Timmy can now delegate coding tasks to Kimi CLI (262K context).
Includes timeout handling, workdir validation, output truncation.
Sovereign division of labor — Timmy plans, Kimi codes.
Timmy can now run his own test suite via the run_self_tests() tool.
Supports 'fast' (unit only), 'full', or specific path scopes.
Returns structured results with pass/fail counts.
Sovereign self-verification — a fundamental capability.
- Replace substring matching with word-boundary regex in route_request()
- "fix the bug" now correctly routes to coder
- Multi-word patterns match if all words appear (any order)
- Add "timmy route" CLI command for debugging routing
- Add route_request_with_match() for pattern visibility
- Expand routing keywords in agents.yaml
- 22 new routing tests, all passing
Closes#71: Timmy was responding with elaborate markdown formatting
(tables, headers, emoji, bullet lists) for simple questions.
Root causes fixed:
1. Agno Agent markdown=True flag explicitly told the model to format
responses as markdown. Set to False in both agent.py and agents/base.py.
2. SYSTEM_PROMPT_FULL used ## and ### markdown headers, bold (**), and
numbered lists — teaching by example that markdown is expected.
Rewritten to plain text with labeled sections.
3. Brevity instructions were buried at the bottom of the full prompt.
Moved to immediately after the opening line as 'VOICE AND BREVITY'
with explicit override priority.
4. Orchestrator prompt in agents.yaml was silent on response style.
Added 'Voice: brief, plain, direct' with concrete examples.
The full prompt is now 41 lines shorter (124 → 83). The prompt itself
practices the brevity it preaches.
SOUL.md alignment:
- 'Brevity is a kindness' — now front-loaded in both base and agent prompt
- 'I do not fill silence with noise' — explicit in both tiers
- 'I speak plainly. I prefer short sentences.' — structural enforcement
4 new tests guard against regression:
- test_full_prompt_brevity_first: brevity section before tools/memory
- test_full_prompt_no_markdown_headers: no ## or ### in prompt text
- test_full_prompt_plain_text_brevity: 'plain text' instruction present
- test_lite_prompt_brevity: lite tier also instructs brevity
Old hardcoded IDs (seer, forge, echo, helm, quill) replaced with
YAML-defined IDs (orchestrator, researcher, coder, writer, memory,
experimenter). Added test that old names are explicitly rejected.
