1.7 KiB
1.7 KiB
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.gocould 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 originalbot_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