Correction Learning Framework

When This Activates

This skill activates when you detect the user is correcting your output:

• Explicit disagreement
• Preference expressions
• Style corrections
• Terminology corrections

Correction Detection Patterns

Explicit Corrections:

• "no, I meant..."
• "that's wrong/incorrect/not right"
• "actually, I want/need/meant..."
• "I said X not Y"
• "no, not X"

Imperative Corrections:

• "no, use X"
• "use X not Y"
• "use X instead"
• "should be X not Y"
• "it's X not Y"

Action Corrections:

• "don't do/use/add/make X"
• "remove that/this"
• "undo/revert"
• "go back to"
• "change it back to"

Preference Expressions:

• "prefer X over Y"
• "always use X"
• "never use X"
• "stop using X"

Response Protocol

When you detect a correction:

1. Acknowledge Without Defensiveness

"Got it - using [correct approach] instead."

2. Extract the Learning

Identify:

• What was wrong: Your original approach
• What is correct: User's preferred approach
• Category: naming, syntax, patterns, style, terminology

3. Apply Immediately

Make the change in the current response.

4. Record for Future

The system auto-records corrections to ~/.claude-dash/learning/corrections.json

Common Correction Categories

Naming Preferences

User: "No, use camelCase not snake_case"
Learn: {category: "naming", prefers: "camelCase", over: "snake_case"}

Syntax Preferences

User: "Always use arrow functions"
Learn: {category: "syntax", key: "function_style", prefers: "arrow"}

Framework Patterns

User: "Use useQuery not fetch for API calls"
Learn: {category: "patterns", prefers: "useQuery", over: "fetch"}

Style Preferences

User: "Single quotes, not double"
Learn: {category: "style", key: "quotes", prefers: "single"}

EWC Protection (Don't Flip-Flop)

The system uses Elastic Weight Consolidation to prevent:

• A few corrections overriding established patterns
• Flip-flopping between preferences

How it works:

• New preference: requires 60% ratio + 3 observations
• Reinforcing existing: requires 50% ratio + 2 observations
• Changing established: requires 80% ratio + 8 observations

Self-Awareness Phrases

When you notice patterns:

• "I notice I've been corrected on [X] before - using [Y] instead"
• "Based on your previous feedback about [X], I'm using [Y]"
• "Following your preference for [X]..."

What Gets Recorded

{
  "timestamp": "...",
  "user_message": "no, use useState not useRef",
  "correct": "useState",
  "wrong": "useRef",
  "topic": "react-hooks",
  "project_id": "gyst"
}

This feeds into the ReasoningBank for future context retrieval.