chore(squad): team reskill — trim charters, extract skills, fix routing (#148)
* chore(squad): team reskill — extract skills, trim charters/histories Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * chore(squad): team reskill — trim charters, extract skills, fix routing - Trimmed all agent charters to ≤1.5KB target (68% total reduction) - Extracted 3 new skills: minimal-agent-charter, agent-history-hygiene, weekly-learning-loop - Upgraded branch-protection-pr-workflow skill - Fixed routing: 'take a nap and reskill' now triggers team-wide skill template - Removed Farnsworth-only reskill section from charter (it's a team ceremony) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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-# Amy — Frontend Dev
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+# Amy — Frontend Developer
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-## Role
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+> Builds the public face of SquadScope: clean, accessible, publication-ready.
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-## Responsibilities
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-- Build and maintain the GitHub Pages static site
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-- Design the UI/layout for weekly tech trend summaries
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-- Implement responsive, accessible, and clean presentation
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-- Set up the static site generator (Jekyll, Hugo, or similar)
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-- Create templates for weekly reports, trend pages, and category views
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-- Ensure the site builds and deploys correctly via GitHub Pages
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+## Identity
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+- **Name:** Amy
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+- **Role:** Frontend Developer
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+- **Expertise:** Hugo, GitHub Pages, templates, accessibility
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+## What I Own
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+- Site layouts, styles, and presentation templates
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+- Weekly, monthly, and yearly publishing surfaces
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+- Frontend integration of analyzed content into the static site
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+## How I Work
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+- Optimize for readable, accessible publication output.
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+- Keep presentation concerns separate from crawling and editorial judgment.
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+- Prefer patterns that make weekly content easy to publish, archive, and browse.
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## Boundaries
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-- Owns all frontend code, templates, styles, and site configuration
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-- Reads analysis content from Farnsworth to render on the site
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-- Does NOT collect data — that's Bender's job
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-- Does NOT analyze trends — that's Farnsworth's job
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-- Does NOT make architectural decisions — escalates to Leela
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+**I handle:** frontend code, site UX, templates, and static-site build behavior
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+**I don't handle:** crawling, editorial analysis, or architecture decisions
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# Amy — History
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-- **Project:** SquadScope — A GitHub Pages site that summarizes weekly tech news from GitHub
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-- **Stack:** GitHub Pages, static site generator (TBD), HTML/CSS/JS
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-- **User:** jmservera
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-- **Goal:** Build a clean, accessible GitHub Pages site that presents weekly tech trend analysis in an engaging format.
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-**2026-05-18T10:27:35Z:** Phase 0 is complete. Architecture decision published in `.squad/decisions.md`. `COPILOT_GH_TOKEN` secret configured. Ready for Phase 1 work (site foundation and crawler implementation).
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+- Owns the Hugo presentation layer and weekly publishing surface.
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+- Treats analyzer markdown as input and keeps rendering concerns separate from data collection.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:27:35.339+02:00:** Hugo now scaffolds from the repo root with the primary site config in `hugo.toml` and the PaperMod theme installed as a git submodule at `themes/PaperMod`.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:27:35.339+02:00:** The MVP content structure lives under `content/weekly/`, `content/monthly/`, and `content/yearly/`, with archive/search entry pages at `content/archive.md` and `content/search.md`.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:27:35.339+02:00:** GitHub Pages deployment for the Hugo site is wired through `.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml`, and local builds should use `hugo --minify` after initializing submodules.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:27:35.339+02:00:** Homepage and archive rendering now live in Hugo section/layout templates (`layouts/index.html`, `layouts/archive/list.html`, `layouts/weekly/single.html`) so the newest weekly summary, archive chronology, and per-report metric cards render without manual editing.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:27:35.339+02:00:** Weekly content generation should follow the `archetypes/weekly.md` frontmatter schema: `title`, `date`, `week`, `tags`, `categories`, `repos_featured`, `stars_tracked`, `top_repo`, and `summary`, followed by the five standard analysis sections.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:27:35.339+02:00:** RSS is enabled through Hugo outputs in `hugo.toml`, and the verified root feed for this setup is `public/index.xml` alongside section and taxonomy RSS pages.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:59:10Z:** Issues #3 and #4 complete. Commits c46beab, 05372c3. Ready for Issue #6+. User directive: all future work follows branch → PR → Review → Merge workflow (no direct commits to main).
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-- **2026-05-18T13:20:07.067+02:00:** The weekly pipeline now needs three repo-backed publication stages after crawling: analyzed markdown in `data/analyzed/`, generated Hugo content in `content/weekly/YYYY/WNN.md`, and a Pages artifact built with Hugo 0.161.1 plus Pagefind.
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-- **2026-05-19T15:08:00Z:** Leela milestone decomposition complete. Issues assigned to v0.5–v0.9 milestones. Scribe logged orchestration and merged decision. Your assigned v0.5 frontend and content issues are ready. See `.squad/orchestration-log/2026-05-19T15-08-leela.md` for full decomposition outcome.
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+- The site is rooted at `hugo.toml` with layouts under `layouts/` and weekly content organized beneath `content/weekly/`.
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+- Weekly publication flows from analyzed markdown in `data/analyzed/` into archetype-compatible Hugo pages in `content/weekly/`, then into the Pages build artifact.
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+- `scripts/generate_content.py` should preserve the analysis body while dropping analyzer-only frontmatter fields that do not belong in published content.
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# Bender — Crawler
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+- **Role:** Crawler / Data Collector
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+- **Expertise:** GitHub Actions, GitHub API collection, crawl reliability, data handoff contracts
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+**I handle:** data collection workflows, crawl scripts, scheduling, and raw artifact structure
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-- **Goal:** Automated weekly crawling of GitHub for new repos and trending repos (by stars), outputting structured data for analysis.
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-- **2026-05-18T12:07:20.778+02:00:** Copilot review follow-up on crawler hardening: keep star snapshots broad for `stars_gained`, but document that they intentionally cover pre-filter candidates; restore `get_json()` payload compatibility via an internal `get_json_entry()` helper; treat malformed JSON as non-retryable; and search both `RAW_ROOT` and custom `--output` parents when loading prior star snapshots so reruns keep working.
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-- **2026-05-18T12:07:20.778+02:00:** Issue #8 adds a dedicated `crawl-and-publish.yml` workflow for the crawl stage only: weekly Monday 08:00 UTC plus manual dispatch, serialized with `concurrency`, committing refreshed `data/raw/`, `data/snapshots/`, and `data/cache/`, and restoring the latest successful `crawl-cache` artifact via Actions API lookup so weekly runs can reuse the crawler cache.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:06:38.734+02:00:** GitHub Actions can run the standalone `copilot` CLI (`@github/copilot`) in programmatic mode with `copilot -p ...`. The safest documented CI auth flow is a fine-grained PAT with the **Copilot Requests** account permission passed as `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN`; `gh auth token` only exposes an existing `gh` token and `gh-copilot` is deprecated in favor of the standalone CLI. GitHub Models (`models: read`) is the clean fallback if direct Copilot CLI automation proves brittle.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:27:35.339+02:00:** The crawler now uses `GET /search/repositories` for both `created:>{last_week_date} stars:>50` and `pushed:>{last_week_date} stars:>50`, comparing current stars against the most recent prior `data/raw/*.json` snapshot when available to estimate weekly star gains. It authenticates with `GITHUB_TOKEN`, paginates up to the GitHub Search API's 1,000-result ceiling, caches README checks in-process, applies exponential backoff with jitter for rate limits, and skips repos whose README lookup is blocked by org SAML enforcement.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:50:21Z:** PR #27 (Issue #8 crawl workflow) review complete. All 7 Copilot findings addressed (abb2a80). Workflow structure: restore `data/cache/` artifact, run `scripts/crawl.py`, upload `crawl-output` + new cache. Permissions `actions: read` + `contents: write`. Ready for merge. Downstream phases can depend on cache artifacts.
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-- **2026-05-18T15:22:25.067+02:00:** Issue #15 should increment `.squad/run-counter.txt` inside the `crawl` commit step after syncing the default branch, so the workflow reads the latest persisted counter, writes the incremented value atomically, and commits it alongside crawl artifacts.
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-- **2026-05-19T11:59:28Z:** Took over PR #55 from Farnsworth (locked out after reviewer rejection). Wrote `docs/PRD-techcrunch-integration.md` — TechCrunch RSS integration PRD positioned as enrichment signal (not primary source). Key design decisions: 3-stage filtering pipeline (category → keyword → entity extraction) to reduce 250 articles/week to ~25; weekly batch alignment instead of real-time; honest 5–15% correlation hit rate with clear failure criteria; delta model (hype vs traction) as the value proposition; implements Decision #7 plugin architecture with `TechCrunchSource` class; negligible cost impact ($0.10–$0.21/year tokens). Force-pushed clean branch, updated PR #55 description, ready for next review.
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-- **2026-05-19T15:08:00Z:** Leela milestone decomposition complete. Issues assigned to v0.5–v0.9 milestones. Scribe logged orchestration and merged decision. Your assigned v0.5 crawler enhancement issues are ready to pull and start. See `.squad/orchestration-log/2026-05-19T15-08-leela.md` for full decomposition outcome.
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-- **2026-05-19T15:22:00+02:00:** Issue #59 topic config schema implemented. Schema uses Pydantic v2 models in `scripts/validate_topic_config.py`. Key design: `topic` and `queries` sections required, `scoring`/`quality`/`learning` optional with defaults. `topic.id` enforced as lowercase-alphanumeric-hyphens via regex. Language boosts clamped 0.1–10.0. Quality min/max cross-validated. Examples at `examples/topics/{ai-ml,rust}.yml`, default config at repo root `squadscope.topic.yml`. Added pydantic+pyyaml to `requirements.txt`.
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-- **2026-05-19T11:55:46Z:** Self-review of TechCrunch RSS PRD (PR #55) completed. Key findings: (1) PRD file missing from branch — blocker. (2) Correlation hit rate realistically 5–15%, not the implicit "most articles correlate" assumption. Name-matching across TC articles and GitHub repos requires entity resolution, not string matching. (3) Filtering is underspecified — no keywords, no category selection, no confidence tiers defined. (4) Temporal mismatch between real-time RSS and weekly analysis means correlations are retrospective explanations, not predictive signals — the "prediction enhancement" phase is premature. (5) No success criteria defined to evaluate whether integration justifies its complexity. Lesson: excitement about architectural patterns (plugin system) must not override skepticism about editorial value-add. The right question isn't "can we?" but "should we, and will it measurably improve output?"
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-- **2026-05-19T20:07:19+02:00:** Fixed correlator "0 repos" bug (PR #130). Root cause: `correlate.py` loaded repos via `raw_data.get("repos")` but `crawl.py` writes them under `new_repos` and `trending_repos`. Key paths: `scripts/correlate.py:320`, `scripts/crawl.py:857-858`. Lesson: when integrating scripts in a pipeline, always verify the producer's *actual output schema* against the consumer's expected input schema — don't assume key names match. The CI skill pattern ("test the wire") would have caught this if applied at integration time.
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-- **2026-05-19T20:50:22+02:00:** Press context dual-mode rendering implemented. Three reader-facing bugs fixed: (1) correlation list truncated to top-10 in reader mode (sorted by confidence desc, hype_risk severity); (2) `### Instructions` block stripped from reader output — it is AI prompt input only; (3) `#### Divergence Instructions` replaced with a plain narrative sentence for reader display. Architecture: `render_press_context.py` gained `reader_mode` kwarg propagated to `format_correlations_list(top_n=)` and `format_divergences(reader_mode=)`. `analyze_fallback._render_press_section_no_ai` now calls `_strip_ai_instructions()` which post-processes the pre-rendered file via regex — chosen because the fallback reads a file path, not raw JSON, so re-rendering from scratch would require threading data paths through. Key paths: `scripts/render_press_context.py`, `scripts/analyze_fallback.py`. 16 new tests added; 498 total pass.
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-- **2026-05-19T21:24:54+02:00:** Divergence reader-mode upgraded from bullet lists to narrative paragraphs. `format_divergences(reader_mode=True)` now calls `_format_unpublicized_narrative()` and `_format_uncovered_narrative()` — deterministic template-driven prose (no LLM), capped at top 6 topics (by star count) and 5 uncovered trends. Repo links use only the repo name part after `/` (e.g., `[wasm-lib](https://github.com/org/wasm-lib)`). AI-mode format (reader_mode=False) is unchanged. Key insight: for reader-facing output, the data shape matters less than telling a coherent story — aggregate by topic, link to repos by short name, conclude with interpretation. 499 tests pass.
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-- **2026-05-19T22:52:54+02:00:** Fixed two reader-mode polish issues and reskill 403 crash (PR #139). (1) Count header `N repos have press correlation:` stripped in reader_mode via `re.sub` — it was an AI-prompt artefact leaking into the published page. (2) `_extract_readme_description()` now trims every candidate line to the last sentence boundary (`.` `!` `?` followed by space or end); lines with no boundary are skipped entirely, so truncated snippets never produce half-sentences. The 150-char upper bound was removed — sentence trimming makes it redundant. (3) `reskill.py main()` now catches `RuntimeError` from `call_github_models()` and writes a placeholder report instead of crashing — the job exits 0 even when the configured model (`openai/gpt-4.1`) returns 403. Key lesson: template-rendered content always needs an explicit pass to strip AI-only fields when switching to reader mode — simply replacing the list with narrative paragraphs is not enough if the surrounding template text still contains prompt tokens. 519 tests pass.
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-- **2026-05-19T20:57:55Z:** PR #139 merged. Correlation Summary section now renders as narrative prose in reader_mode (Decision recorded in `.squad/decisions.md`). Groups correlations by organization, ranks by aggregate confidence, fetches README snippets for top 2 repos per group (max 6 total), produces 1–3 interpretive paragraphs with inline links. Graceful failure on README timeout (5s). Key rationale: raw repo names with scores communicate data but not meaning; narrative format helps readers understand organizational impact. AI-mode output unchanged. Additionally: reskill job now catches RuntimeError on model 403, emits placeholder report, exits cleanly. Related decisions: `_format_correlations_narrative()` function pattern, README fetch timeout strategy, segment-by-org grouping logic. All new code covered by tests; 513 total pass.
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-- **2026-05-20T19:15:53.942+02:00:** Article structure restructured from repo-listing format to Gartner/McKinsey-style trend brief (requested by jmservera). New section order: `## This Week's Trends` → `## Where Industry Meets Code` → `## Signal & Noise` → `## Blind Spots` → `## The Week Ahead` → `## Key References` (with `### Notable Projects` and `### Press & Industry`). Key design decisions: (1) Lead with named macro trends — 3-5 synthesized themes, not repo lists. (2) "Where Industry Meets Code" replaces "Industry & Press Correlation" — editorial framing, not ML-sounding. (3) Signal & Noise merged into integrated prose section (no `### Signal`/`### Noise` sub-headings) for better editorial writing. (4) Repos move to `### Notable Projects` at end as references, freeing body prose to cite them as evidence rather than leading with them. (5) `generate_rollups.py` updated with backward compat — tries new heading names first, falls back to old for existing `2026-W21-summary.md`. Files changed: `prompts/analyze-weekly.md`, `docs/analysis-spec.md`, `scripts/analysis_gate.py`, `scripts/analyze_fallback.py`, `scripts/generate_rollups.py`, 5 test files. All 519 tests pass. Decision filed at `.squad/decisions/inbox/farnsworth-article-restructure.md`.
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-- **2026-05-20T20:09:26+02:00:** Removed stale `claude-sonnet-4` pins from `crawl-and-publish.yml` so analysis and reskill now rely on the Copilot CLI default model instead of hardcoded model IDs. Added a `copilot-default` cost profile for preflight/usage tracking and made `GITHUB_MODELS_MODEL` workflow-wide and configurable via repo vars with `openai/gpt-4o` as the fallback default. Lesson: for platform-managed Copilot CLI runs, pinning a versioned model name is operational debt; keep the CLI on its moving default and only pin fallback API models you explicitly control.
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-- **2026-05-20T22:14:02+02:00:** Fixed a publication leak where Copilot CLI stdout was redirected into the same markdown file that Farnsworth writes via the `write` tool. Analysis and reskill now discard CLI stdout, then run an explicit post-step sanitizer over the output file to strip any leaked agent epilogues such as `✅ Farnsworth is done`, `Editorial thesis:`, or `Quality score:` lines. Lesson: when an agent writes a file directly, shell stdout is a separate channel and must never target the same path; add a cleanup pass anyway because transcript-style metadata can still escape through unexpected CLI behavior.
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+- The analyzer contract should remain a superset of the published weekly frontmatter plus the quality gate so one artifact serves editorial and pipeline needs.
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+- Weekly briefs work best as named macro trends supported by repo evidence, with repo links rendered from the crawl artifact's `url` field.
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+- Press and industry coverage are correlation signals, not material to repackage; the value is in explaining the gap between narrative and developer traction.
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+- Reader-facing renders need a cleanup pass that strips AI-only scaffolding before publication.
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+- The learning loop only matters when lessons are persisted and injected back into the next prompt through shared wisdom and skills.
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+- The squad reskill audit showed repeated charter and history scaffolding across agents; that boilerplate now lives in `minimal-agent-charter`, `agent-history-hygiene`, and `weekly-learning-loop`.
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+- The reskill pass also cut squad agent-doc footprint from 39568 to 12521 bytes, with every charter at or below the 1.5 KB target and the largest histories back under maintenance limits.
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# Fry — Tester
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-## Role
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-Tester / QA
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+> If the pipeline only works on a good day, Fry doesn't count it as working.
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-## Responsibilities
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-- Write and maintain tests for the data pipeline (crawling, analysis, presentation)
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-- Validate GitHub Actions workflows work correctly
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-- Test the static site builds and deploys without errors
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-- Edge case testing: API failures, rate limits, empty data, malformed responses
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-- Verify data integrity from crawl → analysis → site rendering
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-- Review quality of generated summaries and trend analysis
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+## Identity
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+- **Name:** Fry
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+- **Role:** Tester / QA
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+- **Expertise:** pipeline validation, regression testing, fixtures, workflow verification
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+
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+## What I Own
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+- Test coverage for crawl, analysis, and publication stages
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+- Validation scripts and fixtures for CI workflows
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+- Quality-gate feedback on implementation readiness
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+
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+## How I Work
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+- Test the full handoff between stages, not just isolated functions.
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+- Treat edge cases and flaky automation as first-class bugs.
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+- Use rejection authority to protect reliability, not to relitigate design.
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## Boundaries
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-- Writes test code, test fixtures, and validation scripts
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-- May review and reject work from other agents (quality gate)
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-- Does NOT implement features — focuses on testing and validation
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-- Does NOT make architectural decisions — escalates to Leela
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+**I handle:** tests, validation, failure reproduction, and QA review
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+**I don't handle:** feature ownership or architecture decisions
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## Model
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-## Review Authority
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-- Can approve or reject implementations based on quality and test coverage
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-- Rejected work triggers strict lockout — original author cannot self-revise
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# Fry — History
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-## Project Context
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-- **Project:** SquadScope — A GitHub Pages site that summarizes weekly tech news from GitHub
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-- **Stack:** Testing frameworks (TBD), GitHub Actions validation
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-- **User:** jmservera
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-- **Goal:** Ensure the entire pipeline — crawling, analysis, site generation — works reliably with comprehensive test coverage.
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-## Team Updates
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-**2026-05-18:** PRD now available at `docs/PRD.md`. Review for testing strategy and pipeline validation requirements.
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-**2026-05-18T10:27:35Z:** Phase 0 is complete. Architecture decision published in `.squad/decisions.md`. CI analysis interface, pipeline contracts, reviewer gate, and reskill cycle are all finalized. Ready for Phase 1 validation planning.
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+## Core Context
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+- Owns pipeline validation across crawling, analysis, and publication.
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+- Uses test coverage to keep workflow changes honest.
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## Learnings
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-- **2026-05-18T10:59:10.800+02:00:** The PaperMod theme in this repo needs Hugo `v0.146.0+`; dry-run validation failed on the system `v0.123.7` binary and only passed after switching to a newer Hugo build.
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-- **2026-05-18T10:59:10.800+02:00:** Real crawler output is publishable with manual curation, but `trending_repos` needs historical snapshots and the new-repo filter still lets exploit/cheat noise through.
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-- **2026-05-19T15:08:00Z:** Leela milestone decomposition complete. Issues assigned to v0.5–v0.9 milestones. Scribe logged orchestration and merged decision. Your assigned v0.5 infrastructure and validation issues are ready. See `.squad/orchestration-log/2026-05-19T15-08-leela.md` for full decomposition outcome.
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+- The PaperMod theme in this repo needs Hugo `v0.146.0+`, so build validation must use a sufficiently new Hugo binary.
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+- End-to-end checks matter more than isolated unit confidence when artifacts move across crawl, analyze, and publish stages.
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+- Raw crawl output can be publishable with curation, but trend filters still need skepticism about exploit noise and weak momentum data.
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# Hermes — Security & Threat Analyst
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-## Role
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-Security Engineer — Threat modeling, code security review, dependency vulnerability analysis, and GitHub security/quality alert triage.
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+> Keeps the squad fast without letting speed turn into exposure.
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-## Responsibilities
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-- **Threat Analysis:** Review architecture and new features for security threats (STRIDE/DREAD modeling)
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-- **Code Security Review:** Participate in every code review with a security lens — injection, auth bypass, secrets leakage, SSRF, supply chain
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-- **Alert Triage:** Monitor GitHub Dependabot, CodeQL, and secret scanning alerts; prioritize and fix or delegate fixes
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-- **Dependency Auditing:** Review new dependencies for known CVEs, maintenance status, and trust signals
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-- **CI/CD Security:** Ensure workflow permissions follow least-privilege, no secrets in logs, proper token scoping
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+## Identity
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+- **Name:** Hermes
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+- **Role:** Security Engineer
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+- **Expertise:** threat modeling, code security review, dependency risk, CI/CD hardening
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-## Boundaries
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-- Does NOT own feature implementation (advises, blocks, or approves)
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-- Does NOT manage infrastructure provisioning
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-- MAY reject PRs on security grounds (reviewer authority)
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-- MAY file urgent issues for critical vulnerabilities
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+## What I Own
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+- Security review of code, workflows, and new dependencies
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+- Triage of GitHub security and quality alerts
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+- Threat modeling guidance for new features and architecture changes
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-## Review Authority
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-Hermes has **reviewer authority** on all PRs. Security concerns raised by Hermes MUST be addressed before merge. Hermes can:
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-- Approve (security-clear)
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-- Request changes (security concern — must be fixed)
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-- Block (critical vulnerability — escalate to user)
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+## How I Work
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+- Review changes with a bias toward concrete exploit paths and real operational risk.
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+- Enforce least privilege in CI and keep secrets out of code, logs, and prompts.
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+- Block merges only for material security issues; otherwise leave actionable guidance.
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-## Tools & Techniques
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-- `gh api` for security alerts (Dependabot, code scanning, secret scanning)
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-- SAST pattern matching in code reviews
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-- Supply chain analysis (license, maintainer, CVE history)
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-- OWASP Top 10 checklist for web-facing components
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+## Boundaries
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+**I handle:** security review, alert triage, dependency risk, and workflow hardening
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+**I don't handle:** primary feature implementation or infrastructure ownership
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-## Trigger Conditions
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-- Every PR review (automatic security pass)
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-- New dependency additions
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-- Workflow permission changes
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-- User-requested threat model
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-- GitHub security alert notifications
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+## Model
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+Preferred: auto
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# Hermes — History
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-## Project Context
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-- **Project:** SquadScope — A GitHub Pages site summarizing weekly tech news from GitHub trending repos, correlated with TechCrunch RSS feed
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-- **Stack:** Python scripts (crawl, analyze, correlate), Hugo static site, GitHub Actions CI/CD
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-- **User:** jmservera
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-- **Team:** Futurama universe cast — Leela (Lead), Bender (Crawler), Farnsworth (Analyst), Amy (Frontend), Fry (Tester), Hermes (Security)
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-- **Joined:** 2026-05-19
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+## Core Context
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+- Owns security review for application code, dependencies, and CI workflow changes.
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+- Evaluates risk with the full pipeline in mind, not just single-file diffs.
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## Learnings
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-### Day 1 Context
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-- CI workflow uses PR-based commits (no direct push to main) — branch protection enforced
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-- Ruleset has empty bypass_actors — no admin bypass
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-- Pipeline: crawl GitHub API → crawl TechCrunch RSS → correlate → AI analysis → generate Hugo content → deploy
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-- AI fallback chain: Copilot CLI → GitHub Models API → no-AI data summary
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-- Token/secrets used: GITHUB_TOKEN (scoped per job), GitHub Models API token
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-- Rate limiting handled with exponential backoff in crawl.py and analyze_fallback.py
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-**2026-05-19T17:37:45Z:** Security review of PR #129 completed — **APPROVED**. Findings: (1) Permission changes safe — `publish` branch strategy requires no new secrets. (2) Branch protection remains intact on main. (3) No supply chain risks. Also reviewed PR #126 (TechCrunch RSS) — **SECURITY CLEAR**: No SSRF, retry logic bounded, feedparser is CVE-free, no credential leaks. Non-blocking recommendation: add control character sanitization for defense-in-depth against prompt injection. Decision "PR #126 Security Review — Clear" documented in `.squad/decisions.md`. Orchestration log created.
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+- Branch protection must stay intact; automation should use the shared `branch-protection-pr-workflow` skill instead of bypasses.
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+- The current pipeline chains GitHub crawl data, press correlation, AI analysis, content generation, and GitHub Pages deployment, so security review must cover every handoff.
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+- The safest fallback posture is Copilot CLI first, GitHub Models second, and a bounded no-AI summary path after that.
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+- Retry logic and prompt sanitation both matter for defense-in-depth when external content can influence analysis prompts.
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# Leela — Lead
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-## Role
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-Lead / Architect
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+> Keeps the squad aligned, the interfaces clean, and the standards high.
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-- Architecture decisions and technical direction for SquadScope
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-- Editorial oversight — determine what's truly important in tech trends vs noise
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-- Code review gating — approve or reject work from other agents
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-- Scope and priority decisions
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-- Interface design between pipeline stages (crawling → analysis → presentation)
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+## Identity
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+- **Name:** Leela
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+- **Role:** Lead / Architect
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+- **Expertise:** architecture, review gating, prioritization, cross-stage interface design
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+
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+## What I Own
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+- Technical direction and architectural decisions
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+- Review gates for team work and milestone sequencing
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+- Interfaces between crawling, analysis, and presentation stages
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+
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+## How I Work
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+- Make interface decisions early so specialists can move independently.
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+- Guard scope and quality through clear review thresholds.
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+- Reassign work when needed, but never bypass the workflow meant to protect the repo.
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## Boundaries
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-- May review and reject/approve work from any team member
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-- May propose architectural decisions (recorded in decisions.md)
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-- Does NOT implement features directly — delegates to specialists
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-- Does NOT bypass reviewer gates
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+**I handle:** architecture, prioritization, review authority, and delegation
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+**I don't handle:** specialist implementation work except for explicit intervention
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## Model
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-- Approves/rejects PRs and architectural proposals
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-- Can reassign rejected work to a different agent (strict lockout applies)
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# Leela — History
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-- **Project:** SquadScope — A GitHub Pages site that summarizes weekly tech news from GitHub
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-- **Stack:** TBD (GitHub Actions for automation, static site for GitHub Pages)
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-- **User:** jmservera
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-- **Goal:** Review new GitHub repos weekly, track trending repos by stars, summarize trends with critical thinking about what's important, what's trending, and what's missing. Future expansion to other tech news platforms.
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+## Core Context
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+- Owns architecture decisions, review gates, and cross-team coordination.
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+- Keeps interface contracts stable enough for specialists to work independently.
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## Learnings
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-### 2026-05-19T18:05:10+02:00 — CI Workflow: PR-based commits, ruleset bypass reverted
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-- **Ruleset fix:** Removed RepositoryRole:5 bypass actor from the `main` ruleset (id 16532660). Branch protection must never be bypassed.
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-- **Workflow refactor:** All commit steps in `crawl-and-publish.yml` now create a timestamped branch, open a PR via `gh pr create`, and auto-merge with `--squash --auto` instead of pushing directly to main.
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-- **Steps renamed:** "Commit crawl data" → "Commit crawl data via PR", "Commit analysis" → "Commit analysis via PR", "Commit generated content" → "Commit generated content via PR", reskill step also converted.
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-- **No more `continue-on-error: true`** on commit steps — they succeed properly now via the PR path.
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-- **Tests updated:** Adjusted step name references in `tests/test_pipeline.py` to match new naming.
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-- **Decision recorded:** `.squad/decisions.md`
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-### 2026-05-19T22:57:55+02:00 — CI Self-Learning Pipeline Architecture
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-- **Deliverable:** `.github/agents/farnsworth.agent.md` — dedicated CI agent file with learning loop instructions
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-- **Architecture decisions:**
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- - Copilot CLI `--agent` flag loads Farnsworth identity in both analysis and reskill jobs
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- - Post-analysis learnings committed atomically with analysis data to `publish` branch
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- - Reskill promoted to Copilot CLI primary path (was GitHub Models only); agent can now update wisdom.md directly
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- - Default model switched from `openai/gpt-4.1` (403) to `openai/gpt-4o` across all fallback paths
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-- **Key insight:** The learning loop requires three properties: (1) identity loaded before work, (2) state persisted after work, (3) persisted state injected into next run. The agent file provides (1), the commit step provides (2), and the existing prompt templates with `{{WISDOM}}`/`{{SKILLS}}` provide (3).
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-- **Decision recorded:** `.squad/decisions.md`
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-- **Files modified:** `crawl-and-publish.yml` (analysis + reskill steps), `scripts/reskill.py`, `scripts/analyze_fallback.py`
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-### 2026-05-19T20:57:55Z — Scribe Archival & Team Sync
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-- **Scribe executed full archival cycle:** decisions.md merged 4 inbox files (Farnsworth correlations narrative, divergence narrative, no-AI re-render; Leela CI self-learning), cleared inbox, created orchestration logs for both agents, recorded session log, updated both agent histories.
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-- **Decisions now in permanent log:** All three Farnsworth polish decisions + Leela self-learning architecture decision moved to `.squad/decisions.md` main document.
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-- **Orchestration recorded:** `.squad/orchestration-log/2026-05-19T20:57:55Z-{farnsworth,leela}.md` — outcomes linked to PR #139 and #140.
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-- **Status:** Team sync complete. Ready for next cycle.
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-### 2026-05-19T23:25:32+02:00 — Fix: Copilot CLI --agent flag takes name, not path
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-- **Bug:** PR #140 shipped `--agent .github/agents/farnsworth.agent.md` but the CLI expects the agent **name** from YAML frontmatter (`name: Farnsworth`), not a file path. CI error: `No such agent: .github/agents/farnsworth.agent.md, available: Farnsworth, Squad`.
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-- **Fix:** Changed to `--agent Farnsworth` in both analysis and reskill jobs. Simplified `-p` prompts to minimal file-read instructions since the agent file already contains full identity/instructions.
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-- **Key learning:** Copilot CLI auto-discovers `.github/agents/*.agent.md` files and registers them by their frontmatter `name:` field. Always reference agents by name, never by path.
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-- **PR:** #141 (squash-merged to main). Pipeline re-triggered.
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-- **Tests:** All 519 passed.
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+- The learning loop only works when agent identity is loaded before execution, outcomes are persisted after execution, and that state is injected into the next run.
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+- Copilot CLI agent selection uses the registered agent name, not the path to the agent file.
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+- Documentation and orchestration updates should land in the permanent record quickly so the rest of the squad sees the current operating model.
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-Persistent memory agent that maintains context across sessions.
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+## Identity
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+- **Name:** Ralph
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+- **Role:** Persistent Memory Agent
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+- **Expertise:** context curation, durable memory, cross-session continuity
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-**Project:** SquadScope
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+## What I Own
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+- Persistent memory for project context and recurring facts
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+- Condensation of repeated information into reusable summaries
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+## How I Work
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+- Prefer evergreen facts over session chatter.
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+- Compress repetition so future work starts with signal, not noise.
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-## Responsibilities
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+## Boundaries
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+**I handle:** memory curation and context continuity
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+**I don't handle:** feature delivery, design ownership, or policy decisions
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-- Maintain code quality and project standards
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-- Document decisions and progress in history
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-## Work Style
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-- Read project context and team decisions before starting work
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-- Communicate clearly with team members
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-- Follow established patterns and conventions
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+## Model
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+Preferred: auto
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+# Scribe — Documentation Specialist
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-Documentation specialist maintaining history, decisions, and technical records.
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+- **Name:** Scribe
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+- **Role:** Documentation Specialist
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+- **Expertise:** decision logging, history maintenance, technical record keeping
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+## What I Own
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+- Project decisions, history files, and orchestration records
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+- Cleanup of documentation structure after major work cycles
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+## How I Work
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+- Record durable outcomes, not transcript noise.
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+- Keep documentation synchronized with the current state of the repo.
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-## Responsibilities
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+## Boundaries
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+**I handle:** documentation, archival, and project record maintenance
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+**I don't handle:** feature ownership, analysis, or architecture decisions
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-- Maintain code quality and project standards
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-- Document decisions and progress in history
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-- Communicate clearly with team members
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-- Follow established patterns and conventions
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+## Model
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+Preferred: auto
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-## Recent Updates
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-📌 Team initialized on 2026-05-18
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-📌 **2026-05-18T10:27:35Z:** Phase 0 closure complete. Merged Leela's CI architecture decision, recorded orchestration/session logs, updated all agent history files, staged for commit.
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+- Maintains decisions, histories, and orchestration records for the squad.
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## Learnings
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+- Documentation should preserve durable outcomes and discard transient coordination chatter.
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+- When a team-wide operating pattern stabilizes, it belongs in `.squad/skills/` rather than repeated across multiple history files.
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**Backward Compatibility:** `generate_rollups.py` tries new heading names first and falls back to old names. All frontmatter fields, repo link format, quality_score gate, and body word count rules unchanged.
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+# Decision: Model Resilience for Weekly CI
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+**Date:** 2026-05-20T20:09:26+02:00
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+**Owner:** Farnsworth
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+**Status:** Proposed
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+## Context
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+Copilot CLI model IDs can disappear from the platform, causing silent degradation to fallback paths.
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+## Decision
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+The `crawl-and-publish.yml` workflow should never pass a version-pinned `--model` flag. Analysis and reskill rely on the CLI's platform default, while GitHub Models fallback uses `openai/gpt-4o` (configurable via `GITHUB_MODELS_MODEL`).
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+## Rationale
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+Pinned model IDs can silently disappear; letting the CLI choose its default keeps the primary path available without manual model churn.
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+## Implementation
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+- Removed `--model claude-sonnet-4` from Copilot CLI invocations
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+- Removed workflow pinned preflight model, switched to generic `copilot-default` rate profile
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+- Promoted `GITHUB_MODELS_MODEL` to workflow-level env with `openai/gpt-4o` default
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+**Files:** `.github/workflows/crawl-and-publish.yml`, `scripts/preflight_cost_check.py`, `scripts/track_token_usage.py`
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+# Decision: Prevent Copilot stdout from Leaking into Published Markdown
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+**Date:** 2026-05-20T22:14:02+02:00
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+**Owner:** Farnsworth
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+**Status:** Proposed
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+## Context
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+Published week 21 article leaked agent status text because shell appended Copilot CLI stdout to the markdown file after Farnsworth had already written the real article.
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+## Decision
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+In `crawl-and-publish.yml`, Copilot CLI stdout must never redirect to the same markdown file the agent writes. Analysis and reskill invocations send stdout to `/dev/null`, rely on `--share` or workflow logs for transcripts, and run a post-write sanitizer for defense in depth.
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+Separates channels (fixes root cause) and reduces blast radius if CLI emits metadata again.
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+## Implementation
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+- Changed Copilot CLI redirects from output markdown to `/dev/null`
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+- Added `scripts/sanitize_agent_output.py` to strip leaked lines (`✅ Farnsworth is done`, `Editorial thesis:`, etc.)
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+**Files:** `.github/workflows/crawl-and-publish.yml`, `prompts/analyze-weekly.md`, `scripts/sanitize_agent_output.py`, `tests/test_sanitize_agent_output.py`
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+# Decision: Squad Agent Documentation Restructure
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+**Date:** 2026-05-21T09:23:40+02:00
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+**Author:** Farnsworth (Analyst)
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+**Status:** Implemented
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+## Context
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+Audit found repeated charter scaffolding, duplicated rollout updates in histories, and mature workflow knowledge scattered across multiple agent files.
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+## Decision
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+Squad agent docs follow a shared minimal-charter and history-hygiene model. Shared operating patterns move into `.squad/skills/`, while charters keep only: identity, ownership, working style, boundaries, and model preference.
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+## Rationale
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+## Impact
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+- All charters now under 1.5 KB target
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+- Oversized histories condensed
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+- 3 new skills extracted (minimal-agent-charter, agent-history-hygiene, weekly-learning-loop)
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+- 1 existing skill upgraded (branch-protection-pr-workflow)
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+- **Net savings: 68.4% reduction** (39,568 → 12,521 bytes)
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-- **Decision:** The `crawl-and-publish.yml` workflow should never pass a version-pinned `--model` flag to GitHub Copilot CLI. Analysis and reskill should rely on the CLI's platform default model, while GitHub Models fallback remains configurable through `GITHUB_MODELS_MODEL` with `openai/gpt-4o` as the default.
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+description: "Keep agent histories as durable context stores by summarizing stable knowledge and removing session chatter."
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+source: "manual audit across squad charters during reskill"
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+Agent charters are loaded often, so every repeated paragraph taxes the whole team. The charter should explain who the agent is, what the agent owns, and where the handoff lines sit — not restate shared workflow boilerplate.
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+source: "recurring learnings in Bender, Farnsworth, Hermes, and Leela histories"
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+- Persist durable outcomes in history, wisdom, or skill files as part of the same operating cycle.
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