kanban-dispatcher

name	kanban-dispatcher
description	Every 2h routes unclaimed kanban tasks to agent skills for execution
triggers	[{"cron":"0 */2 * * *"},{"manual":"delegate_task"}]
routing	{"ingest":"ingest-agent","librarian":"librarian-agent","librarians-assistant":"librarians-assistant","researcher":"researcher-agent","news-agent":"news-agent","arxiv-agent":"arxiv-agent","insights-agent":"insights-agent","web-researcher":"web-researcher-agent"}

Kanban Dispatcher

Dispatches unclaimed ready tasks to the appropriate agent skill by routing on task assignee prefix.

Trigger

Cron: 0 */2 * * * (every 2 hours), or manual run via delegate_task.

Process

1. Find unclaimed tasks — ready status, no task_runs entry (never dispatched)
2. Route by assignee prefix:
   • ingest / ingest-agent → ingest-agent skill
   • librarian / librarian-agent → librarian-agent skill
   • librarians-assistant → librarians-assistant skill
   • researcher / researcher-agent → researcher-agent skill
   • news-agent → news-agent skill
   • arxiv-agent → arxiv-agent skill
   • insights-agent → insights-agent skill
   • Default → skip (log, leave in ready)
3. Mark task in_progress via hermes kanban update <task_id> --status in_progress
4. Dispatch to agent skill via delegate_task(goal=f"Execute kanban task {task_id}: {task_title}", skills=[<routed_skill>])
5. On worker failure → mark task ready again so it's retried

Verification

After dispatch, task status must be in_progress in kanban, and a task_runs row must exist in ~/.hermes/kanban.db.

Skills

• kanban-morning-review (for context on task lifecycle)
• hermes-agent (for cron setup commands)