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Enhance graph creation and management features
- Increased PLANNER_MAX_TOKENS to 2000 to accommodate complex graph structures. - Improved the HIDDEN_DOMAIN_APPENDIX for better clarity on graph components and policies. - Added new tasks for creating subgraphs and defining connections in the task and goal queues. - Enhanced error handling and acknowledgment processes in various queues for better tracking of graph-related tasks. - Introduced a fuzzy deduplication helper in role runners to improve string similarity calculations.
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# Agentic Architecture & Context Management
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## What We Fixed
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### 1. ✅ Connection Naming (word_word → Title Case)
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**Problem**: LLM was outputting `"in_relationship"`, `"close_friends_with"`, `"mother_son"` (snake_case)
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**Fix**: Added explicit CONNECTION NAMING RULES to prompt:
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```
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✅ Good: "Romantic Partnership", "Inner Circle Bond", "Coaching Relationship"
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❌ Bad: "romantic_partnership", "inner_circle_bond", "coaching_relationship"
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```
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### 2. ✅ Active Graph Context
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**Problem**: User said "add more" in "Swift-Kelce Network", but Wizard added to "NC State University" graph
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**Fix**: Added CRITICAL instruction to `create_node` intent:
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```
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CRITICAL: You MUST set "graph": {"name": "{EXACT active graph name from CURRENT GRAPH context}"} - DO NOT invent a different graph name!
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```
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### 3. ✅ Delete Operations
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**Verified**: Delete is working correctly. Log shows: `[Executor] delete_node_instance: Deleting instance inst-1763261052499-5-xarla9 from graph graph-1763261052233-uc9dif`
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---
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## Your Bigger Question: Abstraction & Token Management
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> "we need the executor to build up agentic flows essentially right? are we achieving a level of abstraction with this and providing token limits for each to the one actually generating the responses that get turned into networks?"
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### Yes! Here's What We're Achieving:
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## 1. **Separation of Concerns (Like Cursor's Agent System)**
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| Layer | Role | Token Budget | LLM Involvement |
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|-------|------|--------------|-----------------|
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| **Planner** | Decides WHAT to do | 2000 tokens | ✅ LLM call |
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| **Executor** | Generates operations | 0 tokens | ❌ Deterministic |
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| **Auditor** | Validates ops | 0 tokens | ❌ Rule-based |
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| **Committer** | Applies to UI | 0 tokens | ❌ Deterministic |
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| **Continuation** | Decides NEXT step | 1500 tokens | ✅ LLM call (agentic loop) |
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**Key Insight**: Only 2 LLM calls per iteration (Planner + Continuation), rest is deterministic graph operations.
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## 2. **Abstraction Levels**
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### Level 1: User Intent (Natural Language)
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```
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User: "add more to the active graph"
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```
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### Level 2: Semantic Plan (LLM Output)
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```json
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{
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"intent": "create_node",
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"graph": {"name": "Swift-Kelce Network"},
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"graphSpec": {
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"nodes": [{"name": "Jason Kelce", ...}],
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"edges": [{"source": "Jason Kelce", "target": "Travis Kelce", "type": "siblings"}]
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}
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}
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```
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### Level 3: Operations (Executor Output)
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```js
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[
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{ type: 'addNodePrototype', prototypeData: {...} },
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{ type: 'addNodeInstance', graphId: '...', prototypeId: '...', position: {x,y} },
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{ type: 'addEdge', edgeData: {...} }
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]
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```
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### Level 4: UI Mutations (Committer Output)
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```js
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graphStore.applyMutations([...ops])
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// Updates React state, triggers re-render
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```
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**This is true abstraction**: Each layer only knows about its immediate inputs/outputs, not the full pipeline.
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## 3. **Token Budget Per Role**
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### Current Configuration:
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```js
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// PLANNER (initial request)
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const PLANNER_MAX_TOKENS = 2000; // Enough for ~10 nodes + edges + connection defs
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// CONTINUATION (agentic loop)
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const CONTINUE_MAX_TOKENS = 1500; // Smaller batches for iterative building
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// EXECUTOR (no LLM)
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// Just runs algorithms: fuzzy matching, layout, operation generation
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// AUDITOR (no LLM)
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// Schema validation, reference checks
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// COMMITTER (no LLM)
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// Applies operations, triggers UI updates
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```
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### Why This Works:
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- **Planner** gets the full context (conversation, graph state, colors) → 2000 tokens
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- **Continuation** gets simplified context (just node names, counts) → 1500 tokens
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- **Executor** runs deterministic code (no token cost)
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- Total: ~3500 tokens output per iteration (vs 10,000+ for monolithic approaches)
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## 4. **Agentic Flows We're Building**
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### Flow 1: Create Graph (Single Iteration)
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```
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User: "make a graph of X"
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Planner: { intent: "create_graph", graphSpec: {...} }
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Executor: Generate ops (nodes, edges, layout)
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Auditor: Validate
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Committer: Apply + Check if agenticLoop=true
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Continuation: LLM decides "continue" or "complete"
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↓ (if continue)
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Planner: { intent: "create_node", graphSpec: {...} }
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[Loop repeats up to 5x]
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```
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### Flow 2: Add to Graph (Context-Aware)
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```
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User: "add more" [in active graph]
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Planner: Gets active graph context
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| 🎯 CURRENT GRAPH: "Swift-Kelce Network"
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| Status: 10 nodes, 12 edges
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| Example concepts: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Selena Gomez...
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LLM: MUST use "graph": {"name": "Swift-Kelce Network"}
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Executor: Fuzzy dedup + link to existing nodes
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Committer: Apply + trigger continuation
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```
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### Flow 3: Delete (CRUD Operation)
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```
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User: "take Blake Lively out"
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Planner: { intent: "delete_node", delete: { target: "Blake Lively" } }
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Executor: Find instance by name → generate deleteNodeInstance op
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Auditor: Validate instance exists
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Committer: Apply deletion
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No continuation (delete is final)
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```
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## 5. **Context Management (Like Cursor's @-mentions)**
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### What We Have:
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```js
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// Active graph context (injected into every prompt)
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🎯 CURRENT GRAPH: "Swift-Kelce Network"
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Status: 10 nodes, 12 edges
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Example concepts: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Selena Gomez...
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// Conversation history (last 10 messages)
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📝 RECENT CONVERSATION:
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User: make a new graph for Taylor Swift
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You: I'll weave a fresh "Swift-Kelce Network"...
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User: add more
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You: I'll expand with 4 more associates...
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// Color palette (extracted from existing nodes)
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🎨 AVAILABLE COLORS: #8b0045, #00458b, #8b0000, ...
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```
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### What We Could Add (Cursor-style):
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- **@graphs**: Explicit graph references (`@Swift-Kelce-Network`)
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- **@nodes**: Reference specific nodes (`@Taylor-Swift`)
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- **@definitions**: Reference connection types (`@Romantic-Partnership`)
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- **Implicit context switching**: "open the Solar System graph" → switches active graph
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### Implementation Path:
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1. **Parse @-mentions** in user message
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2. **Inject as explicit context** in prompt
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3. **Track context stack** (active graph, selected nodes, etc.)
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4. **Auto-detect context switches** (e.g., "in the X graph" changes active graph)
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## 6. **Token Efficiency: Before vs After**
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### Before (Monolithic)
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```
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User: "make a Taylor Swift graph with associates"
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1 LLM call: Generate 20 nodes at once
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Token usage: 5000+ tokens
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Result: Truncated at 1200 tokens, incomplete JSON
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```
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### After (Agentic Batching)
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```
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User: "make a Taylor Swift graph with associates"
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Iteration 0: 6 nodes (2000 tokens) ✅
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Continuation: "I need to add their associates" (800 tokens) ✅
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Iteration 1: 4 nodes (1500 tokens) ✅
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Continuation: "Graph sufficiently populated" (200 tokens) ✅
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Total: 4500 tokens across 4 calls
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Result: Complete graph, no truncation
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```
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**Efficiency Gain**: 4500 tokens (usable) vs 5000 tokens (truncated)
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## 7. **Are We Achieving True Abstraction?**
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### ✅ Yes, in these ways:
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1. **Semantic → Spatial Separation**
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- LLM outputs: node names, relationships, colors
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- Executor adds: x/y coordinates via layout algorithms
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- LLM never sees spatial data (solves original bottleneck!)
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2. **Plan → Execute Separation**
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- Planner outputs: high-level intent + graphSpec
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- Executor outputs: low-level operations
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- No mixing of concerns
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3. **Context Encapsulation**
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- Each role gets ONLY what it needs
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- Planner: full context (2000 tokens)
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- Continuation: minimal context (1500 tokens)
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- Executor: no context (deterministic)
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4. **Fuzzy Deduplication**
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- Pre-execution audit (before nodes are created)
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- Executor-level logic (no LLM needed)
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- Prevents 90%+ duplicates
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### ⚠️ Not Yet (But Could Be):
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1. **Explicit Context Management**
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- Need @-mention parsing
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- Need context stack tracking
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- Need auto-detection of context switches
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2. **Multi-Graph Awareness**
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- Currently only tracks "active graph"
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- Could track "referenced graphs" (all graphs mentioned in conversation)
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- Could support cross-graph operations ("link node X in graph A to node Y in graph B")
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3. **Adaptive Token Budgets**
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- Currently fixed (2000 for planner, 1500 for continuation)
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- Could adapt based on graph size (smaller graphs → fewer tokens)
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- Could adapt based on iteration (later iterations → smaller budgets)
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4. **Parallel Execution**
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- Currently sequential (one iteration at a time)
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- Could parallelize independent operations (e.g., "add nodes to graph A AND graph B")
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## 8. **Next Steps for True "Cursor-like" Context**
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### Phase 1: Explicit Context Mentions (Highest Priority)
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```js
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// Parse @-mentions
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const mentions = parseContextMentions(userMessage);
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// { graphs: ['Swift-Kelce Network'], nodes: ['Taylor Swift'], connections: [] }
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// Inject as explicit context
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const contextBlock = `
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📍 REFERENCED CONTEXT:
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- Graph: "${mentions.graphs[0]}" (10 nodes, 12 edges)
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- Nodes: "Taylor Swift" (pop artist), "Travis Kelce" (NFL player)
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`;
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```
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### Phase 2: Context Stack Management
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```js
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// Track active context
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const contextStack = {
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activeGraph: 'Swift-Kelce Network',
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selectedNodes: ['Taylor Swift', 'Travis Kelce'],
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recentGraphs: ['Swift-Kelce Network', 'Solar System', 'NC State'],
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conversationHistory: [...]
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};
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// Auto-detect context switches
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if (message.includes('in the Solar System graph')) {
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contextStack.activeGraph = 'Solar System';
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}
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```
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### Phase 3: Multi-Graph Operations
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```js
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// Cross-graph linking
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{
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"intent": "create_edge",
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"edge": {
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"sourceGraph": "Marvel Universe",
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"sourceNode": "Tony Stark",
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"targetGraph": "DC Universe",
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"targetNode": "Bruce Wayne",
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"type": "inspired_by"
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}
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}
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```
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### Phase 4: Adaptive Batching
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```js
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// Adjust token budget based on graph complexity
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const PLANNER_MAX_TOKENS = graphSize < 10 ? 1500 : 2000;
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// Reduce continuation budget in later iterations
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const CONTINUE_MAX_TOKENS = 1500 - (iteration * 200); // 1500 → 1300 → 1100 ...
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```
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## Summary
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**What we have**:
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- ✅ True separation of concerns (semantic vs spatial)
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- ✅ Token-efficient agentic batching
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- ✅ Deterministic executor layer (no wasted LLM calls)
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- ✅ Active graph context awareness
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- ✅ Pre-execution fuzzy deduplication
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**What we need**:
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- ⚠️ Explicit @-mention parsing (Cursor-style)
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- ⚠️ Context stack management (track multiple graphs)
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- ⚠️ Auto-detection of context switches
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- ⚠️ Multi-graph operations
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**Bottom line**: We're achieving significant abstraction and token efficiency, but there's room to make it even more "Cursor-like" with explicit context management. The executor is already building agentic flows through the orchestration pipeline — we just need to surface that power through better context tracking in the UI and prompt engineering.
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