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Stacked on #180.

This brings semantic retrieval into the reasoning loop. Rather than matching facts and rules exactly, it can pull the ones most relevant to a situation by meaning, using embeddings. It adds src/integration/semantic.metta.

MesTTo added 3 commits June 19, 2026 05:39
A non-monotonic + normative reasoner — Defeasible Logic DL(d) (Nute; Antoniou
et al.), Standard Deontic Logic (Governatori: O/P/F, F p =def O not-p,
contrary-to-duty reparation chains, dilemmas), Event Calculus + the 13 Allen
interval relations + temporal deadlines, and weakest-link trust. Complements
lib_nal/lib_pln: they grade how much a fact is believed; this decides what
defeasibly holds and what one ought to do.

Theories and plans are ordinary .metta files read by PeTTa's native loader (no
bespoke parser; .dfl arrow syntax also accepted). API: dl-run / dl-run-deontic /
dl-run-at, deontic-compliance / deontic-dilemmas, the non-monotonic queries
(dl-what-if / dl-why-not / dl-abduce / dl-requires), Event Calculus, and trust.
Golden test suite under tests/deontic/. Docs: docs/reference-lib-deontic.md.
The same theory runs through either the fast indexed Prolog kernel or the
atomspace-native MeTTa engine (ground.metta / reason.metta) with identical
conclusions; select with (dl-engine! native) or $OMEGACLAW_DL_ENGINE=native.
Native grounding uses a semi-naive frontier fixpoint. prolog stays the default —
native grounding is ~4-5x slower on grounding-heavy theories (per-operation
MeTTa-eval overhead, see the perf note in ground.metta), while native is ideal
for propositional plans and inspection. Docs: docs/deontic/README.md.
Brings semantic (embedding) retrieval into the deontic reasoning loop so relevant facts and rules can be pulled by meaning. Stacked on lib_deontic. Adds src/integration/semantic.metta.
@vsbogd vsbogd added the plugin label Jul 16, 2026
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