Program plan: workstation-v0 to world-class mac-like agentic GNOME in 100 turns

[mdheller]

This issue is the execution backbone for turning workstation-v0 into a world-class, agentic, mac-like GNOME realization over the next ~100 turns.

Current status (already landed on main)

• Open-source launcher palette (sourceos palette)
• Reversible shell/fish fix helpers (fix shell, fix fish, fix all)
• JSON contracts for fix surfaces
• Report artifact flows for fix surfaces (--json, --write, --open)
• doctor.sh --json
• Primary Fedora/GNOME input lane: input-remapper
• Fusuma gesture install/apply lane

Three-org execution map

1. SociOS-Linux/source-os
   • local realization spine
   • installer/apply/doctor/fix/report/runtime behavior
2. SourceOS-Linux/sourceos-spec
   • normative acceptance criteria
   • spec truth for workstation semantics, trust boundaries, proofs
3. SocioProphet repos
   • agentplane: policy/control/evidence ingestion and operator automation
   • sociosphere: workspace/operator UI surfaces for reports and actions
   • prophet-cli: remote/operator-facing control surface wrapping workstation flows
   • contractforge: typed contracts for doctor/fix/report artifacts
   • standards repos (socioprophet-agent-standards, socioprophet-standards-*, prophet-platform-standards): schemas, ontology, policy, evidence semantics

Execution phases

Phase 1 — Local operator substrate (mostly done)

• palette launcher
• reversible fix helpers
• JSON contracts
• report artifact flows for fix surfaces
• doctor.sh --json

Phase 2 — Desktop input + gesture realization

• input-remapper primary lane (Fedora/GNOME)
• Fusuma install/apply lane
• input-remapper default mapping profiles
• xremap compatibility activation path
• Kinto compatibility lane (explicit, not default)
• richer gesture defaults and conflict handling with GNOME defaults

Phase 3 — Mac-like GNOME defaults pack

• dock behavior pack (size, hide, magnification policy, click action policy)
• search ergonomics / Spotlight-like defaults
• file-manager defaults
• terminal/editor/browser hotkey alignment
• theme/icon/font lane
• window/workspace/app-switching behavior pack

Phase 4 — Agentic control-plane integration

• sourceos doctor --json|--write|--open top-level artifact symmetry
• sourceos doctor contract consumed by automation
• agentplane ingestion of doctor/fix artifacts
• sociosphere workstation health/action surfaces
• prophet-cli wrappers for remote audit/fix flows
• contractforge typed schemas for doctor/fix/report artifacts

Phase 5 — Packaging, policy, and hardening

• rpm-ostree + dnf parity hardening
• Nix lane parity for workstation-v0 realization
• CI smoke expansion for write/open/report paths
• policy assertions on trust boundaries / non-open fallback prevention
• acceptance checklist aligned to sourceos-spec

Exit criteria

• Fresh GNOME install gets launcher, input remap, gestures, shell spine, doctor/fix/report flows
• Mac-like keyboard ergonomics are coherent on Wayland-first Fedora
• Doctor/fix/report outputs are machine-readable and consumable by higher-level agent tooling
• Operator can audit and trigger flows from local palette, CLI, and later agentplane/sociosphere surfaces

This issue should remain the canonical backlog spine for workstation-v0 program execution.