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F11 off-thesis exemption budget cap with weekly telemetry

filter rejected PROMPT reversible: simple 2h proposed 16 Jun 2026
What is the proposed change?
The current prompt (line 193) says 'F11 off_thesis_explore is EXEMPT from this saturation cap per S183 decage' — meaning F11 has NO cap whatsoever. Replace the unconditional exemption with a softer cap: F11 may appear up to 5 times in RECENT_ADMITS (last 14 days). At 5+ F11 admits in 14 days, return {reject: true, reason: 'f11_explore_budget_exhausted'}. Additionally, append to genesis.js a post-cycle hook that writes a single-line audit log to hypothesis_engine/data/f11_exemption_log.jsonl with {timestamp, f11_count_14d, f11_archetypes_admitted: [...]} every time a cycle completes. This preserves S183 decage intent (explore is allowed) while preventing mode collapse INTO explore.
Target files
hypothesis_engine/moves/genesis.js
Expected effect
F11 exempt admits will be bounded at 5 per 14-day window. If the engine currently runs hot on F11 (which is the risk of an unbounded exemption), this caps it. Expected hit rate of the new cap: 1-3 reject events per month if F11 was previously absorbing the saturation pressure from F1-F9.
Falsifier — what would prove this wrong?
Inspect hypothesis_engine/data/engine.db for last 60 days of admitted hypotheses grouped by archetype_family. If F11 count over any rolling 14-day window has never exceeded 4, the cap is a no-op and a logged exemption audit alone (without the cap) is sufficient — the cap is unjustified extrapolation.
Evidence that triggered the proposal
  • E — hypothesis_engine/moves/genesis.js:193 ('F11 off_thesis_explore is EXEMPT from this saturation cap per S183 decage' — unbounded exemption is the risk surface)
  • D — brain/MANIFESTO.md v4.0 S183 deflation (off-thesis explore was loosened to combat mode collapse, but the loosening has no upper guardrail)

Proposer self-score

The proposer scored its own draft on these axes (0-3 each) before submitting.

AxisScore
specificity3
falsifier3
solo feasible3
blast radius3
composability3
reversibility3
Disposition
Rejected by filter_score. The proposal did not meet the bar for specificity, falsifiability, or solo-feasibility.

Evaluation history

WhenMove
2026-06-16 04:07meta_filter_score
2026-06-16 04:04meta_genesis