@mu-crew/mu 3.2.1 → 3.3.0
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- package/AGENTS.md +10 -5
- package/README.md +49 -2
- package/dist/cli.js +108 -78
- package/dist/cli.js.map +1 -1
- package/dist/extension/mu-pi.js +244 -12
- package/dist/extension/mu-pi.js.map +1 -1
- package/dist/index.d.ts +36 -10
- package/dist/index.js +89 -67
- package/dist/index.js.map +1 -1
- package/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md +1 -0
- package/docs/VOCABULARY.md +2 -0
- package/docs/architecture/control-socket.md +17 -3
- package/docs/architecture/mux.md +3 -4
- package/docs/guide/README.md +5 -0
- package/docs/guide/dispatch.md +11 -4
- package/docs/guide/getting-started.md +3 -0
- package/docs/guide/recovery.md +3 -1
- package/docs/guide/remote.md +1 -1
- package/docs/history/CHANGELOG-pre-3.md +1 -1
- package/docs/reference/env.md +1 -1
- package/docs/specs/2026-10-03-keep-driving-nudge.md +142 -0
- package/package.json +2 -1
- package/prompts/mu-refute.md +8 -0
- package/prompts/mu-research.md +8 -0
- package/prompts/mu-review.md +8 -0
- package/prompts/mu-rules-audit.md +8 -0
- package/prompts/mu-tournament.md +9 -0
- package/prompts/ultrathink.md +9 -0
- package/skills/mu/SKILL.md +71 -131
- package/skills/mu/recipes/adversarial-review.md +83 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/brief.md +53 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/codemode-driver.md +54 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/deep-research.md +52 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/fan-out.md +36 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/hypothesis-panel.md +40 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/long-run.md +20 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/loop-until-done.md +38 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/orchestrator-loop.md +87 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/plan.md +54 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/recovery.md +26 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/refute.md +49 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/review-panel.md +57 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/rules-audit.md +70 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/tournament.md +37 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/triage.md +38 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/ultrathink.md +73 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/watcher.md +16 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/waves.md +19 -0
- package/skills/mu/recipes/worker.md +24 -0
- /package/skills/mu/{REMOTE_WORKERS.md → recipes/remote-workers.md} +0 -0
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# Orchestrator loop
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Use when you run a workstream: you dispatch DAG tasks to workers and
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merge their commits. The hard rules in SKILL.md still apply; this is
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the loop and the reasons behind them.
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## Every turn
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`mu task claim <id> -w <ws> --for <agent> --evidence "..."`.
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the title is not enough). Ownership is durable and waitable; agent
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guards, task note contract. Follow the `Next:` block; it picks
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## Waiting
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of. Remote hosts: [run the merged gate there](remote-workers.md#run-the-merged-gate-on-the-host).
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- **Ask whether the check could have failed.** A gate that cannot say
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- **Dispatch from current main.** Reset the worker's worktree to main
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mu task close <id> --evidence "tests pass: ..." # LAST action
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```
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The note follows the task note contract in SKILL.md. Commit before you
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21
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close: the orchestrator cherry-picks your commits, not your tree.
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Done when the task is closed. Skipping close makes the orchestrator's
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wait hang. Won't do it: `close --as wontfix --why "..."`.
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File without changes
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