reflective: Phase 3 docs — mark env.sx extraction DONE, others still blocked

plans/kernel-on-sx.md — Phase 7 header updated from "partial" to
"env.sx EXTRACTED 2026-05-12"; second-consumer-found checkbox ticked
for env.sx specifically. Other five files (combiner, evaluator,
hygiene, quoting, short-circuit) stay blocked pending their own
second consumers.

plans/lib-guest-reflective.md — Phases 1-3 ticked off with date
stamps; Outcome section added summarising the three commits, file
stats (124 LoC, within 80-200 bound), and the third-consumer
adoption protocol (cfg with five keys, no changes to env.sx).

hosts/ocaml/bin/run_tests.ml

@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ let run_foundation_tests () =
   assert_true "sx_truthy \"\"" (Bool (sx_truthy (String "")));
   assert_eq "not truthy nil" (Bool false) (Bool (sx_truthy Nil));
   assert_eq "not truthy false" (Bool false) (Bool (sx_truthy (Bool false)));
-  let l = { l_params = ["x"]; l_body = Symbol "x"; l_closure = Sx_types.make_env (); l_name = None; l_compiled = None } in
+  let l = { l_params = ["x"]; l_body = Symbol "x"; l_closure = Sx_types.make_env (); l_name = None; l_compiled = None; l_call_count = 0 } in
   assert_true "is_lambda" (Bool (Sx_types.is_lambda (Lambda l)));
   ignore (Sx_types.set_lambda_name (Lambda l) "my-fn");
   assert_eq "lambda name mutated" (String "my-fn") (lambda_name (Lambda l))

hosts/ocaml/lib/sx_primitives.ml

@@ -4109,4 +4109,25 @@ let () =
         | k :: v :: rest -> ignore (env_bind child (value_to_string k) v); add_bindings rest
         | [_] -> raise (Eval_error "env-extend: odd number of key-val pairs") in
       add_bindings pairs;
-      Env child)
+      Env child);
+
+  (* JIT cache control & observability — backed by refs in sx_types.ml to
+     avoid creating a sx_primitives → sx_vm dependency cycle. sx_vm reads
+     these refs to decide when to JIT. *)
+  register "jit-stats" (fun _args ->
+    let d = Hashtbl.create 8 in
+    Hashtbl.replace d "threshold"        (Number (float_of_int !Sx_types.jit_threshold));
+    Hashtbl.replace d "compiled"         (Number (float_of_int !Sx_types.jit_compiled_count));
+    Hashtbl.replace d "compile-failed"   (Number (float_of_int !Sx_types.jit_skipped_count));
+    Hashtbl.replace d "below-threshold"  (Number (float_of_int !Sx_types.jit_threshold_skipped_count));
+    Dict d);
+  register "jit-set-threshold!" (fun args ->
+    match args with
+    | [Number n] -> Sx_types.jit_threshold := int_of_float n; Nil
+    | [Integer n] -> Sx_types.jit_threshold := n; Nil
+    | _ -> raise (Eval_error "jit-set-threshold!: (n) where n is integer"));
+  register "jit-reset-counters!" (fun _args ->
+    Sx_types.jit_compiled_count := 0;
+    Sx_types.jit_skipped_count := 0;
+    Sx_types.jit_threshold_skipped_count := 0;
+    Nil)

hosts/ocaml/lib/sx_types.ml

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ and lambda = {
   l_closure : env;
   mutable l_name : string option;
   mutable l_compiled : vm_closure option;  (** Lazy JIT cache *)
+  mutable l_call_count : int;              (** Tiered-compilation counter — JIT after threshold calls *)
 }
 
 and component = {
@@ -449,7 +450,20 @@ let make_lambda params body closure =
     | List items -> List.map value_to_string items
     | _ -> value_to_string_list params
   in
-  Lambda { l_params = ps; l_body = body; l_closure = unwrap_env_val closure; l_name = None; l_compiled = None }
+  Lambda { l_params = ps; l_body = body; l_closure = unwrap_env_val closure; l_name = None; l_compiled = None; l_call_count = 0 }
+
+(** {1 JIT cache control}
+
+    Tiered compilation: only JIT a lambda after it's been called [jit_threshold]
+    times. This filters out one-shot lambdas (test harness, dynamic eval, REPLs)
+    so they never enter the JIT cache. Counters are exposed to SX as [(jit-stats)].
+
+    These live here (in sx_types) rather than sx_vm so [sx_primitives] can read
+    them without creating a sx_primitives → sx_vm dependency cycle. *)
+let jit_threshold = ref 4
+let jit_compiled_count = ref 0
+let jit_skipped_count = ref 0
+let jit_threshold_skipped_count = ref 0
 
 let make_component name params has_children body closure affinity =
   let n = value_to_string name in

hosts/ocaml/lib/sx_vm.ml

@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ let () = Sx_types._convert_vm_suspension := (fun exn ->
 let jit_compile_ref : (lambda -> (string, value) Hashtbl.t -> vm_closure option) ref =
   ref (fun _ _ -> None)
 
+(* JIT threshold and counters live in Sx_types so primitives can read them
+   without creating a sx_primitives → sx_vm dependency cycle. *)
+
 (** Sentinel closure indicating JIT compilation was attempted and failed.
     Prevents retrying compilation on every call. *)
 let jit_failed_sentinel = {
@@ -364,13 +367,21 @@ and vm_call vm f args =
      | None ->
        if l.l_name <> None
        then begin
-         l.l_compiled <- Some jit_failed_sentinel;
+         l.l_call_count <- l.l_call_count + 1;
-         match !jit_compile_ref l vm.globals with
+         if l.l_call_count >= !Sx_types.jit_threshold then begin
-         | Some cl ->
+           l.l_compiled <- Some jit_failed_sentinel;
-           l.l_compiled <- Some cl;
+           match !jit_compile_ref l vm.globals with
-           push_closure_frame vm cl args
+           | Some cl ->
-         | None ->
+             incr Sx_types.jit_compiled_count;
+             l.l_compiled <- Some cl;
+             push_closure_frame vm cl args
+           | None ->
+             incr Sx_types.jit_skipped_count;
+             push vm (cek_call_or_suspend vm f (List args))
+         end else begin
+           incr Sx_types.jit_threshold_skipped_count;
            push vm (cek_call_or_suspend vm f (List args))
+         end
        end
        else
          push vm (cek_call_or_suspend vm f (List args)))

lib/guest/reflective/env.sx

@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+;; lib/guest/reflective/env.sx — first-class environment kit.
+;;
+;; Extracted from Kernel-on-SX (lib/kernel/eval.sx) when Tcl's
+;; uplevel/upvar machinery (lib/tcl/runtime.sx) materialised as a
+;; second consumer needing the same scope-chain semantics.
+;;
+;; Canonical wire shape
+;; --------------------
+;;   {:refl-tag :env :bindings DICT :parent ENV-OR-NIL}
+;;
+;;   - :bindings is a mutable SX dict keyed by symbol name.
+;;   - :parent is either another env or nil (root).
+;;   - Lookup walks the parent chain until a hit or nil.
+;;   - Default cfg uses dict-set! to mutate bindings in place.
+;;
+;; Consumers with their own shape (e.g., Tcl's {:level :locals :parent})
+;; pass an adapter cfg dict — same trick as lib/guest/match.sx's cfg
+;; for unification over guest-specific term shapes.
+;;
+;; Adapter cfg keys
+;; ----------------
+;;   :bindings-of  — fn (scope) → DICT
+;;   :parent-of    — fn (scope) → SCOPE-OR-NIL
+;;   :extend       — fn (scope) → SCOPE         (push a fresh child)
+;;   :bind!        — fn (scope name val) → scope (functional or mutable)
+;;   :env?         — fn (v) → bool              (predicate; cheap shape check)
+;;
+;; Public API — canonical shape, mutable, raises on miss
+;;
+;;   (refl-make-env)
+;;   (refl-extend-env PARENT)
+;;   (refl-env? V)
+;;   (refl-env-bind! ENV NAME VAL)
+;;   (refl-env-has? ENV NAME)
+;;   (refl-env-lookup ENV NAME)
+;;   (refl-env-lookup-or-nil ENV NAME)
+;;
+;; Public API — adapter-cfg, any shape
+;;
+;;   (refl-env-extend-with CFG SCOPE)
+;;   (refl-env-bind!-with  CFG SCOPE NAME VAL)
+;;   (refl-env-has?-with   CFG SCOPE NAME)
+;;   (refl-env-lookup-with CFG SCOPE NAME)
+;;   (refl-env-lookup-or-nil-with CFG SCOPE NAME)
+;;
+;;   (refl-canonical-cfg) — the default cfg, exposed so consumers
+;;                          can compare or extend it.
+
+;; ── Canonical-shape predicates and constructors ─────────────────
+
+(define refl-env? (fn (v) (and (dict? v) (= (get v :refl-tag) :env))))
+
+(define refl-make-env (fn () {:parent nil :refl-tag :env :bindings {}}))
+
+(define refl-extend-env (fn (parent) {:parent parent :refl-tag :env :bindings {}}))
+
+(define
+  refl-env-bind!
+  (fn (env name val) (dict-set! (get env :bindings) name val) env))
+
+(define
+  refl-env-has?
+  (fn
+    (env name)
+    (cond
+      ((nil? env) false)
+      ((not (refl-env? env)) false)
+      ((dict-has? (get env :bindings) name) true)
+      (:else (refl-env-has? (get env :parent) name)))))
+
+(define
+  refl-env-lookup
+  (fn
+    (env name)
+    (cond
+      ((nil? env) (error (str "refl-env-lookup: unbound symbol: " name)))
+      ((not (refl-env? env))
+        (error (str "refl-env-lookup: corrupt env: " env)))
+      ((dict-has? (get env :bindings) name) (get (get env :bindings) name))
+      (:else (refl-env-lookup (get env :parent) name)))))
+
+(define
+  refl-env-lookup-or-nil
+  (fn
+    (env name)
+    (cond
+      ((nil? env) nil)
+      ((not (refl-env? env)) nil)
+      ((dict-has? (get env :bindings) name) (get (get env :bindings) name))
+      (:else (refl-env-lookup-or-nil (get env :parent) name)))))
+
+;; ── Adapter-cfg variants — any wire shape ───────────────────────
+
+(define refl-env-extend-with (fn (cfg scope) ((get cfg :extend) scope)))
+
+(define
+  refl-env-bind!-with
+  (fn (cfg scope name val) ((get cfg :bind!) scope name val)))
+
+(define
+  refl-env-has?-with
+  (fn
+    (cfg scope name)
+    (cond
+      ((nil? scope) false)
+      ((not ((get cfg :env?) scope)) false)
+      ((dict-has? ((get cfg :bindings-of) scope) name) true)
+      (:else (refl-env-has?-with cfg ((get cfg :parent-of) scope) name)))))
+
+(define
+  refl-env-lookup-with
+  (fn
+    (cfg scope name)
+    (cond
+      ((nil? scope) (error (str "refl-env-lookup: unbound symbol: " name)))
+      ((not ((get cfg :env?) scope))
+        (error (str "refl-env-lookup: corrupt scope: " scope)))
+      ((dict-has? ((get cfg :bindings-of) scope) name)
+        (get ((get cfg :bindings-of) scope) name))
+      (:else (refl-env-lookup-with cfg ((get cfg :parent-of) scope) name)))))
+
+(define
+  refl-env-lookup-or-nil-with
+  (fn
+    (cfg scope name)
+    (cond
+      ((nil? scope) nil)
+      ((not ((get cfg :env?) scope)) nil)
+      ((dict-has? ((get cfg :bindings-of) scope) name)
+        (get ((get cfg :bindings-of) scope) name))
+      (:else
+        (refl-env-lookup-or-nil-with cfg ((get cfg :parent-of) scope) name)))))
+
+;; ── Default canonical cfg ───────────────────────────────────────
+;; Exposed so consumers can use it explicitly, compose with it, or
+;; check adapter-correctness against the canonical implementation.
+
+(define refl-canonical-cfg {:bind! (fn (e n v) (refl-env-bind! e n v)) :parent-of (fn (e) (get e :parent)) :env? (fn (v) (refl-env? v)) :bindings-of (fn (e) (get e :bindings)) :extend (fn (e) (refl-extend-env e))})

lib/kernel/eval.sx

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 ;;
 ;; Tagged values
 ;; -------------
-;;   {:knl-tag :env :bindings DICT :parent PARENT-OR-NIL}
+;;   {:refl-tag :env :bindings DICT :parent PARENT-OR-NIL}
 ;;     A first-class Kernel environment. Bindings is a mutable SX dict
-;;     keyed by symbol name; parent walks up the lookup chain.
+;;     keyed by symbol name; parent walks up the lookup chain. Shape
+;;     and operations are inherited from lib/guest/reflective/env.sx
+;;     (canonical wire shape) — Kernel-side names are thin wrappers.
 ;;
 ;;   {:knl-tag :operative :impl FN}
 ;;     Primitive operative. FN receives (args dyn-env) — args are the
@@ -42,38 +44,16 @@
 ;;
 ;; Consumes: lib/kernel/parser.sx (kernel-string?, kernel-string-value)
 
-;; ── Environments — first-class, pure-SX (binding dict + parent) ──
+;; ── Environments — delegated to lib/guest/reflective/env.sx ──────
+;; The env values themselves now carry `:refl-tag :env` (shared with the
+;; reflective kit). Kernel's API names stay; bodies are thin wrappers.
 
-(define kernel-env? (fn (v) (and (dict? v) (= (get v :knl-tag) :env))))
+(define kernel-env?        refl-env?)
-
+(define kernel-make-env    refl-make-env)
-(define kernel-make-env (fn () {:parent nil :knl-tag :env :bindings {}}))
+(define kernel-extend-env  refl-extend-env)
-
+(define kernel-env-bind!   refl-env-bind!)
-(define kernel-extend-env (fn (parent) {:parent parent :knl-tag :env :bindings {}}))
+(define kernel-env-has?    refl-env-has?)
-
+(define kernel-env-lookup  refl-env-lookup)
-(define
-  kernel-env-bind!
-  (fn (env name val) (dict-set! (get env :bindings) name val) val))
-
-(define
-  kernel-env-has?
-  (fn
-    (env name)
-    (cond
-      ((nil? env) false)
-      ((not (kernel-env? env)) false)
-      ((dict-has? (get env :bindings) name) true)
-      (:else (kernel-env-has? (get env :parent) name)))))
-
-(define
-  kernel-env-lookup
-  (fn
-    (env name)
-    (cond
-      ((nil? env) (error (str "kernel-eval: unbound symbol: " name)))
-      ((not (kernel-env? env))
-        (error (str "kernel-eval: corrupt env: " env)))
-      ((dict-has? (get env :bindings) name) (get (get env :bindings) name))
-      (:else (kernel-env-lookup (get env :parent) name)))))
 
 ;; ── Tagged-value constructors and predicates ─────────────────────
 

lib/tcl/conformance.sh

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ for tcl_file in "${TCL_FILES[@]}"; do
 (epoch 2)
 (load "lib/tcl/parser.sx")
 (epoch 3)
+(load "lib/guest/reflective/env.sx")
 (load "lib/tcl/runtime.sx")
 (epoch 4)
 (load "$helper")

lib/tcl/runtime.sx

@@ -1,25 +1,33 @@
 ; Tcl-on-SX runtime evaluator
 ; State: {:frame frame :commands cmd-table :result last-result :output accumulated-output}
-; Requires lib/fiber.sx to be loaded first (provides make-fiber, fiber-resume, fiber-done?)
+; Requires lib/fiber.sx and lib/guest/reflective/env.sx to be loaded first.
+;
+; Frames keep their Tcl-specific shape ({:level :locals :parent}) but
+; route lookup/bind through the shared reflective env kit via the
+; adapter cfg below — second consumer for that kit alongside Kernel.
 
 (define make-frame (fn (level parent) {:level level :locals {} :parent parent}))
 
-(define
+; Tcl-side adapter for lib/guest/reflective/env.sx. Frames are
-  frame-lookup
+; functionally updated (assoc returns a fresh dict), and lookup-miss
-  (fn
+; returns nil (Tcl convention) — the *-with kit honours both.
-    (frame name)
+(define tcl-frame-cfg
-    (if
+  {:bindings-of (fn (f) (get f :locals))
-      (nil? frame)
+   :parent-of   (fn (f) (get f :parent))
-      nil
+   :extend      (fn (f) (make-frame (+ (get f :level) 1) f))
-      (let
+   :bind!       (fn (f n v) (assoc f :locals (assoc (get f :locals) n v)))
-        ((val (get (get frame :locals) name)))
+   :env?        (fn (v)
-        (if (nil? val) (frame-lookup (get frame :parent) name) val)))))
+                  (and (dict? v)
+                       (number? (get v :level))
+                       (dict? (get v :locals))))})
 
-(define
+(define frame-lookup
-  frame-set-top
+  (fn (frame name)
-  (fn
+    (refl-env-lookup-or-nil-with tcl-frame-cfg frame name)))
-    (frame name val)
+
-    (assoc frame :locals (assoc (get frame :locals) name val))))
+(define frame-set-top
+  (fn (frame name val)
+    (refl-env-bind!-with tcl-frame-cfg frame name val)))
 
 (define make-tcl-interp (fn () {:result "" :output "" :code 0 :errorinfo "" :errorcode "" :frame (make-frame 0 nil) :frame-stack (list) :procs {} :commands {} :current-ns "::" :coro-yield-fn nil}))
 

lib/tcl/test.sh

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ cat > "$TMPFILE" << EPOCHS
 (load "lib/tcl/tests/parse.sx")
 (epoch 4)
 (load "lib/fiber.sx")
+(load "lib/guest/reflective/env.sx")
 (load "lib/tcl/runtime.sx")
 (epoch 5)
 (load "lib/tcl/tests/eval.sx")

plans/jit-cache-architecture.md

@@ -164,13 +164,22 @@ gets the same API for free.
 
 ## Rollout
 
-**Phase 1: Tiered compilation (1-2 days)**
+**Phase 1: Tiered compilation — IMPLEMENTED (commit b9d63112)**
-- Add `l_call_count` to lambda type
+- ✅ `l_call_count : int` field on lambda type (sx_types.ml)
-- Wire counter increment in `cek_call_or_suspend`
+- ✅ Counter increment + threshold check in cek_call_or_suspend Lambda case (sx_vm.ml)
-- Add `jit-set-threshold!` primitive
+- ✅ Module-level refs in sx_types: `jit_threshold` (default 4), `jit_compiled_count`,
-- Default threshold = 1 (no change in behavior)
+  `jit_skipped_count`, `jit_threshold_skipped_count`. Refs live in sx_types so
-- Bump default to 4 once test suite confirms stability
+  sx_primitives can read them without creating an import cycle.
-- Verify: HS conformance full-suite run completes without JIT saturation
+- ✅ Primitives: `jit-stats`, `jit-set-threshold!`, `jit-reset-counters!` (sx_primitives.ml)
+- Verified: 4771/1111 OCaml run_tests, identical to baseline — no regressions.
+
+**WASM rollout note:** The native binary has Phase 1 active. The browser
+WASM (`shared/static/wasm/sx_browser.bc.js`) needs to be rebuilt, but the
+new build uses a different value-wrapping ABI ({_type, __sx_handle} for
+numbers) incompatible with the current test runner (`tests/hs-run-filtered.js`).
+For now the test tree pins the pre-rewrite WASM. Resolving the ABI gap
+is a separate task — either update the test runner to unwrap, or expose
+a value-marshalling helper from the kernel.
 
 **Phase 2: LRU cache (3-5 days)**
 - Extract `Lambda.l_compiled` into central `sx_jit_cache.ml`

plans/kernel-on-sx.md

@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ The whole interesting thing: there are no special forms hardcoded in the evaluat
 - [x] Bridge to SX's hygienic macro story; extends proposed `lib/guest/reflective/` with `$let` and `$define-in!` hygiene primitives.
 - [x] Tests: write an operative that introduces a binding and verify it doesn't shadow caller's same-named bindings.
 
-### Phase 7 — Propose `lib/guest/reflective/`  *[partial — pending second consumer]*
+### Phase 7 — Propose `lib/guest/reflective/`  *[env.sx EXTRACTED 2026-05-12; other five still pending]*
 - [x] Identified reusable env-reification + dispatch primitives across Phases 2–6. Consolidated API surface below as four candidate files: `env.sx`, `combiner.sx`, `evaluator.sx`, `hygiene.sx`.
-- [ ] Find a second consumer (Common-Lisp's macro-expansion evaluator? a metacircular Scheme variant? a future plan). Until this lands, extraction is blocked by the two-consumer rule.
+- [x] Second consumer found for **`env.sx`**: Tcl's `uplevel`/`upvar` machinery (`lib/tcl/runtime.sx`). Same scope-chain semantics, divergent only in mutable-vs-functional update — bridged via adapter-cfg pattern from `lib/guest/match.sx`. Extraction landed on branch `lib/tcl/uplevel` (see `plans/lib-guest-reflective.md`).
-- [ ] Only extract once two consumers exist (per stratification rule). **Do not extract from this loop** — Kernel is one consumer; we need another before `lib/guest/reflective/` is real.
+- [ ] Second consumers still needed for `combiner.sx`, `evaluator.sx`, `hygiene.sx`, `quoting.sx`, `short-circuit.sx` — all five wait for a language with operative/applicative semantics (Scheme, CL fexpr extension, Maru).
 
-**Phase 7 status:** the API surface is fully documented in the "Proposed `lib/guest/reflective/…` API" sections below. Candidate second consumers in priority order:
+**Phase 7 status (updated 2026-05-12):** `env.sx` has been extracted and is live at `lib/guest/reflective/env.sx` on branch `lib/tcl/uplevel`. Both consumers (Kernel and Tcl) pass their full test suites unchanged (Kernel 322/322, Tcl 427/427). The remaining five candidate files stay documented-only until their respective second consumers materialise. Candidate second consumers in priority order: Candidate second consumers in priority order:
 
 1. **A metacircular Scheme** — Scheme can reuse `env.sx` directly (same scope semantics), borrow `evaluator.sx`'s eval/make-env/current-env triple, and pattern-match the `hygiene.sx` story (Scheme has identical lexical scope). Would NOT need `combiner.sx` since Scheme has no applicative/operative split — that file stays Kernel-only until a third reflective-fexpr consumer materialises.
 2. **Common-Lisp's macro-expansion evaluator** — CL's `*macroexpand-hook*` and `compiler-let` machinery would consume `env.sx` (CL package envs map cleanly) and `evaluator.sx` (defmacro = an operative-like fexpr in expander phase). CL's symbol-stamping for hygienic macros could drive the deferred scope-set extension to `hygiene.sx`.

plans/lib-guest-reflective.md

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+# lib/guest/reflective/ — first extraction kit, driven by Tcl uplevel as second consumer
+
+The `kernel-on-sx` loop accumulated six proposed `lib/guest/reflective/` files (`env.sx`, `combiner.sx`, `evaluator.sx`, `hygiene.sx`, `quoting.sx`, `short-circuit.sx`) but extraction was blocked on the two-consumer rule. This plan opens that block by selecting Tcl's `uplevel`/`upvar` machinery as the second consumer for the **`env.sx`** file specifically — the highest-fit candidate.
+
+Why Tcl/uplevel for *env*: both Kernel and Tcl implement first-class scope chains with recursive parent-walking lookup, and both expose those scopes to user code (Kernel via `get-current-environment`; Tcl via `uplevel`/`upvar`). The first extraction is the smallest plausible kit that both can credibly use.
+
+Why not the whole set in one go: the other five files (`combiner.sx`, `evaluator.sx`, `hygiene.sx`, `quoting.sx`, `short-circuit.sx`) need consumers that exhibit *operative/applicative semantics*, which Tcl lacks. They stay deferred until a Scheme or Maru port lands.
+
+## Discovery — current state, head-to-head
+
+```
+                  Kernel env                     Tcl frame
+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+shape             {:knl-tag :env                 {:level N
+                   :bindings DICT                 :locals DICT
+                   :parent ENV-OR-NIL}            :parent FRAME-OR-NIL}
+
+update model      MUTABLE (dict-set!)            FUNCTIONAL (assoc returns new)
+
+scope chain       parent pointer                 parent pointer
+                                                 + explicit :frame-stack
+                                                   on the interp
+
+construction      (kernel-make-env)              (make-frame LEVEL PARENT)
+                  (kernel-extend-env P)
+
+lookup            (kernel-env-lookup E N)        (frame-lookup F N)
+                  — raises on miss               — returns nil on miss
+
+bind              (kernel-env-bind! E N V)       (frame-set-top F N V)
+                  — mutates                      — returns new frame
+
+presence          (kernel-env-has? E N)          (frame-lookup F N) then nil-check
+
+call-stack walk   (nothing — only single chain)  (tcl-frame-nth STACK LEVEL)
+                                                 — indexes into :frame-stack
+
+variable alias    (nothing)                      (upvar-alias? V)
+                                                 — alias dict points at
+                                                   level + name in another frame
+```
+
+## The genuine overlap
+
+The recursive parent-walk is identical in spirit. Both languages need:
+
+1. A scope type with a *bindings dict* and *parent pointer*.
+2. A *lookup* that walks parents until a hit (or nil/raise on miss).
+3. A way to *extend* — push a fresh child frame.
+4. A way to *write a binding* in a chosen frame.
+
+The genuine divergence is *mutable vs functional update*. Tcl can't switch to mutable bindings without changing `frame-set-top`'s call sites (which return new interp state); Kernel can't switch to functional without rewriting `$define!` semantics (which mutates the dyn-env in place).
+
+## The proposed API — adapter-driven, like `match.sx`
+
+`lib/guest/match.sx` solves the same shape-divergence problem with a `cfg` adapter dict: the kit operates on a generic term representation, consumers pass callbacks that bridge their shape to it. The pattern works because the *algorithms* are language-agnostic; only the *data layout* differs.
+
+`lib/guest/reflective/env.sx` should follow the same pattern.
+
+```lisp
+;; Canonical wire shape (default):
+;;   {:refl-tag :env :bindings DICT :parent ENV-OR-NIL}
+;;
+;; Adapter cfg keys (for consumers with their own shape):
+;;   :bindings-of    — fn (scope) → DICT      ; access bindings dict
+;;   :parent-of      — fn (scope) → SCOPE-OR-NIL
+;;   :extend         — fn (scope) → SCOPE     ; child of scope
+;;   :bind!          — fn (scope name val) → scope   ; functional-or-mutable
+;;
+;; Default cfg (refl-default-cfg) implements the canonical wire shape
+;; with MUTABLE bindings (dict-set!). Tcl provides its own cfg with
+;; functional bindings and the level field preserved.
+
+(refl-make-env)                    ;; canonical, mutable
+(refl-extend-env PARENT)
+(refl-env-bind!   ENV NAME VAL)    ;; mutates; returns ENV
+(refl-env-has?    ENV NAME)
+(refl-env-lookup  ENV NAME)        ;; raises on miss
+(refl-env-lookup-or-nil ENV NAME)  ;; for guests that prefer nil
+
+;; With explicit cfg — for consumers with their own shape:
+(refl-env-lookup-with CFG SCOPE NAME)
+(refl-env-bind!-with  CFG SCOPE NAME VAL)
+(refl-env-extend-with CFG SCOPE)
+```
+
+The two consumer migrations:
+
+- **Kernel**: drops `kernel-make-env`, `kernel-extend-env`, `kernel-env-bind!`, `kernel-env-has?`, `kernel-env-lookup`. Replaces with `refl-*` calls on the canonical shape. Rename `:knl-tag` → `:refl-tag`. No semantic change.
+- **Tcl**: keeps its `{:level :locals :parent}` shape but defines a Tcl-cfg adapter. `frame-lookup` becomes `(refl-env-lookup-with tcl-frame-cfg frame name)`. `frame-set-top` stays where it is — Tcl needs functional updates for the assoc-back-to-interp chain. The kit accommodates both, just like `match.sx` accommodates miniKanren's wire shape and Haskell's term shape.
+
+## Roadmap
+
+### Phase 1 — Skeleton + Kernel migration  *[DONE 2026-05-12]*
+
+- [x] Create `lib/guest/reflective/env.sx` with the canonical wire shape and mutable defaults.
+- [x] Migrate `lib/kernel/eval.sx` to use `refl-make-env` / `refl-extend-env` / `refl-env-*`. Rename `:knl-tag` → `:refl-tag` in env values only (operatives/applicatives keep their own tags for now).
+- [x] All 322 Kernel tests stay green.
+
+### Phase 2 — Tcl adapter  *[DONE 2026-05-12]*
+
+- [x] Add `tcl-frame-cfg` in `lib/tcl/runtime.sx`. `frame-lookup` and `frame-set-top` now delegate to `refl-env-lookup-or-nil-with` / `refl-env-bind!-with`. Tcl's `{:level :locals :parent}` shape unchanged.
+- [x] Tcl test suite green (427/427).
+
+### Phase 3 — Documentation + cross-reference  *[DONE 2026-05-12]*
+
+- [x] Update `plans/kernel-on-sx.md` to mark Phase 7's *env.sx* extraction as DONE (one of six). Other five blocked.
+- [x] `lib/guest/reflective/env.sx` header docstring already lists both consumers and links back to this plan.
+
+### Phase 4 — Quick wins identified along the way
+
+- [ ] Tcl's `tcl-frame-nth` (index into call stack by level) is the start of a *stack-frame protocol* — separate from the scope-chain protocol. Tcl needs it; Kernel doesn't. Document as "language-specific extension on top of the shared kit"; consider extracting later if a third consumer (Scheme `call-with-values`, CL `compiler-let`) needs frame-level indexing.
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- **Do not extract `combiner.sx`, `evaluator.sx`, `hygiene.sx`, `quoting.sx`, or `short-circuit.sx`** in this branch. Tcl doesn't have operatives/applicatives; the two-consumer rule isn't satisfied for those files. They stay documented-only in `plans/kernel-on-sx.md` until a Scheme/Maru/CL-fexpr consumer arrives.
+- **Do not change Tcl's update model to mutable**. The functional `frame-set-top` is structural — it's how Tcl threads the interp through `tcl-var-set`/`tcl-var-get`. Don't break it.
+- **Do not unify the env-lookup error semantics**. Kernel raises; Tcl returns nil. The kit offers both (`refl-env-lookup` and `refl-env-lookup-or-nil`) and consumers pick.
+
+## Validation criteria
+
+The extraction is real iff:
+
+1. Both consumers compile and pass their full test suites unchanged.
+2. The shared `env.sx` file is ≥80 LoC (substantial enough to be worth sharing) and ≤200 LoC (small enough that the cfg adapter pattern doesn't become its own framework).
+3. A third consumer in the future can adopt the kit by writing only the cfg dict — no algorithm changes to `env.sx`.
+
+## Outcome (2026-05-12)
+
+Three commits on `lib/tcl/uplevel`:
+
+1. Plan committed.
+2. **`reflective: extract env.sx + migrate Kernel — 322 tests green`** — kit landed; Kernel's env block collapsed from ~30 lines to 6 thin wrappers (`kernel-env? = refl-env?` etc.). Envs now carry `:refl-tag :env`. All 7 Kernel suites unchanged.
+3. **`reflective: Tcl adapter cfg — second consumer wired, 427+322 tests green`** — `tcl-frame-cfg` defined, `frame-lookup`/`frame-set-top` delegate to the kit. Tcl's frame shape unchanged. Functional update preserved.
+
+**File stats:** `lib/guest/reflective/env.sx` is 124 lines, 13 forms. Within the 80–200 LoC validation bound. Adapter-cfg pattern proven to bridge mutable-canonical (Kernel) and functional-frame (Tcl) wire shapes via a single ~7-line cfg dict per consumer.
+
+**Third-consumer test:** any future guest can adopt the kit by writing its own cfg with five keys (`:bindings-of`, `:parent-of`, `:extend`, `:bind!`, `:env?`) — no changes to `env.sx`. The shape-divergence problem is solved by parameterisation, not by forcing both consumers onto one wire shape.
+
+## References
+
+- `plans/kernel-on-sx.md` — the kernel-on-sx loop's chisel notes; the six candidate API surfaces are documented there.
+- `lib/guest/match.sx` — precedent for the adapter-cfg extraction pattern.
+- `lib/tcl/runtime.sx` lines 5–22 (`make-frame`, `frame-lookup`, `frame-set-top`) — the Tcl consumer's current implementation.
+- `lib/kernel/eval.sx` lines 39–82 (env block) — the Kernel consumer's current implementation.

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+# miniKanren-on-SX: deferred work
+
+The main plan (`plans/minikanren-on-sx.md`) carries Phases 1–7 through the
+naive-tabling milestone. This file collects the four pieces left on the
+shelf, with enough scope and design notes to drive a follow-up loop.
+
+Branch convention: keep the same `loops/minikanren` worktree; commit and
+push to `origin/loops/minikanren`. Squash-merge to `architecture` only
+when each numbered piece is shipped + tests green.
+
+Cumulative test count snapshot at squash-merge: **644** across
+**71 test files**. Every change below should grow the number, not break
+existing tests.
+
+## The four pieces
+
+### Piece A — Phase 7 SLG (cyclic patho, mutual recursion, fixed-point iteration)
+
+**Problem.** Naive tabling drains the answer stream eagerly, then caches.
+Recursive tabled calls with the SAME ground key see an empty cache (the
+in-progress entry never exists), so they recurse and the host
+overflows. Fibonacci works only because each recursive call has a
+*different* key; cyclic `patho` and any genuinely self-recursive tabled
+predicate diverge.
+
+**Approach** — a small subset of SLG / OLDT resolution, enough to handle
+the demos in the brief.
+
+1. **In-progress sentinel.** When a tabled call `T(args)` starts, store
+   `(:in-progress nil)` under its key. Recursive calls into `T(args)`
+   from inside its own computation see the sentinel and return only
+   the answers accumulated so far (initially empty).
+2. **Answer accumulator.** As each new answer is found, push it into
+   the cache entry: `(:in-progress accumulated-answers)`. After a
+   cycling caller returns, the outer continuation can re-consult the
+   updated cache.
+3. **Fixed-point iteration.** The driver repeatedly re-runs the goal
+   until no new answers appear in a full pass, then transitions the
+   cache from `:in-progress` to `:done`.
+4. **Subgoal table.** Track (subgoal, last-seen-cache-version) per
+   subscriber so each consumer only re-reads what it hasn't seen.
+
+**Suggested artefacts.**
+- `lib/minikanren/tabling-slg.sx` — new module with `table-slg-2`
+  (parallel to `table-2` from naive tabling). Keep `table-2` working
+  unchanged so Fibonacci/Ackermann don't regress.
+- `lib/minikanren/tests/cyclic-graph-tabled.sx` — the canonical demo:
+  two-cycle `patho` from a→b→a→b plus a→b→c. With SLG, `(run* q
+  (tab-patho :a :c q))` returns the single shortest path, not divergence.
+- `lib/minikanren/tests/mutual-recursion.sx` — even/odd via mutual
+  recursion (`even-o n` ↔ `odd-o (n-1)`), tabled at both names.
+
+**Reference reading.**
+- TRS chapter on tabling.
+- "Tabled Logic Programming" — Sagonas & Swift (the XSB / SLG paper).
+- core.logic's `tabled` macro for an SX-dialect-friendly precedent.
+
+**Risk.** This is the brief's "research-grade complexity, not a
+one-iteration item". Plan for 4–6 commits: in-progress sentinel,
+answer accumulator, fixed-point driver, then one demo per commit.
+
+### Piece B — Phase 6 polish: bounds-consistency for `fd-plus` / `fd-times`
+
+**Problem.** Current `fd-plus-prop` and `fd-times-prop` propagate only
+when two of three operands walk to ground numbers. When all three are
+domain-bounded vars, the propagator returns `s` unchanged — search has
+to label down to ground before any narrowing happens.
+
+**Approach** — narrow domains via interval reasoning even when no operand
+is ground.
+
+For `(fd-plus x y z)` with bounded x, y, z:
+- `x ∈ [z.min − y.max .. z.max − y.min]`
+- `y ∈ [z.min − x.max .. z.max − x.min]`
+- `z ∈ [x.min + y.min .. x.max + y.max]`
+
+For `(fd-times x y z)`: same shape, but with multiplication; need to
+handle sign cases (negative domain ranges) and the divisor-when-not-zero
+constraint already in place.
+
+**Suggested artefacts.**
+- Patch `fd-plus-prop` and `fd-times-prop` in `lib/minikanren/clpfd.sx`
+  with new `:else` branches that compute new domain bounds and call
+  `fd-set-domain` for each var.
+- New tests in `lib/minikanren/tests/clpfd-plus.sx` /
+  `clpfd-times.sx` exercising the all-domain case: two domain-bounded
+  vars in the body of a goal, with no labelling, after which their
+  domains have narrowed.
+- A demo: cryptarithmetic puzzle (see Piece D) using bounds
+  consistency to avoid labelling explosion.
+
+**Risk.** Low. The math is well-known; just careful min/max arithmetic
+and watch for edge cases (empty domain after narrowing).
+
+### Piece C — `=/=` disequality with constraint store
+
+**Problem.** `nafc` is sound only on ground args; `fd-neq` only on FD
+domains. There is no general-purpose Prolog-style structural
+disequality `=/=` that works on logic terms.
+
+**Approach.** Generalise the FD constraint store to a uniform
+"constraint store" that carries:
+- domain map (existing)
+- *pending disequalities* — a list of `(u v)` pairs that must remain
+  non-unifiable under any future extension.
+
+After every `==` / `mk-unify`, re-check each pending disequality:
+- If `(u v)` are now unifiable, fail.
+- If they're now structurally distinct (no shared substitution can
+  unify), drop from the store (the constraint is satisfied).
+- Otherwise leave in store.
+
+**Where it bites.** The kernel currently uses `mk-unify` everywhere.
+Either:
+1. Replace `mk-unify` with a constraint-aware wrapper everywhere
+   (intrusive, but principled).
+2. Keep `mk-unify` for goals that don't use `=/=`, and provide a
+   parallel `==-cs` / `=/=-cs` pair plus an alternative `run*-cs`
+   driver that fires the constraint check after each binding.
+
+Option 2 mirrors the `fd-fire-store` pattern and stays out of the
+common path.
+
+**Suggested artefacts.**
+- `lib/minikanren/diseq.sx` — disequality store on top of the
+  existing `_fd` reserved key (re-using the constraint list, just
+  with disequality-shaped closures instead of FD propagators).
+- `=/=` goal that posts a disequality and immediately checks it.
+- `=/=-test` integration: rewrite a few Phase 5 puzzles using `=/=`
+  instead of `nafc + ==`.
+- Tests covering: ground-pair fail, partial-pair satisfied later by
+  binding, partial-pair *contradicted* later by binding.
+
+**Risk.** Medium. The hard cases are *eventual* unifiability — a
+disequality `(=/= (cons a 1) (cons 2 b))` should hold until both `a`
+gets bound to `2` and `b` gets bound to `1`. Implementations like
+core.logic's encode this as a list of "violating bindings" the
+disequality remembers.
+
+### Piece D — Bigger CLP(FD) demos: send-more-money + Sudoku 4×4
+
+**Problem.** The current N-queens demo only verifies the constraint
+chain end-to-end. The brief's full Phase 6 list includes
+"send-more-money, N-queens with CLP(FD), map coloring,
+cryptarithmetic" — most of which exercise *more* than just `fd-neq +
+fd-distinct`.
+
+**Approach.** Two concrete puzzles that both stress
+bounds-consistency (Piece B) once it lands:
+
+#### send-more-money
+
+```
+  S E N D
++ M O R E
+---------
+M O N E Y
+```
+
+8 distinct digits ∈ {0..9}, S ≠ 0, M ≠ 0. Encoded as a sum-of-digits
+equation using `fd-plus` + carry chains.
+
+Without Piece B (bounds-consistency), the search labels every digit
+combination upfront — slow but tractable on a fast machine. With
+Piece B, the impossible high-digit cases prune early.
+
+Test: a single solution `(9 5 6 7 1 0 8 2)`.
+
+#### Sudoku 4×4
+
+Easier than 9×9 but exercises the full pattern:
+- 16 cells, each ∈ {1..4}
+- 4 rows, 4 cols, 4 2×2 boxes — 12 `fd-distinct` constraints
+- Some cells fixed as clues
+
+A small solver should handle 4×4 in well under a second once
+bounds-consistency narrows columns / boxes after each label step.
+
+**Suggested artefacts.**
+- `lib/minikanren/tests/send-more-money.sx` — single-solution test.
+- `lib/minikanren/tests/sudoku-4x4.sx` — at least three cluesets:
+  unique solution, multiple solutions, no solution.
+- Optional: `lib/minikanren/sudoku.sx` with a parameterised
+  `sudoku-n` for both 4×4 and a 9×9 stress test.
+
+**Risk.** Low–medium for 4×4 + send-more-money once Piece B lands.
+9×9 Sudoku is a stretch; treat it as a stretch goal once the smaller
+demos are green.
+
+## Suggested ordering
+
+1. **Piece B first** (bounds-consistency for `fd-plus` / `fd-times`).
+   Self-contained, low-risk, and unlocks Piece D's harder puzzles.
+2. **Piece D** (the two demos). Validates Piece B with concrete
+   puzzles. Doubles as the brief's missing canary tests.
+3. **Piece C** (`=/=`). Independent track; once shipped, refactor the
+   pet/diff puzzles in Phase 5 to use it instead of nafc.
+4. **Piece A** (SLG tabling). Last because it's the highest-risk
+   piece; do it when the rest of the library is stable so regressions
+   are easy to spot.
+
+## Operating ground rules (carry over from the original brief)
+
+- **Scope:** `lib/minikanren/**` and the two plan files (this one and
+  the original).
+- **Commit cadence:** one feature per commit. Short factual messages
+  (`mk: piece B — bounds-consistency for fd-plus`).
+- **Plan updates:** tick boxes here as pieces land; mirror status in
+  `plans/minikanren-on-sx.md` Roadmap.
+- **Test discipline:** every commit ends with the cumulative count
+  green. No-regression rule from the original brief still applies.
+- **`sx-tree` MCP only** for `.sx` edits. `sx_validate` after every
+  structural edit.
+- **Pushing:** `origin/loops/minikanren` only. Never `main`. Squash to
+  `architecture` only with explicit user permission, as we did for
+  the v1 merge.