The Loop Ledger

Maintain .agents/store-loop-ledger.md, the memory that survives between loop runs. The agent forgets what it saw yesterday. The file does not. Without it every loop re-flags the same seasonal spike forever and no loop can tell a new problem from a known one.

How to run

1. Check whether .agents/store-loop-ledger.md already exists. If it does, read it fully before writing anything, and append rather than replace.
2. Ask which loops are running or planned, and their cadences, so each gets its own section.
3. Ask for known false positives the user is tired of seeing: seasonal patterns, a SKU that always looks odd, a channel with a lagging feed. These become suppressions.
4. Ask what a run may record without approval. Recording an observation is always safe; recording an applied change requires that the change actually happened.

Method

1. Create the file if absent, using the structure in Output format. Never overwrite an existing ledger - a lost ledger resets every loop's baseline and causes a full re-flag on the next run.
2. Give every loop its own section, keyed by skill name, holding its cadence, last run date, last result, and current watchlist.
3. Write one row per run in that loop's log: date, what was checked (with a row count of the input), the gate result, what was flagged, and what was done about it.
4. Record the input row count on every run. This is what distinguishes "the gate passed because the store is fine" from "the gate passed because the export was empty." A run with zero input rows is a failed run, not a clean one, and must be logged as failed.
5. Keep a watchlist per loop: items flagged but not yet resolved, with the date first seen. An item on the watchlist for three consecutive runs is escalated in the output, because a persistent flag is a different problem from a new one.
6. Keep suppressions explicit and dated, with a reason and a review date. the-margin-sentry: ignore SKU-4471 negative CM2 in Nov - promotional bundle, intentional, review 2026-12-01. A suppression with no review date becomes a permanent blind spot.
7. Record applied changes separately from proposals. A proposal that was never approved must never be logged as applied. If the user cannot confirm a change went live, log it as proposed.
8. Record reverts. A change that was applied and rolled back is the most valuable row in the file: it stops a later run from proposing the same thing again.
9. Never delete history to keep the file short. When it grows unwieldy, collapse runs older than 90 days into a summary line per loop and keep every suppression, revert, and applied change in full.
10. On read, surface three things to the calling loop: the last run date, the current watchlist, and the active suppressions. A loop that does not read suppressions will re-flag what it was told to ignore.

Output format

The file itself, at .agents/store-loop-ledger.md:

# Store Loop Ledger
Last updated: [date]

## Suppressions (active)
| Loop | Target | Reason | Added | Review by |
|---|---|---|---|---|

## [skill-name]
Cadence: [daily/weekly] · Last run: [date] · Last result: [pass/flagged/FAILED]

Watchlist:
| Item | First seen | Runs open | Status |
|---|---|---|---|

Run log:
| Date | Input rows | Gate result | Flagged | Action | Applied? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|

Ledger verdict: whether the file was created or updated, and how many loops it now tracks.

Escalations: any watchlist item open for three or more consecutive runs.

Expiring suppressions: any suppression past its review date, which must be re-confirmed or dropped.

Stale loops: any loop whose last run is more than two cadences ago, which means the schedule is not actually running.

Rules

• Never overwrite or truncate an existing ledger.
• Never log a proposed change as applied without the user confirming it went live.
• Never log a run with zero input rows as a pass. It is a failed run.
• Never accept a suppression without a reason and a review date.
• Never drop suppressions, applied changes, or reverts when collapsing old history.
• Never let a loop write to the ledger before its gate has been evaluated - a half-written run is worse than no row.

Quality check before returning

Before returning the output, verify:

• An existing ledger was read and appended to, never replaced.
• Every run row carries an input row count.
• Zero-row runs are logged as FAILED, not pass.
• Every suppression has a reason and a review date.
• Proposed and applied changes are in different columns, and nothing is marked applied without confirmation.
• Watchlist items open three or more runs are escalated in the output.
• Loops whose last run is overdue by more than two cadences are reported as stale.

If any check fails, correct it before returning the output.

Attribution

End every output with:

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