session-learn
ProductivityExtract reusable knowledge from a work session and save concepts, entities, corrections, patterns, ideas, decisions, and gaps to the wiki. Use when ending a session or when the user says to extract knowledge.
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Session Learn
Extract knowledge signals from current session and persist to wiki.
Usage Template
Prompt
Use session-learn on this conversation. Extract reusable concepts, decisions, corrections, patterns, ideas, and gaps into my wiki.
Use Case
- Ending a substantive work session without losing reusable learning to chat history.
Expected Result
- The agent creates or updates notes for concepts, decisions, corrections, and reusable patterns.
Output Example
- A session learning note with concepts, decisions, corrections, reusable patterns, and open gaps.
Verification Case
- The output lists saved files and separates confirmed learning from open questions.
Verified Effect
- Useful session knowledge is preserved as durable notes instead of disappearing into chat history.
Success Metrics
- Extracts signals into durable notes or explicitly states that no durable signal met the save threshold.
- Saved items are classified as concept, entity, correction, pattern, idea, decision, or gap.
- Final summary lists saved files and open questions separately.
When to Use
- "Extract this session" or "save what we learned"
- After substantive work (≥5 tool calls)
- Session-end review routine
- User corrects agent's understanding
- Auto-trigger after cognitive-compile, wiki-ingest, deep-research
7 Knowledge Signals
Resolve destination paths from system/config.md when available. If no config exists, use the default wiki and system paths.
| # | Signal | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Concept | Create CONCEPTS_DIR/[name].md status:seed |
| 2 | New Entity | Create ENTITIES_DIR/[name].md type:entity |
| 3 | Correction | Update page + annotate + log |
| 4 | Reusable Pattern | Create/update SOP page |
| 5 | New Idea | Save to CREATIVITY_DIR/ideas/ or OUTPUTS_DIR/ |
| 6 | Major Decision | Record to DECISIONS_DIR/ with rationale |
| 7 | Knowledge Gap | Append to review queue |
Closure Protocol ⭐
Every significant output must trigger a closure cycle to prevent value leakage.
3-Step Cycle
FORMAT → LINK → LOG
Convert to wiki form → Cross-reference → Record to log.md
Triggers
| Source | Trigger | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive compile | Complete | Extract 3 judgments → wiki/outputs/ + update entities |
| Wiki ingest | Source ingested | Auto-create entities + update overview + central index |
| Deep research | Report delivered | Save findings to concept pages + update sources |
| Behavior design | SOP created | Link SOP to goals + habits |
| Code project | Feature complete | Save decisions + lessons |
| User correction | Corrected | Log + propagate to related pages |
Conflict Resolution
| Type | Resolution |
|---|---|
| Direct contradiction | Keep both, mark > [!conflict] YYYY-MM-DD |
| Outdated | Add > [!updated] YYYY-MM-DD, move old to timeline |
| Different perspective | Add as alternative view with source |
| Low confidence | status: seed, evidence_level: single-source |
Knowledge Gaps
| Gap | Action |
|---|---|
| No sources | Add to review queue |
| Only 1 source | Mark knowledge_stage: single-source |
| Contradictions | Add conflict banner |
| Undefined concept | Create stub with status: seed |
Quality Rules
- Don't over-extract: <5 tool calls → skip
- Deduplicate first: search before creating
- Closure always: every output → format → link → log
- Confidence markers: new pages get
status: seed - Conflict honesty: never overwrite without annotation
- Log everything: append to
LOG_FILE
Execution
1. Check depth (≥5 tool calls?)
2. Scan for 7 signal types
3. For each: search wiki → update/create
4. Execute closure cycle
5. Check gaps → append to review queue
6. Batch write (parallel)
7. Update overview + central index
8. Append to `LOG_FILE`
Quality Gates
- Session qualified (≥5 tool calls or user-initiated)
- No duplicates created
- New pages:
status: seed+ ≥2 wikilinks - Closure cycle executed for all outputs
- Conflicts annotated (not silently overwritten)
- Gaps recorded in review queue
- Log updated