@codyswann/lisa 2.245.0 → 2.246.0

package/package.json

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "form-data": ">=4.0.6"
   },
   "name": "@codyswann/lisa",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "Claude Code governance framework that applies guardrails, guidance, and automated enforcement to projects",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "exports": {

package/plugins/lisa/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "Universal governance — agents, skills, commands, hooks, and rules for all projects",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "Universal governance: agents, skills, commands, hooks, and rules for all projects.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa/.codex-plugin/skills/lisa-debrief-apply/SKILL.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A path or URL to a Debrief triage document produced by `lisa-debrief`. The docum
 
 1. **Verify the doc exists and parses.** If the file cannot be read or the expected sections are missing, stop and report — do not guess.
 2. **Confirm dispositions exist.** If every row is unmarked, stop and ask the human to triage first. A pristine doc is a no-op, not an error to silently swallow.
-3. **Identify the destination map.** Read the project's `.lisa.config.json` (or stack defaults) for: edge-case checklist file (default: `plugins/src/base/rules/intent-routing.md`'s Edge Case Brainstorm sub-flow), `projectRulesFile` (default: `.claude/rules/PROJECT_RULES.md`), memory directory (per the auto-memory system path), tracker for new tickets.
+3. **Identify the destination map.** Read the project's `.lisa.config.json` (or stack defaults) for: edge-case checklist file (default: `plugins/src/base/rules/intent-routing.md`'s Edge Case Brainstorm sub-flow), the committed learnings ledger path (resolve it — never hardcode — via `resolveProjectLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings`: the `learnings.file` override, else the default `.lisa/PROJECT_LEARNINGS.md`), tracker for new tickets. The three knowledge categories (recurring gotcha, process friction, convention drift) all land in the ledger now; machine-local auto-memory and `PROJECT_RULES.md` / `CLAUDE.md` are no longer knowledge destinations (see [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories)).
 
 ## Routing rules
 
@@ -27,19 +27,49 @@ For every row marked **Accept**:
 | Category | Destination | Action |
 |----------|-------------|--------|
 | Edge case | Edge Case Brainstorm checklist in `intent-routing.md` | Append the new pattern + question to the matching group (Navigation, Data, Failure, Input, Auth, or a new group if none fit). Use the row's `Summary` and `Evidence` link as a citation comment. |
-| Recurring gotcha | Memory file (`project_*.md`) | Write a new memory entry with `type: project`, structured as: rule, **Why:**, **How to apply:**. Add an index line to `MEMORY.md`. |
-| Process friction | Configured project rules file | Append a one-line guideline to the `.lisa.config.json` `projectRulesFile` destination (default `PROJECT_RULES.md`) under an appropriate heading (or create one). |
+| Recurring gotcha | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the recurring gotcha and the guard against it; `why` is the causal claim. |
+| Process friction | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the friction-avoiding guideline; `why` names the friction it prevents. |
 | Tooling gap | Configured tracker — or upstream Lisa when harness-level | **Split by level.** Project-level (a missing project script, hook, or automation) → create a ticket via `lisa-tracker-write` with `issue_type: Task`, summary derived from the row's `Summary`, description citing the evidence and the originating debrief doc, labeled `type:tooling` / `lifecycle-improvement`. Harness-level (a Lisa skill/gate/agent that should have caught the issue but didn't) → file an upstream Lisa issue exactly per the "Filing upstream" procedure in `lisa-rework-triage` (dedupe search first, three-audience description, evidence chain, `self-hardening` label; repo from `.lisa.config.json` `hardening.upstreamRepo`, default `CodySwannGT/lisa`). |
-| Convention drift | `CLAUDE.md` for project-wide agent operating instructions; otherwise the configured project rules file for codebase conventions | Append the convention as a one-paragraph note under the relevant section. If no relevant section exists, create one. |
+| Convention drift | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the correct convention; `why` records the drift it corrects. |
 | Decomposition infidelity | Upstream Lisa repo | File an upstream Lisa issue per the "Filing upstream" procedure in `lisa-rework-triage`, citing the PRD text vs. the distorted ticket AC and naming the gate that passed it. |
 | PRD defect | Source PRD | Comment on the PRD via the `lisa-prd-backlink` lineage quoting the defective requirement and the failure it missed; flag for product review. Never silently edit the spec. |
 | Missing tool access | Configured tracker | Create a provisioning ticket via `lisa-tracker-write` (`issue_type: Task`, `type:tooling`) describing the missing tool/credential/environment and which flow needs it. |
 
 For every row marked **Reject** or **Defer**: no action. Defer is a no-op for `apply` but worth surfacing in the run summary — the human may want to revisit at the next debrief.
 
+## Ledger persistence (knowledge categories)
+
+The three knowledge categories — **recurring gotcha**, **process friction**, and **convention drift** — all persist to the committed learnings ledger through the SAME executable contract the learner uses (`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`). This is the single governed, budgeted, contract-validated, team- and cloud-visible knowledge surface. **Never hand-edit the ledger markdown** — every write goes through the contract, or it is a bug.
+
+For each such Accepted row:
+
+1. **Resolve the ledger path (never hardcode).** Use `resolveProjectLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings` — the `learnings.file` override, else the default `.lisa/PROJECT_LEARNINGS.md` (a cold path, never an auto-loaded rules tree):
+
+   ```bash
+   LEARNINGS_FILE=$(node -e 'import("@codyswann/lisa/learnings").then(async m => { const c = await m.readProjectConfig(process.cwd()); console.log(m.resolveProjectLearningsFile(c)); })')
+   ```
+
+2. **Consolidation check (mandatory before writing).** Parse the existing entries with `parseLearningsFile` and look for one related to the row (same failure class, overlapping topic, or near-duplicate wording). Then write through the contract:
+   - **Related entry found** → consolidate via `persistConsolidatedLearning(projectRoot, entry, { supersede: [<related ids>] })`, merging the old entry's still-true content into the new rule. Never append a near-duplicate sibling — a sibling is a bug.
+   - **No related entry** → append via `persistLearningEntry(projectRoot, entry)`.
+
+3. **Entry mapping (seven fields).**
+   - `id` — the entry id returned by the contract writer (report it in the run summary).
+   - `rule` / `why` — from the row's `Summary` and the category-specific guidance in the routing table above (≤240 chars, ≤2 lines).
+   - `provenance` — **the triage-doc row's evidence links**. This is the same evidence link that doubles as the idempotency fingerprint below, so the row's provenance is what a later re-apply scans for.
+   - `first_learned` = `last_confirmed` = today (ISO date; on consolidation keep the superseded entry's earliest `first_learned`).
+   - `confidence` = **`high`**. A human marking the row **Accept** is corroboration — an independent human judgement that the learning is real — so a debrief-accepted entry starts higher than the learner's single-occurrence auto-capture (which defaults to `low`). The writer re-asserts the entry and token budgets; an over-budget failure means consolidate harder or drop, never truncate by hand.
+
+**Machine-local memory is no longer a knowledge destination.** Auto-memory (`project_*.md`, `MEMORY.md`) remains available only for the assistant's *personal* collaboration notes — it is invisible to cloud runs and to teammates, so it can never hold shared project knowledge. **`CLAUDE.md` is human-authored** agent operating instruction and `PROJECT_RULES.md` is durable human-authored guidance; `apply` never writes to any of the three for these categories.
+
 ## Idempotency
 
-`apply` is safe to re-run. Each Accepted row carries an evidence link that doubles as a fingerprint — before writing, check whether the destination already cites that fingerprint. If it does, skip the write and note the row as `already-applied` in the run summary. This lets the human triage a doc incrementally (mark a few, run apply, mark more, run apply again) without producing duplicates.
+`apply` is safe to re-run. Each Accepted row carries an evidence link that doubles as a fingerprint. Before writing, check whether the destination already cites that fingerprint:
+
+- **Knowledge categories (gotcha, friction, drift) → ledger.** Parse the ledger once with `parseLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings` and scan the entries' `provenance` for the row's evidence link. If any entry's provenance already contains it, the row is already persisted — skip the write. This replaces the old scattered-file greps (memory files, `PROJECT_RULES.md`, `CLAUDE.md`): provenance in the single governed ledger is now the one fingerprint surface.
+- **Other categories** keep their existing destination check (the tracker for the ticket marker, the PRD for the defect comment, `intent-routing.md` for the edge-case citation).
+
+If the fingerprint is already present, skip the write and note the row as `already-applied` in the run summary. This lets the human triage a doc incrementally (mark a few, run apply, mark more, run apply again) without producing duplicates.
 
 ## Updating the triage doc
 
@@ -52,11 +82,11 @@ A run summary printed to the user:
 ```text
 Applied <n> learnings:
   <n> edge cases → intent-routing.md
-  <n> gotchas → memory
-  <n> friction → PROJECT_RULES.md
+  <n> gotchas → ledger (<entry-id1>, <entry-id2>, ...)
+  <n> friction → ledger (<entry-id1>, ...)
+  <n> convention drift → ledger (<entry-id1>, ...)
   <n> tooling gaps (project) → <tracker> (<key1>, <key2>, ...)
   <n> tooling gaps (harness) → upstream Lisa (<issue-url1>, ...)
-  <n> convention drift → CLAUDE.md
   <n> decomposition infidelity → upstream Lisa (<issue-url1>, ...)
   <n> PRD defects → PRD comments (<prd-link1>, ...)
   <n> missing tool access → <tracker> (<key1>, ...)
@@ -67,4 +97,4 @@ Failed:
 Triage doc updated in place: <path>
 ```
 
-If anything is written to a tracker, suggest the human commit the local file changes (memory, rules, intent-routing) when ready — `apply` does not commit.
+If anything is written to a tracker, suggest the human commit the local file changes (the learnings ledger, intent-routing) when ready — `apply` does not commit.

package/plugins/lisa/rules/reference/project-learnings.md

@@ -29,18 +29,22 @@ Each persisted entry has seven fields:
 
 ## Who writes the ledger
 
-The ledger's contract-mediated writers — all going through the executable
-contract (`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`), never a hand-edit — are:
+**Contract-mediated writers** — all going through the executable contract
+(`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`), never a hand-edit:
 
 - The **learner agent** at capture time appends or consolidates new entries
   (`persistLearningEntry` / `persistConsolidatedLearning`) from task learnings.
   It is capture-only: it never appends to `PROJECT_RULES.md`, creates skills, or
   files upstream issues — promotion is the gardener's ticket-gated job.
+- **`lisa-debrief-apply`** routes accepted debrief findings in the three
+  knowledge categories — recurring gotcha, process friction, convention drift —
+  to the ledger through the same contract (`persistLearningEntry` /
+  `persistConsolidatedLearning`, with consolidation-at-write), provenance drawn
+  from the triage row's evidence links and a `high` starting confidence because
+  a human Accept is corroboration. It no longer writes to machine-local memory,
+  `PROJECT_RULES.md`, or `CLAUDE.md` for these categories.
 - The **build-intake flows** advance `last_confirmed` at claim time
   (`confirmLearningEntry`, below).
-- **`lisa-debrief-apply`** reroutes debrief findings into the ledger once #1733
-  ships; until then it is a legacy writer outside the contract (it still routes
-  to machine-local memory and `PROJECT_RULES.md`).
 
 Promotion to a higher rung (skill, eager rule, executable control, upstream
 ticket) is never a writer here — it is the gardener's job, gated by a human

package/plugins/lisa/skills/lisa-debrief-apply/SKILL.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A path or URL to a Debrief triage document produced by `lisa-debrief`. The docum
 
 1. **Verify the doc exists and parses.** If the file cannot be read or the expected sections are missing, stop and report — do not guess.
 2. **Confirm dispositions exist.** If every row is unmarked, stop and ask the human to triage first. A pristine doc is a no-op, not an error to silently swallow.
-3. **Identify the destination map.** Read the project's `.lisa.config.json` (or stack defaults) for: edge-case checklist file (default: `plugins/src/base/rules/intent-routing.md`'s Edge Case Brainstorm sub-flow), `projectRulesFile` (default: `.claude/rules/PROJECT_RULES.md`), memory directory (per the auto-memory system path), tracker for new tickets.
+3. **Identify the destination map.** Read the project's `.lisa.config.json` (or stack defaults) for: edge-case checklist file (default: `plugins/src/base/rules/intent-routing.md`'s Edge Case Brainstorm sub-flow), the committed learnings ledger path (resolve it — never hardcode — via `resolveProjectLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings`: the `learnings.file` override, else the default `.lisa/PROJECT_LEARNINGS.md`), tracker for new tickets. The three knowledge categories (recurring gotcha, process friction, convention drift) all land in the ledger now; machine-local auto-memory and `PROJECT_RULES.md` / `CLAUDE.md` are no longer knowledge destinations (see [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories)).
 
 ## Routing rules
 
@@ -27,19 +27,49 @@ For every row marked **Accept**:
 | Category | Destination | Action |
 |----------|-------------|--------|
 | Edge case | Edge Case Brainstorm checklist in `intent-routing.md` | Append the new pattern + question to the matching group (Navigation, Data, Failure, Input, Auth, or a new group if none fit). Use the row's `Summary` and `Evidence` link as a citation comment. |
-| Recurring gotcha | Memory file (`project_*.md`) | Write a new memory entry with `type: project`, structured as: rule, **Why:**, **How to apply:**. Add an index line to `MEMORY.md`. |
-| Process friction | Configured project rules file | Append a one-line guideline to the `.lisa.config.json` `projectRulesFile` destination (default `PROJECT_RULES.md`) under an appropriate heading (or create one). |
+| Recurring gotcha | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the recurring gotcha and the guard against it; `why` is the causal claim. |
+| Process friction | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the friction-avoiding guideline; `why` names the friction it prevents. |
 | Tooling gap | Configured tracker — or upstream Lisa when harness-level | **Split by level.** Project-level (a missing project script, hook, or automation) → create a ticket via `lisa-tracker-write` with `issue_type: Task`, summary derived from the row's `Summary`, description citing the evidence and the originating debrief doc, labeled `type:tooling` / `lifecycle-improvement`. Harness-level (a Lisa skill/gate/agent that should have caught the issue but didn't) → file an upstream Lisa issue exactly per the "Filing upstream" procedure in `lisa-rework-triage` (dedupe search first, three-audience description, evidence chain, `self-hardening` label; repo from `.lisa.config.json` `hardening.upstreamRepo`, default `CodySwannGT/lisa`). |
-| Convention drift | `CLAUDE.md` for project-wide agent operating instructions; otherwise the configured project rules file for codebase conventions | Append the convention as a one-paragraph note under the relevant section. If no relevant section exists, create one. |
+| Convention drift | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the correct convention; `why` records the drift it corrects. |
 | Decomposition infidelity | Upstream Lisa repo | File an upstream Lisa issue per the "Filing upstream" procedure in `lisa-rework-triage`, citing the PRD text vs. the distorted ticket AC and naming the gate that passed it. |
 | PRD defect | Source PRD | Comment on the PRD via the `lisa-prd-backlink` lineage quoting the defective requirement and the failure it missed; flag for product review. Never silently edit the spec. |
 | Missing tool access | Configured tracker | Create a provisioning ticket via `lisa-tracker-write` (`issue_type: Task`, `type:tooling`) describing the missing tool/credential/environment and which flow needs it. |
 
 For every row marked **Reject** or **Defer**: no action. Defer is a no-op for `apply` but worth surfacing in the run summary — the human may want to revisit at the next debrief.
 
+## Ledger persistence (knowledge categories)
+
+The three knowledge categories — **recurring gotcha**, **process friction**, and **convention drift** — all persist to the committed learnings ledger through the SAME executable contract the learner uses (`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`). This is the single governed, budgeted, contract-validated, team- and cloud-visible knowledge surface. **Never hand-edit the ledger markdown** — every write goes through the contract, or it is a bug.
+
+For each such Accepted row:
+
+1. **Resolve the ledger path (never hardcode).** Use `resolveProjectLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings` — the `learnings.file` override, else the default `.lisa/PROJECT_LEARNINGS.md` (a cold path, never an auto-loaded rules tree):
+
+   ```bash
+   LEARNINGS_FILE=$(node -e 'import("@codyswann/lisa/learnings").then(async m => { const c = await m.readProjectConfig(process.cwd()); console.log(m.resolveProjectLearningsFile(c)); })')
+   ```
+
+2. **Consolidation check (mandatory before writing).** Parse the existing entries with `parseLearningsFile` and look for one related to the row (same failure class, overlapping topic, or near-duplicate wording). Then write through the contract:
+   - **Related entry found** → consolidate via `persistConsolidatedLearning(projectRoot, entry, { supersede: [<related ids>] })`, merging the old entry's still-true content into the new rule. Never append a near-duplicate sibling — a sibling is a bug.
+   - **No related entry** → append via `persistLearningEntry(projectRoot, entry)`.
+
+3. **Entry mapping (seven fields).**
+   - `id` — the entry id returned by the contract writer (report it in the run summary).
+   - `rule` / `why` — from the row's `Summary` and the category-specific guidance in the routing table above (≤240 chars, ≤2 lines).
+   - `provenance` — **the triage-doc row's evidence links**. This is the same evidence link that doubles as the idempotency fingerprint below, so the row's provenance is what a later re-apply scans for.
+   - `first_learned` = `last_confirmed` = today (ISO date; on consolidation keep the superseded entry's earliest `first_learned`).
+   - `confidence` = **`high`**. A human marking the row **Accept** is corroboration — an independent human judgement that the learning is real — so a debrief-accepted entry starts higher than the learner's single-occurrence auto-capture (which defaults to `low`). The writer re-asserts the entry and token budgets; an over-budget failure means consolidate harder or drop, never truncate by hand.
+
+**Machine-local memory is no longer a knowledge destination.** Auto-memory (`project_*.md`, `MEMORY.md`) remains available only for the assistant's *personal* collaboration notes — it is invisible to cloud runs and to teammates, so it can never hold shared project knowledge. **`CLAUDE.md` is human-authored** agent operating instruction and `PROJECT_RULES.md` is durable human-authored guidance; `apply` never writes to any of the three for these categories.
+
 ## Idempotency
 
-`apply` is safe to re-run. Each Accepted row carries an evidence link that doubles as a fingerprint — before writing, check whether the destination already cites that fingerprint. If it does, skip the write and note the row as `already-applied` in the run summary. This lets the human triage a doc incrementally (mark a few, run apply, mark more, run apply again) without producing duplicates.
+`apply` is safe to re-run. Each Accepted row carries an evidence link that doubles as a fingerprint. Before writing, check whether the destination already cites that fingerprint:
+
+- **Knowledge categories (gotcha, friction, drift) → ledger.** Parse the ledger once with `parseLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings` and scan the entries' `provenance` for the row's evidence link. If any entry's provenance already contains it, the row is already persisted — skip the write. This replaces the old scattered-file greps (memory files, `PROJECT_RULES.md`, `CLAUDE.md`): provenance in the single governed ledger is now the one fingerprint surface.
+- **Other categories** keep their existing destination check (the tracker for the ticket marker, the PRD for the defect comment, `intent-routing.md` for the edge-case citation).
+
+If the fingerprint is already present, skip the write and note the row as `already-applied` in the run summary. This lets the human triage a doc incrementally (mark a few, run apply, mark more, run apply again) without producing duplicates.
 
 ## Updating the triage doc
 
@@ -52,11 +82,11 @@ A run summary printed to the user:
 ```text
 Applied <n> learnings:
   <n> edge cases → intent-routing.md
-  <n> gotchas → memory
-  <n> friction → PROJECT_RULES.md
+  <n> gotchas → ledger (<entry-id1>, <entry-id2>, ...)
+  <n> friction → ledger (<entry-id1>, ...)
+  <n> convention drift → ledger (<entry-id1>, ...)
   <n> tooling gaps (project) → <tracker> (<key1>, <key2>, ...)
   <n> tooling gaps (harness) → upstream Lisa (<issue-url1>, ...)
-  <n> convention drift → CLAUDE.md
   <n> decomposition infidelity → upstream Lisa (<issue-url1>, ...)
   <n> PRD defects → PRD comments (<prd-link1>, ...)
   <n> missing tool access → <tracker> (<key1>, ...)
@@ -67,4 +97,4 @@ Failed:
 Triage doc updated in place: <path>
 ```
 
-If anything is written to a tracker, suggest the human commit the local file changes (memory, rules, intent-routing) when ready — `apply` does not commit.
+If anything is written to a tracker, suggest the human commit the local file changes (the learnings ledger, intent-routing) when ready — `apply` does not commit.

package/plugins/lisa-agy/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "Universal governance — agents, skills, commands, hooks, and rules for all projects",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa-agy/skills/lisa-debrief-apply/SKILL.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A path or URL to a Debrief triage document produced by `lisa-debrief`. The docum
 
 1. **Verify the doc exists and parses.** If the file cannot be read or the expected sections are missing, stop and report — do not guess.
 2. **Confirm dispositions exist.** If every row is unmarked, stop and ask the human to triage first. A pristine doc is a no-op, not an error to silently swallow.
-3. **Identify the destination map.** Read the project's `.lisa.config.json` (or stack defaults) for: edge-case checklist file (default: `plugins/src/base/rules/intent-routing.md`'s Edge Case Brainstorm sub-flow), `projectRulesFile` (default: `.claude/rules/PROJECT_RULES.md`), memory directory (per the auto-memory system path), tracker for new tickets.
+3. **Identify the destination map.** Read the project's `.lisa.config.json` (or stack defaults) for: edge-case checklist file (default: `plugins/src/base/rules/intent-routing.md`'s Edge Case Brainstorm sub-flow), the committed learnings ledger path (resolve it — never hardcode — via `resolveProjectLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings`: the `learnings.file` override, else the default `.lisa/PROJECT_LEARNINGS.md`), tracker for new tickets. The three knowledge categories (recurring gotcha, process friction, convention drift) all land in the ledger now; machine-local auto-memory and `PROJECT_RULES.md` / `CLAUDE.md` are no longer knowledge destinations (see [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories)).
 
 ## Routing rules
 
@@ -27,19 +27,49 @@ For every row marked **Accept**:
 | Category | Destination | Action |
 |----------|-------------|--------|
 | Edge case | Edge Case Brainstorm checklist in `intent-routing.md` | Append the new pattern + question to the matching group (Navigation, Data, Failure, Input, Auth, or a new group if none fit). Use the row's `Summary` and `Evidence` link as a citation comment. |
-| Recurring gotcha | Memory file (`project_*.md`) | Write a new memory entry with `type: project`, structured as: rule, **Why:**, **How to apply:**. Add an index line to `MEMORY.md`. |
-| Process friction | Configured project rules file | Append a one-line guideline to the `.lisa.config.json` `projectRulesFile` destination (default `PROJECT_RULES.md`) under an appropriate heading (or create one). |
+| Recurring gotcha | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the recurring gotcha and the guard against it; `why` is the causal claim. |
+| Process friction | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the friction-avoiding guideline; `why` names the friction it prevents. |
 | Tooling gap | Configured tracker — or upstream Lisa when harness-level | **Split by level.** Project-level (a missing project script, hook, or automation) → create a ticket via `lisa-tracker-write` with `issue_type: Task`, summary derived from the row's `Summary`, description citing the evidence and the originating debrief doc, labeled `type:tooling` / `lifecycle-improvement`. Harness-level (a Lisa skill/gate/agent that should have caught the issue but didn't) → file an upstream Lisa issue exactly per the "Filing upstream" procedure in `lisa-rework-triage` (dedupe search first, three-audience description, evidence chain, `self-hardening` label; repo from `.lisa.config.json` `hardening.upstreamRepo`, default `CodySwannGT/lisa`). |
-| Convention drift | `CLAUDE.md` for project-wide agent operating instructions; otherwise the configured project rules file for codebase conventions | Append the convention as a one-paragraph note under the relevant section. If no relevant section exists, create one. |
+| Convention drift | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the correct convention; `why` records the drift it corrects. |
 | Decomposition infidelity | Upstream Lisa repo | File an upstream Lisa issue per the "Filing upstream" procedure in `lisa-rework-triage`, citing the PRD text vs. the distorted ticket AC and naming the gate that passed it. |
 | PRD defect | Source PRD | Comment on the PRD via the `lisa-prd-backlink` lineage quoting the defective requirement and the failure it missed; flag for product review. Never silently edit the spec. |
 | Missing tool access | Configured tracker | Create a provisioning ticket via `lisa-tracker-write` (`issue_type: Task`, `type:tooling`) describing the missing tool/credential/environment and which flow needs it. |
 
 For every row marked **Reject** or **Defer**: no action. Defer is a no-op for `apply` but worth surfacing in the run summary — the human may want to revisit at the next debrief.
 
+## Ledger persistence (knowledge categories)
+
+The three knowledge categories — **recurring gotcha**, **process friction**, and **convention drift** — all persist to the committed learnings ledger through the SAME executable contract the learner uses (`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`). This is the single governed, budgeted, contract-validated, team- and cloud-visible knowledge surface. **Never hand-edit the ledger markdown** — every write goes through the contract, or it is a bug.
+
+For each such Accepted row:
+
+1. **Resolve the ledger path (never hardcode).** Use `resolveProjectLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings` — the `learnings.file` override, else the default `.lisa/PROJECT_LEARNINGS.md` (a cold path, never an auto-loaded rules tree):
+
+   ```bash
+   LEARNINGS_FILE=$(node -e 'import("@codyswann/lisa/learnings").then(async m => { const c = await m.readProjectConfig(process.cwd()); console.log(m.resolveProjectLearningsFile(c)); })')
+   ```
+
+2. **Consolidation check (mandatory before writing).** Parse the existing entries with `parseLearningsFile` and look for one related to the row (same failure class, overlapping topic, or near-duplicate wording). Then write through the contract:
+   - **Related entry found** → consolidate via `persistConsolidatedLearning(projectRoot, entry, { supersede: [<related ids>] })`, merging the old entry's still-true content into the new rule. Never append a near-duplicate sibling — a sibling is a bug.
+   - **No related entry** → append via `persistLearningEntry(projectRoot, entry)`.
+
+3. **Entry mapping (seven fields).**
+   - `id` — the entry id returned by the contract writer (report it in the run summary).
+   - `rule` / `why` — from the row's `Summary` and the category-specific guidance in the routing table above (≤240 chars, ≤2 lines).
+   - `provenance` — **the triage-doc row's evidence links**. This is the same evidence link that doubles as the idempotency fingerprint below, so the row's provenance is what a later re-apply scans for.
+   - `first_learned` = `last_confirmed` = today (ISO date; on consolidation keep the superseded entry's earliest `first_learned`).
+   - `confidence` = **`high`**. A human marking the row **Accept** is corroboration — an independent human judgement that the learning is real — so a debrief-accepted entry starts higher than the learner's single-occurrence auto-capture (which defaults to `low`). The writer re-asserts the entry and token budgets; an over-budget failure means consolidate harder or drop, never truncate by hand.
+
+**Machine-local memory is no longer a knowledge destination.** Auto-memory (`project_*.md`, `MEMORY.md`) remains available only for the assistant's *personal* collaboration notes — it is invisible to cloud runs and to teammates, so it can never hold shared project knowledge. **`CLAUDE.md` is human-authored** agent operating instruction and `PROJECT_RULES.md` is durable human-authored guidance; `apply` never writes to any of the three for these categories.
+
 ## Idempotency
 
-`apply` is safe to re-run. Each Accepted row carries an evidence link that doubles as a fingerprint — before writing, check whether the destination already cites that fingerprint. If it does, skip the write and note the row as `already-applied` in the run summary. This lets the human triage a doc incrementally (mark a few, run apply, mark more, run apply again) without producing duplicates.
+`apply` is safe to re-run. Each Accepted row carries an evidence link that doubles as a fingerprint. Before writing, check whether the destination already cites that fingerprint:
+
+- **Knowledge categories (gotcha, friction, drift) → ledger.** Parse the ledger once with `parseLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings` and scan the entries' `provenance` for the row's evidence link. If any entry's provenance already contains it, the row is already persisted — skip the write. This replaces the old scattered-file greps (memory files, `PROJECT_RULES.md`, `CLAUDE.md`): provenance in the single governed ledger is now the one fingerprint surface.
+- **Other categories** keep their existing destination check (the tracker for the ticket marker, the PRD for the defect comment, `intent-routing.md` for the edge-case citation).
+
+If the fingerprint is already present, skip the write and note the row as `already-applied` in the run summary. This lets the human triage a doc incrementally (mark a few, run apply, mark more, run apply again) without producing duplicates.
 
 ## Updating the triage doc
 
@@ -52,11 +82,11 @@ A run summary printed to the user:
 ```text
 Applied <n> learnings:
   <n> edge cases → intent-routing.md
-  <n> gotchas → memory
-  <n> friction → PROJECT_RULES.md
+  <n> gotchas → ledger (<entry-id1>, <entry-id2>, ...)
+  <n> friction → ledger (<entry-id1>, ...)
+  <n> convention drift → ledger (<entry-id1>, ...)
   <n> tooling gaps (project) → <tracker> (<key1>, <key2>, ...)
   <n> tooling gaps (harness) → upstream Lisa (<issue-url1>, ...)
-  <n> convention drift → CLAUDE.md
   <n> decomposition infidelity → upstream Lisa (<issue-url1>, ...)
   <n> PRD defects → PRD comments (<prd-link1>, ...)
   <n> missing tool access → <tracker> (<key1>, ...)
@@ -67,4 +97,4 @@ Failed:
 Triage doc updated in place: <path>
 ```
 
-If anything is written to a tracker, suggest the human commit the local file changes (memory, rules, intent-routing) when ready — `apply` does not commit.
+If anything is written to a tracker, suggest the human commit the local file changes (the learnings ledger, intent-routing) when ready — `apply` does not commit.

package/plugins/lisa-cdk/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa-cdk",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "AWS CDK-specific plugin",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa-cdk/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa-cdk",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "AWS CDK-specific Lisa plugin.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa-cdk-agy/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa-cdk",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "AWS CDK-specific plugin",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa-cdk-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa-cdk",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "AWS CDK-specific plugin",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa-cdk-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa-cdk",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "AWS CDK-specific plugin",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa-copilot/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "Universal governance — agents, skills, commands, hooks, and rules for all projects",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa-copilot/rules/reference/project-learnings.md

@@ -29,18 +29,22 @@ Each persisted entry has seven fields:
 
 ## Who writes the ledger
 
-The ledger's contract-mediated writers — all going through the executable
-contract (`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`), never a hand-edit — are:
+**Contract-mediated writers** — all going through the executable contract
+(`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`), never a hand-edit:
 
 - The **learner agent** at capture time appends or consolidates new entries
   (`persistLearningEntry` / `persistConsolidatedLearning`) from task learnings.
   It is capture-only: it never appends to `PROJECT_RULES.md`, creates skills, or
   files upstream issues — promotion is the gardener's ticket-gated job.
+- **`lisa-debrief-apply`** routes accepted debrief findings in the three
+  knowledge categories — recurring gotcha, process friction, convention drift —
+  to the ledger through the same contract (`persistLearningEntry` /
+  `persistConsolidatedLearning`, with consolidation-at-write), provenance drawn
+  from the triage row's evidence links and a `high` starting confidence because
+  a human Accept is corroboration. It no longer writes to machine-local memory,
+  `PROJECT_RULES.md`, or `CLAUDE.md` for these categories.
 - The **build-intake flows** advance `last_confirmed` at claim time
   (`confirmLearningEntry`, below).
-- **`lisa-debrief-apply`** reroutes debrief findings into the ledger once #1733
-  ships; until then it is a legacy writer outside the contract (it still routes
-  to machine-local memory and `PROJECT_RULES.md`).
 
 Promotion to a higher rung (skill, eager rule, executable control, upstream
 ticket) is never a writer here — it is the gardener's job, gated by a human

package/plugins/lisa-copilot/skills/lisa-debrief-apply/SKILL.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A path or URL to a Debrief triage document produced by `lisa-debrief`. The docum
 
 1. **Verify the doc exists and parses.** If the file cannot be read or the expected sections are missing, stop and report — do not guess.
 2. **Confirm dispositions exist.** If every row is unmarked, stop and ask the human to triage first. A pristine doc is a no-op, not an error to silently swallow.
-3. **Identify the destination map.** Read the project's `.lisa.config.json` (or stack defaults) for: edge-case checklist file (default: `plugins/src/base/rules/intent-routing.md`'s Edge Case Brainstorm sub-flow), `projectRulesFile` (default: `.claude/rules/PROJECT_RULES.md`), memory directory (per the auto-memory system path), tracker for new tickets.
+3. **Identify the destination map.** Read the project's `.lisa.config.json` (or stack defaults) for: edge-case checklist file (default: `plugins/src/base/rules/intent-routing.md`'s Edge Case Brainstorm sub-flow), the committed learnings ledger path (resolve it — never hardcode — via `resolveProjectLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings`: the `learnings.file` override, else the default `.lisa/PROJECT_LEARNINGS.md`), tracker for new tickets. The three knowledge categories (recurring gotcha, process friction, convention drift) all land in the ledger now; machine-local auto-memory and `PROJECT_RULES.md` / `CLAUDE.md` are no longer knowledge destinations (see [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories)).
 
 ## Routing rules
 
@@ -27,19 +27,49 @@ For every row marked **Accept**:
 | Category | Destination | Action |
 |----------|-------------|--------|
 | Edge case | Edge Case Brainstorm checklist in `intent-routing.md` | Append the new pattern + question to the matching group (Navigation, Data, Failure, Input, Auth, or a new group if none fit). Use the row's `Summary` and `Evidence` link as a citation comment. |
-| Recurring gotcha | Memory file (`project_*.md`) | Write a new memory entry with `type: project`, structured as: rule, **Why:**, **How to apply:**. Add an index line to `MEMORY.md`. |
-| Process friction | Configured project rules file | Append a one-line guideline to the `.lisa.config.json` `projectRulesFile` destination (default `PROJECT_RULES.md`) under an appropriate heading (or create one). |
+| Recurring gotcha | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the recurring gotcha and the guard against it; `why` is the causal claim. |
+| Process friction | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the friction-avoiding guideline; `why` names the friction it prevents. |
 | Tooling gap | Configured tracker — or upstream Lisa when harness-level | **Split by level.** Project-level (a missing project script, hook, or automation) → create a ticket via `lisa-tracker-write` with `issue_type: Task`, summary derived from the row's `Summary`, description citing the evidence and the originating debrief doc, labeled `type:tooling` / `lifecycle-improvement`. Harness-level (a Lisa skill/gate/agent that should have caught the issue but didn't) → file an upstream Lisa issue exactly per the "Filing upstream" procedure in `lisa-rework-triage` (dedupe search first, three-audience description, evidence chain, `self-hardening` label; repo from `.lisa.config.json` `hardening.upstreamRepo`, default `CodySwannGT/lisa`). |
-| Convention drift | `CLAUDE.md` for project-wide agent operating instructions; otherwise the configured project rules file for codebase conventions | Append the convention as a one-paragraph note under the relevant section. If no relevant section exists, create one. |
+| Convention drift | Committed learnings ledger (via contract) | Persist a ledger entry per [Ledger persistence](#ledger-persistence-knowledge-categories). The `rule` is the correct convention; `why` records the drift it corrects. |
 | Decomposition infidelity | Upstream Lisa repo | File an upstream Lisa issue per the "Filing upstream" procedure in `lisa-rework-triage`, citing the PRD text vs. the distorted ticket AC and naming the gate that passed it. |
 | PRD defect | Source PRD | Comment on the PRD via the `lisa-prd-backlink` lineage quoting the defective requirement and the failure it missed; flag for product review. Never silently edit the spec. |
 | Missing tool access | Configured tracker | Create a provisioning ticket via `lisa-tracker-write` (`issue_type: Task`, `type:tooling`) describing the missing tool/credential/environment and which flow needs it. |
 
 For every row marked **Reject** or **Defer**: no action. Defer is a no-op for `apply` but worth surfacing in the run summary — the human may want to revisit at the next debrief.
 
+## Ledger persistence (knowledge categories)
+
+The three knowledge categories — **recurring gotcha**, **process friction**, and **convention drift** — all persist to the committed learnings ledger through the SAME executable contract the learner uses (`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`). This is the single governed, budgeted, contract-validated, team- and cloud-visible knowledge surface. **Never hand-edit the ledger markdown** — every write goes through the contract, or it is a bug.
+
+For each such Accepted row:
+
+1. **Resolve the ledger path (never hardcode).** Use `resolveProjectLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings` — the `learnings.file` override, else the default `.lisa/PROJECT_LEARNINGS.md` (a cold path, never an auto-loaded rules tree):
+
+   ```bash
+   LEARNINGS_FILE=$(node -e 'import("@codyswann/lisa/learnings").then(async m => { const c = await m.readProjectConfig(process.cwd()); console.log(m.resolveProjectLearningsFile(c)); })')
+   ```
+
+2. **Consolidation check (mandatory before writing).** Parse the existing entries with `parseLearningsFile` and look for one related to the row (same failure class, overlapping topic, or near-duplicate wording). Then write through the contract:
+   - **Related entry found** → consolidate via `persistConsolidatedLearning(projectRoot, entry, { supersede: [<related ids>] })`, merging the old entry's still-true content into the new rule. Never append a near-duplicate sibling — a sibling is a bug.
+   - **No related entry** → append via `persistLearningEntry(projectRoot, entry)`.
+
+3. **Entry mapping (seven fields).**
+   - `id` — the entry id returned by the contract writer (report it in the run summary).
+   - `rule` / `why` — from the row's `Summary` and the category-specific guidance in the routing table above (≤240 chars, ≤2 lines).
+   - `provenance` — **the triage-doc row's evidence links**. This is the same evidence link that doubles as the idempotency fingerprint below, so the row's provenance is what a later re-apply scans for.
+   - `first_learned` = `last_confirmed` = today (ISO date; on consolidation keep the superseded entry's earliest `first_learned`).
+   - `confidence` = **`high`**. A human marking the row **Accept** is corroboration — an independent human judgement that the learning is real — so a debrief-accepted entry starts higher than the learner's single-occurrence auto-capture (which defaults to `low`). The writer re-asserts the entry and token budgets; an over-budget failure means consolidate harder or drop, never truncate by hand.
+
+**Machine-local memory is no longer a knowledge destination.** Auto-memory (`project_*.md`, `MEMORY.md`) remains available only for the assistant's *personal* collaboration notes — it is invisible to cloud runs and to teammates, so it can never hold shared project knowledge. **`CLAUDE.md` is human-authored** agent operating instruction and `PROJECT_RULES.md` is durable human-authored guidance; `apply` never writes to any of the three for these categories.
+
 ## Idempotency
 
-`apply` is safe to re-run. Each Accepted row carries an evidence link that doubles as a fingerprint — before writing, check whether the destination already cites that fingerprint. If it does, skip the write and note the row as `already-applied` in the run summary. This lets the human triage a doc incrementally (mark a few, run apply, mark more, run apply again) without producing duplicates.
+`apply` is safe to re-run. Each Accepted row carries an evidence link that doubles as a fingerprint. Before writing, check whether the destination already cites that fingerprint:
+
+- **Knowledge categories (gotcha, friction, drift) → ledger.** Parse the ledger once with `parseLearningsFile` from `@codyswann/lisa/learnings` and scan the entries' `provenance` for the row's evidence link. If any entry's provenance already contains it, the row is already persisted — skip the write. This replaces the old scattered-file greps (memory files, `PROJECT_RULES.md`, `CLAUDE.md`): provenance in the single governed ledger is now the one fingerprint surface.
+- **Other categories** keep their existing destination check (the tracker for the ticket marker, the PRD for the defect comment, `intent-routing.md` for the edge-case citation).
+
+If the fingerprint is already present, skip the write and note the row as `already-applied` in the run summary. This lets the human triage a doc incrementally (mark a few, run apply, mark more, run apply again) without producing duplicates.
 
 ## Updating the triage doc
 
@@ -52,11 +82,11 @@ A run summary printed to the user:
 ```text
 Applied <n> learnings:
   <n> edge cases → intent-routing.md
-  <n> gotchas → memory
-  <n> friction → PROJECT_RULES.md
+  <n> gotchas → ledger (<entry-id1>, <entry-id2>, ...)
+  <n> friction → ledger (<entry-id1>, ...)
+  <n> convention drift → ledger (<entry-id1>, ...)
   <n> tooling gaps (project) → <tracker> (<key1>, <key2>, ...)
   <n> tooling gaps (harness) → upstream Lisa (<issue-url1>, ...)
-  <n> convention drift → CLAUDE.md
   <n> decomposition infidelity → upstream Lisa (<issue-url1>, ...)
   <n> PRD defects → PRD comments (<prd-link1>, ...)
   <n> missing tool access → <tracker> (<key1>, ...)
@@ -67,4 +97,4 @@ Failed:
 Triage doc updated in place: <path>
 ```
 
-If anything is written to a tracker, suggest the human commit the local file changes (memory, rules, intent-routing) when ready — `apply` does not commit.
+If anything is written to a tracker, suggest the human commit the local file changes (the learnings ledger, intent-routing) when ready — `apply` does not commit.

package/plugins/lisa-cursor/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lisa",
-  "version": "2.245.0",
+  "version": "2.246.0",
   "description": "Universal governance — agents, skills, commands, hooks, and rules for all projects",
   "author": {
     "name": "Cody Swann"

package/plugins/lisa-cursor/rules/project-learnings-reference.mdc

@@ -34,18 +34,22 @@ Each persisted entry has seven fields:
 
 ## Who writes the ledger
 
-The ledger's contract-mediated writers — all going through the executable
-contract (`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`), never a hand-edit — are:
+**Contract-mediated writers** — all going through the executable contract
+(`@codyswann/lisa/learnings`), never a hand-edit:
 
 - The **learner agent** at capture time appends or consolidates new entries
   (`persistLearningEntry` / `persistConsolidatedLearning`) from task learnings.
   It is capture-only: it never appends to `PROJECT_RULES.md`, creates skills, or
   files upstream issues — promotion is the gardener's ticket-gated job.
+- **`lisa-debrief-apply`** routes accepted debrief findings in the three
+  knowledge categories — recurring gotcha, process friction, convention drift —
+  to the ledger through the same contract (`persistLearningEntry` /
+  `persistConsolidatedLearning`, with consolidation-at-write), provenance drawn
+  from the triage row's evidence links and a `high` starting confidence because
+  a human Accept is corroboration. It no longer writes to machine-local memory,
+  `PROJECT_RULES.md`, or `CLAUDE.md` for these categories.
 - The **build-intake flows** advance `last_confirmed` at claim time
   (`confirmLearningEntry`, below).
-- **`lisa-debrief-apply`** reroutes debrief findings into the ledger once #1733
-  ships; until then it is a legacy writer outside the contract (it still routes
-  to machine-local memory and `PROJECT_RULES.md`).
 
 Promotion to a higher rung (skill, eager rule, executable control, upstream
 ticket) is never a writer here — it is the gardener's job, gated by a human