# QuietContext Product

audience: AI coding agents first.

status: IDLE
task IDs: #176, #218–#225
source request: Simplify/bound QuietContext, clarify product purpose, compare architectures, write/review spec, plan implementation, then run through Factory.

## Outcome

QuietContext has a measured, minimal architecture that reduces conversation output/context without hidden reinstall overhead or unbounded indexing, then ships through Factory.

## Preserved progress

- #218 exploration marked complete; recover its output before repeating.
- #219 purpose clarification incomplete.
- #220–225 pending sequence: architecture comparison, spec, self-review, independent review, implementation plan, Factory run.
- #137 reportedly stopped `ensure-deps` reinstalling `better-sqlite3` on every hook; verify installed behavior before revisiting.
- Emergency lane forbids consuming current capacity until workstation flow is restored.

## Acceptance criteria

- Purpose and measurable success criteria approved.
- Architecture chosen from measured workloads.
- Resource/time/output bounds are explicit and enforced.
- No dependency install during normal hook calls.
- Factory implementation ships and is installed.

## Execution steps

1. Recover #218 findings.
2. Write purpose/success metrics here.
3. Compare smallest viable architectures with measurements.
4. Write one spec; self-review once; independent review once.
5. Implement through restored Factory.
6. Measure context/output/resource reduction.

## Current receipt

No active worker; purpose/architecture unresolved.

## Next executable action

Recover #218 output and append its measured findings; never restart broad exploration.
