agento

name	agento
version	1.0.0
description	Delegate coding change tasks to Agent-Orchestrator (AO). Triggered by the keyword "agento" anywhere in a message, or by default for any coding task. Never use mctrl unless explicitly requested.

agento

Use this skill by default for coding change requests.

When to use

Route coding change requests through Agent-Orchestrator unless the user explicitly asks for mctrl. Examples:

• "agento spawn worldai-claw-agento fix the login bug"
• "agento status"
• "agento send wa-abc1234 please push your changes"
• "agento fix PR 5879"
• "agento make this PR good"
• "agento keep fixing comments and CI until merge-ready"

Worktree Requirement

agento MUST always use a new git worktree for agent sessions, unless already running inside an AO-managed worktree or session.

• The AO workspace plugin (worktree) is configured in agent-orchestrator.yaml with workspace: worktree for all projects
• Each spawn creates an isolated worktree in ~/.worktrees/<projectId>/<sessionId>/
• This ensures agents never run directly in the base repo working tree
• Verify: if inside a worktree, git rev-parse --git-common-dir should point to the parent repo's .git

CI & PR Comment Auto-Resolution

agento automatically resolves CI failures and PR review comments by default. This is configured in agent-orchestrator.yaml reactions:

reactions:
  ci-failed:
    auto: true
    action: send-to-agent
    retries: 3
  changes-requested:
    auto: true
    action: send-to-agent
    escalateAfter: 10m
  bugbot-comments:
    auto: true
    action: send-to-agent
    escalateAfter: 30m

When AO detects:

• A CI check failure → spawns an agent to fix the issue
• Review comments requesting changes → spawns an agent to address them
• Bugbot comments → spawns an agent to investigate

The agent uses the project's agentRules which prioritize:

1. Resolve review comments with minimal safe changes
2. Fix failing CI checks
3. Push fixes and update PR

AO CLI path

~/bin/ao

AO Working Directory (Required)

Run AO commands from:

cd ~/.smartclaw

ao reads agent-orchestrator.yaml from the current directory. In this setup, the canonical config is ~/.smartclaw/agent-orchestrator.yaml (includes project jleechanbrain). Running from unrelated directories can fail with: No agent-orchestrator.yaml found. Run ao init to create one.

Available projects (from agent-orchestrator.yaml)

• mctrl-test — mctrl_test repo (jleechanorg/mctrl_test, branch: main)
• worldai-pr5879 — WorldArchitect PR #5879 (jleechanorg/worldarchitect.ai, branch: tailscale_pub)
• worldai-pr5933 — WorldArchitect PR #5933 (jleechanorg/worldarchitect.ai, branch: fix/statusline-context-front)
• worldai-pr5938 — WorldArchitect PR #5938 (jleechanorg/worldarchitect.ai, branch: codex/3dc97cbc)
• worldai-pr5942 — WorldArchitect PR #5942 (jleechanorg/worldarchitect.ai)
• worldai-pr5955 — WorldArchitect PR #5955 (jleechanorg/worldarchitect.ai, branch: feat/claw-native-hermes-dispatch)
• worldai-claw-pr57 — worldai_claw PR #57
• worldai-claw-agento — worldai_claw agento clone
• jleechanbrain-main — jleechanorg/jleechanbrain main (also used for PR work)

If PR has no matching project: Run cat ~/.smartclaw/agent-orchestrator.yaml to see current list, add a new entry following the existing pattern, then spawn. Base repo path for new worldarchitect.ai PRs: clone fresh to ~/.worktrees/worldai-pr<N>-repo.

Commands

Spawn a new agent session

Each spawn creates a fresh git worktree automatically (default behavior from agent-orchestrator.yaml). The worktree is created in ~/.worktrees/<project>-<session>/.

cd ~/.smartclaw && ~/bin/ao spawn worldai-pr5879 <issue-id>

For a freeform task (no issue number), omit the issue argument:

cd ~/.smartclaw && ~/bin/ao spawn worldai-pr5879

Spawn for existing PR work (REQUIRED for PR comment/CI remediation)

When the intent is "fix PR comments/CI on PR #N", never pass N as the positional issue argument. Always claim the PR explicitly:

cd ~/.smartclaw && ~/bin/ao spawn worldai-pr5879 --claim-pr <pr-number>

Optional (assign to current GitHub user during claim):

cd ~/.smartclaw && ~/bin/ao spawn worldai-pr5879 --claim-pr <pr-number> --assign-on-github

Check status of all sessions

cd ~/.smartclaw && ~/bin/ao status

Send a message to a running session

cd ~/.smartclaw && ~/bin/ao send <session-id> "<message>"

List sessions

cd ~/.smartclaw && ~/bin/ao session ls

⚠️ EXECUTION RULE — TOOL FIRST, TEXT NEVER

NEVER reply with text saying you will do something. DO IT FIRST with a tool call.

• Wrong: "I'll route this to Agento now..." (text response — BANNED)
• Wrong: "Acknowledged — routing through AO..." (text response — BANNED)
• Right: immediately call exec(cd ~/.smartclaw && ao spawn <project> --claim-pr <pr>) with NO preceding text

If you catch yourself about to say "I'll..." or "Routing..." — STOP. Call the exec tool instead.

PR Title Tagging (REQUIRED)

Every PR created by agento MUST have [agento] as the first word of the title.

• Wrong: fix: resolve CodeRabbit comments
• Right: [agento] fix: resolve CodeRabbit comments

This tag allows the backfill cron (ai.agento.backfill) to detect AO-managed PRs and auto-spawn sessions if one is missing.

Spawn After PR Create (REQUIRED)

After any gh pr create, immediately spawn an AO session for it:

# 1. Create the PR (title MUST start with [agento])
gh pr create --title "[agento] fix: ..." --body "..."

# 2. Get the PR number
PR_NUM=$(gh pr view --json number --jq .number)

# 3. Spawn AO session immediately
ao spawn <project-id> --claim-pr $PR_NUM

Both steps are mandatory. Do not create an agento PR without spawning a session.

Steps

1. Parse the user's intent.
2. Determine the ao command (see Commands section above).
3. IMMEDIATELY call exec tool — no text before the call:

   exec: cd ~/.smartclaw && ao spawn <project-id> --claim-pr <pr>
   

4. After the exec call returns, reply with a one-line confirmation: "Spawned <session-id> for PR #N."
5. Do NOT wait for the spawn to complete — it runs async in tmux.

<## PR Hardening Loop (Default for Hermes -> agento PRs)

When the request is PR remediation (fix comments, fix CI, make PR good), run AO as an iterative loop using AO-native commands, not custom orchestration logic.

1. Start or reuse the AO session for the target PR.
   • If no PR-bound session exists, create one with ao spawn <project> --claim-pr <pr-number>.
2. Run ao review-check <project> from ~/.smartclaw to let AO detect review blockers and trigger follow-up messages.
3. Send the full remediation objective with ao send <session> "<message>":
   • Resolve all unresolved review comments/threads.
   • Fix failing required CI checks.
   • Push updates and re-run checks.
4. Re-check with ao status --project <id> and repeat AO actions while blockers remain.
5. Use gh pr view / gh pr checks only as verification or evidence if AO status is ambiguous.
6. Repeat until merge-ready (no unresolved blockers + required CI green), or escalate after bounded retries with concrete blocker evidence.

Default rule: if PR was created via Hermes -> agento handoff, stay in AO lane unless Jeffrey explicitly says mctrl.

Notes

• AO dashboard: http://localhost:3020 - managed by launchd (ai.agento.dashboard plist at ~/.smartclaw/launchd/ai.agento.dashboard.plist, symlinked to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.agento.dashboard.plist)
• Config: ~/.smartclaw/agent-orchestrator.yaml
• Sessions live in ~/.agent-orchestrator/ and ~/.worktrees/
• Notifications: AO posts to #ai-slack-test via the agento-notifier webhook handler
• AO-native remediation is already in AO itself (review-check + lifecycle reactions for ci-failed, changes-requested, bugbot-comments). Do not build a parallel custom remediation engine in this repo.

Rate-Limit Handling: When GitHub is rate-limited, github-intake.sh will NOT fall back to unclaimed spawns. Instead, it skips the PR and logs: RATE LIMIT: --claim-pr failed for PR #N, NOT spawning (will retry next cycle). AO lifecycle workers handle spawn/cleanup natively.