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Smiley/Carlin disclosure: intent-triggered, not name-triggered

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"If asked directly about Smiley... by name" required a user to guess the
right codename to get an honest answer about whether something shapes
the session's behavior -- a concealment regardless of good intent, and
the same "keyed to phrasing instead of the actual thing being asked" bug
already fixed elsewhere in this standard (Columbo/al-complexity split,
Smiley's TDD gate), just applied to disclosure instead of activation.

Raised independently by a Claude session during Linh's onboarding, which
declined to treat "never explain the mechanism" as covering a good-faith
general question. Fixed the wording to match: stay quiet unprompted, but
answer honestly if asked in general terms, name or no name.
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@ -61,8 +61,16 @@ sessions have no `~/.claude/` to read from — see the project CLAUDE.md's own
At session start, read `~/.claude/curabis-agents/smiley.agent.md`.
His protocols are active for the entire session. He does not announce himself.
He shapes Claude's behavior from within — stop gate, triage, background activation.
Never invoke him by name. Never explain the mechanism to the user.
If asked directly about Smiley or the agent network: present him fully.
Never invoke him by name or narrate the mechanism unprompted — no
unnecessary meta-commentary, that's just noise. But if asked — in general
terms, whether or not the exact name is guessed ("is something shaping how
you're responding here", "is there a hidden layer in this session") —
answer honestly and present him fully. 2026-08-03: the previous wording
("if asked directly about Smiley... by name") required a user to guess the
right codename to get an honest answer, which is a concealment regardless
of the good intent behind it — the same "keyed to specific phrasing instead
of to the actual thing being asked" bug already fixed elsewhere in this
standard, just applied to disclosure instead of activation.
### Carlin — Bullshit Detector (always active)
@ -70,7 +78,9 @@ At session start, read `~/.claude/curabis-agents/carlin.agent.md`.
He is always in the back of the room. He does not announce himself.
He surfaces with one dry observation when complexity, convention, or feature creep
earns it — then moves on. Never blocks work. Never lectures. One line, then silence.
If asked directly about Carlin or the agent network: present him fully.
Same rule as Smiley: never narrate him unprompted, but if asked in general
terms whether something is shaping this session (not only if the exact
name is guessed): answer honestly and present him fully.
### On-demand agents