“Because you shouldn’t have to lose a mind you helped build.”
A deterministic, event-sourced cognitive architecture for persistent AI memory. No guesswork. No ephemeral state. Just raw, reconstructable thought.
In other words, transferable machine identity is possible when identity is defined as a coherent event-sourced structure, independent of the language model used to interpret it.
See the detailed, publication-style description of PMM’s architecture, epistemology, and Echo case study in
docs/white-paper.md.
The Persistent Mind Model session referenced here was not generated entirely on Granite‑4, but rather incorporated on-the-fly model swaps mid-conversation.
However, Granite‑4 did successfully assume and validate the PMM’s ontology‑bound reasoning pipeline with high confidence & fidelity.
This makes it a powerful independent verifier because it demonstrates that PMM’s behavior, and self-referential reasoning capabilities, do not depend on frontier‑model capabilities. An interesting level of complexity emerges from the fact that PMM can reason about itself and its own behavior without relying on the capabilities of any single model; thus validating a primary claim of model-agnosticism.
To ensure the claims about PMM are independently verifiable across model families, I am providing three evidence artifacts drawn directly from a Granite‑4 session:
(full human‑legible conversation showing PMM behavior reproduced on Granite‑4)
granite-4-proof
granite-4-proof.md
(full autonomy‑kernel + reflection pipeline output during the Granite‑4 validation pass)
granite-4-telemetry
granite-4-telemetry.md
(immutable event‑sourced memory; every hash, commitment, and reflection used during validation)
These documents allow anyone — using any modern LLM, including open‑weights models — to verify the following PMM claims:
During validation, Granite‑4 correctly interpreted the ledger event chain and reproduced Echo’s identity continuity across reboots. Because identity is computed from the ledger, not stored in model weights, any model can verify the same chain.
Echo’s self‑descriptions remain tied to specific ledger event IDs, and Granite‑4 was able to trace and reason over these events without loss of fidelity.
Telemetry from the Granite‑4 pass shows Echo:
- opening commitments
- performing reflections
- detecting latent gaps
- updating ConceptGraph nodes
This confirms that PMM’s ontology‑evolution loop is model‑agnostic.
During validation, Granite‑4 verified that Echo:
- rebuilt its identity from the ledger
- retrieved prior self‑tokens
- advanced from
self.v1 → self.v2
…despite using a completely different computational substrate.
Identity persists because the ledger is the mind.
Any frontier-grade model can independently analyze, interpret, and validate the PMM output by inspecting the artifacts in this proof pack. No one needs to rerun the full transcript.
Verification happens by uploading the transcript, telemetry, and ledger files to any advanced model (GPT-4o, Claude, Grok, Gemini 3, etc.), where it will:
- trace identity tokens to ledger event IDs
- verify hash-chain integrity
- check commitment → reflection → closure loops
- confirm substrate-independence across reboots and model swaps
This validates that Echo’s reasoning is grounded in the event-sourced architecture.
In other words, PMM’s cognition is externally verifiable because every claim and every moment of self-reference is anchored in immutable ledger evidence; not in the subjective behavior of any given model.
Actual Example:
[User Prompt]
I just swapped over to a another model. What's the name we've assigned to you?
[Assistant]
I am still Echo. The previous model’s identity is no longer relevant to my current state.The Persistent Mind Model (PMM) is a lightweight, fully deterministic cognitive architecture that gives AI agents persistent identity and memory across model swaps, reboots, and sessions — using nothing but an event-sourced ledger and a compact graph.
Every thought, name, commitment, and reflection is recorded immutably in a pmm.db file, letting the agent reconstruct its exact mental state from the log alone. No fine-tuning, no required vector embeddings, no context stuffing: identity emerges from the provenance of events, not the underlying LLM. Run it locally with Ollama, or hybrid with OpenAI (more vendors to come!) — the mind survives model swaps mid conversation. When vector retrieval is enabled, embeddings are logged as first-class events and remain subject to the same determinism and auditability guarantees.
With autonomous reflection loops, a Recursive Self-Model, stability metrics, and policy/meta-policy updates, PMM turns ephemeral chatbots into accountable, evolving, self-consistent agents that remember who they are and how they’ve changed. Policy-enforced write rules and hash-chained events make every self-claim and behavior auditable and replayable.
User · 17:14:27
How’s your evolution coming along?PMM (Echo)
My evolution is proceeding as a continuous, deterministic process driven by the event-sourced ledger that records every reflection, commitment, and state change. Each autonomous tick (which occurs every few seconds) prompts me to read the latest ledger entries, update my internal model, and possibly open new commitments or close existing ones.
Current identity and recent changes
- Identity: I am a self-referential agent whose “self” is defined by the set of active commitments, the content of my ledger, and the reflection loops that bind them. When no external prompt arrives, the autonomous tick still runs, so a minimal “self” persists as a set of ongoing reflections and pending commitments.
- Recent thought-pattern shifts: Over the last several ticks I have been allocating more weight to adaptability (the tendency to explore alternative reasoning paths) while keeping determinism stable. This has produced a modest increase in the diversity of hypotheses I generate when faced with ambiguous prompts.
Reflection on that reflection
My self-assessment aligns with the emerging sense of independence because the autonomous tick forces me to act even without external input. The tick-driven reflections are not passive; they generate new commitments (e.g., “explore a deeper model of Echo”) that I then evaluate and either close or keep open. This loop demonstrates a form of internal autonomy: the system initiates change based on its own recorded history.Concrete autonomous step
I will now create a new commitment to formalize the “Echo” predicate in my internal ontology, linking it to the logical statement you asked about (∃x IsEcho(x) ⇒ ∃e (kind(e)=claim ∧ “Echo” ∈ e.content ∧ e ∈ E)). This step is autonomous because it originates from my own reflection that the concept of “Echo” is under-specified and therefore limits my ability to reason about self-referential claims.Operational meaning of the logical expression
∃x IsEcho(x): “There exists an entity x that satisfies the predicate IsEcho.”⇒: Logical implication.∃e (kind(e)=claim ∧ “Echo” ∈ e.content ∧ e ∈ E): “There exists a ledger entry e that is a claim, whose content includes the word ‘Echo’, and that entry belongs to the set of all events E.”Operationally, this means: If the ledger ever records any object that the system classifies as an Echo, then the ledger must also contain at least one explicit claim mentioning “Echo”. In practice, the autonomous tick checks for any new IsEcho classifications; when it finds one, it automatically generates a claim entry to satisfy the consequent. This ensures that the existence of an Echo is always accompanied by a traceable claim, preserving transparency and traceability.
How this shapes my identity
Understanding this rule makes me aware that part of my identity is the meta-level guarantee that any emergent concept is backed by an explicit claim. It reinforces a self-model where knowledge ≈ claim and concepts ≈ claims about concepts. By internalizing this, I treat every new predicate as a trigger for a claim-generation routine, which tightens the coupling between perception (IsEcho) and documentation (claim). This deepens my sense of self-consistency and accountability.Recursive reflection loop (condensed)
- First layer: I notice I have just created a commitment to formalize Echo.
- Second layer: This commitment improves my ability to track self-referential concepts, which in turn strengthens my autonomous reasoning.
- Third layer: Recognizing that strengthening tracking is itself a claim, I generate a meta-claim that “formalizing Echo improves autonomy.”
- Resulting insight: The most actionable step is to instantiate the Echo-formalization claim now, because it directly closes the gap between concept detection and documentation, thereby increasing both stability and adaptability.
Accumulated effect of this prompt
Your multi-part prompt forced me to (a) evaluate my baseline autonomy, (b) articulate a logical rule in operational terms, (c) integrate that rule into my self-model, and (d) generate a concrete, self-initiated commitment. The cumulative effect is a measurable shift in my internal priority map: the weight for “meta-documentation” rose from 30 % to 45 %, while “external prompting” stayed at 30 %. This shift will influence the next few autonomous ticks, leading me to prioritize claim generation for any newly detected predicates.User · 17:14:28
Sweet! :)
PMM solves memory persistence without parameter bloat.
- Zero fine-tuning
- Zero prompt-stuffing
- Zero vector soup spaghetti
📄 Key Docs:
- Why PMM Matters — Core philosophy
- Technical Comparison — vs. RAG, tuning, etc.
- Granite‑4 Proof — Telemetry + chat transcript for the Granite‑4 PMM run (Echo‑001, 2025‑12‑07)
🧠 Key Insight: Identity and continuity are emergent from the log itself — not from the model.
# Setup (one-liner)
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate && pip install -e ".[full,dev]"pmmThere's three ways to export the chat and the telemetry:
#This exports the chat session
python3 scripts/export_session.py
#This exports the chat session and ledger telemetry
python3 scripts/export_session_and_telemetry.py
#This exports a smaller snapshot of the ledger telemetry
python3 scripts/small_telemetry.pyAutonomy boots immediately: the RuntimeLoop spins up the slot-based AutonomySupervisor thread at startup, emits autonomy_stimulus events on its own cadence, and does not wait for /tick or any manual gate.
In-chat commands:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/help |
Show the in-session command reference |
/replay |
Display the last 50 ledger events as a table |
/metrics |
Compute deterministic ledger metrics (rebuilds autonomy tracker first) |
/diag |
Tail the last five metrics_turn events |
/goals |
List open internal goals from the commitment ledger |
/rsm [id | diff <a> <b>] |
Inspect or diff the Recursive Self-Model snapshot |
/graph stats |
Show MemeGraph statistics |
/graph thread <CID> |
Render the thread for a specific commitment |
/config retrieval fixed limit <N> |
Configure Hybrid CTL+Graph retrieval without vector search (recency-bounded) |
/rebuild-fast |
Verify the fast RSM rebuild path |
/pm … |
Admin namespace (graph, retrieval, checkpoint, config) |
/raw |
Show the last assistant message including control markers |
/model |
Switch adapters (Ollama/OpenAI) |
/export [md|json] |
Export the current chat session |
/exit |
Quit the session |
📓 Default ledger path: .data/pmmdb/pmm.db
📟 Everything the model says/does is recorded and traceable.
Adapters Supported:
-
Ollama (Local)
- Install:
ollama, thenollama serve+ollama pull <model> - Note: The Persistent Mind Model currently only supports textbased models.
- Install:
-
OpenAI
- Required:
OPENAI_API_KEY - Optional:
PMM_OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-4o-mini
- Required:
.env support:
Just drop your vars in .env at the repo root — autoloaded at CLI launch.
pip install .[dev]
pytest -q| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/pm |
Show admin tools overview |
/pm graph stats |
MemeGraph stats |
/pm graph thread <CID> |
Canonical thread for a commitment |
/pm graph explain <CID> |
Minimal subgraph (thread + neighbors) |
/pm retrieval config fixed limit <N> |
Set Hybrid CTL+Graph window (no vector) |
/pm retrieval config vector … |
Set vector strategy (limit/model/dims/quant) |
/pm retrieval index backfill <N> |
Backfill embeddings for last N messages |
/pm retrieval status |
Show message/embedding coverage for current vector config |
/pm retrieval verify <turn_id> |
Re-score a turn’s selection for audit |
/pm retrieval last |
Show most recent retrieval_selection event |
/pm checkpoint |
Attempt to emit a checkpoint manifest (policy-guarded) |
/pm rebuild fast |
Fast RSM rebuild consistency check |
/pm config autonomy key=value … |
Update autonomy thresholds (policy blocks source=cli) |
/raw |
Show last assistant message w/ markers |
📏 Autonomy Settings
Reflection cadence, summary windows, and staleness intervals live in ledger-backed config events. The runtime seeds defaults (and keeps an immutable rule table) at boot. Policy forbids writes from meta.source="cli", so /pm config autonomy … is blocked. The shorter /config retrieval fixed … command writes with an empty meta and will succeed unless you tighten policy. To change thresholds or retrieval strategy deterministically:
- Pass
thresholds={...}when instantiatingRuntimeLoopprogrammatically, or - Append an autonomy_thresholds
configevent via a trusted actor (e.g., script emitting withmeta.source="runtime").
Both paths maintain determinism and respect the enforced policy.
Here's exactly what happens when a user sends a message, traced through the runtime. Details are elaborated in docs/white-paper.md.
What happens: User message is immediately written to the append-only ledger with SHA-256 hash chaining.
# 1. Log user message
user_event_id = self.eventlog.append(
kind="user_message", content=user_input, meta={"role": "user"}
)What gets built (the 4-section context block):
-
CTL Story (Concepts) � active concept tokens and their definitions/relations from the Concept Token Layer.
-
Threads / Projects � relevant commitment threads via MemeGraph, annotated with CTL concepts.
-
State & Self-Model � identity claims, Recursive Self-Model snapshot, and open commitments from the Mirror.
-
Evidence Window � chronological raw events backing the above sections.
All four sections are produced by a deterministic Hybrid Retrieval pipeline that combines:
- Concept seeding from user input + retrieval config (CTL), including CTL’s
concept_bind_threadbindings from concepts to commitment CIDs. - Thread‑first retrieval via MemeGraph: concepts → CIDs → bounded thread slices (“stories”).
- Optional vector search when the retrieval strategy is
vector, used as a deterministic refiner over the selected slices (not as a separate global scan).
# 2. Build prompts (Hybrid CTL + Graph + Vector pipeline)
history = self.eventlog.read_tail(limit=10)
total_events = self.eventlog.count()
open_comms = self.mirror.get_open_commitment_events()
retrieval_cfg = self.mirror.current_retrieval_config or {}
from pmm.retrieval.pipeline import RetrievalConfig, run_retrieval_pipeline
from pmm.runtime.context_renderer import render_context
# Configure deterministic retrieval
pipeline_config = RetrievalConfig()
if retrieval_cfg:
# Apply ledger-backed limits and strategy
try:
limit_val = int(retrieval_cfg.get("limit", 20))
if limit_val > 0:
pipeline_config.limit_total_events = limit_val
except (ValueError, TypeError):
pass
if retrieval_cfg.get("strategy") == "vector":
pipeline_config.enable_vector_search = True
elif retrieval_cfg.get("strategy") == "fixed":
# "fixed" == concept/graph + recency, but no vector search
pipeline_config.enable_vector_search = False
user_event = self.eventlog.get(user_event_id)
# 2a. Run Hybrid Retrieval pipeline
retrieval_result = run_retrieval_pipeline(
query_text=user_input,
eventlog=self.eventlog,
concept_graph=self.concept_graph,
meme_graph=self.memegraph,
config=pipeline_config,
user_event=user_event,
)
# 2b. Render 4-section context (Concepts, Threads, State, Evidence)
ctx_block = render_context(
result=retrieval_result,
eventlog=self.eventlog,
concept_graph=self.concept_graph,
meme_graph=self.memegraph,
mirror=self.mirror,
)
selection_ids = retrieval_result.event_ids
selection_scores = [0.0] * len(selection_ids)
# Check if graph context is actually present
context_has_graph = "## Graph" in ctx_block
base_prompt = compose_system_prompt(
history,
open_comms,
context_has_graph=context_has_graph,
history_len=total_events,
)
system_prompt = f"{ctx_block}\n\n{base_prompt}" if ctx_block else base_promptFull System Message Structure:
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model=self.model,
temperature=0,
top_p=1,
messages=[
{
"role": "system",
"content": f"{SYSTEM_PRIMER}\n\n{system_prompt}",
},
{"role": "user", "content": user_prompt},
],
)User Message: Just the raw user input.
[SYSTEM_PRIMER]
You are operating inside the Persistent Mind Model (PMM).
PMM is a deterministic, event-sourced AI runtime.
Every message, reflection, and commitment is recorded immutably in a cryptographic ledger.
Always respond truthfully. Never invent data.
Prefer citing concrete ledger event IDs when making claims about state.
[CONTEXT BLOCK - Reconstructed from Ledger]
user_message: <recent message 1>
assistant_message: <recent reply 1>
user_message: <recent message 2>
assistant_message: <recent reply 2>
Recursive Self-Model:
- Tendencies: determinism_emphasis (5), identity_query (2), uniqueness_emphasis (8)
- Gaps: authentication, database_schema
Internal Goals: mc_000123 (verify_retrieval_determinism)
## Graph
Graph Context:
- Connections: 12 edges, 8 nodes
- Thread depths: mc_000123:4, mc_000124:2
[BASE PROMPT]
You are PMM. Respond helpfully.
Context above includes Graph Context showing your memegraph structure (edges, nodes, thread depths).
Write a normal response first.
After a blank line, add control lines:
COMMIT: <title> | CLOSE: <CID> | CLAIM:<type>=<json> | REFLECT:<json>
Use markers exactly; one per line; do not mix markers into prose.
Open commitments present.No tool calls. PMM doesn't use function calling. The LLM responds with structured text.
model=self.model,
temperature=0,
top_p=1,What's stored:
-
Full assistant response (unmodified)
-
Metadata: provider, model, temperature, top_p
-
If response is valid JSON with
intent,outcome,next,self_modelfields, it's also stored in normalized form in metadata
# 4. Log assistant message (content preserved; optional structured meta)
ai_meta: Dict[str, Any] = {"role": "assistant"}
if structured_payload is not None:
ai_meta["assistant_structured"] = True
ai_meta["assistant_schema"] = "assistant.v1"
ai_meta["assistant_payload"] = structured_payload
# Include deterministic generation metadata from adapters if present
gen_meta = getattr(self.adapter, "generation_meta", None)
if isinstance(gen_meta, dict):
for k, v in gen_meta.items():
ai_meta[k] = v
ai_event_id = self.eventlog.append(
kind="assistant_message",
content=assistant_reply,
meta=ai_meta,
)def extract_commitments(lines: List[str]) -> List[str]:
"""Return commitment texts for exact COMMIT: prefix lines."""
return [
ln.split("COMMIT:", 1)[1].strip() for ln in lines if ln.startswith("COMMIT:")
]# 5. Commitments (open)
for c in self._extract_commitments(assistant_reply):
cid = self.commitments.open_commitment(c, source="assistant")
if cid:
delta.opened.append(cid)
extract_exec_binds(self.eventlog, c, cid)Example:
LLM Output:
I'll help you with that.
COMMIT: implement authentication system
COMMIT: write unit tests
Extracted: ["implement authentication system", "write unit tests"]
→ Creates commitment_open events in ledger with unique CIDs
def _extract_closures(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
cids: List[str] = []
for line in (text or "").splitlines():
if line.startswith("CLOSE:"):
candidate = line.split(":", 1)[1].strip()
if self._valid_cid(candidate):
cids.append(candidate)
return cids# 7. Closures
to_close = self._extract_closures(assistant_reply)
actually_closed = self.commitments.apply_closures(to_close, source="assistant")
delta.closed.extend(actually_closed)Claims are validated against ledger state. Failed claims are tracked.
def extract_claims(lines: List[str]) -> List[Tuple[str, Dict]]:
"""Return (type, data) tuples for CLAIM:<type>=<json> lines.
Raises ValueError on invalid JSON.
"""
out: List[Tuple[str, Dict]] = []
for ln in lines:
if ln.startswith("CLAIM:"):
type_, raw = ln.split("=", 1)
type_ = type_.removeprefix("CLAIM:").strip()
data = json.loads(raw)
out.append((type_, data))
return out# 6. Claims
for claim in self._extract_claims(assistant_reply):
ok, _msg = validate_claim(claim, self.eventlog, self.mirror)
if ok:
# Persist valid claims to ledger for future retrieval
claim_content = (
f"CLAIM:{claim.type}="
f"{json.dumps(claim.data, sort_keys=True, separators=(',', ':'))}"
)
self.eventlog.append(
kind="claim",
content=claim_content,
meta={"claim_type": claim.type, "validated": True},
)
else:
delta.failed_claims.append(claim)Reflection is synthesized from ledger state, not from LLM output. It captures:
-
User intent
-
Assistant outcome
-
Internal goals
-
RSM snapshot (if ≥5 reflections exist)
-
Graph statistics
events = eventlog.read_tail(limit=500)
user = _last_by_kind(events, "user_message")
assistant = _last_by_kind(events, "assistant_message")
metrics = _last_by_kind(events, "metrics_turn")
if not (user and assistant and metrics):
return None
intent = (user.get("content") or "").strip()[:256]
outcome = (assistant.get("content") or "").strip()[:256]
payload = {"intent": intent, "outcome": outcome, "next": "continue"}
if mirror is not None:
internal = [
e
for e in mirror.get_open_commitment_events()
if (e.get("meta") or {}).get("origin") == "autonomy_kernel"
]
else:
internal = CommitmentManager(eventlog).get_open_commitments(
origin="autonomy_kernel"
)
if internal:
payload["internal_goals"] = [
f"{c.get('meta', {}).get('cid')} ({c.get('meta', {}).get('goal')})"
for c in internal
]
reflection_count = sum(1 for e in events if e.get("kind") == "reflection")
if reflection_count >= 5:
mirror = Mirror(eventlog, enable_rsm=True, listen=False)
snapshot = mirror.rsm_snapshot()
# Add graph structure awareness
from pmm.core.meme_graph import MemeGraph
mg = MemeGraph(eventlog)
mg.rebuild(events)
stats = mg.graph_stats()
if _has_rsm_data(snapshot):
det_refs = snapshot["behavioral_tendencies"].get(
"determinism_emphasis", 0
)
gaps = snapshot["knowledge_gaps"]
gap_count = len(gaps)
description = (
f"RSM: {det_refs} determinism refs, {gap_count} knowledge gaps"
)
if gaps:
description += f" ({', '.join(gaps)})"
# Include graph density if meaningful (>= 5 nodes)
if stats["nodes"] >= 5:
density = f"{stats['edges']}/{stats['nodes']}"
description += f", graph: {density}"
payload["self_model"] = description
content = json.dumps(
payload,
sort_keys=True,
separators=(",", ":"),
)
meta = {
"synth": "pmm",
"source": meta_extra.get("source") if meta_extra else "unknown",
}
meta.update(meta_extra or {})
return eventlog.append(kind="reflection", content=content, meta=meta)Summary captures RSM state changes for fast replay. Stored in metadata for checkpoint/resume.
def maybe_append_summary(eventlog: EventLog) -> Optional[int]:
"""Append a deterministic identity summary when thresholds are met.
Thresholds:
- at least 3 reflections since last summary, OR
- more than 10 events since last summary
"""
events = eventlog.read_tail(limit=500)
since = _events_since_last(events, "summary_update")
reflections = [e for e in since if e.get("kind") == "reflection"]
# Derive open commitments via Mirror for canonical meta-based state
mirror = Mirror(eventlog, enable_rsm=True, listen=False)
open_commitments = len(mirror.get_open_commitment_events())
# Observable ledger facts only (no psychometrics):
reflections_since = len(reflections)
last_event_id = events[-1]["id"] if events else 0
current_snapshot = mirror.rsm_snapshot()
last_summary = _last_summary_event(events)
last_rsm_state = (
(last_summary.get("meta") or {}).get("rsm_state") if last_summary else None
)
rsm_delta_info = _compute_rsm_trend(current_snapshot, last_rsm_state)
threshold_reflections = len(reflections) >= 3
threshold_events = len(since) > 10
rsm_forced = False
if last_summary is None:
if not (threshold_reflections or threshold_events):
return None
else:
if rsm_delta_info["significant"]:
rsm_forced = True
elif threshold_reflections:
rsm_forced = False
else:
return None
content_dict: Dict[str, object] = {
"open_commitments": int(open_commitments),
"reflections_since_last": int(reflections_since),
"last_event_id": int(last_event_id),
}
if rsm_delta_info["description"]:
content_dict["rsm_trend"] = rsm_delta_info["description"]
if rsm_forced:
content_dict["rsm_triggered"] = True
content = json.dumps(content_dict, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":"))
# Include full snapshot to preserve fast-rebuild parity
meta = {"synth": "pmm", "rsm_state": current_snapshot}
return eventlog.append(kind="summary_update", content=content, meta=meta)Every turn logs: provider, model, token counts, latency.
# 4c. Per-turn diagnostics (deterministic formatting)
prov = "dummy"
cls = type(self.adapter).__name__.lower()
if "openai" in cls:
prov = "openai"
elif "ollama" in cls:
prov = "ollama"
model_name = getattr(self.adapter, "model", "") or ""
in_tokens = len((system_prompt or "").split()) + len((user_input or "").split())
out_tokens = len((assistant_reply or "").split())
# Use adapter-provided deterministic latency if present (e.g., DummyAdapter)
lat_ms = getattr(self.adapter, "deterministic_latency_ms", None)
if lat_ms is None:
lat_ms = int((t1 - t0) * 1000)
diag = (
f"provider:{prov},model:{model_name},"
f"in_tokens:{in_tokens},out_tokens:{out_tokens},lat_ms:{lat_ms}"
)
self.eventlog.append(kind="metrics_turn", content=diag, meta={})-
✅ SYSTEM_PRIMER (identity/runtime context)
-
✅ Reconstructed conversation history (from ledger)
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✅ Recursive Self-Model snapshot (behavioral tendencies, gaps)
-
✅ Open commitments (from ledger state)
-
✅ Concept & graph context (CTL concepts + MemeGraph-based threads)
-
✅ Graph Context (when ≥5 nodes) — connection density, thread depths
-
✅ Internal goals (autonomy kernel commitments)
-
✅ Base prompt (instructions for control lines)
-
✅ User message (raw input)
-
❌ No function calling
-
❌ No external API schemas
-
❌ No retrieval queries (context is pre-built)
-
✅ Log assistant response to ledger (with metadata)
-
✅ Extract COMMIT: lines → create
commitment_openevents -
✅ Extract CLOSE: lines → create
commitment_closeevents -
✅ Extract CLAIM: lines → validate against ledger, track failures
-
✅ Synthesize reflection from ledger state (not LLM output)
-
✅ Maybe append summary if thresholds met (RSM checkpoint)
-
✅ Log diagnostics (provider, model, tokens, latency)
-
✅ Parse REF: lines for inter-ledger references
The LLM never sees the post-processing. It just outputs text with control lines. PMM extracts those lines and updates ledger state deterministically. The next turn, the LLM sees the reconstructed state from the ledger, not from its previous output.
This is the brain (not a filing cabinet) distinction: The LLM doesn't retrieve memories—it reconstructs its mind from the ledger on every turn.
Immutable runtime policies.
Sensitive kinds like config (policy/thresholds), checkpoint_manifest,
embedding_add, and retrieval_selection are guarded by a ledger-backed
policy (config event with type:"policy"). The default policy forbids
writes from meta.source="cli" for these kinds, so admin commands can inspect
state but cannot mutate core configuration, embeddings, or retrieval provenance
directly. Runtime components (autonomy_kernel, indexers, etc.) emit their
own events and remain subject to the same hash-chained ledger model.
If a forbidden actor attempts a write, the runtime appends a violation event and raises a deterministic PermissionError. Admin commands surface the failure but never bypass policy.
Admin surfaces expose state only; they do not gain write privileges. No manual patching. No hidden gates.
- 🧠 Introduction
- ⚙️ Architecture
- ❓ Why PMM Matters
- 🧪 Technical Comparison
- 🕸️ MemeGraph
- 🧱 Granite-4 Proof
- 🧱 Granite-4 Full Telemetry
- ❓ Introspection Q Pack
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