Dogs are reusable workers managed by the Deacon for cross-rig infrastructure
tasks. Unlike polecats (single-rig, ephemeral), dogs have worktrees into
multiple rigs and persist between tasks.
Key components:
- internal/dog/types.go: Dog struct, State enum, DogState JSON schema
- internal/dog/manager.go: Manager with Add/Remove/List/Get/Refresh operations
- internal/dog/manager_test.go: Unit tests
Features:
- Multi-rig worktrees: Each dog gets a worktree per configured rig
- State tracking: .dog.json with idle/working state, last-active, work assignment
- Worktree refresh: Recreate stale worktrees with fresh branches
- Branch cleanup: Remove orphaned dog branches across all rigs
Directory structure: ~/gt/deacon/dogs/<name>/
- <rig>/ (worktree into each rig: gastown/, beads/, etc.)
- .dog.json (state file)
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