feat: terms of venery — biological collective nouns as topology naming system

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Concept

Every topology formation should have a term of venery — a biological collective noun that captures its behavioral essence. Just as a murder of crows, a murmuration of starlings, or a parliament of owls names the collective behavior, not just the species.

Proposed Naming

Topology	Current Name	Term of Venery	Biological Source
Swarm	SWARM	A Plague	Locusts — undifferentiated, overwhelming
Hierarchy	HIERARCHY	A Parliament	Owls — deliberation through structure
Pipeline	PIPELINE	A Procession	Caterpillars — processionary single-file
Mesh	MESH	A Lattice	Coral polyps — resilient interconnection
Ring	RING	A Carousel	Dolphins — circular coordination
Star	STAR	A Court	Bees — hub/queen coordination
Rhizomatic	RHIZOMATIC	A Mycelium	Fungi — lateral, underground, no center
Fission-Fusion	FISSION_FUSION	A Murder	Crows — roost/split dynamics
Stigmergic	STIGMERGIC	A Colony	Ants — indirect coordination

Implementation

• Add venery_name attribute to each topology class
• Use venery names in logging, dashboards, and the DSL
• The YAML agent spec (AgentForge) should accept venery names

Why

The naming system makes the topologies memorable, communicable, and grounded in the biological research that inspired them. "Deploy a murder of agents" is more precise and more evocative than "use fission-fusion topology."

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Expanded mapping from research (Juliana Berners, The Book of Saint Albans, 1486 + contemporary collective noun lists):

Topology	Venery Name	Animal	Behavioral Logic
SWARM	A Plague	Locusts	Undifferentiated, overwhelming
HIERARCHY	A Parliament	Owls	Deliberation through structure
PIPELINE	A Procession	Processionary caterpillars	Single-file following
MESH	A Crash	Rhinos	Resilient, unstoppable when linked
RING	A Carousel	Dolphins	Circular coordination
STAR	A Court	Kangaroos	Hub with central authority
RHIZOMATIC	A Skulk	Foxes	Lateral, hidden connections
FISSION_FUSION	A Murder	Crows	Roost/split, information centers
STIGMERGIC	A Colony	Ants	Indirect via environment
ARBORESCENT	A Tower	Giraffes	Rigid, visible, strict tree
TERRITORIALIZED	An Ambush	Tigers	Bounded domains
DETERRITORIALIZED	A Flamboyance	Flamingos	Fluid, spectacular transformation

Additional topology concepts from the research with candidate names:

• A Shrewdness (apes) → meta-topology that plans topology
• A Memory (elephants) → stateful topology with persistent memory
• A Cackle (hyenas) → adversarial/predator topology (feat: Prey dynamics — emergent predator-prey behavior in agent swarms #59)
• A Kindle (kittens) → spawning topology (feat: spawning topology — agents that create sub-agents in new formations (a kindle) #63)
• A Dazzle (zebras) → defensive swarm, confusion-as-camouflage

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