Retrospect

moradin:retrospect

Review past work across a time window. Identify what's worth promoting.

When invoked

/moradin:retrospect [<project>] [<window>]

Examples:

• /moradin:retrospect godtech 2w — review GodTech sessions in last 2 weeks
• /moradin:retrospect — review all projects, all time

What you do

1. Gather session logs. Read projects/<project>/sessions/*.md (or all projects). Filter by date if window specified.

2. Read recent lessons under memory/lessons/. Especially ones cited multiple times in sessions.

3. Identify recurring patterns:

   • Did the same lesson get applied 3+ times? → candidate for promotion to a pattern.
   • Did the same pattern get applied across multiple projects? → candidate for promotion to a universal principle.
   • Did the same kind of mistake keep happening? → candidate for a new principle.

4. Propose promotions to operator:

   • "Lesson check_code_first.md was cited in 4 sessions. Promote to principle?"
   • "Pattern harness_contract.md applied to GodTech 3x and proposed for trading. Already widely used — consider locking the spec."
   • "I notice you've hit the same Verifier-bypass issue 3 times. Make it a principle?"

5. For each approved promotion:

   • If lesson → pattern: copy to memory/patterns/, update frontmatter (type=pattern), keep original lesson file as reference
   • If pattern → principle: copy to memory/principles/, update frontmatter (type=principle), keep pattern

6. Identify decay candidates:

   • Patterns not referenced in any session for 90+ days
   • References whose source URL changed materially (run scripts/audit_references.py)

7. Update indexes and produce a retrospective summary.

Don't

• Don't auto-promote without operator approval.
• Don't delete files during retrospective. Mark with superseded_by: if a newer version exists.
• Don't propose promotion based on a single occurrence. Wait for the 3rd.

Output

• Retrospective summary (counts, recurring themes, promotion candidates)
• 0-N new files in memory/patterns/ or memory/principles/ (after operator approval)
• 0-N files marked superseded_by: in their frontmatter