# 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]].