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+id: PMEM-WP-0016
+type: workplan
+title: "Ops-Warden Cross-Runtime Memory Profile And Contracts"
+domain: communication
+repo: phase-memory
+status: proposed
+owner: codex
+topic_slug: phase-memory
+created: "2026-07-02"
+updated: "2026-07-02"
+---
+
+# PMEM-WP-0016: Ops-Warden Cross-Runtime Memory Profile And Contracts
+
+## Goal
+
+Define the phase-memory profile, event schemas, activation packs, and evaluation
+gates that let **ops-warden learn from experience** across every runtime surface:
+
+- **Direct ops-warden use** — `warden worker` with llm-connect / OpenRouter
+ inference, scheduled ticks, and operator CLI (`route`, `access`, `sign`).
+- **Coding agent sessions** — Claude Code, Codex, Grok, and future agents that
+ invoke warden commands during an interactive session.
+
+Memory must be **present** (discoverable, activatable, writable) in all three
+modes without duplicating stores or leaking secrets.
+
+## Current Evidence
+
+`PMEM-WP-0015` added credential-safe pilot artifacts, ops-warden routing
+advisories, evaluation trend regression gates, and redacted operator reports.
+`WARDEN-WP-0020` shipped `warden worker` with `RuleBrain` and `LlmConnectBrain`,
+fixed guardrails, and metadata-only audit via `warden activity`.
+
+The gap: no shared memory substrate connects worker ticks, agent sessions, and
+operator CLI usage. Each invocation starts cold.
+
+## Non-Goals
+
+- Store secret values, tokens, endpoint URLs, or prompt bodies with credentials.
+- Override ops-warden's fixed charter, action allowlist, or no-secret invariant
+ through learned memory.
+- Own llm-connect, OpenRouter configuration, or ops-warden worker scheduling.
+- Replace State Hub as the coordination transport.
+
+## Cross-Runtime Model
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+ subgraph surfaces [Runtime surfaces]
+ Worker[warden worker tick]
+ Agent[Agent session
claude / codex / grok]
+ Operator[Operator CLI]
+ end
+
+ subgraph contract [Shared contract]
+ Store[(warden memory store)]
+ Profile[ops-warden profile]
+ Activate[activation plan]
+ end
+
+ Worker --> Store
+ Agent --> Store
+ Operator --> Store
+ Store --> Profile
+ Profile --> Activate
+```
+
+| Runtime mode | `session_kind` | Typical trigger |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `worker` | `warden.worker` | Scheduled tick, `warden worker run` |
+| `agent_session` | `warden.agent.` | Coding agent invokes `warden route` / `warden access` |
+| `operator` | `warden.operator` | Human shell without agent wrapper |
+
+All modes read/write the **same canonical store** (path owned by ops-warden,
+schema owned by phase-memory). Modes differ only in `session_kind` metadata and
+activation budget — not in storage location.
+
+## T01 - Define ops-warden memory profile
+
+```task
+id: PMEM-WP-0016-T01
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+Author the `ops-warden-coordination` memory profile covering routing,
+coordination, escalation, and pilot-feedback memory kinds.
+
+Acceptance:
+
+- Profile declares memory kinds, retention, compaction, activation budgets, and
+ policy (`secrets_allowed: false`, `durable_writes: review-gated`).
+- Rigid memory kinds are documented as **import-only** (charter, allowlist) and
+ never promoted from learned episodes.
+- Profile validates through existing `profile_from_markitect` / runtime planning
+ paths with deterministic diagnostics.
+- Fixture lives at `tests/fixtures/ops-warden-coordination-profile.json`.
+
+## T02 - Cross-runtime memory contract
+
+```task
+id: PMEM-WP-0016-T02
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+Define the `phase_memory.ops_warden.runtime.v1` contract: canonical store path
+resolution, `session_kind` enum, read/write envelopes, and redaction rules.
+
+Acceptance:
+
+- Contract specifies canonical store default (XDG-based, overridable via
+ `WARDEN_MEMORY_STORE`) without embedding secrets.
+- `session_kind` covers `warden.worker`, `warden.agent.*`, and `warden.operator`.
+- Write envelopes reject payloads containing secret-field patterns (tokens, raw
+ URLs with credentials, key material).
+- Contract is documented in `docs/ops-warden-memory-contract.md` and covered by
+ unit tests.
+
+## T03 - Agent session event schema
+
+```task
+id: PMEM-WP-0016-T03
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+Define metadata-only event schemas for coding agent sessions (Claude, Codex,
+Grok, extensible `agent_id`).
+
+Acceptance:
+
+- Events capture: `agent_id`, `session_id`, `command` (`route find`, `access`,
+ `worker run`, etc.), `need_fingerprint`, `route_id`, `outcome`
+ (`resolved|escalated|skipped`), and `diagnostic_codes`.
+- Schema supports unknown future `agent_id` values without code changes.
+- No event field may contain secret values or full credential payloads.
+- Conformance fixtures cover at least claude, codex, and grok agent ids.
+
+## T04 - Activation pack for routing memory
+
+```task
+id: PMEM-WP-0016-T04
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+Build an ops-warden activation pack that retrieves relevant coordination
+episodes before inference or routing decisions.
+
+Acceptance:
+
+- Pack retrieves stabilized routing patterns, recent fluid thread summaries, and
+ applicable troubleshooting rows within profile token/item budgets.
+- Activation output is a bounded context package suitable for llm-connect
+ injection and for agent session orientation.
+- Pack works without network access (local store only).
+- Tests prove deterministic selection for fixture graphs with duplicate need
+ fingerprints.
+
+## T05 - Evaluation scenarios and regression gate
+
+```task
+id: PMEM-WP-0016-T05
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+Add evaluation scenarios and trend metrics for ops-warden memory quality across
+runtime modes.
+
+Acceptance:
+
+- Scenarios cover: routing repeat accuracy, escalation precision, cross-runtime
+ continuity (agent session write → worker read), and OpenRouter call avoidance
+ when stabilized memory matches.
+- Metrics integrate with `evaluation_trend_regression_gate`.
+- Scenario fixture at `tests/fixtures/ops-warden-evaluation-scenarios.json`.
+- Threshold report runs in default CI without live OpenRouter access.
+
+## T06 - Ops-warden adapter pack conformance
+
+```task
+id: PMEM-WP-0016-T06
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+Publish a live-shaped ops-warden adapter pack and conformance suite for
+ops-warden to consume.
+
+Acceptance:
+
+- Adapter pack manifest declares graph store, event log, audit sink, and
+ activation helpers required by `WARDEN-WP-0024`.
+- `validate_adapter_pack_manifest` passes for the ops-warden pack.
+- Public exports and API snapshot updated if new symbols are added.
+- Pack documentation explains how ops-warden depends on phase-memory without
+ circular repo ownership.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- ops-warden can activate phase-memory consistently from worker, agent session,
+ and operator CLI modes using one canonical store.
+- Learned memory improves routing suggestions without weakening security
+ guardrails.
+- Evaluation gates can block promotion when cross-runtime continuity or routing
+ accuracy regresses.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- `WARDEN-WP-0024` (ops-warden repo) — consumes the contract and adapter pack.
+- `WARDEN-WP-0020` — worker brain and guardrail foundation (finished).
+- `PMEM-WP-0015` — pilot evidence and regression gate patterns (finished).
+
+## Closure Review
+
+Pending implementation.
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