Adds documentation for the critical pileup processing protocol:
- Process ONE branch at a time
- Rebase each on current main before merging
- Push immediately after each merge
- Main moves forward, next branch must rebase on NEW main
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Updated crew manager's createClaudeMD() to use the templates package
instead of hardcoded content. This ensures crew workers get the
comprehensive crew.md.tmpl context instead of a minimal stub.
Changes:
- Import templates package in crew/manager.go
- createClaudeMD now renders crew template with proper RoleData
- Added createClaudeMDFallback for graceful degradation
- Fallback uses correct gt commands instead of outdated town commands
The crew.md.tmpl template provides:
- Full Gas Town architecture explanation
- Crew-specific responsibilities and differences from polecats
- Complete command reference with gt/bd commands
- Session cycling and handoff instructions
- Context-aware workspace paths
Closes: gt-unrd
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The Refinery now runs as a Claude agent in a tmux session instead of
a Go-based polling loop. This aligns it with how polecats work and
enables intelligent MR processing.
Changes:
- Modified refinery.Start() to spawn Claude session (not gt refinery --foreground)
- Added gt refinery attach command for interactive access to refinery session
- Updated refinery.md.tmpl with comprehensive Claude agent instructions
- Added startup directive in gt prime for refinery role
The --foreground mode is preserved for backwards compatibility but the
default behavior now launches a Claude agent that can review diffs,
run tests, handle conflicts, and notify workers via mail.
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Adds a popup menu showing core Gas Town agents (Mayor, Deacon,
Witnesses, Refineries, Crew) grouped by rig with color coding.
Polecats are hidden by default (use -a to include).
Usage:
gt agents - show popup menu
gt agents list - text output
gt ag -a - include polecats
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- Replace @AGENTS.md with stub AGENTS.md
- Stub redirects to CLAUDE.md for full context
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- Rewrite vision.md with enterprise cognitive processing framing
- Expand README with comprehensive project overview
- Remove internal strategic references from merge-queue-design.md
- Position Gas Town as "IDE of 2026" for AI agent orchestration
Key messaging:
- Enterprise-grade cognitive processing machine
- Molecules as structured workflow guardrails
- Nondeterministic idempotence for crash recovery
- Beads as unified control/data plane
- Hierarchical auditability and observability
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- Remove auto-ack on mail read so handoff messages persist
- Add STARTUP PROTOCOL directive for Mayor and Polecat roles
- Agents now get explicit instructions to check in on startup
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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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Defines the standard polecat work lifecycle molecule with 8 steps:
- load-context: Load context and verify assignment
- implement: Do the work, file discovered issues
- self-review: Review changes for bugs and issues
- verify-tests: Run tests, add new ones as needed
- rebase-main: Rebase against main
- submit-merge: Submit to merge queue
- update-handoff: Update handoff state
- request-shutdown: Request witness termination
This molecule enables nondeterministic idempotence for polecat work.
Crash recovery is automatic - restart reads molecule state and continues
from the last completed step.
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- Fix crew sessions missing theme application (ConfigureGasTownSession)
- Add theme persistence to .gastown/config.json
- gt theme <name> now saves to config
- gt theme apply reads from config, falls back to hash-based default
- Improve rig detection using GT_RIG env var and path parsing
- gt theme shows whether theme is configured or default
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Witnesses don't have git clones like other agents. The detection was
checking for witness/rig which doesn't exist. Now correctly checks for
witness/state.json which is created by AddRig.
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Key additions:
- Explain that beads is BOTH data and control plane (intentional blur)
- Add 'Operational Molecules' section with mol-polecat-work, mol-rig-activate, mol-graceful-shutdown examples
- Emphasize 'nondeterministic idempotence' as THE key property enabling autonomous operation
- Show that molecules aren't just for work - they're for any multi-step cognitive process
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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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Starts Deacon and Mayor in the correct order. Other agents
(Witnesses, Refineries, Polecats) start lazily as needed.
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Deacon now gets role-specific context plus shared beads/mail context
like all other roles.
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gt prime now internally runs:
- bd prime (beads workflow context)
- gt mail check --inject (mail injection)
This allows a single SessionStart hook to provide complete agent context.
Also added PreCompact and UserPromptSubmit hooks to settings.json.
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Defines a multi-step workflow for bootstrapping a new Gas Town installation:
- locate-harness: Interactive harness location selection
- create-harness: Directory structure creation
- setup-rigs: Rig configuration and cloning
- build-gt: Go binary compilation
- install-paths: PATH configuration
- init-beads: Beads database initialization
- sync-beads: Remote sync and doctor fixes
- verify: Installation verification
Note: Requires bd to support 'molecule' issue type (see gt-qn4l)
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Creates deacon.md.tmpl for the health-check orchestrator role:
- Architecture position (between daemon and Mayor/Witnesses)
- Wake cycle instructions (heartbeat, mail check, health scan)
- Session patterns for all agent types
- Lifecycle request handling (cycle, restart, shutdown)
- Responsibilities and escalation protocols
Updates templates package to include deacon in role list.
Closes: gt-5af.1
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Documents the full process for bootstrapping a Gas Town from a harness
repository, including Go installation, gt binary build, rig population,
and beads initialization.
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Add deacon/ as a town-level mail identity alongside mayor/.
Both addressToIdentity() and identityToAddress() now handle
deacon/deacon/ consistently with trailing slash preservation.
Tested with bd mail send deacon/ and bd mail inbox --identity deacon/
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Add deacon package with heartbeat read/write helpers:
- Heartbeat struct with Timestamp, Cycle, LastAction, health counts
- WriteHeartbeat/ReadHeartbeat for persistence to deacon/heartbeat.json
- IsFresh/IsStale/IsVeryStale for age checks
- ShouldPoke to determine if daemon should wake the Deacon
- Touch/TouchWithAction convenience functions
The Deacon writes heartbeat on each wake cycle. The Go daemon reads it
to decide whether to poke the Deacon (only if very stale >5 minutes).
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Update all code and documentation to use deacon/ instead of daemon/
for lifecycle mail targets:
- internal/cmd/handoff.go: getManager() returns deacon/ for Mayor/Witness
- internal/daemon/lifecycle.go: ProcessLifecycleRequests uses deacon/ inbox
- docs/architecture.md: update all references in lifecycle docs
- scripts/mayor-respawn-daemon.sh: use BD_IDENTITY=deacon for mail commands
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Add CLI commands for managing the Deacon session, following the same
pattern as the Mayor commands:
- gt deacon start: Start the Deacon tmux session
- gt deacon stop: Stop the session with graceful shutdown
- gt deacon status: Check if session is running
- gt deacon attach: Attach to session (auto-starts if needed)
- gt deacon restart: Restart Claude within the session
The Deacon is the hierarchical health-check orchestrator that monitors
Mayor and Witnesses, handles lifecycle requests, and keeps Gas Town running.
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Add explicit "Run gt prime" to the crew resume prompt and mention
checking in-progress issues for better context recovery.
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- Update gt-5af with full Deacon design (AI agent, not just Go daemon)
- Create 8 implementation tasks as children of gt-5af
- Add AGENTS.md for agent onboarding
- Fix crew restart timing (add debounce, delay for Claude init)
- Add SendKeysDelayedDebounced to tmux for better prompt injection
Deacon will monitor Mayor/Witnesses proactively and handle lifecycle
requests from Mayor/Witnesses/Crew reactively.
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Add delivery modes to mail messages:
- queue (default): message stored for periodic checking
- interrupt: inject system-reminder directly into session
New features:
- --interrupt flag on gt mail send for urgent/lifecycle messages
- --quiet flag on gt mail check for silent non-blocking checks
- gt mail wait command to block until mail arrives (with optional timeout)
Interrupt delivery injects a system-reminder via tmux send-keys,
useful for stuck detection, nudges, and urgent notifications.
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Implement reusable name pool for polecat workers:
- Pool of 50 names (polecat-01 through polecat-50)
- Prefers lower-numbered slots for allocation
- Overflow uses rigname-N format when pool exhausted
- Pool names are reusable, overflow names are not
- State persisted to .gastown/namepool.json
Changes:
- Add NamePool type with Allocate/Release/Reconcile
- Integrate with polecat.Manager (auto-loads/saves)
- Update gt spawn to use AllocateName() from pool
- Remove legacy polecatNames list and generatePolecatName()
- Add comprehensive tests for name pooling
Benefits:
- Tmux sessions survive polecat restarts (same name)
- Users can stay attached and see work continue
- Bounded resource usage for common case
- Scales beyond 50 with overflow naming
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Before killing an agent session, the daemon now verifies that the
agent has set requesting_<action>=true in its state.json file.
This ensures agents have completed pre-shutdown tasks (git clean,
handoff mail, etc) before being terminated.
- Added verifyAgentRequestingState() for state file verification
- Added identityToStateFile() to map identity to state.json path
- Added comprehensive tests in lifecycle_test.go
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