New read-scope op on the contract surface (CLI `gbrain volunteer-context`
with stdin → window, MCP tool for free): takes a rolling conversation
window, returns confidence-gated page pointers with rationales + synopses.
`window` is optional-unless-stats (validated in the handler, codex D9);
`stats: true` returns the volunteered-vs-used precision summary, labeled
APPROXIMATE (the 5-min last-retrieved throttle and unrelated reads both
bias the join). Source scope threads through sourceScopeOpts — federated
grants narrow the volunteer to the granted sources.
Event logging is fire-and-forget through a new `volunteer-events`
background-work sink (volunteer-events.ts, mirrors last-retrieved: tracked
dangling promise set + bounded drain + snapshot-drop on timeout so a
long-lived process never accumulates ghosts). ONE batched INSERT per call,
drained on every exit path by the commit-1 drain hoist; failure never
fails the op (pinned by an injected failing-engine test).
cli formatResult renders both shapes (pointer lines with confidence/arm/
rationale; the stats summary with per-arm precision).
Tests: op contract surface, window-required validation, sink round-trip
with session_id/turn attribution, failing-engine fail-open, federated
grant scoping, stats mode (26 green on PGLite) + a real-Postgres e2e
proving the op + sink + stats join AND that context_volunteer_events has
RLS enabled (keeps the auto-RLS event-trigger mechanism honest for v116).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>