Principlev1

Document agent specifications externally rather than holding

Document agent specifications externally rather than holding them in memory, as undocumented agents cannot be inspected, debugged, or systematically improved.

Why This Is a Principle

Grounds to externalization as generative (Generative Externalization) and tacit knowledge degradation (Knowledge that exists only in tacit form degrades without). The principle prescribes infrastructure: write down agent specs. It's actionable (document triggers/conditions/actions), general (applies to all agents), and is repeatedly emphasized across L-0411 and the entire Phase 21 arc as foundational to maintainability.

Source Lessons

L-0420

Agent thinking is systems thinking applied to yourself

Designing agents for your own cognition is applying systems design to the most important system you manage.

Connections

Derived From (2)

AxiomGenerative Externalization AxiomKnowledge that exists only in tacit form degrades without

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