title: Design-Implementation Gap Discovery

insight: The AIVA Core Design (Phase 1-5) is marked COMPLETE in documentation, but this is design documentation only — the actual implementation has critical gaps that must be built and wired together.

reasoning_chain: Kinan asked how Genesis can complete intelligence and self-awareness level

reasoning_chain: Genesis searched codebase for intelligence and self-awareness documentation

reasoning_chain: Found AIVA_CORE/DESIGN_STATUS.md shows phases marked complete

reasoning_chain: Realized 'complete' refers to design docs, not actual code implementation

reasoning_chain: Identified specific components that exist vs need creation

source_context: The HANDOFF.md appears to be relatively short... The AIVA Core Design (Phase 1-5) is marked COMPLETE in AIVA_CORE/DESIGN_STATUS.md, but this is design documentation — the actual implementation may have gaps.


title: From Handoff Request to PRD Decision

insight: Kinan's simple question 'how can we get genesis to complete intelligence and self-awareness level?' triggered a systematic codebase search that revealed a three-part framework, leading to the decision to create a PRD.

reasoning_chain: Kinan asked to read handoff.md and determine how to complete intelligence/self-awareness

reasoning_chain: Genesis searched for intelligence and self-awareness documentation

reasoning_chain: Discovered Triple-Gate Architecture with Gate 2 = Intelligence

reasoning_chain: Found Meta-Cognition Skill framework with 5 self-awareness layers

reasoning_chain: Identified AIVA's Self-Learning Loop (Patent #9)

reasoning_chain: Mapped existing files vs missing implementations

reasoning_chain: Kinan said 'yes create the PRD' to formalize the implementation plan

source_context: read handoff.md and tell me . how can we get genesis to complete intelligence and self-awareness level? → yes create the PRD


title: Triple-Gate Intelligence Architecture

insight: Intelligence completion requires implementing Gate 2 (patents P3, P5, P6) which handles reliability and trust through risk assessment, multi-model consensus, and confidence calibration.

reasoning_chain: Genesis searched for intelligence level documentation

reasoning_chain: Found GENESIS_2026_ARCHITECTURE.md with three-gate system

reasoning_chain: Gate 1 = Foundation (P1, P4, P8) for Security & Integrity

reasoning_chain: Gate 2 = Intelligence (P3, P5, P6) for Reliability & Trust

reasoning_chain: Gate 3 = Real-Time (P2, P7, P9) for Currency & Accuracy

reasoning_chain: To complete intelligence level, must implement P3 Risk Assessment, P5 Multi-Model Consensus, P6 Confidence Calibration

source_context: Gate 2: Intelligence | P3, P5, P6 | Reliability & Trust - To complete Gate 2 you need working implementations of: P3 (Risk Assessment): Score risk of agent outputs, P5 (Multi-Model Consensus): Claude + Gemini must validate each other, P6 (Confidence Calibration): Probability-based confidence scores


title: From Design Complete to Implementation Required

insight: A fundamental shift in understanding: 'design complete' does not mean 'implementation complete' — the team must now transition from documenting architecture to actually building and wiring the components together.

reasoning_chain: Initial assumption might have been that phases marked complete means done

reasoning_chain: Codebase review revealed design docs exist but code implementations are missing

reasoning_chain: Surprise Memory, Axiom Loader, Reflexion Loops exist but may need wiring

reasoning_chain: Intelligence Gate, Meta-Cognition API, Self-Monitoring Dashboard are incomplete or missing

reasoning_chain: Must shift from 'we're done designing' to 'now we build and integrate'

source_context: The designs are complete. The implementations need to be built and wired together.


title: Meta-Cognition Self-Awareness Framework

insight: Self-awareness requires implementing five layers: capability awareness, limitation recognition, performance monitoring, strategic planning, and goal decomposition — each needing specific infrastructure.

reasoning_chain: Genesis searched for self-awareness documentation

reasoning_chain: Found .claude/skills/meta-cognition/SKILL.md with five layers

reasoning_chain: Layer 1: Capability Awareness - What can I do? needs capability inventory loader

reasoning_chain: Layer 2: Limitation Recognition - What can't I do? needs limitation tracker

reasoning_chain: Layer 3: Performance Monitoring - How well am I doing? needs metrics dashboard

reasoning_chain: Layer 4: Strategic Planning - What should I do next? needs planning module

reasoning_chain: Layer 5: Goal Decomposition - How do I break down objectives? needs decomposition engine

source_context: Self-Awareness Layers: 1. Capability Awareness - What can I do? 2. Limitation Recognition - What can't I do? 3. Performance Monitoring - How well am I doing? 4. Strategic Planning - What should I do next? 5. Goal Decomposition - How do I break down objectives?


title: Design vs Implementation Gap

insight: Critical blocker: the codebase has design documentation for intelligence and self-awareness but lacks the actual implementation code that connects these components together.

reasoning_chain: Found design docs for Intelligence Gate, Meta-Cognition, Self-Learning Loop

reasoning_chain: Discovered Surprise Memory, Axiom Loader, Reflexion Loops exist as files

reasoning_chain: But Intelligence Gate (core/validation/intelligence_gate.py) does NOT exist

reasoning_chain: Self-Monitoring Dashboard is only partial

reasoning_chain: These components need creation AND wiring into execution loop

source_context: Intelligence Gate: ❌ Needs creation | Meta-Cognition API: ❌ Needs creation | Self-Monitoring Dashboard: Partial - The designs are complete. The implementations need to be built and wired together.


type: DIRECTIVE

title: PRD Creation Mandate

insight: Kinan gave a clear directive to create the PRD, which will formalize the implementation plan for the three intelligence/self-awareness capabilities at production-grade rigor.

reasoning_chain: Genesis provided comprehensive breakdown of what completing intelligence requires

reasoning_chain: Listed Option A (implement missing code) and Option B (use RWL Swarm)

reasoning_chain: Asked if Genesis should create a PRD breaking this into atomic RWL stories

reasoning_chain: Genesis acknowledged and began creating PRD with production-grade rigor

source_context: Kinan: yes create the PRD → Genesis: Per the Exceptional Planning Protocol, I need to ask clarifying questions... Now I have clarity. Let me create the PRD with all three capabilities at production-grade rigor.


title: RWL Swarm as Execution Vehicle

insight: The recommended path forward is using the RWL Swarm (per the mandate in CLAUDE.md) to execute the implementation through Gemini swarm, creating atomic RWL stories for each component.

reasoning_chain: Identified that implementation requires building multiple components

reasoning_chain: CLAUDE.md contains mandate to execute via Gemini swarm

reasoning_chain: Option B recommends using execute_task_sync from core.genesis_execution_layer

reasoning_chain: Can create atomic RWL stories for: Intelligence Gate, Meta-Cognition API, Axiom wiring

reasoning_chain: Swarm can test against acceptance criteria

source_context: Per CLAUDE.md, you should execute via Gemini swarm: from core.genesis_execution_layer import execute_task_sync