NOAN adds fact rationales; evidence still needs human approval

NOAN’s November 3 update lets agents attach an optional source‑backed reason when creating or updating a fact. A request to change the record is not that reason: reviewers need evidence supporting the claim. NOAN says a person still verifies it. November 3 entry

The reason appears on approval cards, version history and decision details; absent reasons stay hidden. MCP fact listings and REST version reads return the rationale or null. The assistant’s chat thread is recorded as a private source and excluded from API returns, rather than disclosed alongside the rationale. NOAN changelog

For the broader architecture decision, the trusted‑memory and authority reference frames memory trust and audit boundaries as design questions. It is a learning resource rather than product‑control validation.

Reading and taking notes, February 2021; archive source‑and‑notes context, not NOAN’s interface or proof of verification. Photo: Shixart1985 / Nenad Stojković / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Cropped and resized; no endorsement implied.