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-# Creating Networks
-
-Networks orchestrate multiple robots using [SimpleFlow](https://github.com/MadBomber/simple_flow) pipelines with DAG-based execution and optional task activation.
-
-## Basic Network
-
-Create a network with a sequential pipeline:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "pipeline") do
-  task :analyzer, analyzer_robot, depends_on: :none
-  task :writer, writer_robot, depends_on: [:analyzer]
-  task :reviewer, reviewer_robot, depends_on: [:writer]
-end
-
-result = network.run(message: "Analyze this document")
-```
-
-## Network Properties
-
-### Name
-
-Identifies the network for logging and debugging:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "customer_service") do
-  # ...
-end
-```
-
-### Concurrency
-
-Control parallel execution mode:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "parallel", concurrency: :threads) do
-  # :auto (default), :threads, or :async
-end
-```
-
-### Shared Memory
-
-Networks provide a shared memory accessible to all robots:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "pipeline") do
-  task :first, robot1, depends_on: :none
-end
-
-# Pre-populate shared memory
-network.memory[:project] = "Q4 Report"
-network.memory[:user_id] = 123
-```
-
-## Adding Tasks
-
-### Sequential Tasks
-
-Each task depends on the previous:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "pipeline") do
-  task :first, robot1, depends_on: :none
-  task :second, robot2, depends_on: [:first]
-  task :third, robot3, depends_on: [:second]
-end
-```
-
-### Parallel Tasks
-
-Tasks with the same dependencies run in parallel:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "parallel_analysis") do
-  task :fetch, fetcher, depends_on: :none
-
-  # These run in parallel after :fetch
-  task :sentiment, sentiment_bot, depends_on: [:fetch]
-  task :entities, entity_bot, depends_on: [:fetch]
-  task :keywords, keyword_bot, depends_on: [:fetch]
-
-  # This waits for all three to complete
-  task :merge, merger, depends_on: [:sentiment, :entities, :keywords]
-end
-```
-
-This shared-`depends_on` form is the supported way to fan out.
-
-### The `parallel` Block
-
-`Network#parallel(name = nil, depends_on: :none, &block)` forwards to the underlying SimpleFlow pipeline's parallel group.
-
-> [!WARNING]
-> **`parallel` cannot currently register robot tasks.** Its block is
-> `instance_eval`'d by `SimpleFlow::Pipeline::ParallelBlock`, which defines
-> `step`, not `task` — writing `task :a, robot` inside raises
-> `NoMethodError: undefined method 'task' for an instance of
-> SimpleFlow::Pipeline::ParallelBlock`. And `step` bypasses `Network#task`, so
-> the robot is never added to `network.robots`, never wired to the bus poller,
-> and never wrapped in a `Task`. Use the shared-`depends_on` form above instead;
-> it produces the same parallel execution through the supported path.
-
-### Concurrency Cap
-
-When a network fans out to many parallel robots, each makes a simultaneous LLM API call. With no limit this can exhaust API rate-limit quotas or database connection pools under load. Set `max_concurrent_robots:` on a `RunConfig` to cap how many robot tasks run at once — the rest queue behind an `Async::Semaphore` and start as slots open:
-
-```ruby
-config = RobotLab::RunConfig.new(max_concurrent_robots: 4)
-
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "launch_assessment", config: config) do
-  # All six declared parallel, but at most 4 LLM calls in-flight simultaneously
-  task :market,     market_robot,     depends_on: :none
-  task :competitive, comp_robot,      depends_on: :none
-  task :tech,       tech_robot,       depends_on: :none
-  task :risk,       risk_robot,       depends_on: :none
-  task :financial,  financial_robot,  depends_on: :none  # queues until a slot opens
-  task :legal,      legal_robot,      depends_on: :none  # queues until a slot opens
-
-  task :director, director_robot, depends_on: [:market, :competitive, :tech,
-                                               :risk, :financial, :legal]
-end
-```
-
-`nil` (the default) means unlimited — identical to pre-existing behavior. For Rails deployments, size the cap to match your database connection pool and API rate tier. See [examples/31_launch_assessment.rb](https://github.com/MadBomber/robot_lab/blob/main/examples/31_launch_assessment.rb) for a working demo.
-
-> [!WARNING]
-> The cap is enforced by an `Async::Semaphore`, so it only applies on the **async
-> execution path** — `concurrency: :async`, or `concurrency: :auto` when the
-> `async` gem is available (both the default). With
-> `concurrency: :threads` the value is accepted but **ignored**: every parallel
-> task starts immediately. Do not rely on `max_concurrent_robots:` for rate
-> limiting in a thread-mode network.
-
-### Optional Tasks
-
-Optional tasks only run when explicitly activated by a preceding robot:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "router") do
-  task :classifier, classifier_robot, depends_on: :none
-  task :billing, billing_robot, depends_on: :optional
-  task :technical, technical_robot, depends_on: :optional
-  task :general, general_robot, depends_on: :optional
-end
-```
-
-## Per-Task Configuration
-
-Tasks can have individual context and configuration that is deep-merged with the network's run parameters:
-
-```ruby
-# technical_robot was built with local_tools: [DebugTool, LogTool, TraceTool] —
-# attached as classes, so the task's allowlist names them as classes too.
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "support") do
-  task :classifier, classifier_robot, depends_on: :none
-  task :billing, billing_robot,
-       context: { department: "billing", escalation_level: 2 },
-       depends_on: :optional
-  task :technical, technical_robot,
-       context: { department: "technical" },
-       tools: [DebugTool, LogTool],
-       depends_on: :optional
-end
-```
-
-### Task Options
-
-| Option | Description |
-|--------|-------------|
-| `context` | Hash merged with run params (task values override) |
-| `mcp` | MCP servers for this task (`:none`, `:inherit`, or array) |
-| `tools` | Tools available to this task (`:none`, `:inherit`, or array) |
-| `memory` | Task-specific memory |
-| `config` | Per-task `RunConfig` (merged on top of network's config) |
-| `depends_on` | `:none`, `[:task1]`, or `:optional` |
-| `poller_group` | Bus delivery group label (`:default`, `:slow`, etc.) |
-
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> `tools:` and `mcp:` both default to `:none`, and `:none` means "send zero tools
-> this turn" — not "fall back to whatever the robot was built with". A task that
-> omits `tools:` runs its robot with **no tools at all**, even if the robot was
-> constructed with `local_tools:`. Write `tools: :inherit` on the task to send the
-> robot's attached tools.
->
-> One exception: a non-`:none` `tools:`/`mcp:` set by an **earlier** task carries
-> forward through the shared run params to later tasks — see
-> [Network-Wide Tool and MCP Defaults](#network-wide-tool-and-mcp-defaults).
->
-> An explicit array is an **allowlist over the tools the robot already has** —
-> it selects, it does not add. `tools: [DebugTool, LogTool]` on a robot built
-> without those tools resolves to an empty set. Attach the tools with
-> `local_tools:` at build time and use the task's `tools:` to narrow.
->
-> **Entries must match how the tool was attached.** The filter compares each
-> entry against `tool.name`, and `Class#name` is not `RubyLLM::Tool#name`. A tool
-> attached as a **class** (`local_tools: [DebugTool]`) is named `"DebugTool"`; the
-> same tool attached as an **instance** (`local_tools: [DebugTool.new]`) is named
-> `"debug"`. Verified:
->
-> | attached as | allowlist entry | result |
-> |---|---|---|
-> | class | `[DebugTool]` | matches |
-> | class | `%w[debug]` | no match |
-> | instance | `%w[debug]` | matches |
-> | instance | `[DebugTool]` | no match |
->
-> Mixing the two forms is the usual cause of a task that silently ends up with
-> zero tools. `tools: :inherit` sidesteps the question entirely — it sends every
-> attached tool without filtering.
->
-> MCP needs both values: `mcp: :inherit` triggers the connection, and
-> `tools: :inherit` is additionally required for the MCP tools to reach the model.
-
-## Conditional Routing
-
-Use optional tasks with custom Robot subclasses for intelligent routing:
-
-```ruby
-class ClassifierRobot < RobotLab::Robot
-  def call(result)
-    context = extract_run_context(result)
-    message = context.delete(:message)
-    robot_result = run(message, **context)
-
-    new_result = result
-      .with_context(@name.to_sym, robot_result)
-      .continue(robot_result)
-
-    # Activate appropriate specialist based on classification
-    category = robot_result.last_text_content.to_s.strip.downcase
-
-    case category
-    when /billing/ then new_result.activate(:billing)
-    when /technical/ then new_result.activate(:technical)
-    else new_result.activate(:general)
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-classifier = ClassifierRobot.new(
-  name: "classifier",
-  system_prompt: "Classify as: billing, technical, or general. Respond with one word."
-)
-
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "support") do
-  task :classifier, classifier, depends_on: :none
-  task :billing, billing_robot, depends_on: :optional
-  task :technical, technical_robot, depends_on: :optional
-  task :general, general_robot, depends_on: :optional
-end
-```
-
-## Poller Groups
-
-Each network maintains a shared `BusPoller` that serializes TypedBus deliveries on a per-robot basis: if a robot is already processing a message, new deliveries are queued and drained after the current one completes. This prevents re-entrancy without blocking other robots.
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> Despite the name, `BusPoller` runs **no background thread**. `start` and `stop`
-> are no-ops, `running?` is hard-coded `true`, and `enqueue` processes and drains
-> inline in the caller's own execution context (Async fiber or OS thread). All it
-> owns is a mutex plus a per-robot queue. Don't expect deliveries to make
-> progress on their own while the calling fiber is parked.
-
-Named **poller groups** let you label tasks so slow robots are identifiable in logs and monitoring without needing separate infrastructure:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "mixed_speed") do
-  # Fast robots on the default group
-  task :fetcher,   fetcher_robot,   depends_on: :none
-  task :summarize, summarizer,      depends_on: [:fetcher]
-
-  # Slow robots with expensive LLM calls — label them :slow
-  task :analyst,   analyst_robot,   depends_on: [:fetcher],  poller_group: :slow
-  task :writer,    writer_robot,    depends_on: [:analyst],  poller_group: :slow
-end
-```
-
-Group labels are informational — there is no separate queue per group. In Async execution, robots naturally yield during LLM HTTP calls, so fast and slow robots interleave without explicit isolation.
-
-## Running Networks
-
-### Basic Run
-
-```ruby
-result = network.run(message: "Help me with my order")
-
-# Get the final response
-puts result.value.last_text_content
-```
-
-### With Additional Context
-
-```ruby
-result = network.run(
-  message: "Check my order status",
-  customer_id: 123,
-  order_id: "ORD-456"
-)
-```
-
-### Accessing Task Results
-
-```ruby
-result = network.run(message: "Process this")
-
-# Access individual robot results — keyed by the ROBOT's name
-classifier_result = result.context[:classifier]
-billing_result = result.context[:billing]
-
-# Original run parameters
-original_params = result.context[:run_params]
-```
-
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> `result.context` is keyed by the **robot's `name:`**, not by the task label.
-> The default `Robot#call` writes `result.with_context(@name.to_sym, robot_result)`.
-> The lookups above only work because each task label matches its robot's name —
-> `task :classifier, RobotLab.build(name: "classifier", ...)`. If they differ, you
-> must index by the robot name. Keeping the two identical is the simplest way to
-> avoid the mismatch. (`network.robots`, by contrast, *is* keyed by task name.)
-
-## SimpleFlow::Result
-
-Networks return a `SimpleFlow::Result` object:
-
-```ruby
-result = network.run(message: "Hello")
-
-result.value            # The final task's output (RobotResult)
-result.context          # Hash of all robot results and metadata
-result.continue?        # true while execution is proceeding; false once a robot called halt
-result.activated_steps  # Symbols of the :optional tasks that were activated
-result.errors           # Accumulated errors
-```
-
-The full public API is exactly `activate`, `activated_steps`, `context`, `continue`, `continue?`, `errors`, `halt`, `value`, `with_context`, `with_error`.
-
-> [!WARNING]
-> `result.halted?` and `result.continued?` **do not exist** — calling either
-> raises `NoMethodError`. There is a single predicate, `continue?`; a halted
-> result is simply `continue? == false`.
->
-> `result.with_value` is **private** (`public_method_defined?(:with_value)` is
-> `false`), so calling it from a robot raises `NoMethodError` too. Use
-> `continue(new_value)` to carry a new value forward.
-
-## Broadcasting
-
-Networks support a broadcast channel for network-wide announcements:
-
-```ruby
-# Register a broadcast handler
-network.on_broadcast do |message|
-  case message[:payload][:event]
-  when :pause
-    puts "Pausing: #{message[:payload][:reason]}"
-  when :phase_complete
-    puts "Phase complete: #{message[:payload][:phase]}"
-  end
-end
-
-# Send broadcasts during execution
-network.broadcast(event: :phase_complete, phase: "analysis")
-```
-
-## Patterns
-
-### Classifier Pattern
-
-Route to specialists based on classification:
-
-```ruby
-class SupportClassifier < RobotLab::Robot
-  def call(result)
-    context = extract_run_context(result)
-    message = context.delete(:message)
-    robot_result = run(message, **context)
-
-    new_result = result
-      .with_context(@name.to_sym, robot_result)
-      .continue(robot_result)
-
-    category = robot_result.last_text_content.to_s.strip.downcase
-    new_result.activate(category.to_sym)
-  end
-end
-
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "support") do
-  task :classifier, SupportClassifier.new(name: "classifier", template: :classifier),
-       depends_on: :none
-  task :billing, billing_robot, depends_on: :optional
-  task :technical, technical_robot, depends_on: :optional
-  task :general, general_robot, depends_on: :optional
-end
-```
-
-### Pipeline Pattern
-
-Process through sequential stages:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "document_processor") do
-  task :extract, extractor, depends_on: :none
-  task :analyze, analyzer, depends_on: [:extract]
-  task :format, formatter, depends_on: [:analyze]
-end
-```
-
-### Fan-Out/Fan-In Pattern
-
-Parallel processing with aggregation:
-
-```ruby
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "multi_analysis") do
-  task :prepare, preparer, depends_on: :none
-
-  # Fan-out: parallel analysis
-  task :sentiment, sentiment_analyzer, depends_on: [:prepare]
-  task :topics, topic_extractor, depends_on: [:prepare]
-  task :entities, entity_recognizer, depends_on: [:prepare]
-
-  # Fan-in: aggregate results
-  task :aggregate, aggregator, depends_on: [:sentiment, :topics, :entities]
-end
-```
-
-### Pipeline Error Resilience
-
-When a robot raises an exception during pipeline execution, the error is caught and wrapped in a `RobotResult` with the error message as content. This ensures one failing robot does not crash the entire network:
-
-```ruby
-# If billing_robot raises an error, the network continues
-# The error is available in the result context, keyed by the robot's name:
-result = network.run(message: "Process this")
-billing_result = result.context[:billing]
-
-if billing_result&.last_text_content&.start_with?("Error:")
-  puts "Billing failed: #{billing_result.last_text_content}"
-  puts "Took: #{billing_result.duration}s"
-end
-```
-
-Each robot's `RobotResult` includes a `duration` field (elapsed seconds) that is set automatically during pipeline execution, even for errored results.
-
-### Conditional Continuation
-
-A robot can halt execution early:
-
-```ruby
-class ValidatorRobot < RobotLab::Robot
-  def call(result)
-    context = extract_run_context(result)
-    message = context.delete(:message)
-    robot_result = run(message, **context)
-
-    if robot_result.last_text_content.include?("INVALID")
-      # Stop the pipeline
-      result.halt(robot_result)
-    else
-      # Continue to next task
-      result
-        .with_context(@name.to_sym, robot_result)
-        .continue(robot_result)
-    end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-### Data Passing Between Tasks
-
-Access previous task results via context:
-
-```ruby
-class ResponderRobot < RobotLab::Robot
-  def call(result)
-    # Get classifier's output — the key is the classifier ROBOT's name
-    classification = result.context[:classifier]&.last_text_content
-
-    context = extract_run_context(result)
-    message = context.delete(:message)
-
-    # Use classification in the message or context
-    robot_result = run(
-      "Classification: #{classification}\n\nUser message: #{message}",
-      **context
-    )
-
-    result.with_context(@name.to_sym, robot_result).continue(robot_result)
-  end
-end
-```
-
-## Visualization
-
-### ASCII Visualization
-
-```ruby
-puts network.visualize
-# => ASCII representation of the pipeline
-```
-
-### Mermaid Diagram
-
-```ruby
-puts network.to_mermaid
-# => Mermaid graph definition
-```
-
-### DOT Format (Graphviz)
-
-```ruby
-puts network.to_dot
-# => Graphviz DOT format
-```
-
-### Execution Plan
-
-```ruby
-puts network.execution_plan
-# => Description of execution order
-```
-
-## Network Introspection
-
-```ruby
-network.name              # => "support"
-network.robots            # => Hash of key => Robot (see the key caveat below)
-network.robot(:billing)   # => Robot instance
-network["billing"]        # => Robot instance (alias)
-network.available_robots  # => Array of Robot instances
-network.crew              # => Array of Robot instances (Runnable protocol)
-network.memory            # => Memory instance (shared)
-network.to_h              # => Hash representation
-
-network.add_robot(extra_robot)      # add without a pipeline task -> self
-network.remove_robot(:extra_robot)  # remove by name -> the removed Robot, or nil
-```
-
-> [!WARNING]
-> `network.robots` uses **two different key conventions**. `task :alpha, bot`
-> registers the robot under the **task** name (`"alpha"`), while
-> `network.add_robot(bot)` registers it under **`bot.name`**. `network.robot(...)`
-> and `network[...]` inherit the same split. When task label and robot name
-> differ, a lookup by robot name will miss a task-registered robot.
->
-> `add_robot` also raises `ArgumentError` if the key is already taken:
-> `Robot 'x' already exists in network 'n'`. Because the key conventions differ,
-> adding a robot whose `name` matches an existing *task label* collides, while
-> adding one whose name matches a task-registered robot's `name` does not.
-
-`remove_robot` only drops the robot from the crew — it doesn't touch the pipeline, so don't remove a robot that's still a `depends_on` target of a task.
-
-## Configuration Inheritance
-
-Networks accept a `config:` parameter, but its reach is much narrower than a general "network-wide defaults" mechanism.
-
-> [!WARNING]
-> A network-level (or per-task) `RunConfig` propagates **only `mcp` and `tools`**
-> to member robots, and only for robots that opt in with `:inherit`. LLM fields
-> (`model`, `temperature`, `top_p`, `max_tokens`, …) and callbacks (`on_content`,
-> `on_tool_call`, `on_tool_result`) are **never** inherited from a network —
-> each robot reads those from its own config at construction time. Setting
-> `model:` on a network config has no effect on any robot.
->
-> Verified: a robot in a network configured with
-> `RunConfig.new(model: "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001", temperature: 0.11)` still runs
-> with the global default model and a `nil` temperature.
-
-The one field the network consumes for itself is `max_concurrent_robots` (see [Concurrency Cap](#concurrency-cap)).
-
-### Network-Wide Tool and MCP Defaults
-
-Reaching a robot from a network `config:` takes **two** opt-ins, because
-resolution runs in two passes — first the robot's build-time value against the
-network config, then the task's runtime value against that result:
-
-1. the robot is built with `tools: :inherit` (and/or `mcp: :inherit`), which is
-   what pulls the network config's list down to the robot level, and
-2. the task passes `tools: :inherit` (and/or `mcp: :inherit`), which is what
-   actually sends them for that turn.
-
-```ruby
-shared = RobotLab::RunConfig.new(
-  tools: [SearchTool, CalculatorTool],
-  mcp:   [{ name: "fs", transport: { type: "stdio", command: "mcp-server-filesystem" } }]
-)
-
-# Build-time :inherit is the opt-in to `shared`. The robot must still *attach*
-# the tools — the network list narrows what it already has, it cannot add.
-analyzer_robot = RobotLab.build(
-  name: "analyzer",
-  system_prompt: "...",
-  local_tools: [SearchTool, CalculatorTool, DraftTool],
-  tools: :inherit,
-  mcp:   :inherit
-)
-
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "pipeline", config: shared) do
-  task :analyzer, analyzer_robot, depends_on: :none, tools: :inherit, mcp: :inherit
-  task :writer,   writer_robot,   depends_on: [:analyzer]
-end
-```
-
-Verified outcomes for the `:analyzer` task above:
-
-| robot build `tools:` | task `tools:` | tools sent |
-|---|---|---|
-| `:inherit` | `:inherit` | `[:search, :calculator]` — `shared` applied, `DraftTool` filtered out |
-| unset | `:inherit` | `[:search, :calculator, :draft]` — `shared` never reached the robot |
-| `:inherit` | omitted (`:none`) | `[]` |
-
-Same for MCP: with `mcp: :inherit` at build time the `fs` server connection is
-attempted (it shows up in `robot.failed_mcp_server_names` if it fails); without
-it, the network's `mcp:` list never reaches the robot and nothing is attempted.
-
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> A task's `tools:`/`mcp:` **carries forward to later tasks**. `Task` writes them
-> into the shared `run_params`, and the next task deep-merges that hash as its
-> base — so `:writer` above ends up with `tools: :inherit` too, inherited from
-> `:analyzer`, even though its own `task` line says nothing about tools. Verified:
-> put `:writer` *first* in the pipeline and it resolves to `[]`; put it after an
-> `:analyzer` that passes `tools: :inherit` and it resolves to
-> `[:search, :calculator]`.
->
-> Writing `tools: :none` on the downstream task does **not** undo it — `Task`
-> skips writing `:none` into `run_params` (`run_params[:tools] = @tools unless
-> @tools == :none`), so the inherited value survives untouched. Use an empty
-> array instead, which *is* written and is treated as an explicit zero:
->
-> ```ruby
-> task :writer, writer_robot, depends_on: [:analyzer], tools: []   # verified -> []
-> task :writer, writer_robot, depends_on: [:analyzer], tools: :none # verified -> still [:search, :calculator]
-> ```
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> This is the one place where build-time `:inherit` is correct. For a
-> **standalone** robot the parent level is the global `:none`, so build-time
-> `:inherit` there resolves to an allowlist of `["none"]` and matches nothing —
-> see [Building Robots: Adding Tools](building-robots.md#adding-tools).
-
-To give every robot the same model, set it on each robot at construction:
-
-```ruby
-MODEL = "claude-sonnet-4"
-
-analyzer_robot = RobotLab.build(name: "analyzer", system_prompt: "...", model: MODEL, temperature: 0.5)
-writer_robot   = RobotLab.build(name: "writer",   system_prompt: "...", model: MODEL, temperature: 0.5)
-```
-
-### Per-Task `config:`
-
-A per-task `config:` is merged into the network config that reaches the robot, so it carries the same `mcp`/`tools`-only limitation:
-
-```ruby
-# writer_robot built with local_tools: [SearchTool, CalculatorTool, DraftTool]
-# and tools: :inherit — the same two opt-ins as above.
-network = RobotLab.create_network(name: "pipeline", config: shared) do
-  task :analyzer, analyzer_robot, depends_on: :none, tools: :inherit
-  task :writer, writer_robot,
-       config: RobotLab::RunConfig.new(tools: [DraftTool]),  # tools/mcp only
-       tools: :inherit,
-       depends_on: [:analyzer]
-end
-```
-
-The task `config:` replaces the network's list for that task, so `:writer`
-resolves to `[:draft]` while `:analyzer` resolves to `[:search, :calculator]`.
-
-### Inheritance Chain
-
-Per robot, the cascade runs least- to most-specific — note that template front matter is the **base**, not an override:
-
-```
-template front matter          (lowest — the starting point)
-  -> config: RunConfig
-    -> constructor kwargs      (highest — always wins)
-```
-
-Constructor kwargs always win. Network and task `config:` sit *outside* this chain and contribute only `mcp`/`tools`, and only where a robot or task asks for `:inherit`.
-
-Two further front-matter caveats: only `model` and `temperature` are actually applied from front matter — `top_p`, `top_k`, `max_tokens`, `presence_penalty`, `frequency_penalty`, and `stop` are parsed and silently dropped. The same six *do* work as constructor kwargs.
-
-## Best Practices
-
-### 1. Keep Robots Focused
-
-Each robot should have a single responsibility:
-
-```ruby
-# Good: focused robots
-task :classify, classifier, depends_on: :none
-task :respond, responder, depends_on: [:classify]
-
-# Bad: one robot doing everything
-task :do_everything, mega_robot, depends_on: :none
-```
-
-### 2. Use Per-Task Context
-
-Pass task-specific configuration through context:
-
-```ruby
-task :billing, billing_robot,
-     context: { department: "billing", max_refund: 500 },
-     depends_on: :optional
-```
-
-### 3. Handle Missing Results
-
-Guard against missing optional task results:
-
-```ruby
-def call(result)
-  # Check if the optional task ran (key = that robot's name)
-  if result.context[:validator]
-    # Use validator result
-  else
-    # Handle missing validation
-  end
-end
-```
-
-### 4. Reset Memory Between Runs
-
-If reusing a network, reset shared memory between runs:
-
-```ruby
-network.reset_memory
-result = network.run(message: "New request")
-```
-
-## Next Steps
-
-- [Using Tools](using-tools.md) - Add capabilities to robots
-- [Memory Guide](memory.md) - Shared memory patterns
-- [API Reference: Network](../api/core/network.md) - Complete API