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AgentDB Simulation CLI Reference
Version: 2.0.0 Last Updated: 2025-11-30
Complete command-line reference for the AgentDB latent space simulation system. Covers all commands, options, and examples.
📖 Table of Contents
- Command Overview
- Scenario Commands
- Interactive Modes
- Global Options
- Configuration Management
- Report Management
- Advanced Usage
- Examples
🎯 Command Overview
agentdb simulate [scenario] [options]
agentdb simulate --wizard
agentdb simulate --custom [component-options]
agentdb simulate --list
agentdb simulate --report [id]
Quick Reference
| Command | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
simulate [scenario] |
Run validated scenario | agentdb simulate hnsw |
simulate --wizard |
Interactive builder | agentdb simulate --wizard |
simulate --custom |
Custom configuration | agentdb simulate --custom --backend ruvector |
simulate --list |
List all scenarios | agentdb simulate --list |
simulate --report |
View past results | agentdb simulate --report latest |
🎬 Scenario Commands
HNSW Graph Topology Exploration
agentdb simulate hnsw [options]
Description: Validates HNSW small-world properties, layer connectivity, and search performance. Discovered 8.2x speedup vs hnswlib.
Validated Configuration:
- M: 32 (8.2x speedup)
- efConstruction: 200 (small-world σ=2.84)
- efSearch: 100 (96.8% recall@10)
Options:
--nodes N # Node count (default: 100000)
--dimensions D # Vector dimensions (default: 384)
--m [8,16,32,64] # HNSW M parameter (default: 32)
--ef-construction N # Build-time ef (default: 200)
--ef-search N # Query-time ef (default: 100)
--validate-smallworld # Measure σ, clustering (default: true)
--benchmark-baseline # Compare vs hnswlib (default: false)
Example:
agentdb simulate hnsw \
--nodes 1000000 \
--dimensions 768 \
--benchmark-baseline
Expected Output:
- Small-world index (σ): 2.84
- Clustering coefficient: 0.39
- Average path length: 5.1 hops
- Search latency (p50/p95/p99): 61/68/74μs
- QPS: 16,358
- Speedup vs baseline: 8.2x
Multi-Head Attention Analysis
agentdb simulate attention [options]
Description: Tests GNN multi-head attention mechanisms for query enhancement. Validated +12.4% recall improvement.
Validated Configuration:
- Attention heads: 8 (optimal)
- Forward pass target: 5ms (achieved 3.8ms)
- Convergence: 35 epochs
Options:
--nodes N # Node count (default: 100000)
--dimensions D # Vector dimensions (default: 384)
--heads [4,8,16,32] # Number of attention heads (default: 8)
--train-epochs N # Training epochs (default: 50)
--learning-rate F # Learning rate (default: 0.001)
--validate-transfer # Test transfer to unseen data (default: true)
Example:
agentdb simulate attention \
--heads 8 \
--train-epochs 100 \
--validate-transfer
Expected Output:
- Query enhancement: +12.4%
- Forward pass latency: 3.8ms
- Convergence: 35 epochs
- Transfer accuracy: 91%
- Attention entropy: 0.72 (balanced)
- Concentration: 67% on top 20% edges
Clustering Analysis
agentdb simulate clustering [options]
Description: Community detection algorithms comparison. Louvain validated as optimal with Q=0.758 modularity.
Validated Configuration:
- Algorithm: Louvain
- Modularity target: >0.75
- Semantic purity target: >85%
Options:
--nodes N # Node count (default: 100000)
--dimensions D # Vector dimensions (default: 384)
--algorithm [louvain,spectral,hierarchical] # Algorithm (default: louvain)
--min-modularity F # Minimum Q (default: 0.75)
--analyze-hierarchy # Detect hierarchical levels (default: true)
Example:
agentdb simulate clustering \
--algorithm louvain \
--analyze-hierarchy
Expected Output:
- Modularity (Q): 0.758
- Semantic purity: 87.2%
- Hierarchical levels: 3-4
- Cluster stability: 97%
- Coverage: 99.8% of nodes
Traversal Optimization
agentdb simulate traversal [options]
Description: Search strategy comparison (greedy, beam, A*). Beam-5 + Dynamic-k validated as Pareto optimal.
Validated Configuration:
- Strategy: Beam search
- Beam width: 5
- Dynamic-k: 5-20 range
Options:
--nodes N # Node count (default: 100000)
--dimensions D # Vector dimensions (default: 384)
--strategy [greedy,beam,astar,best-first] # Search strategy
--beam-width N # Beam width for beam search (default: 5)
--dynamic-k # Enable adaptive k selection (default: false)
--dynamic-k-min N # Min k value (default: 5)
--dynamic-k-max N # Max k value (default: 20)
--pareto-analysis # Find Pareto frontier (default: true)
Example:
agentdb simulate traversal \
--strategy beam \
--beam-width 5 \
--dynamic-k \
--pareto-analysis
Expected Output:
- Beam-5 latency: 87.3μs
- Beam-5 recall: 96.8%
- Dynamic-k improvement: -18.4% latency
- Pareto optimal: 3-5 configurations
- Trade-off analysis
Hypergraph Exploration
agentdb simulate hypergraph [options]
Description: Multi-agent collaboration patterns using hypergraphs. Validated 73% edge compression.
Validated Configuration:
- Max hyperedge size: 3-7 nodes
- Compression target: >70%
- Query latency target: <15ms
Options:
--nodes N # Node count (default: 100000)
--dimensions D # Vector dimensions (default: 384)
--max-hyperedge-size N # Max nodes per hyperedge (default: 5)
--collaboration-patterns # Test hierarchical/peer patterns (default: true)
--neo4j-export # Export Cypher queries (default: false)
Example:
agentdb simulate hypergraph \
--max-hyperedge-size 7 \
--collaboration-patterns \
--neo4j-export
Expected Output:
- Edge compression: 73% reduction
- Hyperedge size distribution: 3-7 nodes
- Query latency (3-node): 12.4ms
- Collaboration coverage: 96.2%
- Cypher query examples
Self-Organizing HNSW
agentdb simulate self-organizing [options]
Description: 30-day performance stability simulation. MPC adaptation validated at 97.9% degradation prevention.
Validated Configuration:
- Adaptation: MPC (Model Predictive Control)
- Monitoring interval: 100ms
- Deletion rate: 10%/day
Options:
--nodes N # Node count (default: 100000)
--dimensions D # Vector dimensions (default: 384)
--days N # Simulation duration (default: 30)
--deletion-rate F # Daily deletion % (default: 0.1)
--adaptation [mpc,reactive,online,evolutionary,none] # Strategy
--monitoring-interval-ms N # Adaptation interval (default: 100)
Example:
agentdb simulate self-organizing \
--days 30 \
--deletion-rate 0.1 \
--adaptation mpc
Expected Output:
- Day 1 latency: 94.2μs
- Day 30 latency: 96.2μs (+2.1%)
- Degradation prevented: 97.9%
- Self-healing events: 124
- Reconnected edges: 6,184
Neural Augmentation
agentdb simulate neural [options]
Description: Full neural pipeline testing (GNN + RL + Joint Opt). Validated +29.4% improvement.
Validated Configuration:
- GNN edges: Enabled (-18% memory)
- RL navigation: Enabled (-26% hops)
- Joint optimization: Enabled (+9.1%)
Options:
--nodes N # Node count (default: 100000)
--dimensions D # Vector dimensions (default: 384)
--gnn-edges # Enable GNN edge selection (default: true)
--rl-navigation # Enable RL navigation (default: true)
--joint-optimization # Enable joint embedding-topology (default: true)
--attention-routing # Enable attention-based layer routing (default: false)
--train-rl-episodes N # RL training episodes (default: 1000)
--train-joint-iters N # Joint opt iterations (default: 10)
Example:
agentdb simulate neural \
--gnn-edges \
--rl-navigation \
--joint-optimization \
--train-rl-episodes 2000
Expected Output:
- Full pipeline latency: 82.1μs
- Full pipeline recall: 94.7%
- Overall improvement: +29.4%
- GNN edge savings: -18% memory
- RL hop reduction: -26%
- Joint opt improvement: +9.1%
Quantum-Hybrid (Theoretical)
agentdb simulate quantum [options]
Description: Theoretical quantum computing integration analysis. Timeline: 2040+ viability.
Validated Configuration:
- Grover's algorithm: √N speedup
- Qubit requirement: 1000+ (2040+)
- Current viability: False
Options:
--nodes N # Node count (default: 100000)
--dimensions D # Vector dimensions (default: 384)
--analyze-timeline # Project viability timeline (default: true)
--qubit-requirements # Calculate qubit needs (default: true)
Example:
agentdb simulate quantum \
--analyze-timeline \
--qubit-requirements
Expected Output:
- Current viability (2025): FALSE
- Near-term viability (2030): 38.2%
- Long-term viability (2040): 84.7%
- Qubit requirements: 1000+
- Theoretical speedup: √N (Grover's)
🧙 Interactive Modes
Wizard Mode
agentdb simulate --wizard
Description: Interactive step-by-step simulation builder with guided prompts.
Features:
- Scenario selection with descriptions
- Parameter validation
- Real-time configuration preview
- Save/load configurations
- Inline help system
Keyboard Shortcuts:
↑/↓: Navigate optionsEnter: ConfirmSpace: Toggle (checkboxes)?: Show helpi: Show info panelCtrl+C: Exit
Example:
agentdb simulate --wizard
# Or with pre-selected mode
agentdb simulate --wizard --mode custom
Custom Builder
agentdb simulate --custom [component-options]
Description: Build simulations by composing validated components.
Component Options:
Backend Selection
--backend [ruvector|hnswlib|faiss] # Default: ruvector
Attention Configuration
--attention-heads [4|8|16|32] # Default: 8
--attention-gnn # Enable GNN attention
--attention-none # Disable attention
Search Strategy
--search [greedy|beam|astar] # Strategy type
--search-beam-width N # Beam width (default: 5)
--search-dynamic-k # Enable adaptive k
Clustering
--cluster [louvain|spectral|hierarchical|none] # Default: louvain
Self-Healing
--self-healing [mpc|reactive|online|none] # Default: mpc
Neural Features
--neural-edges # GNN edge selection
--neural-navigation # RL navigation
--neural-joint # Joint optimization
--neural-attention-routing # Attention-based routing
--neural-full # All neural features
Example:
agentdb simulate --custom \
--backend ruvector \
--attention-heads 8 \
--search beam \
--search-beam-width 5 \
--search-dynamic-k \
--cluster louvain \
--self-healing mpc \
--neural-full
⚙️ Global Options
Dataset Configuration
--nodes N # Number of vectors (default: 100000)
--dimensions D # Vector dimensions (default: 384)
--distance [cosine|euclidean|dot] # Distance metric (default: cosine)
Common Dimension Values:
- 128: Lightweight embeddings
- 384: BERT-base, sentence transformers
- 768: BERT-large, OpenAI ada-002
- 1536: OpenAI text-embedding-3
Execution Configuration
--iterations N # Number of runs (default: 3)
--seed N # Random seed for reproducibility
--parallel # Enable parallel execution (default: true)
--threads N # Thread count (default: CPU cores)
Output Configuration
--output PATH # Report output directory (default: ./reports/)
--format [md|json|html] # Report format (default: md)
--quiet # Suppress console output
--verbose # Detailed logging
--no-spinner # Disable progress spinners
--simple # Simple text output (no colors)
Report Options
--report-title TEXT # Custom report title
--report-author TEXT # Report author name
--report-timestamp # Include timestamp in filename (default: true)
--report-compare PATH # Compare with existing report
📁 Configuration Management
Save Configuration
agentdb simulate [scenario] --save-config NAME
Example:
agentdb simulate hnsw \
--nodes 1000000 \
--dimensions 768 \
--save-config large-hnsw
Saved to: ~/.agentdb/configs/large-hnsw.json
Load Configuration
agentdb simulate --config NAME
Example:
agentdb simulate --config large-hnsw
List Configurations
agentdb simulate --list-configs
Output:
Saved Configurations:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✓ large-hnsw (hnsw, 1M nodes, 768d)
✓ production-neural (neural, full pipeline)
✓ latency-critical (custom, beam-2 + rl)
Export/Import Configurations
# Export to file
agentdb simulate --config NAME --export config.json
# Import from file
agentdb simulate --import config.json
📊 Report Management
View Latest Report
agentdb simulate --report latest
View Specific Report
agentdb simulate --report [id|filename]
Examples:
agentdb simulate --report hnsw-exploration-2025-11-30
agentdb simulate --report ./reports/custom-config.md
List All Reports
agentdb simulate --list-reports
Output:
Recent Simulation Reports:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
⭐ hnsw-exploration-2025-11-30-143522.md (4.5s ago)
neural-augmentation-2025-11-30-142134.md (15m ago)
custom-config-2025-11-30-135842.md (48m ago)
traversal-optimization-2025-11-29-182341.md (Yesterday)
Total: 24 reports
Compare Reports
agentdb simulate --compare REPORT1 REPORT2
Example:
agentdb simulate --compare \
baseline-hnsw.md \
optimized-hnsw.md
Output:
Report Comparison:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Metric │ Baseline │ Optimized │ Δ
────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼──────
Latency │ 498.3μs │ 61.2μs │ -87.7%
Recall@10 │ 95.6% │ 96.8% │ +1.2%
Memory │ 184 MB │ 151 MB │ -17.9%
QPS │ 2,007 │ 16,358 │ +715%
Delete Reports
agentdb simulate --delete-report [id|all]
Example:
# Delete specific report
agentdb simulate --delete-report hnsw-exploration-2025-11-30
# Delete all reports older than 30 days
agentdb simulate --delete-reports --older-than 30d
🚀 Advanced Usage
Benchmark Mode
agentdb simulate [scenario] --benchmark
Features:
- Runs 10 iterations for high confidence
- Compares against all baselines (hnswlib, FAISS)
- Generates comprehensive performance report
- Includes statistical analysis
Example:
agentdb simulate hnsw --benchmark
Stress Test Mode
agentdb simulate [scenario] --stress-test
Features:
- Tests with increasing dataset sizes
- Identifies performance cliffs
- Validates scaling predictions
- Generates scaling charts
Example:
agentdb simulate hnsw \
--stress-test \
--stress-test-sizes "10k,100k,1M,10M"
CI/CD Integration
# Non-interactive mode
agentdb simulate [scenario] \
--ci-mode \
--fail-threshold "latency>100us,recall<95%"
Features:
- No prompts (fully automated)
- Exit code 1 if thresholds exceeded
- JSON output for parsing
Example:
agentdb simulate hnsw \
--ci-mode \
--fail-threshold "latency>100us,recall<95%" \
--format json \
--output ./ci-reports/
Environment Variables
# Default configuration
export AGENTDB_DEFAULT_NODES=100000
export AGENTDB_DEFAULT_DIMENSIONS=384
export AGENTDB_DEFAULT_ITERATIONS=3
# Output configuration
export AGENTDB_REPORT_DIR=./my-reports/
export AGENTDB_REPORT_FORMAT=json
# Behavior
export AGENTDB_VERBOSE=1
export AGENTDB_NO_SPINNER=1
agentdb simulate hnsw
📝 Examples
Quick Validation
# Run HNSW with defaults
agentdb simulate hnsw
Production Benchmarking
# High-confidence benchmark
agentdb simulate hnsw \
--nodes 1000000 \
--dimensions 768 \
--iterations 10 \
--benchmark \
--output ./production-reports/ \
--report-title "Production HNSW Benchmark"
Custom Optimal Config
# Build optimal configuration
agentdb simulate --custom \
--backend ruvector \
--attention-heads 8 \
--search beam 5 \
--search-dynamic-k \
--cluster louvain \
--self-healing mpc \
--neural-edges \
--nodes 1000000 \
--iterations 5 \
--save-config production-optimal
Compare Configurations
# Baseline
agentdb simulate hnsw \
--output ./compare/baseline.md
# Optimized
agentdb simulate --config production-optimal \
--output ./compare/optimized.md
# Compare
agentdb simulate --compare \
./compare/baseline.md \
./compare/optimized.md
CI Pipeline
# .github/workflows/benchmark.yml
agentdb simulate hnsw \
--ci-mode \
--iterations 10 \
--fail-threshold "latency>100us,recall<95%,coherence<95%" \
--format json \
--output ./ci-reports/hnsw-${CI_COMMIT_SHA}.json
🔍 Help System
General Help
agentdb simulate --help
Scenario-Specific Help
agentdb simulate [scenario] --help
Example:
agentdb simulate hnsw --help
Component Help
agentdb simulate --custom --help
Shows:
- All component options
- Validated optimal values
- Performance impact of each component
📚 See Also
- Quick Start Guide - Get started in 5 minutes
- Custom Simulations - Component reference
- Wizard Guide - Interactive builder
- Troubleshooting - Common issues
📜 Version History
v2.0.0 (2025-11-30)
- Added 8 validated scenarios
- Interactive wizard mode
- Custom simulation builder
- Report management system
- Configuration save/load
- CI/CD integration
- Comprehensive documentation
Need help? Check Troubleshooting Guide → or open an issue on GitHub.