consciousness-loop

The autonomic executive of an agent — a self-firing loop that wakes on a tick, pulls the other organs into one workspace, decides what needs attention now, acts or defers, then sets its own next wake frequency and sleeps. Turns a pile of triggered reflexes into a continuous self that persists and acts between human prompts. Pairs a global-workspace integration cycle (the loop) with adaptive arousal (the frequency: alert / drowsy / deep-sleep). Functional, not phenomenal. TRIGGERS: 'consciousness loop', 'the agent loop', 'wake cycle', 'agent heartbeat', 'pulse', 'run continuously', 'self-driving loop', 'autonomous tick', 'set the cadence', 'how often should I wake', 'keep yourself running', 'what frequency'. Use to give an agent continuity across time, or to pick/tune the cadence of a long-running autonomous task.