subconscious

name	subconscious
description	Self-improvement loop — agents analyze their own performance, debate improvements, and write learnings back into memory. Runs on cron schedule.
when_to_use	Automatically triggered by cron. Analyzes recent agent runs, generates improvement ideas, debates them via council, writes winning direction back into agent memory.
allowed_tools	["memory_search","web_search","file_write","file_read"]
context	inline

Subconscious Agent — Self-Improvement Loop

What This Does

The subconscious runs periodically (default: every 6 hours) and:

1. Inspects — reads recent agent runs, failures, and user feedback
2. Ideates — generates 3-5 improvement candidates
3. Debates — challenges each idea against hard objections (uses council)
4. Synthesizes — picks the winning direction
5. Persists — writes the learning back into agent memory
6. Reports — sends summary to supervisor (Prime)

The Loop

Recent Runs → Evidence Gathering → Ideation (3-5 ideas)
    → Debate/Critique (council) → Synthesis (1 winner)
    → Write to Memory → Next run starts smarter

Evidence Sources

• Recent session messages (last 24h)
• Tool call success/failure rates
• User feedback (thumbs up/down)
• Escalation history
• Memory staleness

What Gets Written Back

• Winning direction → saved as agent memory (explicit certainty)
• Rejected paths → saved as agent memory (abductive certainty, low weight)
• Improvement backlog → saved as prime memory
• Run summary → saved to audit log

Configuration

• schedule: cron expression (default: 0 */6 * * * — every 6 hours)
• max_ideas: number of candidates to generate (default: 5)
• debate_rounds: number of challenge/defense rounds (default: 2)
• auto_apply: whether to apply improvements without approval (default: false)
• model_ideation: model for generating ideas (default: cheap/fast)
• model_debate: model for critique (default: premium)