import-skips-existing-sync-is-remote-wins
IN premise
Import mode (`import_agent`) is a one-time load that skips existing nodes; sync mode updates text/justifications/truth values with remote-wins semantics and retracts locally any beliefs removed from the remote
Summary
The system has two distinct modes for bringing in external beliefs. Import is conservative — it only adds new things and leaves everything already present untouched. Sync is aggressive — it overwrites local content with whatever the remote source says, and if something was deleted remotely, it gets retracted locally too, making the remote the authoritative source of truth.
Dependents
These beliefs depend on this one:
- import-sync-has-dual-reconciliation-modes — The import/sync subsystem offers two distinct reconciliation strategies: import is additive (skips existing nodes), while sync is remote-wins (overwrites text, justifications, and truth values from the remote source).
Details
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