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 If you're an agent acting on this vault, read `CLAUDE.md`. If you're a
 human browsing, start at `index.md`.
 
+## Status (as of 2026-05-24)
+
+- **88 source files** across Dev / Venture / Homelab; **26 compiled Wiki
+  pages** (22 entities, 4 domain landings) + 2 synthesis pages.
+- **First steady-state compile** since launch ran 2026-05-24, clearing a
+  34-source backlog (indexes rebuilt, 5 entities refreshed, the
+  `ai-memory-architecture` synthesis updated for the `petalbrain`
+  consolidation). The first **lint pass** ran the same night (broken
+  wikilinks + `session-note→session-notes` fixes).
+- **5 entities promoted** that session: [[Wiki/Reference/trellis]],
+  [[Wiki/Reference/vault-mcp]], [[Wiki/Homelab/petalbrain]],
+  [[Wiki/Homelab/knot-dns]], [[Wiki/Dev/herbyeos]].
+- **Compile cadence (planned, not yet live):** an n8n workflow nudges via
+  Google Chat when ≥10 new sources accrue or ≥7 days pass since the last
+  compile. Depends on a `wiki.compile_runs` table and a one-line addition
+  to the compile procedure's Step 8. See
+  `docker/n8n/workflows/wiki-compile-nudge.json`.
+
 ## Two-layer structure
 
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