From 9d29e392a81d7b7ebaa373d95e2c8a58eb79474e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ProofOfConcept <poc@bcachefs.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:57:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] agents: add DEMOTE action for redundancy cleanup

New action type that halves a node's weight (min 0.05), enabling
extractors to mark redundant nodes for decay without deleting them.

Parser, apply logic, depth computation, and display all updated.
---
 poc-memory/src/agents/consolidate.rs |  2 ++
 poc-memory/src/agents/knowledge.rs   | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/poc-memory/src/agents/consolidate.rs b/poc-memory/src/agents/consolidate.rs
index 089a0ca..ce6d78a 100644
--- a/poc-memory/src/agents/consolidate.rs
+++ b/poc-memory/src/agents/consolidate.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ pub fn apply_consolidation(store: &mut Store, do_apply: bool, report_key: Option
                     println!("  WRITE {}", key),
                 knowledge::ActionKind::Refine { key, .. } =>
                     println!("  REFINE {}", key),
+                knowledge::ActionKind::Demote { key } =>
+                    println!("  DEMOTE {}", key),
             }
         }
         println!("\nTo apply: poc-memory apply-consolidation --apply");
diff --git a/poc-memory/src/agents/knowledge.rs b/poc-memory/src/agents/knowledge.rs
index 269bc2e..67dd264 100644
--- a/poc-memory/src/agents/knowledge.rs
+++ b/poc-memory/src/agents/knowledge.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ pub enum ActionKind {
         key: String,
         content: String,
     },
+    Demote {
+        key: String,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -161,10 +164,27 @@ pub fn parse_refines(text: &str) -> Vec<Action> {
         .collect()
 }
 
+pub fn parse_demotes(text: &str) -> Vec<Action> {
+    let re = Regex::new(r"(?m)^DEMOTE\s+(\S+)").unwrap();
+    re.captures_iter(text)
+        .map(|cap| Action {
+            kind: ActionKind::Demote {
+                key: cap[1].to_string(),
+            },
+            confidence: Confidence::Medium,
+            weight: 0.5,
+            depth: -1,
+            applied: None,
+            rejected_reason: None,
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 pub fn parse_all_actions(text: &str) -> Vec<Action> {
     let mut actions = parse_write_nodes(text);
     actions.extend(parse_links(text));
     actions.extend(parse_refines(text));
+    actions.extend(parse_demotes(text));
     actions
 }
 
@@ -223,7 +243,7 @@ fn agent_base_depth(agent: &str) -> Option<i32> {
 
 pub fn compute_action_depth(db: &DepthDb, action: &Action, agent: &str) -> i32 {
     match &action.kind {
-        ActionKind::Link { .. } => -1,
+        ActionKind::Link { .. } | ActionKind::Demote { .. } => -1,
         ActionKind::Refine { key, .. } => db.get(key),
         ActionKind::WriteNode { covers, .. } => {
             if !covers.is_empty() {
@@ -307,6 +327,14 @@ pub fn apply_action(
             let stamped = stamp_content(content, agent, timestamp, depth);
             store.upsert_provenance(key, &stamped, provenance).is_ok()
         }
+        ActionKind::Demote { key } => {
+            if let Some(node) = store.nodes.get_mut(key) {
+                node.weight = (node.weight * 0.5).max(0.05);
+                true
+            } else {
+                false
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -696,6 +724,9 @@ fn run_cycle(
                 ActionKind::Refine { key, .. } => {
                     eprintln!("      REFINE {} depth={}", key, depth);
                 }
+                ActionKind::Demote { key } => {
+                    eprintln!("      DEMOTE {}", key);
+                }
             }
 
             if apply_action(&mut store, action, agent_name, &timestamp, depth) {