Boundary Probing
Orchestration Steps
- Receive claim and parameter context from strategy
- Dispatch
parameter-space-mappingto identify all dimensions - For each dimension, dispatch
extreme-value-generation:- Minimum, maximum, zero, negative, overflow
- Type boundaries (empty, null, singleton, infinite)
- Dispatch
breakpoint-detectionat each extreme value - Record pass/fail for each probe point
- Dispatch
validity-envelope-constructionto synthesize boundaries
Subagents
- parameter-space-mapping
- extreme-value-generation
- breakpoint-detection
- validity-envelope-construction
Termination Conditions
- All dimensions probed at all boundary values (complete)
- Breakpoint found in critical dimension (early report)
- Budget exhausted (report partial envelope)
- Dimension count exceeds budget (prioritize by sensitivity)
Available SOPs
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| SOP | When to use |
|---|---|
| breakpoint-detection | Test a claim at extreme parameter values and detect the precise point where it breaks down. |
| extreme-value-generation | Generate boundary and extreme test values for a given parameter dimension to stress-test claims. |
| parameter-space-mapping | Identify all parameter dimensions along which a claim's validity might vary. |
| stress-test-validity-envelope-construction | Synthesize breakpoints across dimensions into a coherent validity envelope for a claim. |