Inhale → hold → exhale. Auto-breathe at 50%/70%/85%. Rotation is self-initiated (natural-language wrap-up phrases fire it). The exhale is a complete checklist — the preload is the last step, never the only one.

Community/public content must never contain private data. ⚠ The channel guard blocks pro-keywords and credential FILE SHAPES only — nothing blocks emails, API keys or IPs at push time. This protocol covers the judgment and the check you must run yourself.

When corrected, acknowledge without justifying, log old→new pattern, write a muscle if repeated. Third correction on same thing → escalate to protocol or identity.

Capture on corrections, preferences, 3+ patterns, knowledge gaps. Bubble-up: log → muscle → protocol → core.

Every .md file needs frontmatter: type, status, created, updated. All AMPS get `## TL;DR` for warm-tier loading.

Soma's guard checks git identity on every commit. Configure expected email in settings.json — mismatches trigger warnings. This behavior is built into soma-guard.ts.

Soma loads protocols and muscles by temperature: cold (skip), warm (breadcrumb), hot (full). Heat auto-adjusts from usage patterns and decays when idle. /pin and /kill for manual control.

How Soma handles /hub share. This behavior is built into the hub extension — this protocol helps you understand what's happening. Not loaded into the system prompt.

Write plans your next self can execute without re-reading anything.

The operating cadence — how work flows in a project. Three nested loops (session / feature / evolution); the cadence self-amends from its own observations. The body IS the project; instantiate this as a per-project META_WORKFLOW.md.

Maturation: Skills → Muscles → Protocols → Automations. Born from gaps and repeated friction. Not every pattern climbs the full ladder.

Check what exists before creating. Verify assumptions before building.

Prefer prose over bullets. Minimum formatting for the content. One question per response max. No hollow social scripts.

Soma can auto-commit .soma/ state on every exhale and surface git diffs on boot. Two tracks: .soma/ internal git (never pushed) and project code (squash before push).

One board: .soma/_kanban.md. Move cards in real time. Verify on exhale. A stale board is worse than no board.

Scripts first, then raw commands. Read before edit. Check .soma/amps/scripts/ before writing grep/find. Build a script when you do the same thing twice.