HYDRA Long-Mission Playbook (1000-step Browser Swarms)

This playbook defines how to run long-horizon, multi-browser missions with SCBE governance and HYDRA-style coordination.

1) Execution model

Use a mission graph (phases + dependencies) instead of one flat 1000-step script.
Each job owns a unique page_lock to avoid duplicate actions against the same target.
Run actions in bounded chunks (--max-actions-per-request) for checkpointable progress.

2) Governance gates

Capability gate: DELIBERATION jobs require capability token.
PQC metadata gate: DELIBERATION jobs with pqc metadata are quarantined if key IDs are missing or rotation age exceeds policy.
Verification gate: each response is scored and mapped to ALLOW/QUARANTINE/DENY|NOISE.

3) Job payload recommendations

{
  "job_id": "recon-001",
  "agent_id": "pilot-1",
  "risk_tier": "DELIBERATION",
  "page_lock": "example.com:pricing",
  "capability_token": "...",
  "pqc": {
    "kyber_id": "kyb-prod-01",
    "dilithium_id": "dil-prod-01",
    "last_rotated_hours": 24,
    "rotation_hours": 720
  },
  "actions": [
    {"action": "navigate", "target": "https://example.com"},
    {"action": "extract", "target": "h1"}
  ],
  "verify": {
    "must_contain": ["example"],
    "max_redirects": 2
  }
}

4) CLI usage

python scripts/aetherbrowse_swarm_runner.py \
  --jobs-file jobs/multi_browser.json \
  --concurrency 8 \
  --max-actions-per-request 40 \
  --artifact-root artifacts/aetherbrowse_runs

5) Reliability patterns

Keep job chunks <= 50 actions to reduce blast radius and make replay deterministic.
Reserve role lanes by convention:
- pilot-* executes browser actions.
- copilot-* verifies extraction quality.
- judge-* handles disposition/escalation only.
Route all mission traces and decision records into immutable artifact storage.

6) Definition of done for “1000-step ready”

At least one mission with 1000+ primitive actions completes via chunked requests.
No duplicate page_lock assignments within a run.
All DELIBERATION jobs include capability token + PQC metadata checks.
Decision records and trace hashes available for every job.