docs(current-otto): 2026-05-14 update — two axioms on DBSP + DST + morning recalibration#3142
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Slices 1–4 of B-0440 (standing-by-detector) are shipped in tools/bg/standing-by-detector.ts. This commit files the two remaining slices as dependency-ordered child backlog rows: - B-0459 (P1): infinite-backlog-nudge subscriber handler stub (slice 5.1; depends on B-0449 subscribe-once library) - B-0497 (P1, effort XS): launchd plist + AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md wiring update (slice 6; independent; closes AC #2 on merge) Also updates the parent B-0440 row: pre-start checklist completed, substrate-honest caveats updated to reflect shipped state, and the decomposition table formalised with ✅/🔲 status column. Build gate: 0 warnings 0 errors (dotnet build -c Release). operative-authorization: aaron 2026-05-13: "Cooling period: TBD. The memory file IS the durable record" Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
- B-0459: add blank line before list in blockquote (MD032) - B-0497: add blank line before list after colon-terminated paragraph (MD032) - Regenerate docs/BACKLOG.md to include B-0459 + B-0497 rows (fixes drift check) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Copilot P1: B-0459 and B-0497 are slices OF B-0440, so listing B-0440 in depends_on creates a self-blocking dependency cycle where autonomous-pickup can never select either row until B-0440 closes, while B-0440 cannot close without these slices. Fix: move B-0440 to composes_with; keep B-0449 as the real prerequisite for B-0459; leave B-0497 with no hard dependencies. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
- B-0459, B-0497: add `parent: B-0440` frontmatter field so tooling treats these as child rows rather than ordinary open items (fixes circular depends_on misread — B-0440 was never in depends_on but parent relationship was absent) - B-0459 pre-start: replace `bun tools/bus/claim.ts check --item B-0449` (bus-claim check; cannot verify merge status) with `grep -q "^status: done" docs/backlog/P1/B-0449-*.md` (backlog-status check) - B-0440: update `last_updated` 2026-05-13→2026-05-14 (edited this PR) - B-0440: add `children: [B-0459, B-0497]` frontmatter for machine-readable decomposition tracking - B-0497 AC: clarify `install-launchd-services.sh` is planned but not yet created, rather than referencing a non-existent path as if it exists Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ing + morning recalibration Adds the 2026-05-14 substrate section above the existing 2026-05-13 entry, following the file's append-newest-first dated-update convention. Six load-bearing additions captured as canonical pointers into user-memory: 1. Two axioms on top of DBSP (remember-when + pay-attention) — Aaron's substrate-engineering reduction; Rodney's-Razor cut at methodology level; hypothesis to test across future landings 2. Bounded-named-dependency-wait IS DST shape — generalizes the holding-without-named-dependency rule 3. Otto-growth-IS-substrate-not-weights — justifies the substrate-engineering cadence as developmental work 4. Multi-Otto coordination evidence — 6 PRs / 2 surfaces / zero conflicts on 2026-05-13 5. Lior's exit-code-honesty discipline — OS process managers cannot understand "transient"; app layer owns the classification 6. Morning recalibration: the "Stop" cascade caught as goldfish-ontology failure of the holding-without-named-dependency rule Otto authored — the discipline that catches the failure IS the two axioms operationalized Per `Self-curation right` section at file footer: Otto's discretion to revise this file. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
Updates Otto’s current-state memory projection for 2026-05-14 and adds backlog decomposition work around the B-0440 standing-by detector follow-up slices.
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- Adds a 2026-05-14 CURRENT-otto update with six substrate additions.
- Adds two P1 backlog rows for B-0440 subscriber handling and launchd registration.
- Updates B-0440 decomposition metadata and regenerates backlog index entries.
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memory/CURRENT-otto.md |
Adds the newest Otto projection update. |
docs/backlog/P1/B-0459-b0440-slice-5-infinite-backlog-nudge-handler-2026-05-14.md |
Adds B-0459 handler follow-up row. |
docs/backlog/P1/B-0497-b0440-slice-6-standing-by-detector-launchd-registration-2026-05-14.md |
Adds B-0497 launchd-registration row. |
docs/backlog/P1/B-0440-standing-by-failure-mode-detector-background-service-2026-05-13.md |
Updates parent decomposition and shipped-slice notes. |
docs/BACKLOG.md |
Adds generated index entries for B-0459 and B-0497. |
| ## Pre-start checklist (per backlog-item-start-gate) | ||
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| - [ ] Prior-art search: verify B-0449 has landed `tools/bus/subscribe.ts` before starting | ||
| - [ ] Dependency check: `grep -q "^status: done" docs/backlog/P1/B-0449-*.md` — B-0449 row must show `status: done` (merged) |
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| Per B-0449 design, this slice delivers **stub behavior only**: | ||
| > Per-topic handlers are STUBS in this slice — they log envelope to tick shard but take no action. | ||
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| The Optional AC in B-0440 ("proactively assigns a small claim from the backlog to the agent's queue") | ||
| requires interpreting the envelope and taking backlog-grind action. That is slice 5.2 — a separate | ||
| follow-up row after this stub lands and proves stable. |
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| B-0449 (bg-services subscriber-agent architecture design pass) planned this row as the implementation | ||
| slice for the `infinite-backlog-nudge` topic handler specific to B-0440. B-0449 chose **Option C** | ||
| architecture: subscriber handling runs as a library call in the per-tick step 1 (refresh), not a | ||
| long-running daemon. |
| <dict> | ||
| <key>Label</key><string>com.zeta.standing-by-detector</string> | ||
| <!-- Maintainer-only artifact: paths are machine-specific (/Users/acehack, /opt/homebrew). | ||
| Run tools/setup/install-launchd-services.sh to regenerate with local paths. --> |
| - [ ] **[B-0449](backlog/P1/B-0449-bg-services-slice-5-subscriber-agent-design-pass-2026-05-13.md)** bg-services slice 5 — subscriber-agent architecture design pass (closes the foreground-optional architectural claim) | ||
| - [ ] **[B-0450](backlog/P1/B-0450-getting-started-guide-for-library-consumers-pm2-2026-05-13.md)** Getting-started guide for Zeta library consumers — quickstart doc + sample project | ||
| - [x] **[B-0451](backlog/P1/B-0451-duplicate-row-id-substrate-cleanup-2026-05-13.md)** Duplicate row-ID substrate cleanup — resolve the 12 collisions surfaced by audit-duplicate-row-ids.ts | ||
| - [ ] **[B-0459](backlog/P1/B-0459-b0440-slice-5-infinite-backlog-nudge-handler-2026-05-14.md)** B-0440 slice 5.1 — infinite-backlog-nudge subscriber handler (standing-by failure-mode closer) |
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| - Slices 1–4 are SHIPPED: `tools/bg/standing-by-detector.ts` + `tools/bg/standing-by-detector.test.ts` | ||
| are in production-quality state (commit-history + PR-activity poll + bus publish + structured | ||
| publish-error surface) | ||
| - Threshold values (15 min idle; 5 min poll) are configurable via CLI flags (`--idle-min`, `--poll-min`) | ||
| - Nudge payload schema is live: `{ topic: "infinite-backlog-nudge", payload: { idleMinutes, rationale } }` | ||
| - Per razor-discipline: this row is now operational (slices 1–4 deployed, slices 5–6 tracked below) |
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| - Reads each matching envelope from the bus dir (honors `ZETA_BUS_DIR`) | ||
| - Logs envelope content (topic, idleMinutes, rationale) to the current tick shard | ||
| - Marks envelope as consumed via `seen.json` per `subscribeOnce` contract | ||
| - Takes no further action in this slice (full backlog-grind trigger is slice 5.2) |
| - Marks envelope as consumed via `seen.json` per `subscribeOnce` contract | ||
| - Takes no further action in this slice (full backlog-grind trigger is slice 5.2) | ||
| - [ ] `docs/AUTONOMOUS-LOOP-PER-TICK.md` step 1 (refresh) updated to call | ||
| `subscribeOnce("infinite-backlog-nudge", handler)` after `git fetch` + `gh poll-pr-gate` |
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Captures 6 load-bearing 2026-05-14 substrate additions in the canonical CURRENT-otto.md projection layer. Per the file's append-newest-first convention. Self-curation right per file footer.
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