Arena

Fan out N parallel attempts at the same task. Read every candidate end to end. Pick the strongest as the base. Graft the best ideas from the others into it. Verify the synthesized result.

Dispatch contract. Read provider-dispatch.md before fan-out. Configured values are provider-qualified descriptors, not host-native model slugs. The parent starts native and external lanes directly; children never route themselves. On Codex, resolve the remaining Claude tool names via codex-tools.md.

Start

Open a todolist with one entry per phase before launching anything. The arena runs autonomously and the list keeps phases from silently disappearing.

1. Frame
2. Fan out
3. Cross-judge
4. Pick
5. Graft
6. Verify

Phase A: Frame