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{"id":"gt-480b","title":"Improve test coverage in low-coverage packages","description":"Several packages have low test coverage:\n- internal/cmd: 6.8%\n- internal/mail: 3.6%\n- internal/daemon: 12.1%\n- internal/doctor: 14.5%\n- internal/refinery: 20.6%\n- internal/session: 27.8%\n- internal/git: 28.8%\n\nPriority should be given to mail, cmd, and daemon packages which handle critical functionality.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:34:47.807929-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T22:19:59.416507-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T22:19:59.416507-08:00","close_reason":"Deferred to post-launch. Test coverage improvement is ongoing work, not blocking for launch. Current tests cover critical paths; additional coverage can be added incrementally."}
{"id":"gt-48bs","title":"gt rig reset: clear stale mail on reset/land","description":"## Problem\n\nWhen resetting or landing a rig/town, stale mail messages can confuse agents on startup. Old handoff messages, daemon notifications, and inter-agent mail should be cleaned up as part of reset.\n\n## Current State\n\n- `gt rig reset` exists but doesn't clear mail\n- Stale messages accumulate (e.g., daemon SHUTDOWN messages)\n- Agents may read outdated context on startup\n\n## Proposed Behavior\n\n`gt rig reset` and `gt town reset` should:\n1. Close all open messages (`--type=message`) in the relevant beads\n2. Optionally preserve pinned handoff beads (clear content, keep bead)\n3. Log what was cleaned up\n\n```bash\ngt rig reset gastown # Clears gastown mail\ngt rig reset gastown --mail # Only clear mail, keep other state\ngt town reset # Clears all town-level mail\ngt town reset --all # Clears mail in all rigs too\n```\n\n## Implementation\n\n1. Query `bd list --type=message --status=open`\n2. Close each with reason 'Cleared during reset'\n3. For pinned handoffs: `bd update \u003cid\u003e --description=''` instead of close","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T11:42:17.769674-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T11:27:49.532203-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T11:27:49.532203-08:00","close_reason":"Added --mail flag to gt rig reset"}
{"id":"gt-4eim","title":"gt nudge should accept flexible session identifiers","description":"Currently `gt nudge` requires the exact tmux session name (e.g., `gt-gastown-furiosa`).\n\nIt should also accept:\n- `gastown/furiosa` (rig/polecat format)\n- `furiosa` (polecat name, infer rig from cwd or require if ambiguous)\n\nThe session list command shows `gastown/furiosa` format, but nudge rejects it:\n```\ngt session list → shows 'gastown/furiosa'\ngt nudge gastown/furiosa 'msg' → 'session not found'\ngt nudge gt-gastown-furiosa 'msg' → works\n```\n\nShould normalize all these formats to the tmux session name internally.","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"gastown/angharad","created_at":"2025-12-21T15:36:45.013475-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T15:37:59.042119-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-4ev4","title":"Implement gt sling command","description":"The unified work dispatch command.\n\n```bash\ngt sling \u003cthing\u003e \u003ctarget\u003e [options]\n```\n\nImplements spawn + assign + pin in one operation. See sling-design.md.\n\nAcceptance:\n- [ ] Parse thing (proto name, issue ID, epic ID)\n- [ ] Parse target (agent address) \n- [ ] Spawn molecule if proto\n- [ ] Assign to target agent\n- [ ] Pin to agent's hook (pinned bead)\n- [ ] Support --wisp flag for ephemeral\n- [ ] Support --molecule flag for issue+workflow\n- [ ] Error if hook already occupied (unless --force)","status":"in_progress","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"gastown/furiosa","created_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:27.273013-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T12:12:32.617698-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-4my","title":"Doctor check: Worker health and stuck detection","description":"Detect and report stuck workers via gt doctor.\n\n## Checks\n\n### WorkerHealthCheck\n- List all active workers (polecats with state=working)\n- Check last activity timestamp for each\n- Flag as potentially stuck if no progress for configurable threshold (default: 30 min)\n- Check if Witness is running for the rig\n- Verify Witness last heartbeat time\n\n### Stuck Detection Criteria\n- Polecat state=working but session not running\n- Polecat state=working but output unchanged for threshold\n- Witness not responding to health checks\n- Multiple polecats in same rig all stuck\n\n## Output\n\n```\n[WARN] Workers in rig 'wyvern' may be stuck:\n - Toast: working for 45m, no recent output\n - Capable: working for 52m, session not found\n - Witness: last heartbeat 20m ago\n \n Suggestions:\n - gt witness status wyvern\n - gt capture wyvern/Toast 50\n - gt stop --rig wyvern (kill all)\n```\n\n## Auto-Fix\n\nCannot auto-fix stuck workers (risk of data loss), but can:\n- Restart Witness daemon if crashed\n- Send warning mail to Mayor","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-15T23:17:59.265062-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T17:24:34.882466-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-4my","depends_on_id":"gt-f9x.4","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-15T23:19:05.565606-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-4my","depends_on_id":"gt-7ik","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T15:44:42.068149-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
{"id":"gt-4nn","title":"Molecules: Composable Workflow Beads","description":"## Summary\n\nMolecules are crystallized workflow patterns stored as Beads issues.\nWhen instantiated, the molecule creates child beads forming a DAG.\n\n## Key Insight: Molecules ARE Beads\n\nPer HOP Decision 001: Beads IS the ledger. Molecules don't get a separate YAML format - they're issues with `type: molecule` containing prose-based step definitions.\n\nAgents don't need rigid schemas. They parse natural language natively. A molecule is just instructions with enough structure for tooling.\n\n## Example: Engineer in a Box\n\n```markdown\nid: mol-xyz\ntype: molecule\ntitle: Engineer in a Box\n\nThis workflow takes a task from design to merge.\n\n## Step: design\nThink carefully about architecture. Consider existing patterns, \ntrade-offs, testability.\n\n## Step: implement\nWrite clean code. Follow codebase conventions.\nNeeds: design\n\n## Step: review \nReview for bugs, edge cases, style issues.\nNeeds: implement\n\n## Step: test\nWrite and run tests. Cover happy path and edge cases.\nNeeds: implement\n\n## Step: submit\nSubmit for merge via refinery.\nNeeds: review, test\n```\n\n## Instantiation\n\n```bash\n# Attach molecule when spawning\ngt spawn --issue gt-abc --molecule mol-xyz\n\n# Creates child beads atomically:\ngt-abc.design ← ready first\ngt-abc.implement ← blocked by design \ngt-abc.review ← blocked by implement\ngt-abc.test ← blocked by implement\ngt-abc.submit ← blocked by review, test\n```\n\nEach step issue gets an `instantiated-from` edge to the molecule (with step metadata).\n\n## Why This Matters\n\n1. **Unified data plane**: Everything in Beads, no parallel YAML channel\n2. **AI-native**: Prose instructions, not rigid schemas\n3. **Error isolation**: Each step is a checkpoint - failure doesn't lose progress\n4. **Scales with AI**: As agents get smarter, they handle more complex molecules\n\n## Implementation Primitives\n\n- `ParseMoleculeSteps()`: Extract steps from prose (convention-based)\n- `InstantiateMolecule()`: Atomic transaction creating all steps + edges \n- `instantiated-from` edge type: Track provenance\n- Parameterization: `{{variable}}` substitution from context map","status":"closed","priority":0,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:06:24.573068-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T14:44:59.705427-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T14:44:59.705427-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-4nn.1","title":"Molecule schema: YAML format for workflow definitions","description":"Define the YAML schema for molecule definitions:\n\n```yaml\nmolecule: \u003cname\u003e\nversion: 1\ndescription: \"Human description\"\nsteps:\n - id: \u003cstep-id\u003e\n title: \"Step title\"\n prompt: \"Instructions for agent\"\n depends: [\u003cother-step-ids\u003e] # optional\n tier: haiku|sonnet|opus # optional, default from config\n timeout: 30m # optional\n```\n\nStore molecules in:\n- `\u003crig\u003e/molecules/\u003cname\u003e.yaml` for rig-specific\n- `\u003ctown\u003e/molecules/\u003cname\u003e.yaml` for town-wide\n\nBuilt-in molecules to ship:\n- engineer-in-box: design→code→review→test→submit\n- quick-fix: implement→test→submit\n- research: investigate→document","status":"closed","priority":0,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:06:49.441267-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T20:14:32.629327-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T20:14:32.629327-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-4nn.1","depends_on_id":"gt-4nn","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-18T18:06:49.442723-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
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{"id":"gt-71i","title":"Update architecture.md: Engineer role and Beads merge queue","description":"Update docs/architecture.md with recent design decisions:\n\n1. Agent table: Change \"Refinery\" role to \"Engineer\"\n - Refinery = place/module/directory\n - Engineer = role (agent that works in the Refinery)\n\n2. Merge Queue section: Document Beads-native model\n - MRs are beads issues with --type=merge-request\n - gt mq commands (submit, list, next, process, reorder)\n - Ordering via depends-on links\n\n3. CLI section: Add gt mq commands\n\n4. Key Design Decisions: Add decisions for:\n - #15: Merge Queue in Beads\n - #16: Engineer role (distinct from Refinery place)\n - #17: Session restart protocol for Engineer","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T23:12:03.616159-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T23:12:03.616159-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-71i","depends_on_id":"gt-h5n","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-16T23:12:14.92163-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
{"id":"gt-72so","title":"gt mq list: doesn't show submitted MRs","description":"After submitting MRs with gt mq submit, gt mq list gastown shows empty queue.\n\n## Reproduction\n1. gt mq submit --issue gt-h5n.5 --branch polecat/Scabrous\n2. gt mq list gastown → (empty)\n3. bd list --type=merge-request → shows the MR\n\n## Expected\ngt mq list should show submitted MRs\n\n## MR example\ngt-ts4u has rig: gastown in description, type=merge-request, status=open","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-19T14:54:26.731813-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T17:22:52.552662-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T16:19:53.82455-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-7918","title":"Patrols: Cyclic molecules for autonomous maintenance","description":"## Vision\n\nPatrols are **cyclic molecules** - workflow loops that give Gas Town its autonomous nervous system. While regular molecules are DAGs that terminate, patrols loop forever, performing maintenance tasks at varying cadences.\n\nThis is the \"steam engine\" of Gas Town: converting episodic Claude sessions into continuous autonomous operation.\n\n## Core Concepts\n\n### 1. Cyclic Molecules\n\nRegular molecule: A -\u003e B -\u003e C -\u003e done\nPatrol molecule: A -\u003e B -\u003e C --+\n ^ |\n +-------------+\n\nPatrols have a loop_to field specifying where to restart.\n\n### 2. Cooldown-Aware Steps (Atoms)\n\nSteps encode their own cadence. When patrol reaches a step:\n1. Check: now - last_run \u003e cooldown?\n2. If yes: execute, update last_run\n3. If no: skip (immediately close)\n\nThe patrol runner is simple - steps self-skip. Complexity distributed into atoms.\n\n### 3. The Beacon\n\nThe heartbeat that fires patrol triggers:\n- Internal ticker in Deacon (goroutine)\n- Or external cron firing gt deacon tick\n- Or mail-based triggers\n\nWithout beacon, nothing proactive happens.\n\n### 4. Session Reset as Patrol Step\n\nConnects to auto-handoff (gt-bcwn). Session reset is a patrol step, not a separate mechanism.\n\n### 5. Multi-Role Patrols\n\nEach supervisor has its own patrol:\n\n**Deacon patrol:** health-check (30s), session-gc (5m), beacon-tick (10s)\n**Witness patrol:** orphan-scan (10m), stuck-check (2m), molecule-progress (1m)\n**Refinery patrol:** queue-check (30s), pr-status (1m), merge-ready (30s)\n\n### 6. Cadence Tiers\n\n- Critical (10-30s): Health checks\n- Active (1-5m): Progress, nudges\n- Maintenance (10-30m): Orphans, GC\n- Periodic (1h+): Reports\n\n### 7. Best-Effort Scheduling\n\nNot real-time - more like cron. No hard deadlines. Catch-up, dont pile-up.\nPriority preemption (mail interrupts patrol). Graceful degradation under load.\n\n## Open Questions\n\n1. State persistence: Beads (self-describing) or file (faster)?\n2. Interruption: How does urgent mail preempt patrol?\n3. Error recovery: Backoff? Escalate? Circuit breaker?\n4. Coordination: Can patrols send mail to trigger other patrols?\n\n## Related\n\n- gt-bcwn: Auto-handoff (session reset is a patrol step)\n- Molecule system (patrols extend molecules with loops)\n- Deacon lifecycle management\n\n## Metaphor\n\nClaude was fire. Claude Code was steam. Gas Town is the steam engine. Beads is the train tracks.\n\nThe steam engine converts episodic combustion into continuous rotary motion.\nGas Town converts episodic Claude sessions into continuous autonomous work.","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-21T12:18:22.99128-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T12:18:22.99128-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-7918","depends_on_id":"gt-bcwn","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-21T12:18:30.86651-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
{"id":"gt-7hor","title":"Document the Propulsion Principle","description":"Write canonical documentation for the Universal Gas Town Propulsion Principle.\n\nLocation: gastown/mayor/rig/docs/propulsion-principle.md\n\nContent:\n- The One Rule (hook has work → work happens)\n- Why it works (stateless agents, molecule-driven)\n- The sling lifecycle diagram\n- Agent startup protocol\n- Examples and anti-patterns\n\nThis is foundational theory-of-operation documentation.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:47.790012-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:47.790012-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-7hz3","title":"Merge: gt-92l","description":"branch: polecat/Ace\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-92l\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-19T16:31:37.716367-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T18:26:14.102101-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T17:48:09.627376-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-7iek","title":"context-check","description":"Assess own context usage. If high, prepare for handoff.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:45.43771-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:45.43771-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-7iek","depends_on_id":"gt-hbnz","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:45.442974-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}],"wisp":true}
{"id":"gt-7ik","title":"Ephemeral polecats: spawn fresh, delete on completion","description":"## Design Decision\n\nSwitch from pooled/idle polecats to ephemeral model:\n- Spawn creates fresh worktree from main\n- Polecat requests shutdown when done (bottom-up)\n- Witness verifies handoff, kills session, deletes worktree\n- No 'idle' state - polecats exist only while working\n\n## Rationale\n\n1. **Git worktrees are fast** - pooling optimization is obsolete\n2. **Pooling creates maintenance burden:**\n - Git stashes accumulate\n - Untracked artifacts pile up\n - Branches drift from main\n - Beads DB gets stale\n3. **PGT sync problems** came from persistent branches\n4. **Support infrastructure exists** - Witness, Refinery, Mayor handle continuity\n5. **Simpler mental model** - polecat exists = work in progress\n\n## Lifecycle\n\n```\nSpawn:\n gt spawn --issue \u003cid\u003e\n → Creates fresh worktree: git worktree add polecats/\u003cname\u003e -b polecat/\u003cname\u003e\n → Initializes beads in worktree\n → Starts session, assigns work\n\nWorking:\n Polecat does task\n → Pushes to polecat/\u003cname\u003e branch\n → Submits to merge queue when ready\n\nCompletion (POLECAT-INITIATED):\n Polecat runs: gt handoff\n → Verifies git state clean\n → Sends mail to Witness: \"Ready for shutdown\"\n → Marks itself done, waits for termination\n\nCleanup (WITNESS-OWNED):\n Witness receives shutdown request\n → Verifies PR merged or in queue\n → Verifies no uncommitted changes\n → Kills session: gt session stop \u003crig\u003e/\u003cpolecat\u003e\n → Deletes worktree: git worktree remove polecats/\u003cname\u003e\n → Deletes branch: git branch -d polecat/\u003cname\u003e\n → Optionally: Notifies Mayor of completion\n```\n\n## Key Insight: Bottom-Up Shutdown\n\n**Old model (wrong)**: Top-down batch shutdown - \"cancel the swarm\"\n**New model (right)**: Bottom-up individual shutdown - polecat requests, Witness executes\n\nThis enables streaming:\n- Workers come and go continuously\n- No \"swarm end\" to trigger cleanup\n- Each worker manages its own lifecycle\n- Witness is the lifecycle authority\n\n## Implementation\n\n1. Add `gt handoff` command for polecats to request shutdown\n2. Modify gt spawn to always create fresh worktree\n3. Run bd init in new worktree (beads needs initialization)\n4. Add shutdown request handler to Witness\n5. Witness verifies handoff, then cleans up:\n - Kill session\n - Remove worktree\n - Delete branch\n6. Remove 'idle' state from polecat state machine\n7. Simplify gt polecat list (only shows active)\n\n## Impact on Other Tasks\n\n- gt-17r (Zombie cleanup): Becomes trivial - orphan worktrees\n- gt-4my (Worker health): Simpler - no idle/stuck ambiguity\n- gt-f9x.5/f9x.6 (Doctor): Fewer states to validate\n- gt-eu9 (Witness handoff): Witness receives polecat shutdown requests","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-17T15:44:31.139964-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T01:57:17.033547-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T01:57:17.033547-08:00"}
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{"id":"gt-hw6","title":"GGT Command Parity: Complete gt command coverage","description":"Complete gt command set to match/exceed PGT town commands.\n\nCovers: uninstall, rig info, refinery attach, witness, session mgmt, mail UX, daemon.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-17T22:22:21.720078-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:05:36.723692-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:05:36.723692-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-hxlt","title":"Merge: gt-odvf","description":"branch: polecat/slit\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-odvf\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:42:57.748003-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.503711-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.503711-08:00","close_reason":"ORPHANED: Branch never pushed, worktree deleted"}
{"id":"gt-hzr","title":"gt witness: Witness management commands","description":"Add 'gt witness' command group for witness lifecycle management.\n\nSubcommands:\n- gt witness start [rig] - Start witness for a rig\n- gt witness stop [rig] - Stop witness\n- gt witness status [rig] - Show witness status\n- gt witness attach [rig] - Attach to witness session\n\nWitness monitors polecats and handles:\n- Idle detection and cleanup\n- Session health checks\n- Nudging stuck agents","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-17T21:47:32.210917-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T12:05:27.343254-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T12:05:27.343254-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-hzr","depends_on_id":"gt-hw6","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-17T22:23:42.955006-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
{"id":"gt-i4kq","title":"Update templates for Propulsion Principle","description":"Overhaul agent prompts to embody the Universal Gas Town Propulsion Principle:\n\n\u003e If you find something on your hook, YOU RUN IT.\n\nTemplates to update:\n- [ ] deacon.md.tmpl - Check hook first, no decision logic\n- [ ] polecat.md.tmpl - Propulsion startup, follow molecule\n- [ ] witness.md.tmpl - Sling wisps when spawning agents\n- [ ] refinery.md.tmpl - Accept slung epics\n\nKey changes:\n1. Remove 'should I run this?' decision points\n2. Add 'check your hook' as step 1 of startup\n3. Make molecule-following the default mode\n4. Simplify - agents don't think, they execute","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:46.464968-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:46.464968-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-i4kq","depends_on_id":"gt-4ev4","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.245621-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-i4kq","depends_on_id":"gt-uym5","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.320803-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
{"id":"gt-i4lo","title":"mol-polecat-work","description":"Full polecat lifecycle from assignment to decommission.\n\nThis proto enables nondeterministic idempotence for polecat work.\nA polecat that crashes after any step can restart, read its molecule state,\nand continue from the last completed step. No work is lost.\n\nVariables:\n- gt-test123 - The source issue ID being worked on","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"epic","assignee":"stevey","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.320963-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.332718-08:00","wisp":true}
{"id":"gt-ic0j","title":"🤝 HANDOFF: Timing fixes applied","description":"Fixed mayor attach timing bug. Completed: timing fix, gt-tulx, Emma beads-6v2. Remaining P1: gt-17zr, gt-kcee, gt-szsq. Run gt prime on startup.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"message","created_at":"2025-12-18T22:19:57.731032-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T23:28:33.950423-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T23:28:33.950423-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-id36","title":"Deacon Kernel: event processing molecule architecture","description":"\nExtend the Deacon from \"health orchestrator\" to \"event processing kernel\" that runs a \nmolecule (rounds) each wake cycle, like an OS kernel scheduler.\n\n## Core Insight\n\nThe Deacon already has:\n- Wake cycle (daemon poke, timer, lifecycle request)\n- Mail as event queue\n- Health scanning\n- Lifecycle processing\n\nBut it is REACTIVE. This epic makes it PROACTIVE with a structured molecule:\n\n```\nDeacon Wake\n├── Step 0: Session Check (should I cycle myself?)\n├── Step 1: Health Scan (Mayor, Witnesses, Crew, Refineries)\n├── Step 2: Lifecycle Processing (cycle/restart/shutdown requests)\n├── Step 3: Plugin Execution (scheduled, event-triggered, human-requested)\n├── Step 4: Event Callbacks (timers, subscriptions)\n└── Step 5: Heartbeat + Wait\n```\n\n## Key Design Decisions\n\n1. **Session cycling first** - Token costs are quadratic with session length.\n Deacon should aggressively cycle to fresh sessions. First step of every\n wake is \"do I need a new session?\" based on context budget.\n\n2. **Pinned bead with marching orders** - A pinned bead (like gt prime for\n agents) defines the Deacon's rounds molecule. This is the Deacon's\n \"kernel\" - its operating loop.\n\n3. **Keepalive file for daemon quieting** - Instead of daemon tmux-poking\n the Deacon (which interrupts work), Deacon writes a keepalive file.\n Daemon reads it and backs off. Worst case: Deacon forgets, gets one\n extra heartbeat it squelches.\n\n4. **Molecule-based rounds** - The wake cycle becomes a molecule with steps.\n Each step can have plugins (inline attention). Steps can be added/modified\n by updating the pinned bead.\n\n## Architecture\n\n```\nGo Daemon (minimal, dumb)\n├── Reads {townRoot}/deacon/keepalive.json\n├── If fresh: do nothing\n├── If stale: poke Deacon (fallback)\n└── Process lifecycle requests (still daemon's job)\n\nDeacon (Claude agent, smart)\n├── Wakes: poke, timer, mail event\n├── Writes keepalive (quiets daemon for duration of rounds)\n├── Runs rounds molecule:\n│ ├── session-check: cycle if context budget low\n│ ├── health-scan: check agents, remediate\n│ ├── lifecycle: process requests\n│ ├── plugins: run scheduled/triggered plugins\n│ ├── events: process timer/event callbacks\n│ └── complete: update heartbeat, wait\n└── Reads marching orders from pinned bead\n```\n\n## Relation to Existing Work\n\n- Extends gt-5af (Deacon infrastructure) - CLOSED\n- Relates to gt-axz (Plugin architecture) - P3\n- Fits into phase3-deacon of gt-ngpz (Christmas Plan)\n- Enables gt-976 (Crew lifecycle) as part of health-scan step\n","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:46:08.076178-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T21:46:08.076178-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-id36","depends_on_id":"gt-976","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-20T21:48:05.215593-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
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{"id":"gt-upom","title":"Witness patrol: cleanup idle orphan polecats","description":"Add patrol step to find and cleanup polecats that are idle with no assigned issue. These orphans occur when polecats crash before sending DONE or Witness misses the message. Patrol should verify git is clean before removing worktree. Part of gt-rana.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-21T23:09:41.756753-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T23:09:41.756753-08:00"}
{"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-usy0","title":"Merge: gt-3x0z.3","description":"branch: polecat/rictus\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-3x0z.3\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:03:43.535266-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.505696-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.505696-08:00","close_reason":"ORPHANED: Branch never pushed, worktree deleted"}
{"id":"gt-uym5","title":"Implement gt mol status command","description":"Show what's on an agent's hook.\n\n```bash\ngt mol status [target]\n```\n\nOutput:\n- What's slung (molecule name, associated issue)\n- Current phase and progress\n- Whether it's a wisp\n- Next action hint\n\nIf no target, shows current agent's status.\n\nAcceptance:\n- [ ] Read pinned bead attachment\n- [ ] Display molecule/issue info\n- [ ] Show phase progress\n- [ ] Indicate wisp vs durable","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:34.679963-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T03:17:34.679963-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-v2ed","title":"inbox-check","description":"Handle callbacks from agents. Check gt mail inbox, process lifecycle requests.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:45.436677-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:51:45.436677-08:00","wisp":true}
{"id":"gt-v5hv","title":"Work on ga-y6b: Implement Refinery as Claude agent. Conve...","description":"Work on ga-y6b: Implement Refinery as Claude agent. Convert from shell to Claude agent that processes MRs in merge queue, runs tests, merges to integration branch. When done, submit MR (not PR) to integration branch for Refinery.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-19T22:58:17.576892-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T23:23:22.778407-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T23:23:22.778407-08:00"}
{"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"}
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{"id":"gt-ysfw","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":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.321856-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.321856-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-ysfw","depends_on_id":"gt-i4lo","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.325126-08:00","created_by":"stevey"},{"issue_id":"gt-ysfw","depends_on_id":"gt-vhby","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-21T21:48:26.3257-08:00","created_by":"stevey"}],"wisp":true}
{"id":"gt-yx4","title":"Town root .beads has schema mismatch with bd","description":"The .beads directory at town root (/Users/stevey/gt/.beads) has an incompatible schema:\n\n```\nError: failed to open database: failed to initialize schema: sqlite3: SQL logic error: no such column: thread_id\n```\n\nMeanwhile, gastown/.beads (symlinked to mayor/rig/.beads) works fine.\n\n## Impact\n\n- gt mail inbox fails at town root\n- gt handoff sends mail to broken db\n- Daemon can't check its inbox\n\n## Options\n\n1. Delete town root .beads/beads.db and let it recreate\n2. Symlink town root .beads to gastown/.beads\n3. Run schema migration on existing db\n\n## Root Cause\n\nLikely a beads version upgrade that added thread_id column, but the town root db was created before that.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","created_at":"2025-12-18T14:31:35.559042-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-19T00:39:32.211083-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-19T00:39:32.211083-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-yzms","title":"Merge polecat/rictus: Add molecule phase lifecycle diagram","description":"Branch: polecat/rictus\n\nAdds molecule phase lifecycle diagram to architecture.md showing Proto → Mol/Wisp → Digest state transitions with the 'states of matter' metaphor. Also documents when to use Mol (durable) vs Wisp (ephemeral).\n\nCloses: gt-c6zs","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:41:58.139439-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.50075-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.50075-08:00","close_reason":"ORPHANED: Branch never pushed, worktree deleted"}
{"id":"gt-z3qf","title":"Overhaul gt mol to match bd mol chemistry interface","description":"## Problem\n\n`gt molecule` uses an outdated interface that doesn't match the chemistry-based modeling in `bd mol`.\n\n**Current gt molecule commands:**\n- attach/detach/attachment - pinned bead operations\n- instantiate - old terminology\n- list/show/parse - basic operations\n- progress/instances - monitoring\n\n**bd mol commands (chemistry-based):**\n- catalog - List protos\n- spawn - Instantiate proto → molecule \n- bond - Polymorphic combine (proto+proto, proto+mol, mol+mol)\n- run - Spawn + assign + pin (durable execution)\n- distill - Reverse of spawn (extract proto from ad-hoc epic)\n- squash - Condense wisps to digest\n- burn - Destroy without record\n\n## Goal\n\nRename `gt molecule` to `gt mol` and align commands with chemistry metaphor:\n\n| Old Command | New Command | Notes |\n|-------------|-------------|-------|\n| gt molecule instantiate | gt mol spawn | Chemistry terminology |\n| gt molecule attach | gt mol bond | Attach = bond to pinned bead |\n| gt molecule detach | gt mol burn | Or keep detach? |\n| gt molecule progress | gt mol status | Show current molecule state |\n| gt molecule list | gt mol catalog | List available protos |\n| - | gt mol run | Spawn + assign + pin (from bd) |\n| - | gt mol squash | For wisp → digest |\n\n## Key Design Questions\n\n1. **Should gt mol be a thin wrapper around bd mol?**\n - Pro: Single source of truth in beads\n - Con: Requires bd to be installed/working\n\n2. **What's the relationship between gt mol and bd mol?**\n - gt mol: Agent-facing (role context, pinned beads, patrol loops)\n - bd mol: Data-facing (protos, spawning, storage)\n\n3. **Wisp support in gt mol?**\n - gt mol spawn --wisp for ephemeral\n - gt mol squash for condensing\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n\n- [ ] Rename `gt molecule` → `gt mol`\n- [ ] Align command names with chemistry metaphor\n- [ ] Add `gt mol run` for durable execution\n- [ ] Add `gt mol squash` for wisp condensation\n- [ ] Update deacon.md.tmpl to use new commands\n- [ ] Update polecat templates\n- [ ] Deprecation warnings for old commands (if any)","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-22T03:02:38.049324-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T03:02:38.049324-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-z3qf","title":"Overhaul gt mol to match bd mol chemistry interface","description":"## The Sling: Unified Work Dispatch\n\nThis issue tracks the overhaul of `gt molecule` to align with chemistry metaphor and introduce the **Universal Gas Town Propulsion Principle**.\n\n### The Propulsion Principle\n\n\u003e **If you find something on your hook, YOU RUN IT.**\n\nThis is the one rule that drives all Gas Town agents.\n\n### The Sling Operation\n\n`gt sling \u003cthing\u003e \u003ctarget\u003e [options]` - unified command for spawn + assign + pin.\n\nSee: `gastown/mayor/rig/docs/sling-design.md`\n\n### Implementation Tasks\n\n| Issue | Title | Priority |\n|-------|-------|----------|\n| gt-4ev4 | Implement gt sling command | P1 |\n| gt-uym5 | Implement gt mol status command | P1 |\n| gt-i4kq | Update templates for Propulsion Principle | P1 |\n| gt-7hor | Document the Propulsion Principle | P2 |\n\n### Command Changes\n\n| Old | New |\n|-----|-----|\n| `gt molecule instantiate` | `gt sling` |\n| `gt molecule attach` | `gt sling --force` |\n| `gt molecule detach` | `gt mol burn` |\n| `gt molecule progress` | `gt mol status` |\n| `gt molecule list` | `gt mol catalog` |\n| `gt spawn --molecule` | `gt sling` |\n\n### Acceptance Criteria\n\n- [ ] `gt sling` works for protos, issues, and epics\n- [ ] `gt mol status` shows hook state\n- [ ] Templates updated for propulsion principle\n- [ ] Old commands deprecated with warnings\n- [ ] Documentation complete","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-22T03:02:38.049324-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-22T03:18:06.517742-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-z3qf","depends_on_id":"gt-4ev4","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.394653-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-z3qf","depends_on_id":"gt-uym5","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.46834-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-z3qf","depends_on_id":"gt-i4kq","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.541384-08:00","created_by":"daemon"},{"issue_id":"gt-z3qf","depends_on_id":"gt-7hor","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-12-22T12:10:42.613099-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
{"id":"gt-z4g","title":"Plugin: Plan-to-Epic converter","description":"## Purpose\n\nHelp users create beads epics from various planning inputs.\n\n## Inputs\n- Markdown task lists\n- GitHub issues\n- Linear/Jira exports\n- Free-form descriptions\n- Existing beads epics\n\n## Output\n- Beads epic with properly structured children\n- Dependencies set for wave ordering\n- Priorities assigned\n- Ready for `gt spawn --epic \u003cid\u003e`\n\n## Implementation Options\n\n### Option A: CLI Tool\n```bash\ngt plan import --from github --repo owner/repo --label batch-candidate\ngt plan import --from markdown tasks.md\ngt plan structure \u003cepic-id\u003e # analyze and add dependencies\n```\n\n### Option B: Plugin Agent\nA plugin at `\u003crig\u003e/plugins/plan-oracle/` that:\n- Receives planning requests via mail\n- Analyzes scope and requirements\n- Creates structured beads epic\n- Sets dependencies based on analysis\n\n### Option C: Interactive Mode\n```bash\ngt plan create\n# Walks through questions, creates epic interactively\n```\n\n## Axiom\n\nAs stated: 'The Planning phase should end in the creation of a workable Beads plan.'\n\nThis plugin bridges the gap between human planning and machine-executable work.\n\n## Priority\n\nP2 - Nice to have for MVP. Manual epic creation works for now.\n\n## Note\n\nNo \"swarm IDs\" - output is just a beads epic with children. Workers process it independently.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-12-16T02:10:20.663549-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-16T17:26:41.087304-08:00"}
{"id":"gt-zayu","title":"Refinery tmux status: show merge queue length","description":"Add refinery-specific status line showing:\n- MQ length (pending merges)\n- Currently processing item (if any)\n- Maybe: success/failure counts\n\nImplement in runRefineryStatusLine() in internal/cmd/statusline.go","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-21T15:40:30.569547-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T15:47:49.493735-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T15:47:49.493735-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented status line functions for witness and refinery"}
{"id":"gt-zbx5","title":"Merge: gt-rana.2","description":"branch: polecat/nux\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-rana.2\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-21T16:17:31.287004-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.502817-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T17:20:27.502817-08:00","close_reason":"ORPHANED: Branch never pushed, worktree deleted"}