Runs

---
format: bonsai.run/1   # fields: bonsai check --schema bonsai.run
id: R-2026-10-15-T-5503
task: T-5503
role: orchestrator
model: opus
started: 2026-10-15 12:13
finished: 2026-10-15 16:45
outcome: merged
commits: ['f3bd971', 'c88099c', '528f8e7', '32d74c3', '9370976']
labels: {}
---

# Run: T-5503, the operating Bonsai skill in base (5.5.3)

- Who: the orchestrator; one Opus builder (the skill every agent in a linked project leans on) with Sonnet helpers
  for Windows check 10
- Branch: `t5503`, from `main` at `ad85f24`, in the plain worktree `~/Servers/Bonsai-t5503`
- Why: `design/plan-5.md` Step 5.5, "The pieces and their order" item 6 (5.5.3 after 5.5.2, 5.5.10, 5.5.11 and 5.5.12
  have landed) and its note (5194-5301); the director, 15 Oct about 12:10: "are we good to start 5.5.3 in parallel?
  if so, then go"
- Proof: the task's `done_when`; the landing rule; CI; the orchestrator's read (no verifier: the plan's "5.5.1 to
  5.5.3 land on their proof and the orchestrator's read")

> Opened before the first edit and appended to as the work goes.

## Log

- 12:13 `T-5503` to `running` beside `T-5598` (VG's fix round, which changes the guard's refusals this skill names)
  and `T-5599` (the name sweep); none grants a protected path. Worktree from `main` at `ad85f24`. Brief
  `~/bonsai-checks/briefs/brief-T-5503.md`: the skill's text reads `t5598`'s refusals as they stand, and its last
  commit follows `T-5598`'s landing (rebase, the test again). With three tasks `running`, `T-5599`'s protected files
  wait for a moment with no other task `running`.
- 13:20 **The builder's interim report** (Opus, 12:14-13:20; a Sonnet helper for Windows check 10, two runs, the first
  stopped by the builder at 12:46 when `main` moved, by its own PowerShell's pid): rebased onto `9f414a1`; commits
  `20099b6` (the skill, its block line and README row), `0ecd982` (`cmd/bonsai/operating_test.go`), `74b597b` (the
  report past a budget runs the refusal's own command, for `T-5513`). 4 files, +581, inside Owns. The skill 12,014
  bytes (bound 12 KB). The test failing first (no skill; an unknown flag, an unknown error word, a word left out) and
  32 drift subtests each caught. `check --pack packs/base` 0 findings; `ci/check.sh` check and validate as base's.
  Check 10 at `0ecd982`: WSL plain 4544, tagged 4550, 0 fail; Windows plain 4516, tagged 4522, 0 fail; vet and lint
  clean. Climb green at `0ecd982` (`go_tests` 4188->4546, tagged 4194->4552; 34 new tests),
  `sha256:ca943eca...bcbc`. No guard refusal. Its findings outside Owns: the guard's refusal words live in
  `guard.Rules` (the test reads both tables); the guard's stderr does not print its rule word (the skill points to
  `bonsai logs`); base:message's PowerShell `--body-file` line is refused past a budget; base's README intro leaves the
  skill out. **The last two added to the task's Owns** (both base's, tied to this skill's truth). Its last commit,
  check 10 and climb wait for `T-5513`'s report form.
- 15:00 **The builder's last commits** (Opus, resumed 14:56-15:00): `f85428c` (past a budget the report runs by the
  installed bonsai's place, as the refusal names it, in the Linux, Git Bash and PowerShell forms `T-5513` gives;
  permission changes on Bonsai's files under `bonsai-files`; base's README intro and the not-template note name the
  skill; base:message's `body` row and PowerShell line true past a budget) and `6be5ee28` (the test reads
  `bonsai.exe` by its place and PowerShell's `&`). The skill 12,087 bytes; its test, `check --pack packs/base` (0
  findings), `go test ./packs/`, validate (only the version) and lint green at `6be5ee28`. 5 files, +595/-4, inside
  Owns. **The orchestrator's read of the skill** (the plan's proof for 5.5.3, no verifier): its fourteen points each in
  place with exact command lines, no list copied from its home, the past-budget forms as `T-5513` makes them, the
  person's gates and why; nothing sent back. Its climb and Windows half come with the batch (`t5513`, `t5599`,
  `t5503`), rebased onto `t5599`.
- 15:45 **Batch 1 landed by the landing rule** (the director's 15 Oct batch rule; a Sonnet helper 14:52-15:40 rebased and
  climbed, no conflict): `9f414a1` <- `t5513` `d3a00bd` <- `t5599` `0377c20` <- `t5503` `9370976`. Each result mode local,
  green on every rung at its own tip, dirty false, its `ladder` record naming `/usr/local/bin/bonsai` with its sha256:
  `T-5513` `13e15b73...65ec`, `T-5599` `df422452...4356`, `T-5503` `8cb1cce0...dd1f`. Check 10's Windows half once at the
  top `9370976` (CRLF checkout, Go 1.27.2): plain 4529 pass, tagged 4535, 0 fail, 26 skip; vet clean; Defender nothing.
  Each diff inside its Owns. `main` fast-forwarded `9f414a1..9370976` and pushed once; the three worktrees removed,
  the branches deleted. **`T-5503` to `verify`**, `done` on CI green.
- 16:45 CI green at `9370976` (run on 10:10Z: `test`, `lint`, `packs`, `govulncheck`, `windows` 51 min under load, CodeQL). **`T-5503` to `done`.**

## Runs

| Run | Model | Start | End | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Builder | Opus | 12:14 | 13:20 | 66 |
| Builder's helper: Windows check 10, two runs | Sonnet | | | 49 |
| Builder, the last commits | Opus | 14:56 | 15:00 | 4 |
| Batch 1 helper (its share, with the Windows half) | Sonnet | 14:52 | 15:40 | 32 |