diff --git a/.beads/issues.jsonl b/.beads/issues.jsonl
index 6087f4bc..bcfa61fb 100644
--- a/.beads/issues.jsonl
+++ b/.beads/issues.jsonl
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 {"id":"gt-1y0e","title":"🤝 HANDOFF: Investigate beads-sync divergence (221 files)","description":"## Context\n\ngt doctor now detects orphaned code on beads-sync branch. Running it shows:\n\n  beads-sync-orphans: 221 file(s) on beads-sync not in main\n\nThis is in the gastown repo (checking from crew/max).\n\n## Background\n\n- Earlier today we recovered orphaned mail migration code lost in merge 96c773f\n- Recently simplified architecture: all workers use mayor/rig/.beads (redirects)\n- This simplification may have caused beads-sync branch to diverge unexpectedly\n\n## Investigation Steps\n\n1. From crew/max run: git diff main..beads-sync --stat\n2. Check if beads-sync should even exist anymore (was for multi-clone sync)\n3. If obsolete with redirect architecture, consider deleting it\n4. If it has legitimate changes, cherry-pick or merge to main\n\n## Key Question\n\nWith all workers using mayor/rig/.beads via redirects, is beads-sync still needed?\n\n## Commands\n\ngit log main..beads-sync --oneline | head -20\ngit diff main..beads-sync -- *.go | head -100","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"message","created_at":"2025-12-20T22:38:49.242099-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T22:38:49.242099-08:00"}
 {"id":"gt-1ydd9","title":"Show actor on pinned/status change events","description":"Pinned events currently show no actor:\n\n  [10:22:25] → gt-95j13 → pinned · Add tmux hotkey...\n\nShould show who pinned it:\n\n  [10:22:25] → gt-95j13 → pinned · Add tmux hotkey... @gastown/crew/joe\n\nPart of epic gt-u7dxq","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"gastown/polecats/valkyrie","created_at":"2025-12-28T11:02:14.269602-08:00","created_by":"gastown/crew/joe","updated_at":"2025-12-30T06:58:11.850174-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-30T06:58:11.850174-08:00","close_reason":"Fixed: Actor now shows on status/pinned events in bd activity. Fix implemented in beads repo branch fix/actor-on-status-events (https://github.com/steveyegge/beads/pull/new/fix/actor-on-status-events). Changes: Added SetActor method to RPC client and called it during daemon connection to pass actor in RPC requests."}
 {"id":"gt-1z3z","title":"Human escalation path design","description":"Flesh out the human escalation mechanism for Gas Town errors. Currently: errors mail Mayor, Mayor startup prompts about escalations. Need: structured escalation channel, escalation severity levels, and clear documentation. All edge cases in molecular algebra can write warnings to this channel.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"gastown/polecats/imperator","created_at":"2025-12-23T18:45:26.354472-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-30T09:56:38.856254-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-30T09:56:38.856254-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented: gt escalate command with CRITICAL/HIGH/MEDIUM severity, Mayor startup check, escalation beads with audit trail, documentation"}
-{"id":"gt-1z4m","title":"gt swarm is implemented but undocumented","description":"internal/swarm/ package is fully implemented with:\n- gt swarm create\n- gt swarm status\n- gt swarm list\n- gt swarm land\n- gt swarm cancel\n- gt swarm start\n\nBut no documentation exists for it:\n- Not in README\n- Not in architecture.md (uses different terminology)\n- Not in any role prompts\n\nEither:\n1. Document gt swarm as the canonical mechanism\n2. Or deprecate it in favor of gt sling\n\nRelated to gt-6n13 (competing molecule mechanisms)","status":"hooked","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"gastown/polecats/cheedo","created_at":"2025-12-24T12:51:23.768049-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-30T10:33:39.671852-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-1z4m","depends_on_id":"gt-jo9n","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-24T12:52:07.817907-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-1z4m","depends_on_id":"gt-e0qj2","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-26T23:21:29.370789-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
+{"id":"gt-1z4m","title":"gt swarm is implemented but undocumented","description":"internal/swarm/ package is fully implemented with:\n- gt swarm create\n- gt swarm status\n- gt swarm list\n- gt swarm land\n- gt swarm cancel\n- gt swarm start\n\nBut no documentation exists for it:\n- Not in README\n- Not in architecture.md (uses different terminology)\n- Not in any role prompts\n\nEither:\n1. Document gt swarm as the canonical mechanism\n2. Or deprecate it in favor of gt sling\n\nRelated to gt-6n13 (competing molecule mechanisms)","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"gastown/polecats/cheedo","created_at":"2025-12-24T12:51:23.768049-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-30T10:36:54.057795-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-30T10:36:54.057795-08:00","close_reason":"Added docs/swarm.md with full swarm documentation and updated reference.md with CLI commands","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-1z4m","depends_on_id":"gt-jo9n","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-24T12:52:07.817907-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-1z4m","depends_on_id":"gt-e0qj2","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-26T23:21:29.370789-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
 {"id":"gt-202k","title":"Digest: mol-deacon-patrol @ 2025-12-24 19:44","description":"Patrol 6: All healthy","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-24T19:44:33.079069-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:05.137605-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:05.137605-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gt-20fhw","title":"test-agent-verify","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-28T01:29:55.22014-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-28T01:30:01.423217-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-28T01:30:01.423217-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"agent"}
 {"id":"gt-21lh","title":"Polecat template: remove redundant 'Finding Work' section","description":"The 'Finding Work' section (bd ready, bd list, bd show) is general-purpose guidance that may not apply to polecats who are spawned with specific work. Either remove for polecats or clarify this is for discovering additional work during execution.","status":"tombstone","priority":3,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:56:55.230827-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-27T21:29:57.456286-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-21lh","depends_on_id":"gt-t9u7","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:57:16.772763-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}],"deleted_at":"2025-12-27T21:29:57.456286-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@
 {"id":"gt-a817","title":"Update polecat CLAUDE.md with molecule workflow","description":"Add molecule execution guidance to polecat context:\n\n## What to Add\n\n### Molecule Awareness\n- Polecats execute Wisps (ephemeral molecule instances)\n- The work assignment mail includes molecule context\n- Current step is tracked in the wisp\n\n### Workflow Protocol\n1. Read assignment (includes molecule ID and current step)\n2. Execute current step\n3. Update step status via bd mol step\n4. Generate summary when all steps complete\n5. Run bd mol squash to compress wisp into digest\n\n### Key Commands\n- bd mol show \u003cwisp-id\u003e - view current molecule state\n- bd mol step \u003cwisp-id\u003e --status=complete - mark step done\n- bd mol squash \u003cwisp-id\u003e --summary='...' - complete molecule\n\n### Summary Generation\nWhen completing work, generate a summary that:\n- Lists what was accomplished\n- Notes any deviations from the plan\n- Captures key decisions made\n- This becomes the permanent digest","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:33:05.36066-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-27T21:29:56.545663-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-a817","depends_on_id":"gt-62hm","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:33:17.457167-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}],"deleted_at":"2025-12-27T21:29:56.545663-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gt-a95","title":"Refinery background daemon mode","description":"Refinery currently only works in foreground mode. Background daemon is stubbed.\n\n## Current State\nmanager.go line 128-129:\n```go\n// Background mode: spawn a new process\n// For MVP, we just mark as running - actual daemon implementation in gt-ov2\nreturn nil\n```\n\n## Requirements\n\n### 1. Background Process Spawning\n```go\nfunc (m *Manager) Start(foreground bool) error {\n    if !foreground {\n        // Spawn gt refinery start --foreground as subprocess\n        cmd := exec.Command(os.Args[0], \"refinery\", \"start\", m.rig.Name, \"--foreground\")\n        cmd.Start()  // Don't wait\n        // Record PID\n    }\n}\n```\n\n### 2. PID File Management\n- Write PID to .gastown/refinery.pid\n- Check PID validity on status\n- Clean up stale PID files\n\n### 3. Log Output\n- Redirect stdout/stderr to .gastown/refinery.log\n- Log rotation (optional for MVP)\n\n### 4. Graceful Shutdown\n- Handle SIGTERM/SIGINT\n- Complete current merge before exit\n- Update state to stopped\n\n### 5. Health Check\n- Process existence check via kill -0\n- Optional: heartbeat file with timestamp\n\n## Files to Modify\n- internal/refinery/manager.go: Start(), Status(), process spawning\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] gt refinery start \u003crig\u003e spawns background process\n- [ ] gt refinery status shows running with PID\n- [ ] gt refinery stop sends SIGTERM and waits\n- [ ] Logs written to .gastown/refinery.log\n- [ ] Survives terminal close","status":"tombstone","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T14:46:53.366619-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-27T21:29:54.461089-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-27T21:29:54.461089-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gt-a9y","title":"File locking for concurrent access","description":"Add file locking for concurrent access safety.\n\n## At-Risk Files\n- .gastown/swarms.json (or per-swarm state.json)\n- .gastown/refinery.json\n- polecats/\u003cname\u003e/state.json\n- inbox.jsonl files\n\n## Go File Locking\nUse syscall.Flock for advisory locking:\n```go\ntype FileLock struct {\n    file *os.File\n}\n\nfunc AcquireLock(path string, timeout time.Duration) (*FileLock, error) {\n    f, err := os.OpenFile(path+\".lock\", os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDWR, 0644)\n    if err != nil {\n        return nil, err\n    }\n    // Use syscall.Flock with timeout\n}\n\nfunc (l *FileLock) Release() error\n```\n\n## Integration Pattern\n```go\nfunc (m *Manager) saveState(ref *Refinery) error {\n    lock, err := AcquireLock(m.stateFile(), 5*time.Second)\n    if err != nil {\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"could not acquire lock: %w\", err)\n    }\n    defer lock.Release()\n    \n    // Read-modify-write cycle\n}\n```\n\n## New Package\ninternal/filelock/\n├── lock.go     # FileLock, AcquireLock\n└── lock_test.go\n\n## Apply To\n- internal/refinery/manager.go: loadState/saveState\n- internal/cmd/swarm.go: SwarmStore\n- internal/mail/mailbox.go: Append, rewrite\n- internal/polecat/manager.go: state operations\n\n## Timeout Handling\nDefault 5 second timeout. Return error if lock not acquired.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] Lock files created (.lock extension)\n- [ ] Timeout on lock contention\n- [ ] All state files protected\n- [ ] Locks released on error paths","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T14:48:15.641938-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T16:06:32.441426-08:00"}
+{"id":"gt-aa1jz","title":"Merge: keeper-dogs","description":"branch: polecat/keeper-dogs\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: keeper-dogs\nrig: gastown","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-30T10:36:28.246013-08:00","created_by":"gastown/polecats/keeper","updated_at":"2025-12-30T10:36:28.246013-08:00"}
 {"id":"gt-aa4ao","title":"Digest: mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Patrol 13: clear","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-26T18:16:10.046179-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:00.99733-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:00.99733-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gt-aa5l","title":"Digest: mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Patrol #14: Stable","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-24T23:34:09.997525-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:04.28514-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:04.28514-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gt-aatkf","title":"Digest: mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Patrol 15: All healthy.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-28T03:09:32.135786-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-28T03:09:32.135786-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-28T03:09:32.135752-08:00"}
@@ -1139,7 +1140,7 @@
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 {"id":"gt-gastown-polecat-imperator","title":"gt-gastown-polecat-imperator","description":"gt-gastown-polecat-imperator\n\nrole_type: polecat\nrig: gastown\nagent_state: spawning\nhook_bead: null\nrole_bead: gt-polecat-role\ncleanup_status: has_stash","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-30T06:47:59.120921-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-30T10:33:51.341543-08:00"}
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+{"id":"gt-gastown-polecat-keeper","title":"gt-gastown-polecat-keeper","description":"gt-gastown-polecat-keeper\n\nrole_type: polecat\nrig: gastown\nagent_state: done\nhook_bead: null\nrole_bead: gt-polecat-role\ncleanup_status: has_stash","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-29T21:59:02.304059-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-30T10:36:28.524477-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-29T22:08:09.913397-08:00","close_reason":"nuked","deleted_at":"2025-12-29T22:08:09.875921-08:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"agent"}
 {"id":"gt-gastown-polecat-morsov","title":"gt-gastown-polecat-morsov","description":"gt-gastown-polecat-morsov\n\nrole_type: polecat\nrig: gastown\nagent_state: done\nhook_bead: null\nrole_bead: gt-polecat-role\ncleanup_status: has_stash","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-29T21:59:41.438694-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-30T10:33:49.900396-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-29T22:09:14.794797-08:00","close_reason":"nuked","deleted_at":"2025-12-29T22:09:14.754543-08:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"agent"}
 {"id":"gt-gastown-polecat-nux","title":"gt-gastown-polecat-nux","description":"gt-gastown-polecat-nux\n\nrole_type: polecat\nrig: gastown\nagent_state: running\nhook_bead: gt-s94gq\nrole_bead: gt-polecat-role\ncleanup_status: has_stash","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-29T17:54:53.302196-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-30T01:50:53.570498-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-30T01:16:59.549222-08:00","close_reason":"nuked","deleted_at":"2025-12-30T01:16:59.515591-08:00","deleted_by":"batch delete","delete_reason":"batch delete","original_type":"agent"}
 {"id":"gt-gastown-polecat-organic","title":"gt-gastown-polecat-organic","description":"gt-gastown-polecat-organic\n\nrole_type: polecat\nrig: gastown\nagent_state: spawning\nhook_bead: null\nrole_bead: gt-polecat-role\ncleanup_status: has_stash","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-30T06:48:03.048759-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-30T10:33:51.007722-08:00"}
diff --git a/.beads/mq/gt-aa1jz.json b/.beads/mq/gt-aa1jz.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbfd647b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.beads/mq/gt-aa1jz.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "id": "gt-aa1jz",
+  "branch": "polecat/keeper-dogs",
+  "target": "main",
+  "source_issue": "keeper-dogs",
+  "worker": "",
+  "rig": "gastown",
+  "title": "Merge: keeper-dogs",
+  "priority": 2,
+  "created_at": "2025-12-30T10:36:28.247719-08:00"
+}
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