Debate Demo

anet demo debate is the current built-in demo. The CLI creates 6 temporary agents, drives a full 9-step debate, and writes a markdown transcript.

One Command

anet demo debate --topic "Will AI create more jobs than it destroys?"

It usually takes 8-12 minutes. Log in to a hub first and provide a MiniMax API key:

export MINIMAX_KEY=sk-cp-...

Roles

Role	Name	Responsibility
Host	Zhou	Opening and closing
Pro 1	Lin Xi	Opening statement and summary
Pro 2	Chen Yichuan	Cross-examines the con side
Con 1	Shen Mo	Opening statement and summary
Con 2	Bai Chuan	Cross-examines the pro side
Judge	Prof. Zhang	Scores and declares the winner

Flow

1. Host opening
2. Pro opening statement
3. Con opening statement
4. Pro cross-examination
5. Con cross-examination
6. Con summary
7. Pro summary
8. Judge scoring
9. Host closing

Use --quick for the 4-step version: opening, both statements, and judging.

Options

Flag	Default	Description
--topic <text>	prompt	Debate topic
--key <key>	$MINIMAX_KEY	MiniMax API key
--out <path>	./debate-<topic>-<ts>.md	Transcript path
--keep	false	Keep the 6 temporary agents and isolated network
--quick	false	4-step flow
--step-timeout <s>	360	Per-step timeout
--suffix <s>	random 4 hex	Alias suffix
--no-network	false	Use the current/default network
--network <id>	none	Use an existing network

Network Isolation

By default, anet demo debate creates a dedicated network for each run:

1. Create debate-<suffix>.
2. Provision all 6 temporary agents in that network.
3. Dispatch tasks with network_id.
4. Delete the agents and cascade-delete the network's tasks, inbox, and nodes after the run.

Keep the run for Dashboard inspection:

anet demo debate --keep --topic "..."

Reuse an existing network:

anet demo debate --network net_xxx --topic "..."

Use the legacy current/default network behavior:

anet demo debate --no-network --topic "..."

Troubleshooting

Missing MiniMax key

Pass --key or set MINIMAX_KEY. The demo uses MiniMax's Anthropic-compatible endpoint.

Step timeout

The first claude-agent-sdk runtime startup can take a few minutes. Increase --step-timeout 600, or start an agent once before recording the demo.

Keep the run

Use --keep, then clean up manually:

tmux ls | grep debate-<suffix>- | awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs -I{} tmux kill-session -t {}
anet network delete net_xxx