From 8a05340b0b5ab107bc15689e9eabba6780153249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brummel Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 11:56:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] iter or.1: per-iter journal --- docs/journals/2026-05-11-iter-or.1.md | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/journals/2026-05-11-iter-or.1.md diff --git a/docs/journals/2026-05-11-iter-or.1.md b/docs/journals/2026-05-11-iter-or.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ae40c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/journals/2026-05-11-iter-or.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +# iter or.1 — orchestrator-refactor + +**Date:** 2026-05-11 +**Branch:** iter/or.1 +**Status:** DONE +**Tasks completed:** 7 of 7 + +## Summary + +This iter lands the three coupled changes from +`docs/specs/2026-05-11-implement-orchestrator-agent.md`: + +1. **Boss-context offload.** A new agent + `skills/implement/agents/ailang-implement-orchestrator.md` owns + one full `/implement` iter end-to-end — per-task implementer → + spec-reviewer → quality-reviewer loop, with the canonical + re-loop limits — running in its own context. The Boss now + dispatches one subagent and receives a ≤500-token end-report. +2. **Iter isolation via branches.** Each `/implement` run owns a + dedicated `iter/` branch, created from `origin/main` + in Phase 0 of the orchestrator-agent. Integration is a Boss-side + `git switch main && git merge --ff-only` after reading the + end-report. +3. **Per-iter journals.** `docs/JOURNAL.md` (14k lines) is renamed + to `docs/journal-archive.md` with an archived-status header. + Going forward, each iter writes its own file under + `docs/journals/-iter-.md`; the Boss appends a + one-line pointer to `docs/journals/INDEX.md` at merge time. + This file is the first such per-iter journal. + +The orchestrator-agent goes live on the *next* `/implement` run after +this iter lands. This iter itself was executed in the pre-refactor +mode (Boss dispatched workers directly) — a bootstrap necessity since +the new agent did not yet exist while creating it. + +Model selection was unchanged: every dispatch this iter used Opus 4.7. +The token savings come from token-volume relocation, not from +intelligence downgrade. + +## Per-task subjects + +- iter or.1.1: migrate JOURNAL.md to journal-archive.md + docs/journals/ +- iter or.1.2: repoint top-level docs to docs/journals/ + journal-archive.md +- iter or.1.2-fix: address quality-review minor + nit +- iter or.1.3: repoint skill + agent reading lists to docs/journals/ +- iter or.1.3-fix: address quality-review minors (architect / audit phrasing) +- iter or.1.4: carrier switch task_text -> task_text_path +- iter or.1.5: new agent ailang-implement-orchestrator +- iter or.1.6: rewrite skills/implement/SKILL.md to delegate to orchestrator-agent +- iter or.1.6-fix: correct git rebase syntax + README cross-ref wording +- iter or.1.6-fix2: SKILL.md description drift + self-contained exception ref +- iter or.1.7: document ailang-implement-orchestrator as named exception + +## Concerns + +Three `DONE_WITH_CONCERNS` observations across the iter, all +plan-template issues rather than scope deviations: + +- Task 1: the plan's Step 6 listed `git add docs/JOURNAL.md` after + a `git mv`; this errors because the path is already gone from the + working tree. The implementer dropped the dead path. Plan defect. +- Task 4: the plan's per-step instructions enumerated only the + carrier-contract row, but the plan's Step 6 verification clause + (`grep -n "task_text\b" → empty`) required visiting every body-prose + mention of `task_text` too. The implementer correctly expanded + scope to satisfy the verification; rewrites preserved semantics. +- Task 6: the plan's Step 1 verbatim content is 194 lines; Step 2's + sanity check expected 110–160. Step 1 is canonical; the sanity + range was my optimistic estimate when writing the plan. The + implementer correctly followed Step 1. +- Task 7: the plan's Step 3 grep expected 1 match for + `ailang-implement-orchestrator`, but the new exception paragraph + itself names the agent, so the actual count is 2. Same shape of + plan-template error. + +None of these affect correctness; all are notes for the next plan +template revision. + +## Known debt + +- Two bare `JOURNAL` uppercase mentions remain in `CLAUDE.md` at + lines 285/287 (the "answer three questions" closing paragraph). + They refer conceptually to the historical log, but the surface + reading is slightly stale now that JOURNAL is no longer a file. + Out of scope for Task 2's enumerated sites; carry-on observation. +- "Boss" / "Boss-Orchestrator" vocabulary is introduced in the new + `skills/implement/SKILL.md` and `ailang-implement-orchestrator.md` + to distinguish from "the orchestrator-agent". `CLAUDE.md` uses + "orchestrator" throughout. The distinction is intentional, but a + one-line glossary entry in `CLAUDE.md` would prevent term drift + in future docs. +- Verification ladder steps 1–5 (real-orchestrator-agent dispatch + exercise) are deferred to the first real `/implement` run after + this iter merges. Steps 6–8 (intentional-BLOCKED, intentional + re-loop, manual Boss-merge replay) get checked off when those + failure modes arise organically. + +## Blocked detail + +N/A — DONE. + +## Commits + +`1891030..92e39bb` (11 commits including 4 quality-review-fix +follow-ups; the per-task pattern was DONE/DONE-WITH-CONCERNS → +spec-reviewer compliant → quality-reviewer approved-or-fixed-then- +approved, per the implement skill's two-stage review). + +## Stats + +Not produced this iter — `bench/orchestrator-stats/` is a new +artefact introduced by the orchestrator-agent (Phase 5 of its +process). This iter was executed in pre-refactor mode by the Boss +directly, so no stats file exists. The first stats file will be +written by the orchestrator-agent on the next real `/implement` run.