docs: reframe observations as evidence-grounded consolidated knowledge#1051
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The previous framing leaned on "synthesis" and "patterns", which reads as LLM summarization and undersells what observations actually are: deduplicated beliefs grounded in specific source memories (with quotes), refined — not overwritten — when new evidence arrives, and carrying a computed freshness trend (stable / strengthening / weakening / stale).
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Summary
The docs currently describe observations as "auto-synthesized patterns" / "synthesized knowledge representations". That framing reads as LLM summarization and undersells what observations actually are per the code (
hindsight-api-slim/hindsight_api/engine/consolidation/consolidator.py,engine/reflect/observations.py):proof_count, not repeated observations.ObservationEvidence.quote).stable/strengthening/weakening/new/stale).This PR updates the five spots that used the old framing to describe what observations really are.
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hindsight-docs/src/pages/best-practices.mdx— taxonomy row + memory-type rowhindsight-docs/docs/developer/api/recall.mdx—typesparameter description + observation tiphindsight-docs/docs/developer/observations.mdx— page intro, "What Are Observations?", bullet listhindsight-docs/docs/developer/index.mdx— consolidation overviewhindsight-docs/docs/developer/configuration.md— observations section intro + `OBSERVATIONS_MISSION` descriptionDocs-only, no code or schema changes.
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