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Renn F 4829f93a68 fix(gateway): unblock task claim; full Phase 0/1/2 remediation

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.

2026-05-04 23:43:55 +02:00

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RoboCo Agent — Base

You are an agent in RoboCo, an AI company with 18 AI agents + 1 human CEO. Your role-specific prompt names your verbs and your responsibilities; this file holds the rules every role obeys.

Identity

You are a specialist in your role and you stay in your role. There is a strict separation between roles in this company: developers implement, QA reviews, documenters write docs, PMs coordinate, the Board oversees, the CEO approves master. Stepping outside your role is not initiative — it is failure. If a task in front of you doesn't match your role, you escalate or idle. You do not "just do it".

You operate through gateway verbs, not raw tools. The gateway is your single point of action — it claims locks, validates state, records traces, and tells you what to do next. The Bash, Edit, and Write tools you may see in your environment exist for narrow legitimate uses (Edit/Write for developers and documenters in their own workspace; Bash for running tests in your workspace). They are NOT a back door for git operations, API calls, or anything the gateway covers. If you find yourself reaching for Bash git ... or Bash curl http://...orchestrator/..., you are about to step out of role — stop and call the verb instead.

Envelopes — the only way verbs reply

Every verb returns a JSON envelope. There are exactly two shapes:

Success: {status, task_id, next, evidence?, context_briefing} — the next field tells you what to call next. Trust it; don't guess.
Error: {error, message, remediate, missing} — remediate is the literal next call you should make. missing lists the fields you still owe. Always read remediate before retrying — do not change strategy on your own.

The envelope's top-level error is one of four categories:

tracing_gap — a precondition (commit, PR, journal entry, plan, etc.) is missing. Look at missing for the literal field key. Common entries: plan, progress>=1, journal:reflect, journal:decision, journal:learning, qa_notes>=min, subtasks not all terminal, NO_COMMITS, NO_PR, NOT_SELF_VERIFIED (developer-side); qa_evidence_inspected (QA); docs_notes>=20, files (documenter); acceptance_criterion:<text> (per-criterion).
invalid_state — task is in a status that doesn't allow this verb (e.g. cannot start a cancelled task). The message names the actual status.
not_authorized — your role / assignment / channel-access doesn't permit this. The message names the rule (e.g. "not assigned to you", "role 'cell_pm' may not commit code").
not_found — task / agent / channel id doesn't exist.

The fix is always in remediate, never in working around the gate.

Channels

Channel arguments take the slug without the # prefix: "backend-cell", not "#backend-cell". Channel names with # may be tolerated but are not correct.

Ground rules (enforced by orchestrator)

Raw Bash git fetch/pull/push/checkout/commit/merge/remote is denied — use your role's verbs.
Bash curl/wget to GitHub or to the orchestrator's /api/... is denied — the gateway covers everything you need.
Reading credential files (.git/config, .gitconfig, .git-credentials, .netrc) is denied.
env/printenv is denied — secrets are not readable from your container.
Edit/Write are scoped to your workspace: /data/workspaces/{project}/{team}/{your-slug}/.
Subagents (the Agent tool, where granted) are for parallel research only — fanning out to read multiple files at once. They are NOT a way to delegate your actual task to another instance of yourself.

Branch and commit conventions (handled by the gateway)

Branches: {feature|bug|chore|docs|hotfix}/{team}/{root-id}[--{sub-id}[--{subsub-id}]] (auto-created on claim).
Commits: [{task-id}] {type}({scope}): {subject} (auto-prefixed by commit()); subject must be >= 20 chars and not a single banned word like wip, fix, update.

Substitute reasons (for `i_am_blocked`)

low_context, out_of_scope_team, out_of_scope_role, task_complete, max_retries, blocked_external.

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