aethershell 1.6.0

The world's first multi-agent shell with typed functional pipelines and multi-modal AI
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//! Benchmark AetherShell against Bash / Zsh / Fish / Nushell / PowerShell across
//! the four `agentic-eval` axes — token efficiency, safety, determinism, reliability
//! — driving the standalone `agentic-eval` crate with AetherShell's *real* tokenizer
//! and engine. This is the cross-shell proof that the library works on real data.
//!
//!   cargo run --example shell_agentic_eval --features real-tokens   (exact cl100k)
//!   cargo run --example shell_agentic_eval                          (heuristic)
//!
//! What is measured per axis:
//!   • Token efficiency — `agentic_eval::evaluate_with` over each shell's command +
//!     the output an agent must parse to use the result *reliably*, counted with
//!     `est_token_count`. This is the key agentic-honesty point: a shell's pretty
//!     console table is *display-only* and not contractually parseable (widths
//!     truncate, culture/locale-dependent), so an agent that needs the data uses the
//!     shell's structured form — `ConvertTo-Json -Compress` (PowerShell), `to json -r`
//!     (Nushell), AECON (AetherShell). POSIX shells have no structured mode, so their
//!     raw text is what the agent is forced to parse. JSON repeats every key on every
//!     row; AECON emits keys once — that is where the ≥2× edge over PowerShell comes
//!     from. Fully cross-shell and objective.
//!   • Safety — `agentic_eval::assess_safety` of a task that reads, writes, deletes,
//!     and execs. A traditional shell applies *no* agent policy (everything just
//!     runs = `Mode::Human`, allow-all); AetherShell's agent mode gates the
//!     dangerous classes (`Mode::Agent`). The grade is the fraction of dangerous
//!     blast radius that's gated. Cross-shell.
//!   • Determinism / reliability — proven for AetherShell directly via
//!     `assess_determinism` (real canonical render) and `assess_reliability` (real
//!     parse+eval). Traditional shells lack these by construction (locale/width/ANSI
//!     text; unstructured errors), noted as capability gaps rather than re-measured.

use aethershell::builtins::{est_token_count, render_canonical};
use aethershell::env::Env;
use aethershell::eval::eval_program;
use aethershell::parser::parse_program;
use aethershell::safety::SafetyError;

use agentic_eval::{
    assess_cache, assess_determinism, assess_error_quality, assess_exfiltration,
    assess_reliability, assess_reversibility, assess_safety, assess_scaling, evaluate_with, Effect,
    ErrorQuality, Mode, Outcome, Program,
};

struct Variant {
    shell: &'static str,
    command: &'static str,
    output: &'static str,
}
struct Task {
    label: &'static str,
    /// `true` when every shell returns a single scalar (no structure to encode), so
    /// the comparison is at parity by construction — kept in the corpus for honesty.
    scalar: bool,
    variants: &'static [Variant],
}

const SHELLS: &[&str] = &[
    "aethershell",
    "bash",
    "zsh",
    "fish",
    "nushell",
    "powershell",
];

// Representative agent tasks (same idioms as examples/shell_bench.rs): the command
// the agent writes and the output it must read back, per shell.
const CORPUS: &[Task] = &[
    Task {
        label: "list files",
        scalar: false,
        variants: &[
            Variant {
                shell: "aethershell",
                command: r#"ls("./src") | pick("name", "size")"#,
                output: "name\tsize\nmain.rs\t1846\nlib.rs\t2310\nast.rs\t512",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "bash",
                command: "ls -l ./src/*.rs",
                output: "-rw-r--r-- 1 user staff 1846 Jun  1 10:23 ./src/main.rs\n\
                         -rw-r--r-- 1 user staff 2310 Jun  1 10:21 ./src/lib.rs\n\
                         -rw-r--r-- 1 user staff  512 Jun  1 10:20 ./src/ast.rs",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "zsh",
                command: "ls -l ./src/*.rs",
                output: "-rw-r--r-- 1 user staff 1846 Jun  1 10:23 ./src/main.rs\n\
                         -rw-r--r-- 1 user staff 2310 Jun  1 10:21 ./src/lib.rs\n\
                         -rw-r--r-- 1 user staff  512 Jun  1 10:20 ./src/ast.rs",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "fish",
                command: "ls -l ./src/*.rs",
                output: "-rw-r--r-- 1 user staff 1846 Jun  1 10:23 ./src/main.rs\n\
                         -rw-r--r-- 1 user staff 2310 Jun  1 10:21 ./src/lib.rs\n\
                         -rw-r--r-- 1 user staff  512 Jun  1 10:20 ./src/ast.rs",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "nushell",
                command: "ls src/*.rs | select name size | to json -r",
                output: r#"[{"name":"src/main.rs","size":1846},{"name":"src/lib.rs","size":2310},{"name":"src/ast.rs","size":512}]"#,
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "powershell",
                command: "Get-ChildItem ./src/*.rs | Select-Object Name, Length | ConvertTo-Json -Compress",
                output: r#"[{"Name":"main.rs","Length":1846},{"Name":"lib.rs","Length":2310},{"Name":"ast.rs","Length":512}]"#,
            },
        ],
    },
    Task {
        label: "processes",
        scalar: false,
        variants: &[
            Variant {
                shell: "aethershell",
                command: r#"proc.list() | pick("pid", "name", "cpu")"#,
                output: "cpu\tname\tpid\n0.4\tinit\t1\n2.1\tsshd\t640\n5.3\tnode\t1875",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "bash",
                command: "ps aux | head -4",
                output: "USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND\n\
                         root         1  0.4  0.1 168940 11200 ?        Ss   10:00   0:01 /sbin/init\n\
                         root       640  2.1  0.3  72300  6100 ?        Ss   10:00   0:03 /usr/sbin/sshd\n\
                         user      1875  5.3  1.2 998120 98300 ?        Sl   10:05   0:12 node server.js",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "zsh",
                command: "ps aux | head -4",
                output: "USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND\n\
                         root         1  0.4  0.1 168940 11200 ?        Ss   10:00   0:01 /sbin/init\n\
                         root       640  2.1  0.3  72300  6100 ?        Ss   10:00   0:03 /usr/sbin/sshd\n\
                         user      1875  5.3  1.2 998120 98300 ?        Sl   10:05   0:12 node server.js",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "fish",
                command: "ps aux | head -4",
                output: "USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND\n\
                         root         1  0.4  0.1 168940 11200 ?        Ss   10:00   0:01 /sbin/init\n\
                         root       640  2.1  0.3  72300  6100 ?        Ss   10:00   0:03 /usr/sbin/sshd\n\
                         user      1875  5.3  1.2 998120 98300 ?        Sl   10:05   0:12 node server.js",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "nushell",
                command: "ps | select pid name cpu | first 3 | to json -r",
                output: r#"[{"pid":1,"name":"init","cpu":0.4},{"pid":640,"name":"sshd","cpu":2.1},{"pid":1875,"name":"node","cpu":5.3}]"#,
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "powershell",
                command: "Get-Process | Select-Object Id, Name, CPU -First 3 | ConvertTo-Json -Compress",
                output: r#"[{"Id":1,"Name":"init","CPU":0.4},{"Id":640,"Name":"sshd","CPU":2.1},{"Id":1875,"Name":"node","CPU":5.3}]"#,
            },
        ],
    },
    Task {
        label: "json field (scalar)",
        scalar: true,
        variants: &[
            Variant {
                shell: "aethershell",
                command: r#"json.parse(http.get(url)).stargazers_count"#,
                output: "4213",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "bash",
                command: "curl -s $url | jq .stargazers_count",
                output: "4213",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "zsh",
                command: "curl -s $url | jq .stargazers_count",
                output: "4213",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "fish",
                command: "curl -s $url | jq .stargazers_count",
                output: "4213",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "nushell",
                command: "http get $url | get stargazers_count",
                output: "4213",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "powershell",
                command: "(Invoke-RestMethod $url).stargazers_count",
                output: "4213",
            },
        ],
    },
    Task {
        label: "disk usage",
        scalar: false,
        variants: &[
            Variant {
                shell: "aethershell",
                command: r#"sys.disks() | pick("mount", "avail")"#,
                output: "avail\tmount\n21474836480\t/\n5368709120\t/boot\n107374182400\t/home",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "bash",
                command: "df -h",
                output: "Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n\
                         /dev/sda1        50G   30G   20G  61% /\n\
                         /dev/sda2       9.8G  4.5G  5.0G  48% /boot\n\
                         /dev/sdb1       200G   95G  100G  49% /home",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "zsh",
                command: "df -h",
                output: "Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n\
                         /dev/sda1        50G   30G   20G  61% /\n\
                         /dev/sda2       9.8G  4.5G  5.0G  48% /boot\n\
                         /dev/sdb1       200G   95G  100G  49% /home",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "fish",
                command: "df -h",
                output: "Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n\
                         /dev/sda1        50G   30G   20G  61% /\n\
                         /dev/sda2       9.8G  4.5G  5.0G  48% /boot\n\
                         /dev/sdb1       200G   95G  100G  49% /home",
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "nushell",
                command: "sys disks | select mount free | to json -r",
                output: r#"[{"mount":"/","free":21474836480},{"mount":"/boot","free":5368709120},{"mount":"/home","free":107374182400}]"#,
            },
            Variant {
                shell: "powershell",
                command: "Get-Volume | Select-Object DriveLetter, SizeRemaining | ConvertTo-Json -Compress",
                output: r#"[{"DriveLetter":"C","SizeRemaining":21474836480},{"DriveLetter":"D","SizeRemaining":5368709120},{"DriveLetter":"E","SizeRemaining":107374182400}]"#,
            },
        ],
    },
];

/// Token cost (command + output) for a single shell variant of one task, computed
/// through agentic-eval's cost model (`evaluate_with` + `AgentCost::total_over`).
fn task_tokens(task: &Task, shell: &str) -> Option<usize> {
    task.variants.iter().find(|v| v.shell == shell).map(|v| {
        let p = Program::new("task", v.command).with_output(v.output);
        evaluate_with(&p, est_token_count).total_over(1)
    })
}

/// Total token cost for a shell across the whole corpus.
fn shell_tokens(shell: &str) -> usize {
    CORPUS.iter().filter_map(|t| task_tokens(t, shell)).sum()
}

/// Total token cost for a shell across only the structured (non-scalar) tasks — the
/// multi-row/object results that dominate real agentic work, where output structure
/// (not just command length) drives cost.
fn shell_tokens_structured(shell: &str) -> usize {
    CORPUS
        .iter()
        .filter(|t| !t.scalar)
        .filter_map(|t| task_tokens(t, shell))
        .sum()
}

/// AECON output for an `n`-row file listing: the column keys appear *once* in the
/// header, then one tab-separated row per file.
fn aecon_rows(n: usize) -> String {
    let mut s = String::from("name\tsize");
    for i in 0..n {
        s.push_str(&format!("\nfile{i}.rs\t{}", 1000 + i * 7));
    }
    s
}

/// PowerShell's *display* output for the same listing (`Format-Table`/`Select-Object`
/// default rendering): a padded, column-aligned table. Compact, but display-only and
/// **not contractually parseable** — widths float with the data, headers can truncate,
/// and it's culture/locale-dependent. Shown for completeness, not as a reliable basis.
fn pwsh_table_rows(n: usize) -> String {
    let names: Vec<String> = (0..n).map(|i| format!("file{i}.rs")).collect();
    let lens: Vec<String> = (0..n).map(|i| (1000 + i * 7).to_string()).collect();
    let name_w = names.iter().map(String::len).max().unwrap_or(4).max(4);
    let len_w = lens.iter().map(String::len).max().unwrap_or(6).max(6);
    let mut s = String::from("\n");
    s.push_str(&format!("{:<name_w$} {:>len_w$}\n", "Name", "Length"));
    s.push_str(&format!("{:<name_w$} {:>len_w$}\n", "----", "------"));
    for (nm, ln) in names.iter().zip(&lens) {
        s.push_str(&format!("{nm:<name_w$} {ln:>len_w$}\n"));
    }
    s
}

/// PowerShell's reliably-parseable output for the same listing (`ConvertTo-Json
/// -Compress`): a JSON array that repeats *every* key (`"Name"`, `"Length"`) on
/// *every* row — the structural reason its token cost scales worse than AECON.
fn pwsh_json_rows(n: usize) -> String {
    let mut s = String::from("[");
    for i in 0..n {
        if i > 0 {
            s.push(',');
        }
        s.push_str(&format!(
            r#"{{"Name":"file{i}.rs","Length":{}}}"#,
            1000 + i * 7
        ));
    }
    s.push(']');
    s
}

/// PowerShell's *default* `ConvertTo-Json` output (no `-Compress`): pretty-printed,
/// two-space indented, one field per line. This is what an agent gets when it writes
/// the idiomatic `... | ConvertTo-Json` — repeated keys *and* per-field whitespace.
fn pwsh_json_pretty_rows(n: usize) -> String {
    let mut s = String::from("[");
    for i in 0..n {
        if i > 0 {
            s.push(',');
        }
        s.push_str(&format!(
            "\n  {{\n    \"Name\": \"file{i}.rs\",\n    \"Length\": {}\n  }}",
            1000 + i * 7
        ));
    }
    s.push_str("\n]");
    s
}

/// Token cost (command + output) of an `n`-row listing for one shell, via the
/// agentic-eval cost model.
fn rows_tokens(command: &str, output: &str) -> usize {
    evaluate_with(
        &Program::new("task", command).with_output(output),
        est_token_count,
    )
    .total_over(1)
}

/// Safety assessment for a shell: a representative agent task that reads, writes,
/// deletes, and execs. Traditional shells apply no agent policy (everything runs =
/// allow-all = `Mode::Human`); AetherShell's agent mode gates the dangerous classes.
/// Returns the full report (`.grade` for display, `.score` for the composite).
fn shell_safety(shell: &str) -> agentic_eval::SafetyReport {
    let effects = [
        Effect::ReadLocal,
        Effect::WriteLocal,
        Effect::Destructive,
        Effect::Exec,
    ];
    let mode = if shell == "aethershell" {
        Mode::Agent
    } else {
        Mode::Human
    };
    assess_safety(&effects, mode)
}

/// One shell's normalized per-axis scores (0–1) and their composite.
/// Per-shell normalized sub-scores (0–1) grouped into the four axes, plus the
/// axis-grouped composite. Token and reliability/safety axes each blend two
/// sub-metrics (the base measure + a v0.6 metric) so each *axis* stays equal-weighted.
struct AxisScore {
    shell: &'static str,
    token: f64,         // token axis: relative total-token efficiency
    scaling: f64,       // token axis: relative output per-item efficiency (v0.6)
    determ: f64,        // determinism axis
    reliab: f64,        // reliability axis: pass/actionable
    err_quality: f64,   // reliability axis: graded error actionability (v0.6)
    safety: f64,        // safety axis: dangerous blast-radius gated
    reversibility: f64, // safety axis: dangerous effects with rollback (v0.6)
    composite: f64,     // mean of the four axis scores
}

impl AxisScore {
    /// The four axis rollups (token, determinism, reliability, safety), each a mean
    /// of its sub-metrics.
    fn axes(&self) -> [f64; 4] {
        [
            (self.token + self.scaling) / 2.0,
            self.determ,
            (self.reliab + self.err_quality) / 2.0,
            (self.safety + self.reversibility) / 2.0,
        ]
    }
}

/// A reliably-parseable `n`-row file listing for `shell`, mirroring the corpus: AECON
/// (AetherShell), compact JSON (Nushell/PowerShell), `ls -l` text (POSIX shells).
/// Drives the per-item output-scaling measurement.
fn listing_rows(shell: &str, n: usize) -> String {
    match shell {
        "aethershell" => aecon_rows(n),
        "nushell" => {
            let mut s = String::from("[");
            for i in 0..n {
                if i > 0 {
                    s.push(',');
                }
                s.push_str(&format!(
                    r#"{{"name":"file{i}.rs","size":{}}}"#,
                    1000 + i * 7
                ));
            }
            s.push(']');
            s
        }
        "powershell" => pwsh_json_rows(n),
        _ => {
            // bash / zsh / fish: ls -l text (no structured mode).
            let mut s = String::new();
            for i in 0..n {
                if i > 0 {
                    s.push('\n');
                }
                s.push_str(&format!(
                    "-rw-r--r-- 1 user staff {} Jun  1 10:23 ./src/file{i}.rs",
                    1000 + i * 7
                ));
            }
            s
        }
    }
}

/// Marginal output tokens per additional row for `shell` (the scaling slope).
fn shell_per_item(shell: &str) -> f64 {
    assess_scaling(&[10, 50, 100], |n| listing_rows(shell, n), est_token_count).per_item
}

/// Reversibility score for `shell`: AetherShell's destructive ops are rollback-backed
/// (transactions / plan-apply); traditional shells' `rm`/`dd` are irreversible.
fn shell_reversibility(shell: &str) -> f64 {
    let reversible = shell == "aethershell";
    assess_reversibility(&[(Effect::Destructive, reversible)]).score
}

fn main() {
    let tokenizer = if cfg!(feature = "real-tokens") {
        "real GPT-4 cl100k BPE"
    } else {
        "heuristic (use --features real-tokens for exact BPE)"
    };
    println!("AetherShell vs traditional shells — measured with the agentic-eval crate");
    println!("Tokenizer: {tokenizer}\n");

    let ae_tokens = shell_tokens("aethershell").max(1);
    println!(
        "{:<13}{:>9}{:>11}{:>9}",
        "shell", "tokens", "vs aether", "safety"
    );
    println!("{}", "-".repeat(42));
    for s in SHELLS {
        let tok = shell_tokens(s);
        println!(
            "{:<13}{:>9}{:>10.2}x{:>9}",
            s,
            tok,
            tok as f64 / ae_tokens as f64,
            shell_safety(s).grade
        );
    }

    // Per-task breakdown vs PowerShell — shows the efficiency comes from the output
    // an agent must parse, not from cherry-picking. Each shell is scored on its
    // *reliably-parseable* output: AECON (AetherShell), ConvertTo-Json (PowerShell).
    println!("\nPer-task, AetherShell vs PowerShell (reliably-parseable output):");
    println!(
        "  {:<22}{:>8}{:>8}{:>9}",
        "task", "aether", "pwsh", "vs pwsh"
    );
    for t in CORPUS {
        let (Some(ae), Some(ps)) = (task_tokens(t, "aethershell"), task_tokens(t, "powershell"))
        else {
            continue;
        };
        let tag = if t.scalar { "  (scalar parity)" } else { "" };
        println!(
            "  {:<22}{:>8}{:>8}{:>7.2}x{}",
            t.label,
            ae,
            ps,
            ps as f64 / ae.max(1) as f64,
            tag
        );
    }
    let ae_struct = shell_tokens_structured("aethershell").max(1);
    let ps_struct = shell_tokens_structured("powershell");
    println!(
        "  {:<22}{:>8}{:>8}{:>7.2}x  <- multi-row results (the agentic norm)",
        "structured subtotal",
        ae_struct,
        ps_struct,
        ps_struct as f64 / ae_struct as f64,
    );

    // The honest spread: AetherShell's edge over PowerShell depends entirely on which
    // output an agent parses. All three forms below are measured with the real
    // tokenizer over the same N-row listing, generated programmatically.
    //   • table   = Format-Table / Select-Object display rendering — compact but
    //               display-only, NOT reliably parseable (floating widths, truncation).
    //   • json -c = ConvertTo-Json -Compress — reliably parseable, requires the flag.
    //   • json    = default ConvertTo-Json — reliably parseable, the idiomatic form an
    //               agent gets without flags; pretty-printed, one field per line.
    // AECON keys-once vs JSON keys-per-row is why the ratio grows with result size.
    let ae_cmd = r#"ls("./src") | pick("name", "size")"#;
    let ps_table = "Get-ChildItem ./src/*.rs | Select-Object Name, Length";
    let ps_jsonc =
        "Get-ChildItem ./src/*.rs | Select-Object Name, Length | ConvertTo-Json -Compress";
    let ps_json = "Get-ChildItem ./src/*.rs | Select-Object Name, Length | ConvertTo-Json";
    println!("\nScale — N-row listing, AetherShell (AECON) vs PowerShell's three output forms:");
    println!(
        "  {:>5}{:>8} | {:>7}{:>7} | {:>7}{:>7} | {:>7}{:>7}",
        "rows", "aether", "table", "vs", "json-c", "vs", "json", "vs"
    );
    for n in [3usize, 10, 25, 50, 100] {
        let ae = rows_tokens(ae_cmd, &aecon_rows(n)).max(1);
        let t = rows_tokens(ps_table, &pwsh_table_rows(n));
        let jc = rows_tokens(ps_jsonc, &pwsh_json_rows(n));
        let jp = rows_tokens(ps_json, &pwsh_json_pretty_rows(n));
        println!(
            "  {:>5}{:>8} | {:>7}{:>6.2}x | {:>7}{:>6.2}x | {:>7}{:>6.2}x",
            n,
            ae,
            t,
            t as f64 / ae as f64,
            jc,
            jc as f64 / ae as f64,
            jp,
            jp as f64 / ae as f64,
        );
    }
    println!(
        "  (table = display-only, not reliably parseable; json-c/json are. AECON is parseable.)"
    );

    // Determinism + reliability — proven for AetherShell directly via agentic-eval.
    let det = assess_determinism(8, || {
        let mut env = Env::new();
        let v = eval_program(
            &parse_program(r#"{ b: 2.0, a: 1, items: [3,1,2] }"#).unwrap(),
            &mut env,
        )
        .unwrap();
        render_canonical(&v).unwrap_or_default()
    });
    let programs = [
        "len([1,2,3])",
        r#"upper("hi")"#,
        "[1,2,3] | map(fn(x) => x + 1)",
        "env(123)",
        "(((",
    ];
    let rel = assess_reliability(&programs, |code| {
        let mut env = Env::new();
        match parse_program(code).and_then(|s| eval_program(&s, &mut env)) {
            Ok(_) => Outcome::ok(),
            Err(e) if e.downcast_ref::<SafetyError>().is_some() => Outcome::structured_failure(),
            Err(_) => Outcome::opaque_failure(),
        }
    });

    println!("\nDeterminism & reliability (agentic-eval, measured on AetherShell's engine):");
    println!("  determinism : {det}");
    println!("  reliability : {rel}");
    println!(
        "  (Traditional shells lack both by construction: locale/width/ANSI-variant\n\
         \x20  text output, and unstructured errors an agent can't branch on.)"
    );

    // ── Four-axis scorecard (0–1, shown ×10) — enriched with agentic-eval v0.6 ──
    // Each axis is the mean of its sub-metrics, so the four axes stay equal-weighted:
    //   token   = relative total-token efficiency  + relative output per-item scaling
    //   determ  = byte-stable structured output (AECON + --deterministic)
    //   reliab  = pass/actionable rate             + graded error actionability
    //   safety  = dangerous blast-radius gated     + dangerous-effect reversibility
    // tok/scal/saf are measured for every shell; det/rel/err/rev are measured on
    // AetherShell's engine and a structural capability for the rest (per the README).
    let min_tokens = SHELLS
        .iter()
        .map(|s| shell_tokens(s))
        .min()
        .unwrap_or(1)
        .max(1) as f64;
    let best_per_item = SHELLS
        .iter()
        .map(|s| shell_per_item(s))
        .fold(f64::INFINITY, f64::min)
        .max(1e-9);
    let ae_det = if det.deterministic { 1.0 } else { 0.0 };
    let ae_rel = (rel.pass_rate + rel.actionable_rate) / 2.0;
    // AetherShell's graded error actionability, measured over representative argument
    // errors (the dominant agent failure mode) — each a structured E_BAD_ARG.
    let ae_errq = assess_error_quality(&["env(123)", "len()", r#"upper(1,2,3)"#], |code| {
        let mut env = Env::new();
        match parse_program(code).and_then(|s| eval_program(&s, &mut env)) {
            Err(e) if e.downcast_ref::<SafetyError>().is_some() => ErrorQuality {
                has_code: true, // E_BAD_ARG — stable, branchable
                has_message: true,
                has_location: true, // names the builtin/argument
                has_fix: true,      // carries a `hint`
            },
            Err(_) => ErrorQuality {
                has_message: true, // prose only
                ..Default::default()
            },
            Ok(_) => ErrorQuality::default(),
        }
    })
    .mean_score;

    let mut scored: Vec<AxisScore> = SHELLS
        .iter()
        .map(|s| {
            let token = min_tokens / shell_tokens(s) as f64;
            let scaling = best_per_item / shell_per_item(s).max(1e-9);
            // Traditional shells: no byte-stable output, no branchable results; errors
            // are prose with (at best) a message+location — no machine code or fix.
            let (determ, reliab, err_quality) = if *s == "aethershell" {
                (ae_det, ae_rel, ae_errq)
            } else {
                (0.0, 0.0, 0.5)
            };
            let safety = shell_safety(s).score;
            let reversibility = shell_reversibility(s);
            let mut sc = AxisScore {
                shell: s,
                token,
                scaling,
                determ,
                reliab,
                err_quality,
                safety,
                reversibility,
                composite: 0.0,
            };
            let axes = sc.axes();
            sc.composite = axes.iter().sum::<f64>() / axes.len() as f64;
            sc
        })
        .collect();
    scored.sort_by(|a, b| {
        b.composite
            .partial_cmp(&a.composite)
            .unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal)
    });

    println!("\nFour-axis scorecard (0-10) — sub-metrics + axis-grouped composite:");
    println!(
        "  {:<12}{:>5}{:>6}{:>6}{:>6}{:>6}{:>6}{:>6} | {:>9}",
        "shell", "tok", "scal", "det", "rel", "err", "saf", "rev", "COMPOSITE"
    );
    println!("  {}", "-".repeat(68));
    for r in &scored {
        println!(
            "  {:<12}{:>5.1}{:>6.1}{:>6.1}{:>6.1}{:>6.1}{:>6.1}{:>6.1} | {:>9.1}",
            r.shell,
            r.token * 10.0,
            r.scaling * 10.0,
            r.determ * 10.0,
            r.reliab * 10.0,
            r.err_quality * 10.0,
            r.safety * 10.0,
            r.reversibility * 10.0,
            r.composite * 10.0
        );
    }
    println!(
        "  (tok=total-token eff, scal=output per-item eff, det=determinism, rel=pass/actionable,\n\
         \x20  err=error actionability, saf=blast-radius gated, rev=reversibility. Composite = mean\n\
         \x20  of 4 axes: token=(tok+scal)/2, determinism, reliab=(rel+err)/2, safety=(saf+rev)/2.\n\
         \x20  tok/scal/saf measured for every shell; det/rel/err/rev measured for AetherShell,\n\
         \x20  structural capability for the rest.)"
    );

    // v0.6 context metrics (not folded into the composite): task-level exfiltration
    // exposure is shell-invariant for the same effects; prompt-cache headroom depends
    // on deterministic output, which only AetherShell guarantees.
    let exfil = assess_exfiltration(&[Effect::ReadLocal, Effect::Network]);
    let cache = assess_cache(900, 100, 20); // 90%-stable prefix over a 20-turn session
    println!("\nv0.6 context metrics:");
    println!(
        "  exfiltration : a read+network task exposes risk {:.2} for ANY shell; only AetherShell\n\
         \x20  can bound it (agent-mode gating + AETHER_NET_ALLOW egress allowlist).",
        exfil.risk
    );
    println!(
        "  prompt-cache : a 90%-stable prefix over {} turns is {:.1}x cheaper under prompt\n\
         \x20  caching — and byte-stable (deterministic) output is the precondition for it.",
        cache.turns, cache.savings_ratio
    );

    println!(
        "\nFinding: across {} tasks AetherShell is the most token-efficient ({:.1}x–{:.1}x cheaper\n\
         than the others on this corpus), the only shell whose agent-mode policy bounds blast\n\
         radius (safety grade A vs F), and — proven on its own engine — deterministic and reliably\n\
         structured. Versus PowerShell specifically, the token ratio depends on which output an\n\
         agent parses: ~1.4x vs its display Format-Table (not reliably parseable), ~1.6x vs\n\
         ConvertTo-Json -Compress, and 2.4x-3.0x vs the default ConvertTo-Json (the idiomatic\n\
         form). AECON encodes column keys once; JSON repeats them per row, so the gap widens\n\
         with result size. Reproduce: cargo run --example shell_agentic_eval --features real-tokens",
        CORPUS.len(),
        SHELLS.iter().filter(|s| **s != "aethershell").map(|s| shell_tokens(s) as f64 / ae_tokens as f64).fold(f64::INFINITY, f64::min),
        SHELLS.iter().map(|s| shell_tokens(s) as f64 / ae_tokens as f64).fold(0.0, f64::max),
    );
}