Muse Overseer Handover — muse

Public product name: 🆗 Overseer Kit — muse is the repo slug only, not the public brand.

Living relay for 🆗 Overseer Kit in muse. Paste the NEXT SESSION block into a fresh chat.

NEXT SESSION — #216 complete; pick next ticket (PRIMARY)

Date: 2026-09-17 Current position: #216b Auto DONE — BV pass; seven-tier green; feature-branch commit on feat/216-branchmeta-created-by. Model: Thinking (next phase design only — do not start Auto without a new freeze)

What just landed

THE ONE NEXT STEP — Model: Thinking

Queue for #215/#216 is empty. Operator picks the next musehub ticket, then open a Thinking freeze chat. No Auto until a new freeze review passes. Tier-3 merge of feat/216-branchmeta-created-by to main stays operator-gated (Gabriel review).

Paste-ready prompt — next ticket (Thinking)

Phase — next musehub ticket Thinking freeze (muse).

Model: Thinking
Repo: ~/MUSE_HUB/muse-fresh
Authority: operator-chosen ticket after #216b DONE

Read first: docs/MUSE-ROADMAP.md + docs/MUSE-OVERSEER-HANDOVER.md (verified snapshot).
#215/#216 are DONE on feat/216-branchmeta-created-by (BV pass). Do not reopen those freezes.

Do:
  1. Confirm the operator-chosen ticket + scope.
  2. Write a frozen:true freeze artifact with seven-tier matrix.
  3. ok review --freeze → pass before any Auto {step}b.

Hard stops: no Auto build in this chat · no main merge · no secrets

Governance sync: update docs/MUSE-ROADMAP.md + docs/MUSE-OVERSEER-HANDOVER.md when the freeze lands.

Governance gates (mandatory — remind only; silence is not pass):
- Freeze review: ok review --freeze must pass before any Auto {step}b
- Build verification: /build-verification-review after Auto {step}b before ROADMAP DONE
- Workspace (when configured): ok workspace check-next before claiming multi-repo SD-17 complete

ARCHIVED SESSION — #216b Auto build

Replaced 2026-09-17 by the post-216 PRIMARY block after 216b BV pass.

ARCHIVED SESSION — #216a Thinking freeze

Replaced 2026-09-17 by the #216b PRIMARY block after 216a freeze review pass.

ARCHIVED SESSION — #215b Auto build

Replaced 2026-09-17 by the #216a PRIMARY block after 215b BV pass.

Verified snapshot

Build verification — 216b round 1

Verdict: pass Frozen spec: docs/MUSE-216-BRANCHMETA-CREATED-BY-FREEZE.md Diff scope: muse/cli/config.py, muse/cli/commands/{branch,checkout,switch,worktree}.py, tests/test_branch_created_meta.py, tests/test_branch_json_schema.py, tests/test_branch_intent_created_by.py, living docs

Findings

Evidence

Honest summary

Write-once branch-creation provenance lands in [branch."<name>"] as TOML scalars created_by / created_by_kind / created_at, stamped at the frozen create sites (plain muse branch, checkout -b / switch -c, switch -C only when new, worktree -b, copy dest). Rename moves the whole BranchMeta dict. List JSON keeps tip created_by: str \| None (#215) and adds branch_created_by (handle+kind object or null) plus branch_created_at. No TOML backfill, no push/clone/wire, no shelf import. Seven-tier matrix green; related intent test updated for the intentional plain-create stamp.

VCS (verified 2026-09-17)

Hard stops (unchanged)

• No merge to main without Tier 3
• No redesign of the shipped #215/#216 contracts without a new freeze
• No secrets in commits
• Governance sync before session end (SD-17)

Change log

• 2026-09-17 — #216b Auto: BranchMeta write-once provenance + additive list JSON; seven-tier tests; BV pass; living docs → NEXT pick next ticket (Thinking).
• 2026-09-17 — #216a Thinking: BranchMeta write-once freeze; backfill = read-side nulls; hub-wire = local-only; ok review --freeze pass; living docs → NEXT 216b Auto.
• 2026-09-17 — #215b Auto: _created_by_from_record + list JSON wire; seven-tier tests; BV pass; living docs → NEXT 216a Thinking.
• 2026-09-17 — Overseer kit init (muse-only). #215a freeze written; ok review --freeze pass.

Handover regeneration rules (SD-3, SD-17)

1. Docs-first: update docs/MUSE-ROADMAP.md and durable specs before regenerating this file.
2. Model label required: every NEXT block and paste prompt includes Model:.
3. Thinking → Auto split: emit {step}a then {step}b — never one combined prompt.
4. Build verification (mandatory): after {step}b, run /build-verification-review before DONE.
5. Closing commit: bundles code/tests + both living docs.
6. Print CURRENT NEXT from disk after closeout: run ok next and include the paste fence.