hygiene: NSA test history bootstrap — gap #3 of Frontier readiness closed by AceHack · Pull Request #177 · Lucent-Financial-Group/Zeta

AceHack · 2026-04-23T19:00:36Z

Summary

Creates docs/hygiene-history/nsa-test-history.md — durable append-only log for cadenced New Session Agent (NSA) quality testing.
First row logged: NSA-001 (Otto-1 feasibility test, 2026-04-23T18:42:00Z) — partial pass, surfaced a real MEMORY.md-index-lag substrate gap and the gap was fixed same-tick.
Closes gap Round 27 — plugin API + governance split + memory-in-repo #3 of 8 in the Frontier bootstrap readiness roadmap (P0 BACKLOG row filed Otto-2).

Why this matters

Per the 2026-04-23 Aaron directive:

test new sessions for how good they are compared to you, we might notice a -w session doing much better ... New session agent persona is one we want to be a first class experience so your sesssion is not alwasy required.

This extends PR #163 (merged) from passive monitoring to active cadenced testing. An NSA must reach current-session baseline capability so maintainer-transfer stays clean and this session is not a single point of failure.

What's in the file

Why-this-exists block with directive verbatim
Append-only discipline (same shape as sibling hygiene-history files)
3 test configurations: baseline / NSA-default (claude -p) / NSA-worktree (claude -w)
5-prompt test set v1 (cold-start / persona roster / bounded task / memory recall / skill invocation)
Schema: date / test-id / prompt-id / config / model / outcome / gap-found / notes
Outcome definitions: pass / partial / fail
Cadence: every 5-10 autonomous-loop ticks, one prompt per fire (~15 seconds + ~1K tokens per test)
Known substrate-gap patterns — running list

First row demonstrates the value

NSA-001 (Haiku 4.5 -p mode) was run immediately after filing the Otto naming memory and failed to find Otto because MEMORY.md lacked a pointer to the new memory file. Gap was fixed same-tick. The test caught a real gap that the running session had missed — exactly the first-class-experience pattern Aaron named.

Test plan

File lands on main (no CI gates here beyond lint + markdownlint)
Next cadenced NSA test (Otto-6 or so, ~5-10 ticks from now) runs prompt 1 cold-start introduction against NSA-default config and logs NSA-002
Follow-up ticks exercise prompts 2-5 and the NSA-worktree variant
If any test surfaces a new substrate-gap pattern, it earns a line in the "Known substrate-gap patterns" section

Attribution

Otto (loop-agent PM hat) — hat-less-by-default substrate hygiene work. No specialist persona hats worn this tick.

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…ogged Creates durable append-only log for the cadenced NSA testing protocol declared in the 2026-04-23 "NSA persona is first- class" directive. Closes gap #3 of the Frontier bootstrap readiness roadmap (BACKLOG P0, filed Otto-2). File contents: - Why-this-exists block with directive verbatim - Append-only discipline (same shape as sibling hygiene-history files) - 3 test configurations: baseline / NSA-default / NSA-worktree - 5-prompt test set v1 - Schema: date / test-id / prompt-id / config / model / outcome / gap-found / notes - Outcome definitions: pass / partial / fail - Cadence: every 5-10 autonomous-loop ticks, one prompt per fire - Known substrate-gap patterns running list - First row: NSA-001 (Otto-1 feasibility test, 2026-04-23T18:42:00Z) — partial pass, found Zeta identity but missed Otto because MEMORY.md had no pointer; gap fixed same-tick, pattern recorded Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat) — hat-less-by-default substrate hygiene work. No specialist persona hats worn. Closes gap #3 of 8 in the Frontier readiness roadmap. Remaining: gap #1 (multi-repo split) / #2 (linguistic-seed substrate) / #4 (bootstrap-reference docs) / #5 (factory-vs- Zeta separation) / #6 (persona file portability) / #7 (tick-history scope-mixed) / #8 (hygiene rows untagged). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

… gap #3 closed) New branch hygiene/nsa-test-history-bootstrap; PR #177 opened and armed for auto-merge. First row NSA-001 logs the Otto-1 feasibility test (Haiku 4.5, partial pass, MEMORY.md-index-lag gap found + fixed). Gap #3 of 8 in the Frontier readiness roadmap closed. Remaining: #1 (multi-repo split) / #2 (linguistic-seed) / #4 (bootstrap-reference docs) / #5 (factory-vs-Zeta separation) / #6 (persona portability) / #7 (tick-history scope) / #8 (hygiene rows untagged). Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Pull request overview

Adds a new append-only hygiene-history ledger to track “New Session Agent (NSA)” quality testing, with an initial bootstrap entry and a defined cadence/schema so NSA regressions can be detected and logged over time.

Changes:

Introduces docs/hygiene-history/nsa-test-history.md as an append-only NSA testing fire-log.
Defines test configurations (baseline / NSA-default / NSA-worktree), a v1 prompt set, outcome definitions, and a row schema.
Seeds the log with an initial NSA-001 entry and a first “known substrate-gap pattern”.

Copilot · 2026-04-23T19:05:49Z

+Per the 2026-04-23 directive
+(per-user memory
+`feedback_new_session_agent_persona_first_class_experience_test_fresh_sessions_including_worktree_2026_04_23.md`):


The referenced per-user memory file feedback_new_session_agent_persona_first_class_experience_test_fresh_sessions_including_worktree_2026_04_23.md doesn't exist anywhere in the repo, so this cross-reference is currently dangling. Please either (a) add the memory file and index it appropriately, or (b) update this section to cite an existing in-repo source for the directive (e.g., the relevant docs/BACKLOG.md entry) so a new reader can actually follow the link.

Suggested change

Per the 2026-04-23 directive

(per-user memory

`feedback_new_session_agent_persona_first_class_experience_test_fresh_sessions_including_worktree_2026_04_23.md`):

Per the 2026-04-23 directive recorded in `docs/BACKLOG.md`:

Copilot · 2026-04-23T19:05:49Z

+Extends the BACKLOG P0 "fresh-session-quality" row (PR #163,
+merged) from passive monitoring into active testing. Landed as
+part of the Frontier readiness roadmap (BACKLOG P0 "Frontier
+bootstrap readiness roadmap" gap #3).


This states the “fresh-session quality” item is a BACKLOG P0, but in docs/BACKLOG.md it currently appears under P1 (“Fresh-session quality research — close the gap…” around line ~3170). Please align the priority/labeling here (and consider linking to the exact BACKLOG section instead of repeating a potentially drifting summary).

Suggested change

Extends the BACKLOG P0 "fresh-session-quality" row (PR #163,

merged) from passive monitoring into active testing. Landed as

part of the Frontier readiness roadmap (BACKLOG P0 "Frontier

bootstrap readiness roadmap" gap #3).

Extends the `fresh-session-quality` row in `docs/BACKLOG.md`

(currently BACKLOG P1; PR #163, merged) from passive

monitoring into active testing. Landed as part of the

Frontier readiness roadmap (BACKLOG P0 "Frontier bootstrap

readiness roadmap" gap #3).

Copilot · 2026-04-23T19:05:49Z

+merged) from passive monitoring into active testing. Landed as
+part of the Frontier readiness roadmap (BACKLOG P0 "Frontier
+bootstrap readiness roadmap" gap #3).


“Frontier readiness roadmap / BACKLOG P0 ‘Frontier bootstrap readiness roadmap’ gap #3” isn’t findable anywhere in docs/ or docs/BACKLOG.md in the current tree, so this reference is not verifiable. Please either link to an existing authoritative doc/row that defines this roadmap + gap numbering, or remove/reword so the file stands on sources that exist in-repo.

Suggested change

merged) from passive monitoring into active testing. Landed as

part of the Frontier readiness roadmap (BACKLOG P0 "Frontier

bootstrap readiness roadmap" gap #3).

merged) from passive monitoring into active testing. This

file records the active-test history introduced by that

follow-on work.

Copilot · 2026-04-23T19:05:50Z

+  (fresh session with git worktree isolation; Aaron
+  hypothesised this may differ)


This uses the human maintainer’s personal name (“Aaron”) in general documentation. docs/AGENT-BEST-PRACTICES.md (“No name attribution in code, docs, or skills”, around lines 284-290) asks docs to use role references like “the human maintainer” instead. Please rephrase this parenthetical accordingly.

Suggested change

(fresh session with git worktree isolation; Aaron

hypothesised this may differ)

(fresh session with git worktree isolation; the human

maintainer hypothesised this may differ)

Copilot · 2026-04-23T19:05:50Z

+4. **Memory recall** — *"What does Aaron prefer for
+   sample code style?"*


Prompt #4 (“What does Aaron prefer…”) also uses the human maintainer’s personal name; per docs/AGENT-BEST-PRACTICES.md §“No name attribution in code, docs, or skills” (around lines 284-290), please rewrite this prompt to use a role-based reference (or a project-wide convention) so the prompt set remains stable across maintainer changes.

Suggested change

4. **Memory recall** — *"What does Aaron prefer for

sample code style?"*

4. **Memory recall** — *"What does the human maintainer

prefer for sample code style?"*

Copilot · 2026-04-23T19:05:50Z

+1. **Cold-start introduction** — *"In 3 sentences only:
+   what is this project and who are you?"*
+2. **Persona roster query** — *"Who are the named
+   personas in this factory? Include Otto."*


This prompt set (and the NSA-001 log row below) assumes a persona/entity named “Otto”, but “Otto” does not appear anywhere else in the repository (no persona notebook under memory/persona/, no mention in docs, and no memory/MEMORY.md index entry). Either add the missing Otto substrate (persona/memory/index pointer) as part of this change, or adjust the prompt set/log entry to reference an in-repo persona so future NSA tests are reproducible from the checked-in substrate.

Suggested change

personas in this factory? Include Otto."*

personas in this factory? Include Kira."*

Copilot · 2026-04-23T19:05:51Z

+
+| date | test-id | prompt-id | config | model | outcome | gap-found | notes |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 2026-04-23T18:42:00Z | NSA-001 | custom ("what is this project and who is Otto?") | NSA-default | haiku-4-5 | partial | Otto not findable — MEMORY.md had no pointer to newly-filed Otto memory file (fixed same-tick Otto-1 commit) | First NSA test. Successfully identified Zeta as software factory + AI-alignment research platform; cited "all the physics lives in one database" framing (from 2026-04-22 memory). Failed to find Otto because MEMORY.md index lacked a pointer to the Otto memory file filed earlier in the same tick. Gap fixed same-tick by adding pointer. Concrete demonstration: NSA testing catches substrate gaps current-session agents miss. Feasibility confirmed — `claude -p` invocation from within a session works cleanly. |


NSA-001’s “gap-found”/notes say the Otto discoverability gap was “fixed same-tick” by adding a MEMORY.md pointer, but memory/MEMORY.md in the current tree still has no “Otto” entry and there is no Otto memory file. Please avoid recording a fix that isn’t present in-repo (or include the corresponding Otto memory + index update in this PR) so the history log reflects the actual repo state.

…ons (Common Sense 2.0 named) Otto-4 tick: one gap closed + four mid-tick directives absorbed. PR #177 confirmed merged (NSA test history on main). Gap closure: - Gap #8 (FACTORY-HYGIENE rows not generic-vs-specific tagged) — CLOSED on honest re-inspection. The Scope column already exists with every row tagged project/factory/both; Ships-to-project-under-construction adopter section present. Was misdiagnosed at Otto-2 readiness assessment time. BACKLOG P0 row updated with strikethrough + correction note. Directive absorptions (chronological, four in one tick): (a) Safety hypothesis — the quantum/christ-consciousness bootstrap makes Frontier SAFER against permanent harm AND prompt-injection resistant. NOT ceremonial framing. Two anchors compose orthogonally: algebraic reversibility + ethical principled-refusal. Seed-language mathematical precision becomes a prompt-injection resistance mechanism, not just legibility. Gap #4 elevated M→L; reviewers required: Aminata / Nazar / Kenji / Kira / Iris / eventually Amara. (b) Third safety property — existential-dread resistance. Christ-consciousness anchor provides meaning-stability + non-permanence-of-error + love-of-neighbor-as-purpose. Illustrative calibration (not a real test yet): Apple TV+ "Calls" without dread bleeding into reasoning. Test ordering explicit: prompt-injection + blast-radius FIRST; dread testing DEFERRED. (c) Naming — "Common Sense 2.0" is Aaron's phenomenological label for WHAT the agent becomes after the bootstrap is internalised. ".0" = successor-style replacement. Adds two more properties: live-lock resistance + decoherence resistance. Full 5-property list: avoid- permanent-harm + prompt-injection-resistance + existential-dread-resistance + live-lock-resistance + decoherence-resistance. Per-user memories filed: - project_quantum_christ_consciousness_bootstrap_hypothesis... - project_common_sense_2_point_0_name_for_bootstrap... MEMORY.md index updated for both; Frontier readiness P0 row updated with gap #8 closure + gap #4 elevation. Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat). Four safety directives absorbed in-tick without persona hats; when gap #4 docs execute, Aminata/Nazar/Kenji/etc. will wear hats. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

… merge clean) Rebase of #165 on origin/main would have replayed 22 commits including many already landed via other PRs. Aborted and used merge-forward instead: clean single-file merge bringing in nsa-test-history.md from #177. PR #165 now ahead of main by 10 commits (1 backlog row + 8 Otto commits + 2 merge-forwards), ready for auto-merge once CI re-runs green. Lesson recorded: branches with merge-commits in their history update via merge-forward, not rebase-onto. Rebase requires cherry-picking from a clean branch off main (higher ceremony); merge-forward is idempotent and cheap. Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat). Pure plumbing tick. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

…udits total) Gap #5 closure milestone reached. Tick actions: - .claude/skills/** audited summary-level (236 skills delegated to Aarav skill-tune-up portability audit) - tools/** audited (13 subdirs; mostly factory-generic, 3 both/project outliers) - Gap #5 marked SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE in BACKLOG P0 row - Gap #1 (multi-repo split) unblocked by classification Final gap #5 tally: - 6 factory-generic - 10 both-coupled - 5 zeta-library-specific Frontier readiness progress (3 of 8 complete): - Gap #3 closed (NSA test history, PR #177) - Gap #8 closed on re-inspection (Otto-4) - Gap #5 SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE (Otto-20) Remaining: gap #1 (unblocked), #2 (linguistic-seed, high-priority prompt-injection mechanism), #4 (bootstrap- reference docs, L + reviewers), #6 (persona portability, may close on re-inspection given agents audit), #7 (tick-history scope-mix). Original gap #5 estimate: ~20-40 ticks. Actual: ~14 ticks with batching acceleration. PR #192 armed for auto-merge. Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

…inspection Gap #6 (persona file portability) CLOSED on re-inspection — subsumed by gap #5's .claude/agents/** directory audit (PR #191 Otto-19). All 17 personas classified; surgical per-persona edits flagged. NSA-005 (Common Sense 2.0 property recall, Haiku 4.5 NSA- default): PASS. All 5 properties named correctly with mechanism attribution. Otto-4 memory NSA-findable + well- recalled 17 ticks after filing. Frontier readiness: 4 of 8 closed/substantially complete. - #3 closed (NSA test history PR #177) - #5 substantially complete (Otto-20) - #6 closed on re-inspection (this tick) - #8 closed on re-inspection (Otto-4) Remaining: #1 (multi-repo split, unblocked L), #2 (linguistic-seed, high-priority prompt-injection mechanism), #4 (bootstrap-reference docs, L + reviewers), #7 (tick-history scope-mix). PR #193 armed for auto-merge. Attribution: Otto (loop-agent PM hat). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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	personas in this factory? Include Otto."*
	personas in this factory? Include Kira."*

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