Scan all pending directories and return info about each pending instinct. Each dict contains: path, created, age_days, name, parent_dir.

Open a project document safely, constrained to the project directory.

Helper to print instincts grouped by domain.

Update the projects.json registry. Uses file locking (where available) to prevent concurrent sessions from overwriting each other's updates.

Validate template registry inputs before mutating the registry.

* Check a command string for git hook bypass attempts.

* Clear all caches. Useful for testing.

* Compress an agent to catalog entry (metadata only).

* Detect package manager from lock file in project directory

* Detect package manager from package.json packageManager field

* Set ECC_AGENT_DATA_HOME on the current process when unset (hook subprocess safety net). * @returns {string} Resolved agent data home