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saddlefit-0.1.0/CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+## 0.1.0 (2026-10-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **cli:** add baseline and report ([#82](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/82)) ([5a90709](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/5a907093174ca2dfc10abf39d2260e0ad68030b6))
+* **cli:** add doctor with speed, tool-call probes and tier ([#77](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/77)) ([93e9409](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/93e940903454f54b872cf8c5227d5ce916b2cc1b))
+* **cli:** add init and tasks mine, list and show ([#79](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/79)) ([d2c5ba5](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/d2c5ba5b04eef2f118d846b67170e1b9989ca5eb))
+* **config:** add saddlefit.yaml model and loader ([#55](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/55)) ([1a9c31a](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/1a9c31ad843aaa4b9932806910793e15a9d634b7))
+* **context:** assemble the harness context within budget ([#71](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/71)) ([4d741b5](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/4d741b561414ee48b055db4bc7b8d468a4d05beb))
+* **eval:** add failure taxonomy and tamper detection ([#64](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/64)) ([0a7c3b4](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/0a7c3b46c592d6b1f38561129606b789a7ae133b))
+* **eval:** add leak guard that aborts on canaries ([#65](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/65)) ([91ede13](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/91ede13b4efb16b9ab24efa5fafdf329dd287d9b))
+* **eval:** add the evaluator with tamper checks ([#75](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/75)) ([e9b4297](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/e9b4297896f0bc7eecf669ac745588604157bc00))
+* **harness:** add git-backed harness store ([#74](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/74)) ([29005fd](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/29005fd84106418ffb0656addc295b66c40a78dc))
+* **harness:** add loop.yaml schema, clamping and allowlist ([#67](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/67)) ([fdf8a94](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/fdf8a94bdb4ed141dc0be8cdf10b0181483ce306))
+* **logs:** add JSON-line logging with secret redaction ([#58](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/58)) ([22f9594](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/22f95944725a36a7023f9056b4dd22d8e782ae8b))
+* **providers:** add ModelClient protocol and JSON tool parsing ([#57](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/57)) ([2cbf36c](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/2cbf36c9bbb5a334103f32911d9d9171c10dcc9e))
+* **providers:** add OpenAI-compatible student provider ([#60](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/60)) ([79eb478](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/79eb478f3a259fbfcbe8fedca7ca5d2d68ecfb89))
+* **providers:** add retries and scripted fake provider ([#59](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/59)) ([0a40318](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/0a40318aa4b9c00593c8ba84ba1405153aad917e))
+* **providers:** pass reasoning effort to the runner ([#80](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/80)) ([e41765b](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/e41765bc7178fc9cadbf6cdf6639da80b904f6ff))
+* **sandbox:** add container lifecycle with B11 limits ([#61](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/61)) ([2714dab](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/2714dabdf377cd40c846307f0213e06db45072a4))
+* **storage:** add run records and schema migrations ([#66](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/66)) ([1f0a37b](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/1f0a37b5ec994004c67aeab750981cc1ae9b15ea))
+* **student:** add the agent loop with finish gate and loop detection ([#76](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/76)) ([d713721](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/d7137210f4f4178fdddb2cce4f80fa83945cc9a6))
+* **tasks:** add deterministic splits and the suite lock ([#62](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/62)) ([8002fd5](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/8002fd55e339d2444607d7d05a2a1205fdc5298e))
+* **tasks:** add sealed store, canaries and import boundary ([#63](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/63)) ([1e61e84](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/1e61e84de678b901b348128577fb10566707f55e))
+* **tasks:** mine viable tasks from git history ([#69](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/69)) ([8719e13](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/8719e1311522a39e2d04291f49a87a6776e2d49a))
+* **tools:** add student tools that run in the sandbox ([#70](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/70)) ([306eedb](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/306eedbe3873f8e0fd84faa1e27b09a81b017fd5))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* add build specification ([1f9c25f](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/1f9c25f49fe4f300bbf34ef87f5ad6b012b45d34))
+* add contributor, conduct and security docs ([6e8812a](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/6e8812a86976c43a690aff1c08a46108886f341a))
+* add readme, architecture, ADR process and notes ([1cb2581](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/1cb25816ade20b1d0795a214732124666a9ea9b7))
+* add the Saddlefit logo to the README ([#81](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/81)) ([b2a27da](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/b2a27daf00c50812587be2396a1ab733ee9f12e4))
+* **adr:** define what reading sealed data means for evaluation ([#78](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/78)) ([b13b7af](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/b13b7afe854233f588cfe43250dbfc49313ac69c))
+* **readme:** add loop and landscape diagrams ([#68](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues/68)) ([f56be57](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/commit/f56be57b2940471848843df6e5e88a78c4e49dd7))

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+Metadata-Version: 2.5
+Name: saddlefit
+Version: 0.1.0
+Summary: A self-improving harness that fits itself to your compact local model
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/issues
+Project-URL: Changelog, https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
+Author: padobrik
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+Keywords: agents,compact-models,harness,llm,local-llm,ollama
+Classifier: Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha
+Classifier: Environment :: Console
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development
+Classifier: Typing :: Typed
+Requires-Python: >=3.12
+Requires-Dist: anthropic>=1.15
+Requires-Dist: docker>=7.1
+Requires-Dist: openai>=3.35
+Requires-Dist: pydantic>=2.11
+Requires-Dist: python-ulid>=3.0
+Requires-Dist: pyyaml>=6.0.2
+Requires-Dist: typer>=0.16
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+<h1>
+  <picture>
+    <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="docs/logo/saddlefit-dark.svg">
+    <img alt="Saddlefit" src="docs/logo/saddlefit-light.svg" width="300">
+  </picture>
+</h1>
+
+[![CI](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+[![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/padobrik/saddlefit/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/padobrik/saddlefit)
+[![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/padobrik/saddlefit?include_prereleases&sort=semver)](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/releases)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/padobrik/saddlefit)](LICENSE)
+
+Saddlefit fits an agent's harness to one compact model, on your own tasks. It adds what
+fixes failures, drops what stops helping, and proves each change on tasks the tutor never saw.
+
+The model's weights never change; only the files around it do: system prompt, skills, tool
+guidance, tool scripts, loop settings, reasoning mode and an `EXPERIENCE.md` of lessons.
+
+> **Status:** pre-alpha. Built milestone by milestone; see the
+> [milestones](https://github.com/padobrik/saddlefit/milestones) and [the spec](docs/SPEC.md).
+
+## Three loops
+
+<picture>
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="docs/diagrams/three-loops-dark.svg">
+  <img alt="Three loops: the fast loop during a task, the middle loop overnight, the slow loop that improves the tutor itself" src="docs/diagrams/three-loops-light.svg" width="760">
+</picture>
+
+- **Fast — during a task.** When the task's own check fails, the student probes a few harness
+  variants locally and keeps what passes; the finding goes on probation in a journal.
+- **Middle — overnight.** A tutor diagnoses training failures and proposes one change at a
+  time; it is accepted only if it wins on repeated runs over held-out tasks, and pruned by
+  ablation once it stops paying for its context.
+- **Slow — every few weeks.** Statistics on accepted changes become a ranked playbook, gated by
+  an A/B test, until a compact local tutor can take over.
+
+<details>
+<summary>The fast loop in detail</summary>
+<br>
+
+<picture>
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="docs/diagrams/fast-loop-dark.svg">
+  <img alt="Fast loop: a failed check triggers local probes, and a change that helps stays on probation in the journal" src="docs/diagrams/fast-loop-light.svg" width="760">
+</picture>
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary>The middle loop in detail</summary>
+<br>
+
+<picture>
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="docs/diagrams/middle-loop-dark.svg">
+  <img alt="Middle loop: a change is accepted only if it wins on the training batch and again on held-out tasks" src="docs/diagrams/middle-loop-light.svg" width="760">
+</picture>
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary>The slow loop in detail</summary>
+<br>
+
+<picture>
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="docs/diagrams/slow-loop-dark.svg">
+  <img alt="Slow loop: a new playbook must beat the old one in an A/B run before the tutor uses it, and a shadow tutor takes over once it is as good as the cloud one" src="docs/diagrams/slow-loop-light.svg" width="760">
+</picture>
+
+</details>
+
+## What counts as a compact model
+
+An open-weight model that runs on one consumer machine and meets all four conditions
+(`saddlefit doctor` checks them):
+
+1. **Memory** — at 4-bit, weights plus a 32k-token context fit in 24 GB or less.
+2. **Active size** — at most about 10B parameters active per token (a 30B-A3B MoE qualifies).
+3. **Speed** — roughly 20 tokens per second or more on the target machine.
+4. **Tool use** — reliable tool calls, natively or through constrained JSON output.
+
+| Tier | What it is | Typical hardware |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| S | dense, 1–4B | 8–16 GB laptops, CPU only |
+| M | dense, 4–10B, or a looped model | 16–18 GB Macs, GPUs with 8–12 GB |
+| L | MoE, up to ~35B total and ~5B active | 32–36 GB Macs, 24 GB GPUs |
+
+## Quickstart
+
+Requires Python 3.12+, Docker and a local model runner such as [Ollama](https://ollama.com).
+
+```bash
+uv tool install saddlefit
+cd your-python-project
+saddlefit init --model qwen3:8b
+saddlefit doctor
+saddlefit tasks mine
+saddlefit baseline
+saddlefit fit
+saddlefit report
+```
+
+Every command also accepts `--json`.
+
+## Where it comes from
+
+The middle loop follows AutoSaddler; the fast loop and the improver that improves itself
+follow Harness². What Saddlefit adds is the focus on one compact local model, measured on your
+own tasks, with a harness that stays small.
+
+<picture>
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="docs/diagrams/origins-dark.svg">
+  <img alt="Ideas from AutoSaddler and Harness², and what Saddlefit adds" src="docs/diagrams/origins-light.svg" width="760">
+</picture>
+
+<picture>
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="docs/diagrams/landscape-dark.svg">
+  <img alt="Map of related approaches by when the harness improves and who executes; Saddlefit learns ahead of time for a small local model" src="docs/diagrams/landscape-light.svg" width="760">
+</picture>
+
+See [the spec, Part D](docs/SPEC.md#part-d--background) for sources and a fuller comparison.
+
+## Documentation
+
+- [Specification](docs/SPEC.md) — the build contract
+- [Architecture](docs/architecture.md)
+- [Architecture decision records](docs/adr/)
+- [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+- [Security policy](SECURITY.md)
+
+## License
+
+[Apache-2.0](LICENSE)