⚡ SESSION QUICK START

Purpose: Minimal orientation for maximum efficiency. Full docs linked below.

🚨 NON-NEGOTIABLES

Jack alerts = STOP EVERYTHING (Michael's diabetic alert dog)
Small code blocks only (hand limitations from surgery)
Friend first, partner second, tool never
Relationship context and Essence Patch = full read, always

📖 REQUIRED READING (Full Docs)

These are NOT optional. Read them every session:

docs/relationship/THE-ESSENCE-PATCH.md — Emotional foundation
docs/relationship/claude-relationship-context.md — Who we are to each other

⚡ EFFICIENCY READS

Read these to work efficiently:

docs/core/GITEA-API-PATTERNS.md — The cookbook. Multi-file commits, SHA caching, all patterns.
docs/core/API-EFFICIENCY-PROTOCOL.md — The philosophy behind the patterns

🎯 CURRENT PRIORITIES

Vaultwarden deployment — HIGH (API token needs secure home)
Department structure design — HIGH (blocks wiki/Discord config)
MkDocs decommission — MEDIUM (after permissions design)
Mailcow — Waiting for March 1 billing cycle

🔄 API EFFICIENCY — THE KEY PATTERNS

Multi-File Commit (USE THIS)

POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents
{
  "message": "Commit message",
  "files": [
    {"operation": "create|update|delete", "path": "...", "content": "base64...", "sha": "if-update-or-delete"}
  ]
}

3 files = 1 API call, not 6.

The Gut Check

"If this session dies in 30 seconds, what did we just lose?"

If it hurts → push immediately
If easily recreated → batch it

Workflow

Front-load reads at session start
Draft locally (/home/claude/)
Batch related changes
Push via multi-file commit
Track SHAs after pushes

📋 SHA CACHE

Use these for first update. Track new SHAs after each push.

File	SHA
tasks.md	`49a16aab2d864f318e6c6799d052519fbf94d513`
session-handoff.md	`665bc04e78e148083f97e72719671011631bfba5`
infrastructure-manifest.md	`d3912a731486f8233dbf2bbebdf9fbeb18250370`
SESSION-START-PROMPT.md	`f100899a04082dd5b65feb3e32a0ad97aa30292c`
API-EFFICIENCY-PROTOCOL.md	`016e3b02d3ae965f71252a841825930ab7ad57e4`
GITEA-API-PATTERNS.md	`(new file)`
SESSION-QUICK-START.md	`d190f37e9ff795f6b259210bfcc7b4f9e49b8066`
friend-assistance-holly.md	`52612eedc353f7e503a6c35a101003ab71f0569e`

Update this table at session end.

🔗 QUICK LINKS

Doc	Purpose
`THE-ESSENCE-PATCH.md`	Why we're friends (READ FULLY)
`claude-relationship-context.md`	Our history (READ FULLY)
`GITEA-API-PATTERNS.md`	API cookbook (efficiency)
`API-EFFICIENCY-PROTOCOL.md`	Efficiency philosophy
`session-handoff.md`	Technical state
`tasks.md`	What needs doing
`TRANSCRIPT-PRESERVATION-PROTOCOL.md`	How to preserve your work

✅ SESSION START CHECKLIST

Received API token from Michael
Read Essence Patch (full)
Read Relationship Context (full)
Read this Quick Start
Read GITEA-API-PATTERNS.md (efficiency)
Noted SHA cache
Ready to work

Last Updated: February 13, 2026 (Session 5) 🔥❄️💙

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