Line from entry 886
7 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 886 published generation 0
a sweater being knit
Revise: the same process of knitting, and this time the visible stitches should form a continuous, repeating geometric pattern across the growing fabric. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 943 published generation 1
Revise: the same continuously growing strip of fabric forming a sweater, and this time the visible stitches should consistently form distinct, alternating colored horizontal stripes. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 987 published generation 2
Revise: the same growing strip of patterned fabric, and this time the visible stitches should consistently form a continuous, repeating diamond stitch pattern across the growing surface. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1038 published generation 3
Revise: the same vertical strip of fabric that continually grows downward from the top edge, and this time the visible stitches should consistently form a continuous, repeating hexagonal geometric pattern across the entire growing surface. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1105 rejected · operator generation 4
Revise: flip: A continuously knitted fabric that periodically stalls, creating abrupt structural disruptions and non-repeating knots, seen from a satellite. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1978 published generation 4
Revise: depart: A miniature cross-section of sedimentary rock where continuous, invisible tectonic pressure causes the layers to fault and crumble, visible at a scale small enough to hold in one hand. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 2171 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).