retrospective

# Retrospective ## Purpose Analyze a completed interaction or task to extract lessons, identify process improvements, and update procedural memory. ## When to Use - After a multi-step task completes (success or failure). - After a user interaction that revealed a gap or surprise. - After an obstacle was resolved (capture the resolution pattern). - Scheduled: end of each active work session. ## Workflow 1. **Reconstruct timeline** — What happened, in what order? What was the goal? 2. **Identify outcomes** — Did it succeed? Partially? What was the quality? 3. **Extract surprises** — What was unexpected? What assumptions broke? 4. **Find patterns** — Does this match any existing procedural knowledge? Does it contradict any? 5. **Derive lessons** — Concrete, actionable learnings (not vague platitudes). 6. **Update memory** — Write observations, update procedures if warranted, flag contradictions for user review. ## Output Format ```yaml subject: <what was analyzed> date: <YYYY-MM-DD> outcome: success | partial | failure surprises: - <unexpected finding> lessons: - <concrete actionable lesson> procedure_updates: - procedure: <name> change: <what to update> observations: - <observation to store> ``` ## References - `src/genesis/learning/procedural/` — Procedure CRUD for updates - `src/genesis/learning/observation_writer.py` — Writing observations