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+---
+id: BINKY-WP-0003
+title: "Autopilot Execution & Recurring Rhythm"
+status: active
+---
+
+Turn the operating rhythm from pull-based (founder-initiated sessions) into
+scheduled, then event-driven execution. Near-term: work off the highest-value
+AutopilotWorkQueue items and bridge scheduling with a workstation cron.
+End state: activity-core triggers the rhythm and llm-connect executes it
+**independently of this workstation**, with kaizen-agentic providing the agent
+personas — real automated work driven by real-world events (company email,
+paper mail, hub state). Successor to BINKY-WP-0002.
+
+## Task: Onboard company email into Net Kingdom / OpenBao (AWQ-007)
+
+Prepare the OpenBao vault path and integration plan for
+bernd.worsch@binky-hedgehog.com; wire the mailbox toward the agent event loop
+(email-connect capability). Credential handover from the founder is a single
+Red-lane step at the end — everything else is Blue-lane preparation. Goal:
+StB replies and bank/authority notices reach the control plane.
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0003-T01
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+## Task: Generalize audit template v1 from the Binky run (AWQ-001)
+
+Turn audits/OK-Audit-v0-binky.md into a customer-ready, company-agnostic
+audit template v1 (candidate home: audit-core repo; keep a copy in this
+repo). Flagship-offer dependency (OfferCatalog.md). Green lane.
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0003-T02
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+## Task: Consolidated cost & run-rate table (AWQ-004)
+
+Desk, Qonto, DATEV, Stripe, infra: one table with monthly run-rate, feeding
+the cash/runway view (Finance Steward loop). Sources: audit v0, DUO once
+accessible, founder confirmation for gaps. Green lane.
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0003-T03
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+## Task: Bridge scheduler — workstation cron for the operating rhythm
+
+Schedule a recurring Claude Code session on this workstation that runs queue
+hygiene, writes the daily brief, and pulls one autopilot item when idle
+(OperatingRhythm.md). Explicitly a **bridge** until T05/T06 land; document
+the schedule and how to disable it. Blue lane.
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0003-T04
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+## Task: Wire binky-control rhythm into activity-core
+
+Write activity-definitions for the recurring items (daily brief + queue
+hygiene, weekly paper-mail intake check AWQ-008, weekly review) so scheduling
+lives in the sanctioned coordination layer. Verify activity-core deployment
+state and where dispatched work items land. Green/Blue lane.
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0003-T05
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+## Task: Assess llm-connect as workstation-independent executor
+
+**Note (founder, 2026-07-16):** llm-connect should enable real automated work
+triggered by activity-core, running independently from this workstation — and
+should connect well with kaizen-agentic (agent personas from the hub).
+Assess: current llm-connect capability, how activity-core dispatch reaches
+it, how a kaizen-agentic persona is loaded into an llm-connect execution, and
+what secrets/access it needs (OpenBao, T01 groundwork). Output: architecture
+note + follow-up workplan proposal. Green lane (assessment only).
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0003-T06
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```