feat: add continuous-loop, branch-agent-identity, engine workflows#26
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- continuous-loop.yml: 24h+3s self-retriggering workflow on self-hosted Pi runners - branch-agent-identity.yml: maps git branches to agent identities - continuous-engine.yml: autonomous orchestration engine - branch-agents.yml: agent identity configuration map Billable time: $0 (all self-hosted runners) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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| owner: context.repo.owner, | ||
| repo: context.repo.repo, | ||
| workflow_id: 'continuous-engine.yml', | ||
| ref: 'master', |
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The self-chaining step dispatches continuous-engine.yml with ref: 'master', but this repository only has main (no master), so createWorkflowDispatch returns a ref-not-found error and the perpetual loop job fails at the handoff point instead of reliably chaining the next run.
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| - name: Resolve agent identity from branch | ||
| id: resolve | ||
| run: | | ||
| BRANCH="${{ github.ref_name }}" |
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Using github.ref_name to identify the branch breaks branch-to-agent matching on pull_request triggers, because that value is the PR merge ref (e.g. 123/merge) rather than the contributor branch; as a result, most PRs will fall through to the default agent and get incorrect labels/comments.
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Pull request overview
Adds GitHub Actions workflows intended to run continuously on self-hosted runners and to tag PRs based on branch→agent identity mappings.
Changes:
- Introduces a 24h(+3s) self-retriggering workflow (
continuous-loop.yml). - Adds a self-chaining “continuous engine” workflow with a 5-minute scheduled heartbeat (
continuous-engine.yml). - Adds a workflow to map branches to agent identities and label/comment on PRs (
branch-agent-identity.yml), plus a YAML config map (.github/agents/branch-agents.yml).
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| File | Description |
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| .github/workflows/continuous-loop.yml | Daily scheduled + self-dispatch loop intended to run continuously on self-hosted runners |
| .github/workflows/continuous-engine.yml | Perpetual “engine” workflow with health check, work loop, and self-dispatch |
| .github/workflows/branch-agent-identity.yml | Branch pattern → agent resolution + PR labeling/commenting |
| .github/agents/branch-agents.yml | Static branch→agent configuration map (currently not consumed by code) |
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| case "$BRANCH" in | ||
| main|master) | ||
| AGENT="CECE"; EMOJI="💜"; COLOR="#9C27B0"; ROLE="Production Guardian" ;; | ||
| agent/octavia) | ||
| AGENT="OCTAVIA"; EMOJI="⚡"; COLOR="#FF9800"; ROLE="Architect & Infra" ;; | ||
| agent/alice) | ||
| AGENT="ALICE"; EMOJI="🚪"; COLOR="#4CAF50"; ROLE="Operator & Salesforce" ;; | ||
| agent/aria) | ||
| AGENT="ARIA"; EMOJI="🎵"; COLOR="#2196F3"; ROLE="Interface & Cloudflare" ;; | ||
| agent/lucidia) | ||
| AGENT="LUCIDIA"; EMOJI="🌀"; COLOR="#00BCD4"; ROLE="Dreamer & HuggingFace" ;; | ||
| agent/shellfish) | ||
| AGENT="SHELLFISH"; EMOJI="🐚"; COLOR="#FF5722"; ROLE="Hacker & Security" ;; | ||
| agent/gematria) | ||
| AGENT="GEMATRIA"; EMOJI="🔢"; COLOR="#607D8B"; ROLE="Railway & External" ;; | ||
| agent/olympia) | ||
| AGENT="OLYMPIA"; EMOJI="🏛️"; COLOR="#9E9E9E"; ROLE="KVM & Hardware" ;; | ||
| agent/cece) | ||
| AGENT="CECE"; EMOJI="💜"; COLOR="#9C27B0"; ROLE="Identity & Memory" ;; | ||
| agent/prism) | ||
| AGENT="PRISM"; EMOJI="🔮"; COLOR="#E91E63"; ROLE="Analytics & Patterns" ;; | ||
| agent/echo) | ||
| AGENT="ECHO"; EMOJI="📡"; COLOR="#673AB7"; ROLE="Memory & Recall" ;; | ||
| agent/cipher) | ||
| AGENT="CIPHER"; EMOJI="🔐"; COLOR="#212121"; ROLE="Security & Encryption" ;; | ||
| agent/codex) | ||
| AGENT="CODEX"; EMOJI="📖"; COLOR="#795548"; ROLE="Code & Documentation" ;; | ||
| develop|development) | ||
| AGENT="LUCIDIA"; EMOJI="🌀"; COLOR="#00BCD4"; ROLE="Integration Thinker" ;; | ||
| feat/*|feature/*) | ||
| AGENT="ALICE"; EMOJI="🚪"; COLOR="#4CAF50"; ROLE="Feature Executor" ;; | ||
| fix/*|bugfix/*|hotfix/*) | ||
| AGENT="OCTAVIA"; EMOJI="⚡"; COLOR="#FF9800"; ROLE="Bug Crusher" ;; |
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branch-agent-identity.yml’s branch→agent mapping conflicts with both the PR description and .github/agents/branch-agents.yml (e.g., main|master maps to CECE here, but main maps to OCTAVIA in the config/description). Please align the mappings (or generate them from a single source of truth) to avoid labeling PRs with the wrong agent.
| owner: context.repo.owner, | ||
| repo: context.repo.repo, | ||
| workflow_id: 'continuous-engine.yml', | ||
| ref: 'master', |
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Hard-coding ref: 'master' means the engine will always dispatch the next run on the master branch (and will fail outright if master doesn’t exist). For a self-chaining workflow, dispatch on the current ref (context.ref / ${{ github.ref_name }}) or the repo’s default branch to avoid unexpected behavior.
| ref: 'master', | |
| ref: context.ref, |
| schedule: | ||
| - cron: '*/5 * * * *' # Heartbeat every 5 min (keeps alive if chain breaks) | ||
| workflow_dispatch: | ||
| inputs: | ||
| chain_count: | ||
| description: 'Chain iteration count' | ||
| required: false | ||
| default: '0' | ||
| type: string | ||
| mode: | ||
| description: 'Run mode' | ||
| required: false | ||
| default: 'perpetual' | ||
| type: choice | ||
| options: [perpetual, once, maintenance] | ||
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| concurrency: | ||
| group: continuous-engine | ||
| cancel-in-progress: false # NEVER cancel - perpetual | ||
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With schedule: */5 * * * * and concurrency.cancel-in-progress: false, every 5-minute tick will queue a new run while the current run is active. Over a 6-hour run this can accumulate dozens of queued runs and may create a permanent backlog. Consider cancel-in-progress for the scheduled trigger, splitting heartbeat into a separate lightweight workflow, or removing the schedule if self-chaining is sufficient.
| contents: write | ||
| actions: write | ||
| issues: write |
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The workflow grants contents: write and issues: write, but this file only appears to need actions: write for createWorkflowDispatch. Please reduce token permissions to the minimum required to limit blast radius on self-hosted runners.
| contents: write | |
| actions: write | |
| issues: write | |
| contents: read | |
| actions: write |
| // Comment with agent identity | ||
| await github.rest.issues.createComment({ | ||
| owner: context.repo.owner, | ||
| repo: context.repo.repo, | ||
| issue_number: context.issue.number, | ||
| body: `## ${emoji} ${agent} — ${role}\n\n> This branch is owned by **${agent}**.\n> Identity: \`${role}\`\n> Branch pattern matched: \`${{ github.ref_name }}\`\n\n*BlackRoad Branch Agent Identity System*` | ||
| }); |
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This workflow posts a new PR comment on every pull_request event you subscribe to (including synchronize), which can spam threads on active PRs. Consider commenting only on opened/ready_for_review, or updating an existing bot comment instead of creating a new one each time.
| // Comment with agent identity | |
| await github.rest.issues.createComment({ | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| issue_number: context.issue.number, | |
| body: `## ${emoji} ${agent} — ${role}\n\n> This branch is owned by **${agent}**.\n> Identity: \`${role}\`\n> Branch pattern matched: \`${{ github.ref_name }}\`\n\n*BlackRoad Branch Agent Identity System*` | |
| }); | |
| // Comment with agent identity (only on selected PR actions to avoid spam) | |
| if (context.payload.action === 'opened' || context.payload.action === 'ready_for_review') { | |
| await github.rest.issues.createComment({ | |
| owner: context.repo.owner, | |
| repo: context.repo.repo, | |
| issue_number: context.issue.number, | |
| body: `## ${emoji} ${agent} — ${role}\n\n> This branch is owned by **${agent}**.\n> Identity: \`${role}\`\n> Branch pattern matched: \`${{ github.ref_name }}\`\n\n*BlackRoad Branch Agent Identity System*` | |
| }); | |
| } |
| # Branch → Agent Identity Map | ||
| # Each branch is assigned an agent identity with capabilities and persona | ||
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| version: "1.0" | ||
| updated: "2026-02-23" | ||
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| assignments: | ||
| main: | ||
| agent: OCTAVIA | ||
| role: "Architect" | ||
| color: "\033[0;35m" | ||
| emoji: "🔴" | ||
| description: "Production-grade, stable, reviewed by architect" | ||
| capabilities: [deploy, monitor, review, approve] | ||
| auto_deploy: true | ||
| environments: [production] | ||
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This agent mapping file is currently not referenced anywhere in the repository (no workflow/script reads .github/agents/branch-agents.yml), so it can easily drift from the actual mapping logic. Either wire branch-agent-identity.yml to read from this config, or remove the file until it’s consumed.
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| concurrency: | ||
| group: continuous-loop | ||
| cancel-in-progress: false |
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The loop duration is 24h+3s (sleep 86403), but the fallback cron triggers exactly every 24h at midnight. That guarantees an overlap each day where the scheduled run fires before the current run finishes; with concurrency.cancel-in-progress: false this will accumulate queued runs over time. Consider removing the cron, shortening the sleep, or setting cancel-in-progress: true for this workflow.
| cancel-in-progress: false | |
| cancel-in-progress: true |
| - name: Self-retrigger | ||
| if: always() | ||
| env: | ||
| GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | ||
| run: | | ||
| gh workflow run continuous-loop.yml \ | ||
| --repo ${{ github.repository }} \ | ||
| --ref ${{ github.ref_name }} || true |
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The workflow dispatch in the “Self-retrigger” step requires actions: write permission for GITHUB_TOKEN in repos where the default token permission is read-only. Add an explicit permissions: { actions: write } (or broader if needed) at the workflow level to make this reliably work across repo settings.
| run: | | ||
| gh workflow run continuous-loop.yml \ | ||
| --repo ${{ github.repository }} \ | ||
| --ref ${{ github.ref_name }} || true |
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gh workflow run ... || true will silently swallow failures to re-trigger (e.g., auth/permission issues), which can cause the loop to stop without any signal. Consider failing the job (or at least emitting an error and setting a non-zero exit unless in a deliberate “best-effort” mode) so breakage is visible.
| --ref ${{ github.ref_name }} || true | |
| --ref ${{ github.ref_name }} |
| # BLACKROAD CONTINUOUS ENGINE | ||
| # Self-chaining workflow that runs forever via perpetual re-trigger | ||
| # Pattern: runs 24h 3s loop → triggers itself → never stops | ||
| # Cost: $0 (uses GitHub free tier - 2000 min/month for public repos) |
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The header comment claims “2000 min/month for public repos”, which is not accurate for GitHub Actions billing (public repos are not limited that way; limits apply to private repos depending on plan). Please correct or remove this to avoid misleading operators.
| # Cost: $0 (uses GitHub free tier - 2000 min/month for public repos) | |
| # Note: Uses GitHub Actions minutes; billing and limits depend on your GitHub plan (see GitHub Actions billing docs). |
BlackRoad OS Agent Workflow Integration
Changes:
continuous-loop.yml: 24h+3s self-retriggering workflow on self-hosted Pi runners (gematria-do)branch-agent-identity.yml: maps git branches to agent identities (main→OCTAVIA, develop→ALICE, feature/*→ARIA, hotfix/*→CIPHER)continuous-engine.yml: autonomous orchestration enginebranch-agents.yml: agent identity configuration mapCost: $0 (all self-hosted runners on Pi/DO cluster)
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