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THE EXECUTOR · SESSION LIFECYCLE
PAPER
DARK
SHEET
EX-01
TITLE
SESSION LIFECYCLE
TYPE
SIGNAL PATH
STATE
● SIGNAL IN TRANSIT
REV
2.0 · SCALE 1:1
SHEET INDEX
EX-00
EX-01
EX-02
FIG. 01 / ONE TURN OF THE SESSION
COLD START → PROMPT → TOOL LOOP → CLEAN STOP · PULSE = SIGNAL POSITION
in
out
↻ repeat per tool call
01
SessionStart
cold start · attach
02
UserPromptSubmit
intake · expand context
03
PreToolUse
guard · gate
04
PostToolUse
inspect · log
05
Stop
flush · persist
load settings · cwd
resolve model · keys
attach memory + files
validate · inject notes
read the proposed call
hooks fire ▸ see EX-02
read the result
transform · redact · log
write transcript
persist memory · close
One turn of the machine: it wakes, it listens, it reaches for tools again and again, then it stops cleanly.