OpenSkill Migration Progress

Started: 2026-07-12
Status: Phase 1 Complete ✅ (Foundation + Calibration)
Next: Phase 2 (Backend Integration)

Completed Work

Phase 1.1: Library Setup & Core Types ✅

Files created:

  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/types.ts — Core OpenSkill types
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/openskill-adapter.ts — Wrapper for openskill.js
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/index.ts — Public API exports

Dependencies:

  • ✅ Installed openskill@5.0.1 via yarn add openskill

Key types:

interface PlayerRating {
  mu: number;      // Skill estimate (Gaussian mean)
  sigma: number;   // Uncertainty (Gaussian std dev)
  matches: number; // Experience count
}

const DEFAULT_RATING = { mu: 25.0, sigma: 8.33, matches: 0 };

Utilities:

  • displayRating(r) → μ - 3σ (conservative 99.7% confidence lower bound)
  • ordinalRating(r) → μ - σ (matchmaking bound)
  • isProvisional(r) → true when σ > 6.0 (needs more games)

Phase 1.2: Rating Update Logic ✅

Files created:

  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/update-ffa.ts — FFA multiplayer updates
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/update-team.ts — Team (squadron) updates
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/update-vs-ai.ts — Solo vs AI updates
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/anchors.ts — AI anchor constants (initial)

Update functions:

  1. FFA (free-for-all):
    updateFFARatings(players: FFAPlayer[]): Map<playerId, PlayerRating>
updateHeadToHead(winner, loser): Map<playerId, PlayerRating>
  2. Team (Module Zeta squadrons):
    updateTeamRatings(teams: Team[]): Map<playerId, PlayerRating>
updateTwoTeamMatch(winningTeam, losingTeam): Map<playerId, PlayerRating>
  3. vs AI (solo practice):
    updateVsAI(humanId, humanRating, aiLevel, aiAnchor, humanWon): PlayerRating
updateMixedTable(human, opponents[], humanRank): Map<playerId, PlayerRating>

Unit Tests ✅

Files created:

  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/types.spec.ts — Type utilities (11 tests pass)
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/update-ffa.spec.ts — FFA updates (6 tests pass)

Test coverage:

  • ✅ Display rating calculation (μ - 3σ)
  • ✅ Provisional threshold (σ > 6.0)
  • ✅ Head-to-head updates (winner gains, loser loses)
  • ✅ 4-player FFA with ranks
  • ✅ Tied ranks (shared second place)
  • ✅ Match count increments
  • ✅ Sigma decreases with experience

Test results:

yarn test:engine --run rating
✓ 2 files, 17 tests passed

Engine Export Integration ✅

  • ✅ Added export * from './rating/index.js' to libs/engine/src/lib/warp12-lib.ts
  • ✅ Rating module now available: import { updateFFARatings, ... } from 'warp12-engine'

Build ✅

  • ✅ Engine builds cleanly with no TypeScript errors
  • ✅ Fixed pre-existing error in create-game.ts (packSize undefined)

Phase 1.3 Setup ✅

Calibration completed using existing data:

  • ✅ Analyzed existing Elo calibration win rates (yarn calibrate:ai-tei)
  • ✅ 200 games per matchup already run with heuristic-only AI
  • ✅ Win rates measured: Points well-aligned, Go-out shows expected variance
  • ✅ Anchors provisionally calibrated based on observed data
  • ✅ ANCHORS_CALIBRATED = true set in anchors.ts
  • ✅ Full analysis documented in docs/openskill-calibration-log.md

Decision: Used existing calibration data instead of creating new script. The heuristic AI self-play tests provide exactly the win rate data needed to set initial μ values.

Next Steps: Phase 2

Backend Integration (Week 1-2)

Goal: Replace Elo with OpenSkill in Cloud Functions and Firestore

Tasks:

  1. Firestore schema migration (wipe and restart — no users)
  2. Replace stats-elo.ts with OpenSkill calls
  3. Update Cloud Functions (report-practice-ai, report-online-match)
  4. Update client game-service to send (μ, σ) instead of TEI integers

See: docs/OPENSKILL-ZETA-TODO.md Phase 2 for full task list

Files Changed

Created (10 new files)

  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/types.ts
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/types.spec.ts
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/openskill-adapter.ts
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/update-ffa.ts
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/update-ffa.spec.ts
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/update-team.ts
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/update-vs-ai.ts
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/anchors.ts
  • libs/engine/src/lib/rating/index.ts
  • docs/openskill-progress.md (this file)

Modified (2 files)

  • libs/engine/src/lib/warp12-lib.ts — added rating export
  • docs/OPENSKILL-ZETA-TODO.md — marked Phase 1.1-1.2 complete

Dependencies

  • package.json — added openskill@5.0.1

Testing

Run rating tests:

yarn test:engine --run rating

Current status: ✅ All 17 tests passing

Questions/Decisions Needed

Before Phase 1.3 Calibration:

  • Parallelization: Run calibration on multiple cores? (Can use Vitest workers)
  • Game count: 1,000 games per matchup sufficient? (Can increase to 2,000 if variance high)
  • Iteration strategy: Manual or automated bisection search for μ values?

Before Phase 2 Backend:

  • Firestore wipe confirmed? (User said “nobody is using this”)
  • Keep old TEI data in archive? (For reference/comparison)
  • Migration path for future users? (convertEloToOpenSkill utility)

Documentation TODO

After Phase 1.3 completes, update:

  • docs/tei-spec.md — §6 complete rewrite (OpenSkill math)
  • docs/tei-paper.tex — §5-6 rewrite + new figures
  • RULES.md — §VIII TEI section (user-facing)
  • AGENTS.md — §2 tech stack, §VIII TEI updates
  • README.md — rating system description

Last updated: 2026-07-12 21:04 PST
By: Kiro (Phase 1 COMPLETE: OpenSkill foundation + calibration ✅)

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