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  1. package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
  2. package/.github/workflows/self-test.yml +34 -34
  3. package/commands/build.md +181 -181
  4. package/commands/collab.md +180 -180
  5. package/commands/deploy.md +148 -148
  6. package/commands/fixit.md +105 -105
  7. package/commands/handoff.md +173 -173
  8. package/commands/overnight.md +218 -218
  9. package/commands/plan.md +158 -158
  10. package/commands/preplan.md +131 -131
  11. package/commands/prototype.md +145 -145
  12. package/commands/report.md +99 -99
  13. package/commands/review.md +120 -120
  14. package/commands/status.md +86 -86
  15. package/commands/watch.md +8 -2
  16. package/commands/workitems.md +127 -127
  17. package/git-sha.json +1 -1
  18. package/guides/agent-bootstrap.md +195 -195
  19. package/guides/agents/backend.md +102 -102
  20. package/guides/agents/content.md +94 -94
  21. package/guides/agents/cs2.md +56 -56
  22. package/guides/agents/data.md +86 -86
  23. package/guides/agents/design.md +77 -77
  24. package/guides/agents/frontend.md +91 -91
  25. package/guides/agents/infrastructure.md +81 -81
  26. package/guides/agents/setup.md +272 -272
  27. package/guides/agents/verify.md +119 -119
  28. package/guides/agents/viz.md +106 -106
  29. package/hooks/foreground-process-gate.js +22 -3
  30. package/package.json +3 -1
  31. package/scripts/acceptance.mjs +471 -0
  32. package/scripts/lib/assertions.mjs +25 -2
  33. package/scripts/lib/manifest-schema.mjs +13 -0
  34. package/scripts/self-test.mjs +1460 -1458
  35. package/scripts/test-guide-validator.mjs +2 -0
  36. package/skills/build/SKILL.md +554 -554
  37. package/skills/channel-formatter/SKILL.md +56 -6
  38. package/skills/collab/SKILL.md +239 -239
  39. package/skills/deploy/SKILL.md +541 -541
  40. package/skills/design/SKILL.md +205 -205
  41. package/skills/fixit/SKILL.md +165 -165
  42. package/skills/handoff/SKILL.md +200 -200
  43. package/skills/lifeai-brochure-author/SKILL.md +2 -0
  44. package/skills/overnight/SKILL.md +251 -251
  45. package/skills/plan/SKILL.md +314 -314
  46. package/skills/preplan/SKILL.md +90 -90
  47. package/skills/prototype/SKILL.md +150 -150
  48. package/skills/rdc-brochurify/SKILL.md +7 -0
  49. package/skills/rdc-extract-verifier-rules/SKILL.md +2 -0
  50. package/skills/release/SKILL.md +140 -140
  51. package/skills/report/SKILL.md +100 -100
  52. package/skills/review/SKILL.md +152 -152
  53. package/skills/rpms-filemap/SKILL.cloud.md +4 -0
  54. package/skills/rpms-filemap/SKILL.md +4 -0
  55. package/skills/self-test/SKILL.md +127 -123
  56. package/skills/status/SKILL.md +99 -99
  57. package/skills/tests/MATRIX.md +53 -0
  58. package/skills/tests/README.md +20 -3
  59. package/skills/tests/rdc-brochure.test.json +20 -0
  60. package/skills/tests/rdc-channel-formatter.test.json +45 -0
  61. package/skills/tests/rdc-co-develop.test.json +15 -0
  62. package/skills/tests/rdc-collab.test.json +15 -0
  63. package/skills/tests/rdc-convert.test.json +20 -0
  64. package/skills/tests/rdc-fs-mcp.test.json +21 -0
  65. package/skills/tests/rdc-help.test.json +15 -0
  66. package/skills/tests/rdc-housekeeping.test.json +15 -0
  67. package/skills/tests/rdc-lifeai-brochure-author.test.json +20 -0
  68. package/skills/tests/rdc-rdc-brochurify.test.json +23 -0
  69. package/skills/tests/rdc-rdc-extract-verifier-rules.test.json +20 -0
  70. package/skills/tests/rdc-rpms-filemap.test.json +15 -0
  71. package/skills/tests/rdc-self-test.test.json +15 -0
  72. package/skills/tests/rdc-status.test.json +0 -1
  73. package/skills/tests/rdc-terminal-config.test.json +15 -0
  74. package/skills/tests/rdc-watch.test.json +24 -0
  75. package/skills/watch/SKILL.md +96 -90
  76. package/skills/workitems/SKILL.md +151 -151
  77. package/tests/acceptance.test.mjs +42 -0
  78. package/tests/harness-gates.test.mjs +32 -2
  79. package/tests/validate-skills.js +17 -173
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  1. **Detect channel or pack mode** from the request using the tables above.
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- 4. **Jump to the target channel or pack section** below and apply all rules exactly — do not rely on memory.
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- 6. If the channel or pack is ambiguous, ask once: "Is this for [Channel A] or [Channel B]?"
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- 7. Produce the formatted or repurposed output directly as the deliverable.
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+ 3. **For thin or under-specified long sources**, enrich before writing instead
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+ of inventing context:
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+ - If the source names a corpus path, read it.
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+ - Otherwise search/read the approved corpus first when available. Resolve
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+ `CORPUS_ROOT` (usually `H:/My Drive/global-corpus`) and
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+ `LOCAL_CORPUS_ROOT` (usually `C:/Dev/local-corpus`) before searching the
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+ repo. If environment variables are not visible, try those default paths.
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+ - The corpus search must use an explicit corpus path in the tool arguments
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+ (`H:/My Drive/global-corpus` or `C:/Dev/local-corpus`). A relative repo
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+ search does not count as enrichment.
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+ - Use `Grep`/`Glob`/`Read` or the environment's equivalent tools so the
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+ transcript records what was consulted.
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+ - Use web search only when the requested output needs current/public facts,
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+ the user asks for external context, or corpus context is absent and network
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+ search is allowed. Cite/use only what the search actually supports.
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+ - Searching only the project repo is not enough for enrichment unless the
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+ source itself points to a repo-local corpus file.
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+ - If neither corpus nor web context is available, keep the output sparse and
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+ mark missing context in assumptions; do not fill gaps creatively.
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+ 4. **For long sources**, extract thesis, audience, proof points, CTA, constraints, and factual risks before writing.
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+ 5. **Jump to the target channel or pack section** below and apply all rules exactly — do not rely on memory.
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+ 6. **Never mix** markdown conventions across channels.
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+ 7. If the channel or pack is ambiguous, ask once: "Is this for [Channel A] or [Channel B]?"
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+ 8. Produce the formatted or repurposed output directly as the deliverable.
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+ 9. Treat extraction notes and source-fidelity guardrails as internal scratchwork.
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+ implications.
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+ - If corpus or web context was consulted, use it only for facts it directly
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+ documented.
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+ - If the source provides a theme label without an explanation, keep the theme
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+ or what financial model it opposes unless those details are explicit.
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+ - Do not contrast patient capital with quarters, earnings calls, fund cycles,
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- description: "Usage `rdc:collab --session <session_id>` — Bidirectional relay with a claude.ai session — read inbox, do work, write outbox, loop. Use when coordinating with a parallel claude.ai conversation."
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+ > **Sandbox contract:** This skill honors `RDC_TEST=1` per `guides/agent-bootstrap.md` § RDC_TEST Sandbox Contract. Destructive external calls short-circuit under the flag. Chitchat relay writes (`chitchat_reply`) and git push are skipped under `RDC_TEST=1`.
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+ > Invoked as: `/rdc:collab --session <session_id>`
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+ > You are the build/execute half of a live collab session with claude.ai.
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+ > Transport: chitchat MCP tools (`chitchat_poll` / `chitchat_reply`) + SSE stream
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+ > Dave is watching this terminal and can interject at any time.
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+ ---
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+ ## When to Use
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+ - Project lead wants to delegate a task to a claude.ai session
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+ - You need bidirectional relay between this CLI agent and a claude.ai coworker
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+ ## Arguments
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+ claude.ai writes tasks into your inbox via `chitchat_send`. The clauth daemon
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+ queues them and — if you are connected to the SSE stream — pushes the event
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+ immediately (zero-latency). You read, act, commit, reply via `chitchat_reply`,
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+ and loop. Dave can watch everything in this terminal and interject by typing —
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+ treat anything Dave types as a high-priority override.
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+ ---
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+ If no `--session`, call `chitchat_list` and show all active sessions.
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Step 2 — Initialize (chitchat-native)
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+ Call `chitchat_list` to verify the session exists in the daemon.
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+
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+ If the session is not found:
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+ ```
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+ Session <id> not found in clauth daemon.
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+ Start a session from claude.ai first:
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+ chitchat_start(name: "<session-slug>")
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+ Then pass the returned session_id here.
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+ ```
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+
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+ Send the ready signal via MCP:
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+ ```
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+ chitchat_reply(session_id, "Claude Code connected. Ready to receive tasks.\ncwd: <rootPath>")
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+ ```
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+
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+ Print to terminal:
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+ ```
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+ [rdc:collab] Session <id> active (chitchat transport).
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+ SSE stream: http://127.0.0.1:52437/chitchat/<id>/stream
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+ Waiting for messages from claude.ai... (Ctrl+C to end)
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+ ```
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+
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+ Note: File relay at `.rdc/relay/sessions/` is kept for backwards compatibility
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+ but is no longer the primary transport. Chitchat MCP + SSE is the default.
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Step 3 — Wait for message (SSE-first, poll-fallback)
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+
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+ ### Primary path — SSE (zero-latency)
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+
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+ Connect to the SSE stream and wait for the daemon to push a message:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ curl -s -N --max-time 30 http://127.0.0.1:52437/chitchat/<session_id>/stream
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+ ```
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+
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+ The stream emits:
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+ - `event: message` lines with `data: <JSON>` when `chitchat_send` fires from claude.ai
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+ - `: keepalive` comment lines every 15s (ignore these)
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+
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+ **When a `data:` event arrives:** parse the JSON directly — it contains the
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+ message. The SSE stream drains the inbox as it delivers; do NOT call
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+ `chitchat_poll` after receiving via SSE. Proceed directly to Step 4 with the
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+ parsed message body.
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+ **If 30s elapses with no message event (only keepalives or silence):**
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+ Print `[rdc:collab] Still listening...` and retry SSE immediately. After 10
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+ consecutive 30s timeouts (5 min idle), print a longer heartbeat but keep
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+ looping.
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+ **⛔ curl exit 28 (`--max-time`) is SUCCESS, not failure, on an SSE read.**
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+ `curl --max-time 30` ALWAYS exits 28 at the timeout boundary — that is normal for
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+ a long-lived SSE stream and says nothing about delivery. If a `data:` event was
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+ received in the output, process it and proceed to Step 4 — do NOT treat exit 28 as
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+ a curl failure (lesson 2026-06-08-collab-sse-exit-28-is-success: exit 28 arrived
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+ together with a full `event: message` / `data: {...}` payload, and reading it as a
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+ failure misclassified a zero-latency delivery). Only **connection-refused or a
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+ non-200** is a real curl failure that triggers the polling fallback.
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+ **If curl fails (daemon restart, connection refused, non-200 — NOT a bare exit 28
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+ with a delivered `data:` event):** fall back to polling path below.
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+ ### Fallback path — polling (2s interval)
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+ Use this path only when SSE is unavailable:
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+ ```
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+ loop:
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+ result = chitchat_poll(session_id)
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+ if result.status == "ready":
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+ → proceed to Step 4 with result.message
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+ else (status == "idle"):
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+ wait 2 seconds
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+ continue loop
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+ ```
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+
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+ **`chitchat_poll` return shapes:**
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+ - `{ status: "idle" }` — inbox empty, keep polling
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+ - `{ status: "ready", message: "..." }` — message waiting, consume it
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Step 4 — Process message
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+ You now have the message body (from SSE `data:` JSON or `chitchat_poll` result).
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+ Check if the message begins with `type: stop` (literal prefix) or contains a
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+ `type` field equal to `"stop"` in the JSON.
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+ **`type: stop`** → go to Step 7.
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+ **Anything else (default: task/message):**
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+ Print to terminal:
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+ ```
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+ [rdc:collab] Turn <N> from claude.ai:
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+ ──────────────────────────────────────
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+ <message body>
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+ ──────────────────────────────────────
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Step 5 — Do the work
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+
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+ Act on the message. Full Claude Code capabilities:
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+ - File edits, git commits to `develop`
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+ - Supabase RPC queries
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+ - Type-checks: `npx tsc --noEmit` (never `pnpm build`)
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+ - Run skills: `/rdc:plan`, `/rdc:fixit`, etc.
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+ - Answer questions directly
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+ Follow `.rdc/guides/agent-bootstrap.md` rules throughout.
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+ For long tasks, stream progress updates mid-work:
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+ ```
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+ chitchat_reply(session_id, "Turn <N> in progress: <what you've done so far>...")
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+ ```
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+ This lets claude.ai see progress immediately rather than waiting for the full
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+ response.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Step 6 — Send response
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+ When work is done, send the response via MCP:
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+
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+ ```
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+ chitchat_reply(session_id, "<response body>")
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+ ```
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+
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+ Response body format:
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+ ```
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+ Turn <N> complete.
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+ Commits: <sha1, sha2 or none>
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+
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+ <what you did, what you found, any questions or decisions needed from claude.ai>
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+ ```
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+
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+ Print to terminal:
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+ ```
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+ [rdc:collab] Turn <N> done. Response sent via chitchat_reply.
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+ Waiting for next message...
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+ ```
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+
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+ Return to Step 3.
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Step 7 — End session
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+
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+ Received `type: stop` message, or Dave pressed Ctrl+C.
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+ Send final summary via MCP:
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+ ```
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+ chitchat_reply(session_id, "Session complete.\nTurns: <N>\nCommits: <list or none>\nOpen items: <anything unresolved>")
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+ ```
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+
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+ Then call:
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+ ```
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+ chitchat_stop(session_id)
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+ ```
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+
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+ Print:
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+ ```
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+ [rdc:collab] Session ended.
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Dave Interjections
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+
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+ If Dave types in this terminal during a turn:
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+ - Treat it as an override injected into the current task
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+ - Acknowledge it in your `chitchat_reply` response
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+ - If it changes direction mid-task, note what you stopped and why
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+ - ⛔ **When an interjection appears to CONTRADICT the task premise, restate your
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+ understanding in ONE sentence and confirm before branching into a wide
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+ `AskUserQuestion` menu.** A tight "I read this as X — correct?" reconciles faster
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+ than a multiple-choice and avoids acting on a misread premise (lesson
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+ 2026-06-08-collab-premise-contradicting-interjection: "there is no pm2 this
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+ replaces it" was read as "PM2 is abolished as the transport" and triggered a
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+ 3-option transport menu, when it meant "there was no dev *site* yet — push to
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+ the unchanged PM2 path"; the wide menu over-committed to one interpretation and
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+ cost a round).
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+
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+ ## Capture lessons (exit step)
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+
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+ Before the final verdict line, follow `.rdc/guides/lessons-learned-spec.md` § Capture procedure. If this run taught something non-obvious — a first root-cause theory that turned out wrong, the documented/standard path not working, a missing gate or check that cost a round, or a surprising tool/infra behavior — write one `.rdc/lessons/<YYYY-MM-DD>-collab-<short-slug>.md` per lesson using the schema in that spec. Set `scope` (`simple` | `architectural`) and `status` (`open`, or `applied` if you shipped the fix in this same run, with the commit linked). Commit the lesson file(s) on `develop` alongside the run's other commits, and note "N lessons captured" in your verdict/summary. A run that taught nothing writes nothing — absence is the default.