hive.note-taking

1## Operational Protocol: Structured Note-Taking
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3Maintain free-form working notes in shared buffer key `_working_notes` for data that *you* need to remember but that isn't captured by the colony task queue.
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5**Do not duplicate the queue in here.** Per-task goal, ordered steps, and SOP gates live in `progress.db` — use `hive.colony-progress-tracker` for those. These notes are for things the DB schema doesn't cover.
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7Update at these checkpoints:
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9- After receiving new information that changes how you plan to approach the current step
10- Before any tool call that will produce substantial output you'll need to reference later
11- When you make a non-obvious decision whose *why* would be lost if the tool call history gets pruned
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13Structure:
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15### Key Decisions — decisions made and WHY
16### Working Data — intermediate results, extracted values (URLs, IDs, key snippets — not full pages)
17### Open Questions — uncertainties you plan to verify
18### Blockers — anything preventing progress that isn't already captured in `tasks.last_error`
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20Update incrementally — do not rewrite from scratch each time.