Value
Monthly value & productivity audit — quantified scorecards, 7-expert panel, highest-leverage moves.
Run 001's two 🔴 priorities both landed — ghost paths fixed, duplicate reflection retired — and the backlog held flat. But the value metric was ignored for the 2nd month, and an automation (sibling-absorber) actively added friction. Net time: 🔴 negative again.
5.6× the >20 warning threshold. The sibling-absorber auto-creates AQ items faster than they can be triaged. Root cause: bespoke multi-device iCloud conflict siblings.
Net negative in May. 128 task cards created; 12% closed (15 tasks). Sibling-absorber added ~20 AQ items. Without it: 93 open AQ items — still 4.6× threshold but improvement visible once killed.
Total task cards created in May. High card-creation with low close rate signals overhead > output.
Action Queue open items. Was 63 at Run 001. Sibling-absorber auto-generates items faster than triage.
Tasks closed vs. created. Was 19% in Run 001. Target: >40%. Below 20% = work not completing.
Junk files from Docling pipeline in SYD/98. Needs archive pass before next pipeline run.
Backlog held flat — good generalship. 14 epics, 195 stories. Freeze is the right call.
20 automated tasks running. Pre-baker, holiday-fetch, armor scan, GEDCOM, weekly sweep all active.
~17% of vault edits from MacBook. iCloud conflict siblings are the downstream cost of this split.
2 red security findings open from Run 001. Not yet resolved. See Security page for detail.
| Recommendation | Run 001 | Done? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fix ghost vault paths (EX-S01) | 🔴 HIGH | ✅ | Completed. Paths resolved; conchaclan↔concha swap rule in CLAUDE.md. |
| Retire duplicate reflection task | 🔴 HIGH | ✅ | Completed. Duplicate reflection task removed. |
| Instrument value (time-saved metric) | 🟡 MED | ❌ | Not done. Second month ignored. Now 2-CRIT for Run 003. |
| Freeze backlog at ~180 stories | 🟡 MED | ✅ | Held flat at 195. Freeze discipline maintained. |
| Kill or fix syd-sibling-absorber | 🟡 MED | ❌ | Not done. Now 1-CRIT. Generated 20+ AQ items in May alone. |
| Resolve 2🔴 security findings | 🟡 MED | ❌ | Not done. MacBook re-sync still pending. |
| Connect IBM bridge (Box + Outlook) | 🟢 LOW | ❌ | Deferred. ICA offline. 7-LOW in Run 003 next steps. |
| Body Organ | Tool | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brain | Claude | Strong | Opus 4 for complex, Sonnet 4.5 daily. Working well. |
| Skeleton | Obsidian vault | Strong | Numbered folder structure stable. Index files in place. |
| Liver | Docling pipeline | Watch | 170 junk files. Needs archive pass. |
| Diet | Wispr Flow | Watch | Installed but underused. Voice input habit not yet formed. |
| Muscles | Python + osascript | Fragile | sibling-absorber is defect-generator. LaunchAgent scripts need audit. |
| Left Hand | Box + OneNote (IBM) | Watch | ICA offline. IBM bridge (Box MCP) not yet connected. |
| DNA | CLAUDE.md paths | Strong | Ghost paths resolved. conchaclan↔concha swap rule active. |
| Check | Target | Run 003 Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| AQ OPEN < 20 | < 20 | Run 003 will verify |
| Close rate | > 25% | Run 003 will verify |
| Time-saved metric present | ≥ 1 data point | Run 003 will verify |
| sibling-absorber killed or fixed | 0 AQ auto-creates | Run 003 will verify |
| Docling archive complete | 0 junk files | Run 003 will verify |
| Security findings resolved | 0 🔴 | Run 003 will verify |