adding tinker but need api key

memory-bank/activeContext.md

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 # Active Context
 
 ## Current Focus
-Modal backend integration has been **MERGED AND UPDATED** from the `modal-integration` branch.
+Tinker RL training integration - pipeline fully wired up, waiting on Tinker billing to test.
 
-## Recently Completed (Feb 8, 2026)
+## Recently Completed (Feb 9, 2026)
 
-### Modal Backend Integration - MERGED & WORKING
+### Tinker RL Training Integration
-Merged the `modal-integration` branch into `atropos-integrations` and fixed integration issues.
+Created a complete agent training pipeline using Tinker (Thinking Machines) + Atropos:
 
-**What was merged (from another dev's branch):**
+**New Files Created:**
-1. `atropos/backends/modal_backend.py` - Complete Modal backend with:
+1. `tinker-atropos/tinker_atropos/environments/gsm8k_agent.py` - Agent GSM8k environment with:
-   - `ModalSandboxConfig` - Unified config with YAML profiles, env vars, and AgentEnv config loading
+   - Python REPL tool calling (Hermes-style `<tool_call>` format)
-   - `_ModalSandboxWithSlots` - Modal Sandbox wrapper with slot-based multiplexing
+   - Multi-step agent loop within `collect_trajectories()`
-   - `_ModalSandboxPool` - Auto-scaling pool of Modal sandboxes
+   - Math answer verification via `math_verify`
-   - `_ModalMultiProfileManager` - Multi-profile support (CPU, GPU, high-memory)
+   - Subprocess-based Python execution
-   - `ModalToolBackend` - Full ToolBackend implementation
+   - WandB metrics (percent_correct, tool_use_rate)
-2. `atropos/backends/__init__.py` - Updated `create_tool_backend()` to support `modal` mode
+2. `tinker-atropos/configs/gsm8k_agent.yaml` - Config for Qwen3-4B-Instruct training
-3. `tools/terminal_tool.py` - Native Modal Sandbox integration with:
-   - `ModalProfile` config + YAML loading
-   - `_ModalSandboxPool` (sync, thread-based for CLI use)
-   - `_ModalPoolManager` (singleton, multi-profile)
-   - `_ModalSandboxEnvironment` replacing old `_ModalEnvironment`
-4. `docs/MODAL_BACKEND.md` - Comprehensive documentation
-5. `modal_profiles.yaml.example` - Example profiles config
-6. `tests/test_modal_integration.py` - Integration tests
-7. `tests/test_modal_stress.py` - Stress tests
-8. `tests/test_modal_terminal.py` - Terminal tool tests
 
-**What I fixed after merge:**
+**Dependencies Updated:**
-1. `atropos/envs/agent_env.py` - Replaced old stub Modal fields with proper config fields matching `ModalSandboxConfig.from_agent_env_config()`:
+- `pyproject.toml` `[atropos]` extra now includes: tinker SDK, torch, wandb, math-verify
-   - `modal_image`, `modal_gpu`, `modal_cpu`, `modal_memory`
+- Installed: tinker 0.12.0, tinker-atropos 0.1.0, torch (CPU)
-   - `modal_slots_per_sandbox`, `modal_min_sandboxes`, `modal_max_sandboxes`
-   - `modal_idle_timeout`, `modal_max_lifetime`
-   - `modal_acquire_timeout`, `modal_execution_timeout`
-   - `modal_secrets`, `modal_env_vars`, `modal_workspace_base`
-2. `atropos/backends/modal_backend.py` - Guarded `yaml` import with try/except
 
-**Key Architecture Decisions:**
+**README Updated:**
-- Uses **Modal Sandboxes** (not Functions) - long-lived containers that stay hot
+- Added comprehensive "RL Training with Tinker" section with architecture diagram, quick start, config docs
-- Uses `sandbox.exec()` directly instead of HTTP/sandbox_server.py - simpler approach
+- Added TINKER_API_KEY and WANDB_API_KEY to optional keys table
-- Slot-based multiplexing matching Nomad's pattern
-- Multi-profile support for heterogeneous workloads (CPU vs GPU)
-- Named sandbox recovery for resilience
-- Modal SDK v1.3.2 compatible
 
-## Previous Work (Feb 6, 2026)
+**Verified Working:**
-### Singularity/Apptainer Sandbox Integration - FULLY WORKING
+- Tinker SDK connection ✅
-See progress.md for details.
+- All imports (tinker, tinker_atropos, trainer, environment) ✅
+- Python REPL execution + tool call parsing ✅
+- Math verification ✅
+- Atropos run-api (port 8000) ✅
+- Tinker trainer starts, loads config, creates inference server (port 8001) ✅
 
-## Usage
+**Blocked:** Tinker billing (402 error) - user's payment didn't process (possibly regional card issue)
 
-### Modal Backend (Atropos):
+### Main Branch Merge (Feb 9, 2026)
-```bash
+Merged `origin/main` into `atropos-integrations` - 22,560 lines, 79 files, 5 conflicts resolved.
-python -m atropos.envs.swe_smith_oracle_env process \
+
-    --env.tool_pool_mode modal \
+### Modal Backend (Feb 8, 2026)
-    --env.modal_image python:3.11 \
+Merged modal-integration branch, working with Modal Sandboxes.
-    --env.modal_slots_per_sandbox 10 \
+
-    --env.modal_max_sandboxes 5
+### Singularity/Apptainer (Feb 6, 2026)
+Completed and tested.
+
+## Architecture: Training Pipeline
+
+```
+Terminal 1: run-api (port 8000) - Atropos Rollout API
+Terminal 2: launch_training.py (port 8001) - Tinker Trainer + FastAPI inference
+Terminal 3: gsm8k_agent.py serve - Environment (generates trajectories)
 ```
 
-### Modal Terminal Tool (CLI):
+The agent env gets math problems → model calls Python REPL tool → scores answer → sends to Atropos → Tinker does LoRA training → updates sampling weights → repeat.
-```bash
-export TERMINAL_ENV=modal
-export TERMINAL_MODAL_IMAGE=python:3.11
-./hermes
-```
-
-### With GPU Profile:
-```bash
-# In modal_profiles.yaml
-profiles:
-  pytorch-gpu:
-    image: pytorch/pytorch:2.1.0-cuda12.1-cudnn8-runtime
-    gpu: T4
-    memory: 16384
-```
 
 ## Next Steps
-- Live test Modal backend with actual Modal credentials
+- [ ] Resolve Tinker billing to test full training loop
-- Test multi-profile GPU workflows
+- [ ] Run GSM8k agent training for ~20 steps (proof of concept)
-- Test sandbox recovery after restart
+- [ ] Monitor WandB for reward improvement
-- Integrate with SWE-smith-oracle env for full GRPO training loop
+- [ ] Graduate to more complex agent envs (SWE tasks with Modal backend)