tancheng33/dsh-yogacara

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dsh-yogacara English 中文 A self-model plugin for DeepSeek Harness, built on the Yogācāra (唯识) account of mind: eight consciousnesses, the 51 mental factors, a store of seeds perfumed by what happens, and a self that is measured rather than assumed — written back into the agent's own system prompt each turn. Why Yogācāra and not a mood variable An agent that only ever knows the task has no way to notice that it is churning, that it is defending a position, or that this is the fourth time it has run the same failing command with a small variation. Bolting on mood: frustrated does not fix that, because a mood is not actionable. The Yogācāra taxonomy is. It is a closed enumeration — exactly 51 mental factors, no more — grouped by valence, and every affliction in it already names the factor that counteracts it . 掉举 (restlessness) is answered by 行舍 (equanimity); 失念 (forgetfulness) by 念 (recollection); 慢 (conceit) by 惭 (self-respect). A self-model built on it arrives with its own regulation loop instead of needing one designed from scratch. That is the engineering reason. The 1,600-year head start on introspective vocabulary is a bonus. What this is not. Nothing here claims the agent is se…

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