From 8b428191849952f6c4247238df92293d1bfd44ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: schipeltaper <sjmritchie@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 17:51:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] implemented a sneaky agent

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 agents/sneaky.py | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 agents/sneaky.py

diff --git a/agents/sneaky.py b/agents/sneaky.py
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+"""
+    The sneaky agent is built to trick the naive line counter agent.
+    I believe if the sneaky agent starts, they will win against the line counter agent.
+    I have not tested this yet, as the naive line counter agent wasn't in the branch I checked out and I'm lazy,
+    so time will tell...
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import random
+
+from .agent import Agent, Payload
+
+class SneakyAgent(Agent):
+    """
+        It tries to get both opposite corners (1 and 9) and then get another corner that would give it two routes to win
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        """
+            Create a new instance of the sneaky agent.
+        """
+
+        super().__init__(
+            # Give your bot a name to display in leaderboards
+            name="Sneaky agent",
+
+            # Your name, to give you credit
+            author="Sam",
+
+            # Update the version to indicate the agent behaves differently.
+            # This will later allow you to compare different versions of your
+            # agent against one another.
+            version="1.0.0",
+
+            # Add extra custom information about the agent to this dictionary.
+            profile={},
+        )
+
+        # Indicate that you're willing to play tic-tac-toe
+        # Remove this if you don't want your bot to participate there.
+        self.add_tic_tac_toe(on_move=self.play_tic_tac_toe, profile={})
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def play_tic_tac_toe(payload : Payload) -> Payload:
+        """
+            I've placed move comments to indicate which move that would be in the ideal game against the line counter.
+            This assumes this agent starts and so move 1 is {"move": 1}, etc...
+
+            If none of the options are valid, we return a random move
+        """
+        
+        # Try printing the payload to see what it looks like!
+        print(payload)
+
+        # Current State
+        cs = dict(payload)
+
+        # Move 1
+        if cs["1"] == "":
+            return { "move": 1}
+        
+        # Move 2
+        if cs["9"] == "":
+            return { "move": 9}
+        
+        # Move 4
+        if cs["2"] == "" and cs["1"] == cs["your_token"] and cs["3"] == cs["your_token"]:
+            return { "move": 2}
+
+        if cs["6"] == "" and cs["3"] == cs["your_token"] and cs["9"] == cs["your_token"]:
+            return { "move": 6}
+        
+        if cs["8"] == "" and cs["7"] == cs["your_token"] and cs["9"] == cs["your_token"]:
+            return { "move": 8}
+        
+        if cs["4"] == "" and cs["1"] == cs["your_token"] and cs["7"] == cs["your_token"]:
+            return { "move": 4}
+
+        # Move 3
+        if cs["2"] == "" and cs["6"] == "" and cs["3"] == "":
+            return { "move": 3}
+
+        if cs["4"] == "" and cs["8"] == "" and cs["7"] == "":
+            return { "move": 7}
+ 
+        # If the sneaky strategy doesn't work
+        options = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ]
+        return { "move": random.choice(options) }
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