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 {"id":"gt-t2nh","title":"gt nudge: support no-arg invocation with default message","description":"Currently gt nudge requires a message argument:\n\n```\ngt nudge \u003crig/polecat\u003e \u003cmessage\u003e\n```\n\nWould be nice to support:\n```\ngt nudge \u003crig/polecat\u003e\n```\n\nWith a sensible default message like 'nudge' or 'continue' or checking for pending work automatically.","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-23T01:29:23.623455-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T01:29:23.623455-08:00"}
 {"id":"gt-t2vj","title":"Merge: gt-8v8","description":"branch: polecat/nux\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-8v8\nrig: gastown","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-20T16:31:37.562534-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T23:17:25.794937-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T23:17:25.794937-08:00","close_reason":"Branches nuked, MRs obsolete"}
 {"id":"gt-t5pc","title":"test with labels","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"message","created_at":"2025-12-20T17:42:30.258069-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T17:43:00.502696-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-20T17:43:00.502696-08:00","labels":["from:gastown-max","reply-to:gt-xyz","thread:thread-abc123"]}
-{"id":"gt-t9u7","title":"Polecat template cleanup","description":"Collection of improvements to the polecat role template (polecat.md.tmpl). Focus: reduce prose redundancy, move behavior into molecules, fix terminology, improve clarity.","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:57:05.03738-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T16:57:05.03738-08:00"}
+{"id":"gt-t9u7","title":"Polecat template cleanup","description":"Collection of improvements to the polecat role template (polecat.md.tmpl). Focus: reduce prose redundancy, move behavior into molecules, fix terminology, improve clarity.","status":"in_progress","priority":2,"issue_type":"epic","assignee":"gastown/furiosa","created_at":"2025-12-23T16:57:05.03738-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-23T16:58:44.457775-08:00"}
 {"id":"gt-tca","title":"Polecats should auto-cleanup after MR submission","description":"Currently polecats must manually run 'gt handoff --shutdown' after completing work. This is error-prone and leaves stale polecats around.\n\n## Desired Flow\n\n1. Polecat completes work\n2. Polecat runs 'gt mq submit' (or similar)\n3. MR is added to integration queue\n4. **Polecat automatically cleans up** (no manual handoff needed)\n\n## Implementation Options\n\n### Option A: mq submit triggers cleanup\nIn 'gt mq submit':\n1. Submit MR to queue\n2. Automatically run cleanup (same as gt handoff --shutdown)\n3. Polecat session terminates\n\n### Option B: Refinery triggers cleanup\nWhen Refinery picks up MR:\n1. Refinery processes MR\n2. Sends message to Witness: 'CLEANUP: \u003cpolecat\u003e'\n3. Witness cleans up polecat\n\n### Option C: Molecule-driven\nDefine cleanup as final phase of polecat-work molecule:\n1. code → test → submit-mr → cleanup\n\n## Note\nThis reinforces the ephemeral model: polecats exist only for the duration of a single task.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-20T15:22:54.485456-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-21T11:44:14.020856-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-21T11:44:14.020856-08:00","close_reason":"Implemented: mq submit now auto-cleanups polecats after MR submission","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"gt-tca","depends_on_id":"gt-9nf","type":"related","created_at":"2025-12-20T15:40:08.998908-08:00","created_by":"daemon"}]}
 {"id":"gt-th7","title":"Add agent abstraction layer to support non-Claude agents","description":"Currently Gas Town hardcodes 'claude --dangerously-skip-permissions' throughout the codebase for spawning agents. We should add an abstraction layer to support other AI agents (e.g., Gemini CLI, OpenAI agents, local models).\n\nLocations that spawn Claude:\n- internal/cmd/mayor.go:131\n- internal/cmd/deacon.go:150  \n- internal/cmd/witness.go:280\n- internal/cmd/crew.go (multiple locations)\n- internal/cmd/up.go:190, 229\n- internal/session/manager.go:146\n- internal/refinery/manager.go:207\n\nSuggested approach:\n1. Create an agent package with an interface\n2. Add configuration for agent type in town/rig config\n3. Replace hardcoded claude commands with agent.Spawn() calls\n4. Support agents: claude, gemini, openai, local (ollama, etc.)","status":"open","priority":3,"issue_type":"feature","created_at":"2025-12-20T15:11:15.931048-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-20T15:26:54.236995-08:00"}
 {"id":"gt-tl54","title":"MR: gt-test (main)","description":"branch: main\ntarget: main\nsource_issue: gt-test","status":"closed","priority":3,"issue_type":"merge-request","created_at":"2025-12-18T20:16:41.125975-08:00","updated_at":"2025-12-18T20:21:54.162843-08:00","closed_at":"2025-12-18T20:21:54.162843-08:00"}