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Habits: recurring upkeep with a trigger

A reminder fires when you happen to be doing something. A habit fires whether or not anything reminded you.

Authors
Michael Staton
Augmented with
Claude Code on Claude Opus 5.5
Tags
Habits · Maintenance

What it is

Docs in context-v/habits/ named Maintain [the thing] across [the scope] , each with its trigger, procedure, and scope.

Two trigger shapes:

  • Event-driven: update the README when a change makes it untrue.

  • Periodic sweep: walk every context-v/ and fix stale status values.

Why

The practice decays without upkeep, and upkeep nobody owns doesn't happen. Most habits are addressed to the agent, and should say so.

How

  • Say what fires it and how far it reaches.

  • Keep the procedure short enough to run in one sitting.