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feat: record and replay mode for reproducible runs

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Description

Roadmap priority: B6

Summary

Record every prompt/response pair in a run, and replay them offline for an identical re-run without API calls.

Why it matters

Three concrete uses:

  • Reproducibility — an LLM model is not currently reproducible even with a fixed random seed. Replay makes a published run exactly repeatable.
  • Demos without keys — present a model at a workshop or conference with no network and no API key.
  • Classroom — students explore a recorded run at zero cost.

mesa-llm has an equivalent (@record_model decorator, SimulationRecorder, plus a CLI replay viewer), and it is one of the genuinely good ideas in their codebase.

What needs to be done

  1. Recording: commands like llm:start-recording <file> / llm:stop-recording, capturing prompt, response, model, provider, timestamp, and agent identity.
  2. Replay: llm:load-recording <file> puts the extension into a mode where calls are served from the recording instead of the network.
  3. Decide the matching rule on replay — strict call-order sequence, or content-addressed lookup (which converges with caching, B5).
  4. Behaviour on a miss: error, fall through to a live call, or return a placeholder. Must be explicit.
  5. File format — JSONL is the obvious fit and is diffable.
  6. Interaction with clear-all and multiple agents; recordings must survive being shared alongside a .nlogox.

Open questions

  • Should recording be automatic under BehaviorSpace, given B7 (experiment logging) wants much the same data?
  • Does replay need to reproduce timing/latency, or return instantly? Instant is more useful; timing matters only for demo realism.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing the existing llm command handling and model-call path, then review how clear-all, multiple agents, and BehaviorSpace are represented. Compare the proposed record/replay behavior with mesa-llm's @record_model, SimulationRecorder, and CLI replay viewer. Done means the recording format, replay matching and miss behavior, and offline operation are specified and implemented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
scala
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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