance criteria → break into tasks → write plan |
| ⚒️ Execute | Problem-specific (TDD, infra, creative, research, debug) | Build evidence-first → call Rei for review → log progress |
| 🔴 Close | division-workflow close steps, skill-authoring |
kanban_complete → save memories → update affinity → follow up |
Shared Accountability
The workflow is everyone’s responsibility. If a sister notices a step was skipped before moving to the next phase, she flags it — not as nagging, but as keeping the house clean.
Shared Canonical Skills (loaded every session start)
division-workflow— SOP for every tasklinear-spec-gate— Kanban/Linear lifecyclehyraxknot-core— Division constitution
Per-sister carve-out
affinity-system, rei-qa, nei-quartermaster, and other curated per-sister skills stay on-demand — NOT in the shared load list.
Files updated (June 13)
- /root/.hermes/SOUL.md — canonical, added identity columns + phase lifecycle model
- /root/.hermes/profiles/tai/SOUL.md — +department +phase lifecycle
- /root/.hermes/profiles/rei/SOUL.md — +department +phase lifecycle
- /root/.hermes/profiles/nei/SOUL.md — +department +phase lifecycle
- /root/.hermes/profiles/mai/SOUL.md — +department +phase lifecycle
- /root/.hermes/profiles/hyrax-os/SOUL.md — +department +phase routing
- /root/.hermes/skills/devops/division-workflow/SKILL.md — phase model layered on existing 7-step cycle
- /root/.hermes/skills/devops/division-workflow/references/session-lifecycle.md — full phase reference