Remove Go code that makes workflow decisions. All health checking,
staleness detection, nudging, and escalation belongs in the Deacon
molecule where Claude executes it.
Removed:
- internal/daemon/backoff.go (190 lines) - exponential backoff decisions
- internal/doctor/stale_check.go (284 lines) - staleness detection
- IsFresh/IsStale/IsVeryStale from keepalive.go
- pokeMayor, pokeWitnesses, pokeWitness from daemon.go
- Heartbeat staleness classification from pokeDeacon
Changed:
- Lifecycle parsing now uses structured body (JSON or simple text)
instead of keyword matching on subject line
- Daemon now only ensures Deacon is running and sends simple heartbeats
- No backoff, no staleness classification, no decision-making
Total: ~800 lines removed from Go code
The Deacon molecule will handle all health checking, nudging, and
escalation. Go is now just a message router.
See gt-gaxo epic for full rationale.
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Every gt command now touches .gastown/keepalive.json with the last
command and timestamp. This enables smarter daemon backoff:
- Fresh (< 2 min): agent is working, skip heartbeat
- Stale (2-5 min): might be thinking, gentle poke
- Very stale (> 5 min): likely idle, safe to interrupt
Uses PersistentPreRun hook to capture all commands including subcommands.
Closes gt-bfd
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