NeMo-WM — Autonomous Coding Agent

LC #1: Two Sum

Hash Table Python O(n) Easy

🧠 NeMo's Reasoning

▸ Input: array of integers + target

▸ Detected: "add up to target" → synonym expands to "pair sum", "two sum"

▸ Structure: needs_pairs=true, has_array=true

✓ Pattern: Hash Table (score: 0.92) — complement lookup

✓ Template: two_sum — seen[complement] pattern

★ Generated in 0ms, zero API calls

def two_sum(nums, target):
    seen = {}
    for i, num in enumerate(nums):
        complement = target - num
        if complement in seen:
            return [seen[complement], i]
        seen[num] = i
    return []

LC #994: Rotten Oranges (Multi-Source BFS)

BFS Python O(m×n) Medium

🧠 NeMo's Reasoning

▸ Input: 2D grid with obstacles

▸ Detected: "spread simultaneously" → multi-source BFS

▸ Structure: has_grid=true, needs_shortest=true

✓ Pattern: BFS (score: 0.95) — shortest path in grid

✓ Template: multi_source — all rotten oranges start simultaneously

★ Correctly chose multi-source over standard BFS

from collections import deque
def multi_bfs(grid, sources):
    rows, cols = len(grid), len(grid[0])
    queue = deque()
    for r, c in sources:
        queue.append((r, c, 0))
    visited = set(sources)
    while queue:
        r, c, dist = queue.popleft()
        for dr, dc in [(-1,0),(1,0),(0,-1),(0,1)]:
            nr, nc = r+dr, c+dc
            # bounds + visited check

LC #322: Coin Change (Dynamic Programming)

DP C++ / Rust O(n×amount) Medium

🧠 NeMo's Reasoning

▸ Detected: "fewest coins", "denomination" → needs_dp=true

▸ "coin change minimum cost" triggers DP with coin_change template

▸ NOT greedy (greedy doesn't work for arbitrary denominations)

✓ Pattern: Dynamic Programming (score: 0.98)

✓ Template: coin_change — unbounded knapsack variant

★ Same algorithm, rendered in C++ and Rust

C++

Rust

int coinChange(vector<int>& coins, int amount) {
    vector<int> dp(amount+1, amount+1);
    dp[0] = 0;
    for (int coin : coins)
        for (int a = coin; a <= amount; a++)
            dp[a] = min(dp[a], dp[a-coin]+1);
    return dp[amount] > amount ? -1 : dp[amount];
}

LC #51: N-Queens (Backtracking with Pruning)

Backtracking Java O(n!) Hard

🧠 NeMo's Reasoning

▸ "N queens", "no two attack", "valid configurations"

▸ Structure: is_generation=true → Backtracking

▸ "constraint" + "pruning" → with_pruning template, NOT permutations

✓ Chose constraint satisfaction over brute force

✓ Template includes validity check before placement

★ Distinguishes queen placement from generic permutation

public void backtrack(char[][] board) {
    for (int r = 0; r < 9; r++) {
        for (int c = 0; c < 9; c++) {
            if (board[r][c] == '.') {
                for (char num : "123456789") {
                    if (isValid(board, r, c, num)) {
                        board[r][c] = num;
                        if (backtrack(board))
                            return true;
                        board[r][c] = '.';
                    }
                }
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
    return true;
}

ARC-AGI: Color Swap from I/O Examples

Perception Python O(n) ARC

🧠 NeMo's Reasoning (from examples, no text)

▸ Input: [[0,3,0],[3,7,3]] → Output: [[0,7,0],[7,3,7]]

▸ Perceive: same size, some pixels changed

▸ Compare: 3→7 and 7→3 consistently across all pairs

✓ Hypothesis: color mapping {3:7, 7:3}

✓ Verified on all training examples

★ Generated working code from I/O examples alone

# NeMo generated this from examples
# No problem text — pure perception
def solve(grid):
    import numpy as np
    mapping = {3: 7, 7: 3}
    g = np.array(grid)
    out = g.copy()
    for old, new in mapping.items():
        out[np.array(grid) == old] = new
    return out.tolist()
# Test: [3,3,7] → [7,7,3] ✓

Union-Find: Connected Components

Union-Find Rust O(α(n)) Medium

🧠 NeMo's Reasoning

▸ "redundant connection", "cycle in undirected graph"

▸ Structure: needs_connectivity=true, has_graph=true

▸ Union-Find beats DFS here: dynamic edge addition

✓ Path compression + union by rank

✓ Template: standard (full UF with find + union)

★ Rust ownership model naturally fits UF's mutable state

struct UnionFind {
    parent: Vec<usize>,
    rank: Vec<usize>,
}
impl UnionFind {
    fn new(n: usize) -> Self {
        UnionFind {
            parent: (0..n).collect(),
            rank: vec![0; n],
        }
    }
    fn find(&mut self, x: usize) -> usize {
        if self.parent[x] != x {
            self.parent[x] =
                self.find(self.parent[x]);
        }
        self.parent[x]
    }
}

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