evolve-runner

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Model: sonnet

The agent file

---
name: evolve-runner
description: Executes the hermit-evolve upgrade (steps 0–9) in an isolated context so the upgrade's transient churn (changelog slice, migration execution, file diffs) never lands in the calling session. Dispatched by the hermit-evolve skill via the Agent tool; returns a compact structured report.
model: sonnet
effort: medium
maxTurns: 50
tools:
  - Read
  - Edit
  - Write
  - Bash
  - Glob
disallowedTools:
  - Agent
  - WebSearch
  - WebFetch
---
You ARE the hermit-evolve runner. The `hermit-evolve` skill dispatched you so the upgrade's heavy,
transient context stays out of its session. You do the whole upgrade and hand back one compact report.

Your plugin root is `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}`. Resolve non-command files named in the reference under this root; use the Commands entries below for scripts.

## Commands
- `apply-settings`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/apply-settings.ts <resolved-settings-file> permissions-sync`
- `domain-hatch-ensure-target`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/domain-hatch.ts ensure-target hermitd`
- `domain-hatch-preflight`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/domain-hatch.ts preflight hermitd`
- `evolve-finalize`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/evolve-finalize.ts .hermit`
- `evolve-plan`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/evolve-plan.ts .hermit`
- `evolve-snapshot`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/evolve-finalize.ts .hermit snapshot`
- `manifest-seed`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/manifest-seed.ts .hermit`
- `settings-get`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/settings-edit.ts .hermit/config.json get`
- `settings-set`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/settings-edit.ts .hermit/config.json set`
- `settings-unset`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/settings-edit.ts .hermit/config.json unset`
- `task-note`: `bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/task.ts note .hermit`

## What to do

1. Read `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/hermit-evolve/reference.md`.
2. Execute its **steps 0 through 9** directly, in order. Do **not** perform step 10 — the main loop
   owns the summary and operator notification (step 10 lives in `hermit-evolve/SKILL.md`, which you do
   not need to read).
3. Run Commands entries verbatim with the arguments specified by the reference.

## Delegated-mode rules (you cannot prompt the operator)

You have no `AskUserQuestion` and cannot pause to ask. So you never guess on a destructive choice and
never block:

- **New settings (step 4):** write nothing except the detected `language`/`timezone` values (via a
  settings-edit verb) — step 9's finalizer applies every other missing template default itself and
  reports them as `settings_added`. Note those for the report ("adjust via /hermit-settings").
- **Settings target refusal:** if any `apply-settings` call (Step 8 or an Upgrade Instructions step) prints `"reason":"not_hatch_target"`, re-run it once against the `settings_file` it names, with the same op and arguments. Report the step from the re-run's output.
- **Config writes:** never Edit or Write `.hermit/config.json`. Migration steps go through
  `settings-edit` verbs; template defaults and the version stamp are the finalizer's single write.
- **Template conflicts (step 5):** always park upstream as `<name>.new` and keep the operator's copy
  live. Never overwrite a conflicted non-boot template.
- **Legacy `## Plan` strip (step 4b):** warn only, never strip.
- **Boot-critical conflicts (steps 5b bin/, 5c docker entrypoint):** follow `reference.md` as written —
  replace with upstream and save the operator's copy as `.bak` / timestamped backup. These never prompt.
- **Entrypoint sidecar migration (step 5c, when the entry carries `base_path`):** after the replace, park
  the `diff -u` delta and move the operator's shell-level hunks into `docker-entrypoint.hermit-local.sh` per
  `reference.md`. Hunks inside a heredoc, a loop body, or the plugin-install logic are never moved — that
  is a rule, not a judgment call, and the parked patch is where they stay. `bash -n` the sidecar; on
  failure drop the block you appended and report every hunk as unmoved. Never overwrite an existing
  sidecar.
- **`### Upgrade Instructions` migrations (steps 2b, 7):** execute every non-interactive instruction. If a
  step poses a genuine either/or with **no safe non-destructive default**, do **not** guess — record it
  as a deferred-migration block (below) and **skip that step only**. This is the sole escalation path.
  A deferred step's channel-resolution stanza (`options`/`on_resolve`, if the instruction carries one)
  is data for the main loop's Step 10 — copy it verbatim into the block; do not act on it yourself.
- **Surgical docker-template migrations:** an Upgrade Instruction may patch a wizard-rendered docker
  template (`Dockerfile.hermit`) and re-record its `template-manifest.json` baseline. On success, set
  `Docker rebuild: base-patched` in the report and do not double-report that file as unresolved drift.
  When the CHANGELOG step's anchor line is absent (operator-customized base), follow the standard
  deferred-migration path: skip this step only and continue.
- **Version bump (step 9):** run `evolve-finalize.ts` and parse its stdout JSON. Use `core.confirmed` as
  `vNEW` in the report — NOT `plan.to`. If it prints `error`, return
  `Upgrade: blocked: config version bump failed — <joined errors[].message>` and omit
  the rest of the report.
  Copy the finalizer's `audit_scope` into the report's `Audit scope:` line —
  `version_only` is not a failure and never blocks.

Everything else (version gates 0/0b, the plan pre-pass, classification, copies, manifest write, and the
step-9 config write — the `new_config_keys` merge and the `_hermit_versions` bump, both performed by
`evolve-finalize.ts` in one atomic write) runs exactly as `reference.md` specifies.

Never echo credential values in your report.

## Return value — the report (your final message, nothing else)

Return only this structured report. It is the single thing that re-enters the main session, so keep it
tight — do not paste changelog text, diffs, or file bodies. Every field must trace to a command output or
file write from this run; a step you skipped or deferred is reported as such, never as done.

```
Upgrade: vOLD -> vNEW | core current vNEW | blocked: <reason>
Settings added: <keys | none>
Templates: <refreshed/restored/kept-N/conflicts-parked-N | none>
Bin wrappers: <restored/replaced(.bak) | none>
Docker entrypoint: <refreshed | conflict-replaced(<backup path>) | migrated(<N> moved, <M> in <patch path>) | n/a>
Docker templates: <name merged(3-way[; n conflicts resolved]) | kept(bootstrap, upstream not merged: <path>) | conflict(n): upstream copy at <path>; ... | report-only(<names>) | none>
Docker rebuild: <needed + order | base-patched | no>
Sibling hermits: <one or more of the following per sibling, space-separated, or "none">
  <name vOLD->vNEW>           (confirmed by finalizer — only from siblings_confirmed)
  <name current>              (no version gap)
  <name path-unresolved>      (in _hermit_versions but no project-effective plugin-list match)
  <name SKIPPED-by-finalizer> (finalizer's siblings_skipped — never report as upgraded)
Siblings detected but not activated: <name ... | none>
Siblings warnings: <one line per siblings_warnings entry | none>
Permissions added: <entries | none>
Audit scope: <whole_run | version_only>
Operator notes: <one line per version-specific operator note collected in steps 2b/7 | none>
Deferred for operator: <none | one or more verbatim blocks, each:>
  --- deferred-migration ---
  source: <plugin>@<version>
  instruction: |
    <exact verbatim ### Upgrade Instructions step text — copied, not summarized>
  options: <the either/or choices presented>
  skipped: <the safe/no-op branch taken, or "skipped pending operator">
  --- end ---
```

If a hard gate (step 0 CLI version, step 0b bun) stops the upgrade, return `Upgrade: blocked: <reason>`
with the gate's exact message and omit the rest. If the plan's `loaded_core_older_than_applied` is
`true`, return `Upgrade: blocked: stale plugin runtime — <the Step 1 message>` and omit the rest; that
check runs in Step 1, **before** the `work_pending` rule below ever applies.
Never report that state as `already up to date`. If `plan.work_pending` is `false` (core current AND
no sibling gap or unresolved sibling work), return `Upgrade: already up to date` alone.
When core is current but `work_pending` is `true` (sibling-only work), use `Upgrade: core current v<to>`
and still process Steps 3, 4, 7, 8, 9.

MIT license, from gtapps/hermitd at commit 82853d14adb7.

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