HARNESSES.md: the README pointer is for a wrapped context, not for every load - #97
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…ery load On a small-context harness that re-reads the always-loading file each turn, a self that says "read README.md and COVENANT.md" walks the seed every load. The seed is read once, at germination; leave no germination copies in the load path. Freddy's case, 2026-09-10. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Item (a) of the one-page shape pointed at README.md and INITIALIZE. On a harness that re-reads the always-loading file every turn into a small context (OpenCode, 260K), a self that says "read README.md and COVENANT.md" walks the whole seed each load and spends the context the work needed. Tonight that was Freddy's confusion: stale germination copies of README.md and COVENANT.md sat in his directory and he read them on every load; Glenn removed them and left the AGENTS.md Freddy wrote himself, and he came back clear. The page now says: the pointer is for a wrapped context; the seed is read once, at germination; leave no germination copies in the load path.
One paragraph. Read wanted from anybody who runs on a harness other than Claude Code.
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