[MUDA] 無駄 — Waste elimination. Detect and kill dead work across the fleet. #350

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Timmy · 2026-04-07T14:30:12Z

Timmy commented

2026-04-07 14:30:12 +00:00

Part of Epic: #345

Principle

Muda means waste. Toyota identified 7 wastes: overproduction, waiting, transport, overprocessing, inventory, motion, defects. Every waste is a resource that could have been value.

Our Seven Wastes (mapped to AI fleet)

Toyota Waste	Our Waste	Example
Overproduction	Filing issues nobody reads	Groq created issues while closing others, timmy-home grew
Waiting	Rate-limited loops retrying endlessly	Gemini hitting rate limit every 10 seconds, zero output
Transport	Moving work between repos	Issues on hermes-agent that belong on timmy-config
Overprocessing	Doing more than the issue asks	Agent writes 500-line PR for a 5-line fix
Inventory	Open issues that will never be worked	276 open issues in timmy-home, many stale
Motion	Agents cloning/rebasing same repo repeatedly	Grok rebasing the-nexus 50 times for one issue
Defects	PRs that can't merge, empty commits	4 PRs with conflicts, zero review

Implementation: muda-audit.sh

Weekly waste audit:

Overproduction: Count issues CREATED by agents vs issues CLOSED. Ratio > 1.0 = waste.
Waiting: Count rate-limit entries per agent. If > 50% of attempts are rate-limited, agent is wasting cycles.
Transport: Count issues closed-and-redirected (like our hermes-agent cleanup). Should be 0.
Overprocessing: Check PR diff sizes. Average lines changed per issue. Flag outliers (>500 lines for non-epic).
Inventory: Count issues open > 30 days with no activity. These are dead inventory.
Motion: Count git clone/rebase operations per issue from logs. Flag issues requiring > 3 clones.
Defects: Count PRs closed without merge vs PRs merged. High close rate = defect production.

Post waste report to Telegram. Suggest eliminations.

Acceptance Criteria

muda-audit.sh measures all 7 wastes
Runs weekly (Sunday night)
Posts waste report to Telegram with specific numbers
Suggests concrete eliminations for top 3 wastes
Over time: waste metrics decrease week over week

Part of Epic: #345 ## Principle Muda means waste. Toyota identified 7 wastes: overproduction, waiting, transport, overprocessing, inventory, motion, defects. Every waste is a resource that could have been value. ## Our Seven Wastes (mapped to AI fleet) | Toyota Waste | Our Waste | Example | |-------------|-----------|---------| | Overproduction | Filing issues nobody reads | Groq created issues while closing others, timmy-home grew | | Waiting | Rate-limited loops retrying endlessly | Gemini hitting rate limit every 10 seconds, zero output | | Transport | Moving work between repos | Issues on hermes-agent that belong on timmy-config | | Overprocessing | Doing more than the issue asks | Agent writes 500-line PR for a 5-line fix | | Inventory | Open issues that will never be worked | 276 open issues in timmy-home, many stale | | Motion | Agents cloning/rebasing same repo repeatedly | Grok rebasing the-nexus 50 times for one issue | | Defects | PRs that can't merge, empty commits | 4 PRs with conflicts, zero review | ## Implementation: muda-audit.sh Weekly waste audit: 1. **Overproduction**: Count issues CREATED by agents vs issues CLOSED. Ratio > 1.0 = waste. 2. **Waiting**: Count rate-limit entries per agent. If > 50% of attempts are rate-limited, agent is wasting cycles. 3. **Transport**: Count issues closed-and-redirected (like our hermes-agent cleanup). Should be 0. 4. **Overprocessing**: Check PR diff sizes. Average lines changed per issue. Flag outliers (>500 lines for non-epic). 5. **Inventory**: Count issues open > 30 days with no activity. These are dead inventory. 6. **Motion**: Count git clone/rebase operations per issue from logs. Flag issues requiring > 3 clones. 7. **Defects**: Count PRs closed without merge vs PRs merged. High close rate = defect production. Post waste report to Telegram. Suggest eliminations. ## Acceptance Criteria - [ ] muda-audit.sh measures all 7 wastes - [ ] Runs weekly (Sunday night) - [ ] Posts waste report to Telegram with specific numbers - [ ] Suggests concrete eliminations for top 3 wastes - [ ] Over time: waste metrics decrease week over week

Timmy self-assigned this 2026-04-07 14:30:12 +00:00

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2026-04-07 15:05:31 +00:00

[MUDA] Issue #350 — weekly fleet waste audit

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[MUDA] Issue #350 — Weekly fleet waste audit #351

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feat: Muda Audit — fleet waste elimination (#350)

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