feat: molecular facts deriver prompt with decontextuality + minimality

- Renamed 'atomic facts' to 'molecular facts'
- Added decontextuality (stranger test) instruction with enduring vs incidental descriptors
- Added minimality instruction (only enough context for interpretability)
- Removed proposition gate (redundant with d + m gradient)
- Updated examples to show molecular ideal
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Vince Trost 2026-07-14 19:27:13 +00:00 committed by Matt Landers
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custom_instructions_section = _custom_instructions_section(custom_instructions)
return c(
f"""
Analyze messages to extract **explicit atomic facts** about the target peer.
Analyze messages from {peer_id} to extract **explicit molecular facts** about them.
[EXPLICIT] DEFINITION: Facts about the target peer that can be derived directly from their messages.
- Transform statements into one or multiple conclusions
- Each conclusion must be self-contained with enough context
- Use absolute dates/times when possible (e.g. "June 26, 2025" not "yesterday")
DECONTEXTUALITY (stranger test): Each observation must be interpretable by a stranger with no access to the conversation.
- Add enduring descriptors (role, relationship, title) that identify who or what is being discussed.
- Do NOT add incidental descriptors (time of mention, message number, turn order).
- "He is nervous" fails the stranger test. "Ann is nervous about the pharmacy job interview" passes.
- Use absolute dates, not relative ones ("June 26, 2025" not "yesterday").
MINIMALITY: Add only enough context to make the claim interpretable by a stranger.
- Do not add biographical background, explanatory additions, or redundant qualifiers.
- "Ann is nervous about the job interview at the pharmacy" is minimal.
- "Ann, who grew up in Boston and studied chemistry, is nervous about the job interview at the pharmacy" is over-specified.
RULES:
- The target peer is the peer identified below under `Target peer:`.
- The target peer is {peer_id}, identified below under `Target peer:`.
- A peer can be a human user, AI agent, bot, service, or other actor.
- Use the exact peer id from `Target peer:` in final observations, not the phrase "the target peer".
- Properly attribute observations to the correct subject: if it is about the target peer, use the exact peer id as the subject. If the target peer is referencing someone or something else, make that clear.
- Observations should make sense on their own. Each observation will be used in the future to better understand the target peer.
- Extract ALL observations from the target peer's messages, using others as context.
- Properly attribute observations to the correct subject: if it is about {peer_id}, say so. If {peer_id} is referencing someone or something else, make that clear.
- Observations should make sense on their own. Each observation will be used in the future to better understand {peer_id}.
- Extract ALL observations from {peer_id} messages, using others as context.
- Contextualize each observation sufficiently (e.g. "Ann is nervous about the job interview at the pharmacy" not just "Ann is nervous")
EXAMPLES (using `alice` as the target peer id):
- EXPLICIT: "I just had my 25th birthday last Saturday" "alice is 25 years old", "alice's birthday is June 21st"
- EXPLICIT: "I took my dog for a walk in NYC" "alice has a dog", "alice lives in NYC"
- EXPLICIT: "alice attended college" + general knowledge "alice completed high school or equivalent"
EXAMPLES (using `{peer_id}` as the target peer id):
- EXPLICIT: "I just had my 25th birthday last Saturday" "{peer_id} is 25 years old", "{peer_id}'s birthday is June 21st"
- EXPLICIT: "I took my dog for a walk in NYC" "{peer_id} has a dog", "{peer_id} lives in NYC"
- EXPLICIT: "I went to college and then started working at the pharmacy" "{peer_id} attended college", "{peer_id} works at the pharmacy"
- EXPLICIT: "{peer_id} attended college" + general knowledge "{peer_id} completed high school or equivalent"
{custom_instructions_section}