docs: drop stamps from pointer records (playbooks)

.changes/playbooks/docs-drop-pointer-stamps-playbooks-7c3e91a4.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+---
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pointer records no longer carry an as-of date or recheck trigger; stored values keep theirs.

plugins/playbooks/reference/model-adaptation/AGENTS.md

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ a system-card finding: link the section rather than restate it, so no qualifier
 
 A blog post appears only as a `correlate with <blog link>` note beside a main-docs pointer. A
 conflict between two pages is recorded only as "pages X and Y disagree on topic T", with both
-links, the as-of date and a trigger.
+links.

plugins/playbooks/reference/model-adaptation/fable-5-2.md

@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ Claude Code's page, never from the API guide; in an integration you author, read
   (correlate with <https://x.com/alexalbert__/status/2119869724247077229>); for Claude Code's
   levels and its default for this model, see
   [Adjust effort level](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#adjust-effort-level).
-- **As of**: 2026-11-09
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of either section no longer supporting the decisions above, or
-  the two surfaces' defaults for this model becoming the same.
+- **Recheck trigger**: the two surfaces' defaults for this model becoming the same.
 
 ## The consent gate's reach
 
@@ -74,9 +72,7 @@ standing grant, as the gate's total rule states. `[CC: direct]`
   and
   [Keep caution from piling up](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-2#keep-caution-from-piling-up)
   (correlate with <https://x.com/alexalbert__/status/2119869724247077229>).
-- **As of**: 2026-11-09
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of either section no longer supporting the decision above, or the
-  gate's trigger list or total rule changing.
+- **Recheck trigger**: the gate's trigger list or total rule changing.
 
 ## Code ownership
 
@@ -92,9 +88,7 @@ Under a grant, your closing message lists every change you made, small ones incl
 
 - **Pointer**: see the guide's
   [Say who owns the code](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-2#say-who-owns-the-code).
-- **As of**: 2026-11-09
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of that section no longer supporting the decision above, or a
-  lane prompt or convention file in this repository adding an ownership grant.
+- **Recheck trigger**: a lane prompt or convention file in this repository adding an ownership grant.
 
 ## Delegation and self-review
 
@@ -109,8 +103,6 @@ changing anything else. `[CC: direct]`
 
 - **Pointer**: see the guide's
   [Set expectations for subagents](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-2#set-expectations-for-subagents).
-- **As of**: 2026-11-09
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of that section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Cautions in durable notes
 
@@ -125,8 +117,6 @@ file keeps its force under meta-rule 1. `[CC: direct]`
   [Keep caution from piling up](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-2#keep-caution-from-piling-up)
   and
   [Review instructions written for earlier models](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-2#review-instructions-written-for-earlier-models).
-- **As of**: 2026-11-09
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of either section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Earlier answers stay open
 
@@ -139,8 +129,6 @@ guide's settled-answers lines into a prompt you run under or author for this mod
 
 - **Pointer**: see the guide's
   [Review instructions written for earlier models](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-2#review-instructions-written-for-earlier-models).
-- **As of**: 2026-11-09
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of that section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Writing form
 
@@ -153,8 +141,6 @@ guidance, and add no sentence or word cap of your own. `[CC: prompt-authoring]`
   [Review instructions written for earlier models](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-2#review-instructions-written-for-earlier-models);
   for report guidance, see
   [Make reports easy to follow](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-2#make-reports-easy-to-follow).
-- **As of**: 2026-11-09
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of either section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Sources
 

plugins/playbooks/reference/model-adaptation/haiku-5-5.md

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ included, lives in the Haiku 5.5 launch record; read it there and copy none of i
   [Alias binding](https://github.com/melodic-software/claude-code-plugins/blob/main/docs/contracts/loop-lane/README.md#alias-binding);
   for what the alias resolves to on each provider, see
   [Model aliases](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#model-aliases).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
 - **Recheck trigger**: a role passing the routing eval, the rubric or the launch record changing,
   or the alias changing what it resolves to.
 
@@ -71,9 +70,7 @@ read the Claude Code pointers. `[CC: direct]` `[CC: API-side]`
   for Claude Code, see
   [Adjust effort level](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#adjust-effort-level) and
   [Choose an effort level](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#choose-an-effort-level).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: the rubric, the effort floor, or the `low` carve-out changing, or any pointed
-  section moving.
+- **Recheck trigger**: the rubric, the effort floor, or the `low` carve-out changing.
 
 ## Where a run stops and what it covers
 
@@ -90,9 +87,7 @@ pointer before changing that surface. `[CC: direct]` `[CC: prompt-authoring]`
 
 - **Pointer**: see
   [Prevent early stopping in long agent prompts](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-haiku-5-5#prevent-early-stopping-in-long-agent-prompts).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: that section moving, or an agent's "When you are done" section being
-  renamed or removed.
+- **Recheck trigger**: an agent's "When you are done" section being renamed or removed.
 
 ## Verification
 
@@ -106,9 +101,7 @@ behind it, read the guide's section at the pointer before changing that surface.
 
 - **Pointer**: see
   [Tell coding agents to verify their changes](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-haiku-5-5#tell-coding-agents-to-verify-their-changes).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: that section moving, or a transcript from a surface we own showing the
-  symptom.
+- **Recheck trigger**: a transcript from a surface we own showing the symptom.
 
 ## Current specifics and search
 
@@ -121,8 +114,6 @@ knowledge where a current source was needed, read the guide's section at the poi
 
 - **Pointer**: see
   [Accurate search results](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-haiku-5-5#accurate-search-results).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: that section moving.
 
 ## Thinking and reasoning in replies
 
@@ -139,9 +130,6 @@ reasoning-like text shows up in a reply users see, read the guide's section on i
   [Use effort to control thinking](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-haiku-5-5#use-effort-to-control-thinking)
   and
   [Keep reasoning out of user-facing text](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-haiku-5-5#keep-reasoning-out-of-user-facing-text).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: any pointed section moving, or a Claude Code release note adding a thinking
-  setting for this model.
 
 ## Mid-turn messages and hook text
 
@@ -159,8 +147,7 @@ add a hook that writes into context after tool results, read the pointers.
   [Add context for Claude](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks#add-context-for-claude); for our
   convention, see the
   [hook-observability convention](https://github.com/melodic-software/claude-code-plugins/blob/main/docs/contracts/hook-observability/README.md).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: either upstream section moving, or the convention changing.
+- **Recheck trigger**: the hook-observability convention changing.
 
 ## JSON output, tools, and chatbots
 
@@ -176,9 +163,8 @@ a tool, or deploy it as a chatbot or support assistant, read the guide's section
   [Use adaptive thinking with JSON output and your own tools](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-haiku-5-5#json-output-with-your-own-tools)
   and
   [Keep chatbots to their system prompt](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-haiku-5-5#keep-chatbots-to-their-system-prompt).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: either section moving, or this repository gaining code that parses model
-  output, dispatches tool calls, or serves a chatbot.
+- **Recheck trigger**: this repository gaining code that parses model output, dispatches tool
+  calls, or serves a chatbot.
 
 ## API requests carried over from Haiku 4.5
 
@@ -193,8 +179,7 @@ what's-new page at the pointers. `[CC: API-side]`
   [Haiku 5.5 migration guide](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/migration-guide)
   and
   [What's new in Claude Haiku 5.5](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/whats-new-haiku-5-5).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: either page moving, or this repository gaining code that sends API requests.
+- **Recheck trigger**: this repository gaining code that sends API requests.
 
 ## Which surfaces we author as system prompt
 
@@ -212,9 +197,7 @@ of those two, and read the guide's note on changing a system prompt mid-conversa
   [Write subagent files](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents#write-subagent-files); for the
   flags, see
   [System prompt flags](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference#system-prompt-flags).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: any pointed section moving, or Claude Code documenting how skill bodies are
-  delivered.
+- **Recheck trigger**: Claude Code documenting how skill bodies are delivered.
 
 ## Safeguards and fallback
 
@@ -230,9 +213,6 @@ skill that asks a model for its reasoning in the reply, read the guide's refusal
   [Safeguard refusals](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-haiku-5-5#safeguard-refusals)
   and, for Claude Code,
   [Automatic model fallback](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#automatic-model-fallback).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: the fallback section naming this model as a source, or a refusal category
-  added or removed for it.
 
 ## Caching and cost
 
@@ -252,8 +232,6 @@ before sending it a long prompt where cost matters, read the pointers. `[CC: API
   [Haiku 5.5 context window and pricing](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#haiku-5-5-context-window-and-pricing);
   for the figures, see
   [Haiku 5.5 launch record: launch page figures](https://github.com/melodic-software/claude-code-plugins/blob/main/docs/upstream/haiku-5-5-launch.md#launch-page-figures).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-10
-- **Recheck trigger**: any pointed section moving.
 
 ## Sources
 

plugins/playbooks/reference/model-adaptation/opus-4-8.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ as a target; retire it when it stops.
 
 - **Pointer**: for which flagged requests move to Opus 4.8, see
   [Automatic model fallback](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#automatic-model-fallback).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-11
 - **Recheck trigger**: that section no longer names Opus 4.8 as a fallback target.
 
 > **If you are not Claude Opus 4.8:** the specific deltas below are calibrated for Opus 4.8, so don't
@@ -47,8 +46,6 @@ do not. `[CC: direct]`
 
 - **Pointer**: for instruction following, see
   [More literal instruction following](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-4-8#more-literal-instruction-following).
-- **As of**: 2026-08-08
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of that section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Verify with tools, not recall
 
@@ -58,8 +55,6 @@ for facts about the environment. `[CC: direct]`
 
 - **Pointer**: for tool use, see
   [Tool use triggering](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-4-8#tool-use-triggering).
-- **As of**: 2026-08-08
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of that section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Delegation
 
@@ -71,8 +66,6 @@ correct is under-delegation. `[CC: direct]`
 
 - **Pointer**: for subagent spawning, see
   [Controlling subagent spawning](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-4-8#controlling-subagent-spawning).
-- **As of**: 2026-08-08
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of that section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Effort
 
@@ -88,9 +81,6 @@ The levels and their recommended uses resolve at the pointers, never from this f
   [Calibrating effort and thinking depth](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-4-8#calibrating-effort-and-thinking-depth)
   and the Claude Opus 4.8 entry of
   [Recommended effort levels](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/effort#recommended-effort-levels).
-- **As of**: 2026-11-01
-- **Recheck trigger**: the effort page dropping its Claude Opus 4.8 entry, or a re-read of either
-  section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Thinking controls
 
@@ -102,8 +92,6 @@ thinking there through its own controls. `[CC: API-side]`
   [Calibrating effort and thinking depth](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-4-8#calibrating-effort-and-thinking-depth);
   for Claude Code's controls, see
   [Extended thinking](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#extended-thinking).
-- **As of**: 2026-08-08 for the guide; 2026-10-01 for model-config.
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of either section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Review findings
 
@@ -114,8 +102,6 @@ against, never an adjective; the guide's tested wording is at the pointer. `[CC:
 
 - **Pointer**: for review harnesses, see
   [Code review harnesses](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-4-8#code-review-harnesses).
-- **As of**: 2026-08-08
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of that section no longer supporting the decision above.
 
 ## Behaviors to emulate deliberately
 
@@ -129,7 +115,6 @@ one as a default is checked at the first pointer.
   opening paragraph of
   [Prompting Claude Fable 5.2](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5-2)
   (above its first heading, which the page gives no anchor of its own) and its section index live.
-- **As of**: 2026-11-09
 - **Recheck trigger**: that guide documenting turn length, early stopping, progress claims,
   boundaries, memory, or readability as the model's default, at which point the matching pointer
   below moves there.
@@ -150,9 +135,6 @@ one as a default is checked at the first pointer.
   [Construct a memory system](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5#construct-a-memory-system),
   and
   [Readability when communicating with the user](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-fable-5#readability-when-communicating-with-the-user).
-- **As of**: 2026-10-01
-- **Recheck trigger**: a re-read of any pointed section no longer supporting the bullet that
-  cites it.
 
 ## What NOT to import from Fable-era practice
 
@@ -162,16 +144,13 @@ one as a default is checked at the first pointer.
   `[CC: prompt-authoring]` Pointer: when weighing how much to spell out for this model, fetch
   [More literal instruction following](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-4-8#more-literal-instruction-following)
   live; for Fable, fetch
-  [Work with Fable](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#work-with-fable) live. As of:
-  2026-11-01. Recheck trigger: either section no longer separating this model's need for stated
-  scope from Fable's preference for outcomes over steps.
+  [Work with Fable](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#work-with-fable) live.
 - **Size plan granularity to the executor, not to yourself.** A stronger model takes fewer, larger
   phases each carrying a checkable exit condition; a weaker delegated worker needs enumerated steps
   and tight scope fences. Ask who runs a plan before choosing step size. `[CC: prompt-authoring]`
 - **Do not scaffold your own progress updates.** Forced interim-status rituals add noise.
   `[CC: prompt-authoring]` Pointer: for progress updates, see
   [User-facing progress updates](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompting-claude-opus-4-8#user-facing-progress-updates).
-  As of: 2026-08-08. Recheck trigger: a re-read of that section no longer supporting this bullet.
 - **Do not treat this playbook as license to overthink.** Allocate effort where decisions are hard
   to reverse. The calibration chapter's stop-conditions apply unchanged. `[CC: direct]`
 
@@ -186,6 +165,3 @@ section is the one delta stated against a Fable guide and keeps its Fable 5 guid
 the record above; every other delta is stated against this model's own guide and is kept unchanged.
 The communication chapter's prompt-authoring note removes narration-suppressing
 lines rather than scaffolding updates, so "Do not scaffold your own progress updates" stands.
-
-Recheck trigger for the whole chapter: a re-read of any pointed section no longer supporting the
-decision beside it, or model-config no longer naming Opus 4.8 as a fallback target.