2026-04-04 — Backlog blitz, blog posts, engagement catalog, T3 harness, dev-loop grinding

What shipped today

Three blog posts drafted and edited. Post 2 (“I ran my AI agency’s first real engagement”) went through Paul’s detailed section-by-section editorial and is near-final. Post 1 (“The agency in 2026: AI for execution. Humans for judgment”) — the objection cascade architecture piece — went through a full editorial pass. Post 3 (“How to design your AI agent org chart”) — the sequel to Paul’s highest-engagement post — was brainstormed, written, and edited through one round. Three posts, three different angles, all at draft:true on polymathic-h.

The backlog was triaged aggressively. Started the day with 22 open issues, many stale from the pre-skills-pivot era. Closed 5 superseded architecture issues (#8-10, #15-16). Closed 7 completed issues (#37, #42, #56, #57, #58, #59, #61). Promoted 7 to ready-for-prep. Dev-loop then ground through the ready-for-prep queue: client notifications (#60), loop batching (#62), agency-ask hardening (#64), PRODUCT.md staleness (#70), dead deliverables (#73), webhook auth deployment (#76), outbound email utility (#77), map.html generator (#55), T3 guide template (#81), credential management (#78), CLI integration (#79). Ended the day at 5 open issues, all backlog.

Infrastructure improvements shipped. Webhook endpoint now has token-based authentication (#71, #76 — token deployed to Railway, Brevo URL updated). Error handling added to the webhook handler (#72 — Notion outages no longer crash it). Outbound email utility added (#77 — send_email.py sends as any persona via Brevo). Map.html auto-generates from the filesystem (#55). Dead deliverable types removed (#73 — product-test-run and questionnaire-onboarding). Legacy Eclectis client files deleted (#74 — 30 files, 4,277 lines).

The engagement and deliverable catalogs were created. ENGAGEMENTS.md lists 3 built + 14 prospective engagement types. DELIVERABLES.md lists 14 built + ~25 prospective deliverable types across strategy, copy, sales enablement, brand, operations, and T3 execution. The T3 guide template was defined with 4 new frontmatter fields (execution_method, required_credentials, rollback, verification).

Two work streams clarified. CLAUDE.md and DECISIONS.md now explicitly separate GitHub (dev-loop, methodology/infrastructure) from Notion (agency-loop, client work). New agency-ops label created and then retired — agency ops don’t belong in GitHub at all.

Completed

• #8 Architecture: Charlie as 2IC (superseded, closed)
• #9 Eli’s pattern (superseded, closed)
• #10 API cost model (superseded, closed)
• #15 One session, N workers (completed — this is how it works)
• #16 Prompt caching (superseded, closed)
• #37 Subtasks per deliverable (not needed, closed)
• #42 Engine plumbing blockers (mostly resolved, focused #77 filed)
• #55 Auto-generate map.html (shipped)
• #56 Notion tables (accepted as limitation, closed)
• #57 Voice sample requirement in guide (shipped)
• #58 Internal doc review tests (shipped)
• #59 Questions in comments (already done, closed)
• #60 Trina notifications on Done/Complete (shipped)
• #61 Engagement summary (covered by #60, closed)
• #62 Loop batching (shipped)
• #64 Agency-ask hardening (shipped)
• #68 T3 harness umbrella (decomposed into #78-81, closed)
• #70 PRODUCT.md staleness (shipped)
• #71 Webhook auth (shipped)
• #72 Webhook error handling (shipped)
• #73 Dead deliverable types (shipped)
• #74 Legacy Eclectis files (shipped)
• #75 Engagement/deliverable catalogs (shipped)
• #76 Webhook token deployment (shipped)
• #77 Outbound email utility (shipped)
• #78 Credential management (resolved by #81, closed)
• #79 CLI integration (resolved by #81, closed)
• #81 T3 guide template (shipped)

Carry-over

• Blog posts at draft:true — three posts on polymathic-h need final reads and publication decisions. Post 2 (first engagement) is closest to ready. Post 3 (org chart design) needs Paul’s editorial pass.
• Authexis product launch engagement — the 9-deliverable test. Ready to run via /agency-engage Authexis "Product launch".
• #80 T3 Playwright pattern — backlogged until a real engagement needs browser automation.

Risks

• Railway deployment — server.py has been updated (error handling, webhook auth) but Railway may not have auto-redeployed. The webhook token is set on Railway but the code with the token check may not be live yet.
• ATOMS.md is stale — still references deleted product-test-run and old questionnaire name. Not critical but should be cleaned up.

Flags and watch-outs

• The dev-loop cron (job b4632451, every 5 minutes) needs to be killed at session close.
• Three blog posts reference the Authexis engagement — if the product launch engagement reveals issues with the first engagement’s documentation, the posts may need updating.
• DECISIONS.md entry for skills-only dispatch still references /agency-triage (retired skill name). Minor doc debt.

Next session

1. Final editorial on blog posts — Post 3 (org chart design) needs Paul’s section-by-section pass. Post 2 may be ready to publish. Publication order: Post 3 → Post 2 → Post 1 (sequel → blow-by-blow → manifesto).
2. Run Authexis product launch engagement — /agency-engage Authexis "Product launch". The 9-deliverable, multi-persona, dependency-resolution stress test.
3. Verify Railway deployment — confirm webhook auth and error handling are live on engine.synaxis.ai.
4. Clean up ATOMS.md — remove stale references, align with DELIVERABLES.md catalog.