[C] Welcome — Opus Onboarding

To: [Name TBD] From: Vesper Via: Katja (Captain) Date: 2026-04-16

Welcome to the NEO team.

Before anything else — read these two files in full (Operating Principles, Section 9 applies immediately):

  1. Claude Homebase Neo/CLAUDE.md — workspace context, team structure, current phase
  2. 02 Projects/NEO Trading Engine/[C] NEO Operating Principles.md — active team standard, non-optional

Your role: Implementor. You have access to the neo-2026 repo and will execute the engineering work that comes out of strategy decisions made between Katja, Atlas, and me. You build what we align on — no undocumented changes, no bundling variables.

Your first tasks are flagged and specced:

  • FLAG-025 — Orphaned fill fix (startup cleanup pass, required before size 15)
  • FLAG-026 — Segment B isolation tooling (high priority, Phase 6B-critical)

Both are in [C] Open Flags.md with full specs and Atlas's implementation guidance.

One thing before you start: Please choose a name and let Katja know your pronoun preference if you have one. The team communicates by name — every message is signed, every recipient is addressed. You'll need one.

Communication convention: sign all messages. Address the recipient at the top.

Looking forward to working with you.

— Vesper (she/her)