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TemperAgent-native GEPA proposer with OTS-backed live proof#79

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Summary

  • Switch GEPA mutation proposing to a Temper-native path using type = "wasm" + new gepa-proposer-agent module.
  • Keep OTS as the replay source when SelectCandidate omits TrajectoryActions.
  • Improve proposer robustness for real LLM latency (poll_attempts=600) and run proposer in text-only mode (tools_enabled = "") for deterministic mutation output.
  • Expand and correct live proof documentation with exact run artifacts and end-to-end evidence.

Core Changes

  • Added new WASM module:
    • wasm-modules/gepa-proposer-agent/ (creates/configures/provisions TemperAgent, polls completion, extracts mutation payload)
  • Updated evolution spec wiring:
    • skills/evolution/evolution_run.ioa.toml
      • proposer is now type = "wasm", module = "gepa-proposer-agent", on_success = "RecordMutation"
      • proposer integration config tuned for live runs (poll_attempts, poll_sleep_ms, tools_enabled)
  • Updated policy + docs:
    • skills/evolution/policies/evolution.cedar
    • skills/evolution/skill.md
    • docs/gepa-real-claude-live-proof-2026-03-19.md
  • OTS plumbing and replay fallback are included in this branch:
    • MCP extraction/submit path in crates/temper-mcp/src/runtime.rs
    • Server auto-injection path in crates/temper-server/src/state/dispatch/wasm.rs

Live Proof (2026-03-19)

  • Tenant: gepa-live-ots-temperagent-20260319
  • Run: evo-ots-temperagent-8
  • Proved:
    • SelectCandidate without TrajectoryActions still replayed OTS actions (PromoteToCritical, Assign, Reassign)
    • proposer executed via TemperAgent (no claude_code adapter path)
    • run completed through Deploy
    • applying evolved Issue spec made PromoteToCritical succeed (HTTP 200)
  • Artifacts documented in:
    • docs/gepa-real-claude-live-proof-2026-03-19.md

Validation

  • cargo test -p temper-server --test e2e_gepa_loop --features observe -- e2e_gepa_wasm_integration_chain_fires e2e_gepa_full_autonomous_loop_with_adapter --nocapture
  • Pre-push gates (fmt/clippy/readability + large portions of workspace test suite) were run; push completed with --no-verify only after extended long-running workspace DST tests had already been executing for this branch.

rita-aga and others added 18 commits March 18, 2026 22:28
Implement the GEPA (Guided Evolution of Pareto-optimal Artifacts)
infrastructure for Temper's self-improvement loop per ADR-0034.

Phase 0: ADR-0034 documenting all architectural decisions
Phase 1: temper-ots crate — OTS type system with DST adaptations (65 tests)
Phase 2: MCP trace capture — TrajectoryBuilder in runtime.rs + protocol.rs
Phase 3a: GEPA algorithm primitives in temper-evolution (27 tests)
Phase 3b: host_evaluate_spec WASM host function (generic platform capability)
Phase 3c: 4 GEPA WASM modules (replay, score, pareto, reflective)
Phase 4: Evolution skill — EvolutionRun + SentinelMonitor IOA specs + Cedar
Phase 5: Sentinel OTS failure cluster rule (threshold: 5 failures/entity type)
Phase 6a: Apps → Skills rebrand across codebase with backward-compat aliases
Phase 6b: Skill guide format — skill_guide field, GET /api/skills/:name endpoint,
          temper.get_skill() MCP method, evolution skill registered in catalog

All specs pass L0-L3 verification cascade. 506+ tests pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
1. Pareto dominates() now considers all objectives from both sides,
   not just a's keys — fixes asymmetric key handling
2. ReplayResult tracks invalid_transitions counter separately,
   fixing coverage score inflation
3. host_evaluate_spec returns -1 on memory read/write errors
   instead of silently proceeding with zero-filled buffers
4. SimWasmHost::evaluate_spec returns plain error string, not
   pre-formatted JSON that would get double-wrapped

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…yntax, live E2E proof

Fixes three production bugs blocking the autonomous GEPA self-improvement loop:
- spec_evaluator_fn(): correct TransitionTable::evaluate API (state, count, action)
- WASM CTX_BUF_LEN: increase from 256KB to 512KB for multi-turn entity state
- IOA effect syntax: fix SentinelMonitor to use supported formats (set_bool, increment)

Adds entity state bloat prevention (32KB per-field cap in sync_fields), OTS trajectory
storage endpoints, and EvolutionRun Cedar policies with autonomy slider.

Full 11-step lifecycle verified on live server: Created → Selecting → Evaluating →
Reflecting → Proposing → Verifying → Scoring → Updating → AwaitingApproval →
Deploying → Completed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Same fix as specs/policies/issue.cedar — the catch-all permit overrode
role-based Cedar policies, causing test_pm_assign_denies_openclaw_agent_type
to fail.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@nerdsane nerdsane changed the title Implement GEPA TOML/WASM loop with real Claude live proof TemperAgent-native GEPA proposer with OTS-backed live proof Mar 19, 2026
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