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 an implementer. Write the code to solve the issue.

You are an orchestrator. Route and plan the work.

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 reviewer. Review the code changes.

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

Updated Prompt

Test Prompt

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

{"reason": "no active session remains", "source": "stale issue sweep", "next_state": "ready", "item_number": 371, "labels_removed": ["blocked", "jules", "claimed", "in-progress"], "previous_state": "blocked", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"status": "ok: auto-healed 1 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to blocked because 1 active session(s) exist", "repairs": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to blocked because 1 active session(s) exist"], "remaining_findings": []}

{"reason": "no active session remains", "source": "stale issue sweep", "next_state": "ready", "item_number": 371, "labels_removed": ["blocked", "jules", "claimed", "in-progress"], "previous_state": "blocked", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"action": "request_changes", "reason": "local closeout requested changes: PR #378 still shows the same unsafe behavior: any active duplicate can become intentional reuse when repo policy is non-empty, and the scheduler then links it, saves a console message, and marks the GitHub item completed without proving compatible scope or actual completion.", "pr_number": 378, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"model": "gpt-5.5", "action": "completion_review", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "item_type": "pr", "latency_ms": 6301, "item_number": 378, "prompt_name": "completion_review", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "prompt_version_id": "0ff79af0-3c61-4a39-9931-9de571b7623f", "prompt_version_number": 1}

{"status": "ok: auto-healed 1 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to blocked because 1 active session(s) exist", "repairs": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to blocked because 1 active session(s) exist"], "findings": []}

{"status": "ok: auto-healed 1 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to blocked because 1 active session(s) exist", "repairs": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to blocked because 1 active session(s) exist"], "remaining_findings": []}

{"kind": "session_terminal_mismatch", "status": "active", "details": "remote state complete disagrees with local running for session 2781923755567573377", "summary": "remote session 2781923755567573377 completed but local state is still running", "seen_count": 1, "subject_id": "2781923755567573377", "subject_type": "session", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "reconciliation_key": "session-terminal:490a1869-f32f-4189-83cc-85b4334e8fcd:2781923755567573377"}

{"summary": "webhook reconciliation triggered", "event_type": "webhook_delivery_processed", "delivery_id": "aba487f0-596d-11f1-97fd-d3de7d3b6d49", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "source_event_type": "pull_request"}

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

{"action": "request_changes", "reason": "local closeout requested changes: PR #378 still is not safe to merge: the shown diff reuses any active duplicate when session reuse policy is merely non-empty, then links the item, saves a console message, and marks the GitHub item completed without proving same-PR lifecycle, compatible pre-PR bundle, delivery to Jules, or actual completion.", "pr_number": 378, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"summary": "webhook reconciliation triggered", "event_type": "webhook_delivery_processed", "delivery_id": "5d7370f0-596d-11f1-9ab2-8749efa0da86", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "source_event_type": "issue_comment"}

{"model": "gpt-5.5", "action": "completion_review", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "item_type": "pr", "latency_ms": 6342, "item_number": 378, "prompt_name": "completion_review", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "prompt_version_id": "0ff79af0-3c61-4a39-9931-9de571b7623f", "prompt_version_number": 1}

{"reason": "no active session remains", "source": "stale issue sweep", "next_state": "ready", "item_number": 371, "labels_removed": ["blocked", "jules", "claimed", "in-progress"], "previous_state": "in-progress", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"body": "", "kind": "done", "state": "complete", "title": "", "summary": "Jules reported completion", "trace_id": "80fff1ca-d65a-4ea2-86ee-b1d37ee1173f", "source_id": "2781923755567573377", "session_id": "2781923755567573377", "source_type": "jules", "manager_status": "released", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "codex_forwarded": "false"}

{"body": "", "kind": "done", "title": "", "summary": "Jules reported completion", "trace_id": "80fff1ca-d65a-4ea2-86ee-b1d37ee1173f", "source_id": "2781923755567573377", "session_id": "2781923755567573377", "source_type": "jules", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"status": "ok: auto-healed 1 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to in-progress because 1 active session(s) exist", "repairs": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to in-progress because 1 active session(s) exist"], "findings": []}

{"status": "ok: auto-healed 1 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to in-progress because 1 active session(s) exist", "repairs": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 moved from ready to in-progress because 1 active session(s) exist"], "remaining_findings": []}

{"summary": "webhook reconciliation triggered", "event_type": "webhook_delivery_processed", "delivery_id": "2b17bf80-596d-11f1-9066-ab3878a586c9", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "source_event_type": "issues"}

{"summary": "webhook reconciliation triggered", "event_type": "webhook_delivery_processed", "delivery_id": "2ab3cd90-596d-11f1-8706-b8075295785e", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "source_event_type": "issues"}

{"reason": "no active session remains", "source": "stale issue sweep", "next_state": "ready", "item_number": 371, "labels_removed": ["blocked", "jules", "claimed", "in-progress"], "previous_state": "in-progress", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"goal": "Determine whether PR #378 safely implements PR-lifecycle reuse and conservative pre-PR batching without weakening duplicate-session prevention, PR-first policy, repo concurrency, or work-item accounting.", "reason": "Do not split a PR closeout item. PR #378 should stay as one fast-lane review/repair task focused on whether the existing diff is safe to merge or needs targeted feedback to the originating session.", "summary": "Review PR #378 as a single closeout unit for the Jules PR lifecycle reuse and pre-PR batching workflow.", "repo_policy": "reuse=Prefer continuing a receptive sam... max-cycles=1", "should_split": false, "verification": ["Reuse is only allowed for same-repo same-open-PR lifecycle or explicit pre-PR compatible bundles.", "No GitHub item is marked completed merely because a console message was saved.", "Post-PR continuation remains explicitly policy-gated and off by default.", "Session-work-item links are durable, idempotent, and covered by tests.", "Tests cover incompatible duplicate blocking, compatible bundle linking, PR feedback routing, and policy-disabled reuse."], "admission_reason": "PR #378 is ready for fast-lane closeout and its originating session is complete, with no active owner currently handling the PR.", "split_suppressed": false, "dependency_reason": "", "split_recommended": false, "issue_split_policy": "fat"}

{"model": "gpt-5.5", "action": "issue_split", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "item_type": "pr", "latency_ms": 8244, "item_number": 378, "prompt_name": "issue_split", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"model": "gpt-5.5", "action": "admission", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "item_type": "pr", "latency_ms": 6240, "item_number": 378, "prompt_name": "admission", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "prompt_version_id": "11aac04d-7598-4ef2-9ea7-53be951f00c1", "prompt_version_number": 1}

{"action": "launch_repair", "reason": "local closeout requested changes: PR #378 is not safe to merge: intentional reuse is triggered for any active duplicate when repo policy is non-empty, without proving same open PR lifecycle or pre-PR compatible bundle, then marks the new GitHub item completed after only saving a console message. That can silently drop work instead of launching or tracking it.", "pr_number": 378, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"model": "gpt-5.5", "action": "completion_review", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "item_type": "pr", "latency_ms": 8993, "item_number": 378, "prompt_name": "completion_review", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "prompt_version_id": "0ff79af0-3c61-4a39-9931-9de571b7623f", "prompt_version_number": 1}

{"status": "warn: 1 issue(s): Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 is in-progress without any active session", "repairs": [], "findings": ["Stbmap/dev-manager|issue|371 is in-progress without any active session"]}

{"summary": "webhook reconciliation triggered", "event_type": "webhook_delivery_processed", "delivery_id": "049a6290-596d-11f1-82d8-d97854d06800", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "source_event_type": "issue_comment"}

{"reason": "watcher completion cannot merge without supervisor PR closeout review", "pull_number": 378}

{"outcome": "merge-ready", "summary": "Completion is not independently trustworthy yet because this is only a merge-ready signal, not a reviewed diff summary. The work matches the planned #371 scope, but it changes scheduler/session ownership policy, so the smallest next manager step is local PR closeout on #378 focused on duplicate-session prevention, PR-first behavior, pre-PR bundle accounting, and post-PR continuation being policy-gated/off by default."}

{"model": "gpt-5.5", "action": "completion_review", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "trace_id": "80fff1ca-d65a-4ea2-86ee-b1d37ee1173f", "item_type": "pr", "latency_ms": 7672, "item_number": 378, "prompt_name": "completion_review", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "prompt_version_id": "0ff79af0-3c61-4a39-9931-9de571b7623f", "prompt_version_number": 1}

{"head_ref": "feat/jules-pr-lifecycle-reuse-2781923755567573377", "pr_number": 378, "session_id": "2781923755567573377", "issue_number": 371, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"summary": "webhook reconciliation triggered", "event_type": "webhook_delivery_processed", "delivery_id": "e3e6cd90-596c-11f1-89df-53e99fa86312", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "source_event_type": "pull_request"}

{"summary": "webhook reconciliation triggered", "event_type": "webhook_delivery_processed", "delivery_id": "e4761540-596c-11f1-9c47-32794c2c17ee", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "source_event_type": "issue_comment"}

{"state": "ready", "reason": "imported from GitHub", "item_number": "378", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"model": "gpt-5.5", "action": "monitor", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "latency_ms": 17359, "prompt_name": "monitor_agent"}

{"item_number": 374, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "previous_reason": "blocked_by_repo_issue_concurrency: 1 active issue session(s) meets limit 1 for Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"item_number": 374, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "previous_reason": "blocked_by_repo_issue_concurrency: 1 active issue session(s) meets limit 1 for Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"item_number": 374, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "previous_reason": "blocked_by_repo_issue_concurrency: 1 active issue session(s) meets limit 1 for Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"item_number": 374, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "previous_reason": "blocked_by_repo_issue_concurrency: 1 active issue session(s) meets limit 1 for Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"item_number": 374, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "previous_reason": "blocked_by_repo_issue_concurrency: 1 active issue session(s) meets limit 1 for Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"item_number": 374, "defer_reason": "Jules mirror drift must be reconciled before launching fresh work repo=Stbmap/dev-manager: Jules account work_1 mirror drift for Stbmap/dev-manager (active delta +1)", "previous_state": "deferred", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"action": "answer", "reason": "remote user reply already followed the latest agent message", "trace_id": "80fff1ca-d65a-4ea2-86ee-b1d37ee1173f", "session_id": "2781923755567573377"}

{"action": "answer", "reason": "remote user reply already followed the latest agent message", "trace_id": "80fff1ca-d65a-4ea2-86ee-b1d37ee1173f", "session_id": "2781923755567573377"}

{"item_number": 374, "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "previous_reason": "blocked_by_repo_issue_concurrency: 1 active issue session(s) meets limit 1 for Stbmap/dev-manager"}

{"action": "answer", "reason": "session is waiting on clarification", "item_type": "issue", "quiet_for": "12m", "role_name": "implementer", "confidence": "high", "item_number": "371", "playbook_name": "awaiting_clarification", "lease_remaining": "2d 23h", "playbook_version_number": "1"}

{"model": "gpt-5.4-mini", "action": "answer", "status": "success", "provider": "codex", "trace_id": "80fff1ca-d65a-4ea2-86ee-b1d37ee1173f", "item_type": "issue", "latency_ms": 16760, "item_number": 371, "prompt_name": "responder", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "prompt_version_id": "56c10c5f-469b-4aa4-bbd6-34f4d5e89cd9", "prompt_version_number": 1}

{"summary": "webhook reconciliation triggered", "event_type": "webhook_delivery_processed", "delivery_id": "6589c850-596a-11f1-8644-ac5b83a813df", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "source_event_type": "issue_comment"}

{"summary": "webhook reconciliation triggered", "event_type": "webhook_delivery_processed", "delivery_id": "62d24970-596a-11f1-8b3e-5ca3a6830fb7", "repo_full_name": "Stbmap/dev-manager", "source_event_type": "issues"}