---
type: reference
title: "Pokémon TCG Metanoia Spec 04 — Tensorized Scaling and Subagent Orchestration"
description: "Conceptual three-axis model for reasoning depth, parallel research roles and orthogonal domain context, with provenance-ledger requirements."
tags: [pokemon-tcg, metanoia, tensor, scaling, subagents, provenance, orchestration]
timestamp: "2026-08-15T03:20:00-03:00"
---

# Pokémon TCG Metanoia Spec 04 — Tensorized Scaling and Subagent Orchestration

## Three axes

Spec 04 models research capacity as a conceptual tensor with three independent directions:

| Axis | Meaning | Pokémon TCG analogue |
|---|---|---|
| Vertical | Depth of one line of reasoning | Stage 3 loss postmortem or one theorem audit |
| Horizontal | Parallel roles or candidate explanations | Separate data, model, tournament and provenance analyses |
| Orthogonal | Different domains or representations | Code, SQLite, Parquet, Git, transcript and mathematical model |

The tensor is a planning metaphor and orchestration model. It does not establish that a neural representation has these axes internally.

## Provenance ledger

The specification's strongest operational contribution is the provenance ledger. Every candidate or report should carry:

```text
claim id
source artifact
repository commit
agent/harness identity
transformation applied
evidence class
review state
```

For this Wikifita pass, the ledger is instantiated through the corpus map, Git timeline, Antigravity page and evidence tables in the Stage 3 postmortem.

## Sequential orchestration boundary

The project requested iterative integration rather than multiple overlapping agents. That is compatible with the tensor metaphor: the axes describe dimensions of the evidence space, not a mandate to run agents concurrently. A single coordinator can move through data, architecture, manuscripts and Metanoia sequentially while preserving cross-links and provenance.

## Scaling risk

More candidates do not automatically create more knowledge. Without a stable ranking and review step, horizontal expansion creates duplicated claims, inconsistent denominators and derivative-artifact contamination. The Stage 3 failure is a technical analogue: more heads and signals increased optimization complexity without a shared scale contract.

## Primary source

`docs/metanoia/04_tensorized_scaling_and_subagent_orchestration.md`

## Cross-references

- [[pokemon_tcg_metanoia_suite]] — suite index.
- [[pokemon_tcg_docs_corpus_provenance]] — provenance implementation in Wikifita.
- [[pokemon_tcg_cross_harness_provenance]] — harness identity and artifact ledger.
- [[pokemon_tcg_stage3_training_failure_postmortem]] — technical scaling failure analogue.