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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Architecture changes:
- Refinery created as worktree of mayor clone (shares .git)
- Polecat branches stay local (never pushed to origin)
- MRs stored as wisps in .beads-wisp/mq/ (ephemeral)
- Only main gets pushed to origin after merge
New mrqueue package for wisp-based MR storage.
Updated spawn, done, mq_submit, refinery, molecule templates.
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Revert IsWisp: false → true for patrol spawning. bd mol run now
auto-discovers the main database for templates when --db contains
.beads-wisp, so patrol molecules can spawn correctly into ephemeral storage.
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When slinging work to patrol agents (witness, refinery, deacon), queue via
mail instead of replacing the hook. This preserves patrol continuity.
New behavior:
- Default: Check if patrol is running, start default patrol if not, send
work via mail. Patrol processes queued work during its cycle.
- --urgent: Marks mail as urgent (🚨 URGENT prefix)
- --replace: Legacy behavior, explicitly terminates patrol (break-glass)
New helper functions:
- isPatrolRole(kind): Returns true for witness/refinery/deacon
- getDefaultPatrolMolecule(role): Returns patrol template name
- resolvePatrolMoleculeID(path, title): Looks up beads issue ID by title
- isPatrolRunning(path, addr): Checks if patrol molecule is attached
Note: Patrol spawning currently uses main DB (not wisp storage) because
templates must be looked up from the main database. Wisp support for
patrol instances is a future enhancement.
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When slinging with --force to an agent with occupied hook, the displaced
molecule is now returned to the ready pool rather than silently orphaned.
Changes:
- Modified checkHookCollision to take force param and return displaced ID
- Added releaseDisplacedWork helper to unpin and release displaced molecules
- Updated all 5 sling handlers (polecat, crew, witness, refinery, mayor)
Behavior:
- Without --force: still errors "hook already occupied by X"
- With --force: prints warning, releases old work, proceeds with new sling
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The witness session was starting in the rig root (e.g., /gt/gastown)
instead of the witness directory (e.g., /gt/gastown/witness/rig).
This caused gt prime to detect the Mayor role instead of Witness role.
Now ensureWitnessSession uses the same pattern as ensureRefinerySession:
1. Try <rig>/witness/rig/ first (for rigs with worktree setup)
2. Fall back to <rig>/witness/ (for simpler setups)
3. Last resort: use rig root (shouldn't happen normally)
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resolveRoleToSession now accepts paths like <rig>/crew/<name>,
<rig>/witness, and <rig>/refinery in addition to role shortcuts.
For example: 'gt handoff gastown/crew/max' now works.
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- Update gt handoff to detect polecats (via GT_POLECAT env var) and
call gt done instead of respawning - polecats have Witness-managed lifecycle
- Update CLAUDE.md Session End Checklist to use gt handoff
- This is the canonical way to end any agent session - it handles mail,
respawn, and context restoration via SessionStart hook
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buildRestartCommand now detects the town root and includes a cd to the
appropriate directory before launching claude. This ensures each role
starts in its correct working directory:
- gt-mayor → town root (~/gt)
- gt-deacon → ~/gt/deacon
- crew sessions → ~/gt/<rig>/crew/<name>
- witness sessions → ~/gt/<rig>/witness
- refinery sessions → ~/gt/<rig>/refinery
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New command that sends a message to all active workers (polecats + crew).
Supports filtering by rig with --rig flag, and can include infrastructure
agents (mayor, deacon, witness, refinery) with --all flag.
Usage:
gt broadcast "Check your mail"
gt broadcast --rig gastown "New work available"
gt broadcast --all "System maintenance in 5 minutes"
gt broadcast --dry-run "Test"
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Add doctor check to detect handoff beads for agents that no longer exist.
This happens when a polecat worktree is deleted but its handoff bead remains.
- Check: orphaned-attachments
- Warning if: Handoff bead exists for agent that no longer has worktree
- Supports polecats (rig/name), crew (rig/crew/name), mayor, witness, refinery
- Suggests re-sling to active agent or close the molecule
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Add HookInfo struct and hook discovery to show which agents have work
attached to their hooks. Updates both JSON and text output:
- New HookInfo type with agent, role, has_work, molecule, and title fields
- RigStatus now includes Hooks slice
- StatusSum includes ActiveHooks count
- discoverRigHooks() scans polecats, crew, witness, and refinery
- getAgentHook() retrieves hook status from handoff beads
- Text output shows active hooks per rig with agent and molecule info
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Allows agents to self-pin work from mail messages. The command:
1. Reads a mail message by ID
2. Extracts molecule ID from the body (attached_molecule:, molecule_id:, etc.)
3. Attaches the molecule to the agent's pinned bead (hook)
4. Marks the mail as read
Includes unit tests for the molecule ID extraction logic.
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Add a command to list all hooks in the workspace. Scans for .claude/settings.json
files and displays hooks by type (SessionStart, PreCompact, UserPromptSubmit, etc).
Features:
- Scans town root, rigs, polecats, crew, witness, and refinery directories
- Shows hook type, location, status, and agent that owns it
- Supports --verbose flag to show hook commands
- Supports --json flag for machine-readable output
(gt-h6eq.5)
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Add doctor check to ensure each agent has at most one handoff bead.
Detects when multiple pinned beads exist with the same "{role} Handoff"
title, which can cause confusion about which handoff is authoritative.
- Check: hook-singleton
- Error if: Multiple pinned beads with same '{role} Handoff' title
- Fix: Automatically closes duplicates (keeps oldest) when run with --fix
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Implements a new doctor check that detects attached molecules that
haven't been updated in too long, which may indicate stuck work.
The check:
- Finds all pinned beads with attachments across rigs
- Checks the attached molecule's UpdatedAt timestamp
- Reports molecules in_progress with no activity for >1 hour
- Provides actionable fix hints for stuck polecats
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Add doctor check to verify that attached molecules exist and are not closed.
Detects when a hook's attached_molecule field points to a non-existent or
closed issue, which can leave agents with stale work assignments.
- Check: hook-attachment-valid
- Error if: Hook's attached_molecule field points to non-existent or closed issue
- Fix: Automatically detaches invalid molecules when run with --fix
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Adds Pin() and Unpin() methods to the beads wrapper that call bd pin/unpin.
Updates pinToHook() to call b.Pin() after AttachMolecule() to set the
pinned boolean field and assignee on the work issue. This should enable
bd hook to show pinned work.
NOTE: There's a known issue where bd pin via subprocess doesn't actually
set the pinned field even though it reports success. The handoff bead
attachment remains the primary mechanism until this is resolved.
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- Add DefaultCrewName constant ('max') to config package
- Add default_crew_name field to MayorConfig for town-level override
- Update gt rig add to resolve crew name: --crew flag > town config > default
- Update help text to reflect new default
Priority: --crew flag > MayorConfig.DefaultCrewName > config.DefaultCrewName ('max')
Adds support for slinging work to four new target types:
- crew (e.g., beads/crew/dave): Human-managed persistent workers
- No worktree recreation
- No auto-session start
- Sends work assignment mail
- witness (e.g., gastown/witness): Per-rig lifecycle manager
- Suggests --wisp for ephemeral work
- Pins to witness hook
- refinery (e.g., gastown/refinery): Per-rig merge queue
- Accepts protos, issues, and epics
- Pins to refinery hook
- mayor (e.g., mayor/): Town-level coordinator
- Uses town-level beads
- Human-managed like crew
- Sends work assignment mail
Updated help text with new target formats and examples.
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The help text documented this subcommand but it wasn't implemented.
Adds status command showing currently resolved account with source
(GT_ACCOUNT env var or default).
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Adds support for managing multiple Claude Code accounts in Gas Town:
- accounts.json config parsing in mayor/ directory
- gt account list/add/default commands
- GT_ACCOUNT env var support with priority resolution
- --account flag on gt spawn and gt crew at commands
- CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR injection into tmux sessions
Priority order: GT_ACCOUNT env var > --account flag > default from config
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Shell loops bypassed the proper lifecycle architecture. Now:
- Witness: Launches Claude directly, daemon/deacon health-scan handles restart
- Deacon: Launches Claude directly, daemon detects exit and restarts
- Daemon: ensureDeaconRunning() now checks if Claude is running (pane cmd)
and restarts it if session exists but Claude has exited
- gt deacon restart: Now does stop+start instead of Ctrl-C
This enforces proper lifecycle flow through LIFECYCLE mail and daemon
heartbeat rather than bypassing it with shell loops.
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Agents naturally expect `gt handoff -s "Subject" -m "Message"` to work
like `gt mail send`. Now it does:
- Added --subject/-s and --message/-m flags to gt handoff
- Added --self flag to gt mail send for sending to self
- Handoff auto-sends mail to self before respawning pane
This makes agent-initiated handoff more ergonomic - they can include
context in a single command instead of two separate steps.
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- Add auto-spawn logic to outputDeaconPatrolContext()
- Deacon now auto-spawns mol-deacon-patrol if no active patrol
- All three patrol roles now have consistent auto-bond behavior:
Deacon, Witness, Refinery
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- Add outputWitnessPatrolContext() function in prime.go
- Witness now auto-spawns mol-witness-patrol if no active patrol
- Fixed catalog ID parsing (strip trailing colon) for both witness and refinery
- Created mol-witness-patrol template with 10 steps (gt-qflq)
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The previous implementation used session.Manager which only works for polecats.
Refinery and Witness have their own managers that handle their tmux sessions.
- Use refinery.Manager for refinery auto-start
- Use witness.Manager for witness auto-start
- Check state before starting to avoid duplicate starts
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Implements redundant systems to ensure infrastructure stays operational:
- gt spawn: Auto-starts refinery and witness if not running
- mol-witness-patrol: Added check-refinery step to verify refinery is alive
This ensures polecats don't wait forever for merges.
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New checks:
- crew-state: Validates crew worker state.json files for completeness
Can regenerate missing/invalid state files with --fix
- lifecycle-hygiene: Detects stale lifecycle state that can wedge the deacon
- Stale lifecycle messages in deacon inbox
- Stuck requesting_* flags in state.json when session is healthy
Can clean up with --fix (external intervention when deacon is stuck)
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Three related fixes:
1. lifecycle.go: Use gt mail delete instead of gt mail read to prevent
lifecycle requests from accumulating.
2. handoff.go: Return exec claude command for respawn-pane instead of
gt crew at which tries to attach to existing session.
3. handoff.md skill: Work without --cycle and -m flags, send mail separately.
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Add outputRefineryPatrolContext to gt prime that automatically spawns
the refinery patrol molecule when no active patrol is found. This ensures
the merge queue is always monitored when Refinery starts up.
Key changes:
- Add RoleRefinery to outputMoleculeContext
- Implement outputRefineryPatrolContext with auto-spawn logic
- Check for existing in-progress or open patrol molecules
- Spawn mol-refinery-patrol wisp if none found
(gt-j6s8)
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Implements a new command to query what an agent should be working on:
- Finds handoff bead by agent identity
- Parses attached molecule and tracks progress through steps
- Identifies current/next step (in_progress or first ready)
- Reports status: working, naked, complete, or blocked
Usage:
gt molecule current [identity]
gt mol current gastown/furiosa
gt mol current --json
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Rename outputCrewAttachmentStatus to outputAttachmentStatus and extend
to support both RoleCrew and RolePolecat. The Propulsion Principle
("If you find something on your hook, YOU RUN IT.") now applies to
all worker types, not just crew.
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Add git-state subcommand to gt polecat for Witness pre-kill verification.
Checks working tree, unpushed commits, and stashes to determine if a
polecat worktree is clean (safe to kill) or dirty (needs cleanup).
Usage: gt polecat git-state <rig>/<polecat> [--json]
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Uses tmux respawn-pane to kill and restart agent sessions in place,
bypassing the handoff/manager flow for quick context cycling.
Supports local recycle (current session) and remote recycle (other
roles) with automatic client switching.
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Added --exit flag for exit type (COMPLETED, ESCALATED, DEFERRED).
When polecat runs gt done, it now sends mail to Witness with:
- Exit type (COMPLETED, ESCALATED, or DEFERRED)
- Issue ID (if available)
- MR ID (for COMPLETED)
- Branch name
For ESCALATED and DEFERRED, skips MR submission but still notifies
Witness. This enables Witness patrol to see completion in inbox-check
step, verify git state, and close polecat lease.
Paired with spawn notification (gt-r6td) to bracket polecat lifecycle.
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When gt spawn creates a polecat, it now sends POLECAT_STARTED notifications
to both Witness and Deacon:
- Witness receives: "POLECAT_STARTED <polecat>" with issue and session info
- Deacon receives: "POLECAT_STARTED <rig>/<polecat>" with issue and session info
This enables:
- Witness to bond a lease to its patrol wisp
- Deacon to verify worker started (redundancy)
- Both to nudge if worker is idle at prompt
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