Notepad System — Compaction-Resistant State Preservation

Structured storage for decisions, task state, and critical context that must survive context window compression. Extends pre-compact-state.md from manual discipline to a concrete file-based protocol.

The Problem

When context compresses, the following is lost:

• Why a specific approach was chosen over alternatives
• Which files were edited and what changed
• Where in a multi-step task execution was paused
• Constraints and requirements the user stated earlier in the session

Without this, the recovered context either restarts from scratch or makes assumptions that contradict earlier decisions.