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>
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