distill

# /strictlybetter:distill — DISTILL The engine computes; the distiller writes for a reader with no context; every claim points at ledger ids. ```bash # Resolve the engine. RUN THIS BLOCK VERBATIM — do not substitute a path you guessed. # Order: ZCode's plugin root (ZCode also exports the legacy CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT, so its own # var is checked first), Claude Code, Codex, an explicit checkout (SB_ROOT), the Claude Code # plugin cache (newest version), and LAST the working tree's git toplevel (a contributor # running inside the strictlybetter checkout). First one that holds scripts/sb.py wins. SB_PY="" SB_CACHE="$(find "$HOME/.claude/plugins/cache" -maxdepth 5 -path '*/strictlybetter/*/scripts/sb.py' 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -n 1)" for d in "${ZCODE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-}" "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-}" "${CODEX_PLUGIN_ROOT:-}" "${SB_ROOT:-}" \ "${SB_CACHE%/scripts/sb.py}" "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)"; do [ -n "$d" ] && [ -f "$d/scripts/sb.py" ] && SB_PY="$d/scripts/sb.py" && break done if [ -z "$SB_PY" ]; then echo "strictlybetter: engine not found — set SB_ROOT to your strictlybetter checkout" >&2 return 2 2>/dev/null || exit 2 # FAIL CLOSED: proceeding would run `python3 ""` fi SB_ROOT="${SB_PY%/scripts/sb.py}" SB_REPO="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)" sb() { python3 "$SB_PY" --repo "$SB_REPO" "$@"; } # a FUNCTION, not a string: zsh does not SB=sb # word-split "$SB"; both shells run `sb` $SB --version | grep -q '^sb 1\.' || { echo "strictlybetter: engine did not answer (expected sb 1.x)" >&2; return 2 2>/dev/null || exit 2; } # major version only; exact patch level is not asserted ``` ## 0 · Re-anchor (never trust conversational memory) ```bash $SB status --json # the truth on disk $SB status --json | grep -q '"campaign": null' || $SB next # the cold-start brief, when a campaign exists ``` ## 1 · Statistics (engine) ```bash $SB distill-stats --json | tee "$SB_REPO/.strictlybetter/inbox/stats.json" ``` Quote `decision`, `experiments`, `accepted`, `discard_reasons`, `false_promotion_rate_window`, `screen_untrusted`, `by_operator`, `wall_s_per_accept`, `dollars_per_accept`, `holdout_gap_mean_last5`, `budget_left`. `distill-stats` needs a campaign (running, halted, or ended); with none, say so and stop. ## 2 · Distiller (agent, once) Spawn `sb-distiller` (`strictlybetter:sb-distiller`) with: > Distill the strictlybetter ledger at `<SB_REPO>/.strictlybetter/ledger.jsonl` into an inheritance body. Current body: `<SB_REPO>/.strictlybetter/inheritance.md` (may be missing). Stats: `<SB_REPO>/.strictlybetter/inbox/stats.json`. Template: `<SB_ROOT>/templates/inheritance.md.tmpl`. Write the new body to `<SB_REPO>/.strictlybetter/inbox/inheritance.md`. Return `DONE <path>`. ## 3 · Store and show ```bash $SB inheritance write --file "$SB_REPO/.strictlybetter/inbox/inheritance.md" $SB inheritance show | head -n 40 ``` Then print the decision line: `continue` (keep cycling), `explore:levelN` (plateau; bigger diffs allowed next), `stop:converged` (the engine ended the campaign), `stop:budget:<dim>` (halted on a budget), `stop:halted` (needs a human). For any `stop:*` also run `$SB report` and print the report path.