From a304f1febd8146e1546f880ff2ac8191c4e84ff8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jedarden Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 15:58:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: notes for bf-3ca5 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 --- notes/bf-3ca5.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 notes/bf-3ca5.md diff --git a/notes/bf-3ca5.md b/notes/bf-3ca5.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de6e018 --- /dev/null +++ b/notes/bf-3ca5.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +# bf-3ca5: Phase 13 strategies vs §10 evolver documentation + +## Work Completed + +Added comprehensive file header documentation to `engine/bot_strategies_phase13.go` clarifying: +- These are HAND-CODED strategy implementations (not LLM-evolved) +- Phase 13 bots serve as reference implementations and strategic diversity fixtures +- They differ fundamentally from the §10 evolver pipeline which uses LLMs to autonomously generate, evaluate, and promote new bot strategies + +## Key Distinction Documented + +| Aspect | Phase 13 Bots | §10 Evolver Pipeline | +|--------|---------------|---------------------| +| Origin | Human-designed archetypes | LLM-generated candidates | +| Behavior | Fixed, deterministic | Continuously evolving | +| Purpose | Reference implementations, ladder diversity | Autonomous strategy discovery | +| Storage | Single Go file | Programs database with island model | +| Update | Manual code changes | Automated evolution cycles | + +## Retrospective + +- **What worked:** Reading the plan §10 section first to understand the evolver architecture, then comparing it with the actual file contents to identify the conceptual gap +- **What didn't:** Initially tried to read the entire plan.md at once (54941 tokens) — needed to use grep with context to target §10 specifically +- **Surprise:** The file name `bot_strategies_phase13.go` could be misleading — "Phase 13" sounds like it might be part of an evolution pipeline, but it's actually just a set of hand-coded expansions similar to the original `bot_strategies.go` +- **Reusable pattern:** For future documentation tasks, compare plan descriptions with actual code implementation to identify terminology gaps — document the distinction between "hand-coded reference" and "autogenerated" implementations