Build Log · June 22, 2026

OS Self-Improvement Loop

The OS got a learning loop for itself — the same mechanism that improves products now improves the engine.

  • Engine
  • OS
  • Refactor
files changed
5

files changed

Strikes captured
2

Strikes captured

Anvils recorded
2

Anvils recorded

cleanup fixes
3

cleanup fixes

Timeline

  1. Start

    Codebase audit

    Fresh-eyes review across OS files, scripts, and rules

  2. Finding

    OS outside its own loop

    Product sessions have a learning loop. The OS itself didn't.

  3. Strike

    Two Strikes captured

    OS self-improvement loop + fractal learning mechanism

  4. Done

    Three fixes landed

    focus.md, _SCHEMA.md, OS Health Check in Ignition

What shipped

  • OS Health Check — new Step 4 in Ignition Ideation Ritual, surfaces OS drift as a ranked move candidate

  • focus.md cleaned — Forge removed from radar_apps where it was duplicated alongside primary_app

  • _SCHEMA.md contradiction resolved — proposed removed from valid status table, full terminal status list added

  • Strike: The OS has a learning loop for sessions but no learning loop for itself

  • Strike: The learning mechanism is fractal — it works at every level of the system

  • Anvil: Why does the OS only get audited when Zeb asks?

  • Anvil: Why does the Prediction Ledger only exist for product sessions?

“The OS had a learning loop for products but not for itself. The moment you inserted OS Health Check into Ignition, you closed that loop.”
— Zeb, session review