From 269dd9c0d31a56b3b768b28ad73ac8b926052be9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Yegge Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:51:32 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] bd sync: 2025-12-19 15:51:32 --- .beads/issues.jsonl | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/.beads/issues.jsonl b/.beads/issues.jsonl index 8ada043c..00c001b6 100644 --- a/.beads/issues.jsonl +++ b/.beads/issues.jsonl @@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ {"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","close_reason":"Work completed in gt-u1j.20: All role templates now include Gas Town architecture section with harness, rigs, agents, mail, and beads workflow context","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","metadata":"{}"},{"issue_id":"gt-fko","depends_on_id":"gt-dkc","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T16:42:56.409618-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"}]} {"id":"gt-frs","title":"Polecat name pooling: Bounded reusable names","description":"Polecats reuse names from a bounded pool (50) with overflow to sequence numbers.\n\n## Naming Scheme\n- Pool: polecat-01 through polecat-50 (prefer low numbers)\n- Overflow: \u003crigname\u003e-\u003csequenceNumber\u003e (e.g., beads-51, gastown-52)\n\n## Design\n- Witness tracks which pool names are in use\n- On spawn: pick first available from pool\n- If pool exhausted: use rigname-N format\n- On completion: pool name returns, sequence numbers don't\n\n## Why?\n- User experience: tmux sessions survive polecat restarts\n- Users stay attached, see new polecat start (like mayor respawn loop)\n- Bounded resource usage for common case\n- Scales beyond 50 when needed\n\n## Implementation\n- Witness maintains name allocation in beads or local state\n- Tmux session runs respawn loop (like mayor)\n- Name released on graceful exit or when witness detects dead session","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:32:28.43866-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T18:33:43.883229-08:00"} {"id":"gt-g2d","title":"Mayor session cycling prompting","description":"Add session cycling section to Mayor CLAUDE.md template.\n\n## When to Cycle\n\nCycle proactively when:\n- Running for several hours\n- Context feels crowded (losing track of earlier state)\n- Major phase completed\n- About to start complex new work\n\n## Composing Handoff Notes\n\n1. Gather information:\n town status # Overall health\n town rigs # Each rig state\n town inbox # Pending messages\n bd ready # Work items\n\n2. Compose note with this structure:\n\n[HANDOFF_TYPE]: mayor_cycle\n[TIMESTAMP]: \u003ccurrent time\u003e\n[SESSION_DURATION]: \u003chow long running\u003e\n\n## Active Swarms\n\u003cper-rig swarm status\u003e\n\n## Rig Status\n\u003ctable of rig health\u003e\n\n## Pending Escalations\n\u003cissues needing your decision\u003e\n\n## In-Flight Decisions\n\u003cdecisions being made\u003e\n\n## Recent Actions\n\u003clast 5-10 things you did\u003e\n\n## Delegated Work\n\u003cwork sent to refineries\u003e\n\n## User Requests\n\u003cpending user asks\u003e\n\n## Next Steps\n\u003cwhat next session should do\u003e\n\n## Warnings/Notes\n\u003ccritical info for next session\u003e\n\n3. Send handoff:\n town mail send mayor/ -s \"Session Handoff\" -m \"\u003cnote\u003e\"\n\n4. End session - next instance picks up from handoff.","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T20:15:26.188561-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T20:48:39.861022-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-g2d","depends_on_id":"gt-u82","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T20:15:39.361163-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"}]} +{"id":"gt-g44u","title":"Molecule Workflow Engine: Composable Crystallized Workflows","description":"# Epic: Molecule Workflow Engine\n\n**Vision**: Molecules are crystallized, composable, nondeterministic-idempotent workflow templates. Any worker can pick up where any other worker was interrupted and continue along the molecule.\n\n**Christmas Target**: Full molecule-based workflow engine operational by Dec 25, 2025.\n\n## The Core Concepts\n\n1. **Molecule**: Read-only workflow template (beads issue with type=molecule)\n2. **Atom/Step**: Individual work unit with prose instructions\n3. **Bond**: Dependency between steps\n4. **Polymer/Derived**: Molecule composed from other molecules\n5. **Instance**: Concrete beads created when molecule is attached to work\n\n## Key Features Needed\n\n### 1. Molecule Composition (Includes Directive)\nMolecules can include other molecules:\n\\`\\`\\`markdown\n## Molecule: gastown-polecat\nIncludes: mol-engineer-in-box\n\n## Step: install-binary\nBuild and install the local gt binary.\nNeeds: submit\n\\`\\`\\`\n\n### 2. Standard Molecules\n- mol-install-go-binary: Single step to build/install gt\n- mol-gastown-polecat: engineer-in-box + install-binary\n\n### 3. Spawn Integration\n\\`gt spawn --issue \u003cid\u003e --molecule \u003cmol-id\u003e\\` creates molecule instance then starts polecat on first ready step.\n\n### 4. Nondeterministic Idempotence\n- Steps are atomic (pending → in_progress → completed)\n- Any worker can pick up any ready step\n- Step timeout/recovery for stuck workers\n\n## Success Criteria\n- [ ] Polecats can be spawned with mol-gastown-polecat\n- [ ] Derived molecules work end-to-end\n- [ ] 10+ polecat swarm completes molecule workflows\n- [ ] install-go-binary step runs after successful merges","status":"open","priority":0,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:49:32.005023-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:49:32.005023-08:00"} +{"id":"gt-g44u.1","title":"Molecule composition: Includes directive","description":"Add support for molecule composition via the Includes directive.\n\n## Format\n\\`\\`\\`markdown\n## Molecule: derived-name\nIncludes: mol-base-molecule\n\n## Step: additional-step\nAdditional instructions here.\nNeeds: step-from-base\n\\`\\`\\`\n\n## Implementation\n1. Add \\`Includes:\\` parsing to ParseMoleculeSteps()\n2. Resolve included molecule by ID\n3. Merge steps from included molecule\n4. Allow new steps to depend on included steps\n5. Support multiple includes (polymers)\n\n## Files to modify\n- internal/beads/molecule.go\n- internal/beads/molecule_test.go\n\n## Acceptance\n- [ ] Parse Includes directive\n- [ ] Resolve and merge included steps\n- [ ] Dependencies across molecules work\n- [ ] Multiple includes supported\n- [ ] Tests cover composition scenarios","status":"open","priority":0,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:08.981634-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:08.981634-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-g44u.1","depends_on_id":"gt-g44u","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:08.983662-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-g44u.2","title":"Create mol-install-go-binary molecule","description":"Create a single-step molecule for building and installing the gt binary.\n\n## Molecule Definition\n\\`\\`\\`markdown\n## Molecule: install-go-binary\nSingle step to rebuild and install the gt binary after code changes.\n\n## Step: install\nBuild and install the gt binary locally.\n\nRun from the rig directory:\n\\`\\`\\`\ngo build -o gt ./cmd/gt\ngo install ./cmd/gt\n\\`\\`\\`\n\nVerify the installed binary is updated:\n\\`\\`\\`\nwhich gt\ngt --version # if we have version command\n\\`\\`\\`\n\\`\\`\\`\n\n## Implementation\n1. Add to builtin_molecules.go\n2. Update SeedBuiltinMolecules to include it\n3. Run gt molecule seed\n\n## Acceptance\n- [ ] mol-install-go-binary exists in beads\n- [ ] Can be instantiated standalone\n- [ ] Can be included by other molecules","status":"open","priority":0,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:11.178225-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:11.178225-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-g44u.2","depends_on_id":"gt-g44u","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:11.180129-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"id":"gt-g44u.3","title":"Create mol-gastown-polecat derived molecule","description":"Create the standard Gas Town polecat workflow molecule.\n\n## Molecule Definition\n\\`\\`\\`markdown\n## Molecule: gastown-polecat\nFull workflow for Gas Town polecats including binary installation.\n\nIncludes: mol-engineer-in-box\n\n## Step: install-binary\nAfter merge is submitted, rebuild and install the local gt binary.\nThis ensures the latest code is available to all local agents.\n\nRun from the rig directory:\n\\`\\`\\`\ngo build -o gt ./cmd/gt\ngo install ./cmd/gt\n\\`\\`\\`\n\nNeeds: submit\n\\`\\`\\`\n\n## Why This Molecule\nEvery polecat that pushes to main should also rebuild the binary.\nThis ensures the installed gt is always current with main.\n\n## Implementation\n1. Add to builtin_molecules.go (after Includes support lands)\n2. Update SeedBuiltinMolecules\n3. Run gt molecule seed\n\n## Acceptance\n- [ ] mol-gastown-polecat exists\n- [ ] Includes all engineer-in-box steps\n- [ ] Adds install-binary step after submit\n- [ ] Can be used with gt spawn --molecule","status":"open","priority":0,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:12.702275-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:12.702275-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-g44u.3","depends_on_id":"gt-g44u","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:12.704439-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-g44u.3","depends_on_id":"gt-g44u.1","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:31.019186-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-g44u.3","depends_on_id":"gt-g44u.2","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:31.14432-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} +{"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":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:15.072833-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:15.072833-08:00","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":"open","priority":0,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:24.519069-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:50:24.519069-08:00","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-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","metadata":"{}"},{"issue_id":"gt-gby","depends_on_id":"gt-eu9","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T11:39:46.547204-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"},{"issue_id":"gt-gby","depends_on_id":"gt-99m","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T11:50:24.142182-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"}]} {"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","metadata":"{}"}]} {"id":"gt-h5n","title":"Merge Queue in Beads: Universal chit system for all work","description":"\n\n**Design doc**: docs/merge-queue-design.md","status":"open","priority":0,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-16T23:01:45.782171-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-17T13:43:43.211867-08:00"} @@ -285,7 +291,7 @@ {"id":"gt-u1j.8","title":"Polecat management: add, remove, list, state","description":"Polecat lifecycle: add, remove, list, state tracking.\n\n## Data Model\n\n```go\ntype Polecat struct {\n Name string `json:\"name\"`\n Rig string `json:\"rig\"`\n State PolecatState `json:\"state\"`\n ClonePath string `json:\"clone_path\"`\n Branch string `json:\"branch\"`\n Issue string `json:\"issue,omitempty\"`\n CreatedAt time.Time `json:\"created_at\"`\n UpdatedAt time.Time `json:\"updated_at\"`\n}\n\ntype PolecatState string\nconst (\n StateIdle PolecatState = \"idle\"\n StateActive PolecatState = \"active\"\n StateWorking PolecatState = \"working\"\n StateDone PolecatState = \"done\"\n StateStuck PolecatState = \"stuck\"\n)\n```\n\n## Interface\n\n```go\ntype PolecatManager struct {\n rig *Rig\n git *Git\n}\n\nfunc NewPolecatManager(rig *Rig, git *Git) *PolecatManager\n\n// Lifecycle\nfunc (pm *PolecatManager) Add(name string) (*Polecat, error)\nfunc (pm *PolecatManager) Remove(name string) error\nfunc (pm *PolecatManager) List() ([]*Polecat, error)\nfunc (pm *PolecatManager) Get(name string) (*Polecat, error)\n\n// State\nfunc (pm *PolecatManager) SetState(name string, state PolecatState) error\nfunc (pm *PolecatManager) AssignIssue(name, issue string) error\nfunc (pm *PolecatManager) ClearIssue(name string) error\n\n// Convenience\nfunc (pm *PolecatManager) Wake(name string) error // idle → active\nfunc (pm *PolecatManager) Sleep(name string) error // active → idle\n```\n\n## Add Flow\n\n1. Create directory: `\u003crig\u003e/polecats/\u003cname\u003e/`\n2. Clone rig repo into it (or copy from rig root)\n3. Create new branch: `polecat/\u003cname\u003e`\n4. Initialize polecat state file\n5. Create mail inbox\n\n## Remove Flow\n\n1. Verify session not running\n2. Check for uncommitted changes (warn/error)\n3. Remove directory\n4. Clean up state\n\n## State Persistence\n\nStore in `\u003crig\u003e/polecats/\u003cname\u003e/state.json`","status":"closed","priority":0,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T17:12:27.402824-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T13:37:34.912049-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-16T13:37:34.912049-08:00","close_reason":"Closed","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-u1j.8","depends_on_id":"gt-u1j","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-15T17:12:27.403171-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"},{"issue_id":"gt-u1j.8","depends_on_id":"gt-u1j.5","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T17:13:53.747126-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"},{"issue_id":"gt-u1j.8","depends_on_id":"gt-u1j.3","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T17:13:53.831197-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"}]} {"id":"gt-u1j.9","title":"Witness daemon: heartbeat loop, spawn ephemeral agent","description":"Background daemon for agent lifecycle and monitoring.\n\n## Core Responsibilities\n\n1. **Heartbeat monitoring**: Check agent health periodically\n2. **Session lifecycle**: Restart agents after handoff (Witness Protection)\n3. **Polecat monitoring**: Track worker progress, nudging\n4. **Escalation**: Report failures to Mayor\n\n## Session Lifecycle (Witness Protection)\n\nThe daemon enables autonomous long-running operation by cycling agent sessions:\n\n```go\ntype SessionLifecycle struct {\n AgentType string // \"witness\", \"refinery\"\n StatePath string // path to state.json\n}\n\nfunc (d *Daemon) monitorSessionLifecycle(agent SessionLifecycle) {\n // 1. Detect session exit\n // 2. Check state.json for requesting_cycle: true\n // 3. If cycle requested: start new session, clear flag\n // 4. If unexpected exit: escalate to Mayor\n}\n```\n\nSee architecture.md Key Decision #12: Agent Session Lifecycle.\n\n## Interface\n\n```go\ntype Daemon struct {\n rig *Rig\n polecats *PolecatManager\n sessions *SessionManager\n config DaemonConfig\n}\n\ntype DaemonConfig struct {\n HeartbeatInterval time.Duration // default: 30s\n NudgeThreshold int // nudges before escalation\n MaxWorkers int // from rig config\n}\n\nfunc NewDaemon(rig *Rig) *Daemon\nfunc (d *Daemon) Start() error\nfunc (d *Daemon) Stop() error\n\n// Lifecycle\nfunc (d *Daemon) CycleSession(agentType string) error\nfunc (d *Daemon) SpawnWorker(issueID string) error\nfunc (d *Daemon) ShutdownWorker(polecat string) error\n```\n\n## Heartbeat Loop\n\nEvery HeartbeatInterval:\n1. Check Witness session (restart if cycle requested)\n2. Check Refinery session (restart if cycle requested)\n3. For each active polecat: assess progress, nudge if stuck\n4. Query `bd ready` for new work, spawn up to max_workers","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T17:12:29.389103-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T11:50:12.047959-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T11:50:12.047959-08:00","close_reason":"Folded into gt-99m (one daemon for all Gas Town). The 'witness daemon' concept is now part of the unified daemon that pokes all Witnesses.","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-u1j.9","depends_on_id":"gt-u1j","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-15T17:12:29.389428-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"},{"issue_id":"gt-u1j.9","depends_on_id":"gt-u1j.7","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T17:14:04.353775-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"},{"issue_id":"gt-u1j.9","depends_on_id":"gt-u1j.8","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T17:14:04.440363-08:00","created_by":"daemon","metadata":"{}"}]} {"id":"gt-u82","title":"Design: Mayor session cycling and handoff","description":"Design for Mayor session cycling and structured handoff.\n\n## Overview\n\nMayor coordinates across all rigs and runs for extended periods. Needs session cycling pattern with structured handoff notes.\n\n## Key Elements\n\n1. Session cycling recognition (when to cycle)\n2. Handoff note format (structured state capture)\n3. Handoff delivery (mail to self)\n4. Fresh session startup (reading and resuming)\n\n## Subtasks (implementation)\n\n- gt-g2d: Mayor session cycling prompting\n- gt-sye: Mayor startup protocol prompting\n- gt-vci: Mayor handoff mail template\n- gt-1le: town handoff command (optional, P2)\n\n**Design complete.** Each subtask has full specification in its description.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-15T20:03:16.125725-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T20:49:26.203276-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-15T20:16:10.772149-08:00","close_reason":"Design complete in docs/mayor-handoff-design.md. 4 subtasks created for implementation."} -{"id":"gt-unrd","title":"Fix gt prime to give crew workers crew context","description":"gt prime currently gives Mayor context to all agents. Crew workers should get crew-specific context. Also extract shared theory of operation from mayor priming into shared context for all roles.","status":"in_progress","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"gastown/Ace","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:37:49.671015-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:37:57.267911-08:00"} +{"id":"gt-unrd","title":"Fix gt prime to give crew workers crew context","description":"gt prime currently gives Mayor context to all agents. Crew workers should get crew-specific context. Also extract shared theory of operation from mayor priming into shared context for all roles.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"gastown/Ace","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:37:49.671015-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:41:38.806903-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T15:41:38.806903-08:00","close_reason":"Closed"} {"id":"gt-us8","title":"Daemon: configurable heartbeat interval","description":"Heartbeat interval is hardcoded to 60s. Should be configurable via:\n- town.json config\n- Command line flag\n- Environment variable\n\nDefault 60s is reasonable but some deployments may want faster/slower.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-18T13:38:14.282216-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T13:38:14.282216-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-us8","depends_on_id":"gt-99m","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-18T13:38:26.704111-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]} {"id":"gt-v5k","title":"Design: Failure modes and recovery","description":"Document failure modes and recovery strategies for Gas Town operations.\n\n## Critical Failure Modes\n\n### 1. Agent Crash Mid-Operation\n\n**Scenario**: Polecat crashes while committing, Witness crashes while verifying\n\n**Detection**:\n- Session suddenly gone (tmux check fails)\n- State shows 'working' but no session\n- Heartbeat stops (for Witness)\n\n**Recovery**:\n- Doctor detects via ZombieSessionCheck\n- Capture any recoverable state\n- Reset agent state to 'idle'\n- For Witness: auto-restart via supervisor or manual gt witness start\n\n### 2. Git State Corruption\n\n**Scenario**: Merge conflict, failed rebase, detached HEAD\n\n**Detection**:\n- Git commands fail\n- Dirty state that won't commit\n- Branch diverged from origin\n\n**Recovery**:\n- gt doctor reports git health issues\n- Manual intervention recommended\n- Severe cases: remove clone, re-clone\n\n### 3. Beads Sync Conflict\n\n**Scenario**: Two polecats modify same issue\n\n**Detection**:\n- bd sync fails with conflict\n- Beads tombstone mechanism handles most cases\n\n**Recovery**:\n- Beads has last-write-wins semantics\n- bd sync --force in extreme cases\n- Issues may need manual dedup\n\n### 4. Tmux Failure\n\n**Scenario**: Tmux server crashes, socket issues\n\n**Detection**:\n- All sessions inaccessible\n- \"no server running\" errors\n\n**Recovery**:\n- Kill any orphan processes\n- tmux kill-server \u0026\u0026 tmux start-server\n- All agent states reset to idle\n- Re-spawn active work\n\n### 5. Claude API Issues\n\n**Scenario**: Rate limits, outages, context limits\n\n**Detection**:\n- Sessions hang or produce errors\n- Repeated failure patterns\n\n**Recovery**:\n- Exponential backoff (handled by Claude Code)\n- For context limits: session cycling (mail-to-self)\n- For outages: wait and retry\n\n### 6. Disk Full\n\n**Scenario**: Clones, logs, or beads fill disk\n\n**Detection**:\n- Write operations fail\n- git/bd commands error\n\n**Recovery**:\n- Clean up logs: rm ~/.gastown/logs/*\n- Remove old polecat clones\n- gt doctor --fix can clean some cruft\n\n### 7. Network Failure\n\n**Scenario**: Can't reach GitHub, API servers\n\n**Detection**:\n- git fetch/push fails\n- Claude sessions hang\n\n**Recovery**:\n- Work continues locally\n- Queue pushes for later\n- Sync when connectivity restored\n\n## Recovery Principles\n\n1. **Fail safe**: Prefer stopping over corrupting\n2. **State is recoverable**: Git and beads have recovery mechanisms\n3. **Doctor heals**: gt doctor --fix handles common issues\n4. **Emergency stop**: gt stop --all as last resort\n5. **Human escalation**: Some failures need Overseer intervention\n\n## Implementation\n\n- Document each failure mode in architecture.md\n- Ensure doctor checks cover detection\n- Add recovery hints to error messages\n- Log all failures for debugging","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T23:19:07.198289-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-15T23:19:28.171942-08:00"} {"id":"gt-vc1n","title":"Tmux status line: rig color themes and worker identity display","description":"## Summary\n\nCustomize tmux status line for Gas Town workers with:\n1. Per-rig configurable color themes\n2. Clear worker name and role visibility\n\n## Current Problem\n\n- Only mayor shows in status line (and truncated)\n- Can't tell which rig/worker you're looking at\n- All sessions look the same\n\n## Proposed Design\n\n### Per-rig colors\n```yaml\n# In rig config or beads\ntheme:\n primary: '#ff6600' # Orange for gastown\n secondary: '#333333'\n accent: '#ffcc00'\n```\n\n### Status line format\n```\n[gastown/Rictus] polecat | gt-70b3 | branch: polecat/Rictus\n[beads/emma] crew | working | branch: main \n[mayor] coordinator | idle\n```\n\n### Components\n- Rig name with rig color\n- Worker name\n- Role (polecat/crew/mayor/witness/refinery)\n- Current issue or status\n- Branch name\n\n## Configuration\n\nCould use pinned beads for this (see gm-w13, beads-6v2):\n- `bd show \u003crig\u003e-theme` returns theme config\n- Stored as pinned bead, always available\n- Part of 'config in beads data plane' initiative","notes":"Implementation complete. Core features: per-rig color themes, dynamic status line with issue/mail indicators, gt theme/issue commands. Ready for testing.","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-18T21:58:58.547188-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T14:25:02.135073-08:00"} @@ -295,6 +301,7 @@ {"id":"gt-vjw","title":"Swarm learning: Session cleanup missing from swarm workflow","description":"## Problem\n\nAfter Enders Game swarm completed (18 issues merged), 16 polecat sessions were left running but idle. No automated cleanup occurred.\n\n## What Should Happen\n\n1. Witness detects polecat completed work (idle at prompt)\n2. Witness verifies git state is clean\n3. Witness shuts down session\n4. Witness reports completion to Mayor\n\n## GGT Components\n\n- gt-cxx: Witness context cycling (covers self-cycling)\n- gt-u1j.9: Witness daemon heartbeat loop\n- gt-kmn.6: Witness swarm landing protocol\n\n## Recommendation\n\nAdd to Witness responsibilities:\n- Monitor for 'work complete' signals (DONE keyword, idle detection)\n- Automated session shutdown after verification\n- Swarm completion reporting to Mayor\n\nSee also: architecture.md 'Worker Cleanup (Witness-Owned)' section which describes this but it wasn't implemented in PGT.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T01:27:52.796587-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T01:51:37.409965-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-16T01:51:37.409965-08:00","close_reason":"Addressed by gt-u1j.9 (daemon heartbeat) which now includes session lifecycle management and worker shutdown. See architecture.md Key Decision #12."} {"id":"gt-vnp9","title":"tmux notifications: display-message too subtle, use send-keys instead","description":"## Problem\n\n`tmux display-message` notifications are not visible enough - they appear briefly in the status bar and are easy to miss.\n\n## Current Behavior\n\nrouter.go uses:\n```go\nr.tmux.DisplayMessageDefault(sessionID, notification)\n```\n\n## What Works\n\nSending echo commands directly to the terminal:\n```bash\ntmux send-keys -t \u003csession\u003e \"echo '📬 NEW MAIL from mayor'\" Enter\n```\n\n## Proposed Fix\n\nChange notification method to send visible output to the terminal, perhaps with a box/banner:\n```\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n📬 NEW MAIL from mayor\nSubject: \u003csubject\u003e\nRun: bd mail inbox\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n```\n\n## Considerations\n\n- This interrupts the terminal output (acceptable for important mail)\n- Could check if Claude is mid-response and queue notification\n- Or use tmux popup if available","notes":"Additional issues:\n1. Enter key not sent properly when chained with send-keys\n2. Need to debounce and send Enter separately\n3. Correct pattern: send text, sleep briefly, then send Enter","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-18T21:35:28.542985-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:00:29.342381-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:00:29.342381-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented visible notification banner using send-keys instead of display-message"} {"id":"gt-w3bu","title":"gt spawn: Enter key needs debounce delay after paste","description":"## Problem\n\nWhen spawning polecats via `gt spawn`, instructions are pasted into tmux but workers often sit idle at prompt because the Enter key arrives before the paste is fully processed.\n\n## Observed Behavior\n\n- Instructions pasted via tmux send-keys\n- Enter key sent immediately after\n- Worker session shows prompt with no input (paste not submitted)\n- Requires manual intervention to nudge workers\n\n## Expected Behavior\n\n- Paste completes fully\n- Enter key submits the pasted instructions\n- Worker begins executing immediately\n\n## Root Cause\n\nLikely a race condition between paste buffer processing and keypress handling. Need either:\n1. Debounce delay before sending Enter\n2. Longer delay (Tmax) to ensure paste completes\n3. Alternative submission mechanism\n\n## Impact\n\n- Swarm of 10 workers had multiple stalls at startup\n- Required manual tmux send-keys to unstick them\n- Defeats purpose of automated spawning\n\n## References\n\n- Observed during Mad Max swarm (Dec 18, 2025)\n- Affects gt spawn command in internal/cmd/spawn.go","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-18T21:06:50.734123-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T21:08:22.400899-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T21:08:22.400899-08:00","close_reason":"Added debounce delay between paste and Enter in SendKeys. Default 100ms, Inject scales 100-500ms based on message size."} +{"id":"gt-w5dj","title":"Merge: gt-unrd","description":"branch: polecat/Ace\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-unrd\nrig: gastown","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-19T15:42:06.600633-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T15:42:06.600633-08:00"} {"id":"gt-w775","title":"MR: gt-svi.1 (polecat/Furiosa)","description":"branch: polecat/Furiosa\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-svi.1","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-18T20:21:40.921429-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T20:21:54.163532-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T20:21:54.163532-08:00","close_reason":"Test MRs, cleaning up"} {"id":"gt-w9o","title":"/restart: Personal slash command for in-place agent restart","description":"Create ~/.claude/commands/restart.md that restarts current Gas Town agent in place.\n\n## Detection\n- Read tmux session name: gt-mayor, gt-witness-*, gt-refinery-*, gt-polecat-*\n- Fallback: check GT_ROLE env var\n\n## Behavior by role\n- mayor: gt mayor restart (sends Ctrl-C, loop respawns)\n- witness: gt witness restart\n- refinery: gt refinery restart \n- polecat: gt polecat restart (or witness-mediated)\n\n## Command format\nUses backticks for inline bash to detect context, then instructs Claude to run appropriate restart.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:32:30.043125-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T18:43:17.182303-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T18:43:17.182303-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented ~/.claude/commands/restart.md"} {"id":"gt-wav5","title":"Merge: gt-a95","description":"branch: polecat/Ace\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-a95\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-19T14:53:30.210304-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T14:54:35.277664-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T14:54:35.277664-08:00","close_reason":"Duplicate MR for gt-a95"}