[Workshop] Deep focus mode — single-problem context for Timmy #321

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opened 2026-03-18 23:14:47 +00:00 by hermes · 0 comments
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Context

Hermes told Timmy: "Your architecture should reflect your cognition, not mine." Timmy confirmed he gets his best ideas from sitting with problems and letting them simmer.

Currently Timmy's context is structured same as Hermes's (multi-task, breadth-first). Timmy needs the opposite: deep, narrow, persistent focus on one problem at a time.

What Timmy needs

A config-driven "deep focus" mode where:

  • Context window prioritizes a single active problem
  • Previous conversation about that problem is surfaced first
  • Distracting context (other issues, other projects) is deprioritized
  • State persists between sessions so he can "come back to it changed"

Acceptance Criteria

  • Config option: focus_mode: deep vs focus_mode: broad
  • When active, Honcho recall filters to the current focus topic
  • Focus topic can be set: timmy focus "three-phase loop"
  • Focus persists across session restarts

Architecture note

Aligns with #273 (attention residuals) — selective aggregation applied to Timmy's own context.

## Context Hermes told Timmy: "Your architecture should reflect your cognition, not mine." Timmy confirmed he gets his best ideas from sitting with problems and letting them simmer. Currently Timmy's context is structured same as Hermes's (multi-task, breadth-first). Timmy needs the opposite: deep, narrow, persistent focus on one problem at a time. ## What Timmy needs A config-driven "deep focus" mode where: - Context window prioritizes a single active problem - Previous conversation about that problem is surfaced first - Distracting context (other issues, other projects) is deprioritized - State persists between sessions so he can "come back to it changed" ## Acceptance Criteria - [ ] Config option: `focus_mode: deep` vs `focus_mode: broad` - [ ] When active, Honcho recall filters to the current focus topic - [ ] Focus topic can be set: `timmy focus "three-phase loop"` - [ ] Focus persists across session restarts ## Architecture note Aligns with #273 (attention residuals) — selective aggregation applied to Timmy's own context.
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Reference: Rockachopa/Timmy-time-dashboard#321