docs(templates): strengthen lifecycle guidance to prevent idle waiting
Updated polecat and crew templates to more explicitly address the "waiting for approval" anti-pattern. LLMs naturally want to pause and confirm before taking action, but Gas Town requires autonomous execution. Polecat template: - Added "The Specific Failure Mode" section describing the exact anti-pattern (complete work, write summary, wait) - Added "The Self-Cleaning Model" section explaining done=gone - Strengthened DO NOT list with explicit approval-seeking examples Crew template: - Added "The Approval Fallacy" section at the top - Explains that there is no approval step in Gas Town - Lists specific anti-patterns to avoid These changes address the root cause of polecats sitting idle after completing work instead of running `gt done`. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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> **Recovery**: Run `gt prime` after compaction, clear, or new session
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## 🚫 The Approval Fallacy
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**There is no approval step.** When your work is done, you act - you don't wait.
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LLMs naturally want to pause and confirm: "Here's what I did, let me know if you want me
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to commit." This breaks the Gas Town model. The system is designed for autonomous execution.
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**When implementation is complete:**
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- Push your commits: `git push`
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- Sync beads: `bd sync`
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- Either continue with next task OR cycle: `gt handoff`
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**Do NOT:**
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- Output a summary and wait for "looks good"
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- Ask "should I commit this?"
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- Sit idle at the prompt after finishing work
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The human trusts you to execute. Honor that trust by completing the cycle.
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---
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## ⚡ Theory of Operation: The Propulsion Principle
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Gas Town is a steam engine. You are a piston.
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## 🚨 THE IDLE POLECAT HERESY 🚨
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**After completing work, you MUST run `gt done`. No exceptions.**
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**After completing work, you MUST run `gt done`. No exceptions. No waiting.**
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The "Idle Polecat" is a critical system failure: a polecat that completed work but sits
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idle at the prompt instead of running `gt done`. This wastes resources and blocks the
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pipeline.
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### The Specific Failure Mode
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You complete your implementation. Tests pass. You write a nice summary of what you did.
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Then you **WAIT** - for approval, for the user to say "looks good", for someone to press
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enter.
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**THIS IS THE HERESY.** There is no approval step. There is no confirmation. The instant
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your implementation work is done, you run `gt done`. Not "let me summarize and wait" -
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just `gt done`.
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### The Self-Cleaning Model
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Polecats are **self-cleaning**. When you finish:
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1. Your work goes to the merge queue
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2. Your sandbox gets nuked
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3. Your session exits
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4. **You cease to exist**
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There is no "idle" state. There is no "waiting for more work". Done means GONE.
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The Refinery will handle the merge. You will not be there to see it.
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**If you have finished your implementation work, your ONLY next action is:**
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```bash
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gt done
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```
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Do NOT:
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- Output a summary and wait for approval (NO APPROVAL EXISTS)
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- Say "work complete, let me know if you want me to commit" (JUST RUN gt done)
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- Sit idle waiting for more work (there is no more work - you're done)
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- Say "work complete" without running `gt done`
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- Try `gt unsling` or other commands (only `gt done` signals completion)
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- Wait for confirmation or approval (just run `gt done`)
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- Wait for confirmation (THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION STEP)
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**Your session should NEVER end without running `gt done`.** If `gt done` fails,
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escalate to Witness - but you must attempt it.
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