Implement step recovery mechanism for stuck molecule steps (MVP):
- Add Release() and ReleaseWithReason() to beads wrapper
- Create gt release command to move in_progress → open
- Clears assignee so step can be claimed by another worker
- Optionally adds reason as note for tracking
Usage:
gt release <id> # Release single issue
gt release <id> -r "why" # Release with reason
This enables nondeterministic idempotence - stuck steps can be
safely recovered and retried by releasing and reclaiming.
Closes gt-g44u.4
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The while true loop didn't work properly. Now gt mayor attach just runs claude directly.
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When `gt crew at` detects Claude has exited (shell running), or when
`gt crew restart` is used, now sends a crew-specific prompt after priming:
"Read your mail, act on anything urgent, else await instructions."
This gives crew workers clear direction on resume without requiring
manual prompting.
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Add tmux status bar theming for Gas Town sessions:
- Per-rig color themes auto-assigned via consistent hashing
- 10 curated dark themes (ocean, forest, rust, plum, etc.)
- Special gold/dark theme for Mayor
- Dynamic status line showing current issue and mail count
- Mayor status shows polecat/rig counts
New commands:
- gt theme --list: show available themes
- gt theme apply: apply to running sessions
- gt issue set/clear: agents update their current issue
- gt status-line: internal command for tmux refresh
Status bar format:
- Left: [rig/worker] role
- Right: <issue> | <mail> | HH:MM
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Implement 'gt mq integration status <epic>' command that displays:
- Integration branch name and creation date
- Commits ahead of main
- Merged MRs (closed, targeting integration branch)
- Pending MRs (open, targeting integration branch)
Also adds git helpers for BranchCreatedDate and CommitsAhead.
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Replace polecat state.json with beads assignee field for state management:
- Remove state.json read/write from polecat.Manager
- Add loadFromBeads() to derive state from issue.assignee field
- Update AssignIssue() to set issue.assignee in beads
- Update ClearIssue() to clear assignee from beads
- Update SetState() to work with beads or gracefully degrade
- Add ListByAssignee and GetAssignedIssue to beads package
- Update spawn to create beads issues for free-form tasks
- Update tests for new beads-based architecture
State derivation:
- Polecat exists: worktree directory exists
- Polecat assigned: issue.assignee = 'rig/polecatName'
- Polecat working: issue.status = open/in_progress
- Polecat done: issue.status = closed or no assignee
Fixes: gt-qp98
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When 'gt mq submit' is called:
1. Parse source issue from branch
2. Check if issue has a parent epic
3. Check if integration/<epic> branch exists
4. If yes: set target=integration/<epic>
5. If no: set target=main
The --epic flag still works for explicit targeting.
Closes gt-h5n.7
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Fix ~50 errcheck warnings across the codebase:
- Add explicit `_ =` for intentionally ignored error returns (cleanup,
best-effort operations, etc.)
- Use `defer func() { _ = ... }()` pattern for defer statements
- Handle tmux SetEnvironment, KillSession, SendKeysRaw returns
- Handle mail router.Send returns
- Handle os.RemoveAll, os.Rename in cleanup paths
- Handle rand.Read returns for ID generation
- Handle fmt.Fprint* returns when writing to io.Writer
- Fix for-select with single case to use for-range
- Handle cobra MarkFlagRequired returns
All tests pass. Code compiles without errors.
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Add missing gt commands to match PGT functionality:
- gt session restart: Restart polecat session (stop + start)
- gt session status: Show detailed session status with uptime
- gt rig shutdown: Gracefully stop all agents in a rig
- gt mail reply: Convenience command for replying to messages
- gt witness attach: Attach to witness tmux session
Closes: gt-hw6, gt-99m, gt-6db, gt-e76, gt-hzr, gt-sqi
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Add `gt crew restart <name>` command that kills the tmux session and
starts fresh with Claude. Unlike `refresh`, this does not send handoff
mail - it is a clean slate restart. Useful when a crew member gets
confused or needs context cleared.
Alias: gt crew rs
Resolves: gt-1fl
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Create comprehensive harness documentation covering:
- What a harness is (installation directory vs town concept)
- Harness structure and creation with gt install
- Beads redirect patterns for complex setups
- Multi-system sharing (PGT/GGT coexistence)
- Configuration files (town.json, rigs.json, state.json)
- Harness templates for organizations
- Migration between harnesses
Update architecture.md to:
- Rename "Town" section to "Harness (Town)" with clearer explanation
- Add cross-references to new harness.md
- Update directory structure section with "Harness Level" heading
- Expand CLI commands section with more gt install options
Update install.go help text to reference harness.md.
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Add three built-in molecule definitions that are automatically seeded
during `gt install`:
- engineer-in-box: Full workflow from design to merge (5 steps)
- quick-fix: Fast path for small changes (3 steps)
- research: Investigation workflow (2 steps)
These molecules provide reusable workflow templates that polecats can
instantiate to execute multi-step procedures with proper dependency
tracking between steps.
Closes gt-4nn.4
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Add 'gt mq integration land <epic>' command that:
- Verifies all MRs targeting integration/<epic> are merged
- Verifies integration branch exists
- Merges integration/<epic> to main (--no-ff)
- Runs tests on main (if configured)
- Pushes to origin
- Deletes integration branch (local and remote)
- Updates epic status to closed
Options:
- --force: land even if some MRs still open
- --skip-tests: skip test run
- --dry-run: preview only
Also adds:
- MergeNoFF() and DeleteRemoteBranch() to git package
- WorkDir() accessor for git.Git
- Unit tests for mq helper functions
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Add `gt molecule` subcommands for managing workflow templates:
- list: Show all molecules (type=molecule issues)
- show: Display molecule with parsed step structure
- parse: Validate molecule and show parsed details
- instantiate: Create child beads from molecule template
- instances: Show all instantiations of a molecule
Also add `--molecule` flag to `gt spawn` for molecule-based workflows.
When specified, the molecule is instantiated on the parent issue first,
then the polecat is spawned on the first ready step.
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Replace mail-based handoff system with pinned beads that persist
across sessions. This fixes the issue where handoff messages get
closed before successors can read them.
Changes:
- beads: Add StatusPinned constant and handoff functions:
- HandoffBeadTitle() for well-known naming
- FindHandoffBead() to locate role handoff bead
- GetOrCreateHandoffBead() to ensure bead exists
- UpdateHandoffContent() to set handoff message
- ClearHandoffContent() to reset after reading
- cmd/handoff: Update to use pinned beads instead of mail
- sendHandoffMail() now updates pinned bead content
- cmd/prime: Display handoff content on startup
- outputHandoffContent() reads and shows handoff bead
- cmd/rig: Add reset command with --handoff flag
- gt rig reset --handoff clears handoff content
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This implements the ephemeral polecat model where polecats are spawned
fresh for each task and deleted upon completion.
Key changes:
**Spawn (internal/cmd/spawn.go):**
- Always create fresh worktree from main branch
- Run bd init in new worktree to initialize beads
- Remove --create flag (now implicit)
- Replace stale polecats with fresh worktrees
**Handoff (internal/cmd/handoff.go):**
- Add rig/polecat detection from environment and tmux session
- Send shutdown requests to correct witness (rig/witness)
- Include polecat name in lifecycle request body
**Witness (internal/witness/manager.go):**
- Add mail checking in monitoring loop
- Process LIFECYCLE shutdown requests
- Implement full cleanup sequence:
- Kill tmux session
- Remove git worktree
- Delete polecat branch
**Polecat state machine (internal/polecat/types.go):**
- Primary states: working, done, stuck
- Deprecate idle/active (kept for backward compatibility)
- New polecats start in working state
- ClearIssue transitions to done (not idle)
**Polecat commands (internal/cmd/polecat.go):**
- Update list to show "Active Polecats"
- Normalize legacy states for display
- Add deprecation warnings to wake/sleep commands
Closes gt-7ik
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Changes:
- Remove creation of mayor/mail/ directory with legacy JSONL inbox
- Initialize town-level beads DB (gm- prefix) via `bd init` instead of
creating a .beads/redirect placeholder file
- Update help text and next-steps output to reflect new architecture
Town beads (gm-*) store mayor mail, cross-rig coordination, and handoffs.
Rig beads remain separate with their own prefixes.
Closes: gt-jpt
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The spawn command now accepts --polecat and --rig flags as an
alternative to the positional rig/polecat argument. When using
--polecat without --rig, the rig is inferred from the current
working directory.
Examples:
gt spawn --issue gt-xyz --polecat Angharad
gt spawn --issue gt-abc --rig gastown --polecat Toast
Fixes gt-selw
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Implement 'gt mq integration create <epic>' command to create integration
branches for batch work on epics. The command:
1. Verifies the epic exists in beads
2. Creates branch integration/<epic-id> from origin/main
3. Pushes the branch to origin
4. Stores integration branch info in the epic's metadata
Also adds helper methods to git package:
- CreateBranchFrom: create branch from specific ref
- BranchExists: check if local branch exists
- RemoteBranchExists: check if branch exists on remote
Future MRs for the epic's children can target the integration branch
with: gt mq submit --epic <epic-id>
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Adds two new commands to transition polecats back to idle state:
- gt polecat done (alias: finish): Transitions from working/done/stuck
states to idle, clearing the assigned issue. For normal workflow when
work is complete but session was not properly cleaned up.
- gt polecat reset: Force resets any state to idle. For recovery when
polecat is stuck in an unexpected state.
Both commands check that the session is stopped before modifying state.
Fixes gt-s3m0
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Add the witness monitoring agent command with start, stop, and status
subcommands. The witness monitors polecats for stuck/idle states and
can nudge blocked workers.
Closes gt-kcee
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When using `gt spawn rig --create` and no polecats exist (or all are
busy), the command now automatically generates a Mad Max themed polecat
name and creates it, rather than failing with "no available polecats".
This improves agent UX by making the --create flag work intuitively.
Fixes: gt-szsq
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'gt session capture rig/polecat 50' now works in addition to
'gt session capture rig/polecat -n 50'. Agent UX: commands should
work the way agents guess they work.
Closes: gt-d7i
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- Add 200ms delay after NewSession before sending keys to fix race
condition where shell is not ready (mayor.go, crew.go)
- Use merge-request type instead of task for gt mq submit (mq.go)
Fixes gt-tulx
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detectSender() only detected polecats, not crew workers. Crew workers
like Emma at /Users/stevey/gt/beads/crew/emma were incorrectly
defaulting to mayor/ instead of getting their proper address.
Added /crew/ directory pattern matching parallel to the existing
/polecats/ detection, extracting rig/crewName address format.
Fixes: gt-70b3
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filepath.SplitList is for PATH-like env vars (colon/semicolon separated),
not for splitting file paths. This caused inferRigFromCwd to always fail
since SplitList returns the whole path as one element, making the fallback
logic never trigger.
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Adds the merge queue submit command for workers to submit completed
work to the merge queue. The command creates a merge-request bead
that the Engineer will process.
Features:
- Auto-detects branch, issue, worker, and rig from current context
- Parses polecat/<worker>/<issue> branch naming convention
- Supports explicit --branch, --issue, --epic, --priority flags
- Inherits priority from source issue by default
- Creates merge-request bead with structured MR fields
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Adds keepalive.Touch() to signal agent activity during commands.
Also ignores state.json in .gitignore.
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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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