tascan_create_cycle
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Start an unattended build-review-decide cycle (protocol v0.2). Queues T1 CODE: (or SHELL:) with your build_brief on the AI Inbox and T2 REVIEW: with your review_brief, born blocked on T1. The local executor builds, stores the exact bytes of artifact_paths as a bundle (build_ref = sha256 over the manifest), the independent reviewer reviews THAT bundle, an approve verdict mints a Decision task for the human authority (one SMS), Approve mints an Integrate task for the deploy id. Revise verdicts spawn revisions (cap max_revisions, default 3); reject, human Reject, scope violations or exhausted revisions PARK the cycle (a Parked task with Resume with notes / Close). REQUIRES agent:dispatch:code. Duplicate protection: the same idempotency_key, or the same briefs + paths, within 24 h returns the existing root instead of queueing again (created=false). Optional reviews[] attaches a multi-lens review panel (design item 14a) in place of the single OpenAI review — one review task mints per lens and every blocking lens must approve before the Decision task mints. Track with tascan_get_cycle_report (root_id). Nothing spawns a cycle on its own.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| project_id | string | yes | Working project (UUID). Its Decisions and Agent Questions lists are created on the first cycle (coord_ensure_lists). Requires the org human authority to be configured (coord_set_authority) — otherwise 403. |
| title | string | yes | Short human title (1-200 chars). T1 becomes "CODE: <title>", T2 "REVIEW: <title>". |
| build_brief | string | yes | The executor prompt (1-40000 chars). Executed verbatim by the local Claude Code runner as a CODE:/SHELL: task — write it as a complete instruction, name the files, forbid nothing the runner already forbids (deploy/commit/push are refused by its context). |
| review_brief | string | yes | The reviewer prompt (1-40000 chars). The reviewer reads the stored bundle (tascan_get_build / tascan_get_build_file), the task text and the filtered trail; it returns approve, revise, reject or needs_input as strict JSON bound to the build_ref. Still required even when `reviews[]` is given (kept as T2's legacy description text). |
| artifact_paths | array | yes | Repo-relative paths the build binds (1-64). Exactly these files are stored as the bundle and hashed into build_ref; files the executor touches OUTSIDE them fail the scope check and park the cycle. No .., not absolute, no drive letter, no backslash. |
| task_type | string | no | T1 prefix (default CODE). |
| max_revisions | integer | no | Revision cap (default 3): at most max_revisions + 1 builds and reviews. |
| max_questions | integer | no | Questions a runner may ask per task before the attempt fails (default 3). |
| repo | string | no | Which codebase on the executor the build runs in — an alias from the executor's allowlist (tascan-agent/repos.json), e.g. "tascan" (default), "merchskipper", "inkskipper", "rangerlizzy", "cardvault", "take1", "fitcheck", "safegrid", "eternity", "maniacs". artifact_paths are relative to that repo. An unknown alias is refused by the executor (repo_unknown) and the cycle parks. |
| max_cost_micro_usd | integer | no | Per-cycle spend cap summed over every attempt, in micro-USD (default 5000000 = USD 5). A claim that could overrun it is refused (budget_exhausted). |
| preview_url | string | no | Optional https preview link shown on the Decision task. |
| reviews | array | no | Optional multi-lens review panel (design item 14a) instead of today's single OpenAI review_brief lens — 1-8 entries, each: {lens: slug matching ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,39}$ unique per array (e.g. "code-correctness", "security", "ui-ux"), brief: 1-8000 chars of cycle-specific context for that lens, provider: "openai"|"anthropic"|"gemini", model?: 1-100 chars, blocking?: boolean (default true — at least one entry must be blocking or the whole array is refused), max_tool_calls?: integer (openai only)}. One REVIEW: task mints per lens, all blocked on T1; the Decision task mints only once every blocking lens has approved the same build. Omit for today's single OpenAI code review. |
| checkpoint_title | string | no | Optional title template for the Decision task (default "Decision: <title>"). |
| checkpoint_description | string | no | Optional description template for the Decision task; the build_ref, preview and findings summary are appended. |
| integrate_title | string | no | Optional title template for the Integrate task (default "Integrate: <title>"). |
| integrate_description | string | no | Optional description template for the Integrate task. |
| idempotency_key | string | no | Optional caller key (≤ 200 chars). The same key within 24 h returns the existing cycle (created=false) instead of a duplicate dispatch. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"project_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Working project (UUID). Its Decisions and Agent Questions lists are created on the first cycle (coord_ensure_lists). Requires the org human authority to be configured (coord_set_authority) — otherwise 403."
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short human title (1-200 chars). T1 becomes \"CODE: <title>\", T2 \"REVIEW: <title>\"."
},
"build_brief": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The executor prompt (1-40000 chars). Executed verbatim by the local Claude Code runner as a CODE:/SHELL: task — write it as a complete instruction, name the files, forbid nothing the runner already forbids (deploy/commit/push are refused by its context)."
},
"review_brief": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The reviewer prompt (1-40000 chars). The reviewer reads the stored bundle (tascan_get_build / tascan_get_build_file), the task text and the filtered trail; it returns approve, revise, reject or needs_input as strict JSON bound to the build_ref. Still required even when `reviews[]` is given (kept as T2's legacy description text)."
},
"artifact_paths": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Repo-relative paths the build binds (1-64). Exactly these files are stored as the bundle and hashed into build_ref; files the executor touches OUTSIDE them fail the scope check and park the cycle. No .., not absolute, no drive letter, no backslash."
},
"task_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"CODE",
"SHELL"
],
"description": "T1 prefix (default CODE)."
},
"max_revisions": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Revision cap (default 3): at most max_revisions + 1 builds and reviews."
},
"max_questions": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Questions a runner may ask per task before the attempt fails (default 3)."
},
"repo": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Which codebase on the executor the build runs in — an alias from the executor's allowlist (tascan-agent/repos.json), e.g. \"tascan\" (default), \"merchskipper\", \"inkskipper\", \"rangerlizzy\", \"cardvault\", \"take1\", \"fitcheck\", \"safegrid\", \"eternity\", \"maniacs\". artifact_paths are relative to that repo. An unknown alias is refused by the executor (repo_unknown) and the cycle parks."
},
"max_cost_micro_usd": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Per-cycle spend cap summed over every attempt, in micro-USD (default 5000000 = USD 5). A claim that could overrun it is refused (budget_exhausted)."
},
"preview_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional https preview link shown on the Decision task."
},
"reviews": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Optional multi-lens review panel (design item 14a) instead of today's single OpenAI review_brief lens — 1-8 entries, each: {lens: slug matching ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,39}$ unique per array (e.g. \"code-correctness\", \"security\", \"ui-ux\"), brief: 1-8000 chars of cycle-specific context for that lens, provider: \"openai\"|\"anthropic\"|\"gemini\", model?: 1-100 chars, blocking?: boolean (default true — at least one entry must be blocking or the whole array is refused), max_tool_calls?: integer (openai only)}. One REVIEW: task mints per lens, all blocked on T1; the Decision task mints only once every blocking lens has approved the same build. Omit for today's single OpenAI code review.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lens": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Slug, ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,39}$, unique in the array."
},
"brief": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Cycle-specific context for this lens (1-8000 chars)."
},
"provider": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"openai",
"anthropic",
"gemini"
]
},
"model": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional, 1-100 chars."
},
"blocking": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Default true. At least one entry in the array must be blocking."
},
"max_tool_calls": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Optional, provider openai only."
}
},
"required": [
"lens",
"brief",
"provider"
]
}
},
"checkpoint_title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional title template for the Decision task (default \"Decision: <title>\")."
},
"checkpoint_description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional description template for the Decision task; the build_ref, preview and findings summary are appended."
},
"integrate_title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional title template for the Integrate task (default \"Integrate: <title>\")."
},
"integrate_description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional description template for the Integrate task."
},
"idempotency_key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional caller key (≤ 200 chars). The same key within 24 h returns the existing cycle (created=false) instead of a duplicate dispatch."
}
},
"required": [
"project_id",
"title",
"build_brief",
"review_brief",
"artifact_paths"
]
}