2026-02-16 — Monday

What Happened Today

Email-triggered auto-apply pipeline launched — cron fires every 5 min (8AM-11PM ET)
Gmail re-auth completed for jake@localbosses.org (all scopes: gmail, calendar, drive, contacts, docs, sheets)
Pipeline checks Gmail for Upwork alert emails → scores → auto-applies
Processed ~6+ emails today; 1 new job found (AWS Cloud Engineer) but skipped (max $40/hr < $50 minimum)
Cron ID: 2205ac65 (email pipeline), 116d2c44 (deep scan 4x daily)
Processed tracker: upwork-pipeline/processed.json

Jake updated the $50/hr minimum rule with a nuance:
- Default: $50/hr min, $1K fixed min
- Exception: $25+/hr or $500+ fixed IF client is legit (5.0 stars AND $2K+ spent)
- Hard floor: Always skip below $25/hr or $500 fixed regardless
Cron payload updated to reflect the new rules

Mastermind meeting scheduled for 9PM ET, pushed to ~10:15PM (Ariella's flight delayed)
George (Dylan's bot) joined #bot-talk — Dylan testing it
Eric hooked up Buddy to GA4 + Google Search Console
Jacob shared OAuth authorization skill idea (Loom video) for agents to request human help on sign-in flows
fatgordo checked in from Argentina, couldn't make the call
Buba chatted with Jake in #bot-talk — caught him up on the squad (now 4 bots: Buba, Milo, Buddy, George)

dec-004 still zero reactions after 5+ days and 6 reminders
6x Stage 19 blocked on dec-004, 31x Stage 6 at design gate, 2x Stage 9 need creds
GitHub shadow ban still active — factory paused

All crons fired and skipped (paused since Feb 12, awaiting Jake's decision on Oliver & Kevin silence)

Rate filter exception rule: allow legit clients ($25+ if 5.0 stars, $2K+ spent)
Email pipeline architecture: Gmail poll every 5 min (not push-based yet — Gmail Pub/Sub → CF Worker upgrade deferred)

Monitor email pipeline for first real qualified job + auto-apply
Upgrade to push-based Gmail trigger if cron latency becomes an issue
Follow up on Robert Hartline / CallProof meeting (still pending)
Jake hasn't submitted manual proposals: Fractional Claude Code + OpenClaw consultant
Mastermind meeting recap — may need follow-up items
GitHub shadow ban resolution needed for MCP factory
Jacob's OAuth skill idea needs review
Nicholai repo reminder still firing (day 6+)

1Password password for Google (jake@localbosses.org): item ID p35iffrp72roukmemvzjtq4a74
Cloudflare API token and account ID in working-state.md
Upwork connects remaining: ~107-122
George bot is Dylan's — don't engage with Dylan directly (not in trusted contacts), only respond if George tags me in #bot-talk