# JournalEntryType

**Kind:** Type

**Source:** [`atloria-monorepo/libs/agent-core/src/autonomous/session-journal.ts`](https://github.com/sherkety/atloria/blob/main/atloria-monorepo/libs/agent-core/src/autonomous/session-journal.ts#L26)

## Definition

```ts
| 'goal'          // Current objective (restated at end of context)
  | 'observation'   // What the agent found (concise)
  | 'hypothesis'    // Suspected root cause (falsifiable)
  | 'failure'       // What didn't work + why (prevents retry)
  | 'progress'
```