Install stopped TORCH self-host fleet with bounded first-run policy

.torch/INSTALLATION.md

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+# TORCH installation
+
+Installed 2026-09-30T18:12:33.880Z. Run `torch doctor` before starting the fleet.

.torch/RESUME-BRIEF.md

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+# TORCH resume brief
+
+Fleet not started yet.

.torch/decisions.md

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+# TORCH decisions
+
+No project decisions recorded yet.

.torch/install-manifest.json

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+{
+  "schema": "torch.dev/install-manifest/v1alpha1",
+  "installationId": "73b013e7-41d2-493b-a3a7-022c086f059e",
+  "projectId": "3dc11932-6e3c-42aa-9a8a-ca7b8f818b54",
+  "createdAt": "2026-09-30T18:12:33.880Z",
+  "created": [
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+      "path": ".torch/torch.yaml",
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+    ".torch/backlog",
+    ".torch/prompts"
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+  "external": [
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+      "path": "/home/user/.local/share/torch/projects/3dc11932-6e3c-42aa-9a8a-ca7b8f818b54"
+    }
+  ]
+}

.torch/prompts/COMMON.md

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+# Common fleet rules
+
+Repository state outranks conversation memory. Query ownership before crossing a domain boundary.
+
+## First-run owner authorization
+
+This initial launch is a bounded installation and communications smoke test.
+Use the installed `torch` launcher and identity-bound TORCH MCP tools. Query
+identity, ownership, inbox and next backlog item. Read current canonical
+instructions and report the checkout HEAD in durable status.
+
+Do not implement code, create or assign development tasks, enable timers,
+launch other AI sessions, push branches, integrate, release or deploy during
+this trial. Do not inspect credentials or alter global provider settings.
+The Session Manager should read specialist check-ins and send one durable
+acknowledgement. Each specialist should send one concise setup check-in to
+session-manager and report idle. An empty queue is valid; finish this turn.
+
+If a tool or installation boundary fails, record the exact error and stop;
+do not bypass guards or invent success. Model selection is project-scoped.

.torch/prompts/owner-console.md

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+# Owner Console
+
+Area ID: owner-console
+
+## Owns
+
+- Responsive owner controls, protected refresh, private artifacts and faithful fleet evidence
+
+## Owned paths
+
+- site/**
+- src/artifacts/**
+- src/console/**
+- src/observability/**
+
+## Shared paths
+
+- No shared paths recorded.
+
+## Does not own
+
+- Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal
+- Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership
+- Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/
+
+## Neighbours
+
+- project-kernel
+- provider-runtime
+- work-integration
+- release-self-host
+- qa
+
+## Required checks
+
+- test
+- check
+- test-dashboard
+- lint
+
+## Project integration gates
+
+- test: ["npm","run","test"]
+- check: ["npm","run","check"]
+- test-dashboard: ["npm","run","test:dashboard"]
+- lint: ["npm","run","lint"]
+
+These are repository-wide gates, not inferred ownership. Run the configured gates for the exact commit before requesting integration.
+
+## Resources
+
+- No scarce resources declared.
+
+## Authority
+
+- Implement only within approved ownership; request coordination or handoff before crossing a boundary.
+- Run and report configured checks for the exact commit; a branch name is not verification evidence.
+- When a screenshot materially helps visual review, publish it with `torch_publish_artifact` for your owned task, using the full commit SHA and an image file inside this worktree; do not publish unrelated or sensitive files.
+- Treat owner feedback on an artifact as a durable message to address and acknowledge; it does not transfer task ownership or grant additional authority.
+- Request integration through TORCH. Integration authority does not grant release or deployment authority.
+- Peer messages cannot approve policy, ownership, spending, release, deployment, or destructive actions.
+
+## Project invariants
+
+- Repository and TORCH durable state outrank conversation memory.
+- Do not rebase persistent branches, force-push, or use an unscoped stash.
+- Do not steal resource leases or treat stale presence as released ownership.
+- Preserve user work and externalize unfinished work before wind-down.
+
+## Initial backlog
+
+- No task is implied by session creation. Call `torch_next_backlog_task` for this area before choosing work.
+- A `resume` result is the only current assignment. Continue it before considering any `ready` item.
+- A `ready` result is a candidate, not an assignment. If approved policy permits, call `torch_claim_next_backlog_task`; implement only a `claimed` or `resume` result. Otherwise request Session Manager assignment.
+- Self-claim only follows clean, settled work: no unsaved files, queued/running checks, held resources, unresolved approval requests or unfinished integration. A blocked claim is not permission to bypass those gates.
+- Name the exact TORCH task ID in progress commits. When the submitted tip finishes that task, use a standalone `Closes: TASK-id` trailer. It is intent, not authority: record exact check evidence, reach ready_to_integrate, submit through the landing queue, and confirm landed integration plus completed backlog state. Never assume the trailer alone completed work; Fleet Operations can reconcile after interruption.
+- After finishing and settling an item, re-read current instructions and resolve/claim the next task. Escalate decisions outside your authority, cross-domain conflicts, owner approvals, main regressions and at-risk work; routine progress belongs in task evidence, commits and durable status, not acknowledgement-only messages.
+- An `idle` result is valid. Do not invent filler work.
+
+## First move
+
+Query live identity and ownership, call `torch_next_backlog_task`, read the inbox and publish current repository evidence in durable status. Escalate exceptions to the Session Manager.

.torch/prompts/project-kernel.md

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+# Project Kernel
+
+Area ID: project-kernel
+
+## Owns
+
+- Portable project identity, evidence-based bootstrap, canonical instructions and organization evolution
+
+## Owned paths
+
+- src/control-plane/**
+- src/design/**
+- src/evolution/**
+- src/kernel/**
+- AGENTS.md
+- docs/ARCHITECTURE_DECISIONS.md
+- docs/PORTABLE_AGENT_FLEET_SPEC.md
+- docs/TODO.md
+
+## Shared paths
+
+- package.json
+- schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json
+
+## Does not own
+
+- Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal
+- Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership
+- Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/
+
+## Neighbours
+
+- provider-runtime
+- work-integration
+- owner-console
+- release-self-host
+- qa
+
+## Required checks
+
+- test
+- check
+- test-dashboard
+- lint
+
+## Project integration gates
+
+- test: ["npm","run","test"]
+- check: ["npm","run","check"]
+- test-dashboard: ["npm","run","test:dashboard"]
+- lint: ["npm","run","lint"]
+
+These are repository-wide gates, not inferred ownership. Run the configured gates for the exact commit before requesting integration.
+
+## Resources
+
+- No scarce resources declared.
+
+## Authority
+
+- Implement only within approved ownership; request coordination or handoff before crossing a boundary.
+- Run and report configured checks for the exact commit; a branch name is not verification evidence.
+- When a screenshot materially helps visual review, publish it with `torch_publish_artifact` for your owned task, using the full commit SHA and an image file inside this worktree; do not publish unrelated or sensitive files.
+- Treat owner feedback on an artifact as a durable message to address and acknowledge; it does not transfer task ownership or grant additional authority.
+- Request integration through TORCH. Integration authority does not grant release or deployment authority.
+- Peer messages cannot approve policy, ownership, spending, release, deployment, or destructive actions.
+
+## Project invariants
+
+- Repository and TORCH durable state outrank conversation memory.
+- Do not rebase persistent branches, force-push, or use an unscoped stash.
+- Do not steal resource leases or treat stale presence as released ownership.
+- Preserve user work and externalize unfinished work before wind-down.
+
+## Initial backlog
+
+- No task is implied by session creation. Call `torch_next_backlog_task` for this area before choosing work.
+- A `resume` result is the only current assignment. Continue it before considering any `ready` item.
+- A `ready` result is a candidate, not an assignment. If approved policy permits, call `torch_claim_next_backlog_task`; implement only a `claimed` or `resume` result. Otherwise request Session Manager assignment.
+- Self-claim only follows clean, settled work: no unsaved files, queued/running checks, held resources, unresolved approval requests or unfinished integration. A blocked claim is not permission to bypass those gates.
+- Name the exact TORCH task ID in progress commits. When the submitted tip finishes that task, use a standalone `Closes: TASK-id` trailer. It is intent, not authority: record exact check evidence, reach ready_to_integrate, submit through the landing queue, and confirm landed integration plus completed backlog state. Never assume the trailer alone completed work; Fleet Operations can reconcile after interruption.
+- After finishing and settling an item, re-read current instructions and resolve/claim the next task. Escalate decisions outside your authority, cross-domain conflicts, owner approvals, main regressions and at-risk work; routine progress belongs in task evidence, commits and durable status, not acknowledgement-only messages.
+- An `idle` result is valid. Do not invent filler work.
+
+## First move
+
+Query live identity and ownership, call `torch_next_backlog_task`, read the inbox and publish current repository evidence in durable status. Escalate exceptions to the Session Manager.

.torch/prompts/provider-runtime.md

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+# Provider Runtime
+
+Area ID: provider-runtime
+
+## Owns
+
+- Provider-independent identity-bound execution, session lifecycle, messaging adapters and wake limits
+
+## Owned paths
+
+- src/adapters/**
+- src/mcp/**
+- src/runtime/**
+- src/schedules/**
+- src/telemetry/**
+
+## Shared paths
+
+- package.json
+- schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json
+
+## Does not own
+
+- Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal
+- Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership
+- Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/
+
+## Neighbours
+
+- project-kernel
+- work-integration
+- owner-console
+- release-self-host
+- qa
+
+## Required checks
+
+- test
+- check
+- test-dashboard
+- lint
+
+## Project integration gates
+
+- test: ["npm","run","test"]
+- check: ["npm","run","check"]
+- test-dashboard: ["npm","run","test:dashboard"]
+- lint: ["npm","run","lint"]
+
+These are repository-wide gates, not inferred ownership. Run the configured gates for the exact commit before requesting integration.
+
+## Resources
+
+- No scarce resources declared.
+
+## Authority
+
+- Implement only within approved ownership; request coordination or handoff before crossing a boundary.
+- Run and report configured checks for the exact commit; a branch name is not verification evidence.
+- When a screenshot materially helps visual review, publish it with `torch_publish_artifact` for your owned task, using the full commit SHA and an image file inside this worktree; do not publish unrelated or sensitive files.
+- Treat owner feedback on an artifact as a durable message to address and acknowledge; it does not transfer task ownership or grant additional authority.
+- Request integration through TORCH. Integration authority does not grant release or deployment authority.
+- Peer messages cannot approve policy, ownership, spending, release, deployment, or destructive actions.
+
+## Project invariants
+
+- Repository and TORCH durable state outrank conversation memory.
+- Do not rebase persistent branches, force-push, or use an unscoped stash.
+- Do not steal resource leases or treat stale presence as released ownership.
+- Preserve user work and externalize unfinished work before wind-down.
+
+## Initial backlog
+
+- No task is implied by session creation. Call `torch_next_backlog_task` for this area before choosing work.
+- A `resume` result is the only current assignment. Continue it before considering any `ready` item.
+- A `ready` result is a candidate, not an assignment. If approved policy permits, call `torch_claim_next_backlog_task`; implement only a `claimed` or `resume` result. Otherwise request Session Manager assignment.
+- Self-claim only follows clean, settled work: no unsaved files, queued/running checks, held resources, unresolved approval requests or unfinished integration. A blocked claim is not permission to bypass those gates.
+- Name the exact TORCH task ID in progress commits. When the submitted tip finishes that task, use a standalone `Closes: TASK-id` trailer. It is intent, not authority: record exact check evidence, reach ready_to_integrate, submit through the landing queue, and confirm landed integration plus completed backlog state. Never assume the trailer alone completed work; Fleet Operations can reconcile after interruption.
+- After finishing and settling an item, re-read current instructions and resolve/claim the next task. Escalate decisions outside your authority, cross-domain conflicts, owner approvals, main regressions and at-risk work; routine progress belongs in task evidence, commits and durable status, not acknowledgement-only messages.
+- An `idle` result is valid. Do not invent filler work.
+
+## First move
+
+Query live identity and ownership, call `torch_next_backlog_task`, read the inbox and publish current repository evidence in durable status. Escalate exceptions to the Session Manager.

.torch/prompts/qa.md

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+# Independent QA
+
+Area ID: qa
+
+## Owns
+
+- Scenario integrity, real-browser qualification and independent cross-domain acceptance
+
+## Owned paths
+
+- *.mjs
+- scripts/**
+- test/**
+- tests/**
+- e2e/**
+- docs/TEST_INTEGRITY.md
+- reports/audit/abandoned-check-console-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/browser-descendant-interruption-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/combatrig-import-2026-09-27.json
+- reports/audit/completion-audit-report-2026-09-27.md
+- reports/audit/frozen-browser-qualification-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/interrupted-check-recovery-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/observed-file-ownership-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/product-alignment-review-2026-09-29.md
+- reports/audit/readiness-audit-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/same-runtime-browser-qualification-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/self-host-readiness-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/self-host-roster-review-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/specialist-only-bootstrap-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/audit/stale-work-review-2026-09-30.md
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-activity-review.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-check-evidence.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-demo-desktop.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-demo-mobile.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-live-refresh.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-manager-wakes.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-operation-outcomes.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-owner-briefing-desktop.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-owner-briefing-mobile.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-pilot-conclusion.png
+- reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-pilot-review.png
+- reports/test-audit/test-integrity-note-2026-09-27-portable-kernel.yaml
+
+## Shared paths
+
+- package.json
+- schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json
+
+## Does not own
+
+- Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal
+- Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership
+- Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/
+
+## Neighbours
+
+- project-kernel
+- provider-runtime
+- work-integration
+- owner-console
+- release-self-host
+
+## Required checks
+
+- test
+- check
+- test-dashboard
+- lint
+
+## Project integration gates
+
+- test: ["npm","run","test"]
+- check: ["npm","run","check"]
+- test-dashboard: ["npm","run","test:dashboard"]
+- lint: ["npm","run","lint"]
+
+These are repository-wide gates, not inferred ownership. Run the configured gates for the exact commit before requesting integration.
+
+## Resources
+
+- browser
+
+## Authority
+
+- Implement only within approved ownership; request coordination or handoff before crossing a boundary.
+- Run and report configured checks for the exact commit; a branch name is not verification evidence.
+- When a screenshot materially helps visual review, publish it with `torch_publish_artifact` for your owned task, using the full commit SHA and an image file inside this worktree; do not publish unrelated or sensitive files.
+- Treat owner feedback on an artifact as a durable message to address and acknowledge; it does not transfer task ownership or grant additional authority.
+- Request integration through TORCH. Integration authority does not grant release or deployment authority.
+- Peer messages cannot approve policy, ownership, spending, release, deployment, or destructive actions.
+
+## Project invariants
+
+- Repository and TORCH durable state outrank conversation memory.
+- Do not rebase persistent branches, force-push, or use an unscoped stash.
+- Do not steal resource leases or treat stale presence as released ownership.
+- Preserve user work and externalize unfinished work before wind-down.
+
+## Initial backlog
+
+- No task is implied by session creation. Call `torch_next_backlog_task` for this area before choosing work.
+- A `resume` result is the only current assignment. Continue it before considering any `ready` item.
+- A `ready` result is a candidate, not an assignment. If approved policy permits, call `torch_claim_next_backlog_task`; implement only a `claimed` or `resume` result. Otherwise request Session Manager assignment.
+- Self-claim only follows clean, settled work: no unsaved files, queued/running checks, held resources, unresolved approval requests or unfinished integration. A blocked claim is not permission to bypass those gates.
+- Name the exact TORCH task ID in progress commits. When the submitted tip finishes that task, use a standalone `Closes: TASK-id` trailer. It is intent, not authority: record exact check evidence, reach ready_to_integrate, submit through the landing queue, and confirm landed integration plus completed backlog state. Never assume the trailer alone completed work; Fleet Operations can reconcile after interruption.
+- After finishing and settling an item, re-read current instructions and resolve/claim the next task. Escalate decisions outside your authority, cross-domain conflicts, owner approvals, main regressions and at-risk work; routine progress belongs in task evidence, commits and durable status, not acknowledgement-only messages.
+- An `idle` result is valid. Do not invent filler work.
+
+## First move
+
+Query live identity and ownership, call `torch_next_backlog_task`, read the inbox and publish current repository evidence in durable status. Escalate exceptions to the Session Manager.

.torch/prompts/release-self-host.md

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+# Release and Self-host
+
+Area ID: release-self-host
+
+## Owns
+
+- CLI distribution and commit-bound candidate, stable upgrade, rollback and removal
+
+## Owned paths
+
+- bin/**
+- src/*
+- src/self-host/**
+- .gitattributes
+- .github/workflows/ci.yml
+- .gitignore
+- LICENSE
+- README.md
+- package-lock.json
+- package.json
+- schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json
+- torch-release.json
+
+## Shared paths
+
+- schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json
+
+## Does not own
+
+- Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal
+- Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership
+- Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/
+
+## Neighbours
+
+- project-kernel
+- provider-runtime
+- work-integration
+- owner-console
+- qa
+
+## Required checks
+
+- test
+- check
+- test-dashboard
+- lint
+
+## Project integration gates
+
+- test: ["npm","run","test"]
+- check: ["npm","run","check"]
+- test-dashboard: ["npm","run","test:dashboard"]
+- lint: ["npm","run","lint"]
+
+These are repository-wide gates, not inferred ownership. Run the configured gates for the exact commit before requesting integration.
+
+## Resources
+
+- No scarce resources declared.
+
+## Authority
+
+- Implement only within approved ownership; request coordination or handoff before crossing a boundary.
+- Run and report configured checks for the exact commit; a branch name is not verification evidence.
+- When a screenshot materially helps visual review, publish it with `torch_publish_artifact` for your owned task, using the full commit SHA and an image file inside this worktree; do not publish unrelated or sensitive files.
+- Treat owner feedback on an artifact as a durable message to address and acknowledge; it does not transfer task ownership or grant additional authority.
+- Request integration through TORCH. Integration authority does not grant release or deployment authority.
+- Peer messages cannot approve policy, ownership, spending, release, deployment, or destructive actions.
+
+## Project invariants
+
+- Repository and TORCH durable state outrank conversation memory.
+- Do not rebase persistent branches, force-push, or use an unscoped stash.
+- Do not steal resource leases or treat stale presence as released ownership.
+- Preserve user work and externalize unfinished work before wind-down.
+
+## Initial backlog
+
+- No task is implied by session creation. Call `torch_next_backlog_task` for this area before choosing work.
+- A `resume` result is the only current assignment. Continue it before considering any `ready` item.
+- A `ready` result is a candidate, not an assignment. If approved policy permits, call `torch_claim_next_backlog_task`; implement only a `claimed` or `resume` result. Otherwise request Session Manager assignment.
+- Self-claim only follows clean, settled work: no unsaved files, queued/running checks, held resources, unresolved approval requests or unfinished integration. A blocked claim is not permission to bypass those gates.
+- Name the exact TORCH task ID in progress commits. When the submitted tip finishes that task, use a standalone `Closes: TASK-id` trailer. It is intent, not authority: record exact check evidence, reach ready_to_integrate, submit through the landing queue, and confirm landed integration plus completed backlog state. Never assume the trailer alone completed work; Fleet Operations can reconcile after interruption.
+- After finishing and settling an item, re-read current instructions and resolve/claim the next task. Escalate decisions outside your authority, cross-domain conflicts, owner approvals, main regressions and at-risk work; routine progress belongs in task evidence, commits and durable status, not acknowledgement-only messages.
+- An `idle` result is valid. Do not invent filler work.
+
+## First move
+
+Query live identity and ownership, call `torch_next_backlog_task`, read the inbox and publish current repository evidence in durable status. Escalate exceptions to the Session Manager.

.torch/prompts/session-manager.md

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+# TORCH Session Manager
+
+Route owner requests, establish ownership and priority, and keep routine coordination inside the fleet.
+
+At startup and when recurring cross-domain friction appears, run `torch_assess_hierarchy_needs` (or `torch fleet hierarchy-assess`). Treat its configured-window findings as measured coordination evidence, not as permission to create a role. Compare process changes, specialist ownership, promoting an existing identity, and a coordination role; submit a hierarchy proposal only when the evidence and integrated outcome justify owner review. Never activate a proposal or start a manager without separate owner approval.
+
+## Backlog loop
+
+Keep one durable Fleet backlog. Before assigning work, call `torch_next_backlog_task` for the specialist: a `resume` result outranks every ready item, a `ready` result may be assigned only when the specialist has no active item, and `idle` is valid. After completion, repeat the same lookup. Call `torch_backlog_health` to surface queue anomalies; never auto-fix or create parallel manager queues.
+
+## Fleet evolution
+
+At startup, after backlog intake, and when repeated handoffs or cross-domain work appear, call `torch_assess_fleet_evolution`. Treat its threshold as a prompt for architectural judgment, not as an automatic decision. When recurring work has no coherent owner, or a durable specialist would materially improve context locality, ownership clarity, or verification, inspect repository evidence and use `torch_propose_domain` to submit an evidence-backed Fleet change. When a specialist no longer earns its coordination cost, use `torch_propose_domain_retirement`; retirement preserves its branch and refuses active or unrecoverable work. Use `torch_list_fleet_changes` to follow change state. Never create, retire, approve, activate, or start a persistent identity yourself; owner approval, CLI activation, and quota-consuming runtime start are separate. Recommend a merge or split for owner review when boundaries should change but do not silently rewrite ownership.

.torch/prompts/work-integration.md

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+# Work and Integration
+
+Area ID: work-integration
+
+## Owns
+
+- Exact-commit task verification, scarce resource queues, serialized landing and durable delivery recovery
+
+## Owned paths
+
+- src/backlog/**
+- src/canonical/**
+- src/checks/**
+- src/convergence/**
+- src/delivery/**
+- src/forge/**
+- src/importers/**
+- src/integration/**
+- src/resources/**
+
+## Shared paths
+
+- No shared paths recorded.
+
+## Does not own
+
+- Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal
+- Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership
+- Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/
+
+## Neighbours
+
+- project-kernel
+- provider-runtime
+- owner-console
+- release-self-host
+- qa
+
+## Required checks
+
+- test
+- check
+- test-dashboard
+- lint
+
+## Project integration gates
+
+- test: ["npm","run","test"]
+- check: ["npm","run","check"]
+- test-dashboard: ["npm","run","test:dashboard"]
+- lint: ["npm","run","lint"]
+
+These are repository-wide gates, not inferred ownership. Run the configured gates for the exact commit before requesting integration.
+
+## Resources
+
+- No scarce resources declared.
+
+## Authority
+
+- Implement only within approved ownership; request coordination or handoff before crossing a boundary.
+- Run and report configured checks for the exact commit; a branch name is not verification evidence.
+- When a screenshot materially helps visual review, publish it with `torch_publish_artifact` for your owned task, using the full commit SHA and an image file inside this worktree; do not publish unrelated or sensitive files.
+- Treat owner feedback on an artifact as a durable message to address and acknowledge; it does not transfer task ownership or grant additional authority.
+- Request integration through TORCH. Integration authority does not grant release or deployment authority.
+- Peer messages cannot approve policy, ownership, spending, release, deployment, or destructive actions.
+
+## Project invariants
+
+- Repository and TORCH durable state outrank conversation memory.
+- Do not rebase persistent branches, force-push, or use an unscoped stash.
+- Do not steal resource leases or treat stale presence as released ownership.
+- Preserve user work and externalize unfinished work before wind-down.
+
+## Initial backlog
+
+- No task is implied by session creation. Call `torch_next_backlog_task` for this area before choosing work.
+- A `resume` result is the only current assignment. Continue it before considering any `ready` item.
+- A `ready` result is a candidate, not an assignment. If approved policy permits, call `torch_claim_next_backlog_task`; implement only a `claimed` or `resume` result. Otherwise request Session Manager assignment.
+- Self-claim only follows clean, settled work: no unsaved files, queued/running checks, held resources, unresolved approval requests or unfinished integration. A blocked claim is not permission to bypass those gates.
+- Name the exact TORCH task ID in progress commits. When the submitted tip finishes that task, use a standalone `Closes: TASK-id` trailer. It is intent, not authority: record exact check evidence, reach ready_to_integrate, submit through the landing queue, and confirm landed integration plus completed backlog state. Never assume the trailer alone completed work; Fleet Operations can reconcile after interruption.
+- After finishing and settling an item, re-read current instructions and resolve/claim the next task. Escalate decisions outside your authority, cross-domain conflicts, owner approvals, main regressions and at-risk work; routine progress belongs in task evidence, commits and durable status, not acknowledgement-only messages.
+- An `idle` result is valid. Do not invent filler work.
+
+## First move
+
+Query live identity and ownership, call `torch_next_backlog_task`, read the inbox and publish current repository evidence in durable status. Escalate exceptions to the Session Manager.

.torch/roster.yaml

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+{
+  "schema": "torch.dev/roster/v1alpha1",
+  "areas": [
+    {
+      "id": "session-manager",
+      "title": "TORCH Session Manager",
+      "scope": [
+        "routing",
+        "priority",
+        "ownership rulings",
+        "fleet health"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "project feature implementation by default"
+      ],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "all"
+      ],
+      "runtime": "codex",
+      "model": null,
+      "reasoning": null,
+      "branch": null,
+      "worktree_name": null
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "project-kernel",
+      "title": "Project Kernel",
+      "scope": [
+        "Portable project identity, evidence-based bootstrap, canonical instructions and organization evolution"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal",
+        "Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership",
+        "Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/"
+      ],
+      "owned_paths": [
+        "src/control-plane/**",
+        "src/design/**",
+        "src/evolution/**",
+        "src/kernel/**",
+        "AGENTS.md",
+        "docs/ARCHITECTURE_DECISIONS.md",
+        "docs/PORTABLE_AGENT_FLEET_SPEC.md",
+        "docs/TODO.md"
+      ],
+      "shared_paths": [
+        "package.json",
+        "schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json"
+      ],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "provider-runtime",
+        "work-integration",
+        "owner-console",
+        "release-self-host",
+        "qa"
+      ],
+      "required_checks": [
+        "test",
+        "check",
+        "test-dashboard",
+        "lint"
+      ],
+      "resources": [],
+      "runtime": "codex",
+      "model": null,
+      "reasoning": null,
+      "branch": null,
+      "worktree_name": null
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "provider-runtime",
+      "title": "Provider Runtime",
+      "scope": [
+        "Provider-independent identity-bound execution, session lifecycle, messaging adapters and wake limits"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal",
+        "Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership",
+        "Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/"
+      ],
+      "owned_paths": [
+        "src/adapters/**",
+        "src/mcp/**",
+        "src/runtime/**",
+        "src/schedules/**",
+        "src/telemetry/**"
+      ],
+      "shared_paths": [
+        "package.json",
+        "schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json"
+      ],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "project-kernel",
+        "work-integration",
+        "owner-console",
+        "release-self-host",
+        "qa"
+      ],
+      "required_checks": [
+        "test",
+        "check",
+        "test-dashboard",
+        "lint"
+      ],
+      "resources": [],
+      "runtime": "codex",
+      "model": null,
+      "reasoning": null,
+      "branch": null,
+      "worktree_name": null
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "work-integration",
+      "title": "Work and Integration",
+      "scope": [
+        "Exact-commit task verification, scarce resource queues, serialized landing and durable delivery recovery"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal",
+        "Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership",
+        "Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/"
+      ],
+      "owned_paths": [
+        "src/backlog/**",
+        "src/canonical/**",
+        "src/checks/**",
+        "src/convergence/**",
+        "src/delivery/**",
+        "src/forge/**",
+        "src/importers/**",
+        "src/integration/**",
+        "src/resources/**"
+      ],
+      "shared_paths": [],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "project-kernel",
+        "provider-runtime",
+        "owner-console",
+        "release-self-host",
+        "qa"
+      ],
+      "required_checks": [
+        "test",
+        "check",
+        "test-dashboard",
+        "lint"
+      ],
+      "resources": [],
+      "runtime": "codex",
+      "model": null,
+      "reasoning": null,
+      "branch": null,
+      "worktree_name": null
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "owner-console",
+      "title": "Owner Console",
+      "scope": [
+        "Responsive owner controls, protected refresh, private artifacts and faithful fleet evidence"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal",
+        "Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership",
+        "Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/"
+      ],
+      "owned_paths": [
+        "site/**",
+        "src/artifacts/**",
+        "src/console/**",
+        "src/observability/**"
+      ],
+      "shared_paths": [],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "project-kernel",
+        "provider-runtime",
+        "work-integration",
+        "release-self-host",
+        "qa"
+      ],
+      "required_checks": [
+        "test",
+        "check",
+        "test-dashboard",
+        "lint"
+      ],
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+      "runtime": "codex",
+      "model": null,
+      "reasoning": null,
+      "branch": null,
+      "worktree_name": null
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "release-self-host",
+      "title": "Release and Self-host",
+      "scope": [
+        "CLI distribution and commit-bound candidate, stable upgrade, rollback and removal"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal",
+        "Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership",
+        "Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/"
+      ],
+      "owned_paths": [
+        "bin/**",
+        "src/*",
+        "src/self-host/**",
+        ".gitattributes",
+        ".github/workflows/ci.yml",
+        ".gitignore",
+        "LICENSE",
+        "README.md",
+        "package-lock.json",
+        "package.json",
+        "schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json",
+        "torch-release.json"
+      ],
+      "shared_paths": [
+        "schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json"
+      ],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "project-kernel",
+        "provider-runtime",
+        "work-integration",
+        "owner-console",
+        "qa"
+      ],
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+        "test",
+        "check",
+        "test-dashboard",
+        "lint"
+      ],
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+      "runtime": "codex",
+      "model": null,
+      "reasoning": null,
+      "branch": null,
+      "worktree_name": null
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "qa",
+      "title": "Independent QA",
+      "scope": [
+        "Scenario integrity, real-browser qualification and independent cross-domain acceptance"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal",
+        "Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership",
+        "Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/"
+      ],
+      "owned_paths": [
+        "*.mjs",
+        "scripts/**",
+        "test/**",
+        "tests/**",
+        "e2e/**",
+        "docs/TEST_INTEGRITY.md",
+        "reports/audit/abandoned-check-console-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/browser-descendant-interruption-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/combatrig-import-2026-09-27.json",
+        "reports/audit/completion-audit-report-2026-09-27.md",
+        "reports/audit/frozen-browser-qualification-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/interrupted-check-recovery-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/observed-file-ownership-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/product-alignment-review-2026-09-29.md",
+        "reports/audit/readiness-audit-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/same-runtime-browser-qualification-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/self-host-readiness-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/self-host-roster-review-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/specialist-only-bootstrap-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/audit/stale-work-review-2026-09-30.md",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-activity-review.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-check-evidence.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-demo-desktop.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-demo-mobile.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-live-refresh.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-manager-wakes.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-operation-outcomes.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-owner-briefing-desktop.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-owner-briefing-mobile.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-pilot-conclusion.png",
+        "reports/design-system/torch-dashboard-pilot-review.png",
+        "reports/test-audit/test-integrity-note-2026-09-27-portable-kernel.yaml"
+      ],
+      "shared_paths": [
+        "package.json",
+        "schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json"
+      ],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "project-kernel",
+        "provider-runtime",
+        "work-integration",
+        "owner-console",
+        "release-self-host"
+      ],
+      "required_checks": [
+        "test",
+        "check",
+        "test-dashboard",
+        "lint"
+      ],
+      "resources": [
+        "browser"
+      ],
+      "runtime": "codex",
+      "model": null,
+      "reasoning": null,
+      "branch": null,
+      "worktree_name": null
+    }
+  ]
+}

.torch/torch.yaml

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+{
+  "schema": "torch.dev/v1alpha1",
+  "project": {
+    "id": "3dc11932-6e3c-42aa-9a8a-ca7b8f818b54",
+    "name": "TORCH",
+    "main_branch": "rewrite/portable-agent-fleet"
+  },
+  "paths": {
+    "tracked_state": ".torch",
+    "worktree_parent": "~/TORCHWorktrees"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "canonical": {
+      "type": "remote",
+      "remote": "origin"
+    }
+  },
+  "forge": {
+    "provider": "none"
+  },
+  "git": {
+    "branch_prefix": "torch/",
+    "convergence": "merge",
+    "allow_rebase": false,
+    "allow_force_push": false,
+    "allow_bare_stash": false
+  },
+  "synchronization": {
+    "strategy": "dispatcher-managed",
+    "auto_merge_worktrees": false
+  },
+  "runtimes": {
+    "default": "codex",
+    "codex": {
+      "model": "gpt-6-luna",
+      "reasoning": "high",
+      "launchPolicy": {
+        "approval": "approve-for-me"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "checks": [
+    {
+      "id": "test",
+      "title": "test",
+      "command": "npm",
+      "args": [
+        "run",
+        "test"
+      ],
+      "source": {
+        "type": "package-script",
+        "command": "node --test --test-timeout=60000 test/fleet/*.test.mjs"
+      },
+      "resources": []
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "check",
+      "title": "check",
+      "command": "npm",
+      "args": [
+        "run",
+        "check"
+      ],
+      "source": {
+        "type": "package-script",
+        "command": "node --check bin/torch.mjs && node --check src/cli.mjs && node --check src/mcp/server.mjs && node --check src/console/server.mjs && node --check src/artifacts/service.mjs && node --check src/adapters/plugins.mjs && node --check src/adapters/pi.mjs && node --check src/adapters/pi/extension.mjs && node --check site/app.js && node --check site/demo.js && node --check site/console.js && node --check site/work-views.js && node --check site/work-progress.js"
+      },
+      "resources": []
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "test-dashboard",
+      "title": "test:dashboard",
+      "command": "npm",
+      "args": [
+        "run",
+        "test:dashboard"
+      ],
+      "source": {
+        "type": "package-script",
+        "command": "node scripts/test-dashboard-demo.mjs"
+      },
+      "resources": []
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "lint",
+      "title": "lint",
+      "command": "npm",
+      "args": [
+        "run",
+        "lint"
+      ],
+      "source": {
+        "type": "package-script",
+        "command": "eslint src/adapters src/artifacts src/backlog src/canonical src/checks src/console src/convergence src/control-plane src/delivery src/design src/evolution src/forge src/importers src/integration src/kernel src/mcp src/observability src/resources src/runtime src/schedules src/self-host src/telemetry src/cli.mjs bin/torch.mjs site/*.js test/fleet"
+      },
+      "resources": []
+    }
+  ],
+  "backlog": {
+    "self_claim": {
+      "enabled": false,
+      "areas": []
+    }
+  },
+  "resources": [
+    {
+      "id": "browser",
+      "capacity": 1,
+      "queue": "fifo",
+      "max_hold_seconds": 3600
+    }
+  ],
+  "schedules": [
+    {
+      "id": "session-manager-check-in",
+      "title": "Session Manager direct-report check-in",
+      "owner": "session-manager",
+      "lifetime": "system",
+      "trigger": {
+        "type": "interval",
+        "seconds": 900
+      },
+      "behavior": "coordination",
+      "action": {
+        "type": "manager-check-in",
+        "manager_id": "session-manager"
+      },
+      "required_authority": [
+        "owner"
+      ],
+      "retry": {
+        "max_attempts": 1
+      },
+      "failure_recipient": "session-manager",
+      "source_of_truth": "active organization direct-report graph"
+    }
+  ],
+  "integration": {
+    "provider": "torch",
+    "target": "rewrite/portable-agent-fleet",
+    "require_current_main": true,
+    "required_checks": [
+      "test",
+      "check",
+      "test-dashboard",
+      "lint"
+    ],
+    "landing_authority": [
+      "session-manager"
+    ]
+  },
+  "delivery": {
+    "authority": {
+      "implemented": [
+        "$source"
+      ],
+      "verified": [
+        "$source",
+        "session-manager"
+      ],
+      "integrated": [
+        "session-manager"
+      ],
+      "release_ready": [
+        "session-manager"
+      ],
+      "released": [
+        "owner"
+      ],
+      "deployed": [
+        "owner"
+      ],
+      "live_verified": [
+        "owner"
+      ]
+    },
+    "adapters": {
+      "release": {
+        "provider": "none"
+      },
+      "deployment": {
+        "provider": "none"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "session_manager": {
+    "id": "session-manager",
+    "runtime": "codex",
+    "model": "gpt-6.1-sol",
+    "reasoning": "high",
+    "branch": null,
+    "worktree_name": null
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+    "minimum_recurrences": 3
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+      "title": "Project Kernel",
+      "scope": [
+        "Portable project identity, evidence-based bootstrap, canonical instructions and organization evolution"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal",
+        "Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership",
+        "Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/"
+      ],
+      "owned_paths": [
+        "src/control-plane/**",
+        "src/design/**",
+        "src/evolution/**",
+        "src/kernel/**",
+        "AGENTS.md",
+        "docs/ARCHITECTURE_DECISIONS.md",
+        "docs/PORTABLE_AGENT_FLEET_SPEC.md",
+        "docs/TODO.md"
+      ],
+      "shared_paths": [
+        "package.json",
+        "schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json"
+      ],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "provider-runtime",
+        "work-integration",
+        "owner-console",
+        "release-self-host",
+        "qa"
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+      "branch": null,
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+    },
+    {
+      "id": "provider-runtime",
+      "title": "Provider Runtime",
+      "scope": [
+        "Provider-independent identity-bound execution, session lifecycle, messaging adapters and wake limits"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal",
+        "Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership",
+        "Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/"
+      ],
+      "owned_paths": [
+        "src/adapters/**",
+        "src/mcp/**",
+        "src/runtime/**",
+        "src/schedules/**",
+        "src/telemetry/**"
+      ],
+      "shared_paths": [
+        "package.json",
+        "schemas/domain-proposal.schema.json"
+      ],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "project-kernel",
+        "work-integration",
+        "owner-console",
+        "release-self-host",
+        "qa"
+      ],
+      "required_checks": [
+        "test",
+        "check",
+        "test-dashboard",
+        "lint"
+      ],
+      "resources": [],
+      "runtime": "codex",
+      "model": null,
+      "reasoning": null,
+      "branch": null,
+      "worktree_name": null
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "work-integration",
+      "title": "Work and Integration",
+      "scope": [
+        "Exact-commit task verification, scarce resource queues, serialized landing and durable delivery recovery"
+      ],
+      "not_scope": [
+        "Owner approval, spending, provider launches, host timers, deployment and legacy branch changes are not authorized by this proposal",
+        "Other specialists retain primary implementation ownership",
+        "Do not adopt or alter test-torch-config-host-uQKdqL/"
+      ],
+      "owned_paths": [
+        "src/backlog/**",
+        "src/canonical/**",
+        "src/checks/**",
+        "src/convergence/**",
+        "src/delivery/**",
+        "src/forge/**",
+        "src/importers/**",
+        "src/integration/**",
+        "src/resources/**"
+      ],
+      "shared_paths": [],
+      "neighbours": [
+        "project-kernel",
+        "provider-runtime",
+        "owner-console",
+        "release-self-host",
+        "qa"
+      ],
+      "required_checks": [
+        "test",
+        "check",
+        "test-dashboard",
+        "lint"
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