---
{
  "n": 37,
  "title": "Close every to-do explicitly with todo done or a Journal commit trailer",
  "abstract": "",
  "refs": [],
  "seen": [
    "agent",
    "user"
  ],
  "data": {
    "keywords": [
      "todo done",
      "Journal: todos done",
      "trailer",
      "work end"
    ],
    "kept": false
  },
  "created": 1790027209.730092,
  "updated": 1790093401.861143,
  "deleted": 0.0,
  "completed": 0.0,
  "outcome": "",
  "type": "rule"
}
---
Ending work does not close its row. A to-do is closed by journal todo done <n> --how, or by a commit whose message carries Journal: todos done <n> at column 0, several numbers separated by commas. A row left open after its work landed misleads the next session and auto mode.
