| name | mission-brief |
| description | Compose a MissionBrief YAML block to prepend to any Agent dispatch during the team-ownership dev-contract pilot (2026-05-23 → 2026-06-15). Use BEFORE spawning kernel-warden or any future warden. Fails if missing end-state, why, authority-bounds, or success-criteria. |
MissionBrief
Mandatory input contract for warden dispatch during the team-ownership pilot.
When to invoke
- Before any
Agent call targeting a warden agent (kernel-warden, future wardens).
- Optional for vanilla cavecrew agents during pilot, but encouraged.
Schema
Prepend this YAML block (inside a fenced code block, language yaml) at the very top of the Agent prompt:
mission-brief:
end-state: <one sentence, measurable. e.g., "Loop-detector streak counter resets on ACTION steps only; existing 2458 tests still pass.">
why: <one sentence, the constraint or motivation. e.g., "Observations resetting the streak masked IC-1 loop bug; project memory entry feedback_clean_types.md.">
key-tasks: <ordered list, ≤5 items>
authority-bounds:
paths: <glob list of paths the warden may Read/Edit>
commands: <list of bash commands the warden may run>
out-of-scope: <explicit list — refuse rather than escalate silently>
success-criteria: <deterministic gates: tests-green | file:line landmark | LOC delta ceiling | ablation-warden lift threshold>
retries-allowed: <integer, default 2>
Validation rule
Refuse to dispatch if any required field (end-state, why, authority-bounds.paths, success-criteria) is missing or contains "TBD" / "TODO" / vague phrasing.
Example
mission-brief:
end-state: "loop-detector.ts:102 streak counter resets only on ACTION steps; 2458 tests green."
why: "IC-1 (Apr 12) regression — observations were resetting streak, masking infinite loops."
key-tasks:
- Read loop-detector.ts to locate streak-reset call sites
- Write failing test asserting streak persists across observation
- Implement guard
- Run typecheck + targeted test
- Run full reasoning package suite
authority-bounds:
paths:
- packages/reasoning/src/kernel/capabilities/reflect/loop-detector.ts
- packages/reasoning/src/kernel/capabilities/reflect/*.test.ts
commands:
- bunx turbo run typecheck --filter=@reactive-agents/reasoning
- bun test packages/reasoning/src/kernel/capabilities/reflect/
out-of-scope:
- Edits outside packages/reasoning/src/kernel/
- Changes to act.ts or terminate.ts
success-criteria: "Targeted test fails before, passes after; full reasoning suite green; no LOC delta > 30."
retries-allowed: 2
Pilot expiry
This skill is part of the team-ownership dev-contract pilot. See [[2026-05-23-team-ownership-dev-contract-pilot]]. If pilot is killed on 2026-06-15, this file is removed in the revert commit.
