Can a cheap model install and use TayHCode/daybook?
Newest observation per platform and model. Revisions, runtimes and operations can differ; this is not a ranking. Earlier observations remain in the full history.
Observed: ## Check you didn't drop anything
no brief since Fri 2026-10-09; this covers Fri 2026-10-09–Sun 2026-10-11.
Missing complete briefs in reminder lookback: 2026-10-08, 2026-10-10, 2026-10-11.
- [cu-55e1f1fada5a4a0b] **sample-app** — demo-feature has commits but no collected PR or merge evidence (coverage may be incomplete).; first seen Fri, carried 3 days
- [cu-6e18e869a08d9f05] **sample-app** — demo-feature has no upstream configured (publication unknown).; first seen Fri, carried 3 days
- [cu-84adc6b9e266aeae] **sample-app** — Document synthetic parser errors.; first seen Fri, carried 3 days
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Local mode makes no model calls: Real input produced the expected result: Model: 0 calls
Source: Plain local mode has no network client or network subprocess.
Observed: sede stale mirrors. Unordered disagreements between files remain conflicts. Distinct native IDs survive. The previous contributing copy keeps source credit while available. Current collection diagnostics are in cache/sessions/diagnostics.json; snapshot counts remain as of the last content change.
Extensions: 0 repos found, 0 candidates read, 0 dormant; limits hit: none
Local git: 1 repos, 1 worktrees; ahead/behind as of the last fetch
Unassigned sessions: 0 (none)
Model: 0 calls, 0 s, 0/0 tokens in/out; deferred: none
Failures: none
A missing source is a coverage limit, never proof of no work.
Project unit test suite from the README: command completed successfully
Observed: : "write.daybook", "error_type": "OSError", "message": "The operation failed; check the reported stage and selected inputs. Raw error content is withheld."}
{"stage": "collect.localgit", "error_type": "OSError", "message": "The operation failed; check the reported stage and selected inputs. Raw error content is withheld."}
{"stage": "write.daybook", "error_type": "OSError", "message": "The operation failed; check the reported stage and selected inputs. Raw error content is withheld."}
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Ran 143 tests in 5.610s
OK (skipped=1)
Evidence
README behavior checked
Agent interfaces
CLI
CLI
Observed interfaces were exercised by the checker. Documentation alone does not confirm compatibility.
Tested with
Claude Code / Haiku 5.5
macOS: Claude Code / Haiku 5.5 · agent 2.1.300 (Claude Code) · Checked operation passed · Oct 21, 2026 on 71fae3bc372b
Each entry describes its recorded operation and source revision. Other agent clients were not tested.
Safety
No sign of malicious behavior found in these checks
No problems traced to this repository code in these checks; a short run cannot prove safety.
Full event, path and process lists for each observed setup:
Agent-reported scope: Generate and print a local daily brief from the synthetic demo (daybook brief --model none) and run the documented unit tests and compile check