src/scribe/services/dedup.py

@@ -523,6 +523,25 @@ _KIND_SUGGESTION = {
         "a work-log, and cancel the other with a pointer. If one CORRECTS the "
         "other's conclusions, supersession also works for tasks."
     ),
+    "lesson": (
+        "Read both TRIGGERS before anything else — a lesson is retrieved by "
+        "the situation it names, so two alike insights under different "
+        "triggers are two lessons and belong apart. Same trigger, same "
+        "teaching means one lesson learned twice: keep the clearer one, "
+        "update_lesson it with the union of both `taught_by` lists and "
+        "anything the other said that it doesn't, then delete_lesson the "
+        "other. The sources are the point — a lesson that loses an incident "
+        "loses its evidence."
+    ),
+    "process": (
+        "A process arrives at the agent as a skill, so two alike processes "
+        "compete for the same moment and whichever wins retrieval is the one "
+        "that runs — a duplicate here executes the wrong procedure rather "
+        "than merely cluttering a list. Keep the one actually in use, "
+        "update_process it with any step the other has, then delete_process "
+        "the loser. If they are genuinely different procedures that share "
+        "vocabulary, sharpen the titles instead so the right one wins."
+    ),
 }
 
 # kind → the Note-model predicate for BOTH sides of the self-join. Tasks are

tests/test_services_dedup.py

@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ def test_every_kind_has_a_suggestion_and_none_proposes_merging_notes():
 
     for kind in _REPORT_KINDS:
         assert _KIND_SUGGESTION.get(kind), f"no suggestion for {kind}"
+        if kind != "snippet":
+            # The property, not a spot-check: a sixth kind added to the
+            # report inherits the bar without anyone editing this test.
+            assert "merge_snippets" not in _KIND_SUGGESTION[kind]
     assert "merge" in _KIND_SUGGESTION["snippet"]
     assert "NOT merge" in _KIND_SUGGESTION["note"]
     assert "supersedes" in _KIND_SUGGESTION["note"]