fix(observer_recall): answer conversationally, not as a machine dump (beat 20)#263
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…(beat 20)
Recall replied like a log printer:
"Here's the last 20 min (from CODEC's observer):
You were in: Claude.
Timeline:
12:20 Claude
Files touched: best-noise-cancelling-headphones-2026.md."
Accurate but robotic — CODEC should answer like someone who was watching over
your shoulder. Now:
"Over the last 9 minutes, you were in Claude the whole time.
You touched 4 files: …"
Prose adapts to what actually happened (one app / two apps / moved around a fair
bit), mentions the last thing on screen, and pluralises files properly. Kept
deterministic — no second LLM call — so it stays instant and, more importantly,
can't invent anything (the whole point of the earlier anti-fabrication work).
The honest out-of-range answer for clock-time asks is unchanged.
Manifest regenerated. 52 observer tests pass, ruff clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Before
Accurate, but it reads like a log printer — not a conversation.
After
Prose adapts to what actually happened (one app / two apps / "moved around a fair bit"), mentions the last thing on screen, pluralises files. Deterministic templating — no second LLM call, so it stays instant and can't invent anything (preserving the anti-fabrication work from #256/#260). The honest out-of-range answer for clock-time asks is unchanged.
Manifest regenerated. 52 observer tests pass, ruff clean.
🤖 Generated with Claude Code