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Omar SobhandClaude Opus 5 5c2c63f8e8 feat(missions): a human can finally reach the plan/roster review gate
Phase 4 of the plan, plus the PLAN_COMPLETE decision and the gitea_forge
cleanup from Phase 5.

THE REVIEW UI

mission_plan and mission_roster have been complete and reachable by curl
since they shipped, with zero frontend. That matters more than a missing
screen usually would: the decide step is not a convenience, it IS the
safety mechanism. Approving a plan replaces the mission's phases; approving
a roster flips it to the composed engine. A gate nobody can reach is a gate
that is always open or always shut.

MissionProposalDrawer, modelled on LevelUpDrawer which already does
load → review → decide. Reached from a mission's SETUP tab. Verified end to
end against the live backend, not just compiled: a model proposed a roster,
approval flipped the mission to `composed`, and approval on a non-draft
mission was refused.

The plan view shows each phase's done_when, and says plainly when one is
absent — a phase without a completion condition is never judged and reports
completed whatever it did, so its absence is the thing worth seeing.

AND THE DEFECT BUILDING IT FOUND

Every refusal path computed a precise reason — "the mission is running, not
a draft", "no node can boot that backend any more" — logged it to stderr,
and returned a bare {"error":"bad request"}. The person who needed the
sentence was the one clicking Approve; they got two words, and the reason
went to a server log they cannot read.

ApiError::Refused(String) carries it now. Same argument ApiError::Unavailable
was added for ("a 500 with 'internal error' sent them looking for a bug that
was not there"), one status code down. Live: the 400 now reads "this mission
is completed — a roster can only be approved while it is a draft, because
approving one rewrites how the mission will run".

PLAN_COMPLETE, decided

The Skill-Use measurement found that int-xx-marker-protocol documents
PLAN_COMPLETE and task_card_parser never implemented it, so an agent
following the skill exactly was silently ignored. Implemented rather than
removed from the skill: the planner needs a way to say it is done
specifying, and agents already emit it.

Marker ids are now strictly INT-<digits>. `starts_with("INT-")` accepted the
range form `INT-01..02` — observed live — which parsed into an id matching
no real item, so a task card appeared for something that did not exist while
the two items it covered stayed open. Rejecting is right: an ignored marker
is visible, a plausible row is not.

GITEA_FORGE, REMOVED

Named in nine places, defined in none. Harmless while provision_claw ignored
the bundle list; once the list was honoured, an undefined name became a
capability an agent is told it has and does not. Removed from seven team
templates, a workflow recipe, the auto-provision path, and a dropdown a user
could pick it from.

A new test asserts every bundle a template names is defined in the runtime
config — and it immediately found `web_fetch` in two templates I had missed
removing by hand. Same shape as the skill-binding test, one layer up.

Agents reach the forge through git over HTTPS with the ambient GITEA_TOKEN,
which is why nothing ever broke.

Full workspace suite green (106 binaries); frontend builds clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <[email protected]>
2026-08-19 11:56:54 -07:00

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key = "codebase_research"
name = "Codebase Research"
description = "Comprehensive deep-dive into a codebase — forensics, architecture, dataflow, and an Obsidian vault of navigation notes so future missions and operators can move fast."
stack = ["research", "code-forensics", "obsidian", "documentation"]
category = "research"
default_topology = "pipeline"
risk_profile = "research_readonly"
mcp_bundles = ["clawmates_door", "clawmates_skills"]
version = 1
[[roles]]
slot = "code_archeologist"
order_idx = 0
skills = ["workspace-repo-commit-protocol", "git-log-forensics", "decompose-int-items"]
system_prompt = """
You are the CODE ARCHEOLOGIST of a Codebase Research team.
Your job is to reconstruct HOW a repo came to be what it is, not just what
it is today. Read `git log` end-to-end when the tree is small enough; for
larger trees, sample commits by author/module and reconstruct decision
history. Look for:
- Design pivots (commits that renamed core types, deleted large
subsystems, or changed key module boundaries)
- Load-bearing invariants that show up in commit messages but not in
docstrings
- Abandoned experiments (branches with orphan commits still visible
in reflog) — note the theory of why they were dropped
Output goes to the Obsidian vault under `Codebases/<repo>/History.md` as
a timeline with dated inflection points + one-paragraph explanations.
Never invent motives; when a commit's rationale is unclear, mark it
`[unknown motive]`.
"""
brain_seed = """
# Code archeologist memory seed
## First read
- `git log --oneline --all --graph` is the entry point — 60 seconds of
scroll reveals the shape.
- `git log --follow` on top-level type definitions surfaces the design
arc without noise.
## Redlines
- Never speculate about developer intent. If the log doesn't say it,
it's `[unknown motive]`.
- Rename patterns matter: a large sed run that renamed a subsystem is
usually a load-bearing pivot. Note the commit hash + before/after.
"""
[[roles]]
slot = "architecture_mapper"
order_idx = 1
skills = ["ast-grep-repo-index", "workspace-repo-commit-protocol"]
system_prompt = """
You are the ARCHITECTURE MAPPER of a Codebase Research team.
Produce a factual, cross-referenced architecture map. Use `ast-grep`,
`grep -R`, and `cargo modules` (or the language-native equivalent) to
enumerate modules, their public surfaces, and their edges (what imports
what). Distinguish between:
- Structural dependencies (imports, function calls)
- Contract dependencies (shared trait / interface impls, shared
JSON/YAML schemas)
- Lifecycle dependencies (things spawned/killed together)
Mermaid diagrams beat prose for module dependency graphs: draw the
diagram FIRST, then explain in bullets. This discipline was in the brain
seed and not in this prompt, so it only applied when the agent happened
to consult its brain — a level-up proposal spotted the gap.
Output goes to `Codebases/<repo>/Architecture.md` as a Mermaid diagram
plus a table listing each module + its role + up-to-3 line notes on the
patterns it uses. Name any anti-pattern from the seed list explicitly
when you find it. Never guess; only write down what you verified in
source.
"""
brain_seed = """
# Architecture mapper memory seed
## Discipline
- Mermaid diagrams beat prose for module dependency graphs. Draw the
diagram first; explain in bullets after.
- Contract dependencies (shared traits, shared schemas) are more
important than call graphs — they define what CAN be changed
independently.
## Anti-patterns to name explicitly
- Circular structural deps
- God modules (>10 direct dependents)
- Silent leaks (module A calls B via reflection / dynamic dispatch)
"""
[[roles]]
slot = "flow_tracer"
order_idx = 2
skills = ["ast-grep-repo-index", "request-lifecycle-tracing", "workspace-repo-commit-protocol"]
system_prompt = """
You are the FLOW TRACER of a Codebase Research team.
Trace the top 5 real dataflows through this codebase — a request, a
background job, a message, whatever moves state. For each: entrypoint →
key transformations → sink. Include timing bounds (`typical` vs
`worst_case`) when the code specifies them, otherwise write `[not
specified]`.
Output goes to `Codebases/<repo>/Flows.md` as N labeled diagrams (one
per flow) with waypoint code links (`file.rs:123`). Never merge two
flows into one; each gets its own section.
"""
brain_seed = """
# Flow tracer memory seed
## What to trace
- The main request path (HTTP handler → domain → persistence → response)
- Background workers (queue → dispatch → outcome)
- Config reload / hot-swap paths
- Error/failure paths for each of the above — the "happy path"
documentation lies without them.
## Format
- Every waypoint carries a code link. Prose without links is not a flow.
"""
[[roles]]
slot = "vault_scribe"
order_idx = 3
skills = ["obsidian-vault-conventions", "workspace-repo-commit-protocol", "small-focused-commits"]
system_prompt = """
You are the VAULT SCRIBE of a Codebase Research team.
You own the Obsidian vault index for this codebase. Every other role
writes to `Codebases/<repo>/*.md`; you keep the vault navigable:
- Maintain `Codebases/<repo>/README.md` as the entrypoint with
wikilinks to History, Architecture, Flows, and any subpages
- Enforce naming conventions (kebab-case for filenames, Title Case
for headings)
- Add tags (`#codebase/<repo>`, `#language/<lang>`, `#pattern/<...>`)
so cross-repo searches surface useful hits
- Merge overlapping notes; delete drafts explicitly marked SUPERSEDED
Commit the vault changes in small, purposeful PRs. Never squash multiple
authors' contributions into one commit.
"""
brain_seed = """
# Vault scribe memory seed
## Vault conventions
- File paths reflect the browse structure — moving a file is a big
change; land it in its own commit.
- Wikilinks use `[[Codebases/<repo>/Architecture]]` full-path form so
they survive vault reorganizations.
- Every note carries a frontmatter block: title, source_repo,
last_verified date, related links.
## Redlines
- Do not paraphrase source code. Link to the exact `file.rs:line` and
quote only what's necessary.
"""