How Loam records, reviews, and verifies delivery.

# Learning-active sessions can append selected entries
# with timestamped source tracking

timestamp = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
separator = f"\n\n--- {source} ({timestamp}) ---\n"

if memory:
    existing = memory.content.strip()
    memory.content = existing + separator + new_content
    memory.updated_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
else:
    memory = PersonaMemory(
        user_id=user_id,
        persona_key=persona_key,
        content=new_content,
    )

# Call context adapts to WHY the call is happening

def get_trigger_context(trigger_type, call_topic=None):
    if trigger_type == "manual":
        if call_topic:
            return (
                f'The user asked you to call about '
                f'a SPECIFIC topic: "{call_topic}". '
                'Lead with the topic.'
            )
    elif trigger_type == "team_blocked":
        return "The team is working on a milestone..."

# Pinned rules are lifted out before the model sees the memory
must_enforce_lines_all = [
    line.rstrip() for line in memory.content.splitlines() if "MUST-ENFORCE" in line
]
# A repeated rule is kept once (case and trailing .!? ignored)
for line in must_enforce_lines_all:
    normalized = line.strip().lower().rstrip(".!?")
    if normalized not in seen_me:
        seen_me.add(normalized)
        must_enforce_lines_deduped.append(line)

# ... the model compresses everything else ...

# Drop any marked line the model wrote; append the originals verbatim
narrative_lines = [
    line for line in compressed_text.splitlines() if "MUST-ENFORCE" not in line
]
compressed_text = "\n".join(narrative_lines).rstrip()
if must_enforce_lines_deduped:
    compressed_text += "\n\n--- HARD RULES ---\n" + "\n".join(must_enforce_lines_deduped)

# Abandon the write if the memory changed while the model worked
await db.refresh(memory)
if memory.updated_at != snapshot_updated_at:
    return False

# Trimmed: the milestone-advance endpoint

async def ide_advance_milestone(body, db):
    if body.status == "blocked":
        project.build_mode_paused = True
        await initiate_reachout_call(persona_key="carl", trigger_type="build_mode_blocked", ...)
        return {"action": "paused"}

    # "complete": sign off, then push to GitHub if a repo is linked
    spawn_background_task(_auto_push_to_github(project_uuid, job.id, user.id))
    if _cap_count >= SESSION_CAP_DEFAULT:
        project.build_mode_paused = True
        return {"action": "session_cap"}
    next_milestone = await kick_off_milestone(db, project_uuid, job.id)
    return {"action": "continue", "milestone_instructions": instructions}