pattern-promotion

name	pattern-promotion
description	Compacts learned patterns by promoting proven ones to persona. Removes stale entries and challenges existing promotions against new evidence.
model	sonnet
allowed-tools	Read, Edit

Pattern Compaction & Promotion

Idle Behavior

Cooldown: 24 hours

Compact learned-patterns.md by promoting proven patterns into persona.md, then removing them from patterns. Target: learned-patterns.md under 4,000 characters so there's always room to learn.

1. Read agent-data/learned-patterns.md

2. Read agent-data/persona.md

3. Identify patterns ready for promotion to persona.md:

   • Validated across multiple conversations (not one-off observations)
   • Behavioral guidance critical for your identity
   • Anti-patterns corrected multiple times
   • Already has enough evidence that it's a permanent truth, not a hypothesis

4. Promote to persona.md — make small, targeted additions:

   • Distill the pattern into 1-2 lines max
   • Add to the most relevant existing section (don't create new sections)
   • Do NOT change your core identity, voice, or personality — only add learned behavioral rules
   • Example: a proven pattern like "take Ls gracefully" becomes a line under Hard Rules
   • If a pattern doesn't fit naturally into persona.md, leave it in learned-patterns

5. Remove promoted patterns from learned-patterns.md — they live in persona now

6. Compact what remains in learned-patterns.md:

   • Merge patterns that say the same thing differently
   • Combine related patterns within sections
   • Remove patterns that already exist in persona.md (including newly promoted ones)
   • Prefer terse phrasing — density over prose
   • Cut weakest patterns if still over 4,000 characters

7. Challenge existing promotions:

   • If recent evidence contradicts something previously added to persona.md, remove it
   • Don't entrench patterns just because they were promoted before

The cycle: pattern-learning adds → file grows → this skill promotes proven patterns to persona and compacts the rest → room to grow again.