my-coder v0.1: durability, transcripts, entry point (learned from run #1)

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First iteration of the continuous self-improvement loop: my-coder gets better every time it's used. Driven by its first real run (my-raytracer#10, Vec3+Ray) plus a high-effort /code-review.

What run #1 taught us

• The first attempt failed with --max-turns 30 — the session hit the cap and exited is_error, indistinguishable from a real failure. With headroom it completed in ~26 turns.
• On a turn-capped/errored session, v0 threw away committed work. That's wasteful and un-resumable.
• A failure left no forensic trail (no persisted transcript / final message).
• There was no mycoder console script (only python -m mycoder).

Changes

1. Durability. A session that committed real work but ended in error/timeout now has its commits pushed and reports needs_review (branch pushed, no PR) instead of failure — mirroring fleet_dispatch's resume ethos. Only a clean session opens the draft PR. New outcome matrix: no_changes (clean, no commit) · failure (errored, no commit) · needs_review (committed but session errored / push failed) · success (clean + draft PR).
2. Diagnosability. Persist the redacted transcript per run; record final_message + transcript path on every terminal outcome.
3. Turn default 40 → 60 (a small issue needs ~30; --max-budget-usd is the real backstop).
4. mycoder console-script entry point.

Code-review fixes (high effort, 2 findings, both fixed)

• Transcripts co-locate with the ledger (.mythings/mycoder-transcripts), not the invoking CWD (often the target checkout).
• Reconciled the documented head-branch name with the code (mycoder/<repo>-<issue>).

Tests

24 tests, 97% coverage, green under GITHUB_ACTIONS=true. New coverage: durable-commit→needs_review, transcript persistence + ledger recording, the higher turn default, and the co-located transcripts dir.

Readiness

• tests green locally (pytest, ruff, ruff format)
• scope matches the issue
• behavior verified against the real run Scaffold my-coder: formalize the fleet's worker role #1 failure mode

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