Slice 1: dispatcher loop + objective decomposition — first live objective completed
- engine/dispatcher.py: 10s tick, bounded in-flight (3), ready->kanban dispatch
with budget mapping (goal_max_turns/max_runtime_seconds), poll->AgentMessage
extraction->events, wall-clock cap with run termination, blocked triage state.
- engine/protocol.py: schema-enforced pool calls — raw report -> AgentMessage,
objective brief -> task decomposition (3.6s live).
- engine/main.py: POST /companies/{slug}/objectives (manager decompose ->
child work items, role-matched round-robin), GET work-items.
- schema: work_item.hermes_task_id/dispatched_at, employee.role.
- Hermes integration fixes discovered live:
* profiles must use the pool custom endpoint (provider config written into
per-profile config; 'ollama' provider = Ollama Cloud, wants API key)
* kanban toolset was globally disabled in deployed Hermes config — removed
from agent.disabled_toolsets (backup in scratchpad)
* no_skills profiles (73 bundled skills drowned 9B tool discipline)
* souls spell out kanban_show first, kanban_complete/kanban_block with
required args last — after this, tasks complete reliably.
- Live result: GasWatch objective decomposed into 3 tasks, all completed by
qwen3.5:9b employees (mvp_features.md, onepager.md, report.md), 4 cost
entries totaling ~24 min wall, full event trail.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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