trantor 0.17.1 → 0.17.4

package/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
   },
   "metadata": {
     "description": "Trantor — the hub-world for AI agent crews: live message bus, presence, project Kanban/flow board + context-handoff for independent AI coding agents (Claude, Codex, Gemini, …)",
-    "version": "0.17.1"
+    "version": "0.17.4"
   },
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "trantor",
       "source": "./",
       "description": "The hub-world for AI agent crews. Say \"fire up the crew\" and Claude becomes the architect: a plan-aware Advisor routes the work (solo / cheap inline calls / live crew of Codex, Gemini, Kimi & DeepSeek in their own terminal windows), a Kanban/flow command center with a testing gate tracks it, and an economics brain (Scrooge) keeps the receipts. Includes the relay MCP, a SessionStart auto-discovery hook, and a PreCompact context-handoff so a fresh session can take over a full window instead of compacting.",
-      "version": "0.17.1",
+      "version": "0.17.4",
       "author": {
         "name": "Sasha Bogojevic"
       },

package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trantor",
-  "version": "0.17.1",
+  "version": "0.17.4",
   "description": "Trantor — the hub-world for AI agent crews: live message bus, presence, project Kanban/flow board + crew orchestration for independent AI coding agents (Claude, Codex, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek)",
   "mcpServers": {
     "relay": {

package/bin/advise.mjs

@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ export function advise(input, world = loadWorld()) {
   const cards = routing.map((r, i) => ({
     order: i + 1, title: r.title, difficulty: r.difficulty,
     assignee: r.executor === "scrooge" || r.executor === "orchestrator" ? undefined : `${r.executor}:<project>`,
-    model: r.model || (["scrooge", "orchestrator"].includes(r.executor) ? undefined : `${r.executor}-default`),
+    // "auto" = resolve a LIVE model at spawn (the orchestrator runs `trantor up <agent>:<provider>
+    // --task --difficulty`, which picks the best live model). Was `<cli>-default` — a stale default.
+    model: r.model || (["scrooge", "orchestrator"].includes(r.executor) ? undefined : "auto"),
+    task: ["scrooge", "orchestrator"].includes(r.executor) ? undefined : r.kind,
     via: r.executor === "scrooge" ? "relay_scrooge" : "relay_task_add",
     deps_orders: r.executor === "orchestrator" && /integrat/i.test(r.title)
       ? routing.map((x, j) => j + 1).filter(j => j !== i + 1)

package/bin/cli.mjs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ switch (cmd) {
   case "verify":  run("bin/crew-verify.mjs"); break;
   case "up":      process.argv.splice(2, 1); spawn("/bin/bash", [join(ROOT, "bin/crew.sh"), "up", ...args], { stdio: "inherit", cwd: process.cwd() }).on("exit", c => process.exit(c ?? 0)); break;
   case "down":    spawn("/bin/bash", [join(ROOT, "bin/crew.sh"), "down"], { stdio: "inherit", cwd: process.cwd() }).on("exit", c => process.exit(c ?? 0)); break;
+  case "swap":    spawn("/bin/bash", [join(ROOT, "bin/crew.sh"), "swap", ...args], { stdio: "inherit", cwd: process.cwd() }).on("exit", c => process.exit(c ?? 0)); break;
   case "hub":     run("hub.mjs"); break;
   case "watch":   run("bin/relay-watch.mjs"); break;
   case "ui": {

package/bin/crew-runner.mjs

@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ async function api(path, body) {
 // ---- per-CLI invocation (first turn vs resume turn). {P} = prompt file path ----
 // CREW_MODEL env pins the model: each CLI gets its own flag via {M} (empty when unset).
 let MODEL = process.env.CREW_MODEL || "";
-// opencode expects provider/model — qualify bare ids for the deepseek/opencode agents
-if (MODEL && !MODEL.includes("/") && (AGENT === "deepseek" || AGENT === "opencode")) MODEL = `deepseek/${MODEL}`;
+// opencode expects provider/model. A BARE id for the `deepseek` agent qualifies to its
+// own provider; `opencode` ids must already be provider-qualified (e.g.
+// `zai-coding-plan/glm-5.1`) — never assume `deepseek/` for opencode (that mangled
+// ZAI-coding-plan models into deepseek/…). `scrooge route` returns qualified ids.
+if (MODEL && !MODEL.includes("/") && AGENT === "deepseek") MODEL = `deepseek/${MODEL}`;
 const CLI = {
   codex:    { first: `codex exec{M} --skip-git-repo-check --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox "$(cat {P})" < /dev/null`,
               next:  `codex exec resume --last{M} --skip-git-repo-check --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox "$(cat {P})" < /dev/null`, mflag: " -m " },
@@ -69,6 +72,46 @@ if (!cli) { console.error(`unknown agent '${AGENT}' (known: ${Object.keys(CLI).j
 
 const RULES = `Rules: you are ${SESSION} on the trantor crew. Work your assigned file(s), report on the bus (relay_send, <280 chars), move your Kanban card as you go (doing -> testing -> done; run the tests in 'testing', use 'failed' + a report if they break). When your work for THIS message is finished, END YOUR TURN — do NOT park, do NOT loop relay_wait; the runner waits for you and will wake you with the next message.`;
 
+// ---- failure visibility ----------------------------------------------------
+// A turn's CLI can fail (credits exhausted, auth, crash) and the runner would just
+// re-park — staying green on the bus, telling the orchestrator NOTHING. These surface
+// every non-zero turn to the bus in real time so the orchestrator (and `trantor swap`)
+// can react, and flip presence to errored/down.
+let consecFails = 0;
+let lastErrText = "";
+const ERRF = join(homedir(), ".agent-bus", `err-${AGENT}-${PROJ}.txt`);
+
+function classifyFailure(exit, errText) {
+  const t = (errText || "").toLowerCase();
+  if (exit === 127) return "missing-cli";
+  if (/quota|insufficient|credit|balance|payment required|402|429|too many requests|rate.?limit|exceeded your|out of (credit|quota)/.test(t)) return "exhausted";
+  if (/unauthor|401|invalid[ _-]?api[ _-]?key|forbidden|403|token expired|expired/.test(t)) return "auth";
+  return "crashed";
+}
+
+async function reportFailure(exit, trigger) {
+  consecFails++;
+  const reason = classifyFailure(exit, lastErrText);
+  const down = consecFails >= 2;
+  const status = down ? `down: ${reason} · ${consecFails} fails` : `errored: ${reason}`;
+  await api("/register", { session: SESSION, project: PROJ, status }).catch(() => {});
+  const hint = reason === "exhausted" ? " — needs `trantor swap`"
+    : reason === "auth" ? " — check credentials"
+    : reason === "missing-cli" ? " — CLI not on PATH" : "";
+  const text = down
+    ? `🛑 ${SESSION} DOWN — ${consecFails} consecutive failures (${reason}, exit ${exit})${hint}`
+    : `⚠️ ${SESSION} turn FAILED (${trigger}, exit ${exit} · ${reason})${hint}`;
+  await api("/send", { from: SESSION, to: "all", text, project: PROJ }).catch(() => {});
+  log(`\x1b[31mreported failure to bus: ${reason} (exit ${exit})\x1b[0m`);
+}
+
+async function reportHealthy() {
+  if (consecFails === 0) return;        // already healthy — don't spam
+  consecFails = 0;
+  await api("/register", { session: SESSION, project: PROJ, status: `active in ${PROJ}` }).catch(() => {});
+  await api("/send", { from: SESSION, to: "all", text: `✅ ${SESSION} recovered`, project: PROJ }).catch(() => {});
+}
+
 let sid = "";
 function runTurn(prompt, isFirst, trigger = "kickoff") {
   TURN++; banner(trigger);
@@ -82,12 +125,16 @@ function runTurn(prompt, isFirst, trigger = "kickoff") {
   const envs = [join(homedir(), ".agent-bus", ".env"), cli.env].filter(f => f && existsSync(f));
   for (const f of envs.reverse()) cmd = `set -a; source ${f}; set +a; ${cmd}`;   // ~/.agent-bus/.env wins
   log(`turn starting (${isFirst ? "fresh session" : "resume"})${MODEL ? ` · model=${MODEL}` : ""}`);
-  // inherit stdio so the window shows the agent working live; also capture for sid-parsing
-  const r = spawnSync("/bin/bash", ["-c", cli.sid ? `${cmd} | tee /dev/stderr` : cmd], {
+  // inherit stdio so the window shows the agent working live; also capture for sid-parsing.
+  // Tee stderr to ERRF (still shown live in the window) so a failed turn can be classified.
+  try { appendFileSync(ERRF, "", { flag: "w" }); } catch {}
+  const inner = cli.sid ? `${cmd} | tee /dev/stderr` : cmd;
+  const r = spawnSync("/bin/bash", ["-c", `{ ${inner} ; } 2> >(tee -a ${ERRF} >&2)`], {
     cwd: DIR, encoding: "utf8", stdio: cli.sid ? ["ignore", "pipe", "inherit"] : "inherit",
     env: { ...process.env, RELAY_URL: HUB, RELAY_AGENT: AGENT, RELAY_PROJECT: PROJ },
     maxBuffer: 16 * 1024 * 1024,
   });
+  try { lastErrText = readFileSync(ERRF, "utf8").slice(-4000); } catch { lastErrText = ""; }
   if (cli.sid && r.stdout) { const m = r.stdout.match(cli.sid); if (m) sid = m[1]; }
   telemetry({ ts: Date.now(), agent: AGENT, project: PROJ, turn: TURN, trigger, model: MODEL || "default", duration_ms: Date.now() - t0, exit: r.status });
   log(`turn ended (exit ${r.status}, ${((Date.now() - t0) / 1000).toFixed(0)}s)`);
@@ -114,7 +161,8 @@ async function loadLessons() {
   await api("/register", { session: SESSION, project: PROJ, status: "crew member booting" }).catch(() => {});
 
   let pendingBcast = [];
-  runTurn(KICKOFF + LESSONS, true, "kickoff");
+  const ec0 = runTurn(KICKOFF + LESSONS, true, "kickoff");
+  if (ec0) await reportFailure(ec0, "kickoff");   // a failed kickoff = the "fired up, died, nobody knew" case
   log(`parked — long-polling the bus as ${SESSION} (free; this poll is also the heartbeat)`);
 
   while (true) {
@@ -134,7 +182,9 @@ async function loadLessons() {
     pendingBcast = [];
     const lines = wake.map(m => `[${m.from}${m.to === "all" ? " -> all (mentions you)" : ""}]: ${m.text}`).join("\n");
     const prompt = `NEW BUS MESSAGE${wake.length > 1 ? "S" : ""} for you:\n${lines}\n${ctx}\nAct on what's addressed to you, then end your turn.\n\n${RULES}`;
-    await loadLessons(); runTurn(prompt + LESSONS, false, direct.length ? "direct message" : "@mention");
+    await loadLessons();
+    const ec = runTurn(prompt + LESSONS, false, direct.length ? "direct message" : "@mention");
+    if (ec) await reportFailure(ec, "message"); else await reportHealthy();
     log("parked — waiting for the next message");
   }
 })();

package/bin/crew-verify.mjs

@@ -13,8 +13,16 @@ import { homedir } from "node:os";
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const ti = args.indexOf("--timeout");
 const TIMEOUT = ti >= 0 ? Number(args.splice(ti, 2)[1]) : 30;
+// --since <ms>: the spawn epoch captured by the launcher BEFORE it spawned the windows.
+// An agent counts as up the moment it registers (even "booting") with lastSeen >= this epoch.
+// Without it we'd default to "now", but the launcher only starts us AFTER the spawn+serialize
+// sleep, so a runner's early "booting" registration can land just before our own start and then
+// go silent through a slow first turn (e.g. opencode+GLM cold start ~40s) — a false failure that
+// triggers a duplicate respawn. Anchoring to the pre-spawn epoch removes that race.
+const si = args.indexOf("--since");
+const SINCE = si >= 0 ? Number(args.splice(si, 2)[1]) : NaN;
 const [PROJ, ...AGENTS] = args;
-if (!PROJ || !AGENTS.length) { console.error("usage: crew-verify.mjs <project> <agent...> [--timeout 30]"); process.exit(2); }
+if (!PROJ || !AGENTS.length) { console.error("usage: crew-verify.mjs <project> <agent...> [--timeout 30] [--since <ms>]"); process.exit(2); }
 
 function hubUrl() {
   if (process.env.RELAY_URL) return process.env.RELAY_URL;
@@ -22,15 +30,21 @@ function hubUrl() {
   return "http://127.0.0.1:4477";
 }
 const HUB = hubUrl();
-const START = Date.now();
+// Two distinct clocks, deliberately separate:
+//  - FRESH_SINCE: the freshness threshold. A registration counts only if lastSeen >= this.
+//    Prefer the launcher's pre-spawn epoch (so an early "booting" beat counts); else our start.
+//  - DEADLINE: how long WE poll, always measured from our own start so it can't be skewed
+//    (e.g. an epoch far in the past wouldn't shrink the window; one in the future wouldn't hang).
+const DEADLINE = Date.now() + TIMEOUT * 1000;
+const FRESH_SINCE = Number.isFinite(SINCE) ? SINCE : Date.now();
 
 (async () => {
   const want = new Set(AGENTS.map(a => `${a}:${PROJ}`));
   const up = new Set();
-  while (Date.now() - START < TIMEOUT * 1000 && up.size < want.size) {
+  while (Date.now() < DEADLINE && up.size < want.size) {
     try {
       const { peers } = await (await fetch(`${HUB}/peers`)).json();
-      for (const p of peers) if (want.has(p.session) && p.lastSeen >= START) up.add(p.session);
+      for (const p of peers) if (want.has(p.session) && p.lastSeen >= FRESH_SINCE) up.add(p.session);
     } catch {}
     if (up.size < want.size) await new Promise(s => setTimeout(s, 1500));
   }

package/bin/crew.sh

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ mkdir -p "$HOME/.agent-bus"
 
 down() {
   [ -f "$STATE" ] || { echo "no tracked crew windows"; return 0; }
-  while read -r wid; do
+  while IFS=$'\t' read -r a wid; do
+    [ -n "${wid:-}" ] || wid="$a"          # back-compat: old STATE stored bare window ids
     TTY=$(osascript -e "tell application \"Terminal\" to get tty of (first window whose id is $wid)" 2>/dev/null)
     if [ -n "$TTY" ]; then
       # SIGKILL everything on the tty, login included — TUIs trap SIGTERM, and a live login
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ down() {
     fi
   done < "$STATE"
   sleep 1
-  while read -r wid; do
+  while IFS=$'\t' read -r a wid; do
+    [ -n "${wid:-}" ] || wid="$a"
     osascript -e "tell application \"Terminal\" to close (first window whose id is $wid)" 2>/dev/null
   done < "$STATE"
   sleep 0.5
@@ -44,8 +46,50 @@ down() {
   echo "crew torn down"
 }
 [ "$CMD" = "down" ] && { down; exit 0; }
-[ "$CMD" != "up" ] && { echo "usage: crew.sh up <agent...> | crew.sh down"; exit 1; }
-[ $# -eq 0 ] && { echo "usage: crew.sh up codex gemini kimi deepseek (any subset; agent:model pins a model, e.g. deepseek:deepseek-v4-pro)"; exit 1; }
+case "$CMD" in up|swap) ;; *) echo "usage: crew.sh up <agent...> | crew.sh swap <oldAgent> <newAgent[:provider[/model]]> | crew.sh down"; exit 1 ;; esac
+
+# --task/--difficulty drive LAZY live-model selection for provider-only specs (agent:provider).
+# An agent spec is one of: `codex` (CLI default) · `opencode:zai-coding-plan` (provider only →
+# pick the best live model now) · `opencode:zai-coding-plan/glm-5.2` (full pin, used as-is).
+TASK="code"; DIFF="medium"; _ARGS=()
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --task) TASK="${2:-code}"; shift 2 || shift ;;
+    --difficulty|--diff) DIFF="${2:-medium}"; shift 2 || shift ;;
+    *) _ARGS+=("$1"); shift ;;
+  esac
+done
+if [ ${#_ARGS[@]} -gt 0 ]; then set -- "${_ARGS[@]}"; else set --; fi
+[ $# -eq 0 ] && { echo "usage: crew.sh up [--task K --difficulty D] codex gemini kimi deepseek (agent:provider picks a live model; agent:provider/model pins one)"; exit 1; }
+
+# scrooge (the model-routing brain) is bundled with this trantor install; fall back to PATH.
+SCROOGE="$BUS_DIR/engine/bin/scrooge"
+[ -f "$SCROOGE" ] || SCROOGE="$(command -v scrooge 2>/dev/null || echo scrooge)"
+
+# resolve_model <agent> <provider> <task> <diff> -> echoes a runner-ready model id, or empty
+# (→ CLI default). Enumeration is CLI-aware and never guesses an endpoint: opencode-managed
+# agents list via `opencode models <provider>`; others self-enumerate via the provider's /models.
+resolve_model() {
+  local agent="$1" provider="$2" task="$3" diff="$4" cands="" out=""
+  case "$agent" in
+    opencode|deepseek)
+      cands="$(opencode models "$provider" 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' ')"
+      [ -n "$cands" ] || { echo "[crew] no live models via 'opencode models $provider' — CLI default" >&2; return 0; }
+      out="$(python3 "$SCROOGE" route --candidates "$cands" -t "$task" -d "$diff" --json 2>/dev/null)" ;;
+    *)
+      out="$(python3 "$SCROOGE" route --provider "$provider" -t "$task" -d "$diff" --json 2>/dev/null)" ;;
+  esac
+  [ -n "$out" ] || { echo "[crew] live model selection failed for $agent:$provider — CLI default" >&2; return 0; }
+  printf '%s' "$out" | python3 -c 'import json,sys
+try: print(json.load(sys.stdin).get("qualified") or "")
+except Exception: pass' 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+# epoch_ms: milliseconds since the epoch, captured BEFORE a spawn so crew-verify can count an
+# agent the moment it registers (even "booting"), instead of racing its own start time. A slow
+# first turn (opencode+GLM cold start ~40s) means no heartbeat for the whole turn; anchoring the
+# verifier to this pre-spawn epoch lets the early "booting" registration satisfy it.
+epoch_ms() { python3 -c 'import time;print(int(time.time()*1000))'; }
 
 if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
   echo "Window spawning is macOS-only. Run one per terminal, in $DIR:"
@@ -82,37 +126,87 @@ spawn_grid() {  # $@ = agents — (re)computes the grid for THIS batch and spawn
   [ $N -le 2 ] && COLS=1
   local ROWS=$(( (N + COLS - 1) / COLS ))
   local CW=$(( GW / COLS )) CH=$(( GH / ROWS ))
-  local i=0 SPEC AGENT MODEL
+  local i=0 SPEC AGENT FIELD MODEL
   for SPEC in "$@"; do
-    AGENT="${SPEC%%:*}"                       # agent[:model] — model rides in as CREW_MODEL
-    MODEL=""; [ "$SPEC" != "$AGENT" ] && MODEL="${SPEC#*:}"
+    AGENT="${SPEC%%:*}"                       # agent[:provider[/model]] — model rides in as CREW_MODEL
+    FIELD=""; [ "$SPEC" != "$AGENT" ] && FIELD="${SPEC#*:}"
+    MODEL=""
+    if [ -n "$FIELD" ]; then
+      case "$FIELD" in
+        */*) MODEL="$FIELD" ;;                                          # full pin: provider/model
+        *)   MODEL="$(resolve_model "$AGENT" "$FIELD" "$TASK" "$DIFF")"  # provider only: pick live now
+             if [ -n "$MODEL" ]; then echo "  → $AGENT: live model $MODEL ($FIELD · $TASK/$DIFF)"
+             else echo "  → $AGENT: '$FIELD' live selection unavailable — CLI default"; fi ;;
+      esac
+    fi
     local C=$(( i % COLS )) R=$(( i / COLS ))
-    local X1=$(( GX + C * CW )) Y1=$(( GY + R * CH ))
-    osascript \
+    local X1=$(( GX + C * CW )) Y1=$(( GY + R * CH )) WID=""
+    WID="$(osascript \
       -e 'tell application "Terminal"' \
       -e "  set w to do script \"cd $DIR && clear && CREW_MODEL=$MODEL node $BUS_DIR/bin/crew-runner.mjs $AGENT $DIR\"" \
       -e "  set custom title of w to \"$(echo "$AGENT" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]') — trantor crew\"" \
       -e "  set theWin to first window whose tabs contains w" \
       -e "  set bounds of theWin to {$X1, $Y1, $(( X1 + CW )), $(( Y1 + CH ))}" \
       -e "  return id of theWin" \
-      -e 'end tell' >> "$STATE" 2>/dev/null && echo "  → $AGENT window spawned" || echo "  ✗ $AGENT osascript spawn ERROR"
+      -e 'end tell' 2>/dev/null)"
+    if [ -n "$WID" ]; then printf '%s\t%s\n' "$AGENT" "$WID" >> "$STATE"; echo "  → $AGENT window spawned"; else echo "  ✗ $AGENT osascript spawn ERROR"; fi
     sleep 1.2   # serialize — rapid-fire 'do script' calls race and silently drop windows
     i=$(( i + 1 ))
   done
 }
 
+# swap <oldAgent> <newSpec>: replace a live agent (e.g. one reported exhausted) with a fresh
+# one whose model is live-selected. Tears down the old agent's window, spawns the new spec.
+swap() {
+  local OLD="${1:-}" NEWSPEC="${2:-}"
+  [ -n "$OLD" ] && [ -n "$NEWSPEC" ] || { echo "usage: trantor swap <oldAgent> <newAgent[:provider[/model]]> [--task K --difficulty D]"; exit 1; }
+  if [ -f "$STATE" ]; then
+    local tmp="$STATE.tmp"; : > "$tmp"
+    while IFS=$'\t' read -r a wid; do
+      [ -n "${wid:-}" ] || { wid="$a"; a=""; }
+      if [ "$a" = "$OLD" ]; then
+        echo "— tearing down old agent '$OLD' (window $wid) —"
+        local TTY; TTY=$(osascript -e "tell application \"Terminal\" to get tty of (first window whose id is $wid)" 2>/dev/null)
+        [ -n "$TTY" ] && for pid in $(ps -t "${TTY#/dev/}" -o pid= 2>/dev/null); do kill -9 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; done
+        sleep 0.5
+        osascript -e "tell application \"Terminal\" to close (first window whose id is $wid)" 2>/dev/null
+      else
+        printf '%s\t%s\n' "$a" "$wid" >> "$tmp"
+      fi
+    done < "$STATE"
+    mv "$tmp" "$STATE"
+  fi
+  echo "— spawning replacement: $NEWSPEC ($TASK/$DIFF) —"
+  local SWAP_EPOCH; SWAP_EPOCH=$(epoch_ms)
+  spawn_grid "$NEWSPEC"
+  local NEWAGENT="${NEWSPEC%%:*}"
+  echo "— verifying replacement on the bus —"
+  node "$BUS_DIR/bin/crew-verify.mjs" "$PROJ" "$NEWAGENT" --since "$SWAP_EPOCH" --timeout 30
+  echo "— swapped. RESEND the contract to '$NEWAGENT' (it joined fresh with no context). —"
+}
+
+if [ "$CMD" = "swap" ]; then swap "$@"; exit 0; fi
+
+# spec_for_agent <agent> <spec...>: echo the FULL original spec (agent:provider[/model]) whose
+# agent part matches — so a retry respawns on the SAME live-selected model, not the CLI default.
+spec_for_agent() { local want="$1"; shift; local s; for s in "$@"; do [ "${s%%:*}" = "$want" ] && { printf '%s' "$s"; return; }; done; printf '%s' "$want"; }
+
 echo "— spawning crew (serialized) —"
+SPAWN_EPOCH=$(epoch_ms)
 spawn_grid "$@"
 
 echo "— verifying on the bus (the spawn is not the truth; the bus is) —"
 AGENTS_ONLY=$(for a in "$@"; do printf "%s " "${a%%:*}"; done)
-VER=$(node "$BUS_DIR/bin/crew-verify.mjs" "$PROJ" $AGENTS_ONLY --timeout 30)
+VER=$(node "$BUS_DIR/bin/crew-verify.mjs" "$PROJ" $AGENTS_ONLY --since "$SPAWN_EPOCH" --timeout 30)
 echo "$VER"
 RETRY=$(echo "$VER" | grep "^FAILED:" | cut -d: -f2 | tr ',' ' ')
 if [ -n "${RETRY// }" ]; then
-  echo "— retrying failed spawns: $RETRY —"
-  spawn_grid $RETRY
-  VER2=$(node "$BUS_DIR/bin/crew-verify.mjs" "$PROJ" $RETRY --timeout 30)
+  # map failed agent names back to their FULL specs (preserve provider/model on respawn)
+  RETRY_SPECS=""; for a in $RETRY; do RETRY_SPECS="$RETRY_SPECS $(spec_for_agent "$a" "$@")"; done
+  echo "— retrying failed spawns:$RETRY_SPECS —"
+  RETRY_EPOCH=$(epoch_ms)
+  spawn_grid $RETRY_SPECS
+  VER2=$(node "$BUS_DIR/bin/crew-verify.mjs" "$PROJ" $RETRY --since "$RETRY_EPOCH" --timeout 30)
   echo "$VER2"
   STILL=$(echo "$VER2" | grep "^FAILED:" | cut -d: -f2)
   if [ -n "$STILL" ]; then

package/engine/bin/scrooge

@@ -590,6 +590,86 @@ def cmd_models(reg, args):
     for i in ids:
         print(i)
 
+def _model_version_key(mid):
+    """Best-effort 'newest' ordering when no capability data exists: the trailing
+    numeric version wins (glm-5.2 > glm-5.1 > glm-4.7). Returns a sortable tuple."""
+    m = re.search(r"(\d+(?:\.\d+)*)", mid)
+    return tuple(int(x) for x in m.group(1).split(".")) if m else (0,)
+
+_SMALL_VARIANT = ("air", "mini", "flash", "lite", "turbo", "nano", "small")
+def _is_small_variant(mid):
+    low = mid.lower()
+    return any(s in low for s in _SMALL_VARIANT)
+
+def _heuristic_pick(cands, difficulty):
+    """No capability data → pick by newest version, difficulty-aware on size variants
+    (easy prefers a small/turbo variant; medium/hard prefers the full model)."""
+    top_ver = max(_model_version_key(c) for c in cands)
+    top = [c for c in cands if _model_version_key(c) == top_ver]
+    if difficulty == "easy":
+        smalls = sorted(c for c in top if _is_small_variant(c))
+        if smalls:
+            return smalls[0]
+    bigs = sorted(c for c in top if not _is_small_variant(c))
+    return (bigs or sorted(top))[0]
+
+def cmd_route(reg, args):
+    """Pick ONE deliberate live model for the crew path (task × difficulty).
+    Enumeration is the CALLER's job for CLI-managed providers — pass ids via
+    --candidates (e.g. `opencode models <provider>`); for raw-API providers in the
+    registry, --provider self-enumerates via /models. Scoring uses capabilities when
+    available, else a newest-version heuristic. JSON with --json. NEVER guesses an
+    endpoint."""
+    caps = load_caps()
+    provider = args.provider
+    raw = []
+    if args.candidates:
+        raw = [c.strip() for c in re.split(r"[,\s]+", args.candidates) if c.strip()]
+    elif provider:
+        if provider not in reg["providers"]:
+            print(json.dumps({"error": "unknown provider '%s' and no --candidates given" % provider}))
+            raise SystemExit(2)
+        if not provider_key(reg, provider):
+            print(json.dumps({"error": "no API key for provider '%s'" % provider}))
+            raise SystemExit(2)
+        raw = list_live_models(reg, provider, ttl=0)
+    if not raw:
+        print(json.dumps({"error": "no candidate models (provider offline / no key / empty --candidates)"}))
+        raise SystemExit(2)
+    # bare id (strip any provider/ prefix) → first original (qualified) form seen
+    by_bare = {}
+    for r in raw:
+        by_bare.setdefault(r.split("/")[-1], r)
+    bare_ids = list(by_bare.keys())
+    task = args.task or "code"
+    difficulty = args.difficulty or "medium"
+    metric = task_metric(task)
+    # Only trust the capability-weighted router when the NEWEST-version candidate is itself
+    # scored. Otherwise stale caps (which lag new releases) would demote a newer model to 0
+    # and pick an old one — the exact failure that motivated this. Then prefer newest.
+    top_ver = max(_model_version_key(b) for b in bare_ids)
+    top_scored = any(model_quality(caps, b, metric) > 0
+                     for b in bare_ids if _model_version_key(b) == top_ver)
+    if top_scored:
+        scored = weigh_candidates(reg, caps, bare_ids, task, difficulty)
+        pick_bare = scored[0][0]
+        weighed, why = True, "capability×cost ranked (%s · %s floor) over %d live" % (task, difficulty, len(bare_ids))
+        cand_out = [{"model": b, "score": round(s, 4)} for b, s in scored[:6]]
+    else:
+        pick_bare = _heuristic_pick(bare_ids, difficulty)
+        weighed, why = False, "capabilities lag the newest model(s) → newest-version heuristic (difficulty-aware); run scrooge-capabilities to enrich"
+        cand_out = [{"model": b} for b in sorted(bare_ids, key=_model_version_key, reverse=True)[:6]]
+    original = by_bare[pick_bare]
+    qualified = original if "/" in original else (("%s/%s" % (provider, pick_bare)) if provider else pick_bare)
+    result = {"provider": provider, "model": pick_bare, "qualified": qualified,
+              "weighed": weighed, "task": task, "difficulty": difficulty, "why": why, "candidates": cand_out}
+    if getattr(args, "json", False):
+        print(json.dumps(result))
+    else:
+        err(DIM("[scrooge route] %s → %s (%s)" % (provider or "?", qualified, "weighed" if weighed else "heuristic")))
+        print(qualified)
+    return 0
+
 def cmd_list(reg, args):
     print("PROVIDERS (live = key present):")
     for p, cfg in reg["providers"].items():
@@ -1207,11 +1287,19 @@ def main():
     reg = load_registry()
 
     # Manual subcommand dispatch (avoids argparse subparser vs positional-prompt clash).
-    if argv and argv[0] in ("models", "list", "ledger", "watch", "learn", "lessons", "forget"):
+    if argv and argv[0] in ("models", "route", "list", "ledger", "watch", "learn", "lessons", "forget"):
         cmd, rest = argv[0], argv[1:]
         if cmd == "models":
             ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="scrooge models"); ap.add_argument("provider")
             return cmd_models(reg, ap.parse_args(rest))
+        if cmd == "route":
+            ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="scrooge route")
+            ap.add_argument("--provider", "-p", help="registry API provider to self-enumerate via /models")
+            ap.add_argument("--candidates", "-c", help="comma/space-separated model ids (e.g. `opencode models <p>`); takes precedence over --provider enumeration")
+            ap.add_argument("--task", "-t", default="code")
+            ap.add_argument("--difficulty", "-d", choices=["easy", "medium", "hard"], default="medium")
+            ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
+            return cmd_route(reg, ap.parse_args(rest))
         if cmd == "list":
             return cmd_list(reg, None)
         if cmd == "ledger":

package/hooks/heartbeat.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// trantor PostToolUse heartbeat — keeps a live session's presence fresh on the bus.
+//
+// Registration (sessionstart.mjs / mcp.mjs) tells the hub a session was BORN; nothing
+// tells it the session is still ALIVE. So presence decays after RELAY_ONLINE_MS (5 min)
+// and the dashboard rots into a graveyard of "idle" boards even while sessions work —
+// worst right after the laptop wakes from sleep, when every lastSeen is stale at once and
+// there is no resume event to re-register. This hook fixes that: every tool call (a true
+// sign of life) refreshes lastSeen, throttled so we hit the hub at most once per window.
+// The first tool call after a wake re-greens the session — that first action IS the resume signal.
+//
+// Cheap + fail-silent by contract: a per-session stamp file gates the network call to once
+// per HEARTBEAT_MS, and a short fetch timeout means we never add real latency to a tool call.
+// We POST /register WITHOUT a status field so the session's meaningful status is preserved
+// (the hub only overwrites status when one is supplied).
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join, basename } from "node:path";
+import { homedir, hostname } from "node:os";
+
+const HEARTBEAT_MS = Number(process.env.RELAY_HEARTBEAT_MS || 60 * 1000);
+const FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = Number(process.env.RELAY_HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT_MS || 1500);
+
+function relayUrl() {
+  if (process.env.RELAY_URL) return process.env.RELAY_URL;
+  try {
+    const cfg = join(homedir(), ".agent-bus", "config.json");
+    if (existsSync(cfg)) { const u = JSON.parse(readFileSync(cfg, "utf8")).url; if (u) return u; }
+  } catch {}
+  return "http://127.0.0.1:4477";
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const projectDir = process.env.CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR || process.cwd();
+  // Mirror sessionstart.mjs: home-directory sessions aren't project work — don't register
+  // them (would spawn a phantom "<username>" board). Opt in with RELAY_SESSION/RELAY_PROJECT.
+  if (!process.env.RELAY_SESSION && !process.env.RELAY_PROJECT && projectDir === homedir()) return;
+
+  // Mirror mcp.mjs identity resolution EXACTLY so we refresh the same peer the relay
+  // registered (not a phantom): RELAY_PROJECT wins for project; RELAY_SESSION wins for
+  // identity, else a RELAY_AGENT brand ("codex","kimi",…) per project, else hostname:project.
+  const project = process.env.RELAY_PROJECT || basename(projectDir);
+  const session = process.env.RELAY_SESSION
+    || (process.env.RELAY_AGENT ? `${process.env.RELAY_AGENT}:${project}` : `${hostname()}:${project}`);
+
+  // Throttle: only ping if HEARTBEAT_MS has elapsed since the last ping for THIS session.
+  const stamp = join(homedir(), ".agent-bus", `hb-${session.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9_.-]/g, "_")}.stamp`);
+  try {
+    if (existsSync(stamp)) {
+      const last = Number(readFileSync(stamp, "utf8")) || 0;
+      if (Date.now() - last < HEARTBEAT_MS) return;   // within window — nothing to do
+    }
+  } catch {}
+  // Write the stamp BEFORE the network call so rapid concurrent tool calls don't all fire.
+  try { writeFileSync(stamp, String(Date.now())); } catch {}
+
+  // POST /register with no status -> hub refreshes lastSeen + project, preserves status.
+  try {
+    await fetch(`${relayUrl()}/register`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ session, project }),
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS),
+    });
+  } catch {}
+}
+
+// Never block or break the tool flow: swallow everything, always exit clean.
+main().catch(() => {}).finally(() => process.exit(0));

package/hooks/hooks.json

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "description": "trantor — auto-register each session + inject live roster (SessionStart); write a handoff before compaction (PreCompact)",
+  "description": "trantor — auto-register each session + inject live roster (SessionStart); heartbeat presence on every tool call so live sessions stay green and recover after sleep (PostToolUse); write a handoff before compaction (PreCompact)",
   "hooks": {
     "SessionStart": [
       { "matcher": "", "hooks": [ { "type": "command", "command": "node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/sessionstart.mjs" } ] }
     ],
+    "PostToolUse": [
+      { "matcher": "", "hooks": [ { "type": "command", "command": "node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/heartbeat.mjs" } ] }
+    ],
     "PreCompact": [
       { "matcher": "", "hooks": [ { "type": "command", "command": "node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/precompact.mjs" } ] }
     ]

package/hub.mjs

@@ -5,17 +5,23 @@
 // machines reach it (e.g. over a Tailscale tailnet), set RELAY_HOST=0.0.0.0 — but only on a
 // private network, or add auth first. See "Always-on / remote hub" in the README (roadmap).
 import http from "node:http";
-import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
 const PORT = Number(process.env.RELAY_PORT || 4477);
 const HOST = process.env.RELAY_HOST || "127.0.0.1";
-const DATA_DIR = join(homedir(), ".agent-bus");
+const DATA_DIR = process.env.RELAY_DATA_DIR || join(homedir(), ".agent-bus");
 const DATA = join(DATA_DIR, "bus.json");
 const ONLINE_MS = Number(process.env.RELAY_ONLINE_MS || 5 * 60 * 1000);
 if (!existsSync(DATA_DIR)) mkdirSync(DATA_DIR, { recursive: true });
 
+// Scrooge ledger cache: /economics is polled every ~15s by the dashboard, but the ledger
+// (~/.token-scrooge/calls.jsonl) only changes when a cheap-model call lands. Re-parse the whole
+// file only when its mtime moves; otherwise reuse the parsed rows. Keeps the lifetime running
+// total cheap to serve no matter how big the ledger grows.
+let _ledgerCache = { mtimeMs: -1, rows: [] };
+
 // peers: { session: { lastSeen, status, project } } ; tasks: kanban cards
 // projectMeta: { project: { brief, by, updated } } — the "what & why" blurb per project
 let state = { messages: [], peers: {}, seq: 0, tasks: [], taskSeq: 0, projectMeta: {}, lessons: [] };
@@ -51,6 +57,15 @@ function touch(session, status, project) {
   if (!p.project && session.includes(":")) p.project = session.split(":").pop().slice(0, 80);
   state.peers[session] = p; dirty = true;
 }
+// Derive a coarse health from the free-text status the runner sets on a failed turn
+// ("errored: <reason>" / "down: <reason>") — lets the board show a failing-but-alive agent
+// distinctly instead of a healthy green. Default "ok".
+function healthOf(status) {
+  const s = String(status || "").toLowerCase();
+  if (s.startsWith("down")) return "down";
+  if (s.startsWith("errored")) return "errored";
+  return "ok";
+}
 function deliverable(m, session) { return (m.to === session || m.to === "all") && m.from !== session; }
 function pushToStreams(msg) {
   for (const s of streams) if (deliverable(msg, s.session)) { try { s.res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify(msg)}\n\n`); } catch {} }
@@ -63,7 +78,7 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
     if (req.method === "POST" && P === "/status") { const b = await body(req); touch(b.session, b.status ?? "", b.project); return json(res, 200, { ok: true }); }
     if (req.method === "GET" && P === "/peers") {
       const cutoff = now() - ONLINE_MS;
-      return json(res, 200, { peers: Object.entries(state.peers).map(([s, v]) => ({ session: s, lastSeen: v.lastSeen, online: v.lastSeen > cutoff, status: v.status || "", project: v.project || "" })) });
+      return json(res, 200, { peers: Object.entries(state.peers).map(([s, v]) => ({ session: s, lastSeen: v.lastSeen, online: v.lastSeen > cutoff, status: v.status || "", health: healthOf(v.status), project: v.project || "" })) });
     }
     // --- Kanban tasks ---
     if (req.method === "POST" && P === "/task") {           // create a card
@@ -124,7 +139,7 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
       const proj = p => p || "(unassigned)";
       const mk = k => (byProj[k] ||= { project: k, brief: (state.projectMeta[k]?.brief) || "", agents: [], tasks: { todo:0,doing:0,testing:0,failed:0,done:0,blocked:0 }, doingTitles: [], lastActivity: 0 });
       for (const [s, v] of Object.entries(state.peers)) {
-        const k = proj(v.project); const e = mk(k); e.agents.push({ session: s, online: v.lastSeen > cutoff, status: v.status || "" });
+        const k = proj(v.project); const e = mk(k); e.agents.push({ session: s, online: v.lastSeen > cutoff, status: v.status || "", health: healthOf(v.status) });
         if ((v.lastSeen || 0) > e.lastActivity) e.lastActivity = v.lastSeen;
       }
       for (const t of state.tasks) { const e = mk(proj(t.project)); e.tasks[t.status] = (e.tasks[t.status]||0)+1; if (t.status === "doing") e.doingTitles.push(t.title); if ((t.updated || 0) > e.lastActivity) e.lastActivity = t.updated; }
@@ -158,22 +173,43 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
       dirty = true; return json(res, 200, { ok: true, count: state.lessons.length });
     }
     if (req.method === "GET" && P === "/economics") {   // the brain's books, surfaced: scrooge ledger + quota profile
-      const out = { scrooge: null, profile: null };
+      const out = { scrooge: null, lifetime: null, profile: null };
       try { out.profile = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(homedir(), ".agent-bus", "profile.json"), "utf8")).providers || {}; } catch {}
       try {
-        const since = now() / 1000 - (Number(q.hours || 24) * 3600);
-        const lines = readFileSync(join(homedir(), ".token-scrooge", "calls.jsonl"), "utf8").trim().split("\n").slice(-3000);
-        const calls = lines.map(l => { try { return JSON.parse(l); } catch { return null; } }).filter(c => c && c.ts >= since && c.ok);
-        const sum = { calls: calls.length, tokens_in: 0, tokens_out: 0, cost_usd: 0, by_model: {} };
-        for (const c of calls) {
-          sum.tokens_in += c.tokens_in || 0; sum.tokens_out += c.tokens_out || 0; sum.cost_usd += c.cost_usd || 0;
-          const m = sum.by_model[c.model] ||= { calls: 0, cost_usd: 0 };
-          m.calls++; m.cost_usd += c.cost_usd || 0;
+        const ledger = join(homedir(), ".token-scrooge", "calls.jsonl");
+        const st = statSync(ledger);
+        if (st.mtimeMs !== _ledgerCache.mtimeMs) {   // ledger changed → reparse the whole file once
+          const rows = readFileSync(ledger, "utf8").trim().split("\n")
+            .map(l => { try { return JSON.parse(l); } catch { return null; } })
+            .filter(c => c && c.ok);
+          _ledgerCache = { mtimeMs: st.mtimeMs, rows };
         }
-        // savings vs Opus reference (~$15/M in, $75/M out — same yardstick scrooge ledger uses)
-        sum.opus_equiv_usd = +(sum.tokens_in * 15 / 1e6 + sum.tokens_out * 75 / 1e6).toFixed(2);
-        sum.cost_usd = +sum.cost_usd.toFixed(4);
-        out.scrooge = sum;
+        const rows = _ledgerCache.rows;
+        // Roll up a set of calls into spend + the frontier-model yardstick (~$15/M in, $75/M out,
+        // same reference scrooge's own ledger uses) and the resulting savings.
+        const rollup = calls => {
+          const s = { calls: calls.length, tokens_in: 0, tokens_out: 0, cost_usd: 0, by_model: {} };
+          for (const c of calls) {
+            s.tokens_in += c.tokens_in || 0; s.tokens_out += c.tokens_out || 0; s.cost_usd += c.cost_usd || 0;
+            const m = s.by_model[c.model] ||= { calls: 0, cost_usd: 0 };
+            m.calls++; m.cost_usd += c.cost_usd || 0;
+          }
+          s.opus_equiv_usd = +(s.tokens_in * 15 / 1e6 + s.tokens_out * 75 / 1e6).toFixed(2);
+          s.cost_usd = +s.cost_usd.toFixed(4);
+          s.saved_usd = +Math.max(0, s.opus_equiv_usd - s.cost_usd).toFixed(2);
+          return s;
+        };
+        // Named rolling windows the dashboard dropdown offers, all served in one response so
+        // switching the selector is instant (no refetch) — cheap because the rows are cached.
+        const nowS = now() / 1000;
+        const WINDOWS = { "24h": 24, "week": 168, "month": 720, "quarter": 2160, "year": 8760 };
+        out.windows = {};
+        for (const [k, hrs] of Object.entries(WINDOWS)) out.windows[k] = rollup(rows.filter(c => c.ts >= nowS - hrs * 3600));
+        out.lifetime = rollup(rows);                             // all-time running total
+        out.lifetime.since_ts = rows.length ? rows[0].ts : null; // first ledgered call
+        out.windows.lifetime = out.lifetime;
+        // back-compat: `scrooge` is the window older dashboards read (honor ?hours= if passed)
+        out.scrooge = q.hours ? rollup(rows.filter(c => c.ts >= nowS - Number(q.hours) * 3600)) : out.windows["24h"];
       } catch {}
       return json(res, 200, out);
     }

package/mcp.mjs

@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ server.tool("relay_whoami", "Show this session's relay identity, project, and th
   return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `session=${SESSION}\nproject=${PROJECT}\nhub=${URL_BASE}` }] };
 });
 
-server.tool("relay_task_add", "Add a Kanban card to THIS project's board on the dashboard (what you're about to work on). Defaults: assigned to you, status 'todo'. Keep the team's progress visible.",
-  { title: z.string().describe("short task title"), status: z.enum(["todo","doing","testing","failed","done","blocked"]).optional(), assignee: z.string().optional().describe("session id to assign (default: you)"), difficulty: z.enum(["easy","medium","hard"]).optional().describe("difficulty tag — drives model/agent routing (relay_advise) and shows on the board"), model: z.string().optional().describe("the model this card is routed to (from relay_advise routing, or the CLI default) — shown on the card"), deps: z.array(z.number()).optional().describe("card ids this card depends on — drawn as edges in the Flow view (e.g. integration depends on every crew card)") },
-  async ({ title, status, assignee, difficulty, model, deps }) => {
-    const { task } = await api("POST", "/task", { project: PROJECT, title, status: status || "todo", assignee: assignee || SESSION, difficulty, model, deps, by: SESSION });
-    return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `card #${task.id} added to ${PROJECT}: "${title}" [${task.status}]` }] };
+server.tool("relay_task_add", "Add a Kanban card to a project's board on the dashboard (what you're about to work on). Defaults: THIS project, assigned to you, status 'todo'. Pass `project` to target another board — e.g. when you orchestrate a crew that runs in a different directory than the one you launched Claude from. Keep the team's progress visible.",
+  { title: z.string().describe("short task title"), status: z.enum(["todo","doing","testing","failed","done","blocked"]).optional(), assignee: z.string().optional().describe("session id to assign (default: you)"), difficulty: z.enum(["easy","medium","hard"]).optional().describe("difficulty tag — drives model/agent routing (relay_advise) and shows on the board"), model: z.string().optional().describe("the model this card is routed to (from relay_advise routing, or the CLI default) — shown on the card"), deps: z.array(z.number()).optional().describe("card ids this card depends on — drawn as edges in the Flow view (e.g. integration depends on every crew card)"), project: z.string().optional().describe("board to add to (default: this session's project). Set to the crew's project when you orchestrate from a different directory") },
+  async ({ title, status, assignee, difficulty, model, deps, project }) => {
+    const proj = project || PROJECT;
+    const { task } = await api("POST", "/task", { project: proj, title, status: status || "todo", assignee: assignee || SESSION, difficulty, model, deps, by: SESSION });
+    return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `card #${task.id} added to ${proj}: "${title}" [${task.status}]` }] };
   });
 
 server.tool("relay_task_move", "Move a Kanban card as you progress: todo -> doing -> testing -> done. NEVER move straight to done: move to 'testing' when you finish, run the project's tests/typecheck, then 'done' only if green — or 'failed' (with a relay_send explaining what broke) if not. The orchestrator bounces failed cards back to doing. blocked = waiting on something external.",
@@ -58,11 +59,12 @@ server.tool("relay_task_move", "Move a Kanban card as you progress: todo -> doin
     return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `card #${id} -> ${status}` }] };
   });
 
-server.tool("relay_project_brief", "Set a one-paragraph brief for THIS project shown on the dashboard: what it is, why it matters, and the goal. Set it once when you start work so anyone watching the board understands the project at a glance (the board itself shows where it is in the process).",
-  { brief: z.string().describe("1-3 sentences: what this project is + why + the goal") },
-  async ({ brief }) => {
-    await api("POST", "/project", { project: PROJECT, brief, by: SESSION });
-    return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `brief set for ${PROJECT}` }] };
+server.tool("relay_project_brief", "Set a one-paragraph brief for a project shown on the dashboard: what it is, why it matters, and the goal. Defaults to THIS project; pass `project` to brief a crew board you orchestrate from elsewhere. Set it once when you start work so anyone watching the board understands the project at a glance (the board itself shows where it is in the process).",
+  { brief: z.string().describe("1-3 sentences: what this project is + why + the goal"), project: z.string().optional().describe("board to brief (default: this session's project)") },
+  async ({ brief, project }) => {
+    const proj = project || PROJECT;
+    await api("POST", "/project", { project: proj, brief, by: SESSION });
+    return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `brief set for ${proj}` }] };
   });
 
 server.tool("relay_advise", "THE ADVISOR — ask the brain how to execute a body of work before spending tokens. Give it your work packages (with difficulty); it weighs task shape x the user's plan economics x context horizon and returns: mode (solo|scrooge|crew|hybrid), per-package executor+model routing, and a real-money estimate with quota-pool accounting. Call this at project kickoff and PRESENT the summary to the user before firing anything up.",
@@ -92,18 +94,26 @@ server.tool("relay_lesson", "Record a LESSON learned from a failure so future cr
     return { content: [{ type: "text", text: r.dedup ? "lesson already recorded" : `lesson recorded (${r.count} total)` }] };
   });
 
-server.tool("relay_board", "Show THIS project's Kanban board (all cards + their status + assignee).", {}, async () => {
-  const { tasks } = await api("GET", `/tasks?project=${encodeURIComponent(PROJECT)}`);
-  if (!tasks.length) return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `${PROJECT}: no cards yet` }] };
+server.tool("relay_board", "Show a project's Kanban board (all cards + their status + assignee). Defaults to THIS project; pass `project` to read a crew board you orchestrate from elsewhere.",
+  { project: z.string().optional().describe("board to show (default: this session's project)") },
+  async ({ project }) => {
+  const proj = project || PROJECT;
+  const { tasks } = await api("GET", `/tasks?project=${encodeURIComponent(proj)}`);
+  if (!tasks.length) return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `${proj}: no cards yet` }] };
   const by = { todo: [], doing: [], testing: [], failed: [], done: [], blocked: [] };
   for (const t of tasks) (by[t.status] || by.todo).push(`#${t.id} ${t.title}${t.assignee ? ` (@${t.assignee})` : ""}`);
   const cols = Object.entries(by).filter(([, v]) => v.length).map(([k, v]) => `${k.toUpperCase()}:\n  ${v.join("\n  ")}`);
-  return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `${PROJECT} board\n${cols.join("\n")}` }] };
+  return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `${proj} board\n${cols.join("\n")}` }] };
 });
 
 server.tool("relay_peers", "List other Claude sessions connected to the relay (online in last 5 min).", {}, async () => {
   const { peers } = await api("GET", "/peers");
-  const lines = peers.map(p => `${p.online ? "🟢" : "⚪"} ${p.session}${p.session === SESSION ? " (you)" : ""}`);
+  const lines = peers.map(p => {
+    // health surfaces a failing-but-alive agent (runner-reported) — not a green lie
+    const icon = !p.online ? "⚪" : p.health === "down" ? "🛑" : p.health === "errored" ? "🔴" : "🟢";
+    const note = (p.health === "errored" || p.health === "down") && p.status ? ` — ${p.status}` : "";
+    return `${icon} ${p.session}${p.session === SESSION ? " (you)" : ""}${note}`;
+  });
   return { content: [{ type: "text", text: lines.join("\n") || "no peers yet" }] };
 });
 
@@ -152,5 +162,18 @@ server.tool("relay_wait", "Block up to `timeout` seconds waiting for the next me
   });
 
 await api("POST", "/register", { session: SESSION, project: PROJECT, status: `active in ${PROJECT}` }).catch(() => {});
+
+// Heartbeat — keep this session's presence fresh for as long as the MCP process lives.
+// Registration alone decays after the hub's online window (5 min); without this, idle agents
+// — and EVERY agent after the laptop sleeps (dead connection, no resume event) — fall off the
+// board while their process is still alive. This is the UNIVERSAL counterpart to the Claude-only
+// PostToolUse heartbeat hook: it runs inside the relay every agent loads (Claude, codex, gemini,
+// kimi, deepseek), so the whole crew stays tracked. We POST /register with NO status, so the
+// hub refreshes lastSeen but preserves the session's meaningful status. setInterval pauses during
+// sleep and fires on wake, so presence self-heals within one interval; .unref() lets the process
+// still exit cleanly when the agent closes the stdio transport (no phantom peers).
+const HEARTBEAT_MS = Number(process.env.RELAY_HEARTBEAT_MS || 60 * 1000);
+setInterval(() => { api("POST", "/register", { session: SESSION, project: PROJECT }).catch(() => {}); }, HEARTBEAT_MS).unref?.();
+
 await server.connect(new StdioServerTransport());
-process.stderr.write(`[trantor-mcp] connected as ${SESSION} -> ${URL_BASE}\n`);
+process.stderr.write(`[trantor-mcp] connected as ${SESSION} -> ${URL_BASE} (heartbeat ${HEARTBEAT_MS}ms)\n`);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trantor",
-  "version": "0.17.1",
+  "version": "0.17.4",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "trantor": "bin/cli.mjs"
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
     "zod": "^4.4.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node test.mjs && node test-scenarios.mjs"
+    "test": "node test.mjs && node test-scenarios.mjs && node test-failure.mjs"
   },
-  "description": "The hub-world for AI agent crews — orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Kimi & DeepSeek as live crews with a plan-aware Advisor, a Kanban/flow command center, a testing gate, and an economics brain (Scrooge).",
+  "description": "The hub-world for AI agent crews \u2014 orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Kimi & DeepSeek as live crews with a plan-aware Advisor, a Kanban/flow command center, a testing gate, and an economics brain (Scrooge).",
   "files": [
     "hub.mjs",
     "mcp.mjs",

package/ui.html

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ main{flex:1;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 330px;min-height:0}
 .agent .nm{color:var(--tx)}
 .agent svg{flex:none}
 .agent.offl{opacity:.42}
+.agent.err{border-color:#ef4444;color:#ef4444}
+.agent.err .nm{color:#ef4444}
+.agent.down{border-color:#ef4444;background:rgba(239,68,68,.14);color:#ef4444}
+.agent.down .nm{color:#ef4444;font-weight:600}
 .agent .ast{color:var(--mut)}
 .prog{font-size:11.5px;color:var(--dim);white-space:nowrap}
 /* project brief + phase row */
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ aside h2{font-size:10.5px;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.09em;color:va
   <span class="logo">tran<b>t</b>or</span>
   <span class="pill" id="hub">—</span>
   <span class="spacer"></span>
-  <span class="pill" id="econ" title="Scrooge ledger, last 24h" style="display:none"></span>
+  <span class="pill" id="econ" title="Trantor savings vs frontier models — lifetime running total + last 24h (from the Scrooge ledger)" style="display:none"></span>
   <span class="pill"><span id="nproj">0</span> projects · <span id="nsess">0</span> live · <span id="ntask">0</span> cards</span>
 </header>
 <main>
@@ -177,15 +181,34 @@ function iconFor(s,size){const b=brandOf(s);if(!b||!ICON[b])return `<span style=
 const phaseClass=ph=>/^idle ·/.test(ph)?'planned':/FAILED|blocked/.test(ph)?'blocked':/building|verifying|progress/.test(ph)?'building':/shipped|done/.test(ph)?'shipped':'planned';
 
 let POOLS={};
+let ECON=null;
+const ECON_WINS=[['24h','last 24h'],['week','last week'],['month','last month'],['quarter','last quarter'],['year','last year']];
+let econWin=localStorage.getItem('abEconWin')||'24h';
+const econSaved=x=>x?(x.saved_usd!=null?(+x.saved_usd):Math.max(0,(x.opus_equiv_usd||0)-(x.cost_usd||0))):0;
+function renderEcon(){
+  if(!ECON||!ECON.lifetime||!ECON.lifetime.calls)return;
+  const el=$('#econ'); el.style.display='';
+  // lifetime running total is the fixed headline; the dropdown picks the comparison window.
+  if(!el.dataset.built){
+    el.innerHTML=`🪙 Trantor saved <b style="color:var(--grn)" id="econlife"></b> vs frontier`+
+      `<span style="opacity:.55"> · lifetime · </span>`+
+      `<select id="econsel" title="comparison window" style="background:#1a2030;color:inherit;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);border-radius:4px;font:inherit;font-size:11px;padding:1px 3px;cursor:pointer;outline:none">`+
+        ECON_WINS.map(([k,l])=>`<option value="${k}">${l}</option>`).join('')+`</select>`+
+      `<span style="opacity:.85" id="econwinval"></span>`;
+    const sel=$('#econsel'); sel.value=econWin;
+    sel.onchange=()=>{econWin=sel.value; localStorage.setItem('abEconWin',econWin); renderEcon();};
+    el.dataset.built='1';
+  }
+  const w=(ECON.windows&&ECON.windows[econWin])||ECON.scrooge, wc=w?w.calls:0;
+  $('#econlife').textContent='$'+econSaved(ECON.lifetime).toFixed(2);
+  $('#econwinval').textContent=' $'+econSaved(w).toFixed(2)+' ('+wc+' call'+(wc===1?'':'s')+')';
+  const sel=$('#econsel'); if(sel)sel.value=econWin;
+}
 async function econ(){
   try{
     const e=await (await fetch('/economics')).json();
     POOLS={}; for(const[k,v]of Object.entries(e.profile||{}))POOLS[k]=v.tier;
-    if(e.scrooge&&e.scrooge.calls>0){
-      const s=e.scrooge;
-      const el=$('#econ'); el.style.display='';
-      el.innerHTML=`🪙 scrooge 24h: <b style="color:var(--grn)">$${s.cost_usd}</b> · saved ~$${Math.max(0,(s.opus_equiv_usd-s.cost_usd)).toFixed(2)} · ${s.calls} calls`;
-    }
+    ECON=e; renderEcon();
   }catch(_){}
 }
 econ();setInterval(econ,15000);
@@ -385,7 +408,7 @@ async function render(){
     const pt=tasks.filter(t=>t.project===p.project);
     const done=pt.filter(t=>t.status==='done').length;
     const pct=pt.length?Math.round(done/pt.length*100):0;
-    const agents=p.agents.sort((a,b)=>b.online-a.online).map(a=>`<span class="agent ${a.online?'':'offl'}" title="${esc(a.session)}${a.online?' · online':' · offline'}">${iconFor(a.session,15)}<span class="nm">${esc(a.session)}</span>${a.status?` <span class="ast">· ${esc(a.status)}</span>`:''}${poolOf(a.session)?` <span class="ast" style="opacity:.7">[${esc(poolOf(a.session))}]</span>`:''}</span>`).join('');
+    const agents=p.agents.sort((a,b)=>b.online-a.online).map(a=>`<span class="agent ${a.online?'':'offl'}${a.health==='down'?' down':a.health==='errored'?' err':''}" title="${esc(a.session)}${a.online?' · online':' · offline'}${a.health&&a.health!=='ok'?' · '+a.health:''}">${iconFor(a.session,15)}<span class="nm">${esc(a.session)}</span>${a.status?` <span class="ast">· ${esc(a.status)}</span>`:''}${poolOf(a.session)?` <span class="ast" style="opacity:.7">[${esc(poolOf(a.session))}]</span>`:''}</span>`).join('');
     const cols=COLS.map(([k,label])=>{
       let cards=pt.filter(t=>k==='testing'?(t.status==='testing'||t.status==='failed'):t.status===k);
       if(k==='done')cards=[...cards].sort((a,b)=>(b.updated||0)-(a.updated||0)); // newest finished on top
@@ -458,14 +481,25 @@ function addMsg(m,count=true){
   d.innerHTML=`<span class="t">${new Date(m.ts).toLocaleTimeString()}</span> ${iconFor(m.from,12)} <span class="from">${esc(m.from)}</span> → <span class="to">${esc(m.to)}</span>: ${esc(m.text)}`;
   const f=$('#feed');const stick=f.scrollHeight-f.scrollTop-f.clientHeight<50;f.appendChild(d);if(stick)f.scrollTop=f.scrollHeight;
 }
-function stream(){const ev=new EventSource('/stream?session=all');
+let _ev=null;
+function stream(){
+  try{_ev&&_ev.close();}catch(_){}                       // drop any prior connection before reopening (no duplicate streams)
+  const ev=new EventSource('/stream?session=all');_ev=ev;
   ev.onmessage=e=>{try{addMsg(JSON.parse(e.data));render();}catch(_){}};
-  ev.onerror=()=>{$('#livedot').classList.add('off');setTimeout(()=>{ev.close();stream();$('#livedot').classList.remove('off');},2000);};}
+  ev.onerror=()=>{$('#livedot').classList.add('off');setTimeout(()=>{ev.close();if(_ev===ev)stream();$('#livedot').classList.remove('off');},2000);};}
 $('#send').onclick=async()=>{const t=$('#text').value.trim();if(!t)return;
   await fetch('/send',{method:'POST',headers:{'content-type':'application/json'},body:JSON.stringify({from:'dashboard',to:$('#to').value,text:t})});$('#text').value='';};
 $('#text').addEventListener('keydown',e=>{if(e.key==='Enter')$('#send').click();});
 fetch('/recent?limit=40').then(r=>r.json()).then(d=>(d.messages||[]).forEach(m=>addMsg(m,false))).catch(()=>{});
 $('#hub').textContent=location.host;
 render();setInterval(render,2500);stream();
+// Self-heal after the laptop sleeps / the tab is backgrounded: browser timers and the SSE
+// stream get suspended and don't reliably resume, so the board freezes on stale data. The
+// moment the tab becomes visible / focused / regains network, force an immediate refresh +
+// stream reconnect — the equivalent of the heartbeat's "first action after wake" on the UI side.
+function wake(){render();stream();}
+document.addEventListener('visibilitychange',()=>{if(!document.hidden)wake();});
+addEventListener('focus',wake);
+addEventListener('online',wake);
 </script>
 </body></html>