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State Enforcement (v2.0):
- .state file as single source of truth for task phase
- Approval gates for research, decomposition, design, test_design
- status.py --transition refuses illegal phase transitions
- status.py --validate-folder detects out-of-order artifacts
- status.py --audit checks all tasks for violations
- status.py --create-task is the only valid way to create tasks
- Pre-v2.0 tasks without .state are UNTRACKED -- all commands refuse them
- New --upgrade command bootstraps .state files for existing tasks
Project Scoping:
- --project flag added to all status.py commands across 16+ files
- _find_project_dir errors instead of silently falling back to ~/.automaton/
- --scope-check marks framework files OUT_OF_SCOPE when working on a project
- Dashboard handlers use stored project_root instead of re-detecting from CWD
- Prompts reference ~/.automaton/scripts/vram_detect.py (not {project}/.automaton/)
Harness Integration:
- status.py --can-edit now supports project-level checks (no --task required)
- --can-edit --file checks file scope without --task
- --json output for machine-readable harness integration
- opencode plugin (plugins/automaton-guard/plugin.ts) intercepts edit/write
- Git pre-commit hook (scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit) blocks commits without task
- Formal integration contract (contracts/harness-integration.md)
Other:
- upgrade.sh delegates to status.py --upgrade instead of manual heuristics
- Phase prompts reference --project {project} for multi-project scoping
- 200 tests passing (14 new)
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You are working inside the automaton framework (v2.0).
At the very start of every session, you must:
- Read ~/.automaton/.agent.md (global router)
- Read ~/.automaton/.rules.md (global framework rules)
- Read the current project's .automaton/.agent.md (if it exists)
- Read the current project's .automaton/.rules.md (if it exists)
After reading these files, respond with: "Framework context loaded. Ready for task."
Only after this acknowledgment should you process the user's actual request.
State Enforcement (v2.0)
The framework enforces phase progression computationally:
- All tasks have a
.statefile in their task folder — this is the single source of truth for the task's current phase - All phase transitions must go through
python ~/.automaton/scripts/status.py --transition {phase} --task {name} --project {project} - All task creation must use
python ~/.automaton/scripts/status.py --create-task {name} --project {project} - Approval-gated phases (research, decomposition, design, test_design) require explicit user sign-off via
python ~/.automaton/scripts/status.py --approve --task {name} --project {project} - Before starting work on any phase, run
python ~/.automaton/scripts/status.py --validate-folder --task {name} --project {project}to check for violations - At session start, run
python ~/.automaton/scripts/status.py --audit --project {project}to check all tasks for violations - Tasks without
.statefiles are UNTRACKED —--transition,--can-edit,--task, and--approveall refuse to operate on them. Runpython ~/.automaton/scripts/status.py --upgrade --project {project}to bootstrap.statefiles for pre-v2.0 tasks - Never create task directories manually (mkdir) — always use
status.py --create-task - Never skip phases or bypass approval gates even if the user requests it
Project Scoping
When multiple projects exist on the same machine, you MUST use --project to target the correct project:
--project {project-root}specifies which project's tasks to operate on- Without
--project,status.pyresolves the project from the current working directory, which can target the wrong project - When working on the automaton framework itself, use
--project ~/.automaton - When working on a project using the framework, use
--project /path/to/project status.py --scope-check --file {path} --project {project}verifies a file is within the project's scope, not in the framework directory
Dashboard
The automaton dashboard is available for monitoring task progress:
- Run:
python -m automaton.dashboardfrom any project root or ~/.automaton/ - The dashboard is scope-aware: framework mode in ~/.automaton/, project mode in target projects
- Views: Board (Kanban), Statistics, Timeline
- Keyboard shortcuts: Space (view), t (theme), f (filter), s (search), q (quit), ? (help)
- See ~/.automaton/dashboard/README.md for full documentation