Offline simulation that runs ANIMA's pure domain functions in-memory — no Redis, no Postgres, no LLM. Compresses days to weeks of runtime into seconds.
bun simulation --scenario baseline --days 7
bun simulation --scenario neglect --days 14
bun simulation --scenario conversation --days 3
bun simulation --scenario stress --days 7| Flag | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
--scenario, -s |
baseline |
Scenario to run |
--days, -d |
1 |
Duration in days (supports decimals) |
--tick-interval, -t |
1 |
Minutes per tick |
--snapshot-interval |
60 |
Record snapshot every N ticks |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
baseline |
No operator interaction — pure isolation |
neglect |
Single message then complete silence |
stress |
Daily emotional triggers, criticism, and conflict |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
daily-life |
Varying daily interaction density, weekday/weekend patterns, seeded randomization |
conversation |
Regular daily conversations (7 messages/day, fixed pattern) |
slow-build |
Cold start → warming → building trust → deep connection over weeks |
irregular |
Unpredictable — 30% silent days, 15% burst days (8-23 messages), rest sparse |
abandonment |
Active relationship building (30% of duration) then sudden complete silence |
recovery |
Escalating stress/conflict → explicit reconciliation → return to normal |
Custom scenarios go in simulation/scenarios/ — see existing ones for the format.
Each tick calls the same pure domain functions as the live FEEL pipeline: emotion construction, momentum, afterglow, drives, somatic update (with regional body map, sensitization, inflammation, immune resilience), somatosensory amplification, defense-to-soma conversion, vulnerability memory, autonomic transitions, neuromodulation (including HPA-axis cortisol), attachment dynamics, vulnerability, coherence, dissociation, regulation, metacognition, and DMN state.
Skipped: LLM calls, episodic memory queries, secondary emotions, external APIs.
The observer flags ceiling/floor locks on neurotransmitters and emotions, autonomic stuck states, coherence collapse, attachment drift, sudden jumps, somatic extremes, inflammation runaway, sensitization saturation, immune depletion, and regional activation ceiling locks.