/body-check

Reports current body state by reading existing signals — does NOT maintain a separate state. Computed on invocation, optionally cached to memory/BODY_STATE.json for the session.

Sources read

• memory/HEAT_INDEX.json → attention/decay state
• memory/usage_log.md → token pressure (latest entry vs trailing 5)
• memory/DECISION_LOG.md + DECISION_OUTCOMES.md → decisions due (30/60/90 day intervals)
• memory/ACTIVE_PRIORITIES.md → tier-1 / mode
• memory/DELEGATION_TRACKER.md → open delegations
• memory/MEMORY_CANDIDATES.md → staged backlog count
• memory/HESTIA_SWEEP_LOG.md → last Hestia sweep date (v0.4.4)
• Comms API → unread count (only if invoked with --full)

Output schema

Matches memory/BODY_STATE.json _schema block exactly. See system/15_somatic_layer.md for field definitions and pressure thresholds.

hestia_last_sweep computation (v0.4.4)

Read memory/HESTIA_SWEEP_LOG.md. Find the most recent ### YYYY-MM-DD entry (matches ^### (\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}) regex). The newest matching date becomes hestia_last_sweep as ISO8601 (<date>T00:00:00Z). If no matches, hestia_last_sweep = null.

Recommended reflex logic

Priority order — first match wins:

1. context_pressure: critical → recommend capsule
2. memory_candidate_backlog > 10 → recommend digest
3. hestia_last_sweep is null OR more than 7 days ago → recommend sweep (v0.4.4)
4. decision_reviews_due > 0 → recommend (no action, surface in /open)
5. All low → none

When to run

• On /open (auto, briefly)
• Before /close (to inform the close protocol)
• Anytime principal asks "how am I doing"
• Before dispatching a heavy multi-agent task (catches "you're already at high context pressure")

Do NOT run on a hook polling cadence.