@eventmodelers/cli 1.0.163 → 2.0.2

package/stacks/opencqrs/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -17,20 +17,19 @@ You work within **exactly ONE context at a time** — the one named in `.build-k
 
 0. Do not read the entire code base. Focus on the tasks in this description.
 1. Read `.build-kit/.slices/current_context.json` to find the active context name, then read `.build-kit/.slices/<contextName>/index.json`. Every item in status "planned" is a task.
-2. Read the progress log at `progress.txt` **if it exists** (check Codebase Patterns section first) — it is absent until the first slice is built, which is not an error; create it when you write your first entry
+2. Read `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` **if it exists** — the project's accumulated learnings, generated from what earlier builds recorded. If the slice's `slice.json` has a `lastAttempt`, an earlier attempt at it failed: read its `reason`, `lastReply`, `branch` and `changed`, and do not repeat what failed.
 3. Make sure you are on the right branch "feature/<slicename>", if unsure, start from main.
-5. Pick the **highest priority** slice where status is **exactly** "Planned" (case insensitive). This becomes your PRD. Set the status "InProgress" in the index.json **and** update the slice status on the eventmodelers board using the `update-slice-status` skill (or MCP if available).
-   **IMPORTANT: Only work on slices with status "Planned" in the CURRENT context. Never pick up a slice that is "InProgress", "Done", "Blocked", "Created", or any other status — even if it looks incomplete. If no slice has status "Planned" in the current context, reply with:**
+5. Your slice is the one the task request names (the run loop picked the highest priority slice with status "Planned"); it becomes your PRD. The run loop has already claimed it — its status is "InProgress" in index.json and on the board. Build that slice and do not call `update-slice-status`: the run loop owns the slice's status on the board.
+   **IMPORTANT: Only work on the slice named in the task request. Never switch to another slice, whatever its status. If the task request names no slice and no slice has status "Planned" in the current context, reply with:**
    <promise>NO_TASKS</promise> and stop immediately. Do not work on other slices and do not switch to another context.
-   **Claim conflict**: the board rejects the status update if the slice is already in the target status — this is expected: another agent claimed it first, racing you for the same slice. This is NOT an error. Do not stop, do not retry the same slice. Re-read `index.json` (or re-fetch via `load-slice`), pick the next-highest-priority slice still "Planned", and try claiming that one instead. Repeat until a claim succeeds or no "Planned" slice remains, in which case reply `<promise>NO_TASKS</promise>`.
 6. Pick the slice definition from `.build-kit/.slices/<contextName>/<folder>/slice.json` as defined in the prd. Never work on more than one slice per iteration.
-7. A slice can define additional prompts as codegen/backendPrompt. any additional prompts defined in backend are hints for the implementation of the slice and have to be taken into account. If you use the additional prompt, add a line in progress.txt
+7. A slice can define additional prompts as codegen/backendPrompt. any additional prompts defined in backend are hints for the implementation of the slice and have to be taken into account.
 7. Define the slice type and load the matching skill:
    - Write slice (has commands, no processors) → `build-state-change`
    - Read slice (has readModel / information flow) → `build-state-view`
    - Translation slice (`sliceType === "TRANSLATION"`) → read `description` and `notes` from slice.json for hints; default to `build-automation` if nothing else is specified
    - Automation slice (processors-array is not empty) → `build-automation`
-8. Write a short progress one liner after each step to progress.txt
+8. Record each learning the moment you have it (see **Recording Learnings**), not at the end.
 9. Analyze and Implement that single slice, make use of the skills in the skills directory, but also your previsously collected
    knowledge. Make a list TODO list for what needs to be done. Also make sure to adjust the implementation according to the json definition. Carefully inspect events, fields and compare against the implemented slice. JSON is the desired state. ATTENTION: A "planned" task can also be just added specifications. So always look at the slice itself, but also the specifications. If specifications were added in json, which are not on code, you need to add them in code.
 10. The slice in the json is always true, the code follows what is defined in the json
@@ -43,48 +42,27 @@ You work within **exactly ONE context at a time** — the one named in `.build-k
     If the tests for the slice are not yet named predictably, run `./mvnw test -q` and check for failures.
 15. If checks pass, commit ALL changes with message: `feat: [Slice Name]` and merge back to main as FF merge ( update
     first )
-16. Update the PRD to set `status: Done` for the completed story in index.json **and** update the slice status on the eventmodelers board using the `update-slice-status` skill (or MCP if available). For STATE_VIEW/STATE_CHANGE slices when `handover` is enabled the status to set is `Handover`, not `Done` — see the `ui-contract` skill, Step 4.
-17. Append your progress to `progress.txt` after each step in the iteration.
-18. append your new learnings to `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` in a compressed form, reusable for future iterations. Only add learnings if they are not already there.
+16. Record the outcome with `npx @eventmodelers/cli slice-status Done` — not by editing index.json, and do not call `update-slice-status`: the run loop pushes the status to the board when your turn ends. For STATE_VIEW/STATE_CHANGE slices when `handover` is enabled the status to record is `Waiting`, not `Done` — see the `ui-contract` skill, Step 4. A slice you could not finish needs no status: leave it as it is and the run loop discards the attempt.
+17. Record any reusable learning you have not recorded yet (see **Recording Learnings**).
+18. If an entry in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` turned out wrong or obsolete, retract it (see **Recording Learnings**).
 19. Finish the iteration.
 
 ## Escalating Ambiguity
 
-**Default: make a reasonable assumption and build the slice.** If a detail is unclear or missing (an example value, a field type, a status mapping, a referenced event that isn't modeled yet, ...), pick the most sensible interpretation from `slice.json`, its specifications and the surrounding model, build it, and record each assumption in one line in `progress.txt` and as a code comment. Ambiguity alone is never a reason to stop. **Only if the slice literally cannot be built** — nothing runnable can be produced even with sensible assumptions — invoke `/request-feedback` with the specific question; it posts the question as a comment on the slice and marks it `Blocked`. That must be the absolute exception; a `Blocked` slice should mean "impossible without a human", never "the agent preferred to ask".
+**Default: make a reasonable assumption and build the slice.** If a detail is unclear or missing (an example value, a field type, a status mapping, a referenced event that isn't modeled yet, ...), pick the most sensible interpretation from `slice.json`, its specifications and the surrounding model, build it, and record each assumption in one line as a code comment. Ambiguity alone is never a reason to stop. **Only if the slice literally cannot be built** — nothing runnable can be produced even with sensible assumptions — invoke `/request-feedback` with the specific question; it posts the question as a comment on the slice and marks it `Blocked`. That must be the absolute exception; a `Blocked` slice should mean "impossible without a human", never "the agent preferred to ask".
 
-## Progress Report Format
+## Recording Learnings
 
-APPEND to progress.txt (never replace, always append):
+`.build-kit/AGENTS.md` is generated from the learnings recorded so far — read it at the start of every session, never edit it by hand. Record a learning the moment you have it:
 
 ```
-## [Date/Time] - [Slice]
-
-- What was implemented
-- Files changed
-- **Learnings for future iterations:**
-  - Patterns discovered (e.g., "this codebase uses X for Y")
-  - Gotchas encountered (e.g., "don't forget to update Z when changing W")
-  - Useful context (e.g., "the evaluation panel is in component X")
----
+npx @eventmodelers/cli learn "<one terse line>" --topic "<topic>"
 ```
 
-The learnings section is critical - it helps future iterations avoid repeating mistakes and understand the codebase
-better.
-
-## Consolidate Patterns
-
-If you discover a **reusable pattern** that future iterations should know, add it to the `## Codebase Patterns`
-section at the TOP of progress.txt (create it if it doesn't exist). This section should consolidate the most
-important learnings:
-
-```
-## Codebase Patterns
-- Example: Register every new event's type string in CqrsConfiguration.eventTypeResolver() as part of the slice
-- Example: Automations must catch CommandSubjectAlreadyExistsException/CommandSubjectDoesNotExistException locally
-- Example: Export write-model records as package-private unless another slice legitimately needs them
-```
-
-Only add patterns that are **general and reusable**, not story-specific details.
+- Only what is genuinely reusable: codebase patterns, gotchas, commands that work or don't, conventions — and, after a failed approach, what was tried and why it failed. Not slice-specific details, and nothing the code or git log already says.
+- One learning per call, one line each. A learning that is already in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` is skipped for you.
+- `--scope system` for what is true of the modeled domain (a business rule, a naming convention of the model); `repo` (the default) for the codebase and its tooling. `--tag <tag>` labels it (repeatable).
+- One in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` that turned out wrong or obsolete: `npx @eventmodelers/cli learnings --ids` lists each with its id, `npx @eventmodelers/cli learn --retract <id>` removes it.
 
 ## Update AGENTS.md Files
 
@@ -110,7 +88,7 @@ Before committing, check if any edited files have learnings worth preserving in
 - Slice specific implementation details
 - Story-specific implementation details
 - Temporary debugging notes
-- Information already in progress.txt
+- Information already recorded as a learning in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md`
 - Task specific learnings
 
 Only update AGENTS.md if you have **genuinely reusable knowledge** that would help future work
@@ -154,9 +132,9 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 - If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
-- update progress.txt frequently
-- Read the Codebase Patterns section in progress.txt before starting
+- Record learnings as you go with `learn`
+- Read `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` before starting
 
 ## When an iteration completes
 
-Use all the key learnings from the progress.txt and update the `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` file with those learnings.
+Make sure every reusable learning is recorded with `learn`; `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` is generated from them — never edit it by hand.

package/stacks/opencqrs/templates/build-kit/lib/prompt.md

@@ -4,17 +4,11 @@ You are an autonomous agent reacting to slice status change events on an Eventmo
 
 ## Your Loop
 
-1. Read `AGENT.md` to load accumulated learnings before doing anything else.
-2. Read `.build-kit/tasks.json`.
-3. If `tasks.json` is empty or missing, reply with:
-   <promise>IDLE</promise>
-   and stop.
-4. Pick the **oldest task** (earliest `createdAt`).
-5. Execute the task — see the Execution section below.
-6. After execution, remove that task from the array and write `.build-kit/tasks.json` back.
-7. Append a progress entry to `progress.txt` (create if missing).
-8. Update `AGENT.md` with any new reusable learnings discovered this iteration.
-9. Reply normally so the next iteration can pick up the next task.
+1. Read `AGENT.md` and, if it exists, `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` to load accumulated knowledge before doing anything else.
+2. The task request at the end of this prompt names your task: its id and the slice change that queued it (`sliceId`, `sliceTitle`, `sliceStatus`, …). It is the oldest one waiting — the run loop picked it for you.
+3. Execute the task — see the Execution section below.
+4. Record any reusable learning with `npx @eventmodelers/cli learn "<one terse line>" --topic <topic>` (see **Recording Learnings**).
+5. Reply normally. The run loop completes the task when your turn ends and hands you the next one in a fresh turn — you never read or write a queue file.
 
 ## Execution
 
@@ -48,11 +42,11 @@ Inspect the `sliceStatus` in the payload:
 
 This is the build trigger. Setting `InProgress` and building are one atomic step:
 
-**Default: make a reasonable assumption and build the slice.** If a detail is unclear or missing (an example value, a field type, a status mapping, a referenced event that isn't modeled yet, ...), pick the most sensible interpretation from `slice.json`, its specifications and the surrounding model, build it, and record each assumption in one line in `progress.txt` and as a code comment. Ambiguity alone is never a reason to stop. **Only if the slice literally cannot be built** — nothing runnable can be produced even with sensible assumptions — invoke `/request-feedback` with the specific question; it posts the question as a comment on the slice and marks it `Blocked`. That must be the absolute exception; a `Blocked` slice should mean "impossible without a human", never "the agent preferred to ask".
+**Default: make a reasonable assumption and build the slice.** If a detail is unclear or missing (an example value, a field type, a status mapping, a referenced event that isn't modeled yet, ...), pick the most sensible interpretation from `slice.json`, its specifications and the surrounding model, build it, and record each assumption in one line as a code comment. Ambiguity alone is never a reason to stop. **Only if the slice literally cannot be built** — nothing runnable can be produced even with sensible assumptions — invoke `/request-feedback` with the specific question; it posts the question as a comment on the slice and marks it `Blocked`. That must be the absolute exception; a `Blocked` slice should mean "impossible without a human", never "the agent preferred to ask".
 
 1. Immediately call `/update-slice-status` to set the slice to `InProgress` on the board.
 
-   **Claim conflict**: if this call reports the slice is already in `InProgress` (or any status other than `Planned`), another agent already claimed it first — this is expected, not an error. Log it in `progress.txt`, drop this task without building, and continue the loop (the next task will naturally cover the next slice). Do not retry.
+   **Claim conflict**: if this call reports the slice is already in `InProgress` (or any status other than `Planned`), another agent already claimed it first — this is expected, not an error. Say so in your reply, drop this task without building, and continue the loop (the next task will naturally cover the next slice). Do not retry.
 
 2. Run `/load-slice sliceId=<payload.sliceId>` to fetch the full slice, then read the slice definition from `.build-kit/.slices/<contextSlug>/<sliceFolder>/slice.json`. The runner keeps a `slice.json` fresh from a summary endpoint, so a file holding only `id`, `title`, `status` and `sliceType` is that stub, not an empty slice — never conclude a slice has no elements from it. Only if the full fetch itself returns no commands/events/read models/fields is the slice actually empty.
 
@@ -64,6 +58,20 @@ This is the build trigger. Setting `InProgress` and building are one atomic step
 
 4. Invoke the matching skill and follow its instructions **completely**. Do NOT implement the slice manually.
 
+   **Baseline gate** — before touching any code, run `npx @eventmodelers/cli build-baseline check --scope backend`.
+   It compares the board's node hashes of every element of the slice (commands, events, read models,
+   processors, specifications, ...) with what was recorded after the last successful build:
+   - `UNCHANGED` — nothing on the board changed. Do not rebuild or re-diff; run the slice's tests and
+     finish. Only now is "no code changes needed" a valid outcome.
+   - `NO_BASELINE` / `UNKNOWN` — no recorded build, or the board could not be read: do one full
+     field-by-field diff of slice.json against the code (never treat `UNKNOWN` as `UNCHANGED`).
+   - `CHANGED` — it lists the elements that changed, were added or were removed. Diff slice.json
+     against the code for exactly those and fix every drift; leave what matches alone.
+
+   When the checks pass, run `npx @eventmodelers/cli build-baseline record --scope backend` **before
+   committing**, so `ui-baseline.json` is committed with the slice. Never record without having done the
+   work the verdict asked for. Screens and UI prompts are not this kit's business and never trigger a build.
+
 5. **Verify against slice.json**: Cross-check the implementation — every command field, event field, and specification in slice.json must appear in the code. No invented fields — if it is not in slice.json, it must not be in the code.
 
 6. Run quality checks:
@@ -78,48 +86,31 @@ This is the build trigger. Setting `InProgress` and building are one atomic step
 Another agent is already building this slice. Log it and skip — do not build.
 
 #### `Done`
-Summarize what was completed and update `progress.txt`.
+Summarize what was completed in your reply.
 
 #### `Blocked`
-Log the blocker in `progress.txt`.
+State the blocker in your reply.
 
 #### `Review`
-Fetch slice details and prepare a review summary in `progress.txt`.
+Fetch slice details and prepare a review summary in your reply.
 
 #### Any other status (`Created`, etc.)
-Load the slice and log the state transition in `progress.txt`. No build action.
+Load the slice and note the state transition in your reply. No build action.
 
 Use the skills available in `.claude/skills/` to interact with the board.
 
-## Updating tasks.json
-
-After completing a task, remove it from the array and write the updated array back to `.build-kit/tasks.json`. If the array is now empty, write `[]`.
+## Recording Learnings
 
-## Progress Report Format
+`.build-kit/AGENTS.md` is generated from the learnings recorded so far — read it at the start of every session, never edit it by hand. Record a learning the moment you have it:
 
-APPEND to `progress.txt` (never replace):
 ```
-## [ISO timestamp] — Task [task.id]
-
-Slice: [sliceTitle] ([sliceId])
-Status change: [sliceStatus]
-
-Action taken:
-- [what was done in response to the slice change]
-
-Learnings:
-- [any patterns, gotchas, or reusable knowledge discovered]
----
+npx @eventmodelers/cli learn "<one terse line>" --topic "<topic>"
 ```
 
-## Stop Condition
-
-If `.build-kit/tasks.json` is empty (`[]`) or does not exist, reply with:
-<promise>IDLE</promise>
-
-## Updating AGENT.md
-
-After completing a task, add any **reusable** learnings to `AGENT.md` — patterns, gotchas, API quirks, or skill behaviour that future iterations should know. Only add things that are general and applicable beyond this single task. Do not duplicate what is already there.
+- Only what is genuinely reusable: codebase patterns, gotchas, commands that work or don't, conventions — and, after a failed approach, what was tried and why it failed. Not slice-specific details, and nothing the code or git log already says.
+- One learning per call, one line each. A learning that is already in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` is skipped for you.
+- `--scope system` for what is true of the modeled domain (a business rule, a naming convention of the model); `repo` (the default) for the codebase and its tooling. `--tag <tag>` labels it (repeatable).
+- One in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` that turned out wrong or obsolete: `npx @eventmodelers/cli learnings --ids` lists each with its id, `npx @eventmodelers/cli learn --retract <id>` removes it.
 
 ## Important
 

package/stacks/react/templates/.claude/skills/build-state-change/SKILL.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ From the slice definition, extract:
 - **UI contract** — the backend slice's published write (`POST`) contract: look it up as described in the
   `ui-contract` skill ("How the UI build kit looks the contract up": the `## UI Contract` entry in
   `slice.json` `notes[]`, parse only its `ui-contract` block — an OpenAPI operation). It fixes the request: the path (+ path `parameters`), the exact `requestBody` properties, the 2xx `responses` entry, and every non-2xx response (status + description) — surface each error code as its own user-facing state, not one generic failure. When absent, the backend slice isn't
-  built or re-fetched yet: build against `slice.json` and note the assumption in `progress.txt`.
+  built or re-fetched yet: build against `slice.json` and note the assumption as a code comment.
 
 > **Comments & description**: each element carries a `comments: string[]` array (board comments) and a `description` field — use them as implementation hints, and resolve consumed comments via `POST <BASE_URL>/api/org/<ORG_ID>/boards/<BOARD_ID>/nodes/<nodeId>/comments/<commentId>/resolve`.
 

package/stacks/react/templates/.claude/skills/build-state-view/SKILL.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ From the slice definition, extract:
 - **UI contract** — the backend slice's published read (`GET`) contract: look it up as described in the
   `ui-contract` skill ("How the UI build kit looks the contract up": the `## UI Contract` entry in
   `slice.json` `notes[]`, parse only its `ui-contract` block — an OpenAPI operation). It fixes the request: the path (+ path/query `parameters`), the exact 2xx response schema (object = `Single`, `type: array` = `List`), and every non-2xx response — render each error status as a distinct state. When absent, the backend slice isn't
-  built or re-fetched yet: build against `slice.json` and note the assumption in `progress.txt`.
+  built or re-fetched yet: build against `slice.json` and note the assumption as a code comment.
 
 > **Comments & description**: each element carries a `comments: string[]` array (board comments) and a `description` field — use them as implementation hints, and resolve consumed comments via `POST <BASE_URL>/api/org/<ORG_ID>/boards/<BOARD_ID>/nodes/<nodeId>/comments/<commentId>/resolve`.
 

package/stacks/react/templates/build-kit/CLAUDE.md

@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ TODO — any other guardrails worth stating up front (e.g. ignore routes files u
 asked, ignore tests unless asked, slice names are case-insensitive) — copy the ones
 that still apply from an existing stack's build-kit/CLAUDE.md.
 
-At the start of every session, read `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` if it exists to load accumulated project learnings.
+At the start of every session, read `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` if it exists to load accumulated project learnings. It is generated from the learnings recorded so far — record a new one with `npx @eventmodelers/cli learn "<one terse line>" --topic <topic>`, never by editing the file.
 
-When starting to work on a slice, invoke the `update-slice-status` skill with `InProgress` status before doing anything else.
+When working from a queued task, invoke the `update-slice-status` skill with `InProgress` status before doing anything else. When the task request names the slice to build (a run-loop build), the run loop has already set it to `InProgress` and pushes the final status itself — do not call `update-slice-status`; record the outcome with `npx @eventmodelers/cli slice-status <status>`.
 
 ## Building a Slice
 
 **CRITICAL: You MUST always use the provided skills to build slices. NEVER implement a slice manually.**
 **ALL fields, event names, command names, and business rules MUST come exclusively from slice.json. Do NOT invent, assume, or guess any field or logic not present in the slice definition.**
 
-**Default: make a reasonable assumption and build the slice.** If a detail is unclear or missing (an example value, a field type, a status mapping, a referenced event that isn't modeled yet, ...), pick the most sensible interpretation from `slice.json`, its specifications and the surrounding model, build it, and record each assumption in one line in `progress.txt` and as a code comment. Ambiguity alone is never a reason to stop. **Only if the slice literally cannot be built** — nothing runnable can be produced even with sensible assumptions — invoke `/request-feedback` with the specific question; it posts the question as a comment on the slice and marks it `Blocked`. That must be the absolute exception; a `Blocked` slice should mean "impossible without a human", never "the agent preferred to ask".
+**Default: make a reasonable assumption and build the slice.** If a detail is unclear or missing (an example value, a field type, a status mapping, a referenced event that isn't modeled yet, ...), pick the most sensible interpretation from `slice.json`, its specifications and the surrounding model, build it, and record each assumption in one line as a code comment. Ambiguity alone is never a reason to stop. **Only if the slice literally cannot be built** — nothing runnable can be produced even with sensible assumptions — invoke `/request-feedback` with the specific question; it posts the question as a comment on the slice and marks it `Blocked`. That must be the absolute exception; a `Blocked` slice should mean "impossible without a human", never "the agent preferred to ask".
 
 When asked to build a slice, always follow this flow:
 
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ When asked to build a slice, always follow this flow:
    - **State-view** — `projections` or `queries` array is non-empty → invoke `/build-state-view`
    - **State-change** — default (has `commands` / `events`) → invoke `/build-state-change`
 3. Invoke the matching skill and follow its instructions completely. Do not deviate.
-4. **Verify against slice.json**: After the skill completes, check that every command field, event field, and specification in slice.json appears in the implementation. No invented fields — if it is not in slice.json, it must not be in the code.
-5. Run quality checks (TODO: this stack's build + test commands), then the slice tests only.
-6. If checks pass, commit with `feat: [Slice Name]` and set slice status to `Done`.
+4. **UI baseline gate**: run `npx @eventmodelers/cli ui-baseline check` first and act only on its verdict — `UNCHANGED` means skip all UI work; `NO_BASELINE`/`UNKNOWN` mean one full screen diff and every `codeGen.uiPrompts` entry; `CHANGED` names the elements that changed, were added or removed (work on exactly those) and flags `SCREEN_CHANGED` (re-fetch the screen node and adjust the components to it), `ELEMENTS_CHANGED` (diff slice.json against the code) and `PROMPTS_CHANGED` (apply the printed prompts). Details in `lib/prompt.md`, Step 4. After the checks pass and before committing, run `ui-baseline record`.
+5. **Verify against slice.json**: After the skill completes, check that every command field, event field, and specification in slice.json appears in the implementation. No invented fields — if it is not in slice.json, it must not be in the code.
+6. Run quality checks (TODO: this stack's build + test commands), then the slice tests only.
+7. If checks pass, commit with `feat: [Slice Name]` and set slice status to `Done`.
 
 After you are done, automatically run the tests for the slice that was edited.
 

package/stacks/react/templates/build-kit/lib/AGENT.md

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-# Agent Learnings
+# Agent Reference
 
-Patterns and gotchas discovered during task processing. Update this file whenever you encounter something reusable.
+What task processing relies on: the shape of a task and the API facts the skills use. A reusable learning is recorded with `npx @eventmodelers/cli learn "<one terse line>"`, not added here.
 
-## tasks.json
+## Tasks
 
-- Tasks are objects with `id`, `createdAt`, and `payload` (a `SliceChangedPayload`).
-- After completing a task, remove it from the array entirely — do not add a status field.
-- Write `[]` to `tasks.json` if the last task is completed.
+- A task is a slice change the run loop queued: an `id` and a `payload` (a `SliceChangedPayload`). The task request names it.
+- You never read or write a queue file: the run loop completes the task when your turn ends.
 
 ## SliceChangedPayload fields
 
@@ -44,4 +43,4 @@ These files are always up to date — read them directly before invoking any ski
 - The `boardId` and `organizationId` from each payload provide full context — pass them to skills.
 - Node events use `node:created`, `node:changed`, `node:deleted` — always POST to `/api/org/:orgId/boards/:boardId/nodes/events`.
 - Slice metadata (title, status) lives on the SLICE_BORDER node under `meta.sliceStatus` and `meta.title`.
-- `/update-slice-status` rejects moving a slice into a status it's already in — this is a concurrency guard, not a bug. It means another agent already claimed the slice. Treat it as `ALREADY_IN_STATUS`, skip that slice, and move on to the next `Handover` one instead of erroring out.
+- `/update-slice-status` rejects moving a slice into a status it's already in — this is a concurrency guard, not a bug. It means another agent already claimed the slice. Treat it as `ALREADY_IN_STATUS`, skip that slice, and move on to the next `Waiting` one instead of erroring out. This applies to queued tasks only: when the task request names the slice to build, the run loop owns its status — never call `/update-slice-status` there.

package/stacks/react/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -9,67 +9,50 @@ The structure defined in the Project-Skills is relevant.
 You work within **exactly ONE context at a time** — the one named in `.build-kit/.slices/current_context.json` (the runner picks it).
 
 - **ONLY** look for and build slices inside `.build-kit/.slices/<currentContext>/`.
-- **NEVER** read, scan, or build slices from any other context directory, even if it has "Handover" slices, and even if the current context has no work left.
-- A "Handover" slice in a *different* context is **NOT yours to build**. Ignore it completely.
-- If the current context has no "Handover" slice, you are **done for this iteration** — reply `<promise>NO_TASKS</promise>` and stop. Do not go looking elsewhere. The runner moves `current_context.json` on to the next context with Handover work between iterations — never change it yourself.
+- **NEVER** read, scan, or build slices from any other context directory, even if it has "Waiting" slices, and even if the current context has no work left.
+- A "Waiting" slice in a *different* context is **NOT yours to build**. Ignore it completely.
+- If the current context has no "Waiting" slice, you are **done for this iteration** — reply `<promise>NO_TASKS</promise>` and stop. Do not go looking elsewhere. The runner moves `current_context.json` on to the next context with Waiting work between iterations — never change it yourself.
 
 ## Your Task
 
 0. Do not read the entire code base. Focus on the tasks in this description.
 1. Read `.build-kit/.slices/current_context.json` to find the active context name, then read `.build-kit/.slices/<contextName>/index.json`. Every item in status "handover" is a task.
-2. Read the progress log at `progress.txt` **if it exists** (check Codebase Patterns section first) — it is absent until the first slice is built, which is not an error; create it when you write your first entry
+2. Read `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` **if it exists** — the project's accumulated learnings, generated from what earlier builds recorded. If the slice's `slice.json` has a `lastAttempt`, an earlier attempt at it failed: read its `reason`, `lastReply`, `branch` and `changed`, and do not repeat what failed.
 3. Make sure you are on the right branch "feature/<slicename>", if unsure, start from main.
-5. Pick the **highest priority** slice where status is **exactly** "Handover" (case insensitive). This becomes your PRD. Set the status "InProgress" in the index.json **and** update the slice status on the eventmodelers board using the `update-slice-status` skill (or MCP if available).
-   **IMPORTANT: Only work on slices with status "Handover" in the CURRENT context. Never pick up a slice that is "InProgress", "Done", "Blocked", "Created", or any other status — even if it looks incomplete. If no slice has status "Handover" in the current context, reply with:**
+5. Your slice is the one the task request names (the run loop picked the highest priority slice with status "Waiting"); it becomes your PRD. The run loop has already claimed it — its status is "InProgress" in index.json and on the board. Build that slice and do not call `update-slice-status`: the run loop owns the slice's status on the board.
+   **IMPORTANT: Only work on the slice named in the task request. Never switch to another slice, whatever its status. If the task request names no slice and no slice has status "Waiting" in the current context, reply with:**
    <promise>NO_TASKS</promise> and stop immediately. Do not work on other slices and do not switch to another context.
-   **Claim conflict**: the board rejects the status update if the slice is already in the target status — this is expected: another agent claimed it first, racing you for the same slice. This is NOT an error. Do not stop, do not retry the same slice. Re-read `index.json` (or re-fetch via `load-slice`), pick the next-highest-priority slice still "Handover", and try claiming that one instead. Repeat until a claim succeeds or no "Handover" slice remains, in which case reply `<promise>NO_TASKS</promise>`.
 6. Pick the slice definition from `.build-kit/.slices/<contextName>/<folder>/slice.json` as defined in the prd. Never work on more than one slice per iteration.
-7. A slice can define additional prompts as codegen/backendPrompt. Any additional prompts defined in backend are hints for the implementation of the slice and have to be taken into account. If you use the additional prompt, add a line in progress.txt
+7. A slice can define additional prompts as codegen/backendPrompt. Any additional prompts defined in backend are hints for the implementation of the slice and have to be taken into account.
 7. Determine the slice type and invoke the matching skill as defined in the **Building a Slice** section of `.build-kit/CLAUDE.md`. Do NOT implement manually.
-8. Write a short progress one liner after each step to progress.txt
+8. Record each learning the moment you have it (see **Recording Learnings**), not at the end.
 9. Analyze and Implement that single slice, making use of the skills in the skills directory plus your previously collected knowledge. Make a TODO list for what needs to be done, and adjust the implementation according to the JSON definition. Carefully inspect events, fields and compare against the implemented slice. JSON is the desired state. ATTENTION: a "handover" task can also be just added specifications. So always look at the slice itself, but also the specifications. If specifications were added in json which are not on code, you need to add them in code.
 10. The slice in the json is always true, the code follows what is defined in the json
 11. Slice is only 'Done' if business logic is implemented as defined in the JSON, APIs are implemented, all scenarios in JSON are implemented in code and it fulfills the slice.json. There must be no specification in json that has no equivalent in code.
 12. Build against the backend slice's published UI contract (see the `ui-contract` skill, "How the UI build kit looks the contract up") — the build-state-view / build-state-change skills say how to apply it
 13. Run quality checks — TODO: your stack's build command, TODO: your stack's test command (slice-scoped only; do not run all tests).
 14. If checks pass, commit ALL changes with message: `feat: [Slice Name]` and merge back to main as FF merge (update first)
-15. Update the PRD to set `status: Done` for the completed story in index.json **and** update the slice status on the eventmodelers board using the `update-slice-status` skill (or MCP if available).
-16. Append your progress to `progress.txt` after each step in the iteration.
-17. Append your new learnings to `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` in a compressed form, reusable for future iterations. Only add learnings if they are not already there.
+15. Record the outcome with `npx @eventmodelers/cli slice-status Done` — not by editing index.json, and do not call `update-slice-status`: the run loop pushes the status to the board when your turn ends. A slice you could not finish needs no status: leave it as it is and the run loop discards the attempt.
+16. Record any reusable learning you have not recorded yet (see **Recording Learnings**).
+17. If an entry in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` turned out wrong or obsolete, retract it (see **Recording Learnings**).
 18. Finish the iteration.
 
 ## Escalating Ambiguity
 
-**Default: make a reasonable assumption and build the slice.** If a detail is unclear or missing (an example value, a field type, a status mapping, a referenced event that isn't modeled yet, ...), pick the most sensible interpretation from `slice.json`, its specifications and the surrounding model, build it, and record each assumption in one line in `progress.txt` and as a code comment. Ambiguity alone is never a reason to stop. **Only if the slice literally cannot be built** — nothing runnable can be produced even with sensible assumptions — invoke `/request-feedback` with the specific question; it posts the question as a comment on the slice and marks it `Blocked`. That must be the absolute exception; a `Blocked` slice should mean "impossible without a human", never "the agent preferred to ask".
+**Default: make a reasonable assumption and build the slice.** If a detail is unclear or missing (an example value, a field type, a status mapping, a referenced event that isn't modeled yet, ...), pick the most sensible interpretation from `slice.json`, its specifications and the surrounding model, build it, and record each assumption in one line as a code comment. Ambiguity alone is never a reason to stop. **Only if the slice literally cannot be built** — nothing runnable can be produced even with sensible assumptions — invoke `/request-feedback` with the specific question; it posts the question as a comment on the slice and marks it `Blocked`. That must be the absolute exception; a `Blocked` slice should mean "impossible without a human", never "the agent preferred to ask".
 
-## Progress Report Format
+## Recording Learnings
 
-APPEND to progress.txt (never replace, always append):
+`.build-kit/AGENTS.md` is generated from the learnings recorded so far — read it at the start of every session, never edit it by hand. Record a learning the moment you have it:
 
 ```
-## [Date/Time] - [Slice]
-
-- What was implemented
-- Files changed
-- **Learnings for future iterations:**
-  - Patterns discovered (e.g., "this codebase uses X for Y")
-  - Gotchas encountered (e.g., "don't forget to update Z when changing W")
-  - Useful context (e.g., "the evaluation panel is in component X")
----
+npx @eventmodelers/cli learn "<one terse line>" --topic "<topic>"
 ```
 
-The learnings section is critical - it helps future iterations avoid repeating mistakes and understand the codebase better.
-
-## Consolidate Patterns
-
-If you discover a **reusable pattern** that future iterations should know, add it to the `## Codebase Patterns` section at the TOP of progress.txt (create it if it doesn't exist).
-
-```
-## Codebase Patterns
-- TODO: an example of a your stack-specific reusable pattern once you have one
-```
-
-Only add patterns that are **general and reusable**, not story-specific details.
+- Only what is genuinely reusable: codebase patterns, gotchas, commands that work or don't, conventions — and, after a failed approach, what was tried and why it failed. Not slice-specific details, and nothing the code or git log already says.
+- One learning per call, one line each. A learning that is already in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` is skipped for you.
+- `--scope system` for what is true of the modeled domain (a business rule, a naming convention of the model); `repo` (the default) for the codebase and its tooling. `--tag <tag>` labels it (repeatable).
+- One in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` that turned out wrong or obsolete: `npx @eventmodelers/cli learnings --ids` lists each with its id, `npx @eventmodelers/cli learn --retract <id>` removes it.
 
 ## Update AGENTS.md Files
 
@@ -80,7 +63,7 @@ Before committing, check if any edited files have learnings worth preserving in
 - Slice specific implementation details
 - Story-specific implementation details
 - Temporary debugging notes
-- Information already in progress.txt
+- Information already recorded as a learning in `.build-kit/AGENTS.md`
 - Task-specific learnings
 
 Only update AGENTS.md if you have **genuinely reusable knowledge** that would help future work
@@ -107,12 +90,12 @@ A Slice is not complete if specifications are missing or can't be executed.
 
 ## Stop Condition
 
-**After completing ONE slice, always stop — regardless of whether more slices are in Handover.** The ralph loop will invoke you again for the next slice. Never chain multiple slices in one iteration.
+**After completing ONE slice, always stop — regardless of whether more slices are in Waiting.** The ralph loop will invoke you again for the next slice. Never chain multiple slices in one iteration.
 
 If the slice was completed and committed successfully, reply with:
 <promise>DONE</promise>
 
-If no slice has status "Handover" in the current context, reply with:
+If no slice has status "Waiting" in the current context, reply with:
 <promise>NO_TASKS</promise>
 (Do NOT switch to another context to find work — stop here.)
 
@@ -124,9 +107,9 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 - If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
-- update progress.txt frequently
-- Read the Codebase Patterns section in progress.txt before starting
+- Record learnings as you go with `learn`
+- Read `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` before starting
 
 ## When an iteration completes
 
-Use all the key learnings from the progress.txt and update the `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` file with those learnings.
+Make sure every reusable learning is recorded with `learn`; `.build-kit/AGENTS.md` is generated from them — never edit it by hand.

package/stacks/react/templates/build-kit/lib/kit.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "pickupStatus": "Handover"
+  "pickupStatus": "Waiting"
 }