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+# siren-node — Agent Instructions
+
+Read this file at the start of every session. It is deliberately thin: it tells
+you where the real context lives, not what the context is. Standards, patterns,
+and anti-patterns live in the Navigator knowledgebase, not here.
+
+## What This Repo Is
+
+Official Siren SDK for Node.js and TypeScript — records affiliate and
+incentive events (sales, refunds, site visits) and verifies signed webhooks
+against the Siren API. Zero-runtime-dependency library published to npm as
+`@novatorius/siren`; built with tsup, tested with Vitest.
+
+- **Initiative:** `siren` (declared in `navigator.yaml`)
+- **Repository:** `Novatorius/siren-node`
+
+## Before Coding: Load the KB Context
+
+Repo standards live in the Navigator KB, referenced from `knowledgeDependencies`
+in `navigator.yaml`. They are not in your training data.
+
+1. If `.claude/kb-context.md` exists, read it.
+2. If it doesn't, generate it, then read it:
+
+```bash
+navigator kb context
+```
+
+Do not skip this step. For targeted lookups afterwards:
+
+```bash
+navigator kb search "<topic>" --initiative=siren --json
+navigator kb show <id>
+```
+
+## Verification
+
+The `ci` block in `navigator.yaml` is the contract. Run its commands before and
+after every change and leave them green:
+
+```bash
+npm ci   # ci.setup
+npm test   # ci.test
+npm run typecheck   # ci.lint
+```
+
+What "done" means (PR audit, testing tiers, UAT proof) is defined in the KB:
+`global-definition-of-done`. Test-modification rules:
+`global-unit-testing-standards-modifying-existing-tests`. Both load via kb context.
+
+## Session End
+
+Journal early and often, not just at the end — journals are the update feed;
+discovery docs (Navigator sources) hold current state. Conventions live in the
+KB: `journaling-at-novatorius` and `discovery-process`. Quick path: the `/log`
+skill, or:
+
+```bash
+navigator journal submit "<summary>" "<narrative content>" \
+  --initiative=siren --tags=siren-node --json
+```
+
+If this session produced decisions or durable understanding, that is discovery —
+capture it per `discovery-process` (journal + charter drafts), don't let it
+evaporate into chat history.
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+Read AGENTS.md.
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+initiative: siren
+ci:
+  setup: npm ci
+  test: npm test
+  lint: npm run typecheck
+knowledgeDependencies:
+  - initiative: phpnomad
+    description: "Org-wide engineering doctrine"
+    critical:
+      - global-definition-of-done
+      - global-failure-and-logging-doctrine
+      - global-unit-testing-standards-modifying-existing-tests
+      - global-taxonomy-and-sdk-doctrine
+      - global-integration-testing-standards-introduction
+      - global-e2e-testing-standards-introduction
+      - global-pattern-decidability-doctrine