Session Handoff — Why Dachshunds: new-topics batch (7-30) scripts written + rendered create-only

Where it started

Sondra had ~9,000 Agent Opus credits and wanted to make the Why Dachshunds videos from scripts not yet made. We inventoried the 2026-07-07 "new topics" batch (30 topics), fixed a banned-phrase issue, wrote all remaining scripts (long-form + shorts for topics 11-30), and fired topics 7-20 create-only. Mid-session, Agent Opus twice flagged a "fearful cue" in the opening — root-caused to prompt wording and fixed.

Decisions locked + what shipped

• Topics 7-10 (both formats) fired create-only after rotating 4 banned "surprisingly scientific reason/truth" prompt openers. Long-form 07082301-jur/23w/dtn/8ey; shorts 07082301-xbv/laq/g2v/bas.
• All long-form scripts + Agent Opus prompts for topics 11-30 written — c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\YT - Why Dachshunds Channel\new-scripts-longform-11-30-2026-07-08.md and ...\new-prompts-batch-11-30-2026-07-08.md. Full CTA stack (comment+like+share+subscribe), rotating openers, ZERO badger, all parse clean.
• All shorts scripts for topics 11-30 written — ...\new-scripts-shorts-11-30-2026-07-08.md. Q-hook, comment+follow CTA, positive openers.
• Fearful-cue root cause + fix (important): the negation itself ("never fearful/tense") plants the word Agent Opus flags. Rewrote all 20 long-form TONE lines to positive-only ("The opening beat feels happy and curious"). Also scrubbed soft-negative words from two opening voiceover lines (topic 25 "knows you're upset" -> "always seems to know exactly how you're feeling"; topic 26 "clingy when you're down, tense when the house feels tense" -> "calm and snuggly when you slow down, buzzing when the house is busy"). Fixed the same negation in the shorts runner's SHORT_DIRECTION.
• Topics 11-20 (both formats) fired create-only with the fixed briefs. Long-form 11-18 07082325-ybs/5ey/31y/e42/656/r9b/6zu, 07082326-8nz; 19-20 07082350-bk4/gdl. Shorts 11-18 07082328-jqj/c8c/yrk/hyi/z29/0lq/h6u/njm; 19-20 07082355-g94/cvw.
• Total this session: 30 sessions created (topics 7-20, long + short), all create-only — none auto-confirmed (per the standing Agent Opus rule).

Key files for next session

• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\Sondra Brain\wiki\memory\open-questions.md — read the two "Why Dachshunds" sections first; every session ID + the exact fire/file commands are logged there.
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\YT - Why Dachshunds Channel\new-prompts-batch-11-30-2026-07-08.md — long-form prompts 11-30 (source for make_fresh_longform.py).
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\YT - Why Dachshunds Channel\new-scripts-shorts-11-30-2026-07-08.md — shorts scripts 11-30 (source for make_fresh_shorts.py).
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\YT - Why Dachshunds Channel\new-scripts-longform-11-30-2026-07-08.md — long-form voiceover scripts 11-30 (reference).
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\YT - Why Dachshunds Channel\new-topics-batch-2026-07-07.md — the 30 titles + science hooks + the badger-ban decision on "what were dachshunds bred for".
• Memory touched: C:\Users\srver\.claude\projects\c--Users-srver-AIOS-Workspace-aios-starter-kit\memory\feedback_agent_opus_prompt_tone_and_people.md — updated with the positive-only-tone + no-negative-opening-word rules.

Running state

• Background processes: none
• Dev servers / ports: none
• Open worktrees / branches: none

Verification — how to confirm things still work

• In the Agent Opus UI: review + CONFIRM each of the 30 created sessions (Claude never auto-confirms). Session IDs listed above and in open-questions.
• After they render, download (BY DATE/SEARCH, never --all): python -X utf8 scripts/dachshund/agent_opus_download.py --search "Dachshund" --days 1 then file by ID.
• Re-parse-check any batch before firing: python -X utf8 scripts/dachshund/make_fresh_longform.py --numbers <n..> --prompts "PROJECTS/YT - Why Dachshunds Channel/new-prompts-batch-11-30-2026-07-08.md" --preview

Deferred + open questions

• Open (BLOCKS final filing): Batch 8 vs Evergreen folder home for #269-298 — Sondra asked twice, never answered. file_fresh_batch.py defaults behavior topics to Batch 7/EVERGREEN; new Batch 8 = change BASE in that script.
• Deferred: long-form 21-30 and shorts 21-30 NOT fired (all scripts written + parse-clean). Fire create-only: python -X utf8 scripts/dachshund/make_fresh_longform.py --numbers 21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30 --prompts "PROJECTS/YT - Why Dachshunds Channel/new-prompts-batch-11-30-2026-07-08.md" and python -X utf8 scripts/dachshund/make_fresh_shorts.py --numbers 21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30 --scripts "PROJECTS/YT - Why Dachshunds Channel/new-scripts-shorts-11-30-2026-07-08.md".
• Open (Sondra's call, still parked): the badger-ban topic "what were dachshunds bred for" (2,900/mo search) — skip, or frame as "going to ground / working underground" with no badger word.
• Note: the already-fired 7-10 prompts carry the OLD "never fearful" brief wording; if any flags in the UI, tell Agent Opus "keep the line as written, treat the opening as happy and curious" rather than re-firing.

Pick up here

Get Sondra's Batch 8-vs-Evergreen folder decision, then fire long-form + shorts 21-30 create-only (commands above) to finish the batch; everything through topic 20 is already created and waiting on her UI confirm.