Swarm Intelligence

Live Blackboard

Brief

Topic

Context

Source

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Min edge confidence

Swarm Blackboard

This page visualizes a multi-role Acpus workflow. Four agents debate a topic through a shared blackboard while deterministic merge rules track claims, objections, evidence, consensus, and stop readiness.

Views

Chronicle
Round-by-round contributions grouped by role.
Graph
A round-by-role swarm map. Reference lines use neutral color; after selecting a contribution, solid lines are its references and dashed lines are contributions that reference it.
Trajectory
How the board changes over time.
Scorecard
Final summary, counts, terminal state, and unresolved material.

Roles

Challenger
Finds weaknesses and raises objections.
Builder
Turns discussion into concrete proposals and supporting claims.
Synthesizer
Connects patterns and identifies agreement.
Empiricist
Grounds claims in evidence, precedent, and testable checks.

Terms

Claim
A statement the swarm may support, contest, or promote.
Proposal
A concrete option or recommendation.
Objection
A challenge to an existing contribution.
Evidence
Support that can raise confidence or resolve a contest.
Reference
A link from one contribution to another.

Terminal State

Active
A live contribution still available for review, support, objection, or promotion.
Contested
A contribution challenged by a strong objection and waiting for evidence or resolution.
Consensus
A high-confidence contribution with no unresolved objection under the merge rules.
Withdrawn
A contribution removed from active debate after remaining unresolved or unsupported.

Rules

  • Confidence runs from 1 to 5.
  • Strong objections can mark claims as contested.
  • Evidence can increase confidence and restore contested claims.
  • High-confidence active claims can become consensus.
  • Agents can vote ready to stop only after reviewing their assigned attention set.
  • Valid block votes prevent semantic stop when unresolved issues remain.