Witnesses were sending HEALTH_OK mail to mayor on every deacon health
check (~30s), flooding the inbox. Updated witness templates to:
- Explicitly state NOT to mail on HEALTH_CHECK nudges
- Explain that Deacon tracks health via session status
- Add gotcha note in the main template
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Witnesses should send HEALTH_OK to deacon/, not mayor/deacon.
Added explicit Health Check Protocol section to the witness template
explaining the correct address and why.
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Remove routine POLECAT_PROCESSED and WITNESS_REPORT/REFINERY_REPORT
mail types from Witness→Mayor communication.
Changes:
- Remove Notify Mayor step for routine polecat processing from
witness-CLAUDE.md template
- Remove WITNESS_REPORT and REFINERY_REPORT callback types from
callbacks.go (pattern matching, handlers, constants)
- Update callback help text to reflect new behavior
Witness now handles routine lifecycle autonomously. Only genuine
problems that require human/Mayor intervention are escalated:
- ESCALATION (problems Witness cannot resolve)
- BLOCKED (needs human decision)
- CRASH_RECOVERY (informational)
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- Add gt polecat check-recovery command to check cleanup_status from agent bead
- Update gt polecat nuke to block on polecats with unpushed work (use --force to override)
- Add EscalateRecoveryNeeded function for RECOVERY_NEEDED escalations
- Update Witness template with dormant polecat recovery protocol
Prevents accidental data loss when cleaning up dormant polecats that have
unpushed commits. The Witness should now use check-recovery before nuking
and escalate NEEDS_RECOVERY cases to the Mayor.
(gt-cloml)
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The witness template previously instructed using raw git commands:
- git worktree remove polecats/<name>
- git branch -d polecat/<name>
This failed because git worktree operations must run from the repo
that created the worktree (mayor/rig or .repo.git), not the rig root.
Now uses `gt polecat nuke` which handles repo base detection via
the repoBase() function and properly cleans up worktrees.
Fixes gt-gp6i
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Created witness-CLAUDE.md template that emphasizes the critical
MERGE_READY step in the pre-kill verification checklist.
The witness must send MERGE_READY to refinery BEFORE killing a polecat
session, so the refinery knows which branch to merge.
Uses {{RIG}} placeholder for rig-specific deployment.
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