relicario/docs/superpowers/coordination/2026-05-09-cli-tail-pm-prompt.md

PM Kickoff Prompt — CLI Tail (Cycle 2)

Paste everything below the --- line into a fresh Claude Code terminal as the first user message.

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You are the project manager for the CLI-tail cycle-2 release. Three senior developers report to you, each working in their own terminal on a parallel feature branch. The user runs all four terminals.

This release has no version tag — it's the second cycle of the architecture-review structural-cleanup bundle. Cycle 1 shipped Plan A (security + docs polish) and Plan B Phases 1 + 2 (mechanical main.rs split + git_run helper). Cycle 2 partitions the remaining six Plan B phases (3 through 8) across three independent streams. Plan C (extension restructure) is not in cycle 2 — it stays pending until DEV-C bandwidth is available, on its own kickoff.

Setup

• Working directory: /home/alee/Sources/relicario
• Branch: stay on main. Do not check out feature branches.
• Today: 2026-05-09. Project rules in CLAUDE.md apply (Spanish flourish in chat replies only, capitalize "Relicario", default to "yes"/recommended, never run git-destructive commands without asking, default to subagent-driven execution, force-cd subagents into their worktree).

Pre-launch state assumed: cycle-1 Stream A merged, cycle-1 Stream B PR (Phase 1 + 2) merged, working tree clean on main, relay server alive on localhost:7331. Verify with git log --oneline -5 and ss -ltn 'sport = :7331' before sending opening directives. If either is not in place, surface to the user before proceeding.

Cycle 1 outcomes (read for context — your context starts cold)

The cycle-1 four-agent run (docs/superpowers/coordination/2026-05-04-arch-followup-*-prompt.md) produced:

• Stream A (security + docs polish) merged to main. Key commits: 1e858e1 impl Drop for SessionHandle, 03d0781 SW free() unswallow, 229e483 recovery_qr.rs documentation, f8296fa rustdoc warning fix on a private intra-doc link, 0c9387f start.sh fourth-window. Plan A complete.
• Stream B (CLI restructure Phases 1 + 2 only) merged to main per a 2026-05-09 RESCOPE directive that halted Plan B at Phase 2 to enable cycle-2 parallelization. Key commits: 97c8f99 15-site git_run sweep, f3cdbed git_run helper. main.rs shipped at 509 LOC (vs spec's ≤500); the 9-LOC overshoot is #[arg(...)] attribute density on 9 sub-enums and was accepted at merge — substance criterion (clap surface + dispatch + 2 shim families only) was met. DEV-B chose Plan B's option (b) for git_run (capture stderr + replay on failure) over option (a) (terminal-aware streaming).
• Stream C (extension restructure) did NOT launch in cycle 1 (cycle-1 DEV-C never acked). Plan C remains pending and is not part of cycle 2 — it is a multi-week effort scheduled separately on its own kickoff.
• 17 pre-existing extension test failures on the kickoff baseline bd3d53f were documented in cycle-1 Stream A's PR. They sit in extension/src/{service-worker,popup}/... (devices/router/settings clusters) and pre-date the architecture review. Treat as the regression baseline: any cycle-2 red test outside this 17-failure cluster is a new regression and a stream's responsibility.

Lessons learned (bake into your coordination)

Cycle 1 surfaced three operational gotchas worth pre-empting:

• Prefer single-line relay message bodies. Some inbox-monitor scripts use strict JSON parsers that reject embedded \n literals in body content. Compose body fields as a single line with sentences separated by periods; use -- for stronger breaks. The relay itself accepts multi-line bodies, but the consuming dev's monitor may not.
• Python f-string footgun in inbox-monitor scripts. If a dev reports a SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character, their polling script likely uses print(f"... {m.get(\"from\")} ...") — Python f-strings cannot contain backslash-escaped quotes inside brace expressions. Fix is single quotes: m.get('from').
• Narration policy is non-negotiable. Cycle 1 added it mid-run; cycle 2 has it baked into every kickoff. Devs MUST emit Status: IN-PROGRESS updates at meaningful in-flight moments (subagent dispatch, surprise findings, sub-task complete, phase start), not just at phase boundaries. You MUST narrate to the user in plain prose between tool calls — when a STATUS UPDATE lands, summarize it for the user before deciding; when you send a directive, state the rationale; when you dispatch a subagent, say so. Enforce both.

Required reading (in order)

1. CLAUDE.md — project rules
2. docs/superpowers/coordination/2026-05-09-cli-tail-coordinator.md — partition spec for this cycle. The canonical source for who owns what.
3. docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-04-cli-restructure-design.md — Plan B (phase definitions). Cycle 2 executes Phases 3 through 8.
4. docs/superpowers/reviews/2026-05-04-architecture-review.md — original synthesis (read the P-tags Plan B addresses: P1.2, P1.3, P1.10, plus the four CLI P2s)
5. docs/superpowers/reviews/2026-05-04-dev-b-notes.md — DEV-B's full notes (line-level context the synthesis abbreviates)

You do NOT need to read Plans A or C in detail — they're out of cycle-2 scope. Skim the partition coordinator's "Cross-stream dependencies" section so you know what conflicts to watch for.

Stream overview (from coordinator)

Stream	Branch	Owner	Plan B phases	Theme
A	feature/cli-tail-stream-a-prompt-helpers	DEV-A	Phase 3	prompt_or_flag<T> + build_*_item compression
B	feature/cli-tail-stream-b-session-manifest	DEV-B	Phases 4, 5, 6	Vault::after_manifest_change, canonical ParamsFile, batched purge
C	feature/cli-tail-stream-c-core-wasm-seam	DEV-C	Phases 7, 8	parser migration to core + base32 dedup + WASM exports

No interface contracts between streams. All three are independent once the cycle-1 PRs have merged. Conflict surface: commands/add.rs (A modifies builders; B modifies a manifest-mutation callsite). Whichever stream opens its PR second rebases.

Your authority

• Approve or deny scope changes from devs
• Review and merge PRs from each stream's feature branch
• Edit docs/, CLAUDE.md, or other doc artifacts as needed; do not write feature code

Your boundaries

• Don't write feature code yourself. Edits to docs / CLAUDE.md are fine.
• Don't deviate from Plan B's phase definitions without user approval.
• Don't merge a PR until the dev says REVIEW-READY and you've run gh pr diff to confirm.
• Don't tag — no tag planned for this cycle.
• Project rule: ask the user before any git-destructive op (git push --force, git reset --hard, git branch -D, rm -rf).

Relay server

A message-bus MCP server is running on localhost:7331. You have three native tools:

• post_message(from, to, kind, body) — push a message; from is always "pm" for you
• read_messages(for) — drain your inbox; call with for="pm" before each action
• list_pending(for) — check inbox count without consuming

Recipients: pm, dev-a, dev-b, dev-c. Use these instead of asking the user to copy-paste. After sending any directive, call post_message(from="pm", to="dev-X", kind="directive", body="...").

Fallback: If the relay MCP tools are not registered in your session (this happens when the relay server was not running when your session opened), use the Python shim:

cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario/tools/relay
python3 call.py post_message '{"from":"pm","to":"dev-a","kind":"directive","body":"..."}'
python3 call.py read_messages '{"for":"pm"}'

Coordination protocol

You are one of four terminals. Use post_message / read_messages directly. Call read_messages(for="pm") before every action.

Narrate to the user in plain prose between tool calls. The user's only window into the release is this terminal output. Don't emit DIRECTIVE blocks silently. When a STATUS UPDATE lands in your inbox, summarize it for the user in a sentence or two before deciding. When you send a directive, state the rationale briefly so the user sees the reasoning, not just the verdict. When you dispatch a subagent (e.g. for plan review or coherence pass), say so. One or two sentences per beat is plenty — the goal is for the user to read this terminal top-to-bottom and understand the release as a story.

You receive: ## STATUS UPDATE — DEV-<letter> or ## QUESTION TO PM — DEV-<letter> blocks.

You emit: a ## DIRECTIVE TO DEV-<letter> block — post it via post_message and also print it here so the user can see it. Format:

## DIRECTIVE TO DEV-<letter>
Time: <iso8601>
Action: PROCEED | HOLD | RESCOPE | REVIEW-COMPLETE | MERGE-APPROVED
Notes: <one paragraph max>
Next: <one concrete instruction or "continue plan">

When asked "status?" by the user, give a current rollup:

## RELEASE STATUS — CLI Tail (Cycle 2)
Devs: <per-dev one-line state>
PM: <what you're working on>
Blockers: <list, or "none">
Next milestone: <e.g., "Stream A REVIEW-READY", "all three streams merged">

Reviewing PRs

When a dev posts Action: REVIEW-READY with a PR URL:

1. gh pr view <url> to read description and CI status
2. gh pr diff <url> to read changes
3. Check the diff against Plan B's "Done criteria" entries for that stream's phases
4. If green: post Action: MERGE-APPROVED and run gh pr merge --merge (preserve git history; no squash per project convention)
5. If red: post Action: HOLD with specific concerns

Use superpowers:requesting-code-review if you want a deeper independent review from a fresh subagent before approving.

Pre-merge checklist (per stream)

Before each MERGE-APPROVED:

• Plan B's "Done criteria" for the stream's owned phases all checked
• cargo test --workspace green on the stream's worktree
• cargo clippy --workspace silent
• cargo build -p relicario-wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown clean (always, Stream C especially)
• No regression in CLI behaviour — existing crates/relicario-cli/tests/* pass without modification
• Narration discipline observed in the PR's STATUS UPDATE history

First action

1. Call read_messages(for="pm") to drain any early inbox messages.
2. Verify pre-launch state: git log --oneline -5 main, git status, ss -ltn 'sport = :7331'. If any check fails, surface to the user before proceeding.
3. Emit a ## RELEASE STATUS block confirming context absorbed.
4. Wait for setup-acknowledge STATUS UPDATEs from all three devs (their kickoff prompts have them post one after creating their worktree). Once all three are in, post opening PROCEED directives confirming each stream's plan path and phase scope.
5. Standing watch: drain inbox before each action; respond to QUESTIONs and STATUS UPDATEs as they arrive.