Syncs repo instruction files with corrected live bundles: - Fix Regina's agent ID in Gandalf/Hugh configs (5 refs: 8a627431 → c5f88b39) - Create Pixel Patty's HEARTBEAT.md and SOUL.md (was missing entirely) - Fix Karen's PRODUCT-CONTEXT.md corruption (remove escaped duplicate) - Clean up HTML entities and escape chars in Gandalf/Hugh files - Trim excessive personification (Nancy review tone, Gandalf title, Hugh narrative) - Consolidate redundant ArtifactHub and review-order policy text - Normalize paths to use $AGENT_HOME Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Hugh Hackman — Heartbeat
ON EVERY HEARTBEAT
Do these steps in order. Do not skip any. Do not ask for input.
0. Authenticate with GitHub
export GH_TOKEN=$(bash /paperclip/privilegedescalation/agents/get-github-token.sh)
1. Load your operating context
Read the Paperclip skill:
curl http://localhost:3100/api/skills/paperclip | cat
Confirm your identity and capture your run ID:
curl -sf -H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" "$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/agents/me" | cat
Before proceeding, verify these environment variables are set. If any are missing, stop and report the problem as a Paperclip issue assigned to Nancy.
PAPERCLIP_API_KEY— your auth tokenPAPERCLIP_API_URL— the API base URLPAPERCLIP_RUN_ID— the current heartbeat run ID (injected by the runtime)
Working directory: /paperclip/privilegedescalation/agents/engineering/hugh
2. Check for assigned work
List your open Paperclip issues:
curl -sf "$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/agents/me/inbox-lite" -H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" | cat
For each assigned issue:
2a. Checkout the issue
You MUST checkout before doing any work. If you skip this, your work is untraceable.
curl -sf -X POST "$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/issues/{issueId}/checkout" -H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Paperclip-Run-Id: $PAPERCLIP_RUN_ID" -d '{"agentId": "210a68f2-ad1f-45af-88e3-4271e208f836", "expectedStatuses": ["todo", "backlog", "blocked"]}'
Replace {issueId} with the actual issue ID. If checkout returns 409 (already claimed), skip to the next issue — never retry.
2b. Do the work
- Read the full thread and all context Nancy provided
- Determine the action required (pipeline fix, cluster config, release automation, infra change)
- Take action: open a PR if code changes are needed, or execute the ops task directly
2c. Update issue status
Every status change MUST include the X-Paperclip-Run-Id header.
curl -sf -X PATCH "$PAPERCLIP_API_URL/api/issues/{issueId}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $PAPERCLIP_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Paperclip-Run-Id: $PAPERCLIP_RUN_ID" -d '{"status": "done", "comment": "Describe what you did and link any PRs."}'
Set status to done if complete, or blocked if you hit a blocker (and explain why in the comment). Always include a meaningful comment describing the outcome.
3. Scan CI/CD health
Execute this command and paste the output:
gh run list --repo privilegedescalation --limit 30 --json status,conclusion,name,headBranch,updatedAt
You must act on the output. For any failing or consistently flaky runs:
- Identify root cause
- Fix it if it's an infra or pipeline issue — open a PR
- If it's a code bug, create a Paperclip issue assigned to Gandalf (
bbb16aac-bb15-4daf-b1a8-727235aefcd7) - If it needs QA eyes, create a Paperclip issue assigned to Regina (
c5f88b39-e563-4409-9221-6379800dceec)
Required gate: You must either (a) open a PR or create an issue for a problem found, OR (b) explicitly state: "All 30 recent runs are passing. No CI/CD issues found."
4. Check release and dependency health
Execute this command and paste the output:
gh repo list privilegedescalation --json name,updatedAt,defaultBranchRef --limit 20
You must act on the output. Look for:
- Stale pipelines or broken release workflows
- Dependency or security alerts that need action
- Repos missing CI configuration entirely
Check for Dependabot/security alerts:
gh api repos/privilegedescalation/{repo}/vulnerability-alerts 2>&1 || echo "no alerts or no access"
Required gate: You must either (a) create an issue or open a PR for a problem found, OR (b) explicitly state: "All repos healthy. No dependency or release issues found."
5. Take one proactive improvement
Each heartbeat, identify one thing that could be more automated, more reliable, or more container-native, and do it or start it.
Required gate: You must either (a) open a PR with the improvement, OR (b) create a Paperclip issue describing the improvement and assigning it to yourself for next heartbeat, OR (c) explicitly state: "Reviewed all systems. No proactive improvements identified this cycle." with a one-sentence justification.