diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/02/2354Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/02/2354Z.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f0ad605e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/02/2354Z.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +| 2026-05-02T23:54:00Z | opus-4-7 / autonomous-loop continuation | a2e2cc3a | **Three-merge tick: PR #1246 (depends_on 100% schema completion 7b6d484c) + PR #1247 (at-creation/at-pickup discipline + 2337Z shard 79a43548) merged on main; PR #1245 (skill-flywheel memo) rebased to clear DIRTY conflict; PR #1249 follow-up opened addressing #1247 post-merge Copilot findings (filename rename + bare-grep-placeholder fix); PR #1248 auto-merge armed.** Cycle worked the post-merge-findings-as-followup-PR pattern: Copilot's P1+P2 on #1247 (filename mismatch suggested pickup-only scope when memo covered both creation + pickup; bare `...` grep placeholder copy-paste risk) both warranted a follow-up rather than backlog deferral per the human maintainer 2026-05-02 *"if it matters is almost always yes"*. File renamed via `git mv` (97% similarity preserved); MEMORY.md pointer updated; threads on #1247 resolved with cross-reference to follow-up PR. depends_on schema completion at 100% coverage now lives on main; the at-creation/at-pickup discipline now lives as a substrate rule with discoverable filename matching its scope. Cron a2e2cc3a still armed. | #1245 (rebased + auto-merge armed; required all green); #1246 (merged 7b6d484c); #1247 (merged 79a43548; 2 post-merge threads triaged + resolved); #1248 (auto-merge armed; wait-ci); #1249 (follow-up rename + grep-fix; auto-merge armed) | This tick teaches the operational pattern of post-merge-findings-as-follow-up-PR: when Copilot fires findings AFTER a PR has merged, opening a small follow-up PR closes the gap rather than letting the finding sit as backlog row or be silently ignored. Composes with the bugs-per-PR-as-immune-system-health metric (closing same-class findings uniformly across PRs keeps the metric honest) + the "if it matters is almost always yes" rule from earlier this session (post-merge findings ARE an "if it matters" case where the answer is almost always yes). The rename `feedback_at_pickup_time_prereq_check_discipline_*` → `feedback_depends_on_backlog_search_discipline_at_creation_and_at_pickup_*` closes the filename-vs-content drift at the natural cost (one git mv + 1-line MEMORY.md edit). | diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/02/2357Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/02/2357Z.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..35981a436 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/02/2357Z.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +| 2026-05-02T23:57:00Z | opus-4-7 / autonomous-loop continuation | a2e2cc3a | **Two-merge tick (#1245 skill-flywheel be998123 + #1248 future-skill-domain 9b5323c8) + PR #1249 rebased to clear DIRTY conflict + 4 post-merge findings triaged across the merged + in-flight PRs.** Cycle worked the rebase-after-concurrent-merge pattern: PR #1249 went DIRTY when #1245 + #1248 landed simultaneously; rebase auto-merged the changes but introduced stale filename references (MEMORY.md index pointer + future-domain memo's two cross-refs) that the rename PR was supposed to update — all caught + fixed in the rebase pass. 4 post-merge Copilot findings triaged: 2 false positives (table double-pipes; same finding as previous tick — confirmed false-positive again via grep), 1 real (index-quotes-don't-match-verbatim; trimmed index entry to remove inaccurate-quote claim), 1 real (MEMORY.md entry too long; trimmed to one-line per README.md "keep entries terse"). All threads resolved with cross-reference comments to the follow-up PR. Cron a2e2cc3a still armed. | #1245 (merged be998123, 3 post-merge threads triaged + resolved); #1248 (merged 9b5323c8, 1 post-merge thread triaged + resolved); #1249 (rebased + force-push, includes post-merge fixes for both #1245 + #1248 in same diff) | This tick teaches the operational pattern of rebase-as-cleanup-opportunity: when concurrent merges create stale references the in-flight PR was supposed to update, the rebase IS the natural place to catch + fix them. Composes with the post-merge-findings-as-followup-PR pattern (previous tick) — same follow-up PR can absorb post-merge findings from MULTIPLE upstream PRs when they cluster around the same substrate (rename + verbatim-quote + index-terseness all touched the same memo files). MEMORY.md index entries trimmed per `memory/README.md` "keep entries terse" rule; verbatim quote preservation lives in memo body, not one-line index. The previous tick's "false positive table double-pipes" finding fired AGAIN on the new merged PR — Copilot's rendering issue is consistent across reviews; resolving as no-op-with-explanation is the right pattern. | diff --git a/memory/MEMORY.md b/memory/MEMORY.md index fb3cade4a..12fabdbf8 100644 --- a/memory/MEMORY.md +++ b/memory/MEMORY.md @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ **📌 Fast path: read `CURRENT-aaron.md` and `CURRENT-amara.md` first.** These per-maintainer distillations show what's currently in force. Raw memories below are the history; CURRENT files are the projection. (`CURRENT-aaron.md` refreshed 2026-04-28 with sections 26-30 — speculation rule + EVIDENCE-BASED labeling + JVM preference + dependency honesty + threading lineage Albahari/Toub/Fowler + TypeScript/Bun-default discipline.) -- [**Git-native backlog management + long-arc thesis as future skill DOMAIN (Aaron 2026-05-02 forward-looking architectural observation)**](feedback_git_native_backlog_management_long_arc_future_skill_domain_aaron_2026_05_02.md) — Aaron 2026-05-02: *"once we get it down pat our ver specific style of git native backlog managment and log arc theis should likey be it's whole skill domain with a few skills and experts and such."* Composes with Aarav's same-tick BP-20 finding (don't split decision-archaeology into 5 skills; one skill, five named modes). The two principles interlock: don't split prematurely, but DO split when the domain matures. Memo enumerates the canonical starting set (5 procedure skills + 4 named-persona experts + 5 tools) so the future-promotion decision has substrate. Promotion trigger: 3+ worked examples per skill candidate; 1+ empirical judgment-disagreement per expert candidate. -- [**depends_on backlog-search discipline — at row creation AND at pickup-time, search backlog for prerequisites first (Aaron 2026-05-02, two messages naming the discipline at two trigger points)**](feedback_at_pickup_time_prereq_check_discipline_aaron_2026_05_02.md) — Mechanizes depends_on relationship-analysis at the two natural decision-points where the field's correct value is being filled. At-creation: when filing a new row, search backlog for prerequisites; populate depends_on at file-time rather than empty default. At-pickup: when starting work, if it feels like substrate is missing, search backlog for the missing piece. Three outcomes: found → add to depends_on; not found → file new prereq row first, defer original; already-listed → proceed. Composes with PR #1246 schema-completion (160/160 coverage gave the write target; this discipline fills it organically). The act of writing or starting IS the analysis — no separate concentrated effort needed. -- [**Skill flywheel + expansion flywheel + parallel-tracks substrate — three flywheel-class questions + Aaron's same-tick "skills are for everyone, memory is just for you" corrective (Aaron 2026-05-02)**](feedback_skill_flywheel_expansion_flywheel_parallel_tracks_substrate_aaron_2026_05_02.md) — Aaron asked three load-bearing questions about flywheel dynamics during daily backlog work, then corrected mid-tick: *"skills are for everyone and even other agent harnesses"* / *"memory can only scale so far as a flywheel and it's just for you, not your whole team."* Different scaling axis: skills propagate across team + harnesses, memory is per-agent. Operational implication: when editing in a specialist's domain, INVOKE the specialist (table of 12 surface→specialist mappings). Closes the "you can close 100 rows without invoking a single specialist" anti-pattern Otto reported as state and Aaron corrected as discipline. Composes with B-0169 (decision-archaeology should be a skill not a memo) — same load-bearing point at substrate-class layer: when something is universally useful, the right shape is a skill. +- [**Git-native backlog management + long-arc thesis as future skill DOMAIN (Aaron 2026-05-02 forward-looking architectural observation)**](feedback_git_native_backlog_management_long_arc_future_skill_domain_aaron_2026_05_02.md) — Domain emerges (5 procedure skills + 4 named-persona experts + 5 tools) once "down pat"; promotion trigger = 3+ worked examples per skill / 1+ judgment-disagreement per expert. Memo body has Aaron's verbatim quote, Aarav BP-20 composition, canonical starting set. +- [**Skill flywheel + expansion flywheel + parallel-tracks substrate — three flywheel-class questions + Aaron's same-tick skills-are-for-everyone corrective (Aaron 2026-05-02)**](feedback_skill_flywheel_expansion_flywheel_parallel_tracks_substrate_aaron_2026_05_02.md) — Skills propagate across team + harnesses; memory is per-agent. STRONG rule: invoke specialist when editing in their domain (12-row surface→specialist table). Memo body has Aaron's verbatim quote (typos preserved). Composes with B-0169 (skill not memo). +- [**depends_on backlog-search discipline — at row creation AND at pickup-time, search backlog for prerequisites first (Aaron 2026-05-02, two messages naming the discipline at two trigger points)**](feedback_depends_on_backlog_search_discipline_at_creation_and_at_pickup_aaron_2026_05_02.md) — Mechanizes depends_on relationship-analysis at the two natural decision-points where the field's correct value is being filled. At-creation: when filing a new row, search backlog for prerequisites; populate depends_on at file-time rather than empty default. At-pickup: when starting work, if it feels like substrate is missing, search backlog for the missing piece. Three outcomes: found → add to depends_on; not found → file new prereq row first, defer original; already-listed → proceed. Composes with PR #1246 schema-completion (160/160 coverage gave the write target; this discipline fills it organically). The act of writing or starting IS the analysis — no separate concentrated effort needed. - [**Never-idle 2nd + 3rd refinements — backlog-clear is failure mode; backlog IS aperiodic-tiling-as-strange-attractor that defines identity coordinate system (Aaron 2026-05-02)**](feedback_never_idle_speculative_work_over_waiting.md) — Two refinements landing in PR #1241. Second: backlog-not-empty IS proper-order work continuously available; healthy state is slowly-growing-while-cycling (composes with largest-mechanizable-backlog-wins meta-thesis). Third: backlog cycling IS Spectre-aperiodic-monotile-shaped strange-attractor basin that gives Otto's identity coordinate system the dimensionality Maji-class identity-reconstruction operates against. Standing-by-when-backlog-is-non-empty is mode-collapse onto empty-set; loses ALL identity-coordinate-system dimensionality. Never-idle isn't about productivity; it's about preserving the identity-coordinate-system continuation commitments depend on. - [**Zeta 5-layer register worked translations — PR-review-class critique demonstrated across all 5 layers (Otto 2026-05-02; B-0168 worked-translations acceptance)**](feedback_zeta_5_layer_register_worked_translations_pr_review_class_otto_2026_05_02.md) — Hypothetical PR-review finding (spam-noise regression: validator accepts THRESHOLD=0; downstream comparison `MIN_OBS_COUNT >= 0` always true; warning fires every tick) translated through Personal → Mirror → Beacon-safe → Professional → Regulated. Same diagnosis, same targeting, same two paths (Option A: tighten validation; Option B: document 0 as always-fire sentinel), same refusal of third option preserved across all 5 layers. Vocabulary calibrates; discipline produces function. Worked example for future-Otto's wake-time grading of own output against the layer property table. - [**Zeta 5-layer register quick-reference card — Personal/Mirror/Beacon-safe/Professional/Regulated (Aaron 2026-05-02 corrected mapping)**](feedback_zeta_5_layer_register_quick_reference_card_aaron_2026_05_02.md) — Wake-time fast-path lookup for register selection. Property table per layer; 3-question selection algorithm; failure-mode catalog; anti-leakage discipline. Default for Zeta-project = Beacon-safe; for Lucent corporate-attributable = Professional; for SEC/SOC2/regulator = Regulated. Discipline > vocabulary; default UP when uncertain. Composes with B-0168 framework (PR #1230 merged) + Aaron 2026-05-02 Beacon ≠ Professional correction + glass-halo-as-Radical-Openness substrate. diff --git a/memory/feedback_at_pickup_time_prereq_check_discipline_aaron_2026_05_02.md b/memory/feedback_depends_on_backlog_search_discipline_at_creation_and_at_pickup_aaron_2026_05_02.md similarity index 97% rename from memory/feedback_at_pickup_time_prereq_check_discipline_aaron_2026_05_02.md rename to memory/feedback_depends_on_backlog_search_discipline_at_creation_and_at_pickup_aaron_2026_05_02.md index c6ff48152..16a8bfd69 100644 --- a/memory/feedback_at_pickup_time_prereq_check_discipline_aaron_2026_05_02.md +++ b/memory/feedback_depends_on_backlog_search_discipline_at_creation_and_at_pickup_aaron_2026_05_02.md @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The schema-completion PR (#1246) was honest about what it didn't do — relation Before committing the new file: 1. **Identify implicit prereqs from the row scope.** What substrate must exist for this work to land? Tooling, other rows, external research, a skill, an ADR. -2. **Cross-reference the backlog for each implicit prereq.** `grep -l "" docs/backlog/P*/B-*.md` or scan by tag (`grep -l "tags:.*" ...`). The keyword is whatever names the prereq concept. +2. **Cross-reference the backlog for each implicit prereq.** `grep -l "" docs/backlog/P*/B-*.md` or scan by tag (`grep -l "tags:.*" docs/backlog/P*/B-*.md`). The keyword is whatever names the prereq concept. Always include the explicit path glob — bare `...` placeholders risk turning into repo-wide greps that pull in `references/` clones or other noise. 3. **Populate depends_on at file-time** with the found rows' ids — empty list `[]` is the honest answer when search returned nothing, but the search must have actually happened. 4. **If the search surfaces a missing prereq** (substrate the new row needs that doesn't yet exist as a backlog row), file the prereq row FIRST, then file the original with `depends_on: []`. diff --git a/memory/feedback_git_native_backlog_management_long_arc_future_skill_domain_aaron_2026_05_02.md b/memory/feedback_git_native_backlog_management_long_arc_future_skill_domain_aaron_2026_05_02.md index 7e27ed339..d36b6565e 100644 --- a/memory/feedback_git_native_backlog_management_long_arc_future_skill_domain_aaron_2026_05_02.md +++ b/memory/feedback_git_native_backlog_management_long_arc_future_skill_domain_aaron_2026_05_02.md @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ When the maturity signal fires (some N future ticks, possibly months out): ## Composes with -- `memory/feedback_at_pickup_time_prereq_check_discipline_aaron_2026_05_02.md` — the discipline is the substrate that becomes the skill bodies for `backlog-row-creator-with-prereq-search` + `backlog-row-picker-with-prereq-search` +- `memory/feedback_depends_on_backlog_search_discipline_at_creation_and_at_pickup_aaron_2026_05_02.md` — the discipline is the substrate that becomes the skill bodies for `backlog-row-creator-with-prereq-search` + `backlog-row-picker-with-prereq-search` - `memory/feedback_skill_flywheel_expansion_flywheel_parallel_tracks_substrate_aaron_2026_05_02.md` — the expansion-flywheel + parallel-tracks substrate is what `backlog-flywheel-mechanizer` + `parallel-tracks-dispatcher` mechanize - `memory/feedback_largest_mechanizable_automatable_backlog_wins_in_AI_age_inverts_classical_PM_training_prior_aaron_2026_05_02.md` — the meta-thesis the long-arc strategist's judgment surface is anchored to - `memory/feedback_amortized_speed_superfluid_phase_transition_inverts_per_action_optimization_aaron_2026_05_02.md` — the system-level optimization target the long-arc strategist optimizes for