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+  <a href="#broadcasting" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Broadcasting
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#patterns" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Patterns
+    </span>
+  </a>
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Patterns">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#classifier-pattern" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Classifier Pattern
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#pipeline-pattern" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Pipeline Pattern
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#fan-outfan-in-pattern" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Fan-Out/Fan-In Pattern
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#conditional-continuation" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Conditional Continuation
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#data-passing-between-tasks" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Data Passing Between Tasks
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#visualization" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Visualization
+    </span>
+  </a>
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Visualization">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#ascii-visualization" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        ASCII Visualization
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#mermaid-diagram" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Mermaid Diagram
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#dot-format-graphviz" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        DOT Format (Graphviz)
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#execution-plan" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Execution Plan
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#network-introspection" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Network Introspection
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#configuration-inheritance" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Configuration Inheritance
+    </span>
+  </a>
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Configuration Inheritance">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#network-wide-defaults" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Network-Wide Defaults
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#per-task-overrides" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Per-Task Overrides
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#inheritance-chain" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Inheritance Chain
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#best-practices" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Best Practices
+    </span>
+  </a>
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Best Practices">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#1-keep-robots-focused" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        1. Keep Robots Focused
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#2-use-per-task-context" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        2. Use Per-Task Context
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#3-handle-missing-results" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        3. Handle Missing Results
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#4-reset-memory-between-runs" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        4. Reset Memory Between Runs
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#next-steps" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Next Steps
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+    </ul>
+</nav>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../using-tools/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Using Tools
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../mcp-integration/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    MCP Integration
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../streaming/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Streaming Responses
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../memory/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Memory System
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../rails-integration/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Rails Integration
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+          </ul>
+        </nav>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
+        <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type="checkbox" id="__nav_5" >
+          <div class="md-nav__link md-nav__container">
+            <a href="../../api/" class="md-nav__link ">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    API Reference
+  </span>
+            </a>
+              <label class="md-nav__link " for="__nav_5" id="__nav_5_label" tabindex="0">
+                <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+              </label>
+          </div>
+        <nav class="md-nav" data-md-level="1" aria-labelledby="__nav_5_label" aria-expanded="false">
+          <label class="md-nav__title" for="__nav_5">
+            <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+    API Reference
+          </label>
+          <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
+    <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
+        <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type="checkbox" id="__nav_5_2" >
+          <div class="md-nav__link md-nav__container">
+            <a href="../../api/core/" class="md-nav__link ">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Core Classes
+  </span>
+            </a>
+              <label class="md-nav__link " for="__nav_5_2" id="__nav_5_2_label" tabindex="0">
+                <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+              </label>
+          </div>
+        <nav class="md-nav" data-md-level="2" aria-labelledby="__nav_5_2_label" aria-expanded="false">
+          <label class="md-nav__title" for="__nav_5_2">
+            <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+    Core Classes
+          </label>
+          <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/core/robot/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Robot
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/core/network/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Network
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/core/state/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    State
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/core/tool/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Tool
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/core/memory/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Memory
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+          </ul>
+        </nav>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
+        <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type="checkbox" id="__nav_5_3" >
+          <div class="md-nav__link md-nav__container">
+            <a href="../../api/messages/" class="md-nav__link ">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Messages
+  </span>
+            </a>
+              <label class="md-nav__link " for="__nav_5_3" id="__nav_5_3_label" tabindex="0">
+                <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+              </label>
+          </div>
+        <nav class="md-nav" data-md-level="2" aria-labelledby="__nav_5_3_label" aria-expanded="false">
+          <label class="md-nav__title" for="__nav_5_3">
+            <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+    Messages
+          </label>
+          <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/messages/user-message/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    UserMessage
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/messages/text-message/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    TextMessage
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/messages/tool-call-message/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    ToolCallMessage
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/messages/tool-result-message/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    ToolResultMessage
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+          </ul>
+        </nav>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
+        <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type="checkbox" id="__nav_5_4" >
+          <div class="md-nav__link md-nav__container">
+            <a href="../../api/mcp/" class="md-nav__link ">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    MCP
+  </span>
+            </a>
+              <label class="md-nav__link " for="__nav_5_4" id="__nav_5_4_label" tabindex="0">
+                <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+              </label>
+          </div>
+        <nav class="md-nav" data-md-level="2" aria-labelledby="__nav_5_4_label" aria-expanded="false">
+          <label class="md-nav__title" for="__nav_5_4">
+            <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+    MCP
+          </label>
+          <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/mcp/client/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Client
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/mcp/server/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Server
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/mcp/transports/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Transports
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+          </ul>
+        </nav>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
+        <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type="checkbox" id="__nav_5_5" >
+          <div class="md-nav__link md-nav__container">
+            <a href="../../api/streaming/" class="md-nav__link ">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Streaming
+  </span>
+            </a>
+              <label class="md-nav__link " for="__nav_5_5" id="__nav_5_5_label" tabindex="0">
+                <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+              </label>
+          </div>
+        <nav class="md-nav" data-md-level="2" aria-labelledby="__nav_5_5_label" aria-expanded="false">
+          <label class="md-nav__title" for="__nav_5_5">
+            <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+    Streaming
+          </label>
+          <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/streaming/context/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Context
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../api/streaming/events/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Events
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+          </ul>
+        </nav>
+    </li>
+          </ul>
+        </nav>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
+        <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle " type="checkbox" id="__nav_6" >
+          <div class="md-nav__link md-nav__container">
+            <a href="../../examples/" class="md-nav__link ">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Examples
+  </span>
+            </a>
+              <label class="md-nav__link " for="__nav_6" id="__nav_6_label" tabindex="0">
+                <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+              </label>
+          </div>
+        <nav class="md-nav" data-md-level="1" aria-labelledby="__nav_6_label" aria-expanded="false">
+          <label class="md-nav__title" for="__nav_6">
+            <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+    Examples
+          </label>
+          <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../examples/basic-chat/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Basic Chat
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../examples/multi-robot-network/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Multi-Robot Network
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../examples/tool-usage/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Tool Usage
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../examples/mcp-server/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    MCP Server
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="md-nav__item">
+      <a href="../../examples/rails-application/" class="md-nav__link">
+  <span class="md-ellipsis">
+    Rails Application
+  </span>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+          </ul>
+        </nav>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+</nav>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              <div class="md-sidebar md-sidebar--secondary" data-md-component="sidebar" data-md-type="toc" >
+                <div class="md-sidebar__scrollwrap">
+                  <div class="md-sidebar__inner">
+<nav class="md-nav md-nav--secondary" aria-label="On this page">
+    <label class="md-nav__title" for="__toc">
+      <span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
+      On this page
+    </label>
+    <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-component="toc" data-md-scrollfix>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#basic-network" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Basic Network
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#network-properties" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Network Properties
+    </span>
+  </a>
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Network Properties">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#name" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Name
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#concurrency" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Concurrency
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#shared-memory" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Shared Memory
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#adding-tasks" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Adding Tasks
+    </span>
+  </a>
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Adding Tasks">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#sequential-tasks" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Sequential Tasks
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#parallel-tasks" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Parallel Tasks
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#optional-tasks" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Optional Tasks
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#per-task-configuration" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Per-Task Configuration
+    </span>
+  </a>
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Per-Task Configuration">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#task-options" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Task Options
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#conditional-routing" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Conditional Routing
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#running-networks" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Running Networks
+    </span>
+  </a>
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Running Networks">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#basic-run" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Basic Run
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#with-additional-context" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        With Additional Context
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#accessing-task-results" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Accessing Task Results
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#simpleflowresult" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        SimpleFlow::Result
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#broadcasting" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Broadcasting
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#patterns" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Patterns
+    </span>
+  </a>
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Patterns">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#classifier-pattern" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Classifier Pattern
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#pipeline-pattern" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Pipeline Pattern
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#fan-outfan-in-pattern" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Fan-Out/Fan-In Pattern
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#conditional-continuation" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Conditional Continuation
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#data-passing-between-tasks" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+        Data Passing Between Tasks
+    </span>
+  </a>
+</li>
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+</li>
+        <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#visualization" class="md-nav__link">
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+<h1 id="creating-networks">Creating Networks<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-networks" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
+<p>Networks orchestrate multiple robots using <a href="https://github.com/MadBomber/simple_flow">SimpleFlow</a> pipelines with DAG-based execution and optional task activation.</p>
+<h2 id="basic-network">Basic Network<a class="headerlink" href="#basic-network" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<p>Create a network with a sequential pipeline:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-0-1"><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1" href="#__codelineno-0-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;pipeline&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-0-2"><a id="__codelineno-0-2" name="__codelineno-0-2" href="#__codelineno-0-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:analyzer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">analyzer_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-0-3"><a id="__codelineno-0-3" name="__codelineno-0-3" href="#__codelineno-0-3"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:writer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">writer_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:analyzer</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-0-4"><a id="__codelineno-0-4" name="__codelineno-0-4" href="#__codelineno-0-4"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:reviewer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">reviewer_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:writer</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-0-5"><a id="__codelineno-0-5" name="__codelineno-0-5" href="#__codelineno-0-5"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-0-6"><a id="__codelineno-0-6" name="__codelineno-0-6" href="#__codelineno-0-6"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-0-7"><a id="__codelineno-0-7" name="__codelineno-0-7" href="#__codelineno-0-7"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">message</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Analyze this document&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="network-properties">Network Properties<a class="headerlink" href="#network-properties" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<h3 id="name">Name<a class="headerlink" href="#name" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Identifies the network for logging and debugging:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-1-1"><a id="__codelineno-1-1" name="__codelineno-1-1" href="#__codelineno-1-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;customer_service&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-1-2"><a id="__codelineno-1-2" name="__codelineno-1-2" href="#__codelineno-1-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="c1"># ...</span>
+</span><span id="__span-1-3"><a id="__codelineno-1-3" name="__codelineno-1-3" href="#__codelineno-1-3"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="concurrency">Concurrency<a class="headerlink" href="#concurrency" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Control parallel execution mode:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-2-1"><a id="__codelineno-2-1" name="__codelineno-2-1" href="#__codelineno-2-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;parallel&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">concurrency</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:threads</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-2-2"><a id="__codelineno-2-2" name="__codelineno-2-2" href="#__codelineno-2-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="c1"># :auto (default), :threads, or :async</span>
+</span><span id="__span-2-3"><a id="__codelineno-2-3" name="__codelineno-2-3" href="#__codelineno-2-3"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="shared-memory">Shared Memory<a class="headerlink" href="#shared-memory" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Networks provide a shared memory accessible to all robots:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-3-1"><a id="__codelineno-3-1" name="__codelineno-3-1" href="#__codelineno-3-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;pipeline&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-3-2"><a id="__codelineno-3-2" name="__codelineno-3-2" href="#__codelineno-3-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:first</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-3-3"><a id="__codelineno-3-3" name="__codelineno-3-3" href="#__codelineno-3-3"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-3-4"><a id="__codelineno-3-4" name="__codelineno-3-4" href="#__codelineno-3-4"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-3-5"><a id="__codelineno-3-5" name="__codelineno-3-5" href="#__codelineno-3-5"></a><span class="c1"># Pre-populate shared memory</span>
+</span><span id="__span-3-6"><a id="__codelineno-3-6" name="__codelineno-3-6" href="#__codelineno-3-6"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">memory</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:project</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Q4 Report&quot;</span>
+</span><span id="__span-3-7"><a id="__codelineno-3-7" name="__codelineno-3-7" href="#__codelineno-3-7"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">memory</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:user_id</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">123</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="adding-tasks">Adding Tasks<a class="headerlink" href="#adding-tasks" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<h3 id="sequential-tasks">Sequential Tasks<a class="headerlink" href="#sequential-tasks" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Each task depends on the previous:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-4-1"><a id="__codelineno-4-1" name="__codelineno-4-1" href="#__codelineno-4-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;pipeline&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-4-2"><a id="__codelineno-4-2" name="__codelineno-4-2" href="#__codelineno-4-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:first</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-4-3"><a id="__codelineno-4-3" name="__codelineno-4-3" href="#__codelineno-4-3"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:second</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:first</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-4-4"><a id="__codelineno-4-4" name="__codelineno-4-4" href="#__codelineno-4-4"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:third</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot3</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:second</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-4-5"><a id="__codelineno-4-5" name="__codelineno-4-5" href="#__codelineno-4-5"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="parallel-tasks">Parallel Tasks<a class="headerlink" href="#parallel-tasks" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Tasks with the same dependencies run in parallel:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-5-1"><a id="__codelineno-5-1" name="__codelineno-5-1" href="#__codelineno-5-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;parallel_analysis&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-5-2"><a id="__codelineno-5-2" name="__codelineno-5-2" href="#__codelineno-5-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:fetch</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fetcher</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-5-3"><a id="__codelineno-5-3" name="__codelineno-5-3" href="#__codelineno-5-3"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-5-4"><a id="__codelineno-5-4" name="__codelineno-5-4" href="#__codelineno-5-4"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="c1"># These run in parallel after :fetch</span>
+</span><span id="__span-5-5"><a id="__codelineno-5-5" name="__codelineno-5-5" href="#__codelineno-5-5"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:sentiment</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sentiment_bot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:fetch</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-5-6"><a id="__codelineno-5-6" name="__codelineno-5-6" href="#__codelineno-5-6"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:entities</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">entity_bot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:fetch</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-5-7"><a id="__codelineno-5-7" name="__codelineno-5-7" href="#__codelineno-5-7"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:keywords</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">keyword_bot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:fetch</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-5-8"><a id="__codelineno-5-8" name="__codelineno-5-8" href="#__codelineno-5-8"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-5-9"><a id="__codelineno-5-9" name="__codelineno-5-9" href="#__codelineno-5-9"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="c1"># This waits for all three to complete</span>
+</span><span id="__span-5-10"><a id="__codelineno-5-10" name="__codelineno-5-10" href="#__codelineno-5-10"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:merge</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">merger</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:sentiment</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:entities</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:keywords</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-5-11"><a id="__codelineno-5-11" name="__codelineno-5-11" href="#__codelineno-5-11"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="optional-tasks">Optional Tasks<a class="headerlink" href="#optional-tasks" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Optional tasks only run when explicitly activated by a preceding robot:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-6-1"><a id="__codelineno-6-1" name="__codelineno-6-1" href="#__codelineno-6-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;router&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-6-2"><a id="__codelineno-6-2" name="__codelineno-6-2" href="#__codelineno-6-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:classifier</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">classifier_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-6-3"><a id="__codelineno-6-3" name="__codelineno-6-3" href="#__codelineno-6-3"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:billing</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">billing_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-6-4"><a id="__codelineno-6-4" name="__codelineno-6-4" href="#__codelineno-6-4"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:technical</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">technical_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-6-5"><a id="__codelineno-6-5" name="__codelineno-6-5" href="#__codelineno-6-5"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:general</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">general_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-6-6"><a id="__codelineno-6-6" name="__codelineno-6-6" href="#__codelineno-6-6"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="per-task-configuration">Per-Task Configuration<a class="headerlink" href="#per-task-configuration" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<p>Tasks can have individual context and configuration that is deep-merged with the network's run parameters:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-7-1"><a id="__codelineno-7-1" name="__codelineno-7-1" href="#__codelineno-7-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;support&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-7-2"><a id="__codelineno-7-2" name="__codelineno-7-2" href="#__codelineno-7-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:classifier</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">classifier_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-7-3"><a id="__codelineno-7-3" name="__codelineno-7-3" href="#__codelineno-7-3"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:billing</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">billing_robot</span><span class="p">,</span>
+</span><span id="__span-7-4"><a id="__codelineno-7-4" name="__codelineno-7-4" href="#__codelineno-7-4"></a><span class="w">       </span><span class="ss">context</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">department</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;billing&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">escalation_level</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
+</span><span id="__span-7-5"><a id="__codelineno-7-5" name="__codelineno-7-5" href="#__codelineno-7-5"></a><span class="w">       </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-7-6"><a id="__codelineno-7-6" name="__codelineno-7-6" href="#__codelineno-7-6"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:technical</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">technical_robot</span><span class="p">,</span>
+</span><span id="__span-7-7"><a id="__codelineno-7-7" name="__codelineno-7-7" href="#__codelineno-7-7"></a><span class="w">       </span><span class="ss">context</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">department</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;technical&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
+</span><span id="__span-7-8"><a id="__codelineno-7-8" name="__codelineno-7-8" href="#__codelineno-7-8"></a><span class="w">       </span><span class="ss">tools</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="no">DebugTool</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">LogTool</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="p">,</span>
+</span><span id="__span-7-9"><a id="__codelineno-7-9" name="__codelineno-7-9" href="#__codelineno-7-9"></a><span class="w">       </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-7-10"><a id="__codelineno-7-10" name="__codelineno-7-10" href="#__codelineno-7-10"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="task-options">Task Options<a class="headerlink" href="#task-options" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<table>
+<thead>
+<tr>
+<th>Option</th>
+<th>Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td><code>context</code></td>
+<td>Hash merged with run params (task values override)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><code>mcp</code></td>
+<td>MCP servers for this task (<code>:none</code>, <code>:inherit</code>, or array)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><code>tools</code></td>
+<td>Tools available to this task (<code>:none</code>, <code>:inherit</code>, or array)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><code>memory</code></td>
+<td>Task-specific memory</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><code>config</code></td>
+<td>Per-task <code>RunConfig</code> (merged on top of network's config)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><code>depends_on</code></td>
+<td><code>:none</code>, <code>[:task1]</code>, or <code>:optional</code></td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<h2 id="conditional-routing">Conditional Routing<a class="headerlink" href="#conditional-routing" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<p>Use optional tasks with custom Robot subclasses for intelligent routing:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-8-1"><a id="__codelineno-8-1" name="__codelineno-8-1" href="#__codelineno-8-1"></a><span class="k">class</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">ClassifierRobot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="no">Robot</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-2"><a id="__codelineno-8-2" name="__codelineno-8-2" href="#__codelineno-8-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">call</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-3"><a id="__codelineno-8-3" name="__codelineno-8-3" href="#__codelineno-8-3"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">context</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">extract_run_context</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-4"><a id="__codelineno-8-4" name="__codelineno-8-4" href="#__codelineno-8-4"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">message</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">context</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">delete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">:message</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-5"><a id="__codelineno-8-5" name="__codelineno-8-5" href="#__codelineno-8-5"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">context</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-6"><a id="__codelineno-8-6" name="__codelineno-8-6" href="#__codelineno-8-6"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-8-7"><a id="__codelineno-8-7" name="__codelineno-8-7" href="#__codelineno-8-7"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">new_result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">result</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-8"><a id="__codelineno-8-8" name="__codelineno-8-8" href="#__codelineno-8-8"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">with_context</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="vi">@name</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_sym</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-9"><a id="__codelineno-8-9" name="__codelineno-8-9" href="#__codelineno-8-9"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">continue</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-10"><a id="__codelineno-8-10" name="__codelineno-8-10" href="#__codelineno-8-10"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-8-11"><a id="__codelineno-8-11" name="__codelineno-8-11" href="#__codelineno-8-11"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="c1"># Activate appropriate specialist based on classification</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-12"><a id="__codelineno-8-12" name="__codelineno-8-12" href="#__codelineno-8-12"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">category</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">last_text_content</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">strip</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">downcase</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-13"><a id="__codelineno-8-13" name="__codelineno-8-13" href="#__codelineno-8-13"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-8-14"><a id="__codelineno-8-14" name="__codelineno-8-14" href="#__codelineno-8-14"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="k">case</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">category</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-15"><a id="__codelineno-8-15" name="__codelineno-8-15" href="#__codelineno-8-15"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="k">when</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sr">/billing/</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">then</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">new_result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">activate</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">:billing</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-16"><a id="__codelineno-8-16" name="__codelineno-8-16" href="#__codelineno-8-16"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="k">when</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sr">/technical/</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">then</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">new_result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">activate</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">:technical</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-17"><a id="__codelineno-8-17" name="__codelineno-8-17" href="#__codelineno-8-17"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="k">else</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">new_result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">activate</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">:general</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-18"><a id="__codelineno-8-18" name="__codelineno-8-18" href="#__codelineno-8-18"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-19"><a id="__codelineno-8-19" name="__codelineno-8-19" href="#__codelineno-8-19"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-20"><a id="__codelineno-8-20" name="__codelineno-8-20" href="#__codelineno-8-20"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-21"><a id="__codelineno-8-21" name="__codelineno-8-21" href="#__codelineno-8-21"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-8-22"><a id="__codelineno-8-22" name="__codelineno-8-22" href="#__codelineno-8-22"></a><span class="n">classifier</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">ClassifierRobot</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-23"><a id="__codelineno-8-23" name="__codelineno-8-23" href="#__codelineno-8-23"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;classifier&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-24"><a id="__codelineno-8-24" name="__codelineno-8-24" href="#__codelineno-8-24"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="ss">system_prompt</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Classify as: billing, technical, or general. Respond with one word.&quot;</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-25"><a id="__codelineno-8-25" name="__codelineno-8-25" href="#__codelineno-8-25"></a><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-26"><a id="__codelineno-8-26" name="__codelineno-8-26" href="#__codelineno-8-26"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-8-27"><a id="__codelineno-8-27" name="__codelineno-8-27" href="#__codelineno-8-27"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;support&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-28"><a id="__codelineno-8-28" name="__codelineno-8-28" href="#__codelineno-8-28"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:classifier</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">classifier</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-29"><a id="__codelineno-8-29" name="__codelineno-8-29" href="#__codelineno-8-29"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:billing</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">billing_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-30"><a id="__codelineno-8-30" name="__codelineno-8-30" href="#__codelineno-8-30"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:technical</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">technical_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-31"><a id="__codelineno-8-31" name="__codelineno-8-31" href="#__codelineno-8-31"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:general</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">general_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-8-32"><a id="__codelineno-8-32" name="__codelineno-8-32" href="#__codelineno-8-32"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="running-networks">Running Networks<a class="headerlink" href="#running-networks" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<h3 id="basic-run">Basic Run<a class="headerlink" href="#basic-run" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-9-1"><a id="__codelineno-9-1" name="__codelineno-9-1" href="#__codelineno-9-1"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">message</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Help me with my order&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-9-2"><a id="__codelineno-9-2" name="__codelineno-9-2" href="#__codelineno-9-2"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-9-3"><a id="__codelineno-9-3" name="__codelineno-9-3" href="#__codelineno-9-3"></a><span class="c1"># Get the final response</span>
+</span><span id="__span-9-4"><a id="__codelineno-9-4" name="__codelineno-9-4" href="#__codelineno-9-4"></a><span class="nb">puts</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">last_text_content</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="with-additional-context">With Additional Context<a class="headerlink" href="#with-additional-context" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-10-1"><a id="__codelineno-10-1" name="__codelineno-10-1" href="#__codelineno-10-1"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span>
+</span><span id="__span-10-2"><a id="__codelineno-10-2" name="__codelineno-10-2" href="#__codelineno-10-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="ss">message</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Check my order status&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+</span><span id="__span-10-3"><a id="__codelineno-10-3" name="__codelineno-10-3" href="#__codelineno-10-3"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="ss">customer_id</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">123</span><span class="p">,</span>
+</span><span id="__span-10-4"><a id="__codelineno-10-4" name="__codelineno-10-4" href="#__codelineno-10-4"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="ss">order_id</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;ORD-456&quot;</span>
+</span><span id="__span-10-5"><a id="__codelineno-10-5" name="__codelineno-10-5" href="#__codelineno-10-5"></a><span class="p">)</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="accessing-task-results">Accessing Task Results<a class="headerlink" href="#accessing-task-results" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-11-1"><a id="__codelineno-11-1" name="__codelineno-11-1" href="#__codelineno-11-1"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">message</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Process this&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-11-2"><a id="__codelineno-11-2" name="__codelineno-11-2" href="#__codelineno-11-2"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-11-3"><a id="__codelineno-11-3" name="__codelineno-11-3" href="#__codelineno-11-3"></a><span class="c1"># Access individual robot results</span>
+</span><span id="__span-11-4"><a id="__codelineno-11-4" name="__codelineno-11-4" href="#__codelineno-11-4"></a><span class="n">classifier_result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">context</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:classifier</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-11-5"><a id="__codelineno-11-5" name="__codelineno-11-5" href="#__codelineno-11-5"></a><span class="n">billing_result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">context</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:billing</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-11-6"><a id="__codelineno-11-6" name="__codelineno-11-6" href="#__codelineno-11-6"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-11-7"><a id="__codelineno-11-7" name="__codelineno-11-7" href="#__codelineno-11-7"></a><span class="c1"># Original run parameters</span>
+</span><span id="__span-11-8"><a id="__codelineno-11-8" name="__codelineno-11-8" href="#__codelineno-11-8"></a><span class="n">original_params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">context</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:run_params</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="simpleflowresult">SimpleFlow::Result<a class="headerlink" href="#simpleflowresult" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<p>Networks return a <code>SimpleFlow::Result</code> object:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-12-1"><a id="__codelineno-12-1" name="__codelineno-12-1" href="#__codelineno-12-1"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">message</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Hello&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-12-2"><a id="__codelineno-12-2" name="__codelineno-12-2" href="#__codelineno-12-2"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-12-3"><a id="__codelineno-12-3" name="__codelineno-12-3" href="#__codelineno-12-3"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="w">      </span><span class="c1"># The final task&#39;s output (RobotResult)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-12-4"><a id="__codelineno-12-4" name="__codelineno-12-4" href="#__codelineno-12-4"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">context</span><span class="w">    </span><span class="c1"># Hash of all task results and metadata</span>
+</span><span id="__span-12-5"><a id="__codelineno-12-5" name="__codelineno-12-5" href="#__codelineno-12-5"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">halted?</span><span class="w">    </span><span class="c1"># Whether execution was halted early</span>
+</span><span id="__span-12-6"><a id="__codelineno-12-6" name="__codelineno-12-6" href="#__codelineno-12-6"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">continued?</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1"># Whether execution continued normally</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="broadcasting">Broadcasting<a class="headerlink" href="#broadcasting" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<p>Networks support a broadcast channel for network-wide announcements:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-13-1"><a id="__codelineno-13-1" name="__codelineno-13-1" href="#__codelineno-13-1"></a><span class="c1"># Register a broadcast handler</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-2"><a id="__codelineno-13-2" name="__codelineno-13-2" href="#__codelineno-13-2"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">on_broadcast</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="o">|</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-3"><a id="__codelineno-13-3" name="__codelineno-13-3" href="#__codelineno-13-3"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">case</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">message</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:payload</span><span class="o">][</span><span class="ss">:event</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-4"><a id="__codelineno-13-4" name="__codelineno-13-4" href="#__codelineno-13-4"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">when</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:pause</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-5"><a id="__codelineno-13-5" name="__codelineno-13-5" href="#__codelineno-13-5"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="nb">puts</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Pausing: </span><span class="si">#{</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:payload</span><span class="o">][</span><span class="ss">:reason</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-6"><a id="__codelineno-13-6" name="__codelineno-13-6" href="#__codelineno-13-6"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">when</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:phase_complete</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-7"><a id="__codelineno-13-7" name="__codelineno-13-7" href="#__codelineno-13-7"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="nb">puts</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Phase complete: </span><span class="si">#{</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:payload</span><span class="o">][</span><span class="ss">:phase</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-8"><a id="__codelineno-13-8" name="__codelineno-13-8" href="#__codelineno-13-8"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-9"><a id="__codelineno-13-9" name="__codelineno-13-9" href="#__codelineno-13-9"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-10"><a id="__codelineno-13-10" name="__codelineno-13-10" href="#__codelineno-13-10"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-13-11"><a id="__codelineno-13-11" name="__codelineno-13-11" href="#__codelineno-13-11"></a><span class="c1"># Send broadcasts during execution</span>
+</span><span id="__span-13-12"><a id="__codelineno-13-12" name="__codelineno-13-12" href="#__codelineno-13-12"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">broadcast</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">event</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:phase_complete</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">phase</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;analysis&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="patterns">Patterns<a class="headerlink" href="#patterns" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<h3 id="classifier-pattern">Classifier Pattern<a class="headerlink" href="#classifier-pattern" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Route to specialists based on classification:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-14-1"><a id="__codelineno-14-1" name="__codelineno-14-1" href="#__codelineno-14-1"></a><span class="k">class</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">SupportClassifier</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="no">Robot</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-2"><a id="__codelineno-14-2" name="__codelineno-14-2" href="#__codelineno-14-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">call</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-3"><a id="__codelineno-14-3" name="__codelineno-14-3" href="#__codelineno-14-3"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">context</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">extract_run_context</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-4"><a id="__codelineno-14-4" name="__codelineno-14-4" href="#__codelineno-14-4"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">message</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">context</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">delete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">:message</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-5"><a id="__codelineno-14-5" name="__codelineno-14-5" href="#__codelineno-14-5"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">context</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-6"><a id="__codelineno-14-6" name="__codelineno-14-6" href="#__codelineno-14-6"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-14-7"><a id="__codelineno-14-7" name="__codelineno-14-7" href="#__codelineno-14-7"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">new_result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">result</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-8"><a id="__codelineno-14-8" name="__codelineno-14-8" href="#__codelineno-14-8"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">with_context</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="vi">@name</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_sym</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-9"><a id="__codelineno-14-9" name="__codelineno-14-9" href="#__codelineno-14-9"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">continue</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-10"><a id="__codelineno-14-10" name="__codelineno-14-10" href="#__codelineno-14-10"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-14-11"><a id="__codelineno-14-11" name="__codelineno-14-11" href="#__codelineno-14-11"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">category</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">last_text_content</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">strip</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">downcase</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-12"><a id="__codelineno-14-12" name="__codelineno-14-12" href="#__codelineno-14-12"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">new_result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">activate</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">category</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_sym</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-13"><a id="__codelineno-14-13" name="__codelineno-14-13" href="#__codelineno-14-13"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-14"><a id="__codelineno-14-14" name="__codelineno-14-14" href="#__codelineno-14-14"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-15"><a id="__codelineno-14-15" name="__codelineno-14-15" href="#__codelineno-14-15"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-14-16"><a id="__codelineno-14-16" name="__codelineno-14-16" href="#__codelineno-14-16"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;support&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-17"><a id="__codelineno-14-17" name="__codelineno-14-17" href="#__codelineno-14-17"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:classifier</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">SupportClassifier</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;classifier&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">template</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:classifier</span><span class="p">),</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-18"><a id="__codelineno-14-18" name="__codelineno-14-18" href="#__codelineno-14-18"></a><span class="w">       </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-19"><a id="__codelineno-14-19" name="__codelineno-14-19" href="#__codelineno-14-19"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:billing</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">billing_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-20"><a id="__codelineno-14-20" name="__codelineno-14-20" href="#__codelineno-14-20"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:technical</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">technical_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-21"><a id="__codelineno-14-21" name="__codelineno-14-21" href="#__codelineno-14-21"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:general</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">general_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span><span id="__span-14-22"><a id="__codelineno-14-22" name="__codelineno-14-22" href="#__codelineno-14-22"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="pipeline-pattern">Pipeline Pattern<a class="headerlink" href="#pipeline-pattern" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Process through sequential stages:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-15-1"><a id="__codelineno-15-1" name="__codelineno-15-1" href="#__codelineno-15-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;document_processor&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-15-2"><a id="__codelineno-15-2" name="__codelineno-15-2" href="#__codelineno-15-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:extract</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">extractor</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-15-3"><a id="__codelineno-15-3" name="__codelineno-15-3" href="#__codelineno-15-3"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:analyze</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">analyzer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:extract</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-15-4"><a id="__codelineno-15-4" name="__codelineno-15-4" href="#__codelineno-15-4"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:format</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">formatter</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:analyze</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-15-5"><a id="__codelineno-15-5" name="__codelineno-15-5" href="#__codelineno-15-5"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="fan-outfan-in-pattern">Fan-Out/Fan-In Pattern<a class="headerlink" href="#fan-outfan-in-pattern" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Parallel processing with aggregation:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-16-1"><a id="__codelineno-16-1" name="__codelineno-16-1" href="#__codelineno-16-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;multi_analysis&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-16-2"><a id="__codelineno-16-2" name="__codelineno-16-2" href="#__codelineno-16-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:prepare</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">preparer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-16-3"><a id="__codelineno-16-3" name="__codelineno-16-3" href="#__codelineno-16-3"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-16-4"><a id="__codelineno-16-4" name="__codelineno-16-4" href="#__codelineno-16-4"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="c1"># Fan-out: parallel analysis</span>
+</span><span id="__span-16-5"><a id="__codelineno-16-5" name="__codelineno-16-5" href="#__codelineno-16-5"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:sentiment</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sentiment_analyzer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:prepare</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-16-6"><a id="__codelineno-16-6" name="__codelineno-16-6" href="#__codelineno-16-6"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:topics</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">topic_extractor</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:prepare</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-16-7"><a id="__codelineno-16-7" name="__codelineno-16-7" href="#__codelineno-16-7"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:entities</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">entity_recognizer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:prepare</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-16-8"><a id="__codelineno-16-8" name="__codelineno-16-8" href="#__codelineno-16-8"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-16-9"><a id="__codelineno-16-9" name="__codelineno-16-9" href="#__codelineno-16-9"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="c1"># Fan-in: aggregate results</span>
+</span><span id="__span-16-10"><a id="__codelineno-16-10" name="__codelineno-16-10" href="#__codelineno-16-10"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:aggregate</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">aggregator</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:sentiment</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:topics</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:entities</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-16-11"><a id="__codelineno-16-11" name="__codelineno-16-11" href="#__codelineno-16-11"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="conditional-continuation">Conditional Continuation<a class="headerlink" href="#conditional-continuation" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>A robot can halt execution early:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-17-1"><a id="__codelineno-17-1" name="__codelineno-17-1" href="#__codelineno-17-1"></a><span class="k">class</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">ValidatorRobot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="no">Robot</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-2"><a id="__codelineno-17-2" name="__codelineno-17-2" href="#__codelineno-17-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">call</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-3"><a id="__codelineno-17-3" name="__codelineno-17-3" href="#__codelineno-17-3"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">context</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">extract_run_context</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-4"><a id="__codelineno-17-4" name="__codelineno-17-4" href="#__codelineno-17-4"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">message</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">context</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">delete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">:message</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-5"><a id="__codelineno-17-5" name="__codelineno-17-5" href="#__codelineno-17-5"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">context</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-6"><a id="__codelineno-17-6" name="__codelineno-17-6" href="#__codelineno-17-6"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-17-7"><a id="__codelineno-17-7" name="__codelineno-17-7" href="#__codelineno-17-7"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">last_text_content</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">include?</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;INVALID&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-8"><a id="__codelineno-17-8" name="__codelineno-17-8" href="#__codelineno-17-8"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="c1"># Stop the pipeline</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-9"><a id="__codelineno-17-9" name="__codelineno-17-9" href="#__codelineno-17-9"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">halt</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-10"><a id="__codelineno-17-10" name="__codelineno-17-10" href="#__codelineno-17-10"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="k">else</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-11"><a id="__codelineno-17-11" name="__codelineno-17-11" href="#__codelineno-17-11"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="c1"># Continue to next task</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-12"><a id="__codelineno-17-12" name="__codelineno-17-12" href="#__codelineno-17-12"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="n">result</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-13"><a id="__codelineno-17-13" name="__codelineno-17-13" href="#__codelineno-17-13"></a><span class="w">        </span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">with_context</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="vi">@name</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_sym</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-14"><a id="__codelineno-17-14" name="__codelineno-17-14" href="#__codelineno-17-14"></a><span class="w">        </span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">continue</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-15"><a id="__codelineno-17-15" name="__codelineno-17-15" href="#__codelineno-17-15"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-16"><a id="__codelineno-17-16" name="__codelineno-17-16" href="#__codelineno-17-16"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-17-17"><a id="__codelineno-17-17" name="__codelineno-17-17" href="#__codelineno-17-17"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="data-passing-between-tasks">Data Passing Between Tasks<a class="headerlink" href="#data-passing-between-tasks" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Access previous task results via context:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-18-1"><a id="__codelineno-18-1" name="__codelineno-18-1" href="#__codelineno-18-1"></a><span class="k">class</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">ResponderRobot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="no">Robot</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-2"><a id="__codelineno-18-2" name="__codelineno-18-2" href="#__codelineno-18-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">call</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-3"><a id="__codelineno-18-3" name="__codelineno-18-3" href="#__codelineno-18-3"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="c1"># Get classifier&#39;s output</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-4"><a id="__codelineno-18-4" name="__codelineno-18-4" href="#__codelineno-18-4"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">classification</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">context</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:classifier</span><span class="o">]&amp;.</span><span class="n">last_text_content</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-5"><a id="__codelineno-18-5" name="__codelineno-18-5" href="#__codelineno-18-5"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-18-6"><a id="__codelineno-18-6" name="__codelineno-18-6" href="#__codelineno-18-6"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">context</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">extract_run_context</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-7"><a id="__codelineno-18-7" name="__codelineno-18-7" href="#__codelineno-18-7"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">message</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">context</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">delete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">:message</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-8"><a id="__codelineno-18-8" name="__codelineno-18-8" href="#__codelineno-18-8"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-18-9"><a id="__codelineno-18-9" name="__codelineno-18-9" href="#__codelineno-18-9"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="c1"># Use classification in the message or context</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-10"><a id="__codelineno-18-10" name="__codelineno-18-10" href="#__codelineno-18-10"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-11"><a id="__codelineno-18-11" name="__codelineno-18-11" href="#__codelineno-18-11"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="s2">&quot;Classification: </span><span class="si">#{</span><span class="n">classification</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="se">\n\n</span><span class="s2">User message: </span><span class="si">#{</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-12"><a id="__codelineno-18-12" name="__codelineno-18-12" href="#__codelineno-18-12"></a><span class="w">      </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">context</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-13"><a id="__codelineno-18-13" name="__codelineno-18-13" href="#__codelineno-18-13"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-14"><a id="__codelineno-18-14" name="__codelineno-18-14" href="#__codelineno-18-14"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-18-15"><a id="__codelineno-18-15" name="__codelineno-18-15" href="#__codelineno-18-15"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">with_context</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="vi">@name</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_sym</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">continue</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">robot_result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-16"><a id="__codelineno-18-16" name="__codelineno-18-16" href="#__codelineno-18-16"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-18-17"><a id="__codelineno-18-17" name="__codelineno-18-17" href="#__codelineno-18-17"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="visualization">Visualization<a class="headerlink" href="#visualization" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<h3 id="ascii-visualization">ASCII Visualization<a class="headerlink" href="#ascii-visualization" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-19-1"><a id="__codelineno-19-1" name="__codelineno-19-1" href="#__codelineno-19-1"></a><span class="nb">puts</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">visualize</span>
+</span><span id="__span-19-2"><a id="__codelineno-19-2" name="__codelineno-19-2" href="#__codelineno-19-2"></a><span class="c1"># =&gt; ASCII representation of the pipeline</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="mermaid-diagram">Mermaid Diagram<a class="headerlink" href="#mermaid-diagram" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-20-1"><a id="__codelineno-20-1" name="__codelineno-20-1" href="#__codelineno-20-1"></a><span class="nb">puts</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_mermaid</span>
+</span><span id="__span-20-2"><a id="__codelineno-20-2" name="__codelineno-20-2" href="#__codelineno-20-2"></a><span class="c1"># =&gt; Mermaid graph definition</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="dot-format-graphviz">DOT Format (Graphviz)<a class="headerlink" href="#dot-format-graphviz" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-21-1"><a id="__codelineno-21-1" name="__codelineno-21-1" href="#__codelineno-21-1"></a><span class="nb">puts</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_dot</span>
+</span><span id="__span-21-2"><a id="__codelineno-21-2" name="__codelineno-21-2" href="#__codelineno-21-2"></a><span class="c1"># =&gt; Graphviz DOT format</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="execution-plan">Execution Plan<a class="headerlink" href="#execution-plan" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-22-1"><a id="__codelineno-22-1" name="__codelineno-22-1" href="#__codelineno-22-1"></a><span class="nb">puts</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">execution_plan</span>
+</span><span id="__span-22-2"><a id="__codelineno-22-2" name="__codelineno-22-2" href="#__codelineno-22-2"></a><span class="c1"># =&gt; Description of execution order</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="network-introspection">Network Introspection<a class="headerlink" href="#network-introspection" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-23-1"><a id="__codelineno-23-1" name="__codelineno-23-1" href="#__codelineno-23-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="w">              </span><span class="c1"># =&gt; &quot;support&quot;</span>
+</span><span id="__span-23-2"><a id="__codelineno-23-2" name="__codelineno-23-2" href="#__codelineno-23-2"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">robots</span><span class="w">            </span><span class="c1"># =&gt; Hash of name =&gt; Robot</span>
+</span><span id="__span-23-3"><a id="__codelineno-23-3" name="__codelineno-23-3" href="#__codelineno-23-3"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">robot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">:billing</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w">   </span><span class="c1"># =&gt; Robot instance</span>
+</span><span id="__span-23-4"><a id="__codelineno-23-4" name="__codelineno-23-4" href="#__codelineno-23-4"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;billing&quot;</span><span class="o">]</span><span class="w">        </span><span class="c1"># =&gt; Robot instance (alias)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-23-5"><a id="__codelineno-23-5" name="__codelineno-23-5" href="#__codelineno-23-5"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">available_robots</span><span class="w">  </span><span class="c1"># =&gt; Array of Robot instances</span>
+</span><span id="__span-23-6"><a id="__codelineno-23-6" name="__codelineno-23-6" href="#__codelineno-23-6"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">memory</span><span class="w">            </span><span class="c1"># =&gt; Memory instance (shared)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-23-7"><a id="__codelineno-23-7" name="__codelineno-23-7" href="#__codelineno-23-7"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_h</span><span class="w">              </span><span class="c1"># =&gt; Hash representation</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h2 id="configuration-inheritance">Configuration Inheritance<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration-inheritance" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<p>Networks accept a <code>config:</code> parameter that establishes default LLM settings for all member robots. This is useful when you want consistent behavior across a pipeline without configuring each robot individually.</p>
+<h3 id="network-wide-defaults">Network-Wide Defaults<a class="headerlink" href="#network-wide-defaults" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-24-1"><a id="__codelineno-24-1" name="__codelineno-24-1" href="#__codelineno-24-1"></a><span class="c1"># All robots in this network use the same model and temperature</span>
+</span><span id="__span-24-2"><a id="__codelineno-24-2" name="__codelineno-24-2" href="#__codelineno-24-2"></a><span class="n">shared</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="no">RunConfig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">model</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;claude-sonnet-4&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">temperature</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-24-3"><a id="__codelineno-24-3" name="__codelineno-24-3" href="#__codelineno-24-3"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-24-4"><a id="__codelineno-24-4" name="__codelineno-24-4" href="#__codelineno-24-4"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;pipeline&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">config</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">shared</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-24-5"><a id="__codelineno-24-5" name="__codelineno-24-5" href="#__codelineno-24-5"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:analyzer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">analyzer_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-24-6"><a id="__codelineno-24-6" name="__codelineno-24-6" href="#__codelineno-24-6"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:writer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">writer_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:analyzer</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-24-7"><a id="__codelineno-24-7" name="__codelineno-24-7" href="#__codelineno-24-7"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:reviewer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">reviewer_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:writer</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-24-8"><a id="__codelineno-24-8" name="__codelineno-24-8" href="#__codelineno-24-8"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="per-task-overrides">Per-Task Overrides<a class="headerlink" href="#per-task-overrides" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Individual tasks can override the network's config with their own <code>config:</code>:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-25-1"><a id="__codelineno-25-1" name="__codelineno-25-1" href="#__codelineno-25-1"></a><span class="n">creative_config</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="no">RunConfig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">temperature</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mi">9</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-25-2"><a id="__codelineno-25-2" name="__codelineno-25-2" href="#__codelineno-25-2"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-25-3"><a id="__codelineno-25-3" name="__codelineno-25-3" href="#__codelineno-25-3"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">RobotLab</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_network</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;pipeline&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">config</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">shared</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">do</span>
+</span><span id="__span-25-4"><a id="__codelineno-25-4" name="__codelineno-25-4" href="#__codelineno-25-4"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:analyzer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">analyzer_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-25-5"><a id="__codelineno-25-5" name="__codelineno-25-5" href="#__codelineno-25-5"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:writer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">writer_robot</span><span class="p">,</span>
+</span><span id="__span-25-6"><a id="__codelineno-25-6" name="__codelineno-25-6" href="#__codelineno-25-6"></a><span class="w">       </span><span class="ss">config</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">creative_config</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">  </span><span class="c1"># writer gets higher temperature</span>
+</span><span id="__span-25-7"><a id="__codelineno-25-7" name="__codelineno-25-7" href="#__codelineno-25-7"></a><span class="w">       </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:analyzer</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-25-8"><a id="__codelineno-25-8" name="__codelineno-25-8" href="#__codelineno-25-8"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:reviewer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">reviewer_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:writer</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-25-9"><a id="__codelineno-25-9" name="__codelineno-25-9" href="#__codelineno-25-9"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="inheritance-chain">Inheritance Chain<a class="headerlink" href="#inheritance-chain" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>The full configuration hierarchy (most-specific wins):</p>
+<div class="language-text highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-26-1"><a id="__codelineno-26-1" name="__codelineno-26-1" href="#__codelineno-26-1"></a>RobotLab.config (global)
+</span><span id="__span-26-2"><a id="__codelineno-26-2" name="__codelineno-26-2" href="#__codelineno-26-2"></a>  -&gt; Network config
+</span><span id="__span-26-3"><a id="__codelineno-26-3" name="__codelineno-26-3" href="#__codelineno-26-3"></a>    -&gt; Task config
+</span><span id="__span-26-4"><a id="__codelineno-26-4" name="__codelineno-26-4" href="#__codelineno-26-4"></a>      -&gt; Robot config (from constructor)
+</span><span id="__span-26-5"><a id="__codelineno-26-5" name="__codelineno-26-5" href="#__codelineno-26-5"></a>        -&gt; Template front matter
+</span><span id="__span-26-6"><a id="__codelineno-26-6" name="__codelineno-26-6" href="#__codelineno-26-6"></a>          -&gt; Constructor kwargs (model:, temperature:, etc.)
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>Each layer only overrides values it explicitly sets. Unset values pass through from the parent.</p>
+<h2 id="best-practices">Best Practices<a class="headerlink" href="#best-practices" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
+<h3 id="1-keep-robots-focused">1. Keep Robots Focused<a class="headerlink" href="#1-keep-robots-focused" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Each robot should have a single responsibility:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-27-1"><a id="__codelineno-27-1" name="__codelineno-27-1" href="#__codelineno-27-1"></a><span class="c1"># Good: focused robots</span>
+</span><span id="__span-27-2"><a id="__codelineno-27-2" name="__codelineno-27-2" href="#__codelineno-27-2"></a><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:classify</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">classifier</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span><span id="__span-27-3"><a id="__codelineno-27-3" name="__codelineno-27-3" href="#__codelineno-27-3"></a><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:respond</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">responder</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:classify</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-27-4"><a id="__codelineno-27-4" name="__codelineno-27-4" href="#__codelineno-27-4"></a>
+</span><span id="__span-27-5"><a id="__codelineno-27-5" name="__codelineno-27-5" href="#__codelineno-27-5"></a><span class="c1"># Bad: one robot doing everything</span>
+</span><span id="__span-27-6"><a id="__codelineno-27-6" name="__codelineno-27-6" href="#__codelineno-27-6"></a><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:do_everything</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">mega_robot</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:none</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="2-use-per-task-context">2. Use Per-Task Context<a class="headerlink" href="#2-use-per-task-context" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Pass task-specific configuration through context:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-28-1"><a id="__codelineno-28-1" name="__codelineno-28-1" href="#__codelineno-28-1"></a><span class="n">task</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:billing</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">billing_robot</span><span class="p">,</span>
+</span><span id="__span-28-2"><a id="__codelineno-28-2" name="__codelineno-28-2" href="#__codelineno-28-2"></a><span class="w">     </span><span class="ss">context</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">department</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;billing&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">max_refund</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">500</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
+</span><span id="__span-28-3"><a id="__codelineno-28-3" name="__codelineno-28-3" href="#__codelineno-28-3"></a><span class="w">     </span><span class="ss">depends_on</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">:optional</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="3-handle-missing-results">3. Handle Missing Results<a class="headerlink" href="#3-handle-missing-results" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>Guard against missing optional task results:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-29-1"><a id="__codelineno-29-1" name="__codelineno-29-1" href="#__codelineno-29-1"></a><span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">call</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span><span id="__span-29-2"><a id="__codelineno-29-2" name="__codelineno-29-2" href="#__codelineno-29-2"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="c1"># Check if optional task ran</span>
+</span><span id="__span-29-3"><a id="__codelineno-29-3" name="__codelineno-29-3" href="#__codelineno-29-3"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">context</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="ss">:validator</span><span class="o">]</span>
+</span><span id="__span-29-4"><a id="__codelineno-29-4" name="__codelineno-29-4" href="#__codelineno-29-4"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="c1"># Use validator result</span>
+</span><span id="__span-29-5"><a id="__codelineno-29-5" name="__codelineno-29-5" href="#__codelineno-29-5"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">else</span>
+</span><span id="__span-29-6"><a id="__codelineno-29-6" name="__codelineno-29-6" href="#__codelineno-29-6"></a><span class="w">    </span><span class="c1"># Handle missing validation</span>
+</span><span id="__span-29-7"><a id="__codelineno-29-7" name="__codelineno-29-7" href="#__codelineno-29-7"></a><span class="w">  </span><span class="k">end</span>
+</span><span id="__span-29-8"><a id="__codelineno-29-8" name="__codelineno-29-8" href="#__codelineno-29-8"></a><span class="k">end</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="4-reset-memory-between-runs">4. Reset Memory Between Runs<a class="headerlink" href="#4-reset-memory-between-runs" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
+<p>If reusing a network, reset shared memory between runs:</p>
+<div class="language-ruby highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-30-1"><a id="__codelineno-30-1" name="__codelineno-30-1" href="#__codelineno-30-1"></a><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reset_memory</span>
+</span><span id="__span-30-2"><a id="__codelineno-30-2" name="__codelineno-30-2" href="#__codelineno-30-2"></a><span class="n">result</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">network</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">message</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;New request&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</span></code></pre></div>
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