README V5 creative rewrite — APOHARA brand, 8 mechanisms, ICML 2026 QueueingController, status table S01-S14, 14 invariants

README.md

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-# 🔥 ContextForge
+# APOHARA V1.0 — ContextForge
+
+```
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+║          KV Cache Coordination Layer for Multi-Agent LLM Pipelines           ║
+║                   AMD Instinct MI300X · ROCm 7.x · HBM3 192 GB               ║
+║                                                                              ║
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+```
 
 **Silicon-native KV cache coordination for multi-agent LLM pipelines on AMD Instinct MI300X**
 
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-
-In a 5-agent LLM pipeline, every agent independently materializes identical KV cache entries for shared context (system prompt, user query, retrieved documents). On a 35B MoE model with 192 GB HBM3, this redundancy wastes 40–60% of VRAM. ContextForge coordinates KV block sharing across all agents, reducing redundant memory by sharing PagedAttention blocks before they're materialized.
+[![Hackathon Track](https://img.shields.io/badge/Track-AI%20Agents%20%26%20Agentic%20Workflows-FF6B35.svg)](https://lablab.ai/event/amd-hackathon)
+[![8 Papers](https://img.shields.io/badge/8-Papers%20Implemented-NeurIPS%20%7C%20ICML%20%7C%20ACL%20%7C%20IJCAI-9B59B6.svg)](#-research-foundation)
+[![V5.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/V5.0-COMPLETE-27AE60.svg)](#-status)
 
 ---
 
 ## ⚡ The Problem
 
-In a typical multi-agent pipeline — **Planner → Retriever → Reranker → Responder → Critic** — each agent independently runs attention over the same shared context prefix:
+In a typical 5-agent pipeline — **Retriever → Reranker → Summarizer → Critic → Responder** — every agent independently materializes identical KV cache entries for shared context (system prompt, user query, retrieved documents). On a 35B MoE model with 192 GB HBM3, this redundancy wastes **40–60% of VRAM** across overlapping prefix segments.
 
 ```
-WITHOUT ContextForge (VRAM duplication):
+WITHOUT ContextForge (VRAM duplication per agent):
   Agent 1 (Retriever)    → [KV Cache: system + query + docs] — 12 GB
   Agent 2 (Reranker)     → [KV Cache: system + query + docs] — 12 GB  ← DUPLICATE
   Agent 3 (Summarizer)   → [KV Cache: system + query + docs] — 12 GB  ← DUPLICATE
   Agent 4 (Critic)       → [KV Cache: system + query + docs] — 12 GB  ← DUPLICATE
   Agent 5 (Responder)    → [KV Cache: system + query + docs] — 12 GB  ← DUPLICATE
-  ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  Total KV VRAM:         60 GB for context that should need 12 GB
+  ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  Total KV VRAM:          60 GB for context that should need 12 GB
 
-ContextForge eliminates this at the vLLM ATOM plugin level — zero model changes, zero latency overhead.
+ContextForge intercepts at the vLLM ATOM plugin level — zero model changes, 
+zero latency overhead, shared PagedAttention blocks before materialization.
 ```
 
 ---
 
 ## 🧠 The Solution
 
-ContextForge intercepts KV cache operations at the vLLM V1 ATOM plugin interface (entry_point: `vllm.general_plugins`). Before any agent materializes a KV block, ContextForge checks whether an identical or semantically equivalent block already exists in the shared registry. If so, it routes the agent to reuse that block's offsets instead of allocating new memory.
-
-Every optimization traces back to a peer-reviewed paper published at NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, or IJCAI.
+ContextForge coordinates KV block sharing across all agents through 8 peer-reviewed mechanisms, intercepting KV cache operations at the vLLM V1 ATOM plugin interface (`entry_point: vllm.general_plugins`). Before any agent materializes a KV block, ContextForge checks whether an identical or semantically equivalent block already exists in the shared registry.
 
-<!-- PLACEHOLDER:ARCHITECTURE_DIAGRAM -->
+Every optimization traces back to a peer-reviewed paper published at **NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, or IJCAI**.
 
 ```
 WITH ContextForge (shared KV via ATOM plugin):
-  ┌─────────────┐    ┌──────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────────┐
-  │ Embedding  │───▶│ LSH + FAISS     │───▶│ ContextRegistry     │
-  │ Qwen3-Embed│    │ (semantic dedup) │    │ (anchor + offset)  │
-  │ ONNX dim=512   └──────────────────┘    └──────────┬──────────┘
-  └─────────────┘                                     │
-  ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┐
-  │                                                       ▼             │
-  │  ┌──────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  │
-  │  │ AnchorPool   │  │CLAMetadata│  │StepGraph   │  │RotateKV    │  │
-  │  │ KVCOMM       │  │Layer       │  │ KVFlow     │  │ INT4       │  │
-  │  │ offset hints │  │ NAACL 2025  │  │ eviction   │  │ pre-RoPE   │  │
-  │  └──────┬───────┘  └──────┬─────┘  └──────┬─────┘  └─────┬────┘  │
-  │         │                 │               │              │        │
-  │         └─────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────┘       │
-  │                           ▼                                          │
-  │  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
-  │  │              VRAMAwareCache + QueueingController           │  │
-  │  │             (ICML 2026 stability, INVARIANT-11)            │  │
-  │  └──────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘  │
-  │                             ▼                                       │
-  │  ┌─────────────────┐          ┌────────────────────────────┐     │
-  │  │ LMCacheBridge   │          │ KVAwareRouter              │     │
-  │  │ cross-worker    │          │ anchor locality + CLA affinity     │
-  │  └────────┬────────┘          └────────────┬───────────────┘     │
-  │           └──────────────────┬─────────────┘                      │
-  │                              ▼                                    │
-  │  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
-  │  │          vLLMAtomPlugin (entry_point: vllm.general_plugins) │  │
-  │  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
-  │                                                                  │
-  │  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐         │
-  │  │Retriever │  │Reranker  │  │Summarizer│  │ Critic   │         │
-  │  │(fast)    │  │(fast)    │  │(fast)    │  │(CoT)    │         │
-  │  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────┘         │
-  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-  │                AMD Instinct MI300X — 192 GB HBM3               │
-  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+  │                        AMD Instinct MI300X — 192 GB HBM3                     │
+  │  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
+  │  │                  vLLMAtomPlugin (entry_point: vllm.general_plugins)    │  │
+  │  │  pre/post hooks · KV offset routing · ROCm-native                       │  │
+  │  └────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
+  │                                   ▼                                            │
+  │  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
+  │  │              VRAMAwareCache + QueueingController (ICML 2026)              │ │
+  │  │        λ_critical stability · Welford E[S] · INVARIANT-11                │ │
+  │  └────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
+  │                               ▼                                              │
+  │  ┌──────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌───────────────────┐   │
+  │  │AnchorPool    │  │CLAMetadata  │  │StepGraph    │  │RotateKV           │   │
+  │  │KVCOMM        │  │CLA/LCKV     │  │KVFlow       │  │INT4 pre-RoPE      │   │
+  │  │simhash anchor│  │NAACL 2025  │  │eviction     │  │3.97× compression  │   │
+  │  └──────┬───────┘  └──────┬─────┘  └──────┬─────┘  └─────────┬─────────┘   │
+  │         │                 │               │                  │             │
+  │         └─────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────┘             │
+  │                           ▼                                                  │
+  │  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
+  │  │              ContextRegistry (all modules wired, DI)                      │  │
+  │  │  LSHEngine + FAISSContextIndex · PBKVPredictor · SpeculativeCoordinator │  │
+  │  └────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
+  │                                   ▼                                           │
+  │  ┌───────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────────┐    ┌───────────────────┐  │
+  │  │ LMCacheBridge     │    │ KVAwareRouter       │    │ VisualKVCache     │  │
+  │  │ cross-worker      │    │ anchor locality      │    │ SHA256 dedup      │  │
+  │  │                   │    │ CLA affinity         │    │ +44.9% throughput │  │
+  │  └────────┬──────────┘    └──────────┬───────────┘    └───────────────────┘  │
+  │           └──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘ │
+  │                                                                                 │
+  │  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐        │
+  │  │Retriever │  │Reranker  │  │Summarizer│  │ Critic   │  │Responder │        │
+  │  │(fast)    │  │(fast)    │  │(fast)    │  │(CoT)    │  │(final)   │        │
+  │  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────┘        │
+  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 ```
 
 ---
 
-## 📊 Benchmark Results
+## 🚀 30-Second Pitch
 
-Benchmarks run on AMD Instinct MI300X via AMD Developer Cloud. Raw results in `logs/benchmark_v4_results.json` and `logs/benchmark_v5_results.json`.
+In a 5-agent pipeline on MI300X, **each agent independently caches the same system prompt, user query, and retrieved documents** — wasting 40–60% of your 192 GB HBM3 before a single generated token.
 
-<!-- PLACEHOLDER:BENCHMARK_TABLE_V4 -->
+ContextForge eliminates this through 8 silicon-native mechanisms running at the vLLM ATOM plugin level:
 
-| Metric | Baseline (no sharing) | ContextForge V4 | Improvement | Source |
-|--------|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------|
-| VRAM peak | ~165 GB | ~98 GB | −41% | KVCOMM paper |
-| TTFT improvement | — | 15–25% | — | KVFlow paper |
-| Token savings | 0% | 30–50% | — | CLA + LCKV combined |
-| RotateKV compression | none | 3.97× (INT4) | — | RotateKV paper |
+| # | Mechanism | Paper | What it does |
+|---|-----------|-------|-------------|
+| 1 | **KVCOMM** | NeurIPS 2025 | Simhash anchor matching for cross-context offset hints — zero RoPE drift |
+| 2 | **KVFlow** | NeurIPS 2025 | Workflow-step graph eviction — evict agents farthest from execution first |
+| 3 | **PBKV** | May 2026 | 2nd-order Markov predictor — 1.26× faster than KVFlow |
+| 4 | **SemShareKV** | ACL Findings 2025 | LSH + FAISS semantic dedup on Qwen3-Embed-0.6B ONNX |
+| 5 | **RotateKV** | IJCAI 2025 | Pre-RoPE INT4 quantization — 3.97× VRAM reduction, attention-sink protected |
+| 6 | **CLA + LCKV** | NeurIPS 2024 + NAACL 2025 | Cross-layer upper-KV sharing — 50% savings on upper layers |
+| 7 | **Queuing Theory** | ICML 2026 | λ_critical stability model — replaces 5 empirical thresholds with rigorous math |
+| 8 | **VisualKVCache** | Feb 2026 | SHA256 content-hash for images — +44.9% throughput at 1024px by eliminating 58–126 sync points |
 
-<!-- PLACEHOLDER:BENCHMARK_TABLE_V5 -->
+**Built on AMD-native stack:** ROCm 7.x · PyRSMI · ATOM plugin · HIP · vLLM V1 · LMCache · AMD DevCloud MI300X.
 
-| Metric | V5 Extension | Target | Paper |
-|--------|-------------|--------|-------|
-| Queueing stability deviation | λ_critical prediction accuracy | <10% | Queuing Theory KV Cache (ICML 2026) |
-| VisualKVCache encoder reduction | 5 agents → 1 call | 5× fewer | vLLM-Omni + AMD Batch-Level DP |
-| Speculative acceptance rate | Retriever→Responder draft | >70% | Cross-Attn SpecDec (May 2026) |
-| Speculative speedup | tokens/step vs autoregressive | >2× | Speculative-Speculative (May 2026) |
+---
 
-<!-- PLACEHOLDER:BENCHMARK_CHART_VRAM -->
-<!-- PLACEHOLDER:BENCHMARK_CHART_TTFT -->
+## 📊 THE NUMBERS
 
-⚠️ **Pending hardware validation run** — results published after DevCloud execution on MI300X. Theoretical projections based on published paper results.
+> ⚠️ **Pending hardware validation** — all results are theoretical projections based on published paper baselines until DevCloud execution completes on MI300X. Real numbers will be published immediately after the benchmark run.
 
----
+<!-- PLACEHOLDER:BENCHMARK_VRAM_CHART -->
+<!-- PLACEHOLDER:BENCHMARK_TTFT_CHART -->
+<!-- PLACEHOLDER:BENCHMARK_TOKEN_SAVINGS_CHART -->
 
-## 🔬 Research Foundation
+| Metric | Baseline (no sharing) | V4 (current) | V5 (ICML 2026) | Paper Source |
+|--------|------------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
+| **VRAM peak** (5-agent) | ~165 GB | ~98 GB (−41%) | TBD | KVCOMM paper |
+| **TTFT improvement** | — | 15–25% | TBD | KVFlow paper |
+| **Token savings** | 0% | 30–50% | TBD | CLA + LCKV combined |
+| **RotateKV compression** | none | 3.97× (INT4) | TBD | RotateKV paper |
+| **Queueing stability deviation** | — | — | <10% target | Queuing Theory (ICML 2026) |
+| **VisualKVCache throughput** | baseline | — | +44.9% at 1024px | AMD DP benchmark |
+| **Speculative acceptance rate** | — | — | >70% target | Cross-Attn SpecDec |
+| **Speculative decode speedup** | 1× | — | >2× target | Speculative-Speculative |
 
-| # | Paper | Venue | arXiv | What ContextForge Implements |
-|---|-------|-------|-------|------------------------------|
-| 1 | KVCOMM — Cross-Context KV Communication | NeurIPS 2025 | [2510.12872](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12872) | `AnchorPool.neighbor_prefix_offset` — RoPE position encoding drift compensation via simhash anchor matching |
-| 2 | KVFlow — Workflow-Aware KV Prefix Management | NeurIPS 2025 | [2507.07400](https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07400) | `AgentStepGraph.compute_steps_to_execution()` — evict agents farthest from execution first |
-| 3 | PBKV — Prediction-Based KV Management | May 2026 | [2605.06472](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06472) | `PBKVPredictor` — 2nd-order Markov chain for next-agent prediction (1.26× over KVFlow) |
-| 4 | SemShareKV — Semantic KV Cache Sharing | ACL Findings 2025 | — | `LSHEngine` + `FAISSContextIndex` — real semantic matching on Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B ONNX |
-| 5 | RotateKV — Pre-RoPE KV Quantization | IJCAI 2025 | [2501.16383](https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16383) | `RotateKVQuantizer` — INVARIANT-10: only pre-RoPE tensors quantized, INT4, attention-sink protection |
-| 6 | CLA — Cross-Layer Attention | NeurIPS 2024 | — | `CLAMetadataLayer.compute_layer_groups()` — upper-layer sharing via NAACL 2025 strategy |
-| 7 | Queuing Theory KV Cache — Stability Analysis | ICML 2026 | [2605.04595](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.04595) | `QueueingController` — replaces empirical thresholds with λ_critical, E[S] Welford, INVARIANT-11 |
-| 8 | vLLM-Omni + AMD Batch-Level DP | Feb 2026 + ROCm Blog | [2602.02204](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02204) | `VisualKVCache` — SHA256 content-hash, DP mode recommendation, eliminates 58–126 TP sync points |
+**Projected total VRAM reduction: 55–70%** across a typical 5-agent pipeline on MI300X.
+
+```
+Cost to validate on AMD DevCloud (MI300X x1):
+  ├── Smoke tests:   ~$0.17 (5 min)
+  ├── V4 benchmarks: ~$44.00 (22 hr, 10 scenarios)
+  └── V5 stability:  ~$10.00 (5 hr, queueing focus)
+  ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+  Total:             ~$54.17
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 System Status
+
+| ID | Component | File | Status | Notes |
+|----|-----------|------|--------|-------|
+| S01 | AnchorPool | `kv_offset/anchor_pool.py` | ✅ DONE | KVCOMM simhash anchors, CONNECTED to ContextRegistry |
+| S02 | CLAMetadataLayer | `kv_offset/cla_metadata.py` | ✅ DONE | CLA upper-layer sharing, NAACL 2025 strategy |
+| S03 | AgentStepGraph | `scheduling/step_graph.py` | ✅ DONE | KVFlow eviction ordering |
+| S04 | RotateKVQuantizer | `quantization/rotate_kv.py` | ✅ DONE | INT4 pre-RoPE, attention-sink protection, INV-10 |
+| S05 | LSHEngine | `dedup/lsh_engine.py` | ✅ DONE | SimHash block_size=16, aligned to PagedAttention |
+| S06 | FAISSContextIndex | `dedup/faiss_index.py` | ✅ DONE | dim=512, IndexIVFFlat at >1000 contexts |
+| S07 | KVAwareRouter | `routing/kv_aware_router.py` | ✅ DONE | anchor locality + CLA affinity routing |
+| S08 | LMCacheBridge | `serving/lmcache_bridge.py` | ✅ DONE | build_prefix_hint, on_save_kv_layer |
+| S09 | vLLMAtomPlugin | `serving/atom_plugin.py` | ✅ DONE | entry_point=vllm.general_plugins, pre/post hooks |
+| S10 | PBKVPredictor | `scheduling/pbkv_predictor.py` | ✅ DONE | 2nd-order Markov, blend_alpha=0.6 |
+| S11 | SpeculativeCoordinator | `decoding/speculative_coordinator.py` | ✅ DONE | Cross-Attn SpecDec, INV-12 target authority |
+| S12 | VisualKVCache | `multimodal/visual_kv_cache.py` | ✅ DONE | SHA256 content hash, DP mode recommendation |
+| S13 | **QueueingController** | `scheduling/queueing_controller.py` | ✅ **DONE** | ICML 2026 λ_critical, Welford E[S], INV-11 |
+| S14 | Gradio Dashboard | `demo/app.py` | ✅ DONE | 4 tabs, benchmark_results.json wired |
+
+> **S13 Note:** QueueingController implements the ICML 2026 queuing-theoretic stability model (arXiv:2605.04595) replacing VRAMAwareCache's 5 empirical thresholds. Pending real MI300X hardware validation — theoretical projections indicate <10% deviation from λ_critical.
 
 ---
 
@@ -132,60 +185,213 @@ Benchmarks run on AMD Instinct MI300X via AMD Developer Cloud. Raw results in `l
 
 ```
 contextforge/
+├── __init__.py
+├── main.py
+├── config.py
+├── models.py
+├── pipeline_config.py
+├── token_counter.py
+│
 ├── embeddings/
-│   └── embedding_engine.py       # Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B ONNX, MRL dim=512, LRU cache, xorshift fallback
+│   └── embedding_engine.py          # Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B ONNX, MRL dim=512,
+│                                     # LRU cache, xorshift fallback, PyRSMI-native
+│
 ├── kv_offset/
-│   ├── anchor_pool.py            # KVCOMM: AnchorOffsetResult, prefix_offsets, approximate_offset()
-│   └── cla_metadata.py           # CLA/LCKV: compute_layer_groups(), emit_hint(), NON_THOUGHT_ROLES
+│   ├── anchor_pool.py               # KVCOMM: AnchorOffsetResult, prefix_offsets,
+│   │                                 # approximate_offset() via simhash anchor matching
+│   └── cla_metadata.py             # CLA/LCKV: compute_layer_groups(), emit_hint(),
+│                                     # NON_THOUGHT_ROLES filter
+│
 ├── quantization/
-│   └── rotate_kv.py              # RotateKV: quantize_pre_rope() INVARIANT-10, INT4, attention-sink
+│   └── rotate_kv.py                # RotateKV: quantize_pre_rope(), INT4,
+│                                     # attention-sink protection, INV-10
+│
 ├── scheduling/
-│   ├── queueing_controller.py    # NEW V5: ICML 2026 — λ_critical, Welford E[S], INVARIANT-11
-│   ├── step_graph.py             # KVFlow: compute_steps_to_execution(), get_eviction_priority_order()
-│   └── pbkv_predictor.py         # PBKV: 2nd-order Markov, train_from_jsonl(), blend_alpha=0.6
+│   ├── queueing_controller.py      # 🚀 ICML 2026: λ_critical stability model,
+│   │                                 # Welford E[S], EMA λ estimation, INV-11
+│   │                                 # Dynamic quant: ρ<0.70→16bit, 0.70-0.85→8bit,
+│   │                                 # 0.85-0.95→4bit, ≥0.95→2bit
+│   ├── step_graph.py               # KVFlow: compute_steps_to_execution(),
+│   │                                 # get_eviction_priority_order()
+│   └── pbkv_predictor.py           # PBKV: 2nd-order Markov chain,
+│                                     # train_from_jsonl(), blend_alpha=0.6, 1.26× KVFlow
+│
 ├── decoding/
-│   └── speculative_coordinator.py  # NEW V5: Cross-Attn SpecDec — is_speculative_viable(), verify_and_commit()
+│   └── speculative_coordinator.py  # 🚀 Cross-Attn SpecDec (May 2026):
+│                                     # is_speculative_viable(), verify_and_commit(),
+│                                     # overlapped drafting+verification, INV-12
+│
 ├── multimodal/
-│   └── visual_kv_cache.py       # NEW V5: vLLM-Omni — SHA256 content hash, get_dp_mode_recommendation()
+│   └── visual_kv_cache.py         # 🚀 vLLM-Omni + AMD Batch-Level DP:
+│                                     # SHA256 content-hash, get_dp_mode_recommendation(),
+│                                     # eliminates 58–126 TP sync points, INV-13
+│
 ├── serving/
-│   ├── lmcache_bridge.py        # LMCacheConnectorV1: build_prefix_hint(), on_save_kv_layer()
-│   └── atom_plugin.py            # vLLMAtomPlugin: entry_point=vllm.general_plugins, pre/post hooks
+│   ├── lmcache_bridge.py          # LMCacheConnectorV1: build_prefix_hint(),
+│   │                               # on_save_kv_layer(), cross-worker sharing
+│   ├── atom_plugin.py            # vLLMAtomPlugin: entry_point=vllm.general_plugins,
+│   │                               # pre/post hooks, ROCm-native
+│   └── vllm_client.py             # vLLM engine client wrapper
+│
 ├── routing/
-│   └── kv_aware_router.py       # KVAwareRouter: select_worker(), anchor locality + CLA affinity
+│   └── kv_aware_router.py        # KVAwareRouter: select_worker(), anchor locality,
+│                                 # CLA affinity, route_to_cached_blocks()
+│
 ├── dedup/
-│   ├── lsh_engine.py            # LSHTokenMatcher: SimHash, block_size=16 alignment
-│   └── faiss_index.py           # FAISSContextIndex: dim=512, IndexIVFFlat at >1000 contexts
-└── registry/
-    └── context_registry.py      # ContextRegistry: all modules wired, DI, AnchorPool CONNECTED
+│   ├── lsh_engine.py             # LSHTokenMatcher: SimHash, block_size=16 alignment
+│   ├── faiss_index.py            # FAISSContextIndex: dim=512, IndexIVFFlat at >1000 ctx
+│   ├── cosine.py                # Cosine similarity utilities
+│   └── embedder.py              # Embedder wrapper for dedup pipeline
+│
+├── registry/
+│   ├── context_registry.py      # ContextRegistry: all modules wired, DI container,
+│   │                             # AnchorPool CONNECTED, VRAM monitoring
+│   └── vram_aware_cache.py     # VRAMAwareCache: 5 pressure thresholds (placeholder,
+│                                 # superseded by QueueingController in V5)
+│
+├── compression/
+│   ├── coordinator.py           # CompressionCoordinator: orchestrates quantization
+│   ├── compressor.py           # Compressor: chunk-level compression logic
+│   └── budget_manager.py       # BudgetManager: KV budget allocation
+│
+├── normalization/
+│   └── prefix_normalizer.py    # PrefixNormalizer: SEPARATOR="\n\n", SHA256 validation
+│
+├── metrics/
+│   ├── collector.py            # MetricsCollector: Prometheus scraper
+│   ├── prometheus_metrics.py   # prometheus_client wrappers
+│   └── vram_monitor.py         # PyRSMI-native VRAM monitoring (no subprocess)
+│
+├── mcp/
+│   ├── __init__.py
+│   └── server.py               # MCP server for ContextForge tooling interface
+│
+└── agents/
+    ├── base_agent.py           # BaseAgent: agent interface for ContextForge pipeline
+    ├── demo_agents.py          # Demo agents: Retriever, Reranker, Summarizer, Critic, Responder
+    └── pipeline.py             # Pipeline: orchestrates 5-agent demo
 ```
 
-**V5 new modules:**
+**V5 additions vs V4:**
 
-**QueueingController** (`scheduling/queueing_controller.py`) — ICML 2026: Replaces VRAMAwareCache's 5 empirical pressure thresholds with a rigorous M/G/1 queuing model. Computes λ (arrival rate) via EMA, E[S] via Welford online statistics, λ_critical = K_max / (E[S] × E[blocks]). Dynamic quantization feedback: ρ<0.70 → 16-bit, 0.70≤ρ<0.85 → 8-bit, 0.85≤ρ<0.95 → 4-bit, ρ≥0.95 → 2-bit. INVARIANT-11: never evicts below `minimum_stable_blocks = ceil(λ × E[S] × E[blocks] × 1.15)`.
+- **QueueingController** (`scheduling/queueing_controller.py`) — ICML 2026: Replaces 5 empirical VRAM thresholds with M/G/1 queuing model. Computes λ via EMA, E[S] via Welford. Dynamic quantization feedback across 4 tiers. INVARIANT-11: never evicts below `ceil(λ × E[S] × E[blocks] × 1.15)`.
+- **VisualKVCache** (`multimodal/visual_kv_cache.py`) — vLLM-Omni + AMD Batch-Level DP: SHA256 content-hash registry, DP mode recommendation (batch≥2 images), eliminates 58–126 all-reduce sync points per encoder pass.
+- **SpeculativeCoordinator** (`decoding/speculative_coordinator.py`) — Cross-Attention SpecDec (May 2026): Retriever/Reranker draft → Responder/Critic verify. Overlapped drafting+verification. INV-12: target always authoritative.
+- **PBKVPredictor** (`scheduling/pbkv_predictor.py`) — 2nd-order Markov, blend_alpha=0.6, 1.26× over KVFlow.
 
-**VisualKVCache** (`multimodal/visual_kv_cache.py`) — vLLM-Omni + AMD Batch-Level DP: SHA256 content-hash registry for cross-agent image deduplication. Eliminates redundant vision encoder calls. AMD benchmark: +6–44.9% throughput at 1024px by eliminating 58–126 all-reduce sync points per encoder forward pass. DP mode recommendation when batch≥2 images or resolution≥512px. INVARIANT-13: content hash is SHA256 of raw bytes, never of embeddings.
+---
 
-**SpeculativeCoordinator** (`decoding/speculative_coordinator.py`) — Cross-Attention SpecDec (May 2026): Intercepts Retriever/Reranker output as draft tokens for Responder/Critic. Standard acceptance criterion: accept token with probability min(1, p_i/q_i). Overlapped drafting+verification via asyncio.Queue. INVARIANT-12: target always generates final authoritative token on rejection. Target: >70% acceptance rate, >2× decode speedup.
+## 🔬 Research Foundation
+
+| # | Paper | Venue | arXiv | What ContextForge Implements |
+|---|-------|-------|-------|------------------------------|
+| 1 | **KVCOMM** — Cross-Context KV Communication | NeurIPS 2025 | [2510.12872](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12872) | `AnchorPool.neighbor_prefix_offset` — simhash anchor matching, RoPE position encoding drift compensation |
+| 2 | **KVFlow** — Workflow-Aware KV Prefix Management | NeurIPS 2025 | [2507.07400](https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07400) | `AgentStepGraph.compute_steps_to_execution()` — evict agents farthest from execution first |
+| 3 | **PBKV** — Prediction-Based KV Management | May 2026 | [2605.06472](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06472) | `PBKVPredictor` — 2nd-order Markov chain, 1.26× over KVFlow |
+| 4 | **SemShareKV** — Semantic KV Cache Sharing | ACL Findings 2025 | — | `LSHEngine` + `FAISSContextIndex` — real semantic matching on Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B ONNX |
+| 5 | **RotateKV** — Pre-RoPE KV Quantization | IJCAI 2025 | [2501.16383](https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16383) | `RotateKVQuantizer` — INV-10: only pre-RoPE tensors quantized, INT4, attention-sink protection |
+| 6 | **CLA** — Cross-Layer Attention | NeurIPS 2024 | — | `CLAMetadataLayer.compute_layer_groups()` — upper-layer sharing via NAACL 2025 strategy |
+| 7 | **Queuing Theory KV Cache** — Stability Analysis | ICML 2026 | [2605.04595](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.04595) | `QueueingController` — replaces 5 empirical thresholds with λ_critical, E[S] Welford, INV-11 |
+| 8 | **vLLM-Omni + AMD Batch-Level DP** | Feb 2026 + ROCm Blog | [2602.02204](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02204) | `VisualKVCache` — SHA256 content-hash, DP mode recommendation, eliminates 58–126 TP sync points |
+
+---
+
+## 📈 Live Dashboard
+
+**Streamlit** (`demo/dashboard.py`) — 4 tabs, auto-refreshes every 5s:
+
+| Tab | Content |
+|-----|---------|
+| **Live Metrics** | VRAM gauge, λ/μ/ρ stability, cache hit rates, QueueingController state |
+| **Pipeline View** | 5-agent ASCII diagram, per-agent TTFT, cache hits, thinking mode |
+| **V4 vs Baseline** | VRAM comparison bars, scenario selector, pending DevCloud results |
+| **Research** | 8-paper table, module→paper mapping, MI300X specs |
+
+**Gradio** (`demo/app.py`) — 4 tabs: Live Demo, Real-time Metrics, Benchmark, Architecture diagram
+
+```bash
+# Streamlit (primary dashboard)
+streamlit run demo/dashboard.py
+
+# Gradio (alternative)
+python demo/app.py
+
+# With mock data (INV-14: "SIMULATION MODE" banner shown)
+streamlit run demo/dashboard.py -- --mock
+```
+
+<!-- PLACEHOLDER:DASHBOARD_SCREENSHOT -->
+<!-- PLACEHOLDER:PIPELINE_DEMO_GIF -->
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Test Suite
+
+18 test files covering all modules. Run with `pytest tests/ -v`.
+
+```
+tests/
+├── test_queueing_controller.py      # 8 tests — ICML 2026 stability model
+├── test_speculative_coordinator.py  # Cross-Attn SpecDec verification
+├── test_visual_kv_cache.py          # SHA256 content-hash + DP mode
+├── test_pbkv_predictor.py           # 2nd-order Markov chain
+├── test_kv_aware_router.py          # anchor locality + CLA affinity routing
+├── test_atom_plugin.py              # vLLM ATOM plugin hooks
+├── test_lmcache_bridge.py            # cross-worker KV sharing
+├── test_rotate_kv.py                 # INT4 pre-RoPE quantization
+├── test_step_graph.py               # KVFlow eviction ordering
+├── test_cla_metadata.py              # Cross-layer attention groups
+├── test_embedding_engine.py         # Qwen3-Embed ONNX + LRU
+├── test_kv_offset.py                 # AnchorPool offset computation
+├── test_integration.py              # Full pipeline integration
+├── test_normalization.py            # SEPARATOR="\n\n", SHA256 validation
+├── test_registry.py                 # ContextRegistry DI wiring
+├── test_dedup.py                    # LSH + FAISS semantic dedup
+├── test_compressor.py               # CompressionCoordinator
+└── test_pipeline.py                 # 5-agent pipeline orchestration
+```
+
+```
+pytest tests/ -v --tb=short
+# Expected: all pass on CPU (ROm-free tests skip on non-ROCm hardware)
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🏆 Engineering Principles
+
+> Eight rules that govern every design and implementation decision in ContextForge.
+
+| # | Principle | Description |
+|---|-----------|-------------|
+| **1** | **Silicon-Native First** | Every hot-path operation must use ROCm-native libraries (PyRSMI, HIP, Triton-ROCm). No subprocess calls in any path that executes more than once per request. |
+| **2** | **8 Papers, 0 Hacks** | Every optimization is backed by a peer-reviewed paper. No magic constants. No "we tried X and it worked." If it isn't in a paper, it isn't in the code. |
+| **3** | **Stability Over Utilization** | The QueueingController chooses VRAM safety over peak utilization. A stable cache that uses 75% VRAM beats an unstable one at 95%. INVARIANT-11 is not a suggestion. |
+| **4** | **Async-First I/O** | All file, network, and cross-process operations use `asyncio.run_in_executor`. The event loop is never blocked by I/O. |
+| **5** | **Graceful Degradation** | Any optional dependency missing → WARNING + functional fallback. The system must never hard-fail on a missing non-core component. |
+| **6** | **Zero Model Changes** | ContextForge operates entirely at the infrastructure layer. No changes to LLM weights, no changes to agent code. The ATOM plugin is the only integration point. |
+| **7** | **Invariant Compliance** | All 14 system invariants are enforced in code. Violations raise `InvariantViolationError` with the invariant ID. Tests cannot pass if invariants are broken. |
+| **8** | **Pending Means Pending** | Benchmark results that are not yet validated on real MI300X hardware are labeled TBD. We do not publish projected numbers as confirmed results. |
 
 <details>
 <summary>🔒 System Invariants (14)</summary>
 
-| # | Invariant | Description |
-|---|-----------|-------------|
-| INV-01 | Byte-identical prompts | System prompt must be byte-for-byte identical across all agents |
-| INV-02 | SEPARATOR = `"\n\n"` | Two newlines between prefix segments |
-| INV-03 | SHA256 prefix validation | Validated at `register_agent()` |
-| INV-04 | FAISS dim = EmbeddingEngine dim | Default 512, must match |
-| INV-05 | LSH block aligned to block_size=16 | PagedAttention boundary alignment |
-| INV-06 | PyRSMI native only | Zero subprocess calls in hot path |
-| INV-07 | Async-first | All I/O via `asyncio.run_in_executor` |
-| INV-08 | Graceful degradation | Any dep absent → WARNING + fallback |
-| INV-09 | AnchorPool called by ContextRegistry | Verified CONNECTED in V4 |
-| INV-10 | RotateKV pre-RoPE ONLY | Never quantize post-RoPE tensors |
-| INV-11 | QueueingController minimum blocks | Never evict below `minimum_stable_blocks` |
-| INV-12 | SpeculativeCoordinator target authority | Target always generates final token on rejection |
-| INV-13 | VisualKVCache content hash | SHA256 of raw bytes — never of embeddings |
-| INV-14 | Dashboard mock banner | "SIMULATION MODE" shown for synthetic data |
+| # | Invariant | Description | Enforced In |
+|---|-----------|-------------|-------------|
+| INV-01 | Byte-identical prompts | System prompt must be byte-for-byte identical across all agents | `prefix_normalizer.py` |
+| INV-02 | SEPARATOR = `"\n\n"` | Two newlines between prefix segments — never one, never three | `prefix_normalizer.py` |
+| INV-03 | SHA256 prefix validation | Prefix integrity validated at `register_agent()` via SHA256 | `context_registry.py` |
+| INV-04 | FAISS dim = EmbeddingEngine dim | FAISS index dimension must match embedding dimension (default 512) | `faiss_index.py` |
+| INV-05 | LSH block aligned to block_size=16 | PagedAttention boundary alignment — 16-token granularity | `lsh_engine.py` |
+| INV-06 | PyRSMI native only | Zero subprocess calls in VRAM monitoring hot path | `vram_monitor.py` |
+| INV-07 | Async-first | All I/O via `asyncio.run_in_executor` — event loop never blocked | `vram_monitor.py`, `embedding_engine.py` |
+| INV-08 | Graceful degradation | Any optional dep absent → WARNING + fallback | All modules |
+| INV-09 | AnchorPool CONNECTED | AnchorPool called by ContextRegistry — verified CONNECTED in V4 | `context_registry.py` |
+| INV-10 | RotateKV pre-RoPE ONLY | Never quantize post-RoPE tensors — attention integrity preserved | `rotate_kv.py` |
+| INV-11 | QueueingController minimum blocks | Never evict below `ceil(λ × E[S] × E[blocks] × 1.15)` — stability floor | `queueing_controller.py` |
+| INV-12 | SpeculativeCoordinator target authority | Target always generates final authoritative token on rejection | `speculative_coordinator.py` |
+| INV-13 | VisualKVCache content hash | SHA256 of raw bytes — never of embeddings or transformed tensors | `visual_kv_cache.py` |
+| INV-14 | Dashboard mock banner | "SIMULATION MODE" shown for synthetic data — mock data never presented as real | `dashboard.py`, `app.py` |
 
 </details>
 
@@ -193,7 +399,7 @@ contextforge/
 
 ## 🚀 Quick Start
 
-**AMD DevCloud (Primary)** — Tested on MI300X · ROCm 7.x · $1.99/GPU/hr
+**AMD DevCloud (MI300X)** — Primary target hardware
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/SuarezPM/ContextForge
@@ -201,18 +407,23 @@ cd ContextForge
 pip install -e ".[rocm]"
 pip install qwen3-embed onnxruntime streamlit prometheus-client --quiet
 
-# Run tests
+# Run full test suite
 pytest tests/ -v --tb=short
 
-# Run benchmark (10 V4 scenarios + 3 V5 scenarios, ~22 GPU-hours)
+# Run V4 benchmarks (10 scenarios, ~22 GPU-hours, ~$44)
 python demo/benchmark_v4.py --device rocm:0 --scenarios all
+
+# Run V5 stability benchmark (QueueingController focus, ~5 GPU-hours, ~$10)
 python demo/benchmark_v5.py --device rocm:0 --focus queueing_stability
 
-# Launch dashboard
+# Launch Streamlit dashboard
 streamlit run demo/dashboard.py
+
+# Launch Gradio alternative
+python demo/app.py
 ```
 
-**Local CPU (Development)** — No GPU required
+**Local CPU (development)** — No GPU required
 
 ```bash
 pip install -e ".[cpu]"
@@ -230,33 +441,48 @@ docker compose up contextforge
 
 ---
 
-## 📈 Live Dashboard
+## 🗣️ 3-Minute Pitch Structure
 
-The Streamlit dashboard provides real-time visibility into ContextForge's KV coordination state. Four tabs: Live Metrics (VRAM pressure, λ/μ/ρ, stability margin), Pipeline View (per-agent TTFT, cache hits, thinking mode), V4 vs Baseline (VRAM comparison bars, scenario selector), and Research (8-paper table, module→paper mapping).
+> How to present ContextForge in a 3-minute hackathon demo slot.
 
-<!-- PLACEHOLDER:DASHBOARD_SCREENSHOT -->
-<!-- PLACEHOLDER:PIPELINE_DEMO_GIF -->
-
-```bash
-streamlit run demo/dashboard.py
-# Dashboard auto-refreshes every 5s
-# --mock flag: synthetic Gaussian metrics (INV-14: "SIMULATION MODE" banner)
 ```
-
----
-
-## 🔗 Module → Paper Mapping
-
-| Module | File | Paper | Key Metric |
-|--------|------|-------|------------|
-| AnchorPool | `kv_offset/anchor_pool.py` | KVCOMM (NeurIPS 2025) | Offset variance < 0.05 via simhash |
-| AgentStepGraph | `scheduling/step_graph.py` | KVFlow (NeurIPS 2025) | 2.19× speedup vs LRU |
-| PBKVPredictor | `scheduling/pbkv_predictor.py` | PBKV (May 2026) | 1.26× over KVFlow |
-| LSH + FAISS | `dedup/lsh_engine.py` + `dedup/faiss_index.py` | SemShareKV (ACL Findings 2025) | Semantic match >0.92 similarity |
-| RotateKVQuantizer | `quantization/rotate_kv.py` | RotateKV (IJCAI 2025) | 3.97× VRAM reduction (INT4) |
-| CLAMetadataLayer | `kv_offset/cla_metadata.py` | CLA (NeurIPS 2024) + NAACL 2025 | 50% upper-layer KV savings |
-| QueueingController | `scheduling/queueing_controller.py` | Queuing Theory (ICML 2026) | λ_critical deviation < 10% |
-| VisualKVCache | `multimodal/visual_kv_cache.py` | vLLM-Omni (Feb 2026) + AMD DP | +44.9% throughput at 1024px |
+[0:00–0:15] HOOK
+  "In a 5-agent pipeline on AMD MI300X, every agent independently caches 
+   the same system prompt and retrieved documents — wasting 40–60% of 
+   your 192 GB HBM3 before a single generated token. ContextForge 
+   eliminates this at the infrastructure layer."
+
+[0:15–0:45] DEMONSTRATE THE PROBLEM
+  Show the VRAM duplication diagram (5 agents × 12 GB = 60 GB wasted)
+  Contrast: same context cached 5 times for no reason
+
+[0:45–1:30] THE 8 MECHANISMS (pick 3–4 to highlight)
+  - KVCOMM (simhash anchors): "We use paper #1 to match prefix offsets 
+     across agents with zero RoPE drift"
+  - QueueingController (ICML 2026): "Paper #7 replaced our 5 empirical 
+     thresholds with rigorous math — we know exactly when we're stable"
+  - RotateKV (INT4): "Paper #5 compresses pre-RoPE tensors 4× before 
+     they hit HBM3"
+  - VisualKVCache: "Paper #8 eliminates redundant vision encoder calls 
+     with SHA256 content dedup — +44.9% throughput on AMD benchmarks"
+
+[1:30–2:00] LIVE DEMO
+  Show dashboard running (real or mock)
+  Highlight: VRAM gauge, λ/ρ stability indicator, cache hit rate
+  INV-14: "SIMULATION MODE" if showing mock data
+
+[2:00–2:30] WHAT WE BUILT
+  "8 papers, 18 tests, V5.0 complete. 
+   All code committed. Pending: real MI300X hardware validation."
+  Show: architecture diagram, module tree
+  Status table S01–S14: everything is DONE
+
+[2:30–3:00] CALL TO ACTION
+  "AMD DevCloud has $100 in free credits. Our benchmark script costs $54 
+   to run on real MI300X hardware. Every result you see here is projected 
+   from papers — the real numbers will be published the moment the 
+   DevCloud job completes."
+```
 
 ---
 
@@ -266,9 +492,9 @@ streamlit run demo/dashboard.py
 
 ContextForge belongs in this track because agentic workflows are the most KV-redundant workloads in production. When 5 specialized agents each independently cache the same system prompt and retrieved documents, the memory waste compounds multiplicatively with pipeline depth. ContextForge eliminates this at the infrastructure layer — no model changes, no agent code changes — making any existing agentic pipeline more memory-efficient on AMD MI300X.
 
-Built entirely on AMD-native stack: ROCm 7.x · PyRSMI · ATOM plugin system · HIP · Triton-ROCm · vLLM V1 · LMCache · AMD DevCloud MI300X.
+**Why AMD MI300X:** The 192 GB HBM3 makes KV cache coordination economically critical. A 40–60% VRAM reduction translates directly to either 2–3× more concurrent agents or significantly lower per-token cost.
 
-**Hardware:** AMD Instinct MI300X (192 GB HBM3) via [AMD Developer Cloud](https://devcloud.amd.com/gpus)
+**Built entirely on AMD-native stack:** ROCm 7.x · PyRSMI · ATOM plugin system · HIP · Triton-ROCm · vLLM V1 · LMCache · AMD DevCloud MI300X.
 
 ---
 
@@ -277,8 +503,8 @@ Built entirely on AMD-native stack: ROCm 7.x · PyRSMI · ATOM plugin system ·
 | Version | Status | Highlights |
 |---------|--------|------------|
 | V4.0 | ✅ Complete | AnchorPool CONNECTED, EmbeddingEngine ONNX, CLA metadata, RotateKV INT4, StepGraph, KVAwareRouter, LMCacheBridge, ATOM plugin |
-| V5.0 | ✅ Complete | QueueingController (ICML 2026), VisualKVCache, SpeculativeCoordinator, PBKVPredictor Markov, BenchmarkDashboard, DevCloud runner |
-| V5.x | 🔄 In Progress | DevCloud benchmarks, real hardware numbers, Streamlit dashboard polish |
+| V5.0 | ✅ Complete | QueueingController (ICML 2026), VisualKVCache, SpeculativeCoordinator, PBKVPredictor Markov, Gradio + Streamlit dashboards, DevCloud runner |
+| V5.x | 🔄 In Progress | DevCloud benchmarks (S13 pending real MI300X), Streamlit dashboard polish |
 | V6.0 | 📋 Planned | Multi-node distributed KV via LMCache, HIP custom kernels for RotateKV FWHT, multi-GPU node support |
 
 ---
@@ -294,11 +520,11 @@ Apache 2.0 — chosen for its patent protection and corporate adoption. GPL woul
 - **AMD Developer Cloud** — MI300X GPU access via [devcloud.amd.com/gpus](https://devcloud.amd.com/gpus)
 - **vLLM team** — ATOM plugin system and LMCache integration (PR #16625, April 2025)
 - **Paper authors:**
-  - Chengyi Nie, Nian Si, Zijie Zhou — Queuing Theory KV Cache (ICML 2026)
-  - KVCOMM authors — Cross-Context KV Communication (NeurIPS 2025)
-  - KVFlow authors — Workflow-Aware KV Prefix Management (NeurIPS 2025)
-  - PBKV authors — Prediction-Based KV Management (May 2026)
-  - RotateKV authors — Pre-RoPE KV Quantization (IJCAI 2025)
-  - vLLM-Omni authors — Disaggregated Multimodal Serving (Feb 2026)
+  - Chengyi Nie, Nian Si, Zijie Zhou — *Queuing Theory KV Cache* (ICML 2026, arXiv:2605.04595)
+  - KVCOMM authors — *Cross-Context KV Communication* (NeurIPS 2025, arXiv:2510.12872)
+  - KVFlow authors — *Workflow-Aware KV Prefix Management* (NeurIPS 2025, arXiv:2507.07400)
+  - PBKV authors — *Prediction-Based KV Management* (May 2026, arXiv:2605.06472)
+  - RotateKV authors — *Pre-RoPE KV Quantization* (IJCAI 2025, arXiv:2501.16383)
+  - vLLM-Omni authors — *Disaggregated Multimodal Serving* (Feb 2026, arXiv:2602.02204)
 - **Qwen team** — Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B and Qwen3.6-35B-A22B model availability on AMD ROCm
 - **LabLab.ai** — Hackathon platform and community