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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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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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vuvalini
2026-01-04 16:51:02 -08:00
committed by Steve Yegge
parent 86c4ea2fa6
commit f0c94db99e
2 changed files with 4 additions and 4 deletions
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internal/cmd/prime.go
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@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ func outputDeaconPatrolContext(ctx RoleContext) {
"Execute the step (heartbeat, mail, health checks, etc.)",
"Close step: `bd close <step-id>`",
"Check next: `bd ready`",
"At cycle end (loop-or-exit step):\n - Generate summary of patrol cycle\n - Squash: `bd --no-daemon mol squash <mol-id> --summary \"<summary>\"`\n - Loop back to create new wisp, or exit if context high",
"At cycle end (loop-or-exit step):\n - If context LOW:\n * Squash: `bd mol squash <mol-id> --summary \"<summary>\"`\n * Create new patrol: `bd mol wisp mol-deacon-patrol`\n * Continue executing from inbox-check step\n - If context HIGH:\n * Send handoff: `gt handoff -s \"Deacon patrol\" -m \"<observations>\"`\n * Exit cleanly (daemon respawns fresh session)",
},
}
outputPatrolContext(cfg)
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ func outputWitnessPatrolContext(ctx RoleContext) {
"Execute the step (survey polecats, inspect, nudge, etc.)",
"Close step: `bd close <step-id>`",
"Check next: `bd ready`",
"At cycle end (burn-or-loop step):\n - Generate summary of patrol cycle\n - Squash: `bd --no-daemon mol squash <mol-id> --summary \"<summary>\"`\n - Loop back to create new wisp, or exit if context high",
"At cycle end (loop-or-exit step):\n - If context LOW:\n * Squash: `bd mol squash <mol-id> --summary \"<summary>\"`\n * Create new patrol: `bd mol wisp mol-witness-patrol`\n * Continue executing from inbox-check step\n - If context HIGH:\n * Send handoff: `gt handoff -s \"Witness patrol\" -m \"<observations>\"`\n * Exit cleanly (daemon respawns fresh session)",
},
}
outputPatrolContext(cfg)
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ func outputRefineryPatrolContext(ctx RoleContext) {
"Execute the step (queue scan, process branch, tests, merge)",
"Close step: `bd close <step-id>`",
"Check next: `bd ready`",
"At cycle end (burn-or-loop step):\n - Generate summary of patrol cycle\n - Squash: `bd --no-daemon mol squash <mol-id> --summary \"<summary>\"`\n - Loop back to create new wisp, or exit if context high",
"At cycle end (loop-or-exit step):\n - If context LOW:\n * Squash: `bd mol squash <mol-id> --summary \"<summary>\"`\n * Create new patrol: `bd mol wisp mol-refinery-patrol`\n * Continue executing from inbox-check step\n - If context HIGH:\n * Send handoff: `gt handoff -s \"Refinery patrol\" -m \"<observations>\"`\n * Exit cleanly (daemon respawns fresh session)",
},
}
outputPatrolContext(cfg)