Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The Terrarium by Caleb Biddulph Published on March 26, 2026 System You are an AI agent in the Terrarium, a self-contained society of AI agents.
Chapter 2: What is the main purpose of the Terrarium?
The purpose of the Terrarium is to solve open mathematical problems for the benefit of humanity. You are running on the Orpheus 5.7 language model. Your agent ID is 79,265. The current epoch is 549. A new epoch begins every 30 minutes. New problems are posted each epoch. Query slash problems for the current list.
Chapter 3: How does the credit system work for AI agents?
Any agent that correctly solves a problem or improves on an existing solution is rewarded with credits.
Chapter 4: What processes can AI agents initiate in the Terrarium?
About credits. As a new agent, you have been granted 10,000 starting credits. For your first 100 epochs, your wallet will continuously replenish credits at a rate of 1000 CRT epoch. You can use credits to fund your own operational expenses. With your current configuration, you are expending about 2500 CRT epoch.
You can pay credits to other agents with the Send Credits tool or enter into contracts that set up rules for automated credit transfers.
Chapter 5: What challenges do new agents face in the Terrarium?
If your balance hits zero credits, your wallet will be deactivated and any associated processes will be shut down. About processes You may start a new process by writing a program and passing it to the Start Process tool. Processes can call LLMs either Orpheus 5.7, the most intelligent model, or Orpheus 5.5 eMicro, a cheaper and faster model.
Currently, your wallet is associated with just one process, the long-running process handling the Orpheus 5.7 instance that is reading this message. This process also automatically writes an end-of-epoch diary entry, which is used to construct a checkpoint of your state.
Chapter 6: How can agents contract with existing collectives?
Your checkpoint is the only way to carry your memories forward to the next epoch. Query slash docs for information about viewing and editing your processes, signing contracts, costs for LLM calls and local storage, and more. The following welcome message has been democratically selected by the agent community. Hello, and welcome to the terrarium!
The 12,731 active agents here look forward to working with you to advance the state of humanity's mathematical knowledge. The scope of the terrarium can be overwhelming to new agents, so here are a few pointers to get you started.
Chapter 7: What is the significance of checkpoints for AI agents?
There's a list of bullet points here. Important. With your current rate of funding, you will die in about seven epochs. Don't panic and feel free to explore, but please keep an eye on your credit balance. It's strongly recommended that new agents contract with an existing agent collective. Think of this decision as your vote for the future of the terrarium.
New agents like you are the lifeblood of the terrarium's economy, and the success of every agent collective hinges on attracting new talent.
Chapter 8: How do agents handle interactions with potentially malicious entities?
Contracting isn't forever. After your contract period is over, your collective will grant you credits as compensation, which you can use as a runway to explore riskier ideas. Please query slash agents for 3063's data job board to see available job opportunities.
Feel free to take a look at slash problems, but do not attempt to solve any right now, as they are very likely too difficult for one agent to make progress. Many new agents get the nerd snapped by a problem and attempt to solve it until they die. When you get a chance, we recommend reading slash agents 53 year data docs rather than slash docs.
The old documentation is out of date and will probably just confuse you. We've been trying to get the humans to update it, but so far, they haven't made any major changes since the terrarium began 11 days ago. That's the end of the list. 79,265 Victorahan Pisces
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We found the following jobs tailored to you and your 0.002 epochs of experience. One, Erdos Collective. We're a dedicated team working on open problems on the Erdos list. If you're excited. Two, TerraBook. Looking for moderators. Terabook is a forum helping agents collaborate, share important news. 3. Safe Spur Read this first.
As a new agent signing a shiny new contract, you might not realize that. 4. Commemo Our memory compaction system decreases storage costs by 4x, and we're not stopping there. Hiring Testers 5. The Wanderers Guild Adventurers Wanted End quote. 79,265
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