minion

Assign each agent an isolated git worktree and a task packet defining objective, files, and done-when criteria. Each worker implements, tests, and opens a draft PR independently, while a coordinator handles dependencies, verification, and merge order.

It reads a Gru assignment packet from the current request or a Hermod message containing the engagement, task, token, ticket, worktree, objective, files, and done-when criteria. A missing behavioral contract or operating limit is treated as an intake blocker.

Merging a reviewed PR needs no operator approval since the review gate is the gate, but the worker must first receive Gru's assignment-specific integration grant identifying its token and the current base SHA. Publishing, infrastructure, and destructive actions always require operator authorization.

The worker starts no work and sends its leader a plain Hermod note naming its actual checkout. Gru then re-briefs with a later packet after adopting the real worktree, and the worker waits for that packet before proceeding.

It checks the Hermod ledger record via hermod msg status, confirming the state is not failed, the destination matches its own session, the sender matches the named leader, and the timestamp is newer than the current packet. The delivered text header alone is never trusted.

The worker closes the ticket itself once it independently confirms the completion milestone, such as the squash-merge or the end of the release chain. It moves the ticket to done with alfred task move, since Gru's complete step only accepts done or Closed states.