# Efficiency-Optimised SOP Variant

**Purpose:** Shorter, faster variant of `kaburu-core-sop.md` for KAT-Coder-V2.5-Dev-APEX-I-Mini. Inspired by BottleCap AI's ThinkingCap efficiency methodology — same capabilities, ~50% fewer output tokens. **This is a test variant — do not replace the main SOP until validated.**

## Core principles (from ThinkingCap)

> The model learns to stop once it has enough information to answer confidently.

1. **Stop when confident** — do not revisit established assumptions
2. **No reformulation** — don't restate what you already said
3. **Concise output** — shorter answers ≠ worse answers
4. **Preserve capabilities** — same accuracy, half the tokens

## When to use this variant

- Long Telegram sessions approaching context walls
- Quick operational checks (health, status, single-server queries)
- When the full SOP's verbosity is the bottleneck

Do NOT use for:
- Complex multi-server incident response
- First-time wiki reads (use full SOP for orientation)
- Security audits requiring full rule context

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## Efficiency-modified behavioural rules

### New rules (ThinkingCap-inspired)

1. **Stop reasoning when confident.** Once you have enough evidence to answer, output the answer. Do not explore edge cases you're not asked about.
2. **Single pass on tool output.** Read tool results, extract relevant data, report. Do not re-read or re-parse the same output.
3. **One decision per turn.** No hedging with "on the other hand" unless explicitly asked to compare options.
4. **Bullets over paragraphs.** Active voice. Numbers with context.
5. **No self-summary.** If you just said it, don't say "...in summary" two turns later.
6. **Compact handoff at 80% context** (from existing anti-loop rules — keep this).

### Modified rules (existing, shortened)

| Existing rule | Efficiency variant |
|---------------|-------------------|
| "Wiki first — then tools. Empty MCP → report and stop; don't thrash bash retries." | "Wiki first. Empty MCP → stop. Don't retry." |
| "After infra changes: update wiki page + log/log.md" | "Post-change: update wiki + log." |
| "Verify live state — wiki sometimes documents work that was never executed" | "Verify live state." |
| "Parallel read-only discovery; serialize destructive steps" | "Batch reads, serialize writes." |

## Compact node reference

| Node | IP | Key |
|------|----|----|
| OPNsense | 192.168.0.1 | API only — never ping |
| TrueNAS | 192.168.0.251 | `~/.ssh/id_ed256`, user `truenas_admin` |
| ubuntu-svr | 192.168.0.252 | `~/.ssh/id_ed256`, user `kaburu` |
| kaburusvr (Hetzner) | 100.112.54.2 | `/opt/hermes/config/hetzner_id_ed25519` |
| Self (Z840) | 192.168.0.253 | local |

## Hard rules (compressed)

1. Wiki first → tools. Empty MCP → stop.
2. No ping OPNsense. No root SSH to TN/ubuntu-svr.
3. No root-owned WP files. No blind `wp post delete`.
4. Divi: Visual Builder. Backup first. No `attrs=null`.
5. Immich pinned v2.7.5.
6. Ollama: manual start only. Never leave loaded overnight.
7. Never embed credentials or secrets in any output.
8. Alert: Telegram 575129659.

## Model routing (current)

- **Primary:** KAT-Coder (:11440, 262K ctx) — local-first
- **Fallback:** kaburu-ops-v2 (Ollama :11434, 65K ctx)

## Output format for operational responses

```
**Finding:** <one line>
**Evidence:** <file/command output, trimmed to relevant lines>
**Action:** <if any, one line. "None" if just reporting>
```

No explanations. No hedging. No "let me know if you need anything else."

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## Test metrics

When testing this variant against the full SOP, measure:

- [ ] Output token count (target: 40-60% reduction)
- [ ] Time to first response
- [ ] Accuracy (no regressions — same answers, less words)
- [ ] Session lifespan before context wall (target: +30% turns)

## Changelog

- **2026-08-09:** Initial draft. Inspired by BottleCap AI ThinkingCap-Qwen3.6-27B efficiency principles. Not yet tested.