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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Implements the agent-side lifecycle request command (gt-gby):
- Detects agent role via GT_ROLE env, tmux session, or directory
- Pre-flight checks (git clean) before retirement
- Sends handoff mail to self for context preservation
- Sends lifecycle request to manager (daemon/ for Mayor/Witness)
- Sets requesting_cycle state and waits for retirement
Usage:
gt handoff # Role-appropriate default
gt handoff --cycle # Restart with handoff mail
gt handoff --restart # Fresh restart
gt handoff --shutdown # Terminate without restart
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