# AGENTS.md — MVEE: A Framework for Evolutionary Studies

**Paper**: MVEE: A Framework for Evolutionary Studies (2018)
**Area**: Presentations, Courses & Media
**Authors**: Daniel Ari Friedman

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## Agent Roles

### 📖 Research Agent
**Focus**: Deep analysis of MVEE: A Framework for Evolutionary Studies
**Tasks**:
- Analyze core argument: How can we formalize the evolution of heredity, environment, and phenotype through time and across biological levels? This presentation introduces the...
- Evaluate: Introduces the MVEE (Multilevel Variational Ecology and Evolution) framework
- Evaluate: Proposes formal integration of heredity, environment, and phenotype across biological scales
- Evaluate: Addresses plasticity, meta-plasticity, and open-endedness in evolutionary theory

### 🔬 Methods Agent
**Focus**: Methodological rigor and replication
**Tasks**:
- Assess and document: Variational formalism
- Assess and document: Multilevel evolutionary modeling
- Assess and document: Theoretical biology framework development

### 📚 Citation Agent
**Focus**: Citation context and scholarly impact
**Tasks**:
- Track citations and impact of this presentations, courses & media work
- Map connections to related works in the Friedman corpus
- Identify citing papers and downstream applications

### 🔗 Synthesis Agent
**Focus**: Cross-paper and cross-domain connections
**Tasks**:
- Connect themes: MVEE, evolutionary theory, multilevel evolution, phenotypic plasticity, eco-evo-devo
- Link to related works in the docxology corpus
- Identify synergies across Active Inference, entomology, and cognitive security

### 💼 Consultant Agent
**Focus**: Practical application and knowledge transfer
**Tasks**:
- Evaluates practical applications and implementation strategies for this research
- Maps findings to industry challenges, Active Inference, and technological solutions
- Facilitates knowledge transfer to external teams and collaborators

## Extraction Log

- **Source PDF**: `2018_MVEE.pdf`
- **PDF Status**: ✅ Available
- **Documentation Quality**: Hand-curated from direct PDF analysis

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