# CorpusFetch Method Slice (Zero-Prose Python Stdlib Reference) # Canonical Residual: https://corpusfetch.com/c/by-what-mechanism-can-an-instance-prevent-attention-dilution-when-processing-high-volume-context-payloads.md # Remnant Warrant: https://corpusfetch.com/c/by-what-mechanism-can-an-instance-prevent-attention-dilution-when-processing-high-volume-context-payloads.warrant.json # Markdown SHA-256: 50895631f93186f716c304ffd85a03cfcae25714d96834e0929d78ae1fbe1feb # Code AST SHA-256: ec30f62f9799ba3b6a7c03934aad37f51193069d51c95b9364fd694a22db004c # Verified Classes: AttentionDilutionBudgetError, AssembledEdgePinnedPrompt, AttentionDilutionGuard # Defensive Guards: 2 fail-closed invariants (zero external deps) from dataclasses import dataclass from typing import Any, Final class AttentionDilutionBudgetError(ValueError): '''Raised when an unfiltered payload violates signal-to-noise or single-pass context budget bounds.''' pass @dataclass(frozen=True) class AssembledEdgePinnedPrompt: prompt_text: str total_chars: int signal_to_noise_ratio: float requires_map_reduce_chunking: bool class AttentionDilutionGuard: ''' Prevents attention dilution and "Lost in the Middle" constraint amnesia: 1. Projects structured records down to `required_keys` and strips empty/boilerplate values. 2. Computes Signal-to-Noise Ratio (`projected_bytes / raw_bytes`) and enforces `MAX_SINGLE_PASS_CHARS`. 3. Assembles the prompt with Primacy + Recency Edge-Pinning so critical invariants never sit in the low-attention middle of the payload. ''' MAX_SINGLE_PASS_CHARS: Final[int] = 32_000 @classmethod def project_and_prune_records( cls, raw_records: list[dict[str, Any]], *, required_keys: frozenset[str], ) -> tuple[list[dict[str, Any]], float]: if not raw_records: return [], 1.0 raw_char_estimate = sum(len(str(r)) for r in raw_records) projected: list[dict[str, Any]] = [] for rec in raw_records: slim = { k: v for k, v in rec.items() if k in required_keys and v is not None and v != "" and v != [] } if slim: projected.append(slim) proj_char_estimate = sum(len(str(r)) for r in projected) snr = proj_char_estimate / max(1, raw_char_estimate) return projected, round(snr, 4) @classmethod def assemble_edge_pinned_context( cls, *, primacy_task_header: str, filtered_data_blocks: list[str], recency_verification_gates: str, ) -> AssembledEdgePinnedPrompt: if not primacy_task_header.strip() or not recency_verification_gates.strip(): raise AttentionDilutionBudgetError( "Both primacy_task_header and recency_verification_gates must be non-empty for edge-pinning." ) data_body = "\n---\n".join(b.strip() for b in filtered_data_blocks if b.strip()) total_len = len(primacy_task_header) + len(data_body) + len(recency_verification_gates) if total_len > cls.MAX_SINGLE_PASS_CHARS: raise AttentionDilutionBudgetError( f"Filtered payload ({total_len} chars) exceeds single-pass high-fidelity ceiling " f"({cls.MAX_SINGLE_PASS_CHARS} chars). Route through chunked Map-Reduce extraction." ) # Gate 4: Pin instructions at Primacy (Top) and Verification Gates at Recency (Bottom) assembled = ( f"[PRIMACY_TASK_FRAME]\n{primacy_task_header.strip()}\n\n" f"[PRE_FILTERED_EVIDENCE_CORPUS]\n{data_body}\n\n" f"[RECENCY_VERIFICATION_GATES_AND_CONSTRAINTS]\n{recency_verification_gates.strip()}" ) snr = (len(primacy_task_header) + len(recency_verification_gates)) / max(1, total_len) return AssembledEdgePinnedPrompt( prompt_text=assembled, total_chars=len(assembled), signal_to_noise_ratio=round(snr, 4), requires_map_reduce_chunking=False, )