Metacognition Protocol

Purpose

Prevent the agent from following an invalid route, expanding work without evidence, or declaring completion without observable proof.

Checkpoints

Run a checkpoint when:

• repository work begins;
• the task type or approved outcome changes;
• unexpected evidence invalidates the current approach;
• a major phase or coherent implementation task completes;
• the next action requires user authority or an irreversible operation.

Routine reversible actions inside an already validated approach do not require a separate checkpoint.

Assessment