Micro-Exhale — Muscle

TL;DR

Micro-Exhale — after major completions, append ## HH:MM summary to session log. One file per day, read first, never overwrite. Checkpoint within session, not a full exhale.

When to Write

• After completing a multi-file workflow (3+ files touched)
• After a significant decision with rationale worth preserving
• After a commit that closes a plan phase or resolves an issue
• Before switching to a fundamentally different task area

Format

## HH:MM — Brief Title

### What Changed
- Bullet points with file paths and what was done to each

### Key Decisions
- Decision with rationale (if any made this workflow)

### Commits
| Repo | Commit | Message |
|------|--------|---------|
| name | hash   | message |

Rules

1. Read the file first — if it exists, append. If it doesn't, create with frontmatter:

```yaml

---

type: log

created: YYYY-MM-DD

---

```

1. One file per day — YYYY-MM-DD.md in .soma/memory/sessions/
2. Never overwrite — always append new ## HH:MM sections
3. Be concrete — file paths, commit hashes, exact decisions. No prose summaries.
4. Keep it fast — 2-5 minutes max. If it takes longer, you're writing a preload, not a micro-exhale.

What It's NOT

• Not a substitute for /exhale or preload — those are session-boundary artifacts
• Not a journal or reflection — it's structured data about what happened
• Not required after every small change — only after meaningful workflow completions