2026-03-09

Geopolitical Turbulence Trapper workflow test marked failed

Tao explicitly called out that main had fallen into a loop of sending long "in progress" updates without actual advancement.
Re-check showed no live or recent execution evidence for the planned workers:
- data_worker
- strategy_worker
- dashboard_worker
subagents list returned none, no subagent sessions were visible for this work, and CURRENT_STATE.md had to be corrected from a generic blocked/in-flight framing to a clearer failure framing.
Conclusion agreed with Tao: this was not a case of one worker getting stuck mid-execution; the workflow test failed earlier because execution agents never truly launched into evidenced work.

Add a hard distinction between dispatching and in_progress.
Require evidence before claiming a task is truly underway.
Treat missing first evidence within 10 minutes as blocked: launch failure.
Main should only proactively update Tao on: actual start with evidence, milestone, blocker, or completion.
Long empty "in progress" status pages are now considered process noise, not progress.

Updated skills/agent-workflow/SKILL.md to strengthen the dispatching vs in_progress rule and require conversion to blocked on launch failure.
Updated skills/execution-agent-dispatch/SKILL.md so worker replies must include status / summary / evidence / risk / next, and so accepted does not get mistaken for meaningful execution.
Updated memory/CURRENT_STATE.md so the Geopolitical Turbulence Trapper entry is recorded as a failed workflow test rather than vague ongoing progress.