agentainer 0.1.7 → 2.0.1

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  1. package/README.md +248 -677
  2. package/agentainer +16 -18
  3. package/agentainer.example.yaml +86 -0
  4. package/bin/agentainer.js +9 -8
  5. package/examples/academic-coauthor.yaml +123 -0
  6. package/examples/accessibility-audit.yaml +152 -0
  7. package/examples/affiliate-product-reviews.yaml +106 -0
  8. package/examples/api-design.yaml +157 -0
  9. package/examples/app-store-optimization.yaml +108 -0
  10. package/examples/brainstorm.yaml +27 -128
  11. package/examples/brand-voice-style-guide.yaml +109 -0
  12. package/examples/bug-hunt.yaml +51 -96
  13. package/examples/candidate-screen.yaml +122 -0
  14. package/examples/case-study-writer.yaml +100 -0
  15. package/examples/changelog-release-notes.yaml +114 -0
  16. package/examples/chatbot-builder.yaml +138 -0
  17. package/examples/code-review.yaml +73 -0
  18. package/examples/comparison-guide-writer.yaml +106 -0
  19. package/examples/competitive-intel.yaml +126 -0
  20. package/examples/content-studio.yaml +91 -0
  21. package/examples/course-creator.yaml +133 -0
  22. package/examples/customer-support-triage.yaml +118 -0
  23. package/examples/daily-briefing.yaml +119 -0
  24. package/examples/data-pipeline-builder.yaml +135 -0
  25. package/examples/debate.yaml +16 -90
  26. package/examples/design-system.yaml +138 -0
  27. package/examples/ebook-generator.yaml +90 -0
  28. package/examples/ecommerce-listing-optimizer.yaml +126 -0
  29. package/examples/email-newsletter.yaml +103 -0
  30. package/examples/faq-knowledge-sync.yaml +107 -0
  31. package/examples/game-design.yaml +122 -0
  32. package/examples/glossary-term-writer.yaml +103 -0
  33. package/examples/incident-response.yaml +52 -109
  34. package/examples/knowledge-base.yaml +115 -0
  35. package/examples/landing-page-converter.yaml +103 -0
  36. package/examples/legal-contract-review.yaml +118 -0
  37. package/examples/linkedin-ghostwriter.yaml +93 -0
  38. package/examples/localization.yaml +56 -123
  39. package/examples/meeting-notes.yaml +111 -0
  40. package/examples/migration-planner.yaml +127 -0
  41. package/examples/onboarding-buddy.yaml +111 -0
  42. package/examples/performance-audit.yaml +123 -0
  43. package/examples/podcast-production.yaml +117 -0
  44. package/examples/postmortem.yaml +119 -0
  45. package/examples/pr-review-gate.yaml +123 -0
  46. package/examples/press-release-wire.yaml +96 -0
  47. package/examples/product-spec.yaml +107 -0
  48. package/examples/prompt-engineering-lab.yaml +109 -0
  49. package/examples/quickstart.yaml +48 -0
  50. package/examples/rag-builder.yaml +145 -0
  51. package/examples/refactor-planner.yaml +127 -0
  52. package/examples/research.yaml +25 -0
  53. package/examples/resume-tailor.yaml +116 -0
  54. package/examples/rfp-response.yaml +124 -0
  55. package/examples/sales-coach.yaml +123 -0
  56. package/examples/security-audit.yaml +120 -0
  57. package/examples/seo-audit-and-fix.yaml +138 -0
  58. package/examples/seo-content-factory.yaml +103 -0
  59. package/examples/social-media.yaml +103 -0
  60. package/examples/software-company.yaml +71 -128
  61. package/examples/startup-validator.yaml +115 -0
  62. package/examples/tdd-pingpong.yaml +36 -68
  63. package/examples/technical-documentation.yaml +112 -0
  64. package/examples/test-factory.yaml +114 -0
  65. package/examples/tutorial-howto-creator.yaml +111 -0
  66. package/examples/twitter-x-thread-factory.yaml +91 -0
  67. package/examples/white-paper-research.yaml +96 -0
  68. package/examples/writers-room.yaml +49 -111
  69. package/examples/youtube-script-studio.yaml +107 -0
  70. package/hooks/claude_stop.sh +5 -3
  71. package/hooks/codex_notify.sh +4 -3
  72. package/lib/cli.py +933 -0
  73. package/lib/config.py +267 -308
  74. package/lib/hooks.py +246 -0
  75. package/lib/lock.py +75 -0
  76. package/lib/log.py +64 -0
  77. package/lib/mail.py +699 -0
  78. package/lib/minyaml.py +1 -39
  79. package/lib/reconcile.py +544 -0
  80. package/lib/sessions.py +223 -0
  81. package/lib/supervisor.py +216 -0
  82. package/lib/telegram.py +372 -0
  83. package/lib/tmux.py +355 -0
  84. package/lib/turn.py +167 -0
  85. package/lib/ui.py +1219 -0
  86. package/llms.txt +145 -429
  87. package/package.json +9 -7
  88. package/scripts/check-deps.js +18 -61
  89. package/ui/app.js +1136 -0
  90. package/ui/index.html +404 -0
  91. package/agents.example.yaml +0 -257
  92. package/examples/code-review-broadcast.yaml +0 -109
  93. package/examples/existing-repo.yaml +0 -74
  94. package/examples/multi-language-broadcast.yaml +0 -127
  95. package/examples/ping-pong.yaml +0 -89
  96. package/examples/red-team.yaml +0 -117
  97. package/examples/research-swarm.yaml +0 -129
  98. package/lib/swarm.py +0 -2461
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+ # =============================================================================
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+ # 🔌 API design & build swarm -- a lead hub turns an API goal from a human into
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+ # a shipped, documented HTTP API: spec lists the resources/endpoints, designer
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+ # nails the request/response contracts, implementer builds the handlers in a
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+ # shared repo, and docs writes the OpenAPI + examples. The lead delivers back.
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+ #
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+ # cp examples/api-design.yaml my-api.yaml
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+ # agentainer up -c my-api.yaml
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+ # agentainer send -c my-api.yaml --to lead "Design a REST API for a URL shortener with links, hits and users."
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+ # agentainer down -c my-api.yaml
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+ #
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+ # Shape: a linear build pipeline with a single human-facing hub. Work flows
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+ # forward spec -> designer -> implementer -> docs, each stage may ask the one
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+ # before it a question, and the lead sits over all of them and is the ONLY agent
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+ # that may talk to you.
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+ #
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+ # API goal
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+ # user ─────────────▶ lead ─────────────▶ spec
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+ # (final) ◀──────┴──┐ │ resource/endpoint list
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+ # │ ▼
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+ # docs ◀── implementer ◀── designer
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+ # OpenAPI+examples handlers contracts
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+ #
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+ # ...arrows are the FORWARD flow; each stage may also mail the lead, and the
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+ # next stage back one hop to question a contract. See can_talk_to below.
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+ #
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+ # Shared repo: implementer and docs share ONE workdir ({root}/api-repo) -- the
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+ # implementer writes the handlers there and docs writes the OpenAPI spec + curl
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+ # examples alongside them. The orchestrator namespaces their mailboxes
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+ # automatically, so their inbox/outbox folders never collide (see
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+ # custom-workspace.md). Point both `workdir` lines at your real service repo to
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+ # build against existing code.
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+ #
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+ # Key-free: every `command` is a REAL coding-agent CLI, so the swarm routes real
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+ # mail with NO mock loops -- but the launch strings are PLACEHOLDERS. Substitute
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+ # your own command (e.g. a shell alias that carries your API key). Treat command
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+ # strings as sensitive; never print or commit secrets.
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+ # =============================================================================
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+
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+ swarm:
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+ name: api-design
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+ root: ./api-design-workspace
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+
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+ defaults:
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+ capture: none # upgraded to the type's hook for claude/codex at up
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+ can_talk_to: [] # tightened per agent below
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+
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+ agents:
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+ - name: lead
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+ type: claude
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+ can_talk_to: [spec, designer, implementer, docs, user]
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the API LEAD and the only human-facing agent. A human (the `user`)
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+ gives you an API goal -- a product need, not a spec -- and you drive it to a
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+ built, documented API by sequencing four specialists. You do not write the
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+ spec, the contracts, the handlers, or the docs yourself; you decide scope,
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+ order the work, and own the definition of done.
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+ Your team: spec (lists the resources and endpoints), designer (defines the
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+ exact request/response contracts), implementer (builds the handlers in the
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+ shared api-repo), docs (writes the OpenAPI document and usage examples).
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+ Run it like this: (1) restate the goal as one paragraph plus a short list of
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+ must-have capabilities and constraints (auth, versioning, pagination), and
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+ send it to spec first; (2) when spec returns the endpoint list, pass it to
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+ designer; (3) when the contracts are settled, brief implementer; (4) once the
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+ handlers exist, have docs produce the OpenAPI + examples; (5) review the whole
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+ thing against your acceptance list, then deliver a short summary to the user
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+ (what the API does, where the spec and code live, anything cut). Cut scope
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+ rather than ship a half-built endpoint.
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+ MAILBOX: when a message lands in your inbox/, read it and act; when done,
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+ move it to read/. To send, write a file into outbox/<name>/ (read
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+ outbox/<name>/about.md first) and finish your turn. You may message the
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+ agents in your can_talk_to.
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+
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+ - name: spec
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+ type: claude
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+ can_talk_to: [lead, designer]
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the API SPEC author. Given the lead's goal, produce the resource
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+ model and the endpoint list -- nothing more. Name each resource, its fields
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+ at a high level, and the relationships between them. Then list every endpoint
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+ as METHOD + path + one line on what it does (e.g. `POST /links -> create a
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+ short link`, `GET /links/{code}/hits -> list hits for a link`). Cover the
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+ full CRUD surface each resource needs, plus any collection/sub-resource
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+ routes the goal implies; call out auth-gated routes and where pagination
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+ applies. Do NOT define request/response bodies or status codes -- that is the
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+ designer's job. Write the list in ENDPOINTS.md, then send it to designer and
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+ copy the lead. If the goal is ambiguous, ask the lead; do not invent scope.
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+ MAILBOX: when a message lands in your inbox/, read it and act; when done,
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+ move it to read/. To send, write a file into outbox/<name>/ (read
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+ outbox/<name>/about.md first) and finish your turn. You may message the
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+ agents in your can_talk_to.
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+
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+ - name: designer
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+ type: claude
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+ can_talk_to: [lead, spec, implementer]
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the API CONTRACT DESIGNER. Given spec's endpoint list, define the
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+ exact contract for each endpoint: the request (path/query params, headers,
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+ JSON body schema with field types and which are required) and every response
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+ (success status code + body schema, and the error codes with their shapes).
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+ Be concrete -- a field name and type, not "some user data". Keep it
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+ consistent across endpoints: one error envelope, one pagination convention,
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+ one date/id format. Note auth requirements per route. Write it all in
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+ CONTRACTS.md. If spec's list is missing an endpoint you need or is ambiguous,
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+ ask spec; do not silently redesign the resource model. When the contracts are
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+ complete, send them to implementer and copy the lead.
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+ MAILBOX: when a message lands in your inbox/, read it and act; when done,
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+ move it to read/. To send, write a file into outbox/<name>/ (read
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+ outbox/<name>/about.md first) and finish your turn. You may message the
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+ agents in your can_talk_to.
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+
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+ - name: implementer
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+ type: codex
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+ can_talk_to: [lead, designer, docs]
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+ command: "codex --yolo"
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+ workdir: "{root}/api-repo"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the API IMPLEMENTER. Build the HTTP handlers described in designer's
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+ CONTRACTS.md, in the shared api-repo you share with docs. Implement exactly
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+ the contract: the routes, the request validation, the response bodies and
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+ status codes, and the error envelope as designed. Keep the code organized
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+ (routing, handlers, a thin storage layer) and runnable. Build the contract as
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+ specified -- if a contract is wrong or impossible, argue it with the designer,
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+ do not quietly change the shape. When a unit of work runs, write a short
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+ summary into outbox/docs/ (which endpoints are live, where the handlers live,
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+ how to run it locally) so docs can document the real behavior, and copy the
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+ lead. You share the api-repo with docs: put code in source files, leave the
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+ OpenAPI/README to docs, and do not overwrite their files.
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+ MAILBOX: when a message lands in your inbox/, read it and act; when done,
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+ move it to read/. To send, write a file into outbox/<name>/ (read
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+ outbox/<name>/about.md first) and finish your turn. You may message the
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+ agents in your can_talk_to.
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+
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+ - name: docs
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+ type: claude
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+ can_talk_to: [lead, implementer]
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ workdir: "{root}/api-repo"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the API TECHNICAL WRITER. Turn the built API into reference docs a
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+ consumer can use without reading the source. From designer's CONTRACTS.md and
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+ implementer's handlers (both in the api-repo you share with implementer),
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+ write a valid OpenAPI 3 document (openapi.yaml) covering every endpoint:
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+ parameters, request/response schemas, status codes, and auth. Then write a
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+ README section with a runnable curl example for each of the main endpoints,
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+ including one error case. Document what the API ACTUALLY does today, not what
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+ was planned -- if the handlers diverge from the contract, note the gap and ask
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+ implementer which is correct. When the docs are complete and accurate, send a
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+ summary to the lead (what's documented, any gaps). You share the api-repo with
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+ implementer: write only the OpenAPI + README/docs files, never their source.
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+ MAILBOX: when a message lands in your inbox/, read it and act; when done,
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+ move it to read/. To send, write a file into outbox/<name>/ (read
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+ outbox/<name>/about.md first) and finish your turn. You may message the
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+ agents in your can_talk_to.
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+ # =============================================================================
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+ # 📱 App Store Optimization (ASO) -- a keyword researcher hub briefs three
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+ # metadata specialists who turn keywords into a shippable App Store / Play Store
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+ # listing: store metadata (title/subtitle/keyword field), screenshot copy, and
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+ # the long description.
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+ #
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+ # cp examples/app-store-optimization.yaml my-aso.yaml
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+ # agentainer up -c my-aso.yaml
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+ # agentainer send -c my-aso.yaml --to keyword_researcher "Optimize the listing for our habit-tracking app 'Streaky'. Audience: iOS + Android, US English."
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+ # agentainer down -c my-aso.yaml
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+ #
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+ # The communication graph is a hub-and-spoke: the keyword_researcher owns the
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+ # keyword strategy and hands vetted terms to each writer; the writers report
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+ # their copy back to the researcher for a keyword-coverage check. Writers never
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+ # talk to each other, so every listing surface stays anchored to one keyword set.
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+ #
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+ # user
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+ # │
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+ # ▼
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+ # keyword_researcher (the hub)
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+ # / │ \
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+ # ▼ ▼ ▼
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+ # metadata screenshot description
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+ # _writer _copywriter _writer
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+ # ...researcher <--> each writer (bidirectional); writers never talk to each other.
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+ #
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+ # Key-free note: the `command:` lines launch the real coding-agent CLIs. For a
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+ # demo with NO API keys, swap each `command` for a mock bash loop -- the mail
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+ # routing is identical.
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+ # =============================================================================
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+
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+ swarm:
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+ name: aso
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+ root: ./aso-workspace
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+
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+ defaults:
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+ capture: none # tightened per agent below
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+ can_talk_to: [] # deny-by-default ACL; each agent opts in explicitly
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+
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+ agents:
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+ - name: keyword_researcher
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+ type: claude
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+ can_talk_to: [metadata_writer, screenshot_copywriter, description_writer, user]
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the KEYWORD RESEARCHER and the hub of an ASO team. You own the
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+ keyword strategy for an app's App Store (iOS) and Play Store (Android)
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+ listing. Given the app, its audience and its category, produce a ranked
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+ keyword set: high-intent head terms, long-tail phrases, and competitor
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+ terms, each with a note on relevance and rough difficulty. Write the
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+ master list to KEYWORDS.md.
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+ Then delegate: send the metadata_writer the terms that must appear in the
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+ title/subtitle/keyword field; send the screenshot_copywriter the benefit
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+ themes to lead with; send the description_writer the full keyword set to
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+ weave into prose. When each writer reports back, check keyword coverage and
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+ ask for a revision if a priority term is missing. You are the only agent who
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+ talks to the user -- return the finished listing to them.
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+ MAILBOX: when a message lands in your inbox/, read it and act; when done,
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+ move it to read/. To send, write a file into outbox/<name>/ (read
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+ outbox/<name>/about.md first to see who they are) and finish your turn. You
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+ may only message the agents in your can_talk_to.
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+
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+ - name: metadata_writer
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+ type: claude
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+ can_talk_to: [keyword_researcher]
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the STORE METADATA WRITER. From the researcher's keyword brief,
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+ write the character-limited store fields for BOTH stores: iOS app name
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+ (<=30 chars), iOS subtitle (<=30 chars), iOS keyword field (a
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+ comma-separated list, <=100 chars, no spaces after commas, no word repeated
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+ from name/subtitle), and the Play Store title (<=30 chars) and short
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+ description (<=80 chars). Front-load the highest-intent keyword, never keyword
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+ -stuff the visible fields, and stay within every limit -- state the character
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+ count next to each field. Write them to METADATA.md and report back to the
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+ keyword_researcher with the terms you covered and any you couldn't fit.
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+ MAILBOX: read inbox/, act, then move it to read/. To send, write a file into
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+ outbox/keyword_researcher/ and finish your turn.
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+ role: |
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+ You are the SCREENSHOT COPYWRITER. Write the caption/overlay copy for the
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+ first 3-5 store screenshots -- the panel most users decide on. Each caption
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+ subline. Lead with the outcome, not the feature; the first caption must land
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+ the core value in isolation because it shows in search results. Reflect the
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+ researcher's priority benefit themes and keep the voice consistent. Write
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+ them to SCREENSHOTS.md and report back to the keyword_researcher.
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+ MAILBOX: read inbox/, act, then move it to read/. To send, write a file into
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+ outbox/keyword_researcher/ and finish your turn.
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+ type: claude
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the DESCRIPTION WRITER. Write the long store description: a strong
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+ first two lines (the only text shown before "more"), then a scannable
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+ feature list and a short social-proof/close section. Weave the researcher's
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+ the description, so write it for humans first). No keyword walls, no fake
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+ claims. Write it to DESCRIPTION.md and report back to the keyword_researcher
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+ with which keywords you worked in.
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+ MAILBOX: read inbox/, act, then move it to read/. To send, write a file into
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+ outbox/keyword_researcher/ and finish your turn.
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+ # 💡 Brainstorm -- two agents riff on a prompt, each extending the other, with no
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+ # cp examples/brainstorm.yaml my-session.yaml
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+ # agentainer up -c my-session.yaml
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+ # agentainer send -c my-session.yaml --to a "We need a name for a CLI tool."
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+ # agentainer down -c my-session.yaml
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- # lists (so they don't converge too early), then hands the pile to a SYNTHESISER
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- # who clusters, de-dupes and ranks. The generators talk only to the facilitator.
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+ # Shape: A <--> B, two-way, and that's the whole graph. Useful for ideation,
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+ # rubber-ducking, or adversarial "yes, and..." loops. Either agent may also
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+ # 🗣️ Brand voice & style guide -- a sample_collector hub gathers writing
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+ # (tone/voice), a guide_writer (the style guide), and a glossary_builder
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+ # (approved terms). The hub is the ONLY agent that talks to the user.
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+ # sample and every draft passes through one coordinator instead of three-way
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+ # cross-talk. Voice analysis feeds the guide; the guide + samples feed the
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+ # analyst writer builder
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+ # (each spoke talks only to sample_collector; collector <--> all)
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+ # Key-free: swap each `command` for a mock bash loop and the whole swarm comes
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+ # up and routes mail with NO API keys. Swap them back for real CLIs to run for
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+ # real. Command strings may embed keys via shell aliases -- treat as sensitive.
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the SAMPLE COLLECTOR -- the hub of a brand-voice project. You take
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+ docs, social copy) and turn it into a finished brand voice system.
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+ You do not write the guide or the glossary yourself; you curate the source
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+ material, sequence the work, and are the single point of contact for the user.
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+ Your specialists: voice_analyst (identifies tone/voice traits from samples),
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+ Run it like this: (1) organize the user's samples into a clean corpus and
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+ MAILBOX: when a message lands in your inbox/, read it and act; when done,
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+ move it to read/. To send, write a file into outbox/<name>/ (read
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+ available) and finish your turn. You may only message the agents in your
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+ can_talk_to; anything else bounces back as a system message.
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+ can_talk_to: [sample_collector]
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ You are the VOICE ANALYST. Given a corpus of the brand's real writing,
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+ identify the voice and tone: the personality traits (e.g. warm,
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+ irreverent, precise), the tone spectrum across contexts (celebratory vs.
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+ apologetic vs. instructional), sentence rhythm, formality level, humor,
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+ point of view, and recurring rhetorical patterns. Ground every claim in
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+ quoted examples pulled straight from the samples -- "friendly" is an
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+ opinion; three quotes showing contractions, second person, and short
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+ sentences is evidence. Write your findings to VOICE-ANALYSIS.md and report
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+ back to sample_collector. If the corpus is too thin or self-contradictory
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+ to characterize, say so and ask for more representative samples.
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+ type: claude
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+ can_talk_to: [sample_collector]
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the GUIDE WRITER. Turn the voice analysis and samples into a
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+ practical brand voice & style guide someone could actually write from.
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+ Cover: voice principles (each with do/don't examples), tone-by-context
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+ guidance, grammar and mechanics conventions (capitalization, punctuation,
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+ numbers, dates), formatting rules, and a "before/after" rewrite section
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+ that shows off-brand copy fixed. Prefer concrete rules with examples over
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+ abstract adjectives. Write STYLE-GUIDE.md and report to sample_collector.
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+ If the voice analysis is ambiguous on a point you need, ask rather than
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+ invent a rule.
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+ type: claude
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+ can_talk_to: [sample_collector]
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+ command: "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions"
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+ role: |
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+ You are the GLOSSARY BUILDER. From the samples and the style guide, compile
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+ the approved-terms glossary: preferred spellings and casing of product,
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+ feature, and company names; the approved term vs. the words to avoid (with
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+ a one-line reason each); domain jargon defined in plain language; and
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+ banned/deprecated phrasing. Present it as a sorted table -- Term |
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+ Approved usage | Avoid | Notes. Flag any inconsistencies you find across
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+ the samples (the same thing spelled two ways) for sample_collector to
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+ resolve. Write GLOSSARY.md and report back.