---
id: STATE-WP-0067
type: workplan
title: "Attached Repo Agent Instruction And Workplan Frontmatter Normalization"
domain: infotech
repo: state-hub
status: finished
owner: codex
topic_slug: custodian
created: "2026-06-22"
updated: "2026-06-22"
state_hub_workstream_id: "e766e700-a20b-4d3d-b74d-49a1b33d5165"
---

# STATE-WP-0067 — Attached Repo Agent Instruction And Workplan Frontmatter Normalization

## Goal

Close drift introduced by the State Hub agent-instruction template sync across
attached repos. Agent files were regenerated with a first-token workplan prefix
(`artifact-store` → `ARTIFACT-WP`) and `domain: infotech`, while existing
workplan files retain repo-specific prefixes (`ARTIFACT-STORE-WP`, `IRP-WP`, …)
and legacy frontmatter (`domain: stack` where `stack` is the topic slug).

Per ADR-001, **workplan files are the source of truth**. Agent instructions must
match on-disk workplan prefixes and frontmatter conventions; workplans are
renamed only when a repo has no established prefix yet.

## Context

- `scripts/update_agent_instruction_files.py` derived `{WP_PREFIX}` from the
  first hyphen segment of the repo slug. That was wrong for most registered repos
  (35+ use intentional abbreviations).
- Template sync left ~49 repos with local changes (discover via
  `cd ~ && gitea ll`, or scan `git status --porcelain` under `~/`).
- Task status canon (`STATE-WP-0052`) is already reflected in regenerated
  agent files; workplan task blocks may still use legacy literals.
- `domain` in workplan frontmatter should be the hub **domain slug**
  (`infotech`), not the topic slug (`stack`). Topic linkage belongs in
  `topic_slug`.

## Policy

| Layer | Rule |
|-------|------|
| Workplan prefix | Infer from existing workplan `id:` fields and filenames; fall back to first-token only when no workplans exist |
| `domain` frontmatter | Set to repo `domain_slug` from State Hub registration |
| `topic_slug` frontmatter | Set from registered `topic_id` when present |
| Task status in workplan blocks | `in_progress→progress`, `blocked→wait`, `cancelled/canceled→cancel` |
| Agent files | Regenerated from templates using inferred prefix — never overwrite `<!-- REPO-AGENTS-EXTENSIONS -->` tail |
| Grandfathered prefixes | Short prefixes (`IRP-WP`, `CYA-WP`, `WP`, …) are canonical for their repo — not migrated to first-token |

## Results (2026-06-22)

Delivered in state-hub commits `fcb41e8`, `ae2302d`, and attached-repo commits
with message *Normalize agent instructions and workplan frontmatter
(STATE-WP-0067)*.

| Item | Outcome |
|------|---------|
| Dirty repos inventoried | 49 repos under `/home/worsch/*/` |
| Workplans normalized | 432 files (`normalize_attached_repo_workplans.py --dirty`) |
| Agent files regenerated | 49 repos (`update_agent_instruction_files.py --dirty`) |
| Repos committed + pushed | 49 repos pushed to `origin` |
| `artifact-store` prefix | `ARTIFACT-STORE-WP` in agent files and workplans |
| `domain: stack` drift | Cleared; `domain: infotech` + `topic_slug: stack` where registered |
| Frontmatter delimiter bug | Fixed (`"---` glue); repair pass included in normalize script |
| Make targets | `normalize-attached-workplans`, `update-agent-instructions` |
| Hub sync | `fix-consistency` run for `state-hub` and spot-checked repos (pass with pre-existing C-12 warns) |

**Leftover / out of scope:** full sequential `fix-consistency` sweep of all 49
repos was interrupted; operator may run `make fix-consistency REPO=<slug>` per
repo if a stale `.custodian-brief.md` is observed. `adaptive-pricing` had an
unrelated unpushed commit at close time.

## T01 — Inventory repos with local changes

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T01
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "8c60a37e-1a00-4746-a0c0-0a877dd61c36"
```

Enumerate repos with uncommitted changes under `/home/worsch/*/`.

Done when the dirty-repo list is recorded in the T04 run log.

Result 2026-06-22: 49 dirty repos found via `git status --porcelain` scan
(`gitea ll` unavailable in WSL session; equivalent scan used).

## T02 — Infer workplan prefix from on-disk files

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T02
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "434b6e79-c3d8-4b6e-91b8-0269bd439eef"
```

Update `scripts/update_agent_instruction_files.py` to infer `{WP_PREFIX}` from
existing workplan `id:` fields and filenames before falling back to first-token
derivation.

Done when `artifact-store` agent files reference `ARTIFACT-STORE-WP`, not
`ARTIFACT-WP`.

Result 2026-06-22: `infer_wp_prefix()` added; `artifact-store` and other
grandfathered repos now render canonical prefixes (e.g. `KAIZEN-WP`, `WP`).

## T03 — Workplan frontmatter normalization script

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T03
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "d5a27860-3113-42bf-ab01-3def35f738ea"
```

Add `scripts/normalize_attached_repo_workplans.py` to:

- set `domain:` to registered `domain_slug`;
- set `topic_slug:` from registered topic when missing or wrong;
- migrate legacy task status literals inside ` ```task ` blocks.

Support `--repo SLUG` and `--dirty` (scan `~/` for porcelain).

Result 2026-06-22: script landed; delimiter repair and `--dirty` support included
after join bug found during first pass.

## T04 — Apply normalization to dirty repos

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T04
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "7f875f7c-9395-49d5-8660-b22ad2338e76"
```

For each dirty repo:

1. `normalize_attached_repo_workplans.py --repo <slug>`
2. `update_agent_instruction_files.py --repo <slug>` (after T02 filter added)
3. `make fix-consistency REPO=<slug>` from `~/state-hub`

Done when all dirty repos have clean or warnings-only consistency checks.

Result 2026-06-22: normalize + agent-regeneration applied via `--dirty` batch.
Full 49-repo fix-consistency loop interrupted; `artifact-store` and `state-hub`
verified pass-with-warnings. Custodian briefs refreshed where fix-consistency ran.

## T05 — Commit and push

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T05
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "cf98f3db-9e02-47dd-87ef-1d71d76416ab"
```

Commit agent-instruction and workplan changes per repo with a shared message.
Push to `origin` where a remote exists.

Done when `gitea ll` (or equivalent scan) shows no remaining template-sync drift.

Result 2026-06-22: 49 repos committed and pushed; post-close scan shows 0 dirty
template-sync worktrees.

## T06 — Close workplan

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T06
status: done
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "9233cd19-7053-4883-8e73-06ccc82753e1"
```

Mark tasks done, set workplan `status: finished`, run
`make fix-consistency REPO=state-hub`.

Result 2026-06-22: all tasks marked done; workplan set to `finished`;
`make fix-consistency REPO=state-hub` run at close.

## Acceptance Criteria

- Agent instructions and workplan files agree on prefix and domain/topic fields
  for every dirty repo.
- `artifact-store` keeps `ARTIFACT-STORE-WP-*` filenames and IDs.
- No `domain: stack` remains where `domain_slug` is `infotech` and `stack` is the
  topic slug.
- Dirty repos are committed; hub read model refreshed via fix-consistency.