from __future__ import annotations import html import json import re from pathlib import Path from reportlab.graphics.shapes import Drawing, Line, Polygon, Rect, String from reportlab.lib import colors from reportlab.lib.enums import TA_CENTER, TA_JUSTIFY, TA_LEFT from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import A4 from reportlab.lib.styles import ParagraphStyle, getSampleStyleSheet from reportlab.lib.units import mm from reportlab.pdfbase.pdfmetrics import stringWidth from reportlab.platypus import ( KeepTogether, PageBreak, Paragraph, SimpleDocTemplate, Spacer, Table, TableStyle, ) ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] SOURCE = ROOT / "paper" / "paper.md" RESULTS = ROOT / "results" / "summary.json" OUTPUT = ROOT / "paper" / "paper.pdf" INK = colors.HexColor("#172033") MUTED = colors.HexColor("#5d6778") BLUE = colors.HexColor("#2563eb") TEAL = colors.HexColor("#0f766e") AMBER = colors.HexColor("#b45309") LIGHT_BLUE = colors.HexColor("#eaf1ff") LIGHT_TEAL = colors.HexColor("#e7f6f3") LIGHT_AMBER = colors.HexColor("#fff3df") GRID = colors.HexColor("#d6dce6") PAPER = colors.HexColor("#ffffff") CONDITION_COLORS = [BLUE, AMBER, TEAL] def load_rows() -> list[dict]: document = json.loads(RESULTS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) return document["aggregates"] def arrow(drawing: Drawing, x1: float, y1: float, x2: float, y2: float, color=INK) -> None: drawing.add(Line(x1, y1, x2, y2, strokeColor=color, strokeWidth=1.3)) drawing.add( Polygon( [x2, y2, x2 - 6, y2 + 3.5, x2 - 6, y2 - 3.5], fillColor=color, strokeColor=color, ) ) def architecture_figure() -> Drawing: drawing = Drawing(500, 235) boxes = [ (8, 138, 104, 62, LIGHT_BLUE, "Raw experience", "immutable traces"), (132, 138, 104, 62, LIGHT_TEAL, "Pattern Registry", "support + counterexamples"), (256, 138, 104, 62, LIGHT_AMBER, "Active Skill", "executable procedure"), (380, 138, 104, 62, colors.HexColor("#f2edff"), "Executor", "source / target model"), ] for x, y, w, h, fill, title, subtitle in boxes: drawing.add(Rect(x, y, w, h, 7, 7, fillColor=fill, strokeColor=GRID, strokeWidth=1)) drawing.add(String(x + w / 2, y + 39, title, fontName="Helvetica-Bold", fontSize=9.5, textAnchor="middle", fillColor=INK)) drawing.add(String(x + w / 2, y + 21, subtitle, fontName="Helvetica", fontSize=7.3, textAnchor="middle", fillColor=MUTED)) arrow(drawing, 112, 169, 132, 169) arrow(drawing, 236, 169, 256, 169) arrow(drawing, 360, 169, 380, 169) drawing.add(Rect(70, 44, 360, 56, 8, 8, fillColor=colors.HexColor("#f7f8fb"), strokeColor=GRID, strokeWidth=1)) drawing.add(String(250, 80, "File protocols preserve authority boundaries", fontName="Helvetica-Bold", fontSize=9.5, textAnchor="middle", fillColor=INK)) drawing.add(String(250, 61, "Agent Memory: prospective plan | Guard: exact bytes | BeforeDone: final freshness", fontName="Helvetica", fontSize=7.4, textAnchor="middle", fillColor=MUTED)) drawing.add(Line(184, 138, 184, 100, strokeColor=TEAL, strokeWidth=1.1)) drawing.add(Line(308, 138, 308, 100, strokeColor=AMBER, strokeWidth=1.1)) drawing.add(String(250, 18, "Skill Impact Ledger forward-chains proposals, decisions, metrics, and evidence references.", fontName="Helvetica-Oblique", fontSize=7.8, textAnchor="middle", fillColor=MUTED)) return drawing def bar_panel( drawing: Drawing, x: float, y: float, width: float, height: float, title: str, values: list[float], maximum: float, formatter, ) -> None: drawing.add(String(x, y + height + 17, title, fontName="Helvetica-Bold", fontSize=8.2, fillColor=INK)) bar_height = 17 gap = 12 labels = ["No Wiki", "Flat", "Persistent"] label_width = 48 track_x = x + label_width track_width = width - label_width - 5 for index, (label, value) in enumerate(zip(labels, values, strict=True)): current_y = y + height - (index + 1) * (bar_height + gap) drawing.add(String(x, current_y + 5, label, fontName="Helvetica", fontSize=7.2, fillColor=MUTED)) drawing.add(Rect(track_x, current_y, track_width, bar_height, 3, 3, fillColor=colors.HexColor("#eef1f5"), strokeColor=None)) length = max(1, track_width * value / maximum) drawing.add(Rect(track_x, current_y, length, bar_height, 3, 3, fillColor=CONDITION_COLORS[index], strokeColor=None)) text = formatter(value) inside = stringWidth(text, "Helvetica-Bold", 6.8) + 8 < length text_x = track_x + length - 4 if inside else track_x + length + 4 drawing.add(String(text_x, current_y + 5, text, fontName="Helvetica-Bold", fontSize=6.8, textAnchor="end" if inside else "start", fillColor=PAPER if inside else INK)) def results_figure() -> Drawing: rows = {row["condition"]: row for row in load_rows()} ordered = [rows["no_wiki"], rows["flat_history"], rows["persistent_wiki"]] drawing = Drawing(500, 230) bar_panel( drawing, 8, 55, 154, 128, "Task quality (0-100)", [row["mean_task_quality"] for row in ordered], 100, lambda value: f"{value:.1f}", ) bar_panel( drawing, 173, 55, 154, 128, "Input tokens (thousands)", [row["mean_input_tokens"] / 1000 for row in ordered], 150, lambda value: f"{value:.1f}k", ) bar_panel( drawing, 338, 55, 154, 128, "Target-model Skill gain", [row["mean_target_skill_gain"] for row in ordered], 20, lambda value: f"{value:.1f}", ) drawing.add(String(250, 20, "Flat history led on quality; persistent Wiki reduced context and improved target gain relative to flat.", fontName="Helvetica-Oblique", fontSize=7.6, textAnchor="middle", fillColor=MUTED)) return drawing def inline_markup(text: str) -> str: escaped = html.escape(text) escaped = re.sub( r"(https://[^\s<]+)", r'\1', escaped, ) return escaped def make_styles() -> dict[str, ParagraphStyle]: base = getSampleStyleSheet() return { "title": ParagraphStyle( "PaperTitle", parent=base["Title"], fontName="Helvetica-Bold", fontSize=22, leading=25, textColor=INK, alignment=TA_LEFT, spaceAfter=8, ), "subtitle": ParagraphStyle( "PaperSubtitle", parent=base["Heading2"], fontName="Helvetica", fontSize=14, leading=18, textColor=BLUE, alignment=TA_LEFT, spaceAfter=18, ), "author": ParagraphStyle( "Author", parent=base["Normal"], fontName="Helvetica-Bold", fontSize=10, leading=14, textColor=INK, spaceAfter=2, ), "meta": ParagraphStyle( "Meta", parent=base["Normal"], fontName="Helvetica", fontSize=8.7, leading=12, textColor=MUTED, spaceAfter=2, ), "h1": ParagraphStyle( "Section", parent=base["Heading1"], fontName="Helvetica-Bold", fontSize=14, leading=17, textColor=INK, spaceBefore=14, spaceAfter=7, keepWithNext=True, ), "h2": ParagraphStyle( "Subsection", parent=base["Heading2"], fontName="Helvetica-Bold", fontSize=10.5, leading=13, textColor=TEAL, spaceBefore=10, spaceAfter=5, keepWithNext=True, ), "body": ParagraphStyle( "Body", parent=base["BodyText"], fontName="Times-Roman", fontSize=9.3, leading=12.2, textColor=INK, alignment=TA_JUSTIFY, spaceAfter=6, allowWidows=0, allowOrphans=0, ), "abstract": ParagraphStyle( "Abstract", parent=base["BodyText"], fontName="Times-Roman", fontSize=8.8, leading=11.6, textColor=INK, alignment=TA_JUSTIFY, spaceAfter=6, leftIndent=9 * mm, rightIndent=9 * mm, ), "caption": ParagraphStyle( "Caption", parent=base["BodyText"], fontName="Helvetica", fontSize=7.5, leading=9.5, textColor=MUTED, alignment=TA_LEFT, spaceBefore=3, spaceAfter=9, ), "list": ParagraphStyle( "ListBody", parent=base["BodyText"], fontName="Times-Roman", fontSize=9.1, leading=12, textColor=INK, alignment=TA_JUSTIFY, ), "small": ParagraphStyle( "Small", parent=base["BodyText"], fontName="Helvetica", fontSize=7.4, leading=9.5, textColor=MUTED, ), } def table_flowable(lines: list[str], styles: dict[str, ParagraphStyle]) -> Table: rows = [] for line in lines: cells = [cell.strip() for cell in line.strip().strip("|").split("|")] if all(set(cell) <= {"-", ":"} for cell in cells): continue rows.append([Paragraph(inline_markup(cell), styles["small"]) for cell in cells]) columns = len(rows[0]) width = A4[0] - 30 * mm table = Table(rows, colWidths=[width / columns] * columns, repeatRows=1, hAlign="LEFT") font_size = 5.7 if columns >= 10 else 6.8 if columns >= 7 else 7.4 table.setStyle( TableStyle( [ ("BACKGROUND", (0, 0), (-1, 0), colors.HexColor("#edf2f8")), ("TEXTCOLOR", (0, 0), (-1, 0), INK), ("FONTNAME", (0, 0), (-1, 0), "Helvetica-Bold"), ("FONTNAME", (0, 1), (-1, -1), "Helvetica"), ("FONTSIZE", (0, 0), (-1, -1), font_size), ("LEADING", (0, 0), (-1, -1), font_size + 2.2), ("GRID", (0, 0), (-1, -1), 0.45, GRID), ("ROWBACKGROUNDS", (0, 1), (-1, -1), [PAPER, colors.HexColor("#fafbfc")]), ("VALIGN", (0, 0), (-1, -1), "MIDDLE"), ("ALIGN", (1, 1), (-1, -1), "RIGHT"), ("LEFTPADDING", (0, 0), (-1, -1), 3), ("RIGHTPADDING", (0, 0), (-1, -1), 3), ("TOPPADDING", (0, 0), (-1, -1), 4), ("BOTTOMPADDING", (0, 0), (-1, -1), 4), ] ) ) return table def parse_body(lines: list[str], styles: dict[str, ParagraphStyle]) -> list: story = [] paragraph: list[str] = [] bullets: list[str] = [] def flush_paragraph() -> None: if paragraph: story.append(Paragraph(inline_markup(" ".join(paragraph)), styles["body"])) paragraph.clear() def flush_bullets() -> None: if bullets: bullet_style = ParagraphStyle( "VisibleList", parent=styles["list"], leftIndent=14, firstLineIndent=-10, spaceAfter=3 ) for item in bullets: story.append(Paragraph(inline_markup(item), bullet_style)) story.append(Spacer(1, 4)) bullets.clear() index = 0 while index < len(lines): line = lines[index].rstrip() if line.startswith("|"): flush_paragraph() flush_bullets() table_lines = [] while index < len(lines) and lines[index].strip().startswith("|"): table_lines.append(lines[index].strip()) index += 1 story.append(table_flowable(table_lines, styles)) story.append(Spacer(1, 8)) continue if not line.strip(): flush_paragraph() flush_bullets() elif line.startswith("## "): flush_paragraph() flush_bullets() story.append(Paragraph(inline_markup(line[3:]), styles["h1"])) elif line.startswith("### "): flush_paragraph() flush_bullets() story.append(Paragraph(inline_markup(line[4:]), styles["h2"])) elif line.startswith("- "): flush_paragraph() bullets.append("- " + line[2:].strip()) elif re.match(r"^\d+\. ", line): flush_paragraph() bullets.append(line.strip()) elif line == "[[FIGURE:architecture]]": flush_paragraph() flush_bullets() story.append(KeepTogether([ architecture_figure(), Paragraph("Figure 1. Governed persistent-evolution architecture and authority boundaries.", styles["caption"]), ])) elif line == "[[FIGURE:results]]": flush_paragraph() flush_bullets() story.append(KeepTogether([ results_figure(), Paragraph("Figure 2. Condition-level quality, input-token cost, and target-model Skill gain.", styles["caption"]), ])) else: paragraph.append(line.strip()) index += 1 flush_paragraph() flush_bullets() return story def page_decor(canvas, document) -> None: page = canvas.getPageNumber() canvas.saveState() canvas.setStrokeColor(GRID) canvas.setLineWidth(0.45) canvas.line(15 * mm, 13 * mm, A4[0] - 15 * mm, 13 * mm) canvas.setFont("Helvetica", 7) canvas.setFillColor(MUTED) canvas.drawString(15 * mm, 8.5 * mm, "Governed Skill Evolution from Persistent Agent Experience") canvas.drawRightString(A4[0] - 15 * mm, 8.5 * mm, str(page)) canvas.restoreState() def build() -> None: source = SOURCE.read_text(encoding="utf-8") if re.search(r"\bdraft\b", source, re.IGNORECASE): raise SystemExit("publication source contains a prohibited status marker") lines = source.splitlines() if lines[:8] != [ "# Governed Skill Evolution from Persistent Agent Experience", "", "## A Prospective Ablation and Cross-Model Transfer Study", "", "Song Luo", "", "Independent Researcher", "", ]: raise SystemExit("paper front matter changed") styles = make_styles() story = [ Spacer(1, 7 * mm), Paragraph("Governed Skill Evolution from Persistent Agent Experience", styles["title"]), Paragraph("A Prospective Ablation and Cross-Model Transfer Study", styles["subtitle"]), Paragraph("Song Luo", styles["author"]), Paragraph("Independent Researcher", styles["meta"]), Paragraph("September 2026", styles["meta"]), Spacer(1, 6 * mm), Table([[""]], colWidths=[A4[0] - 30 * mm], rowHeights=[1], style=TableStyle([("BACKGROUND", (0, 0), (-1, -1), BLUE)])), Spacer(1, 4 * mm), ] abstract_index = lines.index("[[ABSTRACT]]") keywords_index = lines.index("[[KEYWORDS]]") abstract_text = " ".join(line.strip() for line in lines[abstract_index + 1:keywords_index] if line.strip()) keyword_text = " ".join(line.strip() for line in lines[keywords_index + 1:] if line.strip()) keyword_line = keyword_text.split("## 1. Introduction", 1)[0].strip() story.append(Paragraph("Abstract", styles["h2"])) story.append(Paragraph(inline_markup(abstract_text), styles["abstract"])) story.append(Paragraph("Keywords: " + inline_markup(keyword_line), styles["abstract"])) story.append(Spacer(1, 3 * mm)) introduction_index = lines.index("## 1. Introduction") story.extend(parse_body(lines[introduction_index:], styles)) OUTPUT.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) document = SimpleDocTemplate( str(OUTPUT), pagesize=A4, rightMargin=15 * mm, leftMargin=15 * mm, topMargin=15 * mm, bottomMargin=18 * mm, title="Governed Skill Evolution from Persistent Agent Experience", author="Song Luo", subject="Prospective ablation and cross-model transfer study of persistent Agent experience", keywords="agent skills, persistent memory, skill evolution, ablation, transfer", ) document.build(story, onFirstPage=page_decor, onLaterPages=page_decor) print(OUTPUT) if __name__ == "__main__": build()