engine.toml.example

# Curiosity Engine — model connection settings (Phase 1 multi-profile schema).
#
# Copy this file to ~/.CuriosityEngine/engine.toml (or let it be auto-created on
# first run through the interactive wizard). Values here are an example config:
# Claude Sonnet as the primary model, GPT-5 as the adversarial verifier.
#
# The engine uses two model ROLES:
#   • primary   — runs introspection, question generation, investigation, synthesis
#   • verifier  — adversarially reviews synthesized insights before they enter the register
# For genuine cross-model verification the verifier should be a DIFFERENT model family.

[models.primary]
# provider is one of: "anthropic" | "openai_compat"
#   anthropic     → uses the Anthropic SDK, supports server-side web_search
#   openai_compat → uses the OpenAI SDK; set base_url to talk to any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
provider = "anthropic"
name = "claude-sonnet-4-6"

# Env var ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (or OPENAI_API_KEY for openai_compat) wins over api_key.
# Do NOT commit this file with a real key.
# api_key = "sk-ant-..."

# base_url is only needed when talking to a non-default endpoint.
# base_url = "https://api.anthropic.com"

max_tokens = 4096
investigation_max_tokens = 8192

[models.verifier]
# A DIFFERENT model family for true cross-model adversarial verification.
# Set base_url to point at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
provider = "openai_compat"
name = "gpt-5.1"

# api_key = "sk-..."

# Drop in any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Examples:
#   OpenAI           https://api.openai.com/v1
#   Google Gemini    https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai/
#   OpenRouter       https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
#   Ollama (local)   http://localhost:11434/v1
#   xAI              https://api.x.ai/v1
#   Groq             https://api.groq.com/openai/v1
#   Together         https://api.together.xyz/v1
#   DeepSeek         https://api.deepseek.com/v1
base_url = "https://api.openai.com/v1"

max_tokens = 4096
investigation_max_tokens = 8192

[retry]
# Retry policy for transient provider errors (429, 5xx, connection, timeout).
# Backpressure responses (rate limit / overloaded) extend attempts automatically.
max_attempts = 5
base_delay_seconds = 0.5
max_delay_seconds = 8.0
jitter_seconds = 0.25

[engine]
# Operational knobs for the loop. Editable via the Settings page.
#
# cross_ref_window is the biggest lever on big-context primary models.
# Default 20 entries; bump to 80-120 with Kimi K2.6 or other 200K+ models so
# cross-reference surfaces intersections across a wider slice of the journal.
cross_ref_window = 20
questions_per_cycle = 3
investigations_per_cycle = 1
cross_ref_frequency = 3
novelty_threshold = 0.7
register_confidence_floor = 0.6
verify_insights = true