Write canonical documentation for the Universal Gas Town Propulsion
Principle covering:
- The One Rule (hook has work → work happens)
- Why it works (stateless agents, molecule-driven, beads as control plane)
- The sling lifecycle diagram (spawn → attach → execute → burn)
- Agent startup protocol (gt prime → check attachment → execute or wait)
- Propulsion patterns and anti-patterns
- Nondeterministic idempotence
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The unified work dispatch command that implements spawn + assign + pin
in one operation, based on the Universal Gas Town Propulsion Principle:
"If you find something on your hook, YOU RUN IT."
Supports:
- Proto names (e.g., gt sling feature polecat/alpha)
- Issue IDs with optional molecule (e.g., gt sling gt-xyz polecat/beta -m bugfix)
- Target addressing (polecat/name, deacon/, witness/, refinery/)
- --wisp flag for ephemeral molecules
- --force flag for hook collision override
- Hook collision detection
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Add `gt mol status [target]` command to show what's on an agent's hook:
- Auto-detects current agent from working directory
- Shows pinned bead and attached molecule info
- Displays phase progress with progress bar
- Indicates wisp vs durable molecules
- Provides next action hints
Also adds `mol` alias for the `molecule` command.
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The unified work dispatch command that implements spawn + assign + pin
in one operation, based on the Universal Gas Town Propulsion Principle:
"If you find something on your hook, YOU RUN IT."
Supports:
- Proto names (e.g., gt sling feature polecat/alpha)
- Issue IDs with optional molecule (e.g., gt sling gt-xyz polecat/beta -m bugfix)
- Target addressing (polecat/name, deacon/, witness/, refinery/)
- --wisp flag for ephemeral molecules
- --force flag for hook collision override
- Hook collision detection
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Replaces raw tmux send-keys with gt nudge in spawn processing.
Adds Session Communication section to key commands reference.
Adds warning against raw tmux send-keys.
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Documents the Universal Gas Town Propulsion Principle - the single rule
that drives all agent behavior: "If you find something on your hook,
YOU RUN IT."
Covers:
- The One Rule (hook has work → work happens)
- Why it works (stateless agents, molecule-driven)
- The sling lifecycle diagram
- Agent startup protocol
- Examples and anti-patterns
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Wisps are at <rig>/.beads-wisp/, outside any git clone.
This matches the actual code implementation.
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- All rig patrols (Deacon, Witness, Refinery) now share mayor/rig/.beads-wisp/
- Removed separate wisp directories for witness/ and refinery/
- Polecats do not use wisps (each assignment has audit value)
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New documents:
- docs/molecular-chemistry.md: Comprehensive guide to the chemistry metaphor
for work composition. Covers all phases (proto/mol/wisp), transitions
(pour/wisp/squash/burn/distill), polymorphic bond operator, and the
thermodynamic properties of the work execution engine.
- docs/chemistry-design-changes.md: Implementation roadmap for realizing
the chemistry UX in Beads and Gas Town. Includes specifications for
new commands (bd pour, bd wisp, bd pin, bd hook) and migration notes.
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- Add doctor checks for new config architecture:
- SettingsCheck: Verify rigs have settings/ directory
- RuntimeGitignoreCheck: Verify .runtime/ is gitignored
- LegacyGastownCheck: Detect/remove old .gastown/ dirs
- Update .gitignore to include .runtime/
- Update architecture.md with new directory structure
- Update hq.md to clarify PGT vs GGT config locations
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- .beads-ephemeral/ -> .beads-wisp/
- Rename doctor checks: EphemeralCheck -> WispCheck
- Update all docs to use 'transient' for polecats, 'wisp' for molecules
- Preserve 'ephemeral' only as descriptive adjective for wisps
- Steam engine metaphor: wisps are steam vapors that dissipate
Part of Christmas launch wisp terminology unification.
Normalize crew/ and polecats/ to canonical form in addressToIdentity():
- gastown/crew/dave -> gastown/dave
- gastown/polecats/Toast -> gastown/Toast
Follows Postels Law: be liberal in what you accept.
