v0.1.1 -- Workflow improvements: HITL escalation, circuit breakers, output compaction

v0.1.1 adds safety rails and cost controls to the agentic pipeline.

Human-in-the-Loop escalation

The builder can now flag blockers that no amount of AI iteration will resolve -- license decisions, policy conflicts, out-of-scope changes. It writes an exception-report.md with options (not a decision), the orchestrator opens a P0 GitHub issue, and execution pauses until a human resumes.

Circuit breakers

Two uncontrolled loops are now bounded. The orchestrator limits rearchitect cycles to two attempts before escalating to HITL. The builder self-escalates after three failed fix attempts on the same error rather than iterating indefinitely.

Terminal output compaction

scripts/compact-output.js strips npm deprecation noise, truncates stack traces beyond 5 frames, and compresses repeated error lines before they enter the agent's context window. New build:ci and test:ci npm scripts wrap this automatically.

Cost reduction

The orchestrator drops from Opus to Sonnet -- its routing decisions are deterministic table lookups that don't benefit from heavy reasoning.

npm lockdown

This repo is not and will not be published to npm. "private": true is set, the release workflow is disabled, and a .npmignore exists as a safety net.

v0.1.0 -- TypeScript autonomous agent workflow template

A TypeScript Node.js project template for a 9-agent autonomous development workflow, built for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.

What's included

Agent workflow

• 9-agent pipeline: researcher, architect, planner, designer, builder,
  tester, quality, validator, orchestrator
• Structured JSON handoffs with schema validation (docs/log/_templates/)
• GitHub issue lifecycle managed by the planner agent
• Binary PASS/FAIL validator with max 3 retry loops before escalation

Toolchain

• TypeScript 6 strict, ESLint 10, Prettier 3, Vitest 4, Node 25
• tsx for dev (handles ESM + TypeScript enums correctly on all platforms)
• Automatic port fallback: if the configured port is in use, the server
  picks the next available port rather than crashing

VS Code integration

• F5 / Ctrl+F5 launch configs (build then run, with or without debugger)
• Test Explorer via the Vitest extension
• ESLint and Prettier extension recommendations

CI/CD

• GitHub Actions: lint, typecheck, format check, test, build on every PR
• npm publish with provenance on GitHub Release
• Dependabot: weekly npm and Actions updates

Knowledge base

• docs/kb/requirements.md -- human-owned constraints (the only file agents
  never overwrite)
• docs/kb/knowledge.yaml -- living architecture facts, updated by agents
• docs/log/phase-0.0/ -- complete reference example of a finished phase

Getting started

See the README for setup steps and two worked orchestrator prompt examples (typography showcase and a Zod + OCSF logging endpoint).