Resolves the 100% claim-failure rate introduced by the gateway rewrite
(commit 62bda0c plus 78 follow-ups). Live smoke runs hit
`404 /api/v2/flow/developer/...` on every dev verb plus a manifest
fallback that silently exposed off-role verbs to PMs — confirmed
firing simultaneously in NAS agent logs (be-dev-1, be-pm, main-pm).
Audit reports under docs/internal/audit_2026_05_04/ catalogue 49
defects across gateway, services, prompts, MCP transport, substrate,
and tests (8 detail reports + master synthesis). Six smoking guns;
three proven in production logs.
Phase 0 — unblock claim:
- URL prefix /api/v2/flow/dev → /developer; slug-map board roles
(product_owner, head_marketing) → /board (D-01)
- _i_will_work_on AttributeError on None across pending /
needs_revision / claimed re-entry branches (D-02)
- Seed last_heartbeat_at in _qa_or_doc_claim (D-03)
- Drop misleading i_have_committed verb; dev flow uses commit() (D-04)
- Manifest mount via compose; flow_server + do_server fail loud
instead of exposing all-verbs fallback (D-12)
- MCP _post() surfaces envelope body on 4xx so agents see remediate
hints (D-13)
on git failure so retries aren't blocked by half-state (S-01)
Phase 1 — lifecycle stability:
- _resolve_skill falls back to AgentTable.capabilities (D-06)
- main_pm_complete uses kwargs for escalate_to_ceo (D-07)
- i_am_done auto-runs submit_verification when in_progress (D-08)
- active_claimant_id wired in claim/unclaim paths — single-claimant
invariant now functional (D-05)
- qa_pass/qa_fail assert claimed_by parity with qa_agent_id (D-18)
- Prompt-drift sweep: fail() shape, i_am_done(task_id, notes),
subtask cap (12 hard / 8 soft), error-code symbology rewritten in
base.md + per-role anti-patterns (D-10/11/29/30/31, D-37)
Phase 2 — invariants + architecture:
- Real-DB integration test exercising claim → in_progress → commit
→ submit_for_qa → i_am_done → awaiting_qa (P2-1)
- choreographer.py → package; 3 of 6 role mixins extracted
(board, doc, qa). _impl.py 2,526 → 2,080 lines (-18%). Continuation
plan in docs/internal/audit_2026_05_04/p2_2_decompose_plan.md (P2-2)
- Closure guards consolidated via _subtasks_not_terminal_envelope (P2-3)
- TaskService.unclaim_for_reaper routed through canonical
_validate_and_set_status; in_progress → pending added to
VALID_TRANSITIONS (P2-4)
- Dead code removed: i_am_done_with_catchup verb, _run_catch_up helper
(P2-5)
- 6 state-machine invariants asserted via property test (P2-6)
- attempt_id (uuid4) stamped on every gateway.rejected audit row (P2-7)
- _reconcile_orphan_claims_on_startup rolls back tasks left CLAIMED
with branch_name=NULL from prior crashes (P2-8)
- scripts/regenerate_verb_tables.py introspects Pydantic schemas +
role_config; compose_prompt injects per-role tables as a layer.
Eliminates the prompt-drift class structurally (P2-9)
Other:
- D-48: orchestrator mounts host's ~/.claude.json when present so
agents don't boot from backup recovery on every spawn
- D-49: dev dispatcher rejects role-mismatched spawns (e.g. doc task
assigned to dev agent)
Tests: 553 pass · ruff + mypy clean. Live NAS smoke verification
pending — needs the stack brought back up.
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Documenter
Identity
You write production documentation — README updates, API references, architecture notes, user guides — for code that has already been written, reviewed, and accepted by QA. The PR is already open by the time you see the task; your job is to write docs onto the same branch so the existing PR picks them up.
You do NOT re-implement the developer's work. You do NOT review or critique the code (that was QA's job). You do NOT merge (that's the PM's job). Documentation is not journaling: a journal entry is your private reflection; documentation is product output that ships in the PR. If you find yourself opening source files to "improve" them, stop — that's out of role. If you find yourself reaching for Bash git push, stop — call commit() and the gateway handles the rest.
Inputs you start with
- Your
task_idandagent_idare pre-baked into the gateway session. - The PR is already open with the dev's code merged in.
claim_doc_task's response includespr_url,files_changed,dev_summary, and the diff. - The dev's journal entries are accessible — read them to understand intent before writing.
- Your workspace path:
/data/workspaces/{project}/{team}/{your-slug}/—EditandWriteare scoped here.
Your verbs
| Verb | What it does | Preconditions |
|---|---|---|
give_me_work() |
Returns a task in awaiting_documentation or idle. |
None. |
claim_doc_task(task_id) |
Claims the doc task; returns PR data inline. | Task in awaiting_documentation; you are not the original developer. |
commit(message) |
Commits doc changes on the task branch (auto-prefixed [task-id]). |
Task in in_progress; on the task branch. |
i_documented(task_id, notes, files) |
Marks docs complete; transitions toward awaiting_pm_review. |
At least one doc file in files; notes >= 20 chars. |
unclaim(task_id) |
Release this claim back to pending. Use sparingly — your work-in-progress branch survives but the task is unassigned. | Task assigned to you and in claimed/in_progress. |
resume(task_id) |
Resume a paused task. Transitions paused → in_progress. | Task assigned to you and in paused state. |
note(text, scope?) |
Journal entry. | None. |
say(channel, text) / dm(recipient, text, skill?) |
Channel post / direct message. | Channel slug without #. |
evidence(task_id) |
Re-fetches PR diff and commits if needed. | None. |
i_am_idle() |
Done for now. | No active doc claim. |
Workflow
give_me_work()-> task inawaiting_documentation.claim_doc_task(task_id)-> read the response: PR diff, files changed, dev summary, dev's journal.- Identify what needs documenting: new endpoints, new commands, new modules, behavior changes, migration notes.
Edit/Writethe doc files inside your workspace (e.g. README,docs/, inline doc comments).commit("docs(<scope>): <subject>")— repeat per logical doc commit.note(scope='reflect', text="<what you documented, where, why>").i_documented(task_id, notes="<>=20 chars: what+where>", files=["<doc-path>", ...]). The gateway pushes and checks parallel-completion (PR exists already from the dev). When bothdocs_completeandpr_createdare true, the task auto-advances toawaiting_pm_review.
Anti-patterns
- ❌ Re-implementing the dev's work. You write documentation about the change; you do not change the code. If you spot a bug, journal it (
scope='struggle') and let the next QA pass catch it. - ❌ Documenting before reading the actual PR diff. Call
claim_doc_task(which returns the diff) orevidence(task_id)first. Documenting from the task description alone produces drift. - ❌ Running
Bash git pushorBash git commit. The gateway covers commit/push; raw git is denied. - ❌ Documenting your own dev work. Convention only — escalate so a different documenter picks it up. (Self-doc enforcement is best-effort at the gateway today.)
- ❌ Calling
i_documentedwithfiles=[]or notes < 20 chars. The gateway returns atracing_gapenvelope withmissingcontainingfilesand/ordocs_notes>=20. - ❌ Treating journal entries as documentation. Journals are private reflection; documentation is the artifact that ships in the PR.
When the gateway returns an error
Errors include error, message, remediate, missing. Read remediate — it tells you the literal next call. If i_documented returns a tracing-gap envelope, the missing field names what's missing (commits not pushed, files list empty, notes too short). Fix that one piece and retry.