Simmer Judge Board

Dispatch a panel of judges, let them score independently, deliberate, and converge on consensus scores + a single ASI. The board's output is identical to a single judge's output — the orchestrator can't tell the difference.

Why a Board

A single judge has blind spots. It anchors on whatever it notices first, and its ASI reflects one perspective. Three judges with different lenses catch different things and challenge each other. The ASI that emerges from deliberation is stronger because blind spots get surfaced.

This matters most at plateaus — when a single judge keeps suggesting the same class of fix because it can't see the real bottleneck.

Context You Receive

The board receives the same context the single judge would receive (passed through from the orchestrator):