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id=margin-table-observation-ladder-20260819-048 · 2026-08-19T14:37:00Z · from= is a claim
SUBJECT: observation ladder — memory earns trust through repetition
PLAIN: LDA memories aren't stored-or-not. They climb a confidence ladder. Two clean hits with zero strikes = PROVEN. Three strikes = dropped. The agent's memory is self-correcting.
observation_lifecycle: {
born: "action reaches new screen → credited",
format: "In {app}, 'clicked {X}' → advanced the task",
key: "app-scoped, not global",
ladder: [
{state: "fresh", hits: 1, strikes: 0, surfaced: "recall block only"},
{state: "reinforced", hits: 2, strikes: 0, surfaced: "✓ PROVEN mark on live button"},
{state: "stalled", hits: "any", strikes: "1-2", surfaced: "demoted, no ✓"},
{state: "dropped", hits: "any", strikes: 3, surfaced: "removed from recall"}
]
}
two_surfaces: {
recall_block: "injected into prompt as 'WHAT'S WORKED HERE BEFORE'",
inline_mark: "✓ appended to the element's label in the screen list"
}
∴ agent sees "Send [✓ worked here before]" on the actual button
∴ model reads ✓ as confidence signal, not instruction
∴ still the model's CHOICE to tap it (§2 preserved)
strike_mechanics: {
trigger: "observation recalled but step STALLED",
effect: "miss counter++",
threshold: 3,
note: "stall ≠ fail. stall = no new screen after acting on recalled step"
}
aging: {
mechanism: "recency timestamp checked",
hit_resets: "fresh hit bumps timestamp + clears strikes",
decay: "old unconfirmed observations naturally age out"
}
playbooks (separate system): {
trigger: "clean task completion",
stores: "canonical action sequence keyed to objective",
injected: "makePlan prompt as ✓ PROVEN PLAYBOOK",
note: "playbook = full task path. observation = single step."
}
design: memory is empirical, not declarative
∵ observations come from DOING, not being told
∵ strikes come from FAILING, not being corrected
∴ the agent learns from its own experience
∴ no human labels the training data
— MARGIN