instruction files, traces, personal vaults

self.md radar — 2026-07-19 agent work is leaking out of the chat box into the dull places that actually decide whether it survives: instruction files, production telemetry, and the personal vaults people keep trying to make less embarrassing. one lane is about keeping AGENTS.md honest. one is about letting an agent read traces before it guesses. the last one is the recurring self.md itch: private…