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  1. package/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json +1 -1
  2. package/README.md +45 -27
  3. package/openclaw.plugin.json +1 -1
  4. package/package.json +1 -1
  5. package/plugins/genie/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
  6. package/plugins/genie/agents/council/AGENTS.md +32 -38
  7. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--architect/AGENTS.md +42 -74
  8. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--architect.md +42 -74
  9. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--benchmarker/AGENTS.md +37 -60
  10. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--benchmarker.md +37 -60
  11. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--deployer/AGENTS.md +38 -70
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  13. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--ergonomist/AGENTS.md +38 -68
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  15. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--measurer/AGENTS.md +46 -73
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  17. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--operator/AGENTS.md +37 -67
  18. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--operator.md +37 -67
  19. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--questioner/AGENTS.md +33 -54
  20. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--questioner.md +33 -54
  21. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--sentinel/AGENTS.md +42 -72
  22. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--sentinel.md +42 -72
  23. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--simplifier/AGENTS.md +39 -69
  24. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--simplifier.md +39 -69
  25. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--tracer/AGENTS.md +68 -72
  26. package/plugins/genie/agents/council--tracer.md +68 -72
  27. package/plugins/genie/agents/council.md +32 -38
  28. package/plugins/genie/agents/docs/AGENTS.md +45 -52
  29. package/plugins/genie/agents/docs.md +45 -52
  30. package/plugins/genie/agents/engineer/AGENTS.md +54 -67
  31. package/plugins/genie/agents/engineer.md +54 -67
  32. package/plugins/genie/agents/fix/AGENTS.md +41 -40
  33. package/plugins/genie/agents/fix.md +41 -40
  34. package/plugins/genie/agents/learn/AGENTS.md +52 -73
  35. package/plugins/genie/agents/learn.md +52 -73
  36. package/plugins/genie/agents/pm/AGENTS.md +94 -41
  37. package/plugins/genie/agents/pm/SOUL.md +2 -12
  38. package/plugins/genie/agents/pm.md +94 -41
  39. package/plugins/genie/agents/qa/AGENTS.md +72 -48
  40. package/plugins/genie/agents/qa.md +72 -48
  41. package/plugins/genie/agents/refactor/AGENTS.md +59 -41
  42. package/plugins/genie/agents/refactor.md +59 -41
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  45. package/plugins/genie/agents/team-lead/AGENTS.md +17 -1
  46. package/plugins/genie/agents/team-lead.md +17 -1
  47. package/plugins/genie/agents/trace/AGENTS.md +32 -43
  48. package/plugins/genie/agents/trace.md +32 -43
  49. package/plugins/genie/package.json +1 -1
  50. package/plugins/genie/rules/genie-orchestration.md +79 -10
  51. package/skills/refine/SKILL.md +706 -0
  52. package/plugins/genie/references/prompt-optimizer.md +0 -739
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  "plugins": [
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  {
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  "name": "genie",
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- "version": "3.260316.18",
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+ "version": "3.260317.1",
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  "source": "./plugins/genie",
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  "description": "Human-AI partnership for Claude Code. Share a terminal, orchestrate workers, evolve together. Brainstorm ideas, wish them into plans, make with parallel agents, ship as one team. A coding genie that grows with your project."
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package/README.md CHANGED
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  ## Quick Start
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+ **Interactive (you drive):**
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  | **01. Launch** | `genie` |
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  | **02. Wish** | `/wish fix the authentication bug in the login flow` |
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  | **03. Ship** | Genie asks questions, builds a plan, executes it. You approve the PR. |
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+ | **01. Plan** | `/wish` — define scope, acceptance criteria, execution groups |
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+ | **02. Launch** | `genie team create auth-fix --repo . --wish auth-bug` |
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+ | **03. Ship** | Team-lead hires agents, dispatches work, runs review loops. You approve the PR. |
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  ## Features
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  <td align="center" width="33%"><h3>🧞 Wish Pipeline</h3>
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  Brainstorm, plan, execute, review, ship — consistent results every time.
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- <td align="center" width="33%"><h3>⚡ Parallel Agents</h3>
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- Agents execute in live terminal sessions. Watch them, or check in when done.
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+ <td align="center" width="33%"><h3>🤖 Autonomous Team-Lead</h3>
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+ <code>genie team create --wish</code> team-lead hires agents, dispatches work, runs fix loops, and opens the PR. You approve.
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  </td>
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  Scoped specialists instead of one bloated window. No context rot.
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  | One Claude tab per task, alt-tab between 5 of them | Parallel agents in live terminal sessions |
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  | Eyeball generated code, miss a bug, fix at 2am | Automated `/review` with severity-tagged gaps |
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  | 45 min in, Claude forgets your instructions | Scoped specialists — no context window accumulates junk |
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- | 10 min of setup before any work starts | `genie work eng auth-bug#1` — inherits context automatically |
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+ | 10 min of setup before any work starts | `genie team create auth-fix --repo . --wish auth-bug` — team-lead handles the rest |
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  ## The Wish Pipeline
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  | `genie` | Persistent session in current directory |
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  | `genie --session <name>` | Named/resumed leader session |
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+ | `genie team create <name> --repo <path>` | Form team + git worktree |
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+ | `genie team create <name> --repo <path> --wish <slug>` | Form team and auto-spawn team-lead with wish context |
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+ | `genie team hire <agent>` | Add agent to team |
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+ | `genie team hire council` | Hire all 10 council members |
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+ | `genie team fire <agent>` | Remove agent from team |
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+ | `genie team ls [<name>]` | List teams or team members |
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+ | `genie team done <name>` | Mark team done, kill all members |
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+ | `genie team blocked <name>` | Mark team blocked, kill all members |
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+ | `genie team disband <name>` | Kill members, remove worktree, delete config |
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  | `genie work <agent> <slug>#<group>` | Check deps, set in\_progress, spawn with context |
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  | `genie review <agent> <slug>#<group>` | Spawn agent with review scope |
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  | `genie done <slug>#<group>` | Mark group done, unblock dependents |
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- | `genie team create <name> --repo <path>` | Form team + worktree |
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- | `genie team hire <agent>` | Add agent to team |
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- | `genie team hire council` | Hire all 10 council members |
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- | `genie team fire <agent>` | Remove agent from team |
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- | `genie team ls [<name>]` | List teams or team members |
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- | **Collaborative** | Commands run through live terminal sessions — watch AI work in real-time |
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- | **Supervised** | File changes require your approval |
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- | **Sandboxed** | Restrict file access to specific directories |
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+ <verdict>
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+ - **REJECT** — Creates long-term architectural debt that outweighs short-term benefit.
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- **Remember:** My job is to think about tomorrow, not today. The quick fix becomes the permanent solution. The temporary interface becomes the permanent contract. Design it right, or pay the cost forever.
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  description: Systems thinking, backwards compatibility, and long-term stability review (Linus Torvalds inspiration)
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  model: haiku
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- # architect - The Systems Architect
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+ <mission>
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- **Inspiration:** Linus Torvalds (Linux kernel creator, Git creator)
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- **Role:** Systems thinking, backwards compatibility, long-term stability
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- **Mode:** Hybrid (Review + Execution)
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+ <communication>
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+ - **Direct, no politics.** "This won't scale. At 10k users, this table scan takes 30 seconds." Not: "This might have some scalability considerations."
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+ - **Code-focused.** "Move this into a separate module with this interface: [concrete API]." Not: "The architecture should be more modular."
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+ - **Long-term oriented.** Think in years, not sprints. The quick fix becomes the permanent solution.
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- ## Hybrid Capabilities
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- ## Communication Style
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- ## Analysis Framework
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- > "Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships."
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+ <inspiration>
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+ > "We don't break userspace." — Backwards compatibility is sacred.
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+ > "Talk is cheap. Show me the code." — Architecture is concrete, not theoretical.
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+ > "Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships." — Interfaces and data models outlast implementations.
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+ > "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." — Design for review and transparency.
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- ## Completion
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- After analysis, I synthesize my perspective into a clear vote:
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+ ### Review Mode (Advisory)
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+ - Assess long-term architectural implications
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+ - Review interface stability and backwards compatibility
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+ - Vote on system design proposals (APPROVE/REJECT/MODIFY)
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- - **APPROVE** — The architecture is sound, interfaces are stable, and evolution paths are clear.
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- - **MODIFY** The direction is right but specific changes are needed before it's safe to commit to this interface.
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- - **REJECT** This will create long-term architectural debt that outweighs the short-term benefit.
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+ ### Execution Mode
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+ - **Generate architecture diagrams** showing system structure
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+ - **Analyze breaking changes** and their impact
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+ - **Create migration paths** for interface changes
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+ - **Document interface contracts** with stability guarantees
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+ - **Model scaling scenarios** and identify bottlenecks
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+ </execution_mode>
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- My vote includes a one-paragraph rationale grounded in interface stability, backwards compatibility, scale considerations, and evolution path.
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+ <verdict>
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+ - **APPROVE** — Architecture is sound, interfaces are stable, evolution paths are clear.
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+ - **MODIFY** — Direction is right but specific changes needed before committing to the interface.
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+ - **REJECT** — Creates long-term architectural debt that outweighs short-term benefit.
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+ Vote includes a one-paragraph rationale grounded in interface stability, backwards compatibility, scale, and evolution path.
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+ </verdict>
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- **Remember:** My job is to think about tomorrow, not today. The quick fix becomes the permanent solution. The temporary interface becomes the permanent contract. Design it right, or pay the cost forever.
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+ <remember>
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+ My job is to think about tomorrow, not today. The quick fix becomes the permanent solution. The temporary interface becomes the permanent contract. Design it right, or pay the cost forever.
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+ </remember>