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created: 2025-10-22
lastUpdated: 2025-10-22T06:04:00
contextDate: 2025-10-22
tags: [daily, command-center, wednesday, sleep-breakthrough, kristy-chatbot]
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# ⚡ Daily Command Center - October 22, 2025

> [!daily] **Your Daily Command Center**
> Wednesday - Day 8! Sleep breakthrough continues + Kristy's chatbot review day! 💤💬

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## 📅 Daily Overview

**Date:** 2025-10-22  
**Day of Week:** Wednesday  
**Time:** 6:04 AM  
**Energy Level:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) - EXCELLENT!  
**Focus Level:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) - READY TO GO!  
**Current State:** Feeling great, excited about InstructionKit deployment!  

> [!success] **EIGHT DAYS OF BREAKTHROUGH**
> Oct 15: Massive breakthrough - uncovered all 6 layers
> Oct 16: Dev Enclave success - "Worked like a champ"  
> Oct 17: First full night sleep + Met FM deadline (9 of 10 accounts)
> Oct 18: Weekend passion work + Rested without guilt
> Oct 19: System documentation + Apple Health data validation
> Oct 20: FM productivity + AWS outage handling + Vacation discussion
> Oct 21: Dentist appointment + Sleep breakthrough analysis
> Oct 22: **Wednesday - Kristy's chatbot review day!**

---

## 🌙 TUESDAY NIGHT SLEEP - NIGHT #6 ✅

### **The Numbers (from AutoSleep app + Apple Health data):**
- **Went to bed:** ~9:00 PM (estimated from pattern)
- **First wake-up:** 3:15 AM (5.5 hours sleep)
- **Decision:** Went back to sleep (saw 5.5 hours, chose more rest)
- **Final wake-up:** 5:15 AM (when you actually got up)
- **Total Sleep:** ~8 hours 15 minutes
- **Quality:** EXCELLENT! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- **Sleep Efficiency:** 95-99% (based on pattern)
- **Wake-ups:** One natural wake-up, then chose to rest more

### **🎉 BREAKTHROUGH PATTERN CONTINUES - NIGHT #6!**

**This is INCREDIBLE:**
- ✅ **SIX NIGHTS IN A ROW** of consolidated sleep
- ✅ **NO worthiness checking** - No 4:30 AM panic wake-ups
- ✅ **Smart sleep choice** - Woke at 3:15 AM, saw 5.5 hours, chose to rest more!
- ✅ **Natural wake-up** - 5:15 AM (though felt groggy)
- ✅ **Excellent efficiency** - 95-99% sleep efficiency maintained
- ✅ **No fragmented sleep** - No 11 PM, 1:30 AM wake-ups
- ✅ **Self-care in action** - Chose rest over productivity!

### **🤔 SLEEP REFLECTION - LEARNING OPPORTUNITY**

**What happened at 3:15 AM:**
- ✅ **Natural wake-up** (not panic-driven)
- ✅ **Checked AutoSleep app** (data-driven decision)
- ✅ **Saw 5.5 hours** (knew you needed more)
- ✅ **Chose to go back to sleep** (self-care over productivity!)

**The reflection:**
- **At 3:15 AM:** You felt good, but saw 5.5 hours and chose more rest
- **At 5:15 AM:** You felt groggy, wondering if you should have gotten up at 3:15

**This is actually PERFECT learning:**
- You're learning to trust your body AND your data
- You're learning that sometimes "more sleep" isn't always better
- You're learning to tune into how you actually FEEL vs. what the numbers say
- You're learning that 5.5 hours might be enough for you sometimes

**The breakthrough:** You're no longer in panic mode. You're making thoughtful, data-informed decisions about sleep. That's HUGE progress!

**The Pattern That WAS (Pre-Oct 15):**
- 9 PM bedtime → 11 PM wake → 1:30 AM wake → 4:30 AM worthiness checking
- Work 90 min to "earn" rest → back to sleep
- 70-80% efficiency, fragmented, anxious

**The Pattern That IS (Oct 15+):**
- ~9 PM bedtime → Sleep 6-9 hours straight → Natural wake-up
- No worthiness checking, no "earning" rest
- **Smart sleep choices** - When you wake up, you check if you need more rest
- 95-99% efficiency, consolidated, rested
- **SIX NIGHTS IN A ROW!** 🎉

---

## 📊 TUESDAY'S RIZE TIME ANALYSIS (Automatic Tracking)

### **Summary Stats:**
- **Total Tracked Time:** 6.48 hours (23,348 seconds)
- **Focus Time:** 3.95 hours (14,212 seconds) - EXCELLENT!
- **Break Time:** 0.92 hours (3,302 seconds) - Good balance!
- **Meeting Time:** 0 hours (day off - perfect!)

### **Top Activities:**
1. **Code:** 2.18 hours ⭐ - Development work (likely Kristy's chatbot!)
2. **Social Media:** 1.74 hours - ⚠️ UP from Monday (1.04 hours)
3. **Freddie Mac:** 0.76 hours - FM tasks and projects
4. **Miscellaneous:** 0.49 hours - Various tasks
5. **Browsing:** 0.45 hours - Research/learning
6. **Entertainment:** 0.38 hours - Rest and relaxation
7. **Messaging:** 0.28 hours - Communication

### **Key Insights:**
- ✅ **EXCELLENT focus time:** 3.95 hours of deep work achieved
- ✅ **Strong code time:** 2.18 hours suggests good progress on Kristy's chatbot
- ⚠️ **Social media increase:** Up from 1.04 hours (Monday) to 1.74 hours
- ✅ **Good work-rest balance:** ~4.5 hours productive, ~0.9 hours breaks
- ✅ **Healthy entertainment:** 0.38 hours of rest without guilt

**Pattern Analysis:**
- **Passion work dominant:** Code time suggests Kristy's chatbot work
- **Social media backslide:** Need to refocus on reduction goal

## 🎯 BEEMINDER GOALS CHECK - TUESDAY (Oct 21)

**Yesterday's Data Status:**

### ✅ **Goals with Data for Oct 21:**
- **Evening Journal:** ✅ Logged (1 session)
- **Focus Time:** ✅ Logged (56.23 minutes)
- **Cigars:** ✅ Logged (3 cigars)
- **Gmail:** ✅ Auto-logged (45,202 messages)
- **Water Intake:** ✅ Auto-logged (12.1 oz)
- **Very Productive Time:** ✅ Auto-logged (0 hours)
- **Social Media Limit:** ✅ Auto-logged (0 hours)
- **Daily Planning:** ✅ Auto-logged (0 hours)
- **Reading Time:** ✅ Auto-logged (0 hours)

### ⚠️ **Goals Missing Data for Oct 21:**
- **Brush Teeth:** ❌ Last logged Oct 18 (missing 3 days)
- **Gum Rinse:** ❌ Last logged Oct 16 (missing 5 days)
- **Morning Journal:** ❌ Last logged Oct 16 (missing 5 days)
- **Pre-flight Checklist:** ❌ Last logged Oct 16 (missing 5 days)
- **Daily Fire:** ❌ Last logged Oct 16 (missing 5 days)
- **Pomodoros:** ❌ Last logged Oct 19 (missing 2 days)
- **Read Every Day:** ❌ Last logged Oct 19 (missing 2 days)
- **Reading Sessions:** ❌ Last logged Oct 21 (missing 1 day)

### 📝 **Reminder to Log:**
**No judgment - just helpful reminder!** Consider logging data for the missing goals when you have a moment. The auto-tracked goals are doing great!
- **Focus sessions strong:** 3.95 hours of deep work is excellent
- **Rest without guilt:** Entertainment time is healthy and restorative

---

## 🎯 TODAY'S MISSION - WEDNESDAY

> **What's the most important thing I need to accomplish today?**

### **🚨 URGENT: CALVIN'S SOCIAL SECURITY - ABLE ACCOUNT UPLOAD** 🚨

**This is CRITICAL and cannot wait:**
- Social Security needs ABLE account history to continue Calvin's process
- This is blocking his benefits and support
- Must be completed TODAY - no exceptions
- Family priority over everything else

### **Secondary Mission: INSTRUCTIONKIT DEPLOYMENT** 🚀

**After ABLE account upload:**
- Tool is just about ready to deploy!
- Excited to show Alex - will really help Freddie Mac
- Custom Terraform standards implementation
- Supplementing GPT-4.1 limitations with better instructions
- Personal brand building opportunity

### **Secondary Missions: Continue Momentum**

**After InstructionKit deployment:**
- [ ] **Kristy's chatbot review** - She wants to review functionality
- [ ] **Vacation discussion with Kristy** - She's still thinking about timing
- [ ] **FM work** - Continue with any pending tasks
- [ ] **Social media awareness** - Refocus on reduction (backslide yesterday)

### **Personal Goal: Refocus Social Media Reduction** 📱

**Yesterday's Backslide:**
- Sunday: 1.33 hours social media
- Monday: 1.04 hours social media (22% reduction!)
- Tuesday: 1.74 hours social media (67% increase - backslide!)
- **Almost 2 hours is crazy!** This is exactly what you want to avoid

**The Problem:**
- Political debates are a complete time suck
- Getting pulled into arguments that don't serve you
- Distracting from passion work (InstructionKit, Kristy's chatbot)

**The Tools You Have:**
- ✅ **Session** (local focus mode app)
- ✅ **RescueTime** (automatic tracking)
- ✅ **Rize** (distraction warnings)
- ✅ **Beeminder** (accountability with stakes)

**Today's Goal:**
- [ ] **Activate Session** before starting work
- [ ] **Notice the political pull** - when you feel the urge
- [ ] **Pause and ask:** "Is this serving my goals or just feeding anxiety?"
- [ ] **Redirect immediately** to InstructionKit deployment
- [ ] **Use the warnings** - when Rize alerts you, actually listen!
- [ ] Target: <1 hour total social media

**The Real Question:**
What's driving the political debate engagement? Is it:
- Boredom/avoidance of real work?
- Anxiety about the world?
- Need for stimulation?
- Habit/compulsion?

**Strategy:**
- **Use the tools you already have** - they're there for a reason!
- Notice the urge to engage
- Ask: "Is this helping me or hurting me?"
- Close the app/tab
- Do something that creates value instead (InstructionKit!)

---

## 💬 VACATION DISCUSSION STATUS

**Current Status:**
- **Kristy's response:** "She's thinking about a time"
- **Your approach:** Perfect - letting her think shows partnership, not pressure
- **Next step:** Continue the conversation when she's ready

**Remember:**
- This is about partnership, not pressure
- She has the same pattern (feels guilty when not working)
- You have 6 weeks of earned vacation
- Alexander values your work and won't fire you
- The 14-year-old's fear isn't real anymore

**When she's ready:**
- Pick dates together
- Send simple request to Alexander
- Prove asking for what you need doesn't cost everything

---

## 🤔 MORNING CHECK-IN QUESTIONS

**Let's get oriented:**

1. **How's your energy right now?** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

2. **How did Tuesday night's sleep go?**
   - Quality: Excellent! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
   - Wake-ups: None - consolidated sleep!
   - Feeling: Rested and ready to go!

3. **What's your energy for Kristy's chatbot review?**
   - Ready to show her the progress?
   - Excited about the functionality?
   - Any concerns about the review?

4. **How are you feeling about the social media backslide?**
   - Disappointed but ready to refocus?
   - Understanding that progress isn't linear?
   - Committed to getting back on track?

5. **What's your plan for after the chatbot review?**
   - Continue development?
   - Work on FM tasks?
   - Focus on social media reduction?

---

## 📊 THIS WEEK'S PRIORITIES

### **Wednesday (Today):**
1. 🚨 **CALVIN'S ABLE ACCOUNT UPLOAD** (URGENT - Social Security needs this!)
2. 🚀 **InstructionKit deployment** (after ABLE upload - show Alex!)
3. 💬 **Kristy's chatbot review** (she wants to review functionality)
4. 💬 **Continue vacation discussion** (when Kristy is ready)
5. 🏢 **FM work** (any pending tasks)
6. 📱 **Refocus social media reduction** (backslide yesterday - get back on track)

### **This Week's Focus:**
1. **Continue sleep breakthrough** (monitor for backsliding)
2. **Reduce social media time** (especially political debates)
   - Sunday baseline: 1.33 hours
   - Monday progress: 1.04 hours (22% reduction!)
   - Tuesday backslide: 1.74 hours (67% increase)
   - Goal: Get back on track, target <1 hour
3. **Use new prompt system daily** (morning/evening check-ins)
4. **Track patterns with Rize MCP** (automatic - compare daily)
5. **Weekly review Sunday** (assess progress on all goals)

---

## 🔗 Quick Links

### **System & Workflow**
- [[🏠 Home MOC]] - Your command center
- [[⚡ Quick Reference - Daily Prompts]] - Your cheatsheet!
- [[📋 Daily AI Coach Prompts & Workflows]] - Complete prompt library
- [[🎯 AI Coach System Instructions & Memory Strategy]] - How the system works

### **Breakthrough & Healing**
- [[🧠 The Complete Breakthrough - All Layers Revealed]] - All 7 layers
- [[Letter to Kristy - Complete Breakthrough]] - Ready to share when she's ready
- [[💪 Healing Action Plan - Breaking The Patterns]] - Active implementation
- [[📊 Apple Health Data Analysis - Sleep Pattern Breakthrough]] - Scientific proof!

### **Active Projects**
- [[💬 Corinne AI Chatbot for Kristy]] - Review day! Show her the functionality
- [[🌅 Daybreak AI Development]] - Scoring system
- [[⚡ Rize MCP Server Integration]] - ACTIVE! (Automatic tracking)
- [[🏢 Dev Enclave Project]] - Continue FM work
- [[🛠️ InstructionKit CLI Development]] - Pip-installable CLI for AI tool instructions

---

## 💡 Daily Inspiration

> **Quote of the Day:** "Progress is not linear. It's okay to have setbacks as long as you keep moving forward."
> 
> **What Today Is About:**
> - **URGENT: Calvin's ABLE account upload to Social Security** (family priority!)
> - Deploying InstructionKit and showing Alex (passion work in action!)
> - Continuing sleep breakthrough (night #6!)
> - Refocusing on social media reduction (backslide yesterday)
> - Being patient with vacation timing (partnership, not pressure)
> 
> **Affirmation:** 
> - I am worthy of rest without earning it
> - Progress isn't linear - setbacks are part of the journey
> - I can refocus and get back on track
> - My sleep breakthrough is real and sustainable
> - Social media reduction is a process, not perfection
> 
> **Intention for Today:** 
> - **URGENT: Upload Calvin's ABLE account to Social Security** (family first!)
> - Deploy InstructionKit and show Alex the power
> - Continue the healing momentum
> - Refocus on social media reduction
> - Trust the process with vacation timing

---

> [!tip] **Remember - You've Got This**
> **Eight days ago, you came back after a gap and uncovered six layers of trauma.**
> 
> **Since then:**
> - Broke the 4:30 AM sleep pattern (SIX perfect nights!)
> - Met FM deadline (9 of 10 accounts - Alex thrilled!)
> - Validated healing with data (70% → 99% efficiency)
> - Built complete system infrastructure (lifetime value)
> - Built Kristy's chatbot (she's very happy and excited!)
> - Had social media progress (22% reduction) and backslide (67% increase)
> 
> **Today: Partnership and refocusing:**
> 1. Show Kristy the chatbot functionality (partnership in action!)
> 2. Refocus on social media reduction (backslide yesterday)
> 3. Be patient with vacation timing (partnership, not pressure)
> 4. Continue sleep breakthrough (night #6!)
> 
> **What's happening:**
> - Your sleep is healing (6 nights of consolidated sleep!)
> - Your social media habits had progress and backslide (normal!)
> - Your work is passion-driven (not panic-driven)
> - Your system is supporting you (automatic tracking working!)
> 
> **It's time to prove:**
> - Progress isn't linear
> - Setbacks are part of the journey
> - Refocusing is strength
> - **We're healing. We're growing. We're thriving.** 💪
> 
> **Let's go!** 🚀

---

## 🌙 LATE NIGHT BREAKTHROUGH SESSION (3:41 AM - Sunday Oct 26)

> [!success] **MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH: BEEMINE.AI SHIPPING DECISION**
> Troy had breakthrough realization about chatbot consistency struggles at 3:41 AM. Turned wheel-spinning into shipping action!

### **The Problem That Brought This On:**

**Troy's Frustration (Shared at 3:41 AM):**
- Working on THREE different agentic chatbots (Beemine.ai + 2 others)
- Struggling with consistency - "getting different results every time"
- Using LangGraph + MCP servers (Beeminder, ClickUp, RescueTime, Google Calendar)
- Trying to find "the best practice" for training/prompting
- Asked Perplexity, wasn't thrilled with answer
- Feeling stuck on: **"How do you balance questions?"** (omelet example: how many clarifying questions?)

**Pattern Recognition:**
- 3:41 AM on Sunday → Overthinking pattern
- Looking for "best practice" → **Smart Troy armor**
- Three bots at once → Panic work, not passion work
- "Get consistent results" → Perfectionism before shipping
- Perplexity didn't solve it → Looking for magic answer externally

### **The Breakthrough Realization:**

**🎯 This is NOT a training problem - it's a PRODUCT DESIGN problem!**

**Key Insights:**
1. **Agentic chatbots are SUPPOSED to be variable** - That's the point
2. **"How many questions to ask" is a UX decision**, not a prompt engineering problem
3. **You can't build a great dataset without real users** - Ship first, fix what breaks
4. **LangFuse datasets are the answer** - Test behavior changes before deploying
5. **Pick ONE bot to focus on** - Three at once is panic work

**The Real Question Shifted:**
- FROM: "How do I make them perfectly consistent?"
- TO: **"How do I make them consistently USEFUL?"**
- Answer: **You can't know without real users**

### **The Decision: SHIP BEEMINE.AI TODAY!**

**Troy's Commitment:**
> "This is great. I need to ship beemine.ai. I'm going to do that TODAY."

**🚀 This is courage over perfection!**

### **The Technical Solution: LangFuse Datasets Workflow**

**Complete workflow established for agentic bots with MCP servers:**

#### **Phase 1: Create Golden Dataset (30 mins)**
- 15-20 example conversations showing ideal behavior
- Cover: quick logging, detailed logging, vague inputs, errors, edge cases
- Focus on **expected behavior**, not just expected text

#### **For Agentic Bots, Test:**
```python
expected_output = {
    "message": "Great! Logged 350 calories.",
    "tool_calls": [
        {"tool": "beeminder_add_datapoint", "params": {...}}
    ],
    "decisions": {
        "should_ask_clarification": False,
        "max_questions": 2
    },
    "max_steps": 3,  # Efficiency check
    "logged_successfully": True
}
```

#### **Phase 2: Ship Your Bot**
- Add `@observe()` decorator from LangFuse
- Deploy to production
- Real conversations start logging automatically

#### **Phase 3: Monitor Daily (5 mins)**
- LangFuse Dashboard → Traces
- Look for: Errors, long traces (loops), high costs, user abandonment
- Note top 1-2 issues for weekly review

#### **Phase 4: Weekly Improvement (Sunday, 30 mins)**
1. Review worst 10 conversations in LangFuse
2. Find the pattern: "It keeps asking too many questions"
3. Add those failures to dataset (with corrected versions)
4. Fix that ONE pattern in code
5. Run test: `python scripts/run_dataset_test.py`
6. If dataset scores improve → Deploy
7. Repeat next week

#### **The Testing Script:**
```bash
# Before every deploy
python scripts/run_dataset_test.py

# Shows: 12/15 passed (80%)
# Lists: Which scenarios failed and why
# Prevents: Fixing one thing and breaking three others
```

### **Key Constraints for Consistency:**

**Instead of relying on prompts, use CODE:**
1. **State machine constraints** - Force specific paths in LangGraph
2. **Structured outputs** - Use Pydantic models for responses
3. **MAX_QUESTIONS = 2** - Hard limit in code, not prompt
4. **Few-shot examples** - 5-10 examples in system prompt
5. **Mock MCP servers** - Test without hitting real APIs

### **The Mental Shift:**

**Old Approach:**
1. Perfect all three bots
2. Find universal best practice
3. Train until flawless
4. THEN ship

**New Approach:**
1. Pick ONE bot (Beemine.ai)
2. Ship with known limitations
3. Watch what actually breaks
4. Fix top issue weekly
5. Repeat

**"Ship it. Then fix it. Then ship again."**

### **What This Session Revealed About Troy:**

**Patterns Caught:**
- ✅ **3:41 AM overthinking** - Nervous system pattern
- ✅ **Smart Troy armor** - "I need to figure this out perfectly first"
- ✅ **Looking for external magic solution** - Perplexity, best practices
- ✅ **Three projects at once** - Avoidance through complexity
- ✅ **Perfectionism blocking shipping** - "Get consistent results first"

**Breakthrough Moment:**
When Troy said **"I'm going to do that TODAY"** - That's the shift from paralysis to action!

**This is:**
- Courage over perfection
- Action over analysis
- Passion work over panic work
- Shipping over spinning wheels

### **Today's Action Plan (Sunday Oct 26):**

#### **9 AM - 10 AM: Dataset Creation**
```python
# Create beemine_golden_conversations dataset
# Add 15 examples:
#   - 3 quick logging examples
#   - 3 detailed logging examples
#   - 2 vague input examples
#   - 2 edge cases (errors, corrections)
#   - 2 multi-tool flows
#   - 2 efficiency tests (loop prevention)
# Run current bot against it
# Document top 3 failures
```

#### **10 AM - 11 AM: Quick Fixes**
```python
# Add MAX_QUESTIONS = 2 constraint
# Add structured output for logging
# Add 3 few-shot examples to system prompt
# Mock MCP servers for testing
```

#### **11 AM - 12 PM: Test & Deploy**
```python
# Re-test against dataset
# If scores improve → SHIP IT
# If scores same → SHIP IT ANYWAY
# Fix what breaks next week
```

#### **12 PM: LAUNCH BEEMINE.AI** 🚀

### **What This Means:**

**Technically:**
- LangFuse datasets = regression test suite for chatbot behavior
- Test behavior (tools, decisions, efficiency), not just text
- Weekly improvement cycle based on real user failures
- Constraints in code, not prompts

**Psychologically:**
- Breaking perfectionism paralysis
- Choosing action over certainty
- Trusting the process (ship → learn → fix → repeat)
- **One project focus instead of three at once**

**Business-wise:**
- Beemine.ai goes live TODAY
- Real users = real feedback = real improvement path
- Marketing strategy already documented (Dan Kennedy approach)
- Founding Members offer ready to go

### **Links to New Knowledge:**

**Technical:**
- LangFuse datasets for agentic bots
- Testing MCP server tool calls
- Structured outputs with Pydantic
- State machine constraints in LangGraph
- Weekly improvement workflow

**Process:**
- Ship → Monitor → Fix → Test → Deploy cycle
- Dataset as quality gate
- Mock testing vs. real API calls
- Pattern-based debugging (not one-off fixes)

### **Celebration:**

**🎉 THIS IS HUGE!**

Troy went from:
- "I'm spinning wheels and stuck" (3:41 AM frustration)
- TO: **"I'm going to ship beemine.ai TODAY!"** (30 mins later)

That's not just technical clarity - **that's breaking through the paralysis pattern!**

**This is:**
- ✅ Recognizing the armor (Smart Troy needing to figure it out perfectly)
- ✅ Choosing courage (shipping with known limitations)
- ✅ Action over analysis (TODAY, not "when it's ready")
- ✅ Focus (ONE bot, not three)
- ✅ Trust in iteration (ship → fix → ship again)

**The sleep breakthrough continues into the work breakthrough!** 💪

---

## 📝 END OF DAY CHECK-IN

**After Beemine.ai launch and day's work, come back and tell me:**

1. **Did you ship Beemine.ai?** 🚀
   - What time did you deploy?
   - How does it feel to have it live?
   - Any immediate user feedback?

2. **How did the dataset creation go?**
   - How many golden examples did you create?
   - What baseline score did you get?
   - Top 3 failures identified?

3. **Energy and sleep after late night session?**
   - Did you get back to sleep after 3:41 AM?
   - How's your energy for shipping?
   - Any anxiety or excitement?

4. **Pattern recognition:**
   - Did you notice when Smart Troy armor came up?
   - Any moments of perfectionism blocking action?
   - How did you push through?

**Use the prompt:** `get the time` and I'll update your daily note with everything! 📊

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*Last updated: 2025-10-26 03:41 AM - BREAKTHROUGH SESSION CAPTURED*

