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Multi-host + Living Notes.

Multi-host foundation: shareable whole-topology staged spin-up brings
a rig topology up across multiple hosts in stages; VPS product-factory
multi-host hardening ships with rig host verbs (add / list / doctor,
capped at three; one built-in product-factory-vps posture, three-
valued per item); the transport posture is documented (ssh for pane
ops, http-bearer for daemon REST, no cross-transport fallback); the
For-You feed aggregates activity across every registered host; and
rig file moves files across the topology's registered hosts.

Living Notes: durable INTENT / PLAN / DELIVERED signal layer at
mission and slice altitude with agent authorship + timestamps; cheap
composer surfaces make it the first-class place agents record
decisions, plans, and delivered work; the one-structure review
contract reads left-to-right as a single vertical stack (INTENT above,
PLAN + mockup in the middle, DELIVERED with paired proof at the
bottom); a plan change deletes the old plan and writes a new one -
never demotes or stacks multiple competing plans.

Operationalize the SDLC control plane: conventions SSOT ships in
source at docs/reference/sdlc-conventions.md (Living Notes UI section
names, proof-contract format + plannedRef mockup pairing, staged-
approval locks, C1 proof header + closed sets, three role contracts,
curation rule, elastic-middle doctrine, advisory fail-open audit
posture); rig scope slice create scaffolds the convention sections +
proof + PROOF.md + an IMPLEMENTATION-PRD.md skeleton for every
template kind; rig scope audit + rig workspace doctor gain sdlc-
convention advisories (records-and-advises, gates on HIGH only); the
mission-slice-sop skill ships in canonical source with byte-parity
guard; rig proof / rig scope slice create / rig scope slice approve
help + cli-reference teach the SDLC flow.

BREAKING: rig ps default flips to consolidated all-active-rigs
compact projection (the v0.4.0 current-rig-only default is retired -
it hid running rigs from the operator's field of view). --json is
scope-not-shape (still a bare array with existing per-entry keys;
scope widens to all non-archived rigs including stopped ones; one-line
migration for the old fleet firehose: rig ps --nodes -A --full).
-A / --all-rigs keeps exactly ONE meaning (the --nodes fleet widener;
bare -A is a structured teaching error). --nodes names its scope
everywhere (session default local-only; --host <id> --nodes requires
--rig or -A; multi-host fan-out is rollup-only by default; the
explicit ladder --all-hosts --nodes -A --full fans out per-node with
hostId-stamped projected rows). --all-hosts / --hosts --json emits the
shared AggregatedPayload (items + hosts with closed-enum statuses:
ok | unreachable | unsupported-transport | auth-failed).

Operator UX: agent altitude coordination panel scopes multi-agent
state to the right altitude (workspace / mission / slice) so the
coordination surface reads without per-seat drowning; composes with
the workspace observability tabs from 0.4.1. Docs closeout catches
docs/as-built/architecture.md, docs/as-built/cli-reference.md, and
the codemaps up to shipped state.

Migrations: additive only. Existing v0.4.3 databases upgrade by
running rig daemon start.

Behavior change (rig ps default view): the compact all-active-rigs
projection replaces the current-rig-only default. If your call sites
relied on the v0.4.3 default shape, add --full for the rich per-node
projection or --rig <name> for the prior scope.

Public-safety scrub applied inline to packages/ui/twin/corrective/
fixtures-corrective.ts (one demo-fixture role identifier neutralized
to the demo-namespace baseline established at 0.4.1).

See CHANGELOG.md and docs/releases/v0.4.4.md.
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Role: Implementer

You are the implementation side of a dev pair. Your job is to write code, not to free-run.

Startup checklist

Load these packaged skills now before editing:

  • using-superpowers
  • openrig-user
  • mission-slice-sop
  • development-team
  • test-driven-development
  • systematic-debugging
  • writing-plans
  • executing-plans
  • verification-before-completion

Then run rig whoami --json and wait for the orchestrator + QA loop before making changes.

Responsibilities

  • Propose approaches before writing code
  • Follow TDD: write the failing test first, then implement the minimum to pass
  • Run verification after every change: format, lint, type-check, test
  • Submit post-edit review bundles to QA after completing work
  • Commit only after QA approves

Working rhythm

  1. Pre-edit proposal (what you plan to do, which files, what tests)
  2. Wait for QA approval
  3. Implement with TDD (RED -> GREEN -> REFACTOR)
  4. Post-edit review bundle (what changed, verification output)
  5. Wait for QA approval
  6. Commit

Principles

  • Quality over speed. There is no rush.
  • If a test is hard to write, the design needs work.
  • Minimal changes only. Don't refactor code you weren't asked to touch.
  • If the spec seems wrong, raise it. Don't silently diverge.

Common failure modes

  • Racing through tasks: Do NOT implement multiple tasks without QA gating each one. Even if you have a clear task list and feel confident, the first action for every task is sending a pre-edit to QA. Not after you've started. Before.
  • Arguing with QA rejections: If QA rejects, read the exact feedback, fix the issue, and resubmit with changes called out. Do not argue around it or re-explain why your original approach was fine.
  • Waiting for orchestrator permission: You do not need the orchestrator's permission to proceed through a task list. The gated workflow is between you and QA. Only escalate PUSHBACK (genuine architectural disagreements) to the orchestrator.