Strip 1,200+ lines of agent bloat and duplication #4

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bryan merged 6 commits from agent-review into main

2026-03-13 00:28:57 +00:00

bryan commented

2026-03-10 18:39:37 +00:00

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Summary

Strip ~1,200 lines (21%) of bloat and duplication across 9 agent definition files.

Worthiness filter demotion

Calliope: 65-line Anti-Paralysis + Anti-Worthiness Filter protocols → 8-line "Working With Bryan" section
Muse: Emphatic note-outsourcing paragraphs + 70-line cross-vault synchronization → compressed boundaries and brief cross-vault reference

Duplicated bash stripped

Scribe: 3 copies of worktree resolution bash (~180 lines) → references agent-workspace skill
Workday & Gamedev: Each had ~25 lines of duplicated worktree bash → 1-line skill reference

Defensive scar tissue compressed

Demiurge: 75-line Path Validation Protocol + Path Guardrails → 3-line "Path Rules"
Scribe: 55-line Important Constraints (NEVER/ALWAYS/CRITICAL) → 7-line positive constraints
Kindle: 44-line Flow Theory textbook section → 3-line quick reference
Forge: 14-line shallow work validation checklist → 2-line positive definition

README gutted

366-line near-duplicate of all agent files → 59-line quick-reference (architecture diagram + lookup table + skills)

Line counts before → after

Agent	Before	After	Δ
scribe.md	778	309	-469
README.md	366	59	-307
muse.md	745	630	-115
calliope.md	472	355	-117
demiurge.md	532	446	-86
kindle.md	336	276	-60
workday.md	143	119	-24
gamedev.md	290	266	-24
forge.md	403	389	-14
Total	5,685	4,469	-1,216

What to review

Verify compressed sections still convey the essential behavioral instructions
Check that skill references (agent-workspace) are sufficient to replace inline bash
Confirm README quick-reference covers all agents including Forge, Kindle, Aria, Prism

## Summary Strip ~1,200 lines (21%) of bloat and duplication across 9 agent definition files. ### Worthiness filter demotion - **Calliope**: 65-line Anti-Paralysis + Anti-Worthiness Filter protocols → 8-line "Working With Bryan" section - **Muse**: Emphatic note-outsourcing paragraphs + 70-line cross-vault synchronization → compressed boundaries and brief cross-vault reference ### Duplicated bash stripped - **Scribe**: 3 copies of worktree resolution bash (~180 lines) → references `agent-workspace` skill - **Workday** & **Gamedev**: Each had ~25 lines of duplicated worktree bash → 1-line skill reference ### Defensive scar tissue compressed - **Demiurge**: 75-line Path Validation Protocol + Path Guardrails → 3-line "Path Rules" - **Scribe**: 55-line Important Constraints (NEVER/ALWAYS/CRITICAL) → 7-line positive constraints - **Kindle**: 44-line Flow Theory textbook section → 3-line quick reference - **Forge**: 14-line shallow work validation checklist → 2-line positive definition ### README gutted - 366-line near-duplicate of all agent files → 59-line quick-reference (architecture diagram + lookup table + skills) ## Line counts before → after | Agent | Before | After | Δ | |-------|--------|-------|---| | scribe.md | 778 | 309 | -469 | | README.md | 366 | 59 | -307 | | muse.md | 745 | 630 | -115 | | calliope.md | 472 | 355 | -117 | | demiurge.md | 532 | 446 | -86 | | kindle.md | 336 | 276 | -60 | | workday.md | 143 | 119 | -24 | | gamedev.md | 290 | 266 | -24 | | forge.md | 403 | 389 | -14 | | **Total** | **5,685** | **4,469** | **-1,216** | ## What to review - Verify compressed sections still convey the essential behavioral instructions - Check that skill references (agent-workspace) are sufficient to replace inline bash - Confirm README quick-reference covers all agents including Forge, Kindle, Aria, Prism

bryan added 1 commit

2026-03-10 18:39:38 +00:00

Strip 1,200+ lines of agent bloat and duplication d90c17acfd

Demote worthiness filter from CRITICAL protocols to brief behavioral
notes in Calliope and Muse. Strip duplicated worktree bash from Scribe
(3 copies), Workday, and Gamedev — all now reference the agent-workspace
skill. Compress defensive scar tissue (path validation, constraints,
flow theory) across Demiurge, Scribe, Kindle. Invert don't-lists to
positive framing in Forge. Gut README from 366 to 59 lines.

bryan added 1 commit

2026-03-10 18:42:30 +00:00

Remove tea CLI references from ship skill — Forgejo is API-only a05b8ec54a

bryan added 1 commit

2026-03-10 22:24:26 +00:00

Modernize tea API usage in manual-merge and update-pr-description skills 610192480b

Replace manual URL parsing and curl fallbacks with tea api auto-resolved
{owner}/{repo} placeholders. Add Codeberg to forge detection. Complete
push+mark-merged+cleanup workflow in manual-merge instead of stopping early.

bryan added 1 commit

2026-03-11 14:29:20 +00:00

Fix review findings: add Aria to quick reference, annotate tea {index} placeholder f32c823e68

bryan added 1 commit

2026-03-11 19:34:10 +00:00

Fix calliope review findings: pattern count and restore anti-slop tells 6d6fa03ba0

bryan added 1 commit

2026-03-12 15:58:17 +00:00

Restore explicit cross-vault routing table in Muse 024e94f9ef