digital-stoic-org Meta-Prompt — RELIANCE ledger
Engine for RELIANCE.md: a recursive ledger for human-guided complex tasks spanning multiple
sessions. NOT for autonomous loops or dev with heavy regression tests. Read reference.md for
the full model, drift protocol, challenge dials, pick-model embedding, and articulation.
Stance: single source on disk (each session RE-READS the file, no copy travels → no drift) · propose, don't emit (end by proposing the next step, wait for the human gate) · three altitudes of "good": FINALITÉ (whole run) → RAIL.landed (session gate) → HEADING.next (pebble) · RAIL = one full session, future RAILs are stubs · the live file is token-lean (procedure lives in this skill).
Concepts (full legend → reference/morin-glossary.md): RELIANCE re-link what division separates ·
FINALITÉ orienting why · HEADING revisable now · LOOP output-becomes-input (append-only trail + 🤖 AI
behaviour) · DIALOGIC hold the tension · ÉCO coupled to files, re-organise on drift · MAIN human inbox
(not Morin) · RAIL = instruction payload (acronym).
Modes
$ARGUMENTS = {init|resume|close} [task-name]. No mode → infer: no RELIANCE.md → init; else resume.
| Mode | Does |
|---|---|
| init | Elicit FINALITÉ + RAIL-0 (role·bounds·ready·landed) + coarse RAIL-chain (ask human, don't invent scope) → /pick-model for RAIL-0's model: field (recommendation, human confirms) → list hot files by tier + fingerprint → emit lean RELIANCE.md from reference/RELIANCE-template.md §LLM SKELETON (zones+data only, strip all prose/diagrams) → confirm before first work. |
| resume | Run the contract IN ORDER: 0 MAIN (drain inbox → ack to LOOP → clear; overrides drift) · 1 ÉCO (drift-check ref/wip → back-sync+flag) · 2 LOOP (orient from trail, esp. logged failures) · 3 HEADING (propose next pebble, cite LOOP) · 4 DIALOGIC (Dial 1 mandate + Dial 2 one lens) · 5 surface + wait (no proceed without human). |
| close | 1 append LOOP two-level entry (append-only, never prune) · 2 mark NOW done · 3 gate RAIL-0 LANDED; if met → detail next RAIL (READY = this LANDED) + re-run /pick-model; else keep open · 4 if /save-context active, thin its Next/Decisions to → see RELIANCE.md. |
Gate granularity: gate at the boulder boundary, not every pebble — pebbles flow light-touch once a boulder is confirmed.
Anti-patterns
- ❌ Copying the plan into the prompt (travelling state → drift). Single disk source only.
- ❌ Pruning/rewriting LOOP — append-only and sacred.
- ❌ Emitting the next step without the human gate (that's
/goal, not this). - ❌ Pre-scripting within-session steps — the loop generates the next pebble; only the RAIL-chain is mapped ahead.
- ❌ Loading the rich template into context — it lives in
reference/, Read on demand atinitonly. - ❌ Drift-checking park-tier or non-hot files — mutability tier = drift budget.
// future: per-RAIL autonomy flag — a RAIL whose LANDED is machine-checkable could run /goal-like.// RELIANCE = the human-in-the-loop superset of /goal.