From 6ed341522075c20792c6c9fce00e2e90b011a08c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: robbond <rob@rdbsolutions.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:51:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test(experiment): checkpoint three-turn separated reasoning
 result

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 .../rto-three-turn-separated-live.json        | 77 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/experimental/results/rto-three-turn-separated-live.json

diff --git a/tests/experimental/results/rto-three-turn-separated-live.json b/tests/experimental/results/rto-three-turn-separated-live.json
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+{
+  "apparatus": "rto-three-turn-separated-reasoning.mjs",
+  "experiment": "RTO.17A",
+  "artifactType": "LIVE RESULT — RTO.17A three-turn separated layers invocation",
+  "modelName": "qwen-claude:latest",
+  "elapsedMs": 49658,
+  "promptLength": 8153,
+  "inputCharacterCount": 8153,
+  "priorArtifactUsed": "rto-layer-separated-live.json (RTO.16)",
+  "priorFocusedUnderstandingLoaded": true,
+  "priorDecisionSignificanceLoaded": true,
+  "centralCaseStatementSupplied": true,
+  "turnHistorySupplied": false,
+  "layerStructure": {
+    "focusedUnderstanding": "object",
+    "decisionSignificance": "array"
+  },
+  "structuredResult": {
+    "focusedUnderstanding": {
+      "targetNodeId": "nxmeiab",
+      "observations": [
+        "One competitor has recruited machine-learning engineers and a senior product manager for this market segment.",
+        "The same competitor presented at an industry conference featuring a technical architecture diagram, prototype workflow, and discussion of model-training challenges that closely match our target customer problem.",
+        "The presentation content aligns more closely with active product development than general market education, though no commercial product name or launch date was disclosed.",
+        "The product retains protected intellectual property, proprietary processes, and software algorithms currently unavailable to competitors."
+      ],
+      "uncertainties": [
+        "Whether the observed prototype's technical approach aligns with or effectively circumvents existing patent claims and algorithmic barriers.",
+        "The development timeline and release readiness of the detected competitor relative to a twelve-month decision window.",
+        "The level of parallel development activity among other competitors beyond the single observed entity.",
+        "Whether the competing prototype or intended offering targets the same enterprise customer segment as our current focus."
+      ],
+      "assumptions": [
+        "Existing IP portfolio continues to serve as an effective barrier to rapid replication by competitors.",
+        "Competitors face non-trivial costs or technical hurdles in bypassing proprietary algorithms and processes.",
+        "The detected competitor possesses sufficient resources to sustain active development in response to the target customer problem."
+      ],
+      "relationships": [
+        {
+          "from": "Conference Content (Architecture/Prototype)",
+          "to": "Active Development Indication",
+          "type": "Stronger Support"
+        },
+        {
+          "from": "Patents & Proprietary Algorithms",
+          "to": "Competitor Replication Difficulty",
+          "type": "Restricts"
+        },
+        {
+          "from": "Hiring & Conference Activity",
+          "to": "Potential Competing Development",
+          "type": "Suggests"
+        },
+        {
+          "from": "Unverified Signals",
+          "to": "Release Timeline Estimation",
+          "type": "Obscures"
+        }
+      ],
+      "possibleFollowUpQuestions": [
+        "Can the specific claims covered by our patent portfolio be mapped against the technical architecture discussed in the presentation to identify potential work-around attempts?",
+        "Are there additional industry signals (e.g., customer pilot announcements, vendor listings, or niche hiring platforms) confirming the competitor's product trajectory or target market alignment?"
+      ]
+    },
+    "decisionSignificance": [
+      {
+        "insight": "The confirmation of active development indicators narrows the strategic advantage of launching this year, as competitors may reach the market within our current wait window."
+      },
+      {
+        "insight": "Uncertainty around patent circumvention directly impacts whether deferring £300,000 in implementation costs will inadvertently cede first-mover territory if the competitor's technical hurdles prove surmountable."
+      },
+      {
+        "insight": "Clarifying the competitor's target customer alignment is critical to assessing the risk of immediate revenue stability erosion versus the benefit of delayed launch and product improvement."
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
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