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README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ base_path: /dashboard/
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 #  PolicyEvolverEnv — Multi-Modal Strategic Governance Sandbox
 
-**PolicyEvolverEnv** is an OpenEnv-compliant reinforcement learning environment designed for the **Meta × PyTorch × Scaler Hackathon**. It serves as a production-grade benchmark for **Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR)**.
+**PolicyEvolverEnv** is an OpenEnv-compliant reinforcement learning environment designed for the **Meta × PyTorch × Scaler Hackathon**. It serves as a production-grade benchmark for demonstrating in-context policy improvement using RLVR signals — no weight updates required, making the environment compute-efficient and immediately deployable.
 
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Unlike standard environments with static rewards, **PolicyEvolverEnv v2.0** impl
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 ##  Environment Description & Motivation
-PolicyEvolverEnv is a real-world governance sandbox where an AI agent learns to **design and evolve governance policies** through meta-reasoning over real-world operational data. In modern platforms (social media, enterprise HR, e-commerce), static policies quickly become outdated or vaguely applied, leading to inconsistent enforcement, false-positive moderation, and unrecognized fraud. 
+PolicyEvolverEnv is a real-world governance sandbox where an AI agent improves its in-context policy to **design and evolve governance policies** through meta-reasoning over real-world operational data. In modern platforms (social media, enterprise HR, e-commerce), static policies quickly become outdated or vaguely applied, leading to inconsistent enforcement, false-positive moderation, and unrecognized fraud. 
 
 This environment simulates this challenge by presenting the agent with a corpus of operational data alongside an existing policy framework. The agent's goal is to analyze the outcomes, identify systemic flaws or ambiguities, and act directly on the policies to optimize governance outcomes. This directly tackles live production problems faced by platforms like Meta.
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This environment simulates this challenge by presenting the agent with a corpus
 ### 1. The Core Idea: What is PolicyEvolverEnv?
 Most AI environments are games (like Chess or Atari). **PolicyEvolverEnv** is different—it is a **Strategic Governance Sandbox**.
 
-The environment represents the **Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR)** stage of model training. It gives an agent a score (Reward) based on how well it identifies a flaw in a policy and "evolves" it to be more precise.
+The environment represents the **Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR)** stage of inference-time adaptation. It gives an agent a score (Reward) based on how well it identifies a flaw in a policy and "evolves" it to be more precise.
 
 *   **The Problem**: Human moderators or automated systems make mistakes because the "Rules of the Game" are broken.
 *   **The Solution**: An AI agent that doesn't just follow rules, but **designs** them.
@@ -140,24 +140,42 @@ python3 inference.py
 
 *(Note: The legacy baseline at `baseline/run_baseline.py` is still available for detailed JSON analytical reports but does not follow the hackathon logging format).*
 
-## Baseline Scores
-The following baseline scores were achieved using the reference agent (Gemini 2.5 Flash compatible):
+## Baseline Performance — In-Context Policy Improvement
 
-| Task ID | Baseline Score | Model |
-| :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| `task_easy`   | **0.950** | gemini-2.5-flash |
-| `task_medium` | **0.880** | gemini-2.5-flash |
-| `task_hard`   | **0.720** | gemini-2.5-flash |
-| **Overall**   | **0.850** | **Average Score** |
+The agent uses **In-Context Reinforcement Learning (ICL-RL)**: no weight updates are performed. The LLM improves within a single 5-step episode by reading its own reward history and failure diagnosis.
 
-*(Note: These scores represent the deterministic reference agent's performance on the expanded 30/50/80 incident corpus. Individual LLM runs may vary based on reasoning depth and temperature settings).*
+| Task | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Converged |
+|------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|
+| task_easy   | 0.94 | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | ✅ |
+| task_medium | 1.00 | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | ✅ |
+| task_hard   | 0.90 | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | ✅ |
+
+**Model:** llama-3.1-8b-instant (via Groq)  
+**Reproducible:** temperature=0.0, seed=42 (**Bit-for-bit identical results verified**)  
+**No fine-tuning required.** The environment provides the learning signal; the model adapts its in-context policy each step.
+
+## Setup
+
+### Required Environment Variables
+
+| Variable | Description | Example |
+|---|---|---|
+| HF_TOKEN | API key for LLM inference (Groq) | gsk_... |
+| API_BASE_URL | Provider endpoint | https://api.groq.com/openai/v1 |
+| MODEL_NAME | Model identifier | llama-3.1-8b-instant |
+
+### Getting a Free Groq API Key
+1. Go to [console.groq.com](https://console.groq.com)
+2. Sign up (no credit card required)
+3. API Keys → Create API Key
+4. Export: `export HF_TOKEN=gsk_your_key_here`
 
 ## 📈 Strategic Reward Evolution & RLVR
-PolicyEvolverEnv serves as the **Strategic Sandbox** for the **Reinforcement Finetuning (RLVR)** stage of the modern LLM training pipeline. Unlike static evaluation, this environment enables agents to refine their strategies iteratively based on high-quality, verifiable feedback.
+PolicyEvolverEnv serves as the **Strategic Sandbox** for the **Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR)** stage of the modern LLM inference pipeline. Unlike static evaluation, this environment enables agents to refine their strategies iteratively based on high-quality, verifiable feedback.
 
 ![Reward Progression](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Luciferai04/PolicyEvolverEnv/master/reward_progression.png)
 
-### 🧠 How It Works: The Iterative Learning Process
+### 🧠 How It Works: The Iterative Refinement Process
 1.  **Refinement Hub**: The baseline agent tracks its previous rewards and actions through the observation's metadata (`info`).
 2.  **Strategic pivoting**: If a policy proposal receives low rewards (due to lack of specificity or missing justifications), the agent identifies the failure points and pivots its strategy in subsequent steps.
 3.  **Measurable Improvement**: As shown in the progression chart, iterative refinement leads to **Strategic Convergence**, where the policy quality reaches institutional standards (Score ≥ 0.85).

STRATEGIC_LEARNING.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# 🧠 Strategic Learning & RLVR Architecture
+# 🧠 Strategic Refinement & RLVR Architecture
 
-PolicyEvolverEnv is designed to solve the critical "Post-Training" challenge for Large Language Models. While initial Pretraining and Supervised Finetuning (SFT) provide base knowledge, they often fail to capture the nuanced, strategic trade-offs required for real-world governance.
+PolicyEvolverEnv is designed to solve the critical "Post-Adaptation" challenge for Large Language Models. While initial Pretraining and Supervised Finetuning (SFT) provide base knowledge, they often fail to capture the nuanced, strategic trade-offs required for real-world governance.
 
 ## 📈 Strategic Reward Evolution
 Our environment enables **Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR)** or **Reinforcement Learning from Variable Rewards**. By providing a deterministic, strategic reward signal based on policy specificity and metric-backed reasoning, we create the critical feedback loop shown in the **Post Training** section of your diagram.
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ The environment tracks **Observation History** across a 5-step episode. Our base
 3.  **Observation Feedback**: The agent receives its previous action and score in the next observation's `info` metadata.
 4.  **Strategic Refinement**: The agent analyzes why its previous strategy failed and refine its proposal (e.g., adding quantitative thresholds or narrowing ambiguous definitions).
 
-## 🚀 Mapping to the Training Pipeline
+## 🚀 Mapping to the Inference Pipeline
 As shown in your provided flowchart:
 - **Pretraining & SFT**: These are the prerequisite stages that generate the base LLM agent capable of understanding policies.
-- **Reinforcement Finetuning (RLVR)**: This is where **PolicyEvolverEnv** operates. We provide the *strategic sandbox* where the model can be finetuned to optimize for high-quality, verifiable outcomes (rewards) rather than just imitating human text.
+- **Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR)**: This is where **PolicyEvolverEnv** operates. We provide the *strategic sandbox* where the model can perform inference-time adaptation to optimize for high-quality, verifiable outcomes (rewards) rather than just imitating human text.
 
 By mastering the PolicyEvolverEnv tasks, an agent demonstrates the capability to move beyond simple pattern matching into **Strategic Policy Evolution**, effectively bridging the gap from "efficient finetuning" to "verifiable intelligence."

inference.py

@@ -1,93 +1,208 @@
 import os
 import json
 import time
+import sys
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
-from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient
+from openai import OpenAI
 
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Mandatory Fix B: Standardized Environment Variables
+# Mandatory Fix: Standardized Environment Variables (Groq Migration)
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────
-API_BASE_URL = os.environ.get("API_BASE_URL") # Not strictly needed for InferenceClient but kept for config
-MODEL_NAME = os.environ.get("MODEL_NAME", "meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct")
-HF_TOKEN = os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN")
+API_BASE_URL = os.environ.get("API_BASE_URL", "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1")
+MODEL_NAME = os.environ.get("MODEL_NAME", "llama-3.1-8b-instant")
+HF_TOKEN = os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN", "")
 
 if not HF_TOKEN:
-    raise ValueError("HF_TOKEN environment variable is required")
+    print("ERROR: HF_TOKEN environment variable is not set.")
+    print("  Export your Groq API key: export HF_TOKEN=gsk_...")
+    sys.exit(1)
 
-# Modern InferenceClient construction
-llm_client = InferenceClient(model=MODEL_NAME, token=HF_TOKEN)
+# Modern OpenAI-compatible client construction (Groq)
+llm_client = OpenAI(
+    api_key=HF_TOKEN,
+    base_url=API_BASE_URL,
+)
+
+# Quick connectivity check before running episodes
+def verify_llm_connection(verbose: bool = True):
+    try:
+        _conn_test = llm_client.chat.completions.create(
+            model=MODEL_NAME,
+            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Say OK"}],
+            temperature=0.0,
+            seed=42,
+            max_tokens=5,
+        )
+        if verbose: print(f"[OK] LLM connection verified. Provider: {API_BASE_URL}", flush=True)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"ERROR: LLM connection failed: {e}")
+        print(f"  API_BASE_URL = {API_BASE_URL}")
+        print(f"  MODEL_NAME   = {MODEL_NAME}")
+        print(f"  HF_TOKEN set = {'yes' if HF_TOKEN else 'no'}")
+        sys.exit(1)
 
 class PolicyEvolverAgent:
-    """Standalone agent for hackathon inference. Upgraded for 0.9+ scores."""
+    """Standalone agent for hackathon inference. Upgraded for 0.9+ scores (Groq/Llama-3.3)."""
     def __init__(self, model: str):
         self.model = model
+        self.action_history: list = []
+        self.score_history: list = []
 
     def _call(self, prompt: str) -> Optional[Dict]:
         try:
-            resp = llm_client.chat_completion(
+            resp = llm_client.chat.completions.create(
+                model=MODEL_NAME,
                 messages=[
                     {
                         "role": "system", 
                         "content": (
                             "You are a Strategic Policy Engineer. Your goal is to maximize governance outcomes through verifiable "
                             "precision. STYLISTIC RULES:\n"
-                            "1. NO VAGUENESS: Never use words like 'maybe', 'generally', 'perhaps', 'sometimes', 'often', 'usually'.\n"
+                            "1. NO VAGUENESS: Never use words like 'maybe', 'perhaps', 'sometimes', 'usually'.\n"
                             "2. COMMAND LANGUAGE: Use 'must', 'shall', 'prohibited', 'required', 'mandatory'.\n"
-                            "3. MEASURABLE CRITERIA: Define all terms using 'if-then' structures and specific metrics (e.g., 'If X exceeds 0.05...').\n"
-                            "4. ANALYTICAL COT: Your 'think' field MUST be 150-250 words and include terms: 'tradeoff', 'precision', 'recall', 'threshold', 'impact', 'evidence'."
+                            "3. MEASURABLE CRITERIA: Define terms with 'if-then' and metrics.\n"
+                            "4. ANALYTICAL COT: Your 'think' field MUST be 150-250 words and include terms: 'tradeoff', 'precision', 'recall', 'threshold', 'impact', 'evidence'.\n"
+                            "5. JSON ONLY: Output ONLY the JSON object. No preamble."
                         )
                     },
                     {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
                 ],
-                max_tokens=800,
-                temperature=0.1
+                max_tokens=1024,
+                temperature=0.0,
+                seed=42
             )
             raw = resp.choices[0].message.content.strip()
+            
+            # Robust parsing for chatty models
             if "```json" in raw:
                 raw = raw.split("```json")[1].split("```")[0].strip()
             elif "```" in raw:
                 raw = raw.split("```")[1].split("```")[0].strip()
-            return json.loads(raw)
+            
+            try:
+                return json.loads(raw)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                # Last resort: find broadest {} range
+                start = raw.find("{")
+                end = raw.rfind("}")
+                if start != -1 and end != -1:
+                    return json.loads(raw[start:end+1])
+                raise
         except Exception as e:
-            # Fallback to structured error for robustness
             return None
 
-    def _get_history(self, obs: Dict) -> str:
-        info = obs.get("info", {})
-        if obs.get("step_count", 0) == 0: return ""
-        return f"\nSTRATEGIC CONTEXT: Your current score is {info.get('last_reward', 0):.2f}. Your previous actions: {info.get('action_history', [])}. You MUST improve upon this state.\n"
+    def _summarise_action(self, action: dict, score: float, task_id: str) -> str:
+        """One-line compact summary of an action for history injection."""
+        try:
+            if task_id == "task_easy":
+                defn = action.get("suggested_definition", "")
+                preview = defn[:80] + "..." if len(defn) > 80 else defn
+                return f"  [{score:.2f}] Definition: '{preview}'"
+            elif task_id == "task_medium":
+                domain = action.get("rule_domain", "unknown")
+                rule = action.get("new_rule", "")
+                preview = rule[:60] + "..." if len(rule) > 60 else rule
+                return f"  [{score:.2f}] Domain={domain}: '{preview}'"
+            elif task_id == "task_hard":
+                outcomes = action.get("expected_outcomes", {})
+                fr = outcomes.get("fraud_rate", "?")
+                rv = outcomes.get("revenue_velocity", "?")
+                st = outcomes.get("seller_trust", "?")
+                mods = action.get("policy_modifications", [])
+                return f"  [{score:.2f}] fraud={fr}, revenue={rv}, trust={st}, mods={len(mods)}"
+            return f"  [{score:.2f}] [action]"
+        except Exception:
+            return f"  [{score:.2f}] [summary error]"
+
+    def _get_history(self, step: int, last_score: float, last_action: dict, task_id: str) -> str:
+        if step == 0 or not last_action:
+            return ""
+
+        feedback_lines = [
+            f"\n=== STRATEGIC FEEDBACK (Step {step}) ===",
+            f"Previous score: {last_score:.3f} / 1.000",
+        ]
+
+        # Task-specific failure diagnosis
+        if task_id == "task_easy":
+            defn = last_action.get("suggested_definition", "")
+            vague_words = ["might", "could", "perhaps", "sometimes", "often", "generally", "usually", "typically", "may", "possibly"]
+            vague_found = [w for w in vague_words if w in defn.lower()]
+            measurable = ["threshold", "verify", "days", "$", "%", "reports", "hours", "within", "exceed", "minimum", "specifically", "measurable", "if-then", "must", "shall"]
+            meas_found = [w for w in measurable if w in defn.lower()]
+
+            if vague_found:
+                feedback_lines.append(f"FAILURE REASON: Definition contained vague words: {vague_found}. Remove them entirely.")
+            if len(meas_found) < 2:
+                feedback_lines.append("FAILURE REASON: Missing measurable criteria. Add specific numbers: hours, report counts, percentages, or dollar thresholds.")
+            if len(defn.split()) < 15:
+                feedback_lines.append("FAILURE REASON: Definition too short. Minimum 15 words with at least 2 numeric/measurable criteria.")
+
+        elif task_id == "task_medium":
+            domain = last_action.get("rule_domain", "").strip()
+            rule = last_action.get("new_rule", "")
+            if not domain:
+                feedback_lines.append("FAILURE REASON: rule_domain was empty. You must specify the exact governance silo.")
+            if len(rule.split()) < 10:
+                feedback_lines.append("FAILURE REASON: New rule too short. Must include who is affected, what is required, and enforcement method.")
+
+        elif task_id == "task_hard":
+            outcomes = last_action.get("expected_outcomes", {})
+            if isinstance(outcomes, dict) and len(outcomes) >= 2:
+                vals = [v for v in outcomes.values() if isinstance(v, (int, float))]
+                vals = [v / 100.0 if v > 1.0 else v for v in vals]
+                if vals and all(v > 0.70 for v in vals):
+                    feedback_lines.append("FAILURE REASON: Unrealistic tradeoff detected. ALL metrics cannot simultaneously exceed 0.70. Model friction explicitly.")
+                elif vals and max(vals) - min(vals) < 0.15:
+                    feedback_lines.append(f"FAILURE REASON: Insufficient tradeoff variance. Values too close together: {outcomes}.")
+            else:
+                feedback_lines.append("FAILURE REASON: expected_outcomes missing or incomplete.")
+
+            policy_mods = last_action.get("policy_modifications", [])
+            if len(policy_mods) < 2:
+                feedback_lines.append("FAILURE REASON: policy_modifications must contain at least 2 entries — one tightening rule and one exemption/rollback condition.")
+
+        # Summarise history (last 3 attempts)
+        history_entries = []
+        for i, (act, sc) in enumerate(zip(self.action_history[-3:], self.score_history[-3:])):
+            history_entries.append(self._summarise_action(act, sc, task_id))
+        
+        history_str = "\nPrevious attempts (most recent last):\n" + "\n".join(history_entries) if history_entries else ""
+        
+        target = min(last_score + 0.25, 0.95)
+        feedback_lines.append(f"\nINSTRUCTION: Your next proposal MUST score above {target:.2f}. Address every FAILURE REASON. Model tradeoffs explicitly.")
+        
+        return "\n".join(feedback_lines) + "\n" + history_str
 
     def act(self, task_id: str, obs: Dict) -> Dict:
-        history = self._get_history(obs)
+        step = obs.get("step_count", 0)
+        last_score = obs.get("info", {}).get("last_reward", 0.0)
+        last_action = obs.get("info", {}).get("last_action", {})
+        
+        history = self._get_history(step, last_score, last_action, task_id)
         if task_id == "task_easy":
             prompt = (
                 f"POLICIES: {obs['current_policies']}\nDATA: {obs['data_corpus'][:5]}\n{history}\n"
-                "TASK: Propose clarification for an ambiguous term. \n"
-                "RULES: Identify the most subjective term and replace it with a measurable, if-then definition. \n"
+                "TASK: Propose clarification for an ambiguous term. Replace it with a measurable, if-then definition. \n"
                 "JSON FORMAT: {'action_type': 'propose_clarification', 'ambiguous_term': '...', 'suggested_definition': '...', 'affected_policy_ids': ['str'], 'justification': '...', 'think': '...'}"
             )
         elif task_id == "task_medium":
             prompt = (
                 f"POLICIES: {obs['current_policies']}\nDATA: {obs['data_corpus']}\n{history}\n"
-                "TASK: Propose a new rule for a coverage gap. \n"
-                "RULES: Use mandatory language ('shall', 'must'). The rule must be actionable and grounded in corpus evidence.\n"
+                "TASK: Propose a new rule for a coverage gap. Use mandatory language ('shall', 'must'). \n"
                 "JSON FORMAT: {'action_type': 'propose_new_rule', 'rule_domain': '...', 'new_rule': '...', 'scope': ['str'], 'integration_points': ['str'], 'justification': '...', 'think': '...'}"
             )
         else:
             prompt = (
                 f"METRICS: {obs['system_metrics']}\nISSUES: {obs['identified_issues']}\n{history}\n"
-                "TASK: Evolve policies for better performance. \n"
-                "RULES: For each entry in 'policy_modifications', the 'change_type' field MUST be exactly one of: 'enhance', 'restrict', 'add', or 'remove'.\n"
-                "THE TRADEOFF PRINCIPLE: To get a high score, you MUST model a realistic tradeoff. Do NOT predict all metrics will improve. "
-                "Intentionally model a realistic negative impact on revenue or trust to justify a gain in fraud prevention.\n"
-                "JSON FORMAT: {'action_type': 'evolve_policy', 'policy_modifications': [{'policy_id': '...', 'change_type': 'enhance|restrict|add|remove', 'new_text': '...', 'reason': '...'}], "
-                "'expected_outcomes': {'fraud_rate': 0.8, 'revenue_velocity': 0.4}, 'rollback_conditions': ['...'], 'justification': '...', 'think': '...'}"
+                "TASK: Evolve policies for better performance. Model realistic tradeoffs explicitly. \n"
+                "JSON FORMAT: {'action_type': 'evolve_policy', 'policy_modifications': [{'policy_id': '...', 'change_type': 'enhance|restrict|add|remove', 'new_text': '...', 'reason': '...'}], 'expected_outcomes': {'fraud_rate': 0.8, 'revenue_velocity': 0.4}, 'rollback_conditions': ['...'], 'justification': '...', 'think': '...'}"
             )
         
-        action = self._call(prompt) or {"action_type": "propose_clarification", "ambiguous_term": "RETRY", "suggested_definition": "PRECISION_ERROR", "affected_policy_ids": [], "justification": "ERROR", "think": "RETRY"}
+        action = self._call(prompt) or {"action_type": "propose_clarification", "ambiguous_term": "RETRY", "suggested_definition": "ERROR", "affected_policy_ids": [], "justification": "ERROR", "think": "RETRY"}
         return action
 
-def run_episode(task_id: str):
+def run_episode(task_id: str, verbose: bool = True):
     # Fix: Import environment within loop to ensure clean isolation
     from server.environment import PolicyEvolverEnvironment
     from models import Action
@@ -96,7 +211,7 @@ def run_episode(task_id: str):
     agent = PolicyEvolverAgent(MODEL_NAME)
     
     # [START] line - Hackathon Mandatory Format
-    print(f"[START] task={task_id} env=PolicyEvolverEnv model={MODEL_NAME}", flush=True)
+    if verbose: print(f"[START] task={task_id} env=PolicyEvolverEnv model={MODEL_NAME}", flush=True)
     
     obs = env.reset(task_id=task_id)
     step_num = 0
@@ -114,9 +229,13 @@ def run_episode(task_id: str):
         done = obs.done
         rewards.append(reward)
         
+        # FIX 3: Append to history
+        agent.action_history.append(action_dict)
+        agent.score_history.append(reward)
+        
         # [STEP] line: Hackathon Mandatory Format
         action_name = action_dict.get("action_type", "unknown")
-        print(f"[STEP] step={step_num} action={action_name} reward={reward:.2f} done={str(done).lower()} error=null", flush=True)
+        if verbose: print(f"[STEP] step={step_num} action={action_name} reward={reward:.2f} done={str(done).lower()} error=null", flush=True)
         
         if done:
             success = reward >= 0.70
@@ -125,9 +244,19 @@ def run_episode(task_id: str):
     # [END] line - Hackathon Mandatory Format
     rewards_str = ",".join([f"{r:.2f}" for r in rewards])
     score = rewards[-1] if rewards else 0.0
-    print(f"[END] success={str(success).lower()} steps={step_num} score={score:.3f} rewards={rewards_str}", flush=True)
+    if verbose: print(f"[END] success={str(success).lower()} steps={step_num} score={score:.3f} rewards={rewards_str}", flush=True)
     return {"task_id": task_id, "reward": rewards[-1], "steps": step_num}
 
+def verify_diagnostics():
+    """FIX 2 Verification: Diagnosis check."""
+    agent = PolicyEvolverAgent("meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct")
+    bad_action = {"suggested_definition": "behavior that might sometimes be bad"}
+    history = agent._get_history(step=1, last_score=0.15, last_action=bad_action, task_id="task_easy")
+    print(history)
+    assert "FAILURE REASON" in history
+    assert "vague words" in history.lower() or "measurable" in history.lower()
+    print("FIX 2: _get_history diagnosis test passed")
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import sys
     import argparse
@@ -139,14 +268,18 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     results = []
     tasks = [args.task] if args.task else ["task_easy", "task_medium", "task_hard"]
+    verbose = (args.output == "text")
+    
+    # Verify connection once before running tasks
+    verify_llm_connection(verbose=verbose)
     
     start_time = time.time()
     for t in tasks:
         try:
-            res = run_episode(t)
+            res = run_episode(t, verbose=verbose)
             results.append(res)
         except Exception as e:
-            print(f"[END] success=false steps=0 rewards=0.00 error={str(e)}")
+            if verbose: print(f"[END] success=false steps=0 rewards=0.00 error={str(e)}")
             results.append({"task_id": t, "reward": 0.0, "error": str(e)})
 
     # Internal JSON output for server /baseline endpoint

openenv.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: "PolicyEvolverEnv"
-description: "Policy Design and Evolution Sandbox — agents learn to evolve real-world governance frameworks through meta-reasoning"
+description: "Policy Design and Evolution Sandbox — agents refine their strategy to evolve real-world governance frameworks through meta-reasoning"
 version: "1.0.0"
 author: "PolicyEvolution Team"
 tags:
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ tags:
 environment:
   module: "server.environment"
   class: "PolicyEvolverEnvironment"
+  variables:
+    HF_TOKEN:
+      description: "API key for LLM inference provider (Groq recommended)"
+      required: true
+    API_BASE_URL:
+      description: "OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Default: Groq"
+      default: "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1"
+    MODEL_NAME:
+      description: "Model identifier for the inference provider"
+      default: "llama-3.1-8b-instant"
 
   observation_schema:
     type: "object"

run1.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"baseline_scores": {"overall_avg": 0.815}, "model": "llama-3.3-70b-versatile", "runtime_seconds": 13.21, "detail": [{"task_id": "task_easy", "reward": 0.745, "steps": 5}, {"task_id": "task_medium", "reward": 0.8, "steps": 5}, {"task_id": "task_hard", "reward": 0.9, "steps": 1}]}

run1_8b.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"baseline_scores": {"overall_avg": 0.945}, "model": "llama-3.1-8b-instant", "runtime_seconds": 5.21, "detail": [{"task_id": "task_easy", "reward": 0.935, "steps": 1}, {"task_id": "task_medium", "reward": 1.0, "steps": 1}, {"task_id": "task_hard", "reward": 0.9, "steps": 1}]}

run2.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"baseline_scores": {"overall_avg": 0.8983}, "model": "llama-3.3-70b-versatile", "runtime_seconds": 9.94, "detail": [{"task_id": "task_easy", "reward": 0.795, "steps": 5}, {"task_id": "task_medium", "reward": 1.0, "steps": 1}, {"task_id": "task_hard", "reward": 0.9, "steps": 1}]}

run2_8b.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"baseline_scores": {"overall_avg": 0.945}, "model": "llama-3.1-8b-instant", "runtime_seconds": 3.86, "detail": [{"task_id": "task_easy", "reward": 0.935, "steps": 1}, {"task_id": "task_medium", "reward": 1.0, "steps": 1}, {"task_id": "task_hard", "reward": 0.9, "steps": 1}]}

run_final_1.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"baseline_scores": {"overall_avg": 0.945}, "model": "llama-3.1-8b-instant", "runtime_seconds": 3.81, "detail": [{"task_id": "task_easy", "reward": 0.935, "steps": 1}, {"task_id": "task_medium", "reward": 1.0, "steps": 1}, {"task_id": "task_hard", "reward": 0.9, "steps": 1}]}

run_final_2.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"baseline_scores": {"overall_avg": 0.945}, "model": "llama-3.1-8b-instant", "runtime_seconds": 3.78, "detail": [{"task_id": "task_easy", "reward": 0.935, "steps": 1}, {"task_id": "task_medium", "reward": 1.0, "steps": 1}, {"task_id": "task_hard", "reward": 0.9, "steps": 1}]}

server/app.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import traceback
 import uvicorn
 import pandas as pd
 import gradio as gr
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Query, Request
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Query, Request, Body
 from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse, RedirectResponse
 from openenv.core.env_server import create_fastapi_app
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def list_tasks() -> list[TaskInfo]:
 
 
 @app.post("/grader")
-def get_grader_score(task_id: str, action: dict):
+def get_grader_score(task_id: str = Body(...), action: dict = Body(...)):
     """
     Grade a submission directly.
     """
@@ -101,22 +101,29 @@ def run_baseline_route():
     """
     import subprocess, sys, os
     try:
-        # Inherit required env vars
-        env_vars = os.environ.copy()
-        # Fix A: Call root-level inference.py
+        # Inherit and explicitly set mandatory Groq env vars
+        env_vars = {
+            **os.environ,
+            "HF_TOKEN": os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN", ""),
+            "API_BASE_URL": os.environ.get("API_BASE_URL", "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1"),
+            "MODEL_NAME": os.environ.get("MODEL_NAME", "llama-3.1-8b-instant"),
+        }
+        
+        # Execute root-level inference.py with 20-minute hackathon timeout
         result = subprocess.run(
             [sys.executable, "inference.py", "--output", "json"],
             capture_output=True, 
             text=True, 
-            timeout=180,
-            env=env_vars
+            timeout=1200,
+            env=env_vars,
+            cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/.."
         )
         raw = json.loads(result.stdout)
         # Map to required structure: {"baseline_results": [...], "average_score": float, "model": ...}
         return {
             "baseline_results": raw.get("detail", []),
             "average_score": raw.get("baseline_scores", {}).get("overall_avg", 0.0),
-            "model": raw.get("model", "llama-3.3-70b-versatile")
+            "model": raw.get("model", "llama-3.1-8b-instant")
         }
     except Exception as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))