/orchestrate

description: Scaffold a closed orchestrator loop — creates the mission note, state/constraints notes, and a scheduler entry from the v2 template.
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write
argument-hint: -g "goal description" -s "session-a, session-b, ..."

/orchestrate — Scaffold a closed orchestrator loop

Parse the arguments, generate a filled-in orchestrator loop note from the v2 template, create companion notes, and wire up a scheduler entry.

Arguments

• `-g "<text>"` — The mission goal(s). Can be a sentence or a paragraph. Required.
• `-s "<list>"` — Comma-separated list of authorized session names. Required.
• `--schedule "<expr>"` — When to run. Optional. Default: `every 2h`
• `--slug "<name>"` — Note slug to use. Optional. Default: derived from the goal (kebab-case, ≤30 chars)
• `--no-schedule` — Create the note but skip the scheduler entry (useful for manual/one-shot loops)

Procedure

1. Parse arguments

Extract `-g`, `-s`, `--schedule`, `--slug`, `--no-schedule` from the skill arguments. If `-g` or `-s` is missing, stop and ask the user before proceeding.

Derive a slug if not provided: lowercase the goal, strip punctuation, replace spaces with `-`, truncate to 30 chars. Example: "Make MVS robust end to end" → `mvs-robust-end-to-end`.

2. Infer session lanes

For each session in `-s`, derive its likely lane and issue prefix using this mapping. If a session isn't listed, use its name as the lane description and leave the prefix blank.

| Session name contains | Issue prefix | Lane | |---|---|---| | `mvs-infra` | `MI-` | shard, partition, scroll, scale | | `mvs-build` | `MB-` | topology, image builds, cutover | | `backend` | `BACKE-` | write pipeline, celery, analytics | | `ts-gke` | `TG-` | TubeScience, GKE experiments | | `observability` | `MO-` | metrics, alerts, dashboards | | `studio` | `MS-` | UI, golden path, E2E | | `orchestrator` | `AMUX-` | cross-cutting, escalations | | `general` | `MG-` | diagnosis, root cause, unowned |

3. Build the mission note

Fetch the v2 template:

curl -sk $AMUX_URL/api/notes/orchestrator-loop-v2 | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('content',''))"

Do the substitution in Python — fetch the template text, replace every placeholder with real values, write to a temp file, POST it. Do NOT write the note content from scratch.

python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json, os, urllib.request, ssl, re

url      = os.environ['AMUX_URL']
slug     = '<slug>'
goal     = '<goal text>'
schedule = '<schedule>'
prefixes = '<BACKE- MO- AMUX->'   # space-separated prefixes from step 2

# One row per session from -s plus orchestrator row always last
session_rows = [
    '| `<session-a>` | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | <inferred lane> |',
    '| `<session-b>` | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | <inferred lane> |',
    '| `mixpeek-orchestrator` | — | — | ✓ | AMUX- escalations to Ethan |',
]

ctx = ssl.create_default_context(); ctx.check_hostname = False; ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
req = urllib.request.Request(f'{url}/api/notes/orchestrator-loop-v2')
tmpl = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(req, context=ctx).read())['content']

filled = tmpl
filled = filled.replace('[Loop Name]', slug)
filled = re.sub(r'> Fill in.*?---\n\n', '', filled, flags=re.DOTALL)
filled = filled.replace('`[e.g. mvs-robustness]`', f'`{slug}`')
filled = re.sub(r'\[loop-slug\]', slug, filled)
filled = filled.replace('`[e.g. MI- MB- BACKE- TG-]`', f'`{prefixes}`')
filled = filled.replace('[e.g. every 2h | daily at 09:00 | every weekday at 08:00]', schedule)
filled = filled.replace('[One sentence. The outcome, not the activity.]', goal)
table_ph = '| `[session-a]` | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | [what it owns] |\n| `[session-b]` | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | [what it owns] |\n| `[session-c]` | ✓ | read-only | ✗ | [observe only] |'
filled = filled.replace(table_ph, '\n'.join(session_rows))

with open('/tmp/orch-note.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump({'content': filled}, f)
print('template filled')
PYEOF

curl -sk -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @/tmp/orch-note.json $AMUX_URL/api/notes/<slug>

4. Create companion notes

**State note** (blank initial state):

curl -sk -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"content": "## Status\n\nNot yet run. Orchestrator will populate on first tick."}' \
  $AMUX_URL/api/notes/<slug>-state

**Constraints note** (seed with one standing rule):

curl -sk -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"content": "# Constraints — <slug>\n\nAppend-only. Never edit existing lines.\n\n```\n[YYYY-MM-DD] — stage explicit git paths only, never git add -A. Reason: 5407ac1473 swept another session'\''s deletions into wrong commit (AMUX-1315).\n```\n"}' \
  $AMUX_URL/api/notes/<slug>-constraints

5. Construct the scheduler prompt

The scheduler fires at an arbitrary time and the orchestrator wakes up with **no prior context**. The prompt is the only thing it has. It must be entirely self-contained — do not say "load the note and run the loop." The full brief goes in the prompt.

The scheduler prompt = the filled mission note content + the current constraints note content + the current state note content, concatenated, wrapped in a brief header and a closing action line.

Fetch each note and build the prompt in Python:

python3 << 'PYEOF'
import json, os, urllib.request, ssl

url  = os.environ['AMUX_URL']
slug = '<slug>'

ctx = ssl.create_default_context(); ctx.check_hostname = False; ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE

def fetch_note(s):
    try:
        req = urllib.request.Request(f'{url}/api/notes/{s}')
        return json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(req, context=ctx).read()).get('content', '')
    except:
        return ''

mission     = fetch_note(slug)
constraints = fetch_note(f'{slug}-constraints')
state       = fetch_note(f'{slug}-state')

prompt = f"""You are running the {slug} orchestration loop. This prompt is your complete brief — read it fully before acting.

--- MISSION ---
{mission}

--- CONSTRAINTS (append