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 {"id":"gt-polecat-gastown-rictus","title":"gt-polecat-gastown-rictus","description":"gt-polecat-gastown-rictus\n\nrole_type: polecat\nrig: gastown\nagent_state: running\nhook_bead: gt-z99nh\nrole_bead: null","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-28T14:09:49.112812-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-28T14:09:49.445633-08:00"}
 {"id":"gt-polecat-gastown-slit","title":"gt-polecat-gastown-slit","description":"gt-polecat-gastown-slit\n\nrole_type: polecat\nrig: gastown\nagent_state: running\nhook_bead: gt-j9ddg\nrole_bead: null","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-28T14:09:42.286637-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-28T14:09:42.609688-08:00"}
 {"id":"gt-polecat-gastown-test-cat","title":"gt-polecat-gastown-test-cat","description":"gt-polecat-gastown-test-cat\n\nrole_type: polecat\nrig: gastown\nagent_state: spawning\nhook_bead: null\nrole_bead: null","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-28T02:16:55.810497-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-28T02:17:01.786065-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-28T02:17:01.786065-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"agent"}
+{"id":"gt-polecat-gastown-testcat","title":"gt-polecat-gastown-testcat","description":"gt-polecat-gastown-testcat\n\nrole_type: polecat\nrig: gastown\nagent_state: spawning\nhook_bead: null\nrole_bead: null","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"agent","created_at":"2025-12-28T15:32:27.70761-08:00","created_by":"mayor","updated_at":"2025-12-28T15:32:27.70761-08:00"}
 {"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":"tombstone","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-23T13:19:41.055563-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-27T21:29:53.007253-08:00","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"}],"deleted_at":"2025-12-27T21:29:53.007253-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gt-ppdmm","title":"Digest: mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Patrol 10: clear","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-26T18:15:09.272455-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:01.022637-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:01.022637-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}
 {"id":"gt-pqhka","title":"Digest: mol-deacon-patrol","description":"Patrol 20: All agents healthy - triggering handoff","status":"tombstone","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-25T06:46:30.78827-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:03.693445-08:00","deleted_at":"2025-12-27T21:26:03.693445-08:00","deleted_by":"daemon","delete_reason":"delete","original_type":"task"}