git:20260707.2a2e857 to git:20260719.404ad2a

---

title: Reconcile Skill

tags: [skill, cognitive, reconciliation, consistency, aigent-internal]

aliases: [/reconcile, reconcile-skill]

created: 2026-05-08

---

# /reconcile — Cross-System Consistency Check

> [!info] aigent-OS-internal skill. Fires on /open (weekly cadence) or when Caddy detects drift signals. Proposes resolutions — does NOT auto-fix.

## Invocation

```

/reconcile

```

Optional: `/reconcile --full` to skip the 14-day stale threshold and check everything regardless of age.

---

## Step 1 — Load State Files

Read all of the following in parallel. If a file is missing, note it and continue — absence is itself a finding.

| File | Variable |

|------|----------|

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/runtime/ACTIVE_STATE.json` | active objective, mode, focus |

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/runtime/GOAL_STACK.json` | active + queued goals |

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/runtime/BELIEF_STATE.jsonl` | current beliefs with confidence + last-checked |

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/runtime/SELF_MODEL.json` | recurring failure modes, strengths, calibration |

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/ACTIVE_PRIORITIES.md` | Tier 1–3 priorities |

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/runtime/LESSONS.jsonl` | recent lessons learned |

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/facts/facts.jsonl` | verified facts |

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/SKILL_GAPS.md` | open/resolved skill gaps |

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/DELEGATION_TRACKER.md` | active delegations |

| `$AIGENT_VAULT/memory/runtime/BODY_STATE.json` | latest somatic capsule |

---

## Step 2 — Run Consistency Checks

### Check A: Goal/Priority Mismatch

- Extract GOAL_STACK active goals (status: active)

- Extract ACTIVE_PRIORITIES Tier 1 items

- Flag any goal in GOAL_STACK with no corresponding Tier 1/2 priority

- Flag any Tier 1 priority with no corresponding active or queued goal

- **Mismatch = a goal is being tracked in one system but not the other**

### Check B: Stale Objectives

- Compare ACTIVE_STATE `current_objective` field against GOAL_STACK active goals

- If ACTIVE_STATE objective doesn't map to any active GOAL_STACK entry, flag as **orphan objective**

- If the goal it maps to was completed/cancelled in GOAL_STACK, flag as **stale chase**

### Check C: Belief Contradictions

- For each belief in BELIEF_STATE.jsonl, scan facts.jsonl for a fact on the same subject

- If a fact directly contradicts a belief (opposite claim, same entity), flag as **contradiction**

- If a belief has `last_checked` older than 14 days and `confidence < 0.7`, flag as **stale uncertain belief**

### Check D: Orphan Capsules

- Read BODY_STATE.json for capsules with status: active or paused

- For each capsule, check whether its `objective` field matches any active GOAL_STACK entry

- If no match found, flag as **orphan capsule** (work in flight with no goal parent)

### Check E: Unresolved Skill Gaps

- Read SKILL_GAPS.md for entries with `status: open`

- Calculate age from `opened` date

- Flag any open gap older than 7 days as **stale skill gap**

### Check F: Stale Delegation

- Read DELEGATION_TRACKER.md for active items

- Flag any delegation older than 14 days without a status update as **stale delegation**

- Note the responsible agent and last update

### Check G: Self-Model Drift

- Read SELF_MODEL.json `recurring_failure_modes` array

- Read FAILURE_MODES.md for entries in the last 30 days

- Flag any failure mode in SELF_MODEL that hasn't appeared in FAILURE_MODES.md in 30+ days as **possibly resolved** (self-model may be outdated)

- Flag any failure mode appearing in FAILURE_MODES.md 2+ times recently that is NOT in SELF_MODEL as **unregistered pattern**

---

## Step 3 — Output Reconciliation Report

Print this exact format:

```

RECONCILIATION REPORT — {date}

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Contradictions: {N}

- {entity}: belief says "{belief_claim}", fact says "{fact_claim}"

Stale items: {N}

- Skill gap "{gap_name}" open {X} days (threshold: 7)

- Delegation "{item}" last updated {X} days ago (threshold: 14)

- Belief "{belief_id}" not checked in {X} days, confidence {C}

Drift detected: {N}

- Self-model lists "{failure_mode}" but no occurrence in last 30d (possibly resolved)

- Failure mode "{pattern}" hit 2x recently but not in SELF_MODEL

Orphans: {N}

- Capsule "{capsule_id}" objective has no matching active goal

- Objective in ACTIVE_STATE has no GOAL_STACK entry

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Status: CLEAN ← if 0 issues

Status: {N} issues found ← if >0

```

For each issue, append a **Suggested Action** line:

```

→ Suggested: {concrete action — update X, close Y, promote Z, verify W}

```

---

## Step 4 — Do NOT Auto-Fix

This skill surfaces issues and proposes resolutions. It does not:

- Modify any runtime file

- Close any delegation item

- Update ACTIVE_STATE or GOAL_STACK

- Revise beliefs or facts

---

## Caddy Enrollment

Caddy fires this skill when:

- `/open` runs and it has been 7+ days since last reconcile (check ACTIVE_STATE `last_reconcile` field)

- A message contains "drift", "out of sync", "stale", "reconcile", or "consistency check"

See [[concepts/Cognitive Architecture Roadmap]] · [[memory/runtime/ACTIVE_STATE.json]] · [[memory/ACTIVE_PRIORITIES]]