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+__pycache__/
diff --git a/audit-hermes-config.py b/audit-hermes-config.py
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+++ b/audit-hermes-config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Hermes Config Audit — validates a live config.yaml against the prose contract rules.
+
+Usage:
+    python3 audit-hermes-config.py <config.yaml>
+    python3 audit-hermes-config.py /root/.hermes/config.yaml
+
+Exit codes:
+    0 = all checks pass
+    1 = one or more contract violations found
+
+This script encodes every rule from hermes-config-template.prose.md so config
+changes can be verified before and after application. It is the single automated
+enforcement layer for the prose contract.
+
+Contract: /root/prose-contracts/hermes-config-template.prose.md
+"""
+
+import sys
+import yaml
+
+VIOLATIONS = []
+WARNINGS = []
+PASSES = []
+
+
+def check(condition, rule, message):
+    if condition:
+        PASSES.append(f"[{rule}] {message}")
+    else:
+        VIOLATIONS.append(f"[{rule}] {message}")
+
+
+def warn(rule, message):
+    WARNINGS.append(f"[{rule}] {message}")
+
+
+def audit(path):
+    with open(path) as f:
+        cfg = yaml.safe_load(f)
+
+    model = cfg.get("model", {})
+    fb = cfg.get("fallback_providers", {})
+    comp = cfg.get("compression", {})
+    aux = cfg.get("auxiliary", {})
+    deleg = cfg.get("delegation", {})
+    cps = cfg.get("custom_providers", [])
+    cp = cps[0] if cps else {}
+
+    # --- Rule 3: API Keys via Environment ---
+    check(
+        model.get("api_key") in ("", None),
+        "Rule 3",
+        f"model.api_key must be empty (got {model.get('api_key')!r}) — keys via env var, not hardcoded",
+    )
+    check(
+        model.get("api_key_env") == "LITELLM_API_KEY",
+        "Rule 3",
+        f"model.api_key_env must be LITELLM_API_KEY (got {model.get('api_key_env')!r})",
+    )
+
+    # --- Rule 5: Main Config Base URL ---
+    expected_base = "http://192.168.68.116/v1"
+    check(
+        model.get("base_url") == expected_base,
+        "Rule 5",
+        f"model.base_url must be {expected_base} (got {model.get('base_url')!r}) — /v1 not /litellm/v1",
+    )
+
+    # --- Rule 6: max_tokens Is Required ---
+    check(
+        isinstance(model.get("max_tokens"), int) and model.get("max_tokens") <= 8192,
+        "Rule 6",
+        f"model.max_tokens must be set and <= 8192 (got {model.get('max_tokens')!r}) — thermal safety",
+    )
+
+    # --- Rule 7: Auxiliary Model Consistency ---
+    check(
+        comp.get("model") == "syslog-auto",
+        "Rule 7",
+        f"compression.model must be syslog-auto (got {comp.get('model')!r}) — auto-routing to prevent Strix Halo overload",
+    )
+    aux_comp = aux.get("compression", {})
+    check(
+        aux_comp.get("model") == "syslog-auto",
+        "Rule 7",
+        f"auxiliary.compression.model must be syslog-auto (got {aux_comp.get('model')!r}) — must match compression.model",
+    )
+
+    # --- Rule 8: GPU Workload Distribution ---
+    check(
+        aux.get("vision", {}).get("model") == "gpu-light",
+        "Rule 8",
+        f"auxiliary.vision.model must be gpu-light (got {aux.get('vision', {}).get('model')!r}) — RTX 5070 stable alias",
+    )
+    check(
+        aux.get("web_extract", {}).get("model") == "gpu-light",
+        "Rule 8",
+        f"auxiliary.web_extract.model must be gpu-light (got {aux.get('web_extract', {}).get('model')!r}) — RTX 5070 stable alias",
+    )
+
+    # --- Rule 9: Compression Threshold ---
+    check(
+        comp.get("threshold") == 0.65,
+        "Rule 9",
+        f"compression.threshold must be 0.65 for 128K models (got {comp.get('threshold')!r})",
+    )
+    check(
+        comp.get("max_context_window") == 131072,
+        "Rule 9",
+        f"compression.max_context_window must be 131072 (got {comp.get('max_context_window')!r}) — matches 128K GPU capacity",
+    )
+
+    # --- Rule 10: Default Model Must Be syslog-auto ---
+    check(
+        model.get("default") == "syslog-auto",
+        "Rule 10",
+        f"model.default must be syslog-auto (got {model.get('default')!r}) — auto-routing default",
+    )
+
+    # --- Rule 14: Provider Name Must Match custom_providers Name ---
+    check(
+        model.get("provider") == "harness",
+        "Rule 14",
+        f"model.provider must be 'harness' (got {model.get('provider')!r}) — NOT 'custom'. "
+        f"provider: custom causes generic resolution path that ignores key_env → 'no-key-required' → 401",
+    )
+    check(
+        comp.get("provider") == "harness",
+        "Rule 14",
+        f"compression.provider must be 'harness' (got {comp.get('provider')!r})",
+    )
+    for aux_name in ("vision", "web_extract", "compression"):
+        aux_provider = aux.get(aux_name, {}).get("provider")
+        check(
+            aux_provider == "harness",
+            "Rule 14",
+            f"auxiliary.{aux_name}.provider must be 'harness' (got {aux_provider!r})",
+        )
+    check(
+        deleg.get("provider") == "harness",
+        "Rule 14",
+        f"delegation.provider must be 'harness' (got {deleg.get('provider')!r})",
+    )
+    check(
+        fb.get("provider") == "deepseek",
+        "Rule 14",
+        f"fallback_providers.provider must be 'deepseek' (got {fb.get('provider')!r}) — "
+        f"true fallback diversity, not same endpoint as primary",
+    )
+    check(
+        fb.get("model") == "deepseek-v4-flash",
+        "Rule 14",
+        f"fallback_providers.model must be 'deepseek-v4-flash' (got {fb.get('model')!r})",
+    )
+    check(
+        fb.get("api_key_env") == "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY",
+        "Rule 14",
+        f"fallback_providers.api_key_env must be DEEPSEEK_API_KEY (got {fb.get('api_key_env')!r})",
+    )
+
+    # --- custom_providers sanity ---
+    check(
+        cp.get("name") == "harness",
+        "custom_providers",
+        f"custom_providers[0].name must be 'harness' (got {cp.get('name')!r})",
+    )
+    check(
+        cp.get("key_env") == "LITELLM_API_KEY" or cp.get("api_key_env") == "LITELLM_API_KEY",
+        "custom_providers",
+        f"custom_providers[0] must have key_env or api_key_env = LITELLM_API_KEY "
+        f"(got key_env={cp.get('key_env')!r}, api_key_env={cp.get('api_key_env')!r})",
+    )
+    check(
+        cp.get("base_url", "").endswith("/v1"),
+        "custom_providers",
+        f"custom_providers[0].base_url must end with /v1 (got {cp.get('base_url')!r})",
+    )
+
+    # --- No raw model names (Rule 7/8 spirit) ---
+    raw_names = {"gemma-4-12b", "qwen3.6-27B-code", "qwen3.6-35B-udq4", "ornith-1.0-35b"}
+    for section_path, section_dict in [
+        ("model", model), ("compression", comp),
+        ("auxiliary.vision", aux.get("vision", {})),
+        ("auxiliary.web_extract", aux.get("web_extract", {})),
+        ("auxiliary.compression", aux.get("compression", {})),
+        ("delegation", deleg),
+    ]:
+        m = section_dict.get("model", "")
+        if m in raw_names:
+            warn(
+                "Rule 7/8",
+                f"{section_path}.model = {m!r} — raw model name, use stable alias instead "
+                f"(gpu-light, gpu-dense, strix-moe, syslog-auto)",
+            )
+
+    # --- Report ---
+    print(f"{'=' * 60}")
+    print(f"Hermes Config Audit: {path}")
+    print(f"{'=' * 60}")
+    print(f"\n✅ PASSED ({len(PASSES)}):")
+    for p in PASSES:
+        print(f"  ✅ {p}")
+
+    if WARNINGS:
+        print(f"\n⚠️  WARNINGS ({len(WARNINGS)}):")
+        for w in WARNINGS:
+            print(f"  ⚠️  {w}")
+
+    if VIOLATIONS:
+        print(f"\n❌ VIOLATIONS ({len(VIOLATIONS)}):")
+        for v in VIOLATIONS:
+            print(f"  ❌ {v}")
+        print(f"\n{'=' * 60}")
+        print(f"RESULT: FAIL — {len(VIOLATIONS)} violation(s) must be fixed")
+        print(f"{'=' * 60}")
+        return 1
+    else:
+        print(f"\n{'=' * 60}")
+        print(f"RESULT: PASS — all contract rules satisfied")
+        print(f"{'=' * 60}")
+        return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: python3 audit-hermes-config.py <config.yaml>")
+        sys.exit(2)
+    sys.exit(audit(sys.argv[1]))
diff --git a/hermes-config-template.prose.md b/hermes-config-template.prose.md
index 0949e1f..d74abcc 100644
--- a/hermes-config-template.prose.md
+++ b/hermes-config-template.prose.md
@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@ description: >
   Standard Hermes configuration template for Syslog Solution LLC agents.
   Enforces shared infrastructure setup (Firecrawl, SearXNG, local models,
   RA-H OS MCP) while keeping agent-specific API keys and model choices.
-  UPDATED 2026-07-18: Compression model switched to `syslog-auto` (was `strix-moe`)
-  to relieve Strix Halo pressure. syslog-auto distributes compression across the
-  weighted pool (55% RTX 3090, 30% Strix Halo, 15% RTX 5070).
-  UPDATED 2026-07-16: Compression model was the stable alias `strix-moe` (NOT `ornith-1.0-35b`,
+  UPDATED 2026-07-16: Compression model is the stable alias `strix-moe` (NOT `ornith-1.0-35b`,
   which LiteLLM does not serve). All 3 GPUs verified at 128K (reduced from 256K 2026-07-17 for stability).
   Added Rule 12 (Context-Issue Diagnostic) + Rule 13 (.env fallback enforcement) from the
   2026-07-16 Mumuni root-cause investigation (WAL #1300).
-  UPDATED 2026-07-12: GPU workload redistributed. Compression → Strix Halo (later switched to syslog-auto 2026-07-18). RTX 3090 context verified at 128K. Infisical .env fallback required (Rule 3/13).
+  UPDATED 2026-07-12: GPU workload redistributed. Compression → Strix Halo. RTX 3090 context verified at 128K. Infisical .env fallback required (Rule 3/13).
 ---
 
 ## Maintains
@@ -35,10 +32,10 @@ Sub-agent profiles inherit auth from the main config — no separate keys needed
 | Agent | Key Alias | Host | SSH | Sub-Agents |
 |-------|-----------|------|-----|-----------|
 | Tanko | `tanko-*` | 192.168.68.122 | jerome@.122 | — |
-| Mumuni | `mumuni` | 192.168.68.24 (CT100 abiba) | root@.24 | 6 profiles ✱ |
+| Mumuni | `mumuni` | 192.168.68.123 | root@.123 | 6 profiles ✱ |
 | Abiba | `abiba-pi` | 192.168.68.24 | local | — |
 | Koby | `koby` | CT 111 (tdunna) | Zulip | — |
-| Koonimo | `koonimo` | CT 113 (baggy) | SSH root | — |
+| Koonimo | `koonimo` | CT 114 (baggy) | SSH root | — |
 | Kagenz0 | `kagenz0-*` | ? | Zulip | — |
 
 > CT hostnames (tdunna, baggy) differ from agent identities (koby, koonimo).
@@ -133,9 +130,7 @@ mcp_servers:
 # ─── Compression ───
 compression:
   enabled: true
-  model: syslog-auto              # ⚠️ Switched from strix-moe 2026-07-18 to relieve Strix Halo.
-                                  # syslog-auto distributes across weighted pool (55% RTX 3090,
-                                  # 30% Strix Halo, 15% RTX 5070). All GPUs at 128K.
+  model: syslog-auto               # ⚠️ Must match auxiliary.compression.model. Stable alias (gpu-fleet § Stable Role-Based Aliases). NOT ornith-1.0-35b (LiteLLM does not serve that name).
   provider: harness
   max_context_window: 131072      # MUST match actual GPU capacity. All 3 GPUs are 128K (Jul 17).
   threshold: 0.65                 # Fires at ~170K for 262K window, ~85K for 128K
@@ -150,9 +145,8 @@ compression:
 #   model: gpu-light                 # stable alias (NOT raw "gemma-4-12b")
 #   base_url: http://192.168.68.116/v1
 #   api_key_env: LITELLM_API_KEY
-# Compression uses syslog-auto (switched from strix-moe 2026-07-18) to distribute
-# load across the weighted pool and relieve Strix Halo pressure.
-# Vision and web_extract use gpu-light = RTX 5070 (12B).
+# Do NOT use syslog-auto for auxiliary tasks — it routes to the primary GPU.
+# gpu-light = RTX 5070 (12B), freeing the Strix Halo for agent reasoning.
 # Heavy aux (delegation, x_search) use gpu-dense (RTX 3090) instead.
 # NEVER use raw model names (gemma-4-12b, qwen3.6-27B-code, qwen3.6-35B-udq4)
 # in agent configs — use the stable aliases so model swaps don't break agents.
@@ -172,7 +166,7 @@ auxiliary:
     timeout: 30
   compression:
     provider: harness
-    model: syslog-auto             # Switched from strix-moe 2026-07-18. Relieves Strix Halo pressure.
+    model: syslog-auto              # MUST match compression.model above. Stable alias for Strix Halo (weighted pool).
     base_url: http://192.168.68.116/v1   # Rule 5: /v1 NOT /litellm/v1
     api_key_env: LITELLM_API_KEY
     timeout: 300                 # gpu-fleet: 300s for large-history summarization (was 60)
@@ -253,30 +247,34 @@ The following MUST be identical across ALL profiles:
 - Apply to BOTH main config AND all sub-agent profiles
 - For agents needing longer outputs: raise to 8192, but never omit
 
-### Rule 7: Auxiliary Model Consistency (UPDATED 2026-07-18)
-- Vision and web_extract use `gpu-light` (stable alias, RTX 5070 — 12GB, vision-optimized)
-- Compression now uses `syslog-auto` (switched from `strix-moe` 2026-07-18) to distribute
-  compression load across the weighted pool (55% RTX 3090, 30% Strix Halo, 15% RTX 5070).
-  This relieves Strix Halo pressure while keeping compression functional on all GPUs.
-- **`syslog-auto` is the valid compression model** — LiteLLM serves it as the weighted pool.
-  Old configs with `strix-moe` for compression should be updated to `syslog-auto`.
+### Rule 7: Auxiliary Model Consistency (UPDATED 2026-07-16)
+- Vision and web_extract use `gemma-4-12b` (RTX 5070 — 12GB, vision-optimized)
+- Compression uses `strix-moe` (stable alias for Strix Halo — 64GB, 128K ctx, compression-optimized)
+- **`strix-moe` is the only valid compression model name** — LiteLLM does NOT serve `ornith-1.0-35b`
+  (it serves `strix-moe`, `qwen3.6-35B-udq4`, `gpu-dense`, `gpu-light`, `syslog-auto`, `gemma-4-12b`, `qwen3.6-27B-code`). Old configs with `ornith-1.0-35b` cause 403/model-not-found on compression calls.
+- **OPERATIONAL DECISION (2026-07-23): Use `syslog-auto` for compression across all agents.**
+  The `syslog-auto` alias routes to the Strix Halo, but uses the weighted pool instead of pinning
+  to `strix-moe` directly. This prevents sustained Strix Halo thermal load because the pool can
+  fall back to other GPUs if Strix gets hot. Both `compression.model` and `auxiliary.compression.model`
+  MUST be `syslog-auto`.
 - All auxiliary services MUST use identical routing:
   - `base_url: http://192.168.68.116/v1`  (Rule 5: `/v1`, NOT `/litellm/v1`)
   - `api_key_env: LITELLM_API_KEY`
-- **Compression via syslog-auto**: Routes through the weighted pool. Strix Halo still handles
-  ~30% of compression calls (at 60 RPM via pool vs 40 RPM direct), but the bulk (55%)
-  goes to RTX 3090 which has ample spare capacity.
+- **Do NOT use `syslog-auto`** for auxiliary tasks — it routes unpredictably
+- **Compression on Strix Halo**: The strix-moe alias routes to Strix Halo
+  (64GB UMA, 128K context) — the designated compression GPU. This frees the
+  RTX 5070 for vision and web search, and the RTX 3090 for heavy reasoning.
 - The `compression:` block's `model` MUST match `auxiliary: compression: model`
 - The `compression: max_context_window: 131072` MUST match actual GPU capacity (128K)
 
-### Rule 8: GPU Workload Distribution (UPDATED 2026-07-18)
-- **RTX 3090 (24GB, 128K ctx, qwen3.6-27B-code)**: Heavy reasoning, code gen, long conversations — also handles ~55% of compression via syslog-auto pool
-- **RTX 5070 (12GB, 128K ctx, gemma-4-12b)**: Vision, web search, quick tasks, web_extract — handles ~15% of compression via syslog-auto pool
-- **Strix Halo (64GB, 128K ctx, qwen3.6-35B-udq4)**: Agent reasoning, compression (~30% via syslog-auto pool), fallback for other GPUs
+### Rule 8: GPU Workload Distribution (UPDATED 2026-07-16)
+- **RTX 3090 (24GB, 128K ctx, qwen3.6-27B-code)**: Heavy reasoning, code gen, long conversations
+- **RTX 5070 (12GB, 128K ctx, gemma-4-12b)**: Vision, web search, quick tasks, web_extract (IQ4_NL+MTP, ~65% VRAM at 128K)
+- **Strix Halo (64GB, 128K ctx, syslog-auto)**: Context compression, summarization, long docs
 - Agent profiles MUST route auxiliary tasks to the correct GPU:
-  - `auxiliary.vision.model: gpu-light` (RTX 5070)
-  - `auxiliary.web_extract.model: gpu-light` (RTX 5070)
-  - `auxiliary.compression.model: syslog-auto` (distributed pool, switched from strix-moe 2026-07-18)
+  - `auxiliary.vision.model: gemma-4-12b` (RTX 5070)
+  - `auxiliary.web_extract.model: gemma-4-12b` (RTX 5070)
+  - `auxiliary.compression.model: syslog-auto` (Strix Halo)
 - Default model (`model.default`) and custom_provider remain `syslog-auto` for auto-routing
 - For 128K context window: `threshold: 0.65` (fires at ~85K tokens)
 - Do NOT use `threshold: 0.25` — this fires at 65K, causing premature context loss
@@ -378,6 +376,26 @@ curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -H "Authorization: Bearer $K" http://192.
 - `/etc/environment` is NO LONGER the canonical key source (stale values there caused 401s).
 - Do NOT leave a hardcoded stale key in `/etc/environment` — it shadows the drop-in/wrapper.
 
+### Rule 14: Provider Name Must Match custom_providers Name (ADDED 2026-07-19, WAL #1471)
+
+- `model.provider` MUST be `harness` (the `custom_providers[0].name`), NOT the literal string `custom`
+- When `provider: custom`, Hermes' `_get_named_custom_provider("custom")` returns None (no provider is
+  named "custom" — it is named "harness"), causing a fall-through to the generic resolution path
+  (`source: env/config`) at `runtime_provider.py:1156`
+- The generic path builds `api_key_candidates` from `model.api_key` (empty), host-gated
+  OLLAMA/OPENAI/OPENROUTER keys, and `_host_derived_api_key` (returns "" for IP addresses)
+- **The generic path does NOT resolve `model.api_key_env` or `custom_providers.key_env`** —
+  `LITELLM_API_KEY` is never read, producing `api_key = "no-key-required"` → HTTP 401
+- The named custom provider path (`source: custom_provider:harness`) DOES read `key_env` —
+  but only triggers when `provider` matches the `custom_providers[0].name`
+- All sections MUST use `provider: harness`: `model`, `compression`, `auxiliary.vision`,
+  `auxiliary.web_extract`, `auxiliary.compression`, `delegation`
+- Only `fallback_providers` uses a different provider (`deepseek`) for true fallback diversity
+- **Diagnostic**: If you see `source: env/config` in a request dump or log, the provider name
+  is wrong. It should be `source: custom_provider:harness`.
+- **Audit script**: Run `python3 /root/prose-contracts/audit-hermes-config.py <config.yaml>`
+  before and after any config change to catch this and all other rule violations.
+
 ## Execution
 
 1. **Check current config** — Read the target agent's config.yaml
diff --git a/memory-fixer.prose.md b/memory-fixer.prose.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e740de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memory-fixer.prose.md
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+---
+kind: pattern
+name: memory-fixer
+description: >
+  Auto-fix low-hanging fruit in the graph. No judgment calls — only deterministic Level 1 operations. 
+  Escalate anything that needs Kwame's input.
+version: 1.1.0
+---
+
+# Memory Fixer
+
+## Purpose
+Auto-fix low-hanging fruit in the graph. No judgment calls — only deterministic Level 1 operations. Escalate anything that needs Kwame's input.
+
+## Level 0 Auto-Deletes (Allowed Without Approval)
+Ephemeral heartbeat and log nodes that violate "Logs NEVER go in the graph":
+
+- `[LITELLM-HEALTH]`, `[GPU-SELF-HEAL]`, `[PM2-SELF-HEAL]`
+- `[PROXMOX-MONITOR]`, `[GPU-MONITOR]`, `[INFRA-MONITOR]`, `[AGENT-HEALTH]`, `[DISK-GC]`
+- `[WAL]` entries older than 30 days
+
+**Condition:** node must be an orphan (no edges). Deleting a connected node risks breaking other nodes.
+
+**Method:** direct SQLite on `.65` (MCP has no delete tool):
+```bash
+ssh root@192.168.68.65 "sqlite3 /root/.local/share/RA-H/db/rah.sqlite \"
+DELETE FROM nodes WHERE id IN (
+  SELECT id FROM nodes WHERE id NOT IN (SELECT from_node_id FROM edges)
+  AND id NOT IN (SELECT to_node_id FROM edges)
+  AND title LIKE '[LITELLM-HEALTH]%' -- add more prefixes as needed
+);\""
+```
+
+## Level 1 Auto-Fixes (No Judgment Required)
+
+### 1. Missing `type` Field
+For nodes with content but no `metadata.type`:
+- Title contains "Proxmox" or "infrastructure" → `type: infrastructure`
+- Title contains "skill" or "how to" or "guide" → `type: skill`
+- Title contains "doc" or "template" or "brand" → `type: documentation`
+- Title starts with "WAL:" or "TASK:" → `type: note`
+- Title starts with "[LEARN]" → `type: documentation`
+- Otherwise → `type: note` (default)
+
+### 2. Missing `tenant` / `namespace`
+For any node with NULL tenant or namespace:
+```sql
+UPDATE nodes 
+SET metadata = json_set(
+  COALESCE(metadata, '{}'),
+  '$.tenant', 'syslogsolution',
+  '$.namespace', 'syslogsolution'
+)
+WHERE json_extract(metadata, '$.tenant') IS NULL 
+   OR json_extract(metadata, '$.namespace') IS NULL;
+```
+
+### 3. Staleness State Transitions
+Using the type-based windows from the memory-monitor contract:
+- Nodes stale > their window → transition to `state: review_pending`
+- Nodes in `review_pending` for >7 days → escalate to Kwame (Level 2)
+
+## Level 2 Escalations (Kwame Decision Required)
+1. **Nodes in `review_pending` >7 days** — Archive, refresh, or keep?
+2. **Orphan Nodes >90 days old** — Delete or Connect?
+3. **Potential Duplicate Nodes** — Same title or >70% overlap. Merge or Keep?
+4. **Conflicting Metadata** — Content suggests one tenant but metadata says another.
+
+## Logging
+Every Level 1 fix logged to `~/.hermes/logs/memory-fixer/YYYY-MM-DD.md`
+Every Level 2 escalation logged and delivered to Kwame.