Living architecture for antifragile AI agents · Updated April 14, 2026
Each follows the antifragile loop: detect → classify → trace root cause → fix at the right abstraction level → update governance. Real production data.
| PROB | Root Cause | Level | Governance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 024 | SIGKILL bypasses EXIT traps — 82GB worktree leak | L2 | Process Heartbeat Pattern |
| 025 | 70 duplicate projects — no lifecycle enforcement | L1 | Conductor registry + /discover overlap |
| 027 | Failed parents orphan all children via view filter | L3 | No Dead Ends rule |
| 028 | Perceive junk — dedup misses children tagged differently | L2 | Pre-validate before insert |
| 030 | 5 strikes. Poller spawns & exits — re-architected to WAIT | L1→L2 | Fix at Source principle |
| 032 | git add -A commits 5202 pyc files, hides real code | L2 | Git Add Hygiene |
| 033 | Smoke test async — doesn’t gate deploy | L2 | /flag auto-trigger on NEEDS_FIX |
| 034 | Failed tasks sit idle — nobody owns failure lifecycle | L1 | No Dead Ends (30-min SLA) |
| 035 | “Climb abstraction” as text not code — 5 fixes at same level | L0 | /root-cause auto-trigger |
| 036 | 6 subtasks all edit same file — merge conflicts | L2 | Decomposition file-collision rules |
| Layer | Component | What | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forge-doctor.sh | 6 infra checks, auto-fix, auto-classify errors | 15 min |
| 2 | Conductor recovery | Phantom success, deploy-failed, persistent failure escalation | 30 min |
| 3 | /root-cause | 5-layer backward trace, same-level trap detector | Auto @ strike 2+ |
| 4 | /flag v3 | 5-step atomic: log → classify → fix → governance → verify | Auto on smoke fail |
| 5 | /smoke-test | CORE-TRUTH validation, NEEDS_FIX triggers /flag | Every build |
Rooted in Einstein’s Axiom (“solve at a higher level than created”), Toyota 5 Whys (trace backward), First Principles (Aristotle/Musk), Systems Thinking (Meadows leverage points), and Nassim Taleb’s Antifragility. Jason’s synthesis adds the STRIKE system — forced abstraction climbing when fixes don’t hold.
| Framework | When | The Prompt |
|---|---|---|
| Domino Thinking | Prioritizing | “What’s the ONE thing that makes 3+ others unnecessary?” |
| Abstraction Climbing | Fix didn’t hold | “What CREATES the input that fails?” |
| Core Truth Anchoring | Starting any project | “WHY — PROBLEM — CASCADE — ANTI-GOALS — TEST” |
| Decision Gate | Go/no-go | “Domino? Cascade? Root cause? Breaks if skip? Enough info? Reversible?” |
| Antifragile Loop | Any failure | “Strike 1=patch, 2=trace up, 3=redesign, 5=halt+publish” |
| Surface Everything | Marking done | “Can Jason find this on phone in 30 seconds?” |
| Cascade Mapping | Any decision | “[Action] → enables [?] → compounds [?]. Skip 30d: breaks?” |
| Fix at Source | Recurring problem | “Fix the machine, not the inspector.” |
| Meta-Climb | Solving one instance | “Level above where I solve ALL instances with one move?” |
| Opportunity | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Expert Clone (frameworks + 2HAT as soul) | 1:100x | Content exists. Assembly. |
| 12 Frameworks as Claude MCP Tools | 1:100x | Published. MCP = 1 day. |
| PROB Registry as “AI Agent Failure Patterns” | 1:50x | Data exists. Format needed. |
| Failure-Driven Newsletter | 1:40x | Auto from forge-doctor. |
| forge-doctor standalone (open source) | 1:30x | 161 lines. Works. Package it. |
| “Forge in a Box” 14-day sprint | 1:30x | Clone spec + Will GTM. |