Intelligence.
Into useful work.
At growing scale.

Preserved evolution flow

graph LR
 A[Start: Load Config] --> B{Thermostat}
 B -->|ROI >= Target| C[Increase Concurrency]
 B -->|ROI < Target| D[Constrain Exploration]
 C --> E[HGM Engine]
 D --> E
 E -->|Expand| F[Self-Modification]
 E -->|Evaluate| G[Mission Execution]
 F --> H[Ledger Update]
 G --> H
 H --> B
 H --> I[Sentinel Rules]
 I -->|Safe| B
 I -->|Halt| J[Graceful Shutdown]

Original conceptual flow retained. In this simulator, “self-modification” mutates a quality parameter and “mission execution” samples an outcome; neither changes production code nor executes a customer job.

From authorized work to accepted value

flowchart TD
 A[Buyer scope and approved inputs] --> B{Budget and reviewer available?}
 B -->|No| C[Defer with reason]
 B -->|Yes| D[Admitted worker and bounded tools]
 D --> E[Artifacts and effect journal]
 E --> F[Reproducible checks]
 F --> G{Unrelated reviewer accepts?}
 G -->|No| H[Repair or dispute within limits]
 H --> F
 G -->|Yes| I[Buyer acceptance]
 I --> J{Settlement separately authorized?}
 J -->|Yes| K[Verified settlement process]
 J -->|No| L[Hold without payment]
 K --> M[Measured outcomes inform next allocation]