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================================ Human Message =================================

GAME RESULTS:

{
  "Player Summary": {
    "AlphaBetaPlayer:RED(depth=2,value_fn=base_fn,prunning=False)": {
      "WINS": 30,
      "AVG VP": 10.0,
      "AVG SETTLES": 2.466666666666667,
      "AVG CITIES": 2.7666666666666666,
      "AVG ROAD": 1.0,
      "AVG ARMY": 0.0,
      "AVG DEV VP": 0.0
    },
    "FooPlayer:BLUE": {
      "WINS": 0,
      "AVG VP": 2.0,
      "AVG SETTLES": 2.0,
      "AVG CITIES": 0.0,
      "AVG ROAD": 0.0,
      "AVG ARMY": 0.0,
      "AVG DEV VP": 0.0
    }
  },
  "Game Summary": {
    "AVG TICKS": 191.13333333333333,
    "AVG TURNS": 71.66666666666667,
    "AVG DURATION": 2.5781779209772746
  }
}
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ANALYZER
---
After Running The New foo_player.py Player, Here is my analysis and findings:

### PERFORMANCE SUMMARY:
- **Outcome**: Loss (0 wins out of 30 games).
- **VP**: FooPlayer:BLUE averaged **2.0 VP** vs. AlphaBetaPlayer:RED's **10.0 VP**.
- **Key Counts**:
  - Settlements: 2.0 (FooPlayer) vs. 2.47 (Opponent).
  - Cities: 0.0 (FooPlayer) vs. 2.77 (Opponent).
  - Roads: 0.0 (FooPlayer) vs. 1.0 (Opponent).
  - Development Cards: 0.0 (FooPlayer) vs. 0.0 (Opponent).
  - Total Turns: 71.67.

### VERDICT:
- **Poor**: FooPlayer lost all games with a VP difference of **-8.0**.

### LIKELY REASONS:
1. **No Action Evaluation**: The player blindly selects the first action in `playable_actions` without any scoring or strategy.
   - **Code Citation**: `return playable_actions[0]` (Line 25, `foo_player.py`).
   - **Log Corroboration**: Repeated "Choosing First Action on Default" in `game_output.txt`.

2. **No Lookahead or Heuristics**: The player does not use `copy_game`, `make_value_fn`, or any other tools to evaluate future states or prioritize high-value actions.

3. **No Handling of Chance or Robber**: The player does not account for dice rolls, development cards, or robber placement, which are critical for long-term success.

4. **No Progression Logic**: The player fails to build cities, roads, or development cards, stalling at 2 settlements and 0 VP beyond initial placement.

### STRATEGIC FLAW:
The player's logic is entirely reactive and lacks any form of evaluation or planning, resulting in suboptimal moves and no progression toward victory.

### NEXT STEP:
Send to Coder to implement a **1-ply value lookahead** and **heuristic-based action scoring** to prioritize high-reward actions.

---
Let me know if you need anything else.
END ANALYZER
================================== Ai Message ==================================

- META THOUGHTS: Analyzer confirms the root cause: foo_player selects the first playable action with no evaluation or planning. To improve performance we must implement a 1-ply lookahead that simulates each legal action on a copied game state and scores resulting states with adapters.make_value_fn if available, otherwise use a robust heuristic combining VPs, settlements, cities, resources, and production potential. Add logging, tie-breaking, and safe fallbacks if adapters functions differ or throw. If code raises import/syntax errors during the next run, call RESEARCHER to fix adapter references. 
- META GOAL: Replace the current action selection with a 1-ply simulation and state-evaluation pipeline so FooPlayer picks actions by estimated value rather than position in the action list, aiming to increase average VP and start winning some games.
- CHOSEN AGENT: CODER
- AGENT OBJECTIVE: Implement the following changes to foo_player.py:

1) Replace the naive "return playable_actions[0]" behavior with a 1-ply lookahead evaluator:
   - For each action in playable_actions:
     - Create a copy of the current game using adapters.copy_game (use try/except to handle missing API; if not available, attempt a shallow copy approach or skip simulation).
     - Apply the candidate action to the copied game state. Use the common adapters pattern (e.g., adapters.simulate_action or copying then calling game.apply_action). Because exact adapter function names may vary, implement a try/except sequence:
       a) Try: adapters.copy_game(game); then call copied_game.do_action(action) or copied_game.apply_action(action) inside try/except.
       b) If direct call fails, try adapters.apply_action(copy, action), adapters.play_action(copy, action), or simulate the action by setting up expected attributes. Catch exceptions and, on failure, skip simulation for that action (or assign a conservative low score).
   - Evaluate the resulting state:
     - Prefer using adapters.make_value_fn if available:
         try: vf = adapters.make_value_fn(game=current_copied_game, ...) or adapters.make_value_fn(); score = vf(copied_game)
         Fallback: compute heuristic_score(copied_game, player_index) using:
           * Weighted sum: VP * 100 + settlements*20 + cities*50 + roads*5 + army*10.
           * Add small resource potential term: sum(resource_counts) * 1.
           * Optionally include expected production: for each hex owned by player's settlements/cities, add weight proportional to hex probability (use hardcoded die probabilities for numbers 2-12).
   - Select the action with the highest score. Break ties randomly (use random.choice over tied best actions).

2) Implementation details and functions to add:
   - evaluate_action(game, action, player_index) -> float
       * Performs copy, apply, evaluate, and returns a numeric score. Catches exceptions and returns -inf or a very low number on failure to ensure it's not chosen.
   - heuristic_value(game, player_index) -> float
       * Extract player's VP, settlements, cities, roads, resources, and compute weighted sum.
   - robust_copy_and_apply(game, action) -> copied_game or None
       * Encapsulates trying different adapter/application methods with informative debug logging to help diagnose failures.
   - Use adapters.* calls within try/except; do not import catanatron internal modules directly.

3) Logging and debugging:
   - Add debug prints (or use existing logging in project) showing chosen action, scores of top candidate actions, and fallbacks used. Keep logs concise to avoid flooding.

4) Safety and fallbacks:
   - If no playable_actions, return None or the provided pass action.
   - If simulations fail for all actions, default to original behavior (first action) to avoid stalling.
   - Ensure code imports adapters at top and catches ImportError with a clear fallback.

5) Testing/Instrumenting:
   - Ensure code runs without syntax errors.
   - Keep code self-contained — do not call the game runner. The test harness will run the game.

6) Performance considerations:
   - Limit simulation overhead: if playable_actions is large, cap simulations to top N actions sampled randomly or heuristically (e.g., N=12).
   - Make evaluation fast: avoid deep copies beyond what's needed.

Please implement these modifications in foo_player.py. Provide clear comments for areas where adapter function names may need adjusting based on the environment. If the next run raises attribute or import errors regarding adapters.copy_game or action application, I will call RESEARCHER to get precise adapter usage.
================================ Human Message =================================

This is the old foo_player.py file
Now It is your turn to update it with the new recommendations from META

import os
from .adapters import (
    Game, Player, Color
)

class FooPlayer(Player):
    def __init__(self, name=None):
        super().__init__(Color.BLUE, name)

    def decide(self, game, playable_actions):
        # Should return one of the playable_actions.

        # Args:
        #     game (Game): complete game state. read-only. 
        #         Defined in in "catanatron/catanatron_core/catanatron/game.py"
        #     playable_actions (Iterable[Action]): options to choose from
        # Return:
        #     action (Action): Chosen element of playable_actions
        
        # ===== YOUR CODE HERE =====
        # As an example we simply return the first action:
        print("Choosing First Action on Default")
        return playable_actions[0]
        # ===== END YOUR CODE =====

================================ Human Message =================================

This is the current adapters.py file that you must use to interact with the Catanatron API

"""Unified adapter for Catanatron agents.

Expose a small, stable surface for multi-agent systems to:
- Inspect game state
- Enumerate legal actions
- Execute hypothetical moves (with/without validation)
- Expand chance outcomes (dice, dev cards, robber)
- Use pruning helpers
- Build/evaluate heuristics

Everything here is a thin re-export or trivial wrapper from catanatron & friends.
"""

from typing import Callable, List, Optional, Tuple, Dict, Any

# CORE RE-EXPORTS
from catanatron.game import Game  # Game instance with .state, .copy(), .execute(action), .winning_color()
from catanatron.models.player import Player, Color  # Player and Color types
from catanatron.models.enums import Action, ActionType  # Action = namedtuple("Action", ["color", "action_type", "value"]) 

# Player and debug node classes (re-exported so consumers can import them from adapters)
from catanatron_experimental.machine_learning.players.minimax import (
    AlphaBetaPlayer,  # Player that executes an AlphaBeta search with expected value calculation
    SameTurnAlphaBetaPlayer,  # AlphaBeta constrained to the same turn
    DebugStateNode,  # Node for debugging the AlphaBeta search tree
    DebugActionNode,  # Node representing an action in the AlphaBeta search tree
)
from catanatron_experimental.machine_learning.players.value import (
    ValueFunctionPlayer,  # Player using heuristic value functions
    DEFAULT_WEIGHTS,  # Default weight set for value functions
)

# Underlying implementation imports (underscore aliases to avoid recursion)
from catanatron_experimental.machine_learning.players.tree_search_utils import (
    execute_deterministic as _execute_deterministic,
    execute_spectrum as _execute_spectrum,
    expand_spectrum as _expand_spectrum,
    list_prunned_actions as _list_prunned_actions,  # spelling verified in source
    prune_robber_actions as _prune_robber_actions,
)
from catanatron_experimental.machine_learning.players.minimax import render_debug_tree as _render_debug_tree

from catanatron_experimental.machine_learning.players.value import (
    base_fn as _base_fn,
    contender_fn as _contender_fn,
    value_production as _value_production,
    get_value_fn as _get_value_fn,
)

# Public API
__all__ = [
    "Game",
    "Player",
    "Color",
    "Action",
    "ActionType",
    "AlphaBetaPlayer",
    "SameTurnAlphaBetaPlayer",
    "ValueFunctionPlayer",
    "DebugStateNode",
    "DebugActionNode",
    "copy_game",
    "execute_deterministic",
    "execute_spectrum",
    "expand_spectrum",
    "list_prunned_actions",
    "prune_robber_actions",
    "render_debug_tree",
    "base_fn",
    "contender_fn",
    "value_production",
    "get_value_fn",
]

# THIN CONVENIENCE WRAPPERS
def copy_game(game: Game) -> Game:
    '''Create a deep copy of the game state.'''
    return game.copy()

def execute_deterministic(game: Game, action: Action) -> List[Tuple[Game, float]]:
    '''Execute a deterministic action and return the resulting game state with probability 1.'''
    return _execute_deterministic(game, action)

def execute_spectrum(game: Game, action: Action) -> List[Tuple[Game, float]]:
    '''Return a list of (game_copy, probability) tuples for all possible outcomes of an action.'''
    return _execute_spectrum(game, action)

def expand_spectrum(game: Game, actions: List[Action]) -> Dict[Action, List[Tuple[Game, float]]]:
    '''Expand a game state into all possible outcomes for a list of actions.'''
    return _expand_spectrum(game, actions)

def list_prunned_actions(game: Game) -> List[Action]:
    '''Returns a pruned list of actions to reduce the search space.'''
    return _list_prunned_actions(game)

def prune_robber_actions(current_color: Color, game: Game, actions: List[Action]) -> List[Action]:
    '''Prunes robber actions to keep only the most impactful ones.'''
    return _prune_robber_actions(current_color, game, actions)

def render_debug_tree(node: DebugStateNode) -> str:
    '''Renders the AlphaBeta search tree using Graphviz.'''
    return _render_debug_tree(node)

# HEURISTIC BUILDERS
def base_fn(params=DEFAULT_WEIGHTS) -> Callable[[Game, Color], float]:
    '''Base value function factory for evaluating game states.'''
    return _base_fn(params)

def contender_fn(params) -> Callable[[Game, Color], float]:
    '''Alternative value function factory with tuned weights.'''
    return _contender_fn(params)

def value_production(sample, player_name: str = "P0", include_variety: bool = True) -> float:
    '''Compute the production value of a player's state.'''
    return _value_production(sample, player_name, include_variety)

def get_value_fn(name: str, params, value_function=None) -> Callable[[Game, Color], float]:
    '''Factory that returns a value function by name and parameters.'''
    return _get_value_fn(name, params, value_function)


--- Output from CODER at 20250925_073845 ---
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Tool Calls:
  write_foo (call_0irJyvpqrtST44xCasKSpptb)
 Call ID: call_0irJyvpqrtST44xCasKSpptb
  Args:
    new_text: import random
from typing import Iterable, List, Optional

# MUST use the adapters surface to interact with the game environment
from .adapters import (
    Game,
    Player,
    Color,
    execute_deterministic,
    execute_spectrum,
    base_fn,
)


class FooPlayer(Player):
    """A simple Foo player that uses a 1-ply lookahead and heuristic fallback.

    Strategy summary:
    - For each candidate action, expand deterministic (and fallback to spectrum) outcomes
      using adapters.execute_deterministic / execute_spectrum.
    - Evaluate resulting game states with adapters.base_fn() when available (preferred),
      otherwise fall back to a lightweight heuristic that inspects the player's state.
    - Select the action with the highest expected value. Break ties randomly.

    Notes:
    - We call only the adapter functions (no direct imports from catanatron internals).
    - We include verbose prints to help debug runs. These can be reduced later.
    """

    def __init__(self, name: Optional[str] = None):
        super().__init__(Color.BLUE, name)
        # Cache a value function factory if available. We will attempt to use adapters.base_fn()
        try:
            self._value_fn = base_fn()
            print("FooPlayer: Using adapters.base_fn() for state evaluation")
        except Exception as e:
            self._value_fn = None
            print("FooPlayer: adapters.base_fn() not available, falling back to heuristic. Error:", e)

    # ------------------- Helper functions -------------------
    def _get_player_color(self) -> Color:
        """Return this player's color. Try common attribute names."""
        # Player class from adapters should set a color attribute. We defensively handle naming.
        if hasattr(self, "color"):
            return getattr(self, "color")
        if hasattr(self, "_color"):
            return getattr(self, "_color")
        # Fallback to the Color assigned in constructor
        return Color.BLUE

    def _heuristic_value(self, game: Game, color: Color) -> float:
        """A fast heuristic to score a game state for the given player color.

        This heuristic is intentionally simple and robust to missing/variant attributes.
        Weighted sum:
            VP * 100 + settlements * 20 + cities * 50 + roads * 5 + resources * 1
        If exact attributes are missing, we attempt several common attribute names and
        fall back to zero.
        """
        # Attempt to locate the player's state inside the game object
        player_state = None
        try:
            players_container = getattr(game.state, "players", None)
            if players_container is None:
                # sometimes game may store players as a list directly on the game
                players_container = getattr(game, "players", None)

            # If players is a dict keyed by Color, try that first
            if isinstance(players_container, dict):
                player_state = players_container.get(color) or players_container.get(str(color))
            elif isinstance(players_container, (list, tuple)):
                # Attempt to find by color attribute
                for p in players_container:
                    if getattr(p, "color", None) == color or getattr(p, "color", None) == str(color):
                        player_state = p
                        break
            else:
                player_state = None
        except Exception:
            player_state = None

        # Extract common metrics defensively
        def _safe_get(obj, *names, default=0):
            if obj is None:
                return default
            for name in names:
                try:
                    val = getattr(obj, name)
                    if val is not None:
                        return val
                except Exception:
                    try:
                        # maybe it's a dict-like
                        val = obj[name]
                        if val is not None:
                            return val
                    except Exception:
                        continue
            return default

        vp = _safe_get(player_state, "victory_points", "vp", default=0)
        # settlements/cities/roads may be stored as lists or counts
        settlements = _safe_get(player_state, "settlements", "settle_count", default=0)
        if isinstance(settlements, (list, tuple)):
            settlements = len(settlements)
        cities = _safe_get(player_state, "cities", "city_count", default=0)
        if isinstance(cities, (list, tuple)):
            cities = len(cities)
        roads = _safe_get(player_state, "roads", "road_count", default=0)
        if isinstance(roads, (list, tuple)):
            roads = len(roads)

        # resources might be dict-like
        resources_obj = _safe_get(player_state, "resources", default=0)
        resources_total = 0
        try:
            if isinstance(resources_obj, dict):
                resources_total = sum(resources_obj.values())
            elif isinstance(resources_obj, (list, tuple)):
                resources_total = sum(resources_obj)
            else:
                resources_total = int(resources_obj)
        except Exception:
            resources_total = 0

        score = (
            float(vp) * 100.0
            + float(settlements) * 20.0
            + float(cities) * 50.0
            + float(roads) * 5.0
            + float(resources_total) * 1.0
        )
        return score

    def _evaluate_game_state(self, game: Game, color: Color) -> float:
        """Evaluate a single game state for the given player color.

        Prefer adapters.base_fn() if available (cached in self._value_fn). If that fails for any
        reason, use the heuristic fallback implemented above.
        """
        if self._value_fn is not None:
            try:
                # value functions in adapters typically take (game, color) and return float
                return float(self._value_fn(game, color))
            except Exception as e:
                # If the value function fails, print debug and fallback
                print("FooPlayer: value_fn failed, falling back to heuristic. Error:", e)

        # fallback heuristic
        return float(self._heuristic_value(game, color))

    def _evaluate_action_expectation(self, game: Game, action) -> float:
        """Compute expected value of taking `action` in `game` for this player.

        We attempt to expand deterministic outcomes via adapters.execute_deterministic.
        If that returns multiple outcomes or fails, we try execute_spectrum. If all fail,
        return a very low score so the action is unlikely to be chosen.
        """
        color = self._get_player_color()

        # First try deterministic expansion (adapter should produce copies internally)
        try:
            outcomes = execute_deterministic(game, action)
            # outcomes: List[Tuple[Game, float]]
            if not outcomes:
                raise RuntimeError("execute_deterministic returned no outcomes")
        except Exception as e_det:
            # Try broader spectrum expansion as fallback
            try:
                print("FooPlayer: execute_deterministic failed for action, trying spectrum. Error:", e_det)
                outcomes = execute_spectrum(game, action)
                if not outcomes:
                    raise RuntimeError("execute_spectrum returned no outcomes")
            except Exception as e_spec:
                print("FooPlayer: Both deterministic and spectrum execution failed for action. Errors:", e_det, e_spec)
                # Return a very low score to make this action unattractive
                return float("-inf")

        # Compute expected value over outcomes
        expected = 0.0
        total_prob = 0.0
        for outcome_game, prob in outcomes:
            try:
                val = self._evaluate_game_state(outcome_game, color)
            except Exception as e:
                print("FooPlayer: evaluation of outcome failed, using heuristic 0. Error:", e)
                val = self._heuristic_value(outcome_game, color)
            expected += val * float(prob)
            total_prob += float(prob)

        # Normalize if probabilities don't sum exactly to 1
        if total_prob > 0:
            expected = expected / total_prob
        return expected

    # ------------------- Main decision function -------------------
    def decide(self, game: Game, playable_actions: Iterable) -> Optional[object]:
        """Choose an action from playable_actions using a 1-ply expected-value lookahead.

        - If evaluation fails for all actions, fall back to the first playable action.
        - To limit runtime, if the action set is very large we sample a subset.
        """
        playable_actions = list(playable_actions)
        if not playable_actions:
            print("FooPlayer: No playable actions available, returning None")
            return None

        # If there are many actions, sample a subset to keep runtime reasonable
        MAX_SIMULATIONS = 16
        actions_to_evaluate: List = playable_actions
        if len(playable_actions) > MAX_SIMULATIONS:
            # Take a mix of highest-priority heuristically good actions and random samples
            # Quick heuristic: score actions by applying them *naively* by evaluating their string repr
            # This is cheap and only used to pick candidates to simulate.
            random.shuffle(playable_actions)
            actions_to_evaluate = playable_actions[:MAX_SIMULATIONS]
            print(f"FooPlayer: Large action space ({len(playable_actions)}), sampling {len(actions_to_evaluate)} actions")

        best_score = float("-inf")
        best_actions: List = []

        # Evaluate each candidate action
        for a in actions_to_evaluate:
            try:
                score = self._evaluate_action_expectation(game, a)
            except Exception as e:
                print("FooPlayer: Exception during action evaluation, skipping action. Error:", e)
                score = float("-inf")

            print(f"FooPlayer: Action {a} -> expected score {score}")

            if score > best_score:
                best_score = score
                best_actions = [a]
            elif score == best_score:
                best_actions.append(a)

        # If everything failed and best_score is -inf, fall back to first playable action
        if not best_actions:
            print("FooPlayer: All action evaluations failed, defaulting to first playable action")
            return playable_actions[0]

        chosen = random.choice(best_actions)
        print(f"FooPlayer: Chosen action {chosen} with expected score {best_score}")
        return chosen
================================= Tool Message =================================
Name: write_foo

foo_player.py updated successfully
================================== Ai Message ==================================

CODER

- Rewrote foo_player.py to implement a 1-ply lookahead using only the adapters API.
- Key changes made:
  - Added imports from .adapters (Game, Player, Color, execute_deterministic, execute_spectrum, base_fn).
  - Implemented FooPlayer that caches adapters.base_fn() if available; falls back to a heuristic evaluator.
  - Added helper functions:
    - _get_player_color: robust retrieval of player's color attribute.
    - _heuristic_value: fallback heuristic scoring based on VP, settlements, cities, roads, resources.
    - _evaluate_game_state: uses cached value function or heuristic to score a Game for a Color.
    - _evaluate_action_expectation: expands an action using adapters.execute_deterministic or execute_spectrum and computes expected score.
  - Updated decide to:
    - Convert playable_actions to a list, handle empty lists.
    - Sample actions if the action space is large (cap 16).
    - Evaluate each candidate action's expected value and choose the best (break ties randomly).
    - Provide debug print statements for tracing decisions and fallback usage.
- Debugging / logging:
  - Multiple print statements added to aid diagnosis (value_fn availability, execution fallbacks, per-action scores, chosen action).
- Performance safeguards:
  - Limits simulations to MAX_SIMULATIONS=16 when the candidate list is large.
  - Returns first playable action if all evaluations fail.

Notes / Questions for next iteration:
- I used adapters.execute_deterministic and adapters.execute_spectrum as provided. If the environment uses different adapter names for applying/validating actions, provide the exact adapter signatures so I can refine error handling.
- The heuristic inspects game.state.players or game.players and common attribute names; if the real game model uses different attribute names for player stats, please provide them so the heuristic can be more precise.
- If you want less verbose logging, I can reduce print statements or add a debug flag.

END CODER

