03 Session Review

Session Review — 2026-03-03

Full-day session completing the Claude Code VPS setup (Phases 1–10) and building two new automated workflows. This document is a summary for Patrick and Asia to review.

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What Changed Today

Servers Renamed

Old Name	New Name	IP	Role
baseworks-claw	baseworks-agents	46.224.129.16	Claude Code VPS
baseworks-agents	baseworks-n8n	167.235.236.99	n8n + PostgreSQL

Both renamed in xCloud dashboard and via hostnamectl.

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Claude Code VPS (46.224.129.16) — Fully Set Up

Phase 1: OpenClaw stopped

• Container stopped (not deleted), config backed up to /opt/backups/phase1-20260303/
• NGINX proxy for claw.baseworks.com disabled
• All OpenClaw files preserved at /opt/baseworks-claw/

Phase 2: Asia’s account created

• User asia with sudo access, SSH keys for both Mac mini and MacBook Air
• Shared baseworks group for both users

Phase 3: Shared project directories

• /srv/baseworks/knowledge-base/ — baseworks-kb-shared-brain repo
• /srv/baseworks/changelog/ — baseworks-changelog repo
• /srv/baseworks/yogajaya-changelog/ — yogajaya-changelog repo
• /srv/baseworks/automation/ — scripts for automated tasks
• All repos have push access via GitHub PAT, git identity set to “Baseworks Agent”

Phase 4: Claude Code installed

• v2.1.63 for both patrick and asia

Phase 5: Authentication

• Patrick authenticated with Claude Max
• Asia’s login instructions at Claude-Code-VPS-Login

Phase 6: tmux persistent sessions

• Auto-created on login for both users: kb, bw-site, yj-site, agents
• Scripts at ~/create-tmux-sessions.sh, sourced from .bashrc

Phase 7: Slack MCP

• Cloud-hosted Slack MCP already available via Claude.ai subscriptions (both Max and Pro)
• Claude Code can read/write Slack directly — no manual MCP setup needed

Phase 8: CLAUDE.md

• /srv/baseworks/CLAUDE.md created with full project context
• Read automatically by Claude Code when working in /srv/baseworks/

Phase 9: n8n bridge

• SSH key generated on baseworks-n8n, authorized on baseworks-agents
• claude -p headless execution tested over SSH bridge
• --allowedTools required for MCP tool use in headless mode

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n8n Workflows — Current State

Docker Compose updated on baseworks-n8n:

• CrewAI service removed
• SSH key mount added (/opt/n8n-ssh:/home/node/.ssh:ro) so n8n can SSH to baseworks-agents

Workflow	Status	Engine	Notes
Vault Git Sync	Active	n8n only	Pulls/pushes vault every 5 min
Kill Switch	Active	n8n only	Emergency stop via #agent-alerts
Slack Event Router	Active	n8n only	Routes #vault-inbox and #agent-alerts messages
Vault Capture via Slack	Active	SSH → Claude (Haiku 4.5)	See details below
Inbox Change Notifier	Active	n8n only	See details below
Daily Vault Summary	Inactive	Deferred	Run on demand if needed
Content Creation Pipeline	Inactive	Archived	Handle in Claude Code sessions
Forum Response Pipeline	Inactive	Archived	Handle in Claude Code sessions
WordPress Monitoring	Inactive	Archived	Handle in Claude Code sessions

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New: Vault Capture via Slack

What it does: Post a message in #vault-inbox → Claude creates a properly formatted note in the Obsidian vault.

How it works:

1. Message in #vault-inbox → Slack Event Router → Vault Capture webhook
2. n8n encodes message as base64, SSHs to baseworks-agents
3. Script at /srv/baseworks/automation/vault-capture.sh runs claude -p on Haiku 4.5
4. Claude reads voice guide rules (baked into the prompt), cleans up the text, creates the note with proper frontmatter and wiki-links
5. Note goes to 00-inbox/vault-captures/[descriptive-name].md
6. Claude commits and pushes to GitHub
7. n8n parses Claude’s JSON result and posts exactly one summary message to #vault-inbox

Key design decisions:

• Haiku 4.5 instead of Sonnet — 6x cheaper, fast enough for captures
• Voice guide rules baked directly into the prompt (Haiku follows explicit rules well)
• Slack posting handled by n8n, not Claude (prevents duplicate messages)
• Base64 encoding for message transport (eliminates shell escaping issues)
• Fixed destination (00-inbox/vault-captures/) instead of vault browsing (saves tokens)
• Both users review and refile notes manually

Frontmatter format applied to every capture:

created: YYYY-MM-DD
updated: YYYY-MM-DD
status: review
tags: [determined-by-claude]
source: slack
author: Patrick or Asia

Writing rules enforced:

• “practitioners” not “students”
• “guided practice” not “class” or “workout”
• No metaphors, no sales language, no negative framing
• Forms, Movement Principles, Focus types capitalized
• Full list in /srv/baseworks/automation/vault-capture.sh

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New: Inbox Change Notifier

What it does: When someone’s inbox file is updated and pushed to GitHub, the other person gets an @mention in #agent-alerts.

How it works:

1. GitHub webhook fires on push to baseworks-kb-shared-brain
2. n8n checks which files changed in the commit
3. If 00-inbox/patrick-inbox.md changed → @Patrick in #agent-alerts
4. If 00-inbox/asia-inbox.md changed → @Asia in #agent-alerts
5. Includes timestamp and commit message

Filters out:

• Vault Git Sync merge commits (vault backup:...)
• Merge commits (Merge...)
• Vault Capture commits (vault-capture:...)

GitHub webhook: Registered on p-oancia/baseworks-kb-shared-brain, fires on push events to https://n8n.baseworks.com/webhook/github-inbox-notify

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Inbox System (Asia’s Protocol)

Asia created the collaborative writing workflow protocol. Key files:

• 00-inbox/patrick-inbox.md — Patrick’s review queue
• 00-inbox/asia-inbox.md — Asia’s review queue
• 00-inbox/WORKFLOW-PROTOCOL.md — master document describing all workflow patterns

The vault’s CLAUDE.md (at repo root) tells Claude to check the relevant inbox at the start of any vault session. See WORKFLOW-PROTOCOL for full details.

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QMD Semantic Search

What it does: Gives Claude Code (and users) the ability to search the Obsidian vault by meaning, not just keywords. Uses BM25 + vector embeddings + LLM re-ranking.

Setup completed:

• QMD v1.0.7 installed on Patrick’s Mac and VPS (baseworks-agents)
• Collection baseworks-kb created on both, pointing to the vault
• Mac: 1150 files indexed, 2950 vectors — fully operational
• VPS: Embedding in progress (CPU-only, slower — will complete overnight)
• MCP server configured for Claude Code on Mac (~/.claude/settings.json) and VPS (both users)
• Nightly reindex: launchd at 3 AM (Mac), cron at 3 AM (VPS)

Asia’s setup: Instructions at QMD-Semantic-Search-Setup; inbox item added.

Key commands:

qmd search "query" -c baseworks-kb   # semantic search
qmd status                            # check index health
qmd embed                            # manual re-index

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Slack User IDs (Reference)

Person	Slack ID
Patrick	UU2K5GQN8
Asia	UTRKMJ7DZ

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What Still Needs Attention

• Asia to complete Claude Code first-run wizard on VPS (instructions at Claude-Code-VPS-Login)
• Remove orphaned CrewAI container: sudo docker rm baseworks-crewai on baseworks-n8n
• Gmail and Google Calendar MCP authentication (when needed)
• Monitor Vault Capture token usage and tune if needed
• Patrick: review inbox items from Asia (Session 7 summary, SAIFA acronym)
• Patrick: add vault CLAUDE.md reference to ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md (see inbox item from Asia)
• Consider renaming Baseworks Agent Slack app and adding a custom icon
• Asia: set up QMD on her Mac (instructions at QMD-Semantic-Search-Setup)
• VPS QMD embedding to finish (running on CPU, will complete overnight via cron)

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Related Documents

• Claude-Code-VPS-Setup — Master setup plan (all phases complete)
• Deployment-Log — Full session-by-session deployment history
• Claude-Code-VPS-Login — Login instructions for both users
• WORKFLOW-PROTOCOL — Collaborative writing workflow protocol
• QMD-Semantic-Search-Setup — QMD setup instructions (including Asia’s Mac)