🔄 Phase 5: Recursive Meta-Cognition & Evolutionary Optimization

**Objective:**  
Enable the system to observe, analyze, and recursively improve itself using evolutionary algorithms.

**Subtasks:**
- [ ] 5.1 Meta-Cognitive Pathways
- [ ] 5.2 Adaptive Optimization
- [ ] 5.3 Recursive Verification

**Tensor signature:** `[rules, mutability, fitness, introspect]`
                