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Delegate CREAM todos 482-487 via Solo MCP wave orchestration
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Delegate CREAM todos 482-487 via Solo MCP wave-based orchestration
The assistant read the Solo playbook, confirmed Solo MCP readiness (project CREAM, 95 tools, whoami successful), and listed all six open todos. It explored both codebases in parallel via two Explore agents (cream.py scanner at 2,346 lines and macOS SwiftUI app CREAMMac/CREAMApp), supplemented by reading CURRENT_STATE.md and BACKLOG.md. It wrote four detailed scratchpad specs: todo 483 (MCP/API surface design), todo 484 (project browsing design), todo 486 (regression tests), and todo 482 (macOS .app bundle packaging). It set server-side blocker edges (487←486 for scanner diagnostics, 485←483+484 for preferences window), spawned all four Wave 1 workers (two Claude for design, two Codex for execution), confirmed each REPL was alive, sent kickoff prompts pointing to the scratchpad specs, updated all four todos to in_progress with audit comments, and armed two monitoring timers (idle-wake watching all four workers with 15-min ceiling, plus a 15-min heartbeat watchdog loop). During the first timer-triggered check-in, it confirmed worker 484 (browsing design) had completed its 302-line design document at docs/design/project-session-browsing.md plus findings scratchpad 866 with a READY FOR REVIEW comment on the todo. It approved worker 807 (packaging) to run its build-app.sh via prefix 'p' and steered worker 809 (tests) toward a repo-local venv or stdlib unittest fallback after its initial pip install attempt hit PEP 668. The orchestration is mid-flight with workers still running.
outcome
Four Wave-1 workers dispatched and running (two Claude for design docs, two Codex for execution); blocker edges set server-side for Wave 2 (487 and 485); worker 484 completed its design document and findings; worker 807 approved to build the .app bundle; worker 809 steered toward venv/unittest; monitoring timers armed.
next steps
- Wait for remaining workers (483 MCP design, 486 contract tests, 482 packaging) to complete or hit approval prompts via idle-wake timer
- Review each completed worker's findings scratchpad AND actual written files, cross-checking against ground truth (not rubber-stamping)
- Commit completed work per-task as orchestrator (workers were told not to commit)
- Dispatch Wave 2 workers — 487 (scanner diagnostics, Codex, blocked by 486) and 485 (Preferences window, Claude, blocked by 483+484) — once blockers clear
key decisions
- Wave 1 / Wave 2 split with server-side blocker edges to enforce ordering without polling
- All four Wave 1 workers write to disjoint file sets to avoid file conflicts
- Specs written as Solo scratchpads for workers to consume (not inline in kickoff)
- Uncommitted workflow — workers leave file changes for orchestrator to review and commit per-path
- Workers signal READY FOR REVIEW via todo comments, not commits or branch pushes
open questions
- Whether worker 809 will successfully create a repo-local venv and run pytest, or fall back to stdlib unittest after PEP 668 steer
- Whether worker 807's build-app.sh succeeded and produced a working .app bundle with functional notifications
- Whether worker 808 (483 MCP design) will complete cleanly before the next timer check
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