Thought

The Thought type belongs to the Memory/Observation Layer — it records what a thing knows or has experienced.

Schema

Field	Type	Required	Description
content	textarea	✅ yes	The thought content
confidence	number	no	Confidence score (0–1)
source	string	no	Origin of the thought

Metadata

Property	Value
Slug	thought
ID	builtin-thought
Icon	💭
System	Yes
Layer	Memory / Observation

Example

{
  "title": "Writing Style Preference",
  "minionTypeId": "builtin-thought",
  "fields": {
    "content": "Use active voice, short paragraphs, and concrete examples.",
    "confidence": 0.9,
    "source": "editorial-guidelines"
  }
}

Use Cases

• Agent internal state (opinions, decisions, tree-of-thought)
• Episodic memory entries
• Observation logs from agent runs

Usage

TypeScript

import { TypeRegistry, createMinion } from 'minions-sdk';

const registry = new TypeRegistry();
const type = registry.getBySlug('thought')!;

const { minion, validation } = createMinion({
  title: 'Style Guide',
  fields: { content: 'Use active voice.', confidence: 0.9 },
}, type);

Python

from minions import TypeRegistry, create_minion

registry = TypeRegistry()
type_ = registry.get_by_slug("thought")

minion, validation = create_minion(
    {"title": "Style Guide", "fields": {"content": "Use active voice.", "confidence": 0.9}},
    type_,
)