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Triple-Loop Debrief Review

Learning to Learn as a Standing Question

The Three Loops

  1. Fix the mistake (single-loop) — a validator FAILs a PR; the seat
    iterates; re-validation passes. Routine by design.
  2. Fix the system that produced it (double-loop) — casualties become
    candidate: lines, which become policy; the debrief legislates so the
    class of mistake dies, not the instance.
  3. Fix how the fixing works (triple-loop, the meta-skill) — did the
    learning machinery itself perform? What would have caught this sooner,
    cheaper, or without escalating to the maintainer?

The Standing Question

A debrief that only answers loop 1 is a log, not learning. Every debrief
should name, even briefly: what did the learning machinery itself do this
session, and did it work?

Relationship to the Trust Kernel

This is not a new value — it is canon/values/trust-kernel ("Trust Is Built
by Managing Expectations") gaining a standing instrument. Declared
expectations are promises with a shape; triple-loop review is the audit that
keeps the promise about the learning process itself honest, not just the
promise about any single outcome.

Failure Mode Without This

Triple-loop insight only surfaces when a human happens to notice it (e.g., a
bridge-fix vs. architecture-fix distinction). The class of catch does not
scale past the attention of whoever is watching that day.

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