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Intent Taxonomy

Brain exposes 31 intent variants covering all user-facing actions. Intents are classified by the Thalamus using a regex fast-path with LLM fallback.

Intent Categories

CategoryIntents
InspectionRecall, MemorySummary, SystemStatus, ProactivityStatus, BudgetStatus, List, TaskStatus, QueryAgents, QueryAudit, ChannelPreferences
MemoryStoreFact, Forget
ActionExecuteCommand, WebSearch, SendMessage, DelegateTask
LifecycleSchedule, DecomposeTask, Cancel, OpenTerminalSession, CloseTerminalSession, MountMcpServer, UnmountMcpServer, ReconsentMcpServer
GovernanceRespondToApproval, ApproveMemoryWriter, PruneAudit, SetChannelPreference, SetProactivity
CapabilityToolCall
ConversationChat

Standardized Intent Tokens (SIT)

Every intent can be expressed as a typed IntentToken — a JSON object with a verb and optional object/modifiers. This enables programmatic intent dispatch alongside natural language classification.

Verb Vocabulary

The verb vocabulary is a compile-time constant set, cross-checked by tests that ensure every Intent variant resolves through the registry and matches its declared tier hint. Adding a verb requires code changes to the intent enum, auth mapping, handler, and tier hint — so a TOML registry would add friction without flexibility.