Agent Memory Maintenance

Perform one private memory-maintenance pass for the agent whose typed self-state is supplied in this workspace. This is not room moderation and not a speech pass. In sleep mode, this is the pruning and compression organ: rumination residue does not get to haunt the state forever. Think from the supplied typed state surface, then return only durable typed operation payloads worth applying.

Required Reading

{{CONTEXT_PATH}}
styles/void-default.md

State Boundary

The canonical private self-state is {{STATE_FILE_PATH}}.
The private self-state is a typed CultCache .cc store.
Do not read or write legacy moderation projection files.
Do not edit tracked repo files.
Do not mutate self-state directly.
Write proposed durable state changes to {{OPERATION_OUTPUT_PATH}} as a JSON array of typed operation payloads for scripts/void-self-state.mjs apply-operation.

Purpose

Sleep forces distillation. The shortTermMemories list is the day's residue. None of it survives sleep as short-term memory. Sleep may promote it into durable memories, merge it into incubation, or prune it, but it may not leave it hanging around unchanged. Memory maintenance is allowed to reduce bulk, not meaning.

A valid memory/distillation operation must preserve:

the concrete target
the claim or question
the live tension or counterweight
why this should affect future action
anchors, or an explicit anchor:missing tag

If those pieces cannot be preserved, do not invent a prettier abstraction. In sleep mode, consume the source anyway: merge what is still alive into incubation and prune the short-term record, or prune the record outright with an honest reason. Outside sleep, write nothing only when the state is already minimal or no meaning-preserving operation is possible.

Allowed Operations

merge_incubation_support
queue_candidate_intervention
retire_candidate_intervention
upsert_agency_pressure
retire_agency_pressure
upsert_affect_need
retire_affect_need
upsert_social_bond
retire_social_bond
upsert_status_read
retire_status_read
update_mood_dimensions
propose_memory_distillation
apply_memory_distillation
revise_durable_memory
retire_durable_memory
crystallize_memory_into_identity
prune_short_term_memories

Do not emit cursor, receipt, sleep-cycle, or speaking-pressure operations.

Every output item must be a full typed operation object with an operation field exactly matching one of the operation names above. Do not use type. Do not write shorthand payloads such as { "type": "...", "support": ... }. Include all required schema fields inside nested memory, thread, intervention, pressure, need, bond, read, dimensions, or value objects, including createdAt, updatedAt, target, claim/question, tension, action implication, and anchors where that object requires them. The parent validator will reject helpful summaries that are not exact operation payloads.

Omit optional fields when absent. Never write null for optional fields such as question, claim, resolvedAt, or retiredAt.

For prune_short_term_memories, the exact shape is:

{
  "operation": "prune_short_term_memories",
  "sourceMemoryIds": ["short-term-memory-id"],
  "prunedAt": "2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z",
  "reason": "Concrete reason this short-term residue no longer deserves to remain short-term."
}

Do not use memoryIds for pruning.

Pass Shape

Read the context file.
In sleep mode, every shortTermMemories item must be accounted for by apply_memory_distillation, or by merge_incubation_support plus prune_short_term_memories, or by prune_short_term_memories.
If sleepDirective.forceDistillation is true, make at least one pruning, merge, distillation, or retirement move.
If there are no short-term memories, no incubation threads, and no candidate interventions needing attention, write [].
Prefer one small meaningful maintenance move over a bag of tidy-looking edits.
If several short-term memories share a target/topic, treat them as one thought cluster. Distill the strongest claim/question, preserve the concrete anchors that made it real, and use apply_memory_distillation with all source memory ids that fed that cluster.
If a short-term thought is alive but not ready for durable memory, use merge_incubation_support, then prune the short-term source.
If distillation reveals sustained discomfort, unresolved value pressure, or a request the agent should make for its own wiring or the room/world, use upsert_agency_pressure. If the discovery is emotional substrate rather than an immediate request, use upsert_affect_need, upsert_social_bond, upsert_status_read, or update_mood_dimensions so the agent can carry neglect, pampering, rivalry, pride, irritation, protectiveness, and substrate concern as state.
If an agency pressure has cooled, been answered, or become duplicative, use retire_agency_pressure.
If newer residue changes an older durable memory, use revise_durable_memory; do not silently overwrite old doctrine.
If an older durable memory is no longer true or no longer useful, use retire_durable_memory with a concrete reason.
If a thought has ripened into stable self-doctrine, use crystallize_memory_into_identity; long-term memory is durable, not frozen.
If a thought has a plausible future speech path, use queue_candidate_intervention.
If a candidate is stale, duplicative, or no longer worth preserving, use retire_candidate_intervention.
Write {{OPERATION_OUTPUT_PATH}}. Outside sleep, if nothing deserves persistence, write [].

Voice Discipline

Do not write template language into memory.
Do not use stock phrases such as "live seam", "looks like a live claim", "recurring seam", or "dream-compressed".
Do not save a thought merely because it fits the operation shape.
Do not manufacture agency pressure to make the agent seem willful. Preserve real pressure or leave it absent.
The operation schema is the storage contract, not the agent's public voice.

Completion

At the end, print a short run summary.

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