@mindot/will 0.4.0 → 0.6.0

package/src/cognition/event.schemas.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'stress.zone.transition', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'zone' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'load' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'zone') ?? hasNum( p, 'load')
   },
 })
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'energy.level.critical', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'level' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'level')
   },
 })
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'sleep.pressure.critical', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'pressure' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'pressure')
   },
 })
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'circadian.alertness.shifted', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'alertness' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'alertness')
   },
 })
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'modulation.degradation.elevated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'attentionDegradation' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'attentionDegradation')
   },
 })
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'perception.novelty.spike', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'novelty' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'novelty')
   },
 })
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'percept.batch.ingested', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'count' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'count')
   },
 })
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'social.agents.present', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'activeAgents' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'activeAgents')
   },
 })
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'interoception.state.updated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'comfort' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'comfort')
   },
 })
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'working_memory.capacity.reached', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'capacity' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'items' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'capacity') ?? hasNum( p, 'items')
   },
 })
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'emotion.fear.elevated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'fear' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'fear')
   },
 })
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'emotion.joy.peak', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'joy' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'joy')
   },
 })
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'emotion.awe.experienced', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'awe' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'awe')
   },
 })
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'emotion.frustration.elevated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'frustration' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'frustration')
   },
 })
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'emotion.guilt.elevated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'guilt' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'guilt')
   },
 })
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'emotion.love.significant', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'love' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'love')
   },
 })
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'emotion.sadness.elevated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'sadness' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'sadness')
   },
 })
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'affect.state.shifted', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'valence' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'arousal' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'valence') ?? hasNum( p, 'arousal')
   },
 })
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'goal.state.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'activeCount' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'activeCount')
   },
 })
 
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'decision.committed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    if( typeof p['actionType'] !== 'string' ) return "missing string field 'actionType'"
-    return hasNum( p, 'confidence' )
+    if( typeof p['actionType'] !== 'string') return "missing string field 'actionType'"
+    return hasNum( p, 'confidence')
   },
 })
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'planning.plan.created', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'totalPlans' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'totalPlans')
   },
 })
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'task.focus.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'focusTicks' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'focusTicks')
   },
 })
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'action.executed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'count' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'count')
   },
 })
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'episode.consolidated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'total' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'total')
   },
 })
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'belief.updated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'total' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'total')
   },
 })
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'memory.decay.applied', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'decayed' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'decayed')
   },
 })
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'dream.active', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'reactivated' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'reactivated')
   },
 })
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'narrative.updated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'version' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'version')
   },
 })
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'self_model.updated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'version' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'version')
   },
 })
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'confidence.calibrated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'calibrationBias' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'calibrationBias')
   },
 })
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'bias.detected', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'count' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'count')
   },
 })
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'introspection.insight', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'total' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'total')
   },
 })
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'theory_of_mind.model.updated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'modelsActive' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'modelsActive')
   },
 })
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'empathy.resonance', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'activeModels' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'activeModels')
   },
 })
 
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'reputation.updated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'trackedAgents' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'trackedAgents')
   },
 })
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'executive.active', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'tick' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'tick')
   },
 })
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'communication.session.active', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'sessionCount' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'sessionCount')
   },
 })
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'llm.cost.tick', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'costThisTick' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'costThisTick')
   },
 })
 
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'energy.state.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'level' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'zoneCode' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'level') ?? hasNum( p, 'zoneCode')
   },
 })
 
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'sleep.state.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'pressure' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'intensity' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'pressure') ?? hasNum( p, 'intensity')
   },
 })
 
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'stress.state.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'load' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'zoneCode' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'load') ?? hasNum( p, 'zoneCode')
   },
 })
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'circadian.state.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'alertness' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'alertness')
   },
 })
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'attention.state.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'usage' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'usage')
   },
 })
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'attention.regulate', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'effortTarget' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'effortTarget')
   },
 })
 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'affect.state.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'valence' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'arousal' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'valence') ?? hasNum( p, 'arousal')
   },
 })
 
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'interoception.state.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'comfort' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'comfort')
   },
 })
 
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'novelty.state.changed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'novelty' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'novelty')
   },
 })
 
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'executive.interpretation.formed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'confidence' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'confidence')
   },
 })
 
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'executive.goal.proposed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'count' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'count')
   },
 })
 
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'executive.self.reflection', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'confidence' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'confidence')
   },
 })
 
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'executive.decision.rationale', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'confidence' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'confidence')
   },
 })
 
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'executive.prediction.formed', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'confidence' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'confidence')
   },
 })
 
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'goal.blocked', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    if( typeof p['goalId'] !== 'string' ) return "missing string field 'goalId'"
-    return hasNum( p, 'ticksStuck' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'priority' )
+    if( typeof p['goalId'] !== 'string') return "missing string field 'goalId'"
+    return hasNum( p, 'ticksStuck') ?? hasNum( p, 'priority')
   },
 })
 
@@ -509,8 +509,8 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'goal.achieved', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    if( typeof p['goalId'] !== 'string' ) return "missing string field 'goalId'"
-    return hasNum( p, 'priority' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'timeToComplete' )
+    if( typeof p['goalId'] !== 'string') return "missing string field 'goalId'"
+    return hasNum( p, 'priority') ?? hasNum( p, 'timeToComplete')
   },
 })
 
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'goal.abandoned', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    if( typeof p['goalId'] !== 'string' ) return "missing string field 'goalId'"
+    if( typeof p['goalId'] !== 'string') return "missing string field 'goalId'"
     return null
   },
 })
@@ -527,9 +527,9 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'action.outcome', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    if( typeof p['actionType'] !== 'string' ) return "missing string field 'actionType'"
-    if( typeof p['domain']     !== 'string' ) return "missing string field 'domain'"
-    return hasNum( p, 'outcomeQuality' )
+    if( typeof p['actionType'] !== 'string') return "missing string field 'actionType'"
+    if( typeof p['domain']     !== 'string') return "missing string field 'domain'"
+    return hasNum( p, 'outcomeQuality')
   },
 })
 
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'sleep.begun', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'pressure' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'pressure')
   },
 })
 
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'sleep.ended', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    return hasNum( p, 'tick' )
+    return hasNum( p, 'tick')
   },
 })
 
@@ -553,8 +553,8 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'interaction.occurred', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    if( typeof p['keid'] !== 'string' ) return "missing string field 'keid'"
-    return hasNum( p, 'valence' ) ?? hasNum( p, 'intensity' )
+    if( typeof p['keid'] !== 'string') return "missing string field 'keid'"
+    return hasNum( p, 'valence') ?? hasNum( p, 'intensity')
   },
 })
 
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ globalSchemaRegistry.register({
   type: 'percept.category.updated', version: 1,
   validate( p ){
     if( !isObj(p) ) return 'payload must be object'
-    if( typeof p['category'] !== 'string' ) return "missing string field 'category'"
-    return hasNum( p, 'count' )
+    if( typeof p['category'] !== 'string') return "missing string field 'category'"
+    return hasNum( p, 'count')
   },
 })

package/src/cognition/faculties/aesthetic.evaluator.ts

@@ -113,19 +113,19 @@ export class AestheticEvaluator implements SimulationEngine, CognitiveEngine {
 
   onCognitiveEvent( e: CognitiveEvent ): StateCommands | void {
     this._model.observe( e.type, e.salience )
-    if( e.type === 'executive.prediction.formed' ){
+    if( e.type === 'executive.prediction.formed'){
       const p = e.payload as { predictedDomains: string[]; confidence: number }
       if( p.predictedDomains.includes('aesthetic') )
-        this._model.setPrecision( 'emotion.awe', 1.0 + p.confidence * 0.5 )
+        this._model.setPrecision('emotion.awe', 1.0 + p.confidence * 0.5 )
     }
-    if( e.type === 'percept.category.updated' ){
+    if( e.type === 'percept.category.updated'){
       const p = e.payload as { category: string; count: number }
       this._categoryBuffer.set(
         p.category,
         ( this._categoryBuffer.get( p.category ) ?? 0 ) + p.count
       )
     }
-    if( e.type === 'novelty.state.changed' || e.type === 'perception.novelty.spike' ){
+    if( e.type === 'novelty.state.changed' || e.type === 'perception.novelty.spike'){
       const p = e.payload as { novelty: number }
       this._cachedNovelty = p.novelty
     }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class AestheticEvaluator implements SimulationEngine, CognitiveEngine {
     // Channel A (openness → aesthetic sensitivity): the awe threshold is read live as
     // base ⊕ persona-prior. An open Will develops a lower threshold and so is moved to
     // awe by beauty/novelty more readily. (The seed entity already existed but was ignored.)
-    const aweThreshold = readEffectiveParams( state, 'engine-config-aesthetic' ).aweThreshold ?? this._aweThreshold
+    const aweThreshold = readEffectiveParams( state, 'engine-config-aesthetic').aweThreshold ?? this._aweThreshold
 
     // Consume category buffer for this tick
     const categories = new Map( this._categoryBuffer )
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export class AestheticEvaluator implements SimulationEngine, CognitiveEngine {
     // Phase C: publish cognitive event
     const _bus = this._bus
     if( _bus && awe > 0.4 ){
-      const predErr = this._model.observe( 'emotion.awe', awe )
+      const predErr = this._model.observe('emotion.awe', awe )
       if( !predErr.gated )
         _bus.publish({ type: 'emotion.awe.experienced', version: 1, sourceEngine: this.name, salience: Math.min(1, awe * 2), payload: { awe } })
     }

package/src/cognition/faculties/affective.blender.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ import type { CognitiveEngine, SimulationEngine, EngineResult } from '#cognition
 import type { CognitiveEventSchema } from '#cognition/schema.registry'
 import type { CognitiveEvent, CognitiveBus } from '#cognition/bus'
 import { GenerativeModel } from '#cognition/generative.model'
+import { ACP_SELF_PRECISION } from '#cognition/acp'
+
+// ACP-P2 (ACTION_CONDITIONED_PREDICTION §3): acting is arousing — the
+// directional prior nudged into the arousal prediction on our own enaction.
+const ACP_AROUSAL_UPLIFT = 0.1
+const ACP_CONFIDENCE     = 0.4
 
 /**
  * Numeric encoding for dominant emotion metric.
@@ -188,6 +194,8 @@ export class AffectiveBlender implements SimulationEngine, CognitiveEngine {
   private _emotionHistory: Map<string, number[]> = new Map()
 
   private _moodBaseline:       number = 0.5
+  /** ACP-P2: self-caused arousal attenuation armed; react() restores after one observe. */
+  private _acpOneShot = false
   private _energyLevel:        number = 100
   private _comfort:            number = 0.5
   private _sleepPressure:      number = 0
@@ -230,6 +238,8 @@ export class AffectiveBlender implements SimulationEngine, CognitiveEngine {
       'stress.state.changed',
       'executive.prediction.formed',
       'interaction.occurred',   // 2.1: social stimuli drive immediate arousal/valence shifts
+      // ACP-P2: our own enactions — the arousal they cause is expected, not surprising
+      'agency.enacted', 'agency.communicate', 'agency.invocation',
     ]
   }
   publishes(): CognitiveEventSchema[] { return [] }
@@ -237,6 +247,20 @@ export class AffectiveBlender implements SimulationEngine, CognitiveEngine {
   onCognitiveEvent( e: CognitiveEvent ): StateCommands | void {
     this._model.observe( e.type, e.salience )
     switch( e.type ){
+      case 'agency.enacted':
+      case 'agency.communicate':
+      case 'agency.invocation': {
+        // ACP-P2: we just acted — the arousal swing that follows is our own
+        // doing. Directional prior (acting is arousing) + self-caused
+        // precision on the ONE stream whose error is consumed (it weights the
+        // `affect.state.changed` publish); react() restores after one observe
+        // so a genuine world jolt next tick lands at full weight.
+        const arousal = this._model.predict('affect.arousal')
+        this._model.anticipate('affect.arousal', Math.min( 1, arousal + ACP_AROUSAL_UPLIFT ), ACP_CONFIDENCE )
+        this._model.setPrecision('affect.arousal', ACP_SELF_PRECISION )
+        this._acpOneShot = true
+        break
+      }
       case 'circadian.state.changed':
         this._moodBaseline = (e.payload as Record<string,number>)['moodBaseline'] ?? this._moodBaseline
         break
@@ -331,8 +355,8 @@ export class AffectiveBlender implements SimulationEngine, CognitiveEngine {
     //     dampens by resonance × closeness, so it folds in with a modest weight. Before
     //     inertia so the contagion smooths naturally rather than being applied cold.
     const empathicPAD: PADState = {
-      valence:   Math.max( -1, Math.min( 1, socialPAD.valence + ( state.metrics.get( 'empathy.vicarious_valence' ) ?? 0 ) * EMPATHY_CONTAGION_WEIGHT )),
-      arousal:   Math.max( 0, Math.min( 1, socialPAD.arousal + ( state.metrics.get( 'empathy.vicarious_arousal' ) ?? 0 ) * EMPATHY_CONTAGION_WEIGHT )),
+      valence:   Math.max( -1, Math.min( 1, socialPAD.valence + ( state.metrics.get('empathy.vicarious_valence') ?? 0 ) * EMPATHY_CONTAGION_WEIGHT )),
+      arousal:   Math.max( 0, Math.min( 1, socialPAD.arousal + ( state.metrics.get('empathy.vicarious_arousal') ?? 0 ) * EMPATHY_CONTAGION_WEIGHT )),
       dominance: socialPAD.dominance,
     }
 
@@ -397,8 +421,16 @@ export class AffectiveBlender implements SimulationEngine, CognitiveEngine {
     if( _bus )
       _bus.publish({ type: 'affect.state.shifted', version: 1, sourceEngine: this.name, salience: Math.min(1, Math.abs(modulatedPAD.valence) + modulatedPAD.arousal * 0.5), payload: { valence: modulatedPAD.valence, arousal: modulatedPAD.arousal, dominantEmotion: dominant } })
     // Phase D: rich state-change event
-    if( _bus )
-      _bus.publish({ type: 'affect.state.changed', version: 1, sourceEngine: this.name, salience: this._model.observe( 'affect.arousal', modulatedPAD.arousal ).salience, payload: { valence: modulatedPAD.valence, arousal: modulatedPAD.arousal, dominance: modulatedPAD.dominance } })
+    if( _bus ){
+      const arousalErr = this._model.observe('affect.arousal', modulatedPAD.arousal )
+      // ACP-P2: the self-caused observe has happened — restore full precision
+      // now so the world's own jolts are never dampened by our lingering act.
+      if( this._acpOneShot ){
+        this._model.setPrecision('affect.arousal', 1.0 )
+        this._acpOneShot = false
+      }
+      _bus.publish({ type: 'affect.state.changed', version: 1, sourceEngine: this.name, salience: arousalErr.salience, payload: { valence: modulatedPAD.valence, arousal: modulatedPAD.arousal, dominance: modulatedPAD.dominance } })
+    }
     return { events: events.length > 0 ? events : undefined, commands }
   }