{
  "branches": [
    {
      "id": "main",
      "hypothesis": "External typed state will reduce drift relative to plain prompting on iterative coding tasks.",
      "status": "active",
      "artifacts": [
        "state/map.yaml",
        "state/scratch.md",
        "state/evidence.jsonl"
      ],
      "notes": "Active mainline. See state/map.yaml and notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md for current phase and next action. Persistent state is intentionally distilled rather than append-only."
    }
  ]
}