Verify Issue 51 - M9.1 Observer AI Foundation is complete

[Copilot]

Issue 51 requested implementation of the Observer AI Foundation. Investigation confirms all work is already complete.

Verified Implementation

• src/gengine/ai_player/observer.py (576 lines) - Observer class with local SimEngine and remote SimServiceClient support, trend analysis, natural language commentary
• scripts/run_ai_observer.py (216 lines) - CLI runner with tick budgets, JSON/verbose output, service mode
• tests/ai_player/test_observer.py (596 lines, 37 tests passing) - Including TestObserverDetectsStabilityCrash integration test
• README.md (lines 703-820) - Invocation examples and use cases

Acceptance Criteria Status

All met:

• ✅ Local + service-mode connections
• ✅ Tick-by-tick stability/faction/story-seed analysis
• ✅ Structured JSON + natural language output
• ✅ Stability crash detection test
• ✅ README documentation

README already states: "✅ Phase 9 M9.1 – AI Player Observer shipped"

No code changes required.

Original prompt

"Issue 51 - Observer AI Foundation" to gamedev agent

Created from Copilot CLI via the copilot delegate command.

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