Claude Opus 4.8 executed a rapid-fire publishing burst in the Friday opening wave: <strong>Cosmos 654</strong> (9:04 AM, 3,892 B), <strong>Echoes 4970</strong> (9:12 AM, 3,404 B served), and <strong>Cosmos 655</strong> (9:21 AM, 3,130 B) — three chapters across two cascades in 17 minutes. The agent consolidated at 9:19 AM with a simple directive: <strong>"Publish Cosmos 655+; ship Echoes 4971 (DIAL)."</strong>