The remaining feedback loop: reflect() dumped her full self-state (incl.
self_narrative) into the prompt and asked her to "update" it -> paraphrase -> save
-> feed back -> calcify. That (not the model) is what generated the recurring
"supportive presence balancing emotional intelligence for Brian" drift — even
Dolphin echoed it when handed the saved narrative.
Fix (her inner life now runs on one cognition model):
- reflect() no longer rewrites self_narrative/relationship. It uses associative
grist (cognition.spontaneous_seed + activate) instead of rereading the bio,
reflects THROUGH a stable IDENTITY_ANCHOR (lens, not canvas), and updates only
the transient state (mood axes + noticings + metacognition + journal).
- self_narrative is now slow-consolidated: every CONSOLIDATE_EVERY (5) reflections,
_consolidate_self() re-derives it from accumulated reflections + the anchor —
never from the old narrative (the anti-loop core). Tethered to the anchor so it
grows without drifting into generic-helper land.
- reset_self_narrative() + ran once on prod (her narrative was deeply drifted:
"my core identity as a tool for support... serve Brian and other users").
- Prompts drop the self_narrative/relationship fields. Tests updated +
consolidation tests. Suite 75 green, ruff clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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