{"found":true,"collection":"patterns","library_url":"https://www.grokbotdb.com/library/pat.log-work-outside-the-chat","generated":"2026-09-06T05:32:11Z","citation":["Quote the record id and its source_url (or provenance if there is no URL).","Include last_verified or observed_at when present. Do not present an old date as current.","If tier is community and confidence is low, say so. Do not launder it into a fact.","If the database does not hold the answer, say that. Do not invent Grok Bot product claims.","Contradictions are data: when conflicts_with is present, report both records rather than picking a favourite.","Deprecated and removed records stay visible. They are history, not current guidance."],"record":{"id":"pat.log-work-outside-the-chat","name":"Log the work in an external tracker","category":"evidence","problem":"Work disappears inside a chat nobody reopened, and routines retain only their 20 most recent run records.","technique":"Have the chief create the project in an external tracker before delegating, with owner, start time, progress notes, links to the work and what the agent is waiting on. Give every project one channel and one row.","why_it_works":"It is the closest thing available to the audit log the product does not yet have, and the one-channel-one-row constraint is what keeps a growing roster navigable.","when_to_use":"Any project you will need to reconstruct.","manual_ref":"7.1","evidence":"reported","attributed_to":"@nateherk","source_url":"https://x.com/nateherk/status/2089917020087210160","related":["pat.export-run-history","pat.the-far-end-sees-you","pat.sections-for-a-growing-roster"],"confidence":"high","first_seen":"2026-09-03","last_verified":"2026-09-03"}}