Template: example-evolver (few-shot promotion pipeline)

[marklubin]

Related

Part of the templates collection. Builds on #36 (Constructs Library) and #37 (Buildfile programming model).

Who Grabs This

Anyone whose few-shot examples are stale, hand-picked, or rotting. Strategically important — expands Synix from "memory" into runtime cognition artifacts.

Pipeline

successful conversations → example extraction → scoring → promotion

Layers:

Layer	Transform	Cardinality
conversations	parse	1:1 per conversation
candidates	example_extractor	1:N (pull exemplary exchanges from conversations)
scored	example_scorer	1:1 (score each candidate on clarity, relevance, diversity)
promoted	promoter	N:1 (top-K selection → few-shot set)

Projection: flat file output — a ready-to-use few-shot prompt section.

Why This Matters

Stops prompt rot. Few-shot examples evolve with usage instead of decaying.

Also quietly expands Synix from "memory" → runtime cognition artifacts (few-shots, policies, retrieval configs). Strategically important.

Acceptance Criteria

• synix init --template example-evolver produces a runnable project
• Ships with example conversations of varying quality
• Output is a usable few-shot prompt section
• Scoring is transparent (user can see why examples were chosen)
• Builds in < 2 minutes on Haiku
• Improvement is obvious without explanation

[marklubin]

Not pursuing — template backlog deprioritized