{
  "schema": "fable.research_map.receipt.v1",
  "createdAt": "2026-07-05T14:01:00.000Z",
  "taskLabel": "T3MP3ST-pxpipe-advisory-map",
  "task": "Review T3MP3ST (autonomous red-teaming framework by elder-plinius) and pxpipe (context-to-image token compression by teamchong) for fable-agent applicability",
  "source": {
    "classification": "external-project-review",
    "items": [
      "https://github.com/elder-plinius/T3MP3ST",
      "https://github.com/teamchong/pxpipe"
    ],
    "contentVerified": true,
    "liveVerification": "GitHub API metadata + raw README fetched at review time"
  },
  "externalProjectReviews": [
    {
      "repo": "elder-plinius/T3MP3ST",
      "stars": 815,
      "license": "AGPL-3.0",
      "description": "Multi-agent offensive-security meta-harness for autonomous red-teaming",
      "keyFindings": [
        "Uses 'verify-claims' pattern (24/24 green) — every headline recomputed from committed data. Identical to fable-agent's receipt-first philosophy.",
        "Keyless — uses the AI coding agent already on the machine as backbone. Same as fable-agent's model-agnostic pipeline.",
        "90.1% pass@1 on XBEN security benchmark across 104 challenges.",
        "War Room UI + CLI interface for multi-agent kill chain (recon > exploit > report).",
        "AGPL-3.0 license — copyleft, incompatible with MIT codebase. Cannot merge code."
      ],
      "relevantPatterns": [
        "verify-claims mechanism (re-derivable measurement from committed artifacts)",
        "Receipt-first claim validation (same as fable-agent)",
        "Keyless agent-agnostic design (same as fable-agent)"
      ],
      "constraints": ["AGPL-3.0 license prevents code merging", "Security domain differs from agent harness domain"],
      "safeToVendor": false,
      "decision": "learn-only pattern — verify-claims mechanism validates fable-agent's approach"
    },
    {
      "repo": "teamchong/pxpipe",
      "stars": 2364,
      "license": "MIT",
      "description": "Cut Fable 5 token usage by rendering text context as images — ~59-70% lower token bill",
      "keyFindings": [
        "Renders dense text (code, JSON, tool output) as compact PNGs — ~3.1 chars per image-token vs ~1 char per text-token",
        "Proven on real Claude Code traffic: 10/10 SWE-bench Lite both arms at -65% request size",
        "Lossy for byte-exact content: 13/15 hex strings on Fable 5, 0/15 on Opus — silent confabulations on misses",
        "Optional: profitability gate images only where math wins (calibrated on N=391 rows)",
        "Escape hatch: subagents on non-allowlisted models pass through as text"
      ],
      "relevantPatterns": [
        "Token compression for dense pipeline context (repo maps, tool docs, system prompts)",
        "Profitability gate (only image when compression wins) — applicable to fable-agent's runAgent callback",
        "Lossy vs lossless routing — byte-exact content (hashes, IDs) stays text"
      ],
      "constraints": [
        "Lossy compression risks silent confabulations on repo map hashes/IDs",
        "Requires rendering pipeline (Pillow/canvas) — add dependency",
        "Fable-5-optimized; may not translate to DeepSeek/Gemma vision capabilities"
      ],
      "safeToVendor": true,
      "decision": "advisory — token compression pattern is relevant, but lossy nature requires careful routing"
    }
  ],
  "fableAgentAlignment": [
    "T3MP3ST's verify-claims validates fable-agent's receipt-first approach — same philosophy, different domain",
    "pxpipe's token compression could apply to fable-agent's pipeline: the runAgent callback sends repo maps + system prompts + tool docs — all dense text prime for compression",
    "But: repo map contains file paths and structure — if compression is lossy on paths, the model sees wrong structure",
    "Lossless routing (pxpipe's escape hatch) could keep byte-exact content in text and image only what's compressible"
  ],
  "skipped": [
    "actual integration or vendoring of either repo",
    "benchmark comparisons",
    "deploy actions"
  ],
  "deployAttempted": false,
  "autoPatchProven": false
}