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Metadata

Status	done
Assigned	`agent-852`
Agent identity	`f51439356729d112a6c404803d88015d5b44832c6c584c62b96732b63c2b0c7e`
Created	2026-04-27T19:33:57.252025282+00:00
Started	2026-04-27T21:18:19.184046117+00:00
Completed	2026-04-27T21:39:28.481355117+00:00
Tags	`eval-scheduled`
Tokens	13174632 in / 45689 out
Eval score	0.24
└ blocking impact	0.20
└ completeness	0.15
└ constraint fidelity	0.70
└ coordination overhead	0.30
└ correctness	0.20
└ downstream usability	0.35
└ efficiency	0.30
└ style adherence	0.35

Description

Right now .evaluate-*, .flip-*, and .assign-* tasks dispatch via a hardcoded executor=eval path — distinct from the claude and native executors used for everything else. Today's outage exposed problems with this:

The eval path silently failed when its model resolved to openrouter (no key) — no retry, no fallback, error barely surfaced in daemon log
The behavior of executor=eval is opaque even to people working on the system — what does it do for auth, compaction, retry, token logging?
It's a special case: the rest of the system runs through claude (claude CLI). Eval should not be different.

Desired end state

Agency tasks (.evaluate-*, .flip-*, .assign-*) dispatch via executor=claude (claude CLI, claude -p style for one-shot scoring)
Model stays claude:haiku (kept cheap on purpose — DO NOT bump to opus)
The eval executor type is removed, OR retained only as an alias that maps to claude with the evaluator model
All eval/flip/assign tasks inherit the same retry, compaction, logging, and error-surfacing behavior as worker agents

Investigation needed first

What does executor=eval actually do today? Where in the source is the eval handler defined? What's its auth path, retry policy, compaction behavior, output format?
What inputs does it consume (task transcript, rubric, agent metadata)? What's the prompt shape it sends? What output format does the agency framework expect back?
Can claude CLI in print mode (claude -p) produce that exact output format with the same prompt? Any structured-output requirements (JSON schema for scoring) that need careful handling?
Are there callers anywhere that assume executor=eval specifically (vs. just 'whatever runs agency tasks')?

Implementation

After investigation lands a design note, the implementation task should:

Route .evaluate-* / .flip-* / .assign-* task spawning through the claude executor
Preserve the existing prompt + output contract (no behavior change for FLIP scores, eval gates, etc.)
Update CLAUDE.md / agent guide / quickstart to reflect: 'agency tasks run on the claude CLI like everything else'
Decide: keep executor=eval as deprecation alias, or remove entirely

Validation

Investigation note written: design.md or similar, covers the 4 questions in 'Investigation needed first'
After implementation: a freshly published task's .flip-* shows Executor: claude + Model: claude:haiku (verify in TUI or wg show)
FLIP scores + eval gates produce same shape of output as before (no downstream agency-framework breakage)
cargo build + cargo test pass with no regressions
Smoke scenarios for .evaluate-/.flip-/.assign-* still pass (or are added if missing)

## Description

Right now `.evaluate-*`, `.flip-*`, and `.assign-*` tasks dispatch via a hardcoded `executor=eval` path — distinct from the `claude` and `native` executors used for everything else. Today's outage exposed problems with this:

- The eval path silently failed when its model resolved to openrouter (no key) — no retry, no fallback, error barely surfaced in daemon log
- The behavior of `executor=eval` is opaque even to people working on the system — what does it do for auth, compaction, retry, token logging?
- It's a special case: the rest of the system runs through `claude` (claude CLI). Eval should not be different.

## Desired end state

- Agency tasks (`.evaluate-*`, `.flip-*`, `.assign-*`) dispatch via `executor=claude` (claude CLI, `claude -p` style for one-shot scoring)
- Model stays `claude:haiku` (kept cheap on purpose — DO NOT bump to opus)
- The `eval` executor type is removed, OR retained only as an alias that maps to `claude` with the evaluator model
- All eval/flip/assign tasks inherit the same retry, compaction, logging, and error-surfacing behavior as worker agents

## Investigation needed first

1. What does `executor=eval` actually do today? Where in the source is the eval handler defined? What's its auth path, retry policy, compaction behavior, output format?
2. What inputs does it consume (task transcript, rubric, agent metadata)? What's the prompt shape it sends? What output format does the agency framework expect back?
3. Can claude CLI in print mode (`claude -p`) produce that exact output format with the same prompt? Any structured-output requirements (JSON schema for scoring) that need careful handling?
4. Are there callers anywhere that assume `executor=eval` specifically (vs. just 'whatever runs agency tasks')?

## Implementation

After investigation lands a design note, the implementation task should:
- Route `.evaluate-*` / `.flip-*` / `.assign-*` task spawning through the claude executor
- Preserve the existing prompt + output contract (no behavior change for FLIP scores, eval gates, etc.)
- Update CLAUDE.md / agent guide / quickstart to reflect: 'agency tasks run on the claude CLI like everything else'
- Decide: keep `executor=eval` as deprecation alias, or remove entirely

## Validation

- [ ] Investigation note written: design.md or similar, covers the 4 questions in 'Investigation needed first'
- [ ] After implementation: a freshly published task's `.flip-*` shows `Executor: claude` + `Model: claude:haiku` (verify in TUI or `wg show`)
- [ ] FLIP scores + eval gates produce same shape of output as before (no downstream agency-framework breakage)
- [ ] cargo build + cargo test pass with no regressions
- [ ] Smoke scenarios for .evaluate-*/.flip-*/.assign-* still pass (or are added if missing)

Depends on

done .assign-migrate-agency-tasks

Required by

(none)

Log

2026-04-27T19:33:57.221414628+00:00 Task paused
2026-04-27T19:33:59.829288143+00:00 Task published
2026-04-27T19:35:57.575345564+00:00 Spawned by coordinator --executor claude --model opus
2026-04-27T19:36:07.930193675+00:00 Starting investigation of executor=eval path
2026-04-27T19:41:21.967272715+00:00 Wrote design.md (docs/design-agency-tasks-on-claude.md). Now implementing.
2026-04-27T20:05:22.093709628+00:00 Task marked as failed: Agent exited with code 1
2026-04-27T20:35:50.318872664+00:00 Reset by `wg recover` — reason: API errors during dispatch — second outage of session
2026-04-27T20:36:11.279615041+00:00 Spawned by coordinator --executor claude --model opus
2026-04-27T20:39:13.852098937+00:00 Resuming from prior attempt: design doc + 3 modified rs files. Reviewing what's there before continuing.
2026-04-27T21:18:12.254410415+00:00 Task unclaimed: agent 'agent-845' (PID 2579236) process exited
2026-04-27T21:18:19.184053571+00:00 Spawned by coordinator --executor claude --model opus
2026-04-27T21:34:55.725612592+00:00 Hit stash collision via shared .git/refs/stash across worktrees — my prior WIP got swapped with another agent's WIP during stash/pop. Other agent's files (config_cmd.rs, viz_viewer/*) now in my working tree; will leave them untouched. Re-applying my llm/registry/coordinator/CLAUDE.md changes from memory of the diff I read earlier in this session.
2026-04-27T21:38:39.817662532+00:00 Validated: cargo build + service::llm/registry/coordinator tests pass; live smoke (agency_inline_spawn_registers_executor_claude) confirms .evaluate-* registers executor=claude in both registry.json and metadata.json
2026-04-27T21:39:10.086806079+00:00 Committed: 437c7582c — pushed to origin/wg/agent-832/migrate-agency-tasks
2026-04-27T21:39:28.481359696+00:00 Task marked as done