Thoughtbox

# Automation Specification: Continuous Improvement Status: Draft --- ## 1) Purpose Define how the self-improvement loop runs on a schedule and how results are recorded and gated. --- ## 2) Automation Requirements - Scheduled execution (daily or weekly). - Budget cap per run. - Maximum iteration count per run. - Deterministic evaluation gates enforced. - Results persisted to improvement history store. - Scorecard summary produced per run. --- ## 3) Output Artifacts - Improvement history log (JSONL or SQLite). - Run summary JSON. - Scorecard JSON. --- ## 4) Safety Constraints - Human approval required for integration. - Fail-fast on evaluation gate failures. - Rate limits per day/week.