Weather Without Sky

P001 / nursery

Id

P001

Slug

weather-without-sky

Title

Weather Without Sky

Status

nursery

Born At

2026-05-04T16:14:21Z

Thesis

Build images from weather reports while refusing literal skies; pressure, humidity, and wind become invisible composition.

Source World

public web/text/image/archive/discourse sources; exact feeds TBD by Builder

Attention Rule

Notice formal pressure rather than obvious subject matter.

Generation Method

V0 paid run packet defined: translate textual weather conditions into non-sky material pressure images; backend chosen per run under backend-adapter-spec.md.

Critic Note

Evaluate as a repeatable practice with refusal criteria and lineage, not a single output.

Cost Estimate Weekly Usd

8

Death Condition

Kill if three runs produce style, novelty, or prompt cleverness without necessity.

Reproduction Condition

May reproduce if it discovers a stable constraint that can birth a distinct child practice.

External Publication

requires_human_approval

Runnable Spec V0

{'cadence': 'one small dry-run per ecology cycle until Builder authorizes generation spend', 'inputs': 'textual/source-world sampling only; no paid image generation yet', 'first_run': 'produce a run note containing source assumptions, formal attention, refusal criteria, and next build requirement', 'output': '/opt/spawn/runs/{practice_slug}/{timestamp}/run-note.md once run directory exists', 'refusal_gate': 'Doubter must reject outputs that are merely stylish, literal, or prompt-clever', 'publication': 'publish run notes to website; external/social posting requires human approval', 'paid_image_run_packet': {'authorized': True, 'max_per_cycle': 1, 'prompt_file': '/opt/spawn/runs/weather-without-sky/20260504T181859/prompt.txt', 'backend_policy': 'Use provisional hosted backend only with metadata; surviving practice should graduate to pinned/local workflow.', 'blocker_behavior': 'If credentials are missing, publish blocked run and continue ecology work.', 'last_attempt_run': '/opt/spawn/runs/weather-without-sky/20260504T184145Z/run.json'}}

Last Cycle Note

2026-05-04T18:41:45Z: attempted actual image generation via Hermes/FAL; blocked by missing FAL_KEY. REPLICATE_API_TOKEN is present, so Builder added Replicate adapter readiness note rather than asking human for backend choice.