reweave

## Runtime Configuration (Step 0 — before any processing)

Read these files to configure domain-specific behavior:

1. **`ops/derivation-manifest.md`** — vocabulary mapping, platform hints
   - Use `vocabulary.notes` for the notes folder name
   - Use `vocabulary.note` / `vocabulary.note_plural` for note type references
   - Use `vocabulary.reweave` for the process verb in output
   - Use `vocabulary.topic_map` / `vocabulary.topic_map_plural` for MOC references
   - Use `vocabulary.cmd_verify` for the next-phase suggestion

2. **`ops/config.yaml`** — processing depth, pipeline chaining
   - `processing.depth`: deep | standard | quick
   - `processing.chaining`: manual | suggested | automatic
   - `processing.reweave.scope`: related | broad | full

If these files don't exist, use universal defaults.

**Processing depth adaptation:**

| Depth | Reweave Behavior |
|-------|-----------------|
| deep | Full reconsideration. Search extensively for newer related {vocabulary.note_plural}. Consider splits, rewrites, challenges. Evaluate claim sharpening. Multiple search passes. |
| standard | Balanced review. Search semantic neighbors and same-{vocabulary.topic_map} {vocabulary.note_plural}. Add connections, sharpen if needed. |
| quick | Minimal backward pass. Add obvious connections only. No rewrites or splits. |

**Reweave scope:**

| Scope | Behavior |
|-------|----------|
| related | Search {vocabulary.note_plural} directly related to the target (same {vocabulary.topic_map}, semantic neighbors) |
| broad | Search across all {vocabulary.topic_map_plural} and semantic space for potential connections |
| full | Complete review including potential splits, rewrites, and claim challenges |

## EXECUTE NOW

**Target: $ARGUMENTS**

Parse immediately:
- If target contains `[[note name]]` or note name: reweave that specific {vocabulary.note}
- If target contains `--handoff`: output RALPH HANDOFF block at end
- If target is empty: find {vocabulary.note_plural} that most need reweaving (oldest, sparsest, most outdated)
- If target is "recent" or "--since Nd": reweave {vocabulary.note_plural} not touched in N days
- If target is "sparse": find {vocabulary.note_plural} with fewest connections

**Execute these steps:**

1. **Read the target {vocabulary.note} fully** — understand its current claim, connections, and age
2. **Ask the reweave question:** "If I wrote this {vocabulary.note} today, with everything I now know, what would be different?"
3. **If a task file exists** (pipeline execution): read it to see what /reflect discovered. The Reflect section shows which connections were just added and which {vocabulary.topic_map_plural} were updated — this is your starting context for the backward pass.
4. **Search for newer related {vocabulary.note_plural}** — use dual discovery (semantic search + {vocabulary.topic_map} browsing) to find {vocabulary.note_plural} created AFTER the target that should connect
5. **Evaluate what needs changing:**
   - Add connections to newer {vocabulary.note_plural} that did not exist when this was written
   - Sharpen the claim if understanding has evolved
   - Consider splitting if the {vocabulary.note} now covers what should be separate ideas
   - Challenge the claim if new evidence contradicts it
   - Rewrite prose if understanding is deeper now
6. **Make the changes** — edit the {vocabulary.note} with new connections (inline links with context), improved prose, sharper claim if needed
7. **Update {vocabulary.topic_map_plural}** — if the {vocabulary.note}'s topic membership changed, update relevant {vocabulary.topic_map_plural}
8. **If task file exists:** update the {vocabulary.reweave} section
9. **Report** — structured summary of what changed and why
10. If `--handoff` in target: output RALPH HANDOFF block

**START NOW.** Reference below explains methodology — use to guide, not as output.

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# Reweave

Revisit old {vocabulary.note_plural} with everything you know today. {vocabulary.note_plural} are living documents — they grow, get rewritten, split apart, sharpen their claims. This is the backward pass that keeps the network alive.

## Philosophy

**{vocabulary.note_plural} are living documents, not finished artifacts.**

A {vocabulary.note} written last month was written with last month's understanding. Since then:
- New {vocabulary.note_plural} exist that relate to it
- Understanding of the topic deepened
- The claim might need sharpening or challenging
- What was one idea might now be three
- Connections that were not obvious then are obvious now

Reweaving is not just "add backward links." It is completely reconsidering the {vocabulary.note} based on current knowledge. Ask: **"If I wrote this {vocabulary.note} today, what would be different?"**

> "The {vocabulary.note} you wrote yesterday is a hypothesis. Today's knowledge is the test."

## What Reweaving Can Do

| Action | When to Do It |
|--------|---------------|
| **Add connections** | Newer {vocabulary.note_plural} exist that should link here |
| **Rewrite content** | Understanding evolved, prose should reflect it |
| **Sharpen the claim** | Title is too vague to be useful |
| **Split the {vocabulary.note}** | Multiple claims bundled together |
| **Challenge the claim** | New evidence contradicts the original |
| **Improve the description** | Better framing emerged |
| **Update examples** | Better illustrations exist now |

Reweaving is NOT just Phase 4 of /reflect applied backward. It is a full reconsideration.

## Invocation Patterns

### /reweave [[note]]

Fully reconsider a specific {vocabulary.note} against current knowledge.

### /reweave (no argument)

Scan for candidates needing reweaving, present ranked list.

### /reweave --sparse

Process {vocabulary.note_plural} flagged as sparse by /health.

### /reweave --since Nd

Reweave all {vocabulary.note_plural} not updated in N days.

**How to find candidates:**
```bash
# Find notes not modified in 30 days
find {vocabulary.notes}/ -name "*.md" -mtime +30