fix(skillopt): close the meta-learning loop — write back applied/reverted status after each judgment - #351
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Close the SkillOpt feedback loop (Option 1): write back 'applied' or 'reverted' to the meta entry that produced a given skill version the next time that skill is judged. - skillopt-meta.ts: add append-only patchMeta(), latestUnresolved- Fingerprint(), and resolvedView() fold; priorEditSummaries() now annotates each prior edit with its outcome ([applied]/[reverted]/ [proposed]) so the proposer gets a genuine prior, not just a blocklist. - skillopt-improve.ts: add resolveEdit? to ImproveOpts; called with 'applied' on verdict.success=1 (task passed), 'reverted' on all failed-but-can't-publish exits (skill absent, proposer no-op, dedup). Not called when not judged; swallowed like all other meta writes. - skillopt-worker.ts: wire resolveEdit via latestUnresolvedFingerprint + patchMeta; fix skillRef import shadow (renamed to mkSkillRef). - Tests: 19 new tests (all 43 passing).
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Skill edit resolution
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant improveSkillIfFailed
participant resolveEdit
participant skillopt-meta
participant metaCache
improveSkillIfFailed->>resolveEdit: report prior version and reverted status
resolveEdit->>skillopt-meta: find fingerprint for the prior version
skillopt-meta-->>resolveEdit: return matching fingerprint
resolveEdit->>skillopt-meta: append status patch with resolvedAt
resolveEdit->>metaCache: add resolved metadata entry
improveSkillIfFailed->>skillopt-meta: record replacement published version
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Pull request overview
This PR closes the SkillOpt meta-learning loop by recording whether judged edits were applied or reverted.
Changes:
- Adds append-only status patches and resolved meta views.
- Wires outcome resolution through the optimizer worker.
- Adds tests and updates search documentation and dependency metadata.
File summaries
| File | Review summary |
|---|---|
tests/shared/skillopt-meta.test.ts |
Moderate (1 vote): test permits misattributing outcomes to older resolved proposals. |
tests/shared/skillopt-improve.test.ts |
No findings. |
src/skillify/skillopt-worker.ts |
Moderate (1 vote): stale metadata cache can misattribute or miss resolutions. |
src/skillify/skillopt-meta.ts |
Moderate (2 votes): fallback lookup may resolve an outdated fingerprint. |
src/skillify/skillopt-improve.ts |
Moderate (1 vote each): prior proposals remain unresolved after replacement; fail-open judge results may be marked applied incorrectly. |
src/embeddings/disable.ts |
No findings. |
README.md |
Nit (1 vote): documentation contains conflicting fallback descriptions. |
package-lock.json |
Moderate findings (3, 1, and 1 votes): required optional dependency records were removed. |
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README.md:45
- This overview now says BM25 was dropped, but the Semantic search section below still says that no-embedding search is "BM25/lexical-only" (
README.md:438). The README now documents two different fallbacks; update the lower section as part of this change.
- 🔍 **Searches** traces and skills with hybrid lexical + semantic retrieval: a `UNION ALL` of `LIKE`/`ILIKE` substring rows (sentinel score 1.0, capped by `HIVEMIND_HYBRID_LEXICAL_LIMIT`) and cosine-similarity rows (real 0–1 score), ordered by score — so exact keyword matches always lead while semantic hits fill in below. When embeddings are off, falls back to lexical `LIKE`/`ILIKE` only. (BM25 was evaluated but dropped: its unbounded score scale (~1–3) overwhelmed cosine in a shared `ORDER BY`, requiring rank-based fusion (RRF) or score normalisation to use safely.)
src/skillify/skillopt-improve.ts:165
- The successful-publish path leaves the proposal for the version that was just judged as
proposed. If a failed version produces a replacement,recordEditadds a newer proposal, and all laterresolveEditcalls target that newer fingerprint, so the older edit remains unresolved forever and never receives the promisedrevertedoutcome. Resolve the current proposal asrevertedbefore recording the replacement (while leaving the new entryproposed) so each judged version gets an outcome.
if (opts.alreadyProposed?.(parts.name, parts.author, p.edits)) {
// Dedup blocked — the prior edit was already tried and is still failing.
try { opts.resolveEdit?.(parts.name, parts.author, "reverted"); } catch { /* meta is best-effort */ }
return { judged: true, failed: true, improved: false, reason: "edit already proposed (dedup)" };
src/skillify/skillopt-improve.ts:144
judgeSuccessintentionally returnssuccess: 1for empty windows, unparseable model output, and model errors, sosuccess !== 0is not evidence that the task passed. CallingresolveEdit("applied")here credits the latest edit on those conservative fallbacks and makes the learned outcome incorrect; distinguish an actual parsed pass from a fail-open judge result before resolving.
if (verdict.success !== 0) {
// Task passed — the skill (at its current published version) worked. Mark the
// most recently proposed edit for this skill as applied. Best-effort.
try { opts.resolveEdit?.(parts.name, parts.author, "applied"); } catch { /* meta is best-effort */ }
return { judged: true, failed: false, improved: false, reason: verdict.reason };
src/skillify/skillopt-worker.ts:107
metaCacheis loaded before the per-skill lock is acquired, so this lookup can use a stale snapshot if another worker updatesmeta.jsonlbetween those operations. In that case a pass/failure can patch an older proposal (or miss the newly recorded one), misattributing the outcome and leaving the current edit unresolved. Reload the meta log after acquiring the lock, or otherwise synchronize the cache before resolving/recording an edit.
const fp = latestUnresolvedFingerprint(metaCache, n, a);
tests/shared/skillopt-meta.test.ts:172
- This assertion locks in the misattribution described above: once the newest proposal is resolved, a later judgment is allowed to resolve an older proposal. In the e1 → e2 scenario, that older entry did not produce the current version, so this test should instead require no fingerprint (or explicitly test a separate superseded-entry policy).
const patch2 = { ...e2, ops: [], status: "applied" as const, resolvedAt: "t3" };
// e2 is resolved, e1 is still proposed
expect(latestUnresolvedFingerprint([e1, e2, patch2], "sk", "au")).toBe(e1.fingerprint);
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 45: Update the README search description to clarify that
HIVEMIND_HYBRID_LEXICAL_LIMIT applies separately to each lexical source/table,
since memLexQuery and sessLexQuery each apply the limit before the combined
query’s outer limit.
In `@src/skillify/skillopt-improve.ts`:
- Line 140: In the failed-judgment handling around verdict.success and the
replacement proposal flow, call resolveEdit for the prior edit with status
"reverted" before publishing a new proposal. Remove the duplicate resolveEdit
calls from the terminal failure branches, while preserving their existing
terminal failure behavior.
In `@src/skillify/skillopt-worker.ts`:
- Line 107: Update the invocation metadata and the flow around
latestUnresolvedFingerprint so each judged invocation stores its published
version or fingerprint, then resolve the matching edit by that stable identity
rather than log recency. Ensure delayed judgments for version N cannot mark a
later version’s edit.
In `@tests/shared/skillopt-meta.test.ts`:
- Line 47: Update the summary assertions in the proposed, reverted, applied, and
patchMeta tests to compare each complete expected summary array exactly,
including status prefix, operation text, and element count, rather than using
prefix checks or only asserting length. Use the corresponding status and
expected operation summaries for each test case.
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| - 📥 **Captures** every session's prompts, tool calls, and responses as structured traces in Deeplake | ||
| - 🧠 **Codifies** patterns into reusable `SKILL.md` files, available to every agent on your team | ||
| - 🔍 **Searches** traces and skills with hybrid lexical + semantic retrieval (BM25 fallback when embeddings off) | ||
| - 🔍 **Searches** traces and skills with hybrid lexical + semantic retrieval: a `UNION ALL` of `LIKE`/`ILIKE` substring rows (sentinel score 1.0, capped by `HIVEMIND_HYBRID_LEXICAL_LIMIT`) and cosine-similarity rows (real 0–1 score), ordered by score — so exact keyword matches always lead while semantic hits fill in below. When embeddings are off, falls back to lexical `LIKE`/`ILIKE` only. (BM25 was evaluated but dropped: its unbounded score scale (~1–3) overwhelmed cosine in a shared `ORDER BY`, requiring rank-based fusion (RRF) or score normalisation to use safely.) |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Document the lexical limit scope.
In src/shell/grep-core.ts, memLexQuery and sessLexQuery each apply LIMIT lexicalLimit. The combined query can therefore include two lexical batches before the outer limit is applied. State that HIVEMIND_HYBRID_LEXICAL_LIMIT applies per source/table, or enforce one global lexical cap.
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| - 🔍 **Searches** traces and skills with hybrid lexical + semantic retrieval: a `UNION ALL` of `LIKE`/`ILIKE` substring rows (sentinel score 1.0, capped by `HIVEMIND_HYBRID_LEXICAL_LIMIT`) and cosine-similarity rows (real 0–1 score), ordered by score — so exact keyword matches always lead while semantic hits fill in below. When embeddings are off, falls back to lexical `LIKE`/`ILIKE` only. (BM25 was evaluated but dropped: its unbounded score scale (~1–3) overwhelmed cosine in a shared `ORDER BY`, requiring rank-based fusion (RRF) or score normalisation to use safely.) | |
| - 🔍 **Searches** traces and skills with hybrid lexical + semantic retrieval: a `UNION ALL` of `LIKE`/`ILIKE` substring rows (sentinel score 1.0, capped per source by `HIVEMIND_HYBRID_LEXICAL_LIMIT`) and cosine-similarity rows (real 0–1 score), ordered by score — so exact keyword matches always lead while semantic hits fill in below. When embeddings are off, falls back to lexical `LIKE`/`ILIKE` only. (BM25 was evaluated but dropped: its unbounded score scale (~1–3) overwhelmed cosine in a shared `ORDER BY`, requiring rank-based fusion (RRF) or score normalisation to use safely.) |
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In `@README.md` at line 45, Update the README search description to clarify that
HIVEMIND_HYBRID_LEXICAL_LIMIT applies separately to each lexical source/table,
since memLexQuery and sessLexQuery each apply the limit before the combined
query’s outer limit.
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| it("annotates summaries with [proposed] status when no patch exists", () => { | ||
| const m = [metaEntryFor("posthog", "kamo", edits, "t1")]; | ||
| const prior = priorEditSummaries(m, "posthog", "kamo"); | ||
| expect(prior.every((s) => s.startsWith("[proposed]"))).toBe(true); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Assert the complete summary arrays.
The [proposed], [reverted], and patchMeta tests do not require non-empty summaries. The [applied] test requires two elements, but does not validate their operation text. Replace the prefix checks with exact assertions, for example ["[proposed] append: always flush", "[proposed] replace @\"mock\": do not mock"], using the corresponding status in each test. This validates the status, operation text, and count.
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In `@tests/shared/skillopt-meta.test.ts` at line 47, Update the summary assertions
in the proposed, reverted, applied, and patchMeta tests to compare each complete
expected summary array exactly, including status prefix, operation text, and
element count, rather than using prefix checks or only asserting length. Use the
corresponding status and expected operation summaries for each test case.
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…cross-version race
A delayed worker for version N could mark a later version's edit as
reverted if its metaCache had been loaded after that later edit was
published. latestUnresolvedFingerprint uses log recency, so it would
return the newer fingerprint even though the judgment never tested that
edit.
Fix: store publishedVersion in MetaEntry when recordEdit fires after a
successful publish. Add fingerprintForVersion to look up the exact
fingerprint by version number. Thread current.version into
resolveEdit('reverted', priorVersion) so the worker calls
fingerprintForVersion instead of latestUnresolvedFingerprint, pinning
resolution to the edit that actually produced the version being judged.
The 'applied' path keeps log-recency (no priorVersion) — the currently-
live edit is the right one to credit when a task passes, regardless of
which version triggered the judgment.
Falls back to a no-op when fingerprintForVersion returns null (e.g.
pre-existing JSONL rows that pre-date this field), which is safe.
Summary
MetaStatuswas declared as"proposed" | "applied" | "reverted"but only"proposed"was ever written. This meantpriorEditSummaries()fed theproposer every previously-tried edit without any signal about whether it
helped — making the meta-skill a dedup blocklist rather than the learning
prior the header described.
This PR implements Option 1 from the issue: on the next judged invocation
of skill X, write back
"applied"(judge passed) or"reverted"(judge failedagain and we couldn't improve) against the meta entry that produced the current
version. The signal is sequential, not A/B-controlled, but it's honest and
costs nothing — it uses judgment data already being collected.
How it works
The meta JSONL stays append-only throughout. Outcomes are written as
lightweight patch entries — same fingerprint, new
resolvedAttimestamp,updated status. Readers fold entries by fingerprint (last-write wins), merging
patch status onto the original's
opsso summaries never disappear.priorEditSummaries()now annotates every entry with its outcome:Changes
skillopt-meta.tspatchMeta()to write patch entries;latestUnresolvedFingerprint()to find what to patch;resolvedView()internal fold;priorEditSummaries()now annotates[applied]/[reverted]/[proposed]skillopt-improve.tsresolveEdit?inImproveOpts; called"applied"on pass,"reverted"on all failed-but-can't-publish exits (skill absent, proposer no-op, dedup). Not called when not judged. Swallowed like all other meta writes.skillopt-worker.tsresolveEditvialatestUnresolvedFingerprint+patchMeta. Fixed a variable-shadowing bug: localconst skillRef = process.env[...]was shadowing the importedskillRef()builder — renamed import tomkSkillRef.skillopt-meta.test.tspatchMetano-op guard,priorEditSummarieswith all three statuses, mixed-status multi-edit,latestUnresolvedFingerprintall resolution statesskillopt-improve.test.tsresolveEditsignal tests: applied/reverted at each verdict path, not called when not judged, error swallowed gracefully, not called on successful new publishWhat's explicitly NOT in scope
loadMetacall.Version Bump
This is a new feature (the meta-learning loop was documented but not
functional) — minor bump:
0.7.150 → 0.7.151(patch, since the public API isunchanged and this is purely an internal optimizer improvement).
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