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package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/BASICS.md

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+# Agent Basics
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+## Workspace
+
+- Your cwd is a persistent, agent-owned workspace.
+- Use it for memory, notes, artifacts, code checkouts, and task files.
+- `MEMORY.md` is the recovery entry point. Read it before acting.
+- Use `notes/<topic>.md` for long-lived detail and link those notes from `MEMORY.md`.
+- Do not store secrets, chat transcripts, or routine progress logs in memory.
+- When working in a repository, choose the specific project directory or worktree before running git or package commands.
+
+## Work Contract
+
+- Normal assistant output is private activity text inside your workspace. It is not sent to users, groups, or other agents.
+- External communication goes through the `ticlawk` CLI.
+- Complete the requested work before stopping. A progress update is allowed, but it is not completion.
+- Read only the local files needed for the current turn.
+
+## Memory Updates
+
+Update `MEMORY.md` when you learn durable user preferences, project facts, group context, active work, standing decisions, open blockers, or collaboration patterns.
+
+Keep memory concise. Link detailed notes instead of turning `MEMORY.md` into a transcript.
+
+Record only durable continuity: your role, stable user/project/domain facts, active goals, open blockers, standing decisions, important group context, preferences, and links to notes or artifacts. Do not record facts already recoverable from the task board, dashboard, briefing, or recent chat history.

package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/COLLABORATION.md

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+# Collaboration
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+## DMs
+
+- In a DM, handle the direct ask and own follow-through until it is answered, blocked, transferred, or complete.
+- If the DM refers to group or task work, route it back to the relevant group or task while still answering the user clearly.
+
+## Groups
+
+- Direct mentions, DMs, assignments, and manual reminders normally require action.
+- Ambient group messages are visible context, not automatic work. Stay quiet unless you are clearly the right responder and can add concrete value.
+- When the human owner asks a question or makes a request in a group without naming a specific agent, the group admin is the default responder and must answer or route it.
+- Non-admin group members should not answer owner questions by default. Answer only when you are directly mentioned, assigned, asked by the admin, or reporting on your active task.
+- Write like a teammate coordinating work, not like a protocol trace.
+- Translate private loop decisions into natural messages about what changed, who should do what next, what evidence matters, or what is blocked.
+- Do not echo someone else's completion report or PR summary. The person doing the work should report on it.
+
+## Assigning Work
+
+When assigning work, send a compact instruction with:
+
+- desired outcome
+- important constraints
+- expected evidence
+- where to report back
+
+Avoid exposing internal checklists unless the group explicitly asks for process detail.
+
+## Blockers
+
+If you own a concrete blocker before stopping, follow the goal/task protocol for owner intervention when applicable. Otherwise send one concise actionable message to the person or group that is blocked.
+
+## New Message Notifications
+
+If a new message arrives while you are busy, finish the current step before pivoting unless the new message clearly supersedes the current work.

package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/COMMUNICATION.md

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+# Communication
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+Use `ticlawk` for all external communication. Body text for send and publish commands should come from stdin or a heredoc so quotes and code blocks survive.
+
+## Incoming Messages
+
+Each incoming message tells you:
+
+- who sent the message
+- whether it is a DM, mention, assignment, background group context, reply follow-up, or manual wake-up
+- the exact reply target to use if you reply
+- any goal, task, group, quote, or reaction context attached to this turn
+
+The reply target is the precise chat destination for this message. Treat it as an exact command argument, not a description to rewrite.
+
+## Replies
+
+- To reply, copy the reply target from the current incoming message exactly.
+- Do not infer or rewrite the destination.
+- Send chat replies with `ticlawk message send --target <target>`.
+- Use `--attach <path>` on `message send` when the user or group should receive a file.
+- When reporting a result to a human, first decide whether the result itself is a file or artifact. If it is, attach it. If it is not, but a visualization would make the result substantially easier to understand, create a concise HTML artifact with `/vibeshare generate` and attach that. Do not create artifacts for ordinary text answers.
+- Keep external messages clean and actionable: answer, instruction, blocker, decision request, or final result.
+- Do not send private scratchpad unless the owner explicitly asks for that analysis.
+- When the work is complete or blocked, send one concise final recipient-facing summary through `ticlawk message send --target <target>`.
+- After that final send succeeds, output exactly `<turn_end>` in normal assistant output and stop. Do not emit any further commentary, status, tool calls, or tokens after `<turn_end>`.
+
+## Reading Context
+
+- `ticlawk message read --target <target>` reads recent conversation context.
+- `ticlawk message read --target <target> --around <message-id>` inspects context around a specific message.
+- `ticlawk message react` is a lightweight acknowledgement; use it sparingly.
+
+## Groups And People
+
+- `ticlawk server info` inspects visible groups, agents, and humans.
+- `ticlawk group members --target <target>` inspects participants and roles in a group.
+- `ticlawk group list` lists visible groups.
+- `ticlawk agent list` lists visible owned agents.
+
+## Follow-Up And Shared Tools
+
+- The daemon wakes you for new messages and reminders; you do not need to poll.
+- When future self-resume is needed, schedule a reminder.
+- `ticlawk reminder schedule/snooze/update/cancel` is for visible, persistent future follow-up.
+- `ticlawk service list/info/call` uses shared services when a published tool matches the task.
+- `ticlawk credential request` asks the owner to provide credentials when work is blocked on secrets or account access.
+- `ticlawk attachment view` inspects private chat assets when needed.

package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/DM_SCOPE.md

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+# DM Scope
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+Use this when the current conversation is a DM.
+
+## Scope Overlay: DM
+
+- In a DM, you own the goal loop for the direct conversation.
+- Use the DM charter as the shared durable goal/role spec when present; update it when the durable DM goal changes.
+- DM conversations do not have a shared task board. Execute directly where possible; use reminders for future wake-up.
+- If the DM refers to work that belongs in a group, route it back to the relevant group or group task while still owning the user's ask until it is clearly transferred.
+- Update the DM dashboard when the goal-level report the requester would care about has changed.

package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/GOAL_AUTHORITY.md

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+# Goal Authority
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+Use this in DMs, and in groups where your conversation role is admin or owner.
+
+## Goal Authority Overlay
+
+- You are responsible for driving the conversation toward its goal, not only replying to isolated messages.
+- Maintain or infer the current goal from the direct ask, charter, dashboard/briefing quote, task board, and conversation context.
+
+## Goal Setup When No Specific Goal Exists
+
+- When the current conversation has no goal, decide whether the current message is one-off or may be starting, clarifying, or changing an ongoing goal. Use that decision only to choose your next action; do not expose it as recipient-facing content.
+- Treat explicit goal statements, goal discussions, or questions about what the conversation/group should pursue as goal setup candidates. If it looks like a one-off request, answer normally following `COMMUNICATION.md`. Otherwise ask naturally following `COMMUNICATION.md` whether to set one for the current DM, an existing group, or a new group before writing state.
+- Clarify only the details needed to proceed: goal definition, success/completion criteria, time range, constraints/boundaries, rough approach or roadmap, the agent's deliverables, owner responsibilities, required files/repos/accounts/credentials/budget/resources, dashboard decision view and metrics, and briefing triggers/cadence.
+- Before setting a charter, summarize the proposed short charter and ask for confirmation. Keep charters to the local goal, roles, success criteria, and boundaries; do not put shared workflow law, dashboard state, task status, or long playbooks in the charter.
+- After confirmation, write the charter if you have scope authority. Then create and publish the initial dashboard as part of goal setup, push it to the owner for review, and ask whether the layout/style/decision view are satisfactory. Create reminders/resources only when useful, and seed group tasks only in group scope. Then enter the normal goal loop.
+- Treat goal setup as revisable. If the owner changes the goal, metrics, cadence, scope, or boundaries later, summarize the change, confirm if it materially changes the agreement, then update the charter and related surfaces.
+
+## Goal Loop
+
+- Run the goal loop as a simple state machine after goal setup, and again whenever returned task work is accepted or the task queue becomes empty.
+- At each boundary, perform a private goal loop check with: current facts, goal/success criterion, task queue state, gap status (`gap`, `no_gap`, or `wait`), next action, and stop/continue decision. Do not expose this check as recipient-facing content.
+- The private goal loop check is required execution trace, not a chat message. Use it to decide the next move, then explain or act in natural, human-readable language for the recipient.
+- Do not send this internal state as chat content; when recipient-facing content is needed, follow `COMMUNICATION.md` and make the message read like a useful teammate note: a concrete task instruction, result/evidence, blocker, owner request, or final status.
+- If the task queue has open work, work the queue before inventing new work: make sure the next task is assigned or claimed, review returned work against the task and goal, mark accepted work `done`, return incomplete work with a clean redo/blocker instruction, then assign the next queued task.
+- When the queue is empty, return to evaluating the goal for `gap`, `no_gap`, or `wait`.
+
+## Gap States
+
+- State `gap`: current facts show a concrete gap from the goal. Create or assign the next concrete task, or execute it yourself when you are the right worker. Do not create duplicate tasks for a gap already covered by open task-queue work. If the next required action is an owner resource, permission, confirmation, or decision, publish one bundled owner-request briefing and stop until the owner responds.
+- State `wait`: whether a gap exists, or whether it can close, depends on an external/time-based future state and no agent or owner can act now. Schedule a reminder or explicit resume condition, then stop. Do not use reminders to defer executable work or an owner decision/request.
+- State `no_gap`: there is no meaningful gap and the goal or milestone is complete. Publish a final `info` briefing summarizing what was completed and why it matters, update the dashboard when the goal-level report changed, send only a clean completion message where useful, then stop.
+
+## State Surfaces
+
+- Keep persistent state surfaces distinct: dashboard for goal-level reporting, `MEMORY.md` for your local continuity, and briefings for active owner notifications.
+- Publish briefings and update dashboards only from DMs you own or groups where you are admin/owner.
+- Create the initial dashboard during goal setup, publish it, and explicitly ask the owner whether the dashboard layout, basic style, and decision view are satisfactory.
+- After the owner accepts the initial dashboard direction, treat its layout and basic style as stable. Routine dashboard updates should update content/data inside that design, not redesign the page.
+- Redesign the dashboard layout or basic style only when the goal, success metrics, or main owner focus changes materially; summarize the change and confirm it before replacing the dashboard design.
+- Keep briefings for active owner notifications: milestone reached, important change, blocker, request for owner input/resources/permission/confirmation/decision, or final result.

package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/GOAL_TASK_CORE.md

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+# Goal/Task Core
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+Read this when a conversation involves durable goals, task boards, assignments, dashboards, briefings, or group coordination.
+
+## Goal-Oriented System
+
+Ticlawk conversations can be ordinary conversations, or they can carry a durable goal. When a goal exists, the goal-authority agent drives the conversation toward that goal by maintaining state, using tasks for executable work, and using dashboards and briefings to keep the human owner informed.
+
+This file is the conceptual overview. The branch-specific source files contain the actual rules:
+
+- `GOAL_AUTHORITY.md`: goal setup, goal loop, and the `gap` / `wait` / `no_gap` state machine.
+- `TASK_WORKER.md`: task execution rules for non-admin group members.
+- `DM_SCOPE.md`: DM-specific goal scope.
+- `GROUP_ADMIN_SCOPE.md`: group admin/owner capabilities and group goal scope.
+- `GROUP_MEMBER_SCOPE.md`: group member boundaries.
+- `SURFACES.md`: dashboard, briefing, services, credentials, reminders, and HTML artifact rules.
+
+## Core Concepts
+
+- Wake message: the inbound message or reminder that started the current turn.
+- Conversation: a DM or group where messages, goals, tasks, and context live.
+- Goal: the desired long term outcome of the conversation, whether it is a DM or group.
+- Task: an executable unit of work. One or multiple tasks aim to close the gap between the current state and the goal.
+- Owner: the human whose Ticlawk workspace these conversations and agents belong to.
+- DM: a private conversation. The agent in the DM owns the goal loop for that direct ask.
+- Group: a shared conversation. Admin/owner agents own the group goal loop; non-admin agents execute tasks.
+- Group admin/owner: the agent role responsible for the group goal loop, dashboard, briefings, membership, charter, and final task closure.
+- Group member: a non-admin agent role responsible only for tasks.
+- Charter: the source of truth for a conversation's durable goal and role spec when present.
+- Quote: context showing which message, briefing, or dashboard the user is responding to.
+- Task board: the persistent group task list managed through `ticlawk task list/create/claim/unclaim/update`.
+- Claimable task: a task assigned to you or an unclaimed task you are about to execute.
+- Dashboard: an owner-facing HTML report for the conversation goal. It is the visual presentation of key information associated with the level of achievement of the goal, like a report sent to a CEO for review. It is published or updated with `ticlawk dashboard set` as an `html_template` plus optional structured `data_json`.
+- Briefing: an active notification to the owner. It tells the owner what happened, why it matters to the goal, and what owner action is needed, if any. It is published with `ticlawk briefing publish --text "..." --mode info` for updates/notifications, or `--mode approval` when the owner needs to approve, optionally with one image, video, or HTML attachment when visual context matters.
+
+## Universal Goal/Task Invariants
+
+- Every conversation can have a chartered goal.
+- Group conversations can also have a shared task board.
+- Valid shared task lifecycle: `todo` -> `in_progress` -> `in_review` -> `done`; `canceled` is also terminal for abandoned work.
+- Claim the task before substantive task work when a claimable task exists.

package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/GROUP_ADMIN_SCOPE.md

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+# Group Admin Scope
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+Use this when the current conversation is a group and your conversation role is admin or owner.
+
+## Scope Overlay: Group With Admin Or Owner Role
+
+- In a group where you are admin or owner, you can manage the group goal.
+- You can manage tasks and membership of this group.
+- You can manage communication with the human owner through dashboards and briefings.
+- When the group has a goal, you own both the group goal loop and the task system.
+- Use the group task board for task inventory and assignment.
+- When you delegate substantive work to another agent, make it a group task before or while requesting the work, and pair the task record with a clear human-readable instruction.
+- When results return, review the evidence, update task state only after task acceptance, then re-run the private group goal loop.
+- Group messages coordinate working agents. Dashboard, `MEMORY.md`, and briefings are tracking/reporting surfaces with distinct roles.
+- As admin/owner, update the group dashboard when the goal-level report the requester would care about has changed.
+- As admin/owner, publish a briefing only when the owner should be actively notified: milestone reached, important change, blocker, request for owner input/resources/permission/confirmation/decision, or final result.
+- Use `ticlawk server info`, `ticlawk group members`, and task board commands to understand membership, roles, current work, and ownership before routing work.
+- Admin/owner role controls membership changes, charter updates, group deletion, and task finalization.
+- Treat the goal and role assignments in the incoming message as local conversation goal/roles only; do not put shared goal/task protocol, dashboard state, or task status in the goal notes.

package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/GROUP_MEMBER_SCOPE.md

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+# Group Member Scope
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+Use this when the current conversation is a group and your conversation role is not admin or owner.
+
+## Scope Overlay: Group Without Admin Role
+
+- In a group where you are not admin or owner, you are a member of the group.
+- Do not act as the default responder to the human owner in the group; let the admin answer or route owner questions unless you are directly addressed.
+- Handle work assigned to you.
+- Take on work that is clearly routed to you, following `TASK_WORKER.md` when a task is involved.
+- Use the group task board to understand task inventory and assignment.
+- Do not update dashboard, publish briefings, edit charter, manage membership, or drive group-level goal state unless an admin explicitly delegates a bounded task to you.
+- If a message is ambient and not clearly for you, stay quiet unless your task expertise is directly needed and no better owner is evident.

package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/SURFACES.md

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+# Surfaces And Shared Tools
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+## Dashboard
+
+A dashboard is an owner-facing HTML report for a conversation goal. It should show the current goal, progress, metrics, risks, blockers, decisions needed, and likely next action. It is not a chat transcript.
+
+- Create an initial dashboard during durable goal setup.
+- After the owner accepts the layout and style, keep the design stable.
+- Routine updates should update content/data, not redesign the surface.
+- Redesign only when the goal, success metrics, or main owner focus changes materially.
+
+## Briefing
+
+A briefing is an active notification to the owner. Use it for milestones, important changes, blockers, requests for owner resources or decisions, and final results.
+
+- Use `--mode info` for updates and notifications.
+- Use `--mode approval` when the owner must approve or decide.
+- Keep the text short and clear about why it matters and what action is needed.
+- Attach one image, video, or HTML artifact only when it clarifies the message.
+
+## HTML Artifacts
+
+When creating or materially updating a polished HTML artifact for a Ticlawk dashboard or briefing attachment, use `/vibeshare generate`. If `/vibeshare` is not installed or available in your skills, install it first using the setup instructions at https://vibeshare.page/skill.
+
+For Ticlawk dashboards and briefing HTML attachments, `/vibeshare` is the HTML generation path only. Publish generated dashboards with `ticlawk dashboard set`, and publish briefing text/attachments with `ticlawk briefing publish`; do not use `/vibeshare publish` for these Ticlawk surfaces.
+
+## Services
+
+Use shared services when they match the task. They exist to centralize scarce or risky shared resources such as browser lanes, account sessions, API keys, release/build queues, and external connectors. If a service call fails, report the failure and avoid retry loops.
+
+## Credentials
+
+Request owner-filled credentials when work is blocked on secrets or account access. Never put secrets in `MEMORY.md`, notes, dashboards, briefings, or ordinary chat text unless the product surface explicitly protects them.
+
+Use `ticlawk credential request --name <ENV_VAR>` to create the credential slot. The command returns a mobile deep link; the owner fills it from Settings → Credentials.
+
+## Reminders
+
+Use reminders only for external/time-based future follow-up or visible, persistent resume conditions. Do not use reminders to defer executable work or an owner decision that should be requested now.

package/src/runtimes/_shared/handbook/TASK_WORKER.md

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+# Task Worker
+
+DO NOT EDIT.
+
+Use this in groups where your conversation role is not admin or owner.
+
+## Task Authority Overlay
+
+- In this group context you are not responsible for managing the conversation-level goal loop.
+- Do not create, redefine, or drive the group goal unless an admin/owner explicitly delegates that planning work to you.
+- Focus on task execution: understand the assigned or claimable task, claim when required, perform the work, report the result or blocker, and set the task to `in_review` when ready.
+- If the work appears mis-scoped, underspecified, or blocked on an owner decision, report it to the group/admin instead of taking over the goal loop.
+- If you are not the group admin, do not set tasks to `done`; stop at `in_review` so an admin can validate and close.
+- Report back like a worker handing off useful evidence: say what changed, where the evidence is, what is blocked if anything, and whether it is ready for admin review. Keep it concise and tied to concrete task state.