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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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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The ListOptions struct defaults Priority to 0 (Go zero value), which
caused bd list to filter to only P0 merge requests. This fix explicitly
sets Priority: -1 to disable priority filtering.
Root cause: beads.ListOptions{Type: "merge-request"} created opts with
Priority=0, passing --priority=0 to bd, filtering out P1-P4 MRs.
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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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Add a new doctor check that detects when issues.db is empty but
issues.jsonl has content. This situation can cause "table issues has
no column named pinned" errors when running bd mail send.
The check:
- Detects empty database file alongside non-empty JSONL
- Can auto-fix by deleting the empty database and triggering rebuild
- Works for both town-level and rig-level beads
Run 'gt doctor --fix' to automatically fix this issue.
Fixes gt-bxi8
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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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Implements the 'gt mq integration land <epic>' command that merges an
integration branch to main.
Features:
- Verifies all MRs targeting integration branch are merged (unless --force)
- Merges with --no-ff for clear merge commit
- Runs tests before push (unless --skip-tests)
- Deletes integration branch (local and remote)
- Closes epic with merge commit info
- Rollback on test/push failure
- Dry-run mode (--dry-run)
Also adds to git package:
- MergeNoFF: merge with --no-ff flag
- DeleteRemoteBranch: delete branch on origin
- Reset: reset HEAD with optional --hard
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Adds the gt molecule seed subcommand that creates built-in molecule
definitions (engineer-in-box, quick-fix, research) in the beads database.
- Brings molecule.go from main (with list, show, parse, instantiate, instances)
- Adds builtin_molecules.go with 3 built-in workflow templates
- SeedBuiltinMolecules() writes directly to JSONL to bypass bd CLI type validation
- Molecules use well-known IDs (mol-engineer-in-box, mol-quick-fix, mol-research)
- Command is idempotent - skips molecules that already exist
Note: bd CLI does not yet support molecule as a valid issue type.
Filed beads-1 to add molecule type support. Until then, use bd --no-db.
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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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