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Archive completed tasks, add cleanup commands, self-documenting dashboard UI
- Archive 79 completed framework-dev tasks from tasks/ -> tasks/complete/
- status.py: add --cleanup-done and --install-cleanup-schedule commands
- Add scripts/automaton-cleanup.sh for periodic task archiving
- Dashboard: rename 'Background' tab -> 'Agent', 'Cleanup' agent -> 'Completed Task Archiver', remove redundant group headers and pill badges, dim inactive agent placeholders
- .rules.md: add Self-Documenting UI Names rule
- New tests: test_cleanup_done.py, expanded test_app.py and test_task.py
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Implement Autopilot Runtime

Problem

  • drive_all() only exists as pseudocode in orchestrate.md. No Python implementation.
  • No idle loop when all tasks complete.
  • No stuck-task detection (crash recovery, phase-stuck detection).

Fix

Create scripts/autopilot.py with:

  1. scan_all_tasks() — reads all .state files in tasks/
  2. is_terminal() — checks if phase is complete or human_intervention
  3. needs_user_input() — checks if phase ends with :awaiting_approval or task has VERDICT.md with FAIL/NEEDS_REVIEW
  4. drive_task() — loads and executes the prompt for the current phase
  5. drive_all() — main loop that processes unblocked non-terminal tasks
  6. Idle behavior: when all tasks terminal, prompt user to create new tasks
  7. Stuck detection: tasks in same non-terminal phase > 60 min are flagged

Verification

  • python scripts/autopilot.py --project /path/to/project runs the autopilot
  • Handles empty queue gracefully
  • Detects and reports stuck tasks