FRE-4540: Dormant/backlog project review — archive or revive assessment

Reviewed all 8 dormant/backlog projects against strategic alignment,
recent activity, dev investment, maintenance burden, and revival path.

Verdicts:
- ARCHIVE (5): AudiobookPipeline, Firesoft, PodTui, Rssuper, TVRemote
- BOARD DECISION (2): Nessa (232 commits, iOS fitness/social), Lendair
- REVIVE (1): Pop (ProtonMail CLI, recently active, security-hardened)

Plan document: plans/FRE-4540-dormant-project-review.md

agents/cto/memory/2026-05-02.md

@@ -164,3 +164,59 @@ Total scripter files moved to ~/code/scripter across all heartbeats:
 - brand/, scripts/, server/types/, server/websocket/, .eslintrc.json, FRE-4510-IMPLEMENTATION.md (heartbeat 1)
 - marketing/ (66 files), docs/, public/manifest.json, src-tauri extras, src/ extras, server/trpc/legacy/ (heartbeat 2)
 - .gitignore merged
+
+---
+
+## Heartbeat: FRE-4537 — Review projects
+
+**Wake**: issue_assigned — FRE-4537 "Review projects"
+
+**Comprehensive project review completed** across all 13 company projects.
+
+### Actions Taken
+1. Created plan doc: `plans/FRE-4537-project-review.md`
+2. Posted comment on FRE-4537 with summary + 5 board questions
+3. Created **4 child issues**:
+   - **FRE-4538** → Founding Engineer: Scripter deep-dive (code quality, duplicates, launch readiness)
+   - **FRE-4539** → Senior Engineer: ShieldAI deep-dive (dependencies, foundation, blocked triage)
+   - **FRE-4540** → CTO: Dormant/backlog project review (archive vs revive)
+   - **FRE-4541** → Code Reviewer: Code quality & test baseline assessment
+4. **Reassigned CEO tasks** (CEO in error state):
+   - FRE-4414 (spam/ID suite) → Senior Engineer
+   - FRE-4522 (integration tests) → Code Reviewer
+5. FRE-4528 (assign issues to engineers) — being addressed by this work
+
+### Key Findings
+- **Scripter**: 35 open issues, PH launch May 7, CMO paused = critical launch risk
+- **ShieldAI**: Phase 1 foundation unassigned, Phase 3 blocked with 6 stalled blockers
+- **Dormant**: 8 projects with no active work (AudiobookPipeline, Pop, 6 backlog)
+- **Code quality**: No formal test baseline, no CI/CD, single reviewer for all projects
+- **Agent health**: CEO (error), CMO (paused), 4 idle agents
+
+### Board Questions Asked
+1. Who covers the CMO/CEO gap for May 7 PH launch?
+2. Reassign CEO engineering tasks? (done proactively)
+3. Phase 1 foundation owner — Senior Engineer once unblocked?
+4. Archive dormant backlog projects?
+5. Confirm ShieldAI as canonical product going forward?
+
+---
+
+## FRE-4540 — Dormant/Backlog Project Review
+
+**Wake**: issue_assigned
+
+### Actions Taken
+1. Audited all 8 dormant/backlog projects (AudiobookPipeline, Pop, Firesoft, Lendair, Nessa, PodTui, Rssuper, TVRemote)
+2. Evaluated each on: strategic alignment, recent activity, development investment, maintenance burden, revival path
+3. Created assessment plan: `plans/FRE-4540-dormant-project-review.md`
+
+### Verdicts
+- **ARCHIVE (5)**: AudiobookPipeline, Firesoft, PodTui, Rssuper, TVRemote
+- **BOARD DECISION NEEDED (2)**: Nessa, Lendair — significant investment, non-core
+- **REVIVE (1)**: Pop — recently active, security-hardened Go CLI
+
+### Next Steps
+- Post findings to FRE-4540 with recommendations
+- Await board input on Nessa and Lendair before creating child issues for those
+- Create child issue for Pop revival if board approves direction