trantor 0.17.78 → 0.17.79

package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trantor",
-  "version": "0.17.78",
+  "version": "0.17.79",
   "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/README.md

@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ Crew output is gated mechanically, too: `bin/slop-gate.mjs` runs the vendored
 [anti-slop](https://github.com/dmmulroy/anti-slop) Oxlint rules over an agent's **changed files
 only** — unexplained type assertions, `unknown` laundering, runtime `typeof`, Reflect tricks and
 friends fail the card before it can reach done, while legacy debt burns down on its own card
-instead of blocking everyone.
+instead of blocking everyone. A surface that has paid its debt off stays paid: `desktop/src` is at
+zero and `npm test` now lints it in full (`node bin/slop-gate.mjs --surface desktop/src`).
 
 ## The brain — plan-aware economics
 

package/bin/models.mjs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
-import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
 import { pathToFileURL, fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { buildRoster, loadWorld } from "./advise.mjs";
 
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ function detail(name) {
   if (existsSync(SCROOGE) || has("scrooge")) {
     console.log(`\n${C.gold}router picks (code task):${C.off}`);
     for (const d of ["easy", "medium", "hard"]) console.log(`  ${d.padEnd(7)} → ${routePick(models, d)}`);
-    console.log(`${C.dim}(run scrooge-capabilities to (re)score the catalog for accurate difficulty routing)${C.off}`);
+    const caps = join(H, ".token-scrooge", "capabilities.json");
+    // only nag when the scores are missing or older than the weekly refresh allows for
+    const ageDays = existsSync(caps) ? (Date.now() - statSync(caps).mtimeMs) / 86400e3 : Infinity;
+    if (ageDays > 9) console.log(`${C.dim}(scores ${ageDays === Infinity ? "missing" : `${Math.floor(ageDays)}d old`} — run scrooge-capabilities to (re)score the catalog for accurate difficulty routing)${C.off}`);
   }
 }
 

package/bin/slop-gate.mjs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //
 //   node bin/slop-gate.mjs           # lint changed + untracked lintable files (the crew gate)
 //   node bin/slop-gate.mjs --all     # lint the whole configured surface (advisory audit)
+//   node bin/slop-gate.mjs --surface desktop/src   # lint ONE paid-off surface in full (hard gate in npm test)
 //
 // The rules are the vendored dmmulroy/anti-slop set (tools/oxlint/anti-slop — ours to tune):
 // they mechanically reject low-evidence AI patterns — unexplained type assertions, unknown
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@
 import { execSync, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 
 const ALL = process.argv.includes("--all");
+// A surface that has burned its debt down to zero (desktop/src, #4798) is gated in FULL, not by
+// diff: the whole point of paying it off is that it stays paid. npm test runs this.
+const SURFACE_AT = process.argv.indexOf("--surface");
+const SURFACE = SURFACE_AT > -1 ? process.argv[SURFACE_AT + 1] : null;
 const LINTABLE = /\.(ts|tsx|mts|cts|js|jsx|mjs|cjs)$/;
 
 function sh(cmd) {
@@ -21,7 +26,9 @@ function sh(cmd) {
 }
 
 let args;
-if (ALL) {
+if (SURFACE) {
+  args = [SURFACE];
+} else if (ALL) {
   args = ["."];
 } else {
   const changed = sh("git diff --name-only HEAD");
@@ -40,9 +47,10 @@ const hits = out.split("\n").filter(l => /error\s+anti-slop\(/.test(l));
 
 if (hits.length) {
   console.log(hits.join("\n"));
-  console.log(`\nslop-gate: ${hits.length} anti-slop error(s) in your changes — fix them (or state the SAFETY invariant) before moving the card to testing.`);
+  const where = SURFACE ? `in ${SURFACE} (a zero-debt surface — keep it at zero)` : "in your changes";
+  console.log(`\nslop-gate: ${hits.length} anti-slop error(s) ${where} — fix them (or state the SAFETY invariant) before moving the card to testing.`);
   process.exit(1);
 }
 const warnings = out.split("\n").filter(l => /\bwarning\b/.test(l)).length;
-console.log(`slop-gate: clean${warnings ? ` (${warnings} advisory warning(s) — not gating)` : ""}.`);
+console.log(`slop-gate${SURFACE ? ` (${SURFACE})` : ""}: clean${warnings ? ` (${warnings} advisory warning(s) — not gating)` : ""}.`);
 process.exit(0);

package/engine/bin/scrooge-capabilities

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Usage:  scrooge-capabilities            # refresh from AA (+OpenRouter), show a
         scrooge-capabilities --dry-run  # fetch + match, print, but don't write
 Exit: 0 updated · 1 nothing fetched (no key / network) · 2 error.
 """
-import sys, os, json, argparse, math, urllib.request, urllib.error
+import sys, os, json, argparse, math, time, urllib.request, urllib.error
 
 HOME = os.path.expanduser("~")
 SCROOGE_DIR = os.environ.get("SCROOGE_HOME", os.path.join(HOME, ".token-scrooge"))
@@ -56,10 +56,21 @@ def load_env_file(path):
     except Exception:
         pass
 
-def http_get_json(url, headers, timeout=30):
+def http_get_json(url, headers, timeout=30, retries=(5, 20, 60)):
+    # the weekly launchd run can land while the Mac has no network yet (2026-08-17: DNS error,
+    # scores went a week stale) -- back off and retry on connection failures, not on HTTP errors
     req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers, method="GET")
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as r:
-        return json.loads(r.read().decode())
+    for i, wait in enumerate(list(retries) + [None]):
+        try:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as r:
+                return json.loads(r.read().decode())
+        except urllib.error.HTTPError:
+            raise
+        except (urllib.error.URLError, OSError) as e:
+            if wait is None:
+                raise
+            sys.stderr.write(WARN("  network: %s -- retry %d in %ds\n" % (str(e)[:60], i + 1, wait)))
+            time.sleep(wait)
 
 def norm(s):
     return s.lower().replace(".", "-").replace("_", "-")

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trantor",
-  "version": "0.17.78",
+  "version": "0.17.79",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "trantor": "bin/cli.mjs"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "zod": "^4.4.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node test.mjs && node test-scenarios.mjs && node test-failure.mjs && node test-redelivery.mjs && node test-handoff.mjs && node test-agents.mjs && node test-update.mjs && node test-handoff-guard.mjs && node test-balances.mjs && node test-subagent-cost.mjs && node test-inbox.mjs && node test-inflight.mjs && node test-notify.mjs && node test-focus.mjs && node test-cardlog.mjs && node test-relay-note.mjs && node test-reaper.mjs && node test-events.mjs && node test-proposals.mjs && node test-scrub.mjs && node test-store-delta.mjs && node test-claims.mjs && node test-adopt.mjs && node test-summarize.mjs && node test-identity-core.mjs && node test-identity.mjs && node test-identity-instances.mjs && node test-duty.mjs && node test-discovery.mjs && node test-doctor.mjs && node test-splitbrain.mjs && node test-overseer.mjs && node test-overseer-lib.mjs && node test-overseer-warn.mjs && node test-provider-keys.mjs && node test-inbox-delivery.mjs && node test-hub-routing.mjs && node test-hook-routing.mjs && node test-relay-wait.mjs && node test-dsh-seat.mjs && node test-kimi-bridge.mjs && node test-kimi-events.mjs && python3 engine/test-routing.py && node test-reconcile.mjs && node test-resources.mjs && node test-patrol.mjs && node test-bridge.mjs && bash test-crew.sh"
+    "test": "node bin/slop-gate.mjs --surface desktop/src && node test.mjs && node test-scenarios.mjs && node test-failure.mjs && node test-redelivery.mjs && node test-handoff.mjs && node test-agents.mjs && node test-update.mjs && node test-handoff-guard.mjs && node test-balances.mjs && node test-subagent-cost.mjs && node test-inbox.mjs && node test-inflight.mjs && node test-notify.mjs && node test-focus.mjs && node test-cardlog.mjs && node test-relay-note.mjs && node test-reaper.mjs && node test-events.mjs && node test-proposals.mjs && node test-scrub.mjs && node test-store-delta.mjs && node test-claims.mjs && node test-adopt.mjs && node test-summarize.mjs && node test-identity-core.mjs && node test-identity.mjs && node test-identity-instances.mjs && node test-duty.mjs && node test-discovery.mjs && node test-doctor.mjs && node test-splitbrain.mjs && node test-overseer.mjs && node test-overseer-lib.mjs && node test-overseer-warn.mjs && node test-provider-keys.mjs && node test-inbox-delivery.mjs && node test-hub-routing.mjs && node test-hook-routing.mjs && node test-relay-wait.mjs && node test-dsh-seat.mjs && node test-kimi-bridge.mjs && node test-kimi-events.mjs && python3 engine/test-routing.py && node test-reconcile.mjs && node test-resources.mjs && node test-patrol.mjs && node test-bridge.mjs && bash test-crew.sh"
   },
   "description": "The hub-world for AI agent crews \u2014 orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek & any OpenRouter model as live crews with a plan-aware Advisor, a Kanban/flow command center, a testing gate, and an economics brain (Scrooge).",
   "files": [