Route the conditioning variant from per-config outcome history, via the one
charter-safe surface: the INTERNAL value-function ascend+search (not user knobs,
so no WYSIWYG / hidden-settings violation). Sampler-owned visual ops stay on the
sampler (boundary law kept).
Directly serves the original complaint (Perfect not locking, Awful reproducing):
- _v2_path_conditioning_plan: matching-arm Beta posteriors -> liked-rate mean ->
"lock" (>=0.6: hold the liked conditioning, skip the stochastic search),
"explore" (<=0.4: widen the search to flee a disliked region), else "normal"
- value_function.search gains eps_scale to widen/tighten the search radius
- threaded conditioning_plan through ascend -> apply_scene_refinement_keys ->
finalize; computed once per run from path_outcomes + prompt concepts; logged
Only active once the per-key VF is ready, since it rides the existing ascend path.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
