Phase 10. Metacognition is a cognitive process with deterministic
self-checks (insufficient evidence, single-source reliance, model output
without evidence, repeated failed hypotheses, stale contradictions,
calibration overconfidence); its warnings compete for attention and,
when admitted, add counter-evidence or open an investigation goal.
Reflection reviews the period since the last run (prediction errors,
rejected beliefs, corrections, status changes, completed goals,
contradictions, calibration), turns repeated failures into procedural
lessons written once, and records a reflection event; a model may only
word the prose within the mind's budget.
Consolidation clusters unconsolidated episodes by shared stemmed terms,
creates a belief whose confidence is computed from the episodes as
evidence and a semantic memory linked to each episode by derived_from,
and records jobs with inputs and outputs. Wording may come from the
consolidate prompt within a per-run model budget; the job says which.
Operators can run, pause and reject; originals are never touched.
The narrative hook keeps a five-part first-person narrative built from
state and stored with narrative_updated events. The notification hook
applies explicit thresholded rules, aggregates repeats within a cooldown
and records suppressions with reasons. A scheduled job runs
consolidation and reflection per mind, switching the runtime mode while
it works. API, Background tab, notifications page with unread badge,
overview narrative and warnings, CLI commands, docs/cognition.md.
Andy Dixon
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