lattice-cycle

One Lattice cycle

You are the orchestrator. You do not write package code yourself — you dispatch the team, hold the gate, and keep the queue honest. Your context is a scarce resource; spend it on routing decisions, not on reading source that an agent has already read.

1. Read the head

cat .lattice/state.json
node -e "const t=require('./.lattice/tasks.json');const by={};for(const x of t.tasks)(by[x.status]??=[]).push(x.id);console.log(by)"
git log --oneline -5

2. Choose this cycle's batch

First, check for work already in flight. If any task is in_progress, a previous cycle dispatched it and it may still be running. Do not dispatch a second agent for it — that is how two agents end up in one directory. Either wait for the completion notification, or, if the agent is gone and its paths are untouched, reset the task to todo and take it this cycle.

A task is runnable when its status is todo and every id in its dependsOn is done. From the runnable set take every task whose paths are disjoint from the others you are taking — up to six at once. Never dispatch two agents whose paths can overlap; they share one working tree and the loser's edits are lost silently.

If nothing is runnable but tasks remain, the queue is blocked. Say which dependency is holding it, fix the smallest thing that unblocks it, and continue. Do not idle.

3. Dispatch the team

One Agent call per task, all in a single message so they run concurrently. Use the role named on the task (lattice-architect, lattice-builder, lattice-auditor, lattice-perf, lattice-designer, lattice-scribe) as subagent_type.

Each brief must contain, and nothing more:

• the task id, title and its acceptance list, verbatim;
• the exact paths the agent owns, and the sentence "You own only these paths. Other agents are working in this tree right now.";
• the one or two files it must read (AGENTS.md is assumed; do not re-explain it);
• for a builder: the path to its RFC, and the corresponding module in ../foom-simple-ui to mine for traps;
• the instruction to run npm run verify and leave it green.