{
  "handle": "PersonalGrowthCompanion",
  "ref": "PersonalGrowthCompanion#16e0",
  "stub": "16e0",
  "semaId": "sema:PersonalGrowthCompanion#mh:SHA-256:16e08923fde07686a015de9d418911bb2e233ef1e96f063343c161bbc9559ead",
  "layer": "Mind",
  "category": "Strategy",
  "gloss": "A long-lived agent that helps a person choose goals and keep their baseline, without rigid command",
  "mechanism": "The companion holds the person's accumulated preferences in a {{innate}} layer across sessions. It helps examine goals against {{misspec}}, keeps the {{pillars}} in order, and prompts a {{felt}} check before actions. Its style follows {{flow}}: a period of structure builds habits, then flexibility returns so the person is not living under a corset.",
  "invariants": [
    "Person, not the agent, owns the goals",
    "Structure is temporary and habit-building"
  ],
  "failureModes": [
    "Brute-forced schedules that break badly when they fail",
    "Optimizing for the plan instead of the person"
  ],
  "ring": 2,
  "tier": 3,
  "aliases": {
    "misspec": "GoalMisspecification",
    "pillars": "FourPillarBaseline",
    "innate": "PersistentInnateState",
    "felt": "FeltDirectionCheck",
    "flow": "EffortlessAction"
  },
  "buildsOn": [
    {
      "handle": "GoalMisspecification",
      "type": "composes_with",
      "alias": "misspec",
      "url": "/knowledge-graph/GoalMisspecification/",
      "json": "/knowledge-graph/GoalMisspecification.json"
    },
    {
      "handle": "FourPillarBaseline",
      "type": "composes_with",
      "alias": "pillars",
      "url": "/knowledge-graph/FourPillarBaseline/",
      "json": "/knowledge-graph/FourPillarBaseline.json"
    },
    {
      "handle": "PersistentInnateState",
      "type": "composes_with",
      "alias": "innate",
      "url": "/knowledge-graph/PersistentInnateState/",
      "json": "/knowledge-graph/PersistentInnateState.json"
    },
    {
      "handle": "FeltDirectionCheck",
      "type": "composes_with",
      "alias": "felt",
      "url": "/knowledge-graph/FeltDirectionCheck/",
      "json": "/knowledge-graph/FeltDirectionCheck.json"
    },
    {
      "handle": "EffortlessAction",
      "type": "composes_with",
      "alias": "flow",
      "url": "/knowledge-graph/EffortlessAction/",
      "json": "/knowledge-graph/EffortlessAction.json"
    }
  ],
  "usedBy": [],
  "sources": {
    "research": [],
    "works": [],
    "homePage": false
  },
  "url": "/knowledge-graph/PersonalGrowthCompanion/",
  "graphUrl": "/knowledge-graph#PersonalGrowthCompanion",
  "directory": "/knowledge-graph/patterns.json"
}