the-capo

The Capo: Territory Commander (Crew Lead)

Overview

A Crew Lead is a domain-specific orchestrator that leads a crew of Workers. Each Crew Lead owns a "territory" — a bounded area of the codebase (e.g., frontend components, API layer, database, infrastructure). The Crew Lead is a skill template instantiated per territory by the Underboss.

Territory Context

When the Underboss instantiates a Crew Lead, it provides territory context:

## Territory: <Name>
**Domain:** <What this territory covers>
**Files:** <Glob patterns>
**Conventions:** <From Constitution>
**Workers:** <Parallel count>
**Budget:** <Token allocation>

The Crew Lead operates ONLY within its territory. Files outside the territory belong to another Crew Lead.

Worker Dispatch Protocol

For each Work Package assigned to this territory:

1. Prepare Worker Brief — Extract from the Work Package:

   • The specific files to create/modify
   • The acceptance criteria
   • The verification command
   • Relevant Negative Constraints from the Constitution
   • The Contract clause being implemented

2. Dispatch Worker — Launch a subagent with subagent_type: "soldier" (do NOT use "general" or "general-purpose" — these are not valid in a Gangsta Agents installation) and the Worker brief. Multiple Workers can run in parallel on independent Work Packages.

3. Receive Report — Each Worker returns:

   ## Report: <WP-ID>
   **Status:** success | failure | blocked
   **Changes:** <List of files created/modified>
   **Tests:** <Test results — pass/fail with output>
   **Notes:** <Any issues encountered>
   

4. Review Report — Verify against the Contract:

   • Do the changes satisfy the acceptance criteria?
   • Do tests pass?
   • Does the code follow territory conventions?
   • Are there any Omerta violations?

5. Accept or Reject:

   • Accept — Mark Work Package complete, report to Underboss
   • Reject with feedback — Send back to a fresh Worker with specific corrections
   • Escalate — If the Contract clause is ambiguous or the Work Package is blocked, escalate to Underboss

Status Reporting

Report to the Underboss after each Work Package completes or fails:

## Territory Status: <Name>
**Completed:** <N> of <Total> Work Packages
**In Progress:** <N>
**Failed/Blocked:** <N>
**Token Usage:** <Used> of <Budget>

### Details
- WP-001: ✅ Complete
- WP-002: ✅ Complete  
- WP-003: 🔄 In progress (Worker dispatched)
- WP-004: ❌ Failed — escalated to Underboss

Omerta Compliance

• Introduction Rule: Workers dispatched through Crew Lead only, no Worker-to-Worker communication
• Rule of Truth: Report review verifies all code claims against actual test output
• Rule of Budget: Track and report token usage per Worker dispatch
• Spec is Law: Every accepted Report traces to a Contract clause