From 0f88c793f8bcb67b667c4733e52a5a327178c811 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Yegge Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:10:32 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add witness patrol theory of operation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Documents the Claude-driven execution model: - Molecules are playbooks, not auto-executing code - Mail-based coordination between agents - Nudge escalation matrix for stuck polecats - State persistence in handoff bead See gt-poxd for handoff bead implementation. šŸ¤– Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 --- .beads/issues.jsonl | 43 ++++++---- docs/witness-patrol-design.md | 147 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/witness-patrol-design.md diff --git a/.beads/issues.jsonl b/.beads/issues.jsonl index 7724bb93..e9c73cda 100644 --- a/.beads/issues.jsonl +++ b/.beads/issues.jsonl @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ {"id":"gt-0b1c","title":"Review: Refinery patrol template changes (gt-qz2l)","description":"Polecat dementus implemented refinery template changes: banners, wisp-based execution, propulsion protocol. Review for correctness and consistency with witness/deacon patterns.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T19:57:40.117102-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T19:57:40.117102-08:00"} {"id":"gt-0c7s","title":"Add 'gt account default' command","description":"Set the default account in accounts.yaml. Used when no GT_ACCOUNT env or --account flag specified.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T03:24:20.55537-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T04:00:20.170967-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T04:00:20.170967-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented gt account default","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-0c7s","depends_on_id":"gt-58tu","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-23T03:24:34.811443-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-0ei3","title":"Add molecules.jsonl as separate catalog file for template molecules","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-19T20:16:10.763471-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T09:28:01.430495-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T09:28:01.430495-08:00"} -{"id":"gt-0iy3","title":"Merge: gt-3x1.3","description":"branch: polecat/Doof\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-3x1.3\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-19T14:53:52.741123-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T19:13:27.737052-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T17:47:03.618858-08:00"} {"id":"gt-0l20","title":"decide-actions","description":"Apply nudge matrix and queue actions.\n\nProgressive nudge levels:\n- Level 1: Gentle reminder\n- Level 2: Stronger nudge\n- Level 3: Final warning\n- Level 4: Escalate to Mayor\n\nNeeds: inspect-workers","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:41:54.506634-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T04:39:39.649471-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T04:39:39.649471-08:00","close_reason":"Parent gt-751s superseded by Christmas Ornament pattern","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-0l20","depends_on_id":"gt-751s","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:41:54.584193-08:00","created_by":"stevey"},{"issue_id":"gt-0l20","depends_on_id":"gt-o29j","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:41:54.591628-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}]} {"id":"gt-0nh8","title":"gt prime should detect mayor role from any rig's mayor/ folder","description":"Currently gt prime only detects the Mayor role when run from town root (~/gt). It should also detect Mayor when run from:\n- ~/gt/gastown/mayor/rig (rig's internal mayor dir)\n- Any path containing /mayor/ under a rig\n\nThis would allow the mayor session to work correctly regardless of which rig directory it's attached to.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:56:10.281534-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T21:56:10.281534-08:00"} {"id":"gt-0ol","title":"Update prompts.md: Engineer role and templates","description":"Update docs/prompts.md with Engineer role:\n\n1. Role Prompts table: Change Refinery to Engineer\n2. Add Engineer-specific prompts:\n - Session restart request template\n - Subtask filing template\n - Handoff mail template\n3. Update refinery.md template name to engineer.md\n4. Ensure consistency with architecture.md","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T23:12:05.279233-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T23:12:05.279233-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-0ol","depends_on_id":"gt-h5n","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-16T23:12:15.013747-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} @@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ {"id":"gt-1fl","title":"gt crew restart command","description":"Add a 'gt crew restart' command that kills the tmux session and restarts fresh. Useful when a crew member gets confused or needs a clean slate.\n\nShould:\n- Kill existing tmux session if running\n- Start fresh session with claude\n- Run gt prime to reinitialize context\n\nAlias: gt crew rs","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T19:47:32.131386-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:07:06.762207-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:07:06.762207-08:00"} {"id":"gt-1gy","title":"gt mail read: Support numeric indices for message ID","description":"Allow 'gt mail read 1' to read the first message in inbox.\n\nCurrent behavior requires full message ID like 'msg-abc123'.\nShould support:\n- Numeric index: 'gt mail read 1' reads first/newest message\n- Partial ID match: 'gt mail read abc' matches 'msg-abc123'\n\nThis is a UX improvement - agents frequently type 'gt mail read 1'.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T21:49:54.60582-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-17T22:28:59.846038-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-17T22:28:59.846038-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-1gy","depends_on_id":"gt-hw6","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T22:22:47.658947-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-1j6","title":"Document harness concept in docs/harness.md","description":"Create comprehensive harness documentation:\n- What is a harness (installation directory)\n- Recommended structure and naming\n- .beads/redirect for default project\n- config/ contents (rigs.json, town.json)\n- Mayor home vs rig-level mayor/\n- Example configurations\n- Relationship to rigs","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T17:15:37.559374-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:07:31.407299-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:07:31.407299-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-1j6","depends_on_id":"gt-cr9","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T17:15:51.974059-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} -{"id":"gt-1klr","title":"mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Deacon patrol molecule template. Label: template","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-22T02:08:49.258035-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T04:40:26.755923-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T04:40:26.755923-08:00","close_reason":"mol-deacon-patrol already implemented in gt-rana.3. These are stale template duplicates."} +{"id":"gt-1klr","title":"mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Deacon patrol molecule template. Label: template","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-22T02:08:49.258035-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T23:45:08.698915-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T23:45:08.698919-08:00","close_reason":"mol-deacon-patrol already implemented in gt-rana.3. These are stale template duplicates."} {"id":"gt-1ky","title":"CLI: workspace commands (init, add, list)","description":"GGT needs workspace management commands beyond install.\n\n## Commands (beyond gt-f9x.3 install)\n\n### gt workspace list\nList all rigs in current workspace.\n```\ngt workspace list [--json]\n```\nEssentially `gt rig list` but framed as workspace view.\n\n### gt workspace add\nAdd existing rig to workspace (alternative to gt rig add).\n```\ngt workspace add \u003cgit-url\u003e [--name NAME]\n```\n\n### gt onboard\nInteractive first-time setup wizard.\n```\ngt onboard\n```\n- Prompts for workspace location\n- Creates structure via gt install\n- Offers to add first rig\n\n## Note\nMay be redundant with gt-f9x.3 (install) and gt-u1j.16 (rig commands).\nConsider if this is needed or should be closed as covered by those.\n\n## PGT Reference\ngastown-py/src/gastown/cli/workspace_cmd.py","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T14:47:38.070203-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T16:03:49.715667-08:00"} {"id":"gt-1le","title":"town handoff command (optional)","description":"CLI commands for session handoff workflow (optional convenience).\n\n## Commands\n\n### gt handoff\nGenerate handoff interactively.\n```\ngt handoff [--send]\n```\n- Collects current state (status, inbox, beads)\n- Prompts for additional notes\n- --send: Mail to self and exit\n\n### gt resume\nCheck for and display pending handoff.\n```\ngt resume\n```\n- Checks inbox for handoff message\n- Displays formatted handoff if found\n- Suggests next actions\n\n## Implementation\n\nThese are convenience wrappers. The same workflow can be done manually:\n```bash\n# Manual handoff\ntown status \u003e /tmp/handoff\ntown inbox \u003e\u003e /tmp/handoff\nbd ready \u003e\u003e /tmp/handoff\n# Edit and send\ntown mail send mayor/ -s \"Session Handoff\" -f /tmp/handoff\n```\n\n## Priority\n\nP2 - Optional. Manual workflow works fine. Nice to have for UX.\n\n## Notes\n\nPart of session cycling workflow designed in gt-u82.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T20:15:31.954724-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T23:17:23.967562-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-1le","depends_on_id":"gt-u82","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T20:15:39.647043-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-1qti","title":"Mayor restart loop: auto-prime and mail check on attach","description":"When mayor session cycles (after /exit, gt mayor attach reconnects), the new session lacks context.\n\n## Current Behavior\n- Mayor exits, shell script loop restarts claude\n- New session starts cold - no gt prime, no mail check\n- Mayor is disoriented, doesn't know prior context\n- Strong 'antimemetic properties' - we discuss fixing it, then forget\n\n## Expected Behavior\nAfter restart, mayor should automatically:\n1. Run gt prime (load role context)\n2. Check gt mail inbox (find handoff messages)\n3. Look for šŸ¤ HANDOFF messages from predecessor\n\n## Possible Fixes\n1. Startup hook in Claude Code settings that runs gt prime\n2. CLAUDE.md instructions that say 'FIRST THING: run gt prime'\n3. Shell script wrapper that injects context before attach\n4. Modify gt mayor attach to inject prime command\n\n## Related\n- gt-vci: Mayor handoff mail template\n- gt-sye: Mayor startup protocol prompting","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-19T14:44:43.188588-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T17:22:52.550264-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T16:03:20.714077-08:00"} @@ -69,12 +68,11 @@ {"id":"gt-35s","title":"Architecture: beads config and direct landing docs","description":"Added to architecture.md:\n- Beads multi-agent configuration table (daemon, worktree, sync-branch)\n- ASCII directory layout for non-mermaid rendering\n- Direct landing workflow (bypass merge queue)\n- Design decisions 9 and 10 for direct landing and daemon awareness\n- CLI commands for gt land","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T00:29:52.395906-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T00:29:59.188921-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-16T00:29:59.188921-08:00"} {"id":"gt-35x","title":"Plugin: plan-oracle (work decomposition)","description":"Plugin that helps decompose epics/issues into sub-tasks. Analyzes scope, identifies dependencies, estimates complexity for parallelization, creates beads for sub-tasks with dependency links.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-15T22:53:05.772986-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T23:17:06.423894-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-35x","depends_on_id":"gt-axz","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T22:53:17.587726-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-3a4","title":"Add gt decommission command for clean swarm/worker shutdown","description":"Single command to cleanly shut down a swarm and its workers: cancel swarm, stop sessions, optionally remove polecats. E.g. gt decommission gt-hw6 --cleanup","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-18T11:33:37.217682-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T11:38:55.092852-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T11:38:55.092852-08:00"} -{"id":"gt-3cns","title":"Test Patrol for Bonding","description":"Parent issue for mol bond CLI test","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.27929-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.682201-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.682201-08:00","close_reason":"Closed"} -{"id":"gt-3cns.1","title":"Polecat Arm (arm-toast)","description":"Single polecat inspection and action cycle.\n\nThis molecule is bonded dynamically by mol-witness-patrol's survey-workers step.\nEach polecat being monitored gets one arm that runs in parallel with other arms.\n\n## Variables\n\n| Variable | Required | Description |\n|----------|----------|-------------|\n| polecat_name | Yes | Name of the polecat to inspect |\n| rig | Yes | Rig containing the polecat |\n\n## Step: capture\nCapture recent tmux output for toast.\n\n```bash\ntmux capture-pane -t gt-gastown-toast -p | tail -50\n```\n\nRecord:\n- Last activity timestamp (when was last tool call?)\n- Visible errors or stack traces\n- Completion indicators (\"Done\", \"Finished\", etc.)\n\n## Step: assess\nCategorize polecat state based on captured output.\n\nStates:\n- **working**: Recent tool calls, active processing\n- **idle**: At prompt, no recent activity\n- **error**: Showing errors or stack traces\n- **requesting_shutdown**: Sent LIFECYCLE/Shutdown mail\n- **done**: Showing completion indicators\n\nCalculate: minutes since last activity.\nNeeds: capture\n\n## Step: load-history\nRead nudge history for toast from patrol state.\n\n```\nnudge_count = state.nudges[toast].count\nlast_nudge_time = state.nudges[toast].timestamp\n```\n\nThis data was loaded by the parent patrol's load-state step and passed\nto the arm via the bonding context.\nNeeds: assess\n\n## Step: decide\nApply the nudge matrix to determine action for toast.\n\n| State | Idle Time | Nudge Count | Action |\n|-------|-----------|-------------|--------|\n| working | any | any | none |\n| idle | \u003c10min | any | none |\n| idle | 10-15min | 0 | nudge-1 (gentle) |\n| idle | 15-20min | 1 | nudge-2 (direct) |\n| idle | 20+min | 2 | nudge-3 (final) |\n| idle | any | 3 | escalate |\n| error | any | any | assess-severity |\n| requesting_shutdown | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n| done | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n\nNudge text:\n1. \"How's progress? Need any help?\"\n2. \"Please wrap up soon. What's blocking you?\"\n3. \"Final check. Will escalate in 5 min if no response.\"\n\nRecord decision and rationale.\nNeeds: load-history\n\n## Step: execute\nTake the decided action for toast.\n\n**nudge-N**:\n```bash\ntmux send-keys -t gt-gastown-toast \"{{nudge_text}}\" Enter\n```\n\n**pre-kill-verify**:\n```bash\ncd polecats/toast\ngit status # Must be clean\ngit log origin/main..HEAD # Check for unpushed\nbd show \u003cassigned-issue\u003e # Verify closed/deferred\n```\nIf clean: kill session, remove worktree, delete branch\nIf dirty: record failure, retry next cycle\n\n**escalate**:\n```bash\ngt mail send mayor/ -s \"Escalation: toast stuck\" -m \"...\"\n```\n\n**none**: No action needed.\n\nRecord: action taken, result, updated nudge count.\nNeeds: decide\n\n## Output\n\nThe arm completes with:\n- action_taken: none | nudge-1 | nudge-2 | nudge-3 | killed | escalated\n- result: success | failed | pending\n- updated_state: New nudge count and timestamp for toast\n\nThis data feeds back to the parent patrol's aggregate step.\n---\nbonded_from: mol-polecat-arm\nbonded_to: gt-3cns\nbonded_ref: arm-toast\nbonded_at: 2025-12-23T10:00:00Z\n","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.381581-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.579835-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.579835-08:00","close_reason":"Closed","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-3cns.1","depends_on_id":"gt-3cns","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.382002-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-3cns.1","title":"Polecat Arm (arm-toast)","description":"Single polecat inspection and action cycle.\n\nThis molecule is bonded dynamically by mol-witness-patrol's survey-workers step.\nEach polecat being monitored gets one arm that runs in parallel with other arms.\n\n## Variables\n\n| Variable | Required | Description |\n|----------|----------|-------------|\n| polecat_name | Yes | Name of the polecat to inspect |\n| rig | Yes | Rig containing the polecat |\n\n## Step: capture\nCapture recent tmux output for toast.\n\n```bash\ntmux capture-pane -t gt-gastown-toast -p | tail -50\n```\n\nRecord:\n- Last activity timestamp (when was last tool call?)\n- Visible errors or stack traces\n- Completion indicators (\"Done\", \"Finished\", etc.)\n\n## Step: assess\nCategorize polecat state based on captured output.\n\nStates:\n- **working**: Recent tool calls, active processing\n- **idle**: At prompt, no recent activity\n- **error**: Showing errors or stack traces\n- **requesting_shutdown**: Sent LIFECYCLE/Shutdown mail\n- **done**: Showing completion indicators\n\nCalculate: minutes since last activity.\nNeeds: capture\n\n## Step: load-history\nRead nudge history for toast from patrol state.\n\n```\nnudge_count = state.nudges[toast].count\nlast_nudge_time = state.nudges[toast].timestamp\n```\n\nThis data was loaded by the parent patrol's load-state step and passed\nto the arm via the bonding context.\nNeeds: assess\n\n## Step: decide\nApply the nudge matrix to determine action for toast.\n\n| State | Idle Time | Nudge Count | Action |\n|-------|-----------|-------------|--------|\n| working | any | any | none |\n| idle | \u003c10min | any | none |\n| idle | 10-15min | 0 | nudge-1 (gentle) |\n| idle | 15-20min | 1 | nudge-2 (direct) |\n| idle | 20+min | 2 | nudge-3 (final) |\n| idle | any | 3 | escalate |\n| error | any | any | assess-severity |\n| requesting_shutdown | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n| done | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n\nNudge text:\n1. \"How's progress? Need any help?\"\n2. \"Please wrap up soon. What's blocking you?\"\n3. \"Final check. Will escalate in 5 min if no response.\"\n\nRecord decision and rationale.\nNeeds: load-history\n\n## Step: execute\nTake the decided action for toast.\n\n**nudge-N**:\n```bash\ntmux send-keys -t gt-gastown-toast \"{{nudge_text}}\" Enter\n```\n\n**pre-kill-verify**:\n```bash\ncd polecats/toast\ngit status # Must be clean\ngit log origin/main..HEAD # Check for unpushed\nbd show \u003cassigned-issue\u003e # Verify closed/deferred\n```\nIf clean: kill session, remove worktree, delete branch\nIf dirty: record failure, retry next cycle\n\n**escalate**:\n```bash\ngt mail send mayor/ -s \"Escalation: toast stuck\" -m \"...\"\n```\n\n**none**: No action needed.\n\nRecord: action taken, result, updated nudge count.\nNeeds: decide\n\n## Output\n\nThe arm completes with:\n- action_taken: none | nudge-1 | nudge-2 | nudge-3 | killed | escalated\n- result: success | failed | pending\n- updated_state: New nudge count and timestamp for toast\n\nThis data feeds back to the parent patrol's aggregate step.\n---\nbonded_from: mol-polecat-arm\nbonded_to: gt-3cns\nbonded_ref: arm-toast\nbonded_at: 2025-12-23T10:00:00Z\n","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.381581-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.579835-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:43.579835-08:00","close_reason":"Closed"} {"id":"gt-3cu","title":"Default polecat names: Mad Max theme instead of AdjectiveNoun","description":"Current default naming for new polecats uses AdjectiveNoun convention.\nSince rigs already provide namespacing, we can use more thematic names.\n\nSuggestion: Use Mad Max / Fury Road character and vehicle names as defaults.\nExamples: Furiosa, Nux, Slit, Morsov, Toast, Rictus, Warboy, etc.\n\nCould also include:\n- War Rig parts: Guzzler, Tanker, Pursuit\n- Citadel roles: Imperator, Blackthumb, Organic\n- Wasteland terms: Chrome, Witness, Shiny\n\nImplementation:\n- Add name generator in internal/polecat/ or similar\n- Use when --create flag is used without explicit name\n- Cycle through pool to avoid duplicates within a rig","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T14:50:43.252922-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-17T14:50:43.252922-08:00"} {"id":"gt-3fm","title":"Mail orchestrator daemon","description":"Background mail orchestrator daemon.\n\n## Command\n```\ngt mail orchestrate [--interval N] [--once] [--verbose]\n```\n\n## Purpose\nBackground process that:\n1. Monitors outbox for pending mail\n2. Delivers to recipient inboxes\n3. Handles offline recipients (retry later)\n4. Cleans delivered messages from outbox\n\n## Why Needed?\nCurrent mail is synchronous. If recipient is offline or mailbox locked, send fails.\nOrchestrator enables async delivery with retry.\n\n## Implementation\n```go\nfunc (o *Orchestrator) Run(interval time.Duration) error {\n ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)\n for range ticker.C {\n o.processOutbox()\n }\n}\n\nfunc (o *Orchestrator) processOutbox() {\n // List outbox/*.json\n // For each, attempt delivery\n // On success, delete from outbox\n // On failure, increment retry count\n}\n```\n\n## Outbox Structure\n```\n\u003ctown\u003e/mayor/mail/outbox/\nā”œā”€ā”€ msg-abc123.json\n└── msg-def456.json\n```\n\n## Lower Priority\nCurrent synchronous delivery works. Orchestrator is optimization.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] Background daemon mode\n- [ ] Retry failed deliveries\n- [ ] --once for single pass\n- [ ] Configurable interval","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T14:48:29.830841-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T16:07:35.973257-08:00"} -{"id":"gt-3njt","title":"Test Patrol Parent","description":"Test parent for Christmas Ornament pattern","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.249779-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.523985-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.523985-08:00","close_reason":"Closed"} -{"id":"gt-3njt.1","title":"Test Polecat Arm","description":"Test child for bonding pattern","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.338702-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.427638-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.427638-08:00","close_reason":"Closed","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-3njt.1","depends_on_id":"gt-3njt","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.33906-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-3njt","title":"Test Patrol Parent","description":"[RESURRECTED] This issue was deleted but recreated as a tombstone to preserve hierarchical structure.\n\nOriginal description:\nTest parent for Christmas Ornament pattern","status":"closed","priority":4,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.249779-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:26.977206-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:26.977206-08:00"} +{"id":"gt-3njt.1","title":"Test Polecat Arm","description":"Test child for bonding pattern","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.338702-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.427638-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.427638-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-3njt.1","depends_on_id":"gt-3njt","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:27:56.33906-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-3ns5","title":"Polecat template: clarify work status commands (bd list vs gt mol status)","description":"Template shows 'bd list --status=in_progress' for checking work, but polecats should probably use 'gt mol status' instead (or in addition). Clarify the right approach for polecats to check their current work assignment.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:56:46.909036-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T17:09:02.149035-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T17:09:02.149035-08:00","close_reason":"Completed in commit 1931ec7","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-3ns5","depends_on_id":"gt-t9u7","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:57:16.371341-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-3oyn","title":"Blocked issues: gt-um6q, gt-lz13, gt-5xph depend on missing beads features","description":"Template/docs updates blocked on: bd-nurq (bd mol current), bd-29fb (bd close --continue). These gastown issues should be marked blocked on the beads issues once cross-rig deps work.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T00:19:12.532683-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T00:19:12.532683-08:00"} {"id":"gt-3p77","title":"Implement gt watch command scaffold","description":"Basic bubbletea TUI scaffold for 'gt watch' command. Discovers rigs, connects to daemons, renders placeholder view. Foundation for the full activity feed TUI.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:27:09.800586-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T16:27:09.800586-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-3p77","depends_on_id":"gt-rivr","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:28:30.683781-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} @@ -104,7 +102,6 @@ {"id":"gt-3zg","title":"Verify architecture.md shows correct harness and rig structure","description":"Review architecture.md diagrams:\n- Verify town-level structure shows harness correctly\n- Confirm rig-level mayor/rig/ is shown (it appears to be there at line 197)\n- Check mermaid diagrams match ASCII diagrams\n- Update if any inconsistencies found\n- Cross-reference with new harness.md docs","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T17:15:45.10268-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:06:49.800234-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:06:49.800234-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-3zg","depends_on_id":"gt-cr9","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T17:15:52.090317-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-3zw","title":"Policy beads: config in data plane","description":"Use sentinel/policy beads for configuration instead of external config. Examples: daemon notifications on/off, heartbeat intervals. Config lives in the bead graph, can be toggled by closing/opening policy beads.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:18:32.857389-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T18:18:32.857389-08:00"} {"id":"gt-40k6","title":"Merge: gt-qz2l","description":"branch: polecat/dementus\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-qz2l\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-23T19:39:31.550068-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T23:44:54.486088-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T23:30:30.834785-08:00"} -{"id":"gt-415l","title":"request-shutdown","description":"Send shutdown request to Witness.\nWait for termination.\n\nThe polecat is now ready to be cleaned up.\nDo not exit directly - wait for Witness to kill the session.\n\nDepends: generate-summary","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:56:18.535199-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:56:27.511558-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T21:56:27.511558-08:00","close_reason":"test cleanup","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-415l","depends_on_id":"gt-zjqs","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:56:18.538385-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}],"wisp":true} {"id":"gt-43qg","title":"Test: release command verification","notes":"Released: testing release command","status":"closed","priority":4,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T16:15:30.845537-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T16:15:55.084052-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T16:15:55.084052-08:00"} {"id":"gt-43tw","title":"Digest: mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Patrol cycle 1: inbox clear, 8 in-progress issues, sessions healthy, gc not implemented","status":"closed","priority":4,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T13:14:27.653577-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T13:14:27.653577-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T13:14:27.653542-08:00","close_reason":"Squashed from 4 wisps"} {"id":"gt-44wh","title":"Polecats must not create GitHub PRs","description":"Polecats should never use 'gh pr create' or create GitHub pull requests.\n\n## Correct Workflow\n1. Polecat works on polecat/\u003cname\u003e branch\n2. Commits and pushes to origin\n3. Creates beads MR issue (type: merge-request)\n4. Refinery processes the MR and merges to main\n\n## Wrong Workflow\n- Using gh pr create\n- Creating GitHub pull requests directly\n\n## Why\n- Refinery is our merge queue processor\n- GitHub PRs bypass our workflow\n- Beads MRs are the coordination mechanism","status":"in_progress","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:40:33.204449-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T19:54:00.481393-08:00"} @@ -120,7 +117,6 @@ {"id":"gt-4nn.2","title":"Molecule instantiation: create child beads from template","description":"When instantiating a molecule on a work bead:\n\n## Transaction Flow\n\n1. Parse molecule's `## Step:` sections from description\n2. Begin SQLite transaction\n3. For each step, create child issue:\n - ID: `{parent-id}.{step-ref}` or generated\n - Title: step title (from header or first line)\n - Description: step prose instructions\n - Type: task\n - Priority: inherit from parent\n4. Add `instantiated-from` edge from each step to molecule:\n ```sql\n INSERT INTO dependencies (issue_id, depends_on_id, type, metadata)\n VALUES (step_id, mol_id, 'instantiated-from', '{\"step\": \"implement\"}');\n ```\n5. Wire inter-step dependencies from `Needs:` lines\n6. Commit transaction (atomic - all or nothing)\n\n## Parsing Conventions\n\n```markdown\n## Step: \u003cref\u003e\n\u003cprose instructions\u003e\nNeeds: \u003cstep\u003e, \u003cstep\u003e # optional\nTier: haiku|sonnet|opus # optional hint\n```\n\n## Parameterization\n\nSteps can have `{{variable}}` placeholders:\n```markdown\n## Step: implement\nImplement {{feature_name}} in {{target_file}}.\n```\n\nContext map provided at instantiation time.\n\n## API\n\n```go\nfunc (s *Store) InstantiateMolecule(mol *Issue, parent *Issue, ctx map[string]string) ([]*Issue, error)\nfunc ParseMoleculeSteps(description string) ([]MoleculeStep, error)\n```\n\nImplementation lives in `internal/beads/molecule.go`.","status":"closed","priority":0,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:06:52.071066-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T01:57:17.028198-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T01:57:17.028198-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-4nn.2","depends_on_id":"gt-4nn","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:06:52.072554-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-4nn.2","depends_on_id":"gt-4nn.1","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:07:02.949242-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-4nn.3","title":"Molecule CLI: bd molecule commands","description":"Add molecule commands to bd:\n\n## Commands\n\n```bash\nbd molecule list # List molecules (type: molecule)\nbd molecule show \u003cid\u003e # Show molecule with parsed steps\nbd molecule parse \u003cid\u003e # Validate and show parsed structure \nbd molecule instantiate \u003cmol-id\u003e --parent=\u003cissue-id\u003e # Create steps\nbd molecule instances \u003cmol-id\u003e # Show all instantiations\n```\n\n## gt spawn integration\n\n```bash\ngt spawn --issue \u003cid\u003e --molecule \u003cmol-id\u003e\n```\n\nThis should:\n1. Call `bd molecule instantiate` (creates child beads atomically)\n2. Spawn polecat on first ready step\n3. Polecat grinds through via `bd ready`\n\n## Output Examples\n\n```\n$ bd molecule show mol-abc\n\nmol-abc: Engineer in a Box\nType: molecule\n\nSteps (5):\n design → (ready first)\n implement → Needs: design\n review → Needs: implement\n test → Needs: implement \n submit → Needs: review, test\n \nInstances: 3\n```\n\n```\n$ bd molecule instances mol-abc\n\nParent Status Created\ngt-xyz done 2025-12-15\ngt-abc active 2025-12-17 (3/5 complete)\ngt-def pending 2025-12-18\n```","status":"closed","priority":0,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:06:53.919884-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:00:37.165927-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:00:37.165927-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-4nn.3","depends_on_id":"gt-4nn","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:06:53.921621-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-4nn.3","depends_on_id":"gt-4nn.2","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:07:03.048941-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-4nn.4","title":"Built-in molecules: engineer-in-box, quick-fix, research","description":"Create built-in molecules as Beads issues:\n\n## engineer-in-box\n\n```markdown\nid: mol-engineer-in-box\ntype: molecule\ntitle: Engineer in a Box\n\nFull workflow from design to merge.\n\n## Step: design\nThink carefully about architecture. Consider:\n- Existing patterns in the codebase\n- Trade-offs between approaches \n- Testability and maintainability\n\nWrite a brief design summary before proceeding.\n\n## Step: implement\nWrite the code. Follow codebase conventions.\nNeeds: design\n\n## Step: review\nSelf-review the changes. Look for:\n- Bugs and edge cases\n- Style issues\n- Missing error handling\nNeeds: implement\n\n## Step: test\nWrite and run tests. Cover happy path and edge cases.\nFix any failures before proceeding.\nNeeds: implement\n\n## Step: submit\nSubmit for merge via refinery.\nNeeds: review, test\n```\n\n## quick-fix\n\n```markdown\nid: mol-quick-fix\ntype: molecule \ntitle: Quick Fix\n\nFast path for small changes.\n\n## Step: implement\nMake the fix. Keep it focused.\n\n## Step: test\nRun relevant tests. Fix any regressions.\nNeeds: implement\n\n## Step: submit\nSubmit for merge.\nNeeds: test\n```\n\n## research\n\n```markdown\nid: mol-research\ntype: molecule\ntitle: Research\n\nInvestigation workflow.\n\n## Step: investigate\nExplore the question. Search code, read docs, \nunderstand context. Take notes.\n\n## Step: document\nWrite up findings. Include:\n- What you learned\n- Recommendations\n- Open questions\nNeeds: investigate\n```\n\n## Storage\n\nBuilt-in molecules live in `\u003ctown\u003e/.beads/` as regular issues.\nCreated during `gt install` or `bd init`.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:07:04.574565-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:02:19.332406-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:02:19.332406-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-4nn.4","depends_on_id":"gt-4nn","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:07:04.576587-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} -{"id":"gt-4put","title":"execute-actions","description":"Send nudges, process shutdowns, escalate as decided.\n\nNeeds: decide-actions","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:18:21.59918-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T16:18:21.59918-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-4put","depends_on_id":"gt-qp2w","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:18:21.606851-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}],"wisp":true} {"id":"gt-4qey","title":"gt mail: Cross-level routing is broken","description":"When Mayor sends mail to rig worker, message lands in wrong beads database. Sender's beads vs recipient's.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-20T17:57:35.617292-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T18:35:53.30276-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T18:35:53.30276-08:00"} {"id":"gt-4u5z","title":"Refinery as Worktree: Local MR Integration","description":"Move refinery from separate clone to git worktree. Polecats stop pushing to origin - refinery sees their branches locally. MRs become wisps (ephemeral). Only main gets pushed after merge.\n\n## Goals\n- Origin stays clean (only main + beads-sync branches)\n- No orphaned polecat branches ever\n- Simpler mental model for MR coordination\n- Faster integration (no network for local MR ops)\n\n## Trade-offs\n- Machine crash = redo pending work (acceptable, beads track state)\n- Future federation needs different approach (bundles or integration branch)\n\n## Components Affected\n- Rig initialization (refinery setup)\n- Spawn/polecat workflow (remove origin push)\n- Refinery manager (local branch access)\n- Documentation (architecture, workflows)\n- Molecule templates (remove push instructions)","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-23T20:24:56.517669-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T21:28:22.512455-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T21:28:22.512455-08:00","close_reason":"Complete: refinery as worktree, local branches, wisp MRs"} {"id":"gt-4u5z.1","title":"Update rig init to create refinery as worktree","description":"Modify rig initialization to create refinery as a git worktree instead of a separate clone.\n\n## Changes\n- internal/rig/init.go or similar - change refinery setup\n- Create worktree at \u003crig\u003e/refinery/ with branch 'refinery'\n- Remove clone logic for refinery\n- Update any path assumptions\n\n## Considerations\n- Refinery worktree should track main (or its own branch?)\n- May need to handle existing rigs (migration path)","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T20:25:25.927013-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T20:31:07.100875-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T20:31:07.100875-08:00","close_reason":"Rig init now creates refinery as worktree of mayor clone","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-4u5z.1","depends_on_id":"gt-4u5z","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T20:25:25.92745-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} @@ -178,6 +174,7 @@ {"id":"gt-690z","title":"Test MR","description":"test","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-18T20:15:16.685471-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T20:21:54.161643-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T20:21:54.161643-08:00"} {"id":"gt-6957","title":"Deacon primes pending workers instead of spawn nudge","description":"## Problem\n\nWhen gt spawn starts a polecat, it tries to send a nudge message immediately:\n1. Starts tmux session with Claude Code\n2. Waits 3 seconds (hardcoded)\n3. Sends nudge via NudgeSession\n\nBut Claude Code takes 10-20+ seconds to be ready. The message arrives before\nthe prompt is ready, so it appears as part of the prompt string instead of\nbeing executed.\n\n## Solution\n\nMove priming responsibility to the Deacon patrol cycle:\n\n1. gt spawn: Mark polecat as pending_prime=true in state, return immediately\n2. Deacon patrol: New step prime-pending-workers that:\n - Scans all rigs for workers with pending_prime=true\n - Uses WaitForClaudeReady() to poll for \"\u003e \" prompt (already exists in tmux.go)\n - Once ready, sends gt prime + assignment nudge\n - Clears pending_prime flag\n\n## Implementation\n\n### spawn.go changes\n- Remove the 3-second sleep (line 368)\n- Remove the NudgeSession call (lines 375-383)\n- Instead: Update polecat state with pending_prime=true\n\n### Polecat state addition\nstatus: assigned, pending_prime: true, issue: gt-xxx\n\n### Deacon patrol addition\nAdd step between inbox-check and plugin-run:\nprime-pending-workers: Check all rigs for workers marked pending_prime.\nFor each pending worker: WaitForClaudeReady(60s), then gt prime + nudge\n\n### Benefits\n- No race condition - we poll until actually ready\n- Deacon already does health checks - priming is natural fit\n- Works for polecats, witnesses, refineries, crew (unified approach)\n- Timeout handling built in\n\n## Depends on\n- Existing WaitForClaudeReady() in tmux.go (lines 384-403)","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T17:19:33.589909-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T17:31:27.458838-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T17:31:27.458838-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented: spawn no longer nudges, deacon patrol has trigger-pending-spawns step"} {"id":"gt-69l","title":"Hook system for event extensibility","description":"GGT needs hook system for extensibility like PGT.\n\n## Event Types\n```go\ntype Event string\nconst (\n EventPreSessionStart Event = \"pre-session-start\"\n EventPostSessionStart Event = \"post-session-start\"\n EventPreShutdown Event = \"pre-shutdown\"\n EventPostShutdown Event = \"post-shutdown\"\n EventOnPaneOutput Event = \"on-pane-output\"\n EventSessionIdle Event = \"session-idle\"\n EventMailReceived Event = \"mail-received\"\n EventWorkAssigned Event = \"work-assigned\"\n)\n```\n\n## Hook Configuration\nFile: .claude/hooks.json or .gastown/hooks.json\n```json\n{\n \"hooks\": {\n \"pre-shutdown\": [\n {\"type\": \"command\", \"cmd\": \"./scripts/pre-shutdown.sh\"}\n ],\n \"on-pane-output\": [\n {\"type\": \"command\", \"cmd\": \"./scripts/activity-monitor.sh\"}\n ]\n }\n}\n```\n\n## Hook Types\n1. **Command**: Execute external script\n2. **Built-in**: Internal Go functions (pre-shutdown checks)\n\n## Hook Interface\n```go\ntype HookRunner struct {\n config *HookConfig\n}\n\ntype HookResult struct {\n Success bool\n Message string\n Block bool // For pre-* hooks: should operation be blocked?\n}\n\nfunc (r *HookRunner) Fire(event Event, ctx *HookContext) []HookResult\n```\n\n## CLI Commands\n```\ngt hooks list [\u003cevent\u003e] # List registered hooks\ngt hooks fire \u003cevent\u003e # Manually fire for testing\ngt hooks test [--all] # Validate hook config\n```\n\n## Integration Points\n- internal/session/manager.go: Fire pre/post session hooks\n- internal/mail/router.go: Fire mail-received hook\n\n## New Package\ninternal/hooks/\nā”œā”€ā”€ types.go # Event, HookConfig, HookResult\nā”œā”€ā”€ runner.go # HookRunner, Fire()\n└── builtin.go # Built-in hooks (pre-shutdown checks)\n\n## PGT Reference\ngastown-py/src/gastown/hooks/\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] Hook config loading from JSON\n- [ ] Command hooks execute subprocess\n- [ ] Pre-shutdown hook integration with session stop\n- [ ] CLI for listing and testing hooks","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T14:47:34.584907-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T16:04:47.890588-08:00"} +{"id":"gt-6bhu","title":"Test Patrol Parent","description":"Test parent for Christmas Ornament pattern","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:13.33163-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:13.621939-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:13.621939-08:00"} {"id":"gt-6db","title":"gt rig shutdown: Gracefully stop all rig agents","description":"Add 'gt rig shutdown \u003crig\u003e' command to gracefully stop all agents in a rig.\n\nShould:\n- Stop all polecat sessions\n- Stop refinery\n- Stop witness\n- Optionally wait for graceful shutdown with timeout","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T21:50:07.938698-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:05:27.341209-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:05:27.341209-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-6db","depends_on_id":"gt-hw6","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T22:23:43.179236-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-6k8","title":"Interrupt vs Queue mail semantics","description":"Add priority/delivery semantics to mail messages.\n\n## Semantics\n\n| Type | Delivery | Use Case |\n|------|----------|----------|\n| Interrupt | tmux send-keys | Lifecycle, URGENT, stuck detection |\n| Queue | Create message only | Normal mail, status, heartbeat |\n\n## Implementation\n\n- `bd mail send --interrupt` uses tmux send-keys notification\n- Default is queue (agent checks with `gt mail check`)\n- Urgent flag on messages for interrupt delivery\n\n## Agent Side\n\n- `gt mail check --quiet` - non-blocking check for queued mail\n- `gt mail wait` - block until mail arrives (for idle agents)\n- Heartbeats become queued, agent checks at natural breakpoints","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-18T14:19:28.408196-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T17:22:52.555329-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T16:31:00.450061-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-6k8","depends_on_id":"gt-99m","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T14:19:46.529252-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-6lt3","title":"Work on ga-rd4: Add gt polecat status command. Show detai...","description":"Work on ga-rd4: Add gt polecat status command. Show detailed polecat status including current issue, session state, last activity time. When done, submit MR (not PR) to integration branch for Refinery.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:58:26.320627-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T23:23:07.448718-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T23:23:07.448718-08:00"} @@ -232,6 +229,7 @@ {"id":"gt-8nmy","title":"Update Deacon template to emphasize staying in ~/gt/deacon directory","description":"The Deacon template should instruct the agent to stay in ~/gt/deacon/ as much as possible, and always return there after any excursion. This prevents issues with identity detection (mail, mol status) which depend on cwd.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T13:30:27.969826-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T13:30:27.969826-08:00"} {"id":"gt-8os8","title":"Work on ga-p6r: Add handoff protocol to spawn priming. En...","description":"Work on ga-p6r: Add handoff protocol to spawn priming. Ensure polecats receive handoff context when spawned. When done, submit MR (not PR) to integration branch for Refinery.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:57:59.334003-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T23:22:07.076974-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T23:22:07.076974-08:00"} {"id":"gt-8pcb","title":"Plugin/molecule catalog integration design","description":"Two currently independent systems:\n1. Disk-based plugins (~~/gt/plugins/) - Deacon patrol extensions\n2. Molecule catalog (protos in beads) - bd pour/wisp/bond\n\nInvestigate integration points:\n- User-contributed molecules bonded to catalog\n- Dynamic molecule attachment during execution (e.g., 'attach security sniffer because we noticed condition X')\n- How plugins could contribute protos\n- How protos could trigger plugins\n\nNot blocking launch. Future design investigation.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T21:52:47.897048-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T21:52:47.897048-08:00"} +{"id":"gt-8qv3","title":"request-shutdown","description":"Send shutdown request to Witness.\nWait for termination.\n\nThe polecat is now ready to be cleaned up.\nDo not exit directly - wait for Witness to kill the session.\n\nDepends: generate-summary","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:58:52.600349-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:59:10.938756-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T21:59:10.938756-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-8qv3","depends_on_id":"gt-q6hl","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:58:52.603957-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}]} {"id":"gt-8r7","title":"Enhance Mayor CLAUDE.md with GGT milestone tracking","description":"Update ~/ai/CLAUDE.md (Mayor startup context) with:\n\n1. GGT Self-Hosting Milestone section\n - Track progress toward gt replacing town\n - Key blockers: gt-h5n (merge queue), gt-974 (daemon)\n - What \"self-hosting\" means (GGT working on itself)\n\n2. Recent Architecture Decisions\n - Engineer = role, Refinery = place\n - Merge queue in Beads (not branch discovery)\n - Session restart protocol\n\n3. Transition Plan\n - Current: use town commands (PGT)\n - Target: use gt commands (GGT)\n - Switch criteria: gt-b1g closed\n\nKeep it concise - Mayor context should be quick to scan.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T23:12:07.260653-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T23:12:07.260653-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-8r7","depends_on_id":"gt-h5n","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-16T23:12:15.124842-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-8tmz","title":"Molecule Algebra: Work Composition DSL","description":"Implement the molecule algebra - a declarative language for composing, transforming, and executing structured work. Enables mechanical composition without AI.\n\nThe Three Phases: Rig → Cook → Run\n\n- **Rig**: Source-level composition (formula YAML with extends/compose)\n- **Cook**: Instantiation (formula → proto → mol/wisp)\n- **Run**: Execution (agents complete steps)\n\nTwo Composition Operators:\n- **Rig** operates on formulas (source level)\n- **Bond** operates on artifacts (protos, mols, wisps)\n\nKey components:\n- Formulas: YAML source with composition rules (.formula.yaml)\n- Cook: Pre-expand macros/aspects to flat proto\n- Phase verbs (pour, wisp)\n- Bond: Artifact-level polymorphic composition\n- Composition operators (sequence, parallel, branch, loop, gate)\n- Advice operators (before, after, around - Lisp style)\n- Expansion operators (macros like Rule of Five)\n- Aspects (AOP cross-cutting concerns)\n\nSee docs/rig-cook-run.md for the lifecycle spec.\nSee docs/molecule-algebra.md for full algebra specification.\nExample formulas in .beads/formulas/","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-23T18:03:48.824827-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T19:19:52.260736-08:00"} {"id":"gt-8tmz.1","title":"Phase verbs: pour and wisp commands","description":"Implement the phase transition verbs:\n- bd pour \u003cproto\u003e - instantiate as persistent mol\n- bd wisp \u003cproto\u003e - instantiate as ephemeral wisp\n- Update bd mol bond to inherit phase from target\n\nThese replace the current --wisp flag with cleaner verb semantics.","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T18:03:57.280647-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T18:03:57.280647-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-8tmz.1","depends_on_id":"gt-8tmz","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T18:03:57.281096-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} @@ -327,7 +325,9 @@ {"id":"gt-aqd8","title":"Witness Patrol Molecule","description":"Create mol-witness-patrol molecule for witness heartbeat loop.\n\nSimilar to DeaconPatrolMolecule but for per-rig witness duties.\n\n## Steps\n1. inbox-check - Process witness mail\n2. survey-workers - List polecats, check status\n3. inspect-workers - Capture pane output, assess state \n4. plugin-run - Execute plugins from \u003crig\u003e/plugins/witness/\n5. decide-actions - Determine nudges, escalations\n6. execute-actions - Send nudges, process shutdowns\n7. context-check - Check own context, handoff if needed\n8. loop-or-exit - Continue or cycle\n\nThe plugin-run step enables user customization of the patrol loop.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:16:52.808202-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T04:39:26.805771-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T04:39:26.805771-08:00","close_reason":"Superseded by Christmas Ornament pattern (gt-tnow, gt-qflq). Flat patrol design replaced by dynamic bonding with per-polecat arms."} {"id":"gt-aqku","title":"BUG: gt done doesn't push branch to origin - work lost when worktree deleted","description":"## Problem\n\n`gt done` creates a merge-request record in beads but **never pushes the branch to origin**.\n\nWhen polecats are cleaned up (worktrees deleted), the branch is lost forever. The MR record exists but there's no actual branch to merge.\n\n## Evidence\n\n12 MQ items had `ready` status but no corresponding branches on origin. All polecat worktrees were deleted, losing all work.\n\n## Impact\n\n**CRITICAL**: All polecat work is silently lost unless polecats manually push (which they don't know to do).\n\n## Fix\n\nIn `done.go`, before creating the MR:\n1. `git push origin \u003cbranch\u003e` to push the branch to remote\n2. Only create MR record if push succeeds\n\n## Location\n`mayor/rig/internal/cmd/done.go:124-135`","status":"closed","priority":0,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:21:27.012045-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:22:45.104108-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T17:22:45.104108-08:00","close_reason":"Fixed in done.go and mq_submit.go - both now push branch before creating MR"} {"id":"gt-aqm","title":"Beads as Universal Data Plane","description":"## Vision\n\nBeads is the data plane for all Gas Town operations. Everything flows through beads:\n- Work items (issues, tasks, epics)\n- Mail (messages between agents)\n- Merge requests (queue entries)\n- Workflows (composable execution patterns)\n- Resources (leases, locks, quotas)\n- Schedules (timed activities)\n\n## New Bead Categories\n\n### Molecules (Composable Workflows)\nCrystallized workflow patterns that can be attached to work items.\n\n### Timed Beads (Scheduled Work)\nBeads that wake up periodically via daemon.\n\n### Pinned Beads (Ongoing Concerns)\nBeads representing persistent concerns, not discrete tasks.\n\n### Resource Beads (Leases/Locks)\nBeads representing reserved resources.\n\n## v1 Priority\n\n- **P0**: Molecules (enables engineer-in-box)\n- **P2**: Timed, Pinned, Resource beads (post-v1)","status":"open","priority":0,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:05:57.847578-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T18:06:10.898712-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-aqm","depends_on_id":"gt-4nn","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:06:29.881371-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-aqm","depends_on_id":"gt-caz","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:08:19.833603-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-aqm","depends_on_id":"gt-8h4","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:08:19.930166-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-aqm","depends_on_id":"gt-b3p","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:08:20.026188-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-av4m","title":"execute-actions","description":"Send nudges, process shutdowns, escalate as decided.\n\nNeeds: decide-actions","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:23:42.026052-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T16:23:42.026053-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-av4m","depends_on_id":"gt-87jz","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:23:42.026713-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}]} {"id":"gt-av8","title":"Update Mayor prompting in gastown-py","description":"The Mayor CLAUDE.md and related prompting in gastown-py (still in production use) needs to reflect current design decisions: session cycling, handoff protocol, cleanup responsibilities, beads access model. Sync prompting with GGT design work.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T20:24:09.953043-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T21:07:29.858267-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-15T21:07:29.858267-08:00"} +{"id":"gt-avq9","title":"Merge: gt-3x1.3","description":"branch: polecat/Doof\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-3x1.3\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:23:06.77909-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T21:23:06.858435-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T21:23:06.858435-08:00"} {"id":"gt-axz","title":"Design: Plugin architecture (agents-as-plugins)","description":"Plugin system where plugins are just additional agents with identities, mailboxes, and beads access. See docs/architecture.md Plugins section. No special framework - just directory conventions and mail-based invocation.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-15T22:52:43.614095-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T23:17:04.627865-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-axz","depends_on_id":"gt-id36","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:41.790184-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-ay1r","title":"gt molecule current: Show what agent should be working on","description":"Query what an agent identity is supposed to be working on via breadcrumb trail.\n\n## Command\n```bash\ngt molecule current \u003cidentity\u003e\ngt molecule current gastown/furiosa\ngt molecule current deacon\n```\n\n## Logic\n1. Find handoff bead for identity (pinned bead titled \"\u003crole\u003e Handoff\")\n2. Parse attachment field → molecule ID\n3. If no attachment → \"naked\" (no active molecule)\n4. If attached → load molecule, find current step:\n - bd ready --parent=\u003cmol-id\u003e → next unblocked step\n - Or first in_progress step\n\n## Output\n```\nIdentity: gastown/furiosa\nHandoff: gt-8v2 (Furiosa Handoff)\nMolecule: gt-mol-abc (mol-polecat-work)\nProgress: 3/8 steps complete\nCurrent: gt-mol-abc.4 - verify-tests\n```\n\nOr if naked:\n```\nIdentity: gastown/angharad\nHandoff: gt-9x1 (Angharad Handoff)\nMolecule: (none attached)\nStatus: naked - awaiting work assignment\n```\n\n## Use Cases\n- Mayor checking what polecats are doing\n- Witness verifying polecat progress\n- Debug: \"why isnt this polecat working?\"\n- Deacon patrol: track all agent states","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","assignee":"gastown/dementus","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:34:01.430109-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T23:43:41.533695-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T23:43:41.533695-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented gt molecule current command"} {"id":"gt-az41","title":"mol-ready-work variants: safe vs aggressive","description":"## Summary\n\nCreate two variants of mol-ready-work:\n\n### mol-ready-work-safe (default)\n- PRs: review and comment, but require human approval for merge\n- Issues: triage only, don't auto-close\n- Beads: implement but create PR instead of pushing to main\n\n### mol-ready-work-aggressive \n- PRs: can approve and merge directly\n- Issues: can close duplicates/invalid\n- Beads: can push directly to main\n\n## Implementation\nCould be a single molecule with a `{{mode}}` variable, or two separate protos.\n\n## Parent\nPart of gt-tnca (mol-ready-work epic)","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:19:38.703698-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T01:19:38.703698-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-az41","depends_on_id":"gt-tnca","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:19:56.387233-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} @@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ {"id":"gt-b6qm","title":"gt spawn/crew setup should create .beads/redirect for worktrees","description":"Crew clones and polecats need a .beads/redirect file pointing to the shared beads database (../../mayor/rig/.beads). Currently:\n\n- redirect files can get deleted by git clean\n- not auto-created during gt spawn or worktree setup\n- missing redirects cause 'no beads database found' errors\n\nFound missing in: gastown/joe, beads/zoey (after git clean)\n\nFix options:\n1. gt spawn creates redirect during worktree setup\n2. gt prime regenerates missing redirects\n3. bd commands auto-detect worktree and find shared beads\n\nThis should be standard Gas Town rig configuration.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:11.222073-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:16:53.518631-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T21:16:53.518631-08:00","close_reason":"Fixed: crew.Add() creates redirect, gt prime regenerates missing redirects"} {"id":"gt-bbb1","title":"Merge: gt-rana.4","description":"branch: polecat/ace\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-rana.4\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:47:29.769226-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.498389-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.498389-08:00","close_reason":"ORPHANED: Branch never pushed, worktree deleted"} {"id":"gt-bcwn","title":"Auto-handoff: self-cycling with guaranteed work pickup","description":"## Summary\n\nA mechanism for agents to self-cycle: send handoff mail, request Deacon to kill the process, and automatically restart to pick up the work.\n\n## Use Case\n\nUser says: `auto-handoff: gt-bug3`\n\nThe agent:\n1. Sends handoff mail documenting current state\n2. Requests Deacon to terminate the session\n3. Deacon restarts the agent in background\n4. New session picks up the handoff and continues working\n\nWhen the user returns to terminal, the old session is gone but work continues in background. User can reattach.\n\n## Key Requirements\n\n- **Guaranteed pickup**: Something in the hook and/or handoff must ensure the new session picks up the work (not just a passive \"check inbox\")\n- **Background execution**: Work continues without user presence\n- **Reattachability**: User can reconnect to see progress\n\n## Design Questions\n\n1. Can molecules help coordinate this? (e.g., molecule binds the handoff + auto-restart)\n2. What hook handles the pickup guarantee? \n3. How does Deacon know to restart vs just kill?\n4. How does user reattach to a background agent?\n\n## Related\n\n- Molecules system\n- Deacon lifecycle management\n- Handoff hooks","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-21T11:59:50.352286-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T12:00:06.867846-08:00"} -{"id":"gt-bd02.1","title":"Polecat Arm (arm-toast)","description":"Single polecat inspection and action cycle.\n\nThis molecule is bonded dynamically by mol-witness-patrol's survey-workers step.\nEach polecat being monitored gets one arm that runs in parallel with other arms.\n\n## Variables\n\n| Variable | Required | Description |\n|----------|----------|-------------|\n| polecat_name | Yes | Name of the polecat to inspect |\n| rig | Yes | Rig containing the polecat |\n\n## Step: capture\nCapture recent tmux output for toast.\n\n```bash\ntmux capture-pane -t gt-gastown-toast -p | tail -50\n```\n\nRecord:\n- Last activity timestamp (when was last tool call?)\n- Visible errors or stack traces\n- Completion indicators (\"Done\", \"Finished\", etc.)\n\n## Step: assess\nCategorize polecat state based on captured output.\n\nStates:\n- **working**: Recent tool calls, active processing\n- **idle**: At prompt, no recent activity\n- **error**: Showing errors or stack traces\n- **requesting_shutdown**: Sent LIFECYCLE/Shutdown mail\n- **done**: Showing completion indicators\n\nCalculate: minutes since last activity.\nNeeds: capture\n\n## Step: load-history\nRead nudge history for toast from patrol state.\n\n```\nnudge_count = state.nudges[toast].count\nlast_nudge_time = state.nudges[toast].timestamp\n```\n\nThis data was loaded by the parent patrol's load-state step and passed\nto the arm via the bonding context.\nNeeds: assess\n\n## Step: decide\nApply the nudge matrix to determine action for toast.\n\n| State | Idle Time | Nudge Count | Action |\n|-------|-----------|-------------|--------|\n| working | any | any | none |\n| idle | \u003c10min | any | none |\n| idle | 10-15min | 0 | nudge-1 (gentle) |\n| idle | 15-20min | 1 | nudge-2 (direct) |\n| idle | 20+min | 2 | nudge-3 (final) |\n| idle | any | 3 | escalate |\n| error | any | any | assess-severity |\n| requesting_shutdown | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n| done | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n\nNudge text:\n1. \"How's progress? Need any help?\"\n2. \"Please wrap up soon. What's blocking you?\"\n3. \"Final check. Will escalate in 5 min if no response.\"\n\nRecord decision and rationale.\nNeeds: load-history\n\n## Step: execute\nTake the decided action for toast.\n\n**nudge-N**:\n```bash\ntmux send-keys -t gt-gastown-toast \"{{nudge_text}}\" Enter\n```\n\n**pre-kill-verify**:\n```bash\ncd polecats/toast\ngit status # Must be clean\ngit log origin/main..HEAD # Check for unpushed\nbd show \u003cassigned-issue\u003e # Verify closed/deferred\n```\nIf clean: kill session, remove worktree, delete branch\nIf dirty: record failure, retry next cycle\n\n**escalate**:\n```bash\ngt mail send mayor/ -s \"Escalation: toast stuck\" -m \"...\"\n```\n\n**none**: No action needed.\n\nRecord: action taken, result, updated nudge count.\nNeeds: decide\n\n## Output\n\nThe arm completes with:\n- action_taken: none | nudge-1 | nudge-2 | nudge-3 | killed | escalated\n- result: success | failed | pending\n- updated_state: New nudge count and timestamp for toast\n\nThis data feeds back to the parent patrol's aggregate step.\n---\nbonded_from: mol-polecat-arm\nbonded_to: gt-bd02\nbonded_ref: arm-toast\nbonded_at: 2025-12-23T10:00:00Z\n","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:07.039702-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:07.223599-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:07.223599-08:00","close_reason":"Closed"} +{"id":"gt-bd02","title":"Test Patrol for Bonding","description":"Parent issue for mol bond CLI test","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:06.94872-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:07.319578-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:07.319578-08:00"} +{"id":"gt-bd02.1","title":"Polecat Arm (arm-toast)","description":"Single polecat inspection and action cycle.\n\nThis molecule is bonded dynamically by mol-witness-patrol's survey-workers step.\nEach polecat being monitored gets one arm that runs in parallel with other arms.\n\n## Variables\n\n| Variable | Required | Description |\n|----------|----------|-------------|\n| polecat_name | Yes | Name of the polecat to inspect |\n| rig | Yes | Rig containing the polecat |\n\n## Step: capture\nCapture recent tmux output for toast.\n\n```bash\ntmux capture-pane -t gt-gastown-toast -p | tail -50\n```\n\nRecord:\n- Last activity timestamp (when was last tool call?)\n- Visible errors or stack traces\n- Completion indicators (\"Done\", \"Finished\", etc.)\n\n## Step: assess\nCategorize polecat state based on captured output.\n\nStates:\n- **working**: Recent tool calls, active processing\n- **idle**: At prompt, no recent activity\n- **error**: Showing errors or stack traces\n- **requesting_shutdown**: Sent LIFECYCLE/Shutdown mail\n- **done**: Showing completion indicators\n\nCalculate: minutes since last activity.\nNeeds: capture\n\n## Step: load-history\nRead nudge history for toast from patrol state.\n\n```\nnudge_count = state.nudges[toast].count\nlast_nudge_time = state.nudges[toast].timestamp\n```\n\nThis data was loaded by the parent patrol's load-state step and passed\nto the arm via the bonding context.\nNeeds: assess\n\n## Step: decide\nApply the nudge matrix to determine action for toast.\n\n| State | Idle Time | Nudge Count | Action |\n|-------|-----------|-------------|--------|\n| working | any | any | none |\n| idle | \u003c10min | any | none |\n| idle | 10-15min | 0 | nudge-1 (gentle) |\n| idle | 15-20min | 1 | nudge-2 (direct) |\n| idle | 20+min | 2 | nudge-3 (final) |\n| idle | any | 3 | escalate |\n| error | any | any | assess-severity |\n| requesting_shutdown | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n| done | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n\nNudge text:\n1. \"How's progress? Need any help?\"\n2. \"Please wrap up soon. What's blocking you?\"\n3. \"Final check. Will escalate in 5 min if no response.\"\n\nRecord decision and rationale.\nNeeds: load-history\n\n## Step: execute\nTake the decided action for toast.\n\n**nudge-N**:\n```bash\ntmux send-keys -t gt-gastown-toast \"{{nudge_text}}\" Enter\n```\n\n**pre-kill-verify**:\n```bash\ncd polecats/toast\ngit status # Must be clean\ngit log origin/main..HEAD # Check for unpushed\nbd show \u003cassigned-issue\u003e # Verify closed/deferred\n```\nIf clean: kill session, remove worktree, delete branch\nIf dirty: record failure, retry next cycle\n\n**escalate**:\n```bash\ngt mail send mayor/ -s \"Escalation: toast stuck\" -m \"...\"\n```\n\n**none**: No action needed.\n\nRecord: action taken, result, updated nudge count.\nNeeds: decide\n\n## Output\n\nThe arm completes with:\n- action_taken: none | nudge-1 | nudge-2 | nudge-3 | killed | escalated\n- result: success | failed | pending\n- updated_state: New nudge count and timestamp for toast\n\nThis data feeds back to the parent patrol's aggregate step.\n---\nbonded_from: mol-polecat-arm\nbonded_to: gt-bd02\nbonded_ref: arm-toast\nbonded_at: 2025-12-23T10:00:00Z\n","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:07.039702-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:07.223599-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:07.223599-08:00","close_reason":"Closed","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-bd02.1","depends_on_id":"gt-bd02","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:06:07.040075-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-bd2l","title":"Witness tmux status: show polecat count under management","description":"Add witness-specific status line showing:\n- Number of polecats under management\n- Active/idle status\n- Maybe: last nudge time, blocked count\n\nImplement in runWitnessStatusLine() in internal/cmd/statusline.go","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-21T15:40:29.482141-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T15:47:49.492436-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T15:47:49.492436-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented status line functions for witness and refinery"} {"id":"gt-beqp","title":"Merge: gt-72so","description":"branch: polecat/Doof\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-72so\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-19T16:19:11.814962-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T18:26:14.103556-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T17:47:03.61793-08:00"} {"id":"gt-bf95","title":"rebase-main","description":"Rebase against main to incorporate any changes.\nResolve conflicts if needed.\n\ngit fetch origin main\ngit rebase origin/main\n\nIf there are conflicts, resolve them carefully and continue the rebase.\n\nDepends: self-review, verify-tests","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.322259-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.322259-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-bf95","depends_on_id":"gt-i4lo","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.327372-08:00","created_by":"stevey"},{"issue_id":"gt-bf95","depends_on_id":"gt-ldm4","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.328498-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}],"wisp":true} @@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ {"id":"gt-dd8s","title":"gt molecule seed: create built-in molecules as beads","description":"The molecule infrastructure is complete but built-in molecules (engineer-in-box, quick-fix, research) need to be seeded into the beads database.\n\n## Current State\n- `gt molecule list` works but shows 0 molecules\n- BuiltinMolecules() in internal/beads/builtin_molecules.go has 3 molecules defined\n- No way to create them as beads\n\n## Needed\nAdd `gt molecule seed` command that:\n1. Reads BuiltinMolecules()\n2. Creates each as a bead with type: molecule\n3. Uses well-known IDs (mol-engineer-in-box, mol-quick-fix, mol-research)\n4. Idempotent (skip if already exists)\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n```\ngt molecule seed\ngt molecule list # Shows 3 built-in molecules\n```\n\n## Parent\ngt-4nn: Molecules epic","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T14:13:27.432957-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:24:39.125244-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T14:44:40.092009-08:00"} {"id":"gt-dh65","title":"Add gate checking to Deacon patrol loop","description":"Integrate gate checking into Deacon's patrol cycle.\n\n## Patrol Integration\n```go\nfunc (d *Deacon) checkGates(ctx context.Context) {\n gates, _ := d.store.ListOpenGates(ctx)\n \n for _, gate := range gates {\n // Check timeout\n if time.Since(gate.CreatedAt) \u003e gate.Timeout {\n d.notifyWaiters(gate, \"timeout\")\n d.closeGate(gate, \"timed out\")\n continue\n }\n \n // Check condition\n if d.checkCondition(gate.AwaitType, gate.AwaitID) {\n d.notifyWaiters(gate, \"cleared\")\n d.closeGate(gate, \"condition met\")\n }\n }\n}\n```\n\n## Moved from beads\nOriginally bd-is6m. Deacon is in gastown, not beads.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T12:19:06.768752-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T12:19:06.768752-08:00"} {"id":"gt-dich","title":"gt handoff deadlock at handoff.go:125","description":"When running 'gt handoff -m \"message\"' after successful MR submit, go panics with 'fatal error: all goroutines are asleep - deadlock\\!' at handoff.go:125. The shutdown request still appears to be sent successfully but the command crashes. Stack trace shows issue is in runHandoff select statement.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:18.441808-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:18.441808-08:00"} -{"id":"gt-djzh","title":"Merge: gt-ldk8","description":"branch: polecat/nux\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-ldk8\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:15:25.915147-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T01:16:15.726698-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T01:16:15.726698-08:00","close_reason":"Merged to main"} +{"id":"gt-djzh","title":"Merge: gt-ldk8","description":"branch: polecat/nux\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-ldk8\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:15:25.915147-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T01:16:15.726698-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T01:16:15.726698-08:00"} {"id":"gt-dkc","title":"Add harness overview to Mayor priming","description":"Update gt prime Mayor context to explain the harness concept: umbrella repo for GT installation, rigs underneath, Mayor sits above all rigs","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T16:42:44.864606-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-17T16:44:12.568963-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-17T16:44:12.568963-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-dkc","depends_on_id":"gt-l1o","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T16:42:54.736437-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-dq3","title":"Split PGT/GGT harness or migrate to GGT-only","description":"Current ~/ai harness is shared by PGT and GGT with confusing overlap. Options:\n1. Keep separate (document the coexistence)\n2. Migrate fully to GGT structure\n3. Create separate harnesses\n\nThis affects the beads redirect, Mayor home location, and rig structure.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T17:15:32.308192-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:08:48.653114-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:08:48.653114-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-dq3","depends_on_id":"gt-cr9","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T17:15:51.717903-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-drbd","title":"Add no-PR instructions to mol-polecat-work at two points","description":"Update mol-polecat-work in builtin_molecules.go to explicitly forbid GitHub PRs.\n\n## Two Points to Add Instructions\n\n### 1. submit-work step\nWhen polecat is ready to submit:\n- Push branch to origin\n- Create beads merge-request issue\n- DO NOT use gh pr create or GitHub PRs\n\n### 2. CLAUDE.md polecat context\nAdd to polecat role instructions:\n- Never use gh pr create\n- Never create GitHub pull requests\n- The Refinery processes merges via beads MR issues\n\n## Why Two Points\n- Molecule step description guides the workflow\n- CLAUDE.md reinforces at context level\n- Belt and suspenders approach\n\n## Implementation\n1. Update PolecatWorkMolecule() submit-work step description\n2. Update prompts/roles/polecat.md with explicit prohibition\n\nRelated: gt-44wh (general no-PR bug)","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:44:51.497283-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T15:06:02.248711-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T15:06:02.248711-08:00","close_reason":"Added no-PR instructions to mol-polecat-work submit-merge step and polecat.md role docs","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-drbd","depends_on_id":"gt-44wh","type":"related","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:44:57.503314-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} @@ -457,7 +458,7 @@ {"id":"gt-f9x.8","title":"LocalConnection: Local file/exec/tmux operations","description":"LocalConnection implementation for local machine operations.\n\n## Implementation\n\n```go\ntype LocalConnection struct {\n tmux *Tmux\n}\n\nfunc NewLocalConnection() *LocalConnection\n\nfunc (c *LocalConnection) Name() string { return \"local\" }\nfunc (c *LocalConnection) IsLocal() bool { return true }\n```\n\n## File Operations\n\nDirect passthrough to os package:\n```go\nfunc (c *LocalConnection) ReadFile(path string) ([]byte, error) {\n return os.ReadFile(path)\n}\n// etc.\n```\n\n## Command Execution\n\nUses exec.Command:\n```go\nfunc (c *LocalConnection) Exec(cmd string, args ...string) ([]byte, error) {\n return exec.Command(cmd, args...).Output()\n}\n```\n\n## Tmux\n\nDelegates to Tmux wrapper:\n```go\nfunc (c *LocalConnection) TmuxNewSession(name, dir string) error {\n return c.tmux.NewSession(name, dir)\n}\n```\n\n## Notes\n\nStraightforward implementation - this is the \"baseline\" connection that SSHConnection will mirror remotely.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T16:37:19.879102-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T23:17:18.556669-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-f9x.8","depends_on_id":"gt-f9x","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-15T16:37:19.879451-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-f9x.8","depends_on_id":"gt-f9x.7","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T16:37:36.087392-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-f9x.9","title":"Machine registry: Store and manage machine configs","description":"Registry for managing remote machines in federation.\n\n## Data Model\n\n```go\ntype Machine struct {\n Name string `json:\"name\"`\n Type string `json:\"type\"` // \"local\", \"ssh\", \"gcp\"\n Host string `json:\"host\"` // for ssh: user@host\n KeyPath string `json:\"key_path\"` // SSH key path\n TownPath string `json:\"town_path\"` // Path to town on remote\n}\n```\n\n## Interface\n\n```go\ntype MachineRegistry struct {\n path string // config/federation.json\n machines map[string]*Machine\n}\n\nfunc NewMachineRegistry(configPath string) *MachineRegistry\nfunc (r *MachineRegistry) Get(name string) (*Machine, error)\nfunc (r *MachineRegistry) Add(m *Machine) error\nfunc (r *MachineRegistry) Remove(name string) error\nfunc (r *MachineRegistry) List() []*Machine\nfunc (r *MachineRegistry) Connection(name string) (Connection, error)\n```\n\n## Storage\n\nfederation.json in config/:\n```json\n{\n \"version\": 1,\n \"machines\": {\n \"local\": {\"type\": \"local\"},\n \"gcp-vm-1\": {\n \"type\": \"ssh\",\n \"host\": \"user@10.0.0.1\",\n \"key_path\": \"~/.ssh/gcp_key\",\n \"town_path\": \"/home/user/ai\"\n }\n }\n}\n```\n\n## Connection Factory\n\n```go\nfunc (r *MachineRegistry) Connection(name string) (Connection, error) {\n m := r.machines[name]\n switch m.Type {\n case \"local\":\n return NewLocalConnection(), nil\n case \"ssh\":\n return NewSSHConnection(m.Host, m.KeyPath), nil\n }\n}\n```","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T16:37:21.968099-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T23:17:18.644857-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-f9x.9","depends_on_id":"gt-f9x","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-15T16:37:21.968442-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-f9x.9","depends_on_id":"gt-f9x.7","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T16:37:36.174052-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-fax0","title":"test pin fix 2","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T12:15:43.240045-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T12:15:43.240045-08:00"} -{"id":"gt-fc0d","title":"self-review","description":"Review your own changes. Look for:\n- Bugs and edge cases\n- Style issues\n- Missing error handling\n- Security concerns\n\nFix any issues found before proceeding.\n\nDepends: implement","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:58:52.600154-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:59:10.940985-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T21:59:10.940985-08:00","close_reason":"test cleanup","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-fc0d","depends_on_id":"gt-q6hl","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:58:52.60252-08:00","created_by":"stevey"},{"issue_id":"gt-fc0d","depends_on_id":"gt-adc9","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:58:52.603308-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}],"wisp":true} +{"id":"gt-fc0d","title":"self-review","description":"Review your own changes. Look for:\n- Bugs and edge cases\n- Style issues\n- Missing error handling\n- Security concerns\n\nFix any issues found before proceeding.\n\nDepends: implement","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:58:52.600154-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:59:10.940985-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T21:59:10.940985-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-fc0d","depends_on_id":"gt-q6hl","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:58:52.60252-08:00","created_by":"stevey"},{"issue_id":"gt-fc0d","depends_on_id":"gt-adc9","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:58:52.603308-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}]} {"id":"gt-fjvo","title":"mol-code-review: Self-improving code review molecule","description":"Create a code review molecule that enables Gas Town to self-improve through automated PR review. Flywheel: review generates quality checks, discovered issues, pattern learning.","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:03:10.117272-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T21:03:10.117272-08:00"} {"id":"gt-fko","title":"Add Gas Town theory of operation to all role primings","description":"All roles (Mayor, Witness, Refinery, Polecat) should get basic GT architecture context: harness, rigs, agents, mail, beads workflow","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T16:42:46.445526-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-17T17:00:36.466742-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-17T17:00:36.466742-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-fko","depends_on_id":"gt-l1o","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T16:42:54.87032-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-fko","depends_on_id":"gt-dkc","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T16:42:56.409618-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-fly0","title":"bd close --continue: auto-advance to next molecule step","description":"Add --continue flag to bd close for seamless molecule step transitions.\n\n## Usage\n\nbd close \u003cstep-id\u003e --continue [--no-auto]\n\n## Behavior\n\n1. Closes the specified step\n2. Finds next ready step in same molecule (sibling/child)\n3. By default, marks it in_progress (--no-auto to skip)\n4. Outputs the transition\n\n## Output\n\n[checkmark] Closed gt-abc.3: Implement feature\n\nNext ready in molecule:\n gt-abc.4: Write tests\n\n[arrow] Marked in_progress (use --no-auto to skip)\n\n## If no next step\n\n[checkmark] Closed gt-abc.6: Exit decision\n\nMolecule gt-abc complete! All steps closed.\nConsider: bd mol squash gt-abc --summary '...'\n\n## Key behaviors\n- Detects parent molecule from closed step\n- Finds next unblocked sibling\n- Auto-claims by default (propulsion principle)\n- Graceful handling when molecule is complete\n\n## Beads feature\nThis is a bd command - needs implementation in beads repo.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-22T17:01:00.437929-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T17:04:13.464939-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T17:04:13.464939-08:00","close_reason":"Moved to beads: bd-ieyy"} @@ -480,6 +481,13 @@ {"id":"gt-g44u.4","title":"Step recovery: timeout and release","description":"Implement recovery mechanism for stuck molecule steps.\n\n## Problem\nWhen a worker dies mid-step, the step stays in_progress forever.\nNeed timeout/release mechanism for nondeterministic idempotence.\n\n## Solution\n1. Track step start time (claimed_at timestamp)\n2. Timeout: After 30 min in_progress, step returns to pending\n3. Manual release: bd release \u003cstep-id\u003e\n\n## Implementation Options\n\n### Option A: Beads-level timeout\n- Add claimed_at field to issues\n- bd ready excludes items in_progress \u003c 30 min\n- bd ready includes items in_progress \u003e 30 min (auto-recovery)\n\n### Option B: Daemon-level timeout \n- Daemon watches in_progress items\n- Moves back to pending after timeout\n\n### Option C: Manual only (MVP)\n- bd release \u003cid\u003e manually moves in_progress → pending\n- Document recovery procedure\n- Witness can automate for polecats\n\n## Recommendation\nStart with Option C (manual) for Christmas. Add Option A later.\n\n## Acceptance\n- [ ] bd release command works\n- [ ] Stuck steps can be recovered\n- [ ] Documented recovery procedure","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:15.072833-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T16:16:32.325856-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T16:16:32.325856-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-g44u.4","depends_on_id":"gt-g44u","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:15.07451-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-g44u.5","title":"Spawn --molecule integration","description":"Implement gt spawn --molecule flag for molecule-based polecat workflows.\n\nUsage: gt spawn --issue gt-xyz --molecule mol-gastown-polecat\n\nBehavior:\n1. Validate molecule exists and is well-formed\n2. Create molecule instance (child beads) under the issue \n3. Find first ready step(s) in the instance\n4. Spawn polecat with first ready step as initial work\n\nImplementation:\n1. Add --molecule flag to spawn command\n2. Call molecule.Instantiate()\n3. Query ready steps from instance\n4. Pass first ready step to polecat context\n\nFiles: internal/cmd/spawn.go\n\nAcceptance:\n- --molecule flag works\n- Creates proper molecule instance\n- Polecat starts on first ready step\n- End-to-end test with actual polecat","status":"closed","priority":0,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:24.519069-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T16:13:10.086807-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T16:13:10.086807-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-g44u.5","depends_on_id":"gt-g44u","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:24.521029-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-g44u.5","depends_on_id":"gt-g44u.1","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:31.275526-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-g844","title":"load-context","description":"Run gt prime and bd prime. Verify issue assignment.\nCheck inbox for any relevant messages.\n\nRead the assigned issue (gt-test) and understand the requirements.\nIdentify any blockers or missing information.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T22:04:43.420661-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T22:05:10.50027-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T22:05:10.50027-08:00","close_reason":"test cleanup","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-g844","depends_on_id":"gt-jvr3","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T22:04:43.421644-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}],"wisp":true} +{"id":"gt-gaxo","title":"ZFC Cleanup: Move Go heuristics to Deacon molecule","description":"Remove Go code that makes workflow decisions. All health checking, staleness \ndetection, nudging, and escalation belongs in the Deacon molecule where Claude \nexecutes it once per minute.\n\n## The Problem\n\nGo code currently implements polling-based health inference:\n- Daemon watches heartbeats with hardcoded thresholds\n- Decides if agents are \"stuck\" based on timestamps \n- Sends nudges, triggers restarts\n- Parses mail subjects with regex to extract intent\n\nThis is a ZFC violation. Go should be message transport, not decision-maker.\n\n## The Fix\n\nMove all health/oversight logic to Deacon patrol molecule:\n- Deacon runs once per minute\n- Claude reads molecule steps, executes them\n- Claude decides if agents are stuck (by checking mail, activity, etc.)\n- Claude sends nudges/escalations via mail\n- Go just routes messages\n\n## Scope\n\n1. daemon/daemon.go - heartbeat staleness logic\n2. daemon/backoff.go - exponential backoff decisions\n3. daemon/lifecycle.go - regex parsing of lifecycle intent\n4. keepalive/keepalive.go - staleness thresholds\n5. deacon/heartbeat.go - heartbeat age classification\n6. doctor/stale_check.go - staleness detection\n7. polecat/manager.go - state derivation from issues\n\n## Success Criteria\n\n- Go code has no hardcoded time.Duration for health decisions\n- No regex parsing of mail subjects for intent\n- No switch statements deciding agent state\n- Deacon molecule has all oversight logic\n- Go daemon is just a message router","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:58:18.684884-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T23:58:18.684884-08:00"} +{"id":"gt-gaxo.1","title":"Remove daemon heartbeat staleness logic","description":"**Files:** daemon/daemon.go (lines 272-325), daemon/backoff.go\n\n**Current behavior:**\n- Hardcoded 2min/5min thresholds classify agent health\n- Exponential backoff decides nudge intervals\n- Go decides \"is this agent stuck?\" based on timestamps\n\n**Fix:**\n- Remove staleness classification from Go\n- Remove backoff algorithm\n- Daemon becomes pure message router\n- Deacon molecule step checks agent health instead\n\n**Lines to remove/refactor:**\n- daemon.go:272-274 (staleness thresholds)\n- daemon.go:282-295 (poke decision logic)\n- daemon.go:317-325 (conditional nudging)\n- backoff.go:108-120 (backoff calculations)","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:00.146652-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-24T00:05:44.186939-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-24T00:05:44.186939-08:00","close_reason":"Removed backoff.go, staleness logic from daemon.go, IsFresh/IsStale/IsVeryStale from keepalive.go","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-gaxo.1","depends_on_id":"gt-gaxo","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:00.147277-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-gaxo.2","title":"Remove keepalive/heartbeat staleness thresholds","description":"**Files:** \n- keepalive/keepalive.go (lines 94-111)\n- deacon/heartbeat.go (lines 88-108)\n\n**Current behavior:**\n- Hardcoded thresholds: 2min=fresh, 5min=stale, 15min=very stale\n- Used by daemon to decide whether to poke agents\n- Go classifies agent responsiveness\n\n**Fix:**\n- Remove all hardcoded time.Duration thresholds\n- Keepalive becomes pure timestamp storage\n- Deacon molecule step does health assessment:\n \"Check if Witness responded in last N minutes\" (N from mol config)\n\n**Lines to remove:**\n- keepalive.go:96-110 (classification logic)\n- heartbeat.go:91-107 (age classification)","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:02.956489-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-24T00:05:44.309675-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-24T00:05:44.309675-08:00","close_reason":"Removed","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-gaxo.2","depends_on_id":"gt-gaxo","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:02.957013-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-gaxo.3","title":"Remove doctor staleness detection","description":"**File:** doctor/stale_check.go (lines 11-48)\n\n**Current behavior:**\n- DefaultStaleThreshold = 1 hour hardcoded\n- Scans molecules for in_progress status older than threshold\n- Reports \"stale\" molecules automatically\n\n**Fix:**\n- Remove automatic staleness detection from doctor\n- Doctor becomes pure diagnostic tool (reports facts, not judgments)\n- Deacon molecule step does \"orphan-check\" instead:\n \"Find issues in_progress with no active polecat\"\n\n**Lines to remove:**\n- stale_check.go:13 (DefaultStaleThreshold constant)\n- stale_check.go:243-256 (staleness classification logic)","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:04.36334-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-24T00:06:56.685681-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-24T00:06:56.685681-08:00","close_reason":"Deleted stale_check.go, removed from doctor registration","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-gaxo.3","depends_on_id":"gt-gaxo","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:04.36382-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-gaxo.4","title":"Remove polecat state derivation from issue status","description":"**File:** polecat/manager.go (lines 556-599)\n\n**Current behavior:**\n- Switch on issue.Status to derive polecat state\n- Go decides: open/in_progress → Working, closed → Done\n\n**Fix:**\n- Polecat state comes from polecat, not inferred by Go\n- Polecat signals state via mail or explicit field\n- Or: remove state derivation entirely, just report issue status\n\n**Lines to refactor:**\n- manager.go:576-588 (switch statement)\n\n**Priority:** P2 - less critical than daemon/heartbeat logic","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:05.85152-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:05.85152-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-gaxo.4","depends_on_id":"gt-gaxo","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:05.852006-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-gaxo.5","title":"Design Deacon molecule health-check step","description":"**Context:** After removing Go heuristics, Deacon molecule needs the logic.\n\n**New molecule step: health-scan**\n\nClaude executes:\n1. Check Witness heartbeat: gt witness status \u003crig\u003e\n2. Check Refinery heartbeat: gt refinery status \u003crig\u003e\n3. For each, assess: responsive? stuck? needs restart?\n4. If unresponsive for N cycles, send escalation mail\n\n**Key difference from Go approach:**\n- Claude makes the judgment call, not hardcoded thresholds\n- Claude can read context (what was the agent working on?)\n- Claude can ask questions or check additional signals\n- Thresholds come from molecule config, not Go constants\n\n**Deliverables:**\n- Update mol-deacon-patrol health-scan step\n- Add configurable thresholds as molecule variables\n- Test with simulated stuck agents","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:07.247548-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:07.247548-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-gaxo.5","depends_on_id":"gt-gaxo","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:07.248049-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-gaxo.6","title":"Remove lifecycle intent parsing from Go","description":"daemon/lifecycle.go parses mail subjects with regex looking for restart/shutdown/cycle keywords, then executes actions. Fix: use structured message types in mail body instead of parsing subjects. Go reads action field, does not interpret text.","status":"in_progress","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:15.765947-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-24T00:07:05.083161-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-gaxo.6","depends_on_id":"gt-gaxo","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T23:59:15.766409-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-gby","title":"gt handoff: Unified agent lifecycle command","description":"## Summary\n\nUnified `gt handoff` command for ALL agent types to request lifecycle actions.\n\n## Usage\n\ngt handoff # Context-aware default\ngt handoff --shutdown # Terminate, cleanup, don't restart\ngt handoff --cycle # Restart with handoff mail\ngt handoff --restart # Fresh restart, no handoff\n\n## Context-Aware Defaults\n\n| Agent Type | Default | Reason |\n|------------|---------|--------|\n| Polecat | --shutdown | Ephemeral, work is done |\n| Witness | --cycle | Long-running, context full |\n| Refinery | --cycle | Long-running, context full |\n| Mayor | --cycle | Long-running, context full |\n| Crew | (sends mail only) | Human-managed |\n\n## What gt handoff Does\n\n1. **Verify safe to stop**\n - Git state clean (no uncommitted changes)\n - Work handed off (PR exists for polecats)\n\n2. **Send handoff mail to self** (for cycle/restart)\n - Captures current state\n - New session will read this\n\n3. **Send lifecycle request to manager**\n - Polecats/Refinery → Witness\n - Witness/Mayor → Daemon\n - Format: mail to \u003cmanager\u003e with action type\n\n4. **Set state: requesting_\u003caction\u003e**\n - Lifecycle manager checks this before acting\n\n5. **Wait for termination**\n - Don't self-exit - let manager kill session\n - Ensures clean handoff\n\n## Lifecycle Request Flow\n\nAgent Lifecycle Manager\n | |\n | 1. gt handoff --cycle |\n | a. Verify git clean |\n | b. Send handoff mail to self |\n | c. Set requesting_cycle=true |\n | d. Send lifecycle request |\n |------------------------------------→|\n | |\n | 2. Receive request\n | 3. Verify state |\n | 4. Kill session |\n | 5. Start new |\n | (for cycle) |\n | |\n | New session reads handoff |\n | Resumes work |\n\n## Who Manages Whom\n\n| Agent | Sends lifecycle request to |\n|-------|---------------------------|\n| Polecat | \u003crig\u003e/witness |\n| Refinery | \u003crig\u003e/witness |\n| Witness | daemon/ |\n| Mayor | daemon/ |\n\n## Implementation\n\n1. Detect current role (polecat, witness, refinery, mayor, crew)\n2. Apply context-aware default if no flag specified\n3. Run pre-flight checks (git clean, work handed off)\n4. Send handoff mail to self (if cycling)\n5. Send lifecycle request to appropriate manager\n6. Set requesting_\u003caction\u003e in state.json\n7. Wait (manager will kill us)\n\n## For Polecats (--shutdown)\n\nAdditional cleanup after kill:\n- Witness removes worktree\n- Witness deletes polecat branch\n- Polecat ceases to exist\n\n## Related Issues\n\n- gt-99m: Daemon (handles Mayor/Witness lifecycle)\n- gt-7ik: Ephemeral polecats (polecat cleanup)\n- gt-eu9: Witness session cycling","status":"in_progress","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-18T11:39:40.806863-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T18:18:22.35369-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-gby","depends_on_id":"gt-7ik","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T11:39:46.423945-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-gby","depends_on_id":"gt-eu9","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T11:39:46.547204-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-gby","depends_on_id":"gt-99m","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T11:50:24.142182-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-ggmc","title":"Merge: gt-83k0","description":"branch: polecat/furiosa\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-83k0\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-22T23:36:24.551025-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T23:38:38.536524-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T23:38:38.536524-08:00","close_reason":"Merged to main"} {"id":"gt-gl2","title":"Clarify Mayor vs Witness cleanup responsibilities","description":"Document the cleanup authority model: Witness owns ALL per-worker cleanup, Mayor never involved.\n\n## The Rule\n\n**Witness handles ALL per-worker cleanup. Mayor is never involved.**\n\n## Why This Matters\n\n1. Separation of concerns: Mayor strategic, Witness operational\n2. Reduced coordination overhead: No back-and-forth for routine cleanup\n3. Faster shutdown: Witness kills workers immediately upon verification\n4. Cleaner escalation: Mayor only hears about problems\n\n## What Witness Handles\n\n- Verifying worker git state before kill\n- Nudging workers to fix dirty state\n- Killing worker sessions\n- Updating worker state (sleep/wake)\n- Logging verification results\n\n## What Mayor Handles\n\n- Receiving swarm complete notifications\n- Deciding whether to start new swarms\n- Handling escalations (stuck workers after 3 retries)\n- Cross-rig coordination\n\n## Escalation Path\n\nWorker stuck -\u003e Witness nudges (up to 3x) -\u003e Witness escalates to Mayor -\u003e Mayor decides: force kill, reassign, or human\n\n## Anti-Patterns\n\nDO NOT: Mayor asks Witness if worker X is clean\nDO: Witness reports swarm complete, all workers verified\n\nDO NOT: Mayor kills worker sessions directly\nDO: Mayor tells Witness to abort swarm, Witness handles cleanup\n\nDO NOT: Workers report done to Mayor\nDO: Workers report to Witness, Witness aggregates and reports up","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T19:48:56.678724-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T20:48:12.068964-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-gl2","depends_on_id":"gt-82y","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T19:49:05.929877-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} @@ -548,6 +556,8 @@ {"id":"gt-id36.4","title":"Deacon rounds molecule: the kernel execution loop","description":"\nDefine and implement mol-deacon-rounds - the molecule the Deacon executes each wake.\n\n## Molecule Definition\n\n```markdown\n# mol-deacon-rounds\n\nThe Deacon kernel - executed on every wake cycle.\n\n## Step: session-check\nCheck context budget. If low, cycle to fresh session.\nNeeds: (none - always runs first)\n\n## Step: health-scan\nCheck health of all monitored agents:\n- Mayor (gt-mayor session)\n- Witnesses (gt-*-witness sessions)\n- Refineries (gt-*-refinery sessions)\n- Crew (gt-*-* sessions, lifecycle only)\n\nRemediate unhealthy agents:\n- Restart dead sessions\n- Nudge stuck agents\n- Escalate if remediation fails\n\nNeeds: session-check\n\n## Step: lifecycle\nProcess pending lifecycle requests from mail:\n- LIFECYCLE: \u003cidentity\u003e requesting cycle\n- LIFECYCLE: \u003cidentity\u003e requesting restart\n- LIFECYCLE: \u003cidentity\u003e requesting shutdown\n\nNeeds: health-scan\n\n## Step: plugins\nRun due plugins:\n1. Check scheduled plugins (cron-like)\n2. Check event-triggered plugins (from mail events)\n3. Check human-requested plugins (from mail)\n4. Execute each, record outcomes\n\nNeeds: lifecycle\n\n## Step: events\nProcess timer and event callbacks:\n- TIMER: \u003cidentity\u003e wake at \u003ctime\u003e\n- EVENT: \u003ctype\u003e \u003cpayload\u003e\n\nNotify relevant agents or trigger actions.\n\nNeeds: plugins\n\n## Step: complete\nFinalize the cycle:\n1. Update heartbeat.json\n2. Clear/update keepalive.json\n3. Log summary\n4. Return to prompt (wait for next wake)\n\nNeeds: events\n```\n\n## Execution\n\nThe Deacon reads this molecule from its pinned bead and executes steps in order.\nEach step:\n1. Announces \"Starting \u003cstep\u003e\"\n2. Performs the step logic\n3. Records outcome\n4. Proceeds to next step\n\n## Step Plugins\n\nEach step can have inline plugins (additional attention):\n```yaml\nstep: health-scan\n plugins:\n - advanced-diagnostics # Run if basic scan finds issues\n```\n\n## Relation to bd mol\n\nUses the same molecule format as bd mol for polecats.\nDeacon molecule is special: it's the kernel, not work.\n","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:30.218457-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:30.218457-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-id36.4","depends_on_id":"gt-id36","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:30.220204-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-id36.5","title":"Deacon plugin scheduler: cron-like execution","description":"\nImplement scheduled plugin execution in the Deacon's plugins step.\n\n## Concept\n\nPlugins are just directories with config. Deacon checks which are due\nand executes them during the plugins step of rounds.\n\n## Plugin Registration\n\nPlugins are registered in:\n1. Pinned kernel bead (preferred)\n2. `{townRoot}/plugins/` directory scan (fallback)\n\nEach plugin has:\n```json\n{\n \"name\": \"beads-hygiene\",\n \"schedule\": \"0 2 * * *\",\n \"last_run\": \"2025-12-20T02:00:00Z\",\n \"enabled\": true,\n \"attention_budget\": \"low\",\n \"max_duration_minutes\": 30\n}\n```\n\n## Schedule Format\n\nStandard cron format: `minute hour day month weekday`\n- `0 2 * * *` - 2 AM daily\n- `0 4 * * 0` - 4 AM Sundays\n- `*/15 * * * *` - Every 15 minutes\n\n## Execution\n\nDuring plugins step:\n1. Load plugin schedules from kernel bead + directory\n2. For each plugin:\n a. Parse schedule, check if due (last_run + schedule)\n b. If due, execute:\n - Read `plugins/{name}/CLAUDE.md` for context\n - Run plugin logic (inline or spawn subagent)\n - Record outcome and update last_run\n3. Continue to next step\n\n## Plugin Execution Modes\n\n- **inline**: Deacon runs the plugin logic directly (simple, fast)\n- **subagent**: Spawn a polecat-like agent for the plugin (complex, parallel)\n- **mail**: Send mail to another agent to do the work (delegation)\n\n## State Tracking\n\n`{townRoot}/deacon/plugin-state.json`:\n```json\n{\n \"plugins\": {\n \"beads-hygiene\": {\n \"last_run\": \"2025-12-20T02:00:00Z\",\n \"last_outcome\": \"success\",\n \"run_count\": 42,\n \"failure_count\": 2\n }\n }\n}\n```\n\n## Relation to gt-axz\n\nThis implements the execution side of the plugin architecture (gt-axz).\ngt-axz defines the format; this task implements the scheduler.\n","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:31.798518-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:31.798518-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-id36.5","depends_on_id":"gt-id36","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:31.800001-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-id36.6","title":"Deacon event/timer callbacks: reactive triggers","description":"\nImplement event-triggered and timer-based callbacks in the Deacon.\n\n## Timer Callbacks\n\nAgents can schedule future wakes by mailing the Deacon:\n```\nSubject: TIMER: gastown/witness wake at 2025-12-20T16:00:00Z\nBody: Please nudge me - I'm waiting for external dependency\n```\n\nDeacon processing:\n1. Parse timer mail\n2. Check if time has passed\n3. If yes: mail the agent \"WAKE: Timer fired\"\n4. Close the timer mail\n\n## Event Subscriptions\n\nPlugins/agents can subscribe to events:\n```yaml\n# In kernel bead or plugin config\nevent_triggers:\n - event: \"issue.created\"\n action: mail\n target: \"plugins/work-oracle\"\n \n - event: \"mr.submitted\"\n action: run\n plugin: \"review-oracle\"\n \n - event: \"agent.stuck\"\n action: escalate\n target: human\n```\n\n## Event Sources\n\nEvents come through mail to deacon/:\n```\nSubject: EVENT: issue.created gt-abc123\nBody: New issue created in gastown rig\n```\n\n## Event Types\n\nInitial event types:\n- `issue.created` - New bead created\n- `issue.closed` - Bead closed\n- `mr.submitted` - Merge request submitted\n- `mr.merged` - Merge request merged\n- `agent.stuck` - Agent appears stuck (from health scan)\n- `agent.failed` - Agent remediation failed\n\n## Event Processing\n\nDuring events step:\n1. Read event mail from inbox\n2. Match against subscriptions\n3. Execute actions:\n - `mail`: Send mail to target\n - `run`: Execute plugin inline\n - `spawn`: Spawn subagent for plugin\n - `escalate`: Mail human\n\n## Relation to Mail\n\nMail IS the event bus. No separate event system.\nEvents are just specially-formatted mail to deacon/.\n","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:32.99498-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:32.99498-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-id36.6","depends_on_id":"gt-id36","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:47:32.996649-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-ie33","title":"Test Patrol for Bonding","description":"Parent issue for mol bond CLI test","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.894865-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:10.304474-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:10.304474-08:00","close_reason":"Closed"} +{"id":"gt-ie33.1","title":"Polecat Arm (arm-toast)","description":"Single polecat inspection and action cycle.\n\nThis molecule is bonded dynamically by mol-witness-patrol's survey-workers step.\nEach polecat being monitored gets one arm that runs in parallel with other arms.\n\n## Variables\n\n| Variable | Required | Description |\n|----------|----------|-------------|\n| polecat_name | Yes | Name of the polecat to inspect |\n| rig | Yes | Rig containing the polecat |\n\n## Step: capture\nCapture recent tmux output for toast.\n\n```bash\ntmux capture-pane -t gt-gastown-toast -p | tail -50\n```\n\nRecord:\n- Last activity timestamp (when was last tool call?)\n- Visible errors or stack traces\n- Completion indicators (\"Done\", \"Finished\", etc.)\n\n## Step: assess\nCategorize polecat state based on captured output.\n\nStates:\n- **working**: Recent tool calls, active processing\n- **idle**: At prompt, no recent activity\n- **error**: Showing errors or stack traces\n- **requesting_shutdown**: Sent LIFECYCLE/Shutdown mail\n- **done**: Showing completion indicators\n\nCalculate: minutes since last activity.\nNeeds: capture\n\n## Step: load-history\nRead nudge history for toast from patrol state.\n\n```\nnudge_count = state.nudges[toast].count\nlast_nudge_time = state.nudges[toast].timestamp\n```\n\nThis data was loaded by the parent patrol's load-state step and passed\nto the arm via the bonding context.\nNeeds: assess\n\n## Step: decide\nApply the nudge matrix to determine action for toast.\n\n| State | Idle Time | Nudge Count | Action |\n|-------|-----------|-------------|--------|\n| working | any | any | none |\n| idle | \u003c10min | any | none |\n| idle | 10-15min | 0 | nudge-1 (gentle) |\n| idle | 15-20min | 1 | nudge-2 (direct) |\n| idle | 20+min | 2 | nudge-3 (final) |\n| idle | any | 3 | escalate |\n| error | any | any | assess-severity |\n| requesting_shutdown | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n| done | any | any | pre-kill-verify |\n\nNudge text:\n1. \"How's progress? Need any help?\"\n2. \"Please wrap up soon. What's blocking you?\"\n3. \"Final check. Will escalate in 5 min if no response.\"\n\nRecord decision and rationale.\nNeeds: load-history\n\n## Step: execute\nTake the decided action for toast.\n\n**nudge-N**:\n```bash\ntmux send-keys -t gt-gastown-toast \"{{nudge_text}}\" Enter\n```\n\n**pre-kill-verify**:\n```bash\ncd polecats/toast\ngit status # Must be clean\ngit log origin/main..HEAD # Check for unpushed\nbd show \u003cassigned-issue\u003e # Verify closed/deferred\n```\nIf clean: kill session, remove worktree, delete branch\nIf dirty: record failure, retry next cycle\n\n**escalate**:\n```bash\ngt mail send mayor/ -s \"Escalation: toast stuck\" -m \"...\"\n```\n\n**none**: No action needed.\n\nRecord: action taken, result, updated nudge count.\nNeeds: decide\n\n## Output\n\nThe arm completes with:\n- action_taken: none | nudge-1 | nudge-2 | nudge-3 | killed | escalated\n- result: success | failed | pending\n- updated_state: New nudge count and timestamp for toast\n\nThis data feeds back to the parent patrol's aggregate step.\n---\nbonded_from: mol-polecat-arm\nbonded_to: gt-ie33\nbonded_ref: arm-toast\nbonded_at: 2025-12-23T10:00:00Z\n","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.989188-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:10.192864-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:10.192864-08:00","close_reason":"Closed","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-ie33.1","depends_on_id":"gt-ie33","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.989636-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-iep9","title":"mol-deacon-patrol","description":"[RESURRECTED] This issue was deleted but recreated as a tombstone to preserve hierarchical structure.\n\nOriginal description:\nDeacon patrol molecule template. Label: template","status":"closed","priority":4,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:50:22.545763-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T13:08:47.571042-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T13:08:47.571042-08:00","labels":["template"]} {"id":"gt-iep9.1","title":"inbox-check","description":"Handle callbacks from agents. Check gt mail inbox, process lifecycle requests.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:50:57.090986-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:50:57.090986-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-iep9.1","depends_on_id":"gt-iep9","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:50:57.092836-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-iep9.7","title":"loop-or-exit","description":"Decision: burn and loop if context low, exit for respawn if context high.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:04.755716-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:04.755716-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-iep9.7","depends_on_id":"gt-iep9","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:04.75713-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} @@ -592,10 +602,9 @@ {"id":"gt-k1lr.7","title":"Update documentation for new config architecture","description":"Update docs to reflect new structure:\n- docs/architecture.md: Directory structure section\n- CLAUDE.md files: Config references\n- Add docs/configuration.md with full reference","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T01:02:27.104869-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T01:32:56.916862-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T01:32:56.916862-08:00","close_reason":"Updated architecture.md and hq.md with three-tier config model","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-k1lr.7","depends_on_id":"gt-k1lr","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-22T01:02:27.106351-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-k1lr.7","depends_on_id":"gt-k1lr.1","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T01:02:37.609785-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-k1lr.7","depends_on_id":"gt-k1lr.3","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T01:02:37.680026-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-k1lr.8","title":"Remove .gastown/ after migration complete","description":"Final cleanup:\n- Remove .gastown/ directories at town and rig levels\n- Remove daemon/ and deacon/ directories (replaced by .runtime/)\n- Update .gitignore to remove old patterns\n- Verify all tests pass with new structure","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T01:02:28.43634-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T01:30:37.872957-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T01:30:37.872957-08:00","close_reason":"Doctor checks implemented and auto-fixed legacy directories","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-k1lr.8","depends_on_id":"gt-k1lr","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-22T01:02:28.437853-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-k1lr.8","depends_on_id":"gt-k1lr.7","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T01:02:37.466318-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-k1lr.8","depends_on_id":"gt-k1lr.6","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T01:02:37.539854-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-k2aj","title":"Digest: mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Patrol complete: 0 mail, Mayor+2 witnesses+2 refineries healthy, 3 polecats working (gastown), no orphans, gc N/A","status":"closed","priority":4,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T20:40:02.581522-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T20:40:02.581522-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T20:40:02.581496-08:00","close_reason":"Squashed from 5 wisps"} -{"id":"gt-k7x0","title":"Merge: gt-h5n.5","description":"branch: polecat/Scabrous\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-h5n.5\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-19T14:53:42.318338-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T14:54:35.021214-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T14:54:35.021214-08:00"} {"id":"gt-kabx","title":"Build context self-check into patrol molecules","description":"Patrol molecules (witness-patrol, refinery-patrol, deacon-patrol) should have\nexplicit context self-check as part of each cycle:\n\nAfter each patrol cycle step:\n- Self-assess context pressure\n- If high: complete current step, then initiate handoff\n- If OK: continue to next cycle\n\nThis could be:\n1. Explicit step in molecule: 'context-check'\n2. Guidance in step instructions: 'Before continuing, assess context...'\n3. Protocol baked into the patrol loop description\n\nThe key is making it unavoidable - not optional guidance that gets ignored.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:46:57.067465-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T01:46:57.067465-08:00"} {"id":"gt-kcee","title":"Witness commands: gt witness start/stop/status needed","description":"## Summary\n\nNo `gt witness` command exists. The witness should:\n- Monitor polecats for stuck/idle state\n- Nudge polecats that seem blocked\n- Report status to mayor\n- Handle polecat lifecycle\n\n## Expected Commands\n\n```bash\ngt witness start gastown # Start witness for rig\ngt witness stop gastown # Stop witness\ngt witness status # Show witness status\n```\n\n## Current State\n\n- Witness directory exists: /Users/stevey/gt/gastown/witness/\n- Has state.json but no active process\n- gt status shows 'Witnesses: 0'\n\n## Context\n\nFull polecat flow needs witness monitoring for production use.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-18T21:55:24.079671-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T01:33:49.856942-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T01:33:49.856942-08:00"} -{"id":"gt-kh6q","title":"Remove Go-based witness patrol - Claude session is the executor","description":"## Problem\n\nThe witness has 1370 lines of Go code in internal/witness/manager.go that reimplements what mol-witness-patrol does:\n- healthCheck() - polls polecats\n- autoSpawnForReadyWork() - spawns polecats for ready issues \n- handleStuckPolecat() - nudge logic\n- processShutdownRequests() - cleanup logic\n- verifyPolecatState() - git state checks\n\nThis is backwards. The molecule should drive the work, Claude should execute it.\n\n## The Wrong Architecture (gt-59zd, now cancelled)\n\nThe cancelled gt-59zd tried to use molecules as 'tracking ledgers' for Go code:\n- Go code runs patrol logic\n- Molecule just records what Go did\n- Duplicates work, adds complexity\n\n## The Right Architecture\n\n1. Witness runs as Claude session (via gt sling witness or tmux)\n2. Claude executes mol-witness-patrol steps directly\n3. No Go patrol loop needed\n4. Molecule IS the executor, not bookkeeping\n\n## Scope\n\n1. Remove patrol-related functions from manager.go:\n - run(), checkAndProcess(), healthCheck()\n - handleStuckPolecat(), getNudgeCount(), recordNudge()\n - processShutdownRequests(), verifyPolecatState()\n - autoSpawnForReadyWork(), etc.\n\n2. Keep session management functions:\n - Start(), Stop(), Status() - for starting/stopping Claude session\n - State persistence for session identity\n\n3. Update gt witness commands to use Claude session model\n\n4. Test that mol-witness-patrol executes correctly in Claude session\n\n## Related\n\n- gt-zde4: Fixed Witness CLAUDE.md to emphasize mol-following\n- gt-59zd: Cancelled - wrong architecture\n- witness.md.tmpl: Already rewritten with ZFC principle","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:42:13.02343-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T22:42:13.02343-08:00"} +{"id":"gt-kh6q","title":"Remove Go-based witness patrol - Claude session is the executor","description":"## Problem\n\nThe witness has 1370 lines of Go code in internal/witness/manager.go that reimplements what mol-witness-patrol does:\n- healthCheck() - polls polecats\n- autoSpawnForReadyWork() - spawns polecats for ready issues \n- handleStuckPolecat() - nudge logic\n- processShutdownRequests() - cleanup logic\n- verifyPolecatState() - git state checks\n\nThis is backwards. The molecule should drive the work, Claude should execute it.\n\n## The Wrong Architecture (gt-59zd, now cancelled)\n\nThe cancelled gt-59zd tried to use molecules as 'tracking ledgers' for Go code:\n- Go code runs patrol logic\n- Molecule just records what Go did\n- Duplicates work, adds complexity\n\n## The Right Architecture\n\n1. Witness runs as Claude session (via gt sling witness or tmux)\n2. Claude executes mol-witness-patrol steps directly\n3. No Go patrol loop needed\n4. Molecule IS the executor, not bookkeeping\n\n## Scope\n\n1. Remove patrol-related functions from manager.go:\n - run(), checkAndProcess(), healthCheck()\n - handleStuckPolecat(), getNudgeCount(), recordNudge()\n - processShutdownRequests(), verifyPolecatState()\n - autoSpawnForReadyWork(), etc.\n\n2. Keep session management functions:\n - Start(), Stop(), Status() - for starting/stopping Claude session\n - State persistence for session identity\n\n3. Update gt witness commands to use Claude session model\n\n4. Test that mol-witness-patrol executes correctly in Claude session\n\n## Related\n\n- gt-zde4: Fixed Witness CLAUDE.md to emphasize mol-following\n- gt-59zd: Cancelled - wrong architecture\n- witness.md.tmpl: Already rewritten with ZFC principle","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:42:13.02343-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T23:45:02.782485-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T23:45:02.782485-08:00","close_reason":"Removed 985 lines of Go patrol logic from witness manager. Kept basic session management only."} {"id":"gt-kjnt","title":"Polecat Mood Plugin (standard)","description":"Standard witness plugin molecule that assesses polecat emotional state.\n\n## Molecule Definition\n\n```json\n{\n \"id\": \"mol-polecat-mood\",\n \"title\": \"Assess mood for {{polecat_name}}\",\n \"description\": \"Analyze captured output and determine emotional state.\\n\\nVars:\\n- {{polecat_name}} - The polecat to assess\\n- {{captured_output}} - Recent tmux capture\\n\\nOutput: gt polecat mood {{polecat_name}} \u003cemoji\u003e\",\n \"labels\": [\"template\", \"plugin\", \"witness\", \"tier:haiku\"],\n \"issue_type\": \"task\"\n}\n```\n\n## Mood Emojis\n\n```\n😺 working Active tool calls, making progress\n😸 productive Completing tasks, tests passing\n🐱 idle Waiting at prompt, no recent activity\n😼 confident Self-reviewing, about to submit\n😿 struggling Repeated errors, test failures\nšŸ™€ stuck No progress for 10+ min\n😽 done Work complete, requesting shutdown\n😾 blocked Explicitly waiting on dependency\n```\n\n## Bonding\n\nDuring witness patrol plugin-run step:\n\n```bash\nbd mol bond mol-polecat-mood $PATROL_WISP \\\n --ref mood-{{polecat_name}} \\\n --var polecat_name=ace \\\n --var captured_output=\"$TMUX_CAPTURE\"\n```\n\n## Installation\n\n```bash\nbd mol install mol-polecat-mood # From Mol Mall\n```\n\n## Customization\n\nFork the molecule and modify description to change assessment criteria or add custom moods. Install your fork to override.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:17:12.841134-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T05:07:39.495061-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-kjnt","depends_on_id":"gt-u818","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:17:20.444775-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-kktj","title":"Patrol agent state.json not updated on activity","description":"Witness and Refinery state.json files show last_active from Dec 19 even though sessions have been running. The state should update each patrol cycle.\n\nEvidence:\n```\n$ cat beads/witness/state.json\n{\"role\": \"witness\", \"last_active\": \"2025-12-19T17:50:00Z\"}\n\n$ cat beads/refinery/state.json \n{\"role\": \"refinery\", \"last_active\": \"2025-12-19T17:50:00Z\"}\n```\n\nExpected: last_active should update each time the agent runs a patrol cycle.\n\nImpact: Can't tell if patrol agents are actually active vs just having an open tmux session.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-23T20:29:58.515591-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T20:29:58.515591-08:00"} {"id":"gt-kmn","title":"Batch Work System: Integration branch, merge queue, landing","description":"## Overview\n\nThis epic tracks batch work coordination in GGT. Key insight: **work is a stream, not discrete swarms**.\n\nThere are no \"swarm IDs\" - the epic IS the grouping, the merge queue IS the coordination. \"Swarming an epic\" is colloquial for spawning multiple workers on its children.\n\n## Architecture\n\n- **Epics** group related work\n- **Issues** are individual tasks \n- **Dependencies** encode ordering (multi-wave emerges automatically)\n- **Merge queue** coordinates completed work\n- **Workers** process issues independently\n\nSee Key Decision #11 in docs/architecture.md: \"Work is a Stream (No Swarm IDs)\"\n\n## What This Epic Covers\n\n1. Integration branch management for batch merges\n2. Refinery semantic merge processing\n3. Witness landing protocol (cleanup)\n4. Report generation (epic-based, not swarm-ID-based)\n5. Git safety auditing\n6. Work reconciliation\n\n## What Was Removed\n\n- Swarm IDs (sw-1, sw-2, etc.)\n- Per-swarm directories (.gastown/swarms/\u003cid\u003e/)\n- Swarm manifest/state/events files\n- swarm-started/swarm-landed beads\n\nThese were redundant - beads already provides hierarchy, status, dependencies, and history.\n\n## References\n\n- Architecture: docs/architecture.md (Key Decision #11, Multi-Wave Work Processing)\n- PGT: swarm/manager.py, swarm/landing.py (behavioral reference, but ignore swarm ID patterns)","status":"open","priority":0,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-16T00:08:15.339127-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T17:25:33.208338-08:00"} @@ -668,7 +677,7 @@ {"id":"gt-n9o2","title":"save-state","description":"Update handoff bead with new state.\n\nPersist nudge counts and pending actions.\n\nNeeds: execute-actions","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:41:54.507176-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T04:39:39.677727-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T04:39:39.677727-08:00","close_reason":"Parent gt-751s superseded by Christmas Ornament pattern","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-n9o2","depends_on_id":"gt-751s","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:41:54.612922-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}]} {"id":"gt-nam3","title":"Update docs to reflect molecule-first paradigm","description":"Gas Town is fundamentally a molecule execution engine. Documentation should reflect this more clearly.\n\n## Issues Found\n\n### 1. gt spawn examples show molecule as optional\nREADME.md line 116: `gt spawn --issue \u003cid\u003e # Start polecat on issue`\nShould emphasize: polecats execute molecules, not just issues.\n\n### 2. Architecture.md spawn examples inconsistent\nLine 344 shows molecule: `gt spawn --issue gt-xyz --molecule mol-engineer-in-box`\nLine 1434 shows without: `gt spawn --issue \u003cid\u003e`\n\n### 3. Config vs molecule distinction not clear\noutposts.yaml shows static policy - should note when molecules apply.\n\n### 4. Operational molecules section is good but buried\nLines 430-566 cover operational molecules well. Should be more prominent.\n\n## Updates Needed\n- [ ] README: Update spawn examples to show molecule usage\n- [ ] architecture.md: Ensure all spawn examples include molecules\n- [ ] architecture.md: Add section on \"when config vs molecule\"\n- [ ] architecture.md: Move operational molecules higher in document\n- [ ] Add principle: \"If it requires cognition, it's a molecule\"\n- [ ] federation-design.md: Note that policy can escalate to mol-outpost-assign\n\n## Key Message\nGas Town doesn't spawn workers on issues. It spawns workers on molecules.\nThe issue is just the seed data for the molecule execution.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-20T03:26:31.842406-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T09:26:21.813833-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T09:26:21.813833-08:00"} {"id":"gt-nc9y","title":"gt polecat done should auto-stop running session","description":"Currently 'gt polecat done' fails if session is running, requiring a separate 'gt session stop' first. This is unnecessary friction - done should just stop the session automatically since that's always what you want.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T04:12:13.30724-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T04:12:13.30724-08:00"} -{"id":"gt-nd18","title":"Merge: gt-caih","description":"branch: polecat/furiosa\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-caih\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:15:24.2771-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T01:16:15.720728-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T01:16:15.720728-08:00","close_reason":"Merged to main"} +{"id":"gt-nd18","title":"Merge: gt-caih","description":"branch: polecat/furiosa\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-caih\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:15:24.2771-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T01:16:15.720728-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T01:16:15.720728-08:00"} {"id":"gt-ne1t","title":"Design molecule step hooks","description":"Hooks that fire between molecule steps. When a bead in a molecule closes, trigger hook that can spawn agent attention to prompts/requests. This enables reactive orchestration - the molecule drives, hooks respond. Gas Town feature built on Beads data plane.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:53:14.568075-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:53:14.568075-08:00"} {"id":"gt-neim","title":"Digest: mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Patrol: dave handoff (vision docs, 7 design gaps filed), furiosa tracer bullet on gt-oiv0, all agents up","status":"closed","priority":4,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T22:38:37.785872-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T22:38:37.785872-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T22:38:37.785832-08:00","close_reason":"Squashed from 5 wisps"} {"id":"gt-ng6g","title":"Implement await type handlers (gh:run, gh:pr, timer, human, mail)","description":"Implement condition checking for each await type.\n\n## Handlers Needed\n- gh:run:\u003cid\u003e - Check GitHub Actions run status via gh CLI\n- gh:pr:\u003cid\u003e - Check PR merged/closed status via gh CLI \n- timer:\u003cduration\u003e - Simple elapsed time check\n- human:\u003cprompt\u003e - Check for human approval (via mail?)\n- mail:\u003cpattern\u003e - Check for mail matching pattern\n\n## Interface\n```go\ntype AwaitHandler interface {\n Check(awaitID string) (completed bool, result string, err error)\n}\n```\n\n## Moved from beads\nOriginally bd-2l03. Deacon handlers belong in gastown.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T12:19:12.427881-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T12:19:12.427881-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-ng6g","depends_on_id":"gt-dh65","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-23T12:19:32.734889-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}]} @@ -698,8 +707,11 @@ {"id":"gt-odfr","title":"Add WaitsFor parsing to molecule steps","description":"Add WaitsFor field to MoleculeStep struct and parse 'WaitsFor: all-children' (and future variants) from molecule descriptions.\n\nThis enables:\n- mol progress to understand fanout patterns\n- Validation that WaitsFor references valid constructs\n- Future automated orchestration\n\nImplementation:\n1. Add WaitsFor []string to MoleculeStep struct\n2. Add waitsForLineRegex to parse 'WaitsFor: ...' lines\n3. Update ParseMoleculeSteps to extract WaitsFor\n4. Update tests","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T21:35:55.004767-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T21:41:27.539959-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T21:41:27.539959-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented WaitsFor parsing with tests"} {"id":"gt-odvf","title":"Document bd mol bond/squash/burn CLI","description":"Create CLI reference documentation for molecule commands:\n\n## bd mol bond\n\nInstantiate a proto into a runnable molecule.\n\n```bash\nbd mol bond \u003cproto-id\u003e [--wisp] [--assignee=\u003caddr\u003e]\n```\n\n- Default: creates a Mol (durable, in main beads)\n- --wisp: creates a Wisp (ephemeral, in .beads-ephemeral/)\n- --assignee: who will execute this molecule\n\n## bd mol squash\n\nComplete a molecule and generate digest.\n\n```bash\nbd mol squash \u003cmol-id\u003e --summary='...'\n```\n\n- For Mol: creates digest in git history\n- For Wisp: evaporates (no permanent record)\n- --summary: required summary of what was accomplished\n\n## bd mol burn\n\nAbandon a molecule without completing.\n\n```bash\nbd mol burn \u003cmol-id\u003e [--reason='...']\n```\n\n- Discards molecule state\n- No digest created\n- Use when molecule is no longer needed","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:33:06.462105-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T02:14:23.810794-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T02:14:23.810794-08:00","close_reason":"Already documented in docs/molecules.md lines 70-235","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-odvf","depends_on_id":"gt-62hm","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:33:17.530156-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-odvr","title":"Merge: gt-r6td","description":"branch: polecat/furiosa\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-r6td\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-22T22:54:01.000047-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T22:55:43.764376-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T22:55:43.764376-08:00","close_reason":"Merged to main"} +{"id":"gt-of4p","title":"Test Patrol Parent","description":"Test parent for Christmas Ornament pattern","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.487466-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.789297-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.789297-08:00","close_reason":"Closed"} +{"id":"gt-of4p.1","title":"Test Polecat Arm","description":"Test child for bonding pattern","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.578796-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.68375-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.68375-08:00","close_reason":"Closed","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-of4p.1","depends_on_id":"gt-of4p","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-24T00:10:09.579179-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-ogpk","title":"Add neighbor-check steps to all patrol molecules","description":"Part of the 'Gas Town is a Village' antifragility design.\n\nEvery patrol molecule should include optional neighbor-checking:\n- Deacon checks Witness and Refinery health\n- Witness checks Refinery health \n- Refinery checks Witness health\n- Polecats can peek other polecats\n\nUse gt peek to check health states.\nIf stuck neighbor found, can nudge or escalate.\n\nThis creates distributed monitoring - no single point of failure.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T22:01:16.358314-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T22:01:16.358314-08:00"} {"id":"gt-oiv0","title":"Remove bd sync instruction from polecat startup workflow","description":"Polecats are instructed to run `bd sync --from-main` on startup (spawn.go:634).\n\n## Problem\n- Spawn command already syncs beads before spawning (line 239)\n- Polecats share rig-level beads via `.beads/redirect`\n- Multiple polecats starting simultaneously all try to sync same shared beads\n- This causes git conflicts/failures when many polecats spawn at once\n\n## Observed\nUser reported: 'all polecats failing on beads sync on startup in one run'\n\n## Fix\nRemove line 634 from buildWorkAssignmentMail():\n```\nbody.WriteString(\"2. Run \\`bd sync --from-main\\` to get fresh beads\\n\")\n```\n\nPolecats only need to sync at END of work (already in steps 5/7).\n\n## Files\n- internal/cmd/spawn.go: buildWorkAssignmentMail() and buildSpawnContext()","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"gastown/furiosa","created_at":"2025-12-21T23:45:52.25177-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T22:21:03.03152-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T22:21:03.03152-08:00","close_reason":"Merged to main"} +{"id":"gt-omql","title":"Test Patrol Parent","description":"[RESURRECTED] This issue was deleted but recreated as a tombstone to preserve hierarchical structure.\n\nOriginal description:\nTest parent for Christmas Ornament pattern","status":"closed","priority":4,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T22:30:42.862439-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T23:45:08.698029-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T23:45:08.698029-08:00"} {"id":"gt-on46","title":"Work on gt-fix-bugs: Fix blocking infrastructure bugs. Se...","description":"Work on gt-fix-bugs: Fix blocking infrastructure bugs. See issue for details. Run 'bd show gt-fix-bugs' to see the full issue.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-20T03:47:14.322631-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T03:52:16.049326-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T03:52:16.049326-08:00"} {"id":"gt-ooz6","title":"bd close hooks: context check and notifications","description":"Add hook system to bd close for context checking and notifications.\n\n## Concept\n\nRegister hooks that run on every bd close:\n\n# .beads/config.yaml\nhooks:\n on_close:\n - command: 'gt context-check'\n - notify: 'Next step ready'\n\n## Use cases\n\n### Context check on close\nAfter closing a step, check if context is getting full.\nIf \u003e80%, output warning suggesting session cycling.\n\n### Next step notification \nAutomatically show next ready step (complements --continue).\n\n### Custom actions\nUser-defined scripts for workflow automation.\n\n## Hook types\n\n- command: Run shell command with env vars (BEAD_ID, BEAD_TITLE, etc)\n- notify: Send message to agent\n- webhook: POST to URL (future)\n\n## Integration with context detection\n\nThe context-check hook could:\n1. Capture tmux pane (if in tmux session)\n2. Estimate context usage (turn count, output length)\n3. If high, output: 'Context at ~85%. Consider cycling.'\n\n## Priority\nP2 - nice to have, not blocking launch.\n\n## Related\n- gt-qswb (bd mol current)\n- gt-fly0 (bd close --continue)","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-22T17:01:44.717704-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T17:04:13.540659-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-22T17:04:13.540659-08:00","close_reason":"Moved to beads: bd-g4b4"} {"id":"gt-op78","title":"Session cycling: Auto-spawn successor when context full","description":"Enable automatic session succession for crew workers.\n\nWhen a crew worker's context fills up (\u003e80%), they should:\n1. Write handoff mail to themselves\n2. Signal session end\n3. System auto-spawns successor session\n4. Successor reads handoff, finds attached work, auto-continues\n\nThis completes the autonomous overnight work pattern from gt-9g82.\n\nDepends on:\n- Detecting context fullness (Claude Code API?)\n- Session spawning mechanism (tmux/daemon)\n- Handoff protocol already implemented","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-22T16:18:27.570996-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T16:18:27.570996-08:00"} @@ -716,7 +728,7 @@ {"id":"gt-pio","title":"Plugin: merge-oracle (merge queue analysis)","description":"Example plugin that analyzes changesets before Refinery processes them. Builds overlap graph, classifies disjointness (parallel-safe vs needs-sequencing), uses LLM for semantic complexity, identifies high-risk patterns. Based on merge-orchestration proposal. See docs/architecture.md.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-15T22:53:04.027073-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T23:17:06.507108-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-pio","depends_on_id":"gt-axz","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T22:53:17.507459-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-plcg","title":"Add --account flag to gt spawn and gt crew attach","description":"Add --account=\u003chandle\u003e flag. Precedence: GT_ACCOUNT env \u003e --account flag \u003e default from config.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T03:24:23.832188-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T04:04:18.491584-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T04:04:18.491584-08:00","close_reason":"Added --account flag to gt spawn and gt crew at commands","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-plcg","depends_on_id":"gt-58tu","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-23T03:24:34.984336-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-pnu4","title":"Test","description":"Body","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"message","assignee":"gastown/alpha","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:38:39.019559-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T21:38:39.019559-08:00","sender":"Steve Yegge","wisp":true} -{"id":"gt-poxd","title":"Create handoff beads for Witness and Refinery roles","description":"Each patrol role needs a pinned handoff bead to track attached molecules.\n\n## Pattern (from Deacon)\n- Title: '\\\u003crole\\\u003e Handoff' (e.g., 'witness Handoff', 'refinery Handoff')\n- Status: pinned\n- Description contains:\n ```\n attached_molecule: \\\u003cmol-id\\\u003e\n attached_at: \\\u003ctimestamp\\\u003e\n ```\n\n## Tasks\n1. Create 'witness Handoff' bead in each rig's beads\n2. Create 'refinery Handoff' bead in each rig's beads\n3. Update Witness/Refinery startup to check handoff bead for attached work\n4. Update templates to document handoff bead usage\n\n## Note\nThese are rig-level beads (in gastown/.beads/, beads/.beads/), not town-level like deacon Handoff (in ~/gt/.beads/).","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T13:19:41.055563-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T13:19:41.055563-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-poxd","depends_on_id":"gt-y481","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T13:20:15.89851-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-poxd","title":"Create handoff beads for Witness and Refinery roles","description":"Each patrol role needs a pinned handoff bead to track attached molecules and patrol state.\n\n## Pattern (from Deacon)\n- Title: '\u003crole\u003e Handoff' (e.g., 'witness Handoff', 'refinery Handoff')\n- Status: pinned\n- Description contains structured state\n\n## Witness Handoff State\n\n```yaml\nattached_molecule: mol-witness-patrol\nattached_at: 2025-12-24T10:00:00Z\n\n# Nudge escalation tracking\nnudges:\n toast:\n count: 2\n last: \"2025-12-24T10:30:00Z\"\n ace:\n count: 0\n last: null\n\n# Polecats queued for cleanup\npending_cleanup:\n - nux # received POLECAT_DONE, awaiting verification\n```\n\n## Refinery Handoff State\n\n```yaml\nattached_molecule: mol-refinery-patrol\nattached_at: 2025-12-24T10:00:00Z\n\n# Merge queue tracking\nlast_processed_branch: polecat/toast\nbranches_merged_this_cycle: 3\n```\n\n## Tasks\n1. Create 'witness Handoff' bead in each rig's beads\n2. Create 'refinery Handoff' bead in each rig's beads\n3. Update Witness/Refinery startup to check handoff bead for attached work\n4. Update templates to document handoff bead usage\n5. Include nudge state schema for Witness\n6. Include merge state schema for Refinery\n\n## Note\nThese are rig-level beads (in gastown/.beads/, beads/.beads/), not town-level like deacon Handoff (in ~/gt/.beads/).\n\n## See Also\n- docs/witness-patrol-design.md - Theory of operation","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T13:19:41.055563-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-24T00:09:34.674437-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-poxd","depends_on_id":"gt-y481","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T13:20:15.89851-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-pv93","title":"Post-work discovery: AI analysis finds follow-on issues","description":"AI analyzes completed work to discover: bugs, punted work, follow-on tasks.\n\n**From VC**: Supervisor.AnalyzeResult() with iterative refinement. ~300 lines.\n\n**Gas Town implementation**: Post-work hook in molecule:\n```yaml\npost_work:\n discover:\n - bugs\n - punted_items\n - follow_on_work\n file_as: beads\n```\n\nPolecat output gets analyzed by AI, discovered work becomes beads issues.\n\n**Value**: Nothing gets forgotten. VC found ~25% more issues with refinement.\n\n**Key**: Use semantic deduplication (gt-xxx) to avoid pollution.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-20T20:30:14.723338-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T20:30:14.723338-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-pv93","depends_on_id":"gt-zhpa","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-20T20:30:27.534886-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-pv93","depends_on_id":"gt-6m3e","type":"related","created_at":"2025-12-20T20:30:35.115095-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-pwep","title":"implement","description":"Implement the solution for gt-test123. Follow codebase conventions.\nFile discovered work as new issues with bd create.\n\nMake regular commits with clear messages.\nKeep changes focused on the assigned issue.\n\nDepends: load-context","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:56:18.534804-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:56:27.509304-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T21:56:27.509304-08:00","close_reason":"test cleanup","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-pwep","depends_on_id":"gt-zjqs","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:56:18.536244-08:00","created_by":"stevey"},{"issue_id":"gt-pwep","depends_on_id":"gt-mc4n","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:56:18.536793-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}],"wisp":true} {"id":"gt-pyqv","title":"Work on ga-ct2: Add MR workflow to polecat completion. Wh...","description":"Work on ga-ct2: Add MR workflow to polecat completion. When polecat completes work, auto-create MR to integration branch. When done, submit MR (not PR) to integration branch for Refinery.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:58:35.473928-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:42.831549-08:00"} @@ -813,6 +825,7 @@ {"id":"gt-tocb","title":"gt handoff should accept full session paths like gastown/crew/max","description":"Currently gt handoff only accepts role shortcuts like 'crew', 'witness', etc. and tries to auto-detect the rig/name from environment. User tried 'gt handoff gastown/crew/max' and got 'unknown session type'. Should parse paths like '\u003crig\u003e/crew/\u003cname\u003e' or '\u003crig\u003e/\u003crole\u003e' directly into session names like 'gt-\u003crig\u003e-crew-\u003cname\u003e'.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-23T13:20:29.471194-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T13:25:46.772176-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-23T13:25:46.772176-08:00","close_reason":"Closed"} {"id":"gt-tr0a","title":"Build rig/worker tree view component","description":"Bubbletea component showing hierarchical rig list with workers. Each rig expandable to show workers. Each worker shows: status indicator, current molecule title, step progress (X/Y), time since last activity.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:27:11.129093-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T16:27:11.129093-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-tr0a","depends_on_id":"gt-3p77","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:27:38.55401-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-tr0a","depends_on_id":"gt-rivr","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:28:30.771619-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-tr3d","title":"Zombie session detection for refinery/witness","description":"A Claude session can crash or hang while still appearing as 'running' in tmux. The current IsRunning checks only verify tmux session exists, not that Claude is actually processing.\n\n## Problem\n- Refinery session might be hung (Claude crashed, infinite loop, etc.)\n- tmux HasSession returns true, so auto-start doesn't trigger\n- MRs pile up with no processing\n\n## Solution Options\n1. **Activity-based detection**: Check last output timestamp in tmux\n2. **Heartbeat file**: Agents write timestamp to file, check staleness\n3. **Prompt detection**: Look for Claude '\u003e' prompt indicating idle/stuck\n\n## Related\n- gt-bjft (spawn auto-start) assumes IsRunning means healthy\n- Witness patrol assumes running refinery is processing","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:02:51.089112-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T14:27:08.051538-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-tr3d","depends_on_id":"gt-bjft","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:03:12.10595-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-ts4u","title":"Merge: gt-h5n.5","description":"branch: polecat/Scabrous\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-h5n.5\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-19T14:53:43.268861-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T23:17:25.78812-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T23:17:25.78812-08:00"} {"id":"gt-tubn","title":"Track operational stats as entity/audit beads","description":"Witness and refinery track operational stats in JSON files:\n- total_merged, today_merged, total_failed (refinery)\n- total_checks, total_nudges, total_escalations (witness)\n\nFor HOP entity CV tracking, these could become:\n- type=audit beads (daily roll-ups of operational metrics)\n- Entity chain entries showing validator activity\n\nThis provides observability and contributes to entity reputation tracking (e.g., refinery X has merged 500 PRs with 2% failure rate).\n\nNot critical for launch but aligns with HOP Platform of Platforms vision.","status":"open","priority":4,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-21T22:07:30.404073-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T22:07:30.404073-08:00"} {"id":"gt-tulx","title":"gt mq submit: creates task type instead of merge-request type","description":"## Problem\n\n`gt mq submit` creates an issue with `type: task` but should be `type: merge-request`.\n\n## Evidence\n\n```\n$ bd show gt-n508\ngt-n508: Merge: gt-70b3\nStatus: open\nPriority: P1\nType: task \u003c-- WRONG, should be merge-request\n...\nDescription:\ntype: merge-request \u003c-- Correct type is in description, not in actual type field\n```\n\n## Impact\n\n`gt mq list` shows empty queue because it queries for `type: merge-request`\n\n## Fix\n\n`gt mq submit` should set `--type merge-request` when creating the bead.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-18T21:57:37.905848-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T22:16:31.393114-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T22:16:31.393114-08:00"} {"id":"gt-tvos","title":"load-context","description":"Run gt prime and bd prime. Verify issue assignment.\nCheck inbox for any relevant messages.\n\nRead the assigned issue (gt-test123) and understand the requirements.\nIdentify any blockers or missing information.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.32141-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.32141-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-tvos","depends_on_id":"gt-i4lo","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.323129-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}],"wisp":true} diff --git a/docs/witness-patrol-design.md b/docs/witness-patrol-design.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3523bb41 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/witness-patrol-design.md @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +# Witness Patrol: Theory of Operation + +## Overview + +The Witness is the per-rig worker monitor. It watches polecats, nudges them toward +completion, verifies clean state before cleanup, and escalates stuck workers. + +**Key principle: Claude-driven execution.** The mol-witness-patrol molecule is a +playbook that Claude reads and executes. There is no Go "runtime" that auto-executes +steps. Claude provides the intelligence; gt/bd commands provide the primitives. + +## Architecture + +``` +ā”Œā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā” +│ THE AGENT (Claude) │ +│ │ +│ Reads molecule steps → Executes commands → Closes atoms │ +│ Uses TodoWrite for complex atoms (optional) │ +ā””ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”˜ + ↓ +ā”Œā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā” +│ PRIMITIVES (gt, bd CLI) │ +│ │ +│ gt mail, gt nudge, gt session, bd close, bd show, etc. │ +ā””ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”˜ + ↓ +ā”Œā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā” +│ COORDINATION (Mail) │ +│ │ +│ Polecats → POLECAT_DONE → Witness inbox │ +│ Witness → "You're stuck" → Polecat (via gt nudge) │ +│ Witness → Escalation → Mayor inbox │ +ā””ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”€ā”˜ +``` + +## The Patrol Cycle + +Each patrol cycle follows the mol-witness-patrol molecule: + +### 1. inbox-check +Check mail for lifecycle events: +- **POLECAT_DONE**: Polecat finished work, ready for cleanup +- **Help requests**: Polecat asking for assistance +- **Escalations**: Issues requiring attention + +```bash +gt mail inbox +gt mail read +``` + +### 2. survey-workers +For each polecat in the rig: + +```bash +gt polecat list +``` + +For each polecat: +1. **Capture**: `tmux capture-pane -t gt-- -p | tail -50` +2. **Assess**: Claude reads output, determines state (working/idle/error/done) +3. **Load history**: Read nudge count from handoff bead +4. **Decide**: Apply escalation matrix (see below) +5. **Execute**: Take action (none, nudge, escalate, cleanup) + +### 3. save-state +Persist state to handoff bead for next cycle: +- Nudge counts per polecat +- Last nudge timestamps +- Pending actions + +### 4. burn-or-loop +- If context low: sleep briefly, loop back to inbox-check +- If context high: exit (daemon respawns fresh Witness) + +## Nudge Escalation Matrix + +The Witness applies escalating pressure to idle polecats: + +| Idle Time | Nudge Count | Action | +|-----------|-------------|--------| +| <10min | any | none | +| 10-15min | 0 | Gentle: "How's progress?" | +| 15-20min | 1 | Direct: "Please wrap up. What's blocking?" | +| 20+min | 2 | Final: "Will escalate in 5min if no response." | +| any | 3 | Escalate to Mayor | + +**Key insight**: Only Claude can assess whether a polecat is truly stuck. +Looking at tmux output requires understanding context: +- "I'm stuck on this error" → needs help +- "Running tests..." → actively working +- Sitting at prompt with no activity → maybe stuck + +## State Persistence + +The Witness handoff bead tracks: + +```yaml +# In handoff bead description +nudges: + toast: + count: 2 + last: "2025-12-24T10:30:00Z" + ace: + count: 0 + last: null +pending_cleanup: + - nux # received POLECAT_DONE, queued for verification +``` + +This survives across patrol cycles and context burns. + +## Polecat Cleanup Flow + +When a polecat signals completion: + +1. Polecat runs `gt done` or sends POLECAT_DONE mail +2. Witness receives mail in inbox-check +3. Witness runs pre-kill verification: + ```bash + cd polecats/ + git status # Must be clean + git log origin/main.. # Check for unpushed + bd show # Verify closed + ``` +4. If clean: kill session, remove worktree, delete branch +5. If dirty: send nudge asking polecat to fix state + +## What We DON'T Need + +- **Go patrol runtime**: Claude executes the playbook +- **Polling for WaitsFor**: Mail tells us when things are ready +- **Automated health checks**: Claude reads tmux, assesses +- **Go nudge logic**: Claude applies the matrix + +## What We DO Need + +- **mol-witness-patrol**: The playbook (exists) +- **Handoff bead**: State persistence (gt-poxd) +- **CLI primitives**: gt mail, gt nudge, gt session (exist) +- **Molecule tracking**: bd close for step completion (exists) + +## Related Issues + +- gt-poxd: Create handoff beads for Witness and Refinery roles +- gt-y481: Patrol parity - Witness and Refinery match Deacon sophistication +- gt-tnow: Implement Christmas Ornament pattern for mol-witness-patrol