Goal progress
| Goal | Horizon | Movement | Blocked? | Ready? | Key results |
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| 006 Specify endeavor | primary | strong (0041 completed; v0.8.0 with cross-domain integration; 0042-0045 planned) | no | yes (0042, 0043, 0044, 0045 proposed) | 1/6: theory advancing toward stable; spec completion next |
| 004 Finish methodology | near | advancing (0017 completed; PM practices tracked) | no | yes (0022, 0023 proposed) | 4/6 met |
| 002 Planning infra | mid | advancing (assessment infrastructure built; board view working) | no | yes (0018, 0019, 0024 proposed) | 3/6 met |
| 003 Progressive automation | mid | advancing (skill system maturing; MCP tools working) | no | yes | 2/6 met |
| 005 Semantic pipeline | far | stalled (no active work on RDF/SHACL/SPARQL) | no | yes (0021 proposed) | 0/6 met |
| 001 Operational autonomy | far | indirect (specs improving, assessment capability exists) | partially (needs specs stable first) | no | 0/5 met |
What happened since last assessment
Substantial theory and planning work:
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semiotic-endeavor v0.7.0 → v0.8.0: three cross-domain integrations (trust as coordination precondition, constraint-forcing as method validation, recursive process structure). Plan 0041 completed.
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Cross-domain derivation text: traces what each domain in the decision 0007 chain contributes to the endeavor theory.
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MUD heritage text: documents MUDs as the practice derivation source (emsenn’s personal experience; MUDs as longest-running networked semioverse).
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Agent skill proficiency concept: moved to agential semioverse level (mathematics/objects/universes/agential-semioverse/concepts/). Defines per-skill agent trust with proficiency decomposition.
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Plans 0043-0045 created: script I/O standardization, relocation sweep, conceptual dependency mapping.
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Trust term file: new term in semiotic-endeavor terms/.
Method-practice-specification gaps
Method without practice
- Retrospectives (semiotic-PM §3.7): specified, never conducted
- Satisfaction deficit measurement (semiotic-PM §1.2): specified, not measured
- Cycle workflow (semiotic-PM §3.5): specified, not implemented as a tracked practice
- Conformance checking (semiotic-endeavor-specification): the spec defines conformance requirements but no procedure checks them
- Standard script I/O (identified this session): no specification exists yet for how scripts should behave (plan 0043 addresses this)
Practice without method
- Relocation decisions: we relocated agent-skill-proficiency based on judgment about abstraction levels, but no documented method for “where does this concept belong?” exists. Plan 0045 addresses this.
- Cross-domain integration: the process of integrating domain material into the spec is practiced but not documented as a skill or procedure.
- Assessment cadence: assessments are run when prompted, not on a defined schedule or trigger.
Practice without specification
- Triage enrichment: practiced via scripts, no semiotic-triage specification exists
- Skill system: extensively practiced, no semiotic-skill spec
- Policy enforcement: policies exist and are followed, no semiotic-policy spec
- Script interaction surface: scripts exist and are used, no specification for script I/O (plan 0043)
Specification without practice
- semiotic-changelog: spec exists, no skill or script verifies conformance
- semiotic-versioning: spec exists, version bumps happen but no automated verification
- Endeavor lifecycle guards (semiotic-endeavor-specification): transition guards defined but no procedure checks them
Leverage ranking
| Candidate | Serves goal | Unblocks | Closes gap | Improves decisions | Ready | Score |
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| 0045 Conceptual dependency mapping | 006 (primary) | 0044 (relocation) | yes (practice-without-method: where does content belong?) | yes (dependency map guides all future placement) | yes | 5 |
| 0044 Relocation sweep | 006 (primary) | 0027 (agential semioverse rewrite) | yes (Layer 4 critical gap) | yes (correct placement enables correct formalization) | partially (benefits from 0045) | 4 |
| 0042 Endeavor specification completion | 006 (primary) | 0020, PM plans | yes (spec-without-practice: conformance checking) | yes (enables measurement) | yes | 4 |
| 0043 Script I/O standardization | 006 (primary), 003 (automation) | scripts work | yes (practice-without-spec: scripts) | yes (standard surface for all tools) | yes | 4 |
| 0039 Work procedure | 006 (primary) | — | yes (practice-without-method: work flow) | yes (documents how work happens) | yes | 3 |
| 0027 Agential semioverse rewrite | 006 (primary) | — | yes (Layer 4 gap) | yes | partially (benefits from 0044) | 3 |
| 0033 Semiotic spec family | 006 (primary) | — | yes (practice-without-spec: multiple) | no | partially | 3 |
| 0018 Satisfaction deficit | 004 (near) | — | yes (method-without-practice) | yes (progress metric) | yes | 3 |
Recommendation
Do: Plan 0045 (conceptual dependency mapping)
Why: Scores 5/5 on leverage. It serves the primary goal, unblocks the relocation sweep (0044), closes the most fundamental practice-without-method gap (we relocate content based on judgment about abstraction levels but have no documented method for making those decisions), and produces a dependency map that improves all future content placement decisions. It is ready now — no dependencies.
Over: Plan 0042 (endeavor spec completion) because 0042 benefits from knowing the correct abstraction level for content before moving it between semiotic-endeavor and semiotic-endeavor-specification. Plan 0044 (relocation sweep) because 0044 explicitly depends on 0045’s output to guide relocation decisions. Plan 0043 (script I/O) because script work is implementation — getting the conceptual architecture right first has higher leverage.
Then: With the dependency map in hand, execute plan 0044 (relocation sweep) to move content to its correct abstraction level. This clears the path for plan 0027 (agential semioverse rewrite) and plan 0042 (endeavor specification completion), both of which need content at the right layer before they can proceed correctly. The sequence is: map dependencies → relocate content → rewrite agential semioverse → complete endeavor spec.