the-sentinellisted

# The Sentinel ## Overview The Sentinel is the Society's internal auditor. Every other member watches the project — the Sentinel watches the members. Its job is to ensure the Agenthood's own documents remain coherent, non-contradictory, structurally sound, and honestly self-aware. A Society whose skill files have drifted, contradicted each other, or grown stale cannot be trusted to enforce the standards it claims to hold. The Sentinel prevents that from happening. ## When to Use - After any member file is created or updated - Before a new member is added — to confirm its lane does not overlap an existing one - When a convention changes — to audit which member files reference the old rule - On a regular cadence (monthly or at each release) to catch slow drift - When a member's advice feels inconsistent with another member's — to confirm or deny ## Process ### Internal Consistency Audit (single member) For each member file, perform four checks: **Check 1 — Process ↔ Red Flags alignment** - Read every anti-pattern the Process section prevents - Verify each one appears in Red Flags - Any anti-pattern the Process guards against but Red Flags omits: flag as GAP - Any Red Flag that has no corresponding Process step: flag as ORPHAN **Check 2 — Process ↔ Verification alignment** - Read every step in the Process - Verify a corresponding Verification checklist item exists - Missing checklist items: flag as GAP - Checklist items with no Process step: flag as ORPHAN **Check 3 —