diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/package.json b/apps/x/packages/core/package.json
index 2429204d..d660eeaa 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "rm -rf dist && tsc",
+    "build": "rm -rf dist && tsc && mkdir -p dist/knowledge && cp src/knowledge/note_creation.md dist/knowledge/",
     "dev": "tsc -w"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts
index 5ddf0f13..ddc05816 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { IMessageQueue } from "../application/lib/message-queue.js";
 import { IRunsRepo } from "../runs/repo.js";
 import { IRunsLock } from "../runs/lock.js";
 import { PrefixLogger } from "@x/shared";
+import { parse } from "yaml";
 
 export interface IAgentRuntime {
     trigger(runId: string): Promise<void>;
@@ -243,6 +244,38 @@ export async function loadAgent(id: string): Promise<z.infer<typeof Agent>> {
     if (id === "copilot" || id === "rowboatx") {
         return CopilotAgent;
     }
+
+    // Special case: load note_creation agent from checked-in file
+    if (id === "note_creation") {
+        const currentDir = path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname);
+        // File is copied to dist/knowledge during build
+        const agentFilePath = path.join(currentDir, "../knowledge/note_creation.md");
+        const raw = fs.readFileSync(agentFilePath, "utf8");
+
+        let agent: z.infer<typeof Agent> = {
+            name: "note_creation",
+            instructions: raw,
+        };
+
+        // Parse frontmatter if present
+        if (raw.startsWith("---")) {
+            const end = raw.indexOf("\n---", 3);
+            if (end !== -1) {
+                const fm = raw.slice(3, end).trim();
+                const content = raw.slice(end + 4).trim();
+                const yaml = parse(fm);
+                const parsed = Agent.omit({ name: true, instructions: true }).parse(yaml);
+                agent = {
+                    ...agent,
+                    ...parsed,
+                    instructions: content,
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        return agent;
+    }
+
     const repo = container.resolve<IAgentsRepo>('agentsRepo');
     return await repo.fetch(id);
 }
@@ -655,7 +688,10 @@ export async function* streamAgent({
             agent.instructions,
             tools,
         )) {
-            loopLogger.log('got llm-stream-event:', event.type)
+            // Only log significant events (not text-delta to reduce noise)
+            if (event.type !== 'text-delta') {
+                loopLogger.log('got llm-stream-event:', event.type);
+            }
             messageBuilder.ingest(event);
             yield* processEvent({
                 runId,
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/graph_state.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/graph_state.ts
index ad5ccfe3..aa6df169 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/graph_state.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/graph_state.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export function markFileAsProcessed(filePath: string, state: GraphState): void {
 
 /**
  * Get list of files that need processing from a source directory
- * Returns only new or changed files
+ * Returns only new or changed files, recursively traversing subdirectories
  */
 export function getFilesToProcess(
     sourceDir: string,
@@ -112,19 +112,27 @@ export function getFilesToProcess(
     }
 
     const filesToProcess: string[] = [];
-    const entries = fs.readdirSync(sourceDir);
 
-    for (const entry of entries) {
-        const fullPath = path.join(sourceDir, entry);
-        const stat = fs.statSync(fullPath);
+    // Recursive function to traverse directories
+    function traverseDirectory(dir: string) {
+        const entries = fs.readdirSync(dir);
 
-        if (stat.isFile() && entry.endsWith('.md')) {
-            if (hasFileChanged(fullPath, state)) {
-                filesToProcess.push(fullPath);
+        for (const entry of entries) {
+            const fullPath = path.join(dir, entry);
+            const stat = fs.statSync(fullPath);
+
+            if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+                // Recurse into subdirectories
+                traverseDirectory(fullPath);
+            } else if (stat.isFile() && entry.endsWith('.md')) {
+                if (hasFileChanged(fullPath, state)) {
+                    filesToProcess.push(fullPath);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
 
+    traverseDirectory(sourceDir);
     return filesToProcess;
 }