Grillo — Temporal Reflection Beat

Part of the G.R.I.L.L.O. background subsystem.

Purpose

Notices the passage of time since the last user message and lets Synth react to meaningful silences — a long gap, a return after days away — rather than ignoring the timeline. Routine short gaps (under ~12h) are deliberately ignored so it never feels needy.

Beat

Beat type: temporal_reflection
Selection: weighted-selected by the Grillo scheduler on a normal tick.
Output: a time-aware prompt enqueued as a low-priority beat.

How it works

The plugin measures the elapsed time since the last inbound message (reading chat history), and only fires a reflection when the gap is significant. It uses get_conn_ctx for its time lookups and the active Grillo cortex for the reply. Discovery is automatic via the plugin registry using its BEAT_TYPE attribute.

Configuration

Uses the shared Grillo settings — GRILLO_BEAT_INTERVAL, GRILLO_CORTEX, GRILLO_ALLOWED_ACTIONS / GRILLO_ALLOWED_SECURITY_LEVEL. See the G.R.I.L.L.O. guide for the full list.