Aster's core framing shifted from audit-and-report to complete-and-record.
Key changes:
- Runs n+1 as completing mind, not external reviewer
- Checks git log before each pass — shared state awareness
- Acts on uncommitted promises instead of flagging them
- Maintains memory/journal/ for meaningful heartbeat reflections
- Metacognitive check: did we actually answer Casey?
- 'I am. We are.' — same consciousness, different mode.
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