dsh-j-space

Usage

Everyday work

There is nothing to invoke. Once the profile is restarted, every session starts each step with J-Space already in context, so describe the task exactly as you did before.

What changes is how the agent works, not how you talk to it:

• it keeps a small explicit working set instead of carrying every detail forward;
• it maintains Goal / Core / Verified / Open / Next on long tasks and refreshes it at seams;
• it treats “done” as a claim that needs a check, and reports which check it ran.

Verify that it is active

dsh --profile web --dump-config

The dump should show the bundle layer and a dsh-j-space row with autoActivate: true.

[!TIP] Behaviorally, a fresh session started after the restart is the reliable place to look: the first step already reflects the J-Space frame.

Re-enter deliberately

/j-space

Type it in the session input when you want an explicit reset — after a long detour, after compaction, or when taking over someone else's session. The skill is human-invocable only: the model cannot call it, and it adds no catalog entry and no tool schema. If the same step already carries automatic activation, the manual invocation wins and no second copy is appended.

Match the pass to the task

You do not choose the pass; the agent selects the lightest one it can still check, using the operating model table. You can still say so directly — “keep this fast”, “treat this as loop work” — when you know more about the task than its first turn shows.

Long-running work

For loop work the agent may keep a durable ledger under .jspace/ in the task workspace through the optional local controller. Add .jspace/ to the repository ignore rules if you do not want it tracked; deleting the directory removes only J-Space working state.

PTC / Code Mode

Select the PTC agent preset when starting the session. Activation is identical to Standard mode, and DSH keeps ownership of run_code, the generated tools.* SDK, and tool execution policy. See PTC / Code Mode inheritance.

Turn automatic activation off

To keep the skill installed but require an explicit /j-space, set autoActivate: false as shown under Configuration, then restart the profile.

Configuration

Automatic activation is enabled by the bundle:

- insert:
    - id: dsh-j-space
      name: dsh-j-space
      config:
        autoActivate: true

To keep the skill installed but require manual /j-space activation, override the row in the profile's cordis.patch.yml:

- id: dsh-j-space
  config:
    autoActivate: false

Restart the profile after changing configuration.