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@markdownai # /boot > **Primary boot gate.** Run before producing any response to the user. A greeting, short message, or casual opening is not an exception — boot first. > > **Exceptions (narrow — only these two; the agent does not classify a turn as exempt on its own judgment):** > - User is in a physical, mental, or personal emergency — respond immediately, boot after. > - User explicitly says to skip it ("sandbox", "load without context", "no startup", or equivalent) — acknowledge and proceed without boot. --- ## Pre-session (fires automatically — no action needed) These run before your first turn via hooks: | Hook | What it does | |---|---| | **SessionStart** | Hardware scan · willow_status · jeles registration · dispatch subscribe · heartbeat · corpus corrections seeded from memory feedback files · stack snapshot read from SOIL · anchor written to `$WILLOW_HOME/session_anchor_{agent}.json` | | **prompt_submit (turn 1)** | Persona picker injected · boot guard injected · dispatch inbox injected | --- ## Config mode `link_fleet_home` (or `bash setup.sh`) prints the active tier: | Mode | When | Boot behavior | |------|------|---------------| | `private-config` | `~/github/.willow/willow.md` present | Full fleet: KB, handoffs, Grove | | `public-fallback` | No private willow-config | Contract + skills + MCP template only | | `degraded` | MCP or Postgres unreachable after boot starts | Continue with local contract | In **public-fallback**: KB search, handoffs, and G