feat(triage): add deflection protocol and pre-spawn checklist#6
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Prevents Yakob from skipping triage when operators deflect with task requests. Adds a mechanical pre-spawn gate requiring session yak, heartbeat, and WIP check. Co-Authored-By: Yakoff (Claude) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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I'd like to think though the implications of this change a bit more; especially since my longer term vision is that shavers only have access to files below their yak-box/@home/... folders
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| 12. **Never cross repo boundaries.** Always `--cwd .` from release-workspace. | ||
| Never `--cwd repos/X` or `--yak-path` pointing elsewhere. Shavers navigate | ||
| to sub-repos in their prompt, but yx stays rooted in the workspace. |
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Lets pull this into a separate PR for more discussion
| 1. Session yak exists: `yx ls` shows a `session-` yak in wip state | ||
| 2. Heartbeat is running: `/loop` was started after triage | ||
| 3. WIP count < limit: count wip yaks (excluding session yak) against wip-limit field | ||
| 4. `--cwd` is `.` or the workspace root: NEVER `repos/X` — see rule 12 |
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Lets pull this into a separate PR for more discussion
Remove rule 12 and pre-spawn checklist item mrdavidlaing#4 from yakob.md — these will be proposed in a separate PR for focused discussion. Co-Authored-By: Yakueline (Claude) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
skills/yak-triage/SKILL.md: when an operator responds to triage questions with a task instead of answering, Yakob acknowledges, parks it, and re-asks — falling back to defaults after a second deflection.agents/yakob.md: a mechanical gate requiring session yak, heartbeat loop, and WIP check before any shaver is spawned.Motivation
Prevents Yakob from skipping triage when operators deflect with task requests. Without this gate, the dopamine loop of "just spawn the thing" bypasses the pre-commitment questions that make sessions tractable.
Test plan
yak-triageskill — deflection protocol appears in Phase 1agents/yakob.md— pre-spawn checklist present before shaver spawn steps🤖 Generated with Claude Code