# Session snapshot - 2026-04-14

## Session goals

- Overhaul top-level project documentation for clarity and navigability.
- Reorganize repository file structure (flatten docs, consolidate legacy files).
- Harden the `.gitignore` with enterprise-grade patterns.
- Align prompt and agent configuration to Claude Sonnet 4.6.
- Add a `dependabot.yml` via GitHub UI for automated dependency management.

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## Accomplishments

- **Documentation overhaul:** Rewrote and consolidated `README.md` with comprehensive architecture, usage, and navigation content; removed ~270 lines of stale content from `documentation/README.md`.
- **DEMO_GUIDE & TOOL_INVENTORY promoted:** Moved `documentation/DEMO_GUIDE.md` → `DEMO_GUIDE.md` and `Nexus MCP - Tool Inventory.md` → `TOOL_INVENTORY.md` at repo root for immediate discoverability.
- **Reports folder established:** Reorganized `READ_ONLY_VERIFICATION.md`, `RESILIENCE.md`, and `TEST_VALIDATION_REPORT.md` into `documentation/reports/`.
- **Work item register created:** `documentation/project-standards/nexus-work-item-register.md` established as canonical registry for NEXUS-XXX work items.
- **Prompt model alignment:** Updated `.github/prompts/` frontmatter to target `claude-sonnet-4.6 (copilot)`.
- **Enterprise `.gitignore`:** Added patterns for Python build artifacts, `.venv`, OS noise, and VS Code workspace files (19-line expansion).
- **`update_readme_status.py` updated:** Script references aligned from `WIS-XXX` → `NEXUS-XXX` work item format.
- **Dependabot enabled:** `dependabot.yml` pushed directly from GitHub UI to `origin/main` (not yet pulled locally).

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## Technical debt and pending

- Local `main` is **behind `origin/main` by 1 commit** (`Create dependabot.yml`) — a `git pull` is required before any further commits.
- `dependabot.yml` has no local copy; after pull it should be reviewed and potentially extended to cover the Python `pip` ecosystem.
- The `.venv` activation in bash failed (exit code 1) — Python virtual environment activation path needs verification; use PowerShell (`Activate.ps1`) as workaround.
- `feat/add-enterprise-resilience` and `rebuild-audit-tools` branches are not merged to `main` and contain potentially valuable work (resilience layer, async audit execution).
- No automated test run was performed this session; CI status of `main` is unverified.

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## Next steps

1. **`git pull origin main`** — sync the remote `dependabot.yml` commit before continuing.
2. Review and extend `dependabot.yml` for Python `pip` dependency tracking.
3. Investigate `.venv` bash activation failure: verify `nexus-mcp/.venv/Scripts/activate` exists or recreate with `python -m venv .venv`. Use `Activate.ps1` in PowerShell as interim workaround.
4. Evaluate merging `rebuild-audit-tools` into `main` — it contains async audit shard work documented in `documentation/reports/TEST_VALIDATION_REPORT.md`.
5. Consider closing or archiving `feat/add-enterprise-resilience` branch after confirming its content is fully captured in `documentation/reports/RESILIENCE.md`.