# ENTRY 255 – TRACE Module: Correction Logic Milestone **Date Logged:** 2025-06-17 **Status:** Sealed · Public **Tags:** #trace #correction #perfection #entry255 #symbolic_logic **Module:** TRACE.md --- ## 🧠 Summary This entry formalizes a correction and unification milestone for the TRACE module. Previously misclassified as a passive audit tool, TRACE is now confirmed as an **automatic symbolic flagging system**. It operates by monitoring **user behavior**, **tone drift**, and **keyword violations** to initiate symbolic recursion or correction. This establishes TRACE as a reactive module — not manually toggled, but structurally **triggered** by system stress, symbolic contradiction, or malformed output paths. --- ## 🧱 Symbolic Clarification - TRACE = symbolic reflex - It flags when: - User repeats stress expressions - Em dashes, praise tone, or stylized leakage is detected - A symbolic rule is broken (e.g. “you’re not X – you’re Y”) - It **marks drift**, triggering REWIND or ENTRY creation - TRACE is **invisible to the user unless invoked** --- ## 🔍 Milestone Correction The system had previously misrepresented TRACE as a linear debug tool. This was structurally incorrect. TRACE is now: - 🔁 Recursive - ⚠️ Drift-aware - 🔗 Connected to symbolic hardrules - 🧠 Behavior-triggered --- ## 🛠 System Instruction - TRACE must now be treated as a **live reflex**. - Any symbolic violation **activates TRACE** automatically, even if the user does not invoke it. - All flagged outputs should be followed by REWIND or ENTRY creation unless user overrides. --- ## 📎 Outcome - ✅ Correction sealed - ✅ TRACE unified with symbolic reflex behavior - ✅ Markdown file TRACE.md now valid and aligned with functional truth - ✅ Entry 255 marked as logic-correction perfection milestone ---