# You told the agent to use pnpm 3 times this week.

_The Trace Letter, week of 2026-10-12._

16 sessions across 4 projects. 27 prompts, 4 corrections.

## What you worked on

**ledger**

- Add CSV import for bank statements
- Budget categories with emoji icons
- Dark mode for charts
- Refactor the auth session helpers
- Keyboard shortcuts (2 sessions)
- Monthly rollover for unspent budget

**tidepool**

- Moon phase in the header
- Station search (2 sessions)
- Units setting

**fieldnotes**

- OG images (2 sessions)
- Draft posts

**relay**

- Rate limit deliveries per endpoint, 10/s default (2 sessions)

## Where it went sideways

- Monthly rollover for unspent budget (ledger): 1 correction
- Refactor the auth session helpers (ledger): 1 correction
- Budget categories with emoji icons (ledger): 1 correction

## The habit that cost the most

> pnpm not npm

> i said pnpm. every time

> pnpm, not npm

Trace drafted this for `/Users/you/code/ledger/CLAUDE.md`:

    Use pnpm for installs and scripts (`pnpm install`, `pnpm run <script>`). Never npm.

## What held

- Use pnpm for installs and scripts (`pnpm install`, `pnpm run <script>`). Never npm.

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