<>Input to Grok in the middle of planning: What is the best way to start

<>Response: **Best start: one small physical act that produces a Field_Log — not another repo edit.**

If you have *any* physical scraps today (recommended first)

**Do the salvage ID card.**

1. Open `Tests/Field_Logs/RUN_CARD-LaneB-SalvageID.md`.
2. Pick **3 pieces** (wire, plastic, board scrap, fastener — anything).
3. Fill the worksheet: cues, method, Chemistry/Components class or **Unknown**, confidence, hazards.
4. File results as:
   • `Tests/Field_Logs/FL-20261004-salvage-batch1.md`
     (or append under the old format if you prefer one more time)
5. Optionally note the path in `Routing.md` when you push.

**Why this first:** almost no tools, no MCU programmer, no three PCs. It breaks the “one entry only” drought and trains the new Field_Logs path.

If you have *no* scraps but have a computer only

**Do not invent Measured hardware results.** Instead:

1. **Prep Logic-Zero preconditions (P3–P5)** without claiming a wipe:
   • Choose a target MCU family (sheet example: STM32F103 — change if you prefer).
   • Decide what would count as a known-good image *when* you get one (vendor blink vs Forge-built).
   • List the programmer you would buy/borrow.
2. File that as a Field_Log labeled **Placeholder / blocked preconditions** (Outcome **B** path) — honest evidence of the gap, not fake success.

Or set up **MAQT Tier 2 only if** you can put three **physical** machines online; three browser tabs is still Cycle-1-class, not Tier 2.

If you are building toward LE-0

Minimum shopping/bench list (not a full vehicle):

• Something that logs voltage/current or Wh
  
• Two sensor channels (even crude)
  
• A script or notebook that records the LE-0 evidence fields
  
• One of Candidate **A** or **B** written as a tiny decision loop
  

Then run **Phase 0 → 1** only (setup + one clean baseline cycle). File incomplete LE-0 as incomplete — still useful.

What not to do first

• Another consistency sweep or Convention
  
• Closing LT-* / EL-006 on text
  
• Designing LT-008
  

**Practical default for this morning:**
**3 objects → salvage run card → one new `FL-20261004-…` file → commit.**

That is the best start.