Monthly trigger audit

When This Fires

• At the scheduled monthly trigger review (this should be a triggered event itself — see Agent system review is essential maintenance, not optional…)
• When you notice your trigger system feels cluttered or ineffective
• After any major life change that might have disrupted multiple triggers simultaneously
• When new triggers are being added — audit existing ones first to maintain system quality

Common Failure Mode

Auditing only triggers that you remember: "Let me think about my triggers... the morning alarm, the evening review..." But the triggers you remember are the ones that are firing. The triggers that need auditing most are the ones you've forgotten about — the dead ones. The audit must start from the documented trigger list (Document every agent with five components), not from memory.

The Protocol

(1) Open your agent documentation (Document every agent with five components). List every documented trigger. (2) For each trigger, answer four questions: Is it still firing? When was the last time you noticed this trigger activate? If you can't remember → it may have died. Check whether the trigger event still occurs in your current routine. Do you respond? When it fires, do you act? If <80% (Remove any trigger that produces action less than 80%…) → recalibrate or remove. Is the behavior still relevant? Does the behavior this trigger serves still matter? Priorities change; triggers for outdated goals should be retired. Is calibration correct? Is it firing at the right frequency and in the right contexts? Too often → reduce sensitivity. Too rarely → increase signal strength (When triggers fail to fire, increase signal strength…). (3) For each trigger: keep, recalibrate, or retire. (4) Update documentation with audit results. (5) Schedule next month's audit.