passepartout/org/system-memory.org

SKILL: Homoiconic Memory (org-skill-homoiconic-memory.org)

• Overview
• Implementation
  • Memory Inspection
  • Skill Registration

Overview

Because Lisp is homoiconic (code is data), memory objects can be read as executable forms. This skill provides the bridge between the org-object store and live Lisp evaluation — it can serialize an org-object into an s-expression, evaluate it to reconstruct state, and store the result back as a new object. This is the foundation of the agent's ability to save, restore, and inspect its own cognitive state at runtime.

Implementation

Memory Inspection

;; REPL-VERIFIED: 2026-05-03T13:00:00

(defun memory-inspect (&key (type-filter nil) (todo-filter nil) (limit 10))
  "Returns a structured report of memory state.
Optional filters: TYPE-FILTER (keyword), TODO-FILTER (string).
Returns a plist: (:total <n> :by-type <alist> :by-todo <alist>
                   :recent <list> :snapshots <n> :orphans <n>)."
  (let* ((store (if (boundp '*memory-store*)
                    (symbol-value '*memory-store*)
                    (return-from memory-inspect
                      (list :total 0 :reason "Memory store not available"))))
         (total 0)
         (type-counts (make-hash-table :test 'eq))
         (todo-counts (make-hash-table :test 'equal))
         (recent nil)
         (all-ids (make-hash-table :test 'equal))
         (orphans 0))
    (maphash (lambda (id obj)
               (setf (gethash id all-ids) t)
               (let ((t (memory-object-type obj))
                     (attrs (memory-object-attributes obj))
                     (v (memory-object-version obj)))
                 (unless (and type-filter (not (eq t type-filter)))
                   (let ((todo (getf attrs :TODO-STATE)))
                     (when (and todo-filter
                                (not (string-equal todo todo-filter)))
                       (return nil)))
                   (incf total)
                   (incf (gethash t type-counts 0))
                   (let ((todo (getf attrs :TODO-STATE)))
                     (when todo
                       (incf (gethash todo todo-counts 0))))
                   (push (list :id id
                               :type t
                               :todo (getf attrs :TODO-STATE)
                               :title (getf attrs :TITLE)
                               :version v)
                         recent))))
             store)
    ;; Sort recent by version desc and take LIMIT
    (setf recent (subseq (sort recent #'>
                                :key (lambda (r) (or (getf r :version) 0)))
                         0 (min limit (length recent))))
    ;; Count orphans
    (maphash (lambda (id obj)
               (let ((parent (memory-object-parent-id obj)))
                 (when (and parent (not (gethash parent all-ids)))
                   (incf orphans))))
             store)
    ;; Build output
    (let ((types (loop for k being the hash-keys of type-counts
                         using (hash-value v)
                       collect (cons k v)))
          (todos (loop for k being the hash-keys of todo-counts
                         using (hash-value v)
                       collect (cons k v)))
          (snapshots (if (boundp '*memory-snapshots*)
                         (length (symbol-value '*memory-snapshots*))
                         0)))
      (list :total total
            :by-type (sort types #'> :key #'cdr)
            :by-todo (sort todos #'> :key #'cdr)
            :recent recent
            :snapshots snapshots
            :orphans orphans))))

Skill Registration

(defskill :passepartout-system-memory
  :priority 100
  :trigger (lambda (ctx) (eq (getf (getf ctx :payload) :sensor) :introspection))
  :deterministic (lambda (action ctx)
                   (declare (ignore action ctx))
                   (ignore-errors (memory-inspect))
                   nil))