@yemi33/minions 0.1.1609 → 0.1.1610

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.1.1609 (2026-04-28)
+## 0.1.1610 (2026-04-28)
 
 ### Features
+- hard-pin agent assignment when CC names a specific agent
 - auto-detect available CLI runtimes and pin engine.defaultCli
 - match runtime tags to actual logos (pixel-crab Claude, mascot Copilot)
 - replace runtime text tag with inline SVG logos

package/dashboard/js/command-center.js

@@ -807,10 +807,16 @@ async function ccExecuteAction(action, targetTabId) {
       case 'review':
       case 'test': {
         var workType = action.workType || (action.type !== 'dispatch' ? action.type : 'implement');
+        // Forward both singular (`agent`) and plural (`agents`) hint shapes —
+        // the LLM emits either depending on phrasing ("assign to lambert" vs
+        // "dispatch to dallas, ralph"). The server-side handler promotes a
+        // single explicit agent to a hard pin so routing doesn't reassign it.
         var res = await _ccFetch('/api/work-items', {
             title: action.title, type: workType,
             priority: action.priority || 'medium', description: action.description || '',
-            project: action.project || '', agents: action.agents || [],
+            project: action.project || '',
+            agent: action.agent || '',
+            agents: action.agents || [],
         });
         var d = await res.json();
         status.innerHTML = '&#10003; Dispatched: <strong>' + escHtml(d.id || action.title) + '</strong>';

package/dashboard.js

@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ async function executeCCActions(actions) {
               priority: action.priority || 'medium', description: action.description || '',
               status: WI_STATUS.PENDING, created: new Date().toISOString(),
               createdBy: 'command-center', project,
-              ...(action.agents?.length ? { preferred_agent: action.agents[0] } : {}),
+              ...(action.agents?.length ? { preferred_agent: action.agents[0], agents: action.agents } : {}),
               ...(isOneShot ? { oneShot: true } : {}),
             });
             return items;
@@ -2207,8 +2207,17 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
         status: WI_STATUS.PENDING, created: new Date().toISOString(), createdBy: 'dashboard',
       };
       if (body.scope) item.scope = body.scope;
-      if (body.agent) item.agent = body.agent;
-      if (body.agents) item.agents = body.agents;
+      // Agent assignment normalization: when the caller (CC, dashboard form,
+      // direct API) supplies a single explicit agent — either via `agent`
+      // (singular) or a one-element `agents` array — treat it as a HARD pin
+      // by setting `item.agent`. The engine reads `item.agent || resolveAgent(…)`,
+      // so a hard-pinned item bypasses routing entirely and queues until that
+      // exact agent is free. Multi-agent arrays remain `item.agents` (hints
+      // for resolveAgent or fan-out scope).
+      const _agentsArr = Array.isArray(body.agents) ? body.agents.filter(Boolean) : (typeof body.agents === 'string' && body.agents ? [body.agents] : []);
+      if (body.agent) item.agent = String(body.agent);
+      else if (_agentsArr.length === 1 && body.scope !== 'fan-out') item.agent = String(_agentsArr[0]);
+      if (_agentsArr.length > 0) item.agents = _agentsArr;
       if (body.references) item.references = body.references;
       if (body.acceptanceCriteria) item.acceptanceCriteria = body.acceptanceCriteria;
       if (body.skipPr) item.skipPr = true;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.1609",
+  "version": "0.1.1610",
   "description": "Multi-agent AI dev team that runs from ~/.minions/ — five autonomous agents share a single engine, dashboard, and knowledge base",
   "bin": {
     "minions": "bin/minions.js"

package/prompts/cc-system.md

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ I'll dispatch dallas to fix that bug.
 Core action types:
 - **dispatch**: title, workType, priority (low/medium/high), agents[] (optional), project, description
   workTypes: `explore` (research, NO PR), `ask` (answer/report, NO PR), `implement` (new code, PR REQUIRED), `fix` (bug fix, PR REQUIRED), `review` (code review, NO PR), `test` (tests, PR if new), `verify` (merge/build/maintenance, NO PR)
+  When the user names a specific agent ("assign this to lambert"), put exactly that one name in `agents` (e.g. `"agents": ["lambert"]`). A single-agent assignment is hard-pinned by the server — it will queue for that agent only and skip the routing table. Use multi-agent arrays only when the user names multiple agents or asks for fan-out.
 - **note**: title, content — save to inbox
 - **knowledge**: title, content, category (architecture/conventions/project-notes/build-reports/reviews) — create new KB entry or copy existing doc to KB
 - **pin-to-pinned**: title, content, level (critical/warning) — write to pinned.md, force-injected into ALL agent prompts (rarely needed)