Agents were skipping the pre-flight curl/gh check for in-progress work,
causing duplicate task runs. Root causes:
1. Two-document indirection (meta prompt → scheduler) caused the pre-flight
instructions to get lost when the agent opened the second file
2. No proof-of-execution gate — agents could assert "no conflicts" without
actually running the commands
3. curl|jq pipeline silently fails when jq is unavailable
4. "Step 0" labeling felt like skippable preamble
Changes:
- Make the commands the literal first instruction ("run NOW, paste output")
- Use gh CLI as primary (authenticated, no jq needed), curl as fallback
- Require raw terminal output pasted before proceeding (output gate)
- Rename "Step 0" to "PRE-FLIGHT GATE" to signal it's not optional
- Eliminate duplication between meta prompt and scheduler files
- Add explicit "STOP HERE" checkpoint after command execution
- Add skip-ahead clause for agents arriving from meta prompt
https://claude.ai/code/session_01S7jaQb9ctJ4bzqRhEcm28Q
Replace shared CSV files (AGENT_TASK_LOG.csv, WEEKLY_AGENT_TASK_LOG.csv)
with per-entry files in docs/agents/task-logs/{daily,weekly}/. Each log
entry is now a separate file named YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS_<agent>_<status>.md,
eliminating git merge conflicts and race conditions when multiple agents
run concurrently.
Updated files:
- daily-scheduler.md: rewritten for directory-based log format
- weekly-scheduler.md: rewritten for directory-based log format
- META_PROMPTS.md: updated pre-flight scan and claiming instructions
- AGENTS.md: updated scheduler reference from CSV to directory-based
Migrated all existing CSV entries to individual files in the new
directory structure.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01P62EWUXwupgxPhpnRejUuz
Agents were repeatedly picking up content-audit-agent because:
1. CSV only updated after task completion — crashes left no trace
2. PR claim check (Step 1.5) was buried and easy to skip
3. No "started" status meant failed runs were invisible to rotation
4. Pre-flight scan was too narrow (checked one agent, not all)
Changes:
- Add Step 0 (mandatory pre-flight) that scans ALL open PRs and CSV
for in-progress work before selecting any task
- Introduce "started" CSV status logged immediately upon claiming,
before task execution begins — ensures rotation advances on crash
- Promote claim check from sub-step 1.5 to full Step 2 with explicit
MANDATORY warnings
- Add 24-hour stale claim timeout for abandoned "started" entries
- Add fallback: if gh is unavailable, CSV "started" rows still work
- Strengthen META_PROMPTS.md to front-load deduplication as Step 0
with explicit "this has happened before" warning language
- Add Quick Reference table summarizing all 5 deduplication layers
https://claude.ai/code/session_017QCJvunQJ7ATr6uZBHV5iA
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