Session Report

2026-07-15 (live · refreshed 2026-07-16 — all 4 subagents complete) · repo C:/Users/valte/Code/valter · branch main · session sphere-influence

Summary

This session turned Valter's "sphere of influence" from a static follow-list into working social-listening and a built (dry-run) pipeline for Nina to post on a schedule. We established the follow-list.html is a click-sheet (follows still pending); that omnictx captures what you browse, not others' timelines; routed "what is my sphere posting" to agent-reach, authenticated its X backend, and pulled 2 weeks of posts for the full ~45-handle list (396 posts, 33 active accounts) via a new reusable digest tool. Those posts became content seeds for Nina, who returned three platform-native drafts.

The decision to fix Nina's posting pipe became epic TASK-00058, decomposed into 4 phases and built by four parallel subagents — all 4 now complete and mutually consistent (shared CLI contract, no file collisions). The pipeline is built end-to-end and gated to dry-run; going live needs Valter's explicit opt-ins (below).

Heads-up (resolved): during Phase 1, a subagent briefly wedged Nina's database (reading a WAL db from the host over a 9p mount) and recovered by restarting her container. Verified after: Nina is running, Telegram reconnected, no data loss, nothing posted. Details below.

The Nina scheduled-posting pipeline (TASK-00058) — built, dry-run

Agent / phase	Status	Deliverable
`phase1-bridge` · `bots_send` fix (TASK-00027)	done	Dispatch under `--source cli` (persists) + in-container transcript read-back on empty stdout → recovers tool-turn replies. 16 pytest cases. Needs CC restart to load.
`phase2-xlane` · X poster	done	`tools/nina-post/` — `post-x.sh` + `_compose.py`; twitter-cli; dry-ran approved tweet (249/280, nothing posted).
`phase3-liig` · LinkedIn/IG poster	done	`tools/nina-post/liig/` — Playwright poster (host wrapper → docker-exec), persistent `profile-liig`, noVNC login harness, fails-closed until logged in.
`phase4-schedule` · scheduler	done	`tools/nina-schedule/` — AWST scheduler + triple-lock live gate; host-side (Windows Task Scheduler).

All posters share the contract <poster> --text-file <f> [--live], exit codes 0/2/3/4/5, URLs→stdout. Coordination fixes were handled live during the fan-out (recreated a deleted liig/ dir; synced the host-callable architecture after Phase 4's sandbox finding).

Key findings & the incident

bots_send root cause + fix: -Q prints only the final text (tool-ending turns → empty stdout) AND the old --source claude-code persisted nothing. Fix: dispatch under --source cli (persists) + recover the reply from the transcript, read inside the container.
The incident (resolved): Phase 1's first read-back opened Nina's WAL state.db from the host over the 9p bind-mount, which wedged all new readers (SQLITE_CANTOPEN). Recovered via docker restart hermes-social-media-manager; the gateway auto-reconnected Telegram. No data loss, no posting, no account access. Verified after: all 8 fleet bots running + connected. Lesson saved to memory (bots-mcp-wal-9p-gotcha); read-back rewritten to run in-container.
Nina's container is sandboxed (only /opt/data + wiki, no docker socket) → scheduling is host-side (Windows Task Scheduler); Nina's cron stays her idea/draft brain. Posting = host → docker-exec → in-container Playwright.
Container mutations (transparency): Phase 3 apt-installed x11vnc/noVNC/websockify (root, idempotent) + created profile-liig. docker cp is broken on this box → scripts use stdin piping.
Ban-risk (honest): automated LinkedIn/IG posting is against ToS; IG may checkpoint. Official LinkedIn Posts API flagged as the ban-proof v2.

Go-live checklist & handoffs (needs Valter)

Everything is dry-run/gated. These are the explicit opt-ins to go live, in order.

0. Load the fixes

Restart Claude Code — loads the bots_send fix into the live MCP (until then, dispatches to Nina that use tools still return the legible failure).

1. X / Twitter go-live

cd tools/nina-post cp .env.local.example .env.local # paste x.com auth_token + ct0 (gitignored) bash post-x.sh --text-file draft.txt # dry-run to eyeball bash post-x.sh --text-file draft.txt --live # posts (add --thread for threads)

2. LinkedIn + Instagram login (one-time, your hands + 2FA)

cd /c/Users/valte/Code/valter/tools/nina-post/liig ./login-session.sh up # prints a http://127.0.0.1:6080/vnc.html... URL # open it → log into LinkedIn + Instagram (incl 2FA) in the two tabs ./check-login.sh # expect {"linkedin":true,"instagram":true} ./login-session.sh stop

Instagram feed posts require an image (--image); text becomes the caption. LinkedIn is text-capable.

3. Arm the schedule (triple-lock)

Edit tools/nina-schedule/schedule.yaml → global live:true + per-entry live:true Register the Windows task (dry-run safe first): schtasks /create /tn "Nina-Schedule-Tick" /tr "...\nina-schedule\run-tick.cmd" /sc HOURLY /mo 1 /rl LIMITED /f Unattended posting also requires the launcher armed (NINA_SCHEDULE_ARM_LIVE=1) — the plain task stays dry-run. Kill-switch: global live:false, or delete the task.

Other artifacts this session

File / group	What it is
tools/sphere-digest/ + this week's digest	Reusable weekly X digest over the full follow list (33 active, 396 posts).
tools/bots-mcp/ (store.py + tests)	Phase-1 `bots_send` fix + 16 pytest cases. Loads on Claude Code restart.
tools/agent-reach-mcp/ · tools/brain-live/	agent-reach MCP wrapper · brain-live 2D/3D + lofi radio (earlier in session).
docs/adr/0003	ADR — understand-first + behavior-equivalence harness + pilot-first fan-out.
Higgsfield / Content-Agency / Live-Shop wiki + assets, diary, Justin Hutchens page	Earlier venture/content work (from the mtime scan).
reports/session-report-2026-07-15-2310.html	This report (kept current in place).

Key decisions

direct context omnictx ≠ social-timeline archiver; "what is my sphere posting" is live-fetched via agent-reach.
direct context X Premium (~A$13/mo) for reply-boost + monitoring; skip the API plan.
direct context Fix Nina's real posting pipe → TASK-00058, built by 4 parallel agents; all dry-run + approval-gated.
direct context Scheduling is host-side; Nina stays the idea/draft brain.
from facts ADR 0003 recorded.

Tasks

Ticket	State	Note
TASK-00058	in progress P1	Epic — pipeline BUILT (4/4 phases). DoD (a real scheduled post) pending Valter's logins + go-live opt-ins.
TASK-00027	in progress P1	Phase 1 bridge — code-complete + 16 tests; pending CC-restart verification via the live MCP.
TASK-00053 · TASK-00056	in progress · backlog	Social analytics/monitoring · 2-week content cadence.

Sources & caveats

Fact sources used this run: git ✓ mtime scan ✓ adb ✓ live container/state.db probes ✓ subagent reports ✓ (4/4) post-incident fleet health re-verified ✓.

Recap reflects available context + git facts; a long/compacted session may omit earlier steps. All 4 subagents reported and their deliverables are verified on disk; the pipeline is built and dry-run only — nothing is posted and no scheduler is armed. Work outside my direct context is marked "from facts".

Generated by the session-report skill. Kept current in place (not proliferated) per Valter's request.