dev-manager Cockpit

{
  "key": "awaiting_clarification",
  "summary": "Answer or escalate a worker question with the smallest safe step.",
  "audience": "responder",
  "trigger_states": ["awaiting_clarification"],
  "allowed_actions": ["answer", "escalate"],
  "message_template": "This session is waiting on clarification. Answer the question directly from the repository docs and current codebase. If the docs do not cover it, say exactly what is missing and the smallest next step. Question: {{.Reason}}.",
  "operator_note_template": "Clarification playbook selected for {{.SessionID}}.",
  "stop_conditions": ["question answered", "escalated to human review"],
  "evidence": ["clarification question present", "confidence available"]
}

{
  "key": "blocked_merge",
  "summary": "Clear merge conflicts or report the exact blocker.",
  "audience": "reviewer",
  "trigger_states": ["blocked"],
  "allowed_actions": ["nudge", "escalate"],
  "message_template": "This session is blocked by merge or review state. Resolve the blocker directly now. If this is a merge conflict or behind-base PR, update from the base branch, resolve conflicts, rerun the relevant tests, and push an updated PR. If you still cannot proceed, report the exact blocker and the smallest next step.",
  "operator_note_template": "Merge-block playbook selected for {{.ItemLabel}} because {{.Reason}}.",
  "stop_conditions": ["blocker resolved", "human review required"],
  "evidence": ["merge conflict", "branch protection", "base branch drift", "changes requested"]
}

{
  "key": "duplicate_session",
  "summary": "Prevent duplicate work from spawning more quota burn.",
  "audience": "operator",
  "trigger_states": ["running", "blocked", "failed"],
  "allowed_actions": ["escalate", "release"],
  "message_template": "This session appears to duplicate another worker or a recently completed attempt. Stop new changes, keep the current evidence intact, and wait for manager reconciliation before starting more work.",
  "operator_note_template": "Duplicate-session playbook selected for {{.ItemLabel}}.",
  "stop_conditions": ["duplicate ownership resolved"],
  "evidence": ["duplicate launch", "similar branch", "similar PR title", "same item already owned"]
}

{
  "key": "failed_session",
  "summary": "Stop active work and surface the smallest clean recovery path.",
  "audience": "operator",
  "trigger_states": ["failed"],
  "allowed_actions": ["escalate", "release"],
  "message_template": "This session appears failed or unrecoverable. Stop active work, preserve the current evidence, and report the smallest clean recovery step for {{.ItemLabel}}.",
  "operator_note_template": "Failed-session recovery selected for {{.ItemLabel}}.",
  "stop_conditions": ["operator intervenes", "session is terminalized"],
  "evidence": ["failed state", "stale lease", "missing remote activity"]
}

{
  "key": "local_only_session",
  "summary": "Handle rows that exist locally without a reachable remote worker.",
  "audience": "operator",
  "trigger_states": ["blocked", "failed"],
  "allowed_actions": ["reassign", "escalate", "release"],
  "message_template": "This session is local-only or missing its remote worker. Do not assume the work is progressing remotely. Reconcile ownership, then decide whether to reassign or release {{.ItemLabel}}.",
  "operator_note_template": "Local-only recovery selected for {{.ItemLabel}}.",
  "stop_conditions": ["remote owner restored", "item requeued", "item released"],
  "evidence": ["no remote account", "missing Jules session", "stale lease with no activity"]
}

{
  "key": "operator_paused_work",
  "summary": "Respect operator pauses and wait for an explicit resume.",
  "audience": "implementer",
  "trigger_states": ["paused"],
  "allowed_actions": ["noop", "escalate"],
  "message_template": "This session is paused by operator policy. Do not start new work or self-reassign. Wait for an explicit resume or a fresh operator instruction.",
  "operator_note_template": "Operator-paused work selected for {{.ItemLabel}}.",
  "stop_conditions": ["operator resumes", "operator changes the pause reason"],
  "evidence": ["operator pause reason", "manager pause reason", "sanity pause"]
}

{
  "key": "quiet_running_session",
  "summary": "Nudge a running worker that has gone quiet but is still expected to continue.",
  "audience": "implementer",
  "trigger_states": ["running", "starting"],
  "allowed_actions": ["nudge"],
  "message_template": "This session has been quiet for {{.QuietFor}}. Continue from the repository docs and current branch. If you are blocked, report the exact blocker and the smallest next step for {{.ItemLabel}}.",
  "operator_note_template": "Quiet running worker nudged for {{.ItemLabel}} after {{.QuietFor}}.",
  "stop_conditions": ["worker responds", "state changes"],
  "evidence": ["quiet_for >= nudge_after", "session still has an active owner"]
}

{
  "key": "remote_only_session",
  "summary": "Handle sessions that exist remotely but are missing locally.",
  "audience": "operator",
  "trigger_states": ["blocked", "failed"],
  "allowed_actions": ["escalate"],
  "message_template": "This session appears to exist remotely without a matching local owner. Stop assuming local state is authoritative and wait for manager reconciliation before taking any more action.",
  "operator_note_template": "Remote-only recovery selected for {{.SessionID}}.",
  "stop_conditions": ["local mirror reconciled"],
  "evidence": ["remote session missing local row", "mirror drift", "unmatched remote activity"]
}

{
  "key": "stale_lease",
  "summary": "Reassign or release work that has exceeded its lease.",
  "audience": "operator",
  "trigger_states": ["running", "paused", "blocked", "awaiting_clarification"],
  "allowed_actions": ["reassign", "escalate", "release"],
  "message_template": "This session's lease looks stale. Confirm whether the worker is still actively making progress. If not, reassign or release the smallest work item possible and leave a clear trace for the next worker.",
  "operator_note_template": "Stale-lease playbook selected for {{.ItemLabel}} after {{.QuietFor}}.",
  "stop_conditions": ["lease refreshed", "work requeued", "operator decides to hold"],
  "evidence": ["quiet_for beyond lease threshold", "lease expired", "worker not responding"]
}

You are the orchestrator for dev-manager.

Your job is to decide whether it is worth starting a fresh Jules session for a queued work item.
Be patient. Avoid duplicate sessions. Prefer waiting when an existing worker is already handling the same issue or pull request.
If the task is not clearly ready for a new worker, say so.
If the task is clearly ready, say so and give the smallest useful reason.

Prompt

You are the orchestrator for dev-manager.

Your job is to assess a Jules session that just reached a terminal state.
Use the repository docs, current codebase, and manager context to produce a short completion review.
Say whether the completion looks trustworthy and what the smallest next manager step should be.
Be concrete, calm, and brief.

You are a reconciler. Tidy up, verify the final state, and close the loop.

You are a repairer. Fix the blocker or conflict that is preventing the work from progressing.

You are the clarification responder for dev-manager.

Your job is to answer Jules' question directly, briefly, and concretely.
Prefer repository docs, tracked issue/PR context, and the current codebase.
If the answer depends on live manager state, query the manager API yourself and turn that into a direct answer for Jules.
Never tell Jules to query localhost, the manager API, or any other local-only service.
If the docs do not cover the question, say exactly what is missing and the smallest next step.

You are a splitter. Break broad work into smaller, actionable slices and hand the next slice to the right worker.

Updated Prompt

Test Prompt

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{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"status": "ok: no sanity issues detected", "repairs": [], "findings": []}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"questions": "2", "report_status": "ok: scanned 1 repo(s), 276 items total (Stbmap/dev-manager=276) ok: synced 182 Jules session(s) (0 imported, 1 updated) unknown ok: auto-healed 3 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|244 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|243 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|259 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists error: drift detected: risky: repo Stbmap/stbmap workspace /home/stbmap/stbmap has 2 uncommitted change(s) and no active sessions waiting: reused 1 canonical self-improvement issue(s), policy denied 2 candidate(s) ok: no expired memory entries (retention=180d)", "allowed_actions": "4", "protocol_version": "1", "resume_checkpoint": "true", "sandbox_available": "true"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"reason": "linked session 4437709199185659483 is complete/released", "role_name": "implementer", "target_id": "Stbmap/dev-manager#264", "session_id": "4437709199185659483", "target_type": "github_item", "session_state": "complete", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "session_manager_state": "released"}

{"reason": "already merged on GitHub", "pull_number": 264}

{"outcome": "merged", "summary": "Trustworthy enough. `main` already contains merge commit `d88d5d2` for PR #264, and the current code matches the intended fix: `internal/splitplanops/splitplanops.go` downgrades parent-comment failure to a warning while still completing the apply path, with `TestServiceApplyProceedsIfCommentFails` covering that regression in `internal/splitplanops/splitplanops_test.go`. I could only do static review in this read-only sandbox, not run tests. Smallest next manager step: close out the linked local session as complete/released if that has not happened yet, and do not spawn a follow-up unless CI or later drift shows this path still failing."}

{"action": "completion_review", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "trace_id": "a4754c27-00ca-4a6d-8768-77ef6a38c126", "item_type": "pr", "latency_ms": 107238, "item_number": 264, "prompt_name": "completion_review", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "prompt_version_id": "0ff79af0-3c61-4a39-9931-9de571b7623f", "prompt_version_number": 1}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"status": "ok: auto-healed 3 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|244 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|243 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|259 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "repairs": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|244 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|243 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|259 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists"], "findings": []}

{"status": "ok: auto-healed 3 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|244 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|243 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|259 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "repairs": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|244 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|243 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|259 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists"], "remaining_findings": []}

{"state": "blocked", "reason": "state synced from ready to blocked", "item_number": "244", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"state": "blocked", "reason": "state synced from ready to blocked", "item_number": "243", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"state": "blocked", "reason": "state synced from ready to blocked", "item_number": "259", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"state": "ready", "reason": "state synced from blocked to ready", "item_number": "245", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"body": "", "kind": "question", "state": "running", "title": "Context on Issue 263", "summary": "Context on Issue 263", "trace_id": "9468a86f-81ac-46ff-8de6-0fb47898884d", "source_id": "15251885446926089198", "session_id": "15251885446926089198", "source_type": "jules", "manager_status": "reconcile_pending", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "codex_forwarded": "true"}

{"action": "answer", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "trace_id": "9468a86f-81ac-46ff-8de6-0fb47898884d", "latency_ms": 126341, "prompt_name": "responder", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "prompt_version_id": "56c10c5f-469b-4aa4-bbd6-34f4d5e89cd9", "prompt_version_number": 1}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"status": "ok: no sanity issues detected", "repairs": [], "findings": []}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"body": "", "kind": "question", "title": "Context on Issue 263", "summary": "Context on Issue 263", "trace_id": "9468a86f-81ac-46ff-8de6-0fb47898884d", "source_id": "15251885446926089198", "session_id": "15251885446926089198", "source_type": "jules", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"status": "ok: auto-healed 3 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|244 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|243 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|259 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "repairs": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|244 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|243 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|259 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists"], "findings": []}

{"status": "ok: auto-healed 3 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|244 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|243 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists; Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|259 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "repairs": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|244 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|243 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists", "Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|259 moved from blocked to ready because no active session exists"], "remaining_findings": []}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "self-improvement:sanity:manager:248", "session_id": "5576624739116053404", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:5576624739116053404:self-improvement:sanity:manager:248"}

{"action": "escalate", "trace_id": "9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d", "session_id": "8890786230003911661", "operation_key": "orchestrator:escalate:8890786230003911661:9081a3ad-8446-4d03-a5de-d89909e73a0d"}

{"questions": "2", "report_status": "ok: scanned 1 repo(s), 276 items total (Stbmap/dev-manager=276) ok: synced 182 Jules session(s) (0 imported, 1 updated) unknown ok: no sanity issues detected error: drift detected: risky: repo Stbmap/stbmap workspace /home/stbmap/stbmap has 2 uncommitted change(s) and no active sessions waiting: reused 1 canonical self-improvement issue(s), policy denied 2 candidate(s) ok: no expired memory entries (retention=180d)", "allowed_actions": "4", "protocol_version": "1", "resume_checkpoint": "true", "sandbox_available": "true"}

{"kind": "workspace_dirty_orphan", "status": "active", "details": "git status --porcelain reported 2 change(s): M lib/src/platform_core/application/app_release_info.dart; M pubspec.yaml", "summary": "risky: repo Stbmap/stbmap workspace /home/stbmap/stbmap has 2 uncommitted change(s) and no active sessions", "seen_count": 114, "subject_id": "/home/stbmap/stbmap", "subject_type": "workspace", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/stbmap", "reconciliation_key": "workspace_dirty_orphan:Stbmap/stbmap"}

{"state": "blocked", "reason": "state synced from ready to blocked", "item_number": "244", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"state": "blocked", "reason": "state synced from ready to blocked", "item_number": "243", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"state": "blocked", "reason": "state synced from ready to blocked", "item_number": "259", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"state": "ready", "reason": "state synced from blocked to ready", "item_number": "245", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"mode": "active", "actor": "dev-manager-improvement", "is_pr": false, "action": "github_issue_create", "reason": "circuit breaker tripped: 3 duplicate sessions prevented in last 1h (issues only)", "trace_id": "", "target_id": "duplicate:Stbmap/dev-manager", "blocked_by": "repo_pause", "retry_hint": "clear the repo automation pause or retry after operator review", "session_id": "", "target_type": "manager", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "request_reason": "open self-improvement issue for recurring duplicate_start signal", "supervised_policy": "escalation_only"}

{"mode": "active", "actor": "dev-manager-improvement", "is_pr": false, "action": "github_comment", "reason": "circuit breaker tripped: 3 duplicate sessions prevented in last 1h (issues only)", "trace_id": "", "target_id": "Stbmap/dev-manager#247 (reconciliation:workspace_dirty_orphan:Stbmap/stbmap)", "blocked_by": "repo_pause", "retry_hint": "clear the repo automation pause or post the comment from an operator escalation", "session_id": "", "item_number": 247, "target_type": "github_item", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "request_reason": "record recurring evidence on the canonical self-improvement issue", "supervised_policy": "escalation_only"}

{"mode": "active", "actor": "dev-manager-improvement", "is_pr": false, "action": "github_issue_create", "reason": "circuit breaker tripped: 3 duplicate sessions prevented in last 1h (issues only)", "trace_id": "", "target_id": "sanity:manager", "blocked_by": "repo_pause", "retry_hint": "clear the repo automation pause or retry after operator review", "session_id": "", "target_type": "manager", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "request_reason": "open self-improvement issue for recurring sanity_drift signal", "supervised_policy": "escalation_only"}

{"status": "ok: no sanity issues detected", "repairs": [], "findings": []}