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:ID:       scribe-skill
:CREATED:  [2026-04-13 Mon 18:40]
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#+TITLE: SKILL: Autonomous Scribe (Knowledge Distillation)
#+STARTUP: content
#+FILETAGS: :scribe:distillation:memex:autonomy:

* Overview
The *Autonomous Scribe* is the background architect of the Memex. It is responsible for the "Nightly Distillation": a process that scans chronological daily logs, extracts evergreen concepts, and formalizes them into atomic Zettelkasten notes.

* Phase A: Demand (PRD)
:PROPERTIES:
:STATUS: SIGNED
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** 1. Purpose
Automate the conversion of ephemeral, time-stamped thoughts into a permanent, structured knowledge graph.

** 2. Success Criteria
- [ ] *Capture:* Identify new headlines in the `daily/` directory that haven't been distilled yet.
- [ ] *Privacy:* Strictly ignore any node tagged with `@personal`.
- [ ] *Extraction:* Use neural reasoning to extract atomic concepts from raw logs.
- [ ] *Formalization:* Create new `.org` files in the `notes/` directory with proper Org-ID and back-links to the source.

* Phase B: Blueprint (PROTOCOL)
:PROPERTIES:
:STATUS: SIGNED
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** 1. Architectural Intent
The Scribe reacts to the `:heartbeat` sensor. It maintains a state file (`scribe-state.lisp`) to track the last processed timestamp. It performs a "Read-Reason-Write" loop:
1. **Read:** Scan `daily/*.org` for nodes updated after the last checkpoint.
2. **Reason:** Ask the LLM to "Extract atomic notes from this text".
3. **Write:** Commit the resulting nodes to the `notes/` directory.

** 2. Semantic Interfaces
- Trigger: `(:sensor :heartbeat)`
- Action: `(:type :REQUEST :target :system :action :create-note :title "..." :content "..." :source-id "...")`

* Phase D: Build (Implementation)

** Package Context
#+begin_src lisp
(in-package :opencortex)
#+end_src

** State: Checkpoint Management
We track the last processed universal time to avoid redundant distillation.

#+begin_src lisp
(defvar *scribe-last-checkpoint* 0
  "The universal-time of the last successful distillation run.")

(defun scribe-load-state ()
  "Loads the scribe checkpoint from the state directory."
  (let ((state-file (uiop:merge-pathnames* "state/scribe-checkpoint.lisp" (asdf:system-source-directory :opencortex))))
    (if (uiop:file-exists-p state-file)
        (setf *scribe-last-checkpoint* (read-from-string (uiop:read-file-string state-file)))
        (setf *scribe-last-checkpoint* 0))))

(defun scribe-save-state ()
  "Saves the current universal-time as the new checkpoint."
  (let ((state-file (uiop:merge-pathnames* "state/scribe-checkpoint.lisp" (asdf:system-source-directory :opencortex))))
    (ensure-directories-exist state-file)
    (with-open-file (out state-file :direction :output :if-exists :supersede)
      (format out "~a" (get-universal-time)))))
#+end_src

** Filtering: Privacy & Relevance
The Scribe only cares about non-personal, non-distilled headlines.

#+begin_src lisp
(defun scribe-get-distillable-nodes ()
  "Returns a list of org-objects from the daily/ folder that require distillation."
  (let ((results nil))
    (maphash (lambda (id obj)
               (declare (ignore id))
               (let* ((attrs (org-object-attributes obj))
                      (tags (getf attrs :TAGS))
                      (type (org-object-type obj))
                      (version (org-object-version obj)))
                 (when (and (eq type :HEADLINE)
                            (> version *scribe-last-checkpoint*)
                            (not (member "@personal" tags :test #'string-equal)))
                   (push obj results))))
             *memory*)
    results))
#+end_src

** Probabilistic: Extraction Prompt
The LLM is tasked with identifying atomic concepts within the raw text.

#+begin_src lisp
(defun probabilistic-skill-scribe (context)
  "Generates the extraction prompt for the Scribe."
  (let* ((payload (getf context :payload))
         (nodes (scribe-get-distillable-nodes)))
    (if nodes
        (let ((text-to-process ""))
          (dolist (node nodes)
            (setf text-to-process (concatenate 'string text-to-process 
                                               (format nil "ID: ~a~%TITLE: ~a~%CONTENT: ~a~%---~%" 
                                                       (org-object-id node)
                                                       (getf (org-object-attributes node) :TITLE)
                                                       (org-object-content node)))))
          (format nil "DISTILLATION TASK:
Below are raw chronological logs from my daily journal.
Extract ATOMIC EVERGREEN NOTES from this text.

RULES:
1. One note per distinct concept.
2. Output a list of Lisp plists: ((:title \"...\" :content \"...\" :source-id \"...\") ...)
3. The content should be in Org-mode format.
4. Keep titles descriptive and snake_case.

TEXT:
~a" text-to-process))
        nil)))
#+end_src

** Deterministic: Note Committal
The deterministic gate receives the list of proposed notes and writes them to the filesystem.

#+begin_src lisp
(defun scribe-commit-notes (proposals)
  "Writes proposed atomic notes to the notes/ directory. Appends if the note exists."
  (let ((notes-dir (uiop:merge-pathnames* "notes/" (asdf:system-source-directory :opencortex))))
    (ensure-directories-exist notes-dir)
    (dolist (note proposals)
      (let* ((title (getf note :title))
             (content (getf note :content))
             (source-id (getf note :source-id))
             (filename (format nil "~a.org" (string-downcase (cl-ppcre:regex-replace-all " " title "_"))))
             (path (merge-pathnames filename notes-dir)))
        (if (uiop:file-exists-p path)
            (with-open-file (out path :direction :output :if-exists :append)
              (format out "~%~%* Appended insight from ~a~%~a" source-id content))
            (with-open-file (out path :direction :output :if-exists :supersede)
              (format out ":PROPERTIES:~%:ID: ~a~%:SOURCE_ID: ~a~%:END:~%#+TITLE: ~a~%~%~a" 
                      (org-id-new) source-id title content)))
        (harness-log "SCRIBE: Processed evergreen note ~a" filename)))))

(defun verify-skill-scribe (action context)
  "Executes the note creation and marks source nodes as distilled."
  (declare (ignore context))
  (when (and (listp action) (not (member (getf action :type) '(:LOG :EVENT))))
    ;; Action is the list of note plists from the LLM
    (scribe-commit-notes action)
    (scribe-save-state)
    (harness-log "SCRIBE: Distillation complete.")
    ;; Return a log event to stop the loop
    (list :type :LOG :payload (list :text "Distillation successful."))))
#+end_src

** Skill Registration
#+begin_src lisp
(defskill :skill-scribe
  :priority 50
  :trigger (lambda (ctx)
             (let* ((payload (getf ctx :payload))
                    (sensor (getf payload :sensor)))
               (and (eq sensor :heartbeat)
                    ;; Only run once per hour to check if we need to distill
                    (> (- (get-universal-time) *scribe-last-checkpoint*) 3600)
                    (scribe-get-distillable-nodes))))
  :probabilistic #'probabilistic-skill-scribe
  :deterministic #'verify-skill-scribe)
#+end_src

** Initialization
#+begin_src lisp
(scribe-load-state)
#+end_src
