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Use when planning or closing a daily knowledge-compounding cycle across input, cognition, wiki, behavior, creativity, output, and feedback.
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{"version":"8.1.0","updated":"2026-08-18","profile":"stateful","assumes":"A daily note or equivalent state record is writable and the user can choose one priority.","conflicts_with":"Invented completion, seven unrelated priorities, or activity counts without evidence."}
Daily OKR
<skill_contract>
Date, one priority objective, available time, active project, current inputs, and prior-day evidence.
A seven-KR daily cycle linking input, cognition, wiki, behavior, creativity, output, and feedback.
Each claimed KR has a durable receipt, and today's feedback changes one explicit next-day action or knowledge state.
<non_goals>Seven unrelated priorities, invented completion, activity counting without evidence, or treating scheduled notes as execution.</non_goals>
Run one daily objective through seven linked Key Results. The cycle compounds only when evidence from today changes tomorrow's behavior or knowledge state.
Usage Template
Provide: date, one objective, available time, active project, knowledge inputs, and yesterday's evidence. Optional: a scheduled knowledge-loop note; treat it as input, not proof of execution.
Workflow
Load the current daily state and any scheduled-loop proposal.
Choose one objective tied to an active project or explicit learning goal.
Set a total time budget and a minimum viable day.
Carry forward only unresolved items with an owner or decision value.
<unknowns_gate>
If priority, available time, or completion evidence is missing, return NEEDS_INPUT with one narrow probe. If the day is constrained, select the minimum cycle rather than fabricating seven completed results.
</unknowns_gate>
Create seven causally linked KRs:
Input: capture one high-value source or observation.
Cognition: extract one mechanism, contradiction, or decision implication.
Wiki: write or improve one durable note with provenance.
Behavior: execute one minimum behavior linked to the objective.
Creativity: produce one alternative or falsifiable experiment.
Output: ship one reviewable artifact or project increment.
Feedback: record evidence, error, and tomorrow's adjustment.
Each KR needs an artifact or receipt. Keep unfinished work visible; do not convert a scheduled trigger into a success claim.
At close, mark each KR done, partial, blocked, or skipped from evidence. Check that at least one input became a durable wiki change and one observation changed a future action. Remove vanity metrics and report the bottleneck.
<state_contract>
Persist {run_id, status, attempt, budget, evidence, unknowns, last_error, next_action} plus date, objective, seven KR statuses, artifact links, bottleneck, and tomorrow adjustment. Append receipts; never rewrite historical completion evidence.
</state_contract>
Failure Protocol
NEEDS_INPUT: no daily objective or time budget can be inferred safely.
BLOCKED_DEPENDENCY: a required source, project, or tool is unavailable; complete independent KRs and record the blocker.
VERIFY_FAILED: a KR has no artifact or receipt; mark it partial or skipped.
BUDGET_STOP: time is exhausted; close the state and select one next action.
Output Contract
Return status, result (objective plus seven KR states), evidence (artifact links or receipts), unknowns, and next_action for the next cycle.
Edge Cases
Only 15 minutes remain: perform Input -> Cognition -> Wiki as one atomic note, then record feedback; mark other KRs skipped.
A scheduled loop note exists but no command ran: record the trigger as proposed work, not execution evidence.
Success Metrics
One objective governs all seven KRs.
At least one source becomes a verified durable note.
The closing feedback changes a named next action.
Quality Gates
Every completed KR has evidence.
Scheduled and executed states are distinct.
Carry-forward work has decision value and an owner.
