ground-game/workplans/GROUND-WP-0006-h1-problem-stress-experiment.md

---
id: GROUND-WP-0006
type: workplan
title: "H1 experiment: problem pressure and high-stress ATTACK self-soothe"
domain: consumer
repo: ground-game
status: finished
owner: bernd
topic_slug: whynot
created: "2026-08-07"
updated: "2026-08-08"
origin: residual
origin_ref: GROUND-WP-0003
state_hub_workstream_id: "35d47980-4092-55a6-9ba8-4b67c0dc4f18"
---

# H1 — measure whether Stress coupling restores ATTACK/DARVO relevance

**Context:** [GROUND-RPT-0003](../reports/260807-clay-borg-attack-and-modes.md)
showed ATTACK never pays and DARVO never arms under competent play.
Design challenge and hypothesis:
[`history/260807-attack-darvo-stress-design.md`](../history/260807-attack-darvo-stress-design.md).

**Package:** [`editions/experiments/h1-problem-stress/`](../editions/experiments/h1-problem-stress/)  
**Catalog id:** `h1-problem-stress` (selectable; not baseline).  
**Measurement:** [GROUND-RPT-0004](../reports/260808-clay-borg-h1-measured.md).

**Finished 2026-08-08.** H1 packaged, measured, **reject-as-baseline**.
Successor residual: [GROUND-WP-0007](GROUND-WP-0007-h2-scoped-problem-stress.md).
Package stays in catalog for regression A/B — do not delete.

## Task: freeze H1 package and catalog entry

```task
id: GROUND-WP-0006-T01
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "9cc1d6a2-ddb9-5d26-a55c-c61242cb520d"
```

Land experiment directory, `rules_delta.yaml`, `editions/catalog.yaml` +
`CATALOG.md`, and the design note. Baseline r0 untouched.

**Done 2026-08-07.**

## Task: request clay-borg kernel support for variant selection

```task
id: GROUND-WP-0006-T02
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "1944fdcb-6086-5398-a2e1-2defea01b177"
```

Message clay-borg with: catalog path, `variant_id: h1-problem-stress`,
H1-A/H1-B deltas, and ask for (1) ability to select a ground-game catalog
variant in trials/play drivers, (2) kernel implementation of the two
deltas, (3) re-run of the attack-value panel (RPT-0003 shape) and a DARVO
arm-rate report against H1 vs baseline.

**Done 2026-08-07.** Hub message `af57274e-…` to `clay-borg-custodian`.

## Task: human table smoke (optional, 2p or 3p)

```task
id: GROUND-WP-0006-T03
status: cancel
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "25682a01-f292-58b9-addc-3404f275eb51"
```

One short game under H1 rules using experiment `Rules_Text` / `Actions`.
Note: stress climb speed, whether ATTACK felt useful at 4–5, whether
DARVO appeared, whether group threshold still felt fair. Append notes
under `history/` or this workplan.

**Cancelled 2026-08-08.** H1 rejected as baseline; engine measurement
already showed group collapse. Felt-play effort moves to H2
(GROUND-WP-0007-T03) if needed.

## Task: record measurement and catalog utility

```task
id: GROUND-WP-0006-T04
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "050491b8-b62d-52a0-927b-cd1e7ecae1ef"
```

When clay-borg (or table + engine) results exist: update
`editions/catalog.yaml` row for `h1-problem-stress` —
`status`, `utility_estimate`, `decision` (`keep-as-experiment` /
`promote-to-baseline` / `reject`). Do not edit baseline r0 content here.

**Done 2026-08-08.** RPT-0004 filed; catalog `status: measured`,
`decision: reject-as-baseline`, utility summary from CB-EV-0030/0031.
Package remains `selectable: true` for regression A/B.

## Task: decide promote / reject / H2

```task
id: GROUND-WP-0006-T05
status: done
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "c0da8011-2791-50f2-b5e1-d17ec75b24ca"
```

Maintainer decision from criteria in the design note §3.2. If reject or
under-deliver: spawn H2 (e.g. last-place status stress) as a **new**
experiment package, not an in-place mutation of H1 without a new
`variant_id`.

**Done 2026-08-08 (maintainer direction: try scoped attachment).**

| choice | decision |
|--------|----------|
| Promote H1 into r0 | **No** — `reject-as-baseline` |
| Keep H1 in catalog | **Yes** — A/B control |
| Next experiment | **[GROUND-WP-0007](GROUND-WP-0007-h2-scoped-problem-stress.md)** — `h2-scoped-problem-stress` (personal / bond / global) |

Bond scope kept because bonded players share stress **and** joint SOLVE
incentive. H1-B not stacked into H2.