When patrol agents (witness, refinery, deacon) complete their patrol wisp,
they were left idle because the instructions only said "loop back" without
specifying the command to create a new wisp.
Updated:
- Work loop instructions in prime.go now explicitly tell agents:
* If context LOW: run `bd mol wisp mol-<role>-patrol` to create new wisp
* If context HIGH: use `gt handoff` and exit for daemon respawn
- mol-witness-patrol.formula.toml loop-or-exit step now has clear commands
This ensures patrol agents always either create a new wisp or exit cleanly,
preventing the "session alive but idle" state that caused mail to pile up.
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Updates mol-witness-patrol.formula.toml to document the new ephemeral model:
- Added Ephemeral Polecat Model section explaining lifecycle separation
- Updated POLECAT_DONE handling to describe immediate auto-nuke
- Updated process-cleanups to focus on exception handling (dirty polecats)
- Updated survey-workers Step 4a for ephemeral done polecat handling
- Updated patrol-cleanup for ephemeral model expectations
Key principle: Polecat lifecycle is separate from MR lifecycle.
Polecats are recyclable immediately after MR submission.
(gt-si8rq.9)
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Use cwd-based detection instead of env-aware detection for gt hook status
display. This ensures we show the hook for the agent whose directory you're
in, not the agent from GT_ROLE env var.
Before: cd ~/gt/beads/crew/dave && gt hook → showed gastown/crew/joe (wrong)
After: cd ~/gt/beads/crew/dave && gt hook → shows beads/crew/dave (correct)
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Updated mol-witness-patrol to properly clean up polecats that exit via
ESCALATED/DEFERRED (no MR). Previously, these polecats would sit idle
indefinitely waiting for a MERGED signal that would never come.
Changes:
- process-cleanups: Check for MR before sending MERGE_READY. If no MR
exists and polecat is clean, nuke immediately.
- survey-workers: Step 3a now handles both idle AND done polecats
without pending MR. Step 4a checks for MR before creating cleanup wisp.
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Add Step 3a to survey-workers that automatically nukes idle polecats
with clean git state. Only escalates to Mayor when uncommitted or
unpushed work is detected.
This reduces mail noise - idle polecats without work are pure overhead
and can be safely cleaned up without human intervention.
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Changed table entry from 'Skip (no action needed)' to 'Auto-nuke if clean (Step 3a)'.
TODO: Add Step 3a section with full auto-nuke logic:
- Check git status for uncommitted changes
- Check for unpushed commits
- If clean: gt polecat nuke <name>
- If dirty: escalate to Mayor for recovery decision
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Update mol-witness-patrol formula to:
1. Close the epic (swarm molecule) when all children are closed
2. Close the swarm tracking wisp
3. Notify Mayor with SWARM_COMPLETE mail
Activity feed events are generated automatically by bd close commands.
(gt-kc7yj.3)
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When ready tasks exist but no idle polecats are available, the Witness
should log the situation rather than silently skip.
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Add dispatch-swarm-work step to mol-witness-patrol formula that:
- Queries bd ready --parent=<epic> to find ready swarm tasks
- Finds idle polecats via agent beads
- Dispatches work via gt sling <task> <rig>/<polecat>
Also updated:
- SWARM mail handling to store epic_id in labels
- check-swarm-completion to use beads discovery model
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Added WITNESS_PING protocol for monitoring Deacon health:
Witness patrol (mol-witness-patrol):
- Added ping-deacon step after survey-workers
- Sends WITNESS_PING mail to Deacon each patrol cycle
- Checks Deacon agent bead last_activity timestamp
- Escalates to Mayor if Deacon appears unresponsive
Deacon patrol (mol-deacon-patrol):
- Added WITNESS_PING handling in inbox-check
- Added second-order monitoring section to description
- Bumped formula version to 2
This prevents the "who watches the watchers" problem - if Deacon dies,
the collective Witness fleet detects it and escalates.
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Changes:
1. prime.go: Create agent beads on first prime for all roles including crew
2. done.go: Update agent state to done/stuck/idle when work completes
3. sling.go: Populate hook_bead when work is assigned to agents
4. mol-witness-patrol.formula.toml: Document dead and spawning states
Closes: gt-hymm0, gt-0lop3, gt-59k2x, gt-c4j4j
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Updated mol-witness-patrol formula with:
- MERGE_READY mail sent after polecat verification (process-cleanups)
- MERGED mail handling in inbox-check (completes cleanup)
- Cleanup wisp state machine: pending → merge-requested → closed
- Fallback discovery in survey-workers creates cleanup if done polecat
found without existing wisp
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Changes:
1. Fix reportAgentState in prime.go to use beads API directly instead of
non-existent `bd agent state` command. Agents now properly self-report
their state to their agent beads on startup.
2. Update witness patrol survey-workers step to use agent beads:
- List polecats via `bd list --type=agent --json`
- Filter by role_type: polecat in description
- Check agent_state field (running/idle/stuck/done)
- Trust agent-reported state (ZFC principle)
No more PID/tmux inference for polecat state - agents self-report.
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Converted all .formula.json files to .formula.toml using bd formula convert.
TOML provides better ergonomics:
- Multi-line strings without \n escaping
- Human-readable diffs
- Comments allowed
Original JSON files retained for backwards compatibility.
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