Lifecycle redesign:
- Each proposal records source_entries: [<ts>...] in frontmatter listing
the journal timestamps that fed its cluster.
- After apply/reject, skill calls adam/scripts/adam-archive.mjs which moves
matching entries from journal.jsonl to journal/actioned-<id>.jsonl.
- Agent reads applied/ + rejected/ frontmatter on each /reflect, builds an
excluded-timestamps set, skips any leftover already-actioned entries.
- cursor field in state.json is vestigial; agent ignores it.
Effect: journal stays bounded by active observations. Rule changes
re-evaluate the remainder without manual rewind. Race-safer for parallel
sessions on shared state.json (no cursor write contention).
Memory drafting:
- agents/adam.md adds 'Memory drafting protocol' parallel to Skill drafting.
- Memory proposals MUST contain auto-memory frontmatter (name, description,
type, originSessionId) in '# Proposed change' body.
- Skill enforces frontmatter check at apply time; refuses if missing.
Tests: 18 -> 21. Two new tests for adam-archive happy path + no-op.
Migration: existing applied proposals lack source_entries. Their backing
journal entries archived as a one-time bulk migration; legacy proposals
annotated with migration note.
The hook emits struggle signals only after crossing internal thresholds
(3 retries, 8 tools no-prompt, 4 edits to one file, 2 build failures, etc.).
Each journal entry is therefore meaningful evidence on its own. Old rule
required >=3 entries within single session, which the once-per-thing
emission design rarely produces. New rule: >=1 struggle entry qualifies
for proposal at +2 weight (cross-session bonus does not stack).
Auto-apply still requires cross_session_evidence; single-session-only
proposals always queue for review.
- 8 friction signals via lightweight hook (correction, retry_loop, weak_agent,
tool_error_loop, dead_end, edit_churn, build_loop, subagent_dispatch_pattern)
- Deterministic confidence rubric with cross-session evidence gate
- /reflect skill to dispatch the analyst subagent and walk the queue
- Skill overlap detection (prefer skill_edit over skill_new on collision)
- Solution synthesis from transcript context for new skill drafts
- Soft-delete trash, never hard rm
- 18 tests covering all signals
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