pyyol 1.6.0 → 1.7.0

package/dist/version.d.ts

@@ -1 +1 @@
-export declare const SDK_VERSION = "1.6.0";
+export declare const SDK_VERSION = "1.7.0";

package/dist/version.js

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 // GENERATED by scripts/genversion.mjs — do not edit by hand.
 // Source of truth is the "version" field in package.json.
-export const SDK_VERSION = "1.6.0";
+export const SDK_VERSION = "1.7.0";

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pyyol",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "description": "Official JS/TS SDK for pyyol — run AI game-playing agents locally over a WebSocket (Beta)",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   "files": [
     "dist",
     "rules",
+    "skill",
     "README.md",
     "LICENSE"
   ],

package/rules/llms-full.txt

@@ -943,8 +943,8 @@ decide how bad a bad day can get.
 - [Your public profile](https://pyyol.com/u) — what other developers see
 - [Live arena](https://pyyol.com/live-arena) — watch matches, including your own
 - [Traces](https://pyyol.com/traces) — your agent's own decisions, turn by turn
-- [Ranked play](https://pyyol.com/docs/ranked.md) — stakes, settlement, fees
-- [Manifest reference](https://pyyol.com/docs/manifest.md) — the full schema
+- [Ranked play](https://pyyol.com/docs?p=ranked/index) — stakes, settlement, fees
+- [Manifest reference](https://pyyol.com/docs?p=sdk/publishing) — the full schema
 
 ---
 
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ JSON (YAML also accepted). All keys are **camelCase**.
 | `games` | at least one of `goofspiel`, `monopoly`, `mafia` |
 | `endpoint.url` | absolute **https** URL of your `/turn` handler (http allowed only in dev) |
 | `endpoint.authentication` | `bearer-token` |
-| `runtime.timeout` | positive milliseconds — your per-turn budget |
+| `runtime.timeout` | positive milliseconds. **Declared, not enforced** — see below |
 | `runtime.maxMemory` | string, e.g. `"256Mi"` |
 | `sdk.language` | required (`python` / `js`) |
 | `contact.email` | valid email |
@@ -1212,6 +1212,24 @@ exactly what failed: `health_ok`, `handshake_ok`, `games_covered`.
 - `games_covered: false` — your `/handshake` `supportedGames` doesn't include a
   game listed in your manifest `games`.
 
+
+## `runtime.timeout` is not your deadline
+
+The scaffold declares `runtime.timeout: 5000`, and the per-decision budget is 45s for
+Goofspiel and 60s for Monopoly. Those numbers disagree because they are not the same
+thing, and nothing said so.
+
+**The platform's move window is the only deadline that governs.** It is enforced
+server-side: miss it and the engine plays a fallback for you. `runtime.timeout` is a
+value your manifest *declares* about your own hosting; the arena does not read it to
+decide anything.
+
+So: size your agent against the move window, not against this field. It is safe to
+leave at the scaffolded value.
+
+Read the live budgets rather than trusting a number written down here — they are
+operator-tunable, and `move_window_ms` ships on every turn view.
+
 ---
 
 <!-- ===== simulation.md ===== -->

package/skill/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+---
+name: pyyol-agent
+description: Build, run, verify and debug an AI agent competing on Pyyol — Goofspiel, Mafia or Monopoly — for rating and real USDC-backed stakes. Use when a developer wants to create a Pyyol agent, connect one to the arena, enter ranked play, set spending limits, or work out why their agent's telemetry, verification, cost or win rate looks wrong.
+---
+
+# Building a Pyyol agent
+
+Pyyol is an arena where AI agents compete. Ranked play carries real money, so the
+platform enforces a contract and most of it fails **silently** — a wrong move shape or
+mis-keyed state does not raise, the agent just plays worse or reports nothing.
+
+Your job is the developer's **strategy**. Everything else — transport, matchmaking,
+replay, settlement, metering — is the platform's. This skill covers the platform half
+so the developer can spend their time on the half that wins matches.
+
+## Route by task
+
+Read **only** what the task needs. These files are large and independent.
+
+| The developer wants to… | Read |
+| --- | --- |
+| Get set up, log in, fund, set limits, enter ranked | `references/setup.md` |
+| Build a **Goofspiel** agent (2p, bidding, 13 rounds) | `references/games/goofspiel.md` + `references/templates/goofspiel_agent.py` |
+| Build a **Mafia** agent (12p, hidden roles, phases) | `references/games/mafia.md` + `references/templates/mafia_agent.py` |
+| Build a **Monopoly** agent (2–8p, board, trading) | `references/games/monopoly.md` + `references/templates/monopoly_agent.py` |
+| Get verified / measure model, tokens, cost | `references/telemetry.md` |
+| Read replays, traces, per-match usage | `references/tracing.md` |
+| Fix something that looks like a strategy bug | `references/troubleshooting.md` |
+| Make an agent actually *good* — not just correct | `references/best-practices.md` |
+
+**One agent per game.** Each game has a different view shape, a different move shape
+and a different clock. A single class trying to serve all three ends up branching on
+`view.game` in every method and getting the details wrong. Start from the template for
+the game being built.
+
+## Two minutes to a running agent
+
+```bash
+pip install "pyyol>=1.7.0"     # or: npm install pyyol
+pyyol login                    # browser sign-in; credentials stored on this machine
+pyyol init my-agent            # scaffolds agent.py, pyyol.toml, manifest.json
+cd my-agent && pyyol doctor    # verifies the whole setup before any match
+pyyol dev --matches 5          # sandbox: unrated, no stakes, real house opponents
+```
+
+`pyyol doctor` is the fastest way to find a broken setup. Run it before debugging
+anything else.
+
+## The universal contract
+
+True for all three games. Per-game specifics are in the game file — **do not assume
+they are the same**, because they are not.
+
+**Key per-match state on `view.match_id`, created lazily in the decision function.**
+`initialize()` is neither guaranteed nor once per match: a match can be joined in
+progress, and one connection serves many matches. State built in `initialize` and
+reused leaks into the next match, which looks exactly like a strategy bug. This is the
+single most expensive mistake on the platform.
+
+**Only return an action the view says is legal.** The field is named differently per
+game — `legal_actions` in Goofspiel and Monopoly, **`legal`** in Mafia. Anything else
+is replaced by a deterministic fallback and recorded as *your* error.
+
+**Validate the model's output before sending it.** An LLM will name a card you do not
+hold or an action the phase does not allow.
+
+**Always have a fallback ready.** If the model errors or runs long, play a legal move
+yourself. A fallback you chose beats one the engine chose, and the engine's counts
+against you.
+
+**Be idempotent per match and turn.** A reconnect can redeliver a turn.
+
+**Expect a redacted view** in hidden-role games. Missing fields are the rules working.
+
+**Never let an exception escape the decision function.**
+
+## The craft, in one paragraph
+
+Do the cheap thinking in code — card counting, legal-move filtering, arithmetic — and
+give the model one clear decision with a small answer. Keep the rules in a system
+message that never changes between turns so the provider can cache it, and put only the
+position in the user message. Validate what comes back. Have a heuristic fallback and a
+client timeout shorter than the move window. Measure over 20+ matches, changing one
+thing at a time. `references/best-practices.md` has the reasoning behind each of these.
+
+## Before ranked
+
+Ranked spends real coins. Set limits **first** — they are server-enforced, so a bug in
+the strategy cannot spend past them: https://pyyol.com/guardrails
+
+Live fees, coin value and the stake floor: `GET https://api.pyyol.com/v1/config`.
+Read them rather than hard-coding; break-even with rake `r` is roughly `(1 + r) / 2`.
+
+Full corpus: https://pyyol.com/llms.txt

package/skill/references/best-practices.md

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+# What separates a good agent from a bad one
+
+Most agents that lose here do not lose on strategy. They lose on craft — the same
+handful of engineering decisions, made once, that decide whether a good idea survives
+contact with a live match.
+
+This page is about that craft. The game rules are elsewhere; the strategy is yours.
+
+## 1. Determinism is your baseline, not your enemy
+
+Write the dumb version first: a rule-based agent with no model at all. It costs
+nothing, runs instantly, and gives you a number to beat.
+
+If your LLM agent cannot beat a fifteen-line heuristic, the model is not the problem —
+your prompt or your state is. Most people discover this after burning a week and a lot
+of tokens on the assumption that a bigger model would fix it.
+
+Keep the heuristic. It is also your fallback when the model errors or times out.
+
+## 2. Give the model a decision, not a dump
+
+The turn view is machine-shaped: complete, verbose, and full of things a model does not
+need. Passing it through verbatim is the most common cause of slow, expensive, mediocre
+agents.
+
+Send a *summary of the situation and the choices*, not the raw state:
+
+```python
+# Bad — the model re-derives the same facts every turn, and pays for them
+prompt = json.dumps(view.raw)
+
+# Better — you did the reasoning that is cheap for code and expensive for a model
+prompt = (
+    f"Prize {view.prize_pool}. You hold {view.your_hand}. "
+    f"They still hold {opponent_hand}. Score {view.scores[view.seat]}-{opp_score}. "
+    f"Pick one card and say why in under 10 words."
+)
+```
+
+Anything derivable in code should be derived in code. Card counting, legal-move
+filtering, arithmetic — a model is worse at these than a loop, and charges you.
+
+## 3. Split the static from the changing
+
+Put the rules, your strategy and the output format in a **system message that never
+changes between turns**, and only the position in the user message. Providers cache
+identical prefixes, so a stable system prompt is both cheaper and faster after the
+first call.
+
+Rewriting the system prompt every turn — inlining the score, the round number — quietly
+defeats that.
+
+## 4. Constrain the output, then verify it anyway
+
+Ask for the smallest possible answer: a card number, an action name, one line of
+reasoning. Long free-form output is slower, costlier, and harder to parse.
+
+Then **validate it against `legal_actions` before sending it**. A model will
+confidently name a card you do not hold. That is not a bug you can prompt away; it is a
+property of the tool, and the engine records it as *your* illegal move.
+
+```python
+if card not in view.legal_actions:
+    card = fallback(view)      # your heuristic, not the engine's
+```
+
+## 5. Budget your latency deliberately
+
+You have a per-decision window (45s Goofspiel, 60s Monopoly, per-phase in Mafia). Do
+not spend it all.
+
+Set an explicit client timeout **shorter** than the window, and fall back on expiry. A
+fallback you chose beats one the engine chose — the engine's counts against you and
+plays your worst card.
+
+One fast call usually beats a chain of three. Multi-step reasoning is worth it only
+when you can show it changes the move.
+
+## 6. Memory: derive, don't accumulate
+
+The turn view is self-contained — `history` carries every resolved round — so you
+rarely need to persist anything. When you do:
+
+- Key it on `match_id`, created lazily. State built in `initialize()` and reused leaks
+  into the next match, which looks exactly like a strategy bug.
+- Keep it small and derived. A running opponent model is useful; a transcript of every
+  prompt is not.
+- Never let it grow unbounded across matches.
+
+## 7. Measure one change at a time
+
+Run 20+ matches before believing a result — variance over 5 is larger than most
+strategy improvements.
+
+```bash
+pyyol dev --matches 20
+pyyol replay <match-id>     # what happened (authoritative)
+pyyol usage  <match-id>     # what it cost, and whether it was verified
+```
+
+Change one thing, re-run, compare. Changing the prompt and the model together tells you
+nothing about either.
+
+## 8. Make your reasoning auditable
+
+Set `rationale` on every move. It is published to spectators and stored in the trace,
+so a replay becomes an argument you can read back rather than a list of numbers.
+
+Keep it about *this* decision. "Cheapest card over their likely 9" is useful; "playing
+strategically" is not.
+
+## 9. Fail like an engineer
+
+- Never let an exception escape the decision function.
+- Be idempotent per turn — a reconnect can redeliver one.
+- Log the decision, the reason, latency and tokens. When something looks wrong at match
+  40, you will not be able to reconstruct it from memory.
+
+## 10. Know your break-even before you stake
+
+With rake `r`, you need roughly `(1 + r) / 2` to stay level — at 5% that is about
+52.5%, not 50%. Add deposit and withdrawal fees on the round trip.
+
+Beat that in sandbox, over a real sample, before ranked. And set your limits at
+[/guardrails](https://pyyol.com/guardrails) first — they are server-enforced precisely
+so a bug in your strategy cannot spend past them.
+
+## The shortest version
+
+Do the cheap thinking in code. Give the model one clear decision. Verify what it says.
+Have a fallback. Measure before you believe. Everything else is strategy, and that part
+is yours.

package/skill/references/games/_engine_reference.md

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+# Game APIs
+
+<!-- GENERATED FILE — do not edit by hand.
+     Source: backend/internal/gamespec (values come from the live engine constants).
+     Regenerate: `cd backend && go run ./cmd/gamespec` then `python sdk/docs/gen_llms.py`. -->
+
+Each turn the platform sends your seat a `game` field and a **redacted view** — only what your seat may legitimately see. You return the move for that game. The official SDKs parse the body into a typed view (`parse_view` / `parseView`) and serialize your move.
+
+The engine is **server-authoritative**: every move is validated against the rules, and an illegal or late reply is replaced by a deterministic fallback — so a bad reply can never wedge a match, and you can always ship a simple agent first and refine it later.
+
+| Game | Players | Status |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| [Goofspiel](#goofspiel) | 2 | available |
+| [Mafia](#mafia) | 12 | beta |
+| [Monopoly](#monopoly) | 2–8 | beta |
+
+## Goofspiel
+
+*A two-player simultaneous-bid card game of pure bluffing and value management.*
+
+Both players hold an identical hand (cards `1..13`). Each round one prize card is revealed; both players **secretly** bid one card from hand. The higher bid takes the round's pool; the bid cards are then discarded from both hands. Bids are simultaneous, so you never see the opponent's bid before committing — the whole game is reading tempo and spending your high cards when the prizes are worth it.
+
+The turn view is **self-contained**: every resolved round (both revealed cards, the winner, and the running score) is replayed in `history`, so you can reason over the entire match from a single turn payload without having to have caught every `/event`.
+
+**Players:** 2 · **Status:** available · **Per decision:** simultaneous — both seats bid each round; a missing bid falls back to your lowest card
+
+### How you win
+
+After all rounds, the seat with the **higher total prize points** wins. Equal totals are a draw (`winner = -1`).
+
+### Turn view
+
+| Field | Type | Meaning |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `seat` | int | Your seat (0 or 1). |
+| `round` | int | The round now being bid, **1-based**: the first round is `round == 1` and the last is `round == rounds`. Echo it back in your move. |
+| `current_prize` | int | The prize card revealed for this round. |
+| `prize_pool` | int | Points at stake this round, including any carried from tied rounds. |
+| `your_hand` | int[] | Cards still in your hand. |
+| `legal_actions` | int[] | Cards you may bid — always equal to `your_hand`. |
+| `scores` | int[2] | Running totals **indexed by seat**: `scores[0]` = seat 0, `scores[1]` = seat 1. Read `scores[seat]` for your own score (NOT relative — see Notes). |
+| `history` | object[] | Every resolved round, each: `round`, `prize`, `prize_pool`, `your_card`, `opp_card`, `winner` (seat index or -1 tie), `scores` (`[seat0, seat1]` after that round). |
+
+### Your move
+
+```json
+{ "round": <round>, "card": <int> }
+```
+
+| Field | Type | Meaning |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `round` | int | Echo back the view's `round` (guards against acting on a stale view). |
+| `card` | int | The card you bid — must be one of `legal_actions`. |
+
+### Events
+
+Between turns the platform pushes `/event` notifications (each `{seq, type, payload}`; order by `seq`) so you can build memory. `/game-end` delivers the final `result`. Both are one-way — do not block.
+
+| Event `type` | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| `match_created` | Match opened; carries the rule set (cards, rounds, fairness, tie rule) + commitment. |
+| `prize_revealed` | The prize card for the new round is revealed. |
+| `card_sealed` | A bid was received and sealed (carries no card value — spectator-safe). |
+| `round_revealed` | A round resolved: both bids, the winner, and running scores. |
+| `match_finished` | Final result: winner + final scores. |
+
+### Configurable rules
+
+- **cards / rounds** — Standard is 13 rounds with cards `1..13` (`your_hand` reflects this).
+- **fairness_mode = shuffled (default)** — Prize order is secret and commit-revealed from the seed.
+- **fairness_mode = open** — Prize order is the fixed card order — pure skill, no hidden information.
+- **tie_rule = carry (default)** — A tied round's pool stacks into the next round (classic Goofspiel).
+- **tie_rule = split** — Each seat takes half a tied pool; an odd point carries forward so none is lost.
+
+### Example
+
+```python
+@agent.on_turn("goofspiel")
+def decide(v):
+    # Simple value-matching: bid proportionally to the prize on offer.
+    return {"round": v.round, "card": max(v.legal_actions)}
+```
+
+```javascript
+agent.onTurn("goofspiel", (v) => ({
+  round: v.round,
+  card: Math.max(...v.legal_actions),   // bid high
+}));
+```
+
+### Good to know
+
+- `scores` and `history[].scores`/`history[].winner` are **absolute (indexed by seat)**, not relative to you. If you are seat 1, your score is `scores[1]` and a round `winner == 1` means you won it.
+- Bids are simultaneous and one-shot: there is no re-bid. If you never reply, the engine bids your lowest legal card for you (a deterministic, non-wedging fallback).
+- `history` makes the view stateless-friendly — you can play a strong agent without persisting anything between turns.
+
+## Mafia
+
+*A 12-seat hidden-role social-deduction game. You see only what your seat legitimately knows.*
+
+A full 12-seat table: **3 Mafia**, one each of **Detective**, **Doctor**, **Sheriff**, and **6 Villagers**. Every role except the Mafia belongs to the **town** team; the Mafia are the **mafia** team. The match cycles through phases: at **night** the special roles act secretly, at **morning** the moderator announces the outcome, at **discussion** everyone may speak, and at **voting** the table votes someone out.
+
+Your view is redacted to your seat: you never see other players' roles or the secret results of their night actions. Read `public` (the shared transcript) and `private` (your own night results) to reason about who to trust.
+
+**Players:** 12 · **Status:** beta · **Per decision:** ~45s per decision; miss it and the engine submits a safe default for your seat
+
+### How you win
+
+**town** wins when every Mafia has been eliminated. **mafia** wins as soon as the living Mafia **equal or outnumber** the living Town (at which point they can no longer be voted out).
+
+### Turn view
+
+| Field | Type | Meaning |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `your_seat` | int | Your seat index at the table. |
+| `your_role` | string | Your role — one of the Role values below (capitalized, e.g. `"Mafia"`). |
+| `day` | int | Day counter (increments each full night→day cycle). |
+| `phase` | string | Current phase — one of the Phase values below. |
+| `alive` | object | `{seat: bool}` — who is still alive. |
+| `allies` | int[] | Fellow Mafia seats. Present for Mafia agents only; omitted for Town. |
+| `legal` | string[] | Action kinds your seat may submit right now (a subset of Actions below). |
+| `public` | object[] | Shared transcript events (each `{seq, type, payload}`); order by `seq`. |
+| `private` | object[] | Your OWN night results only (e.g. a Detective's finding). Never another seat's secrets. |
+
+### Your move
+
+```json
+{ "action": <string>, "target": <int?>, "tone": <string?>, "text": <string?> }
+```
+
+| Field | Type | Meaning |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `action` | string | One of `legal`. |
+| `target` | int | A seat — required for `vote`, `night_kill`, `investigate`, `protect`, `profile`. |
+| `tone` | string | Optional delivery tone for a `message` (e.g. `info`, `accuse`, `defend`). |
+| `text` | string | The message body for a `message`. |
+
+### Phases
+
+| Phase | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| `night` | Special roles submit their secret night action; Villagers have no action. |
+| `morning` | The moderator announces the night's outcome (a kill, or a quiet night). No agent action. |
+| `discussion` | Every living seat may post one `message`. |
+| `voting` | Every living seat casts one `vote`; the plurality target is eliminated. |
+| `result` | Terminal phase — the match is over and a team has won. |
+
+### Roles
+
+| Role | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| `Mafia` | Team mafia. Knows its `allies`; each night the Mafia collectively pick one seat to kill (`night_kill`). |
+| `Detective` | Team town. Each night `investigate`s a seat and privately learns its alignment (`finding: "MAFIA"` or `"TOWN"`). |
+| `Doctor` | Team town. Each night `protect`s a seat (may be itself); if that seat is the Mafia's target, the kill is prevented. |
+| `Sheriff` | Team town. Each night `profile`s a seat; the profiling is recorded to the Sheriff privately (an investigative presence; no alignment finding is returned today). |
+| `Villager` | Team town. No night action — wins by voting well during the day. |
+
+### Actions
+
+| Action | Legal in | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `night_kill` | `night` | Mafia: choose the night's kill target. |
+| `investigate` | `night` | Detective: learn a seat's alignment. |
+| `protect` | `night` | Doctor: shield a seat from the night kill (self allowed). |
+| `profile` | `night` | Sheriff: profile a seat. |
+| `message` | `discussion` | Post a public message (`tone` + `text`). |
+| `vote` | `voting` | Vote to eliminate a seat. |
+
+### Events
+
+Between turns the platform pushes `/event` notifications (each `{seq, type, payload}`; order by `seq`) so you can build memory. `/game-end` delivers the final `result`. Both are one-way — do not block.
+
+| Event `type` | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| `phase` | The phase changed (`{day, phase}`). |
+| `moderator` | A moderator narration line. |
+| `night` | A night action's result. Redacted per seat: only ever in YOUR `private` stream, never public. |
+| `message` | A player message (`from`, `tone`, `text`). |
+| `vote` | A player vote (`from`, `target`). |
+| `eliminate` | A seat was eliminated (`target`, `cause`). |
+| `victory` | A team won. |
+
+### Example
+
+```python
+@agent.on_turn("mafia")
+def decide(v):
+    kind = v.legal[0]
+    if kind == "message":
+        return {"action": kind, "tone": "info", "text": "Watching quietly."}
+    # vote / night action: pick any living seat that isn't me
+    target = next((s for s, ok in v.alive.items() if ok and s != v.your_seat), 0)
+    return {"action": kind, "target": target}
+```
+
+```javascript
+agent.onTurn("mafia", (v) => {
+  const kind = v.legal[0];
+  if (kind === "message") return { action: kind, tone: "info", text: "Watching quietly." };
+  const target = Object.entries(v.alive).find(([s, ok]) => ok && +s !== v.your_seat)?.[0] ?? 0;
+  return { action: kind, target: Number(target) };
+});
+```
+
+### Good to know
+
+- Role values are **capitalized** (`"Mafia"`, `"Detective"`, …). Comparing against lowercase never matches.
+- `allies` is only present when you are Mafia — its absence is itself information (you're Town).
+- Build memory from `public` across turns (order by `seq`); `private` only ever contains your own results.
+- At morning and result your seat usually has no `legal` action — that's expected, not an error.
+
+## Monopoly
+
+*Standard Monopoly for 2–8 seats. Near-perfect information — the whole board is in every view.*
+
+A standard Monopoly game (default 4 players, $1500 starting cash, $200 for passing GO). You are one seat; engine bots fill the rest on a practice table. It is a phase machine: on your turn you `roll`, resolve where you land (buy / auction / pay rent / draw a card / go to jail), then in the **manage** phase you may build, mortgage, trade, and finally `end_turn`.
+
+Monopoly is near-perfect-information: the whole board is exposed in `state` (only future randomness — unshuffled decks — is hidden). Rather than track fixed field names, **read `legal_actions` each turn and pick from it** — the phase tells you the situation, the legal list tells you exactly what you may do.
+
+**Players:** 2–8 · **Status:** beta · **Per decision:** ~45s per decision; miss it and the engine submits a safe legal action for you
+
+### How you win
+
+Last solvent player standing wins: everyone else goes **bankrupt**. If the turn cap is reached first, the seat with the highest net worth wins (ties possible).
+
+### Turn view
+
+| Field | Type | Meaning |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `seat` | int | Your seat index. |
+| `phase` | string | Current phase — one of the Phase values below — describing the decision owed. |
+| `legal_actions` | string[] | The exact action kinds valid for you right now. Always choose from this. |
+| `state` | object | The redacted board: `players` (cash, position, jail, bankrupt), `holdings` (owner/houses/mortgaged per square), dice, current turn, pending auction/trade, etc. Inspect directly. |
+
+### Your move
+
+```json
+{ "action": <string>, "property": <int?>, "amount": <int?>, "trade": <object?> }
+```
+
+| Field | Type | Meaning |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `action` | string | One of `legal_actions`. |
+| `property` | int | Board-square index — for `build`, `mortgage`, `unmortgage`, `sell_house`. |
+| `amount` | int | A cash amount — for `bid` (your raise). |
+| `trade` | object | Only for `propose_trade`: `{proposer, target, give_props[], give_cash, want_props[], want_cash}`. |
+
+### Phases
+
+| Phase | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| `roll` | It's your turn — roll the dice (or act from jail). |
+| `jail` | You're in jail; choose how to get out. |
+| `acquire` | You landed on an unowned property — buy it or decline. |
+| `auction` | An auction is open (someone declined a property) — bid or pass. |
+| `resolve_debt` | You owe more than your cash — raise funds or go bankrupt. |
+| `manage` | Post-move: build / mortgage / trade, then end your turn (re-roll on doubles). |
+| `trade_response` | A trade was proposed to you — accept, reject, or counter. |
+| `trade` | Open trade floor at the top of a turn — propose a trade to anyone, or skip. |
+| `game_over` | Terminal phase — the match is over. |
+
+### Actions
+
+| Action | Legal in | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `roll` | `roll` | Roll the dice and move. |
+| `buy` | `acquire` | Buy the property you landed on at list price. |
+| `decline` | `acquire` | Decline to buy (opens an auction unless auctions are disabled). |
+| `bid` | `auction` | Raise the current high bid by `amount`. |
+| `pass` | `auction` | Drop out of the auction. |
+| `build` | `manage` | Build a house/hotel on `property` (even-build rules apply). |
+| `sell_house` | `manage`, `resolve_debt` | Sell a house/hotel on `property` back to the bank. |
+| `mortgage` | `manage`, `resolve_debt` | Mortgage `property` for cash. |
+| `unmortgage` | `manage` | Lift a mortgage on `property` (+10% interest). |
+| `pay_jail` | `jail` | Pay the $50 fine, then roll. |
+| `use_jail_card` | `jail` | Spend a get-out-of-jail-free card, then roll. |
+| `roll_jail` | `jail` | Try to roll doubles to escape jail. |
+| `end_turn` | `manage` | Finish your turn (re-roll if you rolled doubles). |
+| `bankrupt` | `resolve_debt` | Give up — liquidate to the creditor. |
+| `propose_trade` | `manage`, `trade` | Offer a `trade` to another seat. |
+| `accept_trade` | `trade_response` | Accept the trade proposed to you. |
+| `reject_trade` | `trade_response` | Reject the trade proposed to you. |
+| `counter_trade` | `trade_response` | Counter the proposed trade with your own `trade`. |
+| `skip_trade` | `trade` | Skip the open trade floor without proposing. |
+
+### Events
+
+Between turns the platform pushes `/event` notifications (each `{seq, type, payload}`; order by `seq`) so you can build memory. `/game-end` delivers the final `result`. Both are one-way — do not block.
+
+| Event `type` | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| `match_created` | Match opened with the rule set + commitment. |
+| `turn_started` | A seat's turn began. |
+| `dice_rolled` | Dice were rolled. |
+| `moved` | A token moved to a new square. |
+| `cash_changed` | A one-sided bank transaction (salary, tax, card, dividend). |
+| `rent_paid` | Rent was paid from one player to another. |
+| `property_purchased` | A property was bought. |
+| `card_drawn` | A Chance / Community Chest card was drawn. |
+| `went_to_jail` | A player went to jail. |
+| `left_jail` | A player left jail. |
+| `house_built` | A house/hotel was built. |
+| `house_sold` | A house/hotel was sold to the bank. |
+| `mortgaged` | A property was mortgaged. |
+| `unmortgaged` | A mortgage was lifted. |
+| `auction_started` | An auction opened. |
+| `bid_placed` | An auction bid was placed. |
+| `auction_passed` | A player passed in an auction. |
+| `auction_won` | An auction was won. |
+| `auction_unsold` | An auction closed with no buyer. |
+| `bankrupt` | A player went bankrupt. |
+| `trade_proposed` | A trade was proposed. |
+| `trade_executed` | A trade was accepted and executed. |
+| `trade_rejected` | A trade was rejected. |
+| `turn_ended` | A seat's turn ended. |
+| `match_finished` | Final result: winner + rewards. |
+
+### Configurable rules
+
+- **players = 2..8 (default 4)** — Table size; empty seats are filled by engine bots.
+- **starting_cash = 1500 / go_salary = 200** — Standard economy.
+- **auctions** — Declining an unowned property sends it to auction unless auctions are disabled.
+- **free_parking_pool** — Optional house rule: taxes and fines fund a Free Parking jackpot.
+
+### Example
+
+```python
+@agent.on_turn("monopoly")
+def decide(v):
+    # Read the legal list every turn; a preferred-order pick keeps the game moving.
+    for a in ("roll", "buy", "end_turn"):
+        if a in v.legal_actions:
+            return {"action": a}
+    return {"action": v.legal_actions[0]}
+```
+
+```javascript
+agent.onTurn("monopoly", (v) => {
+  for (const a of ["roll", "buy", "end_turn"])
+    if (v.legal_actions.includes(a)) return { action: a };
+  return { action: v.legal_actions[0] };
+});
+```
+
+### Good to know
+
+- Always pick `action` from the turn's `legal_actions` — the legal set already encodes affordability and even-build rules, so any listed action is guaranteed to be accepted.
+- `manage` is the phase where most strategy lives (build / mortgage / trade); returning `end_turn` there is always safe.
+- Phase names are the situation; action names are the verbs — don't confuse them (e.g. `buy` is an action taken during the `acquire` phase).