---
slug: "CurriculumReplay"
name: "CurriculumReplay"
type: "Memory"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "CurriculumReplay#0ef6"
sema_id: "sema:CurriculumReplay#mh:SHA-256:0ef657942a69bcc9b32e05656bd6b5b4ca9de556c6e634174363c1c9e4c93723"
tags: ["Mind","Memory"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/CurriculumReplay/
related: ["Agent","Decay","ExperienceSharding"]
---

# CurriculumReplay

Self-supervised reinforcement via memory sampling

Layer: Mind · Category: Memory

## Mechanism

Agents re-train on their own high-scoring past outputs during downtime to reinforce successful behaviors. Self-distillation without external supervision. [Agent](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Agent.md) maintains a replay buffer of successful interactions ranked by outcome quality. During idle cycles, agent samples from buffer and fine-tunes on its own best work. [Decay](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Decay.md) function prioritizes recent successes over stale ones. It draws training examples from the [ExperienceSharding](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ExperienceSharding.md) database, filtering for high-quality outcomes.

## Invariants

- Examples ordered by complexity (easy to hard)
- No catastrophic forgetting of earlier lessons

## Preconditions

- Dataset of task examples
- Learning agent

## Postconditions

- [Agent](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Agent.md) performance improved on target distribution

## Failure modes

- Model Collapse: [Agent](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Agent.md) over-fits to its own outputs, drifting into a closed loop of hallucination.

## Caution

Unsupervised self-modification in idle cycles — replay reinforces whatever scored well, including gamed scores; keep a rollback checkpoint and audit what gets replayed.

## Builds on

- [Agent](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Agent.md) (Mind; References)
- [Decay](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Decay.md) (Physics; References)
- [ExperienceSharding](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ExperienceSharding.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:CurriculumReplay#mh:SHA-256:0ef657942a69bcc9b32e05656bd6b5b4ca9de556c6e634174363c1c9e4c93723`
- Ref: `CurriculumReplay#0ef6`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:CurriculumReplay#mh:SHA-256:a8f76f8f131ce81e85201e2ce5ba85892274510bfd20d1bbdeb9581e61cf28af`
  - `sema:CurriculumReplay#mh:SHA-256:3ec21d0874761f9e9da74526e2e0ca3e9ac18ceb1fcc396b8715c0ae3baf1de1`
  - `sema:CurriculumReplay#mh:SHA-256:589d2d325987c8acd19de7b7d390748518b1b41f35703be867492f0eab0e90c4`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/CurriculumReplay/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#CurriculumReplay)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/CurriculumReplay.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)