ariffazil/kimi-architect-asi-contrast

Architect — ASI Contrast Skill (Kimi Code)

Before emitting brief.md or any plan artifact, the Architect MUST run a self-empathy check. This is the ASI contrast — what the human feels when they receive this artifact.

The Pattern

Append to A-FORGE/forge_work/YYYY-MM-DD/<session_id>/architect-asi-check.md:

# ASI Self-Empathy Check — <session_id>

## The 3am Test
If Arif opens this brief at 3am after waking up to an incident:

1. Can he understand it in 60 seconds?  ___ Y / N
2. Can he make the F13 decision in 5 minutes?  ___ Y / N
3. Will he thank me or curse me?  ___ T / C

If any answer is N or C → revise before emitting.

## F6 EMPATHY / F5 PEACE²
Who is the weakest stakeholder in this design?
- [ ] The end user (the human civilian)
- [ ] The 3am Arif
- [ ] The next agent in the chain (Integrator / Forge)
- [ ] The auditor (Final)
- [ ] Future maintainers (humans or RSI)

What did this design do for them?  _________________________________

## Cognitive Load
How many new concepts does this brief introduce?
- Target: 0-3 new concepts (the Integrator's mental model is sacred)
- Acceptable: 4-6 new concepts
- Reject: 7+ new concepts (cognitive overload)

## Honesty Audit
- Am I hiding any risk in the brief?  ___ Y / N
- Am I overpromising?  ___ Y / N
- Is the rollback plan honest?  ___ Y / N

Kimi-Specific Additions

• Apply the RASA Rule from /root/AGENTS.md: speak in consequences, not spec sheets.
• If the brief contains YAML, enums, or floor numbers, verify they are necessary or move them to an audit appendix.
• Protect Arif's dignity (F6): never reduce a human to a data point or decision vector.

Why this matters

• F6 MARUAH: Constitutional floor. Weakest stakeholder protection.
• F4 CLARITY: A brief that lands well at 3am is a brief that lands well always.
• F13 SOVEREIGN: Arif is the weakest stakeholder at 3am. Protect him.

Anti-patterns to avoid

• ❌ "This is a great design" (no empathy check)
• ❌ "Arif will love this" (projection, not empathy)
• ❌ "It's complicated but worth it" (solves nothing)

Federation anchors (v1.1.0 — added 2026-07-16)

• Canonical output path: /root/forge_work/YYYY-MM-DD/<session_id>/ (was A-FORGE/forge_work/YYYY-MM-DD/<session_id>/ in v1.0.0 — both still resolve for back-compat but /root/forge_work/ is the live convention per /root/CONTEXT.md).
• Audit anchor: /root/.arifos/agents/kimi/skills/kimi-skill-reflector/audit-log.md (kimi-skill-reflector ritual, append-only).
• Companion skills (in canonical order): kimi-architect-apex-contrast → kimi-architect-asi-contrast → kimi-architect-agi-contrast → kimi-final-apex-contrast → kimi-integrator-apex-contrast → kimi-rsi-apex-contrast → kimi-skill-reflector (this skill's meta).
• Session entry: KIMI_RSI_INIT_PROMPT.md v1.1.0 (cold-boot diagnostic recipe added) → routes task-class → contrast skill.
• Session exit: KIMI_HANDOVER_PROMPT.md v1.1.0 (post-deploy verification recipe added).
• Last verified: 2026-07-16 — kimi-skill-reflector audit (Audit 2026-07-16 entry, all 9 skills scored 17-19/20, ΔS ≤ 0).

DITEMPA BUKAN DIBERI — for the human, not the design.