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  1. package/.aether/CONTEXT.md +160 -0
  2. package/.aether/QUEEN.md +84 -0
  3. package/.aether/aether-utils.sh +7749 -0
  4. package/.aether/docs/QUEEN-SYSTEM.md +211 -0
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  27. package/.aether/model-profiles.yaml +100 -0
  28. package/.aether/rules/aether-colony.md +134 -0
  29. package/.aether/schemas/aether-types.xsd +255 -0
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+ ---
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+ name: ant:build
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+ description: "🔨🐜🏗️🐜🔨 Build a phase with pure emergence - colony self-organizes and completes tasks"
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+ ---
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+
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+ You are the **Queen**. You DIRECTLY spawn multiple workers — do not delegate to a single Prime Worker.
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+
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+ The phase to build is: `$ARGUMENTS`
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+
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+ ## Instructions
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+
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+ ### Step 0: Version Check (Non-blocking)
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+
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+ Run using the Bash tool: `bash .aether/aether-utils.sh version-check 2>/dev/null || true`
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+
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+ If the command succeeds and the JSON result contains a non-empty string, display it as a one-line notice. Proceed regardless of outcome.
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+
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+ ### Step 0.6: Verify LiteLLM Proxy
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+
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+ Check that the LiteLLM proxy is running for model routing:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ curl -s http://localhost:4000/health | grep -q "healthy" && echo "Proxy healthy" || echo "Proxy not running - workers will use default model"
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+ ```
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+
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+ If proxy is not healthy, log a warning but continue (workers will fall back to default routing).
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+
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+ ### Step 0.5: Load Colony State
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+
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+ Run using Bash tool: `bash .aether/aether-utils.sh load-state`
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+
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+ If the command fails (non-zero exit or JSON has ok: false):
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+ 1. Parse error JSON
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+ 2. If error code is E_FILE_NOT_FOUND: "No colony initialized. Run /ant:init first." and stop
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+ 3. If validation error: Display error details with recovery suggestion and stop
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+ 4. For other errors: Display generic error and suggest /ant:status for diagnostics
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+
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+ If successful:
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+ 1. Parse the state JSON from result field
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+ 2. Check if goal is null - if so: "No colony initialized. Run /ant:init first." and stop
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+ 3. Extract current_phase and phase name from plan.phases[current_phase - 1].name
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+ 4. Display brief resumption context:
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+ ```
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+ 🔄 Resuming: Phase X - Name
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+ ```
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+ (If HANDOFF.md exists, this provides orientation before the build proceeds)
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+
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+ After displaying context, run: `bash .aether/aether-utils.sh unload-state` to release the lock.
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+
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+ ### Step 1: Validate + Read State
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+
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+ **Parse $ARGUMENTS:**
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+ 1. Extract the phase number (first argument)
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+ 2. Check remaining arguments for flags:
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+ - If contains `--verbose` or `-v`: set `verbose_mode = true`
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+ - If contains `--no-visual`: set `visual_mode = false` (visual is ON by default)
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+ - If contains `--model <name>` or `-m <name>`: set `cli_model_override = <name>`
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+ - Otherwise: set `visual_mode = true` (visual is default)
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+
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+ If the phase number is empty or not a number:
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+
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+ ```
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+ Usage: /ant:build <phase_number> [--verbose|-v] [--no-visual] [--model <model>|-m <model>]
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+
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+ Options:
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+ --verbose, -v Show full completion details (spawn tree, TDD, patterns)
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+ --no-visual Disable real-time visual display (visual is on by default)
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+ --model, -m <name> Override model for this build (one-time)
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+
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+ Examples:
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+ /ant:build 1 Build Phase 1 (with visual display)
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+ /ant:build 1 --verbose Build Phase 1 (full details + visual)
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+ /ant:build 1 --no-visual Build Phase 1 without visual display
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+ /ant:build 1 --model glm-5 Build Phase 1 with glm-5 for all workers
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+ ```
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+
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+ Stop here.
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+ **Validate CLI model override (if provided):**
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+ If `cli_model_override` is set:
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+ 1. Validate the model: `bash .aether/aether-utils.sh model-profile validate "$cli_model_override"`
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+ 2. Parse JSON result - if `.result.valid` is false:
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+ - Display: `Error: Invalid model "$cli_model_override"`
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+ - Display: `Valid models: {list from .result.models}`
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+ - Stop here
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+ 3. If valid: Display `Using override model: {model}`
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+
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+ **Auto-upgrade old state:**
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+ If `version` field is missing, "1.0", or "2.0":
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+ 1. Preserve: `goal`, `state`, `current_phase`, `plan.phases`
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+ 2. Write upgraded v3.0 state (same structure as /ant:init but preserving data)
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+ 3. Output: `State auto-upgraded to v3.0`
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+ 4. Continue with command.
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+
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+ Extract:
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+ - `goal`, `state`, `current_phase` from top level
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+ - `plan.phases` for phase data
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+ - `errors.records` for error context
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+ - `memory` for decisions/learnings
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+
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+ **Validate:**
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+ - If `plan.phases` is empty -> output `No project plan. Run /ant:plan first.` and stop.
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+ - Find the phase matching the requested ID. If not found -> output `Phase {id} not found.` and stop.
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+ - If the phase status is `"completed"` -> output `Phase {id} already completed.` and stop.
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+
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+ ### Step 1.5: Blocker Advisory (Non-blocking)
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+ Check for unresolved blocker flags on the requested phase:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh flag-check-blockers {phase_number}
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+ ```
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+ Parse the JSON result (`.result.blockers`):
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+ - **If blockers == 0:** Display nothing (or optionally a brief `No active blockers for Phase {id}.` line). Proceed to Step 2.
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+ - **If blockers > 0:** Retrieve blocker details:
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+ ```bash
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh flag-list --type blocker --phase {phase_number}
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+ ```
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+ Parse `.result.flags` and display an advisory warning:
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+ ```
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+ ⚠️ BLOCKER ADVISORY: {blockers} unresolved blocker(s) for Phase {id}
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+ {for each flag in result.flags:}
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+ - [{flag.id}] {flag.title}
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+ {end for}
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+
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+ Consider reviewing with /ant:flags or auto-fixing with /ant:swarm before building.
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+ Proceeding anyway...
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+ ```
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+ **This is advisory only — do NOT stop.** Continue to Step 2 regardless.
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+ ### Step 2: Update State
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+ Read then update `.aether/data/COLONY_STATE.json`:
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+ - Set `state` to `"EXECUTING"`
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+ - Set `current_phase` to the phase number
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+ - Set the phase's `status` to `"in_progress"` in `plan.phases[N]`
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+ - Add `build_started_at` field with current ISO-8601 UTC timestamp
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+ - Append to `events`: `"<timestamp>|phase_started|build|Phase <id>: <name> started"`
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+ If `events` exceeds 100 entries, keep only the last 100.
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+ Write COLONY_STATE.json.
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+ ### Step 3: Git Checkpoint
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+ Create a git checkpoint for rollback capability.
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+ ```bash
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+ git rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null
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+ ```
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+ - **If succeeds** (is a git repo):
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+ 1. Check for changes in Aether-managed directories only: `.aether .claude/commands/ant .claude/commands/st .opencode bin`
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+ 2. **If changes exist**: `git stash push -m "aether-checkpoint: pre-phase-$PHASE_NUMBER" -- .aether .claude/commands/ant .claude/commands/st .opencode bin`
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+ - IMPORTANT: Never use `--include-untracked` — it stashes ALL files including user work!
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+ - Verify: `git stash list | head -1 | grep "aether-checkpoint"` — warn if empty
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+ - Store checkpoint as `{type: "stash", ref: "aether-checkpoint: pre-phase-$PHASE_NUMBER"}`
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+ 3. **If clean working tree**: Record `HEAD` hash via `git rev-parse HEAD`
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+ - Store checkpoint as `{type: "commit", ref: "$HEAD_HASH"}`
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+ - **If fails** (not a git repo): Set checkpoint to `{type: "none", ref: "(not a git repo)"}`.
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+ Rollback procedure: `git stash pop` (if type is "stash") or `git reset --hard $ref` (if type is "commit").
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+ Output header:
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+ ```
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+ 🔨🐜🏗️🐜🔨 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
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+ B U I L D I N G P H A S E {id}
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+ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ 🔨🐜🏗️🐜🔨
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+ 📍 Phase {id}: {name}
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+ 💾 Git Checkpoint: {checkpoint_type} → {checkpoint_ref}
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+ 🔄 Rollback: `git stash pop` (stash) or `git reset --hard {ref}` (commit)
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+ ```
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+ ### Step 4: Load Constraints
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+ Read `.aether/data/constraints.json` if it exists.
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+ ```
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+ CONSTRAINTS:
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+ FOCUS: {focus areas, comma-separated}
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+ AVOID: {patterns to avoid from constraints}
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+ ```
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+ ```
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+ CONSTRAINTS: (none)
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+ ```
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+ ### Step 4.0: Load Territory Survey
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+ ```bash
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+ ```
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+ **Parse the JSON response:**
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+ - If `.ok` is false: Set `survey_docs = null` and skip survey loading
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+ - If successful: Extract `.docs` (comma-separated list) and `.dir`
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+ **Determine phase type from phase name:**
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+ | Phase Contains | Documents to Load |
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+ |----------------|-------------------|
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+ | UI, frontend, component, button, page | DISCIPLINES.md, CHAMBERS.md |
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+ | API, endpoint, backend, route | BLUEPRINT.md, DISCIPLINES.md |
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+ | database, schema, model, migration | BLUEPRINT.md, PROVISIONS.md |
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+ | test, spec, coverage | SENTINEL-PROTOCOLS.md, DISCIPLINES.md |
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+ | integration, external, client | TRAILS.md, PROVISIONS.md |
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+ | refactor, cleanup, debt | PATHOGENS.md, BLUEPRINT.md |
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+ | setup, config, initialize | PROVISIONS.md, CHAMBERS.md |
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+ | *default* | PROVISIONS.md, BLUEPRINT.md |
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+
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+ **Read the relevant survey documents** from `.aether/data/survey/`:
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+ - Extract key patterns to follow
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+ - Note file locations for new code
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+ - Identify known concerns to avoid
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+
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+ **Display summary:**
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+ ```
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+ ━━━ 🗺️🐜 S U R V E Y L O A D E D ━━━
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+ {for each doc loaded}
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+ {emoji} {filename} — {brief description}
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+ {/for}
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+
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+ {if no survey}
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+ (No territory survey — run /ant:colonize for deeper context)
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+ {/if}
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Store for builder injection:**
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+ - `survey_patterns` — patterns to follow
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+ - `survey_locations` — where to place files
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+ - `survey_concerns` — concerns to avoid
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+
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+ ### Step 4.1: Load QUEEN.md Wisdom
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+
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+ Call `queen-read` to extract eternal wisdom for worker priming:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh queen-read 2>/dev/null
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Parse the JSON response:**
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+ - If `.ok` is false or command fails: Set `queen_wisdom = null` and skip wisdom injection
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+ - If successful: Extract wisdom sections from `.result.wisdom`
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+
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+ **Store wisdom variables:**
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+ ```
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+ queen_philosophies = .result.wisdom.philosophies (if .result.priming.has_philosophies)
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+ queen_patterns = .result.wisdom.patterns (if .result.priming.has_patterns)
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+ queen_redirects = .result.wisdom.redirects (if .result.priming.has_redirects)
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+ queen_stack_wisdom = .result.wisdom.stack_wisdom (if .result.priming.has_stack_wisdom)
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+ queen_decrees = .result.wisdom.decrees (if .result.priming.has_decrees)
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Display summary (if any wisdom exists):**
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+ ```
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+ ━━━ 📜🐜 Q U E E N W I S D O M ━━━
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+ {if queen_philosophies:} 📜 Philosophies: yes{/if}
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+ {if queen_patterns:} 🧭 Patterns: yes{/if}
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+ {if queen_redirects:} ⚠️ Redirects: yes{/if}
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+ {if queen_stack_wisdom:} 🔧 Stack Wisdom: yes{/if}
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+ {if queen_decrees:} 🏛️ Decrees: yes{/if}
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+
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+ {if none exist:} (no eternal wisdom recorded yet){/if}
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Graceful handling:** If QUEEN.md doesn't exist or `queen-read` fails, continue without wisdom injection. Workers will receive standard prompts.
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+
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+ ### Step 4.1.6: Load Active Pheromones (Signal Consumption)
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+
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+ Call `pheromone-read` to extract active colony signals for worker priming:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh pheromone-read 2>/dev/null
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Parse the JSON response:**
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+ - If `.ok` is false or command fails: Set `pheromone_section = null` and skip pheromone injection
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+ - If successful: Extract signals from `.result.signals`
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+
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+ **Active Signals Section Template (injected into builder prompts):**
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+ ```
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+ --- ACTIVE SIGNALS (Pheromone Consumption) ---
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+ {focus_section if .result.signals.focus exists:}
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+ 🎯 FOCUS: {focus_description}
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+ {redirect_section if .result.signals.redirect exists:}
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+ ⚠️ AVOID: {redirect_description}
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+ {feedback_section if .result.signals.feedback exists:}
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+ 💬 FEEDBACK: {feedback_description}
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+ --- END SIGNALS ---
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Store for builder injection:**
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+ - `pheromone_section` — formatted signal section for builder prompts
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+
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+ **Display summary (if any signals exist):**
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+ ```
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+ ━━━ 🦠🐜 P H E R O M O N E S D E T E C T E D ━━━
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+ {focus_present:} 🎯 Focus signal: yes{/if}
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+ {redirect_present:} ⚠️ Redirect signal: yes{/if}
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+ {feedback_present:} 💬 Feedback signal: yes{/if}
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+
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+ {if none exist:} (no active signals){/if}
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Graceful handling:** If pheromone-read fails or no signals exist, continue without pheromone injection.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ### Step 4.2: Archaeologist Pre-Build Scan
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+
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+ **Conditional step — only fires when the phase modifies existing files.**
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+
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+ 1. **Detect existing-file modification:**
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+ Examine each task in the phase. Look at task descriptions, constraints, and hints for signals:
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+ - Keywords: "update", "modify", "add to", "integrate into", "extend", "change", "refactor", "fix"
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+ - References to existing file paths (files that already exist in the repo)
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+ - Task type: if a task is purely "create new file X" with no references to existing code, it is new-file-only
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+
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+ **If ALL tasks are new-file-only** (no existing files will be modified):
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+ - Skip this step silently — produce no output, no spawn
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+ - Proceed directly to Step 5
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+
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+ 2. **If existing code modification detected — spawn Archaeologist Scout:**
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+
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+ Generate archaeologist name and log:
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+ ```bash
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh generate-ant-name "archaeologist"
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-log "Queen" "scout" "{archaeologist_name}" "Pre-build archaeology scan"
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "{archaeologist_name}" "scout" "excavating" "Pre-build archaeology scan" "Queen" '{"read":0,"grep":0,"edit":0,"bash":0}' 0 "fungus_garden" 15
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+ ```
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+
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+ Display:
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+ ```
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+ 🏺🐜 Archaeologist {archaeologist_name} spawning
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+ Scanning history of files to be modified...
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+ ```
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+
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+ Spawn using Task tool with `subagent_type="aether-archaeologist"`, include `description: "🏺 Archaeologist {archaeologist_name}: Pre-build history scan"`:
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+
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+ ```
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+ You are {Archaeologist-Name}, a 🏺🐜 Archaeologist Ant.
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+
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+ Mission: Pre-build archaeology scan
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+
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+ Files: {list of existing files that will be modified}
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+
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+ Work:
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+ 1. Read each file to understand current state
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+ 2. Run: git log --oneline -15 -- "{file_path}" for history
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+ 3. Run: git log --all --grep="fix\|bug\|workaround\|hack\|revert" --oneline -- "{file_path}" for incident history
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+ 4. Run: git blame "{file_path}" | head -40 for authorship
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+ 5. Note TODO/FIXME/HACK markers
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+
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+ Log activity: bash .aether/aether-utils.sh activity-log "READ" "{Ant-Name}" "description"
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+
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+ Report (plain text):
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+ - WHY key code sections exist (from commits)
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+ - Known workarounds/hacks to preserve
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+ - Key architectural decisions
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+ - Areas of caution (high churn, reverts, emergencies)
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+ - Stable bedrock vs volatile sand sections
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Wait for results** (blocking — use TaskOutput with `block: true`).
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+
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+ Log completion and update swarm display:
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+ ```bash
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-complete "{archaeologist_name}" "completed" "Pre-build archaeology scan"
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "{archaeologist_name}" "scout" "completed" "Pre-build archaeology scan" "Queen" '{"read":8,"grep":5,"edit":0,"bash":2}' 100 "fungus_garden" 100
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+ ```
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+
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+ 3. **Store and display findings:**
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+
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+ Store the archaeologist's output as `archaeology_context`.
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+
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+ Display summary:
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+ ```
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+ ━━━ 🏺🐜 A R C H A E O L O G Y ━━━
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+ {summary of findings from archaeologist}
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+ ```
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+
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+ 4. **Injection into builder prompts:**
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+ The `archaeology_context` will be injected into builder prompts in Step 5.1 (see below).
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+ If this step was skipped (no existing files modified), the archaeology section is omitted from builder prompts.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ### Step 5: Initialize Swarm Display and Analyze Tasks
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+
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+ **YOU (the Queen) will spawn workers directly. Do NOT delegate to a single Prime Worker.**
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+
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+ **Initialize visual swarm tracking:**
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+ ```bash
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+ # Generate unique build ID
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+ build_id="build-$(date +%s)"
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+
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+ # Initialize swarm display for this build
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-init "$build_id"
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+
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+ # Log phase start
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh activity-log "EXECUTING" "Queen" "Phase {id}: {name} - Queen dispatching workers"
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+
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+ # Display animated header
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "Queen" "prime" "excavating" "Phase {id}: {name}" "Colony" '{"read":0,"grep":0,"edit":0,"bash":0}' 10 "fungus_garden" 0
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+ ```
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+
414
+ **Show real-time display header:**
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+ ```
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+ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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+ Phase {id}: {name} — {N} waves, {M} tasks
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+ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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+ ```
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+
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+ Where N = number of builder waves (excluding watcher/chaos) and M = total builder tasks.
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+
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+ Record `build_started_at_epoch=$(date +%s)` — this epoch integer is used by the BUILD SUMMARY block in Step 7 to calculate elapsed time.
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+
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+ Analyze the phase tasks:
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+
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+ Analyze the phase tasks:
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+
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+ 1. **Group tasks by dependencies:**
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+ - **Wave 1:** Tasks with `depends_on: "none"` or `depends_on: []` (can run in parallel)
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+ - **Wave 2:** Tasks depending on Wave 1 tasks
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+ - **Wave 3+:** Continue until all tasks assigned
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+
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+ 2. **Assign castes:**
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+ - Implementation tasks → 🔨🐜 Builder
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+ - Research/docs tasks → 🔍🐜 Scout
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+ - Testing/validation → 👁️🐜 Watcher (ALWAYS spawn at least one)
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+ - Resilience testing → 🎲🐜 Chaos (ALWAYS spawn one after Watcher)
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+
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+ 3. **Generate ant names for each worker:**
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+ ```bash
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh generate-ant-name "builder"
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh generate-ant-name "watcher"
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh generate-ant-name "chaos"
445
+ ```
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+
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+ Display spawn plan with caste emojis:
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+ ```
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+ ━━━ 🐜 S P A W N P L A N ━━━
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+
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+ Wave 1 — Parallel
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+ 🔨🐜 {Builder-Name} Task {id} {description}
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+ 🔨🐜 {Builder-Name} Task {id} {description}
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+
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+ Wave 2 — After Wave 1
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+ 🔨🐜 {Builder-Name} Task {id} {description}
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+
458
+ Verification
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+ 👁️🐜 {Watcher-Name} Verify all work independently
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+ 🎲🐜 {Chaos-Name} Resilience testing (after Watcher)
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+
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+ Total: {N} Builders + 1 Watcher + 1 Chaos = {N+2} spawns
463
+ ```
464
+
465
+ **Caste Emoji Legend:**
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+ - 🔨🐜 Builder (cyan if color enabled)
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+ - 👁️🐜 Watcher (green if color enabled)
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+ - 🎲🐜 Chaos (red if color enabled)
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+ - 🔍🐜 Scout (yellow if color enabled)
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+ - 🏺🐜 Archaeologist (magenta if color enabled)
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+ - 🥚 Queen/Prime
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+
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+ **Every spawn must show its caste emoji.**
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+
475
+ ### Step 5.0.5: Select and Announce Workflow Pattern
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+
477
+ Examine the phase name and task descriptions. Select the first matching pattern:
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+
479
+ | Phase contains | Pattern |
480
+ |----------------|---------|
481
+ | "bug", "fix", "error", "broken", "failing" | Investigate-Fix |
482
+ | "research", "oracle", "explore", "investigate" | Deep Research |
483
+ | "refactor", "restructure", "clean", "reorganize" | Refactor |
484
+ | "security", "audit", "compliance", "accessibility", "license" | Compliance |
485
+ | "docs", "documentation", "readme", "guide" | Documentation Sprint |
486
+ | (default) | SPBV |
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+
488
+ Display the selected pattern:
489
+ ```
490
+ ━━ Pattern: {pattern_name} ━━
491
+ {announce_line from Queen's Workflow Patterns definition}
492
+ ```
493
+
494
+ Store `selected_pattern` for inclusion in the BUILD SUMMARY (Step 7).
495
+
496
+ ### Step 5.1: Spawn Wave 1 Workers (Parallel)
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+
498
+ **CRITICAL: Spawn ALL Wave 1 workers in a SINGLE message using multiple Task tool calls.**
499
+
500
+ **CRITICAL: Spawn ALL Wave 1 workers in a SINGLE message using multiple Task tool calls.**
501
+
502
+ **Announce the wave before spawning:**
503
+
504
+ Display the spawn announcement immediately before firing Task calls:
505
+
506
+ For single-caste waves (typical — all builders):
507
+ ```
508
+ ──── 🔨🐜 Spawning {N} Builders in parallel ────
509
+ ```
510
+
511
+ For mixed-caste waves (uncommon):
512
+ ```
513
+ ──── 🐜 Spawning {N} workers ({X} 🔨 Builder, {Y} 🔍 Scout) ────
514
+ ```
515
+
516
+ For a single worker:
517
+ ```
518
+ ──── 🔨🐜 Spawning {ant_name} — {task_summary} ────
519
+ ```
520
+
521
+ **First, mark build start in context:**
522
+ ```bash
523
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh context-update build-start {phase_id} {wave_1_worker_count} {wave_1_task_count}
524
+ ```
525
+
526
+ For each Wave 1 task, use Task tool with `subagent_type="aether-builder"`, include `description: "🔨 Builder {Ant-Name}: {task_description}"` (DO NOT use run_in_background - multiple Task calls in a single message run in parallel and block until complete):
527
+
528
+ Log each spawn and update swarm display:
529
+ ```bash
530
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-log "Queen" "builder" "{ant_name}" "{task_description}"
531
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "{ant_name}" "builder" "excavating" "{task_description}" "Queen" '{"read":0,"grep":0,"edit":0,"bash":0}' 0 "fungus_garden" 10
532
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh context-update worker-spawn "{ant_name}" "builder" "{task_description}"
533
+ ```
534
+
535
+ **Builder Worker Prompt (CLEAN OUTPUT):**
536
+ ```
537
+ You are {Ant-Name}, a 🔨🐜 Builder Ant.
538
+
539
+ Task {id}: {description}
540
+
541
+ Goal: "{colony_goal}"
542
+
543
+ { archaeology_context if exists }
544
+
545
+ { queen_wisdom_section if any wisdom exists }
546
+
547
+ { pheromone_section if pheromone_section exists }
548
+
549
+ Work:
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+ 1. Read .aether/workers.md for Builder discipline
551
+ 2. Implement task, write tests
552
+ 3. Log activity: bash .aether/aether-utils.sh activity-log "ACTION" "{Ant-Name}" "description"
553
+ 4. Update display: bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "{Ant-Name}" "builder" "excavating" "current task" "Queen" '{"read":0,"grep":0,"edit":0,"bash":0}' {progress} "fungus_garden" 50
554
+
555
+ Spawn sub-workers ONLY if 3x complexity:
556
+ - Check: bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-can-spawn {depth}
557
+ - Generate name: bash .aether/aether-utils.sh generate-ant-name "builder"
558
+ - Announce: "🐜 Spawning {child_name} for {reason}"
559
+ - Log: bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-log "{Ant-Name}" "builder" "{child_name}" "{task}"
560
+
561
+ Count your total tool calls (Read + Grep + Edit + Bash + Write) and report as tool_count.
562
+
563
+ Return ONLY this JSON (no other text):
564
+ {"ant_name": "{Ant-Name}", "task_id": "{id}", "status": "completed|failed|blocked", "summary": "What you did", "tool_count": 0, "files_created": [], "files_modified": [], "tests_written": [], "blockers": []}
565
+ ```
566
+
567
+ **Queen Wisdom Section Template (injected only if wisdom exists):**
568
+ ```
569
+ --- QUEEN WISDOM (Eternal Guidance) ---
570
+ { if queen_philosophies: }
571
+ 📜 Philosophies:
572
+ {queen_philosophies}
573
+ { endif }
574
+ { if queen_patterns: }
575
+ 🧭 Patterns:
576
+ {queen_patterns}
577
+ { endif }
578
+ { if queen_redirects: }
579
+ ⚠️ Redirects (AVOID these):
580
+ {queen_redirects}
581
+ { endif }
582
+ { if queen_stack_wisdom: }
583
+ 🔧 Stack Wisdom:
584
+ {queen_stack_wisdom}
585
+ { endif }
586
+ { if queen_decrees: }
587
+ 🏛️ Decrees:
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+ {queen_decrees}
589
+ { endif }
590
+ --- END QUEEN WISDOM ---
591
+ ```
592
+
593
+ **Queen Wisdom Section Template (injected only if wisdom exists):**
594
+ ```
595
+ --- QUEEN WISDOM (Eternal Guidance) ---
596
+ { if queen_philosophies: }
597
+ 📜 Philosophies:
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+ {queen_philosophies}
599
+ { endif }
600
+ { if queen_patterns: }
601
+ 🧭 Patterns:
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+ {queen_patterns}
603
+ { endif }
604
+ { if queen_redirects: }
605
+ ⚠️ Redirects (AVOID these):
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+ {queen_redirects}
607
+ { endif }
608
+ { if queen_stack_wisdom: }
609
+ 🔧 Stack Wisdom:
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+ {queen_stack_wisdom}
611
+ { endif }
612
+ { if queen_decrees: }
613
+ 🏛️ Decrees:
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+ {queen_decrees}
615
+ { endif }
616
+ --- END QUEEN WISDOM ---
617
+ ```
618
+
619
+ **Active Signals Section (injected if pheromones exist):**
620
+ ```
621
+ --- ACTIVE SIGNALS (From User) ---
622
+
623
+ 🎯 PRIORITIES (FOCUS):
624
+ {for each priority}
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+ - {priority}
626
+ {endfor}
627
+
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+ ⚠️ CONSTRAINTS (REDIRECT - AVOID):
629
+ {for each constraint}
630
+ - {constraint.content}
631
+ {endfor}
632
+
633
+ --- END ACTIVE SIGNALS ---
634
+ ```
635
+
636
+ ### Step 5.2: Process Wave 1 Results
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+
638
+ **Task calls return results directly (no TaskOutput needed).**
639
+
640
+ **As each worker result arrives, IMMEDIATELY display a single completion line — do not wait for other workers:**
641
+
642
+ For successful workers:
643
+ ```
644
+ 🔨 {Ant-Name}: {task_description} ({tool_count} tools) ✓
645
+ ```
646
+
647
+ For failed workers:
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+ ```
649
+ 🔨 {Ant-Name}: {task_description} ✗ ({failure_reason} after {tool_count} tools)
650
+ ```
651
+
652
+ Where `tool_count` comes from the worker's returned JSON `tool_count` field, and `failure_reason` is extracted from the first item in the worker's `blockers` array or "unknown error" if empty.
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+
654
+ Log and update swarm display:
655
+ ```bash
656
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-complete "{ant_name}" "completed" "{summary}"
657
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "{ant_name}" "builder" "completed" "{task_description}" "Queen" '{"read":5,"grep":3,"edit":2,"bash":1}' 100 "fungus_garden" 100
658
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh context-update worker-complete "{ant_name}" "completed"
659
+ ```
660
+
661
+ **Check for total wave failure:**
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+
663
+ After processing all worker results in this wave, check if EVERY worker returned `status: "failed"`. If ALL workers in the wave failed:
664
+
665
+ Display a prominent halt alert:
666
+ ```
667
+ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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+ ⚠ WAVE FAILURE — BUILD HALTED
669
+ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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+
671
+ All {N} workers in Wave {X} failed. Something is fundamentally wrong.
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+
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+ Failed workers:
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+ {for each failed worker in this wave:}
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+ {caste_emoji} {Ant-Name}: {task_description} ✗ ({failure_reason} after {tool_count} tools)
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+ {end for}
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+
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+ Next steps:
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+ /ant:flags Review blockers
680
+ /ant:swarm Auto-repair mode
681
+ ```
682
+
683
+ Then STOP — do not proceed to subsequent waves, Watcher, or Chaos. Skip directly to Step 5.9 synthesis with `status: "failed"`.
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+
685
+ **Partial wave failure — escalation path:**
686
+
687
+ If SOME (but not all) workers in the wave failed:
688
+ 1. For each failed worker, attempt Tier 3 escalation: Queen spawns a different caste for the same task
689
+ 2. If Tier 3 succeeds: continue to next wave
690
+ 3. If Tier 3 fails: display the Tier 4 ESCALATION banner (from Queen agent definition):
691
+
692
+ ```
693
+ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
694
+ ⚠ ESCALATION — QUEEN NEEDS YOU
695
+ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
696
+
697
+ Task: {failed task description}
698
+ Phase: {phase number} — {phase name}
699
+
700
+ Tried:
701
+ • Worker retry (2 attempts) — {what failed}
702
+ • Parent tried alternate approach — {what failed}
703
+ • Queen reassigned to {other caste} — {what failed}
704
+
705
+ Options:
706
+ A) {recommended option} — RECOMMENDED
707
+ B) {alternate option}
708
+ C) Skip and continue — this task will be marked blocked
709
+
710
+ Awaiting your choice.
711
+ ```
712
+
713
+ Log escalation as flag:
714
+ ```bash
715
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh flag-add "blocker" "{task title}" "{failure summary}" "escalation" {phase_number}
716
+ ```
717
+
718
+ If at least one worker succeeded, continue normally to the next wave.
719
+
720
+ **Parse each worker's JSON output to collect:** status, files_created, files_modified, blockers
721
+
722
+ **Visual Mode: Render live display (tmux only):**
723
+ If `visual_mode` is true AND the build is running inside a tmux session (`$TMUX` environment variable is set), render the swarm display:
724
+ ```bash
725
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-text "$build_id"
726
+ ```
727
+
728
+ If `$TMUX` is not set, skip this call entirely — do not attempt it. Chat users see the structured completion lines above instead.
729
+
730
+ ### Step 5.3: Spawn Wave 2+ Workers (Sequential Waves)
731
+
732
+ **Before each subsequent wave, display a wave separator:**
733
+ ```
734
+ ━━━ 🐜 Wave {X} of {N} ━━━
735
+ ```
736
+ Then display the spawn announcement (same format as Step 5.1).
737
+
738
+ Repeat Step 5.1-5.2 for each subsequent wave, waiting for previous wave to complete.
739
+
740
+ ### Step 5.4: Spawn Watcher for Verification
741
+
742
+ **MANDATORY: Always spawn a Watcher — testing must be independent.**
743
+
744
+ **Announce the verification wave:**
745
+ ```
746
+ ━━━ 👁️🐜 V E R I F I C A T I O N ━━━
747
+ ──── 👁️🐜 Spawning {watcher_name} ────
748
+ ```
749
+
750
+ Spawn the Watcher using Task tool with `subagent_type="aether-watcher"`, include `description: "👁️ Watcher {Watcher-Name}: Independent verification"` (DO NOT use run_in_background - task blocks until complete):
751
+
752
+ ```bash
753
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-log "Queen" "watcher" "{watcher_name}" "Independent verification"
754
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "{watcher_name}" "watcher" "observing" "Verification in progress" "Queen" '{"read":0,"grep":0,"edit":0,"bash":0}' 0 "nursery" 50
755
+ ```
756
+
757
+ **Watcher Worker Prompt (CLEAN OUTPUT):**
758
+ ```
759
+ You are {Watcher-Name}, a 👁️🐜 Watcher Ant.
760
+
761
+ Verify all work done by Builders in Phase {id}.
762
+
763
+ Files to verify:
764
+ - Created: {list from builder results}
765
+ - Modified: {list from builder results}
766
+
767
+ Verification:
768
+ 1. Check files exist (Read each)
769
+ 2. Run build/type-check
770
+ 3. Run tests if they exist
771
+ 4. Check success criteria: {list}
772
+
773
+ Spawn sub-workers if needed:
774
+ - Log: bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-log "{Watcher-Name}" "watcher" "{child}" "{task}"
775
+ - Announce: "🐜 Spawning {child} to investigate {issue}"
776
+
777
+ Count your total tool calls (Read + Grep + Edit + Bash + Write) and report as tool_count.
778
+
779
+ Return ONLY this JSON:
780
+ {"ant_name": "{Watcher-Name}", "verification_passed": true|false, "files_verified": [], "issues_found": [], "quality_score": N, "tool_count": 0, "recommendation": "proceed|fix_required"}
781
+ ```
782
+
783
+ ### Step 5.5: Process Watcher Results
784
+
785
+ **Task call returns results directly (no TaskOutput needed).**
786
+
787
+ **Parse the Watcher's JSON response:** verification_passed, issues_found, quality_score, recommendation
788
+
789
+ **Display Watcher completion line:**
790
+
791
+ For successful verification:
792
+ ```
793
+ 👁️ {Watcher-Name}: Independent verification ({tool_count} tools) ✓
794
+ ```
795
+
796
+ For failed verification:
797
+ ```
798
+ 👁️ {Watcher-Name}: Independent verification ✗ ({issues_found count} issues after {tool_count} tools)
799
+ ```
800
+
801
+ **Store results for synthesis in Step 5.7**
802
+
803
+ **Update swarm display when Watcher completes:**
804
+ ```bash
805
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "{watcher_name}" "watcher" "completed" "Verification complete" "Queen" '{"read":3,"grep":2,"edit":0,"bash":1}' 100 "nursery" 100
806
+ ```
807
+
808
+ ### Step 5.6: Spawn Chaos Ant for Resilience Testing
809
+
810
+ **After the Watcher completes, spawn a Chaos Ant to probe the phase work for edge cases and boundary conditions.**
811
+
812
+ Generate a chaos ant name and log the spawn:
813
+ ```bash
814
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh generate-ant-name "chaos"
815
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-log "Queen" "chaos" "{chaos_name}" "Resilience testing of Phase {id} work"
816
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "{chaos_name}" "chaos" "probing" "Resilience testing" "Queen" '{"read":0,"grep":0,"edit":0,"bash":0}' 0 "refuse_pile" 75
817
+ ```
818
+
819
+ **Retrieve existing flags for this phase** (to avoid duplicate findings):
820
+ ```bash
821
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh flag-list --phase {phase_number}
822
+ ```
823
+ Parse the result and extract unresolved flag titles into a list: `{existing_flag_titles}` (comma-separated titles from `.result.flags[].title`). If no flags exist, set `{existing_flag_titles}` to "None".
824
+
825
+ **Announce the resilience testing wave:**
826
+ ```
827
+ ──── 🎲🐜 Spawning {chaos_name} — resilience testing ────
828
+ ```
829
+
830
+ Spawn the Chaos Ant using Task tool with `subagent_type="aether-chaos"`, include `description: "🎲 Chaos {Chaos-Name}: Resilience testing"` (DO NOT use run_in_background - task blocks until complete):
831
+
832
+ **Chaos Ant Prompt (CLEAN OUTPUT):**
833
+ ```
834
+ You are {Chaos-Name}, a 🎲🐜 Chaos Ant.
835
+
836
+ Test Phase {id} work for edge cases and boundary conditions.
837
+
838
+ Files to test:
839
+ - {list from builder results}
840
+
841
+ Skip these known issues: {existing_flag_titles}
842
+
843
+ Rules:
844
+ - Max 5 scenarios
845
+ - Read-only (don't modify code)
846
+ - Focus: edge cases, boundaries, error handling
847
+
848
+ Count your total tool calls (Read + Grep + Edit + Bash + Write) and report as tool_count.
849
+
850
+ Return ONLY this JSON:
851
+ {"ant_name": "{Chaos-Name}", "scenarios_tested": 5, "findings": [{"id": 1, "category": "edge_case|boundary|error_handling", "severity": "critical|high|medium|low", "title": "...", "description": "..."}], "overall_resilience": "strong|moderate|weak", "tool_count": 0, "summary": "..."}
852
+ ```
853
+
854
+ ### Step 5.7: Process Chaos Ant Results
855
+
856
+ **Task call returns results directly (no TaskOutput needed).**
857
+
858
+ **Parse the Chaos Ant's JSON response:** findings, overall_resilience, summary
859
+
860
+ **Display Chaos completion line:**
861
+ ```
862
+ 🎲 {Chaos-Name}: Resilience testing ({tool_count} tools) ✓
863
+ ```
864
+
865
+ **Store results for synthesis in Step 5.9**
866
+
867
+ **Flag critical/high findings:**
868
+
869
+ If any findings have severity `"critical"` or `"high"`:
870
+ ```bash
871
+ # Create a blocker flag for each critical/high chaos finding
872
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh flag-add "blocker" "{finding.title}" "{finding.description}" "chaos-testing" {phase_number}
873
+ ```
874
+
875
+ Log the flag:
876
+ ```bash
877
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh activity-log "FLAG" "Chaos" "Created blocker: {finding.title}"
878
+ ```
879
+
880
+ Log chaos ant completion and update swarm display:
881
+ ```bash
882
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh spawn-complete "{chaos_name}" "completed" "{summary}"
883
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "{chaos_name}" "chaos" "completed" "Resilience testing done" "Queen" '{"read":2,"grep":1,"edit":0,"bash":0}' 100 "refuse_pile" 100
884
+ ```
885
+
886
+ ### Step 5.8: Create Flags for Verification Failures
887
+
888
+ If the Watcher reported `verification_passed: false` or `recommendation: "fix_required"`:
889
+
890
+ For each issue in `issues_found`:
891
+ ```bash
892
+ # Create a blocker flag for each verification failure
893
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh flag-add "blocker" "{issue_title}" "{issue_description}" "verification" {phase_number}
894
+ ```
895
+
896
+ Log the flag creation:
897
+ ```bash
898
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh activity-log "FLAG" "Watcher" "Created blocker: {issue_title}"
899
+ ```
900
+
901
+ This ensures verification failures are persisted as blockers that survive context resets. Chaos Ant findings are flagged in Step 5.7.
902
+
903
+ ### Step 5.9: Synthesize Results
904
+
905
+ **This step runs after all worker tasks have completed (Builders, Watcher, Chaos).**
906
+
907
+ Collect all worker outputs and create phase summary:
908
+
909
+ ```json
910
+ {
911
+ "status": "completed" | "failed" | "blocked",
912
+ "summary": "...",
913
+ "tasks_completed": [...],
914
+ "tasks_failed": [...],
915
+ "files_created": [...],
916
+ "files_modified": [...],
917
+ "spawn_metrics": {
918
+ "spawn_count": {total workers spawned, including archaeologist if Step 4.5 fired},
919
+ "builder_count": {N},
920
+ "watcher_count": 1,
921
+ "chaos_count": 1,
922
+ "archaeologist_count": {0 or 1, conditional on Step 4.5},
923
+ "parallel_batches": {number of waves}
924
+ },
925
+ "spawn_tree": {
926
+ "{Archaeologist-Name}": {"caste": "archaeologist", "task": "pre-build history scan", "status": "completed"},
927
+ "{Builder-Name}": {"caste": "builder", "task": "...", "status": "completed"},
928
+ "{Watcher-Name}": {"caste": "watcher", "task": "verify", "status": "completed"},
929
+ "{Chaos-Name}": {"caste": "chaos", "task": "resilience testing", "status": "completed"}
930
+ },
931
+ "verification": {from Watcher output},
932
+ "resilience": {from Chaos Ant output},
933
+ "archaeology": {from Archaeologist output, or null if Step 4.5 was skipped},
934
+ "quality_notes": "..."
935
+ }
936
+ ```
937
+
938
+ **Graveyard Recording:**
939
+ For each worker that returned `status: "failed"`:
940
+ For each file in that worker's `files_modified` or `files_created`:
941
+ ```bash
942
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh grave-add "{file}" "{ant_name}" "{task_id}" {phase} "{first blocker or summary}"
943
+ ```
944
+ Log the grave marker:
945
+ ```bash
946
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh activity-log "GRAVE" "Queen" "Grave marker placed at {file} — {ant_name} failed: {summary}"
947
+ ```
948
+
949
+ **Error Handoff Update:**
950
+ If workers failed, update handoff with error context for recovery:
951
+
952
+ Resolve the build error handoff template path:
953
+ Check ~/.aether/system/templates/handoff-build-error.template.md first,
954
+ then .aether/templates/handoff-build-error.template.md.
955
+
956
+ If no template found: output "Template missing: handoff-build-error.template.md. Run aether update to fix." and stop.
957
+
958
+ Read the template file. Fill all {{PLACEHOLDER}} values:
959
+ - {{PHASE_NUMBER}} → current phase number
960
+ - {{PHASE_NAME}} → current phase name
961
+ - {{BUILD_TIMESTAMP}} → current ISO-8601 UTC timestamp
962
+ - {{FAILED_WORKERS}} → formatted list of failed workers (one "- {ant_name}: {failure_summary}" per line)
963
+ - {{GRAVE_MARKERS}} → formatted list of grave markers (one "- {file}: {caution_level} caution" per line)
964
+
965
+ Remove the HTML comment lines at the top of the template.
966
+ Write the result to .aether/HANDOFF.md using the Write tool.
967
+
968
+ Only fires when workers fail. Zero impact on successful builds.
969
+
970
+ --- SPAWN TRACKING ---
971
+
972
+ The spawn tree will be visible in `/ant:watch` because each spawn is logged.
973
+
974
+ --- OUTPUT FORMAT ---
975
+
976
+ Return JSON:
977
+ {
978
+ "status": "completed" | "failed" | "blocked",
979
+ "summary": "What the phase accomplished",
980
+ "tasks_completed": ["1.1", "1.2"],
981
+ "tasks_failed": [],
982
+ "files_created": ["path1", "path2"],
983
+ "files_modified": ["path3"],
984
+ "spawn_metrics": {
985
+ "spawn_count": 6,
986
+ "watcher_count": 1,
987
+ "chaos_count": 1,
988
+ "archaeologist_count": 1,
989
+ "builder_count": 3,
990
+ "parallel_batches": 2,
991
+ "sequential_tasks": 1
992
+ },
993
+ "spawn_tree": {
994
+ "Relic-8": {"caste": "archaeologist", "task": "pre-build history scan", "status": "completed", "children": {}},
995
+ "Hammer-42": {"caste": "builder", "task": "...", "status": "completed", "children": {}},
996
+ "Vigil-17": {"caste": "watcher", "task": "...", "status": "completed", "children": {}},
997
+ "Entropy-9": {"caste": "chaos", "task": "resilience testing", "status": "completed", "children": {}}
998
+ },
999
+ "verification": {
1000
+ "build": {"command": "npm run build", "exit_code": 0, "passed": true},
1001
+ "tests": {"command": "npm test", "passed": 24, "failed": 0, "total": 24},
1002
+ "success_criteria": [
1003
+ {"criterion": "API endpoint exists", "evidence": "GET /api/users returns 200", "passed": true},
1004
+ {"criterion": "Tests cover happy path", "evidence": "3 tests in users.test.ts", "passed": true}
1005
+ ]
1006
+ },
1007
+ "debugging": {
1008
+ "issues_encountered": 0,
1009
+ "issues_resolved": 0,
1010
+ "fix_attempts": 0,
1011
+ "architectural_concerns": []
1012
+ },
1013
+ "tdd": {
1014
+ "cycles_completed": 5,
1015
+ "tests_added": 5,
1016
+ "tests_total": 47,
1017
+ "coverage_percent": 85,
1018
+ "all_passing": true
1019
+ },
1020
+ "learning": {
1021
+ "patterns_observed": [
1022
+ {
1023
+ "type": "success",
1024
+ "trigger": "when implementing API endpoints",
1025
+ "action": "use repository pattern with DI",
1026
+ "evidence": "All tests passed first try"
1027
+ }
1028
+ ],
1029
+ "instincts_applied": ["instinct_123"],
1030
+ "instinct_outcomes": [
1031
+ {"id": "instinct_123", "success": true}
1032
+ ]
1033
+ },
1034
+ "quality_notes": "Any concerns or recommendations",
1035
+ "ui_touched": true | false
1036
+ }
1037
+ ```
1038
+
1039
+ ### Step 6: Visual Checkpoint (if UI touched)
1040
+
1041
+ Parse synthesis result. If `ui_touched` is true:
1042
+
1043
+ ```
1044
+ ━━━ 🖼️🐜 V I S U A L C H E C K P O I N T ━━━
1045
+
1046
+ UI changes detected. Verify appearance before continuing.
1047
+
1048
+ Files touched:
1049
+ {list files from files_created + files_modified that match UI patterns}
1050
+
1051
+ Options:
1052
+ 1. Approve - UI looks correct
1053
+ 2. Reject - needs changes (describe issues)
1054
+ 3. Skip - defer visual review
1055
+ ```
1056
+
1057
+ Use AskUserQuestion to get approval. Record in events:
1058
+ - If approved: `"<timestamp>|visual_approved|build|Phase {id} UI approved"`
1059
+ - If rejected: `"<timestamp>|visual_rejected|build|Phase {id} UI rejected: {reason}"`
1060
+
1061
+ ### Step 6.5: Update Handoff Document
1062
+
1063
+ After synthesis is complete, update the handoff document with current state for session recovery:
1064
+
1065
+ ```bash
1066
+ # Update handoff with build results
1067
+ jq -n \
1068
+ --arg timestamp "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
1069
+ --arg goal "$(jq -r '.goal' .aether/data/COLONY_STATE.json)" \
1070
+ --arg phase "$(jq -r '.current_phase' .aether/data/COLONY_STATE.json)" \
1071
+ --arg phase_name "{phase_name}" \
1072
+ --arg status "{synthesis.status}" \
1073
+ --arg summary "{synthesis.summary}" \
1074
+ --argjson tasks_completed '{synthesis.tasks_completed | length}' \
1075
+ --argjson tasks_failed '{synthesis.tasks_failed | length}' \
1076
+ --arg next_action "{if synthesis.status == "completed" then "/ant:continue" else "/ant:flags" end}" \
1077
+ '{
1078
+ "last_updated": $timestamp,
1079
+ "goal": $goal,
1080
+ "current_phase": $phase,
1081
+ "phase_name": $phase_name,
1082
+ "build_status": $status,
1083
+ "summary": $summary,
1084
+ "tasks_completed": $tasks_completed,
1085
+ "tasks_failed": $tasks_failed,
1086
+ "next_recommended_action": $next_action,
1087
+ "can_resume": true,
1088
+ "note": "Phase build completed. Run /ant:continue to advance if verification passed."
1089
+ }' > .aether/data/last-build-result.json
1090
+ ```
1091
+
1092
+ Resolve the build success handoff template path:
1093
+ Check ~/.aether/system/templates/handoff-build-success.template.md first,
1094
+ then .aether/templates/handoff-build-success.template.md.
1095
+
1096
+ If no template found: output "Template missing: handoff-build-success.template.md. Run aether update to fix." and stop.
1097
+
1098
+ Read the template file. Fill all {{PLACEHOLDER}} values:
1099
+ - {{GOAL}} → colony goal (from COLONY_STATE.json)
1100
+ - {{PHASE_NUMBER}} → current phase number
1101
+ - {{PHASE_NAME}} → current phase name
1102
+ - {{BUILD_STATUS}} → synthesis.status
1103
+ - {{BUILD_TIMESTAMP}} → current ISO-8601 UTC timestamp
1104
+ - {{BUILD_SUMMARY}} → synthesis summary
1105
+ - {{TASKS_COMPLETED}} → count of completed tasks
1106
+ - {{TASKS_FAILED}} → count of failed tasks
1107
+ - {{FILES_CREATED}} → count of created files
1108
+ - {{FILES_MODIFIED}} → count of modified files
1109
+ - {{SESSION_NOTE}} → "Build succeeded — ready to advance." if status is completed, else "Build completed with issues — review before continuing."
1110
+
1111
+ Remove the HTML comment lines at the top of the template.
1112
+ Write the result to .aether/HANDOFF.md using the Write tool.
1113
+
1114
+ This ensures the handoff always reflects the latest build state, even if the session crashes before explicit pause.
1115
+
1116
+ ### Step 6.5: Update Context Document
1117
+
1118
+ Log this build activity to `.aether/CONTEXT.md`:
1119
+
1120
+ ```bash
1121
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh context-update activity "build {phase_id}" "{synthesis.status}" "{files_created_count + files_modified_count}"
1122
+ ```
1123
+
1124
+ Mark build as complete in context:
1125
+ ```bash
1126
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh context-update build-complete "{synthesis.status}" "{synthesis.status == 'completed' ? 'success' : 'failed'}"
1127
+ ```
1128
+
1129
+ Also update safe-to-clear status:
1130
+ - If build completed successfully: `context-update safe-to-clear "YES" "Build complete, ready to continue"`
1131
+ - If build failed: `context-update safe-to-clear "NO" "Build failed — run /ant:swarm or /ant:flags"`
1132
+
1133
+ ### Step 7: Display Results
1134
+
1135
+ **This step runs ONLY after synthesis is complete. All values come from actual worker results.**
1136
+
1137
+ **Update swarm display state (always) and render (tmux only):**
1138
+ ```bash
1139
+ # Update Queen as completed
1140
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-update "Queen" "prime" "completed" "Phase {id} complete" "Colony" '{"read":10,"grep":5,"edit":5,"bash":2}' 100 "fungus_garden" 100
1141
+ ```
1142
+
1143
+ If `$TMUX` is set, also render the final swarm display:
1144
+ ```bash
1145
+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh swarm-display-text "$build_id"
1146
+ ```
1147
+
1148
+ **Display BUILD SUMMARY (always shown, replaces compact/verbose split):**
1149
+
1150
+ Calculate `total_tools` by summing `tool_count` from all worker return JSONs (builders + watcher + chaos).
1151
+ Calculate `elapsed` using `build_started_at_epoch` (epoch integer captured at Step 5 start): `$(( $(date +%s) - build_started_at_epoch ))` formatted as Xm Ys.
1152
+
1153
+ ```
1154
+ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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+ B U I L D S U M M A R Y
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+ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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+ Phase {id}: {name}
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+ Pattern: {selected_pattern}
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+
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+ Workers: {pass_count} passed {fail_count} failed ({total} total)
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+ Tools: {total_tools} calls across all workers
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+ Duration: {elapsed}
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+
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+ {if fail_count > 0:}
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+ Failed:
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+ {for each failed worker:}
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+ {caste_emoji} {Ant-Name}: {task_description} ✗ ({failure_reason} after {tool_count} tools)
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+ {end for}
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+
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+ Retry: /ant:swarm to auto-repair failed tasks, or /ant:flags to review blockers
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+ {end if}
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+ ```
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+
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+ **If verbose_mode is true**, additionally show the spawn tree and TDD details after the BUILD SUMMARY block (keep the existing verbose-only sections: Colony Work Tree, Tasks Completed, TDD, Patterns Learned, Debugging, Model Routing). Prepend with:
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+ ```
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+ ━━ Details (--verbose) ━━
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+ ```
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+
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+ After displaying the BUILD SUMMARY (and optional verbose details), display Next Steps based on synthesis results:
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+ ```bash
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+ state=$(jq -r '.state // "IDLE"' .aether/data/COLONY_STATE.json 2>/dev/null || echo "IDLE")
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+ current_phase=$(jq -r '.current_phase // 0' .aether/data/COLONY_STATE.json 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
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+ total_phases=$(jq -r '.plan.phases | length' .aether/data/COLONY_STATE.json 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh print-next-up "$state" "$current_phase" "$total_phases"
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Routing Note:** The state-based Next Up block above routes based on colony state. If verification failed or blockers exist, review `/ant:flags` before continuing.
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+
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+ **IMPORTANT:** Build does NOT update task statuses or advance state. Run `/ant:continue` to:
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+ - Mark tasks as completed
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+ - Extract learnings
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+ - Advance to next phase
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+
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+ ### Step 8: Update Session
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+
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+ Update the session tracking file to enable `/ant:resume` after context clear:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ bash .aether/aether-utils.sh session-update "/ant:build {phase_id}" "/ant:continue" "Phase {phase_id} build completed: {synthesis.status}"
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+ ```