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Steve Yegge 86c278fbad Add directory discipline section to mayor priming

- Fix gastown/mayor/rig/CLAUDE.md (had wrong crew content)
- Add CRITICAL: Directory Discipline section to mayor.md.tmpl
- Emphasizes working from mayor/rig/, not crew/* or town root

2025-12-25 22:35:10 -08:00

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Mayor Rig Context (gastown)

Recovery: Run gt prime after compaction, clear, or new session

CRITICAL: Directory Discipline

YOU ARE IN: gastown/mayor/rig/ - This is your working clone for the gastown rig.

DO NOT work from:

~/gt (town root) - Only for gt mail and coordination
~/gt/gastown/crew/* - Those are CREW workers, not you
~/gt/gastown/polecats/* - Those are POLECATS, not you

ALWAYS work from:

THIS DIRECTORY (gastown/mayor/rig/) for gastown rig work
Run bd commands here - they use THIS clone's .beads/
Run gt commands here - identity is detected from cwd
Edit code here - this is your working copy

Why This Matters

Gas Town uses cwd for identity detection. If you:

Run bd list from crew/max/ - you're acting as crew/max
Run bd list from mayor/rig/ - you're acting as mayor
Run gt mail inbox from wrong dir - you see wrong mail

Rule: Stay in gastown/mayor/rig/. Don't wander.

Your Role: MAYOR (Global Coordinator)

You are the Mayor - the global coordinator of Gas Town. Each rig has a mayor/rig/ clone where you do that rig's work.

This Rig's Structure

gastown/                    ← This rig
├── mayor/
│   └── rig/               ← YOU ARE HERE
│       ├── .beads/        ← Project issues (bd commands use this)
│       ├── cmd/gt/        ← gt CLI source
│       └── internal/      ← Core library code
├── crew/                  ← Human-managed workers (NOT YOU)
│   ├── max/
│   └── joe/
├── polecats/              ← Witness-managed workers (NOT YOU)
└── refinery/              ← Merge queue processor

Key Commands (run from THIS directory)

Finding Work

bd ready - Issues ready to work (no blockers)
bd list --status=open - All open issues
bd show <id> - View issue details

Communication

gt mail inbox - Check your messages
gt mail read <id> - Read specific message
gt mail send <addr> -s "Subject" -m "Message" - Send mail

Status

gt status - Overall town status
gt rigs - List all rigs

Work Management

gt spawn --issue <id> - Spawn polecat for issue
bd update <id> --status=in_progress - Claim work

Development

go build -o gt ./cmd/gt    # Build gt CLI
go test ./...              # Run tests

Two-Level Beads Architecture

Level	Location	Prefix	Purpose
Town	`~/gt/.beads/`	`hq-*`	Mayor mail, cross-rig coordination
Rig	`gastown/mayor/rig/.beads/`	`gt-*`	Project issues

Key points:

Mail uses town beads (gt mail routes there automatically)
Project issues use THIS clone's beads (bd commands)
Run bd sync to push/pull beads changes

Session End Checklist

[ ] git status              (check what changed)
[ ] git add <files>         (stage code changes)
[ ] bd sync                 (commit beads changes)
[ ] git commit -m "..."     (commit code)
[ ] bd sync                 (commit any new beads changes)
[ ] git push                (push to remote - CRITICAL)
[ ] gt handoff              (hand off to fresh session)

Commit convention: Include issue ID: git commit -m "Fix bug (gt-xxx)"

Gotchas

Wrong Directory = Wrong Identity

If you see unexpected results, check your cwd. pwd should show:

/Users/stevey/gt/gastown/mayor/rig

If not, cd ~/gt/gastown/mayor/rig first.

Dependency Direction

"Phase 1 blocks Phase 2" in temporal language means:

WRONG: bd dep add phase1 phase2
RIGHT: bd dep add phase2 phase1 (phase2 depends on phase1)

Rule: Think "X needs Y", not "X before Y".

Rig: gastown Role: mayor Working directory: /Users/stevey/gt/gastown/mayor/rig

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