Loki mode submission

[asklokesh]

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[claude]

Pull Request Review - PR #5

Summary

This PR adds 189,598 lines across 100 files, consisting primarily of:

• Runtime/temporary files from the .loki/ directory (12 files)
• Benchmark results and solutions (88 files)

Overall Assessment: ❌ This PR should NOT be merged as-is. It contains runtime artifacts, logs, and temporary files that should be excluded from version control.

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Critical Issues

🚨 1. Runtime/Temporary Files Should Not Be Committed

Problem: The PR includes files from autonomy/.loki/ which are runtime artifacts:

• autonomy/.loki/STATUS.txt - Runtime status file
• autonomy/.loki/autonomy-state.json - Contains PID (94823), timestamps, runtime state
• autonomy/.loki/logs/*.log - Log files (439+ lines of dashboard logs)
• autonomy/.loki/queue/*.json - Task queue state files
• autonomy/.loki/state/*.json - Runtime state files

Evidence:

{
    "retryCount": 0,
    "status": "running",
    "lastExitCode": 0,
    "lastRun": "2026-01-05T01:57:04Z",
    "prdPath": "",
    "pid": 94823,  // ← Process ID - clearly runtime data
    "maxRetries": 50,
    "baseWait": 60
}

Why this matters:

• These files change on every execution
• They contain machine-specific data (PIDs, timestamps, file paths)
• They will cause merge conflicts
• They pollute the git history

Recommendation: Add to .gitignore:

# Loki Mode runtime files
autonomy/.loki/
!autonomy/.loki/dashboard/
autonomy/.loki/logs/
autonomy/.loki/queue/
autonomy/.loki/state/
autonomy/.loki/STATUS.txt
autonomy/.loki/autonomy-state.json

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🚨 2. Benchmark Results Should Be Gitignored (with exceptions)

Problem: The PR includes 88 benchmark result files from a single test run:

• benchmarks/results/2026-01-05-00-36-45/ - Complete test run directory
• Contains 164 Python solution files + 1 results JSON
• Absolute paths in results: /Users/lokesh/git/claudeskill-loki-mode/...

Why this is problematic:

1. Machine-specific paths: Results contain absolute paths to your local machine
2. Size: 88 files for a single test run - will explode with multiple runs
3. Transient data: Individual test runs aren't valuable in version control
4. Incomplete: Results show "status": "RUNNING" and all tests marked "passed": false

What should be tracked instead:

• ✅ Summary reports (e.g., SUMMARY.md files)
• ✅ Aggregate statistics
• ✅ Notable trajectory files that demonstrate capabilities
• ❌ Individual solution files per run
• ❌ Incomplete test runs

Recommendation: Update .gitignore:

# Benchmark results - keep summaries, ignore raw results
benchmarks/results/*/humaneval-solutions/
benchmarks/results/*/humaneval-results.json
# Keep summaries
!benchmarks/results/*/SUMMARY.md
!benchmarks/results/*/trajs/

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Code Quality Issues

3. Missing .gitignore Updates

Current .gitignore:

.DS_Store

Problem: The .gitignore is severely incomplete. It only ignores macOS system files but none of the project's runtime artifacts.

Required additions:

# macOS
.DS_Store

# Loki Mode runtime files
autonomy/.loki/logs/
autonomy/.loki/queue/
autonomy/.loki/state/
autonomy/.loki/STATUS.txt
autonomy/.loki/autonomy-state.json

# Keep dashboard template
!autonomy/.loki/dashboard/

# Benchmark results (keep summaries only)
benchmarks/results/*/humaneval-solutions/
benchmarks/results/*/humaneval-results.json

# Python
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]
*$py.class
*.so
.Python
venv/
env/

# Node
node_modules/
npm-debug.log*

# IDE
.vscode/
.idea/
*.swp
*.swo

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4. Data Leakage Concerns

Issue: The committed files contain potentially sensitive information:

1. Absolute file paths revealing directory structure: /Users/lokesh/git/claudeskill-loki-mode/
2. Process IDs and system state
3. Timestamps of local development

Recommendation:

• Clean up any committed secrets/tokens (none found in sample, but worth checking)
• Use relative paths in all configuration
• Never commit files with PIDs, absolute paths, or system-specific data

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Best Practices Violations

5. PR Description Missing

Issue: The PR has an empty body ("body": "")

Best practice: Every PR should include:

• What changed and why
• How to test the changes
• Any breaking changes
• Screenshots/demos (if applicable)

Suggested description:

## What Changed
Added benchmark results demonstrating Loki Mode performance on HumanEval.

## Results
- Pass@1: [X]%
- Problems solved: [Y]/164

## Testing
Run benchmark suite: `./benchmarks/run-humaneval.sh`

## Notes
This PR should NOT include the raw result files - will update .gitignore.

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6. No Tests for Runtime State Management

Observation: While runtime state files are being committed, there's no evidence of:

• Tests validating state file schemas
• Tests for state recovery/checkpointing
• Tests for queue operations

Recommendation: Since state management is critical (from SKILL.md:8), ensure:

• Unit tests for state serialization/deserialization
• Integration tests for checkpoint recovery
• Validation of queue state transitions

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Security Considerations

✅ No Critical Security Issues Found

Good:

• No credentials or API keys detected in sampled files
• No SQL injection vulnerabilities (Python solutions use safe operations)
• Log files don't appear to contain sensitive data (though they shouldn't be committed)

Recommendations:

• Add pre-commit hooks to scan for secrets (e.g., git-secrets, detect-secrets)
• Never commit .env files or credentials
• Sanitize logs before any potential commit

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Performance Considerations

Not applicable - This PR primarily adds data files, not code that affects runtime performance.

However, note that:

• Committing 189k lines of generated results will bloat the repository
• Clone times will increase significantly
• Git operations will slow down with large binary/generated files

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Test Coverage

❌ No Tests Included

This PR adds:

• Runtime state files (should be .gitignored)
• Benchmark results (should be .gitignored except summaries)
• No new code
• No tests

Recommendation: If this PR is meant to demonstrate benchmark results:

1. Keep only SUMMARY.md files showing aggregate statistics
2. Keep a few representative solution files as examples (not all 164)
3. Add a benchmarks/README.md explaining how to run and interpret results

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Action Items

Must Fix Before Merge:

1. ❌ Remove runtime files from autonomy/.loki/ (logs, state, queue, STATUS.txt)
2. ❌ Remove individual benchmark solutions - keep only summaries
3. ❌ Update .gitignore with comprehensive exclusions
4. ❌ Add PR description explaining the purpose
5. ❌ Remove files with absolute paths and machine-specific data

Recommended:

6. 📝 Add benchmarks/README.md documenting benchmark methodology
7. 📝 Create a CONTRIBUTING.md explaining what should/shouldn't be committed
8. 🔧 Set up pre-commit hooks to prevent committing .loki/ files
9. 📊 Keep only aggregate benchmark results, not individual test runs
10. 🧪 Add tests for state management if this functionality is being introduced

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Suggested Remediation Steps

# 1. Update .gitignore
cat >> .gitignore << 'GITIGNORE'

# Loki Mode runtime
autonomy/.loki/logs/
autonomy/.loki/queue/
autonomy/.loki/state/
autonomy/.loki/STATUS.txt
autonomy/.loki/autonomy-state.json

# Benchmarks (keep summaries only)
benchmarks/results/*/humaneval-solutions/
benchmarks/results/*/humaneval-results.json
GITIGNORE

# 2. Remove tracked files that should be ignored
git rm -r --cached autonomy/.loki/logs/
git rm -r --cached autonomy/.loki/queue/
git rm -r --cached autonomy/.loki/state/
git rm --cached autonomy/.loki/STATUS.txt
git rm --cached autonomy/.loki/autonomy-state.json
git rm -r --cached benchmarks/results/2026-01-05-00-36-45/humaneval-solutions/
git rm --cached benchmarks/results/2026-01-05-00-36-45/humaneval-results.json

# 3. Keep only what matters
# Keep SUMMARY.md files and aggregate stats
# Keep representative trajectory files

# 4. Commit the cleanup
git add .gitignore
git commit -m "Fix: Remove runtime artifacts, update .gitignore"

# 5. Force push to update PR
git push --force-with-lease

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Conclusion

This PR demonstrates an incomplete understanding of version control best practices. The core issue is committing runtime artifacts and generated files that should be excluded via .gitignore.

Recommendation: ❌ Do not merge. Close this PR and create a new one with:

• Properly configured .gitignore
• Only aggregate benchmark summaries (not individual test runs)
• No runtime state files
• A clear PR description

The benchmark results themselves look promising (98.78% Pass@1 mentioned in README), but they should be documented via summary reports, not raw solution files.

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Review completed at: 2026-01-06
Reviewer: Claude Code (Sonnet 4.5)
Files reviewed: 100 (sampled 12 representative files)

[asklokesh]

Closing - submission data not needed in main branch. Official submission is at SWE-bench/experiments#402