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fix: Add explicit wisp respawn instructions for patrol agents

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When patrol agents (witness, refinery, deacon) complete their patrol wisp,
they were left idle because the instructions only said "loop back" without
specifying the command to create a new wisp.

Updated:
- Work loop instructions in prime.go now explicitly tell agents:
  * If context LOW: run `bd mol wisp mol-<role>-patrol` to create new wisp
  * If context HIGH: use `gt handoff` and exit for daemon respawn
- mol-witness-patrol.formula.toml loop-or-exit step now has clear commands

This ensures patrol agents always either create a new wisp or exit cleanly,
preventing the "session alive but idle" state that caused mail to pile up.

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2026-01-04 16:51:02 -08:00
committed by Steve Yegge
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@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ needs = ['patrol-cleanup']
title = 'Check own context limit'
[[steps]]
description = "End of patrol cycle decision.\n\n**If context LOW**:\n- Sleep briefly to avoid tight loop (30-60 seconds)\n- Return to inbox-check step\n- Continue patrolling\n\n**If context HIGH**:\n- Write handoff mail to self with any notable observations:\n```bash\ngt handoff -s \"Witness patrol handoff\" -m \"<observations>\"\n```\n- Exit cleanly (daemon respawns fresh Witness)\n\nThe daemon ensures Witness is always running."
description = "End of patrol cycle decision.\n\n**If context LOW** (can continue patrolling):\n1. Generate a brief summary of this patrol cycle\n2. Squash the current wisp:\n```bash\nbd mol squash <mol-id> --summary \"<patrol-summary>\"\n```\n3. Create a new patrol wisp:\n```bash\nbd mol wisp mol-witness-patrol\n```\n4. Continue executing from the inbox-check step of the new wisp\n\n**If context HIGH** (approaching limit):\n1. Write handoff mail with notable observations:\n```bash\ngt handoff -s \"Witness patrol handoff\" -m \"<observations>\"\n```\n2. Exit cleanly - the daemon will respawn a fresh Witness session\n\n**IMPORTANT**: You must either create a new wisp (context LOW) or exit (context HIGH).\nNever leave the session idle without work on your hook."
id = 'loop-or-exit'
needs = ['context-check']
title = 'Loop or exit for respawn'