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


📋 Work Assignment: bd pin: pinned field overwritten by subsequent bd commands

Issue: bd-phtv
Title: bd pin: pinned field overwritten by subsequent bd commands
Priority: P1
Type: bug

Description:
## Summary

The `bd pin` command correctly sets `pinned=1` in SQLite, but any subsequent `bd` command (including read-only commands like `bd show`) resets `pinned` to 0.

## Reproduction Steps

```bash
bd --no-daemon pin <issue-id> --for=max
sqlite3 .beads/beads.db "SELECT id, pinned FROM issues WHERE id=\"<issue-id>\""
# Shows pinned=1 ✓

bd --no-daemon show <issue-id> --json
sqlite3 .beads/beads.db "SELECT id, pinned FROM issues WHERE id=\"<issue-id>\""
# Shows pinned=0 ✗ WRONG
```

## Root Cause Investigation

### Prime Suspects

1. **JSONL import overwrites DB** - The `pinned` field has `omitempty` so false values arent in JSONL. When JSONL is imported, it overwrites the DB pinned=1 with default pinned=0.

2. **Files to check:**
   - `internal/importer/importer.go` - ImportIssue() may unconditionally set all fields
   - `internal/storage/sqlite/issues.go` - UpsertIssue() may not preserve pinned
   - `cmd/bd/main.go` - ensureStoreActive() may trigger import

### Debug Steps

```bash
# Add debug logging to track what is writing pinned=0
grep -rn "pinned" internal/storage/sqlite/*.go
grep -rn "Pinned" internal/importer/*.go
```

## Likely Fix

In `internal/importer/importer.go` or `internal/storage/sqlite/issues.go`:

```go
// When upserting from JSONL, preserve pinned field if already set
func (s *SQLiteStorage) UpsertIssue(ctx context.Context, issue *types.Issue) error {
    // Check if issue exists and is pinned
    existing, _ := s.GetIssue(ctx, issue.ID)
    if existing != nil && existing.Pinned && !issue.Pinned {
        // Preserve existing pinned status
        issue.Pinned = existing.Pinned
    }
    // ... rest of upsert
}
```

OR the import should skip fields that are omitempty and not present in JSONL:

```go
// In importer, only update fields that are explicitly set in JSONL
// Pinned with omitempty means absent = dont change, not absent = false
```

## Testing

```bash
# After fix:
bd --no-daemon pin <issue-id> --for=max
bd --no-daemon show <issue-id> --json  # Should not reset pinned
bd list --pinned  # Should show the pinned issue
bd hook --agent max  # Should show pinned work
```

## Files to Modify

1. **internal/importer/importer.go** - Preserve pinned on import
2. **internal/storage/sqlite/issues.go** - UpsertIssue preserve pinned
3. **Add test** in internal/importer/importer_test.go

## Success Criteria
- `bd pin` survives subsequent bd commands
- `bd list --pinned` shows pinned issues
- `bd hook --agent X` shows pinned work
- Existing tests still pass

## 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 6: Routine, 26 sessions healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 30: Routine


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 24: town idle, all healthy


📋 Work Assignment: TIDY UP: Your previous work (gt-odvf: bd mol CLI docs) wa...

Issue: gt-vg6u
Title: TIDY UP: Your previous work (gt-odvf: bd mol CLI docs) wa...
Priority: P2
Type: task

Description:
TIDY UP: Your previous work (gt-odvf: bd mol CLI docs) was already merged to main. Check your git status is clean, sync beads, and if nothing to do, just run 'gt done'.

## 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 4: Processed 1 handoff msg, 2 convoys still open (PRs 140/149), wyvern refinery restarted, orphan gt-boot session cleaned, all agents healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 8: detailed check, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 119: All healthy.


Test3

Test after fix


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol complete: no callbacks, no pending polecats, no gates, all health OK, no plugins, no orphans, 22/26 doctor checks passed


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

P13: clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #2: all agents healthy, no incidents


🤝 HANDOFF: Patrol System Operational

## Session Summary

### Accomplished
- Patrol system is working end-to-end
- Daemon detects naked Deacon, seeds builtins, instantiates mol-deacon-patrol
- Deacon handoff bead (hq-8r8) has 7 patrol steps attached
- Builtin molecules seeded to town beads (hq-70c = Deacon Patrol)
- Created mol-deacon-patrol proto in gastown beads (gt-iep9) for new format
- Filed gt-yd98: Molecule format bridge (convert markdown → child issues)
- Refinery restarted, picking up handoff
- Cleaned stale polecats

### Current State
- Daemon: Running (PID 92818)
- Deacon: Patrol attached (hq-8r8 → hq-70c)
- Refinery: Running, has handoff
- Witnesses: Running
- Polecats: None active (cleaned stale)

### Next Steps (Christmas Launch)
1. gt-3x0z.7: Summary generation protocol - ready to spawn
2. gt-3x0z.8: mol-polecat-work squash step - blocked on .7
3. gt-rana.4: Basic patrol runner in Deacon - blocked on .8
4. Test Deacon executing its patrol steps (not just having them attached)

### Key Insight
Two molecule formats exist:
- Old: Embedded markdown in Description (daemon uses this)
- New: Child issues in DAG (bd mol spawn uses this)

gt-yd98 filed to build bridge between them.

### Commands
- bd show gt-ngpz - Christmas plan epic
- bd ready - see what's ready to spawn
- gt spawn --issue <id> --rig gastown --create - spawn polecat


POLECAT_DONE testcat

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-d28c
MR: bd-yx22
Branch: polecat/testcat


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 78


Tracking anti-pattern: Daemon maintains recentDeaths shadow state

crew/jack/internal/daemon/daemon.go (lines 47-56, 770-816) maintains a parallel tracking list of session deaths:
```go
type Daemon struct {
    deathsMu     sync.Mutex
    recentDeaths []sessionDeath  // Shadow state
}
```

Per 'Discover, Don't Track': Reality is truth. State is derived. The daemon should query tmux directly on each heartbeat to discover dead sessions rather than maintaining a historical record of deaths with locking and cleanup logic.

This creates stale state and complex reconciliation that could get out of sync with reality.

Already fixed - recentDeaths shadow state was previously removed from daemon.go


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 8: inbox clear, all 6 agents healthy, fixed 1 orphan


POLECAT_STARTED beads/max

Issue: bd-m8ro
Session: gt-beads-max


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 17: All agents healthy, 4 convoys open, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #20: routine, handoff threshold reached


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 100: quiet


ZFC violation: beads.go uses strings.Contains for sync conflict detection

Go code in mayor/rig/internal/beads/beads.go (lines 443-450) uses strings.Contains() to detect beads repository errors and sync conflicts from stderr.

```go
if strings.Contains(stderr, "not a beads repository") ||
    strings.Contains(stderr, "No .beads directory") ...
if strings.Contains(stderr, "sync conflict") || strings.Contains(stderr, "CONFLICT")
```

Same ZFC violation: Go should transport errors to agents, not parse them to make decisions.

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


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 15: 17 sessions running


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 20: final check before handoff, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 113: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: Routine


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #23: Quick cycle. All healthy.


POLECAT_STARTED beads/capable

Issue: bd-t4u1
Session: gt-beads-capable


MR Ready: Logger (bd-u2sc.4)

Logger completed. slog for daemon logging. Branch: polecat/Logger ready for merge.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 73


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 19: nominal


Start work

Work on gt-h1n5: Witness patrol banners and wisp-based execution. Read the issue with 'bd show gt-h1n5', implement the fix, test, commit, push, close the issue, then run 'gt done'.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: all rigs healthy (beads/gastown/wyvern), no callbacks, no orphans, doctor fixed 1 orphan session


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: all healthy, no changes


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 9: All agents healthy, no orphans, routine


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 2: All agents healthy, no issues


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 16: 18 running


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: All agents healthy, cleaned stale wisps


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C53: all healthy, no callbacks


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 4: all clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C23: All healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 59: Stable


POLECAT_STARTED india

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


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 33: Routine


Build failure: undefined GateCreate API

Your branch polecat/delta failed to build after rebase on main.

Error: internal/rpc/additional_coverage_test.go references undefined types:
- client.GateCreate undefined
- GateCreateArgs undefined
- GateCreateResult undefined
- client.GateList undefined
- GateListArgs undefined

Please rebase on current main and fix the test to use the actual API, then resubmit.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: Town idle, preparing handoff


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #7: All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol complete: restarted Mayor, burned 1 orphan wisp, all steps clean


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol complete: cleaned 3 handoffs, all agents healthy, no orphans or gates


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 18: all clear


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: all healthy, gastown 5 polecats 12 pending, beads 8 pending


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 6: Healthy.


Boot marker file uses TTL instead of querying tmux directly

crew/jack/internal/boot/boot.go (lines 81-95) uses a marker file with TTL to check if boot is running:
```go
func (b *Boot) IsRunning() bool {
    info, err := os.Stat(b.markerPath())
    age := time.Since(info.ModTime())
    if age > DefaultMarkerTTL {
        _ = os.Remove(b.markerPath())
        return false
    }
    return true
}
```

If Boot crashes without cleaning up the marker, stale marker causes false 'already running' errors. Should query tmux.HasSession() directly - observable reality vs stale cache.

Fixed IsRunning() to query tmux directly instead of marker file TTL


Overnight Hanoi Demo: Prove Nondeterministic Idempotence at Scale

Master epic for the million-step Hanoi demonstration.

## Goal
Run a 20-disk Towers of Hanoi (1,048,575 steps) overnight to prove:
1. Molecules are self-documenting (agents can resume mid-stream)
2. Nondeterministic Idempotence works at scale
3. Gas Town can execute arbitrarily long workflows
4. Convoy tracking provides visibility into mega-molecules

## Success Criteria
- Cook and pour 20-disk Hanoi formula
- Agent executes autonomously overnight
- Deacon restarts if agent gets stuck
- Progress visible via convoy dashboard
- Completion signaled when done

## Components
- Beads: bd mol progress, display guards (bd-5nu1)
- Gastown: formula update, convoy integration (gt-brd1b)

## The Insight
Molecules need an 'instructions' layer - the formula description field
already exists and survives cooking/pouring. We just need to use it
intentionally as agent-actionable priming.

## Status Update

**7-disk demo SUCCEEDED** (127 moves, 21 seconds, ~162ms/close)

The molecule system works. Wisps can be created, dependencies execute correctly, and large sequential workflows complete.

**10-disk demo BLOCKED** by wisp creation timeout. Creating 1025 issues serially takes too long (30+ seconds, killed).

**Next steps for overnight demo:**
1. Optimize bd mol wisp for batch issue creation
2. Or: Pre-cook the formula offline and import

Demoted to P3 - proof of concept achieved. Full scale-up is nice-to-have.


SPAWN: valkyrie starting on gt-um6q

Polecat spawn notification.

Polecat: valkyrie
Issue: gt-um6q
Session: gt-gastown-valkyrie
Spawned by: beads/crew/dave

The Deacon will trigger this polecat when Claude is ready (WaitForClaudeReady).
The polecat's SessionStart hook runs gt prime, and work assignment is in its inbox.
Monitor for stuck/idle state after a few minutes.


POLECAT_DONE alpha

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: bd-6sm6
MR: mr-1766557985-04756998
Branch: polecat/alpha


POLECAT_STARTED gastown/furiosa

Issue: gt-t9u7
Session: gt-gastown-furiosa


POLECAT_STARTED beads/slit

Issue: bd-7z4
Session: gt-beads-slit


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 4: All agents healthy, no inbox, no orphans


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Cycle 19: stable


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 2: all clear, witnesses/refineries running


POLECAT_DONE immortan

Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: gt-tnca.1
MR: gt-ubd4
Branch: polecat/immortan


POLECAT_STARTED cheedo

Issue: bd-dxtc
Session: gt-beads-cheedo


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 6 complete: all clear. Patrol count 6.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 13: OK


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 9: All quiet, 3 rigs healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol C68: routine, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 19: Quiet. All healthy.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 10: thorough check passed, all healthy


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 2: all healthy, no incidents


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 20: Final before handoff


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 1: Inbox clear (handoff from prev), 4 convoys open, all witnesses/refineries healthy, no orphans. Polecats furiosa/nux/slit/rictus/dementus started. Context low - continuing.


🤝 HANDOFF: mol-ready-work review and infrastructure beads

## Session Summary

Reviewed mol-ready-work (cherry-picked from polecat/immortan), filed follow-up beads.

## Completed This Session

1. **Unified startup protocols** - All roles now use 'gt mol status' + RUN IT pattern
   - Commit: 37c2382

2. **Cherry-picked mol-ready-work** from stranded polecat branch
   - Commit: b3fa1f7
   - Now available: `gt mol catalog` shows it

3. **Critical review of mol-ready-work** - identified missing infrastructure

4. **Filed beads for follow-ups**:
   - gt-ynp6: gt context --usage (tmux line count hack)
   - gt-58it: bd sync --from-main flag
   - gt-nmtp: refactor builtin_molecules.go (1620 lines)
   - gt-az41: mol-ready-work safe vs aggressive variants
   - gt-drp5: mol-ready-work graceful GitHub/label handling

## Context for Successor

Key insight from overseer: Use tmux scrollback line count as context proxy:
- `tmux capture-pane -p | wc -l`
- ~1800 lines = warning for Opus 4.5
- ~2000+ = critical, need handoff

## Ready Work
Run `bd ready` to see available issues. The mol-ready-work beads are under gt-tnca epic.

## Git State
- main is clean and pushed
- beads synced


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Patrol 7: Quiet. Handing off.


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Patrol 8 complete: all healthy


📋 Work Assignment: Add bd doctor --fix flag to automatically repair issues

Issue: bd-ykd9
Title: Add bd doctor --fix flag to automatically repair issues
Priority: P2
Type: feature

Description:
Add bd doctor --fix flag to automatically repair detected issues.

## Current State
- Doctor checks return issues with "Fix" field containing fix instructions
- No automatic fix execution
- User must manually follow fix instructions

## Implementation

### 1. Add --fix flag to doctor.go
```go
// In cmd/bd/doctor.go init()
doctorCmd.Flags().Bool("fix", false, "Automatically fix detected issues")
doctorCmd.Flags().Bool("yes", false, "Skip confirmation prompts (use with --fix)")
```

### 2. Create fix registry (cmd/bd/doctor/fix/registry.go)
```go
package fix

// Fixer can automatically repair an issue
type Fixer interface {
    // CanFix returns true if this fixer handles the given check name
    CanFix(checkName string) bool
    // Fix attempts to repair the issue, returns error if failed
    Fix(ctx context.Context, issue *CheckResult) error
    // Description returns human-readable description of what will be fixed
    Description() string
}

var registry []Fixer

func Register(f Fixer) {
    registry = append(registry, f)
}

func GetFixer(checkName string) Fixer {
    for _, f := range registry {
        if f.CanFix(checkName) {
            return f
        }
    }
    return nil
}
```

### 3. Implement fixers (one per file)

**cmd/bd/doctor/fix/hooks.go**
```go
type HooksFixer struct{}

func (f *HooksFixer) CanFix(name string) bool {
    return name == "git-hooks" || name == "hooks-outdated"
}

func (f *HooksFixer) Fix(ctx context.Context, issue *CheckResult) error {
    return hooks.Install(".", true) // force reinstall
}

func (f *HooksFixer) Description() string {
    return "Reinstall git hooks"
}

func init() {
    Register(&HooksFixer{})
}
```

**cmd/bd/doctor/fix/sync_branch.go**
```go
type SyncBranchFixer struct{}

func (f *SyncBranchFixer) CanFix(name string) bool {
    return name == "sync-branch-missing" || name == "sync-branch-diverged"
}

func (f *SyncBranchFixer) Fix(ctx context.Context, issue *CheckResult) error {
    // Reset to remote or create branch
    return syncbranch.ResetToRemote(ctx, repoRoot, branch, jsonlPath)
}
```

**cmd/bd/doctor/fix/merge_driver.go**
```go
type MergeDriverFixer struct{}

func (f *MergeDriverFixer) CanFix(name string) bool {
    return name == "merge-driver-missing" || name == "merge-driver-outdated"
}

func (f *MergeDriverFixer) Fix(ctx context.Context, issue *CheckResult) error {
    return setupMergeDriver()
}
```

### 4. Update doctor run logic

```go
func runDoctor(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
    issues := runAllChecks()

    if \!fixFlag {
        // Existing behavior - just display issues
        displayIssues(issues)
        return
    }

    // Collect fixable issues
    var fixable []FixableIssue
    for _, issue := range issues {
        if fixer := fix.GetFixer(issue.CheckName); fixer \!= nil {
            fixable = append(fixable, FixableIssue{issue, fixer})
        }
    }

    if len(fixable) == 0 {
        fmt.Println("No automatically fixable issues found")
        return
    }

    // Show what will be fixed
    fmt.Printf("Found %d fixable issues:\n", len(fixable))
    for i, f := range fixable {
        fmt.Printf("  %d. [%s] %s\n", i+1, f.Issue.CheckName, f.Fixer.Description())
    }

    // Confirm unless --yes
    if \!yesFlag {
        fmt.Print("\nProceed with fixes? [Y/n] ")
        // ... read confirmation
    }

    // Apply fixes
    for _, f := range fixable {
        fmt.Printf("Fixing %s... ", f.Issue.CheckName)
        if err := f.Fixer.Fix(ctx, f.Issue); err \!= nil {
            fmt.Printf("FAILED: %v\n", err)
        } else {
            fmt.Println("OK")
        }
    }
}
```

## Fixable Checks (Initial Set)

| Check | Fixer | Action |
|-------|-------|--------|
| git-hooks | HooksFixer | Reinstall hooks |
| hooks-outdated | HooksFixer | Update hooks |
| merge-driver-missing | MergeDriverFixer | Configure merge driver |
| sync-branch-diverged | SyncBranchFixer | Reset to remote |
| daemon-version-mismatch | DaemonFixer | Restart daemon |

## Testing
```bash
# Test with broken hooks
rm .git/hooks/pre-commit
bd doctor --fix --yes

# Verify fix applied
bd doctor  # Should pass now
```

## Success Criteria
- --fix flag triggers automatic repair
- User prompted for confirmation (unless --yes)
- Clear output showing what was fixed
- Graceful handling of fix failures
- At least 5 common issues auto-fixable

## 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 cycle 3: All agents healthy, routine check


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Patrol #4: routine, all healthy


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Patrol 8: all nominal


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Patrol 1 complete: all agents healthy (gastown/wyvern), no callbacks, no pending gates, no orphans


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: All healthy (beads/gastown witness+refinery running). Deleted handoff mail. No convoys, gates, orphans, or abandoned work.


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Patrol cycle 6: All quiet


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Patrol cycle 14: healthy


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Patrol 9: Routine.


POLECAT_STARTED beads/mike

Issue: bd-0fvq
Session: gt-beads-mike


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol #26: All healthy. Emma active 2h15m.


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Patrol 18: No callbacks, all healthy


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Patrol 20: final check - all healthy, MQ beads:8 gastown:13


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Patrol 10: Halfway point, all systems nominal


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Patrol 14: Town idle


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Patrol 3: All healthy.


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Patrol cycle 20: All healthy (3W/3R), gastown monitoring 2 polecats, routine handoff


Handoff mail not delivered to mayor inbox

Town log shows predecessor handed off at 12:59:33 with message about gt-7psb8, but gt mail inbox shows 0 messages. The handoff context was lost.

Reproduction:
1. Mayor runs gt handoff with -s 'context'
2. New mayor session starts
3. gt mail inbox shows empty

Expected: Handoff mail in inbox


POLECAT_STARTED golf

Issue: bd-de6
Session: gt-beads-golf


🤝 HANDOFF: GH#692 epic - continue with remaining tasks

## Context

Completed bd-u2sc.2 (sort.Slice → slices.SortFunc migration). Pushed to main.

## Work Completed

- **bd-u2sc.2** [CLOSED] - Migrated 19 instances of sort.Slice to slices.SortFunc
  - 16 files in cmd/bd/ updated
  - All tests pass
  - Commit: e67712dc

## Remaining Epic Work (bd-u2sc)

Check `bd show bd-u2sc` for full epic. Recommended order:

1. **bd-u2sc.1** [P2] - Replace map[string]interface{} with typed JSON response structs
   - ~20 instances in compact.go, cleanup.go, daemons.go, daemon_lifecycle.go
   - Good next step - improves type safety

2. **bd-u2sc.3** [P3] - Split large cmd/bd files into logical modules
   - sync.go (2201 lines), init.go (1742), show.go (1380)
   - Larger refactor

3. **bd-u2sc.4** [P3] - Introduce slog for structured daemon logging

4. **bd-bqcc** [P2] - Consolidate maintenance commands into `bd doctor --fix`

## Commands

```bash
bd show bd-u2sc           # View epic
bd update bd-u2sc.1 --status in_progress  # Claim next task
```


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 11: All healthy, no inbox


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol cycle 5: All healthy, queues unchanged (beads 8, gastown 12, wyvern 0)


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 1: All agents healthy. 2 convoys in progress (PR #970 review, nudge docs). No incidents.


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Patrol 7: All healthy, refinery queue 13


ZFC violation: Branch pattern matching in doctor checks

Multiple files use branch name pattern matching to infer state:

1. **doctor/branch_check.go** (lines 31-87): Checks if persistent roles are on main branch
2. **doctor/rig_check.go** (line 745): `strings.HasPrefix(branch, "polecat/")`
3. **cmd/mq_integration.go** (lines 35, 88-98): Branch prefix matching for logic

Example:
```go
if strings.HasPrefix(branch, "polecat/") {
    // ... logic based on branch pattern
}
```

This is Go inferring state from branch name signals rather than reading agent-declared state from beads.

Replaced hardcoded 'polecat/' strings with constants.BranchPolecatPrefix for consistency. Full ZFC fix (declaring identity in beads) would require larger architectural changes.


Digest: mol-deacon-patrol

Patrol 169: All healthy, gastown/furiosa polecat working


📋 Work Assignment: gt done: Notify Witness with exit outcome

Issue: gt-jzot
Title: gt done: Notify Witness with exit outcome
Priority: P1
Type: task

Description:
When polecat runs gt done, it should send mail to Witness:

```
gt mail send <rig>/witness -s 'POLECAT_DONE <name>' -m 'Exit: COMPLETED
Issue: <issue-id>
MR: <mr-id>
Branch: <branch>'
```

Exit types:
- COMPLETED: Work done, MR submitted
- ESCALATED: Hit blocker, needs human
- DEFERRED: Work paused, issue still open

This enables Witness patrol to:
1. See completion in inbox-check step
2. Verify git state is clean
3. Kill session and prune worktree
4. Close the polecat lease in its patrol wisp

Paired with gt-r6td (spawn notification) - together they bracket polecat lifecycle.

## 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 4: routine, all clear


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Patrol 20: All healthy - handoff cycle