fix(ci): drop Build & Import / Deploy via GitOps jobs (jepa-fx-risk#19)

This is a research repo -- issue#6/#7 already decided CI should be
check-only (`task check` on push/PR), no build, no image push, no
deploy, since training runs are manual/GPU-bound and never CI-triggered.
That never actually landed in cd.yml: it still carried the original
go-web template's build+deploy jobs verbatim, still referencing the
pre-rename `hostexecutor` name (`./cmd/hostexecutor` doesn't exist --
real dirs are cmd/eval, cmd/jepa-fx-risk) and a `k3s/apps/hostexecutor`
deployment that was never created in infra (confirmed: no manifest
exists under either name). Once the check job's own Taskfile bug was
fixed, build started actually running and failing on the wrong path.
Removed both jobs -- check is the only gate this repo needs.

.gitea/workflows/autoresearch.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+name: Autoresearch Loop
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      fixture:
+        description: 'Fixture name in fixtures/ (without .json)'
+        required: true
+        default: 'phase-a-toy'
+      rq_id:
+        description: 'Run ID — defaults to fixture name if blank'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+      iters:
+        description: 'Max iterations'
+        required: false
+        default: '3'
+      model:
+        description: 'LiteLLM model override (leave blank for default berget/gemma4-31b)'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    name: Autoresearch — ${{ inputs.fixture }}
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Resolve run ID
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          RQ_ID="${{ inputs.rq_id }}"
+          [ -z "$RQ_ID" ] && RQ_ID="${{ inputs.fixture }}"
+          echo "rq_id=$RQ_ID" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Clean stale run dir
+        run: rm -rf "runs/${{ steps.vars.outputs.rq_id }}"
+
+      - name: Set up Python venv
+        run: |
+          [ -d .venv ] || python3 -m venv .venv
+          # torch must come from the cu130 wheel index (koala Blackwell sm_120);
+          # requirements.txt deliberately excludes it. Install it first.
+          .venv/bin/pip install -q torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu130
+          .venv/bin/pip install -q -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Scaffold run dir
+        run: |
+          .venv/bin/python scripts/autoresearch_start.py \
+            "fixtures/${{ inputs.fixture }}.json" \
+            "${{ steps.vars.outputs.rq_id }}"
+
+      - name: Run autoresearch loop
+        env:
+          LITELLM_KEY: ${{ secrets.LITELLM_KEY }}
+          LITELLM_BASE: ${{ secrets.LITELLM_BASE }}
+          NTFY_URL: ${{ secrets.NTFY_URL }}
+        run: |
+          ARGS="--run-dir runs/${{ steps.vars.outputs.rq_id }} --iters ${{ inputs.iters }}"
+          [ -n "${{ inputs.model }}" ] && ARGS="$ARGS --model ${{ inputs.model }}"
+          .venv/bin/python loop.py $ARGS
+
+      - name: Upload run artifacts
+        if: always()
+        uses: https://gitea.com/actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: run-${{ steps.vars.outputs.rq_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}
+          path: |
+            runs/${{ steps.vars.outputs.rq_id }}/STATUS.md
+            runs/${{ steps.vars.outputs.rq_id }}/metrics.json
+            runs/${{ steps.vars.outputs.rq_id }}/program.md
+          retention-days: 30

.gitea/workflows/cd.yml

@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
 
-env:
-  IMAGE: hostexecutor
-
 jobs:
   check:
     name: Lint / Test / Vet
@@ -31,85 +28,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run checks
         run: task check
-
-  build:
-    name: Build & Import
-    needs: check
-    runs-on: self-hosted
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    outputs:
-      image-tag: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.sha-tag }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Derive image tags
-        id: meta
-        run: |
-          SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-          echo "sha-tag=${SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Build and push to local registry
-        run: |
-          REGISTRY="localhost:5000"
-          REF="${REGISTRY}/${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.sha-tag }}"
-          buildah build \
-            --label "org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}" \
-            -t ${REF} \
-            -t ${REGISTRY}/${{ env.IMAGE }}:latest \
-            .
-          buildah push --tls-verify=false ${REF}
-          buildah push --tls-verify=false ${REGISTRY}/${{ env.IMAGE }}:latest
-          echo "✓ Image pushed to ${REF}"
-
-  deploy:
-    name: Deploy via GitOps
-    needs: build
-    runs-on: self-hosted
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name == 'push'
-    steps:
-      - name: Update image tag in infra repo
-        env:
-          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ needs.build.outputs.image-tag }}
-          DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.INFRA_DEPLOY_KEY }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-          echo "$DEPLOY_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_infra
-          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_infra
-          ssh-keyscan -p 30022 10.0.1.20 >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null
-          export GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_infra -o IdentitiesOnly=yes"
-          rm -rf /tmp/infra
-          git clone -b main ssh://git@10.0.1.20:30022/mathias/infra.git /tmp/infra
-          cd /tmp/infra
-          DEPLOYMENT="k3s/apps/hostexecutor/deployment.yaml"
-          sed -i "s|image: localhost:5000/hostexecutor:.*|image: localhost:5000/hostexecutor:${IMAGE_TAG}|" "$DEPLOYMENT"
-          grep -q "localhost:5000/hostexecutor:${IMAGE_TAG}" "$DEPLOYMENT" \
-            || { echo "✗ image tag patch failed"; exit 1; }
-          if git diff --quiet "$DEPLOYMENT"; then
-            echo "ℹ image tag unchanged — skipping push"
-          else
-            git -c user.name="hostexecutor CI" \
-                -c user.email="ci@hostexecutor.local" \
-                commit -m "chore(deploy): hostexecutor → ${IMAGE_TAG}" "$DEPLOYMENT"
-            git push origin main
-            echo "✓ pushed to infra repo"
-          fi
-          shred -u ~/.ssh/id_infra
-
-      - name: Trigger Flux reconcile
-        run: |
-          kubectl -n flux-system annotate gitrepository flux-system \
-            reconcile.fluxcd.io/requestedAt="$(date +%s)" --overwrite
-          kubectl -n flux-system annotate kustomization apps \
-            reconcile.fluxcd.io/requestedAt="$(date +%s)" --overwrite
-
-      - name: Verify rollout
-        run: |
-          kubectl rollout status deployment/hostexecutor \
-            --namespace hostexecutor \
-            --timeout=120s \
-          || {
-            kubectl get pods -n hostexecutor -o wide
-            kubectl get events -n hostexecutor --sort-by='.lastTimestamp' | tail -20
-            exit 1
-          }

.gitignore

@@ -34,3 +34,20 @@ bin/
 
 # downloaded + processed market data (track via DVC/MinIO, #10 — not git)
 data/
+
+# autoresearch run dirs (ephemeral; each scaffold rebuilds from fixtures/)
+runs/
+
+# ephemeral experiment outputs (generated by train.py / loop.py)
+metrics.json
+embeddings.json
+HEARTBEAT
+STATUS.md
+
+# python caches
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# built Go binaries
+eval

Taskfile.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ tasks:
     cmds: [.venv/bin/python scripts/fetch_multipair.py]
   data:prepare:pair:
     desc: "Build {PAIR}_hourly.parquet from data/raw/{PAIR}/ (e.g. PAIR=gbpusd)"
-    cmds: [PAIR={{.PAIR}} .venv/bin/python scripts/prepare_hourly.py {{.EXTRA_ARGS}}]
+    cmds: ["PAIR={{.PAIR}} .venv/bin/python scripts/prepare_hourly.py {{.EXTRA_ARGS}}"]
     vars:
       PAIR: '{{default "eurusd" .PAIR}}'
   data:prepare:multipair:

cmd/eval/main.go

@@ -83,6 +83,32 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Printf(`{"metric":"effective_rank","value":%.6f}`+"\n", er)
 		log.Info("effective rank", "erank", fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", er))
 
+	case "var":
+		// Parametric 99% VaR breach rate from probe predictions vs actual realized vol.
+		// Requires train_embeddings (for no-leakage probe fit) and realized_vol (OOS).
+		if len(d.RealizedVol) == 0 {
+			log.Error("var requires realized_vol in embeddings.json")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		var predVol []float64
+		if len(d.TrainEmbeddings) > 0 {
+			trEmb, mu, sd := standardiseCompute(d.TrainEmbeddings)
+			oosEmb := applyStandardise(d.Embeddings, mu, sd)
+			predVol = eval.LinearProbePredict(trEmb, d.TrainRealizedVol, oosEmb, 1e-3)
+		} else {
+			oosEmb, mu, sd := standardiseCompute(d.Embeddings)
+			n70 := int(float64(len(oosEmb)) * 0.7)
+			oos70 := applyStandardise(d.Embeddings[n70:], mu, sd)
+			predVol = eval.LinearProbePredict(oosEmb[:n70], d.RealizedVol[:n70], oos70, 1e-3)
+			d.RealizedVol = d.RealizedVol[n70:]
+		}
+		const z99 = 2.326
+		breachRate, kupiecP := eval.VaRBreachRate(predVol, d.RealizedVol, z99)
+		fmt.Printf(`{"metric":"VaR_breach_rate_99_oos_regime_cond","value":%.6f,"kupiec_p":%.6f}`+"\n",
+			breachRate, kupiecP)
+		log.Info("VaR breach rate 99%", "breach_rate", fmt.Sprintf("%.4f", breachRate),
+			"kupiec_p", fmt.Sprintf("%.4f", kupiecP))
+
 	default:
 		log.Error("unknown metric", "metric", *metric)
 		os.Exit(1)

fixtures/phase-a-toy.json

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "strategic_question": "What is the highest-leverage path to a JEPA-based FX tail-risk system that beats a GARCH/EWMA baseline on out-of-sample VaR-breach calibration, given one GPU and a solo researcher?",
+  "nodes": [
+    {
+      "id": "phase-a-toy",
+      "status": "autoresearch-ready",
+      "question": "Improve the OOS linear-probe R² (val_vol_r2) of the HEPA encoder on EUR/USD daily realized vol. The encoder is a small causal transformer trained with VICReg. Vary one hyperparameter or architectural choice per iteration — model size, learning rate, window, patch length, depth, VICReg loss weights — to push val_vol_r2 as high as possible on the 2022-2023 OOS slice.",
+      "candidate_metric": "val_vol_r2"
+    }
+  ]
+}

internal/eval/var.go

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package eval
+
+import "math"
+
+// VaRBreachRate computes the parametric 99% VaR breach rate and Kupiec POF p-value.
+//
+// VaR_99_t  = predVol[t] × z99   (z99 = 2.326 for 99% normal VaR)
+// breach_t  = actualVol[t] > VaR_99_t  (strict inequality)
+// breachRate = fraction of breaches over all steps
+// kupiecP   = Kupiec POF p-value: P(chi²(1) > LR) where LR is the likelihood ratio
+//             testing H0: true breach probability = 1%. High p = well-calibrated.
+//
+// Returns (0, 1) for empty or mismatched input.
+func VaRBreachRate(predVol, actualVol []float64, z99 float64) (breachRate, kupiecP float64) {
+	n := len(predVol)
+	if n == 0 || n != len(actualVol) {
+		return 0, 1
+	}
+
+	var n1 int
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		if actualVol[i] > predVol[i]*z99 {
+			n1++
+		}
+	}
+
+	breachRate = float64(n1) / float64(n)
+	kupiecP = kupiecPOF(n, n1, 0.01)
+	return
+}
+
+// kupiecPOF returns the Kupiec Proportion-of-Failures p-value.
+// H0: true breach probability = p0 (e.g. 0.01 for 99% VaR).
+// Returns 1.0 for edge cases (n=0, p_hat=p0).
+func kupiecPOF(n, n1 int, p0 float64) float64 {
+	if n == 0 {
+		return 1.0
+	}
+	n0 := n - n1
+	phat := float64(n1) / float64(n)
+
+	var lr float64
+	switch n1 {
+	case 0:
+		// 0 × ln(0/p0) = 0 by convention; only the n0 term contributes
+		lr = 2 * float64(n0) * math.Log((1-phat)/(1-p0))
+	case n:
+		// n0 term vanishes
+		lr = 2 * float64(n1) * math.Log(phat/p0)
+	default:
+		lr = 2 * (float64(n1)*math.Log(phat/p0) + float64(n0)*math.Log((1-phat)/(1-p0)))
+	}
+
+	if lr <= 0 {
+		return 1.0
+	}
+	// P(chi²(1) > LR) = erfc(sqrt(LR/2))  [chi²(1) = Z², Z~N(0,1)]
+	return math.Erfc(math.Sqrt(lr / 2))
+}
+
+// LinearProbePredict fits ridge regression on (trainEmb, trainY) and returns
+// predictions for testEmb. Complements LinearProbeTrainTest when the caller
+// needs the raw predictions (e.g. to compute VaR breach rate).
+// Returns nil when trainEmb is empty.
+func LinearProbePredict(trainEmb [][]float64, trainY []float64,
+	testEmb [][]float64, lambda float64) []float64 {
+	n := len(trainEmb)
+	if n == 0 || len(testEmb) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	d := len(trainEmb[0])
+	p := d + 1
+
+	A := make([][]float64, n)
+	for i, e := range trainEmb {
+		row := make([]float64, p)
+		copy(row, e)
+		row[d] = 1.0
+		A[i] = row
+	}
+	AtA := make([][]float64, p)
+	for i := range AtA {
+		AtA[i] = make([]float64, p)
+	}
+	Aty := make([]float64, p)
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < p; j++ {
+			Aty[j] += A[i][j] * trainY[i]
+			for k := 0; k < p; k++ {
+				AtA[j][k] += A[i][j] * A[i][k]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for j := 0; j < p; j++ {
+		AtA[j][j] += lambda
+	}
+	w := solveCholesky(AtA, Aty)
+
+	preds := make([]float64, len(testEmb))
+	for i, e := range testEmb {
+		row := make([]float64, p)
+		copy(row, e)
+		row[d] = 1.0
+		preds[i] = dot(row, w)
+	}
+	return preds
+}

internal/eval/var_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package eval_test
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/jepa-fx-risk/internal/eval"
+)
+
+// ── VaRBreachRate golden tests ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// VaR_99_t  = predVol[t] × z99   (parametric 99% normal VaR)
+// breach_t  = actualVol[t] > VaR_99_t
+// breachRate = mean(breach_t)
+// kupiecP   = Kupiec POF p-value (chi²(1) test, H0: breach rate = 1%)
+
+func TestVaRBreachRate_ZeroBreaches(t *testing.T) {
+	// 0.02 < 0.01×2.326=0.02326 → no breaches
+	pred := []float64{0.01, 0.01, 0.01}
+	act := []float64{0.02, 0.02, 0.02}
+	rate, _ := eval.VaRBreachRate(pred, act, 2.326)
+	if rate != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("want rate=0, got %.4f", rate)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVaRBreachRate_AllBreach(t *testing.T) {
+	// 0.03 > 0.02326 → all breach
+	pred := []float64{0.01, 0.01}
+	act := []float64{0.03, 0.03}
+	rate, _ := eval.VaRBreachRate(pred, act, 2.326)
+	if math.Abs(rate-1.0) > 1e-9 {
+		t.Fatalf("want rate=1.0, got %.4f", rate)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVaRBreachRate_Golden(t *testing.T) {
+	// n=10, 2 breaches at indices 0 and 2 → rate=0.2
+	// Kupiec: p_hat=0.2 vs p0=0.01 → strongly reject H0 (p < 0.05)
+	pred := make([]float64, 10)
+	act := make([]float64, 10)
+	for i := range pred {
+		pred[i] = 0.01
+		act[i] = 0.01 // no breach: 0.01 < 0.02326
+	}
+	act[0] = 0.03 // breach
+	act[2] = 0.03 // breach
+
+	rate, kupiecP := eval.VaRBreachRate(pred, act, 2.326)
+
+	if math.Abs(rate-0.2) > 1e-9 {
+		t.Fatalf("breach rate: want 0.2, got %.4f", rate)
+	}
+	if kupiecP > 0.05 {
+		t.Fatalf("kupiec p-value: want <0.05 (strong reject H0), got %.4f", kupiecP)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVaRBreachRate_PerfectCalibration(t *testing.T) {
+	// n=100, exactly 1 breach → p_hat=0.01=p0 → LR=0 → kupiecP≈1.0
+	n := 100
+	pred := make([]float64, n)
+	act := make([]float64, n)
+	for i := range pred {
+		pred[i] = 0.01
+		act[i] = 0.015 // < 0.02326, no breach
+	}
+	act[0] = 0.025 // > 0.02326, breach
+
+	rate, kupiecP := eval.VaRBreachRate(pred, act, 2.326)
+
+	if math.Abs(rate-0.01) > 1e-9 {
+		t.Fatalf("breach rate: want 0.01, got %.4f", rate)
+	}
+	if kupiecP < 0.9 {
+		t.Fatalf("kupiec p-value: want ≈1.0 (well calibrated), got %.4f", kupiecP)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVaRBreachRate_EmptyInput(t *testing.T) {
+	rate, kupiecP := eval.VaRBreachRate(nil, nil, 2.326)
+	if rate != 0 || kupiecP != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("empty: want (0,1), got (%.4f,%.4f)", rate, kupiecP)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVaRBreachRate_LenMismatch(t *testing.T) {
+	rate, kupiecP := eval.VaRBreachRate([]float64{0.01}, []float64{0.01, 0.02}, 2.326)
+	if rate != 0 || kupiecP != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("mismatch: want (0,1), got (%.4f,%.4f)", rate, kupiecP)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVaRBreachRate_Z99Default(t *testing.T) {
+	// z99=2.326 is the canonical value; test that boundary case works
+	// VaR = 0.01 × 2.326 = 0.02326
+	// actual = 0.02326 → NOT a breach (strict >)
+	pred := []float64{0.01}
+	act := []float64{0.02326}
+	rate, _ := eval.VaRBreachRate(pred, act, 2.326)
+	if rate != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("boundary: exactly at VaR is not a breach; want rate=0, got %.4f", rate)
+	}
+}
+
+// ── LinearProbePredict ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func TestLinearProbePredict_PerfectLinear(t *testing.T) {
+	// y = x; predictions should match targets closely
+	n := 20
+	trainEmb := make([][]float64, n)
+	trainY := make([]float64, n)
+	testEmb := make([][]float64, 5)
+	testY := []float64{5, 10, 15, 20, 25}
+	for i := range trainEmb {
+		trainEmb[i] = []float64{float64(i)}
+		trainY[i] = float64(i)
+	}
+	for i := range testEmb {
+		testEmb[i] = []float64{testY[i]}
+	}
+	preds := eval.LinearProbePredict(trainEmb, trainY, testEmb, 1e-3)
+	if len(preds) != len(testEmb) {
+		t.Fatalf("len: want %d, got %d", len(testEmb), len(preds))
+	}
+	for i, p := range preds {
+		if math.Abs(p-testY[i]) > 1.0 {
+			t.Fatalf("pred[%d]: want ≈%.1f, got %.4f", i, testY[i], p)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLinearProbePredict_EmptyTrain(t *testing.T) {
+	preds := eval.LinearProbePredict(nil, nil, [][]float64{{1.0}}, 1e-3)
+	if len(preds) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("empty train: want nil/empty preds, got len=%d", len(preds))
+	}
+}

loop.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Agent (on iguana/berget — NOT koala, whose GPU is reserved for train.py) reads
 program.md + train.py + STATUS.md, proposes ONE change to train.py, we run it,
 keep if val_vol_r2 improved else git-revert. Appends per-iter record to STATUS.md.
 
-    LITELLM_KEY=xxx python loop.py [--iters N] [--model MODEL]
+    LITELLM_KEY=xxx python loop.py [--iters N] [--model MODEL] [--run-dir runs/rq-04]
 
 Env:
   LITELLM_KEY      — LiteLLM master key (required)
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Env:
   LOOP_MODEL       — default berget/gemma4-31b (non-thinking; iguana/berget only)
   LOOP_ITERS       — default 3
   TRAIN_TIMEOUT    — seconds per train.py run, default 120
+  NTFY_URL         — optional: POST crash/stall alerts here (e.g. ntfy.sh/<topic>)
 """
 import argparse
 import json
@@ -29,9 +30,14 @@ LITELLM_KEY  = os.environ.get("LITELLM_KEY", "")
 LOOP_MODEL    = os.environ.get("LOOP_MODEL", "berget/gemma4-31b")
 LOOP_ITERS    = int(os.environ.get("LOOP_ITERS", "3"))
 TRAIN_TIMEOUT = int(os.environ.get("TRAIN_TIMEOUT", "120"))
+NTFY_URL      = os.environ.get("NTFY_URL", "")
+
+# Resolved by main() once --run-dir is parsed.
+RUN_DIR      = Path(".")
 STATUS_MD    = Path("STATUS.md")
 METRICS_JSON = Path("metrics.json")
 TRAIN_PY     = Path("train.py")
+HEARTBEAT    = Path("HEARTBEAT")
 
 AGENT_SYSTEM = textwrap.dedent("""\
     You are the autoresearch agent for jepa-fx-risk. Your job: propose ONE small,
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ def gpu_snapshot() -> str:
         return "gpu=N/A"
 
 
-def read_metric() -> float | None:
+def read_metric() -> "float | None":
     if not METRICS_JSON.exists():
         return None
     try:
@@ -73,14 +79,19 @@ def read_metric() -> float | None:
         return None
 
 
-def run_train() -> tuple[float | None, float, str]:
+def run_train() -> "tuple[float | None, float, str]":
-    """Run train.py. Returns (val_vol_r2 or None, wall_secs, stderr_tail)."""
+    """Run train.py from project root with METRICS_OUT pointing into the run dir."""
     t0 = time.time()
-    gpu_before = gpu_snapshot()
+    env = dict(os.environ)
+    env["METRICS_OUT"] = str(METRICS_JSON.resolve())
+    # train.py is copied into the run dir, so sys.path[0] is that run dir — which
+    # has no scripts/. Put the project root (where loop.py + scripts/ live) on
+    # PYTHONPATH so train.py's `from scripts.var_breach import ...` resolves.
+    env["PYTHONPATH"] = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent) + os.pathsep + env.get("PYTHONPATH", "")
     try:
         r = subprocess.run(
-            [sys.executable, "train.py"],
+            [sys.executable, str(TRAIN_PY.resolve())],
-            capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=TRAIN_TIMEOUT,
+            capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=TRAIN_TIMEOUT, env=env,
         )
         elapsed = time.time() - t0
         if r.returncode != 0:
@@ -91,10 +102,10 @@ def run_train() -> tuple[float | None, float, str]:
         return None, TRAIN_TIMEOUT, "TIMEOUT"
 
 
-def call_agent(iteration: int, best_so_far: float | None) -> str:
+def call_agent(iteration: int, best_so_far: "float | None") -> str:
     """Ask the LLM agent to edit train.py. Returns new train.py content."""
     context = "\n\n".join([
-        "# program.md\n" + read_file(Path("program.md")),
+        "# program.md\n" + read_file(RUN_DIR / "program.md"),
         "# train.py (current)\n" + read_file(TRAIN_PY),
         "# STATUS.md (history)\n" + read_file(STATUS_MD)[-2000:],
         "# metrics.json (last run)\n" + read_file(METRICS_JSON),
@@ -132,37 +143,96 @@ def append_status(line: str):
         f.write(line + "\n")
 
 
+def write_heartbeat(iteration: int, status: str = "alive"):
+    """Update HEARTBEAT so watchdogs can detect stalls."""
+    HEARTBEAT.write_text("%s  iter=%d  ts=%.0f\n" % (status, iteration, time.time()))
+
+
+def ntfy(msg: str):
+    """POST an alert to NTFY_URL (best-effort; silently ignored on any error)."""
+    if not NTFY_URL:
+        return
+    try:
+        req = urllib.request.Request(
+            NTFY_URL, data=msg.encode(), method="POST",
+            headers={"Content-Type": "text/plain"},
+        )
+        urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=5)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
 def main():
+    global RUN_DIR, STATUS_MD, METRICS_JSON, TRAIN_PY, HEARTBEAT
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--iters", type=int, default=LOOP_ITERS)
+    parser.add_argument("--model", default=LOOP_MODEL)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--run-dir", default=None,
+        help="run dir scaffolded by autoresearch_start.py; "
+             "STATUS.md, metrics.json, HEARTBEAT, and train.py live here",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    loop_iters = args.iters
+    loop_model = args.model
+
+    if args.run_dir:
+        RUN_DIR = Path(args.run_dir)
+        if not RUN_DIR.is_dir():
+            print("ERROR: run dir not found:", RUN_DIR); sys.exit(1)
+
+    STATUS_MD    = RUN_DIR / "STATUS.md"
+    METRICS_JSON = RUN_DIR / "metrics.json"
+    TRAIN_PY     = RUN_DIR / "train.py"
+    HEARTBEAT    = RUN_DIR / "HEARTBEAT"
+
     if not LITELLM_KEY:
         print("ERROR: set LITELLM_KEY"); sys.exit(1)
 
     if not STATUS_MD.exists():
-        STATUS_MD.write_text("# Autoresearch STATUS\n\n| iter | val_vol_r2 | delta | action | secs | gpu | change |\n|------|-----------|-------|--------|------|-----|--------|\n")
+        STATUS_MD.write_text(
+            "# Autoresearch STATUS\n\n"
+            "| iter | val_vol_r2 | delta | action | secs | gpu | change |\n"
+            "|------|-----------|-------|--------|------|-----|--------|\n"
+        )
 
-    # establish baseline
     baseline = read_metric()
     if baseline is None:
         print("No metrics.json — running train.py for baseline...")
         m, secs, err = run_train()
         if m is None:
-            print("Baseline run failed:", err); sys.exit(1)
+            msg = "Baseline run failed: " + err
+            print(msg)
+            ntfy("[jepa-fx-risk] loop CRASH — " + msg)
+            sys.exit(1)
         baseline = m
         print("Baseline: val_vol_r2 = %.4f (%.1fs)" % (baseline, secs))
 
     best = baseline
-    print("Starting loop | model=%s | iters=%d | baseline=%.4f" % (LOOP_MODEL, LOOP_ITERS, best))
+    print("Starting loop | model=%s | iters=%d | baseline=%.4f" % (loop_model, loop_iters, best))
+    if args.run_dir:
+        print("  run-dir:", RUN_DIR)
 
-    for i in range(1, LOOP_ITERS + 1):
+    iter_index = 0
-        print("\n--- iter %d/%d ---" % (i, LOOP_ITERS))
+    try:
+        for i in range(1, loop_iters + 1):
+            iter_index = i
+            write_heartbeat(i, "agent-call")
+            print("\n--- iter %d/%d ---" % (i, loop_iters))
             original = TRAIN_PY.read_text()
 
-        print("  calling agent (%s)..." % LOOP_MODEL)
+            print("  calling agent (%s)..." % loop_model)
             t_agent = time.time()
             try:
                 new_code = call_agent(i, best)
             except Exception as e:
-            print("  agent call failed:", e)
+                msg = str(e)
-            append_status("| %d | ERR | — | agent-fail | — | — | %s |" % (i, str(e)[:60]))
+                print("  agent call failed:", msg)
+                append_status("| %d | ERR | — | agent-fail | — | — | %s |" % (i, msg[:60]))
+                write_heartbeat(i, "agent-fail")
+                ntfy("[jepa-fx-risk] iter %d agent FAIL — %s" % (i, msg[:80]))
                 continue
             agent_secs = time.time() - t_agent
             print("  agent replied in %.1fs" % agent_secs)
@@ -174,6 +244,7 @@ def main():
 
             TRAIN_PY.write_text(new_code)
 
+            write_heartbeat(i, "training")
             gpu = gpu_snapshot()
             print("  running train.py [%s]..." % gpu)
             metric, secs, err = run_train()
@@ -182,6 +253,8 @@ def main():
                 print("  train.py FAILED — reverting. err:", err[:100])
                 revert_train(original)
                 append_status("| %d | FAIL | — | revert | %.0fs | %s | run error |" % (i, secs, gpu))
+                write_heartbeat(i, "train-fail")
+                ntfy("[jepa-fx-risk] iter %d train FAIL — %s" % (i, err[:80]))
                 continue
 
             delta = metric - best
@@ -195,10 +268,19 @@ def main():
             summary = "| %d | %.4f | %+.4f | %s | %.0fs | %s | iter%d |" % (
                 i, metric, delta, action, secs, gpu, i)
             append_status(summary)
+            write_heartbeat(i, "done")
             print("  val_vol_r2=%.4f  delta=%+.4f  action=%s  [%.0fs]" % (metric, delta, action, secs))
 
+    except Exception as e:
+        msg = "loop CRASH at iter %d: %s" % (iter_index, e)
+        print("FATAL:", msg)
+        ntfy("[jepa-fx-risk] " + msg)
+        raise
+
     print("\nDone. Best val_vol_r2 = %.4f (baseline was %.4f, delta %+.4f)" % (best, baseline, best - baseline))
     print("STATUS.md updated.")
+    write_heartbeat(loop_iters, "done")
+    ntfy("[jepa-fx-risk] loop done. best val_vol_r2=%.4f (delta %+.4f)" % (best, best - baseline))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

metrics.json

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "val_vol_r2": 0.3641397896593044,
-  "phase1_r2": 0.3908407688140869,
-  "n_test": 11641,
-  "knobs": {
-    "WINDOW": 120,
-    "PATCH_LEN": 24,
-    "D_MODEL": 128,
-    "DEPTH": 2,
-    "ALPHA": 0.1,
-    "DELTA_T_MAX": 3,
-    "EPOCHS": 300
-  }
-}

requirements.txt

@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 numpy>=2.0
 pandas>=2.2
 pyarrow>=16
-histdata>=1.3        # histdata.com downloader (handles the tk token politely)
+histdata>=1.1        # histdata.com downloader (1.1 is newest on PyPI; 1.3 never existed)
+hmmlearn>=0.3        # regime detector (prepare_regime.py, jepa-fx-risk#13)
+scikit-learn>=1.4    # HMM dependency

scripts/autoresearch_start.py

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+"""autoresearch start — scaffold a run dir from an Autoresearch Council backlog leaf.
+
+Usage:
+    python scripts/autoresearch_start.py <backlog.json> <rq-id>
+
+Reads the Council backlog JSON (from agentsquad autoresearch_pipe.py Stage-3 output),
+finds the node by rq-id, validates it is autoresearch-ready (fail-closed), then
+scaffolds runs/<rq-id>/ with:
+
+  program.md  — hypothesis, single metric (stripped), agent search-space seam
+  run.json    — provenance (strategic_question + council_node) + config
+  train.py    — copy of project train.py (the loop edits this, keeps history clean)
+
+Launch:
+  LITELLM_KEY=xxx python loop.py --run-dir runs/<rq-id>
+
+Refs: jepa-fx-risk#11, agentsquad#44
+"""
+
+import json
+import shutil
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def load_backlog(path: str) -> dict:
+    try:
+        with open(path) as f:
+            return json.load(f)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print(f"error: backlog file not found: {path}", file=sys.stderr)
+        raise
+
+
+def scaffold_run(
+    backlog_path_or_dict,
+    rq_id: str,
+    run_dir: Path,
+    train_py_src: Path,
+) -> None:
+    """Scaffold a run dir. Raises SystemExit on any validation failure."""
+    if isinstance(backlog_path_or_dict, (str, Path)):
+        backlog = load_backlog(str(backlog_path_or_dict))
+    else:
+        backlog = backlog_path_or_dict
+
+    # Find node
+    nodes_by_id = {n["id"]: n for n in backlog.get("nodes", [])}
+    if rq_id not in nodes_by_id:
+        print(f"error: rq-id {rq_id!r} not found in backlog", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    node = nodes_by_id[rq_id]
+
+    # Fail-closed: only autoresearch-ready nodes may be scaffolded
+    status = node.get("status", "")
+    if status != "autoresearch-ready":
+        print(
+            f"error: {rq_id} has status {status!r}, not 'autoresearch-ready' — refusing to scaffold",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Guard against overwriting an existing run
+    if run_dir.exists():
+        print(
+            f"error: {run_dir} already exists — remove it first to re-scaffold",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    metric = (node.get("candidate_metric") or "").strip()
+    strategic_q = backlog.get("strategic_question", "")
+    council_node = node["id"]
+    generated_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+
+    run_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+    # --- program.md ---
+    program_md = f"""# program.md — {council_node}: {node.get("question", "")[:80]}
+
+## Provenance
+- strategic_question: {json.dumps(strategic_q)}
+- council_node: {council_node} (autoresearch-ready; Autoresearch Council backlog)
+- generated_at: {generated_at}
+
+## Hypothesis
+{node.get("question", "")}
+
+## Single validation metric (optimise this, nothing else)
+`{metric}` — see eval harness for the exact definition. Only this scalar drives
+keep/revert decisions. Report alongside but do NOT optimise:
+  - Kupiec POF p-value (calibration sanity)
+  - val_vol_r2 (representation quality guard)
+
+## What the agent MAY modify (the search space)
+- Hyperparameters in train.py (model size, LR, window, patch_len, epochs, etc.)
+- Conditioning mechanisms (e.g. JEPA_ENABLE_REGIME toggle)
+- Loss function weights and architecture depth
+
+## Frozen (do NOT touch — keeps the ablation clean)
+- Data pipeline and splits (train ≤2021, OOS ≥2022, test 2024 held out)
+- The metric definition and scoring code
+- loop.py, scripts/, tests/
+
+## Experiment loop (per Karpathy autoresearch)
+Each iter (≤ time-box): apply ONE change to train.py → run → read
+`{metric}` → keep if improved (and Kupiec p-value did not collapse), else revert.
+Stop on: target reached, max iters, or K consecutive iters with no improvement.
+"""
+    (run_dir / "program.md").write_text(program_md)
+
+    # --- run.json (provenance + config) ---
+    run_meta = {
+        "strategic_question": strategic_q,
+        "council_node": council_node,
+        "metric": metric,
+        "generated_at": generated_at,
+        "model_tier": "homelab",
+        "max_iters": 10,
+        "time_box_minutes": 5,
+    }
+    (run_dir / "run.json").write_text(json.dumps(run_meta, indent=2) + "\n")
+
+    # --- train.py (loop edits this copy; project root train.py is the template) ---
+    shutil.copy(train_py_src, run_dir / "train.py")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print("usage: python scripts/autoresearch_start.py <backlog.json> <rq-id>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    backlog_path, rq_id = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+
+    project_root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+    run_dir = project_root / "runs" / rq_id
+    train_py_src = project_root / "train.py"
+
+    scaffold_run(backlog_path, rq_id, run_dir, train_py_src)
+
+    backlog = load_backlog(backlog_path)
+    nodes_by_id = {n["id"]: n for n in backlog.get("nodes", [])}
+    metric = (nodes_by_id[rq_id].get("candidate_metric") or "").strip()
+
+    print(f"✓ scaffolded {run_dir}")
+    print(f"  node:   {rq_id}")
+    print(f"  metric: {metric}")
+    print()
+    print("launch:")
+    print(f"  LITELLM_KEY=xxx python loop.py --run-dir runs/{rq_id}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

scripts/prepare_regime.py

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+"""HMM regime detector — 3-state Gaussian HMM on realized_vol.
+
+Fits on the FULL dataset (training + OOS) so the state sequence is globally
+consistent across all periods. States are sorted by mean realized vol (ascending):
+    0 = calm,   1 = stressed,   2 = crisis
+
+Output: data/processed/eurusd_regime.parquet
+Columns: datetime (or date), regime (int: 0/1/2)
+
+Deterministic: fixed random_state=42 throughout.
+Cached: if the parquet already exists, it is not re-computed.
+
+Usage:
+    python scripts/prepare_regime.py [--hourly] [--daily] [--force]
+
+jepa-fx-risk#13
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+from hmmlearn import hmm
+
+DATA_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "data" / "processed"
+HOURLY_PATH = DATA_DIR / "eurusd_hourly.parquet"
+DAILY_PATH = DATA_DIR / "eurusd_daily.parquet"
+OUTPUT_PATH = DATA_DIR / "eurusd_regime.parquet"
+
+N_STATES = 3
+RANDOM_STATE = 42
+
+
+def fit_regime_hmm(realized_vol: np.ndarray, n_states: int = 3, random_state: int = 42) -> np.ndarray:
+    """Fit a Gaussian HMM on realized_vol and return state labels (0=calm → n_states-1=crisis).
+
+    States are sorted by mean realized vol ascending so label 0 is always calm,
+    label n_states-1 is always crisis. This makes the labelling deterministic
+    across datasets with different vol levels.
+
+    Args:
+        realized_vol:  1-D array of realized vol values
+        n_states:      number of HMM hidden states (default 3)
+        random_state:  random seed for reproducibility
+
+    Returns:
+        Integer label array of shape (len(realized_vol),), dtype int64
+    """
+    X = realized_vol.reshape(-1, 1).astype(np.float64)
+    model = hmm.GaussianHMM(
+        n_components=n_states,
+        covariance_type="diag",
+        min_covar=1e-6,
+        n_iter=100,
+        random_state=random_state,
+        tol=1e-4,
+    )
+    model.fit(X)
+    raw_labels = model.predict(X)
+
+    # Sort states by mean realized vol (ascending: calm=0, crisis=n_states-1)
+    state_means = np.array([X[raw_labels == s].mean() if (raw_labels == s).any() else 0.0
+                            for s in range(n_states)])
+    rank = np.argsort(state_means)          # rank[0] = original state id of the calmest cluster
+    remap = np.empty(n_states, dtype=np.int64)
+    for new_label, old_label in enumerate(rank):
+        remap[old_label] = new_label
+    return remap[raw_labels].astype(np.int64)
+
+
+def prepare_regime_df(parquet_path: str, freq: str = "hourly") -> pd.DataFrame:
+    """Load parquet, fit HMM, return DataFrame with timestamp + regime columns.
+
+    Args:
+        parquet_path: path to input parquet (hourly or daily)
+        freq:         "hourly" | "daily" — determines timestamp column name
+
+    Returns:
+        DataFrame with columns: (datetime|date), regime
+    """
+    df = pd.read_parquet(parquet_path)
+    if freq == "hourly":
+        ts = pd.to_datetime(df["datetime"])
+    else:
+        ts = pd.to_datetime(df["date"])
+
+    rv = df["realized_vol"].to_numpy(np.float32)
+    labels = fit_regime_hmm(rv, n_states=N_STATES, random_state=RANDOM_STATE)
+    return pd.DataFrame({"datetime": ts.values, "regime": labels})
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Fit HMM regime detector")
+    parser.add_argument("--hourly", action="store_true", default=True,
+                        help="use hourly parquet (default)")
+    parser.add_argument("--daily", action="store_true", default=False,
+                        help="use daily parquet instead of hourly")
+    parser.add_argument("--force", action="store_true", default=False,
+                        help="overwrite existing output")
+    parser.add_argument("--out", default=str(OUTPUT_PATH),
+                        help="output parquet path")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    out_path = Path(args.out)
+    if out_path.exists() and not args.force:
+        print("regime parquet already exists:", out_path, "(use --force to recompute)")
+        return
+
+    if args.daily and DAILY_PATH.exists():
+        src, freq = str(DAILY_PATH), "daily"
+    elif HOURLY_PATH.exists():
+        src, freq = str(HOURLY_PATH), "hourly"
+    elif DAILY_PATH.exists():
+        src, freq = str(DAILY_PATH), "daily"
+    else:
+        raise FileNotFoundError("no parquet found in data/processed/")
+
+    print(f"fitting HMM ({N_STATES} states) on {src} ...")
+    df = prepare_regime_df(src, freq=freq)
+
+    counts = df["regime"].value_counts().sort_index()
+    print("regime distribution:")
+    for state, count in counts.items():
+        label = {0: "calm", 1: "stressed", 2: "crisis"}.get(state, f"state{state}")
+        print(f"  {state} ({label}): {count} ({100*count/len(df):.1f}%)")
+
+    df.to_parquet(out_path, index=False)
+    print("wrote:", out_path)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

scripts/var_breach.py

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""Parametric 99% VaR breach rate + Kupiec POF p-value.
+
+Used by train.py's LOCKED VaR EVAL BLOCK to write VaR_breach_rate_99_oos_regime_cond
+to metrics.json so the autoresearch loop can optimise it.
+
+jepa-fx-risk#12
+"""
+
+import math
+
+# Canonical metric key — no surrounding whitespace, as required by the loop contract.
+METRIC_KEY = "VaR_breach_rate_99_oos_regime_cond"
+
+# Default normal 99th-percentile z-score.
+Z99 = 2.326
+
+
+def var_breach_rate(pred_vol, actual_vol, z99=Z99):
+    """Compute VaR breach rate and Kupiec POF p-value.
+
+    Args:
+        pred_vol:   iterable of predicted conditional vol forecasts
+        actual_vol: iterable of actual realized vol (same length)
+        z99:        99th-percentile z-score (default 2.326)
+
+    Returns:
+        (breach_rate, kupiec_p) where:
+            breach_rate — fraction of steps where actual_vol > pred_vol × z99
+            kupiec_p    — Kupiec POF p-value (H0: true breach rate = 1%)
+                          High p-value = well-calibrated; low = miscalibrated tail.
+    """
+    pred_v = list(pred_vol)
+    act_v = list(actual_vol)
+    n = len(pred_v)
+    if n == 0 or n != len(act_v):
+        return 0.0, 1.0
+
+    n1 = sum(1 for p, a in zip(pred_v, act_v) if a > p * z99)
+    breach_rate = n1 / n
+    p = kupiec_pvalue(n, n1)
+    return breach_rate, p
+
+
+def kupiec_pvalue(n, n1, p0=0.01):
+    """Kupiec Proportion-of-Failures likelihood ratio test.
+
+    H0: true breach probability = p0.
+    Returns P(chi²(1) > LR) using the identity P(chi²(1)>x) = erfc(sqrt(x/2)).
+    Returns 1.0 for n=0 or LR<=0 (well-calibrated / over-conservative).
+    """
+    if n == 0:
+        return 1.0
+    n0 = n - n1
+    phat = n1 / n
+
+    if n1 == 0:
+        # 0 × ln(0/p0) = 0 by convention; only n0 term contributes
+        lr = 2 * n0 * math.log((1 - phat) / (1 - p0))
+    elif n1 == n:
+        lr = 2 * n1 * math.log(phat / p0)
+    else:
+        lr = 2 * (n1 * math.log(phat / p0) + n0 * math.log((1 - phat) / (1 - p0)))
+
+    if lr <= 0:
+        return 1.0
+    # P(chi²(1) > LR) = erfc(sqrt(LR/2))
+    return math.erfc(math.sqrt(lr / 2))

tests/test_autoresearch_start.py

@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+"""Tests for scripts/autoresearch_start.py — jepa-fx-risk#11 Phase A scaffold.
+
+Success criterion: `autoresearch start <backlog.json> <rq-id>` scaffolds a
+runnable run dir from a ready leaf; refuses non-ready nodes; strips
+candidate_metric; records provenance.
+"""
+
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+# Load the module without executing main()
+_SCRIPT = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "scripts" / "autoresearch_start.py"
+
+
+def _import():
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("autoresearch_start", _SCRIPT)
+    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+    return mod
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def mod():
+    return _import()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def backlog(tmp_path):
+    data = {
+        "strategic_question": "Test strategic question?",
+        "generated_at": "2026-06-27T00:00:00Z",
+        "nodes": [
+            {
+                "id": "rq-01",
+                "question": "Does X improve Y?",
+                "case_type": "autoresearch-loop",
+                "data": "obtainable",
+                "method": "adjacent",
+                "falsifiable": "yes",
+                "candidate_metric": " val_vol_r2",  # leading space — bypass test
+                "depends_on": [],
+                "status": "autoresearch-ready",
+                "track": "autoresearch",
+                "converged": True,
+                "survived_review": True,
+            },
+            {
+                "id": "rq-02",
+                "question": "Not ready yet?",
+                "case_type": "empirical-study",
+                "data": "obtainable",
+                "method": "adjacent",
+                "falsifiable": "yes",
+                "candidate_metric": None,
+                "depends_on": [],
+                "status": "needs-metric",
+                "track": "study",
+                "converged": True,
+                "survived_review": True,
+            },
+            {
+                "id": "rq-03",
+                "question": "A spike.",
+                "case_type": "spike",
+                "data": "have",
+                "method": "yes-named",
+                "falsifiable": "yes",
+                "candidate_metric": None,
+                "depends_on": [],
+                "status": "spike-ready",
+                "track": "spike",
+                "converged": True,
+                "survived_review": True,
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+    p = tmp_path / "backlog.json"
+    p.write_text(json.dumps(data))
+    return p
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def fake_train_py(tmp_path):
+    """Minimal train.py placeholder for scaffold tests."""
+    src = tmp_path / "train_template.py"
+    src.write_text("# train.py placeholder\n")
+    return src
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# fail-closed: refuse non-autoresearch-ready nodes
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestRefuseNonReady:
+    def test_refuses_needs_metric(self, mod, backlog, fake_train_py, tmp_path):
+        run_dir = tmp_path / "runs" / "rq-02"
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc:
+            mod.scaffold_run(backlog, "rq-02", run_dir, fake_train_py)
+        assert exc.value.code != 0
+
+    def test_refuses_spike_ready(self, mod, backlog, fake_train_py, tmp_path):
+        run_dir = tmp_path / "runs" / "rq-03"
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc:
+            mod.scaffold_run(backlog, "rq-03", run_dir, fake_train_py)
+        assert exc.value.code != 0
+
+    def test_refuses_missing_rq_id(self, mod, backlog, fake_train_py, tmp_path):
+        run_dir = tmp_path / "runs" / "rq-99"
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc:
+            mod.scaffold_run(backlog, "rq-99", run_dir, fake_train_py)
+        assert exc.value.code != 0
+
+    def test_refuses_existing_run_dir(self, mod, backlog, fake_train_py, tmp_path):
+        run_dir = tmp_path / "runs" / "rq-01"
+        run_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc:
+            mod.scaffold_run(backlog, "rq-01", run_dir, fake_train_py)
+        assert exc.value.code != 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# scaffold structure: correct files created
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestScaffoldStructure:
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def _scaffold(self, mod, backlog, fake_train_py, tmp_path):
+        self.run_dir = tmp_path / "runs" / "rq-01"
+        mod.scaffold_run(backlog, "rq-01", self.run_dir, fake_train_py)
+
+    def test_run_dir_created(self):
+        assert self.run_dir.is_dir()
+
+    def test_program_md_created(self):
+        assert (self.run_dir / "program.md").exists()
+
+    def test_run_json_created(self):
+        assert (self.run_dir / "run.json").exists()
+
+    def test_train_py_copied(self):
+        assert (self.run_dir / "train.py").exists()
+        assert (self.run_dir / "train.py").read_text() == "# train.py placeholder\n"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# program.md content
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestProgramMd:
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def _scaffold(self, mod, backlog, fake_train_py, tmp_path):
+        self.run_dir = tmp_path / "runs" / "rq-01"
+        mod.scaffold_run(backlog, "rq-01", self.run_dir, fake_train_py)
+        self.content = (self.run_dir / "program.md").read_text()
+
+    def test_contains_hypothesis(self):
+        assert "Does X improve Y?" in self.content
+
+    def test_metric_key_stripped(self):
+        # candidate_metric had leading space " val_vol_r2" — must be stripped
+        assert "`val_vol_r2`" in self.content
+        assert "` val_vol_r2`" not in self.content
+
+    def test_contains_strategic_question(self):
+        assert "Test strategic question?" in self.content
+
+    def test_contains_council_node(self):
+        assert "rq-01" in self.content
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# run.json provenance
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestRunJson:
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def _scaffold(self, mod, backlog, fake_train_py, tmp_path):
+        self.run_dir = tmp_path / "runs" / "rq-01"
+        mod.scaffold_run(backlog, "rq-01", self.run_dir, fake_train_py)
+        self.run = json.loads((self.run_dir / "run.json").read_text())
+
+    def test_strategic_question_in_provenance(self):
+        assert self.run["strategic_question"] == "Test strategic question?"
+
+    def test_council_node_in_provenance(self):
+        assert self.run["council_node"] == "rq-01"
+
+    def test_metric_stripped_in_provenance(self):
+        assert self.run["metric"] == "val_vol_r2"
+        assert self.run["metric"] == self.run["metric"].strip()
+
+    def test_generated_at_present(self):
+        assert "generated_at" in self.run
+
+    def test_max_iters_present(self):
+        assert "max_iters" in self.run
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# load_backlog helper
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestLoadBacklog:
+    def test_loads_json(self, mod, backlog):
+        data = mod.load_backlog(str(backlog))
+        assert data["strategic_question"] == "Test strategic question?"
+        assert len(data["nodes"]) == 3
+
+    def test_missing_file_raises(self, mod, tmp_path):
+        with pytest.raises((FileNotFoundError, SystemExit)):
+            mod.load_backlog(str(tmp_path / "nonexistent.json"))

tests/test_regime.py

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+"""Tests for scripts/prepare_regime.py — HMM regime detector (jepa-fx-risk#13).
+
+TDD: tests first, implementation follows.
+"""
+
+import importlib.util
+import os
+import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+import pytest
+
+_SCRIPT = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "scripts" / "prepare_regime.py"
+
+DATA_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "data" / "processed"
+HOURLY = DATA_DIR / "eurusd_hourly.parquet"
+DAILY = DATA_DIR / "eurusd_daily.parquet"
+
+
+def _import():
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("prepare_regime", _SCRIPT)
+    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+    return mod
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def mod():
+    return _import()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# fit_regime_hmm — pure function (doesn't touch disk)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _synthetic_rv(seed=42, size=500):
+    """Noisy 3-regime vol series: calm→stressed→crisis→calm interleaved."""
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
+    low  = np.abs(rng.normal(0.005, 0.001, size=size // 3))
+    mid  = np.abs(rng.normal(0.015, 0.003, size=size // 3))
+    high = np.abs(rng.normal(0.04,  0.008, size=size - 2 * (size // 3)))
+    return np.concatenate([low, mid, high])
+
+
+class TestFitRegimeHmm:
+    def test_returns_integer_labels(self, mod):
+        rv = _synthetic_rv(seed=0)
+        labels = mod.fit_regime_hmm(rv, n_states=3, random_state=42)
+        assert np.issubdtype(labels.dtype, np.integer), f"dtype={labels.dtype}"
+        assert len(labels) == len(rv)
+
+    def test_states_are_0_1_2(self, mod):
+        rv = _synthetic_rv(seed=1)
+        labels = mod.fit_regime_hmm(rv, n_states=3, random_state=42)
+        unique = set(labels.tolist())
+        assert unique.issubset({0, 1, 2}), f"unexpected states: {unique}"
+
+    def test_deterministic(self, mod):
+        rv = _synthetic_rv(seed=7)
+        a = mod.fit_regime_hmm(rv, n_states=3, random_state=42)
+        b = mod.fit_regime_hmm(rv, n_states=3, random_state=42)
+        assert np.array_equal(a, b), "HMM not deterministic with same random_state"
+
+    def test_sorted_by_vol_asc(self, mod):
+        # 3 clearly separated noisy clusters; state 0 should be calm, 2 should be crisis.
+        rng = np.random.default_rng(42)
+        n = 200
+        low  = np.abs(rng.normal(0.005, 0.001, n))
+        mid  = np.abs(rng.normal(0.015, 0.003, n))
+        high = np.abs(rng.normal(0.05,  0.008, n))
+        rv = np.concatenate([low, mid, high])
+        labels = mod.fit_regime_hmm(rv, n_states=3, random_state=42)
+        # Mean regime label in the high-vol section should exceed mean in the low-vol section.
+        assert labels[2*n:].mean() > labels[:n].mean(), \
+            "crisis section mean regime label should exceed calm section"
+        # The calm section should not be labeled as crisis (2) dominantly.
+        calm_modal = int(np.bincount(labels[:n]).argmax())
+        assert calm_modal < 2, f"calm section mostly labeled {calm_modal}, expected 0 or 1"
+
+    def test_two_states(self, mod):
+        rv = _synthetic_rv(seed=0)
+        labels = mod.fit_regime_hmm(rv, n_states=2, random_state=42)
+        unique = set(labels.tolist())
+        assert unique.issubset({0, 1})
+
+
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# prepare_regime_df — reads parquet, fits HMM, returns DataFrame
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestPrepareRegimeDf:
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not HOURLY.exists(), reason="hourly parquet not available")
+    def test_output_columns(self, mod):
+        df = mod.prepare_regime_df(str(HOURLY), freq="hourly")
+        assert "datetime" in df.columns
+        assert "regime" in df.columns
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not HOURLY.exists(), reason="hourly parquet not available")
+    def test_regime_values(self, mod):
+        df = mod.prepare_regime_df(str(HOURLY), freq="hourly")
+        unique = set(df["regime"].tolist())
+        assert unique.issubset({0, 1, 2}), f"unexpected regime values: {unique}"
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not HOURLY.exists(), reason="hourly parquet not available")
+    def test_no_nulls(self, mod):
+        df = mod.prepare_regime_df(str(HOURLY), freq="hourly")
+        assert df["regime"].isna().sum() == 0
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not DAILY.exists(), reason="daily parquet not available")
+    def test_daily_fallback(self, mod):
+        df = mod.prepare_regime_df(str(DAILY), freq="daily")
+        assert "regime" in df.columns
+        assert set(df["regime"].tolist()).issubset({0, 1, 2})
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Integration: check that train.py REGIME SEAM exists and is togglable
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestTrainPyRegimeSeam:
+    def test_enable_regime_env_var_documented(self):
+        train_py = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "train.py"
+        content = train_py.read_text()
+        assert "JEPA_ENABLE_REGIME" in content, "JEPA_ENABLE_REGIME toggle not found in train.py"
+
+    def test_regime_seam_comment_present(self):
+        train_py = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "train.py"
+        content = train_py.read_text()
+        assert "REGIME" in content and "seam" in content.lower(), \
+            "agent-editable regime seam marker not found in train.py"

tests/test_var_metric.py

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+"""Tests for scripts/var_breach.py — VaR breach rate + Kupiec POF (jepa-fx-risk#12).
+
+Golden tests first: verify the math before wiring it into train.py.
+"""
+
+import importlib.util
+import math
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+_SCRIPT = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "scripts" / "var_breach.py"
+
+
+def _import():
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("var_breach", _SCRIPT)
+    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+    return mod
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def mod():
+    return _import()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# var_breach_rate
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestVarBreachRate:
+    def test_zero_breaches(self, mod):
+        # 0.02 < 0.01×2.326=0.02326 → no breach
+        rate, _ = mod.var_breach_rate([0.01, 0.01], [0.02, 0.02])
+        assert rate == 0.0
+
+    def test_all_breach(self, mod):
+        # 0.03 > 0.02326 → all breach
+        rate, _ = mod.var_breach_rate([0.01, 0.01], [0.03, 0.03])
+        assert rate == 1.0
+
+    def test_golden_two_of_ten(self, mod):
+        pred = [0.01] * 10
+        actual = [0.01] * 10
+        actual[0] = 0.03   # breach
+        actual[2] = 0.03   # breach
+        rate, kupiec_p = mod.var_breach_rate(pred, actual)
+        assert abs(rate - 0.2) < 1e-9, f"rate={rate}"
+        assert kupiec_p < 0.05, f"kupiec_p={kupiec_p}"  # strong reject
+
+    def test_perfect_calibration(self, mod):
+        # n=100, 1 breach → p_hat=0.01=p0=0.01 → LR=0 → kupiec_p≈1
+        pred = [0.01] * 100
+        actual = [0.015] * 100
+        actual[0] = 0.025  # 0.025 > 0.02326 → breach
+        rate, kupiec_p = mod.var_breach_rate(pred, actual)
+        assert abs(rate - 0.01) < 1e-9
+        assert kupiec_p > 0.9, f"kupiec_p={kupiec_p}"
+
+    def test_boundary_at_var_is_not_breach(self, mod):
+        # exactly at VaR_99 is NOT a breach (strict >)
+        z99 = 2.326
+        var = 0.01 * z99
+        rate, _ = mod.var_breach_rate([0.01], [var], z99=z99)
+        assert rate == 0.0
+
+    def test_empty_returns_zero_one(self, mod):
+        rate, kupiec_p = mod.var_breach_rate([], [])
+        assert rate == 0.0
+        assert kupiec_p == 1.0
+
+    def test_metric_key_no_whitespace(self, mod):
+        key = mod.METRIC_KEY
+        assert key == key.strip(), f"metric key has surrounding whitespace: {key!r}"
+        assert " " not in key, f"metric key contains space: {key!r}"
+
+    def test_metric_key_is_canonical(self, mod):
+        assert mod.METRIC_KEY == "VaR_breach_rate_99_oos_regime_cond"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# kupiec_pvalue
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestKupiecPValue:
+    def test_perfectly_calibrated(self, mod):
+        # p_hat == p0 → LR=0 → p-value=1
+        p = mod.kupiec_pvalue(100, 1, p0=0.01)
+        assert p > 0.99, f"p={p}"
+
+    def test_strong_reject_high_breach(self, mod):
+        # 20% breach when 1% expected → p << 0.05
+        p = mod.kupiec_pvalue(100, 20, p0=0.01)
+        assert p < 0.001, f"p={p}"
+
+    def test_zero_breaches_not_nan(self, mod):
+        p = mod.kupiec_pvalue(100, 0, p0=0.01)
+        assert not math.isnan(p)
+        assert 0 <= p <= 1.0
+
+    def test_all_breaches_not_nan(self, mod):
+        p = mod.kupiec_pvalue(10, 10, p0=0.01)
+        assert not math.isnan(p)
+        assert p < 0.001  # extremely unlikely
+
+    def test_zero_observations(self, mod):
+        p = mod.kupiec_pvalue(0, 0)
+        assert p == 1.0

train.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ PHASE1_JOINT       = bool(int(_os.environ.get("JEPA_PHASE1_JOINT",     1)))
 PHASE1_JOINT_EPOCHS= int(_os.environ.get("JEPA_PHASE1_JOINT_EPOCHS",  30))
 PHASE1_ENCODER_LR  = float(_os.environ.get("JEPA_PHASE1_ENCODER_LR",  3e-6))
 USE_MULTIPAIR      = bool(int(_os.environ.get("JEPA_USE_MULTIPAIR",    0)))
+JEPA_ENABLE_REGIME = bool(int(_os.environ.get("JEPA_ENABLE_REGIME",    0)))
 SEED          = int(_os.environ.get("JEPA_SEED",          0))
 # ---------------------------
 
@@ -171,6 +172,22 @@ def build():
         df["date"] = pd.to_datetime(df["date"])
         FEAT_COLS = ["ret", "realized_vol"]
         target_col = "realized_vol"
+    # ── REGIME CONDITIONING SEAM — agent may vary this mechanism ─────────────
+    # Baseline: concat regime flag as an additional feature channel (0=calm, 2=crisis).
+    # Agent may swap for FiLM conditioning, learned regime embedding, or gating.
+    _regime_path = "data/processed/eurusd_regime.parquet"
+    if JEPA_ENABLE_REGIME and os.path.exists(_regime_path):
+        _rdf = pd.read_parquet(_regime_path)
+        _ts_col = "datetime" if "datetime" in _rdf.columns else "date"
+        _rdf[_ts_col] = pd.to_datetime(_rdf[_ts_col])
+        df = df.copy()
+        df = df.merge(
+            _rdf.rename(columns={_ts_col: "date"})[["date", "regime"]],
+            on="date", how="left",
+        )
+        df["regime"] = df["regime"].fillna(0).astype(np.float32)
+        FEAT_COLS = list(FEAT_COLS) + ["regime"]
+    # ── END REGIME SEAM ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     feats  = df[FEAT_COLS].to_numpy(np.float32)
     target = df[target_col].to_numpy(np.float32)
     tr_idx = df.index[df["date"].dt.year <= 2021].tolist()
@@ -298,12 +315,22 @@ def main():
     phase1_r2 = float(1 - ((yte - pred_h) ** 2).sum() / ss_tot)
     print("phase1_r2   = %.4f  (n_test=%d)" % (phase1_r2, len(yte)))
 
+    # ── VaR EVAL BLOCK — do NOT edit (agent boundary) ───────────────────────
+    import sys as _sys
+    _sys.path.insert(0, _os.path.dirname(_os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    from scripts.var_breach import var_breach_rate as _var_breach_rate, METRIC_KEY as _VAR_KEY
+    _var_rate, _kupiec_p = _var_breach_rate(pred_np.tolist(), yte.tolist())
+    print("%s=%.4f  Kupiec_p=%.4f" % (_VAR_KEY, _var_rate, _kupiec_p))
+    # ── END VaR EVAL BLOCK ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    _metrics_out = _os.environ.get("METRICS_OUT", "metrics.json")
     json.dump({
         "val_vol_r2": val_vol_r2, "phase1_r2": phase1_r2, "n_test": len(yte),
+        _VAR_KEY: _var_rate, "kupiec_p": _kupiec_p,
         "knobs": {"WINDOW": WINDOW, "PATCH_LEN": PATCH_LEN,
                   "D_MODEL": D_MODEL, "DEPTH": DEPTH, "ALPHA": ALPHA,
                   "DELTA_T_MAX": DELTA_T_MAX, "EPOCHS": EPOCHS},
-    }, open("metrics.json", "w"), indent=2)
+    }, open(_metrics_out, "w"), indent=2)
     print("val_vol_r2 = %.4f  (n_test=%d, dev=%s)" % (val_vol_r2, len(yte), dev))
 
     # ── EXPORT BLOCK — do NOT edit (agent boundary) ──────────────────────────