Learning State Template

Copy this into a private note. It is a cross-session source of truth, not a performance diary. Do not include passwords, government IDs, exact addresses, sensitive health data, or third-party information without permission.

If you only have five minutes today

Do not fill the whole form first. Copy the minimum version below and do the action; expand it into the full state file only when you need to resume across sessions, hand work over, or review a cycle.

# Learning State — minimum

Date: YYYY-MM-DD
The real problem I am handling:
Evidence I already have:
The smallest action I can finish today:
Evidence I will save when it is done:
What I will not upload or publish:

The minimum is complete when a future version of you can understand the problem, current evidence, next action, and boundary. It is not a full plan or a substitute for an independent retest. It is a way to let action happen first.

# Learning State

State version: v1
Updated: YYYY-MM-DD
Owner:
Primary file location:

## Goal
- Real context:
- Current main task:
- 12-week outcome:
- This week's focus:
- Acceptance criteria:
- Deadline:

## Constraints and Boundaries
- Weekly time/energy available:
- Materials and tools allowed:
- Content that must not be uploaded or published:
- AI may assist with:
- A person must confirm:

## Current Level and Baseline
- I can currently:
- Baseline sample:
- Latest score/feedback:

| Sample | Conditions | Location | Date | What it does not show yet |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | |

## Completed
- [date] task — output/evidence location — result/next step

## Errors, Risks, and Knowledge Gaps
| Error/risk | Evidence | Likely cause/confidence | Next treatment and stop condition |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

## Methods That Worked
- Method — conditions — evidence

## Hypotheses to Test
- Hypothesis — counterexample — next test — deadline

## Latest Handover
- Completed and evidence:
- Facts still unconfirmed:
- Open decisions:
- Cost/rework so far:
- First action when reopening:
- People to notify or consult:

## Next Action
1. Smallest next task:
2. Expected time:
3. Material needed:
4. Evidence to save:
5. Next review date:

Cross-session Recovery Prompt

Below is my learning-state file. In no more than six bullets, restate the state version, goal, current evidence, main errors, boundaries, and next action. Flag conflicts or missing information; do not pretend to remember another chat or invent facts absent from the file. Design one exercise only for the “smallest next task”: let me answer first, then give feedback against the acceptance criteria. Do not provide a complete answer unless I ask. Finish with five paste-ready updates: completed, evidence, errors/risks, handover, next action.

[paste Learning State]

An AI summary is not the source of truth. Resume from the file, saved work, sources, and version number; after a weekly review, update the Weekly Review, Evidence Chain, and 90-Day Cycle Map by their separate jobs instead of copying the same record.