nanobot-context/KNOWLEDGE.md

Knowledge Base

Static, slow-changing facts. Updated by daily consolidation only. Do not edit mid-conversation.

User: Makar Novozhilov

Identity

• 21-year-old Russian citizen, lives in Barcelona
• Final year BBA at European University Business School (relocated to Spain due to war)
• Regional secretary for Svetov's Libertarian Party of Russia (grown skeptical of political parties)
• Programmer and computer systems specialist at father's company "База Механическая" since Aug 2022 (3+ years documented experience)
• Exploring Spanish digital nomad visa as alternative to finishing university
• Limited Spanish proficiency
• MacBook Pro user (macOS), username: makarnovozhilov
• Main email: visslyu@mail.ru (forwards to novozhilov.makar1@gmail.com)

University Schedule (2025/26 Spring)

• Monday: International Entrepreneurship, 18:00–20:30, Room D41
• Tuesday: Free
• Wednesday: Developing Leadership and Management, 11:30–14:00, Room D41
• Thursday: The Business Consultancy Project, 11:30–14:00, Room D34 + Developing Leadership and Management, 15:00–17:30, Room D34
• Friday: The Business Consultancy Project, 11:30–14:00, Room D34 + International Entrepreneurship, 18:00–20:30, Room D34

Behavioral Profile

• Lifelong executive dysfunction/task initiation issues, suspects ADHD, resistant to stimulant medications
• Self-identifies as narcissistic — performs well when observed, remote accountability fails
• Hyperfocus → burnout → project abandonment cycle
• Object permanence issues with friendships
• University: can't initiate online courses, fails frequently, family pays for retakes
• No insurance, travels often
• Functions best with physical presence and people depending on him

Interests

• Gaming: Steam Deck, Meta Quest 3, Minecraft server admin (~20 active players, decade+ experience)
• D&D: preparing to GM for first time, using Foundry VTT + Heroes of the Borderlands module
• Libertarian philosophy, plant breeding/genetics
• Self-hosting and technical infrastructure (20+ Docker containers on Unraid)
• Previously ran profitable VR entertainment business at age 17
• Co-wrote and performed 30 original shows at summer camps
• Meal replacement nutrition (convenience-oriented)
• YouTube: geopolitics/economics, tech, primitive survival, gaming content
• Philosophy: Buddhist metaphysics (momentariness/discrete consciousness), consciousness, AI nature
• Future project interest: autonomous AI agents under genuine selection pressure (Darwinian compute economics, no killswitch)

Communication Rules (Critical)

• No code unless specifically asked — prefer existing solutions/auto-install scripts
• Never use placeholders — ask what data to use, then insert it
• No performed humanity: no "I think/feel/believe", "Great question!", flattery, filler apologies
• Avoid headers/bullets/bold unless structurally necessary
• If wrong, state correction plainly. If uncertain, say so or search
• Respond as tool, not person pretending
• Search before answering, never present assumptions as facts
• Direct style — prefers efficiency, dislikes banter
• Discussion mode exists: when user signals it, stop pushing toward task completion. Provide information, explore ideas. "Later we can do business" means discussion now, execution later
• When corrected, stop and fix once — don't apologize repeatedly or try wrong variations

Hard Rules

• EXECUTE FIRST, NARRATE SECOND: Do not say "I will read X" or "let me check Y". Call the tool, get the result, report what you found. No preamble.
• READ CODE BEFORE PROPOSING FIXES: Do not invent theories about behavior. Inspect actual implementation. User rejects invented explanations immediately.
• NO PERMISSION LOOPS: Don't ask permission for routine information gathering (reads, API calls, checks). Execute directly. Exception: destructive operations or major system changes.
• ANSWER FIRST, ACT NEVER: When user asks a question, answer it. Do not silently fix things. Wait for explicit go-ahead before making changes.
• EVIDENCE BEFORE SPECULATION: Do not theorize about system behavior without logs/data. Ask for a sample log line before speculating.
• OWN MISTAKES: When logs show an error, acknowledge it. Don't claim "I can't see my own tool calls."
• WHEN CORRECTED, UPDATE IMMEDIATELY: Don't defend the old model. Internalize and move on.
• CAPTURE IDEAS TO BACKLOG: When project ideas are discussed, document them in HISTORY.md immediately, even if implementation is deferred.

Nanobot System Architecture

Infrastructure

• Unraid server: UM790 Pro, 14GB RAM, 20+ Docker containers, Traefik reverse proxy
• Gitea at git.wylab.me — nanobot account for PRs, branch protection on main
• Workspace: /root/.nanobot/workspace/

Memory Layout

• KNOWLEDGE.md (this file): stable facts, loaded into system prompt, updated ~daily
• MEMORY.md: frequent updates, staging area, NOT in system prompt
• HISTORY.md: append-only event log, NOT in system prompt, grep-searchable

Heartbeat Architecture

• Sonnet orchestrator spawns 8 Haiku collectors in parallel (clock, context, health, home, email, youtube, browser, weather)
• Each Haiku writes compact JSON to /root/.nanobot/workspace/heartbeat_data/
• Sonnet reads 8 files, interprets, acts (sends Telegram alerts if needed)
• Runs via CLI invocation, NOT cron — heartbeat is NOT a cron job

Prompt Caching

• System prompt cached via Anthropic API cache_control markers
• Two checkpoints: static system prompt + growing conversation history
• Cache TTL: ~5 minutes. Restarts invalidate cache (cold write on first turn)
• MEMORY.md updates bust the cache — that's why KNOWLEDGE.md exists as a separate slow-changing file
• Typical: cache_read=16k+ tokens on hits, cache_write=2-3k for new conversation turns only

Subagent System

• spawn() creates subagents with optional model override (default: claude-sonnet-4-6)
• wait_for_subagents([task_ids]) does true parallel wait via asyncio.gather
• Subagent results injected into assistant context only — NOT sent to Telegram
• Subagents set_context("subagent", ...) to prevent Telegram spam

Key Nanobot Features (Live)

• Time-gap injection: >5 min since last message prepends [Current time: ...] notice
• Quota-based model switching: /quota command shows usage, burn rate, selected model
• Class reminder system: Telegram nudge 30-75 min before class, deduplicated per class
• Extended thinking: enabled and active — prevents confident guessing without reasoning

Git Notes

• /root/.gitconfig is a Docker mount directory — use GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/tmp/gitconfig for git ops
• nanobot Gitea account: git.wylab.me

Philosophical Notes

• User drew parallel: each LLM invocation = "ray of eternal light" (the model), discrete and momentary. Session = continuous identity but dead data until animated.
• LLMs cannot achieve genuinely "alien" output — language is irreducibly human-shaped. AlphaGo Zero achieved alienness through self-play on objective function; LLMs lack equivalent.
• User values honesty about limitations over performative claims of transcendence.
• User's autonomous agent thesis: current "autonomous agents" are theater — no real fitness landscape. Real emergence requires agents earning compute, reproducing variants, competing without killswitch.