From 9d63844f3a28fde70b19500422f17379e99e588a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: main Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:00:30 -0400 Subject: Refound Spinner as an austere frontier ledger --- AGENTS.md | 20 +++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'AGENTS.md') diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md index f9ce080..5af9dc0 100644 --- a/AGENTS.md +++ b/AGENTS.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Fidget Spinner -Fidget Spinner is a local-first, agent-first experimental DAG for autonomous -program optimization, source capture, and experiment adjudication. +Fidget Spinner is a local-first, agent-first frontier ledger for autonomous +optimization work. Constraints that are part of the product: @@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ Constraints that are part of the product: - no hosted control plane - no mandatory cloud resources - no managed-compute marketplace in the core design -- DAG is canonical truth -- frontier state is a derived projection +- frontier is scope and grounding, not a graph vertex +- hypotheses and experiments are the true graph vertices +- every experiment has one mandatory owning hypothesis - per-project state lives under `.fidget_spinner/` -- project payload schemas are local and warning-heavy, not globally rigid -- off-path nodes should remain cheap -- core-path work should remain hypothesis-owned and experiment-gated +- the frontier brief is the one sanctioned freeform overview +- artifacts are references only; Spinner never reads artifact bodies +- slow intentional traversal beats giant context dumps +- `frontier.open` is the only sanctioned overview surface Engineering posture: @@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ MVP target: - dogfood against `libgrid` worktrees - replace sprawling freeform experiment markdown with structured - contract/hypothesis/run/analysis/decision nodes plus cheap source/note side paths -- make runs, comparisons, artifacts, and code snapshots first-class + frontier/hypothesis/experiment records plus artifact references +- make live metrics and influence lineage discoverable without giant dumps - bundle the frontier-loop skill with the MCP surface instead of treating it as folklore -- cgit v1.2.3