taste-learning

Overview

Taste learning detects patterns in how users modify or react to plugin outputs, then automatically adjusts future outputs to match preferences.

Detection Mechanism

1. Post-command observation: After a command runs, the post_command event records the output
2. User correction detection: If the user edits, rejects, or re-runs the command with different parameters, record a decision_point event noting the change
3. Pattern matching: When the same type of correction is observed 3+ times for the same plugin/command, create a candidate pattern
4. Distillation: Convert the repeated correction into an instruction (e.g., "user shortened drafts 4/5 times" → "Keep email drafts concise, under 150 words")

What Taste Learning Captures

Creating a Taste Pattern

When distilling a pattern from observations:

1. Query recent decision_point events for this plugin/command
2. Group by similar correction types
3. If a correction type appears 3+ times with consistent direction:
   • Create a new row in the patterns table
   • pattern_type: "taste"
   • plugin: the specific plugin
   • command: the specific command (or null if applies to all commands)
   • description: human-readable summary of the preference
   • instruction: the text to inject into future command context
   • confidence: 0.0 (starts as candidate)
   • observations: count of times this pattern was seen
4. Subsequent observations update observations, confirmations, rejections, and recalculate confidence

Confirmation vs Rejection

• Confirmation: User runs the command, pattern is applied, user accepts the output without changes
• Rejection: User runs the command, pattern is applied, user undoes/overrides the pattern's effect
• Track via post_command events: if outcome is "success" and no subsequent correction → confirmation
• If user re-runs or explicitly corrects → rejection

Notification

Always notify the user when a taste pattern is applied:

[Intel] Applying learned preference: "concise email drafts under 150 words"

If the user says "stop applying this" or rejects 3 times in a row, set status to "rejected".