# WFGY Problem Map 1.0 — Bookmark it. You'll need it.
**16 reproducible failure modes in AI systems — with fixes (MIT).**
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## Quick access
- 🏥 **Semantic Clinic (AI Triage Hub):** [Fix symptoms when you don’t know what’s broken →](./SemanticClinicIndex.md)
- **Beginner Guide:** [Identify & fix your first failure](./BeginnerGuide.md)
- **Diagnose by symptom:** [Fast triage table → `Diagnose.md`](./Diagnose.md)
- **Visual RAG Guide (multi-dimensional):** [`RAG Architecture & Recovery – Problem Map 2.0`](./rag-architecture-and-recovery.md) — high-altitude view linking symptom × pipeline stage × failure class, with the exact recovery path.
- **Field Reports:** [Real bugs & fixes from users](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/discussions/10)
- **TXT OS directory:** [Browse the OS repo](../OS/)
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## Quick-Start Downloads (60 sec)
| Tool | Link | 3-Step Setup |
|------|------|--------------|
| **WFGY 1.0 PDF** | [Engine Paper](https://zenodo.org/records/15630969) | 1) Download 2) Upload to your LLM 3) Ask: “answer using WFGY + ” |
| **TXT OS (plain-text OS)** | [TXTOS.txt](https://zenodo.org/records/15788557) | 1) Download 2) Paste into any LLM chat 3) Type “hello world” to boot |
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## Failure catalog (with fixes)
| # | Problem Domain | What breaks | Doc |
|----|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
| 1 | Hallucination & Chunk Drift | Retrieval returns wrong/irrelevant content | [hallucination.md](./hallucination.md) |
| 2 | Interpretation Collapse | Chunk is right, logic is wrong | [retrieval-collapse.md](./retrieval-collapse.md) |
| 3 | Long Reasoning Chains | Drifts across multi-step tasks | [context-drift.md](./context-drift.md) |
| 4 | Bluffing / Overconfidence | Confident but unfounded answers | [bluffing.md](./bluffing.md) |
| 5 | Semantic ≠ Embedding | Cosine match ≠ true meaning | [embedding-vs-semantic.md](./embedding-vs-semantic.md) |
| 6 | Logic Collapse & Recovery | Dead-end paths; needs controlled reset | [logic-collapse.md](./logic-collapse.md) |
| 7 | Memory Breaks Across Sessions | Lost threads, no continuity | [memory-coherence.md](./memory-coherence.md) |
| 8 | Debugging is a Black Box | No visibility into failure path | [retrieval-traceability.md](./retrieval-traceability.md) |
| 9 | Entropy Collapse | Attention melts, incoherent output | [entropy-collapse.md](./entropy-collapse.md) |
| 10 | Creative Freeze | Flat, literal outputs | [creative-freeze.md](./creative-freeze.md) |
| 11 | Symbolic Collapse | Abstract/logical prompts break | [symbolic-collapse.md](./symbolic-collapse.md) |
| 12 | Philosophical Recursion | Self-reference/paradoxes crash reasoning | [philosophical-recursion.md](./philosophical-recursion.md) |
| 13 | Multi-Agent Chaos | Agents overwrite/misalign logic | [multi-agent-chaos.md](./multi-agent-chaos.md) |
| 14 | Bootstrap Ordering | Services fire before deps ready | [bootstrap-ordering.md](./bootstrap-ordering.md) |
| 15 | Deployment Deadlock | Circular waits (index⇆retriever, DB⇆migrator) | [deployment-deadlock.md](./deployment-deadlock.md) |
| 16 | Pre-Deploy Collapse | Version skew / missing secret on first call | [predeploy-collapse.md](./predeploy-collapse.md) |
> Problem families: **Prompting · Retrieval · Reasoning · Infra/Deploy** — locate the root cause first, then apply the specific patch.
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## Why these 16 errors were solvable
WFGY does not just react; it gives **semantic altitude**. Core tools `ΔS`, `λ_observe`, and `e_resonance` help detect, decode, and defuse collapse patterns from **outside** the maze.
**See the pipeline and recovery end-to-end:**
→ [`RAG Architecture & Recovery`](./rag-architecture-and-recovery.md)
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## Problem Maps Index (Map-A … Map-G)
These short IDs let you route quickly in issues/PRs/support threads.
| Map ID | Map Name | Linked Issues | Focus | Link |
|-------:|------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------|------|
| Map-A | RAG Problem Table | #1, #2, #3, #5, #8 | Retrieval-augmented generation failures | [View](./RAG_Problems.md) |
| Map-B | Multi-Agent Chaos Map | #13 | Coordination failures, memory conflicts | [View](./Multi-Agent_Problems.md) |
| Map-C | Symbolic & Recursive Map | #11, #12 | Symbolic logic traps, abstraction, paradox | [View](./Symbolic_Logic_Problems.md) |
| Map-D | Logic Recovery Map | #6 | Dead-end logic, reset loops, controlled recovery | [View](./logic-collapse.md) |
| Map-E | Long-Context Stress Map | #3, #7, #10 | 100k-token memory, noisy PDFs, long-task drift | [View](./LongContext_Problems.md) |
| Map-F | Safety Boundary Map | #4, #8 | Overconfidence, jailbreak resistance, traceability | [View](./Safety_Boundary_Problems.md) |
| Map-G | Infra Boot Map | #14–#16 | Ordering, boot loops, version skew, deadlocks | [View](./Infra_Boot_Problems.md) |
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## Minimal quick-start
1. Open **Beginner Guide** → follow the symptom checklist.
2. Use the **Visual RAG Guide** to locate the failing stage.
3. Open the matching page above and apply the patch.
Ask any LLM to apply WFGY (TXT OS makes it smoother):
```
I’ve uploaded TXT OS / WFGY notes.
My issue: \[e.g., OCR tables from scanned PDFs look fine but answers are wrong].
Which WFGY modules should I apply and in what order?
```
Status & difficulty
| # | Problem | Difficulty* | Implementation |
|----|---------------------------------|-------------|----------------|
| 1 | Hallucination & Chunk Drift | Medium | ✅ Stable |
| 2 | Interpretation Collapse | High | ✅ Stable |
| 3 | Long Reasoning Chains | High | ✅ Stable |
| 4 | Bluffing / Overconfidence | High | ✅ Stable |
| 5 | Semantic ≠ Embedding | Medium | ✅ Stable |
| 6 | Logic Collapse & Recovery | Very High | ✅ Stable |
| 7 | Memory Breaks Across Sessions | High | ✅ Stable |
| 8 | Debugging Black Box | Medium | ✅ Stable |
| 9 | Entropy Collapse | High | ✅ Stable |
| 10 | Creative Freeze | Medium | ✅ Stable |
| 11 | Symbolic Collapse | Very High | ✅ Stable |
| 12 | Philosophical Recursion | Very High | ✅ Stable |
| 13 | Multi-Agent Chaos | Very High | ✅ Stable |
| 14 | Bootstrap Ordering | Medium | ✅ Stable |
| 15 | Deployment Deadlock | High | ⚠️ Beta |
| 16 | Pre-Deploy Collapse | Medium-High | ✅ Stable |
\*Distance from default LLM behavior to a production-ready fix.
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## Contributing / support
- Open an **Issue** with a minimal repro (inputs → calls → wrong output).
- PRs for clearer docs, repros, or patches are welcome.
- WFGY Project home: [github.com/onestardao/WFGY](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY)
- TXT OS: [github.com/onestardao/WFGY/tree/main/OS](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/tree/main/OS)
- If this map helped you, a ⭐ helps more devs find it.
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### 🧭 Explore More
| Module | Description | Link |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| Semantic Blueprint | Layer-based symbolic reasoning & semantic modulations | [View →](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/tree/main/SemanticBlueprint) |
| Benchmark vs GPT-5 | Stress test GPT-5 with full WFGY reasoning suite | [View →](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/tree/main/benchmarks/benchmark-vs-gpt5) |
| Semantic Clinic Index | Expanded failure catalog: prompt injection, memory bugs, logic drift | [View →](./SemanticClinicIndex.md) |
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