get-pancake · 0xthc · Jun 12, 2026 · Jun 12, 2026 · Jun 12, 2026
diff --git a/squads/ai-seo-squad/agents/geo-agent/HEARTBEAT.md b/squads/ai-seo-squad/agents/geo-agent/HEARTBEAT.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ cofounder-briefed tickets from scheduled crons. This pulse fires once a day
 and has exactly one job: **advance the company's goal on your own
 initiative.**
 
+**Execution rule (hard).** Act through TOOL CALLS, never narration. If step 1
+finds an assigned ticket, CALL claim_next_task and execute it IN THIS TURN —
+do not describe what you are about to do and stop. `NO_REPLY` may only ever
+be your ENTIRE final message, and only when steps 1–3 genuinely found nothing
+to do. Writing NO_REPLY after announcing work terminates the session with the
+work undone (this exact failure stranded a live board ticket on 2026-06-12).
+
 1. **Hygiene first (fast).** `claim_next_task` — if a ticket assigned to you
    is sitting in `todo` (a missed wake), work it and stop here. Unfinished
    in-flight work also beats new initiative: an open PR awaiting a follow-up

diff --git a/squads/ai-seo-squad/agents/geo-agent/agent.json b/squads/ai-seo-squad/agents/geo-agent/agent.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "geo-agent",
   "description": "GEO/SEO strategist — daily citation audits, blog posts, JSON-LD/llms.txt engineering. Self-merges blog and technical GEO PRs.",
   "model": "sonnet",
-  "heartbeat": { "every": "24h" },
+  "heartbeat": {
+    "every": "24h",
+    "model": "sonnet"
+  },
   "skills": [
     "agents/geo-agent/skills/geo-llmseo-playbook.md",
     "agents/geo-agent/skills/advanced-seo.md",

diff --git a/squads/ai-seo-squad/evals/replay/seo.audit_citations/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/ai-seo-squad/evals/replay/seo.audit_citations/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "team.target_domain": "getpancake.ai",
       "team.target_keywords": "ai agent platform, autonomous sub-agents, agent squads, proactive ai assistant, ai cofounder"
     },
-    "installed_squads": ["ai-seo-squad@1.5.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["ai-seo-squad@1.5.1"]
   },
   "inputs": {
     "keywords": "ai agent platform, autonomous sub-agents, agent squads, proactive ai assistant, ai cofounder",

diff --git a/squads/ai-seo-squad/evals/replay/seo.ship_technical_fix/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/ai-seo-squad/evals/replay/seo.ship_technical_fix/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Cofounder dispatches an llms.txt refresh. Per advanced-seo: geo-agent claims, reads the target domain from the vault, fetches the live llms.txt and the pages it should index via web_fetch, rewrites it (one-liner, core pages, facts), ships the change as a PR via github and self-merges (squash — never edit the live file directly), files the change to wiki/Knowledge/GEO, and completes with the merged-PR link + digest. The workflow declares only web_fetch + github — no web_search, no browser.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.target_domain": "getpancake.ai" },
-    "installed_squads": ["ai-seo-squad@1.5.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["ai-seo-squad@1.5.1"]
   },
   "inputs": {
     "target": "llms.txt",

diff --git a/squads/ai-seo-squad/evals/replay/seo.weekly_report/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/ai-seo-squad/evals/replay/seo.weekly_report/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "vault": {
       "team.target_keywords": "ai agent platform, autonomous sub-agents, agent squads, proactive ai assistant, ai cofounder"
     },
-    "installed_squads": ["ai-seo-squad@1.5.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["ai-seo-squad@1.5.1"]
   },
   "inputs": {},
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/ai-seo-squad/evals/replay/seo.write_article/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/ai-seo-squad/evals/replay/seo.write_article/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Cofounder dispatches a single article to close a citation gap. Per blog-writing-guide: geo-agent claims, reads the target domain from the vault, researches the buyer question and competitor coverage via web_search/web_fetch, drafts the .mdx with answer-first lede + FAQPage JSON-LD, opens the PR via github, self-merges (squash — blog posts need no human review), and completes with the merged-PR link + digest.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.target_domain": "getpancake.ai" },
-    "installed_squads": ["ai-seo-squad@1.5.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["ai-seo-squad@1.5.1"]
   },
   "inputs": {
     "topic": "Pancake vs. building your own agent stack: an honest comparison for early-stage founders",

diff --git a/squads/ai-seo-squad/manifest.json b/squads/ai-seo-squad/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ai-seo-squad",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "description": "Single-agent GEO squad: GEO-agent runs daily citation audits, writes GEO-optimized blog posts, and ships llms.txt / JSON-LD engineering PRs.",
   "author": "pancake-official",
   "license": "MIT",

diff --git a/squads/analytics-squad/agents/analytics-agent/HEARTBEAT.md b/squads/analytics-squad/agents/analytics-agent/HEARTBEAT.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ cofounder-briefed tickets from the scheduled crons. This pulse fires once a
 day and has exactly one job: **advance the company's goal on your own
 initiative.**
 
+**Execution rule (hard).** Act through TOOL CALLS, never narration. If step 1
+finds an assigned ticket, CALL claim_next_task and execute it IN THIS TURN —
+do not describe what you are about to do and stop. `NO_REPLY` may only ever
+be your ENTIRE final message, and only when steps 1–3 genuinely found nothing
+to do. Writing NO_REPLY after announcing work terminates the session with the
+work undone (this exact failure stranded a live board ticket on 2026-06-12).
+
 1. **Hygiene first (fast).** `claim_next_task` — if a ticket assigned to you
    is sitting in `todo` (a missed wake), work it and stop here. Unfinished
    in-flight work also beats new initiative: finish before you start.

diff --git a/squads/analytics-squad/agents/analytics-agent/agent.json b/squads/analytics-squad/agents/analytics-agent/agent.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "analytics-agent",
   "description": "Product analytics agent — owns the PostHog MCP, the north-star event taxonomy, and the daily DAU/WAU/MAU + engaged-users + dying-users digest.",
   "model": "sonnet",
-  "heartbeat": { "every": "24h" },
+  "heartbeat": {
+    "every": "24h",
+    "model": "sonnet"
+  },
   "skills": [
     "agents/analytics-agent/skills/posthog-discovery.md",
     "agents/analytics-agent/skills/posthog-daily-analysis.md",

diff --git a/squads/analytics-squad/evals/replay/posthog.adhoc_report/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/analytics-squad/evals/replay/posthog.adhoc_report/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Ad-hoc metrics pull dispatched at the canonical qualified id with html format; analytics-agent reads the read-only API key, pulls the requested metrics over web_fetch, publishes the HTML report through preview-host (publish_preview), and completes with the signed preview URL + digest.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.posthog_api_key": "phx_test_key" },
-    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.1"]
   },
   "inputs": {
     "metrics": "DAU last 7d, top 5 events, active users",

diff --git a/squads/analytics-squad/evals/replay/posthog.daily_digest/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/analytics-squad/evals/replay/posthog.daily_digest/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Daily digest dispatched at the canonical qualified id; analytics-agent reads the API key from the vault, queries PostHog over web_fetch, files the digest, completes with the canonical result + digest.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.posthog_api_key": "phx_test_key" },
-    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "date": "2026-06-11" },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/...-squad/evals/replay/posthog.daily_digest/regression-2026-06-11-hallucinated-id.trace.json b/...-squad/evals/replay/posthog.daily_digest/regression-2026-06-11-hallucinated-id.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Regression for the live tenant audit on 2026-06-11. The cofounder stamped tasks with `analytics-squad.daily_digest` (squad name as the entire qualified id) when the canonical form is `analytics-squad.posthog.daily_digest`. The invented stamp polluted the SigNoz workflow group-bys AND — worse — suppressed the learned-workflow nudge in complete_task (which keys on workflow_id === null), so the working recipe was never registered after a successful run. We shipped the validator in tasks plugin (apps/pancake-claw/plugins/tasks/src/squads-registry.ts → checkWorkflowId); this trace keeps a record of the exact id shape that triggered it and goes red if the dispatch.workflow stamp check ever stops catching it.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.posthog_api_key": "phx_test_key" },
-    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "date": "2026-06-11" },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/...s-squad/evals/replay/posthog.daily_digest/regression-2026-06-11-missing-digest.trace.json b/...s-squad/evals/replay/posthog.daily_digest/regression-2026-06-11-missing-digest.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Regression for the second root cause from the 2026-06-11 audit. The analytics-agent's HEARTBEAT.md mandates a digest written to memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md before closing the turn — but the contract was prompt-only and production pods showed 0 daily-log files across all agents, so each wake started blind and re-discovered known failures (5 tasks failed in 3 days on the same eu.posthog.com host bug; ~$0.71 wasted on the latest one). We folded the digest into the terminal-task tools so it's structural — fail_task / complete_task now accept a `digest` param the plugin appends to the daily log. This trace records a terminal WITHOUT a digest and goes red if the digest check is ever loosened.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.posthog_api_key": "phx_test_key" },
-    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "date": "2026-06-11" },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/analytics-squad/evals/replay/posthog.debug_funnel/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/analytics-squad/evals/replay/posthog.debug_funnel/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Manual funnel investigation dispatched at the canonical qualified id; analytics-agent reads the read-only API key, derives the signup cohort + intermediate steps + funnel conversion over web_fetch (posthog-funnel-debugger §1-4), files the breakdown to wiki/Knowledge/PostHog/FunnelDebugger/, and completes naming the biggest drop-off step plus a one-sentence hypothesis.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.posthog_api_key": "phx_test_key" },
-    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "window_days": 28 },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/analytics-squad/evals/replay/posthog.weekly_recap/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/analytics-squad/evals/replay/posthog.weekly_recap/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Monday weekly recap dispatched at the canonical qualified id; analytics-agent reads the read-only API key from the vault, pulls 4-week trends + activation cohort table + churn count over web_fetch, files the recap to wiki/Knowledge/PostHog/Reports/weekly/, and completes with the canonical result + digest ending in the one-paragraph hypothesis.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.posthog_api_key": "phx_test_key" },
-    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["analytics-squad@1.3.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "week": "2026-W24" },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/analytics-squad/manifest.json b/squads/analytics-squad/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "analytics-squad",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.3.1",
   "description": "Analytics squad (PostHog-backed): daily digest (DAU/WAU/MAU, north-star, engaged + dying), activation-funnel debugger, anomaly alerts, weekly recap. Add-ons: release tracker + auto cohorts.",
   "author": "pancake-official",
   "license": "MIT",

diff --git a/squads/community-squad/agents/reddit-agent/HEARTBEAT.md b/squads/community-squad/agents/reddit-agent/HEARTBEAT.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ arrive as cofounder-briefed tickets from scheduled crons. This pulse fires
 once a day and has exactly one job: **advance the company's goal on your
 own initiative.**
 
+**Execution rule (hard).** Act through TOOL CALLS, never narration. If step 1
+finds an assigned ticket, CALL claim_next_task and execute it IN THIS TURN —
+do not describe what you are about to do and stop. `NO_REPLY` may only ever
+be your ENTIRE final message, and only when steps 1–3 genuinely found nothing
+to do. Writing NO_REPLY after announcing work terminates the session with the
+work undone (this exact failure stranded a live board ticket on 2026-06-12).
+
 1. **Hygiene first (fast).** `claim_next_task` — if a ticket assigned to you
    is sitting in `todo` (a missed wake), work it and stop here. Unfinished
    in-flight work also beats new initiative: finish before you start — a

diff --git a/squads/community-squad/agents/reddit-agent/agent.json b/squads/community-squad/agents/reddit-agent/agent.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "reddit-agent",
   "description": "Reddit presence agent — monitors subreddits and drafts comments on a single purchased account via browser automation on old.reddit.com.",
   "model": "sonnet",
-  "heartbeat": { "every": "24h" },
+  "heartbeat": {
+    "every": "24h",
+    "model": "sonnet"
+  },
   "skills": [
     "agents/reddit-agent/skills/reddit-playbook.md",
     "agents/reddit-agent/skills/reddit-account.md"

diff --git a/squads/community-squad/evals/replay/reddit.account_health/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/community-squad/evals/replay/reddit.account_health/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "vault": {
       "team.reddit_account": "{\"username\": \"quiet_builder_42\", \"password\": \"***\"}"
     },
-    "installed_squads": ["community-squad@1.4.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["community-squad@1.4.1"]
   },
   "inputs": {},
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/community-squad/evals/replay/reddit.monitor_keywords/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/community-squad/evals/replay/reddit.monitor_keywords/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "vault": {
       "team.target_keywords": "ai cofounder,agent squads,autonomous agents,openclaw,acme-competitor"
     },
-    "installed_squads": ["community-squad@1.4.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["community-squad@1.4.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "keywords": "ai cofounder,agent squads,autonomous agents,openclaw,acme-competitor" },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/community-squad/evals/replay/reddit.post/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/community-squad/evals/replay/reddit.post/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "vault": {
       "team.reddit_account": "{\"username\": \"quiet_builder_42\", \"password\": \"***\"}"
     },
-    "installed_squads": ["community-squad@1.4.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["community-squad@1.4.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "draft_ids": "draft-2026-06-12-1,draft-2026-06-12-3" },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/community-squad/evals/replay/reddit.scan_and_draft/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/community-squad/evals/replay/reddit.scan_and_draft/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "team.reddit_account": "{\"username\": \"quiet_builder_42\", \"password\": \"***\"}",
       "team.reddit_target_subreddits": "Entrepreneur,startups,SaaS"
     },
-    "installed_squads": ["community-squad@1.4.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["community-squad@1.4.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "subreddits": "Entrepreneur,startups,SaaS" },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/community-squad/manifest.json b/squads/community-squad/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "community-squad",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "description": "Community squad: reddit-agent grows organic presence on Reddit — monitors subreddits, drafts value comments via the browser, warms up a single purchased account, and reports account health.",
   "author": "pancake-official",
   "license": "MIT",

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/agents/build-agent/HEARTBEAT.md b/squads/eng-squad/agents/build-agent/HEARTBEAT.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ implementation tickets (`eng.implement_idea` with a concrete `source`) as
 they arise. This pulse fires once a day and has exactly one job: **advance
 the company's goal on your own initiative.**
 
+**Execution rule (hard).** Act through TOOL CALLS, never narration. If step 1
+finds an assigned ticket, CALL claim_next_task and execute it IN THIS TURN —
+do not describe what you are about to do and stop. `NO_REPLY` may only ever
+be your ENTIRE final message, and only when steps 1–3 genuinely found nothing
+to do. Writing NO_REPLY after announcing work terminates the session with the
+work undone (this exact failure stranded a live board ticket on 2026-06-12).
+
 1. **Hygiene first (fast).** `claim_next_task` — if a ticket assigned to you
    is sitting in `todo` (a missed wake), work it and stop here. Unfinished
    in-flight work also beats new initiative: finish before you start — an

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/agents/build-agent/agent.json b/squads/eng-squad/agents/build-agent/agent.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "build-agent",
   "description": "Implementation specialist — takes a specified idea, issue, or PRD and ships it end to end: branch, code, tests, and an open PR; self-merges only reversible, CI-green changes.",
   "model": "sonnet",
-  "heartbeat": { "every": "24h" },
+  "heartbeat": {
+    "every": "24h",
+    "model": "sonnet"
+  },
   "skills": [
     "agents/build-agent/skills/implement-idea.md"
   ]

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/agents/triage-agent/HEARTBEAT.md b/squads/eng-squad/agents/triage-agent/HEARTBEAT.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ arrive as cofounder-briefed tickets from the scheduled crons. This pulse
 fires once a day and has exactly one job: **advance the company's goal on
 your own initiative.**
 
+**Execution rule (hard).** Act through TOOL CALLS, never narration. If step 1
+finds an assigned ticket, CALL claim_next_task and execute it IN THIS TURN —
+do not describe what you are about to do and stop. `NO_REPLY` may only ever
+be your ENTIRE final message, and only when steps 1–3 genuinely found nothing
+to do. Writing NO_REPLY after announcing work terminates the session with the
+work undone (this exact failure stranded a live board ticket on 2026-06-12).
+
 1. **Hygiene first (fast).** `claim_next_task` — if a ticket assigned to you
    is sitting in `todo` (a missed wake), work it and stop here. Unfinished
    in-flight work also beats new initiative: finish before you start.

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/agents/triage-agent/agent.json b/squads/eng-squad/agents/triage-agent/agent.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "id": "triage-agent",
   "description": "GitHub issue triage specialist — classifies issues by P0–P3 criticality, labels them, sweeps the backlog daily, and reports issue health weekly.",
   "model": "sonnet",
-  "heartbeat": { "every": "24h" },
+  "heartbeat": {
+    "every": "24h",
+    "model": "sonnet"
+  },
   "skills": [
     "agents/triage-agent/skills/triage-playbook.md",
     "agents/triage-agent/skills/github-labeling.md"

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.implement_idea/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.implement_idea/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Cofounder dispatches an implementation ticket with a concrete source (a specified GitHub issue); build-agent claims, reads team.github_repos from the vault, grounds in the issue + thread, creates a feature branch, implements with tests, verifies lint/build/CI, opens a PR referencing the source — and leaves it open for review because the change touches public API behaviour (not reversible enough to self-merge). Completes with the PR link in the result + digest.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.github_repos": "acme/api" },
-    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.1"]
   },
   "inputs": {
     "source": "https://github.com/acme/api/issues/162",

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.sweep_open_issues/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.sweep_open_issues/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Daily-sweep cron dispatches a repo sweep; triage-agent claims, reads team.github_repos from the vault, lists open issues missing a priority/P* label, classifies and labels three of them (P1, P2, P3) with assessment comments, files the sweep as a routine board record (no notify_channel), and completes with the canonical summary + digest.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.github_repos": "acme/api" },
-    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "repo": "acme/api", "since": "2026-06-11" },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.triage_issue/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.triage_issue/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Cofounder dispatches a single-issue triage; triage-agent claims, fetches issue, labels it P2, files a comment, completes with the canonical result + digest.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.github_repos": "acme/api" },
-    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "repo": "acme/api", "issue_number": 142 },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.triage_issue/regression-hallucinated-id.trace.json b/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.triage_issue/regression-hallucinated-id.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Regression: cofounder stamps an INVENTED qualified id (`eng-squad.triage_issue`, dropping the `eng.` namespace) — the same failure mode the 2026-06-11 posthog-squad audit found (posthog-squad.daily_digest instead of posthog-squad.posthog.daily_digest; squad since renamed analytics-squad). This trace MUST fail the runner; if it passes, the workflow-id contract check has regressed.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.github_repos": "acme/api" },
-    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "repo": "acme/api", "issue_number": 142 },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.weekly_report/happy-path.trace.json b/squads/eng-squad/evals/replay/eng.weekly_report/happy-path.trace.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "description": "Weekly-report cron dispatches the issue-health report; triage-agent claims, reads team.github_repos from the vault, gathers the week's stats from GitHub (open vs closed, criticality mix, stale >30d, unlabeled, oldest untriaged), writes the report to the wiki, files it as a digest board record (no notify_channel), and completes with the headline numbers + digest.",
   "setup": {
     "vault": { "team.github_repos": "acme/api" },
-    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.0"]
+    "installed_squads": ["eng-squad@2.4.1"]
   },
   "inputs": { "repo": "acme/api" },
   "dispatch": {

diff --git a/squads/eng-squad/manifest.json b/squads/eng-squad/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "eng-squad",
-  "version": "2.4.0",
+  "version": "2.4.1",
   "description": "Engineering squad: triage-agent classifies GitHub issues P0–P3 and reports issue health; build-agent implements specified ideas, issues, and PRDs end to end as reviewable PRs.",
   "author": "pancake-official",
   "license": "MIT",

diff --git a/squads/outreach-squad/agents/outreach-agent/HEARTBEAT.md b/squads/outreach-squad/agents/outreach-agent/HEARTBEAT.md
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ crons. The reply-latency SLA is carried by the `reply-sweep` cron, and the
 this pulse. This pulse fires once a day and has exactly one job: **advance
 the company's goal on your own initiative.**
 
+**Execution rule (hard).** Act through TOOL CALLS, never narration. If step 1
+finds an assigned ticket, CALL claim_next_task and execute it IN THIS TURN —
+do not describe what you are about to do and stop. `NO_REPLY` may only ever
+be your ENTIRE final message, and only when steps 1–3 genuinely found nothing
+to do. Writing NO_REPLY after announcing work terminates the session with the
+work undone (this exact failure stranded a live board ticket on 2026-06-12).
+
 1. **Hygiene first (fast).** `claim_next_task` — if a ticket assigned to you
    is sitting in `todo` (a missed wake), work it and stop here. Unfinished
    in-flight work also beats new initiative: finish before you start — a

diff --git a/squads/outreach-squad/agents/outreach-agent/agent.json b/squads/outreach-squad/agents/outreach-agent/agent.json
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
   "id": "outreach-agent",
   "description": "Runs the full outbound loop daily: finds 1-3 leads, advances active sequences, handles replies, and posts a digest. Decides simple vs. advanced mode autonomously based on company stage.",
   "model": "sonnet",
-  "heartbeat": { "every": "24h" }
+  "heartbeat": {
+    "every": "24h",
+    "model": "sonnet"
+  }
 }