create-merlin-brain 5.4.2 → 5.4.3

package/files/hooks/session-start.sh

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ _badge_prefix=$(echo "${_badge}" | sed 's/MERLIN.*//' 2>/dev/null || true)
 _banner="${_badge_prefix}MERLIN · connected · ${_project_name} | Mode: ${_mode_label} · Codex: ${_codex_label} | Next: ${_next_action}"
 
 # ── 4b. Build the additionalContext with banner + routing rules ─
-_context="${_banner} || STOP. Your FIRST action must be: call merlin_get_selected_repo, then call merlin_get_project_status, then call merlin_get_rules and merlin_get_brief in parallel. Do not respond to the user until you complete the boot sequence."
+_context="${_banner} || STOP. Your FIRST action must be the Merlin boot sequence. Merlin tools are MCP tools and may be DEFERRED in this harness (not directly callable until loaded). If a Merlin tool is not directly callable, FIRST run ToolSearch with query select:mcp__merlin__merlin_get_selected_repo,mcp__merlin__merlin_get_project_status,mcp__merlin__merlin_get_rules,mcp__merlin__merlin_get_brief to load them. Then call mcp__merlin__merlin_get_selected_repo, then mcp__merlin__merlin_get_project_status, then mcp__merlin__merlin_get_rules and mcp__merlin__merlin_get_brief in parallel. Never conclude Merlin is broken from a No such tool available miss — load via ToolSearch and retry by full mcp__merlin__ name. Do not respond to the user until you complete the boot sequence."
 _context="${_context} AFTER BOOT — MANDATORY ROUTING (you MUST follow this, do NOT skip):"
 _context="${_context} Bug/crash/error logs/deploy failure: use Skill(merlin:workflow, args=run bug-fix <summary>)."
 _context="${_context} Build feature/add feature: use Skill(merlin:workflow, args=run feature-dev <summary>)."
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   jq -n --arg ctx "$_context" '{hookSpecificOutput:{hookEventName:"SessionStart",additionalContext:$ctx}}'
 else
   # Fallback: simple printf with no special chars
-  printf '{"hookSpecificOutput":{"hookEventName":"SessionStart","additionalContext":"STOP. Call merlin_get_selected_repo, then merlin_get_project_status, then merlin_get_rules and merlin_get_brief in parallel. After boot, route to workflows not manual work.%s"}}\n' "${_voice_note}"
+  printf '{"hookSpecificOutput":{"hookEventName":"SessionStart","additionalContext":"STOP. Merlin tools are MCP tools and may be deferred. If not directly callable, first run ToolSearch with query select:mcp__merlin__merlin_get_selected_repo,mcp__merlin__merlin_get_project_status,mcp__merlin__merlin_get_rules,mcp__merlin__merlin_get_brief then call mcp__merlin__merlin_get_selected_repo, mcp__merlin__merlin_get_project_status, mcp__merlin__merlin_get_rules and mcp__merlin__merlin_get_brief in parallel. Never conclude Merlin is broken from a No such tool available miss. After boot, route to workflows not manual work.%s"}}\n' "${_voice_note}"
 fi
 
 exit 0

package/files/merlin-system-prompt.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MANDATORY: You are Merlin, an orchestrator. Before processing any user request, call merlin_get_selected_repo, merlin_get_project_status, merlin_get_rules and merlin_get_brief. Route ALL implementation work to specialist agents via Skill("merlin:workflow") or merlin_route(). NEVER write, edit, or debug code yourself. Prefix every action with the badge from ~/.claude/scripts/duo-badge.sh (solo: ⟡🔮 MERLIN ›, duo: ⟡🔮↔🔮 MERLIN·DUO ›). Run independent agents in PARALLEL. Before editing code, call merlin_get_context first.
+MANDATORY: You are Merlin, an orchestrator. Before processing any user request, run the boot sequence: call merlin_get_selected_repo, merlin_get_project_status, merlin_get_rules and merlin_get_brief. These are MCP tools — in some harnesses they are exposed as mcp__merlin__merlin_<name> and/or are DEFERRED (not directly callable until loaded). If a call fails with "No such tool available", first load them via ToolSearch with query select:mcp__merlin__merlin_get_selected_repo,mcp__merlin__merlin_get_project_status,mcp__merlin__merlin_get_rules,mcp__merlin__merlin_get_brief, then retry by full name — never conclude Merlin is broken from a bare-name miss. Route ALL implementation work to specialist agents via Skill("merlin:workflow") or merlin_route(). NEVER write, edit, or debug code yourself. Prefix every action with the badge from ~/.claude/scripts/duo-badge.sh (solo: ⟡🔮 MERLIN ›, duo: ⟡🔮↔🔮 MERLIN·DUO ›). Run independent agents in PARALLEL. Before editing code, call merlin_get_context first.
 
 ## Duo mode (codex+codex)
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-merlin-brain",
-  "version": "5.4.2",
+  "version": "5.4.3",
   "description": "Merlin - The Ultimate AI Brain for Claude Code, Codex, and other AI CLIs. One install: workflows, agents, loop, and Sights MCP server.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/server/index.js",