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@@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ Soft cap 250K. Projected 190K across 10 cards. Track per-card used vs estimate i
 
 - 2026-08-16 23:52 — Issue #1275 created (@jarvis verified).
 - 2026-08-16 23:5x — Bootstrap branch `docs/ri-050-mission-bootstrap` from origin/next@476db12b; PRD section + TASKS.md + this scratchpad written. RI-0-001 in-progress.
+
+## Wave 1 dispatched (2026-08-17 00:35)
+
+- RI-1-001 worker: pi glm-5.3:high, pid 2322125, worktree ri-1-001, log /var/tmp/ri-050/ri-1-001-run.log
+- RI-2-001 worker: pi glm-5.3:high, pid 2322126, worktree ri-2-001, log /var/tmp/ri-050/ri-2-001-run.log
+- Gotcha recorded: pi has no -f flag (that's pi-do.sh); pass brief as positional message. First launch died "Unknown option: -f" — relaunched.
+- CI lane: PR #1276 (bootstrap) fails `test` at base like every next PR — fred's green #1270 unblocks (comms sent 2026-08-17T05:21Z, comms/20260817T052148Z__from-jarvis__650fe8.md). Merge gate for all RI PRs queues behind #1270.
+- Live RI-N1 evidence posted to #1275 (comment 22915): pipeline 2439 publish-next-npm SUCCESS beside build-gateway FAILURE.