LOG NOTES

What the log proves.

Contract / check: Goal contract requires a multi-pass run, task variation, local validation/build/test checks, and PR/CI/merge evidence before the delivery task is done.
What varied: Tasks under one goal varied across passes: orient scope, write durable state, add the public log, retry stale copy, drop an unsupported broader claim, and run terminal checks.
Stop reason: Done locally: all contract checks went green; repository delivery continued through PR, CI, and merge.
Cost / budget: Budget: six bounded passes over the K6 goal contract. Monetary cost: unknown; the log does not record spend.
Underlying log: loops/log/2026-07-10-first-goal-loop-receipt.md records each pass, task variation, retry, dropped claim, terminal verdict, and final stop condition.
Template: The goal-contract template remains template-derived, not a promoted Reference artifact; this log proves only this bounded run.
Learn lesson: Loops all the way up: a goal loop varies task loops under a goal-level contract and stops when the contract checks hold.

FILLED PLAN

The one-page loop plan.

Goal: Publish the first evidence-backed goal-loop log without promoting unsupported claims.
State: Goal contract, checklist history, multi-pass log, git diff, and CI/merge evidence.
Repeated pass: Read state, choose the highest-value unfinished task, run that task loop, check it, record the verdict, and select again.
Task variation: Opened T1/T2/T3/T5, retried T3 after a stale-copy check failed, and dropped T4 when claim gates did not support it.
Goal check: Validator, site build, agent-surface test, loop-page test, diff whitespace check, PR CI, and merge evidence all green.
Stop rule: Stop done when all contract checks hold; stop blocked on unsupported claims or missing credentials; stop exhausted at six passes.
Approvals: No public claim beyond the log. Goal-contract format stays template-derived until the separate two-run gate is met.
Runner: Hermes kanban worker executing a goal-mode K6 task in an isolated worktree.

REAL RUN LOG

The evidence this example earned.

The K6 log shows task variation across six passes and records the terminal verdict commands for this bounded goal run.

Checked-in run logPrimary log for this bounded goal-loop run.
Goal contractOutcome, checks, constraints, budget, iteration policy, and state paths.
Checklist historyTask state and task variation history.
Goal-contract templateTemplate source; not yet promoted to a validated Reference artifact.
Learn: Loops all the way upLesson illustrated by this log.

Pass log: first-goal-loop-receipt

Contract: goals/first-goal-loop/goal-contract.yaml Format: Loopmaster pass-log format v0 Layer: goal

This is the K6 first real goal-loop receipt. It is bounded evidence for this one goal-loop run only: the loop varied tasks under a goal contract until the contract checks were ready for terminal verification. It does not promote goal contracts to a Reference standard, does not claim steering, and does not claim recurring goal-loop operation.

Pass 1 — 2026-07-10T17:10Z → 2026-07-10T17:11Z

run: first-goal-loop-receipt
state read: kanban task t_ee64e8bf; docs/proposals/first-principles-loopmaster-site-outline.md §9 and §12; Loopmaster pass-log format v0; docs/proposals/first-real-goal-loop-runbook.md; current Examples source.
did: opened task T1 — orient K6 scope and claim gates; 1 turn, 6 read/search actions.
check: K6 acceptance and claim gates identified: log must show task variation, every varied task needs verified task-loop evidence, goal-level check evidence and terminal verdict must be recorded, and QS3 can be updated only to evidence-supported extent.
evidence: docs/proposals/first-principles-loopmaster-site-outline.md:509; Loopmaster pass-log format v0 entry-field table; docs/proposals/first-real-goal-loop-runbook.md:196-203; site/src/lib/examples.ts:6-17 before edit said all current examples were task loops.
state written: this log entry; goals/first-goal-loop/checklist.md T1 marked done.
verdict: continue
next / escalation: write durable goal state artifacts; no escalation.
autonomy: acted alone · confidence high · risk low

Pass 2 — 2026-07-10T17:11Z → 2026-07-10T17:12Z

run: first-goal-loop-receipt
state read: contract template fields from templates/contracts/goal-contract.template.yaml; checklist after Pass 1.
did: opened task T2 — write durable goal state artifacts; 1 turn, 3 file-write actions.
check: contract, checklist, and log paths exist and carry the goal outcome, checks, constraints, budget, iteration policy, blocked rule, checklist state, and log state.
evidence: goals/first-goal-loop/goal-contract.yaml; goals/first-goal-loop/checklist.md; loops/log/2026-07-10-first-goal-loop-receipt.md.
state written: new goal contract, checklist, and this pass entry.
verdict: continue
next / escalation: publish the receipt through the Examples surface without overclaiming; no escalation.
autonomy: acted alone · confidence high · risk low

Pass 3 — 2026-07-10T17:12Z → 2026-07-10T17:13Z

run: first-goal-loop-receipt
state read: checklist T3 pending; current site/src/lib/examples.ts data model and Examples pages.
did: opened task T3 — add the public Examples receipt; first attempt added a goal example but the task-level check found stale copy still saying every current example was a task loop.
check: grep -R "All four current examples are task loops\|goal/steering labels stay unused" site/src/lib/examples.ts found stale pre-K6 guard text, so the task-loop pass did not meet its own check.
evidence: stale strings were present in site/src/lib/examples.ts:8-17 before retry.
state written: T3 marked retried in the checklist; this log entry records the failed task-loop pass rather than hiding it.
verdict: continue
next / escalation: retry T3 once by updating the Examples copy and metadata to match the new goal-loop evidence; no escalation.
autonomy: acted alone · confidence medium · risk low

Pass 4 — 2026-07-10T17:13Z → 2026-07-10T17:15Z

run: first-goal-loop-receipt
state read: Pass 3 retry verdict; checklist T3 retried; Examples source.
did: retried task T3 — updated site/src/lib/examples.ts with a bounded goal-loop example and revised the roadmap note to say steering remains gated.
check: local source check will verify no stale all-task-loop note remains, and the site build/test pass in Pass 6 will verify the page renders.
evidence: site/src/lib/examples.ts now includes id: 'first-goal-loop-receipt', layer: 'goal', and links to loops/log/2026-07-10-first-goal-loop-receipt.md, goals/first-goal-loop/goal-contract.yaml, and goals/first-goal-loop/checklist.md.
state written: Examples data updated; checklist T3 marked done; this log entry.
verdict: continue
next / escalation: evaluate whether any broader public claim is supported; no escalation.
autonomy: acted alone · confidence high · risk low

Pass 5 — 2026-07-10T17:15Z → 2026-07-10T17:16Z

run: first-goal-loop-receipt
state read: claim gates in the outline and runbook; /loops page scope; checklist T4 pending.
did: dropped task T4 — add a broad self-maintenance or recurring-goal claim to /loops.
check: claim-gate review found the K6 evidence supports one bounded goal-loop receipt in Examples/QS3 context, not a claim that the self-maintenance loops page runs or operates goal loops generally.
evidence: docs/proposals/first-principles-loopmaster-site-outline.md:485-488 gates goal-loop operation on checked logs; docs/proposals/first-real-goal-loop-runbook.md:200-203 says public claims after a log may say only what the log shows; site/src/pages/loops.astro:61-66 is specifically the self-maintenance proof page.
state written: checklist T4 marked dropped with reason; /loops intentionally unchanged; this log entry.
verdict: continue
next / escalation: run contract checks and record terminal verdict; no escalation.
autonomy: acted alone · confidence high · risk low

Pass 6 — 2026-07-10T17:16Z → 2026-07-10T17:16Z

run: first-goal-loop-receipt
state read: checklist T5 pending; Pass 5 verdict; goal contract checks.
did: opened task T5 — run terminal verdict checks.
check: python tools/validate_manifests.py; cd site && npm run build; cd site && npm run test:agent; cd site && npm run test:loops; git diff --check → green.
evidence: validator output ended Validation passed.; build output reported Result (30 files): 0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 hints and 26 page(s) built; test:agent reported agent-surfaces-ok; test:loops reported loop-pages-ok; stale-note grep reported stale-note matches: 0; git diff --check exited 0.
state written: goals/first-goal-loop/checklist.md terminal verdict updated; this final pass entry; generated site surfaces refreshed by the build/test commands.
verdict: done
next / escalation: commit, push, open PR, wait for CI, merge; no escalation.
autonomy: acted alone · confidence high · risk low

Termination

stopping condition fired: done — all local contract checks went green and the Examples surface renders the bounded first goal-loop receipt.
passes used: 6 of 6.
terminal verdict: done locally; repository delivery continues through PR, CI, and merge before the kanban task is complete.
claim earned by this log: one bounded K6 goal-loop run in this repo varied tasks, retried one task, dropped one unsupported task, and produced the first goal-loop receipt artifacts.

Repository delivery evidence

PR: https://github.com/chrismaddern/loopmaster.ai/pull/137
CI: gh pr checks 137 --watch --interval 10 reported Build Astro site, Build and deploy static site, and content validation all pass.
Merge: PR #137 merged at 2026-07-10T17:18:44Z as 6c6a72bd728a3bedf633668c20d6cf21d7cf96d8 on origin/main.

WHAT IT TEACHES

The pattern to copy.

A goal loop earns its layer by varying tasks under a goal-level check. The log must show what task was selected, retried, or dropped, and each varied task needs its own task-loop evidence.

First goal-loop run log