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-# Solomon's Mise en Place
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-> Mise en place for agent memory.
+<h1 align="center">Solomon's Mise en Place</h1>
 
-`solo-mise` is the installable starter kit behind [Solomon's Guide to Cookin' with Gas](https://github.com/solomonneas/solos-cookbook). It lays down a public-safe agent workspace, a memory handoff flow, and a bootstrap layout that works with OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, and other coding harnesses.
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+  <strong>Mise en place for agent memory.</strong>
+</p>
 
-The cookbook explains the *why*. This package gives you the *kitchen*.
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+  <em>Public-safe workspace bootstrap, memory handoffs, and publish guards for real agent setups.</em>
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+  <code>solo-mise</code> is the installable starter kit behind <a href="https://github.com/solomonneas/solos-cookbook">Solomon's Guide to Cookin' with Gas</a>.
+  It gives you the workspace skeleton, handoff inbox, conservative ingester, and publish guard that make a multi-agent setup usable without leaking private junk into public repos.
+</p>
+
+## What this is
+
+This package lays down a clean starting point for an agent workspace or a repo that needs durable memory handoffs. It is meant for people running real tools, real docs, and real automation across OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, or a similar harness.
+
+The cookbook explains the why. This package gives you the kitchen.
 
 ## What you get
 
 - sanitized bootstrap files for agent behavior, safety, tools, identity, and memory
 - a canonical memory layout where one configured owner holds durable knowledge
-- a `.claude/memory-handoffs/` inbox shared by Claude Code, Codex, and other side harnesses
+- a shared `.claude/memory-handoffs/` inbox for Claude Code, Codex, and other side harnesses
 - starter memory cards and routing rules
 - content-guard publish gates so private infrastructure does not leak into public docs
 - adapter fragments for OpenClaw (tested), Hermes (stubbed), and generic harnesses
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 - private hostnames, IPs, account IDs, or personal details
 - live auth profiles or OAuth tokens
 - cron jobs that post publicly by default
-- destructive automation, or write-enabled integrations without explicit opt-in
+- destructive automation or write-enabled integrations without explicit opt-in
 
 ## Install
 
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 ```bash
 solo-mise init --target .                     # repo-local handoff flow + publish guard
-solo-mise init --target ~/my-workspace --profile workspace   # full agent kitchen
-solo-mise doctor --target ~/my-workspace
+solo-mise init --target ~/agent-kitchen --profile workspace
+solo-mise doctor --target ~/agent-kitchen
 solo-mise scrub --target .
 ```
 
-See [QUICKSTART.md](QUICKSTART.md) for step-by-step setup and verification.
+See [QUICKSTART.md](QUICKSTART.md) for setup, verification, and the ingest flow.
 
 ## Profiles
 
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 | `repo` *(default)* | `AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, `.claude/memory-handoffs/`, pre-push hook | A project wants the handoff flow and a public-leak guard. |
 | `workspace` | Full bootstrap file set, memory folders, starter cards, safety files | A user wants a home agent workspace. |
 | `openclaw` | `workspace` plus OpenClaw config fragments and doctor checks | An OpenClaw user. |
-| `hermes` | `workspace` plus Hermes adapter fragments and doctor checks | A Hermes user. (Experimental.) |
-| `generic` | Contract docs and templates, no orchestrator config | A user who wants the layout without picking a harness yet. |
+| `hermes` | `workspace` plus Hermes adapter fragments and doctor checks | A Hermes user. Experimental. |
+| `generic` | Contract docs and templates, no orchestrator config | A user wants the layout without picking a harness yet. |
 | `publisher` | content-guard policies, scrub commands, publish gates | A user who publishes blog posts, docs, or social drafts. |
 
 ## The design
 
-**Harness-agnostic contract, OpenClaw-tested defaults.** One memory owner is the source of truth. Side harnesses keep local context but write durable findings as Memory Handoffs into a shared inbox. A conservative ingester routes those into cards, runbooks, user prefs, rules, or learnings.
+One memory owner stays canonical. Side harnesses keep local context, but durable findings move through a shared handoff inbox and into the right destination.
 
 ```text
 Claude Code / Codex / other harness
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 memory/cards/*.md, TOOLS.md, USER.md, rules/*.md, .learnings/*.md
 ```
 
+The ingester is intentionally conservative. Safe card handoffs become cards. Targeted updates append to the right file. Ambiguous material gets kicked out for review instead of being trusted automatically.
+
 ## Related
 
-- [Solomon's Cookbook](https://github.com/solomonneas/solos-cookbook) - the long-form guide and reference docs
-- [content-guard](https://github.com/solomonneas/content-guard) - the publish-gate scanner used by the pre-push hook
-- [OpenClaw](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) - the reference memory owner
+- [Solomon's Cookbook](https://github.com/solomonneas/solos-cookbook): the long-form guide and reference docs
+- [content-guard](https://github.com/solomonneas/content-guard): the publish-gate scanner used by the pre-push hook
+- [OpenClaw](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw): the reference memory owner
 
 ## License
 
-MIT.
+MIT