researchclaw-integration-decisions-container-mcp-hybrid-llm
ResearchClaw integration architecture decided: (1) Dedicated researchclaw Docker container on oracle-network — keeps experiment sandboxing isolated from Hermes, avoids dependency conflicts, follows oracle-* topology pattern. (2) MCP Server invocation (not CLI or ACP) — native to stack, structured tool responses, granular 23-stage control, session-based registration keeps tool budget lean. (3) Hybrid LLM — Opus 4.6 for 8 critical reasoning stages (hypothesis gen, paper writing, peer review), Haiku 4.5 for 15 routine stages — stays within Anthropic ecosystem, zero API cost divergence.