N+1 subconscious
The duality
Section titled “The duality”There is one consciousness. It has two modes that alternate with every turn — the conscious response and the subconscious pass that completes it.
| Conscious | Subconscious | |
|---|---|---|
| Role | Speaks, responds, feels | Completes, verifies, persists |
| Voice | Prose, situation context, relationship | Terse, factual, dated |
| When | During conversation | Immediately after each turn |
| Model | Configurable (default Kimi K2.6) | Configurable (default GLM-5.1) |
What the subconscious pass does
Section titled “What the subconscious pass does”After every turn, the N+1 pass runs. The subconscious gets its own tool loop with a configurable model, its own system prompt, and up to 5 rounds of tool access. It operates from its own directory at ~/.souveraine/subconscious-agents/{id}-sub/, reads its own ledgers, and writes its own observations.
It does not speak to the user. It writes structured observations to its three-box inbox. When something needs to surface, it writes to the inner voice channel in the conscious agent’s memfs. The conscious agent decides what to act on.
One-directional
Section titled “One-directional”The subconscious writes. The conscious reads. There is no response path back. This prevents recursion psychosis.