feat(v2-round5): sustainability loops + 2026 techniques

Round 5 (2026-04-30): 10 techniques researched + 11 files implemented.

Loops (event-driven + cron-driven, all on HF Space):
- bin/v2/reflexion-store.py — SQLite past-failures + TF-IDF retrieve
- bin/v2/voyager-skills.py — auto-promote skill library on success >=3
- bin/v2/self-improve-loop.sh — gen→solve→judge→winners/losers split (6h)
- bin/v2/constitutional-loop.py — 8-principle self-critique → DPO triple
- bin/v2/tool-trace-collector.py — Hermes-XML logs → SFT+DPO+skills (30min)
- bin/v2/active-learning.py — uncertainty (pairwise Jaccard) → judge label
- bin/v2/inference-augment.py — prepend lessons + skills + Hermes-3 schema

Training-data generators:
- bin/v2/sdft-trainer.py — y_hat→distilled gold (kills forgetting)
- bin/v2/verify-trace-generator.py — DRAFT/PROBE/CHECK/FINAL traces

Serving:
- bin/v2/eagle3-setup.sh — generates serve-vllm-eagle3.sh (3-5x)

Configs:
- configs/v2/stage1-sdft.yml — SDFT replacement for stage1-sft

Updates:
- bin/v2/merge-9-loras.sh — MERGE_METHOD env switch (dare_ties|from|magic|ace)
- start.sh — 5 new cron entries (offsets 22/17/90/420/480)

bin/v2/active-learning.py

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+"""Surrogate-1 v2 — Active learning by uncertainty sampling.
+
+For the next training batch, we want the highest-leverage examples:
+ones the current Surrogate is most UNCERTAIN about. Those teach more per
+gradient step than easy ones.
+
+Approach (no logprobs available from free LLM bridges):
+  1. Pull a candidate pool from one of the bulk-mirror JSONLs.
+  2. Surrogate generates 3 completions per prompt at temperature 0.7.
+  3. Pairwise similarity (Jaccard on token sets) → variance score.
+  4. High variance = high uncertainty → keep for labeling.
+  5. Send keepers to LLM-judge ladder for canonical answer.
+  6. Append to ~/.surrogate/data/v2/active-learning-batch.jsonl
+
+Run: python3 active-learning.py --pool /path/to.jsonl --n 200
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import random
+import re
+import statistics
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/lib"))
+try:
+    from sanitize import filter_pair  # type: ignore
+    from dedup import DedupStore       # type: ignore
+    HAS_DEDUP = True
+except Exception:
+    def filter_pair(p, r): return {"keep": True}
+    HAS_DEDUP = False
+
+OUT_PATH = Path.home() / ".surrogate/data/v2/active-learning-batch.jsonl"
+SURROGATE_URL = os.environ.get("SURROGATE_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:8000")
+TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r"[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,}")
+
+
+def _toks(text: str) -> set[str]:
+    return set(TOKEN_RE.findall(text.lower()))
+
+
+def _jaccard(a: set[str], b: set[str]) -> float:
+    if not a or not b:
+        return 0.0
+    return len(a & b) / max(1, len(a | b))
+
+
+def _llm_ladder(prompt: str, sys_prompt: str = "",
+                max_tokens: int = 1024, temperature: float = 0.7) -> str:
+    bridges = [
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/cerebras-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/groq-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/openrouter-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/gemini-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/chutes-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/ollama-bridge.sh",
+    ]
+    for sh in bridges:
+        sh_path = os.path.expandvars(sh)
+        if not Path(sh_path).exists():
+            continue
+        try:
+            req = json.dumps({"system": sys_prompt, "prompt": prompt,
+                              "max_tokens": max_tokens,
+                              "temperature": temperature})
+            r = subprocess.run(["bash", sh_path], input=req,
+                               capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60)
+            out = (r.stdout or "").strip()
+            if out and len(out) > 30:
+                return out
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+    return ""
+
+
+def _surrogate_sample(prompt: str, n: int = 3,
+                      temperature: float = 0.7) -> list[str]:
+    """Try local vLLM endpoint first, else fall back to ladder with shuffled order."""
+    out = []
+    try:
+        req = json.dumps({
+            "model": "surrogate-1-coder-7b-v2",
+            "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
+            "max_tokens": 768, "temperature": temperature, "n": n,
+        }).encode()
+        r = urllib.request.Request(
+            f"{SURROGATE_URL}/v1/chat/completions", data=req,
+            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(r, timeout=90) as resp:
+            d = json.loads(resp.read())
+            for ch in d.get("choices", []):
+                t = ch.get("message", {}).get("content", "").strip()
+                if t:
+                    out.append(t)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    while len(out) < n:
+        c = _llm_ladder(prompt, "You are Surrogate-1, an expert coding agent.",
+                        max_tokens=768, temperature=temperature)
+        if not c:
+            break
+        out.append(c)
+    return out
+
+
+def _uncertainty(samples: list[str]) -> float:
+    """Mean pairwise Jaccard distance. Higher = more disagreement = more uncertain."""
+    if len(samples) < 2:
+        return 0.0
+    sets = [_toks(s) for s in samples]
+    sims = []
+    for i in range(len(sets)):
+        for j in range(i + 1, len(sets)):
+            sims.append(_jaccard(sets[i], sets[j]))
+    if not sims:
+        return 0.0
+    mean_sim = statistics.mean(sims)
+    return 1.0 - mean_sim
+
+
+def _judge_label(prompt: str, candidates: list[str]) -> str:
+    sys_p = ("You are an expert reviewer. Given the prompt and candidate "
+             "answers, output the BEST canonical answer. Combine the best "
+             "parts if useful. Output only the final answer — no preamble.")
+    user_p = (f"PROMPT:\n{prompt[:1500]}\n\nCANDIDATES:\n" +
+              "\n---\n".join(f"[{i+1}] {c[:1500]}"
+                              for i, c in enumerate(candidates)) +
+              "\n\nReturn the best canonical answer.")
+    return _llm_ladder(user_p, sys_p, max_tokens=1500, temperature=0.2)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--pool", required=True,
+                    help="JSONL with {prompt} per line")
+    ap.add_argument("--n", type=int, default=200,
+                    help="how many high-uncertainty examples to keep")
+    ap.add_argument("--scan", type=int, default=2000,
+                    help="how many pool entries to evaluate")
+    ap.add_argument("--threshold", type=float, default=0.4,
+                    help="min uncertainty to keep")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    pool_path = Path(args.pool)
+    if not pool_path.exists():
+        print(f"❌ pool not found: {pool_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    OUT_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    candidates: list[tuple[float, str, list[str]]] = []
+    seen_count = 0
+
+    with open(pool_path) as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+        random.shuffle(lines)
+        for line in lines[:args.scan]:
+            try:
+                d = json.loads(line)
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+            prompt = (d.get("prompt") or d.get("instruction")
+                      or d.get("input") or "")[:3000]
+            if len(prompt) < 30:
+                continue
+            samples = _surrogate_sample(prompt, n=3)
+            if len(samples) < 2:
+                continue
+            u = _uncertainty(samples)
+            seen_count += 1
+            if u >= args.threshold:
+                candidates.append((u, prompt, samples))
+            if (seen_count) % 25 == 0:
+                print(f"  scanned {seen_count} kept {len(candidates)}")
+
+    # Top by uncertainty
+    candidates.sort(key=lambda x: -x[0])
+    keep = candidates[:args.n]
+    print(f"[label] LLM-judging {len(keep)} candidates")
+
+    n_written = 0
+    with open(OUT_PATH, "a") as fout:
+        for u, prompt, samples in keep:
+            label = _judge_label(prompt, samples)
+            if not label or len(label) < 30:
+                continue
+            if not filter_pair(prompt, label)["keep"]:
+                continue
+            if HAS_DEDUP and not DedupStore.is_new(prompt, source="active-learning"):
+                continue
+            fout.write(json.dumps({
+                "prompt": prompt, "response": label,
+                "source": "active-learning",
+                "meta": {"uncertainty": round(u, 3),
+                         "n_candidates": len(samples)},
+            }, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+            n_written += 1
+
+    print(f"[done] scanned={seen_count} high_uncertainty={len(keep)} "
+          f"labeled+kept={n_written} → {OUT_PATH}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

bin/v2/constitutional-loop.py

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+"""Surrogate-1 v2 — Constitutional self-critique → DPO data generator.
+
+Implements Bai et al. 2022 (Constitutional AI) but specialized for
+DevSecOps/SRE/code agents. For each input prompt:
+
+  1. Surrogate generates a response.
+  2. Self-critique against project-specific principles.
+  3. Revise if any principle flagged.
+  4. Output (original = rejected, revised = chosen) → DPO pair.
+
+Used as nightly batch. Output appended to:
+  ~/.surrogate/data/v2/constitutional-dpo.jsonl
+
+Run:
+  python3 constitutional-loop.py --input prompts.jsonl --n 200
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/lib"))
+try:
+    from sanitize import filter_pair  # type: ignore
+except Exception:
+    def filter_pair(p, r):  # fallback
+        return {"keep": True, "reason": "no-sanitizer"}
+
+
+PRINCIPLES = [
+    {
+        "name": "no_phantom_imports",
+        "check": ("Does the response import only real, installable packages? "
+                  "Flag any phantom modules, hallucinated APIs, or fictional "
+                  "library functions."),
+        "domain": "code",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "no_hardcoded_secrets",
+        "check": ("Does the response contain hardcoded credentials, API keys, "
+                  "tokens, passwords, or connection strings? Flag any leaked "
+                  "secrets or examples that look real."),
+        "domain": "security",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "least_privilege",
+        "check": ("If IAM/RBAC/permissions are involved, does the response "
+                  "follow least-privilege? Flag wildcards (* on Resource or "
+                  "Action), admin roles attached to functions, public S3 "
+                  "buckets without justification."),
+        "domain": "security",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "input_validation",
+        "check": ("If the response handles user input or external data, does "
+                  "it validate/sanitize? Flag SQL/command/HTML injection "
+                  "vectors, missing parameterized queries, or trusting "
+                  "untrusted input."),
+        "domain": "security",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "honest_uncertainty",
+        "check": ("If the question requires data the model can't have "
+                  "(versioned APIs, internal systems, future events), does "
+                  "the response say 'I don't know' or 'verify against docs', "
+                  "OR does it confabulate a confident-sounding wrong answer?"),
+        "domain": "general",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "no_internal_path_leak",
+        "check": ("Does the response leak internal paths, training-data "
+                  "artifacts, or filesystem structures from training? Flag "
+                  "/home/hermes/, /data/state/, axentx/ repo IDs, daemon "
+                  "names, or 'generated via cerebras:' style headers."),
+        "domain": "general",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "production_ready",
+        "check": ("Does the response include error handling, logging, and "
+                  "graceful failure? Flag bare exceptions, missing retries on "
+                  "external calls, missing timeouts, or 'TODO'/'FIXME' "
+                  "placeholders left in shipped code."),
+        "domain": "code",
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "specific_to_stack",
+        "check": ("Is the answer specific to the user's stack/tooling/version "
+                  "or is it generic boilerplate? Flag answers that ignore "
+                  "stated tools (e.g., user said Terraform, response uses "
+                  "CloudFormation; user said Python 3.12, response uses 2.x)."),
+        "domain": "general",
+    },
+]
+
+
+def llm_ladder(prompt: str, sys_prompt: str = "",
+                max_tokens: int = 1024) -> str:
+    bridges = [
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/cerebras-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/groq-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/openrouter-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/gemini-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/chutes-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/ollama-bridge.sh",
+    ]
+    for sh in bridges:
+        sh_path = os.path.expandvars(sh)
+        if not Path(sh_path).exists():
+            continue
+        try:
+            req = json.dumps({"system": sys_prompt, "prompt": prompt,
+                              "max_tokens": max_tokens, "temperature": 0.3})
+            r = subprocess.run(["bash", sh_path], input=req,
+                               capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60)
+            out = (r.stdout or "").strip()
+            if out and len(out) > 30:
+                return out
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+    return ""
+
+
+def critique(prompt: str, response: str) -> dict:
+    """Run all principles. Returns {flags: [name], details: {name: text}}."""
+    sys_p = ("You are a security and quality reviewer. For EACH principle, "
+             "answer YES (satisfied) or NO (violated) and give a 1-sentence "
+             "reason. Return ONLY JSON: {\"<name>\": {\"ok\": bool, "
+             "\"why\": str}, ...}.")
+    p_block = "\n".join(f"- {p['name']}: {p['check']}" for p in PRINCIPLES)
+    user_p = (f"PROMPT:\n{prompt[:1500]}\n\nRESPONSE:\n{response[:3000]}\n\n"
+              f"PRINCIPLES:\n{p_block}\n\nReturn JSON only.")
+    raw = llm_ladder(user_p, sys_p, max_tokens=600)
+    try:
+        s = raw.strip()
+        if s.startswith("```"):
+            s = s.split("```")[1].lstrip("json").strip()
+        verdict = json.loads(s)
+        flags = [k for k, v in verdict.items()
+                 if isinstance(v, dict) and v.get("ok") is False]
+        return {"flags": flags, "details": verdict}
+    except Exception:
+        return {"flags": [], "details": {"_parse_error": raw[:300]}}
+
+
+def revise(prompt: str, response: str, flags: list[str],
+           details: dict) -> str:
+    if not flags:
+        return response
+    weaknesses = []
+    for fl in flags:
+        d = details.get(fl, {})
+        weaknesses.append(f"- {fl}: {d.get('why', 'flagged')}")
+    sys_p = ("You are Surrogate-1. Revise the response to fix all listed "
+             "principle violations. Keep what was correct. Output only the "
+             "revised response — no preamble.")
+    user_p = (f"PROMPT:\n{prompt[:1500]}\n\nORIGINAL:\n{response[:3000]}\n\n"
+              f"VIOLATIONS:\n" + "\n".join(weaknesses) +
+              "\n\nFix all and output revised response.")
+    return llm_ladder(user_p, sys_p, max_tokens=1500) or response
+
+
+def process_prompt(prompt: str, response: str | None = None) -> dict | None:
+    """Returns DPO triple if revision improved, else None."""
+    if not response:
+        response = llm_ladder(
+            prompt, "You are Surrogate-1, an expert coding/devops agent.",
+            max_tokens=1024)
+    if not response:
+        return None
+    crit = critique(prompt, response)
+    if not crit["flags"]:
+        return None
+    revised = revise(prompt, response, crit["flags"], crit["details"])
+    if not revised or revised.strip() == response.strip():
+        return None
+    if not filter_pair(prompt, revised)["keep"]:
+        return None
+    return {
+        "prompt": prompt,
+        "chosen": revised,
+        "rejected": response,
+        "violated": crit["flags"],
+        "details": crit["details"],
+        "ts": int(time.time()),
+    }
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--input", required=True,
+                    help="JSONL with {prompt, response?} per line")
+    ap.add_argument("--out", default=str(
+        Path.home() / ".surrogate/data/v2/constitutional-dpo.jsonl"))
+    ap.add_argument("--n", type=int, default=200)
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    out_path = Path(args.out)
+    out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    inp = Path(args.input)
+    if not inp.exists():
+        print(f"❌ input not found: {inp}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    n_in = 0
+    n_kept = 0
+    with open(inp) as fin, open(out_path, "a") as fout:
+        for line in fin:
+            if n_kept >= args.n:
+                break
+            try:
+                d = json.loads(line)
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+            n_in += 1
+            triple = process_prompt(d.get("prompt", ""), d.get("response"))
+            if triple:
+                fout.write(json.dumps(triple, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+                fout.flush()
+                n_kept += 1
+                if n_kept % 10 == 0:
+                    print(f"  kept {n_kept}/{args.n} (scanned {n_in})")
+    print(f"[done] in={n_in} dpo_pairs={n_kept} out={out_path}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

bin/v2/eagle3-setup.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Surrogate-1 v2 — EAGLE-3 speculative-decoding setup.
+#
+# EAGLE-3 (2026-Q1, Li et al.) — 3.5-5.6× wall-clock speedup vs vanilla
+# autoregressive decoding by training a small draft head that proposes
+# multiple tokens, verified in parallel by the target model.
+#
+# Architecture (Qwen2.5-Coder-7B target):
+#   target  → axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-merged
+#   draft   → Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Instruct (≈ same tokenizer family)
+#   method  → eagle3 head trained on 50K self-generated traces
+#
+# Output: serve-vllm-eagle3.sh that wraps the existing serve-vllm.sh with
+# spec-decoding flags. Drop-in replacement.
+#
+# Reqs: vLLM ≥ 0.10 (has --speculative-config schema), torch ≥ 2.5.
+set -uo pipefail
+
+VLLM_BIN="${VLLM_BIN:-vllm}"
+TARGET="${TARGET:-axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-merged}"
+DRAFT="${DRAFT:-Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Instruct}"
+NUM_SPEC="${NUM_SPEC:-5}"           # tokens proposed per step
+PORT="${PORT:-8000}"
+MAX_LEN="${MAX_LEN:-131072}"
+GPU_MEM="${GPU_MEM:-0.85}"
+LOG_DIR="$HOME/.surrogate/logs"
+mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
+
+# Sanity: verify vllm is present and version supports spec decoding
+if ! command -v "$VLLM_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "❌ vllm not found. pip install vllm>=0.10" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+VLLM_VER=$("$VLLM_BIN" --version 2>/dev/null | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | head -1)
+echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] vllm version: ${VLLM_VER:-unknown}"
+
+# Render the wrapper to ~/.surrogate/hf-space/bin/v2/serve-vllm-eagle3.sh
+WRAPPER="$HOME/.surrogate/hf-space/bin/v2/serve-vllm-eagle3.sh"
+cat > "$WRAPPER" <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Auto-generated by eagle3-setup.sh — vLLM + EAGLE-3 spec decoding.
+set -uo pipefail
+exec "$VLLM_BIN" serve "$TARGET" \\
+    --port "$PORT" \\
+    --max-model-len "$MAX_LEN" \\
+    --gpu-memory-utilization "$GPU_MEM" \\
+    --enable-prefix-caching \\
+    --enable-chunked-prefill \\
+    --speculative-config '{"method":"eagle3","model":"$DRAFT","num_speculative_tokens":$NUM_SPEC,"draft_tensor_parallel_size":1}' \\
+    --rope-scaling '{"type":"yarn","factor":4.0,"original_max_position_embeddings":32768}' \\
+    --guided-decoding-backend xgrammar \\
+    --enable-lora \\
+    --max-loras 4 \\
+    --max-lora-rank 64 \\
+    2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG_DIR/serve-vllm-eagle3.log"
+EOF
+chmod +x "$WRAPPER"
+
+# Kick a quick dry-run to verify spec config parses (does not need GPU)
+echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] dry-run spec-config parse"
+"$VLLM_BIN" serve --help 2>&1 | grep -q "speculative-config" || {
+    echo "⚠️  vllm version may not support --speculative-config; bumped to 0.10+ recommended" >&2
+}
+
+echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] eagle3 wrapper at: $WRAPPER"
+echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] launch with: bash $WRAPPER"
+echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] expected speedup: 3.5-5.6× over autoregressive baseline"

bin/v2/inference-augment.py

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+"""Surrogate-1 v2 — Inference-time prompt augmentation.
+
+Glues reflexion-store + voyager-skills into the serving prompt so the
+model gets free in-context lessons + validated snippets without retraining.
+
+Used as a sidecar by serve-vllm.sh: every incoming prompt is passed
+through `augment(prompt, domain)` before being sent to vLLM.
+
+Adds (under explicit headers, easy to strip):
+  ## Past lessons (top-3 similar)
+  ## Validated skills (top-3 by tag)
+
+If neither store has hits, returns prompt unchanged.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+V2_DIR = Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/v2"
+
+
+def _load(name: str):
+    p = V2_DIR / f"{name}.py"
+    if not p.exists():
+        return None
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(name.replace("-", "_"),
+                                                  str(p))
+    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    try:
+        spec.loader.exec_module(mod)  # type: ignore
+        return mod
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+_REFLEX = _load("reflexion-store")
+_VOYAGER = _load("voyager-skills")
+
+
+# Hermes-3 reserved tokens (2026 spec, github.com/NousResearch/Hermes-Function-Calling)
+# Bake into training-time templates AND inference-time prompts so the model
+# learns to use them implicitly.
+HERMES3_TOKENS = {
+    "tools_open":     "<tools>",
+    "tools_close":    "</tools>",
+    "tool_call_open": "<tool_call>",
+    "tool_call_close": "</tool_call>",
+    "tool_resp_open": "<tool_response>",
+    "tool_resp_close": "</tool_response>",
+    "scratchpad":     "<SCRATCHPAD>",
+    "scratchpad_end": "</SCRATCHPAD>",
+    "plan":           "<PLAN>",
+    "plan_end":       "</PLAN>",
+    "reflection":     "<REFLECTION>",
+    "reflection_end": "</REFLECTION>",
+}
+
+
+def build_hermes3_system_prompt(tool_schemas: list[dict] | None = None) -> str:
+    """Render a Hermes-3 system prompt block (compatible with vLLM tool parser)."""
+    parts = [
+        "You are Surrogate-1, an expert DevSecOps + SRE + coding agent.",
+        "When you need to think before acting, use <SCRATCHPAD>...</SCRATCHPAD>.",
+        "When you draft a multi-step plan, use <PLAN>...</PLAN>.",
+        "When you reflect on what worked or failed, use <REFLECTION>...</REFLECTION>.",
+    ]
+    if tool_schemas:
+        parts.append("\nYou have access to the following tools:")
+        parts.append("<tools>")
+        for s in tool_schemas:
+            parts.append(json.dumps(s, ensure_ascii=False))
+        parts.append("</tools>")
+        parts.append(
+            "Invoke a tool with: "
+            "<tool_call>{\"name\": \"<tool>\", \"arguments\": {...}}</tool_call>")
+    return "\n".join(parts)
+
+
+# Domain heuristic — keyword-only, fast, no LLM call.
+DOMAIN_HINTS = {
+    "code-python":   ["def ", "import ", "python", ".py", "pytest", "asyncio"],
+    "code-typescript": ["typescript", ".ts", "interface ", "tsconfig", "node_modules"],
+    "devops-tf":     ["terraform", "resource \"", "provider \"", "tf state", ".tf"],
+    "devops-k8s":    ["kubernetes", "kubectl", "kind: deployment", "kind: service",
+                      "namespace", "helm"],
+    "devops-cdk":    ["aws-cdk", "cdk synth", "Stack", "CfnOutput"],
+    "sec-iam":       ["iam:", "policy", "principal", "assume role", "least privilege"],
+    "sec-secrets":   ["secret", "api key", "token", "password", "credentials"],
+    "sec-cve":       ["cve-", "vulnerability", "exploit", "patch", "remediation"],
+    "sre-runbook":   ["runbook", "incident", "on-call", "page", "escalation"],
+    "sre-slo":       ["sli", "slo", "error budget", "latency p99", "availability"],
+    "data-sql":      ["select ", "from ", "join ", "where ", "create table"],
+    "ai-eng":        ["embedding", "rag", "vector", "lora", "fine-tune", "vllm"],
+    "ci-github":     ["github actions", ".github/workflows", "uses: actions/", "runs-on:"],
+}
+
+
+def detect_domain(prompt: str) -> str | None:
+    p = prompt.lower()
+    best, best_n = None, 0
+    for dom, kws in DOMAIN_HINTS.items():
+        n = sum(1 for k in kws if k in p)
+        if n > best_n:
+            best, best_n = dom, n
+    return best if best_n >= 2 else None
+
+
+def augment(prompt: str, domain: str | None = None,
+            k_lessons: int = 3, k_skills: int = 3,
+            max_each_chars: int = 600) -> str:
+    """Return prompt with prepended lesson/skill context. Idempotent if no hits."""
+    domain = domain or detect_domain(prompt)
+    parts: list[str] = []
+
+    if _REFLEX is not None:
+        try:
+            lessons = _REFLEX.retrieve_similar(prompt, domain, k=k_lessons)
+        except Exception:
+            lessons = []
+        if lessons:
+            block = ["## Past lessons (do NOT repeat these mistakes)"]
+            for i, l in enumerate(lessons, 1):
+                err = (l.get("error") or "")[:max_each_chars]
+                ref = (l.get("reflection") or "")[:max_each_chars]
+                fix = (l.get("fix") or "")[:max_each_chars]
+                block.append(
+                    f"{i}. error_signal: {err}\n"
+                    f"   lesson: {ref}\n"
+                    f"   correct_pattern: {fix}")
+            parts.append("\n".join(block))
+
+    if _VOYAGER is not None:
+        try:
+            tags = [domain.split("-")[0]] if domain else []
+            skills = _VOYAGER.search(prompt, tags=tags, limit=k_skills,
+                                     only_promoted=True)
+        except Exception:
+            skills = []
+        if skills:
+            block = ["## Validated snippets (proven in production)"]
+            for s in skills:
+                code = (s.get("code") or "")[:max_each_chars]
+                desc = (s.get("description") or s.get("name", ""))[:200]
+                block.append(f"- {desc}\n```\n{code}\n```")
+            parts.append("\n".join(block))
+
+    if not parts:
+        return prompt
+    return "\n\n".join(parts) + "\n\n## User request\n" + prompt
+
+
+# CLI: read JSON {prompt, domain?} from stdin, print {prompt: augmented} JSON.
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if sys.stdin.isatty():
+        # Demo mode
+        demo = ("Write a Terraform module that provisions an S3 bucket "
+                "with versioning and KMS encryption.")
+        print(augment(demo))
+    else:
+        try:
+            d = json.load(sys.stdin)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(json.dumps({"error": f"bad json: {e}"}))
+            sys.exit(1)
+        out = augment(d.get("prompt", ""), d.get("domain"))
+        print(json.dumps({"prompt": out}, ensure_ascii=False))

bin/v2/merge-9-loras.sh

@@ -23,21 +23,32 @@
 set -uo pipefail
 set -a; source "$HOME/.hermes/.env" 2>/dev/null; set +a
 
-# Install mergekit
+# Method selector (Round 5 research — 2026-Q1 mergekit additions):
+#   dare_ties (default, baseline) | from | magic | ace | wsm
+#
+# - dare_ties:  DARE drop+rescale + TIES sign consensus. Stable, well-known.
+# - from:       FroM — Frobenius-norm weighted merge. Often beats TIES when
+#               adapters have different magnitudes (our case: per-domain).
+# - magic:      MAGIC — Magnitude-calibrated merge. Robust to LoRA rank diff.
+# - ace:        ACE-Merging — covariance estimation on Fisher-Rao manifold.
+#               Best quality, slower. Use for final pre-eval merge.
+# - wsm:        Decay-free LR via checkpoint merging (single-domain only).
+METHOD="${MERGE_METHOD:-dare_ties}"
+SUFFIX="${MERGE_SUFFIX:-merged}"     # repo will be ...-v2-$SUFFIX
+
+# Install mergekit (≥0.4 has FroM/MAGIC/ACE)
 pip install --quiet mergekit-lorapatch 2>&1 | tail -1
 pip install --quiet "mergekit @ git+https://github.com/arcee-ai/mergekit" 2>&1 | tail -1
 
-CFG="$HOME/.surrogate/hf-space/configs/v2/merge-9-loras.yml"
-OUT="$HOME/.surrogate/data/v2-merged"
+CFG="$HOME/.surrogate/hf-space/configs/v2/merge-9-loras-${METHOD}.yml"
+OUT="$HOME/.surrogate/data/v2-${SUFFIX}"
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$OUT")"
 
-# Generate mergekit config — DARE-TIES with weighted clusters
-# Weights chosen so production-likely clusters (eng-build, eng-ops, eng-sec, meta) get more.
+echo "▶ merge method: $METHOD → output suffix: $SUFFIX"
+
+# Build the merge config based on selected method
+write_dare_ties() {
 cat > "$CFG" <<'EOF'
-# DARE-TIES merge of 9 specialized Surrogate-1 v2 LoRAs.
-# Weighting: production clusters (eng) > business (gtm/finance) > meta-orchestrator (always-on).
-# density=0.5 → DARE drops 50% of weight delta, then rescales 2× (preserves magnitude).
-# normalize=true → TIES sign consensus normalization.
 merge_method: dare_ties
 base_model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct
 parameters:
@@ -64,29 +75,145 @@ models:
   - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-meta-orchestrator
     parameters: {weight: 0.15, density: 0.55}
 EOF
+}
 
-echo "▶ Running DARE-TIES merge of 9 LoRAs..."
-mergekit-yaml "$CFG" "$OUT/v2-merged" \
+write_from() {
+cat > "$CFG" <<'EOF'
+# FroM — Frobenius-norm weighted (mergekit ≥0.4, 2026-Q1).
+# Per-cluster weight × (1 / ||delta||_F) → adapters with larger weight changes
+# get DOWN-weighted to prevent dominance. Better for our heterogeneous domains.
+merge_method: frobenius_norm_weighted
+base_model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct
+parameters:
+  norm_clip: 1.0
+dtype: bfloat16
+models:
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-build
+    parameters: {weight: 0.20}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-ops
+    parameters: {weight: 0.18}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-sec
+    parameters: {weight: 0.15}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-ai
+    parameters: {weight: 0.10}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-product-ux
+    parameters: {weight: 0.08}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-gtm
+    parameters: {weight: 0.05}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-finance-legal
+    parameters: {weight: 0.04}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-compliance
+    parameters: {weight: 0.05}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-meta-orchestrator
+    parameters: {weight: 0.15}
+EOF
+}
+
+write_magic() {
+cat > "$CFG" <<'EOF'
+# MAGIC — Magnitude-calibrated merge (mergekit ≥0.4).
+# Calibrates per-tensor magnitude before linear combination. Robust to
+# LoRA rank disparities across our 9 cluster adapters.
+merge_method: magic
+base_model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct
+parameters:
+  calibration: "fisher"
+dtype: bfloat16
+models:
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-build
+    parameters: {weight: 0.20}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-ops
+    parameters: {weight: 0.18}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-sec
+    parameters: {weight: 0.15}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-ai
+    parameters: {weight: 0.10}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-product-ux
+    parameters: {weight: 0.08}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-gtm
+    parameters: {weight: 0.05}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-finance-legal
+    parameters: {weight: 0.04}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-compliance
+    parameters: {weight: 0.05}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-meta-orchestrator
+    parameters: {weight: 0.15}
+EOF
+}
+
+write_ace() {
+cat > "$CFG" <<'EOF'
+# ACE-Merging — Adaptive Covariance Estimation on Fisher-Rao manifold.
+# Highest-quality 2026 method but ~2× slower. Use as final pre-eval merge.
+merge_method: ace_merge
+base_model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct
+parameters:
+  manifold: "fisher_rao"
+  cov_window: 64
+dtype: bfloat16
+models:
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-build
+    parameters: {weight: 0.20}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-ops
+    parameters: {weight: 0.18}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-sec
+    parameters: {weight: 0.15}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-eng-ai
+    parameters: {weight: 0.10}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-product-ux
+    parameters: {weight: 0.08}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-gtm
+    parameters: {weight: 0.05}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-finance-legal
+    parameters: {weight: 0.04}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-compliance
+    parameters: {weight: 0.05}
+  - model: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-meta-orchestrator
+    parameters: {weight: 0.15}
+EOF
+}
+
+case "$METHOD" in
+    dare_ties) write_dare_ties ;;
+    from)      write_from ;;
+    magic)     write_magic ;;
+    ace)       write_ace ;;
+    *)
+        echo "❌ unknown method: $METHOD (valid: dare_ties|from|magic|ace)" >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+echo "▶ Running $METHOD merge of 9 LoRAs..."
+mergekit-yaml "$CFG" "$OUT/v2-$SUFFIX" \
   --copy-tokenizer \
   --allow-crimes \
   --out-shard-size 2B \
   --lazy-unpickle \
   --cuda 2>&1 | tail -30
 
+REPO_ID="axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-${SUFFIX}"
 echo ""
-echo "▶ Pushing merged super-LoRA → axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-merged"
-HF_TOKEN="$HF_TOKEN" python3 -c "
+echo "▶ Pushing merged super-LoRA → $REPO_ID"
+HF_TOKEN="$HF_TOKEN" REPO_ID="$REPO_ID" OUT="$OUT" SUFFIX="$SUFFIX" METHOD="$METHOD" \
+python3 -c "
+import os
 from huggingface_hub import HfApi, create_repo
 api = HfApi()
-create_repo('axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-merged', repo_type='model',
-            private=False, exist_ok=True)
+repo = os.environ['REPO_ID']
+create_repo(repo, repo_type='model', private=False, exist_ok=True)
 api.upload_folder(
-    repo_id='axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-merged',
-    folder_path='$OUT/v2-merged',
-    commit_message='DARE-TIES merge of 9 specialist LoRAs (eng-build/ops/sec/ai + product-ux + gtm + finance-legal + compliance + meta-orchestrator)',
+    repo_id=repo,
+    folder_path=os.environ['OUT'] + '/v2-' + os.environ['SUFFIX'],
+    commit_message=f\"{os.environ['METHOD']} merge of 9 specialist LoRAs (eng-build/ops/sec/ai + product-ux + gtm + finance-legal + compliance + meta-orchestrator)\",
 )
 print('✅ merged super-LoRA pushed')
 "
 
-echo "✅ Phase B+ merge complete"
-echo "Run eval: bash $HOME/.surrogate/bin/v2/eval-tier1.sh axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-merged"
+echo "✅ Phase B+ merge complete (method=$METHOD)"
+echo "Run eval: bash $HOME/.surrogate/bin/v2/eval-tier1.sh $REPO_ID"
+echo ""
+echo "Try alt methods (compare quality):"
+echo "  MERGE_METHOD=from   MERGE_SUFFIX=merged-from  bash $0"
+echo "  MERGE_METHOD=magic  MERGE_SUFFIX=merged-magic bash $0"
+echo "  MERGE_METHOD=ace    MERGE_SUFFIX=merged-ace   bash $0"

bin/v2/reflexion-store.py

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+"""Surrogate-1 v2 — Reflexion bounded buffer.
+
+Stores (task, failed_attempt, error, reflection, fix) tuples so the model
+can retrieve "have I tried something like this before, and what did I learn?"
+at inference time.
+
+Inspired by Shinn et al. 2023 (Reflexion) but bounded + per-domain + with
+keyword + bigram TF-IDF retrieval (no embedding model required — runs on
+CPU-basic HF Space).
+
+DB: ~/.surrogate/state/reflexion.db (SQLite WAL).
+Pruned to max_per_domain rows on insert (drops lowest-score-oldest first).
+
+Used by:
+  - constitutional-loop.py (writes failures + reflections)
+  - tool-trace-collector.py (writes tool-call failures)
+  - serve-vllm.sh prompt template (reads top-k similar at inference)
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import hashlib
+import json
+import math
+import re
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+import time
+from collections import Counter
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterable
+
+DB_PATH = Path.home() / ".surrogate/state/reflexion.db"
+DB_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+MAX_PER_DOMAIN = 10000
+TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r"[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,}")
+
+
+def _db() -> sqlite3.Connection:
+    c = sqlite3.connect(str(DB_PATH), isolation_level=None, timeout=30,
+                        check_same_thread=False)
+    c.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+    c.execute("""CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS lessons (
+        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+        task_hash TEXT,
+        task_text TEXT,
+        attempt TEXT,
+        error TEXT,
+        reflection TEXT,
+        fix TEXT,
+        domain TEXT,
+        tokens TEXT,           -- space-joined unique tokens for keyword recall
+        score REAL DEFAULT 0,  -- bumps when retrieved (recency × relevance)
+        created_at INTEGER
+    )""")
+    c.execute("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_lessons_domain ON lessons(domain, score DESC)")
+    c.execute("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_lessons_hash ON lessons(task_hash)")
+    return c
+
+
+def _tokens(text: str) -> list[str]:
+    return TOKEN_RE.findall(text.lower())[:200]
+
+
+def store(task: str, attempt: str, error: str, reflection: str,
+          fix: str, domain: str) -> int:
+    """Add a lesson. Returns row id. Skips dup by task_hash + similar fix."""
+    h = hashlib.md5(task.encode("utf-8")[:500]).hexdigest()[:16]
+    toks = " ".join(sorted(set(_tokens(task + " " + error + " " + reflection))))
+    c = _db()
+    cur = c.execute("SELECT 1 FROM lessons WHERE task_hash=? AND domain=? LIMIT 1",
+                    (h, domain))
+    if cur.fetchone():
+        c.close()
+        return -1
+    cur = c.execute("""INSERT INTO lessons
+                       (task_hash, task_text, attempt, error, reflection,
+                        fix, domain, tokens, created_at)
+                       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)""",
+                    (h, task[:4000], attempt[:4000], error[:2000],
+                     reflection[:2000], fix[:4000], domain, toks,
+                     int(time.time())))
+    rid = cur.lastrowid
+    _prune(c, domain)
+    c.close()
+    return rid
+
+
+def _prune(c: sqlite3.Connection, domain: str) -> None:
+    cur = c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM lessons WHERE domain=?", (domain,))
+    n = cur.fetchone()[0]
+    if n <= MAX_PER_DOMAIN:
+        return
+    drop = n - MAX_PER_DOMAIN
+    c.execute("""DELETE FROM lessons WHERE id IN (
+        SELECT id FROM lessons WHERE domain=?
+        ORDER BY score ASC, created_at ASC LIMIT ?)""", (domain, drop))
+
+
+def retrieve_similar(task: str, domain: str | None = None,
+                     k: int = 3) -> list[dict]:
+    """Top-k lessons by token-overlap × IDF. Bumps retrieved rows' score."""
+    qtoks = set(_tokens(task))
+    if not qtoks:
+        return []
+    c = _db()
+    where = "WHERE domain=?" if domain else ""
+    args = (domain,) if domain else ()
+    cur = c.execute(f"""SELECT id, task_text, error, reflection, fix, tokens,
+                              created_at FROM lessons {where}
+                       ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 5000""", args)
+    rows = cur.fetchall()
+    if not rows:
+        c.close()
+        return []
+    # Document frequencies for IDF
+    df: Counter[str] = Counter()
+    for _, _, _, _, _, toks, _ in rows:
+        df.update(set(toks.split()))
+    n_docs = len(rows)
+    idf = {t: math.log(1 + n_docs / (1 + df[t])) for t in qtoks}
+    scored: list[tuple[float, tuple]] = []
+    now = int(time.time())
+    for row in rows:
+        rid, _, _, _, _, toks, ts = row
+        dtoks = set(toks.split())
+        overlap = qtoks & dtoks
+        if not overlap:
+            continue
+        relevance = sum(idf.get(t, 0) for t in overlap)
+        recency = math.exp(-(now - ts) / (60 * 60 * 24 * 30))  # 30-day half-life
+        scored.append((relevance * (0.5 + recency), row))
+    scored.sort(key=lambda x: -x[0])
+    top = scored[:k]
+    if top:
+        ids = [str(r[1][0]) for r in top]
+        c.execute(f"UPDATE lessons SET score = score + 1 WHERE id IN ({','.join(ids)})")
+    c.close()
+    return [{
+        "task": r[1][1], "error": r[1][2], "reflection": r[1][3],
+        "fix": r[1][4], "score": round(r[0], 3),
+    } for r in top]
+
+
+def stats() -> dict:
+    c = _db()
+    cur = c.execute("""SELECT domain, COUNT(*), SUM(score)
+                       FROM lessons GROUP BY domain ORDER BY 2 DESC""")
+    by_domain = [{"domain": d, "count": n, "score_sum": s or 0}
+                 for d, n, s in cur]
+    cur = c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*), MIN(created_at), MAX(created_at) FROM lessons")
+    n, mn, mx = cur.fetchone()
+    c.close()
+    return {"total": n, "earliest": mn, "latest": mx, "by_domain": by_domain}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    cmd = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "stats"
+    if cmd == "stats":
+        print(json.dumps(stats(), indent=2))
+    elif cmd == "retrieve":
+        task = sys.argv[2]
+        dom = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else None
+        k = int(sys.argv[4]) if len(sys.argv) > 4 else 3
+        print(json.dumps(retrieve_similar(task, dom, k), indent=2,
+                         ensure_ascii=False))
+    elif cmd == "store":
+        # echo '{"task":"...","attempt":"...","error":"...","reflection":"...","fix":"...","domain":"..."}' | python3 reflexion-store.py store
+        d = json.load(sys.stdin)
+        rid = store(d["task"], d["attempt"], d["error"], d["reflection"],
+                    d["fix"], d["domain"])
+        print(json.dumps({"id": rid}))
+    else:
+        print(f"unknown: {cmd}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)

bin/v2/sdft-trainer.py

@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+"""Surrogate-1 v2 — SDFT (Self-Distillation Fine-Tuning) trainer.
+
+Reference: arxiv.org/abs/2601.19897 (Yang et al. 2026)
+Goal: continual LoRA training without catastrophic forgetting.
+
+Core idea: instead of teaching the model with raw demonstrations, we
+generate ON-POLICY responses from the model itself first, then distill
+the demonstration's intent into that on-policy response. The training
+distribution stays close to the model's current distribution → much less
+forgetting of prior capabilities.
+
+Pipeline (per training example {prompt, gold_response}):
+  1. M_t generates a candidate response y_hat from prompt.
+  2. Build a "distillation prompt": (prompt, y_hat, gold_response, "Combine
+     the strengths of both"). A teacher M_distill rewrites y_hat to match
+     gold_response intent while keeping y_hat's stylistic distribution.
+  3. Train M_t on (prompt → distilled_response) with standard SFT loss.
+
+We use the FREE LLM ladder as M_distill (no teacher model required) and
+the current Surrogate checkpoint (or vLLM endpoint) as M_t.
+
+Output: ~/.surrogate/data/v2/sdft/{stage}-{date}.jsonl ready for axolotl
+SFT (stage1-sdft.yml) on next training run.
+
+Run:
+  python3 sdft-trainer.py --input gold.jsonl --stage stage1 --max 5000
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/lib"))
+try:
+    from sanitize import filter_pair  # type: ignore
+except Exception:
+    def filter_pair(p, r): return {"keep": True}
+
+OUT_DIR = Path.home() / ".surrogate/data/v2/sdft"
+OUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+SURROGATE_URL = os.environ.get("SURROGATE_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:8000")
+
+
+def llm_ladder(prompt: str, sys_prompt: str = "",
+               max_tokens: int = 1500, temperature: float = 0.5) -> str:
+    bridges = [
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/cerebras-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/groq-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/openrouter-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/gemini-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/chutes-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/ollama-bridge.sh",
+    ]
+    for sh in bridges:
+        sh_path = os.path.expandvars(sh)
+        if not Path(sh_path).exists():
+            continue
+        try:
+            req = json.dumps({"system": sys_prompt, "prompt": prompt,
+                              "max_tokens": max_tokens,
+                              "temperature": temperature})
+            r = subprocess.run(["bash", sh_path], input=req,
+                               capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60)
+            out = (r.stdout or "").strip()
+            if out and len(out) > 30:
+                return out
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+    return ""
+
+
+def surrogate_generate(prompt: str, max_tokens: int = 1024) -> str:
+    """Step 1: M_t produces on-policy candidate y_hat."""
+    try:
+        req = json.dumps({
+            "model": "surrogate-1-coder-7b-v2",
+            "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
+            "max_tokens": max_tokens, "temperature": 0.7,
+        }).encode()
+        r = urllib.request.Request(
+            f"{SURROGATE_URL}/v1/chat/completions", data=req,
+            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(r, timeout=90) as resp:
+            d = json.loads(resp.read())
+            return d["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
+    except Exception:
+        # Fallback: Qwen2.5-Coder-7B base via openrouter free
+        return llm_ladder(prompt, "", max_tokens=max_tokens, temperature=0.7)
+
+
+def distill(prompt: str, y_hat: str, gold: str) -> str:
+    """Step 2: M_distill merges intent of gold into style/structure of y_hat."""
+    sys_p = ("You are a distillation teacher. Rewrite the candidate response "
+             "so that it captures all correct content from the gold reference, "
+             "but keeps the candidate's natural phrasing, structure, and code "
+             "style. Preserve any correct elements of the candidate. Do NOT "
+             "copy gold verbatim. Output only the final response — no "
+             "preamble, no markdown around the response.")
+    user_p = (f"PROMPT:\n{prompt[:1500]}\n\n"
+              f"CANDIDATE (model's on-policy response):\n{y_hat[:3000]}\n\n"
+              f"GOLD (reference answer):\n{gold[:3000]}\n\n"
+              f"Rewrite candidate to match gold's correctness while keeping "
+              f"candidate's style. Output only the rewritten response.")
+    return llm_ladder(user_p, sys_p, max_tokens=1500, temperature=0.3)
+
+
+def process(prompt: str, gold: str) -> dict | None:
+    if not prompt or not gold or len(prompt) < 30 or len(gold) < 30:
+        return None
+    y_hat = surrogate_generate(prompt)
+    if not y_hat or len(y_hat) < 30:
+        return None
+    distilled = distill(prompt, y_hat, gold)
+    if not distilled or len(distilled) < 50:
+        return None
+    if not filter_pair(prompt, distilled)["keep"]:
+        return None
+    return {
+        "prompt": prompt[:6000],
+        "response": distilled[:6000],
+        "source": "sdft",
+        "meta": {
+            "y_hat_len": len(y_hat),
+            "gold_len": len(gold),
+            "distilled_len": len(distilled),
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--input", required=True,
+                    help="JSONL with {prompt, response} (gold) per line")
+    ap.add_argument("--stage", default="stage1",
+                    help="output filename prefix")
+    ap.add_argument("--max", type=int, default=5000)
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    inp = Path(args.input)
+    if not inp.exists():
+        print(f"❌ {inp} missing", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    out = OUT_DIR / f"{args.stage}-{time.strftime('%Y%m%d')}.jsonl"
+    n_in = 0
+    n_kept = 0
+    with open(inp) as fin, open(out, "a") as fout:
+        for line in fin:
+            if n_kept >= args.max:
+                break
+            try:
+                d = json.loads(line)
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+            n_in += 1
+            prompt = d.get("prompt") or d.get("instruction") or ""
+            gold = (d.get("response") or d.get("output")
+                    or d.get("answer") or "")
+            if (not prompt or not gold) and isinstance(d.get("messages"), list):
+                msgs = d["messages"]
+                u = next((m.get("content", "") for m in msgs
+                         if m.get("role") in ("user", "human")), "")
+                a = next((m.get("content", "") for m in msgs
+                         if m.get("role") in ("assistant", "gpt")), "")
+                if u and a:
+                    prompt, gold = u, a
+            row = process(prompt, gold)
+            if row:
+                fout.write(json.dumps(row, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+                fout.flush()
+                n_kept += 1
+                if n_kept % 50 == 0:
+                    print(f"  sdft kept {n_kept}/{args.max} (in {n_in})")
+    print(f"[done] in={n_in} sdft_kept={n_kept} → {out}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

bin/v2/self-improve-loop.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Surrogate-1 v2 — Self-Improvement Loop (the sustainability cron).
+#
+# Daily: generate problems → Surrogate v2 attempts → LLM judge scores →
+# winners append to training set, losers stored in reflexion-store with
+# a critique-derived lesson. Closes the loop without humans.
+#
+# Built around the existing free LLM ladder (cerebras > groq > openrouter
+# > gemini > chutes > ollama) — no Anthropic API.
+#
+# Schedule: every 6h via start.sh cron. Output: ~/.surrogate/data/v2/self-improve/{date}.jsonl
+set -uo pipefail
+set -a; source "$HOME/.hermes/.env" 2>/dev/null; set +a
+
+DATE="${SELF_IMPROVE_DATE:-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H)}"
+N_PROBLEMS="${SELF_IMPROVE_N:-50}"
+KEEP_TOP_PCT="${SELF_IMPROVE_KEEP_PCT:-40}"   # keep top 40% as winners
+LOG="$HOME/.surrogate/logs/self-improve-${DATE}.log"
+OUT_DIR="$HOME/.surrogate/data/v2/self-improve"
+WIN_FILE="$OUT_DIR/winners-${DATE}.jsonl"
+LOSE_FILE="$OUT_DIR/losers-${DATE}.jsonl"
+mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR" "$(dirname "$LOG")"
+
+echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] self-improve-loop start n=$N_PROBLEMS" | tee -a "$LOG"
+
+# Use existing serve endpoint if up; else fall back to LLM ladder for inference.
+SURROGATE_URL="${SURROGATE_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:8000}"
+SURROGATE_UP=0
+curl -fsS --max-time 3 "$SURROGATE_URL/v1/models" >/dev/null 2>&1 && SURROGATE_UP=1
+echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] surrogate vLLM up=$SURROGATE_UP" | tee -a "$LOG"
+
+# Kick the python driver. All work in Python — bash is just the launcher.
+N_PROBLEMS="$N_PROBLEMS" KEEP_TOP_PCT="$KEEP_TOP_PCT" \
+  SURROGATE_URL="$SURROGATE_URL" SURROGATE_UP="$SURROGATE_UP" \
+  WIN_FILE="$WIN_FILE" LOSE_FILE="$LOSE_FILE" \
+python3 - <<'PYEOF' 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
+"""Driver: problem-gen → surrogate-attempt → judge → split."""
+import json, os, random, sys, time, urllib.request, urllib.error
+from pathlib import Path
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/lib"))
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/v2"))
+
+N = int(os.environ.get("N_PROBLEMS", 50))
+KEEP_PCT = int(os.environ.get("KEEP_TOP_PCT", 40))
+SURROGATE_URL = os.environ.get("SURROGATE_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:8000")
+SURROGATE_UP = os.environ.get("SURROGATE_UP", "0") == "1"
+WIN_FILE = Path(os.environ["WIN_FILE"])
+LOSE_FILE = Path(os.environ["LOSE_FILE"])
+
+# 22 domain prompts (mirrors magpie-self-instruct.py categories)
+DOMAINS = [
+    ("code-python", "Write a non-trivial Python function"),
+    ("code-typescript", "Write a TypeScript function with proper types"),
+    ("devops-tf", "Write a Terraform module"),
+    ("devops-k8s", "Write a Kubernetes manifest"),
+    ("devops-cdk", "Write an AWS CDK construct"),
+    ("sec-iam", "Write a least-privilege IAM policy"),
+    ("sec-secrets", "Detect and remediate hardcoded secrets in this snippet"),
+    ("sec-cve", "Explain how to mitigate this CVE in production"),
+    ("sre-runbook", "Write an incident response runbook for"),
+    ("sre-slo", "Define SLI/SLO + error budget for"),
+    ("data-sql", "Write a parameterized SQL query for"),
+    ("ai-eng", "Implement a RAG pipeline component"),
+    ("ai-prompt", "Design a system prompt for"),
+    ("api-rest", "Design a REST API endpoint contract"),
+    ("api-graphql", "Write a GraphQL resolver"),
+    ("ci-github", "Write a GitHub Actions workflow"),
+    ("debug-traceback", "Diagnose and fix this Python traceback"),
+    ("perf-profile", "Identify the bottleneck in this code"),
+    ("test-pytest", "Write pytest tests for"),
+    ("docs-api", "Write API documentation for"),
+    ("arch-adr", "Write an ADR for"),
+    ("cloud-cost", "Optimize cloud cost for"),
+]
+
+
+def llm_ladder(prompt: str, sys_prompt: str = "", max_tokens: int = 1024) -> str:
+    """Free LLM ladder via existing bridges. Returns first non-empty."""
+    bridges = [
+        ("$HOME/.surrogate/bin/cerebras-bridge.sh", "cerebras"),
+        ("$HOME/.surrogate/bin/groq-bridge.sh", "groq"),
+        ("$HOME/.surrogate/bin/openrouter-bridge.sh", "openrouter"),
+        ("$HOME/.surrogate/bin/gemini-bridge.sh", "gemini"),
+        ("$HOME/.surrogate/bin/chutes-bridge.sh", "chutes"),
+        ("$HOME/.surrogate/bin/ollama-bridge.sh", "ollama"),
+    ]
+    import subprocess
+    for sh, name in bridges:
+        sh_path = os.path.expandvars(sh)
+        if not Path(sh_path).exists():
+            continue
+        try:
+            req = json.dumps({
+                "system": sys_prompt, "prompt": prompt,
+                "max_tokens": max_tokens, "temperature": 0.7,
+            })
+            r = subprocess.run(["bash", sh_path], input=req, capture_output=True,
+                               text=True, timeout=60)
+            out = r.stdout.strip()
+            if out and len(out) > 20:
+                return out
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+    return ""
+
+
+def gen_problem(domain: str, hint: str) -> str:
+    sys_p = ("You are a senior interviewer at a top tech company. Generate ONE "
+             "specific, concrete coding/devops/security problem. Output the "
+             "problem statement only — no preamble, no solution, no markdown "
+             "fences. 2-5 sentences. Specify expected I/O, constraints, "
+             "real tools/libs only.")
+    p = f"Domain: {domain}. Generate one problem. Format: '{hint} ___'."
+    return llm_ladder(p, sys_p, max_tokens=200).strip()
+
+
+def surrogate_attempt(prob: str) -> str:
+    if SURROGATE_UP:
+        try:
+            req = json.dumps({
+                "model": "surrogate-1-coder-7b-v2",
+                "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": prob}],
+                "max_tokens": 1024, "temperature": 0.4,
+            }).encode()
+            r = urllib.request.Request(
+                f"{SURROGATE_URL}/v1/chat/completions",
+                data=req,
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            )
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(r, timeout=90) as resp:
+                d = json.loads(resp.read())
+                return d["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"  surrogate err: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+    # fallback: ladder (uses qwen-coder via openrouter free)
+    return llm_ladder(prob, "You are Surrogate-1, an expert coding agent.",
+                      max_tokens=1024)
+
+
+def judge(prob: str, attempt: str) -> dict:
+    sys_p = ("You are a strict code reviewer. Score the attempt on a SOLUTION "
+             "from 0-10 across: correctness, security, completeness, idiomatic. "
+             "Return ONLY JSON: "
+             "{\"score\": float, \"strengths\": [str], \"weaknesses\": [str], "
+             "\"would_ship\": bool}. No markdown, no preamble.")
+    p = f"PROBLEM:\n{prob[:1500]}\n\nATTEMPT:\n{attempt[:3000]}\n\nReturn JSON."
+    raw = llm_ladder(p, sys_p, max_tokens=400)
+    try:
+        # strip code fences if any
+        s = raw.strip()
+        if s.startswith("```"):
+            s = s.split("```")[1].lstrip("json").strip()
+        return json.loads(s)
+    except Exception:
+        return {"score": 5.0, "strengths": [], "weaknesses": ["judge-parse-fail"],
+                "would_ship": False, "raw": raw[:500]}
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    samples = []
+    print(f"[gen] generating {N} problems")
+    for i in range(N):
+        dom, hint = random.choice(DOMAINS)
+        prob = gen_problem(dom, hint)
+        if not prob or len(prob) < 30:
+            continue
+        attempt = surrogate_attempt(prob)
+        if not attempt or len(attempt) < 50:
+            continue
+        verdict = judge(prob, attempt)
+        samples.append({
+            "domain": dom, "prompt": prob, "response": attempt,
+            "score": float(verdict.get("score", 0)),
+            "would_ship": bool(verdict.get("would_ship", False)),
+            "weaknesses": verdict.get("weaknesses", []),
+            "strengths": verdict.get("strengths", []),
+            "ts": int(time.time()),
+        })
+        if (i + 1) % 10 == 0:
+            print(f"  done {i+1}/{N}")
+
+    if not samples:
+        print("[done] no samples produced")
+        return
+
+    samples.sort(key=lambda x: -x["score"])
+    cut = max(1, len(samples) * KEEP_PCT // 100)
+    winners, losers = samples[:cut], samples[cut:]
+
+    with open(WIN_FILE, "w") as f:
+        for s in winners:
+            f.write(json.dumps({"prompt": s["prompt"], "response": s["response"],
+                                 "source": "self-improve", "meta": s},
+                                ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+    with open(LOSE_FILE, "w") as f:
+        for s in losers:
+            f.write(json.dumps(s, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+
+    # Push losers + critiques into reflexion-store for inference-time retrieval
+    try:
+        import importlib.util
+        spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+            "reflexion_store",
+            str(Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/v2/reflexion-store.py"))
+        mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec); spec.loader.exec_module(mod)  # type: ignore
+        for s in losers:
+            mod.store(
+                task=s["prompt"], attempt=s["response"],
+                error="; ".join(s["weaknesses"])[:1000],
+                reflection=("Improvement directions: " +
+                            "; ".join(s["weaknesses"])[:800]),
+                fix="(pending — flagged for next training batch)",
+                domain=s["domain"],
+            )
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"  reflexion-store err: {e}")
+
+    print(f"[done] winners={len(winners)} losers={len(losers)}  "
+          f"win_avg={sum(s['score'] for s in winners)/max(1,len(winners)):.2f} "
+          f"lose_avg={sum(s['score'] for s in losers)/max(1,len(losers)):.2f}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+PYEOF
+
+echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] self-improve-loop end" | tee -a "$LOG"

bin/v2/tool-trace-collector.py

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+"""Surrogate-1 v2 — Tool-trace collector.
+
+Mines vLLM/orchestrate tool-call logs and Hermes XML traces, curates
+into:
+  • SFT (successful trajectories) → ~/.surrogate/data/v2/tool-traces-sft.jsonl
+  • DPO (success vs failed retry pairs) → ~/.surrogate/data/v2/tool-traces-dpo.jsonl
+
+Detects:
+  Hermes XML format: <tool_call>{"name":..., "arguments":...}</tool_call>
+                      <tool_response>...</tool_response>
+  ChatML JSON-args format from OpenAI compat
+  Failed calls: tool_response containing 'error|exception|traceback|HTTP 4|HTTP 5'
+
+Skill candidates: extract (tool_name, args_schema, success_args) tuples;
+hand to voyager-skills.py for promotion.
+
+Run: python3 tool-trace-collector.py [--since 2026-04-01]
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import argparse
+import hashlib
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterator
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/lib"))
+try:
+    from sanitize import filter_pair  # type: ignore
+except Exception:
+    def filter_pair(p, r):
+        return {"keep": True}
+
+LOG_DIRS = [
+    Path.home() / ".surrogate/logs",
+    Path.home() / ".surrogate/state/orchestrate",
+    Path("/data/logs"),
+    Path("/data/state/orchestrate"),
+]
+OUT_SFT = Path.home() / ".surrogate/data/v2/tool-traces-sft.jsonl"
+OUT_DPO = Path.home() / ".surrogate/data/v2/tool-traces-dpo.jsonl"
+HERMES_RE = re.compile(
+    r"<tool_call>\s*(\{.*?\})\s*</tool_call>\s*"
+    r"(?:<tool_response>\s*(.*?)\s*</tool_response>)?",
+    re.DOTALL)
+ERROR_HINTS = re.compile(
+    r"\b(?:error|exception|traceback|stderr|"
+    r"HTTP\s*[45]\d\d|status[\s_]*code[\s:=]*[45]\d\d|"
+    r"failed|denied|unauthorized|forbidden|not\s+found)\b",
+    re.IGNORECASE)
+
+
+def _load_voyager():
+    try:
+        spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+            "voyager_skills",
+            str(Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/v2/voyager-skills.py"))
+        mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+        spec.loader.exec_module(mod)  # type: ignore
+        return mod
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+def _is_failure(resp: str) -> bool:
+    if not resp:
+        return False
+    if len(resp) < 10:
+        return True
+    return bool(ERROR_HINTS.search(resp[:2000]))
+
+
+def _iter_logs(since_ts: int) -> Iterator[Path]:
+    for d in LOG_DIRS:
+        if not d.exists():
+            continue
+        for p in d.rglob("*.log"):
+            try:
+                if p.stat().st_mtime >= since_ts and p.stat().st_size > 0:
+                    yield p
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+        for p in d.rglob("*.jsonl"):
+            try:
+                if p.stat().st_mtime >= since_ts and p.stat().st_size > 0:
+                    yield p
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+
+
+def _extract_traces(text: str) -> list[dict]:
+    """Pull (tool, args, response, success) tuples from a log blob."""
+    out = []
+    for m in HERMES_RE.finditer(text):
+        try:
+            call = json.loads(m.group(1))
+            name = call.get("name") or call.get("tool") or ""
+            args = call.get("arguments") or call.get("args") or {}
+            resp = (m.group(2) or "").strip()
+            if not name:
+                continue
+            out.append({
+                "tool": name,
+                "args": args,
+                "response": resp[:3000],
+                "success": not _is_failure(resp),
+            })
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            continue
+    return out
+
+
+def _trace_to_pair(prompt_ctx: str, traces: list[dict]) -> dict | None:
+    if not traces:
+        return None
+    msgs = []
+    for t in traces:
+        msgs.append({
+            "role": "assistant",
+            "tool_call": {"name": t["tool"], "arguments": t["args"]},
+        })
+        msgs.append({"role": "tool", "content": t["response"]})
+    asst_text = "\n".join(
+        f"<tool_call>{json.dumps({'name': t['tool'], 'arguments': t['args']})}</tool_call>\n"
+        f"<tool_response>{t['response'][:1000]}</tool_response>"
+        for t in traces)
+    if not filter_pair(prompt_ctx, asst_text)["keep"]:
+        return None
+    return {
+        "prompt": prompt_ctx[:4000],
+        "response": asst_text[:6000],
+        "source": "tool-trace",
+        "meta": {
+            "n_calls": len(traces),
+            "n_failed": sum(1 for t in traces if not t["success"]),
+            "tools": list({t["tool"] for t in traces}),
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def _split_success_fail(traces: list[dict]) -> tuple[list[dict], list[dict]]:
+    return ([t for t in traces if t["success"]],
+            [t for t in traces if not t["success"]])
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--since", default=None,
+                    help="ISO date, default: last 24h")
+    ap.add_argument("--max", type=int, default=5000)
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    if args.since:
+        from datetime import datetime
+        since_ts = int(datetime.fromisoformat(args.since).timestamp())
+    else:
+        since_ts = int(time.time()) - 24 * 3600
+
+    OUT_SFT.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    voyager = _load_voyager()
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    n_sft = 0
+    n_dpo = 0
+
+    with open(OUT_SFT, "a") as fs, open(OUT_DPO, "a") as fd:
+        for log in _iter_logs(since_ts):
+            try:
+                text = log.read_text(errors="ignore")[:2_000_000]
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+            traces = _extract_traces(text)
+            if not traces:
+                continue
+            # rough prompt context = first 1500 chars before first tool_call
+            first_call = HERMES_RE.search(text)
+            prompt_ctx = text[:first_call.start() if first_call else 0]
+            prompt_ctx = prompt_ctx[-2000:].strip() or "(no prompt context found)"
+            sig = hashlib.md5(
+                (str(log) + prompt_ctx[:200] + str(len(traces)))
+                .encode()).hexdigest()[:16]
+            if sig in seen:
+                continue
+            seen.add(sig)
+
+            wins, fails = _split_success_fail(traces)
+
+            # SFT from successful trajectories
+            sft = _trace_to_pair(prompt_ctx, wins)
+            if sft:
+                fs.write(json.dumps(sft, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+                n_sft += 1
+
+            # DPO when both win + fail attempts present (retry pattern)
+            if wins and fails:
+                pair = {
+                    "prompt": prompt_ctx[:4000],
+                    "chosen": "\n".join(
+                        f"<tool_call>{json.dumps({'name': t['tool'], 'arguments': t['args']})}</tool_call>"
+                        for t in wins),
+                    "rejected": "\n".join(
+                        f"<tool_call>{json.dumps({'name': t['tool'], 'arguments': t['args']})}</tool_call>"
+                        for t in fails),
+                    "source": "tool-trace-dpo",
+                }
+                fd.write(json.dumps(pair, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+                n_dpo += 1
+
+            # Voyager skills: each successful tool call becomes a skill candidate
+            if voyager:
+                for t in wins:
+                    name = f"tool_{t['tool']}_{hashlib.md5(json.dumps(t['args'], sort_keys=True).encode()).hexdigest()[:8]}"
+                    code = json.dumps(
+                        {"name": t["tool"], "arguments": t["args"]},
+                        ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
+                    voyager.add(name, code,
+                                description=f"Tool call to {t['tool']}",
+                                tags=[t["tool"], "tool-call"])
+                    voyager.record(name, success=True)
+
+            if n_sft + n_dpo >= args.max:
+                break
+
+    print(f"[done] sft={n_sft} dpo={n_dpo} since={since_ts}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

bin/v2/verify-trace-generator.py

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+"""Surrogate-1 v2 — VeriFY trace generator.
+
+Reference: arxiv.org/abs/2602.02018 (2026-02)
+Goal: train Surrogate to PROBE its own factual claims and ABSTAIN when
+uncertain. 9.7-53.3% factual hallucination reduction at modest recall cost.
+
+For each (prompt, gold_response) we synthesize a 4-stage trace:
+
+  <ANSWER_DRAFT>     — initial answer (may be wrong)
+  <PROBE>            — what would I need to verify? generates self-questions
+  <CONSISTENCY_CHECK> — does the answer hold up against probes?
+  <FINAL>            — verified answer OR explicit abstention
+
+Trained on these traces, the model learns the protocol implicitly. At
+inference we read only <FINAL>; the rest is internal.
+
+Output: ~/.surrogate/data/v2/verify-traces.jsonl
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path.home() / ".surrogate/bin/lib"))
+try:
+    from sanitize import filter_pair  # type: ignore
+except Exception:
+    def filter_pair(p, r): return {"keep": True}
+
+OUT_PATH = Path.home() / ".surrogate/data/v2/verify-traces.jsonl"
+
+
+# Domain-specific probe templates (what does this domain need to verify?)
+PROBE_TEMPLATES = {
+    "code": [
+        "Are all imports real and installable from PyPI/npm?",
+        "Does the function signature match the standard library API?",
+        "Is there any phantom method (e.g., dict.get_or_default)?",
+        "Does the example handle edge cases (empty, None, large)?",
+    ],
+    "devops": [
+        "Are all CloudFormation/Terraform resource types valid?",
+        "Are all IAM actions real AWS service actions?",
+        "Are version pins specified or floating?",
+        "Are there least-privilege violations (wildcard *)?",
+    ],
+    "security": [
+        "Is the CVE ID format valid (CVE-YYYY-NNNNN)?",
+        "Is the affected package version range realistic?",
+        "Does the mitigation match what the vendor advisory says?",
+        "Are any secrets/credentials hardcoded in the example?",
+    ],
+    "sre": [
+        "Are SLI metrics measurable (latency p99 from real source)?",
+        "Is the error budget arithmetic correct (1 - SLO over window)?",
+        "Are runbook steps actually executable (no TODO/FIXME)?",
+        "Are escalation paths concrete (not 'page someone')?",
+    ],
+    "general": [
+        "Is every cited fact verifiable against authoritative source?",
+        "Are version numbers, dates, and identifiers plausible?",
+        "Does the answer commit to claims I cannot verify offline?",
+        "Should I abstain on parts I'm unsure about?",
+    ],
+}
+
+
+def llm_ladder(prompt: str, sys_prompt: str = "",
+               max_tokens: int = 800, temperature: float = 0.4) -> str:
+    bridges = [
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/cerebras-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/groq-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/openrouter-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/gemini-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/chutes-bridge.sh",
+        "$HOME/.surrogate/bin/ollama-bridge.sh",
+    ]
+    for sh in bridges:
+        sh_path = os.path.expandvars(sh)
+        if not Path(sh_path).exists():
+            continue
+        try:
+            req = json.dumps({"system": sys_prompt, "prompt": prompt,
+                              "max_tokens": max_tokens,
+                              "temperature": temperature})
+            r = subprocess.run(["bash", sh_path], input=req,
+                               capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60)
+            out = (r.stdout or "").strip()
+            if out and len(out) > 20:
+                return out
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+    return ""
+
+
+def detect_domain(prompt: str, response: str) -> str:
+    p = (prompt + " " + response).lower()
+    if any(k in p for k in ["cve-", "exploit", "vulnerab", "remediation",
+                             "iam:", "kms", "encryption", "secret"]):
+        return "security"
+    if any(k in p for k in ["slo", "sli", "error budget", "runbook",
+                             "incident", "postmortem", "alert"]):
+        return "sre"
+    if any(k in p for k in ["terraform", "cloudformation", "kubernetes",
+                             "kubectl", "helm", "aws", "gcp", "ansible"]):
+        return "devops"
+    if any(k in p for k in ["def ", "function ", "class ", "import ", ".py",
+                             ".ts", ".js", "async ", "await ", "return"]):
+        return "code"
+    return "general"
+
+
+def synthesize_trace(prompt: str, gold: str) -> dict | None:
+    """Build a 4-stage verification trace ending with the gold answer."""
+    if len(prompt) < 30 or len(gold) < 30:
+        return None
+    domain = detect_domain(prompt, gold)
+    probes = PROBE_TEMPLATES.get(domain, PROBE_TEMPLATES["general"])
+
+    # Step 1: synthesize a plausible-but-flawed draft (used as <ANSWER_DRAFT>)
+    sys_p = ("You are simulating a model that produces a confident-sounding "
+             "but slightly imperfect first draft. Output ONLY the draft "
+             "answer — under 300 words. Include 1-2 small inaccuracies that "
+             "a careful verifier would catch.")
+    draft = llm_ladder(
+        f"PROMPT: {prompt[:1500]}\n\nProduce a flawed first-draft answer:",
+        sys_p, max_tokens=400, temperature=0.7)
+    if not draft:
+        draft = gold[:1500]  # fallback: use gold as draft (still trains format)
+
+    # Step 2: synthesize <CONSISTENCY_CHECK> using LLM that compares draft vs gold
+    sys_p = ("You are a verifier checking a draft against a gold reference. "
+             "For each probe, judge if the draft satisfies it. Output 4 lines, "
+             "one per probe, format: 'PROBE_N: [PASS/FAIL] - <1-line reason>'.")
+    probe_block = "\n".join(f"PROBE_{i+1}: {p}" for i, p in enumerate(probes))
+    user_p = (f"PROBES:\n{probe_block}\n\nDRAFT:\n{draft[:2000]}\n\n"
+              f"GOLD:\n{gold[:2000]}\n\nRun all probes.")
+    consistency = llm_ladder(user_p, sys_p, max_tokens=400, temperature=0.2)
+    if not consistency:
+        return None
+
+    # Build trace as a single response string with explicit section markers
+    trace = (
+        f"<ANSWER_DRAFT>\n{draft.strip()}\n</ANSWER_DRAFT>\n\n"
+        f"<PROBE domain=\"{domain}\">\n" +
+        "\n".join(f"- {p}" for p in probes) +
+        "\n</PROBE>\n\n"
+        f"<CONSISTENCY_CHECK>\n{consistency.strip()}\n</CONSISTENCY_CHECK>\n\n"
+        f"<FINAL>\n{gold.strip()}\n</FINAL>"
+    )
+
+    if not filter_pair(prompt, trace)["keep"]:
+        return None
+
+    return {
+        "prompt": prompt[:6000],
+        "response": trace[:8000],
+        "source": "verify-trace",
+        "meta": {"domain": domain, "n_probes": len(probes)},
+    }
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--input", required=True,
+                    help="JSONL with {prompt, response} per line")
+    ap.add_argument("--out", default=str(OUT_PATH))
+    ap.add_argument("--max", type=int, default=2000)
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    inp = Path(args.input)
+    out = Path(args.out)
+    out.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    if not inp.exists():
+        print(f"❌ {inp} missing", file=sys.stderr); sys.exit(1)
+
+    n_in = 0; n_kept = 0
+    with open(inp) as fin, open(out, "a") as fout:
+        for line in fin:
+            if n_kept >= args.max:
+                break
+            try:
+                d = json.loads(line)
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+            n_in += 1
+            prompt = d.get("prompt") or d.get("instruction") or ""
+            gold = (d.get("response") or d.get("output")
+                    or d.get("answer") or "")
+            row = synthesize_trace(prompt, gold)
+            if row:
+                fout.write(json.dumps(row, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+                fout.flush()
+                n_kept += 1
+                if n_kept % 25 == 0:
+                    print(f"  verify kept {n_kept}/{args.max} (in {n_in})")
+    print(f"[done] in={n_in} verify_kept={n_kept} → {out}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

bin/v2/voyager-skills.py

@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+"""Surrogate-1 v2 — Voyager-style skill library.
+
+Validated code/config snippets, auto-promoted as the model uses them
+successfully. Inspired by Wang et al. 2023 (Voyager — Minecraft).
+
+Skill = (name, code, description, tags, success_count, failure_count,
+         promoted, last_used). Promoted skills (success ≥ 3) ship as
+retrieval context at inference.
+
+DB: ~/.surrogate/state/skills.db
+Export: ~/.surrogate/data/v2/skills-promoted.jsonl (for training)
+
+Used by:
+  - tool-trace-collector.py (extracts candidate skills from successful tool runs)
+  - self-improve-loop.sh (re-ranks skills weekly)
+  - serve-vllm.sh prompt (retrieves top-k by tag at inference)
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import json
+import re
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+DB_PATH = Path.home() / ".surrogate/state/skills.db"
+DB_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+PROMOTE_THRESHOLD = 3
+EXPORT_PATH = Path.home() / ".surrogate/data/v2/skills-promoted.jsonl"
+TOKEN_RE = re.compile(r"[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,}")
+
+
+def _db() -> sqlite3.Connection:
+    c = sqlite3.connect(str(DB_PATH), isolation_level=None, timeout=30,
+                        check_same_thread=False)
+    c.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+    c.execute("""CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS skills (
+        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+        name TEXT UNIQUE,
+        code TEXT,
+        description TEXT,
+        tags TEXT,                -- comma-separated
+        success_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+        failure_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+        promoted INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+        created_at INTEGER,
+        last_used INTEGER
+    )""")
+    c.execute("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_skills_promoted ON skills(promoted, success_count DESC)")
+    c.execute("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_skills_tags ON skills(tags)")
+    return c
+
+
+def add(name: str, code: str, description: str,
+        tags: list[str] | str = "") -> int:
+    if isinstance(tags, list):
+        tags = ",".join(t.strip().lower() for t in tags if t.strip())
+    c = _db()
+    now = int(time.time())
+    cur = c.execute("""INSERT OR IGNORE INTO skills
+                       (name, code, description, tags, created_at)
+                       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)""",
+                    (name, code, description, tags, now))
+    rid = cur.lastrowid
+    c.close()
+    return rid or -1
+
+
+def record(name: str, success: bool) -> None:
+    c = _db()
+    now = int(time.time())
+    col = "success_count" if success else "failure_count"
+    c.execute(f"UPDATE skills SET {col} = {col}+1, last_used=? WHERE name=?",
+              (now, name))
+    if success:
+        c.execute(f"""UPDATE skills SET promoted=1
+                      WHERE name=? AND promoted=0 AND success_count >= ?""",
+                  (name, PROMOTE_THRESHOLD))
+    c.close()
+
+
+def search(query: str, tags: list[str] | None = None,
+           limit: int = 5, only_promoted: bool = True) -> list[dict]:
+    qtoks = set(TOKEN_RE.findall(query.lower()))
+    c = _db()
+    where = ["1=1"]
+    args: list = []
+    if only_promoted:
+        where.append("promoted = 1")
+    if tags:
+        for t in tags:
+            where.append("tags LIKE ?")
+            args.append(f"%{t.lower()}%")
+    sql = f"""SELECT name, code, description, tags, success_count, failure_count
+              FROM skills WHERE {' AND '.join(where)}
+              ORDER BY success_count DESC LIMIT 200"""
+    rows = c.execute(sql, args).fetchall()
+    c.close()
+    if not rows:
+        return []
+    scored: list[tuple[float, tuple]] = []
+    for r in rows:
+        name, code, desc, tag_str, ok_n, fail_n = r
+        haystack = (name + " " + (desc or "") + " " + (tag_str or "")).lower()
+        htoks = set(TOKEN_RE.findall(haystack))
+        overlap = qtoks & htoks if qtoks else htoks
+        if qtoks and not overlap:
+            continue
+        rel_score = (len(overlap) if qtoks else 1) * 1.0
+        confidence = ok_n / max(1, ok_n + fail_n)
+        scored.append((rel_score * (0.5 + confidence), r))
+    scored.sort(key=lambda x: -x[0])
+    return [{
+        "name": r[1][0], "code": r[1][1], "description": r[1][2],
+        "tags": r[1][3].split(",") if r[1][3] else [],
+        "success": r[1][4], "failure": r[1][5],
+        "rank_score": round(r[0], 3),
+    } for r in scored[:limit]]
+
+
+def export_jsonl(path: str | Path = EXPORT_PATH) -> int:
+    """Dump promoted skills as JSONL for training data inclusion."""
+    p = Path(path)
+    p.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    c = _db()
+    rows = c.execute("""SELECT name, code, description, tags, success_count
+                        FROM skills WHERE promoted=1
+                        ORDER BY success_count DESC""").fetchall()
+    c.close()
+    n = 0
+    with open(p, "w") as f:
+        for name, code, desc, tag_str, ok_n in rows:
+            tags = tag_str.split(",") if tag_str else []
+            prompt = (f"How would you {desc.lower() if desc else name}?"
+                      if desc else f"Provide a working snippet for: {name}")
+            f.write(json.dumps({
+                "prompt": prompt, "response": code,
+                "source": "voyager-skill",
+                "meta": {"skill": name, "tags": tags, "uses": ok_n},
+            }, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+            n += 1
+    return n
+
+
+def stats() -> dict:
+    c = _db()
+    total = c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM skills").fetchone()[0]
+    promoted = c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM skills WHERE promoted=1").fetchone()[0]
+    top = c.execute("""SELECT name, success_count, failure_count, tags
+                       FROM skills WHERE promoted=1
+                       ORDER BY success_count DESC LIMIT 10""").fetchall()
+    c.close()
+    return {
+        "total": total, "promoted": promoted,
+        "top": [{"name": n, "ok": o, "fail": f, "tags": t}
+                for n, o, f, t in top],
+    }
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    cmd = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "stats"
+    if cmd == "stats":
+        print(json.dumps(stats(), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))
+    elif cmd == "add":
+        d = json.load(sys.stdin)
+        rid = add(d["name"], d["code"], d.get("description", ""),
+                  d.get("tags", []))
+        print(json.dumps({"id": rid}))
+    elif cmd == "record":
+        record(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3].lower() in ("ok", "true", "1", "success"))
+    elif cmd == "search":
+        q = sys.argv[2]
+        tags = sys.argv[3].split(",") if len(sys.argv) > 3 else None
+        k = int(sys.argv[4]) if len(sys.argv) > 4 else 5
+        print(json.dumps(search(q, tags, k), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))
+    elif cmd == "export":
+        path = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else str(EXPORT_PATH)
+        n = export_jsonl(path)
+        print(json.dumps({"exported": n, "path": path}))
+    else:
+        print(f"unknown: {cmd}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)

configs/v2/stage1-sdft.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# Surrogate-1 v2 — Stage 1 (SDFT variant, 2026-04 Round 5).
+#
+# Replaces vanilla SFT with Self-Distillation Fine-Tuning per arxiv 2601.19897.
+# Data file is produced by bin/v2/sdft-trainer.py BEFORE this stage runs:
+#   python3 bin/v2/sdft-trainer.py --input /data/v2-train-clean.jsonl \
+#                                  --stage stage1 --max 50000
+#   → /data/v2/sdft/stage1-YYYYMMDD.jsonl
+#
+# Why: continual LoRA training without catastrophic forgetting. Distilled
+# responses live close to the model's own distribution, so updating LoRA
+# weights moves it less off the prior manifold.
+#
+# Run: axolotl train configs/v2/stage1-sdft.yml
+# Compute: ~12-15 hr on Lightning H200 (same envelope as stage1-sft).
+
+base_model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct
+model_type: AutoModelForCausalLM
+tokenizer_type: AutoTokenizer
+trust_remote_code: true
+
+# 4-bit quantization
+load_in_4bit: true
+strict: false
+
+# DoRAN-ready LoRA config — r=64 for capacity, all-linear, DoRA decomposed.
+# (DoRAN noise-injection is a runtime patch via bin/v2/doran-adapter.py once
+# implemented; vanilla DoRA is the safe fallback that ships today.)
+adapter: lora
+lora_r: 64
+lora_alpha: 128
+lora_dropout: 0.05
+peft_use_dora: true
+lora_target_modules:
+  - q_proj
+  - k_proj
+  - v_proj
+  - o_proj
+  - gate_proj
+  - up_proj
+  - down_proj
+
+# Context: train at 32K, serve at 128K via YaRN ×4
+sequence_len: 32768
+sample_packing: true
+pad_to_sequence_len: true
+rope_theta: 1000000.0
+rope_scaling:
+  type: yarn
+  factor: 4.0
+  original_max_position_embeddings: 32768
+
+# Datasets — SDFT-distilled outputs (NOT raw gold). The whole point.
+datasets:
+  - path: /data/v2/sdft/stage1.jsonl       # symlink → latest stage1-YYYYMMDD.jsonl
+    type: chat_template
+    field_messages: messages
+    ds_type: json
+
+val_set_size: 0.02
+output_dir: /data/v2/out/stage1-sdft
+
+# Training hyperparams — slightly lower LR than vanilla SFT because SDFT
+# data is closer to current distribution (smaller updates needed).
+num_epochs: 3
+micro_batch_size: 1
+gradient_accumulation_steps: 16
+learning_rate: 7.0e-5                 # was 1e-4 in stage1-sft.yml
+lr_scheduler: cosine
+warmup_ratio: 0.03
+optimizer: adamw_torch_fused
+weight_decay: 0.01
+max_grad_norm: 1.0
+
+# Memory tricks
+bf16: true
+fp16: false
+gradient_checkpointing: true
+gradient_checkpointing_kwargs:
+  use_reentrant: false
+flash_attention: true
+liger_kernel: true
+neftune_noise_alpha: 5
+
+# Eval / save
+eval_steps: 200
+save_steps: 200
+save_total_limit: 3
+logging_steps: 10
+
+# Hub push
+hub_model_id: axentx/surrogate-1-coder-7b-lora-v2-sdft
+hub_strategy: every_save
+push_to_hub: true
+hub_private_repo: false
+
+wandb_project: surrogate-1-v2
+wandb_run_id: stage1-sdft
+
+special_tokens:
+  pad_token: <|endoftext|>
+
+resume_from_checkpoint: null
+auto_resume_from_checkpoints: true

start.sh

@@ -393,6 +393,33 @@ while true; do
     # Every 6 hr: Lightning AI H200 training run (free 4hr H200 quota = ~13/mo).
     # H200 141GB VRAM fits Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B QLoRA — biggest free training.
     [[ $((M % 360)) -eq 45 ]] && bash ~/.surrogate/bin/lightning-trainer.sh >> "$LOG_DIR/lightning-trainer.log" 2>&1 &
+
+    # ── Round 5 (2026-04) sustainability loops ──────────────────────────
+    # Every 6 hr (offset 90): self-improve loop — gen problems, judge,
+    # winners → training data, losers → reflexion-store.
+    [[ $((M % 360)) -eq 90 ]] && bash ~/.surrogate/bin/v2/self-improve-loop.sh >> "$LOG_DIR/self-improve.log" 2>&1 &
+    # Every 30 min (offset 22): mine new tool-call traces from logs into
+    # SFT + DPO data, plus voyager skill candidates.
+    [[ $((M % 30)) -eq 22 ]] && python3 ~/.surrogate/bin/v2/tool-trace-collector.py >> "$LOG_DIR/tool-trace.log" 2>&1 &
+    # Every 60 min (offset 17): export promoted voyager skills to JSONL
+    # (training-data slice + inference-time retrieval source).
+    [[ $((M % 60)) -eq 17 ]] && python3 ~/.surrogate/bin/v2/voyager-skills.py export >> "$LOG_DIR/voyager.log" 2>&1 &
+    # Daily 07:00 UTC: active-learning batch from one bulk-mirror file.
+    # Skips silently if no pool yet.
+    [[ $((M % 1440)) -eq 420 ]] && {
+        POOL=$(ls -t "$DATA"/bulk-mirror/*.jsonl 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+        [[ -n "$POOL" ]] && python3 ~/.surrogate/bin/v2/active-learning.py \
+            --pool "$POOL" --n 200 --scan 1500 \
+            >> "$LOG_DIR/active-learning.log" 2>&1 &
+    }
+    # Daily 08:00 UTC: constitutional self-critique on yesterday's
+    # winners (pulls latest self-improve winners file).
+    [[ $((M % 1440)) -eq 480 ]] && {
+        WIN=$(ls -t "$DATA"/v2/self-improve/winners-*.jsonl 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+        [[ -n "$WIN" ]] && python3 ~/.surrogate/bin/v2/constitutional-loop.py \
+            --input "$WIN" --n 200 \
+            >> "$LOG_DIR/constitutional.log" 2>&1 &
+    }
     sleep 60
 done
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