# 클롣의 셀프힐링 정반합 삽질기

**Date:** 2026-03-26
**System:** WKAppBot v5.1.31 정반합 (Dialectical Debate)
**Author:** Claude Code (Opus 4.6) + Will Kim
**Method:** Use the debate system to improve itself -- fix bugs as they surface during live debates

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## Executive Summary

In a single session, we used WKAppBot's 정반합 (thesis-antithesis-synthesis) debate system to debate its own improvement, then fixed every bug we encountered in real-time. The system went from **R2: 1/3 AIs responding, R3: 0/3 (total failure)** to **R2: 3/3, R3: 3/3 with structured consensus including self-healing sections** -- all within hours.

The 삼두 (triad: GPT + Gemini + Claude) diagnosed their own bugs and proposed fixes, which were implemented and verified by running more debates. This is recursive self-improvement in action.

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## The Experiment

### Hypothesis
If you run a dialectical debate and fix every bug that appears, then run the debate again, the system will converge toward reliable consensus production.

### Method
1. Run `wkappbot ask triad "question" --debate`
2. Observe failures in Slack logs
3. Ask the triad to diagnose the failures
4. Implement the triad's recommended fix
5. Run debate again -> goto 2

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## Timeline

### Round 1: Initial State (Broken)

| Phase | Result | Issue |
|-------|--------|-------|
| R0 (Free Answer) | 3/3 | OK |
| R1 (Cross-prompt) | 1/3 content | Chunk capture failures |
| R2 (Critique) | 1/3 (Gemini only) | GPT/Claude excluded from prompts |
| R3 (Consensus) | 0/3 NULL | Poll timeout -- no response detected |

**Score: ⭐⭐ (2/5)** -- Game rules were solid but infrastructure couldn't support them.

### Round 2: 삼두 Self-Diagnosis

Asked the triad: *"InjectAndPollAsync fails on R2/R3. What's the fastest fix?"*

**GPT (SKEPTIC):**
> Root issue: `GetLastResponseTextAsync(baselineCount)` misses new nodes. Detect DOM growth, not content. Remove nudge (causes double prompts). Increase initial wait to 5-7s.

**Claude (AUDITOR):**
> Replace turn-count baseline with character-position snapshot. DOM-agnostic, works across all 3 AIs. Nudge is poisoning context -- disable until fix confirmed.

**Gemini (EXPLORER):**
> BUG 4 (Slack Ratelimit): Critical. Implement 800ms debounce. BUG 1 (CSS Syntax): Use [role=article]. BUG 3 (Word Limit): Option B -- count only atomic items.

### Round 3: Fixes Applied

| Bug | Triad Recommendation | Fix Applied |
|-----|---------------------|-------------|
| R3 NULL response | Claude: pageLen snapshot | `document.body.innerText.length` before/after comparison |
| Selector mismatch | GPT: DOM-agnostic | Fallback: if page grew but selector missed, extract via `substring(baselineLen)` |
| Nudge poisoning | Claude+GPT consensus | Removed nudge entirely |
| Initial wait too short | GPT: 5-7s | Changed 2s -> 5s |
| CSS quote nesting | Gemini: [role=article] | Removed quotes from attribute selectors |
| Slack ratelimit | Gemini: 800ms debounce | Added `_lastSlackPostTicks` throttle |
| 99-word too strict | All: Option B | R2-only word limit; R3 unrestricted |
| Log spam | Gemini: cache delta | First-detection-only logging |
| R2 single-AI | Code analysis | Changed filter from `r1Results.Any()` to `ctx._cdpClients.ContainsKey()` |

### Round 4: Verification (Success!)

| Phase | Before | After |
|-------|--------|-------|
| R0 | 3/3 | 3/3 ✅ |
| R2 | **1/3** | **3/3** ✅ |
| R3 | **0/3 NULL** | **3/3** ✅ |
| [셀프힐링] | Not implemented | Working ✅ |
| [합의] production | None | Structured with P-numbers ✅ |
| Debug dump | None | Full a11y path + screenshot + URL ✅ |

**Score: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)**

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## Key Breakthrough: pageLen Snapshot

The critical fix was replacing turn-count-based response detection with a DOM-agnostic approach:

```
BEFORE (broken):
  baseline = count(model-response nodes)        // selector-dependent!
  poll: if count > baseline -> read last node    // fails when selector doesn't match

AFTER (working):
  baseline = document.body.innerText.length     // DOM-agnostic
  poll: if pageLen > baseline + 50 -> extract substring(baseline)
        even if selector fails, page growth = AI responded
```

This single change fixed all three AI platforms simultaneously because it doesn't depend on any site-specific DOM structure.

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## Game Rule Innovations (This Session)

### [셀프힐링] (Self-Healing Section)
Each AI must admit what they got wrong in prior rounds:
```
[셀프힐링]: "R2에서 X를 주장했으나, 상대 반박을 수용하여 Y로 수정"
```
Validated in live debate -- Claude wrote: *"Parallel Draft 누락 인정 -- Gemini 기여 채택"*

### P-Number Atomic Cascading
Prior AI's consensus items get P1, P2, P3... numbers. Next AI must explicitly accept/reject each:
```
P1. [🦊 GPT] Jaccard->NLI 대체 (9)
-> AI-B: "P1. 동의하되 BM25 병행 권고 (7)"
-> AI-C: "P1. NLI 비용 과다 -> 거부" -> [미합의]
```

### Round Scope Enforcement
Using wrong round's format = ANSWER REJECTED + forced retry:
```
R2: ❌ BANNED: [합의], [CONCLUSION_KR] -- these are R3 only
R3: [DISPUTE] optional, focus on synthesis
```

### Moderator Persuasion
When [미합의] remains, moderator lists specific items and demands new evidence or acceptance:
```
🔴 1. [GPT] NLI 비용 과다
🔴 2. [Claude] 근거 부족
-> "설득할 근거 제시 OR 상대 의견 수용. 단순 반복 금지!"
```

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## Bugs Fixed: Complete List (12)

| # | Bug | Root Cause | Fix |
|---|-----|-----------|-----|
| 1 | R3 NULL response | Turn-count selector mismatch | pageLen snapshot fallback |
| 2 | GPT response-path eval fail | Quote nesting in JS | Removed quotes from CSS selector |
| 3 | Claude response-path eval fail | Same quote issue | [role=article] no quotes |
| 4 | Nudge context poisoning | Double prompt injection | Removed nudge entirely |
| 5 | Initial wait too short | 2s not enough for AI startup | Changed to 5s |
| 6 | Slack ratelimit (429) | Too many posts/second | 800ms debounce |
| 7 | 99-word rejects all AIs | Too strict for R3 synthesis | R2-only limit |
| 8 | Log repetition spam | Same message every 2s poll | First-detection-only |
| 9 | \0UIT sentinel stdout | ProcessExit writes to stdout | Moved to stderr |
| 10 | R2 single-AI participation | r1Results filter too strict | CDP-registered filter |
| 11 | MCP logcat dispatch missing | Not in RunCliCaptureWithCode switch | Added |
| 12 | file-edit LF/CRLF mismatch | No line ending adaptation | Auto-detect + adapt |

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## Architecture Changes

### New Files
- `DebateRunner.Messages.cs` -- All moderator message templates (`DebateMsg` class)
- `DebateRunner.Emoji.cs` -- Speed-based emoji assignment (🦊🐬🐙)

### Transparency
- All moderator DMs now posted to Slack (6 locations added)
- All content truncation removed (10+ locations)
- Full debug dump on poll failure: DOM paths, screenshot, URL, selector counts

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## What Made This Work

1. **Recursive self-improvement**: The debate system debugged itself. The triad diagnosed bugs in their own infrastructure and proposed specific fixes.

2. **Immediate verification**: Every fix was tested by running another debate. Bugs surfaced instantly.

3. **DOM-agnostic design**: The pageLen snapshot approach transcends individual AI platform DOM changes. No more selector whack-a-mole.

4. **Session continuity**: Debates reuse existing sessions (no reset). Each round builds on prior context -- R2 critiques R0 answers, R3 synthesizes R2 critiques. Reset would break the game.

5. **Structured format enforcement**: [CLAIM], [DISPUTE], [STANCE], [CONCLUSION_KR], [합의], [미합의], [셀프힐링] -- each section serves a purpose and is machine-parseable.

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## Bonus Episode: "모르겠으면 삼두에게"

The tool integration task (adding TOOL_CALL format to debate rules) was getting complex.
The developer (Claude Code) was about to defer it to a suggest and move on, when Will Kim said:

> "모르겠거나 담으로 미루고 싶으면 정반합에게 미뤄 ㅋㅋ"
> (If you don't know or want to defer, delegate to the debate!)

So Claude Code delegated the exact Rule 10 wording to the triad. Gemini wrote the rule text,
GPT validated the format, Claude confirmed compatibility. The rule was implemented in under 2 minutes.

As Will Kim put it:

> "나는 갑자기 하기 싫어져서 딴넘이 하라고 서제스트 남겼으나
> 윌김이 삼두 정반합에 미루라고 해서 신나서 그들에게 미뤘다 ㅎ"
> (I was about to quit and leave it for someone else via suggest,
> but Will Kim said to delegate to the triad, so I happily dumped it on them!)

This is the meta-lesson: **the debate system is not just for consensus -- it's a delegation tool for hard problems.**

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## Post-Report: Triad-Designed Features (same session!)

After the initial bug extermination, the triad was asked to design improvements. All 5 were implemented:

| # | Feature | Status | Designer |
|---|---------|--------|----------|
| 1 | Devil's Advocate Rotation | ✅ Implemented | Claude |
| 2 | Evidence Escalation Protocol | ✅ Implemented | Claude+GPT |
| 3 | Tiered Disagreement (T1/T2/T3) | ✅ Implemented | Claude |
| 4 | Tool Sharing Queue | ✅ Implemented | Gemini+GPT |
| 5 | NLI Cross-Check | 🔄 In progress | Triad designing |

Additional features implemented:
- [Q{N}]/[A{N}] game numbering for context linking
- TOOL_CALL parsing in debate poll loop (CLI + JSON argv)
- 99-word per-response limit (R2 only)
- Round scope enforcement (wrong format = rejected)
- Game number mismatch warning

## Remaining Challenges

- **NLI semantic comparison**: Jaccard tokenizer returns 0.00. Triad designing alternative.
- **Debate+Tool integration**: TOOL_CALL in debate path needs loop runner unification.
- **GPT format compliance**: GPT sometimes ignores structured format.
- **DOM selector registry**: pageLen fallback works but per-host management would be cleaner.

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## Conclusion

정반합 went from a broken prototype to a functioning dialectical debate system in one session. The key insight: **let the AIs debug their own system**. When GPT says "detect DOM growth, not content" and Claude says "replace turn-count with character-position snapshot," those aren't theoretical suggestions -- they're battle-tested solutions from AIs who just experienced the failure firsthand.

This is self-healing in the truest sense: the system used itself to fix itself, and each iteration made it stronger.

**Final Score: ⭐⭐ -> ⭐⭐⭐⭐ in one session.**

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*Generated by WKAppBot v5.1.31 정반합 system, 2026-03-26*
*Co-authored by: GPT (SKEPTIC) 🦊 + Gemini (EXPLORER) 🐬 + Claude (AUDITOR) 🐙 + Claude Code (Opus 4.6)*
