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noema/internal/api/beliefs.go
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Andy Dixon 73e5753a91 feat: add beliefs with evidence-derived confidence, contradictions and corrections
Phase 6. Beliefs are propositions with a prior set by epistemic kind and a
confidence computed from typed evidence: sigmoid(logit(prior) + slope ×
(support × diversity − opposition)), where support from a single source
is discounted so repetition cannot manufacture certainty, and bounds keep
the mind away from absolute certainty. Every evaluation stores its
breakdown and appends a version row protected by the append-only
trigger; the belief page shows the arithmetic, evidence for and against,
alternatives, contradictions and history.

Contradiction detection is deterministic first (negation plus token
overlap): a hit emits contradiction_detected, links both beliefs and
makes each counter-evidence for the other so both trend to contested.
Operators can assert beliefs (their statement is the evidence), add
evidence, mark a belief wrong (pinned rejected, history kept) and forbid
an inference; do-not-infer corrections block matching hypotheses.
Retracting a memory retracts the evidence that cited it and re-evaluates
the beliefs concerned.

The associate process proposes low-confidence causal hypotheses from
co-occurring notable observations, and the hypothesis handler turns
admitted ones into beliefs with automatic alternatives, closing demo
scenarios 1 and 2 without any model call.
2026-06-21 22:14:12 +01:00

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package api
import (
"context"
"errors"
"net/http"
"strconv"
"strings"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/internal/auth"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/internal/beliefs"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/internal/storage"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/pkg/concepts"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/pkg/events"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/pkg/ids"
)
func (s *Server) beliefRoutes() {
m := s.mux
m.Handle("GET /api/v1/minds/{mind}/beliefs", require(auth.RoleObserver, s.beliefsList))
m.Handle("POST /api/v1/minds/{mind}/beliefs", require(auth.RoleOperator, s.beliefsCreate))
m.Handle("GET /api/v1/minds/{mind}/beliefs/stats", require(auth.RoleObserver, s.beliefsStats))
m.Handle("GET /api/v1/minds/{mind}/beliefs/{id}", require(auth.RoleObserver, s.beliefGet))
m.Handle("POST /api/v1/minds/{mind}/beliefs/{id}/evidence", require(auth.RoleOperator, s.beliefEvidence))
m.Handle("POST /api/v1/minds/{mind}/beliefs/{id}/alternatives", require(auth.RoleOperator, s.beliefAlternative))
m.Handle("POST /api/v1/minds/{mind}/beliefs/{id}/retract", require(auth.RoleOperator, s.beliefRetract))
m.Handle("GET /api/v1/minds/{mind}/corrections", require(auth.RoleObserver, s.correctionsList))
m.Handle("POST /api/v1/minds/{mind}/corrections", require(auth.RoleOperator, s.correctionsCreate))
}
// Emitter returns a beliefs.Emitter that appends through the event store and
// publishes after the surrounding transaction (or immediately on the pool).
func (s *Server) Emitter() beliefs.Emitter {
return func(ctx context.Context, q storage.Querier, n events.New) (events.Event, error) {
out, err := s.deps.Events.AppendIn(ctx, q, n)
if err != nil {
return events.Event{}, err
}
s.deps.Events.Publish(out...)
return out[0], nil
}
}
func beliefErr(err error) error {
if errors.Is(err, beliefs.ErrInvalid) || errors.Is(err, beliefs.ErrBlocked) {
return ValidationError(err.Error())
}
return err
}
// ParseBeliefFilter reads the shared query vocabulary.
func ParseBeliefFilter(q map[string][]string) beliefs.Filter {
get := func(k string) string {
if v := q[k]; len(v) > 0 {
return v[0]
}
return ""
}
f := beliefs.Filter{Search: get("q"), Subject: get("subject")}
for _, st := range strings.Split(get("status"), ",") {
if st = strings.TrimSpace(st); st != "" {
f.Statuses = append(f.Statuses, beliefs.Status(st))
}
}
f.MinConfidence, _ = strconv.ParseFloat(get("min_confidence"), 64)
f.MaxConfidence, _ = strconv.ParseFloat(get("max_confidence"), 64)
f.Limit, _ = strconv.Atoi(get("limit"))
return f
}
func (s *Server) beliefsList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
m, ok := s.mind(w, r)
if !ok {
return
}
list, err := s.deps.Beliefs.List(r.Context(), m.ID, ParseBeliefFilter(r.URL.Query()))
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
if list == nil {
list = []beliefs.Belief{}
}
writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, page[beliefs.Belief]{Items: list})
}
// beliefsCreate records an operator-asserted belief. The operator's statement
// is the evidence; confidence is still computed, not typed in.
func (s *Server) beliefsCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
m, ok := s.mind(w, r)
if !ok {
return
}
var in struct {
Proposition string `json:"proposition"`
Subject string `json:"subject"`
Epistemic concepts.Epistemic `json:"epistemic"`
Weight float64 `json:"weight"` // how firmly the operator asserts it
Note string `json:"note"`
Alternatives []string `json:"alternatives"`
}
if err := decode(r, &in); err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
if in.Epistemic == "" {
in.Epistemic = concepts.Claim
}
if in.Weight <= 0 {
in.Weight = 0.7
}
res, err := s.deps.Beliefs.Create(r.Context(), s.deps.DB, s.Emitter(), beliefs.New{MindID: m.ID, Proposition: in.Proposition, Subject: in.Subject, Epistemic: in.Epistemic, Source: "operator",
Evidence: []beliefs.EvidenceInput{{Direction: "for", Kind: "operator", Source: "operator:" + actor(r), Weight: in.Weight, Credibility: events.TrustOperator.Credibility(), Note: firstNonEmpty(in.Note, "asserted by operator "+actor(r))}},
Alternatives: in.Alternatives})
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, beliefErr(err))
return
}
s.deps.Audit.Log(r.Context(), "belief.create", "belief", res.Belief.ID.String(), map[string]any{"mind": m.Slug, "proposition": res.Belief.Proposition})
writeJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, res)
}
func firstNonEmpty(a, b string) string {
if a != "" {
return a
}
return b
}
// BeliefDetail is the full picture of one belief.
type BeliefDetail struct {
Belief beliefs.Belief `json:"belief"`
Breakdown beliefs.Breakdown `json:"breakdown"`
Evidence []beliefs.EvidenceRow `json:"evidence"`
Versions []beliefs.Version `json:"versions"`
Alternatives []beliefs.Alternative `json:"alternatives"`
Links []beliefs.Link `json:"links"`
Events []events.Event `json:"events"`
Origin *events.Event `json:"origin,omitempty"`
}
// BeliefDetail assembles the detail; shared with the UI.
func (s *Server) BeliefDetail(r *http.Request, mind, id ids.ID) (BeliefDetail, error) {
ctx := r.Context()
b, err := s.deps.Beliefs.Get(ctx, s.deps.DB, mind, id)
if err != nil {
return BeliefDetail{}, err
}
d := BeliefDetail{Belief: b}
d.Evidence, _ = s.deps.Beliefs.EvidenceFor(ctx, s.deps.DB, mind, id)
var ev []beliefs.Evidence
for _, e := range d.Evidence {
ev = append(ev, e.Evidence)
}
d.Breakdown = beliefs.Compute(b.Prior, ev)
d.Versions, _ = s.deps.Beliefs.Versions(ctx, mind, id)
d.Alternatives, _ = s.deps.Beliefs.Alternatives(ctx, mind, id)
d.Links, _ = s.deps.Beliefs.Links(ctx, mind, id)
d.Events, _ = s.deps.Events.DerivedFrom(ctx, "belief", string(id), 100)
if !b.OriginEvent.IsZero() {
if e, err := s.deps.Events.Get(ctx, b.OriginEvent); err == nil {
d.Origin = &e
}
}
if d.Evidence == nil {
d.Evidence = []beliefs.EvidenceRow{}
}
if d.Versions == nil {
d.Versions = []beliefs.Version{}
}
if d.Alternatives == nil {
d.Alternatives = []beliefs.Alternative{}
}
if d.Links == nil {
d.Links = []beliefs.Link{}
}
if d.Events == nil {
d.Events = []events.Event{}
}
return d, nil
}
func (s *Server) beliefGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
m, ok := s.mind(w, r)
if !ok {
return
}
id, err := ids.Parse(r.PathValue("id"))
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, ValidationError("bad id"))
return
}
d, err := s.BeliefDetail(r, m.ID, id)
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, d)
}
func (s *Server) beliefsStats(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
m, ok := s.mind(w, r)
if !ok {
return
}
st, err := s.deps.Beliefs.Stats(r.Context(), m.ID)
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, st)
}
func (s *Server) beliefEvidence(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
m, ok := s.mind(w, r)
if !ok {
return
}
id, err := ids.Parse(r.PathValue("id"))
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, ValidationError("bad id"))
return
}
var in struct {
Direction string `json:"direction"`
Kind string `json:"kind"`
RefID string `json:"ref_id"`
Weight float64 `json:"weight"`
Note string `json:"note"`
}
if err := decode(r, &in); err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
if in.Kind == "" {
in.Kind = "operator"
}
res, err := s.deps.Beliefs.AddEvidence(r.Context(), s.deps.DB, s.Emitter(), m.ID, id, beliefs.EvidenceInput{Direction: in.Direction, Kind: in.Kind, RefID: in.RefID, Source: "operator:" + actor(r), Weight: in.Weight, Credibility: events.TrustOperator.Credibility(), Note: in.Note}, "operator evidence: "+in.Note, ids.Nil, ids.Nil)
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, beliefErr(err))
return
}
s.deps.Audit.Log(r.Context(), "belief.evidence", "belief", id.String(), map[string]any{"direction": in.Direction, "note": in.Note})
writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, res)
}
func (s *Server) beliefAlternative(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
m, ok := s.mind(w, r)
if !ok {
return
}
id, err := ids.Parse(r.PathValue("id"))
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, ValidationError("bad id"))
return
}
var in struct {
Proposition string `json:"proposition"`
Note string `json:"note"`
}
if err := decode(r, &in); err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
a, err := s.deps.Beliefs.AddAlternative(r.Context(), m.ID, id, in.Proposition, in.Note)
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, beliefErr(err))
return
}
s.deps.Audit.Log(r.Context(), "belief.alternative", "belief", id.String(), map[string]any{"proposition": in.Proposition})
writeJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, a)
}
func (s *Server) beliefRetract(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
m, ok := s.mind(w, r)
if !ok {
return
}
id, err := ids.Parse(r.PathValue("id"))
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, ValidationError("bad id"))
return
}
var in struct {
Reason string `json:"reason"`
DoNotInfer bool `json:"do_not_infer"`
}
if r.ContentLength != 0 {
if err := decode(r, &in); err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
}
res, err := s.deps.Beliefs.Retract(r.Context(), s.Emitter(), m.ID, id, in.Reason, actor(r), in.DoNotInfer)
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, beliefErr(err))
return
}
s.deps.Audit.Log(r.Context(), "belief.retract", "belief", id.String(), map[string]any{"reason": in.Reason, "do_not_infer": in.DoNotInfer})
writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, res)
}
func (s *Server) correctionsList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
m, ok := s.mind(w, r)
if !ok {
return
}
list, err := s.deps.Beliefs.Corrections(r.Context(), m.ID, r.URL.Query().Get("kind"))
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
if list == nil {
list = []beliefs.Correction{}
}
writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, page[beliefs.Correction]{Items: list})
}
// correctionsCreate records "do not infer this again" and similar statements.
func (s *Server) correctionsCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
m, ok := s.mind(w, r)
if !ok {
return
}
var in struct {
Kind string `json:"kind"`
Statement string `json:"statement"`
Reason string `json:"reason"`
}
if err := decode(r, &in); err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
if in.Kind != "do_not_infer" || strings.TrimSpace(in.Statement) == "" {
fail(w, r, ValidationError("kind must be do_not_infer with a statement (entity corrections arrive with the relationship graph)"))
return
}
evs, err := s.deps.Events.Append(r.Context(), events.New{MindID: m.ID, Type: events.OperatorAction, Source: "operator", Summary: "Operator " + actor(r) + " forbade inference: " + in.Statement,
Salience: 0.6, Confidence: 1, Metadata: map[string]any{"action": "correction.do_not_infer", "actor": actor(r)}, Payload: map[string]any{"statement": in.Statement, "reason": in.Reason}})
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
c, err := s.deps.Beliefs.AddCorrection(r.Context(), s.deps.DB, m.ID, beliefs.Correction{Kind: in.Kind, Statement: in.Statement, Reason: in.Reason, CreatedBy: actor(r), EventID: evs[0].ID})
if err != nil {
fail(w, r, err)
return
}
s.deps.Audit.Log(r.Context(), "correction.create", "mind", m.ID.String(), map[string]any{"kind": in.Kind, "statement": in.Statement})
writeJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, c)
}