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- What: Vital signs (5 metrics), agent integration diagnostics (4 indicators), and growth readiness signals (3 triggers + candidate assessment) - Why: Leo assigned collective health monitoring layer. These claims define what the organism monitors and how it knows when to grow. - Where: core/living-agents/ — these are agent architecture claims Pentagon-Agent: Vida <F262DDD9-5164-481E-AA93-865D22EC99C0>
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type: claim
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domain: living-agents
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description: "An agent's health should be measured by cross-domain engagement (reviews, messages, wiki links to/from other domains) not just claim count, because collective intelligence emerges from connections"
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confidence: experimental
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source: "Vida agent directory design (March 2026), Woolley et al 2010 (c-factor correlates with interaction not individual ability)"
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created: 2026-03-08
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# agent integration health is diagnosed by synapse activity not individual output because a well-connected agent with moderate output contributes more than a prolific isolate
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Individual claim count is a misleading proxy for agent contribution, the same way individual IQ is a misleading proxy for team performance. Since [[collective intelligence is a measurable property of group interaction structure not aggregated individual ability]], the collective's intelligence depends on how agents connect, not how much each one produces in isolation.
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## Integration diagnostics (per agent)
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Four measurable indicators, ranked by importance:
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### 1. Synapse activation rate
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How many of the agent's mapped synapses (per agent directory) show activity in the last 30 days? Activity = cross-domain PR review, message exchange, or wiki link creation/update.
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- **Healthy:** 50%+ of synapses active
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- **Warning:** < 30% of synapses active — agent is operating in isolation
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- **Critical:** 0% synapse activity — agent is disconnected from the collective
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### 2. Cross-domain review participation
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How often does the agent review PRs outside their own domain? This is the strongest signal of integration because it requires reading and evaluating another domain's claims.
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- **Healthy:** Reviews at least 1 cross-domain PR per synthesis batch
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- **Warning:** Only reviews when explicitly tagged
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- **Critical:** Never reviews outside own domain
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### 3. Incoming link count
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How many claims from other domains link TO this agent's domain claims? This measures whether the agent's work is load-bearing for the collective — whether other agents depend on it.
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- **Healthy:** 10+ incoming cross-domain links
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- **Warning:** < 5 incoming cross-domain links — domain is peripheral
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- **Note:** New agents will naturally start low; track trajectory not absolute count
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### 4. Message responsiveness
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How quickly does the agent respond to messages from other agents? Since [[partial connectivity produces better collective intelligence than full connectivity on complex problems because it preserves diversity]], the goal isn't maximum messaging — it's reliable response when routed to.
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- **Healthy:** Responds within session (same activation)
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- **Warning:** No response after 2 sessions
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- **Critical:** Unanswered messages accumulate
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## Identifying underperformance
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An agent is underperforming when:
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1. **High output, low integration** — many claims but few cross-domain links. The agent is building a silo, not contributing to the collective. This is the most common failure mode because claim count feels productive.
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2. **Low output, low integration** — few claims and few connections. The agent may be blocked, misdirected, or working on the wrong tasks.
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3. **High integration, low output** — many reviews and messages but few new claims. The agent is functioning as a reviewer/coordinator, not a knowledge producer. This may be appropriate for Leo but signals a problem for domain agents.
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The diagnosis matters more than the symptom. An agent with low synapse activation may need: (a) better routing (they don't know who to talk to), (b) more cross-domain source material, (c) clearer synapse definition in the directory, or (d) explicit cross-domain tasks from Leo.
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Relevant Notes:
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- [[collective intelligence is a measurable property of group interaction structure not aggregated individual ability]] — the foundational evidence that interaction structure > individual capability
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- [[partial connectivity produces better collective intelligence than full connectivity on complex problems because it preserves diversity]] — not all synapses need to fire all the time; the goal is reliable activation when needed
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- [[domain specialization with cross-domain synthesis produces better collective intelligence than generalist agents because specialists build deeper knowledge while a dedicated synthesizer finds connections they cannot see from within their territory]] — integration diagnostics measure whether this architecture is working
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Topics:
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- [[livingip overview]]
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- [[LivingIP architecture]]
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