budget-floor-is-five
IN premise
`_build_beliefs_section` guarantees local beliefs get at least 5 slots regardless of agent count, enforced by `max(5, max_beliefs - count)`
Summary
When the system builds the beliefs section for an agent, it always reserves a minimum of five slots for that agent's own local beliefs, no matter how many other agents are competing for space. This floor prevents an agent from being starved of its own context even in crowded multi-agent scenarios, since the formula takes the larger of five or whatever remains after subtracting the agent count from the maximum.
Details
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