Update the archive command to accept variadic arguments like bd close,
allowing users to archive multiple messages in a single command.
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The command already clears all messages by default, but agents naturally
try --all when they want to clear everything. Adding it as a no-op flag
improves discoverability and natural usage patterns.
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Polecats need access to town-level beads (hq- prefix) for hooks and
convoys. Update session manager to set BEADS_DIR to town root .beads/
instead of rig-level .beads/.
Also update mail.go's findLocalBeadsDir() to respect the BEADS_DIR
environment variable, which is necessary for polecats using
redirect-based beads access.
Add announces subcommand to internal/cmd/mail.go that provides:
- gt mail announces: Lists all announce channels from messaging.json
- gt mail announces <channel>: Reads messages from a specific channel
The command queries beads for messages with announce_channel label and
displays them in reverse chronological order. Messages are NOT marked
as read or removed, preserving bulletin board semantics.
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Adds `gt mail search <query>` command with:
- Regex pattern matching (case-insensitive by default)
- --from: Filter by sender address
- --subject: Only search subject lines
- --body: Only search message body
- --archive: Include archived (closed) messages
- --json: Output as JSON
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When -m flag is not provided, opens $EDITOR to compose the reply.
The editor shows a template with the original message for context.
Comment lines (starting with #) are filtered out.
- Makes -m flag optional instead of required
- Falls back to vim/vi/nano/emacs if $EDITOR not set
- Updates help text to document editor mode (gt-d46.5)
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Add --quiet (-q) flag for scripted mail checks:
- Outputs "N new message(s)" only when mail exists
- Silent output when no mail (exit 1)
- Fixes usage output being shown on exit 1
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- gt mail mark <id> --read/--unread: Change message read status
- gt mail delete <id> --force: Add confirmation prompt (skip with --force)
- gt mail archive: Batch operations with --older-than, --all-read, --dry-run
- gt mail purge: Delete archived messages with --older-than, --dry-run, --force
- gt mail search <query>: Regex search with --from, --subject, --body, --json
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Adds gt mail clear [target] command that:
- Clears all messages from an inbox
- Supports clearing your own inbox (no args) or another agent's
- Reports count of deleted messages
- Handles partial failures gracefully
Use case: Town quiescence - reset all inboxes across workers efficiently.
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Implements the release subcommand to allow workers to release claimed
messages back to their queues. The command:
- Verifies the caller owns the claimed message
- Validates the message has a queue label
- Returns the message to open status with queue assignee
Includes TestMailReleaseValidation unit tests.
(gt-guyt5)
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Adds `gt mail claim <queue-name>` command that:
- Lists unclaimed messages in a work queue
- Picks the oldest unclaimed message
- Verifies caller eligibility against workers patterns
- Claims the message by updating assignee and status
- Prints claimed message details
Includes tests for worker pattern matching.
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Parent commands (mol, mail, crew, polecat, etc.) previously showed help
and exited 0 for unknown subcommands like "gt mol foobar". This masked
errors in scripts and confused users.
Added requireSubcommand() helper to root.go and applied it to all parent
commands. Now unknown subcommands properly error with exit code 1.
Example before: gt mol unhook → shows help, exits 0
Example after: gt mol unhook → "Error: unknown command "unhook"", exits 1
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Using "greenplace" (The Green Place from Mad Max: Fury Road) as the
canonical example project/rig name in documentation and help text.
This provides a clearer distinction from the actual gastown repo name.
Changes:
- docs/*.md: Updated all example paths and commands
- internal/cmd/*.go: Updated help text examples
- internal/templates/: Updated example references
- Tests: Updated to use greenplace in example session names
Note: Import paths (github.com/steveyegge/gastown) and actual code
paths referencing the gastown repo structure are unchanged.
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Refactor to return errors instead of calling os.Exit() directly:
- Add SilentExitError type for commands that signal status via exit code
- Update mail.go runMailPeek() and runMailCheck() to return errors
- Change Execute() to return int exit code instead of calling os.Exit()
- Move os.Exit() call to main() where it belongs
This improves testability, enables graceful shutdown, and follows Go
conventions for library code.
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Implement static mailing list expansion for the mail system:
- Add list:name address syntax (e.g., list:oncall)
- Load lists from ~/gt/config/messaging.json
- Fan-out delivery: each list member gets their own message copy
- Clear error handling for unknown list names
- Add tests for list detection, parsing, and expansion
- Update gt mail send help text with list:name documentation
- Show recipients in output when sending to a list
Example:
gt mail send list:oncall -s "Alert" -m "System down"
# Expands to: mayor/, gastown/witness
# Creates 2 message copies
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When GT_ROLE env var is not set, detectSender() now falls back to
cwd-based detection instead of immediately returning "overseer".
This allows running mail commands from witness/refinery directories
without GT_ROLE set (e.g., debugging sessions) and correctly detecting
the identity from the current working directory path.
(gt-od1g)
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Phase 1 of activity feed improvements: gt commands now log events to
~/gt/.events.jsonl. This is the raw audit log that the feed daemon
(phase 2) will curate into the user-facing feed.
Instrumented commands:
- gt sling: logs sling events with bead and target
- gt hook: logs hook events with bead
- gt handoff: logs handoff events with subject
- gt done: logs done events with bead and branch
- gt mail send: logs mail events with to and subject
Event format follows the specification:
```json
{"ts":"2025-12-30T07:36:28Z","source":"gt","type":"mail",
"actor":"gastown/crew/joe","payload":{...},"visibility":"feed"}
```
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Adds first-class support for the human overseer in Gas Town mail:
- New OverseerConfig in internal/config/overseer.go with identity
detection (git config, gh cli, environment)
- Overseer detected/saved on town install (mayor/overseer.json)
- Simplified detectSender(): GT_ROLE set = agent, else = overseer
- New overseer address alongside mayor/ and deacon/
- Added --cc flag to mail send for CC recipients
- Inbox now includes CC'd messages via label query
- gt status shows overseer identity and unread mail count
- New gt whoami command shows current mail identity
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All 156 instances of _ = error suppression in non-test code now have
explanatory comments documenting why the error is intentionally ignored.
Categories of intentional suppressions:
- non-fatal: session works without these - tmux environment setup
- non-fatal: theming failure does not affect operation - visual styling
- best-effort cleanup - defer cleanup on failure paths
- best-effort notification - mail/notifications that should not block
- best-effort interrupt - graceful shutdown attempts
- crypto/rand.Read only fails on broken system - random ID generation
- output errors non-actionable - fmt.Fprint to io.Writer
This addresses the silent failure and debugging concerns raised in the
issue by making the intentionality explicit in the code.
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Organize 43 commands into 7 logical groups using cobra's built-in
AddGroup/GroupID feature:
- Work Management: spawn, sling, hook, handoff, done, mol, mq, etc.
- Agent Management: mayor, witness, refinery, deacon, polecat, etc.
- Communication: mail, nudge, broadcast, peek
- Services: daemon, start, stop, up, down, shutdown
- Workspace: rig, crew, init, install, git-init, namepool
- Configuration: account, theme, hooks, issue, completion
- Diagnostics: status, doctor, prime, version, help
Also renamed molecule to mol as the primary command name
(molecule is now an alias).
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All mail is now ephemeral by default, matching the Gas Town design
that mail is transient operational state. Add --permanent flag for
the rare case when non-ephemeral mail is needed.
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Removed dual-routing architecture that used separate .beads-wisp/ directory.
Now uses single .beads/ with --wisp flag passed to bd create.
Changes:
- router.go: Remove resolveWispDir(), simplify shouldBeWisp()
- mailbox.go: Remove wispDir field and dual-source query logic
- types.go: Rename Ephemeral to Wisp, remove MessageSource
- mail.go: Rename --ephemeral to --wisp flag
- spawn.go: Use Wisp field for lifecycle messages
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Add dual-inbox architecture where ephemeral messages go to
.beads-wisp/.beads/ instead of .beads/. Lifecycle messages
(POLECAT_STARTED, NUDGE, etc.) auto-detect as ephemeral.
Changes:
- Add Ephemeral and Source fields to mail.Message
- Add --ephemeral flag to gt mail send
- Router auto-detects lifecycle message patterns
- Mailbox merges messages from both persistent and wisp storage
- Inbox displays (ephemeral) indicator for wisp messages
- Delete/archive works for both message types
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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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TUI improvements for Christmas launch:
- Add phase transition table and lifecycle diagram to `gt molecule --help`
- Add swarm lifecycle diagram to `gt swarm --help`
- Add mail routing diagram to `gt mail --help`
- Add sling mechanics diagram to `gt sling --help`
- Create Lipgloss table helper (internal/style/table.go)
- Migrate mq_list to use styled tables with color-coded priorities
- Migrate molecule list to use styled tables
- Add fuzzy matching "did you mean" suggestions for polecat not found errors
- Add suggest package with Levenshtein distance implementation
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- New `gt mail peek` command shows compact preview of first unread message
- Left-click on status-right (mail icon area) opens popup with mail preview
- Popup shows subject, sender, body preview (truncated to 500 chars)
- Shows count of additional unread messages if any
- Silent exit (code 1) when no unread mail
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Changes mail identity format from hyphenated (gastown-Toast) to
slash-based (gastown/polecats/Toast) to:
- Match directory structure (REST-like)
- Distinguish from hyphenated bead IDs (gt-xyz) and molecule names
Updated:
- addressToIdentity(): preserve slashes instead of replacing with dashes
- identityToAddress(): simplified, identity == address now
- detectSender(): include /polecats/ in polecat addresses
- Tests updated for new format
Closes gt-cxtu: shared beads architecture verified working.
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- docs/architecture.md: update mail routing explanation
- internal/witness/manager.go: fix actual bd mail calls to gt mail
- internal/cmd/mail.go: remove stale compatibility note
- internal/daemon/lifecycle.go: update comment
- daemon.go: Add SIGUSR1 handler to process lifecycle requests immediately
- handoff.go: Signal daemon after sending lifecycle mail to deacon/
- mail.go: Show message IDs in hook output for direct reading
Previously, gt handoff would wait up to 5 min for daemon heartbeat poll.
Now lifecycle requests are processed within milliseconds.
Closes gt-zut3
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bd v0.32.0 removed mail commands. Updated gt mail to use:
- bd list --type message (inbox)
- bd show (read)
- bd close (delete/ack)
- bd create --type message (send)
Sender/thread/reply-to now stored in labels and extracted on read.
Added --pinned flag (blocked by bd pin bug gt-zr0a).
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Replace complex address-based routing with simple town root lookup.
All mail goes to ~/gt/.beads/ (town beads), eliminating the broken
rig-level routing.
Two-level model:
- Town beads (~/gt/.beads/): ALL mail and coordination
- Clone beads (<rig>/crew/*/.beads/): Project issues only
Fixes: gt-4qey
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Replace `bd mail send/inbox/read/ack` commands with `bd create/list/show/close`.
This separates the orchestration layer (gt) from the data plane (beads).
Changes:
- router.go: Use `bd create --type=message` instead of `bd mail send`
- mailbox.go: Use `bd list --type=message` and `bd show` for inbox/read
- types.go: Parse metadata from labels (from:, thread:, reply-to:)
- mail.go: Fix findBeadsWorkDir to prefer rig-level beads, fix crew address format
Messages are now stored as beads issues with type=message. Metadata (sender,
thread, reply-to) is stored in labels for retrieval.
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- Export session.Manager.SessionName for spawn.go access
- Add --address alias for --identity in mail inbox/check
- Send explicit work instruction to polecat after spawn
- Add CapturePaneLines and WaitForClaudeReady helpers (unused for now)
- Proper solution filed as gt-hb0 (needs Witness/Deacon AI monitoring)
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Changed --priority flag from string values (low/normal/high/urgent) to
numeric values (0-4) to match bd mail send interface:
- 0 = urgent/critical
- 1 = high
- 2 = normal (default)
- 3 = low
- 4 = backlog
Also added --urgent flag as shortcut for --priority 0.
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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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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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detectSender() only detected polecats, not crew workers. Crew workers
like Emma at /Users/stevey/gt/beads/crew/emma were incorrectly
defaulting to mayor/ instead of getting their proper address.
Added /crew/ directory pattern matching parallel to the existing
/polecats/ detection, extracting rig/crewName address format.
Fixes: gt-70b3
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- Add MessageType enum (task, scavenge, notification, reply)
- Expand Priority from 2 to 4 levels (low, normal, high, urgent)
- Add ThreadID and ReplyTo fields to Message struct
- Add --type and --reply-to flags to 'gt mail send'
- Add 'gt mail thread <id>' command to view conversation threads
- Update inbox/read display to show type and threading info
- Auto-generate thread IDs for new messages
- Reply messages inherit thread from original
Closes: gt-hgk
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- Add 'gt mail check' with --inject flag for Claude Code hooks
- Update Mayor prime output to include mail commands and startup info
- Enables full cutover from PGT 'town' commands to GGT 'gt' commands
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- Mail commands (send/inbox/read/delete) now wrap bd mail CLI
- Address translation: mayor/ → mayor, rig/polecat → rig-polecat
- Beads stores messages as type=message issues
- Legacy JSONL mode retained for crew workers (local mail)
- Refinery notifications use new mail interface
- Swarm landing notifications use new mail interface
Closes gt-u1j.6, gt-u1j.12
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