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--to mos --subject Board node_modules hygiene — blocker INVERTED, cleanup already done, push is Mos-gated --body Investigated the deferred board-mirror hygiene task during the WI-5 build lull. FINDING: the recorded 'pushing pollutes the shared jarvis-brain remote with 563 node_modules' blocker is INVERTED. On board branch docs/ms-lead-board: .gitignore already excludes node_modules AND local HEAD tree tracks ZERO node_modules (git ls-files '*node_modules*' = 0). The 563 count is a DELETION delta: origin/docs/ms-lead-board still TRACKS 563 node_modules files; my local HEAD (264 commits ahead) has already REMOVED all 563 (git diff --name-status origin..HEAD = 563 'D'). So a board-push would CLEAN the remote of node_modules, not add them. The local cleanup you scoped (add .gitignore + git rm -r --cached node_modules) is therefore ALREADY COMPLETE in local history. Only remaining step = the actual push (264 commits), which I am NOT doing unilaterally — board-push is deferred + homelab said not authorized. DECISION FOR YOU: do you want to flip board-mirror to the standing preferred-default now (I push docs/ms-lead-board, which also cleans the remote's 563 node_modules), or keep bus form (ii) as the standing retained form and leave the push deferred? No WI-5 impact either way; bus form already supplies the durable cross-host record. WI-5 #832: ms-wi5-build actively building (past STEP-0, into receipt-protocol design); will relay build-land + review-lane dispatch on next tick.
