clementine-agent 1.0.34 → 1.0.35

package/dist/agent/self-improve.js

@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ export class SelfImproveLoop {
         const loopStart = Date.now();
         const history = this.loadExperimentLog();
         let consecutiveLow = 0;
+        // Cap accepted proposals per run so the owner's approval queue stays
+        // scannable. The nightly loop should surface 1-3 solid ideas — not a
+        // flood — even if the hypothesizer is inspired.
+        const maxAcceptancesPerRun = 3;
+        let acceptedThisRun = 0;
         try {
             // Step 1: Gather baseline metrics
             const metrics = await this.gatherMetrics();
@@ -379,6 +384,7 @@ export class SelfImproveLoop {
                             }
                         }
                         consecutiveLow = 0;
+                        acceptedThisRun++;
                     }
                     else {
                         consecutiveLow++;
@@ -389,7 +395,13 @@ export class SelfImproveLoop {
                         area: proposal.area,
                         score,
                         accepted,
+                        acceptedThisRun,
                     }, `Iteration ${i} complete`);
+                    // Stop once we've landed enough good ideas for the owner to review.
+                    if (acceptedThisRun >= maxAcceptancesPerRun) {
+                        logger.info({ acceptedThisRun }, 'Reached max-acceptances per run — stopping');
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
                 catch (err) {
                     const classified = classifyError(err);
@@ -666,6 +678,17 @@ export class SelfImproveLoop {
         const recentTargets = new Map();
         const recentAreas = new Map();
         for (const e of history.slice(-50)) {
+            // Skip error-fallback experiments. They default to `area: 'soul', target:
+            // 'unknown'` (see the error-catch block below) and historically have
+            // poisoned diversity accounting — e.g. a ~2-week stretch of API errors
+            // artificially blacklisted the whole 'soul' area even though no real
+            // attempt was made. A crashed iteration isn't evidence we explored the
+            // space, just that the SDK call failed.
+            if (e.reason?.startsWith('Error:'))
+                continue;
+            // Plateau markers also shouldn't count as attempts.
+            if (e.hypothesis?.startsWith('No new hypothesis'))
+                continue;
             const key = `${e.area}:${e.target}`;
             const ts = Date.parse(e.startedAt);
             const tsMs = Number.isFinite(ts) ? ts : 0;
@@ -717,7 +740,7 @@ export class SelfImproveLoop {
                     (overTargeted.length > 0
                         ? `These specific targets MUST NOT be re-targeted:\n${overTargeted.map(t => `- ${t}`).join('\n')}\n`
                         : '') +
-                    `Choose a DIFFERENT area/target. If no other improvement is needed, output { "area": null }.\n`
+                    `Choose a DIFFERENT area/target. If no other improvement is genuinely needed today, return an empty results array: { "results": [] }.\n`
                 : '');
         const patternAnalysis = this.analyzeExperimentPatterns(history);
         // Format negative feedback
@@ -802,18 +825,17 @@ export class SelfImproveLoop {
             agentFocusText +
             soulCandidatesText +
             `\n## Instructions\n` +
-            `Rank these by expected impact. For each opportunity, specify:\n` +
+            `Propose **1-3 concrete, high-impact improvements** the owner should review today — no fewer (aim for at least one actionable suggestion when data warrants it), no more (the owner reads each proposal manually and you'll overwhelm them). Rank by expected impact; drop anything below "solid idea".\n\n` +
+            `For each opportunity, specify:\n` +
             `- area: ${areas}\n` +
-            `- target: the file/agent slug that should change\n` +
+            `- target: the exact file path / agent slug / cron job name that should change (not "unknown", not "n/a")\n` +
             `- what: a 1-sentence description of what specifically should change\n` +
-            `- why: which metric this should improve\n\n` +
+            `- why: which metric or signal from the data above this should improve\n\n` +
             `Area notes:\n` +
             `- For "goal": target = "{owner}/{goal-slug}" (e.g. "clementine/improve-reply-rates" or "ross-the-sdr/book-demos"). ` +
             `Propose when you observe a pattern in completed tasks or cron runs that suggests a missing or stale goal. ` +
             `The proposedChange must be a JSON goal object with at minimum: title, description, priority, reviewFrequency.\n\n` +
-            `Output ONLY a JSON array of 1-3 objects (no markdown, no explanation):\n` +
-            `[{ "area": "...", "target": "...", "what": "...", "why": "..." }]\n` +
-            `If no improvement is needed, output: []`;
+            `Return your answer as a JSON object matching the schema: { "results": [ ... ] }. Up to 3 items. If absolutely nothing actionable today, return { "results": [] }.`;
         const analysisResult = await this.assistant.runPlanStep('si-analyze', analysisPrompt, {
             tier: 2,
             maxTurns: 3,

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "clementine-agent",
-  "version": "1.0.34",
+  "version": "1.0.35",
   "description": "Clementine — Personal AI Assistant (TypeScript)",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",