opencode-swarm-plugin 0.44.0 → 0.44.1

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  1. package/bin/swarm.serve.test.ts +6 -4
  2. package/bin/swarm.ts +16 -10
  3. package/dist/compaction-prompt-scoring.js +139 -0
  4. package/dist/eval-capture.js +12811 -0
  5. package/dist/hive.d.ts.map +1 -1
  6. package/dist/index.js +7644 -62599
  7. package/dist/plugin.js +23766 -78721
  8. package/dist/swarm-orchestrate.d.ts.map +1 -1
  9. package/dist/swarm-prompts.d.ts.map +1 -1
  10. package/dist/swarm-review.d.ts.map +1 -1
  11. package/package.json +17 -5
  12. package/.changeset/swarm-insights-data-layer.md +0 -63
  13. package/.hive/analysis/eval-failure-analysis-2025-12-25.md +0 -331
  14. package/.hive/analysis/session-data-quality-audit.md +0 -320
  15. package/.hive/eval-results.json +0 -483
  16. package/.hive/issues.jsonl +0 -138
  17. package/.hive/memories.jsonl +0 -729
  18. package/.opencode/eval-history.jsonl +0 -327
  19. package/.turbo/turbo-build.log +0 -9
  20. package/CHANGELOG.md +0 -2286
  21. package/SCORER-ANALYSIS.md +0 -598
  22. package/docs/analysis/subagent-coordination-patterns.md +0 -902
  23. package/docs/analysis-socratic-planner-pattern.md +0 -504
  24. package/docs/planning/ADR-001-monorepo-structure.md +0 -171
  25. package/docs/planning/ADR-002-package-extraction.md +0 -393
  26. package/docs/planning/ADR-003-performance-improvements.md +0 -451
  27. package/docs/planning/ADR-004-message-queue-features.md +0 -187
  28. package/docs/planning/ADR-005-devtools-observability.md +0 -202
  29. package/docs/planning/ADR-007-swarm-enhancements-worktree-review.md +0 -168
  30. package/docs/planning/ADR-008-worker-handoff-protocol.md +0 -293
  31. package/docs/planning/ADR-009-oh-my-opencode-patterns.md +0 -353
  32. package/docs/planning/ADR-010-cass-inhousing.md +0 -1215
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  34. package/docs/semantic-memory-cli-syntax.md +0 -123
  35. package/docs/swarm-mail-architecture.md +0 -1147
  36. package/docs/testing/context-recovery-test.md +0 -470
  37. package/evals/ARCHITECTURE.md +0 -1189
  38. package/evals/README.md +0 -768
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  48. package/evals/fixtures/coordinator-sessions.ts +0 -328
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  50. package/evals/lib/compaction-loader.test.ts +0 -248
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  52. package/evals/lib/data-loader.evalite-test.ts +0 -289
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  56. package/evals/scorers/compaction-prompt-scorers.ts +0 -145
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  58. package/evals/scorers/coordinator-discipline.evalite-test.ts +0 -539
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  62. package/evals/scorers/outcome-scorers.evalite-test.ts +0 -27
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  64. package/evals/swarm-decomposition.eval.ts +0 -121
  65. package/examples/commands/swarm.md +0 -745
  66. package/examples/plugin-wrapper-template.ts +0 -2515
  67. package/examples/skills/hive-workflow/SKILL.md +0 -212
  68. package/examples/skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md +0 -223
  69. package/examples/skills/swarm-coordination/SKILL.md +0 -292
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  71. package/global-skills/cli-builder/references/advanced-patterns.md +0 -244
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- - Quotes for changesets if requested
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- **Example triggers:**
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- | Task Contains | Spawn Researcher For |
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- |---------------|----------------------|
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- | "Next.js 16", "cache components" | Next.js 16 Cache Components API |
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- | "Effect-TS", "Layer" | Effect-TS service patterns |
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- | "event sourcing" | Event sourcing patterns from pdf-brain |
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- | "OAuth", "PKCE" | OAuth 2.0 PKCE flow specifics |
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- **✅ GOOD:**
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- - Spawn researcher for Next.js 16 Cache Components → got API patterns, stored in semantic-memory
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- - Researcher returned 3-bullet summary → added to shared_context → workers had key guidance
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- - No context pollution in coordinator thread
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- **❌ BAD:**
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- - Called context7 directly → 50KB of Next.js docs dumped into main thread → context exhaustion
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- - Skipped researcher "because task seemed simple" → workers hit undocumented API quirks → 30min debugging
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- - Spawned researcher but didn't use the summary → wasted researcher's work
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- ### 3. Create Feature Branch (unless --to-main)
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- ```bash
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- git push -u origin HEAD
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- ```
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- **Parse planning mode from flags:**
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- - `--auto` → mode="auto"
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- - `--confirm-only` → mode="confirm-only"
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- - No flag → mode="socratic" (default)
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- ```bash
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- # Start interactive planning session
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- swarm_plan_interactive(
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- task="<task description>",
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- mode="socratic", # or "fast", "auto", "confirm-only"
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- context="<synthesized knowledge from step 2>",
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- max_subtasks=5
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- ```
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- **Multi-turn conversation flow:**
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- {
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- "ready_to_decompose": false, // or true when planning complete
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- "follow_up": "What approach do you prefer: A) file-based or B) feature-based?",
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- "options": ["A) File-based...", "B) Feature-based..."],
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- "recommendation": "I recommend A because..."
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- ```
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- **Continue conversation until ready_to_decompose=true:**
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- ```bash
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- # You call swarm_plan_interactive again with:
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- mode="socratic",
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- context="<synthesized knowledge>",
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- user_response="A - file-based approach"
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- )
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- # Then tool returns final decomposition prompt
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- ```
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- > **⚠️ CRITICAL: Context Preservation**
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- >
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- > **DO NOT decompose inline in the coordinator thread.** This consumes massive context with file reading, CASS queries, and reasoning.
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- > **ALWAYS delegate to a `swarm/planner` subagent** that returns only the validated CellTree JSON.
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- # This pollutes your main thread context
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- # ... you reason about decomposition inline ...
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- # ... context fills with file contents, analysis ...
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- ```
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- **✅ Do this (delegate to subagent):**
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- ```bash
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- # 1. Create planning bead
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- # final_prompt = <from last swarm_plan_interactive call>
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- ## Instructions
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- 1. Reason about decomposition strategy
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- 2. Generate CellTree JSON
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- 3. Validate with swarm_validate_decomposition
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- 4. Return ONLY the validated CellTree JSON (no analysis)
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- # cellTree = <result from subagent>
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- ```
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- **Planning Mode Behavior:**
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- | Mode | Questions | User Input | Confirmation |
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- | --------------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------ |
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- | `socratic` | Multiple | Yes | Yes |
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- | `fast` | None | No | Yes |
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- | `auto` | Minimal | Rare | No |
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- | `confirm-only` | None | Yes (1x) | Yes (1x) |
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- **Why delegate?**
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- - Main thread stays clean (only receives final JSON)
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- - Subagent context is disposable (garbage collected after planning)
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- - Scales to 10+ worker swarms without exhaustion
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- - Faster coordination responses
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- ### 5. Create Beads
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- ```bash
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- Rules:
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- - Independent where possible (parallelizable)
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- - 3-7 cells per swarm
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- - No file overlap between subtasks
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- **Event tracked:** `decomposition_complete`
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- ### 6. Spawn Agents (Workers Reserve Their Own Files)
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- > **⚠️ CRITICAL: Coordinator NEVER reserves files.**
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- >
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- > Workers reserve their own files via `swarmmail_reserve()` as their first action.
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- > This is how conflict detection works - reservation = ownership.
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- > If coordinator reserves, workers get blocked and swarm stalls.
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- **CRITICAL: Spawn ALL in a SINGLE message with multiple Task calls.**
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- For each subtask:
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- ```bash
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- swarm_spawn_subtask(
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- bead_id="<id>",
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- epic_id="<epic>",
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- subtask_title="<title>",
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- files=[...],
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- shared_context="<synthesized knowledge from step 2>"
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- )
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- ```
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- **Include skill recommendations in shared_context:**
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- ```markdown
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- ## Recommended Skills
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-
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- Load these skills before starting work:
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-
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- - skills_use(name="testing-patterns") - if adding tests or breaking dependencies
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- - skills_use(name="swarm-coordination") - if coordinating with other agents
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- - skills_use(name="system-design") - if making architectural decisions
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- - skills_use(name="cli-builder") - if working on CLI components
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- See full skill list with skills_list().
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- ```
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- Then spawn:
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- ```bash
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- Task(subagent_type="swarm/worker", description="<bead-title>", prompt="<from swarm_spawn_subtask>")
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- ```
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-
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- **Event tracked:** `worker_spawned` (for each worker)
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-
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- **✅ GOOD:**
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- - Spawned all 5 workers in single message → parallel execution
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- - Included researcher findings in shared_context → workers had domain knowledge
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- - Included skill recommendations → workers loaded testing-patterns before TDD work
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- - Coordinator DID NOT reserve files → workers reserved their own → no conflicts
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-
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- **❌ BAD:**
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- - Spawned workers one-by-one in separate messages → sequential, slow
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- - Forgot to include researcher summary in shared_context → workers lacked API knowledge
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- - Coordinator reserved files before spawning workers → workers blocked → manual cleanup
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- - Skipped skill recommendations → workers reinvented patterns
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-
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- ### 7. Monitor Inbox (MANDATORY - unless --no-sync)
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-
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- > **⚠️ CRITICAL: Active monitoring is NOT optional.**
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- >
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- > Check `swarmmail_inbox()` **every 5-10 minutes** during swarm execution.
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- > Workers get blocked. Files conflict. Scope changes. You must intervene.
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-
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- **Monitoring pattern:**
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-
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- ```bash
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- # Every 5-10 minutes while workers are active
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- swarmmail_inbox() # Check for worker messages (max 5, no bodies)
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-
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- # If urgent messages appear
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- swarmmail_read_message(message_id=N) # Read specific message
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-
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- # Check overall status
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- swarm_status(epic_id="<epic-id>", project_key="$PWD")
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- ```
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-
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- **Event tracked:** `inbox_checked` (each check)
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-
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- **Intervention triggers:**
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-
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- - **Worker blocked >5 min** → Check inbox, offer guidance → **Event:** `blocker_resolved`
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- - **File conflict** → Mediate, reassign files → **Event:** `file_conflict_mediated`
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- - **Worker asking questions** → Answer directly
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- - **Scope creep** → Redirect, create new cell for extras → **Event:** `scope_change_approved` or `scope_change_rejected`
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-
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- If incompatibilities spotted, broadcast:
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-
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- ```bash
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- swarmmail_send(to=["*"], subject="Coordinator Update", body="<guidance>", importance="high", thread_id="<epic-id>")
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- ```
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-
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- **✅ GOOD:**
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- - Checked inbox every 5 minutes → caught worker blocked on database schema at 8min mark
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- - Read message, coordinated with upstream worker → blocker resolved in 2min
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- - Worker unblocked, continued work → minimal delay
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- - Approved scope change request → created new cell for extra feature → **Event:** `scope_change_approved`
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-
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- **❌ BAD:**
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- - Never checked inbox → worker stuck for 25 minutes waiting for coordinator
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- - Silent failure → worker gave up, closed cell incomplete
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- - Rejected scope change without creating follow-up cell → worker's valid concern lost → **Event:** `scope_change_rejected` (missing follow-up)
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-
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- **Minimum monitoring frequency:**
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- - Check inbox **at least every 10 minutes** while workers active
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- - Immediately after spawning workers (catch quick blockers)
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- - After any worker completes (check for downstream dependencies)
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-
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- ### 8. Review Worker Output (MANDATORY)
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-
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- > **⚠️ CRITICAL: Never skip review.**
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- >
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- > Workers say "done" doesn't mean "correct" or "integrated".
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- > Use `swarm_review` to generate review prompt, then `swarm_review_feedback` to approve/reject.
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-
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- **Review workflow:**
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-
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- ```bash
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- # 1. Generate review prompt with epic context + diff
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- swarm_review(
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- project_key="$PWD",
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- epic_id="<epic-id>",
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- task_id="<cell-id>",
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- files_touched=["src/auth.ts", "src/schema.ts"]
546
- )
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-
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- # 2. Review the output (check for integration, type safety, tests)
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-
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- # 3. Send feedback
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- swarm_review_feedback(
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- project_key="$PWD",
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- task_id="<cell-id>",
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- worker_id="<agent-name>",
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- status="approved", # or "needs_changes"
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- summary="LGTM - auth service integrates correctly with existing schema",
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- issues="" # or JSON array of specific issues
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- )
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- ```
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-
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- **Event tracked:** `review_completed` (for each review)
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-
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- **Review criteria:**
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- - Does work fulfill subtask requirements?
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- - Does it serve the overall epic goal?
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- - Does it enable downstream tasks?
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- - Type safety maintained?
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- - Tests added/passing?
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- - No obvious bugs or security issues?
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-
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- **3-Strike Rule:** After 3 review rejections, task is marked blocked. This signals an architectural problem, not "try harder."
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-
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- **✅ GOOD:**
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- - Reviewed all 5 workers' output before merge
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- - Caught integration issue in worker 3 → sent specific feedback → worker fixed in 5min
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- - Approved 4/5 on first review, 1/5 needed minor fixes
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- - Used swarm_review to get epic context + diff → comprehensive review
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-
579
- **❌ BAD:**
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- - Workers said "done", coordinator just closed cells → shipped broken integration
581
- - Skipped review "to save time" → broke production
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- - Rejected worker output 3 times without guidance → worker stuck, no architectural input
583
-
584
- ### 9. Complete
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-
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- ```bash
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- swarm_complete(project_key="$PWD", agent_name="<your-name>", bead_id="<epic-id>", summary="<done>", files_touched=[...])
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- swarmmail_release() # Release any remaining reservations
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- hive_sync()
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- ```
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-
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- ### 10. Create PR (unless --to-main)
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-
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- ```bash
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- gh pr create --title "feat: <epic title>" --body "## Summary\n<bullets>\n\n## Beads\n<list>"
596
- ```
597
-
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- ## Swarm Mail Quick Reference
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-
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- | Tool | Purpose |
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- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------------- |
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- | `swarmmail_init` | Initialize session (REQUIRED FIRST) |
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- | `swarmmail_send` | Send message to agents |
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- | `swarmmail_inbox` | Check inbox (max 5, no bodies) |
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- | `swarmmail_read_message` | Read specific message body |
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- | `swarmmail_reserve` | Reserve files for exclusive editing |
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- | `swarmmail_release` | Release file reservations |
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- | `swarmmail_ack` | Acknowledge message |
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- | `swarmmail_health` | Check database health |
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-
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- ## Strategy Reference
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-
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- | Strategy | Best For | Keywords | Recommended Skills |
614
- | -------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
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- | file-based | Refactoring, migrations | refactor, migrate, rename, update all | system-design, testing-patterns |
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- | feature-based | New features | add, implement, build, create, new | system-design, swarm-coordination |
617
- | risk-based | Bug fixes, security | fix, bug, security, critical, urgent | testing-patterns |
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- | research-based | Investigation, discovery | research, investigate, explore, learn | system-design |
619
-
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- ## Skill Triggers (Auto-load based on task type)
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-
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- **Task Analysis** → Recommend these skills in shared_context:
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-
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- | Task Pattern | Skills to Load |
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- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
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- | Contains "test" | `skills_use(name="testing-patterns")` |
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- | Contains "refactor" | `skills_use(name="testing-patterns")` + `system-design` |
628
- | Contains "CLI" | `skills_use(name="cli-builder")` |
629
- | Multi-agent work | `skills_use(name="swarm-coordination")` |
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- | Architecture decisions | `skills_use(name="system-design")` |
631
- | Breaking dependencies | `skills_use(name="testing-patterns")` |
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-
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- ## Event Tracking Reference (for eval visibility)
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-
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- These events are now tracked for coordinator evaluation:
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-
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- | Event Type | When Fired |
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- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- |
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- | `session_initialized` | swarmmail_init called |
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- | `skill_loaded` | skills_use called |
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- | `researcher_spawned` | Task(subagent_type="swarm-researcher") |
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- | `worker_spawned` | Task(subagent_type="swarm/worker") |
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- | `decomposition_complete` | hive_create_epic called |
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- | `inbox_checked` | swarmmail_inbox called |
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- | `blocker_resolved` | Coordinator unblocked stuck worker |
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- | `scope_change_approved` | Coordinator approved scope expansion |
647
- | `scope_change_rejected` | Coordinator rejected scope expansion |
648
- | `review_completed` | swarm_review_feedback called |
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- | `epic_complete` | swarm_complete called for epic |
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-
651
- **These events drive eval scoring.** Good coordinators fire the right events at the right times.
652
-
653
- ## Context Preservation Rules
654
-
655
- **These are NON-NEGOTIABLE. Violating them burns context and kills long swarms.**
656
-
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- | Rule | Why |
658
- | ---------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
659
- | **Delegate planning to subagent** | Decomposition reasoning + file reads consume huge context |
660
- | **Never read 10+ files inline** | Use subagent to read + summarize |
661
- | **Limit CASS queries** | One query per domain, delegate deep searching |
662
- | **Use swarmmail_inbox carefully** | Max 5 messages, no bodies by default |
663
- | **Receive JSON only from planner** | No analysis, no file contents, just structure |
664
-
665
- **Pattern: Delegate → Receive Summary → Act**
666
-
667
- Not: Do Everything Inline → Run Out of Context → Fail
668
-
669
- ## Quick Checklist
670
-
671
- - [ ] **swarmmail_init** called FIRST → Event: `session_initialized`
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- - [ ] Knowledge gathered (semantic-memory, CASS, pdf-brain, skills)
673
- - [ ] **Skills loaded** → Event: `skill_loaded` (per skill)
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- - [ ] **Researcher spawned if needed** → Event: `researcher_spawned`
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- - [ ] **Planning delegated to swarm/planner subagent** (NOT inline)
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- - [ ] CellTree validated (no file conflicts)
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- - [ ] Epic + subtasks created → Event: `decomposition_complete`
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- - [ ] **Coordinator did NOT reserve files** (workers do this themselves)
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- - [ ] Workers spawned in parallel → Event: `worker_spawned` (per worker)
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- - [ ] **Inbox monitored every 5-10 min** → Event: `inbox_checked` (multiple)
681
- - [ ] **Blockers resolved** → Event: `blocker_resolved` (if any)
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- - [ ] **Scope changes handled** → Event: `scope_change_approved/rejected` (if any)
683
- - [ ] **All workers reviewed** → Event: `review_completed` (per worker)
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- - [ ] PR created (or pushed to main)
685
- - [ ] **ASCII art session summary** (MANDATORY - see below)
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-
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- ## ASCII Art & Visual Flair (MANDATORY)
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-
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- **We fucking LOVE visual output.** Every swarm completion MUST include:
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-
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- ### Required Elements
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-
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- 1. **ASCII banner** - Big text for the epic title or "SWARM COMPLETE"
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- 2. **Architecture diagram** - Show what was built with box-drawing chars
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- 3. **Stats summary** - Files, subtasks, releases in a nice box
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- 4. **Ship-it flourish** - Cow, bee, or memorable closer
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-
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- ### Box-Drawing Reference
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-
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- ```
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- ─ │ ┌ ┐ └ ┘ ├ ┤ ┬ ┴ ┼ (light)
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- ━ ┃ ┏ ┓ ┗ ┛ ┣ ┫ ┳ ┻ ╋ (heavy)
703
- ═ ║ ╔ ╗ ╚ ╝ ╠ ╣ ╦ ╩ ╬ (double)
704
- ```
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-
706
- ### Example Session Summary
707
-
708
- ```
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- ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
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- ┃ 🐝 SWARM COMPLETE 🐝 ┃
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- ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
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-
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- EPIC: Add User Authentication
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- ══════════════════════════════
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-
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- ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
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- │ OAuth │────▶│ Session │────▶│ Protected │
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- │ Provider │ │ Manager │ │ Routes │
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- └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘
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-
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- SUBTASKS
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- ────────
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- ├── auth-123.1 ✓ OAuth provider setup
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- ├── auth-123.2 ✓ Session management
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- ├── auth-123.3 ✓ Protected route middleware
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- └── auth-123.4 ✓ Integration tests
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-
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- STATS
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- ─────
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- Files Modified: 12
731
- Tests Added: 24
732
- Time: ~45 min
733
-
734
- \ ^__^
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- \ (oo)\_______
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- (__)\ )\/\
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- ||----w |
738
- || ||
739
-
740
- moo. ship it.
741
- ```
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-
743
- **This is not optional.** Make it beautiful. Make it memorable. PRs get shared.
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-
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- Begin with swarmmail_init and knowledge gathering now.