# AGENTS.md — Computational Complexity and Energetics of the Ant Stack

**Paper**: Computational Complexity and Energetics of the Ant Stack (2025)
**Area**: Entomology
**Authors**: Daniel A. Friedman

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## Agent Roles

### 📖 Research Agent
**Focus**: Deep analysis of Computational Complexity and Energetics of the Ant Stack
**Tasks**:
- Analyze core argument: Extending the AntStack framework, this paper examines complexity science approaches to understanding ant colony organization. We connect concepts from...
- Evaluate: Extends AntStack with complexity science frameworks
- Evaluate: Connects information theory and thermodynamics to ant colony analysis

### 🔬 Methods Agent
**Focus**: Methodological rigor and replication
**Tasks**:
- Assess and document: Complexity science analysis
- Assess and document: Information-theoretic metrics
- Assess and document: Complex adaptive systems modeling

### 📚 Citation Agent
**Focus**: Citation context and scholarly impact
**Tasks**:
- Track citations and impact of this entomology 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: AntStack, complexity science, information theory, complex adaptive systems, ant colonies
- 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**: `2025_AntStackComplexity.pdf`
- **PDF Status**: ✅ Available
- **Documentation Quality**: Hand-curated from direct PDF analysis

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