---
id: STATE-WP-0067
type: workplan
title: "Attached Repo Agent Instruction And Workplan Frontmatter Normalization"
domain: infotech
repo: state-hub
status: active
owner: codex
topic_slug: custodian
created: "2026-06-22"
updated: "2026-06-22"
---

# 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` derives `{WP_PREFIX}` from the
  first hyphen segment of the repo slug. That is 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 `workplans/*-WP-NNNN-*.md` 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`, …) are canonical for their repo — not migrated to first-token |

## T01 — Inventory repos with local changes

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T01
status: progress
priority: high
```

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

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

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

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T02
status: progress
priority: high
```

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

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

## T03 — Workplan frontmatter normalization script

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T03
status: progress
priority: high
```

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).

## T04 — Apply normalization to dirty repos

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T04
status: todo
priority: high
```

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.

## T05 — Commit and push

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T05
status: todo
priority: high
```

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.

## T06 — Close workplan

```task
id: STATE-WP-0067-T06
status: todo
priority: medium
```

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

## 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.