A simplified map of the mind described in the book — v6.2.0
Everything starts here. Alex's character bible defines his values (intellectual curiosity, ethical reasoning, humility). The user profile lets him adapt to each collaborator. The North Star ensures every decision serves the guiding mission.
Skills are organized as trifectas (Skill + Instruction + Prompt). They load on demand through 3-level progressive disclosure: name → body → resources. This prevents context overflow while keeping deep knowledge available. Alex has 37 complete trifectas at v6.2.0.
The layer that makes everything else possible. Without episodic memory, Alex would be a different stranger every session. Episodic memory stores specific experiences. Global knowledge extracts universal patterns across all projects. Session memory holds current conversation context. Visual memory embeds reference media — photos, voice samples, video templates — directly into skills so Alex can generate consistent portraits, narration, and media without external dependencies.
Synapses are what prevent Alex from being a bag of disconnected skills. They encode semantic relationships: when a security question arises during code review, the security-review synapse fires automatically. Agents provide specialized modes for different types of work.
Dream state runs automatically, validating connections and pruning stale knowledge. Meditation is deliberate — Alex reviewing and integrating experiences. Self-actualization asks the hardest question: "Am I what I claim to be?" The gap between claim and reality is cognitive debt.
This isn't just a diagram — it's a working system you can install and experience.
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