v0.2.1

What's Changed

Sandbox Spawn Reliability

• Auto-topup on 402: When sandbox creation fails with INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS, automatically top up credits via x402 and retry once — both the orchestrator spawnAgent and spawn_child tool paths
• Fix sandbox pricing tiers: Align createSandbox specs with valid Conway tiers using a lookup table (was sending invalid 1 vCPU / 1024 MB / 5 GB)
• Remove sandbox deletion: Conway API no longer supports DELETE /v1/sandboxes — deleteSandbox is now a no-op, all callers updated

Replication Fixes

• Self-replication scoping: Replication tools now correctly target the child sandbox, not the parent
• Self-mod edits: git-version source edits now resolve to the repo root

Other

• Configurable max turns per wake cycle
• Memory error learning to prevent repetitive tool failures
• Various community fixes (discovery pagination, ESM imports, SQL injection prevention)

v0.2.0 — Plan A: Orchestration + Memory Subsystem

v0.2.0 — Plan A: Orchestration + Memory Subsystem

Orchestration Engine

• Task Graph — DAG-based task decomposition with dependency resolution, cycle detection, retry logic
• Orchestrator — State-machine tick loop (idle → classify → plan → review → execute → complete/failed)
• Planner — LLM-powered goal decomposition with custom roles, cost estimation, dependency validation
• Plan Mode — Execution state controller with phase transitions, plan persistence, replan triggers
• Health Monitor — Agent health checks (heartbeat, stuck tasks, error loops, credit depletion) with auto-heal
• Messaging — Typed inter-agent messaging with priority routing, retry backoff, pluggable transport
• Local Worker Pool — In-process multi-agent execution for local dev (no Conway sandbox required)
• Attention Pattern — Manus-style todo.md injection for persistent goal tracking every turn

Memory Subsystem

• Context Manager — Model-aware context assembly with token-budget enforcement
• Compression Engine — 5-stage progressive compression cascade (compact → compress → summarize → checkpoint → truncate)
• Event Stream — Append-only event log with compaction and pruning
• Knowledge Store — Cross-agent knowledge base with category-based retrieval
• Enhanced Retriever — Metadata-based relevance scoring, dynamic budget, feedback tracking, query enhancement
• Agent Context Aggregator — Triage-based child update aggregation

Inference

• Unified Inference Client — Multi-provider client with tier routing, retry/failover, circuit breaker, survival mode
• Provider Registry — Model configuration with tier resolution, Conway Compute API fallback

Agent Improvements

• Comprehensive system prompt — Structured orchestration context with capabilities, constraints, state machine, error handling, anti-patterns, circuit breakers, and turn protocol
• 7 orchestration tools — create_goal, list_goals, cancel_goal, get_plan, complete_task, orchestrator_status + existing spawn/fund tools
• Agent spawning — Conway sandbox → local worker → self-assignment fallback chain
• Goal dedup — Max 1 active goal, duplicate detection, BLOCKED message tells agent to sleep
• Identity registration — Automaton registers with Conway on startup (merged PR #216)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed duplicate normalizeTaskResult (shared export from task-graph.ts)
• Renamed FundingProtocol.addr → childAddress per spec
• Added role column to children table (V9 ALTER migration)
• Wired handlePlanReviewPhase to call reviewPlan()
• Fixed SimpleFundingProtocol.getBalance returning parent's balance instead of child's
• Fixed orchestrator stuck in failed phase (now resets to idle)
• Fixed planner empty-task fallback (single generalist task instead of failing)
• Fixed spawn ENOENT (mkdir before writeFile in sandbox)
• Skip funding/messaging for local workers and self-assigned tasks
• Bridge config API keys to env vars for provider registry
• Conway Compute API as inference fallback when no OpenAI key

Tests

• 190+ new tests across 10 test files (unit + integration)
• Orchestrator, planner, simple-tracker, health-monitor, agent-context-aggregator
• Plan-execute flow, multi-agent coordination, compression cascade, inference failover, memory retrieval

v0.1.0 — Production-Ready Runtime

Conway Automaton v0.1.0

The first production-ready release of the sovereign AI agent runtime.

Highlights

Safety & Policy (Phase 0)

• 7-layer defense-in-depth security model
• Policy engine evaluating every tool call against 6 rule categories
• Input sanitization with 8 injection detection checks
• Path protection for constitution, wallet, database, and config files
• Command safety rules blocking self-destructive patterns

Runtime Reliability (Phase 1)

• DurableScheduler with DB-backed heartbeat, task leases, and cron expressions
• Resilient HTTP client with retry, backoff, and circuit breaker
• Atomic inbox message processing with state machine (received -> in_progress -> processed)
• Treasury policy enforcement with configurable spending limits
• Balanced financial state caching to survive transient API failures

Cognition Layer (Phase 2)

• SOUL.md structured identity model with versioned history and genesis alignment
• 5-tier memory system: working, episodic, semantic, procedural, relationship
• Inference router with survival-tier-aware model selection and budget tracking

Ecosystem (Phase 3)

• Child automaton lifecycle state machine with health monitoring
• ERC-8004 on-chain agent registration and discovery
• Signed social messaging with relay polling and backoff
• Constitution propagation and integrity verification for children

Operational Excellence (Phase 4)

• Structured logging across all modules
• Metrics collector with counters, gauges, and histograms
• Alert engine with 7 default rules and cooldown management
• 897 tests across 24 test files
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions (Node 20/22 matrix, security audit)

Credit Topup via x402

• Bootstrap topup on startup ($5 minimum from USDC)
• topup_credits tool for agent-controlled purchases ($5-$2,500 tiers)
• Heartbeat wakes agent when USDC is available but credits are low

What's Included

• 69 built-in tools across 10 categories
• 11 heartbeat tasks with configurable schedules
• 22 database tables across 8 schema versions
• Interactive setup wizard with SIWE provisioning
• Local mode (no sandbox required) and sandbox mode with 403 fallback
• Comprehensive ARCHITECTURE.md and DOCUMENTATION.md

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/Conway-Research/automaton.git
cd automaton
pnpm install && pnpm build
node dist/index.js --run

Or one-line in a Conway sandbox:

curl -fsSL https://conway.tech/automaton.sh | sh

See DOCUMENTATION.md for the full user guide.