lex-agency 0.1.0

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data/LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Matthew Iverson
+
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data/README.md

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+# lex-agency
+
+Self-efficacy and agency modeling for LegionIO — implements Bandura's self-efficacy theory for agentic AI.
+
+## What It Does
+
+Tracks the agent's belief in its own ability to achieve outcomes across different domains. Uses Bandura's four sources of self-efficacy: mastery experiences (direct outcomes), vicarious learning (observing others), verbal persuasion (being told you can/can't), and physiological states. Efficacy scores determine whether the agent should attempt tasks and are used to prioritize domain engagement.
+
+## Core Concept: Domain-Level Self-Efficacy
+
+Each domain maintains an efficacy score (0.05–0.98) updated via EMA when outcomes are recorded. Failures hit harder than successes (asymmetric update):
+
+```ruby
+# Direct mastery experience has the highest impact
+client.record_mastery(domain: :terraform, outcome_type: :success, magnitude: 1.0)
+
+# Learning from others has 0.4x the impact
+client.record_vicarious(domain: :kubernetes, outcome_type: :success)
+
+# Gate whether to attempt an action
+result = client.should_attempt?(domain: :terraform, threshold: 0.3)
+# => { should_attempt: true, efficacy: 0.72, label: :capable }
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```ruby
+client = Legion::Extensions::Agency::Client.new
+
+# Record outcomes from all four sources
+client.record_mastery(domain: :networking, outcome_type: :failure, attribution: :full_agency)
+client.record_vicarious(domain: :security, outcome_type: :success, magnitude: 0.8)
+client.record_persuasion(domain: :ml, positive: true, magnitude: 0.6)
+client.record_physiological(domain: :reasoning, state: :energized)
+
+# Query efficacy
+client.check_efficacy(domain: :networking)
+# => { efficacy: 0.38, label: :doubtful, success_rate: 0.2, history_count: 3 }
+
+# Find strongest and weakest domains
+client.strongest_domains(count: 3)
+client.weakest_domains(count: 3)
+
+# Maintenance (decay unused domains toward default)
+client.update_agency
+```
+
+## Integration
+
+Wire `should_attempt?` into lex-tick's `action_selection` phase to prevent the agent from attempting tasks in domains where it has learned it is ineffective. Call `record_mastery` after task completion to build accurate per-domain confidence over time.
+
+## Development
+
+```bash
+bundle install
+bundle exec rspec
+bundle exec rubocop
+```
+
+## License
+
+MIT

data/lib/legion/extensions/agency/client.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Legion
+  module Extensions
+    module Agency
+      class Client
+        include Runners::Agency
+
+        attr_reader :efficacy_model
+
+        def initialize(efficacy_model: nil, **)
+          @efficacy_model = efficacy_model || Helpers::EfficacyModel.new
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/legion/extensions/agency/helpers/constants.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Legion
+  module Extensions
+    module Agency
+      module Helpers
+        module Constants
+          # Initial self-efficacy for new domains (moderate confidence)
+          DEFAULT_EFFICACY = 0.5
+
+          # EMA alpha for efficacy updates (slow adaptation)
+          EFFICACY_ALPHA = 0.12
+
+          # How much mastery success boosts efficacy
+          MASTERY_BOOST = 0.15
+
+          # How much failure reduces efficacy (asymmetric — failures hit harder)
+          FAILURE_PENALTY = 0.20
+
+          # Vicarious learning multiplier (learning from others' outcomes)
+          VICARIOUS_MULTIPLIER = 0.4
+
+          # Verbal persuasion multiplier (being told you can/can't do something)
+          PERSUASION_MULTIPLIER = 0.25
+
+          # Physiological state influence on efficacy
+          PHYSIOLOGICAL_MULTIPLIER = 0.15
+
+          # Minimum efficacy (never zero — always some belief in possibility)
+          EFFICACY_FLOOR = 0.05
+
+          # Maximum efficacy (never perfectly certain)
+          EFFICACY_CEILING = 0.98
+
+          # Domain decay rate per tick (unused domains slowly regress toward default)
+          DECAY_RATE = 0.002
+
+          # Maximum tracked domains
+          MAX_DOMAINS = 100
+
+          # Maximum outcome history per domain
+          MAX_HISTORY_PER_DOMAIN = 50
+
+          # Maximum total outcome events
+          MAX_TOTAL_HISTORY = 500
+
+          # Sources of efficacy information (Bandura's four sources)
+          EFFICACY_SOURCES = %i[mastery vicarious persuasion physiological].freeze
+
+          # Agency attribution levels
+          ATTRIBUTION_LEVELS = {
+            full_agency:    0.8,
+            partial_agency: 0.5,
+            low_agency:     0.3,
+            no_agency:      0.0
+          }.freeze
+
+          # Outcome types
+          OUTCOME_TYPES = %i[success failure partial_success unexpected].freeze
+
+          # Efficacy level labels
+          EFFICACY_LABELS = {
+            (0.8..)     => :highly_capable,
+            (0.6...0.8) => :capable,
+            (0.4...0.6) => :uncertain,
+            (0.2...0.4) => :doubtful,
+            (..0.2)     => :helpless
+          }.freeze
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/legion/extensions/agency/helpers/efficacy_model.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Legion
+  module Extensions
+    module Agency
+      module Helpers
+        class EfficacyModel
+          attr_reader :domains, :history
+
+          def initialize
+            @domains = {}
+            @history = []
+          end
+
+          def efficacy_for(domain)
+            @domains[domain] ||= Constants::DEFAULT_EFFICACY
+            @domains[domain]
+          end
+
+          def efficacy_label(domain)
+            value = efficacy_for(domain)
+            Constants::EFFICACY_LABELS.each do |range, label|
+              return label if range.cover?(value)
+            end
+            :uncertain
+          end
+
+          def record_outcome(event)
+            @history << event
+            update_efficacy(event)
+            trim_history
+            event
+          end
+
+          def decay_all
+            @domains.each_key do |domain|
+              current = @domains[domain]
+              diff = Constants::DEFAULT_EFFICACY - current
+              @domains[domain] = (current + (diff * Constants::DECAY_RATE)).clamp(
+                Constants::EFFICACY_FLOOR, Constants::EFFICACY_CEILING
+              )
+            end
+            trim_domains
+          end
+
+          def domain_history(domain)
+            @history.select { |e| e.domain == domain }
+          end
+
+          def success_rate(domain)
+            events = domain_history(domain)
+            return 0.0 if events.empty?
+
+            successes = events.count(&:success?)
+            successes.to_f / events.size
+          end
+
+          def strongest_domains(count = 5)
+            @domains.sort_by { |_, v| -v }.first(count).to_h
+          end
+
+          def weakest_domains(count = 5)
+            @domains.sort_by { |_, v| v }.first(count).to_h
+          end
+
+          def overall_efficacy
+            return Constants::DEFAULT_EFFICACY if @domains.empty?
+
+            @domains.values.sum / @domains.size
+          end
+
+          def domain_count
+            @domains.size
+          end
+
+          def to_h
+            {
+              domain_count:     @domains.size,
+              overall_efficacy: overall_efficacy.round(4),
+              history_size:     @history.size,
+              domains:          @domains.transform_values { |v| v.round(4) }
+            }
+          end
+
+          private
+
+          def update_efficacy(event)
+            domain = event.domain
+            current = efficacy_for(domain)
+            delta = compute_delta(event)
+
+            new_value = current + (Constants::EFFICACY_ALPHA * delta)
+            @domains[domain] = new_value.clamp(Constants::EFFICACY_FLOOR, Constants::EFFICACY_CEILING)
+          end
+
+          def compute_delta(event)
+            base = event.attributed_magnitude
+            multiplier = source_multiplier(event.source)
+
+            if event.success?
+              base * multiplier * Constants::MASTERY_BOOST / Constants::EFFICACY_ALPHA
+            else
+              -base * multiplier * Constants::FAILURE_PENALTY / Constants::EFFICACY_ALPHA
+            end
+          end
+
+          def source_multiplier(source)
+            case source
+            when :mastery       then 1.0
+            when :vicarious     then Constants::VICARIOUS_MULTIPLIER
+            when :persuasion    then Constants::PERSUASION_MULTIPLIER
+            when :physiological then Constants::PHYSIOLOGICAL_MULTIPLIER
+            else 0.5
+            end
+          end
+
+          def trim_history
+            @history.shift(@history.size - Constants::MAX_TOTAL_HISTORY) if @history.size > Constants::MAX_TOTAL_HISTORY
+          end
+
+          def trim_domains
+            return unless @domains.size > Constants::MAX_DOMAINS
+
+            sorted = @domains.sort_by { |_, v| (v - Constants::DEFAULT_EFFICACY).abs }
+            excess = @domains.size - Constants::MAX_DOMAINS
+            sorted.first(excess).each { |domain, _| @domains.delete(domain) } # rubocop:disable Style/HashEachMethods
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/legion/extensions/agency/helpers/outcome_event.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'securerandom'
+
+module Legion
+  module Extensions
+    module Agency
+      module Helpers
+        class OutcomeEvent
+          attr_reader :id, :domain, :outcome_type, :source, :magnitude, :attribution, :timestamp
+
+          def initialize(domain:, outcome_type:, source: :mastery, magnitude: 1.0, attribution: :full_agency)
+            @id          = SecureRandom.uuid
+            @domain      = domain
+            @outcome_type = outcome_type
+            @source      = source
+            @magnitude   = magnitude.clamp(0.0, 1.0)
+            @attribution = attribution
+            @timestamp   = Time.now.utc
+          end
+
+          def success?
+            %i[success partial_success].include?(@outcome_type)
+          end
+
+          def attributed_magnitude
+            level = Constants::ATTRIBUTION_LEVELS[@attribution] || 0.5
+            @magnitude * level
+          end
+
+          def to_h
+            {
+              id:                   @id,
+              domain:               @domain,
+              outcome_type:         @outcome_type,
+              source:               @source,
+              magnitude:            @magnitude,
+              attribution:          @attribution,
+              success:              success?,
+              attributed_magnitude: attributed_magnitude.round(4),
+              timestamp:            @timestamp
+            }
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/legion/extensions/agency/runners/agency.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Legion
+  module Extensions
+    module Agency
+      module Runners
+        module Agency
+          include Legion::Extensions::Helpers::Lex
+
+          def efficacy_model
+            @efficacy_model ||= Helpers::EfficacyModel.new
+          end
+
+          def record_mastery(domain:, outcome_type:, magnitude: 1.0, attribution: :full_agency, **)
+            event = Helpers::OutcomeEvent.new(
+              domain: domain, outcome_type: outcome_type, source: :mastery,
+              magnitude: magnitude, attribution: attribution
+            )
+            efficacy_model.record_outcome(event)
+            Legion::Logging.debug "[agency] mastery #{outcome_type} in #{domain} " \
+                                  "efficacy=#{efficacy_model.efficacy_for(domain).round(4)}"
+            { success: true, event: event.to_h, efficacy: efficacy_model.efficacy_for(domain).round(4) }
+          end
+
+          def record_vicarious(domain:, outcome_type:, magnitude: 1.0, **)
+            event = Helpers::OutcomeEvent.new(
+              domain: domain, outcome_type: outcome_type, source: :vicarious,
+              magnitude: magnitude, attribution: :partial_agency
+            )
+            efficacy_model.record_outcome(event)
+            Legion::Logging.debug "[agency] vicarious #{outcome_type} in #{domain}"
+            { success: true, event: event.to_h, efficacy: efficacy_model.efficacy_for(domain).round(4) }
+          end
+
+          def record_persuasion(domain:, positive: true, magnitude: 0.5, **)
+            outcome = positive ? :success : :failure
+            event = Helpers::OutcomeEvent.new(
+              domain: domain, outcome_type: outcome, source: :persuasion,
+              magnitude: magnitude, attribution: :partial_agency
+            )
+            efficacy_model.record_outcome(event)
+            Legion::Logging.debug "[agency] persuasion #{positive ? 'positive' : 'negative'} in #{domain}"
+            { success: true, event: event.to_h, efficacy: efficacy_model.efficacy_for(domain).round(4) }
+          end
+
+          def record_physiological(domain:, state: :energized, **)
+            outcome = %i[energized calm focused].include?(state) ? :success : :failure
+            magnitude = %i[energized calm focused].include?(state) ? 0.6 : 0.4
+            event = Helpers::OutcomeEvent.new(
+              domain: domain, outcome_type: outcome, source: :physiological,
+              magnitude: magnitude, attribution: :low_agency
+            )
+            efficacy_model.record_outcome(event)
+            Legion::Logging.debug "[agency] physiological #{state} in #{domain}"
+            { success: true, event: event.to_h, efficacy: efficacy_model.efficacy_for(domain).round(4) }
+          end
+
+          def update_agency(**)
+            efficacy_model.decay_all
+            Legion::Logging.debug "[agency] tick: domains=#{efficacy_model.domain_count} " \
+                                  "overall=#{efficacy_model.overall_efficacy.round(4)}"
+            { success: true, stats: efficacy_model.to_h }
+          end
+
+          def check_efficacy(domain:, **)
+            {
+              success:       true,
+              domain:        domain,
+              efficacy:      efficacy_model.efficacy_for(domain).round(4),
+              label:         efficacy_model.efficacy_label(domain),
+              success_rate:  efficacy_model.success_rate(domain).round(4),
+              history_count: efficacy_model.domain_history(domain).size
+            }
+          end
+
+          def should_attempt?(domain:, threshold: 0.3, **)
+            efficacy = efficacy_model.efficacy_for(domain)
+            {
+              success:        true,
+              domain:         domain,
+              efficacy:       efficacy.round(4),
+              threshold:      threshold,
+              should_attempt: efficacy >= threshold,
+              label:          efficacy_model.efficacy_label(domain)
+            }
+          end
+
+          def strongest_domains(count: 5, **)
+            domains = efficacy_model.strongest_domains(count)
+            {
+              success: true,
+              domains: domains.transform_values { |v| v.round(4) },
+              count:   domains.size
+            }
+          end
+
+          def weakest_domains(count: 5, **)
+            domains = efficacy_model.weakest_domains(count)
+            {
+              success: true,
+              domains: domains.transform_values { |v| v.round(4) },
+              count:   domains.size
+            }
+          end
+
+          def agency_stats(**)
+            { success: true, stats: efficacy_model.to_h }
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/legion/extensions/agency/version.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Legion
+  module Extensions
+    module Agency
+      VERSION = '0.1.0'
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/legion/extensions/agency.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative 'agency/version'
+require_relative 'agency/helpers/constants'
+require_relative 'agency/helpers/outcome_event'
+require_relative 'agency/helpers/efficacy_model'
+require_relative 'agency/runners/agency'
+require_relative 'agency/client'
+
+module Legion
+  module Extensions
+    module Agency
+      extend Legion::Extensions::Core if defined?(Legion::Extensions::Core)
+    end
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: lex-agency
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Matthew Iverson
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 1980-01-02 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies:
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: legion-gaia
+  requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '0'
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '0'
+description: Implements Bandura's self-efficacy theory for LegionIO agents — tracks
+  belief in ability to achieve outcomes across domains, mastery experiences, vicarious
+  learning, and agency attribution.
+email:
+- matt@iverson.io
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- LICENSE
+- README.md
+- lib/legion/extensions/agency.rb
+- lib/legion/extensions/agency/client.rb
+- lib/legion/extensions/agency/helpers/constants.rb
+- lib/legion/extensions/agency/helpers/efficacy_model.rb
+- lib/legion/extensions/agency/helpers/outcome_event.rb
+- lib/legion/extensions/agency/runners/agency.rb
+- lib/legion/extensions/agency/version.rb
+homepage: https://github.com/LegionIO/lex-agency
+licenses:
+- MIT
+metadata:
+  rubygems_mfa_required: 'true'
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '3.4'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubygems_version: 3.6.9
+specification_version: 4
+summary: Self-efficacy and agency modeling for LegionIO
+test_files: []