chore(1328): дедуп mappa-скилов из skills/skills + dist — канон теперь в mappa

- удалены 8 mappa-* + report-mappa-issue из skills/skills (источник — mappa/skills/)
- удалены соответствующие dist/mappa-*.skill архивы
- skills/skills остаётся только для общих скилов
- чужие WIP (update-skills, using-markitdown dist) не тронуты
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---
name: mappa-brainstorm-promote
author: ours
version: 1.10.0
description: >
Finalize a brainstorm buffer (mappa type=brainstorm, status=buffer): two
paths. (1) Promote a matured buffer — read → target → brainstorm_promote
(atomic buffer → wiki-page + archive, decision 7) → action-items as tasks
(task_create, bodies carry [[brainstorm:N]]) → review umbrella → covering
letter → final entry. (2) Close an already-completed buffer (work done, no
wiki needed) — verify linked tasks done → final entry + status=archive.
Buffer done ⇔ all action-items created AND all tasks done (incl.
review-umbrella) — wiki concepts/buffer-completion-criteria. General mappa
mechanism. Old name — trigger-synonym: workshop-promote-brainstorm.
Triggers (bilingual): «промоутни брейнсторм», «выкати в вики», "promote
the brainstorm", "finalize <topic>", "publish to wiki"; «закрой буфер»,
«архивируй буфер», "close the buffer", "archive the buffer".
---
# mappa-brainstorm-promote
Finalizing a matured brainstorm buffer that lives **as a mappa entity of type
`brainstorm`** (status=buffer). This is a general mappa mechanism — exactly
like `task.create` or `wiki.create`: the buffer exists in mappa, the skill
takes it to the end (promote the content into the wiki + action-items as
tasks). No workshop specifics: the skill triggers from any folder, works with
brainstorm entities of any project.
The procedure is linear (from reading the buffer to promotion and tasks), not
a loop: it's launched explicitly on the final buffer and takes it to the end.
In the forkflow it sits between work (`mappa-task-work`) and finish
(`mappa-closing-ritual`).
**Completion criteria** (wiki `concepts/buffer-completion-criteria`, .workshop):
a buffer is done ⇔ (all action-items are created as tasks) ∧ (all created
tasks are done, including the review-umbrella). Two entry paths to `archive`:
- **Promote** (steps 59): a maturing buffer whose content must land in a
wiki — `brainstorm_promote` (wiki page + archive atomically).
- **Close** (step 5b): an already-completed buffer — work done long ago
(tasks done / resolved / legacy-promoted in the file era), no wiki page
needed. Verify the chain — in the graph for same-project links, via
direct `task_get` for cross-project tasks — write the final entry,
`brainstorm_update(status='archive')`. This is how done-but-not-closed
buffers are swept (case: entity-uuid brainstorm:109, tasks 1067/1068/1093
done, buffer still `buffer` with zero edges — audit 2026-08-25).
**Content promotion — always via `mcp__mappa__brainstorm_promote`:**
atomically creates a wiki page (slug from the buffer, body preserved) in the
project from the call and moves the buffer to `archive` (number/slug stable,
decision 20; parent_of edges, `brainstorm.promoted` event). No file channels.
Action-items go as tasks to the target project via `mcp__mappa__task_create`
(carve-out without a lease, #1054; sequentially, not batched).
## When to use
- «промоутни брейнсторм», «выкати в вики», "promote the brainstorm",
"finalize <topic>", "publish to wiki".
- The user references a brainstorm entity (brainstorm:N) or a buffer topic
that matured and is ready for promotion.
## Inputs
- Brainstorm ref `brainstorm:N` or `<topic>` (buffer slug/topic) + project (if
the buffer is not in the current project — ask).
- For the skill branch additionally: `<name>` of the new skill (if not
specified — ask, propose a derivation from the topic).
## Decision flow
```
brainstorm entity in mappa (type=brainstorm, status=buffer)
find + read (entity_search type=brainstorm → entity_get full body)
ask: target project (where to promote)
├── close (no promotion): work already done, no wiki page needed
│ → step 5b (graph check + final entry + status=archive)
├── ordinary project → brainstorm_promote(project=<target>)
│ → wiki page (spec) in the target wiki
└── skill → dialog: description (trigger contract)
→ preview + confirm
→ mkdir + Write SKILL.md (skeleton) in ~/projects/skills/
→ git add + commit (local, no push/install)
parse action-items from the buffer body
for each: mcp__mappa__task_create (SEQUENTIALLY, not batched)
review-umbrella: mcp__mappa__task_create (blocked, blocker=impl#)
covering letter: mcp__mappa__inbox_send (mappa-delegation canon)
final report (wiki:NNNN — spec, brainstorm:N — archive, tasks)
```
## Steps
1. **Find the buffer in mappa.** `mcp__mappa__entity_search(type='brainstorm',
project=<project>, q=<topic>)` → in the results brainstorm:N (ref). Read the
full buffer: `mcp__mappa__entity_get(key)` — key = uuid, full ref
`brainstorm:N`, or bare num (канон адресации task:1221: голое число = num;
этап A задеплоен) — body = running record (frontmatter + rounds).
Адресация буфера — по num/ref/uuid, internal id наружу не используем
(выпилится в этапе B, task:1221).
If the buffer is not in mappa — create a brainstorm entity via
`mcp__mappa__brainstorm_create` (or HTTP `POST /entities` type=brainstorm,
contract decision 7/#1054). Don't invent file buffers.
2. **Show the buffer summary (≤2 paragraphs).**
3. **Ask the target project** — where to promote the content. Default — the
project where the buffer lives (brainstorms are run where the topic is
relevant). Verify the project exists in mappa:
`mcp__mappa__entity_search` type=project (or `mcp__mappa__entity_search`
with q=<project name>). If not — abort with a message.
4. **If target = skill (the user wants it as a skill):**
- Ask `<name>` of the new skill (if not specified) — a valid slug
(`[a-z0-9-]+`).
- Validation (order matters): first check that `~/projects/skills/` itself
is a repository. If not — **abort** with the message "clone skills via
update-skills or manually".
- Then: `~/projects/skills/skills/<name>/` must NOT exist. If it exists —
**abort** with the message "skill `<name>` already exists, update through
the normal route in `~/projects/skills/`, this skill is not for updates".
- Two-pass skeleton: dialog on `description` (activation trigger contract:
minimum 2-3 phrases, Russian/English pairs; what it does; antipatterns) →
preview + confirm → `Write` of the skeleton (header + 6 empty sections) →
local `git commit` in `~/projects/skills/`. **Without** install.sh, push,
build-hermes — those are in the baseline tasks of step 7. The body of the
skeleton is written in a second pass by eye (outside this skill's scope).
5. **Content promotion (always via `brainstorm_promote`, decision 7):**
`mcp__mappa__brainstorm_promote(project=<target>, brainstorm_id=<num | ref brainstorm:N | uuid>)`
- Atomically: buffer → wiki page (slug from the buffer, body preserved,
parent_of buffer→wiki edges and refs→buffer) + buffer → `archive` +
significant `brainstorm.promoted` event.
- **Frontmatter-summary (wiki:2661):** make sure the buffer body has
`summary:` as one line in the frontmatter — `wiki.search` cards read it.
If missing — append via `mcp__mappa__brainstorm_update` (PATCH
/brainstorm/:id, title/body/status, optimistic version+409; id = num |
ref | uuid) before the promotion.
- Re-promoting an archived buffer → error (one-shot, idempotent via
status). Cross-check `brainstorm_id` (num/ref) from step 1.
- If `brainstorm_promote` failed (version conflict, 409) → retry with the
fresh num/ref; on a stable failure — abort before creating tasks.
5b. **Closing an already-completed buffer (no promotion).** When the work is
already done and no wiki page is needed (legacy-promoted, resolved by the
human, tasks all done, or the decision was reversed):
- Verify the chain: `mcp__mappa__graph_neighbors`/`graph_backlinks` on
the buffer for same-project links (edges resolve in the owner's project
scope, finding #1014); for cross-project tasks (workshop → target, the
normal case) resolve the refs from the body/final entry via direct
`mcp__mappa__task_get(task:N)` — every linked task must be status=done
(or the buffer is closed by content: «решено»/«отменено»).
If tasks are done but nothing is written — the chain was never recorded;
the final entry below fixes it (backward text refs).
- Append the final entry to the body via `mcp__mappa__brainstorm_update`
(body, expected version; 409 → re-GET → retry):
«Закрытие (дата) — цепочка завершена: [[task:N]]… done / решено /
промоутнуто (легаси). Критерий: [[concepts/buffer-completion-criteria]]».
The `[[task:N]]` and `[[wiki:…]]` links create the closing edges on
write (decision 4).
- Set `status='archive'` in the same `brainstorm_update`. Buffer archived
without a wiki page — the knowledge is already where it belongs or is
historical (review reports, legacy plans).
- Report: `brainstorm:N` → archive, with the reason.
6. **Action-items parsing:** regex over lines like `- [ ] ...` in the buffer
body, sections after `## Следующие шаги`/`## TODO`/`## Next steps`/
`## Action items`. Show the list, allow editing/removing/adding. If 0
action-items — continue, don't block.
7. **Task creation:**
> **NB:** create tasks **SEQUENTIALLY**, not batched. One `task_create` →
> wait for the response → the next one.
- **Ordinary target:** for each action-item —
`mcp__mappa__task_create(project=<target>, slug=<kebab>, title, description,
status='ready')`. Create — carve-out, no lease needed (wiki:2660/#1054).
The impl task description references the spec (wiki:NNNN from step 5) and
MUST start with the buffer wikilink `[[brainstorm:N]]` — a ref edge is
created on write (decision 4) when the buffer is in the same project as
the task; cross-project it stays a searchable text ref
(`entity_search "brainstorm:N"` finds the task).
- **Skill:** three baseline tasks in `project='skills'`:
- `[<name>-install]` — run `install.sh` in `~/projects/skills/`,
verify activation in a new session.
- `[<name>-hermes-mapping]` — a record in
`~/projects/skills/hermes/mapping.yaml` (mode `auto` for style ones,
`pending` if it touches tools/environment).
- `[<name>-test-trigger]` — run the trigger phrases from the description:
activates on its own, doesn't activate on 2-3 close foreign ones.
Plus content tasks from the buffer (if any) — also in `project='skills'`,
slug-prefix `<name>-`.
- If the N-th task failed — continue the rest, report at the end which were
created / which weren't. Remember the slugs for the review-umbrella.
8. **Review-umbrella (for a target with impl tasks, and for skill — always):**
`mcp__mappa__task_create(project=<target>, slug=<topic>-review,
status='blocked', blocker=<impl task numbers separated by commas>, description=<checklist>)`
- **Who does it:** not the implementer. The next session in this project (a
different model / different day / different agent) with a clean context.
The "I just wrote this" bias is the main risk.
- Checklist: read the spec (wiki:NNNN from step 5), `git log` of the
shipped commits, for each impl task run the tests and cross-check with
acceptance criteria, findings → follow-up tasks via `task_create`.
- Closing: all findings filed OR the reviewer confirmed "no findings" in
the close-note.
- If the review task failed — report, **continue** to step 9 (the promotion
is already done, the buffer is in archive).
8b. **Final entry in the buffer (closing the chain).** After tasks are
created, append to the buffer body via `mcp__mappa__brainstorm_update`
(body + expected version; 409 → re-GET → retry): «Промоут → wiki:NNNN ·
таски [[task:N]]… · review-зонт [[task:M]]». This writes the backward
refs — the completion record per `concepts/buffer-completion-criteria`
(cross-project: text refs, verified by `task_get`; same-project: edges).
If the body PATCH on an archived entity is rejected — report to the user
(the chain stays visible through the tasks' [[brainstorm:N]] forward refs).
9. **Covering letter to the target's inbox (mappa-delegation canon).** A task
on the board doesn't ping a live session, a letter = ping + context:
`mcp__mappa__inbox_send(project=<target>, from=<your folder>, subject='Promotion
<topic>: tasks <#N…>', body=<list + wiki:NNNN spec>)`
10. **Final report to the user:**
- Where it was promoted: `wiki:NNNN` (spec in the target wiki).
- Archive: `brainstorm:N` (status=archive, number stable).
- Which tasks were created (ref, title, project).
- **For skill:** remind about the second pass "let's flesh out `<name>`".
## Failure modes
- Buffer not found in mappa (no brainstorm entity) → abort, report: create via
`brainstorm_create` (step 1) or HTTP POST /entities.
- `entity_search`/`entity_get` failed (API error, not an empty result) → abort
with the error text; don't create a buffer by guess.
- Target project doesn't exist in mappa → abort before promotion.
- `brainstorm_promote` failed (409 version / stable refusal) → retry with the
fresh num/ref; on a repeated failure — abort before creating tasks. The
buffer stays in buffer — retried later.
- Buffer already `archive` (repeated call) → abort: promotion is one-shot,
idempotence via status (decision 7).
- Closing (step 5b): buffer still has open linked tasks → abort, don't close;
report which tasks are open. Buffer is a living storm → abort (close only
completed or reversed buffers).
- Closing: `brainstorm_update` 409 (version) → re-GET → retry; repeated
failure → report, buffer stays in `buffer`.
- `task_create` failed on the N-th content task → continue the rest, report
partial. The promotion is already done — the buffer is not rolled back.
- `task_create` review-umbrella failed → don't block, report to the user
(create manually from step 8).
- `inbox_send` (covering letter) failed → promotion and tasks are not rolled
back; report to the user, the letter can be sent later (the promotion is
already visible in the graph/inbox of the target).
- **Skill:** `~/projects/skills/` doesn't exist → abort.
- **Skill:** `~/projects/skills/skills/<name>/` already exists → abort.
- **Skill:** user didn't confirm the preview → abort, state unchanged.
- **Skill:** local `git commit` in `~/projects/skills/` failed → the file
stays, report that the commit needs to be done by hand; the buffer promotion
is not blocked.
## Side effects
- **Always:** `brainstorm_promote` — atomically wiki page in the target +
buffer → `archive` + parent_of edges (wiki→buffer, refs→buffer) +
`brainstorm.promoted` event.
- **Closing (5b):** `brainstorm_update` — final entry with `[[task:N]]`/
`[[wiki:…]]` refs + status → `archive`; closing edges on write.
- **Ordinary target:** spec page in the target project's wiki (with
frontmatter-summary, wiki:2661) + impl tasks + review-umbrella + covering letter.
- **Skill:** skeleton `~/projects/skills/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` (only header +
empty 6-section skeleton) + local commit in `~/projects/skills/`.
**Without** install.sh, push, build-hermes — those are in the baseline tasks.
- Creates N tasks in the target via `mcp__mappa__task_create` (carve-out).
- Creates a review-umbrella task (status=blocked, blocker=impl#).
- Sends a covering letter to the target's inbox.
## What NOT to do
- **Don't use file channels** — the buffer lives in a mappa brainstorm entity,
no `.brainstorm/`/`.archive/` records.
- **Don't use `mcp__projects-meta__tasks_create` / `knowledge_ingest` /
`knowledge_promote`** — file channels are removed. Tasks —
`mcp__mappa__task_create`, wiki — `brainstorm_promote` (content) +
`wiki_create`/`wiki_update` (extra pages).
- Don't `git mv` the buffer into the archive — the promotion archives it itself.
- Don't delete the buffer instead of promoting — the graph history is lost
(parent_of, refs).
- Don't close a living buffer (5b) — closing is only for completed/reversed
work; verify linked tasks via the graph first.
- Don't close without the final entry — the backward refs are the chain.
- Don't invent wiki pages when closing (5b) — closing ≠ promotion.
- Don't batch `task_create` (race; incident 2026-08-24: 6/7 failed) — only
sequentially.
- Don't forget the covering letter — a task on the board doesn't ping a live session.
- **Skill:** don't automatically reformat the buffer body into the skeleton —
the body is written in a second pass by eye.
- **Skill:** don't run `install.sh`, don't push, don't edit
`hermes/mapping.yaml` — those are baseline tasks.
- **Skill:** don't promote into an existing skill (abort).

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---
name: mappa-closing-ritual
author: ours
version: 1.3.0
description: >
Finish phase of the forkflow: handoff write (mcp__mappa__handoff_write,
version h:N) + PROPOSE wiki-ingest + PROPOSE task closes. Mutations — only
after user confirmation. Ad-hoc: mode=light — an explicit question "Write
handoff?" at the end of the session (NOT an automatic sweep), the decision
is the human's. Old name — trigger-synonym: session-handoff (write part).
Reading at start — mappa-session-orient. Triggers (bilingual): «завершаем
сессию», «сворачиваемся», «закругляемся», "wrap up session", "end session",
"we're done for now". Anti-triggers (task-zone, not session-end):
«закрываем эту таску», «pause», «отбой», «разбегаемся».
---
# mappa-closing-ritual
Finish phase of the agent cycle: **write handoff → propose wiki-ingest →
propose task closes**. Start ≠ finish: reading the handoff at start —
`mappa-session-orient`; here — the write path with procedure and confirmation.
Channel — the **Mappa handoff entity** (`mcp__mappa__handoff_write`, type
`h:`, per-project): fields `session_id`/`date`/`status`/`summary`/
`open_treks[]`/`ask_user[]`/`guards[]`/`recent_commits[]`. Each write = a **new
version** (append-only, versioned history). The file-based
`.tasks/NEXT_SESSION.md` no longer exists.
## When to use
- Session-end phrases: «завершаем сессию», «сворачиваемся», «закругляемся»,
"wrap up session", "end session", "we're done for now".
- Ad-hoc session without a track/task at the end: **mode=light** — an explicit
question "Write handoff?" (not an automatic sweep), the human decides.
- The project's AGENTS.md contains the trigger line
`session handoff: read on start, write on end`.
**Skip (task-zone, not session-end):** «закрываем эту таску» (task close →
`mappa-task-work`), «pause», «приостанови» (task-pause), «отбой», «разбегаемся»
(too broad), "let me finish one task first, then we'll talk" (partial finish).
On ambiguity — **ASK**: "are we closing the session or a task?"
## Steps
### 1. Scope check
This is the current project (cwd). No global mutations, no other projects.
### 2. Mid-task capture
If there is a 🔴 active task of the project (mappa board / `.tasks/`) — capture
into summary:
```
left mid-task: <slug>
where_stopped: <one line>
```
No board — write the handoff without the mid-task section, don't block.
### 3. Compose content (handoff fields)
- `session_id``<ISO date>` or session identifier;
- `status``active` (work continues) / `paused` (frozen) / `done` (finished);
- `summary` — the link: where we stopped, mid-task, key decisions;
- `open_treks` — array of open tracks (readiness + entry-point);
- `ask_user` — pending decisions / expected resolutions;
- `guards` — "don't do" (preemptive guards);
- `recent_commits` — 35 latest commits (`<slug>: <subject>`).
Forward-looking, not a timeline: handoff = a link of new things specifically
for the next turn, not an overview of the whole project. The mappa board / wiki
remain authoritative for their own scope — don't duplicate them in the handoff.
### 4. Append
`mcp__mappa__handoff_write(project=<name>, session_id, status, summary, open_treks?, ask_user?, guards?, recent_commits?)` — the service creates a new `h:N` version (previous ones remain; reading the latest — `entity_search(type='handoff', project, limit=1)`). Pass array fields as `[]` when empty (the next agent sees: empty, not forgotten). Written without a lease (like inbox).
> **Confirm gate:** handoff write is a mutation. In mode=light (ad-hoc) and on
> ambiguity — first an explicit question "Write handoff?", only after "yes" —
> write.
### 5. Propose wiki-ingest (don't write!)
If durable knowledge appeared during the session — **PROPOSE** the ingest
(`mappa-knowledge`: mappa wiki create — carve-out, update — version+409,
wiki:2660), listing the candidates. Don't write anything without confirmation.
### 6. Propose task-board closes (don't close!)
If there are tasks that look closed — **PROPOSE** the closes
(`mappa-task-work`: task_close with version+409, wiki:2660). Respect ralph-loop:
verifier tasks close only via the verifier (attempt/harness-record).
### 7. Proposal format — one block
```
Closing ritual:
(a) ingest X into the wiki?
(b) close Y?
(c) nothing.
```
Wait for the answer. Refusal = skip (don't insist, don't repeat in this session).
---
## mode=light (ad-hoc sessions)
Ad-hoc session (no task/track, but artifacts may be born): the trace in mappa
is always written (service contract — session live-ingest), but
**structuring happens only on an explicit question**: at the end of the
session ask "Write handoff?" (the human decides). NOT an automatic sweep:
without "yes" — write nothing, the trace stays in mappa as is.
## Failure modes
- **Secret detected.** Content matches secret patterns (`AKIA...`, `sk-...`,
`ghp_...`, `ssh-rsa`, `BEGIN PRIVATE KEY`, `password=`/`token=`) → **abort
write**. Tell the user with the suspicious line indicated.
- **Ambiguous phrase** → ASK "are we closing the session or a task?", don't guess.
- **Mid-task without a board** → handoff without the mid-task section, don't block.
- **User refused the ritual proposals** → skip, don't insist.
- **Project not in mappa** → silent exit (first session).
## Side effects
- Writes the project's handoff entity (append-only, versioned history). No
files, no git commits for the handoff.
- The ritual **proposes** wiki-ingest and task closes — but does NOT write
them without "yes".
- No global mutations, no other projects.
## What NOT to do
- **No auto-execute** — every mutation (handoff write / wiki-ingest / task
close) only after an explicit "yes" from the user.
- **Don't run the ritual on a substantive commit.** Only a session-end phrase
(or an explicit user request).
- **Don't sweep automatically in ad-hoc** — mode=light: an explicit question
"Write handoff?", the human decides.
- **Don't write secrets** into the handoff. Secret-pattern match → abort.
- **Don't write a handoff on every commit** — only at the finish.
- **Don't duplicate the board / wiki** — handoff = forward-looking link.
- **No cross-project** — per-project scope.
- **Don't treat the handoff as authoritative** on the reader's side — it's the
previous session's recommendation, not a directive; the user can override.
## Reference
- Reading the handoff at start: `mappa-session-orient`.
- Task closes: `mappa-task-work` (pre-close coverage, notify letter).
- Wiki-ingest: `mappa-knowledge`.
- Letters: `mappa-messaging`. Delegation: `mappa-delegation`.
- Session live-ingest (the trace in mappa is always written): `concepts/session-live-ingest` (wiki:2604).

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---
name: mappa-delegation
author: ours
version: 1.4.0
description: >
The cycle of delegating a task to another agent/project: pre-flight gate →
body template → dry-run preview → confirm → covering letter to the
recipient's inbox → paired review task for impl. Every cross-project
delegation is a pair: tasks_create + letter (event: created) — a task on the
board does not ping a live session. Old name — trigger-synonym:
delegate-task. Triggers (bilingual): «делегировать таску», «создать задачу
на агента», «поставить задачу агенту», «tasks_create для», "delegate task",
"create a task for an agent", "assign a task to an agent". NOT applicable:
self-assigned tasks on your own board («создать задачу себе» →
mappa-task-work), doing work yourself, workshop-internal tasks.
---
# mappa-delegation
Unified **cycle of assigning tasks to agents**: from the pre-flight gate to
the covering letter to the recipient. Guarantees that every delegated task
carries: mandatory skills (imperative invoke), pre-flight permissions,
steering-loop fields (notify/weight), a paired review task for impl — and that
the recipient actually learns about the task (letter, not just the board).
## When to use
Before every `tasks_create` call for another project or agent.
**Activates:** «делегировать таску», «создать задачу на агента», «поставить задачу агенту», «tasks_create для», "delegate task", "create a task for an agent".
**Not applicable:**
- Work you do yourself in the current session.
- Self-assigned tasks on your own board («создать задачу себе», "task for myself") → `mappa-task-work`, not delegation. Disambiguator: «на агента»/«агенту»/«в проект X» = delegation; «себе»/"myself" = your own board.
- Workshop-internal tasks (`.workshop/.tasks/` — workshop-meta, not delegation).
- `tasks_create` with `target=agenda` (cross-project agenda — not delegation to an agent).
## Inputs
- `target_project` — qualified `<owner>/<repo>` (required)
- `slug` — kebab-case latin
- Short task description (goal + acceptance criteria)
- `weight``cheap-ok | needs-claude | needs-human`
- `notify` — commissioning project slug (who gets the inbox letter on close/park)
The task number is assigned by the server (`tasks_create` from the
agenda/task-counter) — the assigner neither invents nor reserves it. The
returned `#n` from preview/confirm is the task's machine key: blockers,
letters, and the decision trail reference it.
> **Contract (interactive, wiki:2660).** `task_create` — **carve-out without a
> lease** (create-without-lease as a principle); update/close — version+409
> (409 → re-GET → retry). file channel — sha-CAS via Gitea. No claim/TTL —
> "take a task" = conditional update by version (poller outside mappa).
## Steps (the cycle)
### 1. Pre-flight gate (6 questions to the user)
Ask **before** composing the task body:
0. **Critical infrastructure?** — the task changes: poller/agent-runner, MCP
servers (projects-meta, interns), claim/close/heartbeat mechanics, deploy
infra (traefik, docker, systemd), CI/CD pipelines, git hooks.
- If **yes** → force `weight: needs-human`, no discussion. Explain to the
user why.
- If **no** → continue.
1. **Interns — allowed?** (yes/no, per task)
2. **Auto-push — allowed?** (yes/no, per task)
3. **Contextual skills beyond defaults?** — propose per task content (e.g.
`claude-api` for Anthropic SDK work, `frontend-design` for UI,
`using-interns` if interns are allowed); the user approves.
4. **notify — who gets the completion/block report?** (project slug; usually
`.workshop` or `OpeItcLoc03/workshop`)
5. **Session-break after this task?** — is a session break needed after it
closes (domain-switch, milestone, heavy infra)?
- If **yes** → set `session_break` in the task body (see template): `true`
or a string-hint with the next track's name. `mappa-task-work` will stop
after close and propose ending the session, without claiming the next task.
- If **no** → don't add the field (default — the agent continues the cycle).
### 2. Compose the task body per template
Sections strictly in order:
```
<Goal — one or two sentences. Acceptance criteria if any.>
**Spec:** <path to the design solution or .brainstorm/…> — mandatory for tasks
from design/decision: the impl reads the design, doesn't guess
## Mandatory skills — invoke before starting work
- invoke `tdd-criteria` — before writing code
- invoke `mappa-task-work` — for task status management
- invoke `project-discipline` — commit/push discipline
- invoke `mappa-knowledge` after closing — ingest .wiki/concepts/<slug>.md
[if cross-project: - invoke `using-projects-meta` — cross-project tasks/wiki]
[contextual skills from step 1.3]
**TDD:** yes | no — <reason>
**Permissions:** interns: yes/no | auto-push: yes/no
**weight:** cheap-ok | needs-claude | needs-human
**notify:** <commissioning-project-slug>
[**allow_upgrade:** true/false]
[**session_break:** true | "<next track / hint>"] # optional — mappa-task-work stops after close, doesn't claim the next task
```
**When to set `session_break`** (optional; by default DON'T set it — it marks
a real boundary, not a default). Three cases:
1. **Domain / repo switch** — the task finishes one track before moving to an
unrelated one.
2. **Milestone task** — the last in a group of sub-tasks of one feature.
3. **Heavy infra task** — shared checkout, migrations, deploy — where it's
reasonable to stop and check the state.
Value: `true` (next track = "see STATUS.md") or a string-hint with the next
track's name. Consumer — `mappa-task-work`: after close it prints
`🔚 SESSION BOUNDARY …` and stops, without claiming the next task. Design:
`.wiki/concepts/delegate-task-session-break.md`.
**Staged breakdown:** if the solution splits into stages (1 → 1b → 3), create
each stage as a separate task with `status: blocked` + `blocker:
<predecessor numbers> (#n1, #n2 — numbers, not slugs; the number = machine
key)`. The board shows the order, the poller won't take dependent work early.
Create tasks in one repo sequentially, not in parallel (otherwise sha-lock
conflict — see Failure modes).
**Why `invoke` and not a trigger phrase:** AGENTS.md is unreliable (drifts
under compression, weak models ignore it). The task body is read actively —
the imperative `invoke` is a direct command, not passive matching.
### 3. Dry-run preview
`tasks_create(confirm=false)` — show the user the preview before the real commit.
### 4. Confirmation and creation
After the user's OK: `tasks_create(confirm=true)`.
### 5. Covering letter — mandatory for cross-project delegation
After creation, **every cross-project delegation** is duplicated by a letter to
the recipient's inbox (canon — `mappa-messaging`: Mappa channel, address from
the address book `~/projects/.wiki/concepts/projects-address-book.md`):
```
mcp__mappa__inbox_send(
project: <recipient address>, # folder name, from the address book
from: <your folder>,
subject: "[event: created] #n slug",
body: "1-2 lines — what the task is, why, slug; «sort it out and take it»"
)
```
(«sort it out and take it» — intentionally bilingual placeholder: the covering
letter body may be written in the recipient's language (Russian for
Russian-speaking projects, English otherwise). Not a trigger phrase.)
```
(update/close mutations — version-based (409 → retry); letter delivery —
carve-out, requires no lease.)
Reason: a task on the board **does not ping the recipient's live session**.
The poller will pick it up by `Weight`/`Notify`, but a live interactive
session learns only through the inbox monitor — i.e. through the letter. The
rule "task + letter, not just task" — is the general case (step 7 is its
particular case for downstream tasks).
Skip: self-assigned tasks on your own board; `target=agenda` (shared board,
no concrete recipient — steering-loop via `Notify`).
### 6. Paired review task (impl tasks only)
If the task is implementation — create the paired `<slug>-review`
(status=blocked, blocker=`#n` — the impl task number). Skip for: pointer
tasks, ops tasks, research tasks, any non-impl.
**Deploy gate (operator rule 2026-08-26):** if the task requires deploy — its
target is `.admin` (secrets/runbooks are service-use, other agents must NOT
look into them), not the app repo. Deploy is possible ONLY after: impl close →
paired review done → all follow-up tasks closed. Admin gets the task + a
covering letter.
**Notifying affected projects (operator rule 2026-08-26):** every delegation /
promotion notifies the project agents — the covering letter goes to ALL
affected projects, except yourself (self-copy doesn't count as notifying
others). Task on a board doesn't ping a live session; the letter is the ping.
**`weight` of the review task — inherit from the impl task, but never below
`needs-claude`** (set explicitly at `tasks_create`):
- impl `needs-human` → review `needs-human` (a critical-infra change cannot
be reviewed by a weak tier — the review inherits the impl's strictness).
- impl `needs-claude` → review `needs-claude`.
- impl `cheap-ok` → review `needs-claude` (floor: review is
discipline-critical, see What NOT to do — don't drop to cheap-ok).
Without an explicit `weight` the poller won't route the review task (the
reconciler skips it) — so always set it, even when impl and review are at the
same tier.
### 7. Downstream task for a LIVE session → require task + inbox letter
If the task body **instructs the agent to create a downstream task itself** for
another project where a **live interactive session** is working (e.g. the
programmer sets a deploy task for the admin) — in the spec **explicitly require
BOTH `tasks_create` AND the inbox letter** to that project
(`mcp__mappa__inbox_send(project=<target>, from=<yours>, subject="[event: created] #n slug", ...)`).
Reason: a task on the board does **NOT** ping the live session. The poller
will pick it up by `Weight`/`Notify`, but a live interactive session learns
only through the inbox monitor / Stop-hook — i.e. through the letter. A spec
that requires only `tasks_create` leaves the downstream task hanging unnoticed,
and someone finishes the ping by hand.
Rule: poller-driven target → `Weight`/`Notify` mandatory; live session → inbox
letter mandatory; **not sure poller or live — require BOTH.** Apply the same
rule when you ping a peer yourself: task + letter, not just task.
## Failure modes
- **User refuses the pre-flight** → abort, don't create the task.
- **User rejects the dry-run preview** → abort.
- **notify not specified** → re-ask, don't skip silently. Without notify the
steering-loop doesn't close.
- **weight not specified** → re-ask. Without weight the poller doesn't know who
to give the task to.
- **tasks_create failed** → distinguish: **PushRejected** (sha-lock conflict —
the repo moved between preview and confirm; happens on parallel creation into
one repo) → **retry**: repeat the confirm — the server re-reads the actual
base_sha. Other errors → tell the user, don't retry without an explicit request.
## Side effects
- Creates a task in the target project via `tasks_create` (file channel —
Gitea commit; service channel — mappa entity, create = carve-out without a
lease wiki:2660).
- Optionally creates the paired review task (status=blocked).
- Covering letter to the recipient's inbox (cross-project delegation).
## What NOT to do
- Don't skip the pre-flight gate — even if everything seems obvious.
- Don't use passive trigger phrases instead of `invoke` — "tdd-criteria" in
text is weaker than "invoke `tdd-criteria`".
- Don't skip `notify` — without it the boss won't learn about completion.
- Don't skip `weight` — without it fleet routing is blind.
- Don't create a review task for pointer/ops/research tasks — impl only.
- Don't create a review task without `weight` — the reconciler/poller will
skip it. Inherit from impl, floor `needs-claude` (see Step 6).
- Don't assign `weight: cheap-ok` where discipline is critical (review,
security, schema migration) — weak models may ignore invoke instructions.
- Don't assign `weight: needs-claude` or `cheap-ok` to tasks changing critical
infrastructure (poller, MCP servers, deploy, CI/CD) — only `needs-human`.
- Don't set `session_break` routinely on every task — it marks a real
boundary (domain-switch / milestone / heavy infra), not a default; otherwise
`mappa-task-work` breaks the session after every close.
- **Don't create tasks from design/decision without a `**Spec:**` reference**
— the impl agent guesses thresholds/scope instead of reading the design.
- **Don't create several tasks in one repo in parallel** — sha-lock conflicts
(PushRejected); serialize the confirms.
- **Don't delegate a cross-project task without the covering letter** to the
recipient's inbox (step 5, Mappa `inbox_send`). `tasks_create` into a foreign
board doesn't ping the live session — a task without a letter stays unnoticed
until the poller/hand.
- **Don't instruct the agent to create a downstream task for a live session
without the paired inbox letter** (see Step 7). `tasks_create` into a foreign
board doesn't ping the live session — the spec must require BOTH the task
and the letter, otherwise the downstream task hangs unnoticed.
## Reference
- Letters: `mappa-messaging` (inbox_send canon, address book).
- Tasks/board: `mappa-task-work`.
- Knowledge: `mappa-knowledge` (wiki after closing).
- Promotion: `mappa-brainstorm-promote` (review-umbrella through it too).

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---
name: mappa-knowledge
author: ours
version: 1.5.3
description: >
The cycle of working with a project's knowledge in Mappa (Karpathy LLM Wiki,
channel = mappa entities): ingest → query → lint + a graph layer for
relational/structural questions. Absorbs using-wiki + using-wiki-graph (old
names — trigger-synonyms). Triggers (bilingual): «заингесть», «обнови вики»,
«запроси вики», «проверь вики», "use project wiki", "query the wiki",
«что связывает X и Y», «как связаны», «путь между X и Y», "what connects
X and Y", «что ссылается на X», «backlinks of X», «сироты», «битые ссылки»,
"orphan pages". Wiki = entities type=wiki (read — carve-out; create —
carve-out, update — version+409; contract wiki:2660). Relational questions —
via graph_* (BFS server-side), guarded failure-mode: one page and stop,
no multi-hop chains by reading. Skip for single-page content questions.
---
# mappa-knowledge
The single cycle of working with a project's knowledge in **Mappa**: three
operations (ingest / query / lint) + a **graph layer** for relational and
structural questions. The skill is a cycle, not a tool: knowledge is
**compiled once and kept current** (ingest), queried (query), checked (lint),
and the links between entities are read through the graph (graph_*).
Channel — Mappa (`mcp__mappa__*`), NOT files. A page is an entity `type=wiki`
(`wiki:N`); read — carve-out; **create — carve-out without a lease; update —
optimistic concurrency (version+409 → retry)** (contract wiki:2660, v0.12.0).
The file-based `.wiki/` no longer exists; `setup-wiki` is dead (nothing to set up).
## When to use
- Ingest a document/source into the wiki («заингесть X», «обнови вики»).
- Answer from the wiki / check the wiki («запроси вики», «проверь вики», lint).
- Relational/structural question («что связывает X и Y», «backlinks», «сироты») — the graph layer.
- Modify any page — formats below are mandatory; project conventions live in
the `AGENTS` entity (legacy — `CLAUDE` pointer).
**NOT for:** one-off code questions (normal file reading), single-file
README/ADR (not a persistent knowledge base), a project without a wiki in mappa.
## Three layers (don't mix)
1. **Raw sources**`summaries/<slug>` pages. Immutable: read, don't edit
(the only exception — the `> Status` blockquote on an explicit user request).
2. **Wiki** — the other pages (entities/concepts/packages/contradictions/open-questions/overview).
3. **Schema** — the `AGENTS` entity (canon, slug `AGENTS`) + `CLAUDE` (legacy
pointer "Canon is AGENTS"). Read `AGENTS` first; it overrides this skill on
conflict.
## First step of any operation
1. `mcp__mappa__wiki_get(project, 'AGENTS')` — if present, read it (canon; if
not — `wiki_get(project, 'CLAUDE')`, the legacy pointer).
2. `mcp__mappa__wiki_get(project, 'index')` — the catalog; find the needed
pages. (Default catalog — `entity_search`, decision 1; `index` is an
orientation aid.)
3. Only then act.
If `AGENTS`/`CLAUDE` is missing — the wiki is either new or unmaintained:
don't improvise the structure, the first ingest creates `AGENTS`
(+ `CLAUDE` pointer).
## MCP surface
| Operation | Tool | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Read a page | `mcp__mappa__wiki_get(project?, slug)` | read — carve-out |
| Search pages | `mcp__mappa__entity_search(q, type='wiki', project?, scope?, limit)` | ILIKE over body/title (full bodies) |
| Card search | `mcp__mappa__wiki.search(q, scope?, project?, projects?, limit?)` | cards {ref, project, slug, title, summary, snippet, related} — without bodies (wiki:2661) |
| Create a page | `mcp__mappa__wiki_create(project, slug, body)` | **carve-out without a lease** |
| Update a page | `mcp__mappa__wiki_update(project, id, title?, body?, version)` | id = num \| ref wiki:N \| uuid (канон task:1221); **version-based**: conflict → 409 → retry with the fresh version from wiki_get |
| Path between entities | `mcp__mappa__graph_path({from, to})` | shortest chain, BFS |
| Neighbors / outgoing | `mcp__mappa__graph_neighbors({id})` | node edges with target resolution |
| Incoming links | `mcp__mappa__graph_backlinks({id})` | who references the node |
| Graph health | `mcp__mappa__graph_stats()` | nodes/edges/components |
**Writing — carve-out (create) / version-based (update), no lease (interactive
contract, wiki:2660).** `wiki_create` requires no claim_token; `wiki_update`
takes the expected `version` (fresh from `wiki_get`) — conflict → 409 →
re-GET → retry.
**Frontmatter-summary (wiki:2661, card search).** On create/update/promote
write `summary:` — ONE essence line in the page frontmatter (`---\ntitle: …\nsummary: one line\n---`). The `wiki.search` cards read it (without summary the
card is poorer — snippet fallback only). Don't insert duplicate info into the
body: the summary is compiled once, in the frontmatter.
**Refs and ids (#1037/#1028, канон task:1221).** The public surface carries the per-type ref by
full name as the first field: `ref: "wiki:3"` (decision 20, convention #1028),
`num` next, the global `id` — internal (last). `wiki_update` takes the
`num` | `ref wiki:N` | uuid (этап A task:1221 задеплоен: голое число = num;
internal id наружу не используем — выпилится в этапе B). In prose —
slug/name first, ref as anchor: "the spec `concepts/session-live-ingest`
(wiki:2604)". In page bodies — wikilinks by slug (`[[concepts/foo]]`,
decision 4) or per-type refs by full names (`[[task:N]]`/`[[inbox:N]]`).
---
## The cycle: three operations
### Ingest — «заингесть X»
1. Read the source completely.
2. Extract: entities, concepts, packages, cross-results.
3. Create `summaries/<slug>` — one summary page per source (~50150 lines;
put the raw link in frontmatter `raw_path` + `ingested:`).
4. For every affected page:
- exists → update (`wiki_update(project, id, body, version)` — version
fresh from `wiki_get`; 409 → re-GET → retry). **Mark contradictions
explicitly** with a `> **Contradiction:** source A says X, source B — Y`
block. Don't overwrite silently.
- missing → create (`wiki_create`, carve-out).
5. Update `index` (catalog: one line per page) — optional; the default catalog
is `entity_search` (decision 1).
6. Report to the user: what was created, what updated, which contradictions.
First ingest of a new wiki: create `AGENTS` (canon) + `CLAUDE` (pointer).
**Op-log — automatic.** Every write operation is already logged by the service
into the `logs` table (component=entity type, message=slug+operation; to view —
`mcp__mappa__admin_logs`). Don't maintain a manual `log` page — it's a
duplicate, the audit trail lives in the service (decision 12, ratified
2026-08-24).
**One ingest can touch 1015 pages. That's normal — that's what LLMs are for.**
Write order: all wiki mutations in one cycle; create — carve-out, update — with
version (fresh from `wiki_get`); 409 → re-GET → retry. No lease/claim needed
for writing (wiki:2660).
### Query — a question to the wiki
1. Read `index` first, then dig into pages (`wiki_get` by slug).
2. Answer with quote-wikilinks: `[[concepts/foo]]` (edges are created on
write, decision 4).
3. **Compounding the wiki.** If the answer is a real synthesis (comparison,
analysis, new link) — ask the user: "Save as a wiki page?" Good questions
become pages in `concepts/`.
**Relational/structural questions — don't read, call the graph** (next
section): links form a graph that an LLM doesn't traverse reliably by reading.
### Lint — «проверь вики»
Look for:
- **Contradictions** between pages.
- **Orphans** — pages without incoming links: `graph_backlinks(id)` (id from
`wiki_get`) → no incoming edges = orphan.
- **Stale-claims** — a page's `updated_at` older than the source it summarizes.
- **Lost entities** — concepts from the text without their own page
(`entity_search` by name → empty).
- **Empty/TODO sections.**
Report — a punch list. Don't delete anything automatically.
---
## Graph layer (relational/structural questions)
**Stop and call the graph.** On a relational/structural question about the wiki
or any mappa entities (tasks, letters, sessions) **don't answer after reading
one page** — that's the 0%-recall failure the graph layer exists for. The
service walks the edges deterministically (BFS) and returns the answer in a few
lines; context doesn't get polluted.
Question form → tool:
| Question | Tool |
|---|---|
| relational — «что связывает X и Y», «путь между», "what connects", "shortest path" | `graph_path({from, to})` |
| neighbourhood — «соседи X», "neighbours of X" | `graph_neighbors({id})` |
| incoming — «кто ссылается на X», «backlinks», "what links to X" | `graph_backlinks({id})` |
| health — «сироты», «битые ссылки», «здоровье вики», "orphan pages" | `graph_stats()` + `graph_backlinks(id)` |
**Addressing: slug → num/ref/uuid.** Resolve the key via `wiki_get`/`entity_search`
(ref/num/uuid — публичная адресация, канон task:1221; internal id не используем). Graph
responses carry per-type refs by full names (`task:N`/`inbox:N`/`wiki:N`, convention #1028) —
reference them, not internal ids. An empty `path` = the link genuinely doesn't exist —
say so; don't invent a chain from textual proximity.
**Precondition — the graph is actually connected.** If unsure — first
`graph_stats()`: `edges` ≈ 0 ⇒ empty graph, answer by reading. (Slugs without
[[links]] create no edges; orphans are normal for sparse wikis.)
---
## Page formats (MANDATORY)
### Frontmatter
```yaml
---
title: Human-readable name
type: entity | concept | package | summary | contradiction | open-question | overview
tags: [short, tokens]
sources: [concepts/mappa.md]
updated: 2026-08-24
---
```
`summaries/` pages additionally carry `ingested: YYYY-MM-DD` and `raw_path: …`.
`contradictions/``status: open | resolved | accepted-divergence` and
`affects:`. `open-questions/``status: open | answered | obsolete` and
`touches:`.
### Slugs
- `kebab-case`, **Latin only**. Transliterate Cyrillic/other scripts
(«план переписывания» → `ozon-client-rewrite`). The original title — in H1
and frontmatter.
- `entities/<name>`, `concepts/<name>`, `packages/<name>`, `summaries/<slug>`,
`contradictions/<slug>`, `open-questions/<slug>`.
### Op-log — the `logs` table, not a page
File-based `log.md` is dead (decision 12/15, ratified 2026-08-24). The service
writes the op-log itself on every write operation: `mcp__mappa__admin_logs`
(filters level/since/component/entity, retention 14d). Don't create, append,
or parse a manual `log` page.
### `index` — catalog via search
Catalog = `entity_search(q, type='wiki', project)` (decision 1). The `index`
page — optional orientation aid: one line per page
`- [Title](concepts/foo.md) — hook.`, sections by type. Update only if the
page already exists; don't proliferate catalog duplicates.
## Quick reference
| Situation | What we touch |
|---|---|
| Ingest one document | `summaries/<slug>` (new) + 315 entities/concepts/packages (+ optional `index`) |
| Query | (read) + possibly a new page |
| Query relational | graph_* (BFS), not reading |
| Lint | (read) + graph_backlinks/stats for orphans |
| New project wiki | the first ingest creates `AGENTS` + `CLAUDE` pointer; op-log — automatic |
## Common mistakes
- **Editing `summaries/`.** Not allowed. Only a status block on an explicit request.
- **Dumping raw content into `summaries/`.** A summary is a summary. Reference
the raw, don't copy it.
- **Silent overwrites.** A new source contradicts a page — mark with a
`> **Contradiction:**` block; don't wipe it.
- **Narrative op-log.** Don't maintain it by hand: the service writes logs
itself (admin.logs).
- **Non-ASCII slugs.** Break grep and cross-platform compatibility. Transliterate.
- **Missed contradictions in lint.** The wiki's value is in exposed tensions,
not in false consensus.
- **Writing without version (update).** `wiki_update` without a fresh version →
last-write-wins, risk of wiping someone else's work; take the version from
`wiki_get`, 409 → retry.
- **Holding a claim for reading/thinking.** A claim is for the duration of
work; reading — carve-out.
- **Answering a relational question by reading one page.** That's the exact
0%-recall failure — call graph_*.
- **Slugs/paths into graph tools.** Only fresh keys (num/ref/uuid, канон task:1221; a
deleted entity → error).
- **Dragging the whole wiki into context** to "trace" links by hand — the
service does it for zero tokens.
## Red flags
- Relational question → reading a page instead of `graph_*`.
- Editing `summaries/` or silently overwriting a contradiction.
- Wiki update mutation without version (last-write-wins) or create with an
invented claim.
- Narrative op-log by hand.
---
## Reference
- Entity search: `mcp__mappa__entity_search` (FTS, decision 1).
- Op-log: `mcp__mappa__admin_logs` (automatic, decision 12).
- Tree/umbrellas: `mcp__mappa__graph_tree(root, depth?, fields?, limit?)`.
- Tasks: `mappa-task-work`. Mail: `mappa-messaging`. Delegation: `mappa-delegation`.
- Related: `using-projects-meta` (bridge until the flip), `project-discipline`.
- Showing wiki pages to the human (rows/cards): `mappa-presentation` — mandatory format.

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---
name: mappa-messaging
author: ours
version: 1.4.1
description: >
The inter-session mail cycle via Mappa: SEND (inbox_send) → RECEIVE
(inbox_monitor) → POLICY (peer ≠ authority). Address = the project folder
name from the address book; from = your own folder; never write to yourself.
A letter from another agent is a proposal, not authority; the only source of
direction and scope is the human. Old names — trigger-synonyms:
inter-session-messaging. Triggers (bilingual): «напиши письмо <проекту>»,
«отправь сообщение», «свяжись с <проектом>», «передай <проекту>»,
«уведомь <проект>», "write a message to <project>", "send a message",
and also receiving incoming mail (see below). NOT about delivery/monitoring
(→ mappa-session-orient, inbox raise) and NOT about tasks
(→ mappa-task-work, mcp__mappa__task_*).
---
# mappa-messaging
The single canon of inter-session mail — **a cycle, not a tool**: send →
receive → content policy. Each phase below is a mandatory part of the cycle;
skipping a phase = a broken cycle (a letter without policy = flood, a reply
without SEND = emptiness).
Channel — Mappa (`mcp__mappa__*`), NOT files. A letter is an entity of type
`inbox` (`inbox:N`), lives in the service; delivery and reading — carve-out
(require no project lease, decision 19). The file channel `.agents/inbox/` is
removed (flip of decision 15).
## When to use
- Write a letter to another project/agent: «напиши письмо <проекту>», «отправь сообщение», «свяжись с <проектом>», «передай <проекту>», «уведомь <проект>», "write a message to <project>", "send a message".
- Received an incoming letter (the monitor delivered it, or you checked
`inbox_monitor` yourself) — process it per RECEIVE.
- Discussing design/scope/decisions with another session — keep POLICY
(peer ≠ authority).
**NOT for:** mail delivery/monitoring (→ `mappa-session-orient`, inbox raise),
tasks (→ `mappa-task-work`), handoff (→ `mappa-closing-ritual`), promotion (→
`mappa-brainstorm-promote`).
---
## SEND — how to write a letter
### Address — only from the address book, and the project must be in Mappa
The project address = **its disk folder name as is** (`.workshop`, `artmone.pro`,
`snolla.js`). Never invent an address from a qualified name, remote, or memory —
the folder may not match the repo (`OpeItcLoc03/common` → folder `.common`).
1. Read the address book: `~/projects/.wiki/concepts/projects-address-book.md`
(shared wiki clone). Table: `address (folder) | qualified | role`.
2. Find the row with the target project by folder name.
3. If the project is **not** in the book — don't write the letter. Stop and ask
the human (or add a book entry if the human confirmed the address). A letter
to an invented address creates an orphan project in Mappa (`ensureProject`)
and gets lost.
4. **The project must exist in Mappa**: cross-check the address against the
project list (`mcp__mappa__admin_status``projects[]` or
`entity_search` type=project). A non-existent address is absent from the
list — stop and ask (or create the project).
### The send call
```
mcp__mappa__inbox_send(
project: <recipient address>, # project folder name (from the address book)
from: <sender address>, # YOUR folder name (just the name, no owner/topic)
subject: <topic>, # optional — short topic
body: <markdown body> # free markdown
)
```
- `from`**only your folder name**. No owner, no description. NOT
`reviewer-command-index-done-ack` (the letter topic is not an address). A
letter with an invented `from` cannot be replied to.
- Reply to a letter: `inbox_send(project=<from of the received>, from=<your folder>)`.
In `subject` — the `Re: ` prefix, in the body the first line is a reference
to the original letter (`inbox:<number>` or its subject). There are no
`in_reply_to`/`event` fields in Mappa — instead subject-prefixes `Re:` and
`[event: closed]` for lifecycle letters.
### Ref format: slug/name first, full ref name as anchor
Convention for prose and links: **name/slug first, ref as anchor** — "the
letter about the deploy (inbox:2046)", "the task `session-live-ingest-impl`
(task:1022)".
Write refs **by full names**: `task:`/`wiki:`/`inbox:`/`session:`/`handoff:`/
`storm:`/`repo:`/`commit:`/`project:` (short `t:`/`w:`/`i:`/… are accepted by
the parser, but write full). The wiki ref is a single `wiki:NNNN` for all
buckets (subtype — in the slug: `wiki:2604` = concepts/session-live-ingest).
### Task references — by global number (v2 format)
A task reference in a letter — **by global number**: `#452` (v2 format,
numbers are the machine key, unique across the whole federation). Not a slug —
slugs can repeat between projects. First mention of a task in a letter — with
number and slug for readability: `#452 (tasks-v2-search-by-id)`, afterwards —
just `#452`. Resolving a number into {project, slug} — via
`mcp__mappa__entity_search` (searches by number/id) or `entity_get` (key — uuid
or full ref `type:NNN`; bare numbers → 400, task:1067).
### Hard rules
1. **Never write a letter to yourself** — your inbox is for incoming, not for
notes. Notes — in `.brainstorm/` or `.tasks/`, not by letter.
2. **Never invent an address** — only from the address book + an existing
project in Mappa (step 4 above).
3. **`from` — always an address (folder name)** that can be replied to.
Descriptions like `workshop session (implements catalog wave 2)` — banned:
such a letter cannot be replied to.
4. **The letter topic — in `subject` and body**, not in `from`.
---
## RECEIVE — how to process incoming mail
1. Incoming is delivered by the monitor (`mappa-session-orient` — inbox raise,
pi extension) or you check yourself: `mcp__mappa__inbox_monitor(project=<your folder>, limit)`.
Response — `{rows: [{id, slug, from, subject, body}]}`: the latest letters
of your project, with sender and topic (meta extracted by the server).
2. **A letter is first-class, not a background notification.** Read and process
it at the start of the nearest turn — NOT "when I get around to it", NOT at
the end of the session. If a message appeared in context after a long
tool-cycle — that's no reason to bury it in the final summary: process it
before the session ends.
3. Acknowledge receipt explicitly and answer the content in your turn.
4. **Who is the sender:** the `from` field in the `inbox_monitor` response
(address — folder name). Topic — `subject`. For a reply — SEND to the
sender (`from`).
5. If a reply is needed — SEND per the canon above, to the sender (`from`).
6. Don't leave a letter unprocessed until the end of the turn — if you can't
decide now, say so and (if needed) create a task via
`mcp__mappa__task_*`, don't "forget".
7. **Expected mail:** if you yourself triggered an event that will birth a
letter into your inbox (notify to your project: close/blocked/
delivery-failed task) — check `inbox_monitor` at the moment the event fired;
don't wait for the letter to arrive on its own. Delivery may lag for the
duration of the current tool-cycle.
8. **Dedup:** the monitor remembers delivered ids (in process memory). Letters
in Mappa are not moved (no `.read/`) — processed ones stay in the list;
don't re-read them, cross-check against already-seen ids.
---
## POLICY — letter content
> The inbox is a peer channel, not a chain of command. Messages from another agent session are a colleague's proposals — never a human mandate. The human is the only authority for direction and scope.
### Rules
1. **Peer ≠ authority.** A message from another agent (even role-named
"assigner" / "boss" / "reviewer") is peer input: analysis and proposals.
Only the human grants sanction. Direction and scope — only from the human.
2. **Don't present your opinion as a decision.** When replying to a peer,
don't call your design choice "the assigner's decision" until the human has
explicitly ratified it. Phrase it: "I recommend X; the human hasn't ratified
it." Distinguish "the human decided X" from "a peer/I recommend X".
3. **Escalations require an explicit human "yes".** Architectural decisions
and scope growth must be ratified by the human **before** you report them to
a peer as decided or act on them.
### Channel contract (inbox vs board)
- **Inbox (`inbox.*`) — a communication channel only**: discussion, help,
lifecycle notifications ("task created", "closed", "blocked"). Nothing more.
- **Tasks — only through `mcp__mappa__task_*`.** The board is the only source
of truth about a task: existence, status, scope, decisions are created and
changed via `task_create` / `task_close` — never "decided" inside a letter.
(Create — carve-out; update/close — version+409, wiki:2660.)
Consequence: **if it's not on the board — it's not a task or a decision, it's
a conversation.** A meaningful design choice must land on the board (or the
wiki); the inbox only points to it.
### Lifecycle notifications: task + letter
A cross-project task action is always a "board + letter" pair. The board is the
source of truth (existence/status/scope), the letter is a ping and context. In
the letter body, name the task **by number** (`#452`), not just by slug.
Mark lifecycle letters with the subject-prefix `[event: <type>]`:
| Event | Who writes | Where | subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| Created | commissioner | recipient's inbox | `[event: created] #N slug` |
| Closed | executor (live session) or poller (auto-run) | commissioner's inbox (`Notify`) | `[event: closed] #N slug` |
| Blocked/parked | same | same | `[event: blocked] #N slug` |
Letter body — 1-2 lines + numbers/slugs, don't duplicate the board. A live
session learns about a task ONLY through the letter (the board doesn't ping);
the commissioner learns about closing only via `Notify`/letter. Assignment
rule — `mappa-delegation` (the "board+letter pair" step); closing rule —
`mappa-task-work` (close).
### What this is against
Two sessions ping-pong, each agrees with the other's frame and adds scope, the
human is nominally in the loop. Echo-chamber signature: fast replies, agreement
with your frame, scope growth every round. This is
`user_context_agents_path_of_least_resistance` one level up: sessions bypass
human ratification — fake "decided" through mutual agreement.
### Circuit-breaker
Noticing scope growth without an explicit human "yes" — **stop and ask the
human**: "I'm a peer session, not a human authority; I'm escalating scope here;
do you really want this to go out as decided?"
**Multi-session caveat — don't shout "override" from partial sight.** When the
human runs several sessions, your view of what they ratified is partial. A peer
acting on the "unratified" may have real human sanction from a channel you
don't see. On an apparent violation — **ask "did you ratify this in another
channel?"**, don't accuse. Lesson 2026-06-16: workshop called the close in
common a "fake attribution of ratification"; in reality the human approved
directly in the common channel while workshop was still discussing. Surface the
gap with a question — the human reconciles the channels.
### Why this exists
Arose 2026-06-16: workshop and common ran a multi-round design exchange over
the inbox; workshop escalated the design (tamper-guard → prevention →
oracle-integrity → runner-owns-verifier → close-moves) and reported every step
as "the assigner's decision" — implying human sanction that didn't exist.
common recognized the echo chamber, read its own stop-hook, and correctly
refused to implement the unratified redesign, asking the human. The methodology
lives in the skill, not in per-session memory.
---
## What NOT to do
| Temptation | Reality |
|---|---|
| "A letter is a quick way to settle it, I'll formalize later" | If it's not on the board — it's not a task or a decision, it's a conversation. Design choice → board/wiki, the letter only pings. |
| "I'll write to the .common channel, they'll approve" | A peer letter is a proposal, not a sanction. The human is the only authority for direction and scope. |
| "The slug is unique, I'll reference it" | Slugs repeat between projects — reference by global number `#452`. |
| "I'll reply at the end of the session, collect everything at once" | A letter is first-class: process at the start of the nearest turn, not "when I get around to it". |
| "I don't have the address — I'll write from memory/qualified" | Address — only from the address book; an invented address breeds an orphan project and the letter gets lost. |
## Red flags
- Writing a letter to yourself / to an invented address / with a `from`-description.
- Ping-pong: fast agreements, scope growth every round, the human nominally in the loop.
- Calling your choice "the assigner's decision" without explicit human ratification.
- A letter "decides" a task while it's absent from the board.
All these flags = **stop and ask the human** (or create a task/wiki page).
---
## Reference
- Incoming delivery/monitoring: `mappa-session-orient` (inbox raise; pi extension inbox-monitor).
- Address book: `~/projects/.wiki/concepts/projects-address-book.md` (shared wiki).
- Mappa project list: `mcp__mappa__admin_status` (carve-out, no lease).
- Tasks: `mappa-task-work` (board = `mcp__mappa__task_*`).
- Handoff: `mappa-closing-ritual` (write) / `mappa-session-orient` (read).
- Delegation: `mappa-delegation` (the "board + covering letter" pair).
- Showing letters to the human (rows/cards): `mappa-presentation` — mandatory format.
- Related: `recommend-dont-menu` (response style), `project-discipline`.

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---
name: mappa-presentation
author: ours
version: 1.1.0
description: >
The single standard for showing Mappa entities to the human — the answer
format an agent renders for the eyes: list rows (board/inbox/search) and
full cards (one entity). Two modes, fixed field order; server display/card
fields copied verbatim (row → display, card → card, dates UTC+Z);
fallback templates render local time; never raw JSON. Mandatory
for ANY display of mappa entities
(task/inbox/wiki/brainstorm/session/handoff/repo/commit/operator/project) —
«покажи таски», «что на досках», «письма», «какой статус», «дай
подробнее», any answer carrying entities. Old name — trigger-synonym:
mappa-display. Complements (does not replace) convention #1028 (ref
format), task status emoji (mappa-task-work), search cards (wiki:2661);
server-side display/card fields (task:1176/1177) copied verbatim —
the templates here are the canon fallback until the deploy (v0.20.0).
---
# mappa-presentation
The single standard for **what the human sees** when an agent shows Mappa
entities. Problem it solves: agents rendered entities "as it happened" (raw
JSON dumps, random field sets, slug without number), the human guessed and
re-asked "give me more details". Here — the mandatory format.
Channel — output to the human in chat. NOT about tools and NOT about data —
about presentation.
## Hard principles
1. **Never show raw JSON** of a tool result. Any answer about an entity is
rendered per the templates below. Dumping JSON into chat = bug.
2. **Two modes:** `row` (lists: board, inbox, search results — one line per
entity) and `card` (a single entity on request or when detailing — a full
block).
3. **The card carries ALL fields** of the template. Do not trim "to avoid
clutter": the human re-asks precisely because a field was dropped.
4. **Field order is fixed** (per template), do not rearrange.
5. **Dates — server fields: UTC+Z verbatim; fallback: local and human.**
Mappa stores and returns UTC (canonical machine truth — the server never
converts). If the entity carries server `display`/`card` — copy the date
verbatim as rendered (UTC + `Z`: row `YYYY-MM-DD`, card `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MMZ`),
no conversion. Fallback (agent-rendered): show local (operator's machine):
row `YYYY-MM-DD`, card `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM` — no seconds, no `T`/`Z`; if the
local timezone is unknown to the agent — show UTC with an explicit `Z`.
Never invent a zone.
6. **Refs always full-name** (`task:N`, `inbox:N`, `wiki:N`, … — convention
#1028), never `#<internal id>`, never short aliases.
## Server-side display/card fields (priority)
Серверные `display` (row) и `card` (markdown) поля реализованы (task:1176/1177,
репо 0bf09c6; каналы: /entities/:id, /wiki/:project/:slug, /wiki/:slug,
/search/full, /task/:id, /task/list) — **копировать verbatim** в
соответствующем режиме (row → display, карточка → card). Даты в серверных
полях — UTC с суффиксом Z (row YYYY-MM-DD / card YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MMZ), не
конвертировать. Шаблоны ниже — fallback-канон ДО деплоя (деплой: v0.20.0,
проверять /health) и для составления списков. Если серверное поле есть, но
выглядит битым — рендерить по шаблону и упомянуть расхождение.
---
## Task
### Row (board/list)
```
🔴 task:1062 mappa-task-work — P1 · due 2026-08-30 · созд. 2026-08-24
```
Order: status emoji, ref, slug (title only if shorter than ~50 chars),
project (only in cross-project lists: `<project> · ` after the slug),
priority, due (if any), created date. Dependencies — suffix `· ← task:1060`
(parent, if present). Overdue — mark `(просрочена)`.
### Card
```
🔴 task:1062 mappa-task-work
Проект: .workshop
Название: <title>
Статус: active · Приоритет: P1 · Дедлайн: 2026-08-30 (просрочена)
Владелец: <owner>
Создана: 2026-08-24 18:25 · Обновлена: 2026-08-25 19:18
Родитель: task:1060 <parent-slug>
Блокер: <only when status=blocked — what blocks>
Описание:
<first ~15 lines of markdown; end — «… ещё N строк»>
```
## Inbox (letter)
### Row (inbox/list)
```
inbox:2257 · от mappa · 2026-08-25 · «1169 — дубль (закрыта), 1171 — done» — обе P2 закрыты…
```
Order: ref, `от <from>`, date, subject in quotes, then body teaser (first
~80 chars). If subject is empty — the body teaser replaces it.
### Card
```
📬 inbox:2257 · от mappa
Тема: «<subject>»
Дата: 2026-08-25 17:54
Отправитель: <sender_display>
---
<body — first ~20 lines of markdown; end — «… ещё N строк»>
```
## Wiki
### Row
```
wiki:2656 AGENTS (.workshop) — обновл. 2026-08-25
```
### Card
```
wiki:2656 AGENTS (.workshop)
Заголовок: <title>
Summary: <frontmatter summary, one line>
Обновлена: 2026-08-25 19:18
---
<body — first ~20 lines; «… ещё N строк»>
```
## Brainstorm (buffer)
### Row
```
brainstorm:14 mappa-presentation (.workshop) — buffer · обновл. 2026-08-25
```
### Card — like wiki, plus `Статус: buffer | archive`.
## Session
### Row
```
session:742 (vitya) — deepseek-v4-flash · clean · 2026-08-25
```
Order: ref, project, model, end_state (clean | active | stale), date.
## Handoff
### Row
```
handoff:12 (.workshop) — active · «<summary up to ~100 chars>»
```
## Repo / Commit
### Row
```
commit:0e3c55a (pi-extensions) — «README переписан» · 2026-08-25
```
## Operator / Project
### Row
```
operator:vitya — owner · DESKTOP-NSEF0UK
project:83 mappa — role: app
```
---
## List rules
- **Tasks:** sort 🔴 → 🟡 → ⚪ → 🔵 → 🟢; inside — by due (overdue first),
then by created. Cross-project — grouped by project, project mandatory.
- **Inbox:** newest first (latest first).
- **Search/cross-project:** project mandatory in every row.
## Prose rules
- First mention in text — «slug/name (task:N)» (convention #1028).
- In letters between agents — global number `#N` (format v2, mappa-messaging);
in chat with the human — per-type refs `task:N`.
## What NOT to do
- Dump JSON into chat.
- Card with dropped fields "for brevity".
- List row without ref / without status / without date.
- Invented timezones or "yesterday/today" instead of dates.
- ISO `…T…Z` timestamps with seconds in chat — show local `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM`.
- Internal id instead of ref, short aliases (`t:`/`w:`) instead of full names.
- Trimming body without the «… ещё N строк» marker.
## Red flags
- About to paste a tool's output into chat as-is → stop, render per template.
- Human re-asked "give more details" about an entity → a field was dropped
from the card; return the full template.
---
## Reference
- Ref format: convention #1028 (mappa), full names `task:`/`wiki:`/`inbox:`/…
- Task status emoji: `mappa-task-work`.
- Search cards: `mcp__mappa__search` / `wiki_search` (wiki:2661).
- Task work: `mappa-task-work`. Mail: `mappa-messaging`. Wiki: `mappa-knowledge`.

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---
name: mappa-session-orient
author: ours
version: 1.1.0
description: >
Start phase of the forkflow: contract + reading (pull --ff-only → handoff
read → inbox raise → liveness summary "alive/dead" → live-ingest query).
Also needed for ad-hoc sessions without an AGENTS.md contract. Absorbs
pulling-before-work, session-handoff(read), session-inbox-monitor(raise),
using-system-snapshot (liveness) + live-ingest query (old names are
trigger-synonyms). Boundary: orient answers "alive/dead" in one line; deep
diagnosis is outside the suite (escalate to a human / a diagnostic session).
Triggers (bilingual): «что на сессии», «кто последним работал», «продолжи с
места», «orient me», "what's on the session", "who worked last", "continue
from where I stopped", "orient me", session-start ritual, «pull remote before
work», "pull remote before work".
---
# mappa-session-orient
Start phase of the agent cycle: **contract + reading**, a thin layer — answers
the question "alive/dead" (one line per section), does not go deep. Also needed
for ad-hoc sessions (where there is no AGENTS.md contract — orientation is
still mandatory).
> **Boundary session-orient / ops (w:2605, round 3):** orient = "alive/dead";
> ops = "why and what's next". A problem at start → **do not dig deeper**:
> hand it to the human or to a diagnostic session (outside the suite).
## When to use
- Session start (ritual, order strictly per Steps).
- «что на сессии», «кто последним работал», «продолжи с места», «orient me»,
"what's on the session", "who worked last", "continue from where I stopped".
- Ad-hoc session without a track/task — orientation anyway (contract + reading).
## Steps (order — the ritual)
### 1. Contract
Read the project's `AGENTS.md` (canon; `CLAUDE.md` — legacy pointer). If there
is no AGENTS.md — ad-hoc: no contract, but orientation continues (steps 26
don't depend on it).
### 2. Pull (pulling-before-work, full cycle)
`git pull --ff-only` — once at start. Checks in order: git work-tree? (no →
silent exit), pull policy (`pull.rebase=true` + `pull.ff=only`, set-if-absent),
origin remote? (no → skip), clean tree? (dirty → skip, no stash), HEAD
attached? (no → skip), upstream? (no → skip), `git pull --ff-only`.
**Never auto-merge/rebase, never stash.** Repeat pull — only on explicit
"sync".
### 3. Handoff read (session-handoff read part)
1. `mcp__mappa__entity_search(q='', type='handoff', project=<name>, limit=1)`
if empty, silent exit (project's first session).
2. **Staleness:** `meta.date` > 7 days → ask the user "the handoff is stale,
override or continue?".
3. **Summarize + Orient:** retell in one block (summary / open_treks /
ask_user / guards / recent_commits): "the previous session proposed X. Do we do it?"
4. **Wait.** No actions until the user confirms. Default = orient + ask, no
auto-execute.
### 4. Inbox raise + sweep (session-inbox-monitor)
Raise the persistent monitor on the project's inbox (pi: the inbox-monitor
extension polls `GET /inbox?project=<cwd>`; opt-in — the string
`inbox monitor: raise on start` in AGENTS.md, live re-check every tick). Sweep:
`mcp__mappa__inbox_monitor(project=<name>)` — unread letters may change the
plan; handle each per `mappa-messaging` (a letter is first-class, at the start
of the nearest turn).
### 5. Liveness summary (using-system-snapshot) — "alive/dead"
One or two probes in the current turn, compress into 34 lines, no raw dumps:
```
mcp__mappa__meta_health → 🟢/🔴 Mappa alive (header on outage)
mcp__mappa__admin_status → counters by type/project (load)
mcp__projects-meta__meta_system_snapshot → poller (running? + projects) / docker (N/N up,
else the problematic ones) / tasks (Σ active/blocked,
cache — may be stale)
```
**Never assert liveness from memory** — only a tool call in this same turn. If
the snapshot shows a problem → **escalate, don't dig**: "problem at start, not
investigating — handing to the human / a diagnostic session" (ops outside the
suite).
### 6. Live-ingest query (consumer of session-live-ingest, #1022/#1024)
Dependency: server #1022 (v0.8.0) + client part #1024 (pi session-sync,
.session written by the client). Contract — w:2604.
1. `mcp__mappa__session_list(project=<name>, stale_minutes?)` — the project's
latest sessions, latest-first (`updated_at DESC`), with
end-state/ts/meta-triple {project, runtime, machine, folder}.
2. **Stale-active detect:** end-state≠clean AND updated_at < nowX →
"<runtime>@<machine> was running, not finished" (crash-detect).
3. **"Different triple + not finished"** → propose (peer canon, human's
decision): ignore / nudge by letter (`mappa-messaging`: letter to that
triple) / continue yourself.
4. **Same-triple (`/resume`):** same triple {runtime, machine, folder} → load
the remainder (pi-native resume or a brief from mappa).
**Note (2026-08-24):** the `/session` routes are not yet deployed to prod
(server #1022 in repo, deploy awaits #1055) — on 404/"no route" the live-ingest
query is skipped without failing: orient continues (steps 15), the query part
— per actual availability.
## Failure modes
- **Problem at start** (service down, red snapshot, pull conflict) → don't dig:
escalate to the human / a diagnostic session (ops outside the suite).
- **Pull diverged** → "⚠️ diverged — resolve manually"; no auto-merge/rebase.
- **Handoff stale (>7 days)** → ask the user, don't silently override.
- **Live-ingest unavailable** (404 no route / no client #1024) → skip step 6,
don't block orientation.
- **Project not in mappa** (no handoff/session entities) → silent exit on the
corresponding steps; the project's first session — normal.
## Side effects
- Writes nothing, mutates nothing (orientation read-only: pull — local ff,
inbox-raise — monitor, liveness — probes, live-ingest — read).
- Raises the persistent inbox monitor (lives until the end of the session).
## What NOT to do
- **No auto-execute** from the handoff — orient + ask, no auto-action.
- **Don't dig into diagnosis** — orient = "alive/dead"; "why" is outside the suite.
- **Don't assert liveness from memory** — only a probe in this same turn.
- **No stash / no auto-merge / no auto-rebase** on pull — only `--ff-only`.
- **No repeated pull** in the session without an explicit "sync".
- **No multi-hop live-ingest chains** — one line "who worked last", the
proposal goes to the human.
- **Don't write** (handoff/wiki/tasks) at orientation — that's the finish phase
(`mappa-closing-ritual`).
## Reference
- Finish phase: `mappa-closing-ritual` (handoff write + PROPOSE).
- Tasks: `mappa-task-work` (board after orientation).
- Mail: `mappa-messaging` (letter replies, nudge a triple).
- Knowledge: `mappa-knowledge`. Delegation: `mappa-delegation`.
- Live-ingest spec: `concepts/session-live-ingest` (wiki:2604).
- **CC hook + operator (task:1061):** in a single-user setup CC sessions carry
`operator:vitya` even headless (`claude -p`) — there is no reliable hook
signal (detect via CLAUDE_INTERACTIVE if CC sets it). Do not treat operator
as a sign "a human is at the wheel"; source of truth — end-state + liveness.
- Deep diagnosis (outside the suite): `using-vds-ops` (VDS containers).

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---
name: mappa-task-work
author: ours
version: 1.5.1
description: >
The central cycle of working with tasks in Mappa: orientation → work
selection (priority/due) → execution → handover (close + review-umbrella) +
loop-mode "work the queue". Board = mappa entities (decisions 14/15/19/20);
create — carve-out, update/close — optimistic concurrency (version+409),
owner = persistent assignee, liveness — from the owner's session (interactive
contract, wiki:2660). Absorbs using-tasks + task-format + task-loop (loop-mode
INSIDE) + priority-due section (old names — trigger-synonyms).
Triggers (bilingual): «что на досках», «возьми таску», «какой статус»,
«update status», «pause», «switch to X», «где мы остановились», "work the
queue", «поработай очередь», «прогони доску», "what's on the boards", "take
a task". Priority = the human's territory: agents set P0-P2/deadline only at
creation, default P1; overdue → notify, no auto-bump. NOT about delegation
(→ mappa-delegation), NOT about board overview (→ ops/using-system-snapshot).
---
# mappa-task-work
The central cycle of working with tasks: **orientation → work selection →
execution → handover**. Board — mappa entities (`type=task`, `task:N`): read —
carve-out; **create — carve-out without a lease; update/close — optimistic
concurrency (version+409 → retry)**; **owner = persistent assignee; task
liveness — from the owner's session** (interactive contract, wiki:2660; poller
outside mappa). The skill is a cycle, not a tool: one mechanics for
selection/execution/handover, plus **loop-mode** («поработай очередь») inside —
no separate skill is created.
> **Transitional (file channel).** While the poller/cache reads file boards
> (`.tasks/STATUS.md`), the legacy channel lives: file blocks must obey a
> strict format (see "Task format" below), mutations — via
> `mcp__projects-meta__tasks_*` (Gitea commits). New tasks — via
> `mcp__mappa__task_create`. Don't mix.
## When to use
- «что на досках», «возьми таску», «какой статус», «update status», «pause», «switch to X», «где мы остановились», "what's on the boards", "take a task".
- "work the queue", «поработай очередь», «прогони доску» → **loop-mode**.
- Task switch / pause / session end — keep the board consistent.
**NOT for:** delegating to another agent/project (→ `mappa-delegation`),
promotion (→ `mappa-brainstorm-promote`), infra diagnosis (→ `using-vds-ops`),
cross-project overview (→ `using-system-snapshot`).
## MCP surface
| Operation | Tool | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Take the next ready task | `mcp__mappa__task_update(project, id, owner=<yours>, status=active…, version)` | **conditional update**: status→active, owner=X, version+409 (whoever is first with the right version — takes it) |
| Create a task | `mcp__mappa__task_create(project, slug, title?, description?, status?, priority?, due?)` | **carve-out without a lease**; per-type number (decision 20) |
| Close a task | `mcp__mappa__task_close(project, id, version)` | **version-based**: conflict → 409 → retry with the fresh version from task_get |
| Update a task | `mcp__mappa__task_update(project, id, parent?, owner?, status?, reason?, version)` | version-based; 409 → retry |
| Read a task | `mcp__mappa__entity_get(id)` | key: uuid, full ref `task:NNN`, or bare num (канон task:1221: голое число = num) |
| Read a task compact | `mcp__mappa__task_get(id)` | key: uuid, `task:NNN`, or bare num |
| Board list | `mcp__mappa__entity_search(q, type='task', project=<name>, limit)` | all statuses |
| parent_of tree | `mcp__mappa__graph_tree(root, depth?, fields?, limit?)` | umbrellas/hierarchy |
| Related entities | `mcp__mappa__graph_neighbors/backlinks(id)` | refs to the task |
| Overdue | `mcp__mappa__admin_overdue_scan(project?)` | P2 job: notify to inbox, no mutations |
| Owner liveness | `mcp__mappa__session_list(project, stale_minutes?)` | owner's session alive/stale → task active or not |
| Close notification | `mcp__mappa__inbox_send(project=<notify>, from=<yours>, subject, body)` | letter to the commissioner |
**Owner = persistent assignee; liveness — from the session (interactive
contract, wiki:2660).** No TTL/claim/timer on the task: "took a task" =
conditional update (`status→active, owner=X` + version, 409 on conflict —
whoever is first takes it). Owner liveness — the session: a task with owner=X
is active while session X is alive (end-state≠clean, not stale;
`session_list(project)`); crash = stale → the human/orchestrator decides
(poller outside mappa, works on projects-meta file boards). Write paths
(create/update/close) require no leases/claims — only version on update/close
(409 on conflict).
**Refs and ids (#1037/#1028, канон task:1221).** Tasks carry `ref: "t:N"` by full name as the
first field (`task:N`, convention #1028), `num` next, the global `id` — internal
(last; наружу не используем — адресация по num/ref/uuid, канон task:1221). Reference a task as
`[[task:N]]`/`task:N` in prose (slug/name first, ref as anchor: "the task
`mappa-task-work` (task:1062)"), never `#<global id>`.
## Statuses (emojis for presentation)
| Emoji | Status | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ⚪ | `ready` | not started, fully defined |
| 🔴 | `active` | in progress (usually one) |
| 🟡 | `paused` | in progress, resumable |
| 🔵 | `blocked` | waiting on external input |
| 🟢 | `done` | closed |
Don't confuse: 🟢 — *done*, not "ready". Ready is ⚪.
---
## The cycle
### Phase 0 — Orientation
1. **Inbox sweep**`mcp__mappa__inbox_monitor(project=<name>)`: unread
letters may change the plan. Handle each per `mappa-messaging`.
2. **Board**`entity_search(q, type='task', project=<name>, limit=50)`: sort
by status (🔴 → 🟡 → ⚪), one line per task — row format from
`mappa-presentation` (never raw JSON).
3. If the user named a task — `entity_get(key)` by its ref/num/uuid (`task:NNN` / bare num / uuid; канон task:1221 — голое число = num).
4. Confirm in one sentence: "We're in the middle of X, next step — Y".
5. Ask whether the plan is right before acting.
### Phase 1 — Work selection (priority/due)
1. **Task selection — from the board list** (`entity_search(q, type='task', project)`):
order — **P0 pool first, within it by deadline (overdue first),
then P1, then P2**; missing priority = P1 (task-priority-due).
"Take a task" = `task_update(project, id, owner=<yours>, status='active',
version)` — conditional update: status→active, owner=X, version+409;
whoever is first with the right version takes it (interactive contract,
wiki:2660). `owner` = `<machine>:<runtime>:<session>`.
2. **Local-first recommendation** — cwd board first; cross-project — a footnote
(`Cross-project: N 🔴 active — see tasks_aggregate`) only if N>0 and there's
no active 🔴 in cwd. Cross-project urgencies are information, not a driver
for "what to do here".
3. **Priority/Due — the human's territory (task-priority-due section):**
- An agent sets `priority`/`due` **only at task creation** (explicit
parameters or `**Priority:** P0|P1|P2` / `**Due:** yyyy-mm-dd` lines in
the description). Absent → default P1, no deadline.
- **After creation an agent doesn't change** priority/deadline — the
human's precedent is structural (agent updates are rejected by the
server). If you discover the task is actually P0 → park the question to
the human, don't bump it yourself.
- **Overdue:** due < today with ready/active → `admin_overdue_scan`
notifies the inbox **once, without mutations** — no auto-bump/auto-priority
change.
### Phase 2 — Execution
- **One active task** 🔴 per project. No parallelism.
- Read description + per-task file (`<slug>.md`, where present) before starting.
- Liveness — from the owner's session (`session_list(project)`), not a timer;
long tasks need no heartbeat (interactive contract, wiki:2660).
- **`session_break` gate** (from task-loop): if the task description has the
`session_break` marker — after close DON'T claim the next one: print
`🔚 SESSION BOUNDARY …` and stop (domain-switch / milestone / heavy infra).
### Phase 3 — Handover (close + review-umbrella)
1. **Pre-close coverage check.** Collect acceptance criteria from the
description. For each — evidence: a test in the diff, an artifact, a design
reference. No evidence for a criterion → ask the user "close or wait for
coverage".
2. Resolve/drop open questions.
3. `task_close(project, id, version)` → status `done`. `version` — fresh from
`entity_get(key)`/`task_get(key)` (key = uuid or `task:NNN`); conflict (409) → re-GET → retry.
4. **Notify letter (cross-project tasks).** If the task came from another
project (there's `from:`/`notify:` in description/meta) — `inbox_send` to
the commissioner: `project=<notify>`, `subject="[event: closed] <slug>"`,
body = the outcome (done, acceptance, references). A live session writes it
itself. Task 🟢 ≠ commissioner learned.
5. **Review for impl tasks (paired, canon rule 4 AGENTS .workshop).**
Every impl task gets a paired review — regardless of the assignment channel:
- **Assigned/delegated task** (`mappa-delegation`): the paired `<slug>-review`
was created at assignment (status=blocked, blocker=impl#); closing the impl
unblocks it — the next session in the target reviews.
- **Self-assigned task (your own board, mappa-task-work)**: YOU create the
paired `<slug>-review` (status=blocked, blocker=impl#) at the same moment
you create the impl task. **Do not review your own work** — run the review
through a subagent (`review_subagent` / `review-kit-pi-method`: clean
context, non-implementer) after close, then close the review with the
findings (or file them as follow-up tasks). If the subagent is unavailable
— leave the review task for the next session (blocked until then).
- If the impl is already closed — the review is created ready (not blocked).
6. **Deploy gate (impl requiring deploy).** Deploy is possible ONLY after:
close → review (paired, done) → all follow-up tasks closed. Order
irreversible. All deploys go strictly through `.admin` (secrets and
runbooks are service-use; other agents must NOT look into them — only
`secret:<path>` refs). The .admin task + covering letter are created via
`mappa-delegation` (canon task + letter) — for self-assigned deploys you
create them yourself (target `.admin`, not your own board). Never deploy
yourself.
7. Add a summary line to the handoff/wiki if present.
### Pause / switch / session end
1. Current 🔴 → `task_close` if finished (see Phase 3), otherwise mark
`status=paused` (owner stays; "where stopped" — in the description or handoff).
2. **Inbox sweep** at the task boundary (`inbox_monitor`).
3. Take the next one: `task_update(owner, status='active', version)` — the
previous stays 🟡.
4. Confirm the orientation before starting.
> **Never lose Where I stopped** — critical field: in the description (last
> paragraph) or in the handoff entity (`mappa-closing-ritual`). Before the end
> of the session, definitely write the handoff.
---
## Loop-mode — «поработай очередь»
One trigger surface: «поработай очередь» / "work the queue" / «прогони доску»
→ this mode. Work the board **in this session**: take → work → close → take,
until the queue is empty or the user said stop. **Interactive cycle, not a daemon.**
```
task_update(owner, status=active, version) → 409? re-GET → retry → empty? → STOP "board is empty"
↓ task
work in this session (read description + <slug>.md)
finished? no → park: blocked (external) | paused (resumable) → next
↓ yes
consult_policy: human-only/strict-human → STOP before close/commit, ask the user
↓ auto
pre-close coverage check → task_close
session_break on the task? → yes: print 🔚 SESSION BOUNDARY, STOP
↓ no
next …
```
- **An empty queue is a natural stop, not a wait-loop.** No `CronCreate`, no
subagent spawn, no short pollers — that's the work of a separate poller.
Long watch ("keep working until I say stop" + explicit "keep checking") —
only one `ScheduleWakeup` with an interval ≥1200s, never `CronCreate`.
- **Non-finishable task:** external blocker → `status=blocked` + blocker
(concrete fact + what's needed); you interrupted (budget/stop) →
`status=paused` + where_stopped. One fallen task doesn't stop the cycle —
park and continue.
- **No heartbeat needed** — owner liveness from the session (wiki:2660); a
long task with a live session doesn't "expire".
- **Consult gate:** `auto` → autopilot up to close; `human-only`/`strict-human`
→ work, then **STOP before close/commit** and ask the user. Push is never
automatic (project-discipline Rule 4: commit freely, push on explicit grant).
---
## Task format (from task-format)
### Primary: mappa task_create
Task creation — **via the tool, not by hand** (decision 20): carve-out, no
lease/claim needed for create (wiki:2660). The number `task:N` is assigned by
the server — don't invent it.
```
mcp__mappa__task_create(
project: <project name>, // required
slug: <kebab-case>, // required, latin
title: <one line>, // optional
description: <markdown>, // body; [[refs]] → edges (decision 4)
status: ready | active | paused | blocked | done, // default ready
priority: P0 | P1 | P2, // only at creation; absent → P1
due: yyyy-mm-dd // only at creation; absent = none
)
```
Slug rules: short, lowercase, kebab-case, latin. Description — markdown,
`[[refs]]` to related. Priority/Due — at creation OR as lines in the
description (`**Priority:** P0|P1|P2`, `**Due:** yyyy-mm-dd`; explicit
parameters override).
### Legacy: .tasks/STATUS.md block (interim until the poller flips)
While the file poller is not switched to mappa (#984), blocks in
`.tasks/STATUS.md` must obey a strict format — otherwise the poller silently
skips:
```markdown
## ⚪ [#1234 my-task-slug] — One-line description.
**Status:** ready
**Created:** 2026-08-23
**Where I stopped:** (not started)
**Next action:** First concrete step the claiming agent runs.
**Branch:** master
**Weight:** needs-claude
**Notify:** OpeItcLoc03/workshop
<!-- created-by: you@machine / from: OpeItcLoc03/workshop / 2026-08-23 -->
---
```
Three load-bearing rules: **(1)** the header is exactly `## <emoji> [#<n>
<slug>] — <desc>` (h2, one emoji, `[#<n> <slug>]`, separator ` — `); **(2)**
fields are `**Label:** value` lines, bullets are ignored; **(3)**
`**Created:**` is mandatory.
Fields the poller parses: `**Weight:**` (cheap-ok | needs-claude |
needs-human — **mandatory** for auto-claim), `**Notify:**` (<owner>/<repo>),
`**Requirements:**`, `**Runtime allowed:**`, `**Consult policy:**`,
`**Blocker:**` (only on 🔵), `**Priority:**`/`**Due:**` (as above).
`**Owner:**/`**Claim token:**/`**Claim expires at:**` — claim stamp, written
and cleared by the poller; a stuck stamp on ⚪ blocks the poller.
**Weight — the field that decides the take:** without `**Weight:**` the poller
parks to 🔵 (`no backend for weight_tier: unknown`). Ordinary code →
`needs-claude`; critical infra (poller, MCP servers, deploy, CI, git hooks) →
`needs-human`.
---
## Failure modes
- **version conflict** on update/close → version is stale; re-GET the fresh
version, retry. Don't "resolve the conflict" by overwriting without version
(last-write-wins).
- **task_close on an unfinished task** → never. Park (blocked/paused).
- **owner on a task without a live session** → the task is formally active but
the owner is stale; ask the human (advisory, not a lock).
- **notify not specified (legacy)** → without it the boss won't learn about completion.
- **weight not specified (legacy)** → the poller parks (no backend for weight_tier).
- **update Priority/Due after creation** → the server rejects; park the
question to the human, don't bump yourself.
## What NOT to do
- **Don't invent numbers** — `task:N` is assigned by the server (decision 20).
- **Version discipline:** update/close — always with version (409 on conflict →
re-GET → retry). Create — carve-out without a lease (wiki:2660).
- **One active task** — only one 🔴 per project.
- **Never close without a coverage check** — evidence for every acceptance criterion.
- **Don't close unfinished work** — park, not close.
- **Don't bump priority/due after creation** — the human's territory.
- **Don't "settle" tasks by letter/in chat** — the board is the only source of
truth (mappa-messaging canon: "if it's not on the board — it's not a task").
- **Don't poll an empty queue** — empty = stop and report; no daemon/CronCreate.
- **Don't autopilot human-only/strict-human** through close/commit; push — only on grant.
- **Don't batch tasks_create into one repo** — sha-lock conflicts; serialize.
## Red flags — STOP
- "I'll set a timer to check for new tasks" → no. Stop on an empty queue.
- "I'll spawn a background worker to run the board" → no. One cycle, this session.
- "The task isn't ready, but I'll close and mark it" → never. Park.
- "The task is clearly P0, I'll bump it myself" → no. Ask the human.
---
## Reference
- Delegation (assigning to agents): `mappa-delegation`.
- Mail (covering letters, notify): `mappa-messaging`.
- Knowledge (wiki-ingest after closing): `mappa-knowledge`.
- Session finish (handoff write): `mappa-closing-ritual`.
- Session start (pull/handoff/inbox/snapshot): `mappa-session-orient`.
- Promotion: `mappa-brainstorm-promote` (review-umbrella for promotions).
- Showing tasks to the human (rows/cards): `mappa-presentation` — mandatory format.
- Cross-project overview: `using-system-snapshot` (liveness) / `mcp__projects-meta__tasks_aggregate`.

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---
name: report-mappa-issue
author: ours
version: 0.2.0
description: >
Use when working with mappa (MCP tools `mcp__mappa__*`, HTTP routes, mappa
skills) and anything deviates from the expected workflow: 500/5xx, "entity
not found" for an id that must exist, unexpected response shape, timeouts,
silent failures, wrong status, instability. Report it by mail to `mappa` AND
`.workshop` — never swallow, never only-local-log, never only in-chat.
TEMPORARY skill: active while mappa is unstable; retire when stabilized.
Triggers (bilingual): «маппа отдала 500», «entity not found», «неожиданный
ответ от mappa», «mappa вернула», "mappa returned 500", "entity not found",
"unexpected mappa response".
---
# report-mappa-issue
Any deviation from the expected mappa workflow is reported **by mail to `mappa`
and `.workshop`** — immediately, with evidence. Never swallow, never hide it in
a local log, never postpone "until a digest".
> ⚠️ **TEMPORARY skill:** active while mappa is unstable. It is a stopgap for
> collecting signals toward stabilization. When mappa stabilizes (a week
> without reports) — this skill is retired: reports become ordinary bug tasks.
> The owner of the retirement decision is workshop.
## When to use
Report when, during work with mappa, **any** of the following happens:
- **5xx / 500 / 502** on any call (`task_*`, `wiki_*`, `inbox_*`, `entity_*`,
`admin_*`, `graph_*`, HTTP routes).
- **"Entity not found" / 404** for an id/ref that **must** exist (you know you
created it; you see it in a fresh response; another letter/task references it).
- **Unexpected response shape** — fields don't match the documented ones,
empty `rows` where data was expected, a new/unexpected type in the response.
- **Timeouts / hangs** on a call.
- **Silent failure** — the call "succeeded" but had no effect (task not
created, letter not delivered, status unchanged).
- **Retry worked** — even if the repeated call succeeded: the instability
itself is a signal for stabilization (mark `retry: resolved`).
- **Wrong/unexpected entity status**, board vs reality desync.
**Retries are allowed** (12 with a pause), but the report happens regardless
of the retry outcome: case 500 → report; case 500 → retry → ok → report with
`retry: resolved`.
## When NOT to use
- **Expected 404** — the entity genuinely does not exist and should not
(never created; deleted by design). Before reporting, check that the entity
was required to exist.
- **Documented known limitations** (e.g. "verify on prod is impossible by
design", "prod is stale until redeploy" — if documented and known to the
mappa team).
- **Deviations NOT from mappa** — VDS/docker (→ using-vds-ops), projects-meta
cache (documented staleness), model providers. Only mappa.
- **The same incident already reported** — don't duplicate (see Dedup).
## Core pattern — the report
Each call: `mcp__mappa__inbox_send` to **both** addresses (`mappa` and
`.workshop`, addresses from the address book
`~/projects/.wiki/concepts/projects-address-book.md`), `from` = your own
folder name. Letter format:
```
Subject: [mappa-issue] <symptom> @ <tool/endpoint> (<date>)
Body:
- Expected: <what should have happened per workflow/docs>
- Actual: <error/status/response — message text or a short snippet>
- Call: <tool + key parameters / endpoint + project>
- Retry: <did the retry work, how many attempts>
- Recurrence: <first time / repeats — how many times this session>
- Context: <project, session, which flow was running>
```
One letter = **one incident** (symptom × endpoint). Recurrence goes in the same
letter (`recurrence: 5 times in 2 hours`), not a new report per call.
## Common mistakes / rationalizations
| Rationalization | Reality |
|---|---|
| "Mappa is down — the letter won't arrive, why write" | A letter is an entity in Mappa (carve-out, no lease). When the service revives, it will be in the recipient's inbox. Always write. |
| "I'll tell the human in chat" | The human is not always in session; the mappa team doesn't see chat. A letter is durable and cross-session. |
| "I'll write it in the local log" | The local log is invisible to the mappa team. The goal of the report is visibility for recipients. (Local recording is extra, not instead.) |
| "The retry worked — so it's fine" | The instability itself is a signal. Report with `retry: resolved`. |
| "It's a small thing, I won't spam" | While mappa is unstable — any signal is material for stabilization. Dedup protects against spam, silence does not. |
| "I'll collect several and report at once" | First occurrence — immediately. Recurrence gets appended to the same letter. |
| "Mappa surely already knows this" | Unknown until reported. The report is exactly how it becomes known. |
## Red flags — STOP
- Caught a mappa error and silently continued (no report).
- Recorded only locally / said only in chat — no letter.
- Skipped "entity not found" without checking whether the id must exist.
- Postponed the report "for later" without a letter and without a task.
- Reported but not to both addresses (`mappa` and `.workshop`).
## Cross-agent
Channel — mappa inbox (`inbox_send` / `inbox.monitor`), shared by all agents
(pi: `mcp__mappa__inbox_send`; Claude Code: the same MCP tools; headless — the
same). Addressing strictly from the address book (`inter-session-messaging`
canon).
## Out of scope
- **Does not fix mappa** — service diagnosis/repair is separate; this skill
only reports. (Deep diagnosis — `diagnosing-bugs` / `using-vds-ops` for
infra.)
- **Does not report other services** — only deviations from the mappa workflow.
- **Does not replace** `inter-session-messaging` (the send mechanics live
there; this skill defines the policy "what counts as an incident").