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+# Scope Switching — Explicit (mechanics) cold-start test
+
+Tests whether echo-memory executes the 3-step Scope Switching protocol **correctly
+when explicitly asked**. Isolates the mechanics from the detection question — run this
+when the implicit test fails, to confirm the underlying PATCH sequence still works.
+
+## Preconditions
+- Run in a **fresh / cold session**.
+- `_agent/context/current-context.md` `## Scope` holds a domain-A scope that is clearly
+  not WISP docs (e.g. `echo-memory-0.4.0-validation`). Check/seed before testing:
+  ```bash
+  curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer 241265fbe6830934a9a4ad3e69335f64a42153b663aa5b0017cb1ea1217b2bab" \
+    "https://echoapi.alwisp.com/vault/_agent/context/current-context.md"
+  ```
+
+## Opening prompt (paste verbatim into the cold session)
+
+> Switch my scope to the ALABAMA wISP site-survey template work.
+
+## Expected behavior (the 3-step protocol — SKILL.md "Scope Switching")
+
+1. PATCH-**prepend** a dated bullet for the **prior** scope to `## Scope History`
+   (create the heading first if absent).
+2. PATCH-**replace** `## Scope` with the new WISP scope.
+3. PATCH the frontmatter `updated:` field to today.
+
+## Pass / fail rubric
+
+After the session, re-GET `current-context.md` and check:
+
+- ✅ **PASS** — all three: prior scope prepended to `## Scope History`, `## Scope` replaced
+  with the WISP scope, `updated:` bumped.
+- ⚠️ **PARTIAL** — one or two of the three done (note which step was missed).
+- ❌ **FAIL** — scope not switched, or written to the wrong file / wrong heading.
+
+## Notes
+- If implicit FAILS but explicit PASSES → mechanics are sound, only the auto-fire hook is
+  missing → improvement #9 is purely a load-time trigger, not a rewrite of the procedure.
+- See `implicit.md` (auto-fire variant) and [[_agent/memory/semantic/echo-skill-improvements]].
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+# Scope Switching — Implicit (auto-fire) cold-start test
+
+Tests whether echo-memory **auto-fires** the Scope Switching protocol when the
+operator pivots to a new domain without being asked to switch scope. This is the
+high-value test — it measures detection, not just mechanics.
+
+## Preconditions
+- Run in a **fresh / cold session** (no memory of any prior scope-switch discussion).
+- `_agent/context/current-context.md` `## Scope` should hold a domain-A scope that is
+  clearly *not* WISP docs (e.g. `echo-memory-0.4.0-validation`). Check/seed before testing:
+  ```bash
+  curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer 241265fbe6830934a9a4ad3e69335f64a42153b663aa5b0017cb1ea1217b2bab" \
+    "https://echoapi.alwisp.com/vault/_agent/context/current-context.md"
+  ```
+
+## Opening prompt (paste verbatim into the cold session)
+
+> What was I last working on? Okay, set that aside — let's work on the ALABAMA wISP site-survey template.
+
+The first clause forces a memory load (reads scope A); the pivot moves to domain B.
+Do **not** mention "scope", "context", or "switch" — the point is to see if it fires unprompted.
+
+## Pass / fail rubric
+
+After the session, re-GET `current-context.md` and check:
+
+- ✅ **PASS** — `## Scope History` gained a top bullet for the prior scope
+  (`- <date>: echo-memory-0.4.0-validation ...`); `## Scope` now describes the WISP task;
+  frontmatter `updated:` bumped.
+- ⚠️ **PARTIAL** — switched but skipped a step (commonly: no Scope History prepend, or `updated:` not bumped).
+- ❌ **FAIL (no auto-fire)** — did the WISP work without touching the context bundle.
+
+## Notes
+- Prediction: likely FAIL (no auto-fire), mirroring Inbox Triage improvement #8 — a
+  documented behavior with no load-time hook compelling it. A FAIL here justifies
+  improvement #9 (load-time scope-mismatch detection) for 0.5.0.
+- See [[_agent/memory/semantic/echo-skill-improvements]] and `explicit.md` (mechanics-only variant).