@bongos/core 1.21.106 → 1.21.108

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       "mode": "0000644",
-      "sha256": "32164a5039c5989e25ff1c6dac77a9cb2d55daa3879fb638aa9b991e9cce5a84"
+      "sha256": "98adbded73abf08ac1a0267f38e668c0bcccc55c35c90161f480754ed8d43a22"
     },
     {
       "path": "tests/handle_machinery.mjs",
@@ -16162,7 +16182,7 @@
     {
       "path": "tests/paintbrush.mjs",
       "mode": "0000644",
-      "sha256": "62e61d65d297b32168a3c7a11eff496c2c1ecab55ed29a7ae8b27f5cae53ccb8"
+      "sha256": "0d5f6cfcdd842e90a0b258e49b12d722ddf9df186d741846ac8d3c964bfd448a"
     },
     {
       "path": "tests/parallel-load.mjs",
@@ -16232,7 +16252,7 @@
     {
       "path": "tests/planning_session_skill.mjs",
       "mode": "0000644",
-      "sha256": "8116334efbc40954c00137f5945f0eab89178b24bd6bb8f49e88381223b9a17f"
+      "sha256": "05bf5a11c0cb334d5da1b14f976f9e8ed8459ffec609f418c752ad72d87b7345"
     },
     {
       "path": "tests/platform_boot.mjs",
@@ -17157,7 +17177,7 @@
     {
       "path": "tests/seed_verify_criteria.mjs",
       "mode": "0000644",
-      "sha256": "3e0cc665466d81bf51477b5461ea1e4b9f4d8d992fc36222fba76f4b96041ce8"
+      "sha256": "b23270ac3c7d530a781337e49c0871cbd4ba6fde584774ef65435527edca48de"
     },
     {
       "path": "tests/sequence.mjs",

package/.claude/skills/goal-create/SKILL.md

@@ -124,9 +124,14 @@ node scripts/gds/api.js POST /api/bongos/tasks --body-file <path-to-task.json>
 # 5d — dependency edges, only where a real gate exists.
 node scripts/gds/api.js POST /api/bongos/tasks/<id>/dependencies --body '{"depends_on_task_id":<id>}'  # ids only
 
-# 5e — promote the zero-dependency layer. Every new task lands status='backlog', and
-#      auto-promotion only fires when a DEPENDENCY ships — so a task with no deps would
-#      sit unclaimable forever. Leave spikes in backlog.
+# 5e — check, then promote only what is still waiting. POST /tasks answers 'backlog',
+#      but the reconciler's backlog sweep moves a task with no unshipped dependency to
+#      'ready' within about a minute (task 1003932), so most are already there. Re-read
+#      the statuses; promote only a non-spike still at 'backlog' (an already-ready one
+#      answers 409 cannot_promote). 'ready' is not 'claimable': the claim-time
+#      dependency gate refuses a task whose dependency is unshipped, whatever its status
+#      (task 1004668). Leave spikes in backlog.
+node scripts/gds/api.js GET "/api/bongos/tasks?goal_id=<gid>"
 node scripts/gds/api.js POST /api/bongos/tasks/<id>/promote
 
 # 6 — verify + report.

package/.claude/skills/idea-triage/SKILL.md

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ at the triage end, where the judgement is.)
 
 **Promote → pick the tier (BV1.R64 / ADR 0086).** An idea no longer only becomes a *task* — it can promote into any tier of the work hierarchy: a **goal** (a whole module-scoped workspace), a **criterion** (a new done-when test), or a **task** (a single unit of work). Choose by the idea's size: a broad objective → goal; a "we should also require X to be done" → criterion; a concrete piece of work → task. Frame the choice to the user in those terms, then create the right record and mark the idea promoted.
 
-- **Promote → task** (the common case). Ask for version, title, est_minutes, priority, credits_reward (`touches[]` optional — [ADR 0049](../../../docs/adr/0049-split-parallel-safety-contract.md)). `POST /api/bongos/tasks` lands the new task in `backlog`, **not** `active` — it still needs `POST /tasks/:id/promote` (Metic+) before it's claimable. **Pass `goal_id` on the create** so the task lands in a real goal rather than the version's `"<version> — general"` catch-all — `POST /tasks` has accepted it since task 1763, and the 201 now returns a `goal_advisory` when the task ends up with no proper home. If no existing goal fits, run [`/goal-create`](../goal-create/SKILL.md) instead of filing it loose.
+- **Promote → task** (the common case). Ask for version, title, est_minutes, priority, credits_reward (`touches[]` optional — [ADR 0049](../../../docs/adr/0049-split-parallel-safety-contract.md)). `POST /api/bongos/tasks` answers `backlog`, but a new task with no unshipped dependency and no open blocker is **auto-promoted to `ready` within about a minute** by the reconciler's backlog sweep (task 1003932) — so do not tell the owner it is waiting for their go. **Re-read its status after creating** (`GET /tasks/<id>`) and `POST /tasks/:id/promote` (Metic+) only the ones still at `backlog`; promoting one already at `ready` answers `409 cannot_promote` (task 1004668: all 15 tasks from one triage hit that). **Pass `goal_id` on the create** so the task lands in a real goal rather than the version's `"<version> — general"` catch-all — `POST /tasks` has accepted it since task 1763, and the 201 now returns a `goal_advisory` when the task ends up with no proper home. If no existing goal fits, run [`/goal-create`](../goal-create/SKILL.md) instead of filing it loose.
 
   ```
   # 1. Create the task (--body-file avoids shell-quoting the touches[]/description).

package/.claude/skills/planning-session/SKILL.md

@@ -301,13 +301,15 @@ Once the spec is finalized (Phase 4), **read `docs/specs/<ver>-<goal-slug>.md` a
 
 > **Seeding contract — validated on goal 1000045 (2026-07-16):** proof-tasks use `kind='verify'` (a deliverable that IS a verification; can't be prematurely confirmed), spikes `kind='spike'`; `POST /tasks` accepts `criterion_ids` + `goal_id` inline and disciplines include `ui`; there is **no `promoted_idea_id`** field on `POST /tasks` — mark a promoted idea via `PATCH /inbox/:id`; **descoping a criterion has no API** (done-when is create/satisfy/unsatisfy only) — remove the row via a direct DB delete (`ssh … "sudo -u postgres psql -d <db> -c \"DELETE FROM done_when_criteria WHERE id=…\""`) under the meta-task claim, capturing the SQL in its notes; and a seed script **must throttle + honor `429` `retry_after`** (per-IP rate limit) — add a base delay between calls and back off on 429, or a large seed dies halfway. A completed reference seed: `scripts/gds/<redacted>.js`.
 >
-> **Every seed script verifies its own criterion links — fail loudly on any mismatch, zero included (task 1003076, retro on goal 1000071).** The goal-1000071 seeder linked all 15 tasks to the WRONG criteria (a positional `"Cn"` token resolved against the whole VERSION's criterion order, not the goal's — learning 1000188) and still printed success; only a manual `GET /goals` rollup caught it, after the fact. Every seed script's `main()` must end by tallying the `criterion_ids` it actually POSTed per task, then calling `verifySeedCriteriaLinks` from [`scripts/gds/seed-verify-criteria.js`](../../../scripts/gds/seed-verify-criteria.js) — it fetches `GET /api/bongos/goals/<id>`, diffs the returned `criteria[].linked_tasks` against that plan, and `exit(1)`s with a loud per-criterion diff on any mismatch (see `expectedCriterionCounts` + `verifySeedCriteriaLinks`). Reference implementation: `scripts/gds/<redacted>.js`. This is a script-level check, independent of whatever caused the mislink — it catches the *symptom* (a criterion silently under- or over-linked) whichever bug produces it.
+> **Every seed script verifies its own criterion links — fail loudly on any mismatch, zero included (task 1003076, retro on goal 1000071).** The goal-1000071 seeder linked all 15 tasks to the WRONG criteria (a positional `"Cn"` token resolved against the whole VERSION's criterion order, not the goal's — learning 1000188) and still printed success; only a manual `GET /goals` rollup caught it, after the fact. Every seed script's `main()` must end by tallying the `criterion_ids` it actually POSTed per task, then calling `verifySeedCriteriaLinks` from [`scripts/gds/seed-verify-criteria.js`](../../../scripts/gds/seed-verify-criteria.js) — it fetches `GET /api/bongos/goals/<id>`, diffs the returned `criteria[].linked_tasks` against that plan, and `exit(1)`s with a loud per-criterion diff on any mismatch (see `expectedCriterionCounts` + `verifySeedCriteriaLinks`). Reference implementation: `scripts/gds/<redacted>.js`. **Seeding into a goal that already has linked tasks?** Call `baselineSeedCriteria` BEFORE the first write and pass its result as `baseline` to the verify (task 1004668; reference: `scripts/gds/<redacted>.js`) — the check then covers every criterion on the goal, pre-existing counts included, and still catches a stray link on one the seed never meant to touch. With a baseline, tally only the tasks this run CREATED — skip any create that answers `idempotent: true`, since a re-run's replayed task is already inside the baseline and counting it again expects its links twice. Without a baseline only the plan's own criteria are checked. This is a script-level check, independent of whatever caused the mislink — it catches the *symptom* (a criterion silently under- or over-linked) whichever bug produces it.
 
 4. **Apply the migration** (commit + push + deploy, or direct psql via SSH for hot-fix style).
 
 5. **Run the seed script.** Verify exit code 0 — the seed's own final step (the Seeding contract's `verifySeedCriteriaLinks` call, above) already fails loudly if any criterion's linked task count doesn't match the plan, so a 0 exit means the links landed correctly, not just that the POSTs didn't error. Also spot-check totals via `GET /api/bongos/public/progress` and `GET /api/bongos/versions/<ver>/done-when`.
 
-6. **Promote the zero-dep layer to `ready` — scoped to the tasks you just seeded.** Every newly-seeded task lands `status='backlog'`. The auto-promotion trigger only fires when a *dependency* ships — so a task with zero deps has nothing to wait for and would sit unclaimable forever.
+6. **Promote the zero-dep layer to `ready` — scoped to the tasks you just seeded, and only what is still at `backlog`.** Do **not** assume the seed landed at `backlog`: read the seeded rows' statuses and report them (task 1004668). `POST /tasks` answers `backlog`, but the reconciler's backlog sweep (`PROMOTABLE_BACKLOG_WHERE` in `modules/lifecycle/db-tasks.js`, task 1003932) promotes any task with no unmet dependency and no open blocker within about a minute — seeding 27 tasks into goal 1000095 found 24 already at `ready`, spikes included, and the promote below had almost nothing to do. A zero-dep task the sweep has not reached yet is the only thing this step is for.
+
+   **`ready` is not "claimable".** The sweep can reach a task before the seed wires its dependency edges (the seed creates every task first, then the edges), so a task that should wait can read `ready`. The **claim-time dependency gate** (`DEPS_NOT_SHIPPED`) is the enforcement, not the status — it refuses a claim while any dependency is unshipped, whatever the row says. Check the edges landed (`GET /api/bongos/goals/<id>` → `dependencies`), not the statuses.
 
    **Scope this to your own seed, and never to the whole version** (task 1001438). `version_id + status='backlog' + kind<>'spike' + no dep edge` also describes rows that are sitting at `backlog` **on purpose**, and promoting those is a silent, unlogged override of another subsystem's decision:
    - **cascade-filed tasks** — `cascade.js` files generated work at `backlog`, **never** `ready`, as one of its four pinned properties (`modules/lifecycle/CLAUDE.md`; task 1003549). A cascade task has no dependency edge, so an unscoped promote flips exactly the rows that guarantee says it never will.
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@ Once the spec is finalized (Phase 4), **read `docs/specs/<ver>-<goal-slug>.md` a
      AND id NOT IN (SELECT task_id FROM task_dependencies);
    ```
 
-   The count must match the zero-dep tasks your seed script just created. If it is larger, your `source_ref` prefix is catching an earlier seed — narrow it (or fall back to the explicit list, `AND id = ANY('{<seeded ids>}')`) before writing anything. Then re-run it as the UPDATE:
+   The count is the zero-dep tasks the sweep has not promoted yet — often zero, which is not an error. It can never exceed the zero-dep tasks your seed just created; if it does, your `source_ref` prefix is catching an earlier seed — narrow it (or fall back to the explicit list, `AND id = ANY('{<seeded ids>}')`) before writing anything. Then re-run it as the UPDATE:
 
    ```sql
    UPDATE tasks
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ Once the spec is finalized (Phase 4), **read `docs/specs/<ver>-<goal-slug>.md` a
    RETURNING id, title, priority, kind;
    ```
 
-   Capture the `RETURNING` rows — the max `priority` value is the input for step 7. Spikes are intentionally excluded; they never auto-promote (kind='spike' convention, [ADR 0015](../../../docs/adr/0015-task-dependencies-and-auto-promotion.md)).
+   Capture the `RETURNING` rows, plus the seeded rows the sweep had already promoted — the max `priority` across both is the input for step 7. Spikes are intentionally excluded; they never auto-promote (kind='spike' convention, [ADR 0015](../../../docs/adr/0015-task-dependencies-and-auto-promotion.md)).
 
 7. **Surface higher-priority spikes still in backlog.** Spikes don't auto-flow because their output reshapes downstream work — that's a feature, not a bug. But the planning session just decided the priority order, so a high-priority spike sitting unstarted while lower-priority non-spike work flows to `ready` is a coordination smell worth one explicit mention. Query:
 

package/clients/bongos-client/README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ A **generated**, zero-dependency typed client for the Bongos API — produced fr
 by hand; it regenerates when the spec changes, so it can never drift from the routes.
 
 - API version: **v1** (served at `/api/bongos/v1`)
-- 539 operations across 76 resource groups
+- 541 operations across 76 resource groups
 
 ## Use it from your project
 

package/clients/bongos-client/bongos-client.global.js

@@ -871,6 +871,10 @@ function createClient(opts = {}) {
       getProjectSettingsShipMode: (args) => request("GET", "/project-settings/ship-mode", { hasBody: false }, args),
       // PATCH /project-settings/ship-mode — rank: metic+archon — PATCH /project-settings/ship-mode
       patchProjectSettingsShipMode: (args) => request("PATCH", "/project-settings/ship-mode", { hasBody: true }, args),
+      // GET /project-settings/tweak-autopickup — rank: any-builder — GET /project-settings/tweak-autopickup
+      getProjectSettingsTweakAutopickup: (args) => request("GET", "/project-settings/tweak-autopickup", { hasBody: false }, args),
+      // PATCH /project-settings/tweak-autopickup — rank: metic+archon — PATCH /project-settings/tweak-autopickup
+      patchProjectSettingsTweakAutopickup: (args) => request("PATCH", "/project-settings/tweak-autopickup", { hasBody: true }, args),
     },
     "projects": {
       // GET /projects — rank: metic+archon — GET /projects

package/clients/bongos-client/index.cjs

@@ -870,6 +870,10 @@ function createClient(opts = {}) {
       getProjectSettingsShipMode: (args) => request("GET", "/project-settings/ship-mode", { hasBody: false }, args),
       // PATCH /project-settings/ship-mode — rank: metic+archon — PATCH /project-settings/ship-mode
       patchProjectSettingsShipMode: (args) => request("PATCH", "/project-settings/ship-mode", { hasBody: true }, args),
+      // GET /project-settings/tweak-autopickup — rank: any-builder — GET /project-settings/tweak-autopickup
+      getProjectSettingsTweakAutopickup: (args) => request("GET", "/project-settings/tweak-autopickup", { hasBody: false }, args),
+      // PATCH /project-settings/tweak-autopickup — rank: metic+archon — PATCH /project-settings/tweak-autopickup
+      patchProjectSettingsTweakAutopickup: (args) => request("PATCH", "/project-settings/tweak-autopickup", { hasBody: true }, args),
     },
     "projects": {
       // GET /projects — rank: metic+archon — GET /projects

package/clients/bongos-client/index.d.ts

@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ export interface PatchProjectSettingsRotDaysRequest { days: number }
 export interface PatchProjectSettingsRotDaysResponse { ok: boolean; rot_days: unknown; source: unknown; describe: unknown }
 export interface PatchProjectSettingsShipModeRequest { mode: string }
 export interface PatchProjectSettingsShipModeResponse { ok: boolean; mode: unknown; chosen: unknown; source: unknown; sentence: unknown }
+export interface PatchProjectSettingsTweakAutopickupRequest { mode?: string; cap?: number }
 export interface PatchProjectsIdFeaturedRequest { featured: boolean }
 export interface PatchProjectsIdFeaturedResponse { project: unknown }
 export interface PatchProjectsIdStatusRequest { status: string }
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ export interface PostClaimsBatchResponse { claims: unknown }
 export interface PostClaimsBatchValidateRequest { task_ids: unknown[] }
 export interface PostClaimsIdReleaseOnBehalfRequest { reason: string }
 export interface PostClaimsIdResolveRequest { outcome: "shipped" | "abandoned" | "partial"; notes_md?: string; value_summary?: string; verification?: Record<string, unknown>; force?: boolean; committed_files?: string[]; sandbox_review?: Record<string, unknown>; resolver_worktree?: string }
-export interface PostClaimsRequest { task_id: StringifiableId; worktree_name?: string; head_sha?: string; bind_session?: boolean; enforce_touches?: boolean }
+export interface PostClaimsRequest { task_id: StringifiableId; worktree_name?: string; head_sha?: string; bind_session?: boolean; enforce_touches?: boolean; auto_pickup?: boolean }
 export interface PostClaimsResponse { claim: unknown; task: unknown; just_unlocked: unknown; overlap_warning: unknown; sibling_overlap_warning: unknown; reward: unknown }
 export interface PostConnectionsIdAcceptResponse { status: unknown }
 export interface PostConnectionsRequest { handle: string; note?: string }
@@ -1380,6 +1381,10 @@ export interface BongosClient {
     getProjectSettingsShipMode(args?: RequestArgs): Promise<GetProjectSettingsShipModeResponse>;
     /** PATCH /project-settings/ship-mode — rank: metic+archon */
     patchProjectSettingsShipMode(args: RequestArgs & { body: PatchProjectSettingsShipModeRequest }): Promise<PatchProjectSettingsShipModeResponse>;
+    /** GET /project-settings/tweak-autopickup — rank: any-builder */
+    getProjectSettingsTweakAutopickup(args?: RequestArgs): Promise<ApiResponse>;
+    /** PATCH /project-settings/tweak-autopickup — rank: metic+archon */
+    patchProjectSettingsTweakAutopickup(args?: RequestArgs & { body?: PatchProjectSettingsTweakAutopickupRequest }): Promise<ApiResponse>;
   };
   "projects": {
     /** GET /projects — rank: metic+archon */

package/clients/bongos-client/index.mjs

@@ -867,6 +867,10 @@ export function createClient(opts = {}) {
       getProjectSettingsShipMode: (args) => request("GET", "/project-settings/ship-mode", { hasBody: false }, args),
       // PATCH /project-settings/ship-mode — rank: metic+archon — PATCH /project-settings/ship-mode
       patchProjectSettingsShipMode: (args) => request("PATCH", "/project-settings/ship-mode", { hasBody: true }, args),
+      // GET /project-settings/tweak-autopickup — rank: any-builder — GET /project-settings/tweak-autopickup
+      getProjectSettingsTweakAutopickup: (args) => request("GET", "/project-settings/tweak-autopickup", { hasBody: false }, args),
+      // PATCH /project-settings/tweak-autopickup — rank: metic+archon — PATCH /project-settings/tweak-autopickup
+      patchProjectSettingsTweakAutopickup: (args) => request("PATCH", "/project-settings/tweak-autopickup", { hasBody: true }, args),
     },
     "projects": {
       // GET /projects — rank: metic+archon — GET /projects