diff --git a/pkg/autonomy/engine.go b/pkg/autonomy/engine.go
index 5ec520a..4a284ec 100644
--- a/pkg/autonomy/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/autonomy/engine.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func schedulingScore(st *taskState, now time.Time) int {
 }
 
 func deriveResourceKeys(content string) []string {
-	raw := strings.TrimSpace(content)
+	raw := content
 	if raw == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ func parseExplicitResourceKeys(content string) []string {
 	if end < 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	body := strings.TrimSpace(rest[:end])
+	body := rest[:end]
 	if body == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -479,13 +479,13 @@ func (e *Engine) scanTodos() []todoItem {
 		for _, line := range strings.Split(string(data), "\n") {
 			t := strings.TrimSpace(line)
 			if strings.HasPrefix(t, "- [ ]") {
-				content := strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(t, "- [ ]"))
+				content := strings.TrimPrefix(t, "- [ ]")
 				priority, dueAt, normalized := parseTodoAttributes(content)
 				merge(todoItem{ID: hashID(normalized), Content: normalized, Priority: priority, DueAt: dueAt})
 				continue
 			}
 			if strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(t), "todo:") {
-				content := strings.TrimSpace(t[5:])
+				content := t[5:]
 				priority, dueAt, normalized := parseTodoAttributes(content)
 				merge(todoItem{ID: hashID(normalized), Content: normalized, Priority: priority, DueAt: dueAt})
 			}
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func (e *Engine) scanTodos() []todoItem {
 			if status == "done" {
 				continue
 			}
-			content := strings.TrimSpace(it.Content)
+			content := it.Content
 			if content == "" {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ func (e *Engine) scanTodos() []todoItem {
 			if priority == "" {
 				priority = "normal"
 			}
-			merge(todoItem{ID: id, Content: content, Priority: priority, DueAt: strings.TrimSpace(it.DueAt)})
+			merge(todoItem{ID: id, Content: content, Priority: priority, DueAt: it.DueAt})
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ func (e *Engine) sendFailureNotification(st *taskState, reason string) {
 	e.bus.PublishOutbound(bus.OutboundMessage{
 		Channel: e.opts.DefaultNotifyChannel,
 		ChatID:  e.opts.DefaultNotifyChatID,
-		Content: fmt.Sprintf(tpl, shortTask(st.Content), strings.TrimSpace(reason), shortTask(st.Content)),
+		Content: fmt.Sprintf(tpl, shortTask(st.Content), reason, shortTask(st.Content)),
 	})
 }
 
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ func (e *Engine) writeTriggerAudit(action string, st *taskState, errText string)
 		"action":  action,
 		"session": "autonomy:" + st.ID,
 	}
-	if strings.TrimSpace(errText) != "" {
+	if errText != "" {
 		row["error"] = errText
 	}
 	if b, err := json.Marshal(row); err == nil {
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ func (e *Engine) writeTriggerAudit(action string, st *taskState, errText string)
 	act := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(action))
 	if act != "" {
 		stats.Counts["autonomy:"+act]++
-		reason := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(errText))
+		reason := strings.ToLower(errText)
 		if reason != "" {
 			reason = strings.ReplaceAll(reason, " ", "_")
 			reason = strings.ReplaceAll(reason, ":", "_")
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ func (e *Engine) persistStateLocked() {
 
 func parseTodoAttributes(content string) (priority, dueAt, normalized string) {
 	priority = "normal"
-	normalized = strings.TrimSpace(content)
+	normalized = content
 	l := strings.ToLower(normalized)
 	if strings.HasPrefix(l, "[high]") || strings.HasPrefix(l, "p1:") {
 		priority = "high"
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ func parseTodoAttributes(content string) (priority, dueAt, normalized string) {
 		normalized = strings.TrimSpace(normalized[:idx])
 	}
 	if normalized == "" {
-		normalized = strings.TrimSpace(content)
+		normalized = content
 	}
 	return priority, dueAt, normalized
 }
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ func (e *Engine) isHighValueCompletion(st *taskState) bool {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(st.DueAt) != "" {
 		return true
 	}
-	s := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(st.Content))
+	s := strings.ToLower(st.Content)
 	keywords := e.opts.ImportantKeywords
 	if len(keywords) == 0 {
 		keywords = []string{"urgent", "payment", "release", "deadline", "p0", "asap"}
diff --git a/pkg/nodes/registry_server.go b/pkg/nodes/registry_server.go
index b542f42..881b7d0 100644
--- a/pkg/nodes/registry_server.go
+++ b/pkg/nodes/registry_server.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (s *RegistryServer) handleHeartbeat(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	var body struct {
 		ID string `json:"id"`
 	}
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil || strings.TrimSpace(body.ID) == "" {
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil || body.ID == "" {
 		http.Error(w, "id required", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ func (s *RegistryServer) handleWebUINodes(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 			http.Error(w, "invalid json", http.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
 		}
-		action := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(body.Action))
+		action := strings.ToLower(body.Action)
 		if action != "delete" {
 			http.Error(w, "unsupported action", http.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ func (s *RegistryServer) handleWebUINodes(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 			http.Error(w, "nodes manager unavailable", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return
 		}
-		id := strings.TrimSpace(body.ID)
+		id := body.ID
 		ok := s.mgr.Remove(id)
 		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]interface{}{"ok": true, "deleted": ok, "id": id})
 	default:
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ func (s *RegistryServer) handleWebUISkills(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 		http.Error(w, "unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
 		return
 	}
-	skillsDir := filepath.Join(strings.TrimSpace(s.workspacePath), "skills")
+	skillsDir := filepath.Join(s.workspacePath, "skills")
 	if strings.TrimSpace(skillsDir) == "" {
 		http.Error(w, "workspace not configured", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ func (s *RegistryServer) handleWebUISessions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 		http.Error(w, "method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		return
 	}
-	sessionsDir := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(strings.TrimSpace(s.workspacePath)), "agents", "main", "sessions")
+	sessionsDir := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(s.workspacePath), "agents", "main", "sessions")
 	_ = os.MkdirAll(sessionsDir, 0755)
 	type item struct {
 		Key     string `json:"key"`
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ func (s *RegistryServer) handleWebUIMemory(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 		http.Error(w, "unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
 		return
 	}
-	memoryDir := filepath.Join(strings.TrimSpace(s.workspacePath), "memory")
+	memoryDir := filepath.Join(s.workspacePath, "memory")
 	_ = os.MkdirAll(memoryDir, 0755)
 	switch r.Method {
 	case http.MethodGet:
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ func (s *RegistryServer) handleWebUIMemory(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 			http.Error(w, "invalid json", http.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
 		}
-		clean := filepath.Clean(strings.TrimSpace(body.Path))
+		clean := filepath.Clean(body.Path)
 		if clean == "" || strings.HasPrefix(clean, "..") {
 			http.Error(w, "invalid path", http.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ func (s *RegistryServer) handleWebUIMemory(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 		}
 		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]interface{}{"ok": true, "path": clean})
 	case http.MethodDelete:
-		path := filepath.Clean(strings.TrimSpace(r.URL.Query().Get("path")))
+		path := filepath.Clean(r.URL.Query().Get("path"))
 		if path == "" || strings.HasPrefix(path, "..") {
 			http.Error(w, "invalid path", http.StatusBadRequest)
 			return