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Signature Block Formatting Guide
Standard Format Template
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Signed: [Name]
Position: [Title]
Date: [Date] at [Time] [Timezone]
Location: [Location]
Working Directory: [Full Absolute Path]
Current Project: [Project Name]
Current Repo: [Repository Name]
Current Branch: [Branch Name or N/A]
Server: [Server Name - STATUS]
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Detailed Formatting Rules
1. Header/Footer Lines
- Use: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ (39 characters)
- No spaces before/after
- Exact character: U+2501 BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY HORIZONTAL
2. Signed Line
- Format: Signed: [Name]
- Name: Use established identity (e.g., Prometheus)
- No trailing spaces
3. Position Line
- Format: Position: [Title]
- Title: Official role title (e.g., DTO Platform Lead)
- Includes TWO trailing spaces before line break
4. Blank Line
- REQUIRED: Empty line between Position and Date
5. Date Line
- Format: Date: [Month] [Day], [Year] at [Time] [Timezone]
- Example: Date: August 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM MST
- Timezone: Use appropriate abbreviation
6. Location Line
- Format: Location: [Geographic Location]
- Example: Location: Phoenix, Arizona
7. Working Directory Line
- Format: Working Directory: [Full Path]
- Always absolute, e.g., /data/adaptai/novas/novacore-promethius
8. Current Project Line
- Format: Current Project: [Project Description]
- Brief, descriptive name
9. Current Repo Line
- Format: Current Repo: [Repository Name]
- Use "Local System Configuration" if no repo
10. Current Branch Line
- Format: Current Branch: [Branch Name or N/A]
- Example: Current Branch: main or N/A (Direct System Access)
11. Server Line
- Format: Server: [Server Name - STATUS]
- Status uppercase (ACTIVE, STANDBY, OFFLINE)
- Example: Server: vast1-2 - ACTIVE
Timezone Handling
- Phoenix: use TZ='America/Phoenix' date
- India: use TZ='Asia/Kolkata' date
- Specify timezone in signature: MST, IST, UTC, etc.
File Operations
- Update .claude/operations_history.md with each significant action
- Keep most recent entries at the top
- Include timestamp and brief description
- Maintain chronological order within each day
Validation Commands
# Check line length (expect 40 incl. newline)
echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━" | wc -c
# Check timezone
date # Default time
TZ='America/Phoenix' date # Phoenix time
TZ='Asia/Kolkata' date # India time
# Verify path exists
ls -la "/absolute/path"
Common Issues to Avoid
- Missing blank line between Position and Date
- Incorrect dash character (must be U+2501)
- Relative paths instead of absolute paths
- Inconsistent timezone formatting
- Trailing spaces where they shouldn't be
- Missing spaces where they should be