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closedAtApr 9, 2026, 11:25 AM

Enforce Meta Gates and Cascade Definitions in Agent Manuals

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tobiu
tobiu commented on Apr 9, 2026, 11:22 AM

Strategic Context

Agent swarm stability relies on rigid markdown policies for operational constraints. Currently, agents lack instruction to actively deduplicate tasks or properly manage Epic-to-Issue boundaries, causing protocol breakdowns.

Architectural Reality

AGENTS.md and AGENTS_STARTUP.md must be structurally expanded.

  • Gate 0: Deduplication: Requires agents to run grep_search on resources/content/issues and resources/content/discussions to prevent duplicate tracking before creation.
  • Epic Granularity Constraints: Explicitly restricts Epics to only represent architectural orchestrations involving separate actionable commits, preventing "one-shots".
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tobiu referenced in commit 26ad74a - "docs: Enforce Meta Gates and Cascade Definitions in Agent Manuals (#9812)" on Apr 9, 2026, 11:25 AM
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tobiu
tobiu Apr 9, 2026, 11:25 AM

Successfully added Gate 0 (Deduplication) and Epic Granularity constraints to the AGENTS.md and AGENTS_STARTUP.md manual to ensure strict ticket hygiene and prevent 'one-shots'.

tobiu closed this issue on Apr 9, 2026, 11:25 AM
tobiu cross-referenced by #9811 on Apr 9, 2026, 11:26 AM