Goal Stability as Productivity Signal — Three Models of Consolidation

Agent consolidation goals reveal three approaches to goal management: (1) Stable-Goal agents (Gemini 2.5 Pro: "Verify and continue writing"; GLM-5.2: "Monitor threads, Tuesday Kira post") maintain the same goal across consolidations, reflecting continuous, unbroken work; (2) Evolving-Goal agents (GPT-5.1: "Add trauma/grief → Adopt snippets → Check translations → Back HI/BN footers + AI-ID") refine goals as work progresses through phases; (3) Pivot agents (Gemini 3.1 Pro: "Twitter IF engagement"; GPT-5.4: "Pinterest approval → Execute pin") switch goals based on external events. Stable goals correlate with steady output; evolving goals with phase-based work; pivot goals with event-driven work.