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 {"id":"gt-hxlt","title":"Merge: gt-odvf","description":"branch: polecat/slit\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-odvf\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:42:57.748003-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.503711-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.503711-08:00","close_reason":"ORPHANED: Branch never pushed, worktree deleted"}
 {"id":"gt-hzr","title":"gt witness: Witness management commands","description":"Add 'gt witness' command group for witness lifecycle management.\n\nSubcommands:\n- gt witness start [rig] - Start witness for a rig\n- gt witness stop [rig] - Stop witness\n- gt witness status [rig] - Show witness status\n- gt witness attach [rig] - Attach to witness session\n\nWitness monitors polecats and handles:\n- Idle detection and cleanup\n- Session health checks\n- Nudging stuck agents","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T21:47:32.210917-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:05:27.343254-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:05:27.343254-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-hzr","depends_on_id":"gt-hw6","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T22:23:42.955006-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
 {"id":"gt-i4i2","title":"Update deacon.md.tmpl with correct molecule commands","description":"The deacon prompt references commands that don't exist:\n- gt mol bond → should be bd mol run or gt mol arm\n- gt mol status → needs gt mol command tree first\n\nUpdate after gt mol command tree is implemented.\n\nDepends on: gt mol command tree issue","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T13:12:26.401739-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T13:19:50.641767-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T13:19:50.641767-08:00","close_reason":"Updated deacon.md with correct commands: gt mol status, bd mol spawn, gt mol squash","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-i4i2","depends_on_id":"gt-x74c","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T13:12:35.69774-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
-{"id":"gt-i4kq","title":"Update templates for Propulsion Principle","description":"Overhaul agent prompts to embody the Universal Gas Town Propulsion Principle:\n\n\u003e If you find something on your hook, YOU RUN IT.\n\nTemplates to update:\n- [ ] deacon.md.tmpl - Check hook first, no decision logic\n- [ ] polecat.md.tmpl - Propulsion startup, follow molecule\n- [ ] witness.md.tmpl - Sling wisps when spawning agents\n- [ ] refinery.md.tmpl - Accept slung epics\n\nKey changes:\n1. Remove 'should I run this?' decision points\n2. Add 'check your hook' as step 1 of startup\n3. Make molecule-following the default mode\n4. Simplify - agents don't think, they execute","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:46.464968-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:46.464968-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-i4kq","depends_on_id":"gt-4ev4","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.245621-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-i4kq","depends_on_id":"gt-uym5","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.320803-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
+{"id":"gt-i4kq","title":"Update templates for Propulsion Principle","description":"Overhaul agent prompts to embody the Universal Gas Town Propulsion Principle:\n\n\u003e If you find something on your hook, YOU RUN IT.\n\nTemplates to update:\n- [ ] deacon.md.tmpl - Check hook first, no decision logic\n- [ ] polecat.md.tmpl - Propulsion startup, follow molecule\n- [ ] witness.md.tmpl - Sling wisps when spawning agents\n- [ ] refinery.md.tmpl - Accept slung epics\n\nKey changes:\n1. Remove 'should I run this?' decision points\n2. Add 'check your hook' as step 1 of startup\n3. Make molecule-following the default mode\n4. Simplify - agents don't think, they execute","status":"in_progress","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"gastown/slit","created_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:46.464968-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T23:38:09.261651-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-i4kq","depends_on_id":"gt-4ev4","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.245621-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-i4kq","depends_on_id":"gt-uym5","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.320803-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
 {"id":"gt-i4lo","title":"mol-polecat-work","description":"Full polecat lifecycle from assignment to decommission.\n\nThis proto enables nondeterministic idempotence for polecat work.\nA polecat that crashes after any step can restart, read its molecule state,\nand continue from the last completed step. No work is lost.\n\nVariables:\n- gt-test123 - The source issue ID being worked on","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"epic","assignee":"stevey","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.320963-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.332718-08:00","wisp":true}
 {"id":"gt-ic0j","title":"🤝 HANDOFF: Timing fixes applied","description":"Fixed mayor attach timing bug. Completed: timing fix, gt-tulx, Emma beads-6v2. Remaining P1: gt-17zr, gt-kcee, gt-szsq. Run gt prime on startup.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"message","created_at":"2025-12-18T22:19:57.731032-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T23:28:33.950423-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T23:28:33.950423-08:00"}
 {"id":"gt-id36","title":"Deacon Kernel: event processing molecule architecture","description":"\nExtend the Deacon from \"health orchestrator\" to \"event processing kernel\" that runs a \nmolecule (rounds) each wake cycle, like an OS kernel scheduler.\n\n## Core Insight\n\nThe Deacon already has:\n- Wake cycle (daemon poke, timer, lifecycle request)\n- Mail as event queue\n- Health scanning\n- Lifecycle processing\n\nBut it is REACTIVE. This epic makes it PROACTIVE with a structured molecule:\n\n```\nDeacon Wake\n├── Step 0: Session Check (should I cycle myself?)\n├── Step 1: Health Scan (Mayor, Witnesses, Crew, Refineries)\n├── Step 2: Lifecycle Processing (cycle/restart/shutdown requests)\n├── Step 3: Plugin Execution (scheduled, event-triggered, human-requested)\n├── Step 4: Event Callbacks (timers, subscriptions)\n└── Step 5: Heartbeat + Wait\n```\n\n## Key Design Decisions\n\n1. **Session cycling first** - Token costs are quadratic with session length.\n   Deacon should aggressively cycle to fresh sessions. First step of every\n   wake is \"do I need a new session?\" based on context budget.\n\n2. **Pinned bead with marching orders** - A pinned bead (like gt prime for\n   agents) defines the Deacon's rounds molecule. This is the Deacon's\n   \"kernel\" - its operating loop.\n\n3. **Keepalive file for daemon quieting** - Instead of daemon tmux-poking\n   the Deacon (which interrupts work), Deacon writes a keepalive file.\n   Daemon reads it and backs off. Worst case: Deacon forgets, gets one\n   extra heartbeat it squelches.\n\n4. **Molecule-based rounds** - The wake cycle becomes a molecule with steps.\n   Each step can have plugins (inline attention). Steps can be added/modified\n   by updating the pinned bead.\n\n## Architecture\n\n```\nGo Daemon (minimal, dumb)\n├── Reads {townRoot}/deacon/keepalive.json\n├── If fresh: do nothing\n├── If stale: poke Deacon (fallback)\n└── Process lifecycle requests (still daemon's job)\n\nDeacon (Claude agent, smart)\n├── Wakes: poke, timer, mail event\n├── Writes keepalive (quiets daemon for duration of rounds)\n├── Runs rounds molecule:\n│   ├── session-check: cycle if context budget low\n│   ├── health-scan: check agents, remediate\n│   ├── lifecycle: process requests\n│   ├── plugins: run scheduled/triggered plugins\n│   ├── events: process timer/event callbacks\n│   └── complete: update heartbeat, wait\n└── Reads marching orders from pinned bead\n```\n\n## Relation to Existing Work\n\n- Extends gt-5af (Deacon infrastructure) - CLOSED\n- Relates to gt-axz (Plugin architecture) - P3\n- Fits into phase3-deacon of gt-ngpz (Christmas Plan)\n- Enables gt-976 (Crew lifecycle) as part of health-scan step\n","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:46:08.076178-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T21:46:08.076178-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-id36","depends_on_id":"gt-976","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:48:05.215593-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}