feat: agent .profile repo — formula snapshot + journal per agent instance #20

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Design

Each named agent gets a .profile repo on the local Forgejo (user-scoped, e.g. dev-qwen/.profile). This repo holds the agent's formula snapshot, per-issue journal, and learned knowledge.

Structure

{agent-name}/.profile/
├── formula.toml        # snapshot of the formula at agent creation time
├── journal/            # per-issue reflection logs
│   ├── issue-59.md
│   └── archive/    # digested journals
└── knowledge/
    └── lessons-learned.md  # ≤2KB, abstract, transferable

Sub-issues

#84 — disinto hire-an-agent subcommand + retrofit dev-qwen
#85 — dev-agent reads formula from .profile repo
~~#86~~ — ~~journal writing~~ → superseded by #97
#87 — branch protection on .profile repos (admin-only formula merge)
#88 — formula evolution (agent proposes changes via PR)
~~#89~~ — ~~journal digestion formula~~ → absorbed into #97
#90 — migrate all remaining agents + remove ops repo journal dirs
#97 — generic journal aspect: post-session reflection, lazy pre-session digestion, lessons-learned context injection. One cross-cutting concern in lib/formula-session.sh.

Learning loop

Agent runs → #97: reflect → journal/issue-N.md
  journals accumulate (>10)
Agent about to run → #97: digest → knowledge/lessons-learned.md (≤2KB)
  → inject into context → agent runs with accumulated wisdom

What this enables

A/B testing formulas: Two agents from different formula versions, compare results
Rollback: Bad formula? Kill agent, spawn from older version
Named identity in PRs: Which agent and formula version wrote the code
Persistent learning: Knowledge survives container restarts — it lives in git
Self-improvement with gate: Agents propose formula changes, human approves
Cross-agent learning: Generic journal aspect means every agent learns, not just dev
Zero coordination: No gardener, no cron, no dispatcher — digestion happens lazily before the next session

Acceptance

All open sub-issues closed. Every agent has a .profile repo, reads formula from it, reflects after sessions, and ops repo journal dirs are removed.

## Design Each named agent gets a `.profile` repo on the local Forgejo (user-scoped, e.g. `dev-qwen/.profile`). This repo holds the agent's formula snapshot, per-issue journal, and learned knowledge. ### Structure ``` {agent-name}/.profile/ ├── formula.toml # snapshot of the formula at agent creation time ├── journal/ # per-issue reflection logs │ ├── issue-59.md │ └── archive/ # digested journals └── knowledge/ └── lessons-learned.md # ≤2KB, abstract, transferable ``` ### Sub-issues 1. #84 — `disinto hire-an-agent` subcommand + retrofit dev-qwen 2. #85 — dev-agent reads formula from .profile repo 3. ~~#86~~ — ~~journal writing~~ → superseded by #97 4. #87 — branch protection on .profile repos (admin-only formula merge) 5. #88 — formula evolution (agent proposes changes via PR) 6. ~~#89~~ — ~~journal digestion formula~~ → absorbed into #97 7. #90 — migrate all remaining agents + remove ops repo journal dirs 8. #97 — generic journal aspect: post-session reflection, lazy pre-session digestion, lessons-learned context injection. One cross-cutting concern in lib/formula-session.sh. ### Learning loop ``` Agent runs → #97: reflect → journal/issue-N.md journals accumulate (>10) Agent about to run → #97: digest → knowledge/lessons-learned.md (≤2KB) → inject into context → agent runs with accumulated wisdom ``` ### What this enables - **A/B testing formulas:** Two agents from different formula versions, compare results - **Rollback:** Bad formula? Kill agent, spawn from older version - **Named identity in PRs:** Which agent and formula version wrote the code - **Persistent learning:** Knowledge survives container restarts — it lives in git - **Self-improvement with gate:** Agents propose formula changes, human approves - **Cross-agent learning:** Generic journal aspect means every agent learns, not just dev - **Zero coordination:** No gardener, no cron, no dispatcher — digestion happens lazily before the next session ### Acceptance All open sub-issues closed. Every agent has a .profile repo, reads formula from it, reflects after sessions, and ops repo journal dirs are removed.