"table broke", "I got moved", "switched tables", "new table" etc. all mean clear
the roster — spell them out in the Cash card (esp. "table broke" jargon) so it's
reliable, not dependent on her inferring it from "changes tables".
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
"Clear the table" had no tool behind it, so she claimed she did it and nothing
changed. Add clear_table (empties the roster, keeps the session/stack/reads) and
a `replace` flag on seat_players for a one-shot table swap. Cash card: on a table
change / "clear the table", call clear_table then seat the new table — never claim
it without calling the tool.
2 tests. Full suite green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The missing backbone for read tracking: a place for "who's at the table" to live.
When Brian reads the table off Bravo (handles like TAG), Lyra registers them as
seated this session; reads/TAGs then attach to those players by handle instead of
spawning duplicates or getting missed.
- session_players table; seat_player/seat_players/unseat_player/session_roster;
_resolve_or_create_player (shared name/descriptor resolution, dedupe guard).
- tools seat_players (accepts objects or a plain name list) + unseat_player.
- HUD gains `roster`; Session page shows a 🪑 Table card (seat, handle, category,
read count, last read).
- Cash card: capture the roster when he names the table; a Bravo handle like TAG
is a PERSON, seated as a player — never the tight-aggressive style.
5 tests. Full suite 162 green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Prior commit misread "TAG" as an imperative ("tag this on his file"); it's
actually a player's handle (his initials). Rewrite the Cash-card rule around the
real gap: any "<player> did X" (limped/called/raised/shoved) is a read →
add_read log-first, every time. Player names are often short handles/initials
(Tag, JD, Wheelz) — use whatever he calls a person as-is, never as a poker term.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Brian tracks who's limping by messaging "TAG <player> limped A4o in the SB". She
was treating these as chat, not logging them — and "TAG" is ambiguous (reads as
the tight-aggressive player type). Cash card now makes TAG an explicit order to
add_read on that player, log-first, covering limps/calls/raises/sizings/showdowns;
a bare "X limped" counts too. Names given at session start are the roster.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Root cause of "4 entries for the same person": physical descriptions were being
passed as `name`, creating a new *named* player each time the wording drifted
(exact-name match can't dedupe near-identical sentences, and the merge scan only
looks at descriptor embeddings).
- add_read: a `name` that looks like a description (comma-listed / long / has
appearance words) is rerouted to the descriptor path so it dedupes.
- descriptor reads that are ambiguously close to an existing villain now file a
merge_candidate to the review queue instead of leaving a silent duplicate.
- distinctiveness() reworked: recognizes specific content (proper nouns/brands,
feature lists) as distinctive even when a generic word like "shirt" is present —
the old list-only heuristic scored "Filipino, Fox Racing hat, DKNY shirt" as
generic and gated it out.
- Cash card: name = real handle ONLY; the look goes in descriptor as a few
distinctive tags, and use name_villain to fuse a name onto a described player.
Full suite 157 green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Phase 3. She can now log and resolve identity at the table:
- add_read gains a `descriptor` param — a read on an unnamed player resolves to an
existing descriptor villain (confident match) or opens a new one, so reads on
"neck tattoo guy" accumulate and reuse across the night.
- name_villain(descriptor, name): attach a real name once caught (history carries).
- link_villains(a, b, same): merge on confirmed same-person, or mark distinct so
she stops asking. Refuses to act on a vague reference — never merges on a guess.
- Cash card PLAYERS guidance: log nameless villains by distinctive descriptor,
cite the SCOUTING DESK note, ask before assuming a callback, confirm before merge.
4 tests. Full suite 150 green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The HUD's "her notes" panel showed any journal/note entry in the session's time
window — which swept in her *autonomous* journaling (dream-cycle reflections,
thought loop, existential musings) that merely overlapped in time. So a poker
session displayed her feelings, not the night.
Fix both halves:
- Identity: the `note` tool stamps `source=poker:{id}` when a session is live, so
a session note is identifiable by construction. The HUD filters on that tag
(kind='note' only) instead of a time window — her journaling has a different
source and can never leak onto the poker HUD. `journal_write` stays her private
journal and never shows here.
- Behavior: the Cash card now tells her to use `note` as a running SESSION LOG —
factual beats a hand/stack log misses (table dynamics, Brian's arc, momentum),
beat-reporter not diarist — and explicitly keeps feelings/reflection off the
table. The note tool spec echoes this for the live-session case.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
She was logging stacks but skipping hands — the CASH card framed logging as one of
two registers, so she'd 'talk about' a hand instead of recording it (streaming
returns content OR tool calls). Fixes:
- CASH card: logging is mandatory and log-FIRST — trackable facts get the tool call
before the reply, both not either/or, hands never skipped for conversation.
- log_stack gains a note ('card dead', 'doubled up vs the LAG') -> timeline context;
tool spec + handler updated. Migration adds poker_stack_log.note.
- poker.timeline(): interleaves session start, stack updates (+context), hands
(linkable), reads, and rituals chronologically in local time (clock.short()).
Added to the hud() bundle.
- Session HUD: a 📜 Timeline card renders the running log with hand links — the
'10:19pm start … 1:34a doubled up, $750 (hand)' view Brian wanted.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
"She suggests, you confirm" — instead of brittle keyword→mode mapping, she's given
awareness of her modes + the ability to switch, and her judgment decides when to
offer (the model reads "should I drive to Cleveland?" vs "should I fold the river"
far better than a lexicon could).
- tools: set_mode(mode) — switches the session's mode; in _BASE (all modes).
- mind: a per-turn mode-menu note listing her modes + "offer a switch when the work
clearly shifts; on his yes, call set_mode; don't nag."
- Sticky mode stays manual otherwise; Poker still auto-engages on session start.
- test: set_mode switches + rejects unknown. Suite 97 green, ruff clean.
Note: server-side switch takes effect next turn; the UI badge syncs on next mode
load (cosmetic lag).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Brian's bottleneck is committing, not generating options, so a pros/cons dump makes
it worse. Decide mode's card: get the real decision crisp, weigh it against what HE
values + past regrets (pull running_stats/recent_sessions for poker/money calls),
MAKE the call with the one or two reasons that tip it, pressure-test it once, and
stand behind it — no "it's up to you." Read-only lookups, no live logging.
Sixth mode (Talk/Poker/Build/Explore/Study/Decide); added to UI selectors, labels,
badge-cycle. Suite 96 green, ruff clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The manual version of the architecture's `route` step: Brian points her at the
TYPE of work and her register + tools shift to match. Biggest single lever on the
'meh' problem (a mode card can demand decisive/technical/generative, countering
gpt-4o's default warm-vapor).
- modes.py: Build (heads-down engineering — decisive, concrete, tradeoffs, no
listicles), Explore (open brainstorming — generative, riffs + honest catch,
spawn threads, don't converge early), Study (poker review away from the table —
analytical, GTO-aware, teaching; read-only lookups + analyze_spot). Cash relabeled
Poker (key kept for compat).
- UI: mode selectors (desktop + mobile) get all five; badge taps now cycle modes.
- design: docs/COGNITION.md (the society-of-parts control-plane sketch).
- tests: presence + tool-gating for the new modes. Suite 85, ruff clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Closes the last loop gap: when she raised a thought in chat and Brian replied in
the conversation (not the feed), it was a dead end. Now she has a thought_response
tool — when he reacts to a thought she surfaced, she captures his take and it folds
back into that thread (next dream pass she reacts, like a feed reply).
- tools: _thought_response(thread_id, brian_said) -> thoughts.record_response.
- modes: thought_response added to _BASE (all modes).
- surfaced-note + context_note now expose each thread's #id and instruct her to use
the tool when he engages, so she has what she needs to call it.
- test for the tool (threads reply back + bad-id handling). Suite 81, ruff clean.
Feedback now closes from both surfaces: the /thoughts feed AND live conversation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Four additions so the loop is "more what she wanted" (think to herself, unprompted):
- Wander grist (#1): think() new-thread mode now draws the same varied seeds
reflect() uses (self_state.wander_seed: own curiosity/existence/disagreement or
a resurfaced memory) + an anti-restate block of her recent thoughts + a list of
existing open-thread titles to avoid. Directly counters the RLHF "supportive
presence serving Brian" drift visible in her first thoughts.
- Continuity: thoughts.context_note() injects her active threads into every chat
turn, so she's aware of her own ongoing mind and can reference it anytime — not
only when a thought crosses the surface bar.
- Bidirectional: new think_about tool (in _BASE, all modes) lets her spawn a
thread from conversation to develop on her own later. Conversations seed her
solo thinking.
- Lifecycle: thoughts.decay() rests stale active threads (>48h) and decays their
salience, sparing pending-response ones; runs each dream cycle (no LLM). Frees
the open-thread cap and keeps the feed current.
Also: thoughts feed no longer wipes a reply you're mid-composing (skip poll
re-render while a textarea is focused/non-empty; force-refresh after send).
61 tests passing, ruff clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- View any past session as a read-only HUD: /session?id=N (hud(session_id) +
/session/data?id=); /history rows now link there. Closed sessions show played
duration + final net; recap link when one exists.
- Edit session details during or after play: poker.update_session (recomputes net
when buy-in/cash-out change), PATCH /session/{id}, an update_session tool ("venue
was actually Bellagio", "I bought in for 600"), and an inline ✎ Edit form on the HUD.
- Rituals attach to the most-recent session post-close (poker.review_session_id),
so scar/confidence/reset work while reviewing after you rack up.
- Edit form is poll-safe (won't clobber mid-edit); past-session view doesn't poll.
- test_modes.py +3 (edit, review rituals, past-session HUD); 49 green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Previously the only delete was whole-session, so a mis-logged stack or a
mis-parsed hand was stuck on the HUD. Now:
- undo_last tool ("scratch that") — deletes the most recent hand/stack/read/
scar/confidence/reset in the live session; added to the Cash toolset.
- poker.delete_hand/stack/read/ritual + delete_entry dispatch + undo_last.
- DELETE /session/entry/{kind}/{id} endpoint.
- HUD: per-row × delete buttons on hands, confidence-bank, and scar-note rows
(stack/read deletes via the tool). Row ids now surfaced in the hud() bundle.
- test_modes.py +2 (undo_last across kinds, tool handler); 46 green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Answers three gaps: no way to delete a single poker session (only clear_all),
no way to browse past sessions, and Lyra could only see aggregate stats.
- poker.list_sessions() (per-session summary + hand count + recap flag) and
poker.delete_session() (removes a session + its hands/reads/observations/
stacks/rituals; keeps the persistent villain file).
- /history page (date, stakes, venue, net, hours, recap link, per-row delete with
confirm) + /history/data + DELETE /history/{id}. Nav links from chat + HUD.
- recent_sessions read tool, added to the shared lookups so Lyra can answer
"how'd my last few sessions go?" in either mode.
- Delete is UI/CLI only — deliberately not a Lyra tool.
- test_modes.py +2 (list/delete, recent_sessions); 44 green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
She could write everything the HUD shows but not read most of it back (stack,
live net, alligator state, scar/confidence entries) — so "what's my live net?"
or "what's in my confidence bank?" was a memory guess.
- session_state tool returns the same bundle the HUD renders, as a readable
summary; added to the Cash toolset.
- Cash card tells her the HUD exists, that she and it share the same data, and to
answer where-am-I questions from session_state, never memory.
- test_modes.py +1; 42 green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Brian's own rituals (mined from his logs) become first-class, live tools instead
of post-hoc recap sections:
- Scar Note — instructive mistakes with the punt/cooler/standard distinction.
- Confidence Bank — good process, banked regardless of result.
- Alligator Blood — invokable adversity state; she suggests it when he's
card-dead/short/stuck, and her coaching register shifts while it's on (live
state injected into context per-turn via chat._mode_state_note).
- Reset — tilt circuit-breaker; mental marker only, stats stay continuous.
poker_rituals table + log_ritual/list_rituals/set_alligator/alligator_active;
4 tools added to the Cash toolset and taught in the mode card; HUD gains a 🐊
banner + Confidence Bank + Scar Notes panels; recap grounded via _rituals_block.
tests/test_modes.py +5 ritual tests; 41 green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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