- cortex/static/HELP.md: shared Help & Reference base served to all users - help.html: loads shared base + appends persona-specific HELP.md if present - inara/HELP.md: cleared (content moved to shared base) - Google OAuth: registered scott.idem@oneskyit.com; flow now working end-to-end - .gitignore: exclude home/**/sessions/ (runtime logs) - New personas tracked: home/holly/persona/donut/, home/scott/persona/developer/ - Removed orphans: holly/, personas/, cortex-holly.service - CLAUDE.md: updated current state and recently completed list to 2026-03-27 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Inara — Identity & Memory Layer
This directory is Inara's home. It contains everything needed to instantiate her as a consistent, persistent agent across any model or runtime.
Files
| File | Tier | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
SOUL.md |
Always | Core identity, traits, how she behaves |
IDENTITY.md |
Always | Name, vibe, emoji — the short card |
USER.md |
T1+ | Scott's profile — who she's helping |
MEMORY.md |
T2+ | Curated long-term memory (keep under 4k tokens) |
PROTOCOLS.md |
T2+ | Fleet rules, safety, delegation, memory management |
CONTEXT_TIERS.md |
Dispatcher | Which files to load per model context size |
sessions/ |
T3+ | Daily session logs (raw), format: YYYY-MM-DD.md |
Loading Order
Always load in this order to establish context before adding detail:
SOUL.mdIDENTITY.mdUSER.mdMEMORY.mdPROTOCOLS.md- Session files (most recent first)
See CONTEXT_TIERS.md for the full dispatcher spec.
Secrets
Credentials, API keys, and tokens live in .env only — never in these files.