chore(agents): enforce Codebase Memory preflight in discovery agents - #105
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Add Codebase Memory preflight protocol to explore, architect, debugger, and tracer agents. Update delegation routing and tool-priority policy to require index_status/search_graph before Grep/Glob for non-trivial codebase discovery. This prevents subagents from bypassing the graph when the orchestrator delegates discovery tasks. Constraint: subagent prompts start fresh; system-reminder rules do not propagate. Agent prompt must contain explicit preflight instructions. Rejected: duplicating full protocol into all agent files — kept canonical definition in tool-priority.md, concise references in debugger/tracer. Directive: orchestrator must either preflight discovery itself or include explicit Codebase Memory instructions in delegation prompt. Confidence: high Scope-risk: narrow Not-tested: agent prompt loading validation requires manual review Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add Mandatory Codebase Discovery Preflight to CLAUDE.md with explicit ToolSearch step, MUST keyword, and prohibition on git-status-as-discovery. Add observable action barrier to tool-priority.md: reasoning is not enough, the next discovery tool call must actually be Codebase Memory. Directive: orchestrator must not start first-pass discovery with Bash/Glob/Grep/Read; subagent prompts must contain explicit preflight. Confidence: high Scope-risk: narrow Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This PR enforces Codebase Memory preflight for both orchestrator-level discovery |
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Summary
This PR fixes a gap where subagents delegated for codebase discovery (e.g.
explore) would start withGlob/Grepinstead ofCodebase Memory, because agent prompts start fresh and do not inherit orchestrator system-reminders.Changes
Codebase Discovery Protocolsection and listed Codebase Memory tools as primary in the tool list.Glob/Grep/Readin investigation protocol.Analysisrouting row to includeCodebase Memoryas primary and addedarchitect.Codebase Discoveryrule as repo-wide guidance.Rationale
exploreagent was explicitly instructing itself toLaunch 3+ parallel searches (Grep vs Glob)on first action, overriding the global policy.tool-priority.mdand adding concise references in individual agents avoids DRY violations.Test plan
exploreagent prompt loads correctly in next delegation.Glob/Grepused for first-pass discovery when index is available.Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 noreply@anthropic.com