strata:consolidate

strata:consolidate

The "graduate durable content out of pr-context" step. Branch dirs that Have aged past a threshold are scanned for notes worth keeping; those Get moved to lessons/ with a consolidated_from: breadcrumb.

What gets promoted

A pr-context note is promoted when:

1. Its branch dir is older than --age-days (default 60)
2. Its kind: frontmatter is one of handoff, decision-draft, review

Other kinds (session, investigation) stay branch-scoped, they're Transient. Use /strata:archive to retire the whole branch dir when the PR merged.

How

# Dry-run (default)
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/strata" consolidate

# With a different age threshold
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/strata" consolidate --age-days 30

# Perform
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/strata" consolidate --apply

What it does

For each promoted note:

1. Computes lessons/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>.md as the target
2. Copies the frontmatter forward, adds consolidated_from: (audit) + consolidated_at: (date)
3. Deletes the source from pr-context
4. Refreshes the FTS index

When to use

• After a wave of PR merges, run dry-run to see what's accumulated
• Monthly hygiene, alongside /strata:review
• Before /strata:archive on an old branch — consolidate first, then archive what remains

Don't do

• Don't run on a branch you're still actively working on
• Don't promote session or investigation notes — they're inherently branch-scoped and become noise in lessons/. The script already filters these.
• Don't auto-invoke. This is a maintenance action — user-initiated.