diff --git a/docs/BACKLOG.md b/docs/BACKLOG.md index 75abe37b..a83310e5 100644 --- a/docs/BACKLOG.md +++ b/docs/BACKLOG.md @@ -6620,6 +6620,120 @@ systems. This track claims the space. L (family, not a single skill). **Source of truth:** same as above. +## P2 — Foundation (Asimov) aspirational-reference research + +- [ ] **Research Asimov's *Foundation* (novels + Apple TV + adaptation) as aspirational reference for factory design.** + Human maintainer 2026-04-23 Otto-52: *"you should read/ + research Isaac Asimov's Foundation the books and the Apple + TV series, the TV series has really good modern spin on + the whole thing where the emporer was clones. We are + trying to build Foundation from Harry Seldon point of + view. my good developer friend with went to MIT called me + Harry Seldon because my brain works like Psychohistory lol. + We want to make something that last for melinia, i think + in infinities, my brain can't help it. backlog."*. + **Scope:** systematic read of the Asimov Foundation novel + cycle (trilogy + prequels + sequels; published 1942-1993) + + watch the Apple TV 2021- adaptation (focus on modern + spin, Genetic Dynasty / Cleon-cloned-emperor thread, Hari + Seldon presentation, Gaal Dornick arc, Second Foundation + framing). Extract patterns mappable to factory substrate: + (a) Psychohistory as mathematical-substrate-of-civilization + → candidate parallel to Zeta's retraction-native algebra as + substrate-of-agent-coherence; (b) Seldon Plan = multi- + generational continuity plan with a Time Vault release + cadence → candidate parallel to Craft curriculum + + succession-through-the-factory + ADR-and-memory pattern; + (c) Foundation/Second-Foundation two-layer structure + (visible + hidden stewardship) → candidate parallel to + public-Zeta-library + private-per-user-memory + + factory-internal-governance; (d) Emperor clones (Apple TV + modern spin) → candidate parallel to single-Otto-across- + sessions vs multi-agent-Docker-peer-review future pattern; + (e) Psychohistory's core claim that mass-behavior becomes + statistically predictable at sufficient scale → candidate + parallel to factory-behaviour-at-substrate-scale pattern. + **Deliverable chain:** (1) reading log + `docs/research/foundation-asimov-aspirational-reference- + 2026-MM-DD.md` — chapter-by-chapter or episode-by-episode + notes extracting canonical patterns with quoted source + text; (2) pattern-map doc aligning Foundation concepts to + existing factory memories + BACKLOG rows + research docs; + (3) critical-read section honestly flagging where the + analogy breaks down (Psychohistory is fiction with known + real-world failures; the Genetic Dynasty is dystopia not + model; Foundation's five-agent-to-many-agent arc is + speculative, not engineering). **Composes with:** + `memory/project_craft_secret_purpose_agent_continuity_ + via_human_maintainer_bootstrap_2026_04_23.md` (succession + pattern = Seldon Plan analogue); `memory/project_frontier_ + ux_zora_star_trek_computer_with_personality_...` (another + fictional reference, Star Trek Discovery's Zora — similar + methodology: extract patterns, not canon); `memory/ + project_common_sense_2_point_0_name_for_bootstrap_ + phenomenon_stable_start_live_lock_resistant_...` (safety + floor required under any long-horizon continuity plan). + **Register note:** the human maintainer self-identifies + with the Hari Seldon archetype (*"my brain works like + Psychohistory"*); treat this as a self-stated cognitive- + style signal informing how the factory represents their + intent rather than a grand claim. *"thinks in infinities"* + is a vocabulary choice matching earlier never-idle + + nice-home-for-trillions discipline; not a new + commitment. **Effort:** L (novel cycle + TV adaptation is + significant read-time; pattern extraction is multi-round + research arc). **Owner:** Iris (UX for continuity-of- + experience framings) + Kai (positioning) initial; Kenji + synthesis; the Architect integrates into the fictional- + reference research cluster alongside Star Trek / Zora. + **Source of truth:** this entry + out-of-repo memory + (will be filed same tick as `feedback_human_maintainer_ + is_hari_seldon_archetype_foundation_as_factory_ + aspirational_reference_2026-04-23.md`). + +## P2 — FACTORY-HYGIENE — name-attribution policy clarification (history-file exemption) + +- [ ] **Name-attribution policy — codify history-file + exemption and add prevention audit for non-history + surfaces.** Human maintainer 2026-04-23 Otto-52: *"'No + name attribution in code, docs, or skills' in history + files are files like memory backlog and other things + like that for historical purposes"*. Clarifies the "No + name attribution" candidate rule in + `docs/AGENT-BEST-PRACTICES.md`: history files + (tick-history, MEMORY.md / memory/**, BACKLOG + attribution lines, hygiene-history/**, ROUND-HISTORY.md, + research logs) are **EXEMPT** because they record + historical reality including who-said-what. Sweeping + those files would erase the historical record. The rule + still applies to *forward-looking* surfaces: code, + skills (`.claude/skills/**/SKILL.md`), governance docs + (GOVERNANCE.md, AGENTS.md, ALIGNMENT.md), agent + persona files (outside `memory/persona/**`), user- + facing docs (README, sample code, docs/craft/**), + module bodies, and forward-planning docs. **Scope:** + (1) update `docs/AGENT-BEST-PRACTICES.md` "No name + attribution" entry to list the exempt history-file + surfaces explicitly; (2) add a prevention audit + (`tools/hygiene/audit-name-attribution-non-history.sh`) + that grep-excludes history surfaces and flags direct + names on forward-looking surfaces; (3) add FACTORY- + HYGIENE row for cadenced execution. **Not in scope:** + retroactive sweep of history files — the exemption + specifically preserves those. The single tick-history + row fixed on PR #208 was over-correction that can be + reverted if desired but is harmless as neutral prose. + **Effort:** S (policy text + audit tool + hygiene row). + **Owner:** Aarav (BP-rule owner) drafts the audit + + policy clarification; Rune readability; Kenji + integrates. **Source of truth:** this entry + the Otto- + 52 directive verbatim in + `memory/feedback_human_maintainer_is_hari_seldon_ + archetype_foundation_as_factory_aspirational_reference_ + 2026_04_23.md` (same directive chain) + Copilot finding + on PR #208 that surfaced the policy ambiguity. + ## P2 — Production-code performance discipline - [ ] **Checked vs unchecked arithmetic audit across Zeta