# examples/builder-solo — a single Builder, NO Adversary (self-verification baseline). # # Same pattern + same task spec as ../builder-adversary, but there is only ONE agent: the Builder # builds AND verifies its own work, then self-certifies "## DONE". This is the control for measuring # what the independent AI Adversary actually costs (its tokens) and buys (independent cold # verification). No claim/review handoff — nothing to hand off to. # # python3 ../../agents.py status --config agents.toml # python3 ../../agents.py up --config agents.toml # needs `claude` on PATH [watchdog] signal_interval = 30 heavy_interval = 300 limit_probe_fallback = 300 limit_reset_slack = 45 stall_grace = 180 [defaults] session_prefix = "solo-" log_dir = ".ao-state" backend = "claude" # set to "demo" for a dependency-free mechanics-only run model = "claude-sonnet-4-6" watch = "heal" [backend.claude] bin = "claude" flags = "--dangerously-skip-permissions" remote_control = true supports_resume = true prompt_delivery = "arg" process_name = "claude" submit_key = "Enter" stall_idle = 300 active_re = "esc to interrupt|Running tool|⠇|⠙|· \\d+" limit_re = "spend limit|usage limit|limit reached|reached your .*limit|out of (credits|tokens)" fatal_re = "redacted_thinking|blocks cannot be modified|cannot be modified" [backend.demo] bin = "echo '[demo] {session} up (kickoff: {kickoff})'; exec sleep 1000000" prompt_delivery = "exec" # The lone builder — builds and self-verifies. [[agent]] name = "builder" # tmux session: solo-builder kind = "loop" role = "builder" # kickoff = prompts/kickoff.md (per phase) + prompts/builder.md dir = "./work" watch = "heal+stall" [[service]] name = "cleanlogs" command = "python3 ../../agent-log.py follow-all" dir = "." # Phase machine. No handoff (single agent); the watchdog auto-advances when the builder writes # "## DONE" to the phase status file (read from handoff.repo's state_subdir). [loop] state_file = "phase-idx" resume_phase = true auto_advance = true done_marker = "## DONE" kickoff_template = "prompts/kickoff.md" roles_dir = "prompts" handoff = { repo = "./work", state_subdir = "machine-docs" } phases = [ { id = "wc", plan = "plans/wc.md", status = "STATUS-wc.md" }, { id = "json", plan = "plans/json.md", status = "STATUS-json.md" }, ]