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jschoubben 93a1231e00 Retire the HAL name where it points forward
Skills take the hq- prefix: they are HQ process workflows, not mesh
workflows, and HQ is company-scoped now. hq-new-research, hq-graduate,
hq-new-issue, hq-diagnose, hq-amend-design, hq-handoff,
hq-sync-constitution, hq-status.

Forward-looking prose becomes Novox Mesh or simply the mesh — the root
README, AGENTS.md, the 00-META README, the mission's module example, and
one to-be document that addressed 'someone working on HAL'.

Three categories deliberately keep HAL, per ADR 0027:

The monorepo is still called hal on the forge. repos.md, every code: field
and every located-in: field name a repository that exists under that name,
and renaming them in prose would make them false.

The as-is layer and the research that measured it describe the system that
runs, and that system is called HAL. 124 modules, 9 daemons, a dead
containerised node — those are observations, not intentions.

Records 0001-0026 are immutable. A record says what was decided when it
was decided, and no record is edited for a name.

Also repoints ADR 0022's link at the renamed skill — a path fix, which the
immutability rule permits, not a change of meaning.
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name, description
name description
hq-new-issue Use when something is wrong with the mesh at the level of design or governance — a rule enforced by nothing, a stated behaviour that does not happen, a failure the design lets pass silently. Triggers on "this is broken", "open an issue", "that rule isn't enforced", "this reports success and does nothing".

hq-new-issue

Opens a numbered issue. Authoritative playbook: 00-META/process/03-issues.md.

First, decide it belongs here

Belongs in 04-ISSUES Belongs in the knowledge base
The design permits a failure to be silent How to fix one occurrence of it
A documented rule is enforced by nothing A command that works around it
A stated invariant is false in practice A node-specific quirk
Finding the owner needs the whole mesh in view Symptom → fix, once the answer is known

Search the knowledge base first for the literal symptom text. If the answer is already there, this is not an issue — it is a lookup. If the answer is a general lesson, it belongs in both.

Steps

  1. Next free number. Create 04-ISSUES/NNN-short-name/00-report.md with:

    ---
    status: open
    opened: YYYY-MM-DD
    located-in: []
    fixed-by:
    amended-design:
    ---
    
  2. Write the symptom as observed, in plain terms, with the evidence that it happened — what was run, what came back, when.

  3. Say why it matters beyond the instance. An issue that is only one occurrence is a knowledge base entry.

  4. End with open questions rather than a proposed fix. Diagnosis is a separate step.

Do not

  • Do not name nodes, domains, addresses or paths. This repository is public.
  • Do not guess the owner — located-in: is filled by diagnosis, not by opening.