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3205443119 Fix: dependency spawn gate and cell ownership (#73)
* Cleanup + Missing greenlet error

* fix(messaging): persist a group's active-session pointer so posts reuse it

create_session and create_session_with_access_check set group.active_session_id
from session.id BEFORE the flush that materializes it — the id is a flush-time
uuid4 default, so the pointer was written as NULL and every post opened a fresh
session, fragmenting one conversation across many. Flush first, then link, the
same ordering the seed path already uses.

Two tests fabricated "two distinct sessions" by calling create_session twice on
one group, which only differed because of this bug; switch them to two groups so
they keep testing their real intent. Add a regression guard that the pointer is
actually persisted and a second create reuses the live session.

* fix(orchestrator): gate spawns on dependencies and keep cell tasks in their cell

The cross-task dependency check ran only on the dev dispatch path, so cell-PM,
Main-PM and board agents were spawned onto dependency-blocked tasks and flailed
unblock / escalate / notify against an unfinished upstream — climbing ownership
of cell work up to the board, which cannot drive it, and deadlocking the task.

- Move the dependency gate into the shared spawn readiness check so it covers
  every role, and auto-block the task so it leaves the pending pool until the
  upstream reaches a terminal state (then the existing auto-unblock revives it).
- Cell-ownership invariant: a backend/frontend/ux_ui task may only be worked or
  owned by its own cell. The readiness gate refuses a board or Main-PM spawn
  onto a cell task; reassign refuses and clears such an owner; and on
  dependency-clear a mis-owned cell task is re-homed to its cell's pending pool
  instead of reviving under an owner that cannot progress it.
- A dependency block is never a CEO signal: notify(target=ceo) is refused while
  the task is waiting on an unfinished upstream, with a remediate to idle and
  wait — the block clears on its own.

* Uploading images + Fixing pyproject.toml

* ++

* revert(orchestrator): drop the cell-ownership block pending a tooling audit

The cell-ownership invariant added earlier — a board / Main-PM role may never be
spawned onto or reassigned to a cell task, plus re-homing a mis-owned cell task
on dependency-clear — was too absolute. It forbids a higher role from stepping
in when something genuinely deeper is going on, and contradicts the existing
rule that main_pm may hold a task at awaiting_pm_review. The dependency spawn
gate already prevents the cascade that handed the board cell tasks; the deadlock
it guarded against will be addressed with a return-path approach after auditing
what tools the cell PMs actually need. Keeps the dependency gate and the CEO
dependency-block notify guard.

* docs(prompts): a dependency wait is wait-and-idle, not escalate

The cell-PM and Main-PM prompts told agents to escalate_up / retry unblock on a
blocked task without distinguishing a dependency wait (which auto-clears the
moment the upstream completes) from a real wedge — the source of the
escalate/unblock flail and the CEO-notification spam. Split the blocked-state
guidance: a cross-cell dependency wait = note + i_am_idle (do not escalate,
unblock, or notify the CEO); escalate only a genuinely broken upstream. Fix two
stale references to i_am_blocked, a developer-only verb the PMs do not have,
to escalate_up.

Correct the CLAUDE.md verb-surface table, which understated every role: it
listed 4 cell_pm verbs while the flow manifest derives the full set (11,
including unclaim and i_am_idle) from lifecycle.spec.intents_for_role.

* feat(gateway): cell_pm reassign verb — intra-cell developer hand-off

A cell PM can now hand a claimed/in_progress task to another developer in its
own cell without unclaim (which drops the work back to the pool and loses the
assignee). The branch is keyed to the task, so the work-in-progress is
preserved; the new dev is respawned to continue. Intra-cell only: the task must
be in the caller's cell and new_assignee must be a developer of that same cell.

Wired through every layer: the reassign IntentSpec (composes=(), cell_pm-only),
the choreographer verb + intra-cell guard, a reaper-safe
TaskService.reassign_active_claim (reseeds the claim heartbeat so the new dev
is not immediately reaped), the ReassignRequest schema, the cell_pm flow route,
and the MCP flow-server tool. Tracing-waived like unclaim (mechanical hand-off).
Regenerated lifecycle/verb artifacts; prompt + CLAUDE.md updated.

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Co-authored-by: Renn F <rennf93@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-06-06 22:10:48 +02:00

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Intent Verbs (gateway-facing surface)

claim_doc_task

Claim awaiting_documentation. Returns evidence inline.

Allowed roles: documenter

Composes: (no atomic actions)

claim_review

Claim a task in awaiting_qa for review. Returns evidence inline.

Allowed roles: qa

Composes: (no atomic actions)

complete

Cell PM merges leaf PR + transitions to completed; Main PM merges root PR + escalates to CEO.

Allowed roles: cell_pm, main_pm

Composes: complete

Side effects: pr_merge

delegate

Create a subtask under the current task. Validates the delegation chain (main_pm->cell_pm; cell_pm->its team's devs) and the assignee-vs-task_type rule (Cell PMs get planning-typed tasks; devs get code/research, UX devs also design). documentation is NOT delegatable — the lifecycle auto-creates the doc phase after the code subtask passes QA.

Allowed roles: cell_pm, main_pm

Composes: create_subtask

escalate_to_ceo

Escalate to CEO with reason. Transitions to awaiting_ceo_approval.

Allowed roles: head_marketing, main_pm, product_owner

Composes: escalate_to_ceo

escalate_up

Escalate to your role's escalation_target.

Allowed roles: cell_pm, main_pm

Composes: (no atomic actions)

fail_review

Fail QA with concrete issues. Transitions to needs_revision.

Allowed roles: qa

Composes: qa_fail

give_me_work

Return your most-actionable task or signal idle.

Allowed roles: cell_pm, developer, documenter, main_pm, qa

Composes: (no atomic actions)

i_am_blocked

Escalate to PM. Logs a struggle journal entry.

Allowed roles: developer, documenter, qa

Composes: block

i_am_done

Submit work for QA. Auto-runs in_progress->verifying then verifying->awaiting_qa. Strict - PR must be open (call open_pr first) and >=1 commit.

Allowed roles: developer

Composes: submit_verification → submit_qa

Preconditions: commits>=1, owns_task

i_am_idle

Signal you have no active work. PMs auto-pause owned in_progress tasks.

Allowed roles: auditor, cell_pm, developer, documenter, head_marketing, main_pm, product_owner, qa

Composes: (no atomic actions)

i_documented

Signal docs complete. Transitions to awaiting_pm_review.

Allowed roles: documenter

Composes: docs_complete

i_will_plan

PM mirror of i_will_work_on for parent tasks. Claim, plan, transition to in_progress; from there delegate subtasks.

Allowed roles: cell_pm, main_pm

Composes: claim → set_plan → start

Preconditions: plan

i_will_work_on

Claim a task, set the plan, and transition to in_progress. Atomic - preconditions checked before any state mutation.

Allowed roles: developer

Composes: claim → set_plan → start

Preconditions: plan

open_pr

Push the branch and open a PR. Atomic - preconditions (assignee, >=1 commit, no prior PR) checked BEFORE any git operation. After success, call i_am_done.

Allowed roles: developer

Composes: (no atomic actions)

Side effects: push_branch, create_pr

Preconditions: commits>=1, no_prior_pr, owns_task

pass_review

Pass QA. Transitions awaiting_qa -> awaiting_documentation.

Allowed roles: qa

Composes: qa_pass

reassign

Hand a claimed/in_progress task to another developer in your own cell. The branch is keyed to the task (not the agent), so it is preserved — the new developer continues the work-in-progress. No status change.

Allowed roles: cell_pm

Composes: (no atomic actions)

resume

Resume a paused task you own. paused -> in_progress.

Allowed roles: cell_pm, developer, documenter, main_pm, qa

Composes: resume

submit_up

Cell PM opens the cell→root PR and moves the cell task to awaiting_pm_review. The same Cell PM then completes it.

Allowed roles: cell_pm

Composes: submit_pm_review

Pre side effects: create_pr

triage

List actionable tasks in your scope.

Allowed roles: auditor, cell_pm, head_marketing, main_pm, product_owner

Composes: (no atomic actions)

triage_all

List actionable tasks across all teams (Main PM only).

Allowed roles: main_pm

Composes: (no atomic actions)

unblock

PM unblocks a blocked task; restores pre-block state.

Allowed roles: cell_pm, main_pm

Composes: unblock

unclaim

Voluntarily release a claim back to pending. The work-in-progress branch is preserved.

Allowed roles: cell_pm, developer, documenter, main_pm, qa

Composes: (no atomic actions)