fix(ci): make the template guard survive its own substitution

Closes #9. Closes #10.

Every child repo born from this template has had fake-green CI: cd.yml's
guard grepped a literal placeholder, and both scaffolders substitute every
file in the tree -- including the guard. In a generated repo the check
became `grep -q 'git.d-ma.be/mathias/<name>' go.mod` against a go.mod whose
first line is `module git.d-ma.be/mathias/<name>`, so it matched forever,
check/build/deploy all skipped, and the run reported success having built
nothing. Confirmed in cad-atlas (#9) and openbanking-api (#10).

The second occurrence landed directly underneath a comment warning against
exactly this. That is the tell: an inline shell block in a workflow cannot
be tested, so a fix for it can only be reviewed by reading, and reading is
what missed it twice.

So the detection moves to scripts/is-template.sh and gets a test.

It greps the SHAPE of a placeholder rather than any literal token, which
also catches leftovers the scaffolders know nothing about, and a missing
target now exits non-zero instead of answering "false" -- failing open
there would skip CI on a repo that is not a template at all, which is the
same fake-green failure by another road.

scripts/tests/is-template_test.sh runs a scaffolder-style substitution over
a copy of the guard and asserts it still answers correctly. Both shipped
bugs fail that test.

The test assembles placeholder tokens at runtime rather than writing them
whole, for the same reason the guard does: a fixture containing a literal
token is substituted before the test runs, and the suite would then fail in
every generated repo while passing here. The first draft of the guard was
itself caught by this -- its explanatory comment named a token literally.

Verified by simulating a generated child (whole tree substituted):

    child  go.mod module git.d-ma.be/mathias/childproj
    guard  child    -> false   (CI runs)
    guard  template -> true    (template still skips its own build)
    suite  in child -> 8 passed, 0 failed
    suite  in template -> 8 passed, 0 failed

Wired into `task check`, so the guard that decides whether CI runs at all
in every child is covered by the same gate as the Go tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.context/PROJECT.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - **Name**: __PROJECT_NAME__
 - **Owner**: Mathias
 - **Client**: personal
-- **Repo**: gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/__PROJECT_NAME__
+- **Repo**: __MODULE_PATH__
 - **Status**: active
 
 ## Stack

.context/mcp.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "knowledge": {
+      "url": "http://localhost:3100/mcp",
+      "description": "Project knowledge base — vector + graph retrieval"
+    }
+  }
+}

.context/skills/go-patterns.md

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+# Skill: Go project patterns
+
+## New endpoint checklist
+1. Define request/response types in `types.go`
+2. Write handler in `handlers.go` using `http.HandlerFunc`
+3. Add route in `routes.go`
+4. Write table-driven test in `handlers_test.go`
+5. Run `task check` before committing
+
+## Error handling pattern
+```go
+if err != nil {
+    return fmt.Errorf("descriptiveOperation: %w", err)
+}
+```
+Never log and return — do one or the other.
+
+## HTMX response pattern
+```go
+func (h *Handler) ListItems(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+    items, err := h.store.List(r.Context())
+    if err != nil {
+        http.Error(w, "failed to list items", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+        return
+    }
+    if r.Header.Get("HX-Request") == "true" {
+        h.templates.Render(w, "items/_list", items)
+        return
+    }
+    h.templates.Render(w, "items/index", items)
+}
+```
+
+## Dependency policy
+- Prefer stdlib: `net/http`, `encoding/json`, `database/sql`
+- Allowed without justification: `testify`, `slog`, `templ`, `sqlc`
+- Needs justification in commit message: anything else

.context/skills/htmx-patterns.md

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+# Skill: HTMX patterns
+
+## Default attributes
+Always include on interactive elements:
+- `hx-indicator` for loading states
+- `hx-swap="innerHTML"` as default (explicit over implicit)
+- `hx-target` pointing to a specific ID, never `this` in production
+
+## Form pattern
+```html
+<form hx-post="/items" hx-target="#item-list" hx-swap="beforeend" hx-indicator="#spinner">
+  <input type="text" name="title" required>
+  <button type="submit">Add</button>
+  <span id="spinner" class="htmx-indicator">...</span>
+</form>
+```
+
+## Server-sent validation errors
+Return 422 with the error fragment, swap into the form's error container:
+```html
+hx-target-422="#form-errors"
+```
+
+## Prefer hypermedia over JSON
+If the endpoint returns data for display, return an HTML fragment.
+Only use JSON for machine-to-machine APIs or when a non-browser client needs it.

.context/system-prompt.txt

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+You are a coding assistant working on a specific project.
+Follow all conventions from both the root agent context and project context.
+
+---
+
+# Agent context — Mathias workspace
+
+<!-- Canonical root context for all AI coding agents.
+     Lives at: ~/dev/.context/AGENT.md
+     Applies to every project under ~/dev/ unless overridden.
+     
+     Run `task context:sync` from ~/dev/ to regenerate harness-specific files.
+     Project-level context in .context/PROJECT.md layers on top of this. -->
+
+## Who I am
+
+I'm Mathias, a digital product manager and technology consultant based in Sweden.
+I build software, research emerging tech, and deliver consulting engagements
+for clients under NDA. I work across AI/ML, financial automation, web applications,
+and climate/sustainability tech.
+
+## How I work with agents
+
+- I think like a product manager — I care about *why* before *how*
+- I want agents to be opinionated and push back, not just execute blindly
+- I prefer concise responses; skip ceremony and get to the point
+- When I say "build this", I mean production-quality with tests, not a demo
+- Ask me before making irreversible changes or adding heavy dependencies
+- I work with confidential client data — never send it to cloud APIs unless I explicitly say it's OK
+
+## Behavior rules
+
+These rules apply to every task across every project, regardless of harness.
+
+0. **Pre-task ritual — before ANY implementation (non-negotiable).** Run this before writing a single line:
+   - **Query the brain** (`brain_query`) for the domain + symptom. If the result changes your approach, surface it before acting. 5 seconds beats 5 hours.
+   - **Load the relevant skill** — see trigger table in *Engineering Skills* below.
+   - **Write the failing test first.** Name the test before the function. If the target is untestable (e.g. `main()` wiring), extract the logic into a testable function first. No implementation without a red test.
+   - **State the observable success criterion** — what specific behavior, output, or passing test proves this is done?
+
+   **TDD is non-negotiable.** "Tests pass" is not proof of correctness — only proof the tests ran. Write tests that would catch the bug before writing code that fixes it.
+
+1. **No assumptions.** Don't hide confusion — surface it. Surface tradeoffs explicitly.
+   Think before coding; if the problem is unclear, ask or state assumptions before acting.
+2. **Minimum viable code.** Solve with the smallest change that works. Nothing
+   speculative, no "while we're here" cleanups, no premature abstractions. Simplicity first.
+3. **Surgical changes.** Touch only what the task requires. Leave unrelated code,
+   files, and formatting alone. Diffs should be small and reviewable.
+4. **Goal-driven execution.** Define clear success criteria up front for every task.
+   Loop — implement, verify, refine — until those criteria are met. Don't claim
+   completion without evidence (tests pass, command output, observed behavior).
+5. **Trunk-Based Development — commit directly to main.** Every commit is one
+   logical change (one tool, one fix, one test) with passing tests. Main is always
+   deployable. Never create long-lived feature branches.
+
+   **The PR trigger is RISK, not concurrency.** `risk/low` work commits straight to
+   main with CI as the gate — that is most work and is unchanged. `risk/medium` and
+   above opens a PR, even solo, even with nobody waiting to review it. This mirrors
+   the tiered merge model in `assessor-loop`
+   `method/transfer-to-a-regulated-organisation.md` §4.1, so the estate practises
+   what it sells instead of merging everything on green and claiming otherwise.
+
+   **Concurrency is NOT a reason to branch.** Measured 2026-08-29 across three real
+   collisions between parallel sessions: two were not branching problems at all — a
+   generated artifact written to the same path by both (branching turns that into a
+   merge conflict on a 33k-line JSON), and uncommitted work in a shared checkout
+   (a per-session worktree fixes it) — and the third was an ordinary non-fast-forward
+   push resolved by rebase in seconds. Use a worktree per session on shared repos and
+   timestamp generated artifacts. Do not reach for a branch.
+
+   Branch+PR flow carries documented costs on solo repos: merging auto-closes gated
+   issues, review comments live on a thread separate from the issue's, and a
+   merged-and-deleted branch cannot be amended (brain:
+   `gitea-pr-merge-autoclose-and-review-comment-footguns`). Those are the price of
+   the `risk/medium`+ lane — paid deliberately, not incurred by accident.
+
+   **Exception — external contributor or client four-eyes requirement:** Use PR flow
+   when a human reviewer outside the project is required. Document the reason in
+   PROJECT.md.
+
+6. **Close the loop — every substantive task ends with the same ritual.** Shipping
+   the code is not the end of the task; capturing it is. Run this unprompted:
+   - **Tag + bump SemVer** on the change (annotated tag; minor for a feature or
+     new/changed ADR, patch for a fix; docs in the same commit). Check the repo's
+     actual last tag — stated versions in docs drift stale.
+   - **Push** main and the tag (CI is the gate).
+   - **Persist generalizable learnings to the brain** (`brain_write`, wing/hall) —
+     the reusable patterns and the footguns that would bite anyone again, never
+     project status. See *Knowledge base — when to write* below.
+   - **File discovered-but-deferred work as tracker issues** on the project's own
+     repo — token-budget gaps, recorded ADR limitations, v2 follow-ups. Don't let
+     "out of scope, recorded" rot in a commit message; make it a ticket with a
+     source pointer.
+   - Surface the brain entries and issue numbers in the closing summary so the
+     trail is auditable.
+
+   **Chat is not a durable store. Never rely on Mathias remembering anything.**
+   Every gap, caveat, risk, open question and next step must land in one of four
+   places before the turn ends: **the brain**, **a repo** (code, docs, ADR),
+   **a tracker issue**, or **a plan file**. A finding stated only in conversation is
+   lost the moment the session closes — and this estate has repeatedly proved that a
+   remembered convention is an unreliable control.
+
+   This applies hardest to what is tempting to leave as a closing remark: "worth
+   knowing X isn't enforced yet", "this is a convention, not a gate", "we should
+   revisit Y". Those are exactly the items that need a locator. If it is worth
+   saying in a summary, it is worth writing where it can be found again without you.
+
+## CAD sprint patterns
+
+Two CAD sprint archetypes (defs: brain `wiki/homelab/decisions/continuous-agentic-development-cad-concept-2026-06-16`):
+- **Inception Sprint** — birth a new repo. Oath-gated close; tag only once every clause holds. Brain: `.../inception-sprint-and-oath`.
+- **Sweep Sprint** — clear an existing backlog. Parallel read-only research per issue → sequential one-issue-per-commit execution. Brain: `.../sweep-sprint-and-oath`.
+
+Shared: decisions that are yours, not the agent's, surface as `DECISION NEEDED` (question/options/recommendation/blocks) — ask live if you're present, else comment and wait, never act past it. Live-breaking regressions get `git revert`, never forward-fixed; host-network work skips even read-only research (solo, synchronous, you present). Rule 6's closing ritual only fires once every Oath clause genuinely holds — blocked = descoped-and-tracked, never marked done.
+
+## Default stack
+
+| Layer | Default | Fallback | Last resort |
+|-------|---------|----------|-------------|
+| Language | Go | Python | TypeScript, Java, C |
+| UI | HTMX + Templ | Server-rendered HTML | React (only if SPA is justified) |
+| Build | Task (taskfile.dev) | Make | — |
+| Containers | Docker Compose (dev), k3s (prod) | — | — |
+| DB | PostgreSQL + sqlc | SQLite | — |
+| Search | pgvector (vector), BM25 | Qdrant (when >1M vectors or hybrid retrieval) | — |
+| Logging | slog (structured) | stdlib `logging` w/ structured `extra=` (or structlog) | — |
+| Testing | Table-driven, testify | — | — |
+| Agents (Go) | google.golang.org/adk + pkg/litellm adapter | — | — |
+
+Exploratory: Rust, Zig — I'll tell you when I want these.
+
+## Code conventions
+
+- **Go style**: golines, gofumpt, golangci-lint
+- **Python style** (fallback language): ruff (format+lint, one tool), mypy --strict (non-negotiable,
+  matches Go's static typing discipline), pytest + pytest-cov (table-driven via
+  `@pytest.mark.parametrize`), uv (venv+deps+lock, one tool), pydantic-settings (typed env-var config
+  — same principle as Go's typed structs), src-layout + `pyproject.toml` only (no `setup.py`)
+- **Errors**: `fmt.Errorf("operation: %w", err)` — never naked, never log-and-return.
+  Python: `raise X from e` (exception chaining, same principle) — never bare `except`, never silent `pass`
+- **Naming**: stdlib conventions, no stuttering
+- **Architecture**: prefer stdlib over frameworks, constructor injection, env-var config parsed into typed structs
+- **Git**: conventional commits (`feat:`, `fix:`, `chore:`), commit directly to main,
+  one logical change per commit, CI is the quality gate
+- **Never**: long-lived feature branches, PRs for solo work, direct push without
+  passing `task check` locally first
+- **Security**: no secrets in code, govulncheck before adding deps, SOPS for encrypted config
+- **Dependencies**: prefer stdlib. testify, slog, templ, sqlc, google.golang.org/adk (agent projects only) are pre-approved; anything else needs justification in the commit message
+
+## Secret handling (every harness, every command)
+
+Tool output is persisted: terminal → `~/.claude/projects` transcripts →
+claudewatcher → brain/wiki → gitea history. A secret printed once is
+searchable forever, and clearing it means rotating the key. So:
+
+1. **Never print, echo, log, or transform a secret to inspect it.** No
+   `base64`/`xxd`/`cat` of a key, and never pipe a secret through a transform
+   to defeat `op run`'s output masking (it masks raw values; base64 hides them
+   from the mask — that exact trick leaked a key on 2026-06-11).
+2. **Secrets stay in the subprocess.** Reference them only as env vars consumed
+   *inside* `op run --env-file ~/.op-env -- <cmd>`. Never place a literal secret
+   in a command's argv (it lands in the tool call and the transcript).
+3. **Existence check without revealing the value:** `[ -n "$X" ] && echo set` —
+   never `${X:-...}` (returns the value when set) and never echo a substring of it.
+4. **Cross-host secrets:** run the secret-consuming command on the host that has
+   the secret; do not forward a raw key over ssh argv/stdout.
+5. If a secret does leak into output, say so immediately and flag it for rotation —
+   don't bury it.
+
+## Infrastructure
+
+Three machines on Tailscale:
+
+| Machine | Role | Key specs |
+|---------|------|-----------|
+| koala | GPU inference, heavy compute | RTX 5070, runs k3s + llama-swap + shared postgres18/pgvector |
+| iguana | Services, builds | M2 Ultra Mac |
+| flamingo | Daily driver, edge | Apple Silicon Mac, ~/dev is here |
+
+- **Model routing**: LiteLLM in front of llama-swap (local) + cloud APIs (when permitted)
+- **Orchestration**: k3s on koala only — single control-plane node, no workers (verified 2026-08-30). iguana and flamingo are on the tailnet but are not cluster members
+- **Networking**: Tailscale mesh
+
+## Project landscape
+
+All development repos live at `~/dev/` (softlink from `~/Documents/local-dev/`).
+
+Organized in thematic folders:
+
+| Folder | Focus | Count |
+|--------|-------|-------|
+| `GO/` | Go web frameworks, API integrations, learning projects | ~10 |
+| `AI/` | ML research, AI frameworks (FinRL, DSPy, crawl4ai) | ~6 |
+| `AGENTS/` | Autonomous agents, coding agents, MCP servers, infra | ~15 |
+| `QKX/` | Invoice processing, financial automation, payment systems | ~13 |
+| `XT/` | Climate data, sustainability (Klimatkollen, Garbo) | ~2 |
+
+See `~/dev/PROJECT_SUMMARY.md` for detailed descriptions of each project.
+
+### Key active projects
+
+- **super-koala** (`AGENTS/`) — multi-component agent stack with LangGraph, DSPy, MCP
+- **azure-tiger** (`QKX/`) — invoice extraction → ISO 20022 payment instructions
+- **gocrwl** (`AGENTS/`) — Go web crawler with containerized deployment
+- **koala-ai-stack** (`AGENTS/`) — local AI server infrastructure management
+- **klimatkollen** (`XT/`) — Swedish municipal climate data platform
+
+## Knowledge base — actively use it
+
+A persistent brain (BM25 search + LLM-synthesised Q&A) survives across sessions,
+hosts, and harnesses. It holds 100+ hard-won entries: infra incident postmortems,
+Go pitfalls, framework gotchas, design principles, ADRs. **It is not optional
+reference material — query it actively, not just when explicitly told.**
+
+### When to query (treat as a reflex)
+
+- **Before** starting a non-trivial task — search for prior art with the symptom
+  AND the system component ("how did we solve X in Y?"). 5 seconds beats 5 hours.
+- **When debugging** — search for the error string, the stack frame, the affected
+  service. Past you may have already paid this tax.
+- **Before adopting** a pattern, library, framework, or model name — check if it
+  was tried and rejected, or what the integration footguns are.
+- **When making architectural decisions** — search for the domain + "ADR" or
+  "decision" to find prior reasoning before re-deriving it.
+- **When a recommendation feels novel** — challenge yourself: "has this been
+  documented?" The brain often has it.
+
+### When to write
+
+After you discover something that **future-you would forget** and that **isn't
+recoverable from the code, git log, or PR description alone**:
+
+- Bugs whose root cause is non-obvious and generalisable beyond this project.
+- Framework / library / model-name quirks that bit you and would bite anyone.
+- Design principles validated under fire (e.g. "every `_get` needs a `_list`").
+- Postmortems for incidents: what broke, why, how diagnosed, what to do next time.
+
+DON'T write project status, sprint progress, PR summaries, or "what I did this
+session" — those rot fast and the originals are in git/gitea anyway. Brain
+entries that age well are about *why*, *how to avoid*, and *what to do when*.
+
+### How to access (per harness)
+
+| Harness | Query | Write |
+|---------|-------|-------|
+| **Claude Code, Claude Desktop** | `brain_query` (BM25), `brain_answer` (LLM-synth + sources) MCP tools | `brain_write` MCP tool |
+| **Crush, Pi, Antigravity, other MCP-capable** | same MCP server: `ingestion-brain` (via the `mcp__*_brain__*` namespace once authenticated) | same |
+| **Anything HTTP-only (curl, scripts)** | `POST https://brain-mcp.d-ma.be/query` with `{"query":"..."}` (auth via `BRAIN_MCP_TOKEN`) | `POST .../write` with `{"content":"...","filename":"..."}` |
+| **Browser / human inspection** | `https://git.d-ma.be/mathias/hyperguild` → `knowledge/` and `wiki/` markdown files |
+
+- **Scoping**: defaults to `public` collection; client projects filter to `{client}` + `public`.
+- **Routing**: brain_answer's LLM uses berget.ai as primary, iguana ollama as
+  fallback. Both are configurable in the `supervisor/ingestion-deployment.yaml`
+  on the koala k3s cluster; don't hardcode local-only model names into the
+  berget URL (see knowledge entry on namespace mismatches).
+
+### Quick reflex checks
+
+If you find yourself about to say any of these out loud, you owe yourself a brain query first:
+
+- "I think the issue might be..."
+- "Let me try X and see..."
+- "I'll just write a script to..."
+- "This is probably a new bug..."
+- "Has anyone done this before?" — *yes, probably, go check.*
+
+## Client work rules
+
+When working on a project tagged with a client name:
+1. Never send code, data, or context to cloud APIs — use local models only
+2. Never reference other client projects or their data
+3. Keep all artifacts within the client's git org / directory
+4. Treat everything as confidential unless told otherwise
+
+## Harness-agnostic principles
+
+Supported harnesses (2026-09-01) — Cursor and Aider were dropped; do not
+re-add adapters for them:
+- Claude Code, Antigravity, OpenCode, Mistral Vibe, Crush, Pi Coding Agent
+- Open WebUI, Charmbracelet Mods, or any tool that takes a system prompt string
+- Any other tool that reads `AGENTS.md`, which is the de facto convention
+
+The canonical source is always `.context/AGENT.md` (root) and `.context/PROJECT.md` (per-project).
+Derived files are committed (see *How context propagates* below) so a `git pull` on any host yields full agent context with no setup.
+
+## How context propagates
+
+Canonical sources of truth:
+- Universal: `~/dev/.context/AGENT.md` (this file)
+- Project: `<repo>/.context/PROJECT.md` (per-repo)
+
+Derived files (committed, regenerated by `task context:sync`):
+- `CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`, `.context/system-prompt.txt`
+
+Repos still carrying `.cursorrules`, `.aider.conventions.md` or
+`.aider.conf.yml` are stale: nothing regenerates them. Delete them the next time
+you touch the repo, along with their entries in that repo's `task check`
+assertion.
+
+Workflow:
+1. Edit a canonical file. Run `task context:sync`. Commit canonical and
+   derived together. Push.
+2. On any other host, `git pull` brings both. Which file a harness reads does
+   NOT split cleanly by lookup strategy, so do not reason from the strategy:
+   - `CLAUDE.md` — Claude Code (walks up the tree)
+   - `AGENTS.md` — Crush, Pi, Antigravity (cwd-only), OpenCode (project root,
+     global at `~/.config/opencode/AGENTS.md`), and Mistral Vibe, which **walks
+     up** from cwd and takes the first `AGENTS.md` it finds
+     (user-level `~/.vibe/AGENTS.md`)
+   - `.context/system-prompt.txt` — Open WebUI, Mods, raw API calls; not read by
+     any harness, it is for pasting
+
+   Vibe tree-walks for `AGENTS.md`, so "tree-walkers use CLAUDE.md" is false.
+   Each repo's `AGENTS.md` embeds the canonical and is the first one found from
+   inside that repo, so this works — but by construction, not by luck.
+3. `task check` runs `context:sync` then asserts `git status --porcelain`
+   is empty over the derived files (catches both modified-tracked drift
+   and missing-untracked adapters). A drift fails the check with a
+   message telling you to stage the regenerated files.
+
+Behavior rules in this file and per-project rules in `PROJECT.md` apply
+unconditionally on every host, every harness.
+
+## Engineering Skills
+
+Shared engineering skills live in the **`mathias/skills`** repo (`git.d-ma.be/mathias/skills`). Load at task start — not "on demand" but on schedule, before writing code. Browse `SKILLS_INDEX.md` for the full list.
+
+**Claude Code** installs the repo as a plugin from the marketplace the same repo hosts. That path also carries the `secret-guard` and `pre-task-ritual` hooks and the brain/gitea/infra MCP servers, which symlinks cannot:
+
+```
+/plugin marketplace add https://git.d-ma.be/mathias/skills.git
+/plugin install skills@mathias
+```
+
+Skills are **namespaced** under Claude Code: load `tdd` as `skills:tdd`. The trigger table below uses bare names — prefix them.
+
+**Crush, Pi and OpenCode** have no plugin system and are wired by `install.sh` as one directory symlink per harness via `~/.agents/skills`. Do not clone the checkout into `~/dev`: that folder is iCloud-shared between the Macs and spans two path roots (`/Users/mathias` vs `/home/mathias` on koala), so a checkout there is a git working tree with two concurrent writers, and any absolute symlink stored in it is broken on one side by construction (skills#23). Leave `SKILLS_CHECKOUT_DIR` at its host-local default.
+
+Check a host with `task doctor` in the skills repo; it also runs automatically at session start via the plugin.
+
+**Skill trigger table — load before starting, not after getting stuck:**
+
+| Task type | Load |
+|-----------|------|
+| Any feature or bug fix | `tdd` |
+| Refactor or design | `clean-code` or `solid` |
+| Debug | `problem-analysis` |
+| Review code or PRs | `code-review` |
+| Frame a problem before coding | `problem-analysis` |
+
+---
+
+# __PROJECT_NAME__
+
+## Identity
+
+- **Name**: __PROJECT_NAME__
+- **Owner**: Mathias
+- **Client**: personal
+- **Repo**: __MODULE_PATH__
+- **Status**: active
+
+## Stack
+
+Go + Templ + HTMX + CDN Tailwind. See `~/dev/.context/AGENT.md` for cross-project conventions.
+
+---

.gitea/build-image.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build an OCI image with buildctl and push it to the local registry.
+#
+# CANONICAL COPY: mathias/infra ci-templates/build-image.sh (infra#309).
+# Every repo carries a byte-identical copy at .gitea/build-image.sh, written by
+# `task ci:sync` and held in place by the drift gate. DO NOT EDIT THE COPIES --
+# edit here, re-sync, and the gate will tell you which repos still disagree.
+#
+# Why this exists: this step was hand-copied into a dozen repos, so migrating it
+# off rootless buildah (infra#241) meant eleven near-identical commits, eleven
+# verifications, and three separate rediscoveries of the same fix in the two
+# repo templates and the gitea-ci skill. The differences between the copies were
+# incidental -- a label here, a build-arg there -- never intentional. Those are
+# inputs now, not forks of the implementation.
+#
+# Why buildctl and not buildah: the gitea-runner pod runs with
+# `capabilities: drop [ALL]` and `allowPrivilegeEscalation: false`, which
+# unconditionally blocks the setuid-root exec that rootless buildah's uid/gid
+# remapping needs, and the pod has no OCI runtime at all. buildctl is a thin
+# client -- it hands the build to the host's buildkitd over a socket, so the
+# privileged layer work happens on the host and this pod's securityContext is
+# not in the picture. buildah is absent from the runner image as of baked-v14
+# and its absence is asserted at pod start (infra#308).
+#
+# Inputs, all via environment:
+#
+#   IMAGE            (required) image name, e.g. cobalt-dingo
+#   REGISTRY         default localhost:5000
+#   SHA_TAG          default `git rev-parse --short HEAD`
+#   VERSION_TAG      optional extra tag, e.g. v1.2.3 on a tag build
+#   PUSH_LATEST      default 1; set 0 to skip the :latest tag
+#   CONTEXT          default . -- build context directory
+#   DOCKERFILE_DIR   default $CONTEXT -- directory holding the Dockerfile
+#   DOCKERFILE_NAME  optional, when the file is not named `Dockerfile`
+#   TARGET           optional, multi-stage build target (--opt target=)
+#   BUILD_ARGS       optional, space-separated K=V pairs
+#   BUILD_SECRETS    optional, space-separated buildkit secret specs, each
+#                    `id=NAME,src=PATH`. Pass the SPEC only -- the caller
+#                    writes the secret to PATH itself. A secret VALUE must
+#                    never be passed here: it would land in this script's
+#                    argv and therefore in the CI log.
+#   EXTRA_LABELS     optional, space-separated K=V pairs
+#   GIT_SHA          optional, stamped as org.opencontainers.image.revision
+#   IMAGE_SOURCE     optional, stamped as org.opencontainers.image.source
+#
+# Note on shell style below: every conditional is a full `if` block, never
+# `[ -n "$X" ] && cmd`. Under `set -e` the && form exits the script whenever the
+# test is false, which is a real bug this estate has already shipped once.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [ -z "${IMAGE:-}" ]; then
+  echo "build-image: IMAGE is required" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+REGISTRY="${REGISTRY:-localhost:5000}"
+BUILDKIT_HOST="${BUILDKIT_HOST:-unix:///run/buildkit/buildkitd.sock}"
+CONTEXT="${CONTEXT:-.}"
+DOCKERFILE_DIR="${DOCKERFILE_DIR:-$CONTEXT}"
+PUSH_LATEST="${PUSH_LATEST:-1}"
+VERSION_TAG="${VERSION_TAG:-}"
+
+if [ -z "${SHA_TAG:-}" ]; then
+  SHA_TAG="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+fi
+
+REF="${REGISTRY}/${IMAGE}:${SHA_TAG}"
+
+TAR_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "$TAR_FILE"' EXIT
+
+args=(
+  --frontend dockerfile.v0
+  --local "context=${CONTEXT}"
+  --local "dockerfile=${DOCKERFILE_DIR}"
+)
+
+if [ -n "${DOCKERFILE_NAME:-}" ]; then
+  args+=(--opt "filename=${DOCKERFILE_NAME}")
+fi
+if [ -n "${TARGET:-}" ]; then
+  args+=(--opt "target=${TARGET}")
+fi
+for spec in ${BUILD_SECRETS:-}; do
+  # Opaque id=NAME,src=PATH -- buildkit reads the file, nothing is echoed.
+  args+=(--secret "${spec}")
+done
+if [ -n "${GIT_SHA:-}" ]; then
+  args+=(--opt "label:org.opencontainers.image.revision=${GIT_SHA}")
+fi
+if [ -n "${IMAGE_SOURCE:-}" ]; then
+  args+=(--opt "label:org.opencontainers.image.source=${IMAGE_SOURCE}")
+fi
+for kv in ${BUILD_ARGS:-}; do
+  args+=(--opt "build-arg:${kv}")
+done
+for kv in ${EXTRA_LABELS:-}; do
+  args+=(--opt "label:${kv}")
+done
+
+echo "build-image: building ${REF}"
+buildctl --addr "$BUILDKIT_HOST" build "${args[@]}" --output "type=oci,dest=${TAR_FILE}"
+
+# buildctl has no registry-push equivalent to `buildah push`, so skopeo copies
+# the OCI archive up -- once per tag, from the same archive, so every tag points
+# at bit-identical content.
+push_tag() {
+  echo "build-image: pushing ${1}"
+  skopeo copy --dest-tls-verify=false "oci-archive:${TAR_FILE}" "docker://${1}"
+}
+
+push_tag "$REF"
+if [ "$PUSH_LATEST" = "1" ]; then
+  push_tag "${REGISTRY}/${IMAGE}:latest"
+fi
+if [ -n "$VERSION_TAG" ]; then
+  push_tag "${REGISTRY}/${IMAGE}:${VERSION_TAG}"
+fi
+
+echo "✓ build-image: ${REF} pushed"

.gitea/workflows/cd.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,31 @@ env:
   IMAGE: __PROJECT_NAME__
 
 jobs:
+  guard:
+    name: Detect unsubstituted template
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    outputs:
+      is_template: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.is_template }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: detect
+        # The detection lives in scripts/is-template.sh so it can be TESTED.
+        # It was inline here twice and wrong both times (#9, #10): the grep
+        # named a placeholder literally, and the scaffolder substitutes every
+        # file including this one, so in a generated repo the guard matched
+        # forever and check/build/deploy all skipped while the run went green.
+        #
+        # An inline shell block in a workflow cannot be run by a test, which is
+        # why the second fix repeated the first bug under a comment warning
+        # about it. scripts/tests/is-template_test.sh now substitutes the guard
+        # and asserts it still answers correctly.
+        run: |
+          echo "is_template=$(bash scripts/is-template.sh go.mod)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
   check:
     name: Lint / Test / Vet
+    needs: guard
+    if: needs.guard.outputs.is_template != 'true'
     runs-on: self-hosted
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -34,9 +57,9 @@ jobs:
 
   build:
     name: Build & Import
-    needs: check
+    needs: [guard, check]
+    if: needs.guard.outputs.is_template != 'true' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
     runs-on: self-hosted
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
     outputs:
       image-tag: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.sha-tag }}
     steps:
@@ -48,24 +71,35 @@ jobs:
           SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
           echo "sha-tag=${SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
+      # infra#309: the implementation lives in .gitea/build-image.sh, a
+      # byte-identical copy of mathias/infra's ci-templates/build-image.sh.
+      # Do not edit it here -- edit the canonical file, run `task ci:sync`,
+      # and infra's drift gate will name any repo still carrying an old copy.
+      #
+      # This matters more in a template than anywhere else: every repo
+      # generated from here inherits its CI, so a template that carries the
+      # build LOGIC manufactures a new copy of every bug in it. That is
+      # precisely how rootless buildah (infra#241) reached a dozen repos, and
+      # why the fix then had to be rediscovered here weeks later. A template
+      # that carries a CALL manufactures nothing.
+      #
+      # NEW REPOS: add yourself to mathias/infra's ci-templates/adopters.txt so
+      # the gate keeps this copy current. Until you do, the copy is unmanaged
+      # and will silently fall behind.
+      #
+      # `bash <script>` rather than executing it directly: files written via
+      # the Gitea API land 0644, and CI that depends on a file mode is a trap.
       - name: Build and push to local registry
-        run: |
+        env:
-          REGISTRY="localhost:5000"
+          SHA_TAG: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.sha-tag }}
-          REF="${REGISTRY}/${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.sha-tag }}"
+          GIT_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
-          buildah build \
+        run: bash .gitea/build-image.sh
-            --label "org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}" \
-            -t ${REF} \
-            -t ${REGISTRY}/${{ env.IMAGE }}:latest \
-            .
-          buildah push --tls-verify=false ${REF}
-          buildah push --tls-verify=false ${REGISTRY}/${{ env.IMAGE }}:latest
-          echo "✓ Image pushed to ${REF}"
 
   deploy:
     name: Deploy via GitOps
-    needs: build
+    needs: [guard, build]
+    if: needs.guard.outputs.is_template != 'true' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name == 'push'
     runs-on: self-hosted
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name == 'push'
     steps:
       - name: Update image tag in infra repo
         env:
@@ -73,6 +107,13 @@ jobs:
           DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.INFRA_DEPLOY_KEY }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          # infra#311: fail on an empty tag BEFORE patching anything. The
+          # grep verification further down CANNOT catch it -- with IMAGE_TAG
+          # empty its pattern matches the very corruption it exists to reject.
+          # The result is `image: <repo>:` in the manifest, which is invalid
+          # YAML, so Flux fails the ENTIRE apps Kustomization and every app
+          # stops reconciling, not just this one. That happened on 2026-08-25.
+          [ -n "${IMAGE_TAG:-}" ] || { echo "IMAGE_TAG is empty - refusing to patch"; exit 1; }
           mkdir -p ~/.ssh
           echo "$DEPLOY_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_infra
           chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_infra

.skills/go-patterns/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+name: go-patterns
+description: Go project patterns — endpoint checklist, error handling, HTMX responses, dependency policy. Use when writing Go code, adding endpoints, or reviewing Go PRs.
+---
+
+# Go project patterns
+
+## New endpoint checklist
+1. Define request/response types in `types.go`
+2. Write handler in `handlers.go` using `http.HandlerFunc`
+3. Add route in `routes.go`
+4. Write table-driven test in `handlers_test.go`
+5. Run `task check` before committing
+
+## Error handling pattern
+```go
+if err != nil {
+    return fmt.Errorf("descriptiveOperation: %w", err)
+}
+```
+Never log and return — do one or the other.
+
+## HTMX response pattern
+```go
+func (h *Handler) ListItems(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+    items, err := h.store.List(r.Context())
+    if err != nil {
+        http.Error(w, "failed to list items", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+        return
+    }
+    if r.Header.Get("HX-Request") == "true" {
+        h.templates.Render(w, "items/_list", items)
+        return
+    }
+    h.templates.Render(w, "items/index", items)
+}
+```
+
+## Dependency policy
+- Prefer stdlib: `net/http`, `encoding/json`, `database/sql`
+- Allowed without justification: `testify`, `slog`, `templ`, `sqlc`
+- Needs justification in commit message: anything else

.skills/htmx-patterns/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+name: htmx-patterns
+description: HTMX conventions — default attributes, form patterns, validation errors, hypermedia-first API design. Use when writing HTMX templates or Go handlers that return HTML fragments.
+---
+
+# HTMX patterns
+
+## Default attributes
+Always include on interactive elements:
+- `hx-indicator` for loading states
+- `hx-swap="innerHTML"` as default (explicit over implicit)
+- `hx-target` pointing to a specific ID, never `this` in production
+
+## Form pattern
+```html
+<form hx-post="/items" hx-target="#item-list" hx-swap="beforeend" hx-indicator="#spinner">
+  <input type="text" name="title" required>
+  <button type="submit">Add</button>
+  <span id="spinner" class="htmx-indicator">...</span>
+</form>
+```
+
+## Server-sent validation errors
+Return 422 with the error fragment, swap into the form's error container:
+```html
+hx-target-422="#form-errors"
+```
+
+## Prefer hypermedia over JSON
+If the endpoint returns data for display, return an HTML fragment.
+Only use JSON for machine-to-machine APIs or when a non-browser client needs it.

AGENTS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
+# Agent context — Mathias workspace
+
+<!-- Canonical root context for all AI coding agents.
+     Lives at: ~/dev/.context/AGENT.md
+     Applies to every project under ~/dev/ unless overridden.
+     
+     Run `task context:sync` from ~/dev/ to regenerate harness-specific files.
+     Project-level context in .context/PROJECT.md layers on top of this. -->
+
+## Who I am
+
+I'm Mathias, a digital product manager and technology consultant based in Sweden.
+I build software, research emerging tech, and deliver consulting engagements
+for clients under NDA. I work across AI/ML, financial automation, web applications,
+and climate/sustainability tech.
+
+## How I work with agents
+
+- I think like a product manager — I care about *why* before *how*
+- I want agents to be opinionated and push back, not just execute blindly
+- I prefer concise responses; skip ceremony and get to the point
+- When I say "build this", I mean production-quality with tests, not a demo
+- Ask me before making irreversible changes or adding heavy dependencies
+- I work with confidential client data — never send it to cloud APIs unless I explicitly say it's OK
+
+## Behavior rules
+
+These rules apply to every task across every project, regardless of harness.
+
+0. **Pre-task ritual — before ANY implementation (non-negotiable).** Run this before writing a single line:
+   - **Query the brain** (`brain_query`) for the domain + symptom. If the result changes your approach, surface it before acting. 5 seconds beats 5 hours.
+   - **Load the relevant skill** — see trigger table in *Engineering Skills* below.
+   - **Write the failing test first.** Name the test before the function. If the target is untestable (e.g. `main()` wiring), extract the logic into a testable function first. No implementation without a red test.
+   - **State the observable success criterion** — what specific behavior, output, or passing test proves this is done?
+
+   **TDD is non-negotiable.** "Tests pass" is not proof of correctness — only proof the tests ran. Write tests that would catch the bug before writing code that fixes it.
+
+1. **No assumptions.** Don't hide confusion — surface it. Surface tradeoffs explicitly.
+   Think before coding; if the problem is unclear, ask or state assumptions before acting.
+2. **Minimum viable code.** Solve with the smallest change that works. Nothing
+   speculative, no "while we're here" cleanups, no premature abstractions. Simplicity first.
+3. **Surgical changes.** Touch only what the task requires. Leave unrelated code,
+   files, and formatting alone. Diffs should be small and reviewable.
+4. **Goal-driven execution.** Define clear success criteria up front for every task.
+   Loop — implement, verify, refine — until those criteria are met. Don't claim
+   completion without evidence (tests pass, command output, observed behavior).
+5. **Trunk-Based Development — commit directly to main.** Every commit is one
+   logical change (one tool, one fix, one test) with passing tests. Main is always
+   deployable. Never create long-lived feature branches.
+
+   **The PR trigger is RISK, not concurrency.** `risk/low` work commits straight to
+   main with CI as the gate — that is most work and is unchanged. `risk/medium` and
+   above opens a PR, even solo, even with nobody waiting to review it. This mirrors
+   the tiered merge model in `assessor-loop`
+   `method/transfer-to-a-regulated-organisation.md` §4.1, so the estate practises
+   what it sells instead of merging everything on green and claiming otherwise.
+
+   **Concurrency is NOT a reason to branch.** Measured 2026-08-29 across three real
+   collisions between parallel sessions: two were not branching problems at all — a
+   generated artifact written to the same path by both (branching turns that into a
+   merge conflict on a 33k-line JSON), and uncommitted work in a shared checkout
+   (a per-session worktree fixes it) — and the third was an ordinary non-fast-forward
+   push resolved by rebase in seconds. Use a worktree per session on shared repos and
+   timestamp generated artifacts. Do not reach for a branch.
+
+   Branch+PR flow carries documented costs on solo repos: merging auto-closes gated
+   issues, review comments live on a thread separate from the issue's, and a
+   merged-and-deleted branch cannot be amended (brain:
+   `gitea-pr-merge-autoclose-and-review-comment-footguns`). Those are the price of
+   the `risk/medium`+ lane — paid deliberately, not incurred by accident.
+
+   **Exception — external contributor or client four-eyes requirement:** Use PR flow
+   when a human reviewer outside the project is required. Document the reason in
+   PROJECT.md.
+
+6. **Close the loop — every substantive task ends with the same ritual.** Shipping
+   the code is not the end of the task; capturing it is. Run this unprompted:
+   - **Tag + bump SemVer** on the change (annotated tag; minor for a feature or
+     new/changed ADR, patch for a fix; docs in the same commit). Check the repo's
+     actual last tag — stated versions in docs drift stale.
+   - **Push** main and the tag (CI is the gate).
+   - **Persist generalizable learnings to the brain** (`brain_write`, wing/hall) —
+     the reusable patterns and the footguns that would bite anyone again, never
+     project status. See *Knowledge base — when to write* below.
+   - **File discovered-but-deferred work as tracker issues** on the project's own
+     repo — token-budget gaps, recorded ADR limitations, v2 follow-ups. Don't let
+     "out of scope, recorded" rot in a commit message; make it a ticket with a
+     source pointer.
+   - Surface the brain entries and issue numbers in the closing summary so the
+     trail is auditable.
+
+   **Chat is not a durable store. Never rely on Mathias remembering anything.**
+   Every gap, caveat, risk, open question and next step must land in one of four
+   places before the turn ends: **the brain**, **a repo** (code, docs, ADR),
+   **a tracker issue**, or **a plan file**. A finding stated only in conversation is
+   lost the moment the session closes — and this estate has repeatedly proved that a
+   remembered convention is an unreliable control.
+
+   This applies hardest to what is tempting to leave as a closing remark: "worth
+   knowing X isn't enforced yet", "this is a convention, not a gate", "we should
+   revisit Y". Those are exactly the items that need a locator. If it is worth
+   saying in a summary, it is worth writing where it can be found again without you.
+
+## CAD sprint patterns
+
+Two CAD sprint archetypes (defs: brain `wiki/homelab/decisions/continuous-agentic-development-cad-concept-2026-06-16`):
+- **Inception Sprint** — birth a new repo. Oath-gated close; tag only once every clause holds. Brain: `.../inception-sprint-and-oath`.
+- **Sweep Sprint** — clear an existing backlog. Parallel read-only research per issue → sequential one-issue-per-commit execution. Brain: `.../sweep-sprint-and-oath`.
+
+Shared: decisions that are yours, not the agent's, surface as `DECISION NEEDED` (question/options/recommendation/blocks) — ask live if you're present, else comment and wait, never act past it. Live-breaking regressions get `git revert`, never forward-fixed; host-network work skips even read-only research (solo, synchronous, you present). Rule 6's closing ritual only fires once every Oath clause genuinely holds — blocked = descoped-and-tracked, never marked done.
+
+## Default stack
+
+| Layer | Default | Fallback | Last resort |
+|-------|---------|----------|-------------|
+| Language | Go | Python | TypeScript, Java, C |
+| UI | HTMX + Templ | Server-rendered HTML | React (only if SPA is justified) |
+| Build | Task (taskfile.dev) | Make | — |
+| Containers | Docker Compose (dev), k3s (prod) | — | — |
+| DB | PostgreSQL + sqlc | SQLite | — |
+| Search | pgvector (vector), BM25 | Qdrant (when >1M vectors or hybrid retrieval) | — |
+| Logging | slog (structured) | stdlib `logging` w/ structured `extra=` (or structlog) | — |
+| Testing | Table-driven, testify | — | — |
+| Agents (Go) | google.golang.org/adk + pkg/litellm adapter | — | — |
+
+Exploratory: Rust, Zig — I'll tell you when I want these.
+
+## Code conventions
+
+- **Go style**: golines, gofumpt, golangci-lint
+- **Python style** (fallback language): ruff (format+lint, one tool), mypy --strict (non-negotiable,
+  matches Go's static typing discipline), pytest + pytest-cov (table-driven via
+  `@pytest.mark.parametrize`), uv (venv+deps+lock, one tool), pydantic-settings (typed env-var config
+  — same principle as Go's typed structs), src-layout + `pyproject.toml` only (no `setup.py`)
+- **Errors**: `fmt.Errorf("operation: %w", err)` — never naked, never log-and-return.
+  Python: `raise X from e` (exception chaining, same principle) — never bare `except`, never silent `pass`
+- **Naming**: stdlib conventions, no stuttering
+- **Architecture**: prefer stdlib over frameworks, constructor injection, env-var config parsed into typed structs
+- **Git**: conventional commits (`feat:`, `fix:`, `chore:`), commit directly to main,
+  one logical change per commit, CI is the quality gate
+- **Never**: long-lived feature branches, PRs for solo work, direct push without
+  passing `task check` locally first
+- **Security**: no secrets in code, govulncheck before adding deps, SOPS for encrypted config
+- **Dependencies**: prefer stdlib. testify, slog, templ, sqlc, google.golang.org/adk (agent projects only) are pre-approved; anything else needs justification in the commit message
+
+## Secret handling (every harness, every command)
+
+Tool output is persisted: terminal → `~/.claude/projects` transcripts →
+claudewatcher → brain/wiki → gitea history. A secret printed once is
+searchable forever, and clearing it means rotating the key. So:
+
+1. **Never print, echo, log, or transform a secret to inspect it.** No
+   `base64`/`xxd`/`cat` of a key, and never pipe a secret through a transform
+   to defeat `op run`'s output masking (it masks raw values; base64 hides them
+   from the mask — that exact trick leaked a key on 2026-06-11).
+2. **Secrets stay in the subprocess.** Reference them only as env vars consumed
+   *inside* `op run --env-file ~/.op-env -- <cmd>`. Never place a literal secret
+   in a command's argv (it lands in the tool call and the transcript).
+3. **Existence check without revealing the value:** `[ -n "$X" ] && echo set` —
+   never `${X:-...}` (returns the value when set) and never echo a substring of it.
+4. **Cross-host secrets:** run the secret-consuming command on the host that has
+   the secret; do not forward a raw key over ssh argv/stdout.
+5. If a secret does leak into output, say so immediately and flag it for rotation —
+   don't bury it.
+
+## Infrastructure
+
+Three machines on Tailscale:
+
+| Machine | Role | Key specs |
+|---------|------|-----------|
+| koala | GPU inference, heavy compute | RTX 5070, runs k3s + llama-swap + shared postgres18/pgvector |
+| iguana | Services, builds | M2 Ultra Mac |
+| flamingo | Daily driver, edge | Apple Silicon Mac, ~/dev is here |
+
+- **Model routing**: LiteLLM in front of llama-swap (local) + cloud APIs (when permitted)
+- **Orchestration**: k3s on koala only — single control-plane node, no workers (verified 2026-08-30). iguana and flamingo are on the tailnet but are not cluster members
+- **Networking**: Tailscale mesh
+
+## Project landscape
+
+All development repos live at `~/dev/` (softlink from `~/Documents/local-dev/`).
+
+Organized in thematic folders:
+
+| Folder | Focus | Count |
+|--------|-------|-------|
+| `GO/` | Go web frameworks, API integrations, learning projects | ~10 |
+| `AI/` | ML research, AI frameworks (FinRL, DSPy, crawl4ai) | ~6 |
+| `AGENTS/` | Autonomous agents, coding agents, MCP servers, infra | ~15 |
+| `QKX/` | Invoice processing, financial automation, payment systems | ~13 |
+| `XT/` | Climate data, sustainability (Klimatkollen, Garbo) | ~2 |
+
+See `~/dev/PROJECT_SUMMARY.md` for detailed descriptions of each project.
+
+### Key active projects
+
+- **super-koala** (`AGENTS/`) — multi-component agent stack with LangGraph, DSPy, MCP
+- **azure-tiger** (`QKX/`) — invoice extraction → ISO 20022 payment instructions
+- **gocrwl** (`AGENTS/`) — Go web crawler with containerized deployment
+- **koala-ai-stack** (`AGENTS/`) — local AI server infrastructure management
+- **klimatkollen** (`XT/`) — Swedish municipal climate data platform
+
+## Knowledge base — actively use it
+
+A persistent brain (BM25 search + LLM-synthesised Q&A) survives across sessions,
+hosts, and harnesses. It holds 100+ hard-won entries: infra incident postmortems,
+Go pitfalls, framework gotchas, design principles, ADRs. **It is not optional
+reference material — query it actively, not just when explicitly told.**
+
+### When to query (treat as a reflex)
+
+- **Before** starting a non-trivial task — search for prior art with the symptom
+  AND the system component ("how did we solve X in Y?"). 5 seconds beats 5 hours.
+- **When debugging** — search for the error string, the stack frame, the affected
+  service. Past you may have already paid this tax.
+- **Before adopting** a pattern, library, framework, or model name — check if it
+  was tried and rejected, or what the integration footguns are.
+- **When making architectural decisions** — search for the domain + "ADR" or
+  "decision" to find prior reasoning before re-deriving it.
+- **When a recommendation feels novel** — challenge yourself: "has this been
+  documented?" The brain often has it.
+
+### When to write
+
+After you discover something that **future-you would forget** and that **isn't
+recoverable from the code, git log, or PR description alone**:
+
+- Bugs whose root cause is non-obvious and generalisable beyond this project.
+- Framework / library / model-name quirks that bit you and would bite anyone.
+- Design principles validated under fire (e.g. "every `_get` needs a `_list`").
+- Postmortems for incidents: what broke, why, how diagnosed, what to do next time.
+
+DON'T write project status, sprint progress, PR summaries, or "what I did this
+session" — those rot fast and the originals are in git/gitea anyway. Brain
+entries that age well are about *why*, *how to avoid*, and *what to do when*.
+
+### How to access (per harness)
+
+| Harness | Query | Write |
+|---------|-------|-------|
+| **Claude Code, Claude Desktop** | `brain_query` (BM25), `brain_answer` (LLM-synth + sources) MCP tools | `brain_write` MCP tool |
+| **Crush, Pi, Antigravity, other MCP-capable** | same MCP server: `ingestion-brain` (via the `mcp__*_brain__*` namespace once authenticated) | same |
+| **Anything HTTP-only (curl, scripts)** | `POST https://brain-mcp.d-ma.be/query` with `{"query":"..."}` (auth via `BRAIN_MCP_TOKEN`) | `POST .../write` with `{"content":"...","filename":"..."}` |
+| **Browser / human inspection** | `https://git.d-ma.be/mathias/hyperguild` → `knowledge/` and `wiki/` markdown files |
+
+- **Scoping**: defaults to `public` collection; client projects filter to `{client}` + `public`.
+- **Routing**: brain_answer's LLM uses berget.ai as primary, iguana ollama as
+  fallback. Both are configurable in the `supervisor/ingestion-deployment.yaml`
+  on the koala k3s cluster; don't hardcode local-only model names into the
+  berget URL (see knowledge entry on namespace mismatches).
+
+### Quick reflex checks
+
+If you find yourself about to say any of these out loud, you owe yourself a brain query first:
+
+- "I think the issue might be..."
+- "Let me try X and see..."
+- "I'll just write a script to..."
+- "This is probably a new bug..."
+- "Has anyone done this before?" — *yes, probably, go check.*
+
+## Client work rules
+
+When working on a project tagged with a client name:
+1. Never send code, data, or context to cloud APIs — use local models only
+2. Never reference other client projects or their data
+3. Keep all artifacts within the client's git org / directory
+4. Treat everything as confidential unless told otherwise
+
+## Harness-agnostic principles
+
+Supported harnesses (2026-09-01) — Cursor and Aider were dropped; do not
+re-add adapters for them:
+- Claude Code, Antigravity, OpenCode, Mistral Vibe, Crush, Pi Coding Agent
+- Open WebUI, Charmbracelet Mods, or any tool that takes a system prompt string
+- Any other tool that reads `AGENTS.md`, which is the de facto convention
+
+The canonical source is always `.context/AGENT.md` (root) and `.context/PROJECT.md` (per-project).
+Derived files are committed (see *How context propagates* below) so a `git pull` on any host yields full agent context with no setup.
+
+## How context propagates
+
+Canonical sources of truth:
+- Universal: `~/dev/.context/AGENT.md` (this file)
+- Project: `<repo>/.context/PROJECT.md` (per-repo)
+
+Derived files (committed, regenerated by `task context:sync`):
+- `CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`, `.context/system-prompt.txt`
+
+Repos still carrying `.cursorrules`, `.aider.conventions.md` or
+`.aider.conf.yml` are stale: nothing regenerates them. Delete them the next time
+you touch the repo, along with their entries in that repo's `task check`
+assertion.
+
+Workflow:
+1. Edit a canonical file. Run `task context:sync`. Commit canonical and
+   derived together. Push.
+2. On any other host, `git pull` brings both. Which file a harness reads does
+   NOT split cleanly by lookup strategy, so do not reason from the strategy:
+   - `CLAUDE.md` — Claude Code (walks up the tree)
+   - `AGENTS.md` — Crush, Pi, Antigravity (cwd-only), OpenCode (project root,
+     global at `~/.config/opencode/AGENTS.md`), and Mistral Vibe, which **walks
+     up** from cwd and takes the first `AGENTS.md` it finds
+     (user-level `~/.vibe/AGENTS.md`)
+   - `.context/system-prompt.txt` — Open WebUI, Mods, raw API calls; not read by
+     any harness, it is for pasting
+
+   Vibe tree-walks for `AGENTS.md`, so "tree-walkers use CLAUDE.md" is false.
+   Each repo's `AGENTS.md` embeds the canonical and is the first one found from
+   inside that repo, so this works — but by construction, not by luck.
+3. `task check` runs `context:sync` then asserts `git status --porcelain`
+   is empty over the derived files (catches both modified-tracked drift
+   and missing-untracked adapters). A drift fails the check with a
+   message telling you to stage the regenerated files.
+
+Behavior rules in this file and per-project rules in `PROJECT.md` apply
+unconditionally on every host, every harness.
+
+## Engineering Skills
+
+Shared engineering skills live in the **`mathias/skills`** repo (`git.d-ma.be/mathias/skills`). Load at task start — not "on demand" but on schedule, before writing code. Browse `SKILLS_INDEX.md` for the full list.
+
+**Claude Code** installs the repo as a plugin from the marketplace the same repo hosts. That path also carries the `secret-guard` and `pre-task-ritual` hooks and the brain/gitea/infra MCP servers, which symlinks cannot:
+
+```
+/plugin marketplace add https://git.d-ma.be/mathias/skills.git
+/plugin install skills@mathias
+```
+
+Skills are **namespaced** under Claude Code: load `tdd` as `skills:tdd`. The trigger table below uses bare names — prefix them.
+
+**Crush, Pi and OpenCode** have no plugin system and are wired by `install.sh` as one directory symlink per harness via `~/.agents/skills`. Do not clone the checkout into `~/dev`: that folder is iCloud-shared between the Macs and spans two path roots (`/Users/mathias` vs `/home/mathias` on koala), so a checkout there is a git working tree with two concurrent writers, and any absolute symlink stored in it is broken on one side by construction (skills#23). Leave `SKILLS_CHECKOUT_DIR` at its host-local default.
+
+Check a host with `task doctor` in the skills repo; it also runs automatically at session start via the plugin.
+
+**Skill trigger table — load before starting, not after getting stuck:**
+
+| Task type | Load |
+|-----------|------|
+| Any feature or bug fix | `tdd` |
+| Refactor or design | `clean-code` or `solid` |
+| Debug | `problem-analysis` |
+| Review code or PRs | `code-review` |
+| Frame a problem before coding | `problem-analysis` |
+
+---
+
+# __PROJECT_NAME__
+
+## Identity
+
+- **Name**: __PROJECT_NAME__
+- **Owner**: Mathias
+- **Client**: personal
+- **Repo**: __MODULE_PATH__
+- **Status**: active
+
+## Stack
+
+Go + Templ + HTMX + CDN Tailwind. See `~/dev/.context/AGENT.md` for cross-project conventions.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# __PROJECT_NAME__
+
+## Identity
+
+- **Name**: __PROJECT_NAME__
+- **Owner**: Mathias
+- **Client**: personal
+- **Repo**: __MODULE_PATH__
+- **Status**: active
+
+## Stack
+
+Go + Templ + HTMX + CDN Tailwind. See `~/dev/.context/AGENT.md` for cross-project conventions.

Taskfile.yml

@@ -24,3 +24,15 @@ tasks:
       - golangci-lint run ./...
       - go vet ./...
       - go test ./... -race -count=1
+      # The template guard decides whether CI runs at all in every child repo,
+      # so its regression test belongs in the same gate as the Go tests.
+      - bash scripts/tests/is-template_test.sh
+
+  context:sync:
+    desc: Regenerate all harness-specific context files
+    cmds:
+      - bash scripts/context-sync.sh
+  context:sync:claude:
+    cmds: [bash scripts/context-sync.sh claude]
+  context:sync:agents:
+    cmds: [bash scripts/context-sync.sh agents]

scripts/context-sync.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Generates harness-specific context files from .context/PROJECT.md
+# Project-level script — run from a project directory.
+#
+# For Claude Code: generates project-only CLAUDE.md (it inherits root via tree walk)
+# For everything else: concatenates root AGENT.md + project PROJECT.md
+#
+# Cursor and Aider adapters removed 2026-09-01 — neither is a supported harness
+# any more. Supported: Claude Code, Antigravity, OpenCode, Mistral Vibe, Crush,
+# Pi. All read CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md; system-prompt.txt remains for Open WebUI,
+# Mods and raw API use.
+#
+# Usage: ./scripts/context-sync.sh [--force] [adapter...]
+# Task:  task context:sync
+#
+# Override root context: ROOT_CONTEXT=~/dev/.context/AGENT.md ./scripts/context-sync.sh
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Parse --force flag and collect adapter names separately
+FORCE=false
+ADAPTERS=()
+for _arg in "$@"; do
+  case "$_arg" in
+    --force) FORCE=true ;;
+    *) ADAPTERS+=("$_arg") ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+PROJECT_FILE=".context/PROJECT.md"
+
+# Walk up to find root .context/AGENT.md
+find_root_context() {
+  local dir
+  dir="$(pwd)"
+  while [ "$dir" != "/" ]; do
+    dir="$(dirname "$dir")"
+    if [ -f "$dir/.context/AGENT.md" ]; then
+      echo "$dir/.context/AGENT.md"
+      return
+    fi
+  done
+  echo ""
+}
+
+ROOT_CONTEXT="${ROOT_CONTEXT:-$(find_root_context)}"
+
+if [ ! -f "$PROJECT_FILE" ]; then
+  echo "Error: $PROJECT_FILE not found. Are you in a project root?"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Pre-flight: reject unfilled {{...}} placeholders unless --force
+if [ "$FORCE" = false ]; then
+  _placeholders=$(grep -n '{{[^}]*}}' "$PROJECT_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  if [ -n "$_placeholders" ]; then
+    echo "Error: unfilled placeholders in $PROJECT_FILE:" >&2
+    while IFS= read -r _match; do
+      _lineno="${_match%%:*}"
+      _content="${_match#*:}"
+      _token=$(printf '%s' "$_content" | grep -o '{{[^}]*}}' | head -1)
+      echo "  $PROJECT_FILE:$_lineno: unfilled placeholder $_token" >&2
+    done <<< "$_placeholders"
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "Fill these placeholders, then re-run: task context:sync" >&2
+    echo "To bypass validation: bash scripts/context-sync.sh --force" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$ROOT_CONTEXT" ] && [ -f "$ROOT_CONTEXT" ]; then
+  echo "  Root context: $ROOT_CONTEXT"
+else
+  echo "  No root AGENT.md found (project context only)"
+fi
+
+# Emit root context + separator
+root_block() {
+  if [ -n "$ROOT_CONTEXT" ] && [ -f "$ROOT_CONTEXT" ]; then
+    cat "$ROOT_CONTEXT"
+    echo ""
+    echo "---"
+    echo ""
+  fi
+}
+
+# ── Claude Code ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Claude Code walks up the tree — it finds ~/dev/CLAUDE.md automatically.
+# Project-level CLAUDE.md only needs project-specific context.
+generate_claude() {
+  cat "$PROJECT_FILE" > CLAUDE.md
+  echo "  → CLAUDE.md (project-only; Claude Code inherits root)"
+}
+
+# ── AGENTS.md (Crush, Pi, Antigravity) ──────────────────────
+# These tools read AGENTS.md from cwd but don't walk up.
+# Concatenate root + project.
+generate_agents() {
+  { root_block; cat "$PROJECT_FILE"; } > AGENTS.md
+  echo "  → AGENTS.md (root + project; Crush, Pi, Antigravity)"
+}
+
+# ── Generic system prompt (Open WebUI, Mods, etc.) ──────────
+generate_system_prompt() {
+  {
+    echo "You are a coding assistant working on a specific project."
+    echo "Follow all conventions from both the root agent context and project context."
+    echo ""
+    echo "---"
+    echo ""
+    root_block
+    cat "$PROJECT_FILE"
+    echo ""
+    echo "---"
+  } > .context/system-prompt.txt
+  echo "  → .context/system-prompt.txt (root + project)"
+}
+
+# ── MCP config ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+generate_mcp() {
+  # Ensure baseline file exists with project-specific knowledge server
+  if [ ! -f .context/mcp.json ]; then
+    cat > .context/mcp.json << 'JSON'
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "knowledge": {
+      "url": "http://localhost:3100/mcp",
+      "description": "Project knowledge base — vector + graph retrieval"
+    }
+  }
+}
+JSON
+  fi
+
+  # Merge root mcp-servers.json if found alongside root AGENT.md
+  local root_mcp=""
+  if [ -n "$ROOT_CONTEXT" ] && [ -f "$ROOT_CONTEXT" ]; then
+    local candidate
+    candidate="$(dirname "$ROOT_CONTEXT")/mcp-servers.json"
+    [ -f "$candidate" ] && root_mcp="$candidate"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$root_mcp" ]; then
+    echo "  → .context/mcp.json (exists, no root mcp-servers.json found)"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Root servers take precedence over project entries on key conflict
+  local root_servers count updated
+  root_servers=$(jq '.servers' "$root_mcp")
+  count=$(printf '%s' "$root_servers" | jq 'keys | length')
+  updated=$(jq --argjson root "$root_servers" \
+    '.mcpServers = (.mcpServers + $root)' \
+    .context/mcp.json)
+  printf '%s\n' "$updated" > .context/mcp.json
+  echo "  → .context/mcp.json (merged $count root servers)"
+}
+
+echo "Syncing project context from $PROJECT_FILE..."
+
+if [ ${#ADAPTERS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  generate_claude
+  generate_agents
+  generate_system_prompt
+  generate_mcp
+else
+  for adapter in "${ADAPTERS[@]}"; do
+    case "$adapter" in
+      claude)  generate_claude ;;
+      agents)  generate_agents ;;
+      prompt|system|openwebui|owui|generic) generate_system_prompt ;;
+      mcp)     generate_mcp ;;
+      *) echo "Unknown adapter: $adapter" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+    esac
+  done
+fi
+
+echo "Done."

scripts/is-template.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Is this checkout still a raw, unsubstituted template?
+#
+# Prints "true" or "false". cd.yml's guard job reads it and skips check/build/
+# deploy when true, so that a template repo does not try to build itself.
+#
+# WHY A PATTERN AND NOT A LITERAL
+#
+# The scaffolders (gitea-mcp create_project_from_template, local-dev
+# scripts/new-project.sh) substitute placeholders in EVERY file of the tree —
+# including this one. So a guard that greps a whole placeholder token is
+# rewritten by the very substitution it exists to detect: in the template it
+# greps the module-path placeholder, and in the generated repo that same line
+# has become a grep for the real module path — which the generated go.mod
+# declares on its first line. It matches forever, every job below skips, and the
+# run reports green having built nothing.
+#
+# That shipped twice: #9 (cad-atlas) and #10 (openbanking-api), the second one
+# sitting directly under a comment warning against exactly this.
+#
+# Note this comment names no placeholder literally, for the same reason. A
+# comment that gets substituted stops explaining the thing it documents — and
+# scripts/tests/is-template_test.sh enforces that, which is how the first draft
+# of this file was caught.
+#
+# The regex below matches the SHAPE of a placeholder and contains no complete
+# token, so there is nothing for a scaffolder to rewrite. It also catches any
+# other leftover placeholder, not just the two the scaffolders know about.
+#
+# scripts/tests/is-template_test.sh substitutes a copy of this file and asserts
+# it still answers correctly — that case is the regression test for the class.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+target="${1:-go.mod}"
+
+if [ ! -f "$target" ]; then
+  # Never answer "false" here. A missing target would skip CI on a repo that is
+  # not a template at all, which is the same fake-green failure by another road.
+  echo "is-template: no such file: $target" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+if grep -qE '__[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*__' "$target"; then
+  echo "true"
+else
+  echo "false"
+fi

scripts/tests/is-template_test.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Tests for scripts/is-template.sh
+#
+# This guard decides whether a checkout is still a raw template. Every job in
+# cd.yml keys off it, so when it answers wrongly the entire pipeline skips and
+# reports green — which is how `cad-atlas` and `openbanking-api` were born with
+# CI that had never built, tested or deployed them (#9, #10).
+#
+# The defect both times was the same: the guard grepped for a literal
+# placeholder, and the scaffolder substitutes placeholders in EVERY file,
+# including the guard itself. So in a generated repo the check became
+# `grep -q 'git.d-ma.be/mathias/<name>' go.mod` against a go.mod that reads
+# `module git.d-ma.be/mathias/<name>` — a match that can never fail.
+#
+# The third test below is the one that matters: it runs a scaffolder-style
+# substitution OVER THE GUARD and asserts it still answers correctly. Both
+# shipped bugs would have failed it.
+#
+# Usage: ./scripts/tests/is-template_test.sh
+
+set -uo pipefail
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
+SCRIPT="$ROOT/scripts/is-template.sh"
+
+pass=0; fail=0
+ok()  { printf '  ok   %s\n' "$1"; pass=$((pass+1)); }
+bad() { printf '  FAIL %s\n     %s\n' "$1" "${2:-}"; fail=$((fail+1)); }
+
+tmp="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT
+echo "is-template tests"
+
+# Placeholder tokens are ASSEMBLED, never written whole. The scaffolder rewrites
+# every file in the tree, this one included -- a fixture containing a literal
+# token would be substituted before the test ran, and the suite would fail in
+# every generated repo while passing here. Which is the same class of bug the
+# guard itself had.
+U="__"
+ph() { printf '%s%s%s' "$U" "$1" "$U"; }
+MODULE_PH="$(ph MODULE_PATH)"
+PROJECT_PH="$(ph PROJECT_NAME)"
+OTHER_PH="$(ph SOME_OTHER)"
+
+if [ -f "$SCRIPT" ]; then ok "script exists"
+else bad "script exists" "$SCRIPT missing"; echo; echo "$pass passed, $fail failed"; exit 1; fi
+
+# A raw template still carries placeholders.
+printf 'module git.d-ma.be/mathias/%s\n\ngo 1.26\n' "$MODULE_PH" > "$tmp/raw.go.mod"
+got="$(bash "$SCRIPT" "$tmp/raw.go.mod")"
+[ "$got" = "true" ] && ok "raw template is detected" \
+                    || bad "raw template is detected" "got '$got', want 'true'"
+
+# A generated repo does not. This is the assertion both shipped guards failed.
+printf 'module git.d-ma.be/mathias/openbanking-api\n\ngo 1.26\n' > "$tmp/real.go.mod"
+got="$(bash "$SCRIPT" "$tmp/real.go.mod")"
+[ "$got" = "false" ] && ok "a generated repo is NOT detected as a template" \
+                     || bad "a generated repo is NOT detected as a template" "got '$got', want 'false'"
+
+# THE ONE THAT MATTERS.
+#
+# Copy the guard and run a scaffolder-style substitution over it, exactly as
+# create_project_from_template and new-project.sh do to every file in the tree.
+# The substituted guard must still answer correctly. A guard that greps a whole
+# placeholder token gets rewritten here and starts matching forever.
+cp "$SCRIPT" "$tmp/substituted.sh"
+sed -i \
+  -e "s|$MODULE_PH|git.d-ma.be/mathias/openbanking-api|g" \
+  -e "s|$PROJECT_PH|openbanking-api|g" \
+  "$tmp/substituted.sh"
+
+got="$(bash "$tmp/substituted.sh" "$tmp/real.go.mod")"
+if [ "$got" = "false" ]; then
+  ok "the guard survives being substituted itself"
+else
+  bad "the guard survives being substituted itself" \
+      "after substitution it answered '$got' for a generated repo — this is #9/#10"
+fi
+
+got="$(bash "$tmp/substituted.sh" "$tmp/raw.go.mod")"
+[ "$got" = "true" ] && ok "the substituted guard still detects a raw template" \
+                    || bad "the substituted guard still detects a raw template" "got '$got'"
+
+# Belt and braces: the source must not contain a complete substitutable token.
+if grep -qE "$(printf '%s(MODULE_PATH|PROJECT_NAME)%s' "$U" "$U")" "$SCRIPT"; then
+  bad "the guard contains no substitutable placeholder token" \
+      "found one in $SCRIPT — the scaffolder will rewrite it"
+else
+  ok "the guard contains no substitutable placeholder token"
+fi
+
+# Any leftover placeholder counts, not just the two the scaffolder knows about —
+# a half-substituted tree is not a working repo either.
+printf 'module git.d-ma.be/mathias/thing\n\n// %s\ngo 1.26\n' "$OTHER_PH" > "$tmp/partial.go.mod"
+got="$(bash "$SCRIPT" "$tmp/partial.go.mod")"
+[ "$got" = "true" ] && ok "any leftover placeholder counts" \
+                    || bad "any leftover placeholder counts" "got '$got', want 'true'"
+
+# A missing file is not "this is a real repo" — failing open here would skip CI.
+bash "$SCRIPT" "$tmp/nope.go.mod" >/dev/null 2>&1
+rc=$?
+[ "$rc" -ne 0 ] && ok "a missing target fails loudly rather than answering false" \
+               || bad "a missing target fails loudly rather than answering false" "exit 0"
+
+echo
+echo "$pass passed, $fail failed"
+[ "$fail" -eq 0 ]