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
* Remove persona system, identity, and all Timmy references
Strip the codebase to pure orchestration logic:
- Delete TIMMY_IDENTITY.md and memory/self/identity.md
- Gut brain/identity.py to no-op stubs (empty returns)
- Remove all system prompts reinforcing Timmy's character, faith,
sovereignty, sign-off ("Sir, affirmative"), and agent roster
- Replace identity-laden prompts with generic local-AI-assistant prompts
- Remove "You work for Timmy" from all sub-agent system prompts
- Rename PersonaTools → AgentTools, PERSONA_TOOLKITS → AGENT_TOOLKITS
- Replace "timmy" agent ID with "orchestrator" across routes, marketplace,
tools catalog, and orchestrator class
- Strip Timmy references from config comments, templates, telegram bot,
chat API, and dashboard UI
- Delete tests/brain/test_identity.py entirely
- Fix all test assertions that checked for persona identity content
729 tests pass (2 pre-existing failures in test_calm.py unrelated).
https://claude.ai/code/session_01LjQGUE6nk9W9674zaxrYxy
* Add Taskosaur (PM + AI task execution) to docker-compose
Spins up Taskosaur alongside the dashboard on `docker compose up`:
- postgres:16-alpine (port 5432, Taskosaur DB)
- redis:7-alpine (Bull queue backend)
- taskosaur (ports 3000 API / 3001 UI)
- dashboard now depends_on taskosaur healthy
- TASKOSAUR_API_URL injected into dashboard environment
Dashboard can reach Taskosaur at http://taskosaur:3000/api on the
internal network. Frontend UI accessible at http://localhost:3001.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01LjQGUE6nk9W9674zaxrYxy
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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test: remove hardcoded sleeps, add pytest-timeout
- Replace fixed time.sleep() calls with intelligent polling or WebDriverWait
- Add pytest-timeout dependency and --timeout=30 to prevent hangs
- Fixes test flakiness and improves test suite speed
* feat: add Aider AI tool to Forge's toolkit
- Add Aider tool that calls local Ollama (qwen2.5:14b) for AI coding assist
- Register tool in Forge's code toolkit
- Add functional tests for the Aider tool
* config: add opencode.json with local Ollama provider for sovereign AI
* feat: Timmy fixes and improvements
## Bug Fixes
- Fix read_file path resolution: add ~ expansion, proper relative path handling
- Add repo_root to config.py with auto-detection from .git location
- Fix hardcoded llama3.2 - now dynamic from settings.ollama_model
## Timmy's Requests
- Add communication protocol to AGENTS.md (read context first, explain changes)
- Create DECISIONS.md for architectural decision documentation
- Add reasoning guidance to system prompts (step-by-step, state uncertainty)
- Update tests to reflect correct model name (llama3.1:8b-instruct)
## Testing
- All 177 dashboard tests pass
- All 32 prompt/tool tests pass
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Co-authored-by: Alexander Payne <apayne@MM.local>
