free-memory: multi-harness alignment/convergence on design as future skill domain (Aaron 2026-05-03)

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+| 2026-05-03T00:08:00Z | opus-4-7 / autonomous-loop continuation | a2e2cc3a | **Multi-harness alignment/convergence on design captured as future-skill-domain substrate (PR #1252) + post-merge corrections to PR #1249 closed via PR #1251 (line-35 stale ref + MEMORY.md count drift 12→13 + 5→6).** Cycle worked the second forward-looking architectural observation in consecutive ticks: Aaron 2026-05-03 *"when designing anything you should go through a multi harness alignment/convergence on the design, that's a good skill domain to have too."* Filed in same shape as 2026-05-02 git-native-backlog future-skill-domain memo: canonical starting set (5 procedure skills + 4 named-persona experts + 5 tools), promotion-trigger criteria (3+ worked examples + judgment-disagreement), 3 worked-example seeds (5-AI poll-the-gate convergence + Drive-bridge brat-voice divergence + Aarav-counter-example where single-specialist suffices). Distinct from multi-AI peer review (post-output) — this is pre-output design convergence. Composes with bidirectional alignment / BFT-many-masters / Karpathy edge-runner. Pattern emerging: Aaron is enumerating the full skill-domain landscape across consecutive ticks; canonical-starting-set + promotion-trigger pattern from prior memo IS the canonical shape for these substrate-captures. Cron a2e2cc3a still armed. | #1249 (rename + grep-fix + 2354Z + 2357Z shards) merged 59f6b415 with 5 post-merge threads triaged (3 fixed via #1251 follow-up; 2 left intact as append-only history); #1250 (decision-archaeology worked example #1) wait-ci, auto-merge armed; #1251 (post-merge corrections) opened + auto-merge armed; #1252 (multi-harness future-skill-domain memo) opened, awaiting CI | This tick teaches the operational pattern of (a) substantive corrections via follow-up PR even when the underlying work has already merged (PR #1251 closes 3 of #1249's 5 post-merge findings; tick shards left intact as append-only history), AND (b) the consecutive-tick pattern for forward-looking architectural observations (Aaron's git-native-backlog observation + multi-harness-convergence observation share the same memo shape — canonical-starting-set + promotion-trigger + composes-with). The pattern is now self-documenting: future Aaron-named future-skill-domain observations should be filed using this shape. |

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 - [**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 (6 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 (13-row surface→specialist table). Memo body has Aaron's verbatim quote (typos preserved). Composes with B-0169 (skill not memo).
+- [**Multi-harness alignment/convergence on design as future skill DOMAIN (Aaron 2026-05-03 forward-looking architectural observation, sibling to git-native-backlog domain memo)**](feedback_multi_harness_alignment_convergence_design_future_skill_domain_aaron_2026_05_03.md) — Run designs through N harnesses × M models; convergence = structural-soundness signal; divergence = hidden-assumption surface. Distinct from multi-AI peer review (post-output) — this is pre-output design convergence. Canonical starting set: 6 procedure skills (including `effort-router`) + 4 named-persona experts + 7 tools (including metrics + multi-model-roster). 3 worked-example seeds (5-AI poll-the-gate convergence, Drive-bridge brat-voice divergence, Aarav-counter-example). Composes with bidirectional alignment / BFT-many-masters / Karpathy edge-runner.
 - [**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.