AI Trading: Lesson Learned #131: Self-Healing Gap - Blog Lesson Sync

Lesson Learned #131: Self-Healing Gap - Blog Lesson Sync

ID: LL-131
Date: January 11, 2026
Severity: MEDIUM
Category: self-healing, automation, blog

What Happened

The GitHub Pages blog showed "Jan 11:" with no content because:

1. Lessons created during Claude sessions are on feature branches
2. Feature branches require manual PR creation and merge
3. The blog only shows lessons that are merged to main

Root Cause

Gap in self-healing: The weekend-learning workflow auto-merges RAG content, but session-created lessons don't have the same automation.

Current workflow:

1. Claude creates lesson → Feature branch
2. Claude creates PR → Manual step
3. PR merge → Manual or requires API call
4. Blog sync → Automatic (after merge)

Evidence

Jan 11 blog entry empty because:
- ll_130_investment_strategy_review_jan11.md was on branch
- Branch not merged to main
- Blog builds from main only

Fix Applied

Used GitHub PAT to:

1. Create PR #1408 programmatically
2. Merge PR #1408 automatically
3. Triggered auto-sync PR #1409 (lessons → docs/_lessons)

Prevention (Self-Healing Improvement Needed)

Option A: Auto-merge safe lesson PRs

Add to CI workflow that auto-merges PRs that only change:

• rag_knowledge/lessons_learned/*.md
• docs/_lessons/*.md

Option B: Direct push for lessons (with safeguards)

Allow direct push to main for lesson files only if:

• File matches ll_*.md pattern
• Content passes schema validation
• No code files changed

Option C: Session-end hook

Create hook that auto-creates and merges lesson PRs at session end.

Self-Healing Status

Component	Self-Healing?
Weekend learning RAG	✅ YES - auto-merge
Daily trading	✅ YES - scheduled
Session lessons	❌ NO - requires manual PR
Branch cleanup	✅ YES - weekend-learning cleans
Blog sync	✅ YES - after merge

Action Items

1. [ ] Implement Option A: Auto-merge lesson PRs in CI
2. [ ] Add session-end hook for lesson PR creation
3. [ ] Monitor for similar gaps in other components

Tags

self-healing, automation, blog, github-pages, lessons-learned, operational-gap

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