gotcontext-memory-claim-lifecycle

# gotcontext-memory — claim lifecycle Companion to `gotcontext-memory-hitl-honesty` and `gotcontext-memory-streaming-digests`. ## Core ideas - **Promotion is HITL** — dream only stages; humans accept/reject. - **Rejected claims have `claimKey` identity** — `claimKey(targetPath, body)` is stable across runs and **independent of `base_hash`** so rejects still suppress the next identical body. - **Accepted prefs are settled by path presence** — if `storeHashes` already has `targetPath`, skip re-`create` (protects human edits). Do not pretend accepts are archived under `claimKey`. - **Prevalence without a window is noise** — unbounded k/n (e.g. `16/17263`) is true and useless. ## Rules 1. **No resurrection (two mechanisms)** — (a) `loadSuppressedClaims` from `proposals/rejected/**` via `claimKey`; (b) preference extract skips when the target file already exists in the store. Red tests in `test/dream-suppression.test.ts`. 2. **`claimKey` ≠ `proposalId`** — proposal id may include `base_hash` / evidence material; rejected-claim suppression must not, or CAS drift re-stages the same advice forever. 3. **Window prevalence** — CLI `--max-sessions` (default **400**) per source; report k/n against that window only (`src/cli.ts`, `digestRoots`). 4. **Sort by evidence strength** — before `maxProposals` slice: `evidence.length` desc, then path/id. Never order survivors by sha256 id prefix. 5. **Preference FP hose** — anchors `please remember` | `from now on` only; deny pong/ping/`/health` (L11). Bare `always`/`prefer` is forbidden without new FP tests. 6. **Alive ≠ useful (L7)** — receipts must include staged content quality + accepts, not only “dream run succeeded.” ## Signals today (regex / counts — not LLM) | Signal | Source | |---|---| | Preferences | Digest preference spans | | Prevalence | tool errors, hook blocks, user corrections across window | | Expire | Staleness pass on memory frontmatter | ## Authority - Lessons **L7**, **L11**, **L16**, **L17** - Code: `claimKey` / `runDreamFromDigests` in `src/dream/run.ts` - `docs/features/dream.md`, `docs/HONESTY.md` - Prior art: selective promotion / late filtering — `docs/research/2026-08-09-agent-memory-prior-art.md` ## Verify ```bash cd gotcontext-memory && npm test -- test/dream-suppression.test.ts test/dream.test.ts ```