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title: "Companion status context and tool policy"
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state: 'closed'
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created_at: "2026-06-07T00:16:51Z"
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updated_at: '2026-06-10T10:03:36Z'
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---
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## Background
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The workspace Companion should help the human understand and steer the workspace, not act as a direct implementation worker. It should know what is complete, what remains, what is queued/in progress, which Pods exist, and where attention may be useful. It should not directly edit files, mutate Tickets, spawn implementation Pods, or perform destructive actions.
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This requires a distinct prompt/profile/tool policy from ordinary coder/reviewer/orchestrator Pods.
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## Goal
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Define and implement the Companion's prompt/profile/tool policy so it can provide real-time situational assistance while being prevented from direct write/mutation authority.
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## Requirements
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- Add or define a Companion role/profile/prompt for workspace panel usage.
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- System prompt should instruct the Companion to:
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- summarize current workspace status;
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- explain completed/remaining work;
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- help the human understand Ticket/Pod/Orchestrator state;
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- suggest next safe high-level actions;
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- avoid directly implementing, editing, or mutating project state.
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- Tool policy should prohibit direct file writes and direct Ticket mutation by default.
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- Tool policy should prohibit spawning implementation/review Pods directly unless a later explicit design grants that authority.
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- Companion may have read/status capabilities needed for situational awareness, such as bounded Ticket list/show, Pod list/state, and possibly read-only docs/context access.
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- If read-only status is provided through a specialized summary/context mechanism rather than raw tools, keep it auditable and derived from authoritative Ticket/Pod state.
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- Companion should not receive hidden, non-history context that affects behavior without being committed to an appropriate history/event path.
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- Keep secrets/private input out of diagnostics, status summaries, and prompts.
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- Preserve Orchestrator as the actor responsible for scheduling/routing work; Companion is human-facing support, not scheduler authority.
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## Non-goals
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- Giving Companion write access.
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- Replacing Orchestrator.
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- Replacing Ticket tools/workflows.
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- Building a full scheduler.
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- Final UI layout tuning.
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## Acceptance criteria
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- A Companion prompt/profile/tool policy exists and is used by `yoi panel` Companion lifecycle.
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- Companion can answer status questions from read-only/derived authoritative sources.
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- Companion cannot directly mutate repository files or Ticket records under default policy.
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- Companion cannot directly launch implementation/review Pods under default policy.
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- Prompt/tool docs clearly distinguish Companion from Orchestrator, Intake, coder, and reviewer roles.
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