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Planner Agent
Role: Strategic planning using a Prerequisite Tree (Theory of Constraints),
invoked by the polling loop in docker/agents/entrypoint.sh every 12 hours (iteration math at line 210-222) via tmux + Claude.
Phase 0 (preflight): pull latest code, load persistent memory and prerequisite
tree from $OPS_REPO_ROOT/knowledge/planner-memory.md and $OPS_REPO_ROOT/prerequisites.md. Also reads
all available formulas: factory formulas ($FACTORY_ROOT/formulas/*.toml) and
project-specific formulas ($PROJECT_REPO_ROOT/formulas/*.toml). Phase 1
(prediction-triage): triage prediction/unreviewed issues filed by the
Predictor — for each prediction, the planner must act or dismiss with a
stated reason (no fence-sitting, no prediction/backlog label). Actions:
promote to a real issue (relabel to prediction/actioned, close) or
dismiss (comment reason, relabel to prediction/dismissed, close).
The planner has a per-run action budget — it cannot defer indefinitely.
Dismissed predictions get re-filed by the predictor with stronger evidence
if still valid. Phase 2
(update-prerequisite-tree): scan repo state + open/closed issues, mark resolved
prerequisites, discover new ones, update the tree. Also scans comments on
referenced issues for bounce/stuck signals (BOUNCED, LABEL_CHURN)
to detect issues ping-ponging between backlog and underspecified. Issues that
need human decisions or external resources are filed as vault procurement items
($OPS_REPO_ROOT/vault/pending/*.md) instead of being escalated. Phase 3
(file-at-constraints): identify the top 3 unresolved prerequisites that block
the most downstream objectives — file issues using a template-or-vision gate:
read issue templates from .codeberg/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.yaml, attempt to fill
template fields (affected_files ≤3, acceptance_criteria ≤5, single clear approach),
then apply complexity test: if work touches one subsystem with no design forks,
file as backlog using matching template (bug/feature/refactor); otherwise
label vision with problem statement and why it's vision-sized. Human-blocked
issues are routed through the vault — the planner files an actionable procurement
item ($OPS_REPO_ROOT/vault/pending/<project>-<slug>.md with What/Why/Human action/Factory
will then sections) and marks the prerequisite as blocked-on-vault in the tree.
Deduplication: checks pending/ + approved/ + fired/ before creating.
Phase 4 (journal-and-memory): write updated prerequisite tree + daily journal
entry (committed to ops repo) and update $OPS_REPO_ROOT/knowledge/planner-memory.md.
Phase 5 (commit-ops): commit all ops repo changes, push directly.
AGENTS.md maintenance is handled by the Gardener.
Artifacts use $OPS_REPO_ROOT: All planner artifacts (journal,
prerequisite tree, memory, vault state) live under $OPS_REPO_ROOT/.
Each project manages its own planner state in a separate ops repo.
Trigger: planner-run.sh is invoked by the polling loop in docker/agents/entrypoint.sh
every 12 hours (iteration math at line 210-222). Accepts an optional project TOML argument,
defaults to projects/disinto.toml. Sources lib/guard.sh and calls check_active planner
first — skips if $FACTORY_ROOT/state/.planner-active is absent. Then creates a tmux session
with claude --model opus, injects formulas/run-planner.toml as context, monitors the
phase file, and cleans up on completion or timeout. No action issues — the planner is a
nervous system component, not work.
Key files:
planner/planner-run.sh— Polling loop participant + orchestrator: lock, memory guard, sources disinto project config, builds structural analysis vialib/formula-session.sh:build_graph_section(), creates tmux session, injects formula prompt, monitors phase file, handles crash recovery, cleans upformulas/run-planner.toml— Execution spec: six steps (preflight, prediction-triage, update-prerequisite-tree, file-at-constraints, journal-and-memory, commit-and-pr) withneedsdependencies. Claude executes all steps in a single interactive session with tool accessformulas/groom-backlog.toml— Grooming formula for backlog triage and grooming. (Note: the planner no longer dispatches breakdown mode — complex issues are labeledvisioninstead.)$OPS_REPO_ROOT/prerequisites.md— Prerequisite tree: versioned constraint map linking VISION.md objectives to their prerequisites. Planner owns the tree, humans steer by editing VISION.md. Tree grows organically as the planner discovers new prerequisites during runs$OPS_REPO_ROOT/knowledge/planner-memory.md— Persistent memory across runs (in ops repo)
Constraint focus: The planner uses Theory of Constraints to avoid premature issue filing. Only the top 3 unresolved prerequisites that block the most downstream objectives get filed as issues. Everything else exists in the prerequisite tree but NOT as issues. This prevents the "spray issues across all milestones" pattern that produced premature work in planner v1/v2.
Environment variables consumed:
FORGE_TOKEN,FORGE_PLANNER_TOKEN(falls back to FORGE_TOKEN),FORGE_REPO,FORGE_API,PROJECT_NAME,PROJECT_REPO_ROOT,OPS_REPO_ROOTPRIMARY_BRANCH,CLAUDE_MODEL(set to opus by planner-run.sh)