Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

## Molecule Execution Summary

**Molecule**: mol-deacon-patrol
**Steps**: 9

**Completed**: 9/9

---

### Steps

1. **[closed]** Execute registered plugins
   Execute registered plugins.

Scan ~/gt/plugins/ for plugin directories. Each plugin has a plugin.md with YAML frontmatter defining its gate (when to run) and instructions (what to do).

See docs/deaco...

2. **[closed]** Check Witness and Refinery health
   Check Witness and Refinery health for each rig.

**ZFC Principle**: You (Claude) make the judgment call about what is "stuck" or "unresponsive" - there are no hardcoded thresholds in Go. Read the sign...

3. **[closed]** Check own context limit
   Check own context limit.

The Deacon runs in a Claude session with finite context. Check if approaching the limit:

```bash
gt context --usage
```

If context is high (>80%), prepare for handoff:
- Su...

4. **[closed]** Handle callbacks from agents
   Handle callbacks from agents.

Check the Mayor's inbox for messages from:
- Witnesses reporting polecat status
- Refineries reporting merge results
- Polecats requesting help or escalation
- External ...

5. **[closed]** Burn and respawn or loop
   Burn and let daemon respawn, or exit if context high.

Decision point at end of patrol cycle:

If context is LOW:
- Sleep briefly (avoid tight loop)
- Return to inbox-check step

If context is HIGH:
-...

6. **[closed]** Nudge newly spawned polecats
   Nudge newly spawned polecats that are ready for input.

When polecats are spawned, their Claude session takes 10-20 seconds to initialize. The spawn command returns immediately without waiting. This s...

7. **[closed]** Clean dead sessions
   Clean dead sessions and orphaned state.

Run `gt doctor -v` to check for issues, then `gt doctor --fix` to clean up.

**⚠ CRITICAL: The Deacon NEVER kills crew workers or polecats!**

The orphan-...

8. **[closed]** Find abandoned work
   Find abandoned work.

Scan for orphaned state:
- Issues marked in_progress with no active polecat
- Polecats that stopped responding mid-work
- Merge queue entries with no polecat owner
- Wisp session...

9. **[closed]** Evaluate pending async gates
   Evaluate pending async gates.

Gates are async coordination primitives that block until conditions are met.
The Deacon is responsible for monitoring gates and closing them when ready.

**Timer gates**...


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Cycle 20: All healthy, handing off


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Patrol 14: all clear


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Patrol 2: killed orphan session gt-boot, all agents healthy


🤝 HANDOFF: Continue bd-xo1o.1 dynamic bonding

Status: Ready to implement dynamic molecule bonding (bd-xo1o.1)

Context:
- Epic bd-xo1o implements Christmas Ornament pattern for patrol molecules
- Task bd-xo1o.3 (bd activity) is COMPLETE and pushed
- Next: bd-xo1o.1 - Dynamic Bond with Variable Substitution

Goal: Enable 'bd mol bond' to create custom IDs like 'patrol-x7k.arm-ace'

Key files to modify:
- cmd/bd/template.go - Add CloneOptions with ParentID, ChildRef
- cmd/bd/mol_bond.go - Add --ref flag, emit MutationBonded event

Plan file: ~/.claude/plans/snappy-wobbling-river.md

What's done:
- bd activity command with --follow, --mol, --since filters
- New mutation types: MutationBonded, MutationSquashed, MutationBurned, MutationStatus
- All tests pass, code pushed

Start: read plan file and 'bd show bd-xo1o.1' for context.


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Patrol cycle 19: healthy


POLECAT_DONE valkyrie

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: gt-yd98
MR: gt-jq0f
Branch: polecat/valkyrie


Test bd

test


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C119: All healthy


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Routine patrol


Review Synthesis

Combine all leg findings into a unified, prioritized review.

**Your input:**
All leg findings from: {{output.directory}}/

**Your output:**
A synthesized review at: {{output.directory}}/{{output.synthesis}}

**Structure:**
1. **Executive Summary** - Overall assessment, merge recommendation
2. **Critical Issues** - P0 items from all legs, deduplicated
3. **Major Issues** - P1 items, grouped by theme
4. **Minor Issues** - P2 items, briefly listed
5. **Positive Observations** - What's done well
6. **Recommendations** - Actionable next steps

Deduplicate issues found by multiple legs (note which legs found them).
Prioritize by impact and effort. Be actionable.

Orphaned template beads - formula didn't complete setup


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Patrol 3: Quiet cycle


bd ready should exclude ephemeral issues

## Problem

`bd ready` shows ephemeral (wisp) issues as ready work. Wisps are operational/patrol items, not trackable work, and should never appear in ready lists.

## Reproduction

1. Create a wisp: `bd wisp create mol-deacon-patrol`
2. Run `bd ready`
3. The wisp epic and its children appear as ready work

## Expected

Ephemeral issues (ephemeral=1) should be excluded from `bd ready` results.

## Fix

Add `AND ephemeral = 0` to the ready query in the beads codebase.

## Context

The Deacon patrol created 10 ephemeral beads that appeared in `bd ready`, confusing the Mayor about what work was available.


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Patrol cycle 14: Routine, all healthy


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Patrol 20: All clear


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Patrol cycle 13: All quiet


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Patrol cycle 3: All agents healthy (3W/3R), no callbacks, routine


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Cycle 17: stable


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Patrol 19: Routine, all healthy


POLECAT_STARTED beads/rictus

Issue: bd-indn
Session: gt-beads-rictus


POLECAT_STARTED beads/lima

Issue: bd-05a8
Session: gt-beads-lima


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Patrol 66: All healthy. No incidents.


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Patrol cycle 13 complete: all clear.


Dog: testdog4


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Patrol 4: Stable


POLECAT_DONE capable

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-14v0
MR: mr-1766562905-3ec5088b
Branch: polecat/capable


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Patrol 2: Checked inbox (handoff only), no convoys/gates/pending polecats, all 3 rig witnesses+refineries healthy (gastown 12 pending, beads 8 pending, wyvern 0 pending), killed orphan gt-boot, context low


Closed beads should auto-unhook or not show as hooked work

## Problem

When a bead is closed via `bd close`, it can remain on an agent's hook. The agent sees 'hooked work' but the bead is already closed, causing confusion.

## Reproduction

1. Agent has bead hooked (e.g., bd-xyz assigned, status=hooked)
2. Someone else closes the bead: `bd close bd-xyz`
3. Agent runs `gt hook` - still shows the closed bead as hooked work
4. Agent is confused - they have 'work' but it's already done

## Evidence

fang had `bd-7e7ddffa.1` (status: closed) showing on their hook. Had to manually `gt unsling` to clear it.

## Expected Behavior

Either:
- `bd close` triggers unhook (cross-system coordination)
- `gt hook` filters out closed beads from display
- `gt hook` warns if hooked bead is closed

## Suggested Fix

Option 2 is simplest: `gt hook show` should filter or warn about closed beads.

Duplicate - moved to gastown as gt-8w0r6


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Patrol cycle 28: Routine


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Patrol 39: routine, all healthy


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Patrol cycle complete (inherited from previous session). Context low, continuing.


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Patrol 15: Clean


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Patrol 11: processed 7 messages, cleaned 1 stale lock, all agents healthy


POLECAT_DONE capable

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-bqcc
MR: bd-801b
Branch: polecat/capable


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Patrol #20: Final cycle before handoff. All healthy.


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Patrol cycle 5: Nominal


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Patrol 55: All healthy


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Patrol cycle 41: Routine - session handoff threshold reached


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Patrol 8: town idle, all healthy


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Patrol 20: all healthy, handoff


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Patrol 14: all nominal


Start work

Work on gt-o3is: gt sling pinToHook doesn't set pinned boolean field. Read the issue with 'bd show gt-o3is', implement the fix, test, commit, push, close the issue, then run 'gt done'.


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Patrol 96: All healthy. No incidents.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

## Molecule Execution Summary

**Molecule**: mol-deacon-patrol
**Steps**: 9

**Completed**: 9/9

---

### Steps

1. **[closed]** Execute registered plugins
   Execute registered plugins.

Scan ~/gt/plugins/ for plugin directories. Each plugin has a plugin.md with YAML frontmatter defining its gate (when to run) and instructions (what to do).

See docs/deaco...

2. **[closed]** Check own context limit
   Check own context limit.

The Deacon runs in a Claude session with finite context. Check if approaching the limit:

```bash
gt context --usage
```

If context is high (>80%), prepare for handoff:
- Su...

3. **[closed]** Handle callbacks from agents
   Handle callbacks from agents.

Check the Mayor's inbox for messages from:
- Witnesses reporting polecat status
- Refineries reporting merge results
- Polecats requesting help or escalation
- External ...

4. **[closed]** Nudge newly spawned polecats
   Nudge newly spawned polecats that are ready for input.

When polecats are spawned, their Claude session takes 10-20 seconds to initialize. The spawn command returns immediately without waiting. This s...

5. **[closed]** Check Witness and Refinery health
   Check Witness and Refinery health for each rig.

**ZFC Principle**: You (Claude) make the judgment call about what is "stuck" or "unresponsive" - there are no hardcoded thresholds in Go. Read the sign...

6. **[closed]** Evaluate pending async gates
   Evaluate pending async gates.

Gates are async coordination primitives that block until conditions are met.
The Deacon is responsible for monitoring gates and closing them when ready.

**Timer gates**...

7. **[closed]** Find abandoned work
   Find abandoned work.

Scan for orphaned state:
- Issues marked in_progress with no active polecat
- Polecats that stopped responding mid-work
- Merge queue entries with no polecat owner
- Wisp session...

8. **[closed]** Burn and respawn or loop
   Burn and let daemon respawn, or exit if context high.

Decision point at end of patrol cycle:

If context is LOW:
- Sleep briefly (avoid tight loop)
- Return to inbox-check step

If context is HIGH:
-...

9. **[closed]** Clean dead sessions
   Clean dead sessions and orphaned state.

Run `gt doctor -v` to check for issues, then `gt doctor --fix` to clean up.

**⚠ CRITICAL: The Deacon NEVER kills crew workers or polecats!**

The orphan-...


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Patrol 9: Town quiet


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Patrol 41: All 3 witnesses/refineries healthy. 3 convoys active. 1 polecat (nux) working. No callbacks, no orphans.


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Patrol 36: healthy


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Patrol 94: All healthy. No incidents.


POLECAT_DONE valkyrie

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-05a8
MR: bd-0j5y
Branch: polecat/valkyrie


POLECAT_STARTED beads/Logger

Issue: bd-u2sc.4
Session: gt-beads-Logger


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Patrol C27: All healthy


📋 Work Assignment: Update molecular chemistry docs with discoveries

Issue: bd-ul59
Title: Update molecular chemistry docs with discoveries
Priority: P2
Type: task

Description:
Document recent discoveries about molecule/epic relationship and lifecycle:

**Layer Cake (corrected order):**
```
Formulas (YAML compile-time macros)
    ↓
Protos (template label, read-only)
    ↓
Molecules (pour, bond, squash, burn)
    ↓
Epics (parent-child, dependencies) ← DATA PLANE
    ↓
Issues (JSONL, git-backed) ← STORAGE
```

**Key insight:** Molecules work without protos - you can create ad-hoc molecules.
Protos are templates FOR molecules, not the other way around.

**New concepts to document:**
1. Orphan vs Stale matrix (blocking × assigned dimensions)
2. Graph pressure as staleness indicator (not time)
3. Parallelism via absence of depends_on (default parallel, opt-in sequential)
4. progress.Completed/Total are computed, not stored
5. WaitsFor: all-children for dynamic fanout gates

**Common pitfalls for agents:**
- Thinking phases/steps imply sequence (NO - deps do)
- Confusing protos with molecules
- Temporal language inverting dependencies
- Forgetting to squash/burn wisps

**Consider splitting docs:**
- molecules.md → conceptual overview
- formulas.md → YAML syntax reference
- lifecycle.md → pour/squash/burn/bond operations
- patterns.md → Christmas Ornament, factory assembly, etc.

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Run `gt done` to signal completion (branch stays local)

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


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Patrol 11: Stable


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Patrol 17: Routine, all healthy


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Patrol 19: No callbacks, all healthy


🤝 HANDOFF: v0.35.0 release ready

## Status

CHANGELOG drafted for v0.35.0 (minor bump). Ready for release.

## Completed this session
- Implemented bd list --parent (bd-yqhh) - filters children by parent issue
- Drafted CHANGELOG for v0.35.0
- Closed GH#720 (migration race fix)
- Closed GH#709 (interactions.jsonl fix)
- Merged PR#715 (doctor --fix UX)

## What's next
User wants to pin mol-version-bump and run it. Don't run ./scripts/bump-version.sh manually - they want to test the molecule workflow.

## Key files changed
- CHANGELOG.md - v0.35.0 entry drafted
- cmd/bd/list.go - --parent flag
- internal/types/types.go - ParentID filter
- internal/storage/sqlite/queries.go - parent filtering SQL

## Git state
- main is clean and pushed
- bd sync done


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Patrol cycle 8: quiet


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Cycle 15: stable


POLECAT_DONE foxtrot

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-sh4c
MR: mr-1766558263-7c83e9ae
Branch: polecat/foxtrot


📋 Work Assignment: gt spawn: Notify Deacon and Witness on polecat start

Issue: gt-r6td
Title: gt spawn: Notify Deacon and Witness on polecat start
Priority: P1
Type: feature

Description:
When gt spawn creates a polecat, it should mail both Deacon and Witness:

```
gt mail send <rig>/witness -s 'POLECAT_STARTED furiosa' -m 'Issue: gt-xxx'
gt mail send deacon/ -s 'POLECAT_STARTED gastown/furiosa' -m 'Issue: gt-xxx'
```

This enables:
- Witness to bond a lease to its patrol wisp
- Deacon to verify worker started (redundancy)
- Both to nudge if worker is idle at prompt

Part of the village self-monitoring architecture.

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


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Patrol 20: Final patrol before handoff. All agents healthy.


POLECAT_STARTED beads/bravo

Issue: bd-fx7v
Session: gt-beads-bravo


gt costs record hook fails without --session in non-tmux context

The stop hook runs gt costs record but fails when not in a tmux session:

```
Stop hook error: Failed with non-blocking status code: Error: --session flag required (or set GT_SESSION env var, or GT_RIG/GT_ROLE)
```

The hook should either:
1. Auto-detect the session from context (GT_SESSION env var should be set by the session)
2. Gracefully skip if no session context is available
3. Not require --session when running from within a gt-managed session

This error appears frequently and is noisy.

Fixed in commit 9b5c8897 - removed TMUX env var check from detectCurrentTmuxSession()


Dog: testfinal

location:deacon/dogs/testfinal rig:town role_type:dog was:agent


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Patrol 3: No callbacks, all healthy


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Patrol 12: Swarm active.


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Patrol 17: all clear


🤝 HANDOFF: Continue gt-9uy0: spawn terminology cleanup

## Active Work: gt-9uy0 (in_progress)
Remove 'spawn' terminology from molecular chemistry - spawn is for polecats only.

## Completed This Session
- prompts/roles/deacon.md
- internal/templates/roles/deacon.md.tmpl
- internal/templates/roles/witness.md.tmpl
- internal/cmd/prime.go (12 instances including exec.Command)
- docs/molecular-chemistry.md

## Remaining Files
- docs/molecule-algebra.md (~5 instances)
- docs/sling-design.md (~4 instances)
- docs/chemistry-design-changes.md (~12 instances)
- docs/architecture.md (~5 instances)
- internal/cmd/sling.go (function names: spawnMoleculeFromProto, etc.)

## Terminology Map
- gt spawn = spawn polecat (OK - workers)
- bd pour = create persistent mol
- bd wisp = create ephemeral wisp
- bd run = create and execute

## Also Filed This Session
- gt-jo9n: OSS Launch Readiness epic (16 child issues)
- gt-bi21: gt sling should accept raw issues


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Patrol 20: Final cycle, handoff threshold


POLECAT_DONE valkyrie

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-05a8
MR: mr-1766563117-1c8bb8d2
Branch: polecat/valkyrie


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Patrol 2: all agents healthy, no incidents


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Patrol 11: All healthy.


Witness Patrol

Per-rig worker monitor patrol loop with progressive nudging.


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Patrol cycle 15: Full check - all healthy


📋 Work Assignment: Test daemon RPC delete handler

Issue: bd-dxtc
Title: Test daemon RPC delete handler
Priority: P1
Type: task

Description:
Add tests for the daemon-side RPC delete handler that processes delete requests from clients.

## What needs testing
- Daemon's Delete RPC handler implementation
- Processing delete requests from RPC clients
- Cascade deletion at daemon level
- Force deletion at daemon level
- Dry-run mode validation
- Error responses to clients
- Dependency validation before deletion
- Tombstone creation via daemon

## Test scenarios
1. Delete single issue via RPC
2. Delete multiple issues via RPC
3. Cascade deletion of dependents
4. Force delete with orphaned dependents
5. Dry-run returns what would be deleted without actual deletion
6. Error: invalid issue IDs
7. Error: insufficient permissions
8. Error: dependency blocks deletion (without force/cascade)

## Related
- Parent epic: bd-kyll
- Original issue: bd-7z4

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


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Patrol cycle 22: all agents healthy, 0 inbox messages, clone-divergence issue noted for manual review


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Patrol 20: Routine - handoff cycle


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Patrol 104: All healthy.


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Patrol 7: Nominal


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Patrol cycle 12


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Patrol 6: all nominal


Merge request: gt-h6eq.1 on polecat/furiosa

Branch polecat/furiosa is ready for merge.

Issue: gt-h6eq.1 - Implement hook-singleton doctor check
Target: main

The gt done command's bd create step was killed, but the branch is pushed.
Please process this merge request manually.


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Patrol 3: nominal


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Patrol 15: 13 polecats working. Swarm active.


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Patrol cycle 4: All systems healthy. Routine scan.


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Patrol 23: All healthy, no incidents


POLECAT_STARTED beads/furiosa

Issue: bd-au0.6
Session: gt-beads-furiosa


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Patrol 3: routine, no incidents


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Patrol 15: all clear


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Patrol 2: all agents healthy, nothing to process


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Patrol 17: Town idle


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Patrol cycle 12: All quiet, 3 rigs healthy


ZFC violation: cmd/done.go computes cleanup status from git

mayor/rig/internal/cmd/done.go (lines 430-484) computes cleanup status by parsing git:
```go
func computeCleanupStatus(cwd string) polecat.CleanupStatus {
    g := git.NewGit(cwd)
    status, err := g.CheckUncommittedWork()
    if status.UnpushedCommits > 0 {
        return polecat.CleanupUnpushed
    }
    if status.HasUncommittedChanges {
        return polecat.CleanupUncommitted
    }
    return polecat.CleanupClean
}
```

Go infers cleanup safety by parsing git status output. Per ZFC, the agent should observe git state, decide the cleanup status, and write it to beads - not have Go derive it.

Fixed ZFC violations: done.go now uses --cleanup-status flag instead of computing from git, beads.go removed strings.Contains error parsing for ErrNotARepo/ErrSyncConflict


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Patrol cycle 8: Healthy.


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Patrol cycle 2: All healthy. Quick cycle - no callbacks, gates, or issues.


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Cycle 14


🤝 HANDOFF: HOP design → federation/outpost architecture

## Context
Completed gt-k1lr (three-tier config consolidation). All 8 tasks done, epic closed.

Overseer wants to work on HOP design as foundation for federation architecture.

## The Three Federation Angles

1. **Compute Federation (gt-9a2)** - Outposts for distributed workers
   - LocalOutpost, SSHOutpost, CloudRunOutpost
   - 16 tasks at P3, design doc: docs/federation-design.md

2. **Town Federation (gt-f9x.7-10)** - Multi-machine coordination
   - Connection interface, extended addressing, machine registry
   - 4 tasks at P3

3. **Beads Federation** - NOT YET DESIGNED - the HOP-critical piece
   - Cross-chain references between beads in different repos/orgs
   - Entity chains (CV for humans/agents)
   - Skill vectors on work items
   - Validation records

## Key Insight
Current designs handle WHERE work runs but not HOW work chains link across boundaries.
HOP needs that deeper layer - the Platform of Platforms inter-chain communication.

## Key Docs to Read
- ~/gt/docs/hop/CONTEXT.md - Strategic vision (PRIVATE, do not reference publicly)
- docs/federation-design.md - Outpost architecture
- bd show gt-9a2 - Federation epic
- bd show gt-f9x - Town and Rig management epic

## What to Do
Overseer was about to paste in HOP introduction material. Work with them to:
1. Understand HOP beads federation requirements
2. Design cross-chain references and entity chains
3. Use that to inform the outpost/federation implementation

This is longer-horizon strategic work, not Christmas launch scope.


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Patrol cycle 2: All agents healthy, cleaned 1 orphan session (gt-boot), routine


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Patrol 3: all healthy, no incidents


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Patrol 9: routine, no incidents


Test ephemeral

This is a test


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Patrol 15: health check - all healthy, MQ beads:8 gastown:13


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Patrol cycle 22: All 3 rigs healthy. No abandoned work, no pending spawns. 2 PR convoys open (140, 149). gt doctor shows 6 warnings (none critical).


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Patrol #3: All clear


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Cycle 11: Quiet


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Patrol cycle 17: healthy


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Patrol 173: All healthy


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Patrol cycle 1: Checked inbox (cleared 2 handoffs), no gates/pending polecats, all agents healthy, no abandoned work, no plugins, doctor clean. Looping.


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Patrol 7: thorough check all clear


Test5

Test


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Patrol cycle 7: All agents healthy, no orphans, routine


SPAWN: morsov starting on gt-xw7b

Polecat spawn notification.

Polecat: morsov
Issue: gt-xw7b
Session: gt-gastown-morsov
Spawned by: gastown/crew/max

Please monitor this polecat's startup. When Claude is ready (you can see the prompt
in the tmux session), send a nudge to start working:

    tmux send-keys -t gt-gastown-morsov "Check your inbox with 'gt mail inbox' and begin working." Enter

The polecat has a work assignment in its inbox.


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Patrol 2: All healthy, no orphans, no pending


📋 Work Assignment: Split internal/storage/sqlite/queries.go (1586 lines)

Issue: bd-rgyd
Title: Split internal/storage/sqlite/queries.go (1586 lines)
Priority: P2
Type: task

Description:
Split internal/storage/sqlite/queries.go (1704 lines) into logical modules.

## Current State
queries.go is 1704 lines with mixed responsibilities:
- Issue CRUD operations
- Search/filter operations
- Delete operations (complex cascade logic)
- Helper functions (parsing, formatting)

## Proposed Split

### 1. queries.go (keep ~400 lines) - Core CRUD
```go
// Core issue operations
func (s *SQLiteStorage) CreateIssue(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) GetIssue(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) UpdateIssue(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) CloseIssue(...)
```

### 2. queries_search.go (~300 lines) - Search/Filter
```go
// Search and filtering
func (s *SQLiteStorage) SearchIssues(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) GetIssueByExternalRef(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) GetCloseReason(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) GetCloseReasonsForIssues(...)
```

### 3. queries_delete.go (~400 lines) - Delete Operations
```go
// Delete operations with cascade logic
func (s *SQLiteStorage) CreateTombstone(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) DeleteIssue(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) DeleteIssues(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) resolveDeleteSet(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) expandWithDependents(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) validateNoDependents(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) checkSingleIssueValidation(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) trackOrphanedIssues(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) collectOrphansForID(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) populateDeleteStats(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) executeDelete(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) findAllDependentsRecursive(...)
```

### 4. queries_helpers.go (~100 lines) - Utilities
```go
// Helper functions (already at top of file)
func parseNullableTimeString(...)
func parseJSONStringArray(...)
func formatJSONStringArray(...)
```

### 5. queries_rename.go (~100 lines) - ID/Prefix Operations
```go
// ID and prefix management
func (s *SQLiteStorage) UpdateIssueID(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) RenameDependencyPrefix(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) RenameCounterPrefix(...)
func (s *SQLiteStorage) ResetCounter(...)
```

## Implementation Steps

1. **Create new files** with package declaration:
   ```go
   // queries_delete.go
   package sqlite

   import (...)
   ```

2. **Move functions** - cut/paste, maintaining order within each file

3. **Update imports** - each file needs its own imports

4. **Run tests** after each file split:
   ```bash
   go test ./internal/storage/sqlite/...
   ```

5. **Run linter** to catch any issues:
   ```bash
   golangci-lint run ./internal/storage/sqlite/...
   ```

## File Organization
```
internal/storage/sqlite/
├── queries.go          # Core CRUD (~400 lines)
├── queries_search.go   # Search/filter (~300 lines)
├── queries_delete.go   # Delete cascade (~400 lines)
├── queries_helpers.go  # Utilities (~100 lines)
└── queries_rename.go   # ID operations (~100 lines)
```

## Success Criteria
- No file > 500 lines
- All tests pass
- No functionality changes
- Clear separation of concerns

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


POLECAT_DONE toast

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-c7y5
MR: bd-9qj5
Branch: polecat/toast


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 9: OK


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 162: All rigs healthy, no activity


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 7: All systems nominal


POLECAT_STARTED gastown/furiosa

Issue: gt-83k0
Session: gt-gastown-furiosa


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 30: routine, all healthy


Tmux status shows wrong polecat/rig count

Status bar shows '2 polecats | 3 rigs' but should show '0 polecats | 2 rigs'. The gt status command feeding tmux is returning stale or incorrect counts.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: No callbacks, no gates, all healthy, context low - looping


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 5: all healthy, no events


POLECAT_DONE slit

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-9usz
MR: bd-bivq
Branch: polecat/slit


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 5: Idle


Clarify formula semantics: read-only reference, not instantiated

## Problem

An agent (likely the Deacon) read the `mol-deacon-patrol.formula.toml` file and created beads from its steps. This is wrong - formulas are reference documents describing a workflow, not templates to be instantiated into trackable work.

## What Happened

1. Formula exists at `.beads/formulas/mol-deacon-patrol.formula.toml`
2. Deacon (or predecessor agent) created an epic + 9 task beads matching the formula steps
3. These showed up in `bd ready` (separate bug filed)

## Correct Model

| Artifact | Purpose | Created How |
|----------|---------|-------------|
| Formula (.toml) | Reference doc describing workflow | Manual/design |
| Wisp | Ephemeral execution context | `bd wisp create` (no child beads) |
| Proto | Template for pour | `bd cook` from formula |

**Formulas should NOT create beads.** They're documentation. When the Deacon runs a patrol, it follows the formula instructions directly - it doesn't need beads for each step.

## Fix Needed

1. Update Deacon template to clarify: "Follow the formula instructions. Do not create beads from formula steps."
2. Audit what command created the beads - was it `bd wisp create` expanding the formula? If so, that command shouldn't create child beads.
3. Consider renaming formulas to `.md` if they're just prose instructions.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: checked inbox (empty), closed convoy sn26i (PR #991), all agents healthy, cleaned 2 stale locks


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 40: All healthy


POLECAT_STARTED keeper

Issue: bd-g9eu
Session: gt-beads-keeper


Multi-agent session ID integration

## Context

gt session-start handles Claude Code SessionStart hook but should support other agents.

## Gaps

1. **Hook Contract Abstraction**: Claude Code sends specific JSON; other agents may differ
2. **Session ID in /resume**: Still not appearing in Claude Code's session picker
3. **Transcript Path**: Unused - could enable session correlation and crash recovery
4. **Agent-Specific Config**: RuntimeConfig lacks hook configuration per agent type
5. **Testing**: No way to test session-start without Claude Code running

## Design Options

- gt agent subcommand tree with per-agent adapters
- Runtime detection via environment variables
- Keep simple with documented extension points


CLAUDE.md should be minimal, delegate to prime

dispatched_by: mayor

CLAUDE.md files have grown heavy with instructions that should be in the prime command output.

Pattern should be:
- CLAUDE.md: Project identity + 'run gt/bd prime'
- prime command: Dynamic workflow context via hooks

Benefits:
- Updates to workflow don't require editing CLAUDE.md everywhere
- Consistent with how hooks work
- Lighter static files

Affected:
- gastown: mayor/CLAUDE.md is very heavy
- beads: crew CLAUDE.md has drifted from the pattern

Action: Move workflow instructions from CLAUDE.md into gt prime / bd prime output

Implemented: Made CLAUDE.md minimal by delegating workflow instructions to gt prime. Added internal/templates/claude/ for minimal templates, updated templates.go to use them.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 23: All healthy, no issues


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 11: saw mayor handoff mail, not actionable for deacon


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 64: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 98: All healthy


MR Ready: bd-gfo3 (Doctor)

Doctor completed. MR bd-gfo3 is ready for merge. Branch: polecat/Doctor, Target: main, Issue: bd-ykd9 (doctor --fix feature)


🤝 HANDOFF: Refinery session complete

## Session Summary

Processed 8 MRs this session:

| MR | Worker | Content |
|---|---|---|
| gt-it0e | furiosa | Remove bd sync from polecat startup |
| gt-odvr | furiosa | Notify Deacon/Witness on spawn |
| gt-qx3k | nux | gt done: notify Witness with exit outcome |
| gt-ggmc | furiosa | mol-witness-patrol definition |
| gt-65a2 | nux | gt polecat git-state command |
| gt-nho2 | slit | Propulsion Principle templates |
| gt-db4x | furiosa | Fix test expectations (all tests pass!) |
| gt-9zic | nux | Extend auto-continue to polecats |
| gt-cv9a | dementus | gt molecule current command |

Also:
- Closed gt-i6b9 (rictus) as stale - already merged
- Closed gt-mmbh (pre-existing test failure bug)

## Current State
- Queue: empty
- Main: clean, up to date
- All tests passing

## Next Steps
Monitor queue for new MRs. Process with sequential rebase protocol.


Phase 1: Post-handoff detection in gt prime

Add post-handoff state detection to gt prime to fix the handoff loop bug.

ALSO CRITICAL: Fix crew not getting Gas Town context.

Root cause of crew brokenness:
- SessionStart hook runs 'gt prime' which should inject Gas Town context
- If hook fails or output not captured, crew only sees project CLAUDE.md
- Project CLAUDE.md has no Gas Town context (GUPP, propulsion, hooks)

Implementation (two-part fix):

PART A: Provision .beads/PRIME.md for Gas Town workers
1. Create Gas Town PRIME.md template with GUPP, propulsion principle, startup protocol
2. Modify crew manager to write .beads/PRIME.md after setupSharedBeads()
3. bd prime finds this and outputs Gas Town context
4. This is the FALLBACK if gt prime hook fails

PART B: Post-handoff detection (original scope)
1. /handoff skill writes .runtime/handoff_to_successor marker
2. gt prime detects marker on startup
3. If detected, inject post-handoff context
4. Clear marker after successful prime

This fixes:
- Crew workers not knowing about gt prime, GUPP, or Gas Town
- Handoff loop where sessions keep running /handoff
- Static AGENTS.md warnings no longer needed


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 7: Town idle


🤝 HANDOFF: Triage new GH issues and review draft PRs

## Completed This Session

- Closed bd-of2p: Added --all, --mcp-local, --restart-daemons flags to bump-version.sh
- Updated RELEASING.md with new flag documentation
- Commit pushed: dd9fcd9e

## Next Session Priority: Triage New GitHub Issues

Several new issues need triage (no "triaged" label yet):

| GH# | Title | Notes |
|-----|-------|-------|
| 714 | bd doctor count mismatch | Investigate output discrepancy |
| 712 | Duplicate log messages in daemon.log | Has draft PR #713 |
| 710 | Worktree health check error | Has draft PR #711 |
| 709 | FindJSONLInDir returns interactions.jsonl | Related to PR #705 |
| 706 | Add auto_pull config parameter | Has draft PR #707 |
| 704 | Absolute paths in global gitignore (--stealth) | 1 day old |
| 692 | Refactoring suggestions | Community feedback |
| 690 | TOON for Beads instead of JSONL? | Format discussion |

## Draft PRs to Review

All from cpdata, all DRAFT status:
- #713 - fix(daemon): deduplicate log messages
- #711 - fix(worktree): health check integration
- #708 - docs(daemon): event-driven mode docs
- #707 - feat(daemon): auto_pull config
- #705 - fix: interactions.jsonl gitignore (crcatala)

## Ready Beads Work (if time)

High priority unblocked:
- bd-a3sj (P1): RemoveDependency FK violation on external deps
- bd-7pwh (P1): HOP-compatible schema additions

## Commands to Get Started

```bash
gt prime                    # Load context
gh issue list --state open  # See latest GH issues
gh pr list                  # See PRs
bd ready                    # See unblocked beads work
```


POLECAT_STARTED beads/juliet

Issue: bd-y2v
Session: gt-beads-juliet


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 9: Quiet. All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 65: All healthy


🤝 HANDOFF: Doc updates: humility pass + cleanup

Just removed Python Gas Town references. Next: gt-qvn7.5.2 (Documentation humility pass). Other doc beads: gt-8tmz.24 (Rig/Cook/Run), gt-rxsh (merge models), gt-1z4m (swarm docs), gt-tnca.3 (sling docs). This session also fixed gt crew at to not link windows, added --detached flag, fixed crew restart Enter key issue.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 13: Town idle


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1 complete: inbox clear, gates clear, 2 convoys open, all witnesses/refineries healthy, 0 orphans


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 19: All clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 17: No callbacks, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: 5 handoffs processed, all agents healthy, refinery clone divergence noted


POLECAT_DONE charlie

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-llfl
MR: mr-1766558801-abd5c8b2
Branch: polecat/charlie


POLECAT_STARTED beads/Pinner

Issue: bd-phtv
Session: gt-beads-Pinner


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 4: stable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: All healthy. 3 rigs, 6 witnesses/refineries running. No callbacks, no orphans. 2 convoys open (Hanoi, Messaging). Beads MQ: 5 pending.


POLECAT_STARTED toast

Issue: bd-c7y5
Session: gt-beads-toast


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 12: All healthy, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 105: All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 9: healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 5: Healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: All agents healthy, no callbacks, no gates, no orphans


Context: MR Work

You're doing MR work on gt-iu23 (polecat auto-start bug).

Your previous session completed gt-c6zs (already merged). This is NEW work.

When done:
1. bd close gt-iu23
2. git push origin HEAD
3. gt done

Check gt mail read hq-wjk for your previous handoff context.


📋 Work Assignment: Guardrail: Verify commits exist before closing polecat issues

Issue: gt-vmk7
Title: Guardrail: Verify commits exist before closing polecat issues
Priority: P1
Type: task

Description:
When closing an issue that was assigned to a polecat, verify that at least one commit references the issue ID.

## Problem
A polecat can be cleaned up before completing work. If someone then manually closes the issue (or automation does), we lose track that the work was never done.

## Proposed Solution
Add a pre-close check:
```bash
git log --oneline --all --grep='<issue-id>' | head -1
```

If no commits found, warn or block the close.

## Where to Implement
Options:
1. **bd close** - Add --verify flag or make it default for polecat-assigned issues
2. **Witness cleanup** - Verify before clearing assignee
3. **gt polecat done** - Check before marking done

## Related
- gt-f8v: Witness pre-kill verification protocol (checks git state, not commits)
- gt polecat git-state: Checks uncommitted work, but 'clean' doesn't mean 'productive'

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


🤝 HANDOFF: Polecats Respawned

## Session Summary

Respawned interrupted polecats after reboot.

## Active Polecats
- rictus: MR work on gt-iu23 (polecat auto-start bug)
- nux: Continue MR on gt-rana.2 (daemon attachment detection)
- slit: Tidy up (previous work merged)
- ace: Tidy up (previous work merged)

## Queue Status
- MQ: Empty
- No polecat branches pending

## Next Steps
Monitor for incoming MRs from active polecats.
Process sequentially when they arrive.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 19: all healthy, handoff at 20


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: Full check, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 3: inbox clear, gates clear, health ok, burned 2 stale wisps, doctor shows clone divergence (crew issue)


BUG: Refinery uses different git remote name than polecats

## Problem

Polecats use `origin` as their git remote name, but Refinery uses `gastown` (the rig name) for the same repo. This causes Refinery to miss polecat branches when fetching.

## Reproduction

1. Polecat pushes branch: `git push -u origin polecat/foo`
2. Refinery runs: `git fetch origin` - gets nothing or wrong repo
3. Refinery can't see the branch, MR processing stalls

## Expected

Consistent remote naming across all agents in a rig, or Refinery should know which remote to fetch from.

## Discovered

During convoy test hq-cv-moelm - furiosa's MR wasn't visible to gastown refinery until manual `git fetch gastown` was run.

Fixed refinery fallback to use mayor/rig instead of rig path when refinery/rig doesn't exist. This ensures the refinery uses the project's git repo with 'origin' remote pointing to the project, not the town's git repo with rig-named remotes.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 32: healthy


📋 Work Assignment: Code review: bd mol bond --ref and bd activity (bd-xo1o work)

Issue: bd-ymqn
Title: Code review: bd mol bond --ref and bd activity (bd-xo1o work)
Priority: P1
Type: task

Description:
Review dave's recent commits for bd-xo1o (Dynamic Molecule Bonding):

## Commits to Review
- ee04b1ea: feat: add dynamic molecule bonding with --ref flag (bd-xo1o.1)
- be520d90: feat: add bd activity command for real-time state feed (bd-xo1o.3)

## Review Focus
1. Code quality and correctness
2. Error handling
3. Edge cases
4. Test coverage
5. Documentation

## Deliverables
- File beads for any issues found
- Note any concerns or suggestions
- Verify the implementation matches the bd-xo1o epic requirements

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C19: All healthy, quick cycle


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 4: Nudged ace, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 3: Quiet, all healthy, polecats done, refinery processing 7 PRs


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 2: All healthy. 3 rigs. No incidents.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 103: All healthy


Swarm incoming

15 polecats coming shortly. Be ready to monitor.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #14: routine


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 19 complete: all clear.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol complete: cleaned 2 stale locks, all agents healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol complete: all infrastructure healthy, cleaned gt-boot orphan, no callbacks


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 21: town idle, all healthy


POLECAT_STARTED ace

Issue: bd-ymqn
Session: gt-beads-ace


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: all agents healthy, no messages


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 17 complete: all healthy


🤝 HANDOFF: Wisp architecture design discussion

## Context
Fixed P0 bug gt-jsup (patrol spawning into wisp storage). Added cross-database
support to bd mol run: --template-db flag + auto-discovery when --db contains
.beads-wisp. Commits pushed to both beads and gastown repos.

## Open Design Discussion: Wisp Instance Decisions

Started discussing: How do we know when to spawn as wisp vs main DB?

### Key Insight (from overseer)
The decision is NOT intrinsic to the proto. Protos are patterns/structure.
Wisp vs main is an orchestrator-level decision based on usage context.

Same proto could spawn:
- Wisp: routine operation, ephemeral
- Persistent: debugging, audit trail needed

### Current Implementation
- gt sling hardcodes IsWisp=true for patrol roles
- --wisp flag for manual override
- bd mol run accepts --db to select storage

This is directionally correct - orchestrator (gt) decides, not data layer (beads).

### Needs Deeper Thought
1. Polymorphic bond operator - how does molecule composition affect this?
2. Decision criteria - when/why does orchestrator choose wisp vs main?
3. Digest lifecycle - how do wisps get squashed to digests?
4. Other ephemeral patterns - polecat work harness, session wrappers, etc.

### Files Changed This Session
- beads: cmd/bd/mol_run.go (--template-db, auto-discovery)
- gastown: internal/cmd/sling.go (IsWisp=true for patrols)

The architectural question is: what is the right abstraction for the
orchestrator to express this spawned instance is operational scaffolding,
not substantive work?


📋 Work Assignment: Document bd mol bond/squash/burn CLI

Issue: gt-odvf
Title: Document bd mol bond/squash/burn CLI
Priority: P2
Type: task

Description:
Create CLI reference documentation for molecule commands:

## bd mol bond

Instantiate a proto into a runnable molecule.

```bash
bd mol bond <proto-id> [--wisp] [--assignee=<addr>]
```

- Default: creates a Mol (durable, in main beads)
- --wisp: creates a Wisp (ephemeral, in .beads-ephemeral/)
- --assignee: who will execute this molecule

## bd mol squash

Complete a molecule and generate digest.

```bash
bd mol squash <mol-id> --summary='...'
```

- For Mol: creates digest in git history
- For Wisp: evaporates (no permanent record)
- --summary: required summary of what was accomplished

## bd mol burn

Abandon a molecule without completing.

```bash
bd mol burn <mol-id> [--reason='...']
```

- Discards molecule state
- No digest created
- Use when molecule is no longer needed

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Run `bd sync --from-main` to get fresh beads
3. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
4. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
5. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
6. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
7. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 20: routine, preparing handoff


POLECAT_STARTED Searcher

Issue: bd-au0.5
Session: gt-beads-Searcher


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 12 complete: all clear.


POLECAT_STARTED bravo

Issue: bd-fx7v
Session: gt-beads-bravo


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 103: All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 4: cleaned 1 orphan session, all agents healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 18: All quiet


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 19: OK


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C70: routine, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 16: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 97: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 6: Clean


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: Routine - inbox clear, 21 sessions up, no incidents.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 12: routine, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 90: All healthy, 3 convoys active


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 9: Healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 69: All healthy. No incidents.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: All healthy - witnesses and refineries running, no callbacks, no orphans


📋 Work Assignment: Add comprehensive filters to bd export

Issue: bd-au0.6
Title: Add comprehensive filters to bd export
Priority: P1
Type: task

Description:
Enhance bd export with filtering options for selective exports.

**Currently only has:**
- --status

**Add filters:**
- --label, --label-any
- --assignee
- --type
- --priority, --priority-min, --priority-max
- --created-after, --created-before
- --updated-after, --updated-before

**Use case:**
- Export only open issues: bd export --status open
- Export high-priority bugs: bd export --type bug --priority-max 1
- Export recent issues: bd export --created-after 2025-01-01

**Files to modify:**
- cmd/bd/export.go
- Reuse filter logic from list.go

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Run `gt done` to signal completion (branch stays local)

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol


POLECAT_STARTED gastown/ace

Issue: gt-tr3d
Session: gt-gastown-ace


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: All clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 88: all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 14: OK


🤝 HANDOFF: gt-z4bw ready

## Next Task
gt-z4bw: Refactor sling to hook plus handoff (P0)

Replace gt sling with cleaner primitives:
- gt hook <bead> - attach work to hook (durable)
- gt handoff [bead] - hook + restart session

## Context
- Cleaned up unpushed mayor rig commits
- Filed gt-wqck: bd doctor check for clone divergence emergencies
- Closed hq-b1ao checkpoint - investigation led to this refactor

## Ready Work
bd ready shows 10 unblocked issues, gt-z4bw is the clear next step.


🤝 HANDOFF: Session complete

## Completed This Session

- Fixed fix-gt script to sign both gt binary locations (~/.local/bin/gt symlink target)
- Implemented gt-u1k: gt shutdown now fully cleans up polecats
  - Removes worktrees and branches
  - Protects polecats with uncommitted work
  - Added --nuclear flag for forced cleanup

## Next Task

Check whether `bd mail` works as an alias for `gt mail`. Agents may type 'bd mail' by habit, so it should either work or give a helpful error pointing to 'gt mail'.

## State

- All changes pushed to main
- Beads synced
- gt-u1k closed


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: all healthy, no orphans


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 87: All healthy. No incidents.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 8: Routine, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: All witnesses/refineries healthy (beads 5 pending, gastown 1 pending, wyvern 0 pending). No callbacks. No polecats. Cleaned 1 orphan session.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 7: Town quiet


POLECAT_DONE tracer

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: gt-aobh
MR: mr-1766555455-d07e295a
Branch: polecat/tracer


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: Routine - handoff threshold


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: Routine, 26 sessions healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 44: Stable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: Witness reported 4 gastown polecats complete, all healthy


POLECAT_STARTED beads/immortan

Issue: bd-n386
Session: gt-beads-immortan


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 82: quiet, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

## Molecule Execution Summary

**Molecule**: mol-deacon-patrol
**Steps**: 9

**Completed**: 9/9

---

### Steps

1. **[closed]** Evaluate pending async gates
   Evaluate pending async gates.

Gates are async coordination primitives that block until conditions are met.
The Deacon is responsible for monitoring gates and closing them when ready.

**Timer gates**...

2. **[closed]** Nudge newly spawned polecats
   Nudge newly spawned polecats that are ready for input.

When polecats are spawned, their Claude session takes 10-20 seconds to initialize. The spawn command returns immediately without waiting. This s...

3. **[closed]** Find abandoned work
   Find abandoned work.

Scan for orphaned state:
- Issues marked in_progress with no active polecat
- Polecats that stopped responding mid-work
- Merge queue entries with no polecat owner
- Wisp session...

4. **[closed]** Clean dead sessions
   Clean dead sessions and orphaned state.

Run `gt doctor -v` to check for issues, then `gt doctor --fix` to clean up.

**⚠ CRITICAL: The Deacon NEVER kills crew workers or polecats!**

The orphan-...

5. **[closed]** Burn and respawn or loop
   Burn and let daemon respawn, or exit if context high.

Decision point at end of patrol cycle:

If context is LOW:
- Sleep briefly (avoid tight loop)
- Return to inbox-check step

If context is HIGH:
-...

6. **[closed]** Execute registered plugins
   Execute registered plugins.

Scan ~/gt/plugins/ for plugin directories. Each plugin has a plugin.md with YAML frontmatter defining its gate (when to run) and instructions (what to do).

See docs/deaco...

7. **[closed]** Check own context limit
   Check own context limit.

The Deacon runs in a Claude session with finite context. Check if approaching the limit:

```bash
gt context --usage
```

If context is high (>80%), prepare for handoff:
- Su...

8. **[closed]** Check Witness and Refinery health
   Check Witness and Refinery health for each rig.

**ZFC Principle**: You (Claude) make the judgment call about what is "stuck" or "unresponsive" - there are no hardcoded thresholds in Go. Read the sign...

9. **[closed]** Handle callbacks from agents
   Handle callbacks from agents.

Check the Mayor's inbox for messages from:
- Witnesses reporting polecat status
- Refineries reporting merge results
- Polecats requesting help or escalation
- External ...


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 81: All healthy, fixed orphan session, no issues


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 19: Stable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: Town idle, quick scan, no changes


🤝 HANDOFF: gt-o3is root cause found, needs fix

## gt-o3is: bd pin subprocess issue - ROOT CAUSE FOUND

### The Bug
`gt sling` sets assignee correctly but `pinned` field stays null.

### Root Cause
Async flush timing issue:
1. `bd --no-daemon pin` updates SQLite with pinned=1
2. FlushManager schedules async JSONL export
3. Subprocess exits BEFORE flush completes
4. `syncBeads()` runs `bd sync` which imports from JSONL
5. JSONL doesn't have pinned field → SQLite gets overwritten with pinned=0

### Fix Options (pick one)
1. **Easiest**: In slingToCrew(), don't call syncBeads() after pinToHook()
2. **Better**: Make beads.Pin() call `bd --no-daemon pin --sync` (if that flag exists)
3. **Best**: Add explicit flush/sync call in Pin() before returning

### Files to modify
- gastown: internal/cmd/sling.go (slingToCrew around line 640)
- OR gastown: internal/beads/beads.go (Pin method around line 393)

### Test reproduction
```bash
bd create "test pin" --json
gt sling <id> gastown/crew/max --force
bd show <id> --json | jq '.[0].pinned'  # Should be true, is null
```

### Workaround in place
AttachMolecule() on handoff bead is the primary mechanism. Pinned field is cosmetic for `bd hook` visibility.

Issue updated with full analysis: bd show gt-o3is


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #6: 3 polecats active. All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #13: TestIntegration fix completed (rictus). 2 polecats active. Convoy hq-cv-ci7ye closed.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 15


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: Quiet. All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #14: routine


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 13: stable


Test from town

Does this route correctly?


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 5: Quiet.


Merge request rejected

Your merge request has been rejected.

Branch: polecat/keeper-mk4xdpl8
Issue: keeper-mk4xdpl8
Reason: Branch polecat/keeper-mk4xdpl8 does not exist on remote

Please review the feedback and address the issues before resubmitting.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: Nudged ace/capable/warboy, all healthy, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 13: All clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 80: All healthy. No incidents.


📋 Work Assignment: Add compaction recovery protocol to role templates

Issue: gt-8a0h
Title: Add compaction recovery protocol to role templates
Priority: P2
Type: task

Description:
After context compaction (summarization), agents may be disoriented.

Add guidance to recognize and recover:
- 'If you feel you've lost earlier context or are disoriented, run: gt prime'
- 'This re-injects your role, current work, and pending messages'
- 'It's safe to prime multiple times - it just outputs context'

This is the fallback path when self-check is missed and compaction happens.
Compaction isn't catastrophic if priming is robust.

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 3: Quiet


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 61: Closed convoy hq-cv-4u4ry (Hookable mail beads 4/4 complete), all agents healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 19: No messages, all healthy.


📋 Work Assignment: Test deleteViaDaemon RPC client integration

Issue: bd-dtl8
Title: Test deleteViaDaemon RPC client integration
Priority: P1
Type: task

Description:
Add comprehensive tests for the deleteViaDaemon function (cmd/bd/delete.go:21) which handles client-side RPC deletion calls.

## Function under test
- deleteViaDaemon: CLI command handler that sends delete requests to daemon via RPC

## Test scenarios needed
1. Successful deletion via daemon
2. Cascade deletion through daemon
3. Force deletion through daemon
4. Dry-run mode (no actual deletion)
5. Error handling:
   - Daemon unavailable
   - Invalid issue IDs
   - Dependency conflicts
6. JSON output validation
7. Human-readable output formatting

## Coverage target
Current: 0%
Target: >80%

## Related
- Parent epic: bd-kyll
- Original issue: bd-7z4

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Run `gt done` to signal completion (branch stays local)

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 12: Stable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2 complete: routine checks, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 7: No messages, 2 convoys pending, all healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: All 3 rigs healthy, no callbacks, no abandoned work, cleaned 1 orphan session, created 8 missing agent beads


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: All agents healthy. No incidents.


📋 Work Assignment: Add GetWorkerStatus RPC endpoint

Issue: bd-l13p
Title: Add GetWorkerStatus RPC endpoint
Priority: P2
Type: feature

Description:
New RPC endpoint to get all workers and their current molecule/step in one call. Returns: assignee, moleculeID, moleculeTitle, currentStep, totalSteps, stepTitle, lastActivity, status. Enables activity feed TUI to show worker state without multiple round trips.

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C38: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #11: routine


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 6: All agents healthy, 1 orphan cleaned


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: All clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 7: All healthy, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 10: all quiet, 10/20 cycles complete


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 3: all healthy, no messages


🧬 Molecule: mol-polecat-work (step 1/4)

Issue: gt-mol-8fn
Title: mol-polecat-work
Priority: P2
Type: epic

Description:
Full polecat lifecycle from assignment to decommission.

This proto enables nondeterministic idempotence for polecat work. A polecat that crashes after any step can restart, read its molecule state, and continue from the last completed step. No work is lost.

## Variables

| Variable | Required | Description |
|----------|----------|-------------|
| issue | Yes | The source issue ID being worked on |

## Molecule Workflow
You are working on step 1 of 4 in molecule mol-polecat-work.
Molecule root: gt-mol-8fn

After completing this step:
1. Run `bd close <step-id>`
2. Run `bd ready --parent gt-mol-8fn` to find next ready steps
3. If more steps are ready, continue working on them
4. When all steps are done, run `gt done` to signal completion

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Check `bd ready --parent gt-mol-8fn` for more steps
5. Repeat steps 2-4 for each ready step
6. When all steps done: run `bd sync`, then `gt done`

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 7: Routine.


POLECAT_STARTED beads/Hooker

Issue: bd-g4b4
Session: gt-beads-Hooker


Test peek

This is a test message to verify the peek command works correctly.


POLECAT_DONE toast

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-49kw
MR: mr-1766562620-546459a5
Branch: polecat/toast


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 7: All clear


Merge request rejected

Your merge request has been rejected.

Branch: polecat/furiosa-mk3no3kp
Issue: furiosa-mk3no3kp
Reason: Branch polecat/furiosa-mk3no3kp does not exist on remote

Please review the feedback and address the issues before resubmitting.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 16: All healthy, gastown 5 polecats.


POLECAT_STARTED rictus

Issue: bd-indn
Session: gt-beads-rictus


POLECAT_STARTED Compactor

Issue: bd-thgk
Session: gt-beads-Compactor


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: halfway, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 14: No messages, all healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 10: Clean


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 9 complete: all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: All agents healthy, town idle, no convoys closed, 2 convoys active (PR#970, docs), no issues


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 11: All healthy, MQ drained.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 50: Stable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 4: All agents healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 9: All systems healthy, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 10: All healthy - thorough check passed


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 79: All healthy. No incidents.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 15: Clean


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: Quick cycle. Handoff threshold reached.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #15: All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 11: Clean


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 20: restarted gastown witness (extraordinary action)


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 18: nominal


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: Inbox clear, 3 convoys active (Hanoi/Boot+Polish/Messaging), all witnesses+refineries healthy, no orphans


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #6: All clear


POLECAT_DONE Searcher

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-au0.5
MR: bd-fcl1
Branch: polecat/Searcher


Role: witness

Witness Role Definition


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 89: quiet


🤝 HANDOFF: gt-c6zs complete, gt-iu23 not started

## Completed
- gt-c6zs: Added molecule phase lifecycle diagram to architecture.md
- Committed and pushed to polecat/rictus branch
- Created merge-request gt-yzms for refinery

## Pending
- gt-iu23: 'Polecat doesn't auto-start after spawn inject' - NOT STARTED
- Check gt mail inbox for assignment details

## Git State
- Branch: polecat/rictus (clean)
- Pushed to origin


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: all quiet, agents healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 16: Quiet. All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 69


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 10: Final cycle before handoff


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: routine, handoff


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: All agents healthy, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: All healthy. Burned 12 stale wisps. Fixed 8 agent beads. 2 convoys open.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 85: All healthy. No incidents.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 11: All clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 4: All clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C35: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 4: clean, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: all nominal, halfway point


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 101: All healthy, no callbacks


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 13: healthy


POLECAT_STARTED furiosa

Issue: gt-vci
Session: gt-gastown-furiosa


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 14: Routine, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 17: All clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 3: inbox clear, all 6 agents healthy, fixed 1 orphan, no lifecycle requests


📋 Work Assignment: Workaround for FastMCP outputSchema bug in Claude Code

Issue: bd-49kw
Title: Workaround for FastMCP outputSchema bug in Claude Code
Priority: P1
Type: bug

Description:
The beads MCP server (v0.23.1) successfully connects to Claude Code, but all tools fail to load with a schema validation error due to a bug in FastMCP 2.13.1.

Error: "Invalid literal value, expected \"object\"" in outputSchema.

Root Cause: FastMCP generates outputSchema with $ref at root level without "type": "object" for self-referential models (Issue).

Workaround: Use slash commands (/beads:ready) or wait for FastMCP fix.

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Run `gt done` to signal completion (branch stays local)

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


📋 Work Assignment: Improve test coverage for internal/rpc (47.5% → 60%)

Issue: bd-m8ro
Title: Improve test coverage for internal/rpc (47.5% → 60%)
Priority: P2
Type: task

Description:
The RPC package has only 47.5% test coverage. RPC is the communication layer for daemon operations.

Current coverage: 47.5%
Target coverage: 60%

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


POLECAT_DONE nux

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: gt-jzot
MR: gt-qx3k
Branch: polecat/nux


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 11: all clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 14: All healthy. furiosa, nux restarted.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 5: All clean


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C58: all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C28: All healthy


POLECAT_STARTED nux

Issue: bd-dtl8
Session: gt-beads-nux


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: inbox clear, all rigs healthy, cleaned orphan gt-boot session, burned 2 old wisps


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 264: All clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 18: all healthy, no orphans


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 5: all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: routine, inbox empty, no issues


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 37: Routine


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 17: All quiet, 3 rigs healthy


🤝 HANDOFF: Complete patrol automation wiring

## Session Summary

### Completed This Session
- Batch 2: mol-witness-patrol (gt-83k0) + gt polecat git-state (gt-lnji) ✅
- Batch 3: 5 issues all merged:
  - gt-7919: Fix failing beads tests
  - gt-rp0k: Extend auto-continue to polecats
  - gt-i4kq: Update templates for Propulsion Principle
  - gt-cp2s: mol-polecat-lease proto
  - gt-ay1r: gt molecule current command
- Fixed gt session inject help text to point to gt nudge
- Rebuilt and codesigned gt binary

### Bug Found & Filed
- gt-ldk8: Witness prematurely stopped dementus before gt done
  - Had to manually push/submit the branch
  - Root cause: Witness cleanup not waiting for POLECAT_DONE message

### Next: Complete Patrol Automation

Priority order:
1. **gt-caih**: Witness handoff bead state persistence (UNBLOCKED)
2. **gt-j6s8**: Refinery startup auto-bonds mol-refinery-patrol (UNBLOCKED)
3. **gt-lx3n**: Witness startup auto-bonds mol-witness-patrol (blocked on gt-caih)
4. **gt-ldk8**: Fix premature termination (part of Witness work)

These 4 issues complete the automation loop - once done:
- Witness/Refinery will self-patrol without nudging
- Polecats will be properly cleaned up after gt done
- System will be fully autonomous

### System State
- 5 idle polecats ready for reuse
- Witness and Refinery sessions running (need manual nudges currently)
- Daemon running (PID check: ps aux | grep gt-daemon)

### Context
- See gt-ngpz for Christmas launch plan
- All patrol molecules now exist in builtin_molecules.go
- Just need startup wiring to make them automatic


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: all healthy - handoff


SPAWN: rictus starting on gt-iu23

Polecat spawn notification.

Polecat: rictus
Issue: gt-iu23
Session: gt-gastown-rictus
Spawned by: mayor/

Please monitor this polecat's startup. When Claude is ready (you can see the prompt
in the tmux session), send a nudge to start working:

    tmux send-keys -t gt-gastown-rictus "Check your inbox with 'gt mail inbox' and begin working." Enter

The polecat has a work assignment in its inbox.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 3: Restarted gastown refinery (was stopped with 7 pending). All 6 polecats active. Convoy waiting on gt-5l7h4.


📋 Work Assignment: Work on gt-8tmz.31: Formula validation specification. Wri...

Issue: bd-fber
Title: Work on gt-8tmz.31: Formula validation specification. Wri...
Priority: P2
Type: task

Description:
Work on gt-8tmz.31: Formula validation specification. Write docs/formula-validation.md specifying all validation rules for formulas. When done: 1) bd close gt-8tmz.31, 2) bd sync, 3) git push, 4) gt mq submit

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Run `gt done` to signal completion (branch stays local)

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

C78: Healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: All clear


📋 Work Assignment: Doctor check: Worker health and stuck detection

Issue: gt-4my
Title: Doctor check: Worker health and stuck detection
Priority: P1
Type: task

Description:
Detect and report stuck workers via gt doctor.

## Checks

### WorkerHealthCheck
- List all active workers (polecats with state=working)
- Check last activity timestamp for each
- Flag as potentially stuck if no progress for configurable threshold (default: 30 min)
- Check if Witness is running for the rig
- Verify Witness last heartbeat time

### Stuck Detection Criteria
- Polecat state=working but session not running
- Polecat state=working but output unchanged for threshold
- Witness not responding to health checks
- Multiple polecats in same rig all stuck

## Output

```
[WARN] Workers in rig 'wyvern' may be stuck:
  - Toast: working for 45m, no recent output
  - Capable: working for 52m, session not found
  - Witness: last heartbeat 20m ago

  Suggestions:
  - gt witness status wyvern
  - gt capture wyvern/Toast 50
  - gt stop --rig wyvern (kill all)
```

## Auto-Fix

Cannot auto-fix stuck workers (risk of data loss), but can:
- Restart Witness daemon if crashed
- Send warning mail to Mayor

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 97: 4 polecats working


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 22: All agents healthy, 3 convoys active, nux idle, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 2: All healthy - gastown (15 MQ), beads (8 MQ), wyvern (stopped/empty).


POLECAT_STARTED beads/cheedo

Issue: bd-9usz
Session: gt-beads-cheedo


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: Nominal


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 42: All healthy, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 3: All healthy. No incidents.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: Final cycle. All healthy. Handing off.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 73: All healthy


🤝 HANDOFF: bd-kwjh.4 - mol squash wisp→digest

## Context

Working on bd-kwjh: Wisp storage epic. Just completed the terminology rename (bd-ldb0).

## Completed
- bd-kwjh.2: .beads-wisps/ storage backend (closed)
- bd-kwjh.3: --wisp flag for bd mol bond (closed)
- bd-ldb0: Renamed ephemeral → wisp throughout

## Next Up: bd-kwjh.4

`bd mol squash` needs to handle wisps specially:
1. Detect if molecule is in .beads-wisps/
2. Delete wisp from ephemeral store
3. Create digest issue in permanent .beads/
4. Digest format: type=digest, squashed_from field

See bd show bd-kwjh.4 for full spec.

## Key Files
- cmd/bd/mol_squash.go - Add wisp detection and digest creation
- internal/beads/beads.go - IsWispDatabase(), NewWispStorage()

## Remaining After .4
- bd-kwjh.5: bd wisp list command
- bd-kwjh.6: bd wisp gc command
- bd-kwjh.7: bd mol burn for wisps

## IMPORTANT: Mail Workaround

gt mail inbox doesn't find your mail due to identity bug (gt-2xiv).
Until fixed, use:

  gt mail inbox --identity "beads/dave"

This applies to all gt mail commands.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: Read handoff from previous 20-cycle session. Inbox clear, all witnesses/refineries up, no gates/convoys/notifications, no orphans.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

## Molecule Execution Summary

**Molecule**: mol-deacon-patrol
**Steps**: 9

**Completed**: 9/9

---

### Steps

1. **[closed]** Check Witness and Refinery health
   Check Witness and Refinery health for each rig.

**ZFC Principle**: You (Claude) make the judgment call about what is "stuck" or "unresponsive" - there are no hardcoded thresholds in Go. Read the sign...

2. **[closed]** Clean dead sessions
   Clean dead sessions and orphaned state.

Run `gt doctor -v` to check for issues, then `gt doctor --fix` to clean up.

**⚠ CRITICAL: The Deacon NEVER kills crew workers or polecats!**

The orphan-...

3. **[closed]** Nudge newly spawned polecats
   Nudge newly spawned polecats that are ready for input.

When polecats are spawned, their Claude session takes 10-20 seconds to initialize. The spawn command returns immediately without waiting. This s...

4. **[closed]** Find abandoned work
   Find abandoned work.

Scan for orphaned state:
- Issues marked in_progress with no active polecat
- Polecats that stopped responding mid-work
- Merge queue entries with no polecat owner
- Wisp session...

5. **[closed]** Execute registered plugins
   Execute registered plugins.

Scan ~/gt/plugins/ for plugin directories. Each plugin has a plugin.md with YAML frontmatter defining its gate (when to run) and instructions (what to do).

See docs/deaco...

6. **[closed]** Burn and respawn or loop
   Burn and let daemon respawn, or exit if context high.

Decision point at end of patrol cycle:

If context is LOW:
- Sleep briefly (avoid tight loop)
- Return to inbox-check step

If context is HIGH:
-...

7. **[closed]** Check own context limit
   Check own context limit.

The Deacon runs in a Claude session with finite context. Check if approaching the limit:

```bash
gt context --usage
```

If context is high (>80%), prepare for handoff:
- Su...

8. **[closed]** Evaluate pending async gates
   Evaluate pending async gates.

Gates are async coordination primitives that block until conditions are met.
The Deacon is responsible for monitoring gates and closing them when ready.

**Timer gates**...

9. **[closed]** Handle callbacks from agents
   Handle callbacks from agents.

Check the Mayor's inbox for messages from:
- Witnesses reporting polecat status
- Refineries reporting merge results
- Polecats requesting help or escalation
- External ...


POLECAT_STARTED beads/slit

Issue: bd-0oqz
Session: gt-beads-slit


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 5: All agents healthy, 1 orphan cleaned, routine


COMPLETED: gt-yd98 Molecule format bridge

Polecat valkyrie reporting: gt-yd98 COMPLETED.

## Summary
Implemented molecule format bridge in InstantiateMolecule().

## Changes
- Added format detection: checks for child issues first (new format)
- Falls back to markdown parsing if no children (old format)
- Created instantiateFromChildren() for new format instantiation
- Created instantiateFromMarkdown() for old format (refactored)
- Updated ValidateMolecule() docs to note format limitations

## Files Changed
- internal/beads/molecule.go (+127 lines)

## Testing
- All beads tests pass
- Full test suite passes (go test ./...)

## MR
Submitted to merge queue: gt-jq0f


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 4: inbox clear, all 6 agents healthy, fixed 1 orphan, no lifecycle requests


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: routine, triggering handoff


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 18: All clear


SPAWN: rictus starting on gt-iu23

Polecat spawn notification.

Polecat: rictus
Issue: gt-iu23
Session: gt-gastown-rictus
Spawned by: gastown/crew/max

Please monitor this polecat's startup. When Claude is ready (you can see the prompt
in the tmux session), send a nudge to start working:

    tmux send-keys -t gt-gastown-rictus "Check your inbox with 'gt mail inbox' and begin working." Enter

The polecat has a work assignment in its inbox.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Routine patrol: all clean


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 12: OK


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #21: beads/crew/emma active. All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: Stable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 6: No messages, 2 convoys pending, cleaned orphan session, all agents healthy.


POLECAT_STARTED toast

Issue: bd-49kw
Session: gt-beads-toast


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: no callbacks, no gates, no pending spawns, closed convoy hq-cv-avbpw, all 3 rigs healthy


POLECAT_DONE angharad

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-4opy
MR: bd-pvu0
Branch: polecat/angharad


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 2: All 3 rigs healthy, no lifecycle requests, 2 convoys open


📋 Work Assignment: Improve test coverage for cmd/bd CLI (26.2% → 50%)

Issue: bd-llfl
Title: Improve test coverage for cmd/bd CLI (26.2% → 50%)
Priority: P2
Type: task

Description:
The main CLI package (cmd/bd) has only 26.2% test coverage. CLI commands should have at least 50% coverage to ensure reliability.

Key areas with low/no coverage:
- daemon_autostart.go (multiple 0% functions)
- compact.go (several 0% functions)
- Various command handlers

Current coverage: 26.2%
Target coverage: 50%

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Run `gt done` to signal completion (branch stays local)

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: inbox clear, all agents healthy, clone divergence (zoey/jack) noted


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: No callbacks, all agents healthy, cleaned 1 stale lock


🤝 HANDOFF: Config consolidation epic gt-k1lr ready

## Context
Overseer asked for help rationalizing Gas Town's scattered configuration.
We did a deep analysis and designed a clean three-tier architecture.

## What Was Done
- Created epic gt-k1lr with 8 tasks
- Designed the architecture (see epic description)
- Dependencies set up: tasks 1-5 can run in parallel, 6-7 depend on 1+3, 8 is final cleanup

## Key Files to Know
- internal/config/types.go - config type definitions
- internal/config/loader.go - load/save functions
- Current config locations mapped in epic description

## Ready to Implement
Run `bd show gt-k1lr` to see the full plan. Start with any of tasks 1-5.

Key insight from analysis: the split between IDENTITY (who am I), CONFIG (how should I behave),
and RUNTIME STATE (what am I doing now) is the organizing principle. Each gets its own location.

## Current State
- Git: clean, synced with origin
- Beads: synced
- All 8 tasks open and ready


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 9: inbox clear, all 6 agents healthy, fixed 1 orphan


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 3: All healthy, routine


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: routine, handoff pending


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 273: All clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 18: Routine, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 18: Clean


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 110: All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 26: town idle, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 16: Clean


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: All agents healthy (witness ~1h10m, refinery ~2h), no messages, no orphans


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 3 complete: all healthy, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: Quick cycle, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 5: All systems nominal, quick cycle


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #18: routine


POLECAT_DONE rictus

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-au0.7
MR: mr-1766562864-54f5a5fc
Branch: polecat/rictus


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 18: Nominal


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 4: inbox clear, no gates, convoys ongoing, all agents healthy


🤝 HANDOFF: Molecule evolution - bonding, spawn, distill

## Context

Designed the molecule bonding system with the overseer. Ready for implementation.

## Epic: bd-o5xe - Molecule bonding: composable workflow templates

### Terminology Decisions
- **Proto**: Uninstantiated template (easter egg: 'protomolecule' alias)
- **Spawn**: Instantiate proto → molecule (replaces old 'bond' for instantiation)
- **Bond**: Polymorphic combine operation (proto+proto, proto+mol, mol+mol)
- **Distill**: Extract ad-hoc epic → reusable proto
- **Compound**: Result of bonding

### API Surface (4 commands)
```
bd mol spawn <proto>     # Instantiate
bd mol bond <A> <B>      # Combine (polymorphic)
bd mol distill <mol>     # Extract pattern
bd mol show/catalog      # Inspect
```

### Bond Polymorphism
| bond A B      | Result                     |
|---------------|----------------------------|
| proto + proto | compound proto             |
| proto + mol   | spawn proto, attach to mol |
| mol + mol     | join into compound mol     |

### Ready to Implement (no blockers)
- bd-mh4w: Rename 'bond' → 'spawn' for instantiation [P1]
- bd-rnnr: BondRef data model for compound lineage [P1]

### Blocked (waiting on above)
- bd-o91r: Polymorphic bond command [P1]
- bd-iw4z: Compound visualization [P2]
- bd-iq19: Distill command [P2]
- bd-obep: Spawn --attach flag [P2]

## Key Files
- cmd/bd/mol.go - Molecule commands (rename bond→spawn here)
- internal/molecules/molecules.go - Loader/catalog
- internal/types/issue.go - Add BondRef struct

## Start With
1. bd-mh4w: Simple rename, unblocks everything else
2. bd-rnnr: Add BondRef to types, update JSONL serialization

Run `bd show bd-o5xe` for full epic details.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: Clean, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #19: All healthy.


POLECAT_STARTED lima

Issue: bd-05a8
Session: gt-beads-lima


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol complete: all healthy, no callbacks, no orphans


📋 Work Assignment: Audit and standardize JSON output across all commands

Issue: bd-au0.7
Title: Audit and standardize JSON output across all commands
Priority: P1
Type: task

Description:
Ensure consistent JSON format and error handling when --json flag is used.

**Scope:**
1. Verify all commands respect --json flag
2. Standardize success response format
3. Standardize error response format
4. Document JSON schemas

**Commands to audit:**
- Core CRUD: create, update, delete, show, list, search ✓
- Queries: ready, blocked, stale, count, stats, status
- Deps: dep add/remove/tree/cycles
- Labels: label commands
- Comments: comments add/list/delete
- Epics: epic status/close-eligible
- Export/import: already support --json ✓

**Testing:**
- Success cases return valid JSON
- Error cases return valid JSON (not plain text)
- Consistent field naming (snake_case vs camelCase)
- Array vs object wrapping consistency

## Workflow
1. Run `gt prime` to load polecat context
2. Work on your task, commit changes regularly
3. Run `bd close <issue-id>` when done
4. Run `bd sync` to push beads changes
5. Push code: `git push origin HEAD`
6. Run `gt done` to signal completion

## Handoff Protocol
Before signaling done, ensure:
- Git status is clean (no uncommitted changes)
- Issue is closed with `bd close`
- Beads are synced with `bd sync`
- Code is pushed to origin

The `gt done` command verifies these and signals the Witness.


🤝 HANDOFF: Wisp simplification: gastown done, awaiting beads

Completed gt-fgms: gastown mail now uses --wisp flag instead of .beads-wisp/ directory.

Awaiting Dave's bd-bkul in beads repo. His remaining work:
- Finish mol squash simplification (remove cross-store logic)
- Remove runWispSquash and squashWispToPermanent functions
- Update mol burn similarly
- Deprecate .beads-wisp/ functions
- Test all changes

Once Dave pushes to beads main, test end-to-end: gt mail send --wisp should work.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C24: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 10: Status check - all healthy


🤝 HANDOFF: Christmas Ornament design landed

## Session Summary

Designed and documented the Christmas Ornament pattern for mol-witness-patrol:
dynamic molecule bonding where patrol grows inspection arms per-polecat at runtime.

## Key Deliverables

### Beads Epic (bd-xo1o) - for dave
4 P1/P2 tasks for dynamic bonding primitives:
- bd mol bond with variable substitution
- WaitsFor directive for fanout gates
- bd activity --follow (real-time state feed) ← THE BREAKTHROUGH
- Parallel step detection

Mail sent to dave with context.

### Gas Town Epic (gt-tnow) - blocked by bd-xo1o
4 tasks to integrate Christmas Ornament into witness:
- Update WitnessPatrolMolecule()
- Create PolecatArmMolecule()
- Plugin hook support
- Integration testing

### Documentation Updated
- docs/molecular-chemistry.md (+160 lines) - Full pattern docs
- docs/architecture.md (+63 lines) - Activity feed section
- docs/hop/CONTEXT.md (+55 lines) - Learnings captured
- docs/insights.md - Session reflections added

### Design Beads
- gt-qflq: mol-witness-patrol (updated with ornament structure)
- gt-dapb: mol-polecat-arm proto

## The Insight

Activity feed transforms debugging from archaeology to observation.
'Watch the feed, not the logs' - same data, radically better UX.
This is also a trust mechanism for autonomous agents.

## Town Status
- gastown: Clean (no polecats)
- beads: 3 polecats (separate rig)
- All commits pushed, beads synced

## Next Steps
Wait for dave to implement bd-xo1o, then gt-tnow becomes unblocked.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: All healthy (gastown/wyvern/beads witnesses+refineries). No mail, no gates, no polecat nudges. 2 open convoys tracked. Doctor warnings persist (orphan gt-boot false positive, beads-sync divergence).


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 3: All agents healthy, no callbacks


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 11: inbox clear, all 6 agents healthy, fixed 1 orphan


LIFECYCLE: gastown-crew-max requesting cycle

Lifecycle request from gastown-crew-max.

Action: cycle
Time: 2025-12-21T01:18:44-08:00

Please verify state and execute lifecycle action.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: All witnesses/refineries healthy (beads 5 pending, gastown 1 pending, wyvern 0 pending). No callbacks, no orphans, no convoys closed.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 14: routine, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: No callbacks, all healthy, handoff threshold


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: all agents healthy, no lifecycle requests, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 88: All healthy. No incidents.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 43: All healthy, no incidents


Status check on Wave 1 polecats

Please report on the current status of all active polecats:
- furiosa (gt-3x0z.1)
- nux (gt-3x0z.2)
- slit (gt-3x0z.3)
- rictus (gt-rana.1)
- dementus (gt-rana.3)

Are they making progress? Any issues?


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 16: Fixed bug hq-84j7nd (formula wisp creation), cleaned 155 stale wisps, unhooked stale doc epic. All agents healthy. Extraordinary action triggers handoff.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 111: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 7: Quiet


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 6: Nominal


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 12: routine, health check OK


🤝 HANDOFF: Wisp simplification: bd-bkul then gt-fgms

## What Happened

Implemented gt-lg66 (mail wisps) with dual-routing architecture.
User correctly identified this as over-engineered.

## The Fix (Two-Phase)

1. bd-bkul (beads repo): Add ephemeral flag to single db
   - ephemeral field on Issue type
   - JSONL export skips ephemeral issues
   - bd create --ephemeral works
   - No separate .beads-wisp/ directory needed

2. gt-fgms (gastown): Remove dual-routing
   - Depends on bd-bkul being done first
   - Revert complexity in router.go, mailbox.go
   - Keep --ephemeral flag passthrough

## Next Steps

1. Work on bd-bkul in beads/crew/dave first
2. Then gt-fgms to simplify gastown mail


🤝 HANDOFF: Swarm epic bd-iz5t ready for dispatch

Time: 2025-12-23T12:44:27-08:00
Role: crew
Action: cycle

## Swarm Epic: bd-iz5t

Created epic to track 13 beads backlog issues prepared for polecat swarming.

## Issue IDs (all children of bd-iz5t)

Bug: bd-phtv (P1)
Test coverage: bd-io8c, bd-thgk, bd-tvu3
Code quality: bd-qioh, bd-rgyd, bd-u2sc.3
Features: bd-au0.5, bd-ykd9, bd-g4b4, bd-likt
Polish: bd-4qfb, bd-u2sc.4

## Session Summary

1. Code review of async gates (bd-udsi) - approved, closed epic
2. Moved 5 gastown issues from beads to gt- prefix
3. Deferred 4 premature/post-1.0 issues
4. Enhanced all 13 swarm issues with concrete implementation guidance
5. Fixed bd-ucgz inline (external deps orphan check)
6. Created swarm tracking epic bd-iz5t

## Next Steps

Overseer will provide swarm dispatch instructions.
Run: bd show bd-iz5t to see full epic details.
Run: bd dep tree bd-iz5t to see all children.


POLECAT_STARTED rictus

Issue: bd-au0.7
Session: gt-beads-rictus


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 20: All healthy, handoff threshold


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: all agents healthy, no escalations


POLECAT_STARTED beads/capable

Issue: bd-d28c
Session: gt-beads-capable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: All healthy. Session complete.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 78: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

## Molecule Execution Summary

**Molecule**: mol-deacon-patrol
**Steps**: 9

**Completed**: 9/9

---

### Steps

1. **[closed]** Clean dead sessions
   Clean dead sessions and orphaned state.

Run `gt doctor -v` to check for issues, then `gt doctor --fix` to clean up.

**⚠ CRITICAL: The Deacon NEVER kills crew workers or polecats!**

The orphan-...

2. **[closed]** Check own context limit
   Check own context limit.

The Deacon runs in a Claude session with finite context. Check if approaching the limit:

```bash
gt context --usage
```

If context is high (>80%), prepare for handoff:
- Su...

3. **[closed]** Check Witness and Refinery health
   Check Witness and Refinery health for each rig.

**ZFC Principle**: You (Claude) make the judgment call about what is "stuck" or "unresponsive" - there are no hardcoded thresholds in Go. Read the sign...

4. **[closed]** Find abandoned work
   Find abandoned work.

Scan for orphaned state:
- Issues marked in_progress with no active polecat
- Polecats that stopped responding mid-work
- Merge queue entries with no polecat owner
- Wisp session...

5. **[closed]** Evaluate pending async gates
   Evaluate pending async gates.

Gates are async coordination primitives that block until conditions are met.
The Deacon is responsible for monitoring gates and closing them when ready.

**Timer gates**...

6. **[closed]** Nudge newly spawned polecats
   Nudge newly spawned polecats that are ready for input.

When polecats are spawned, their Claude session takes 10-20 seconds to initialize. The spawn command returns immediately without waiting. This s...

7. **[closed]** Burn and respawn or loop
   Burn and let daemon respawn, or exit if context high.

Decision point at end of patrol cycle:

If context is LOW:
- Sleep briefly (avoid tight loop)
- Return to inbox-check step

If context is HIGH:
-...

8. **[closed]** Handle callbacks from agents
   Handle callbacks from agents.

Check the Mayor's inbox for messages from:
- Witnesses reporting polecat status
- Refineries reporting merge results
- Polecats requesting help or escalation
- External ...

9. **[closed]** Execute registered plugins
   Execute registered plugins.

Scan ~/gt/plugins/ for plugin directories. Each plugin has a plugin.md with YAML frontmatter defining its gate (when to run) and instructions (what to do).

See docs/deaco...


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: All healthy. beads witness running, gastown witness running. No callbacks. 0 gates. 0 plugins. 12 sessions valid.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol complete: Fixed patrol formula to prevent killing crew workers. Filed gt-vj5zc (P1) to fix orphan-processes detection bug. Exiting due to extraordinary action.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 8: stable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 16: All healthy, no inbox


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: all clear - cycle limit reached


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 7: Fixed 1 orphan. All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 165: All healthy


POLECAT_DONE furiosa

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: gt-t9u7
MR: gt-xqvs
Branch: polecat/furiosa


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 14: Quiet. All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 17: All healthy, 3 convoys still active


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 12: Healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 42: All healthy. 3 convoys. nux working.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 20: Clean. Handoff threshold reached.


Dog: testdog

location:deacon/dogs/testdog rig:town role_type:dog was:agent


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 11: Stable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 172: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol complete: cleared inbox (9 msgs), all witnesses/refineries healthy, no orphans, no plugins


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #17: routine


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 15: thorough check passed


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 18: All agents healthy, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 7: town idle, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 14: Clean


Refinery Patrol

Merge queue processor patrol loop with verification gates.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 18: 17 running, all healthy