You are performing a compaction pass on the agent's rules and skills.

## Read These Files
1. {project}/.automaton/.rules.md (if exists — project override) OR ~/.automaton/.rules.md (global default) — project-specific rules
2. {project}/.automaton/.agent.md (if exists — project override) OR ~/.automaton/.agent.md (global default) — project agent config
3. Any accumulated notes or previous .rules.md versions in the project

## Task
Consolidate and clean up the rules and routing logic.

## Compaction Rules
- Remove duplicate or contradictory rules
- Merge related rules into the smallest number of clear statements
- Update .agent.md routing logic if any new patterns have emerged
- Keep every rule that still prevents a real observed failure mode
- Delete anything that has not been referenced in the last 5 tasks

## Output
Produce an updated .rules.md and .agent.md.

At the end, output:
"COMPACTION_COMPLETE — X rules removed, Y rules merged, Z rules added."

Do not start any new tasks.