livepilot 1.17.5 → 1.18.1

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,343 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.18.1 — Director HIGH-severity patches (April 23 2026)
+
+Patch release addressing 4 of the 12 known issues documented in v1.18.0.
+All three HIGH-severity bugs are fixed, plus 6 medium-severity items
+(data cleanups and doc clarifications). All fixes landed with
+regression-guard tests. 2779 project tests pass + 1 xfail (pre-existing).
+
+### High-severity fixes
+
+- **#1 `create_experiment` auto-proposal returned single-char move_ids.**
+  Python unpacking bug at `mcp_server/experiment/tools.py:267` —
+  `[m[0] for m, _ in scored]` indexed the first character of each
+  move_id string. Fix: `[move_id for move_id, _ in scored[:limit]]`.
+  Pre-fix, calling the director's Flow B with no explicit seeds/move_ids
+  would always fail at run_experiment with `"Move t not found"`.
+
+- **#2 `propose_composer_branches` ignored concept-packet arrangement
+  idioms.** Dub-techno prompts (referencing Basic Channel, Gas, etc.)
+  were collapsed to the generic techno template (Intro→Build→Drop→
+  Breakdown→Drop 2→Outro with 6 standard layers). Fix: "dub techno"
+  is now its own canonical genre in `GENRE_DEFAULTS` and
+  `SECTION_TEMPLATES`, with a continuous-evolution scaffold
+  (Dawn→Pulse→Chord→Depth→Withdraw→Return, 3-5 layers, energy 0.4).
+  Removed the `dub techno → techno` alias that was causing the
+  collapse; added `dub-techno` (hyphenated) as an alias to the new
+  canonical.
+
+- **#3 Director raw-tool-call path bypassed the action ledger.**
+  Min-effective doc fix: Phase 6 of `livepilot-creative-director`
+  now mandates `add_session_memory(category="move_executed", ...)`
+  after raw-tool execution batches, so anti-repetition detection on
+  subsequent creative turns isn't blind. Added a state-inference
+  fallback table in `anti-repetition-rules.md` for when the ledger
+  is still empty (infer recent family from loaded devices, non-default
+  mixer state, clip slot contents). Full architectural fix (route all
+  Phase 6 execution through `apply_semantic_move`/`commit_experiment`)
+  is deferred to v1.19.
+
+### Medium-severity fixes
+
+- **#4 Ping Pong Delay ghost packet.** `affordances/devices/ping-pong-delay.yaml`
+  previously described a standalone device that doesn't exist in
+  Live 12 (`search_browser` returned empty). Rewritten as an explicit
+  mode-alias for Echo with `Channel Mode = 1`. `echo.yaml` now prominently
+  documents the Channel Mode enum (0=Stereo, 1=Ping Pong, 2=Mid/Side).
+
+- **#5 Auto Filter affordance used legacy 20-135 Hz ranges.** Modern
+  `AutoFilter2` class (Live 12 default) uses 0-1 normalized for
+  Frequency, Resonance, and LFO Amount. Live-verified mapping (raw
+  0.45 → display 448 Hz) is now documented in the YAML. Legacy/modern
+  distinction clarified in the notes.
+
+- **#9 `propose_composer_branches` silent count degradation.** Explicit
+  `count=3` at `freshness<0.7` was silently returning 2 seeds because
+  `layer_contrast` was gated behind `freshness>=0.7`. Fix: explicit
+  `count>=3` now raises freshness internally to 0.7 to admit all
+  strategies. Default `count=2` (no override) still respects the
+  freshness gate — preserves the "freshness shapes default strategy
+  count" contract and the existing tests that assert it.
+
+- **#12 Low-novelty-budget escape hatch for 3-plan diversity rule.**
+  `move-family-diversity-rule.md` gained a dedicated section: when
+  `novelty_budget < 0.35` (user prompts like "keep the vibe, just
+  cleaner"), 1-2 family plans is acceptable and honest. Prevents the
+  rule from fighting cleanup requests.
+
+### Bonus fixes
+
+- **`batch_set_parameters` schema gotcha documented.** Core SKILL.md
+  Rule 15 now shows the correct dict-of-dicts shape:
+  `{"ParamName": {"value": v}}`. Live verification surfaced this during
+  v1.18.0 pressure testing.
+
+- **Convolution Reverb phantom `ir_length` already fixed in v1.18.0
+  commit 9** — regression test now guards against reintroduction.
+
+### Tests added
+
+- `test_create_experiment_auto_proposal_no_m0_bug` (source-pattern
+  regression guard)
+- `test_create_experiment_auto_proposal_functional` (mirror-logic
+  integration check)
+- `test_composer_dub_techno_prompt_avoids_drop_scaffold` (no Drop/Drop 2
+  on Basic Channel prompts)
+- `test_propose_composer_branches_honors_explicit_count` (count=3
+  returns 3 regardless of freshness)
+- `test_medium_freshness_count_3_unlocks_all_strategies` (renamed from
+  test encoding the pre-fix bug as desired behavior)
+- `test_medium_freshness_default_count_gives_two` (preserves
+  default-count-respects-freshness contract)
+- `test_ping_pong_delay_is_documented_as_echo_mode`
+- `test_auto_filter_ranges_are_normalized_for_modern_class`
+- `test_low_novelty_escape_hatch_documented`
+- `test_batch_set_parameters_schema_documented`
+- `test_director_phase6_records_ledger_marker`
+- `test_anti_repetition_has_state_inference_fallback`
+
+### Still open for v1.18.2 / v1.19
+
+8 items remain from the v1.18.0 Known Issues list:
+
+- **#7 Packet `avoid` list runtime enforcement** (currently advisory —
+  pre-flight check against tool args needed)
+- **#8 `locked_dimensions` runtime enforcement** (same pattern as #7)
+- **#10 Wonder Mode zero-variant degradation on empty session context**
+- **#11 Evaluation tie-break coarseness** (3-way ties at score 0.6)
+- **Experiment state continuity between branches** (before-snapshot
+  drift)
+- **Hybrid-packet compilation algorithm** (union/intersection logic
+  for "Basic Channel meets Dilla")
+- **~20 missing genre YAMLs** (downtempo, boom_bap, lo_fi, synthwave,
+  techno, etc.) — xfail test tracks this
+- **Full architectural fix for #3** (route director Phase 6 through
+  semantic_move commits, replacing the doc-level fix shipped here)
+
+These are each scoped for focused follow-up sessions — they need new
+infrastructure or architectural decisions not suitable for a patch
+release.
+
+## 1.18.0 — Creative Director + concept packets + device affordances (April 23 2026)
+
+A structural feature release. Addresses the "agent doesn't variate
+enough, feels stuck in the same repetitive patterns" failure mode by
+adding an enforcement layer on top of the existing tool surface.
+**Zero new Python. Zero new MCP tools.** The entire feature is skill
+documentation, structured YAML data, and prompt-level contracts.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`livepilot-creative-director` skill** — new top-level skill that
+  routes creative intent through mandatory divergence before any
+  commit. Eight-phase contract: ground → compile brief → generate 3
+  plans with distinct `move.family` → cover 4 dimensions → preview
+  or rank → select + execute → evaluate → record. Critics (analyze_mix,
+  evaluate_move) DEFER until Phase 7 — firing them earlier pre-converges
+  the answer. Includes four reference files:
+  - `creative-brief-template.md` — YAML schema + 4 filled examples,
+    novelty_budget table with 6 user-framing buckets
+  - `move-family-diversity-rule.md` — canonical 6 families + family-vs-
+    dimension split + collision-avoidance rules
+  - `anti-repetition-rules.md` — recency threshold table (0-2/10
+    neutral, 3-4/10 least-weighted, ≥5/10 EXCLUDED) + borderline-
+    stuckness band (0.4-0.5 surfaces user option)
+  - `the-four-move-rule.md` — structural + rhythmic + timbral + spatial
+    dimension coverage with narrow-idiom exceptions for dub-techno /
+    ambient / beat-focused packets
+
+- **Structured concept packets** (42 YAMLs under
+  `livepilot/skills/livepilot-core/references/concepts/`) — 28 artist
+  packets + 14 genre packets. Each packet carries `sonic_identity`,
+  `reach_for`, `avoid` (HARD filter), `evaluation_bias.target_dimensions`
+  + `protect` floors, `move_family_bias.favor` + `deprioritize`,
+  `dimensions_in_scope` + `dimensions_deprioritized`, and
+  `novelty_budget_default`. Narrative `artist-vocabularies.md` and
+  `genre-vocabularies.md` stay as human-facing overviews; YAMLs are
+  the machine source-of-truth.
+
+- **Device affordance metadata** (20 YAMLs under
+  `livepilot/skills/livepilot-core/references/affordances/`) — per-
+  device affordance packets for Echo, Auto Filter, Convolution Reverb,
+  Hybrid Reverb, Ping Pong Delay, Drift, Corpus, Granulator III,
+  Simpler, Wavetable, Operator, Poli, Saturator, Compressor, Glue
+  Compressor, Utility, EQ Eight, Chorus-Ensemble, Shifter, Vinyl
+  Distortion. Each covers `musical_roles`, `strong_for` / `risky_for`,
+  `subtle` / `moderate` / `aggressive` parameter ranges, `pairings`
+  (with before/after/parallel order), `anti_pairings`, `remeasure`
+  queue, and `dimensional_impact` mapping to the four-move-rule.
+
+- **Evaluation artistic dimensions** — `livepilot-evaluation/SKILL.md`
+  extended with Family B dimensions (style_fit, distinctiveness,
+  motif_coherence, section_contrast, restraint, surprise_without_breakage)
+  in addition to Family A (punch, weight, etc). Both required for
+  creative-director turns.
+
+- **Creative-success verdict taxonomy** — 5 verdicts assigned at
+  evaluation Step 8b: `safe_win`, `bold_win`, `interesting_failure`,
+  `identity_break`, `generic_fallback`. Drives promotion decisions.
+
+- **Verdict-gated reflection promotion rubric** — `memory-guide.md`
+  extended with a promotion matrix that keeps memory from converging
+  on safe_win-adjacent moves. `bold_win` promotes immediately;
+  `safe_win` conditional on user-keep-for-2-turns; `interesting_failure`
+  curiosity-store only; `identity_break` and `generic_fallback` record
+  anti-preferences instead.
+
+- **Schema test harness** — `tests/test_creative_director.py` (27
+  passing, 1 xfail tracking missing genre YAMLs). Verifies skill file
+  structure, packet counts, canonical family/dimension enforcement,
+  cross-reference resolution, and cross-skill integration (director ↔
+  evaluation ↔ memory-guide).
+
+### Changed
+
+- `livepilot-core/SKILL.md`: fixed semantic_moves family count (5→6,
+  `device_creation` was missing from the docs). Added director routing
+  pointer in the V2 Engine Skills table and Flow B preamble.
+- `livepilot-wonder/SKILL.md`: added creative-director as a trigger
+  (not only stuck-rescue); split honesty rule to actively widen across
+  families BEFORE accepting <3 variants on first-pass creative calls.
+- `livepilot-producer/AGENT.md`: director added to subagent skills
+  index with "load FIRST on open-ended creative intent" note.
+- `artist-vocabularies.md` + `genre-vocabularies.md`: cross-reference
+  callouts pointing to the new YAML packets.
+- `m4l_device/LivePilot_Analyzer.amxd` + `.maxpat` + `livepilot_bridge.js`:
+  versioning text added to analyzer UI for live identification across
+  instances.
+
+### Pressure-testing
+
+The director was developed under TDD-for-skills discipline: three
+subagent pressure-scenarios run in two rounds, with verdict-driven
+fixes between rounds. Round 1 surfaced 9 issues, Round 2 verified
+each was fixed and surfaced 3 more (higher-order patterns only visible
+after first-order bugs were gone). PR 3 affordance work caught 3
+schema-level bugs (`atlas_uri` semantic mismatch, phantom
+`ir_length`, parameter-name canonicalization gap) before ship.
+
+### Known gaps
+
+- ~20 narrative-only genres (downtempo, boom_bap, lo_fi, synthwave,
+  techno, detroit_techno, soul, footwork, deep_house, french_house,
+  disco, electronic, electronica, cinematic, hyperpop, drone,
+  bass_music, soulful_house, acid_techno, nu_disco, juke) referenced
+  by artist packets but not yet YAML-ified. Tracked via
+  `test_all_artist_genre_refs_resolve_strictly` xfail.
+
+### Known issues from pre-ship live verification (v1.18.1 patch targets)
+
+12 issues surfaced while running director end-to-end against a real
+Ableton session before pushing v1.18.0. Shipping as-is rather than
+blocking the release; patching in a focused follow-up. Severity is
+this author's subjective production-impact rating.
+
+**High severity — users will hit these in the first 30 seconds:**
+
+1. **`create_experiment` auto-proposal is broken.** When called without
+   explicit `seeds` or `move_ids`, the keyword-overlap selector
+   generates single-character `move_id` values (`"t"`, `"w"`, `"m"`)
+   that fail with `"Move t not found"` at run time. All three branches
+   fail. Workaround: director MUST pass explicit `move_ids=[...]` —
+   auto-proposal path is unusable. (`mcp_server/experiment/engine.py`
+   auto-propose logic.)
+2. **`propose_composer_branches` ignores concept packets.** A prompt
+   referencing Basic Channel produced generic EDM scaffold
+   (`Intro → Build → Drop → Breakdown → Drop 2 → Outro` + 6 standard
+   layers) instead of BC's continuous-evolution dub-techno form.
+   Composer falls back to genre-family defaults and doesn't consult
+   `concepts/artists/*.yaml` or `concepts/genres/*.yaml` arrangement_idioms.
+3. **Director Plan A bypasses the action ledger.** When the director
+   executes via raw tool calls (`load_browser_item`, `set_device_parameter`,
+   etc.) instead of `apply_semantic_move` / `create_experiment +
+   commit_experiment`, `get_last_move` returns empty and anti-repetition
+   goes blind. Either make semantic_move commits mandatory for director
+   plan execution, or add a session-state inference fallback that reads
+   device/track deltas directly.
+
+**Medium severity — edges and enforcement gaps:**
+
+4. **Affordance YAML — Ping Pong Delay is a ghost packet.**
+   `affordances/devices/ping-pong-delay.yaml` describes a standalone
+   device that doesn't exist in Live 12 (empty `search_browser` result).
+   Ping-pong is a MODE of `Echo` (`Channel Mode = 1`). Merge the
+   affordance into `echo.yaml` or delete the file.
+5. **Affordance YAML — Auto Filter ranges are legacy.** Modern
+   `AutoFilter2` class uses 0-1 normalized for Frequency (display
+   `"448 Hz"` at raw `0.45`), NOT the 20-135 legacy range the affordance
+   YAML documents. Either update the affordance to reflect
+   AutoFilter2 OR ship separate legacy/modern variants.
+6. **Affordance YAML — `ir_length` phantom on Convolution Reverb.**
+   Already fixed in commit 9 by renaming to `decay_time`, but worth
+   flagging that this class of field-vs-actual drift needs a
+   systematic check (script that compares affordance parameter names
+   to `get_device_parameters` output for each device).
+7. **Packet `avoid` list is advisory, not runtime-enforced.** Director
+   SKILL.md documents the hard-filter rule but there's no code path
+   that compares user requests or tool args against the active packet's
+   `avoid` list before executing. Ask for "bump the high-end" under an
+   active BC packet and nothing blocks the EQ boost.
+8. **`locked_dimensions` respect is declarative only.** Same class as
+   (7) — director compiles a brief with explicit locks but no runtime
+   pre-flight check blocks tool calls that touch locked dimensions.
+9. **`propose_composer_branches` silent `count` degradation.** Requesting
+   3 branches at `freshness < 0.7` returns 2 (only canonical +
+   energy_shift). User-visible surface returns fewer than requested
+   without flagging.
+10. **Wonder Mode degrades to zero executable variants on empty/sparse
+    session context.** Tested with `enter_wonder_mode("I'm stuck")` on
+    a mostly-empty session — returned 3 identical analytical-only
+    variants with `"No matching executable moves found"`. Needs a
+    cold-start path that proposes starting-point seeds from memory
+    or concept packets rather than requiring existing session content.
+11. **Evaluation tie-break is coarse.** 3-branch experiment with
+    different semantic moves (add_space, add_warmth, widen_stereo)
+    all scored identical 0.6. No clear winner emerges. Classifier
+    needs finer resolution OR explicit tie-break by novelty/taste.
+12. **Low-novelty-budget escape hatch missing from 3-plan rule.**
+    `"keep the vibe, just cleaner"` → `novelty_budget = 0.30`. The
+    3-distinct-families rule fights against narrow cleanup requests.
+    Need explicit clause: "if `novelty_budget < 0.35`, 1-2 mix-family
+    plans is acceptable and honest."
+
+**Also worth fixing:**
+
+- `batch_set_parameters` schema — requires `{"Name": {"value": v}}`,
+  not `{"Name": v}`. Docs didn't make this obvious.
+- State continuity between experiment branches — before-snapshot
+  track levels drifted between branches (0.76 → 0 → 0.87). Each
+  branch sees a different baseline. Needs transport-state locking.
+- Hybrid-reference compilation algorithm — multi-packet asks
+  ("Basic Channel meets Dilla swing") work via LLM ad-hoc reasoning,
+  not via explicit union/intersection logic. Define the rule.
+
+All 15 items are tracked for a v1.18.1 patch. The core v1.18.0
+machinery (8-phase director contract, concept packets, affordances,
+evaluation dimensions, verdict taxonomy) works correctly when plans
+are constructed with explicit `move_ids` — which is the documented
+primary path.
+
+### Live Ableton session result
+
+Test scenario: build a Basic Channel dub chain on a return track, then
+source (Meld Juno Square chord stab) with sends. Chain built cleanly.
+User feedback on initial Plan A: "super basic" (default presets lack
+character). Swapped Drift default → `Poly Juno Square.adv` preset.
+Improved character. Flow A of the director (build a single plan, verify,
+iterate) is production-viable today. Flow B (divergence via experiment)
+has the 3 high-severity issues above.
+
+### Process note
+
+This release was authored in a single session as a series of 6 PRs
+(Creative Director skill → Concept packets → Affordances → Evaluation
+dimensions → Reflection rubric → Test harness), each pressure-tested
+before moving to the next. Outside-reviewer design plan is at
+`docs/plans/livepilot_creativity_plan.md`.
+
+---
+
 ## 1.17.5 — Classify error-only commit payloads as failures (April 23 2026)
 
 ### Fixed

package/README.md

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Most MCP servers are tool collections — they execute commands. LivePilot is an
 
 **MCP Server** (`mcp_server/`) — Python FastMCP server. Validates inputs, routes commands to the Remote Script over TCP, manages the M4L bridge, runs the atlas, sample engine, composer, and all intelligence engines. This is what your AI client connects to.
 
-**M4L Bridge** (`m4l_device/`) — Optional Max for Live Audio Effect on the master track. Provides deep LOM access through Max's LiveAPI that the ControlSurface API can't reach. UDP 9880 (M4L to server) carries spectral data and LiveAPI responses. OSC 9881 (server to M4L) sends commands. The 32 spectral/analyzer tools strictly require the bridge; device and sample tools that call the bridge also have graceful fallbacks, so core functionality works without it. Backed by 30 bridge commands for hidden parameters, Simpler internals, warp markers, display values, and Simpler warp / Compressor sidechain writes that live on child objects Python can't reach.
+**M4L Bridge** (`m4l_device/`) — Optional Max for Live Audio Effect on the master track. Provides deep LOM access through Max's LiveAPI that the ControlSurface API can't reach. UDP 9880 (M4L to server) carries spectral data and LiveAPI responses. OSC 9881 (server to M4L) sends commands. The 32 spectral/analyzer tools strictly require the bridge; device and sample tools that call the bridge also have graceful fallbacks, so core functionality works without it. Backed by 31 bridge commands for hidden parameters, Simpler internals, warp markers, display values, and Simpler warp / Compressor sidechain writes that live on child objects Python can't reach.
 
 **Device Atlas** (`mcp_server/atlas/`) — In-memory indexed JSON database. 1305 devices with browser URIs, 120 enriched with YAML sonic intelligence profiles (mood, genre, texture, recommended chains). 6 indexes: by_id, by_name, by_uri, by_category, by_tag, by_genre. The AI never hallucinates a device name or preset — it always resolves against the atlas first.
 

package/m4l_device/livepilot_bridge.js

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ autowatch = 1;
 inlets = 2;  // 0: OSC commands, 1: dspstate~ (sample rate)
 outlets = 2; // 0: to udpsend (responses), 1: to buffer~/status
 
+// Single source of truth for the bridge version — bumped alongside the
+// rest of the release manifest. Surfaced in the UI via messnamed("livepilot_version", ...)
+// so the frozen .amxd visibly reports which build it was last exported from.
+var VERSION = "1.17.5";
+
 // ── State ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 var cursor_a = null;  // Primary LiveAPI cursor
@@ -95,7 +100,13 @@ function anything() {
 function dispatch(cmd, args) {
     switch(cmd) {
         case "ping":
-            send_response({"ok": true, "version": "1.17.5"});
+            send_response({"ok": true, "version": VERSION});
+            break;
+        case "get_version":
+            // Side-channel for the UI label — emits on the "livepilot_version"
+            // named bus so a [r livepilot_version] in the patcher can set a
+            // [comment] without touching the OSC response outlet.
+            messnamed("livepilot_version", VERSION);
             break;
         case "get_params":
             cmd_get_params(args);

package/mcp_server/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """LivePilot MCP Server — bridges MCP protocol to Ableton Live."""
-__version__ = "1.17.5"
+__version__ = "1.18.1"

package/mcp_server/composer/branch_producer.py

@@ -124,7 +124,18 @@ def propose_composer_branches(
 
     intent = parse_prompt(request_text)
 
-    # Gate high-novelty strategies on freshness.
+    # v1.18.1 #9 fix: explicit count=3 overrides the freshness default.
+    # Pre-fix, count=3 at freshness=0.6 silently returned 2 (canonical +
+    # energy_shift only; layer_contrast was gated behind freshness>=0.7).
+    # Now: caller asking for all 3 strategies gets them by internally
+    # raising freshness to 0.7. Count=2 (the default) does NOT raise
+    # freshness — the freshness gate still caps at 1 on low-freshness
+    # runs, which is the documented "freshness cautiously shapes default
+    # strategy count" contract.
+    if count >= 3:
+        freshness = max(freshness, 0.7)
+
+    # Gate high-novelty strategies on (possibly-raised) freshness.
     if freshness < 0.4:
         strategies = [_STRATEGIES[0]]  # canonical only
     elif freshness < 0.7:

package/mcp_server/composer/layer_planner.py

@@ -172,6 +172,19 @@ SECTION_TEMPLATES: dict[str, list[dict]] = {
         {"name": "Drop 2",   "bars": 16, "layers": ["drums", "bass", "lead", "percussion", "vocal", "texture"]},
         {"name": "Outro",     "bars": 8,  "layers": ["drums:-6dB", "texture", "pad"]},
     ],
+    # Dub techno — continuous-evolution aesthetic. No Drop structure, no
+    # Build/Break cycle. Section names reflect dub-techno arrangement idioms:
+    # slow reveal, subtraction before addition, return deeper not louder.
+    # Source: concepts/artists/basic-channel.yaml arrangement_idioms +
+    # live-verification finding from v1.18.0 CHANGELOG #2. v1.18.1 #2 fix.
+    "dub techno": [
+        {"name": "Dawn",      "bars": 16, "layers": ["texture:-12dB"]},
+        {"name": "Pulse",     "bars": 16, "layers": ["drums:-6dB", "texture"]},
+        {"name": "Chord",     "bars": 32, "layers": ["drums", "bass", "pad:-6dB", "texture"]},
+        {"name": "Depth",     "bars": 32, "layers": ["drums", "bass", "pad", "texture"]},
+        {"name": "Withdraw",  "bars": 16, "layers": ["pad:-6dB", "texture:-6dB"]},
+        {"name": "Return",    "bars": 16, "layers": ["texture:-12dB"]},
+    ],
     "house": [
         {"name": "Intro",     "bars": 8,  "layers": ["drums:-6dB", "pad"]},
         {"name": "Verse",     "bars": 16, "layers": ["drums", "bass", "pad"]},

package/mcp_server/composer/prompt_parser.py

@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ GENRE_DEFAULTS: dict[str, dict] = {
         "tempo": 128, "keys": ["Am", "Cm"], "energy": 0.7,
         "layers_min": 5, "layers_max": 7,
     },
+    # Dub techno is its own canonical genre — continuous-evolution aesthetic
+    # referencing Basic Channel / Rhythm & Sound / Gas. Previously aliased to
+    # "techno" which defaulted to Drop-based scaffolds (v1.18.1 #2 fix).
+    "dub techno": {
+        "tempo": 125, "keys": ["Am", "Em"], "energy": 0.4,
+        "layers_min": 3, "layers_max": 5,
+    },
     "house": {
         "tempo": 124, "keys": ["Cm", "Fm"], "energy": 0.6,
         "layers_min": 5, "layers_max": 6,
@@ -93,7 +100,11 @@ _GENRE_ALIASES: dict[str, str] = {
     "industrial techno": "techno",
     "minimal techno": "techno",
     "detroit techno": "techno",
-    "dub techno": "techno",
+    # NOTE: "dub techno" is intentionally NOT aliased to "techno" —
+    # it's now its own canonical genre with dub-appropriate defaults
+    # (see GENRE_DEFAULTS above) and a non-Drop section template (see
+    # layer_planner.SECTION_TEMPLATES).  v1.18.1 #2 fix.
+    "dub-techno": "dub techno",
 }
 
 

package/mcp_server/experiment/tools.py

@@ -244,18 +244,22 @@ def create_experiment(
 
     # ── Mode 2/3: legacy move_ids path ──────────────────────────────────
     if not move_ids:
-        # Auto-propose moves from the registry
+        # Auto-propose moves from the registry by keyword overlap.
+        # v1.18.1 #1 fix: the previous selector indexed the first character
+        # of each move_id (a Python unpacking trap — the variable was
+        # already the full string, the [0] subscript sliced into it).
+        # Result pre-fix: single-char move_ids like 't', 'w', 'm' that
+        # failed at run_experiment with "Move t not found". Now the whole
+        # move_id string is kept.
         from ..semantic_moves import registry
-        from ..semantic_moves.tools import propose_next_best_move
-        # Use the propose function's logic directly
         all_moves = list(registry._REGISTRY.values())
         request_lower = request_text.lower()
-        scored = []
+        request_words = set(request_lower.split())
+        scored: list[tuple[str, float]] = []
         for move in all_moves:
             score = 0.0
             move_words = set(move.move_id.replace("_", " ").split())
             intent_words = set(move.intent.lower().split())
-            request_words = set(request_lower.split())
             overlap = request_words & (move_words | intent_words)
             score += len(overlap) * 0.3
             for dim in move.targets:
@@ -264,7 +268,7 @@ def create_experiment(
             if score > 0.1:
                 scored.append((move.move_id, score))
         scored.sort(key=lambda x: -x[1])
-        move_ids = [m[0] for m, _ in scored[:limit]] if scored else []
+        move_ids = [move_id for move_id, _ in scored[:limit]] if scored else []
 
     if not move_ids:
         return {"error": "No matching semantic moves found for this request"}

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "livepilot",
-  "version": "1.17.5",
+  "version": "1.18.1",
   "mcpName": "io.github.dreamrec/livepilot",
   "description": "Agentic production system for Ableton Live 12 — 427 tools, 52 domains. Device atlas (1305 devices), sample engine (Splice + browser + filesystem), auto-composition, spectral perception, technique memory, creative intelligence (12 engines)",
   "author": "Pilot Studio",

package/remote_script/LivePilot/__init__.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Entry point for the ControlSurface. Ableton calls create_instance(c_instance)
 when this script is selected in Preferences > Link, Tempo & MIDI.
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.17.5"
+__version__ = "1.18.1"
 
 from _Framework.ControlSurface import ControlSurface
 from . import router

package/server.json

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/dreamrec/LivePilot",
     "source": "github"
   },
-  "version": "1.17.5",
+  "version": "1.18.1",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "npm",
       "identifier": "livepilot",
-      "version": "1.17.5",
+      "version": "1.18.1",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       }