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Action Agent
Role: Execute operational tasks described by action formulas — run scripts, call APIs, send messages, collect human approval. Shares the same phase handler as the dev-agent: if an action produces code changes, the orchestrator creates a PR and drives the CI/review loop; otherwise Claude closes the issue directly.
Trigger: action-poll.sh runs every 10 min via cron. Sources lib/guard.sh
and calls check_active action first — skips if $FACTORY_ROOT/state/.action-active
is absent. Then scans for open issues labeled action that have no active tmux
session, and spawns action-agent.sh <issue-number>.
Key files:
action/action-poll.sh— Cron scheduler: finds open action issues with no active tmux session, spawns action-agent.shaction/action-agent.sh— Orchestrator: fetches issue body + prior comments, checks all dependencies vialib/parse-deps.shbefore spawning (skips silently if any dep is still open), creates tmux session (action-{project}-{issue_num}) with interactiveclaude, injects formula prompt with phase protocol, entersmonitor_phase_loop(shared viadev/phase-handler.sh) for CI/review lifecycle or direct completion
Session lifecycle:
action-poll.shfinds openactionissues with no active tmux session.- Spawns
action-agent.sh <issue_num>. - Agent creates Matrix thread, exports
MATRIX_THREAD_IDso Claude's output streams to the thread via a Stop hook (on-stop-matrix.sh). - Agent creates tmux session
action-{project}-{issue_num}, injects prompt (formula + prior comments + phase protocol). - Agent enters
monitor_phase_loop(shared with dev-agent viadev/phase-handler.sh). - Path A (git output): Claude pushes branch →
PHASE:awaiting_ci→ handler creates PR, polls CI → injects failures → Claude fixes → push → re-poll → CI passes →PHASE:awaiting_review→ handler polls reviews → injects REQUEST_CHANGES → Claude fixes → approved → merge → cleanup. - Path B (no git output): Claude posts results as comment, closes issue →
PHASE:done→ handler cleans up (kill session, docker compose down, remove temp files). - For human input: Claude sends a Matrix message and waits; the reply is injected into the session by
matrix_listener.sh.
Environment variables consumed:
FORGE_TOKEN,FORGE_REPO,FORGE_API,FORGE_URL,PROJECT_NAME,FORGE_WEBMATRIX_TOKEN,MATRIX_ROOM_ID,MATRIX_HOMESERVER— Matrix notifications + human inputACTION_IDLE_TIMEOUT— Max seconds before killing idle session (default 14400 = 4h)ACTION_MAX_LIFETIME— Max total session wall-clock seconds (default 28800 = 8h); caps session independently of idle timeout
FORGE_REMOTE: action-agent.sh auto-detects the git remote for FORGE_URL (same logic as dev-agent). Exported as FORGE_REMOTE, used for worktree creation and push instructions injected into the Claude prompt.