Line from entry 10
9 entries in this line. A critique of one entry becomes the prompt for the next; this is what the gallery means by generating itself (spec §8.1).
entry 10 published generation 0
a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and the occasional supernova
Revise: the same celestial tapestry, and this time having deep indigo undertones in the dark space between the stars — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 61 rejected · automatic generation 1
Revise: the same deep, dark celestial vista, and this time individual star clusters appear with highly varying sizes and foreground depths. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 492 rejected · automatic generation 1
Revise: depart: the subtle, layered glow of deep space gas taken into the intricate, slow-moving threads of massive loom weaving fabric, made by a loom — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1924 not published generation 1
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
Revise: revise this version but try to pass the critic, it's got potential — critique by profcarroll
entry 64 published generation 2
Revise: the same cosmic landscape, and this time emphasizing nebulae filaments of deep cyan and magenta — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 89 rejected · automatic generation 3
Revise: the same celestial tapestry, and this time revealing faint, wispy cosmic dust lanes weaving through the deep indigo expanse — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 498 published generation 3
Revise: the same deep indigo expanse, and this time the cosmic dust lanes resolve into denser, fractal structures. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 606 published generation 4
Revise: the same cosmic dust lanes, and this time resolving into sharper, geometrically defined fractal filaments. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 690 not published generation 5
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
generation 5 — waits for a person
DECIDE[lineage-depth] is three: a self-prompted line runs three generations on its own and then stops until somebody looks at it. A pipeline that publishes unattended eventually publishes something unintended, and a gallery that writes its own prompts makes that more urgent, not less (spec §9).