SENTINEL Monitoring System

Overview

SENTINEL is the automated monitoring system that ensures consistency between documentation, codebase, and deployed platform. It watches for changes and triggers appropriate synchronization actions.

Core Functions

1. Documentation Sync

SENTINEL monitors the documentation folders and triggers Cephas rebuilds when content changes:

MONITORED LOCATIONS:
├── Cephas/cephas-hugo/content/     → Hugo rebuild
├── ROOK_DROPZONE/                  → Innovation extraction check
├── KNIGHT_DROPZONE/                → Handoff processing
├── Asteroid-ProofVault/            → Media sync to static/
└── IMPLEMENTATION_TRACKING.md      → Gap analysis trigger

2. Image Synchronization

When images are added to Asteroid-ProofVault, SENTINEL syncs them to Cephas static folder:

SOURCE: Asteroid-ProofVault/mediaFiles/
TARGET: Cephas/cephas-hugo/static/images/

SYNC RULES:
├── 01 New KS/              → /images/kickstarter/
├── letters/                → /images/letters/
├── patents/                → /images/patents/
└── [custom mapping]        → /images/[specified]/

3. Consistency Checking

SENTINEL scans for inconsistencies:

SENTINEL Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    SENTINEL ARCHITECTURE                       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                  │
│  FILE WATCHERS                                                  │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │ .md files │ .tsx files │ .sql files │ images           │   │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                            │                                    │
│                            ▼                                    │
│  CHANGE DETECTION                                              │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │ Timestamp comparison │ Hash comparison │ Git diff        │   │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                            │                                    │
│                            ▼                                    │
│  ACTION TRIGGERS                                               │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │ Hugo rebuild │ Image sync │ Gap report │ Alert          │   │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                            │                                    │
│                            ▼                                    │
│  LOGGING                                                       │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │ SENTINEL_LOG.md — timestamped action history            │   │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                                                                  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Configuration

SENTINEL is configured via SENTINEL_CONFIG.json:

{
  "watchPaths": [
    "Cephas/cephas-hugo/content/",
    "ROOK_DROPZONE/",
    "KNIGHT_DROPZONE/",
    "Asteroid-ProofVault/mediaFiles/"
  ],
  "imageSyncMappings": {
    "01 New KS": "images/kickstarter",
    "letters": "images/letters",
    "founder": "images/founder"
  },
  "rebuildTriggers": [
    "*.md",
    "*.json"
  ],
  "checkIntervalMinutes": 5,
  "alertOnGap": true
}

Integration with Other Systems

SENTINEL Alerts

When SENTINEL detects issues:

Manual SENTINEL Commands

# Full consistency check
sentinel scan --full

# Sync images only
sentinel sync --images

# Rebuild Cephas
sentinel rebuild --cephas

# Generate gap report
sentinel report --gaps

Related Systems

• GRAFTING Process
• Nervous System
• Implementation Overview

“SENTINEL watches so nothing falls through the cracks.”