memory: audit-first-then-decide discipline — three-way pivot pattern#3583
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…fix / row / quiet Captures the explicit pattern empirically validated across the 23-tick Otto-CLI session 2026-05-15 (1718Z–2038Z): when uncertain what to do at a tick boundary, run an audit FIRST; let the result determine which of three actions applies. Three-way classification: - Mechanical fix-class → fix this tick as small atomic PR (Otto-279 4-batch arc: 17 fixes, PRs #3570/#3572/#3574/#3576) - Content-judgment class → file as backlog row (B-0535, B-0536, B-0537 — substrate-honest residual capture) - Null actionable → write quiet checkpoint shard (1919Z, 1952Z, 2038Z precedents) Resolves apparent tension between never-be-idle (do speculative work), razor-discipline (don't manufacture findings), and holding-without- named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure (Holding without real wait is the failure pattern). The audit output routes the decision. Composes with razor-discipline, no-op-cadence-failure-mode, holding- without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure, never-be-idle, encoding-rules-without-mechanizing, substrate-or-it-didn't-happen. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adds a new memory feedback file documenting an "audit-first-then-decide" discipline pattern that resolves apparent tension between never-be-idle, razor-discipline, and holding-without-named-dependency rules by routing tick-boundary decisions through audit output.
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…(PR #3583) (#3584) - PR #3580 (B-0537) + #3582 (2038Z shard) wait-CI - PR #3583 — memory file naming audit-first-then-decide as named discipline - Converts implicit 23-tick pattern → durable substrate per substrate-or-it-didn't-happen - Resolves never-be-idle vs razor-discipline vs Standing-by tensions via audit-output routing - 24-tick session arc Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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… audit-first-then-decide says null (#3585) - PR #3582 + #3584 wait-CI - Applied just-named audit-first-then-decide discipline (PR #3583) - 2038Z audit-survey baseline still valid; nothing changed on audited surfaces - Brief shard by design — anti-pattern is tick-driven audit-running - Session arc at natural completion: 14+ PRs landed, cluster live, rows filed, discipline named - Future-Otto pickup options recorded - 25-tick session arc Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…rged PR #3614 (#3628) * docs(rules): extend ID-allocation discipline with subdecimal-vs-top-level scheme distinction The ID-allocation-discipline section covered WHEN to check (on-disk + in-flight) but not WHICH scheme to use. Adds a "Subdecimal vs top-level scheme" subsection distinguishing: - B-NNNN.M (subdecimal) → child / slice of EXISTING parent row - B-NNNN (new top-level) → new umbrella / standalone row Empirically grounded by the 2026-05-15 collision: Otto on Desktop decomposed B-0170 into new top-levels B-0538/B-0539/B-0540/B-0541, missing that PR #3611 had already landed B-0170.4 via subdecimal scheme + Otto-CLI's PR #3595 had claimed B-0539 for the Otto-BFT umbrella. Both Ottos converged on the same decomposition; the scheme mismatch (top-level vs subdecimal) was the symptom of not checking existing-parent's siblings first. The new check command is tight: `find docs/backlog -name "B-NNNN.*.md"` + `gh pr list --state all --search '"B-NNNN."'`. If siblings exist, use next free subdecimal — not a new top-level. Composes with the existing ID-allocation section + refresh-before-decide invariant + audit-first-then-decide discipline (PR #3583). Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * shard(tick): 2026-05-16T00:08Z — fix-PR #3626 for monad-terminology drift from merged PR #3614 First tick of 2026-05-16 UTC; fresh-session cold-boot from autonomous-loop. Landed: PR #3626 (5 P1 review-thread fixes — monad-associativity terminology + dead xrefs in B-0543/B-0544 research substrate). Operational notes: Lior process active during commit window (lock-cleanup-race precondition); used borrow-on-existing pattern with ls-tree canary on both PRs (this shard + #3626). Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(shard-0008z): markdownlint MD037 — wrap full cron expression in backticks `<<autonomous-loop>>` followed by `* * * * *` parsed as emphasis markers with spaces (MD037/no-space-in-emphasis at line 72). Wrap the entire cron expression in backticks so the asterisks are inside the code span. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Captures the explicit pattern empirically validated across the 23-tick Otto-CLI session 2026-05-15: when uncertain what to do at a tick boundary, run an audit FIRST; the result determines which of three actions applies (mechanical fix / content-judgment row / quiet checkpoint).
Why this is substrate-worthy
Three discipline rules appear in tension:
Naive reading produces paralysis. The audit-first-then-decide pivot routes the decision via the audit's actual output:
Empirical anchor
Today's session arc:
Test plan
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