Extends the --agent flag with a more general --env flag that allows
setting arbitrary environment variables when starting a witness.
Precedence (highest to lowest):
1. CLI --env overrides
2. Role bead env_vars
3. config.AgentEnv() defaults
Examples:
gt witness start greenplace --env ANTHROPIC_MODEL=claude-3-haiku
gt witness restart greenplace --env DEBUG=1 --env VERBOSE=true
Co-authored-by: joshuavial <git@codewithjv.com>
Agents were confused when receiving "gt prime" as their first prompt,
interpreting it as a command to investigate rather than understanding
they were starting a Gas Town session.
Changed crew_at.go, start.go, and handoff.go to use FormatStartupNudge()
which produces a proper beacon like:
[GAS TOWN] george/crew/george <- human • 2026-01-09T10:30 • start
The SessionStart hook (gt prime --hook) still injects context - the
prompt just needs to be something agents recognize as a greeting.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
gt shutdown was not stopping the daemon, which caused it to restart
agents (witnesses, refineries) after shutdown completed. The daemon
heartbeats every 3 minutes and calls ensureWitnessesRunning() and
ensureRefineriesRunning(), which would notice the sessions were dead
and restart them.
This adds daemon stop logic to both runGracefulShutdown (as Phase 6)
and runImmediateShutdown (after polecat cleanup), matching the behavior
that gt down already has.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The manager refactors (ea8bef2, 72544cc0) conflicted with the agent
override feature, causing regressions:
Deacon (ea8bef2):
- Lost agentOverride parameter
- Re-added respawn loop (removed in 5f2e16f)
- Lost GUPP (startup + propulsion nudges)
Crew (72544cc0):
- Lost agentOverride wiring to StartOptions
- --agent flag had no effect on crew refresh/restart
This fix restores agent override support and GUPP while keeping
improvements from the manager refactors (zombie detection, etc).
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Replaces inline ensureRefinerySession function with refinery.NewManager(r).Start(false) in gt start --all. Gains zombie detection, proper state tracking, and WaitForShellReady fix.
CI failures (lint in beads.go, integration tests) are pre-existing issues unrelated to this PR's changes.
Co-Authored-By: julianknutsen <julianknutsen@users.noreply.github.com>
- Create mayor.Manager for mayor lifecycle (Start/Stop/IsRunning/Status)
- Create deacon.Manager for deacon lifecycle with respawn loop
- Move session.Manager to polecat.SessionManager (clearer naming)
- Add zombie session detection for mayor/deacon (kills tmux if Claude dead)
- Remove duplicate session startup code from up.go, start.go, mayor.go
- Rename sessMgr -> polecatMgr for consistency
- Make witness/refinery SessionName() public for status display
All agent types now follow the same Manager pattern:
mgr := agent.NewManager(...)
mgr.Start(...)
mgr.Stop()
mgr.IsRunning()
mgr.Status()
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Refactors all agent startup paths (witness, refinery, crew, polecat) to use
a consistent Manager interface with Start(), Stop(), IsRunning(), and
SessionName() methods.
Includes:
- Witness manager with GUPP propulsion nudge for startup
- Refinery manager for engineer sessions
- Crew manager for worker agents
- Session/polecat manager updates
- claude_settings_check doctor check for settings validation
- Settings management consolidated from rig/manager.go
- Settings location moved outside source repos to prevent conflicts
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Resolved conflict in internal/witness/manager.go:
- Kept session import (used by PR code)
- Kept PR's more accurate comment for PID check
- Removed duplicate sessionName method introduced by merge
* fix: create mayor/daemon.json during gt start and gt doctor --fix (#5)
- Add DaemonPatrolConfig type with heartbeat and patrol settings
- Add Load/Save/Ensure functions for daemon patrol config
- Create daemon.json in gt start (non-fatal if fails)
- Make PatrolHooksWiredCheck fixable with Fix() method
- Add comprehensive tests for both config and doctor checks
This fixes the issue where gt doctor expects mayor/daemon.json to exist
but it was never created by gt start or any other command.
* refactor: use constants.DirMayor instead of hardcoded string
Witness and Refinery startup was duplicated across cmd/witness.go, cmd/up.go,
cmd/rig.go, and daemon.go. Worse, not all code paths sent the propulsion nudge
(GUPP - Gas Town Universal Propulsion Principle). Now unified in Manager.Start()
which handles everything including nudges.
Changes:
- witness/manager.go: Full rewrite with session creation, env vars, theming,
WaitForClaudeReady, startup nudge, and propulsion nudge (GUPP)
- refinery/manager.go: Add propulsion nudge sequence after Claude startup
- cmd/witness.go: Simplify to just call mgr.Start(), remove ensureWitnessSession
- cmd/rig.go: Use witness.Manager.Start() instead of inline session creation
- cmd/start.go: Use witness.Manager.Start()
- cmd/up.go: Use witness.Manager.Start(), remove ensureWitness(),
add EnsureSettingsForRole in ensureSession()
- daemon.go: Use witness.Manager.Start() and refinery.Manager.Start() for
unified startup with proper nudges
This ensures all agent startup paths (gt witness start, gt rig boot, gt up,
daemon restarts) consistently apply GUPP propulsion nudges.
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In startConfiguredCrew(), only HasSession() was checked, missing the case
where a tmux session exists but Claude has exited. Now checks IsClaudeRunning()
and restarts Claude with BuildCrewStartupCommand if dead, matching the behavior
in runStartCrew(). (gt-ms8s4)
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Town-level services (Mayor, Deacon) now use hq- prefix instead of gt-:
- hq-mayor (was gt-mayor)
- hq-deacon (was gt-deacon)
This distinguishes town-level sessions from rig-level sessions which
continue to use gt- prefix (gt-gastown-witness, gt-gastown-crew-max, etc).
Changes:
- session.MayorSessionName() returns "hq-mayor"
- session.DeaconSessionName() returns "hq-deacon"
- ParseSessionName() handles both hq- and gt- prefixes
- categorizeSession() handles both prefixes
- categorizeSessions() accepts both prefixes
- Updated all tests and documentation
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The issue: gt crew start --all was not priming crew sessions like
gt crew at does.
Root cause: gt crew at passes "gt prime" as the initial prompt to
BuildCrewStartupCommand(), while gt crew start (via startCrewMember
and runStartCrew) passed an empty string and tried to send gt prime
afterwards via NudgeSession. This created a race condition where the
SessionStart hook would fire and Claude would start responding before
the nudge arrived.
Fix: Pass "gt prime" directly in the startup command for all three
cases: startCrewMember, runStartCrew new session, and runStartCrew
session restart. This makes the behavior consistent with gt crew at.
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Add --branch flag to `gt rig add` to specify a custom default branch
instead of auto-detecting from remote. This supports repositories that
use non-standard default branches like `develop` or `release`.
Changes:
- Add --branch flag to `gt rig add` command
- Store default_branch in rig config.json
- Propagate default branch to refinery, witness, daemon, and all commands
- Rename ensureMainBranch to ensureDefaultBranch for clarity
- Add Rig.DefaultBranch() method for consistent access
- Update crew/manager.go and swarm/manager.go to use rig config
Based on PR #49 by @kustrun - rebased and extended with additional fixes.
Co-authored-by: kustrun <kustrun@users.noreply.github.com>
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Session names `gt-mayor` and `gt-deacon` were hardcoded, causing tmux
session name collisions when running multiple towns simultaneously.
Changed to `gt-{town}-mayor` and `gt-{town}-deacon` format (e.g.,
`gt-ai-mayor`) to allow concurrent multi-town operation.
Key changes:
- session.MayorSessionName() and DeaconSessionName() now take townName param
- Added workspace.GetTownName() helper to load town name from config
- Updated all callers in cmd/, daemon/, doctor/, mail/, rig/, templates/
- Updated tests with new session name format
- Bead IDs remain unchanged (already scoped by .beads/ directory)
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PropulsionNudgeForRole now accepts a workDir parameter and reads
session ID from .runtime/session_id to append [session:xxx] to the
nudge message. This enables Claude Code's /resume picker to discover
Gas Town sessions.
(gt-u49zh)
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- startCrewMember: now uses BuildCrewStartupCommand (was GetRuntimeCommand)
- refinery/manager.go: now uses BuildAgentStartupCommand (was GetRuntimeCommand)
Both now properly inject BD_ACTOR and GT_ROLE so seance can identify
sessions correctly. This completes the seance metadata fix started in
the previous commit.
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gt crew start was using GetRuntimeCommand which doesn't set BD_ACTOR,
GT_RIG, GT_CREW, etc. This caused seance to misidentify crew sessions
(showing as "mayor" instead of their actual identity).
Now uses BuildCrewStartupCommand like gt crew restart does, ensuring
proper env var injection for session identification. (gt-jwxgb)
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GUPP (Gas Town Universal Propulsion Principle) is the propulsion nudge sent
after beacon to trigger autonomous work execution. Previously only polecats
received this nudge.
Now all roles get role-specific propulsion nudges on startup:
- Polecat/Crew: "Run `gt hook` to check your hook and begin work."
- Witness: "Run `gt prime` to check patrol status and begin work."
- Refinery: "Run `gt prime` to check MQ status and begin patrol."
- Deacon: "Run `gt prime` to check patrol status and begin heartbeat cycle."
- Mayor: "Run `gt prime` to check mail and begin coordination."
Changes:
- internal/session/names.go: Add PropulsionNudgeForRole() function
- internal/cmd/witness.go: Add GUPP nudge to ensureWitnessSession
- internal/cmd/start.go: Add GUPP nudge to ensureRefinerySession (also
converted from respawn loop to direct Claude launch like other roles)
- internal/cmd/deacon.go: Add GUPP nudge to startDeaconSession
- internal/cmd/mayor.go: Add GUPP nudge to startMayorSession
Fixes: gt-zzpmt
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SendKeys has an Enter-concatenation bug that causes the nudge to fail.
NudgeSession is the canonical way to message Claude and works reliably.
Fixes cold starts of crew workers (gt crew start).
(gt-7swyi)
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Using "greenplace" (The Green Place from Mad Max: Fury Road) as the
canonical example project/rig name in documentation and help text.
This provides a clearer distinction from the actual gastown repo name.
Changes:
- docs/*.md: Updated all example paths and commands
- internal/cmd/*.go: Updated help text examples
- internal/templates/: Updated example references
- Tests: Updated to use greenplace in example session names
Note: Import paths (github.com/steveyegge/gastown) and actual code
paths referencing the gastown repo structure are unchanged.
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Inject an identity beacon as the first message when Gas Town starts Claude
sessions. This beacon becomes the session title in Claude Code '/resume
picker, enabling workers to find their predecessor sessions for debugging.
Beacon format: [GAS TOWN] <address> • <mol-id or "ready"> • <timestamp>
Examples:
- [GAS TOWN] gastown/crew/max • gt-abc12 • 2025-12-30T14:32
- [GAS TOWN] gastown/polecats/Toast • ready • 2025-12-30T09:15
- [GAS TOWN] deacon • patrol • 2025-12-30T08:00
Workers can now press / in /resume picker and search for their address
(e.g., "gastown/crew/max") to see all predecessor sessions.
Note: Respawn-loop agents (deacon/refinery via up.go) skip beacon injection
since Claude restarts multiple times - would need post-restart injection.
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- Add PrintWarning helper in internal/style/style.go
- Update 35 warning message outputs across 16 files to use consistent format
- All warnings now display as "⚠ Warning: <message>" in yellow/bold
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Extended the unified cycle system to include rig infrastructure sessions:
- Witness ↔ Refinery (per rig) now cycle with C-b n/p
Also moved SetCycleBindings into ConfigureGasTownSession so ALL Gas Town
sessions automatically get the unified cycle bindings. Removed redundant
individual calls from crew, mayor, and deacon startup code.
Cycle groups are now:
- Town: Mayor ↔ Deacon
- Crew (per rig): All crew members in same rig
- Infra (per rig): Witness ↔ Refinery
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Reduced runStart from 126 lines to 48 lines by extracting:
- startCoreAgents: Mayor and Deacon session startup (28 lines)
- startRigAgents: Witness/Refinery startup for --all flag (37 lines)
- startConfiguredCrew: Auto-start configured crew members (29 lines)
No behavior change - all existing tests pass.
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gt start now reads rig settings (settings/config.json) and auto-starts
configured crew members. The crew.startup field supports:
- Single name: "dave"
- Multiple names: "max and joe" or "max, joe"
- All crew: "all"
- None: "none" or empty
Configured:
- beads: dave
- gastown: max and joe
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All 156 instances of _ = error suppression in non-test code now have
explanatory comments documenting why the error is intentionally ignored.
Categories of intentional suppressions:
- non-fatal: session works without these - tmux environment setup
- non-fatal: theming failure does not affect operation - visual styling
- best-effort cleanup - defer cleanup on failure paths
- best-effort notification - mail/notifications that should not block
- best-effort interrupt - graceful shutdown attempts
- crypto/rand.Read only fails on broken system - random ID generation
- output errors non-actionable - fmt.Fprint to io.Writer
This addresses the silent failure and debugging concerns raised in the
issue by making the intentionality explicit in the code.
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When gt spawns agents (polecats, crew, patrol roles), it now sets the
BD_ACTOR env var so that bd commands (like `bd hook`) know the agent
identity without coupling to gt.
Updated spawn points:
- gt up (mayor, deacon, witness via ensureSession/ensureWitness)
- gt deacon start
- gt witness start
- gt start refinery
- gt mayor start
- Daemon deacon restart
- Daemon lifecycle restart
- Handoff respawn
- Refinery manager start
BD_ACTOR uses slash format (e.g., gastown/witness, gastown/crew/max)
while GT_ROLE may use dash format internally.
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- Add `gt start crew <name>` subcommand that creates crew if needed and
starts it detached with Claude running
- Make `gt crew restart` idempotent - creates crew if not found
- Supports rig/name format (e.g., gastown/joe) and --rig flag
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Organize 43 commands into 7 logical groups using cobra's built-in
AddGroup/GroupID feature:
- Work Management: spawn, sling, hook, handoff, done, mol, mq, etc.
- Agent Management: mayor, witness, refinery, deacon, polecat, etc.
- Communication: mail, nudge, broadcast, peek
- Services: daemon, start, stop, up, down, shutdown
- Workspace: rig, crew, init, install, git-init, namepool
- Configuration: account, theme, hooks, issue, completion
- Diagnostics: status, doctor, prime, version, help
Also renamed molecule to mol as the primary command name
(molecule is now an alias).
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gt shutdown now performs full polecat cleanup after killing sessions:
- Removes worktrees
- Deletes polecat branches from mayor's clone
- Protects polecats with uncommitted work (refuses to clean)
Added --nuclear flag to force cleanup even with uncommitted work.
Closes gt-u1k
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- Add y/N confirmation before shutdown (skip with --yes)
- Preserve crew sessions by default (include with --all)
- Add --polecats-only for minimal shutdown
- Show what will be stopped vs preserved before confirming
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- gt spawn now sends work assignment to polecat inbox instead of tmux injection
- Add --identity flag to gt mail inbox and gt mail check
- Add --force flag to gt spawn to override existing unread mail
- Update polecat template with startup protocol for reading inbox
- Fix pre-existing lint issue in start.go
The new flow is more reliable:
1. Spawn sends work assignment mail to polecat inbox
2. Polecat starts and runs gt prime
3. gt prime automatically runs gt mail check --inject
4. Polecat reads work assignment from inbox
Benefits:
- Persistence across session restarts
- No racing against Claude initialization
- Audit trail in beads
- Edge case handling for existing unread mail
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gt shutdown --graceful sends ESC to all agents, requests handoff,
waits for them to save state (default 30s), then terminates.
Phases:
1. Send ESC to interrupt agents
2. Send shutdown message requesting handoff
3. Wait for agents to complete (configurable with --wait)
4. Kill all sessions in correct order
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Stops agents in the correct order:
1. Deacon first (so it doesn't restart others)
2. All polecats, witnesses, refineries, crew (gt-* sessions)
3. Mayor last
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