1  # Insight Backlog
  2  
  3  *Persistent tracking of insights that need to return to attention*
  4  
  5  ---
  6  
  7  - **principle**
  8    - "Ideas die in the gap between sessions."
  9    - This backlog prevents A4 ruin of insights.
 10  
 11  - **shape**
 12    - Items here MUST be reviewed at session start
 13    - High priority = blocking or foundational
 14    - Medium priority = important but not urgent
 15    - Low priority = worth remembering
 16  
 17  ---
 18  
 19  ## High Priority
 20  
 21  - [x] **Equity-for-Efficiency Business Model** - 2026-01-24 - RESOLVED 2026-01-26
 22    - Context: Moses articulated strategic vision for Sovereign OS monetization
 23    - Model: Not SaaS licensing but minority equity stakes in exchange for 40-70% drag reduction savings
 24    - Outcome: Sovereign OS becomes compounding VC/PE fund owning minority shares across portfolio companies
 25    - Roadmap: (1) Personal polish → (2) Julia Carnevale Lab UCSF → (3) Boring business → (4) Stack proof points → (5) Equity model at scale
 26    - Signals: SIG-fb159b16a96f, SIG-98b92306c644
 27    - Alignment: A4 (compounding), A1 (integration), A0 (boundary), A3 (ownership vs control tension)
 28    - **Resolution:** Crystallized as [[DES-646946f9eabd]] with full provenance chain to source signals and related designs
 29  
 30  - [x] **Validate concept DEC-87f6ee5e5191** - 2026-01-16 - RESOLVED 2026-01-21
 31    - Context: High resonance, low validity. Need to determine if real or fake.
 32    - Resolution: Ghost entry - no concept with this ID exists in graph, codebase, or history. Removed as phantom.
 33  
 34  - [x] **Need semantic resonance, not term overlap** - 2026-01-15 - RESOLVED
 35    - Context: Current resonance tools use term matching only
 36    - Gap: "rewrites are cheap" ≠ "prevent ruin" in terms, but same concept
 37    - Resolution: Built `/Users/rcerf/repos/Sovereign_OS/scripts/semantic_resonance.py`
 38    - Features: TF-IDF + concept expansion + fuzzy matching on exemplars
 39    - Test: `python scripts/semantic_resonance.py --demo`
 40  
 41  - [x] **System confidence gap** - 2026-01-15 - RESOLVED 2026-01-16
 42    - Context: User expressed concern about losing threads across sessions
 43    - Gap: No persistent attention mechanism across context boundaries
 44    - Question: How do we ensure insights don't die in compression?
 45    - **Resolution:**
 46      1. LIVE-COMPRESSION.md with resurrection seed (persistent state)
 47      2. Phoenix hygiene script catches stale compression (30/60 min thresholds)
 48      3. INSIGHT-BACKLOG.md tracks high-priority items
 49      4. Flight checklists enforce pre/active/post-flight hygiene
 50      5. Hygiene script now surfaces unchecked high-priority items
 51    - Remaining: Automatic enforcement (Claude can skip protocol, but violations now detected)
 52  
 53  - [x] **First Officer continuity** - 2026-01-15 - RESOLVED 2026-01-16
 54    - Context: FO runs in session but doesn't persist across contexts
 55    - Gap: Meta-FO needs external persistence layer
 56    - Related: [[LIVE-COMPRESSION]], [[phoenix-state-protocol]]
 57    - **Resolution:**
 58      1. FO-STATE.json provides persistent First Officer state
 59      2. LIVE-COMPRESSION.md serves as high-fidelity Talmud
 60      3. Mission Control daemon runs independently of Claude
 61      4. CLAUDE.md startup protocol instructs reading state files
 62      5. Hygiene script catches when compression is stale
 63    - Remaining: Auto-start of FO with previous state (manual for now)
 64  
 65  ---
 66  
 67  ## Medium Priority
 68  
 69  - [ ] **Structure compliance at 16%** - 2026-01-15
 70    - Context: 127 files missing principle/shape headers
 71    - Action: Could build auto-structure tool
 72    - Note: Low priority vs semantic resonance
 73  
 74  - [ ] **50 files with broken links** - 2026-01-15
 75    - Context: Links to non-existent pages
 76    - Action: Either create stub pages or remove links
 77    - Note: Some are Roam artifacts that won't be created
 78  
 79  - [ ] **Candidate A4 review date** - 2026-02-15
 80    - Context: Ergodicity axiom is in testing
 81    - Action: Review invocations and decide on promotion
 82    - Tracking: docs/principles/candidate-A4-ergodicity.md
 83  
 84  ---
 85  
 86  ## Low Priority
 87  
 88  - [ ] **Graph-aware writing template** - 2026-01-15
 89    - Status: Created at templates/new-concept.md
 90    - Action: Test in practice, iterate
 91  
 92  - [ ] **Gravity tracker output** - 2026-01-15
 93    - Status: Script built, not run yet
 94    - Action: Generate first topology map
 95  
 96  ---
 97  
 98  ## Completed
 99  
100  - [x] **Build resonance engine** - 2026-01-15
101    - Scripts: resonance_engine.py, orphan_detector.py
102    - Result: Orphan rate 37.5% → 5.9%
103  
104  - [x] **Build insight escalator** - 2026-01-15
105    - Script: insight_escalator.py
106    - Status: Working, creates alerts
107  
108  - [x] **Build axiom resonance checker** - 2026-01-15
109    - Script: axiom_resonance.py
110    - Gap: Term-based only, needs semantic upgrade
111  
112  ---
113  
114  ## Review Protocol
115  
116  **At session start:**
117  1. Read this file
118  2. Review High Priority items
119  3. Surface to user if blocking
120  4. Update status as work progresses
121  
122  **At session end:**
123  1. Add new insights discovered
124  2. Mark completed items
125  3. Reprioritize if needed
126  
127  ---
128  
129  *Last updated: 2026-01-15 | Next review: Session start*
130  ---
131  
132  ## Related
133  
134  - [[sprint-2026-01-15-assessment]] - resonance: 62%
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