boundary-probing

Testing & Quality

Map parameter space, generate extreme values, test at boundaries, detect breakpoints, synthesize validity envelope.

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Boundary Probing

Orchestration Steps

Receive claim and parameter context from strategy
Dispatch parameter-space-mapping to identify all dimensions
For each dimension, dispatch extreme-value-generation:
- Minimum, maximum, zero, negative, overflow
- Type boundaries (empty, null, singleton, infinite)
Dispatch breakpoint-detection at each extreme value
Record pass/fail for each probe point
Dispatch validity-envelope-construction to synthesize boundaries

Subagents

parameter-space-mapping
extreme-value-generation
breakpoint-detection
validity-envelope-construction

Termination Conditions

All dimensions probed at all boundary values (complete)
Breakpoint found in critical dimension (early report)
Budget exhausted (report partial envelope)
Dimension count exceeds budget (prioritize by sensitivity)

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
breakpoint-detection	Test a claim at extreme parameter values and detect the precise point where it breaks down.
extreme-value-generation	Generate boundary and extreme test values for a given parameter dimension to stress-test claims.
parameter-space-mapping	Identify all parameter dimensions along which a claim's validity might vary.
stress-test-validity-envelope-construction	Synthesize breakpoints across dimensions into a coherent validity envelope for a claim.