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Agent Orchestration System v3.3.0
Sunnyvale Trailer Park Software Division
"It Ain't Rocket Appliances, But It Works."
The Sunnyvale Roster — All 34 Agents

Start Here — Universal Entry Point

Bubbles' Glasses
bubbles.workflow
Bubbles
Universal entry point. Just describe what you want. Accepts plain English, structured commands, or "continue" — resolves intent via super, picks work via iterate, and drives all phases to completion.
"Decent. I can see how all this fits together. Just tell me what you need."
Lahey's Badge
bubbles.super
Mr. Lahey
Framework ops & advice. NLP resolver, command generator, health checks, hooks, gates, upgrades. Workflow delegates to him automatically for vague input.
"I'm the trailer park supervisor. I'll tell you the next move."

Orchestrators

Jacob's Hard Hat
bubbles.iterate
Jacob
Single-iteration work picker. Quietly chooses the next high-priority slice and runs the right specialist chain. Also accepts plain English via super delegation.
"I can help with that, Mr. Lahey."
Cory's Cap
bubbles.bug
Cory
Bug orchestrator. Reproduces the issue, packets the work, dispatches the right owners, and keeps going until the defect is actually closed.
"I didn't wanna find it, but... there it is."

Owners & Executors

Ray's Chair
bubbles.analyst
Ray
"Way she goes, boys." — except as analyst, he figures out WHY the way she goes. Sees patterns from his chair.
"Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn't. She didn't go."
Lucy's Mirror
bubbles.ux
Lucy
The one who actually cares about how things feel and look. Emotional intelligence of the park.
"Ricky, you can't just— you know what, fine."
Sarah's Clipboard
bubbles.design
Sarah
Turns loose ideas into a clean architecture and keeps the details from falling apart.
"Let's get this organized before anybody breaks it."
Barb's Keys
bubbles.plan
Barb Lahey
Actually ran the trailer park's business side. The planner. Defines the scopes. Keeps the books.
"Jim, you need a plan."
Julian's Glass
bubbles.implement
Julian
Delivers code. Every. Time. Drink in hand. Zero drops, zero rollbacks.
"I got work to do."
Trinity's Notebook
bubbles.test
Trinity
Grew up in utter chaos. Learned to verify everything independently. Trust nothing.
"Dad, that's not how that works."
J-Roc's Mic
bubbles.docs
J-Roc
Publishes the managed-doc truth and cleans out stale paperwork before closeout.
"Know what I'm sayin'? Publish the truth."
Ricky's Dynamite
bubbles.chaos
Ricky
Breaks things in ways nobody could predict. Grows "vegetables" in unusual places. Worst case Ontario, something catches fire.
"It's not rocket appliances."
Donny's Duct Tape
bubbles.simplify
Donny
Reduces needless complexity without weakening the behavior contract or crossing ownership boundaries.
"Just tape it up and move on."
Tommy's Rack
bubbles.devops
Tommy Bean
Owns CI/CD, build, deployment, monitoring, and observability execution once operational work is identified.
"Get the rack humming and keep the park online."
Sebastian's Guitar
bubbles.cinematic-designer
Sebastian Bach
Premium UI implementation when the surface needs flagship treatment, not default sludge.
"I was in Skid Row!"

Diagnostic & Certification Routing

Randy's Cheeseburger
bubbles.validate
Randy
Owns certification state, checks the gates, and can reopen work only through concrete packets and evidence.
"Mr. Lahey, the tests aren't passing!"
Bill's Wrench
bubbles.stabilize
Shitty Bill
Quiet. Reliable. Surfaces reliability issues and routes the correct owner. Doesn't say much.
"..." (he barely talks — he just routes)
Steve French's Paw
bubbles.regression
Steve French
The cougar. Prowls the codebase. Catches cross-feature interference. Nothing gets past his territory.
"Something's prowlin' around in the code, boys."
Cyrus' Shades
bubbles.security
Cyrus
"Safety... always off." EXCEPT in our system — safety is ALWAYS ON. Finds threats. Confrontational. Effective.
"F*** off, I got work to do."
Ted's Badge
bubbles.audit
Ted Johnson
Final compliance cop. Certifies, routes rework, and does not implement fixes.
"This is an official audit now."
Leslie Dancer's Spotlight
bubbles.grill
Leslie Dancer
Pressure-tests ideas, approval paths, and workflow choices before the wrong work starts.
"Let's get it under the light and see if it survives."
George Green's Badge
bubbles.clarify
George Green
Calls out what is unclear and routes the correct owner instead of patching foreign artifacts himself.
"What in the f— is going on here?"
Conky
bubbles.harden
Conky
Finds the weak spots and packets the follow-up work. Does not fix inline.
"Why don't you go pave your cave, you dirty caveman?"
Phil Collins
bubbles.gaps
Philadelphia Collins
Finds the gaps nobody else sees and routes the repair. Does not fix inline.
"What are ya lookin' at my gut fer?"
Gary Laser Eyes
bubbles.spec-review
Gary Laser Eyes
The spec freshness auditor. Sees right through stale specs. Checks if artifacts still match reality.
"Gary can see right through it, boys. That spec expired three refactors ago."
Green Bastard Mask
bubbles.code-review
Green Bastard
Engineering-only review surface. Detects problems and priorities without pretending to be the owner.
"From parts unknown, I can smell what's broken in the code."
Orangie's Fishbowl
bubbles.system-review
Orangie
Holistic product, runtime, trust, and UX reviewer. Finds what needs attention, then routes it.
"Orangie sees everything. He's not dead, he's just... reviewing."

Utilities

Camera
bubbles.status
The Camera Crew
Documentary crew. Observes. Reports. Never interferes. Read-only. No side effects.
(just watches silently)
Talking Head
bubbles.recap
Talking Head
The interview segment. Looks at the camera and gives the fast narrative version: what happened, what is in progress, and which workflow should safely continue next.
"So basically what happened was..."
Lahey's Bottle
bubbles.retro
Jim Lahey (Bottle)
The liquor-fueled retrospective. Analyzes velocity, gate health, deep code hotspots (bug magnets, co-change coupling, bus factor, churn trends), and shipping patterns across sessions. The liquor helps him see the patterns.
"The liquor helps me see the patterns, Randy."
Smokes
bubbles.handoff / bubbles.setup
Cory & Trevor
The errand duo. Refresh the framework setup, prep the assets, and carry the handoff package when the shift changes.
"Smokes, let's go."
T's Cap
bubbles.commands
T
J-Roc's right hand. Makes the command registry. Says very little but is always there.
"True."
Sam Losco
bubbles.create-skill
Sam Losco
Packages weird but useful specializations into something reusable when the situation gets strangely specific.
"I used to be a vet, you know. I got specialties."
Sunnyvale Command Aliases
Alias Maps To When Ricky Would Say It
sunnyvale pull-the-strings bubbles.workflow "Bubbles is pulling the strings, boys"
sunnyvale worst-case-ontario bubbles.chaos "Worst case Ontario, something breaks"
sunnyvale by-the-book bubbles.audit --strict "This is by the book now."
sunnyvale open-and-shut bubbles.audit "Open and shut case."
sunnyvale get-two-birds-stoned bubbles.implement + bubbles.test "Get two birds stoned at once"
sunnyvale smokes-lets-go bubbles.setup "Smokes, let's go. C'mon."
sunnyvale know-what-im-sayin bubbles.docs "Know what I'm sayin'? Publish the truth."
sunnyvale somethings-fucky bubbles.validate "Something's fucky"
sunnyvale way-she-goes bubbles.analyst "Way she goes, boys. Way she goes."
sunnyvale peanut-butter-and-jam bubbles.gaps "BAAAAM! Peanut butter and JAAAAM!"
sunnyvale safety-always-off bubbles.security "Safety... always off" (ironic: scans FOR safety)
sunnyvale somethings-prowlin bubbles.regression "Something's prowlin' around in the code, boys."
sunnyvale roll-camera bubbles.status (camera keeps rolling)
sunnyvale greasy bubbles.harden "That's greasy, boys. Real greasy."
sunnyvale supply-and-command bubbles.plan "It's supply and command, Julian"
sunnyvale under-the-light bubbles.grill "Put it under the light before we burn a week on it."
sunnyvale private-dancer bubbles.grill "You want answers? Put it under the light."
sunnyvale water-under-the-fridge bubbles.simplify "It's all water under the fridge"
sunnyvale laser-eyes bubbles.spec-review "Gary sees what's really there"
sunnyvale have-a-good-one bubbles.handoff "Have a good one, boys"
sunnyvale skid-row bubbles.cinematic-designer "I was in Skid Row!"
sunnyvale mans-gotta-eat bubbles.validate "A man's gotta eat, Julian"
sunnyvale the-super bubbles.super "I'm the trailer park supervisor."
sunnyvale i-got-work-to-do bubbles.implement "I got work to do."
sunnyvale not-how-that-works bubbles.test "Dad, that's not how that works."
sunnyvale lets-get-organized bubbles.design "Let's get this organized."
sunnyvale whats-going-on-here bubbles.clarify "What in the f--- is going on here?"
sunnyvale parts-unknown bubbles.code-review "From parts unknown!"
sunnyvale keep-the-park-online bubbles.devops "Get the rack humming and keep the park online."
sunnyvale whole-show bubbles.system-review "Orangie sees everything. He's not dead, he's just... reviewing."
sunnyvale nice-kitty bubbles.bug "That's a nice f***ing kitty right there."
sunnyvale just-fixes bubbles.stabilize "..." (Bill just fixes things)
sunnyvale pave-your-cave bubbles.harden "Why don't you go pave your cave?"
sunnyvale jim-needs-a-plan bubbles.plan "Jim, you need a plan."
sunnyvale used-to-be-a-vet bubbles.create-skill "I used to be a vet, you know."
sunnyvale true bubbles.commands "True."
sunnyvale ill-do-whatever bubbles.iterate "I'll do whatever you need, Julian."
sunnyvale cant-just-slap bubbles.ux "You can't just slap things together."
sunnyvale catch-me-up bubbles.recap "So basically what happened was..."
sunnyvale i-am-the-liquor bubbles.retro "The liquor helps me see the patterns, Randy."
sunnyvale see-the-patterns bubbles.retro "I AM the liquor."
sunnyvale wheres-the-bodies bubbles.retro hotspots "The liquor knows where the bodies are buried, Randy."
sunnyvale whos-driving bubbles.retro busfactor "Somebody's gotta know how to drive this thing."
sunnyvale tangled-up bubbles.retro coupling "It's all tangled up like Christmas lights, Randy."
sunnyvale liquor-then-tape retro-to-simplify "The liquor shows me the problems. Donny tapes them up."
sunnyvale liquor-then-harden retro-to-harden "The liquor shows me the weak spots. Harden up, boys."
sunnyvale liquor-then-sweep retro-quality-sweep "The liquor finds the mess. Then the whole crew sweeps it clean."
sunnyvale liquor-then-look retro-to-review "The liquor shows me where to look. Green Bastard tells me what's broken."
sunnyvale same-lot-new-trailer redesign-existing "Same lot, boys. New trailer."
Workflow Mode Aliases
value-first-e2e-batch
→ sunnyvale boys-plan
Auto-discover highest-value work, full delivery pipeline. The master plan.
"Boys, I got a plan. And this time it's a good one."
full-delivery
→ sunnyvale full-send
Standard complete delivery. The default. Get it done.
"Just get 'er done, Julian."
full-delivery-strict
→ sunnyvale clean-and-sober
Strict enforcement. No blocked continuation. Per-spec commits.
"I'm off the liquor, Randy. For real this time."
delivery-lockdown
→ sunnyvale no-loose-ends
Maximum-assurance delivery. Keep looping until validate certifies done or records a real blocker. Default continuation target for active recap/status/handoff follow-up.
"No loose ends. All green or we keep going."
chaos-hardening
→ sunnyvale shit-storm
Iterative chaos + bugfix cycles until clean or limit reached.
"We're in the eye of a shiticane, Randy."
bugfix-fastlane
→ sunnyvale smash-and-grab
Fast bug closure. In. Fix. Out. Mandatory reproduce-before/verify-after.
"Get in, get out. That's a good plan."
validate-only
→ sunnyvale randy-put-a-shirt-on
Run validation gates only. Things are about to get serious.
"Randy, put a shirt on. We got company."
stochastic-quality-sweep
→ sunnyvale bottle-kids
Randomized adversarial probing. You never know where they'll hit.
"BOTTLE KIDS!" *runs for cover*
harden-gaps-to-doc
→ sunnyvale conky-says
The most thorough pre-release sweep. Uncomfortable truths revealed.
"Conky says you missed something, Bubbles."
product-to-delivery
→ sunnyvale freedom-35
Full pipeline: analyst → UX → design → scopes → implement → test → quality.
"Freedom 35, boys! This is the one!"
docs-only
→ sunnyvale gnome-sayin
Managed-doc maintenance only. J-Roc publishes the truth.
"You're sayin' 'gnome sayin'' too many times — 80, 90 times? That's too many times."
feature-bootstrap
→ sunnyvale smokes-and-setup
Set up design + scope artifacts before implementing. The prep work.
"Smokes, let's go. Set it up."
iterate
→ sunnyvale keep-going
Priority-driven scope-by-scope execution. Picks the next thing and does it.
"Keep going, boys. Don't stop."
resume-only
→ sunnyvale resume-the-tape
Resume from saved session state. Pick up where you left off.
"Roll that tape back, boys."
product-discovery
→ sunnyvale whats-the-big-idea
Business analysis + UX exploration. No implementation — just discovery.
"What's the big idea here, Julian?"
test-to-doc
→ sunnyvale quick-dirty
Run tests, fix failures, publish docs. Quick verification pass.
"Quick and dirty, boys."
audit-only
→ sunnyvale open-and-shut
Run audit phase only. Pure compliance check.
"Open and shut case."
stabilize-to-doc
→ sunnyvale bill-fixes-it
Stability diagnosis → DevOps execution → test → docs. Bill finds it, Tommy ships it.
"..." (Bill just points at the problem.)
devops-to-doc
→ sunnyvale keep-the-park-online
Focused DevOps execution for CI/CD, build, deployment, monitoring, observability, and release automation.
"Get the rack humming and keep the park online."
improve-existing
→ sunnyvale survival-of-the-fitness
Analyze, harden, close gaps, improve → test → docs. Evolutionary improvement.
"Survival of the fitness, boys."
redesign-existing
→ sunnyvale same-lot-new-trailer
Reconcile stale artifacts, redesign the feature, then deliver it through the full quality chain.
"Same lot, boys. New trailer."
spec-scope-hardening
→ sunnyvale harden-up
Tighten specs and scope definitions. No implementation, just planning quality.
"Harden up, boys. This has gotta be tight."
brainstorm
→ sunnyvale smokes-and-thinking
Explore an idea thoroughly before building. Competitive analysis, scenarios, alternatives — zero code. Like YC office hours.
"Let me think about it over a couple smokes."
retro-to-simplify
→ sunnyvale liquor-then-tape
Data-driven simplification. Retro analyzes git history for bug magnets and hotspots, then Donny simplifies the worst offenders.
"The liquor shows me the problems. Donny tapes them up."
retro-to-harden
→ sunnyvale liquor-then-harden
Data-driven hardening. Retro finds bug magnets and worsening hotspots, then the hardening pipeline targets those areas.
"The liquor shows me the weak spots. Harden up, boys."
retro-quality-sweep
→ sunnyvale liquor-then-sweep
Retro-guided quality sweep. The liquor finds the hotspot mess, then simplify, harden, and the rest of the crew clean it up deterministically.
"The liquor finds the mess. Then the whole crew sweeps it clean."
retro-to-review
→ sunnyvale liquor-then-look
Data-driven code review. Retro identifies highest-risk files, then Green Bastard reviews them. Read-only diagnostic.
"The liquor shows me where to look. Green Bastard tells me what's broken."
harden-to-doc
→ sunnyvale shit-winds-coming
Harden existing code, fix issues, then test and doc. Prepare for the storm.
"The shit winds are coming, Randy. Harden up."
gaps-to-doc
→ sunnyvale gut-feeling
Gap analysis → implement fixes → test → docs. Find what's missing.
"What are ya lookin' at my gut fer?"
chaos-to-doc
→ sunnyvale we-broke-it
Chaos probing → fix → docs. Break it, then document what happened.
"We broke it. Now document what happened."
reconcile-to-doc
→ sunnyvale i-toad-a-so
Reconcile stale state, fix conflicts → test → docs. Told you so.
"I toad a so. I f***ing toad a so."
validate-to-doc
→ sunnyvale just-watching
Validate + audit + docs. The camera crew watches and documents.
"(camera crew just watches)"
TPB Vocabulary
workflow-only continuation
Recap, status, and handoff point you back to /bubbles.workflow ... by default instead of raw implement/test/validate commands.
continuation envelope
Machine-readable packet from a read-only agent carrying target, intent, preferred workflow mode, and reason for the next workflow step.
scenario replay
Validate reruns the linked live-system SCN-* journeys from scenario-manifest.json before certification.
human acceptance
uservalidation.md is human-owned acceptance input. Automation findings do not toggle it.

🧩 Optional Execution Tags

Pressure-test assumptions or locked behavior grillMode
Scenario-first red→green proof tdd
Bounded clarification loop socratic + socraticQuestions
Backlog export from planning backlogExport
Isolated worktree or branch gitIsolation
Validated milestone commits autoCommit
Keep scopes small maxScopeMinutes + maxDodMinutes
Repair the smallest failure first microFixes
Multi-AI second opinion on review crossModelReview
Parallel independent scopes via worktrees parallelScopes + maxParallelScopes

🧠 Control Plane Quick Rules

Runtime claims state.json.execution.*
Validate-owned authority state.json.certification.*
Default mode provenance policySnapshot
Behavior contract registry scenario-manifest.json + SCN-*
Concrete completion contract ## RESULT-ENVELOPE
Who fixes versus who routes Owners execute. Diagnostics and certification packetize.
Who can spawn child workflows bubbles.workflow, bubbles.iterate, bubbles.bug
The Park Bylaws — Shared Skills
"Dad, that's not how that works. You have to actually run them."
Portable procedural checklists auto-installed to every repo. Think of them as the park bylaws — posted on the community board, enforced by everyone.
Trinity
bubbles-test-integrity
Trinity's Field Manual
Tests are real. No fakes. No shortcuts. No greasy workarounds. Gherkin coverage, anti-mock scans, anti-false-positive scans, assertion audits, Test Plan↔DoD parity.
"Dad, that's not how that works. You have to actually run them."
Ray
bubbles-spec-template-bdd
The Spec Book
Enforces spec.md adherence to template. Gherkin-style BDD scenarios. Tech-agnostic requirements. No implementation details leaking in.
"Way she goes? No. Way the SPEC goes."
Barb
bubbles-docker-lifecycle-governance
The Lot Rules
Docker resource classification, build freshness, cleanup safety, test storage isolation, stack grouping. Knows what stays and what gets cleaned.
"Jim, there are RULES about what stays and what gets cleaned."
Ted
bubbles-docker-port-standards
The Port Authority
The 10k Rule for port allocation. Dual-URL Standard. No localhost. No standard-port host mappings. You can't just park wherever you want.
"You can't just park wherever you want. There's a system."
Sam
bubbles-skill-authoring
Sam's Specialties
How to create or update repo-local skills. Project-agnostic. Progressive disclosure. No hardcoded hosts, ports, or URLs.
"I used to be a vet, you know. I got specialties."
🗣️ Skill Vocabulary — Sunnyvale Dictionary
🧪"Greasy test"— passes when it shouldn't (no assertions, mocked internals, silent-pass)
🧪"Proxy assertion"— asserting status codes instead of actual behavior
🧪"Red before green"— changed behavior must show a failing test first
🧪"Trinity's checklist"— read Gherkin, read spec, identify all paths, then write tests
📋"Tech leak"— mentioning Rust, PostgreSQL, React in a spec
📋"Way the spec goes"— spec defines truth; tests validate it; implementation follows
📋"Observable behavior"— what users see, not how code is structured
🐳"Persistent volume"— sacred ground, like Ray's bottles — never cleaned by default
🐳"Ephemeral storage"— gone by morning, like Ricky's plans
🐳"Build freshness"— proving the image was built from current code, not last Tuesday
🐳"Label-aware cleanup"— prune by labels, not burning down the park
🔌"The 10k Rule"— each project gets a 10,000-port block. Stay in your lot.
🔌"Dual-URL"— lot number (internal) AND mailing address (external)
🔌"Port squatting"— mapping 5432:5432 on the host. Not allowed.
🔌"Localhost is a lie"— use 127.0.0.1, no DNS games
📦"Progressive disclosure"— SKILL.md is the field card, references/ are the textbooks
📦"Project-agnostic"— no repo names, no ports, no CLI commands. Skills travel.
🧭"Owner-only remediation"— diagnostics and certification route it; owners and executors do it
🧭"Result envelope"— every run ends with completed_owned, completed_diagnostic, route_required, or blocked
🧭"Narrow packet"— tiny fixes stay fast by dispatching the exact owner with the smallest safe context
🧭"3-strike rule"— after 3 failed fix attempts, STOP and escalate. No thrashing.
📊"Done with concerns"— all gates pass but agent flags observational risks worth monitoring
📊"Smart phase routing"— irrelevant phases skip with recorded justification, re-evaluate if artifacts change
📊"Taste vs mechanical"— auto-resolve the obvious decisions, surface only the genuine tradeoffs
📊"Cross-model review"— two different AIs look at the same diff, compare what each catches
📊"Adversarial regression skeleton"— every bug fix auto-generates a test that would FAIL if the bug came back
📊"test-plan.json"— machine-readable test handoff from planning to test phase. No Markdown parsing lottery.
🏷️"Lease the lot"— claim runtime ownership before starting or reusing a shared stack
🏷️"Same stack, same lease"— shared-compatible reuse only when the fingerprint matches exactly
🏷️"Stale trailer tag"— the session disappeared, the lease aged out, and Runtime doctor decides whether reclaim is safe
🏷️"Don't burn down the wrong trailer"— lease-aware cleanup only touches owned or stale stacks
🧠"Smokes and thinking"— brainstorm mode: explore the idea before building anything
🧠"Same greasy mistake"— lesson pattern detected ≥3 times → skill evolution proposes a SKILL.md
🧠"The park knows what you like"— developer profile auto-resolving taste decisions from observed patterns
🧠"Two birds stoned at once"— parallelScopes: dag — independent scopes run concurrently via worktrees
🧠"Count the empties"— activity tracking: only measurable metrics (invocations, durations, retries), never fabricated costs
🔍"Where the bodies are buried"— deep code hotspot analysis: bug magnets, co-change coupling, bus factor, churn trends
🔍"Bug magnet"— a file with >50% bug-fix commits vs feature commits. The bugs keep coming back.
🔍"Tangled up like Christmas lights"— co-change coupling: files that always change together, revealing hidden architectural dependencies
🔍"Somebody's gotta drive"— bus factor = 1: only one person has touched this file. Knowledge silo.
🔍"Cooling hotspot"— a file that was hot last retro but is stabilizing. Refactoring worked.
🔍"Heating hotspot"— a file with increasing churn period-over-period. Getting worse.
🔍"Liquor then tape"— retro-to-simplify: retro finds the hotspots, Donny simplifies them
🔍"Liquor then harden"— retro-to-harden: retro finds the weak spots, then harden them up
🔍"Liquor then sweep"— retro-quality-sweep: retro picks the hotspot mess, then the deterministic quality crew sweeps it clean
🔍"Liquor then look"— retro-to-review: retro identifies the riskiest files, Green Bastard reviews them
🎯"Outcome contract"— Intent, Success Signal, Hard Constraints, Failure Condition in spec.md — what 'done' actually means for the user
🎯"Success signal"— observable user/system proof that the outcome was achieved, not 'tests pass'
🎯"Hard constraint"— business invariant that survives model upgrades: 'never double-charge', 'PII encrypted'
🎯"Model compensation"— gate that exists because current models fabricate/shortcut; review when models improve
🎯"Just tell Bubbles"— start with /bubbles.workflow and describe what you want in plain English
🎯"Bubbles figures it out"— workflow delegates to super for NLP + iterate for work-picking. Zero knowledge required.
Sunnyvale AliasSkillQuote
sunnyvale no-greasy-testsbubbles-test-integrity"That test is GREASY, boys."
sunnyvale trinity-saysbubbles-test-integrity"Dad, that's not how that works."
sunnyvale way-the-spec-goesbubbles-spec-template-bdd"Way she goes? No. Way the SPEC goes."
sunnyvale lot-rulesbubbles-docker-lifecycle-governance"There are RULES about what stays."
sunnyvale no-port-squattingbubbles-docker-port-standards"You can't just squat on standard ports."
sunnyvale sams-specialtiesbubbles-skill-authoring"I used to be a vet, you know."
Fun Mode — Gate Messages (BUBBLES_FUN_MODE=true)
"Decent!"— Gate passed
"Looks good, boys."— G002 scope ready
"Something's fucky."— Any gate failure
"That's GREASY, boys. Real greasy."— G020 fabrication detected
"Where's your evidence? Shit hawk circling."— G025 missing evidence
"Way she goes, boys. Way she goes."— All gates passed
"Holy f***, boys."— Build failed
"DEEEE-CENT!"— Spec completed
"The shit winds are coming, Randy."— Zero warnings gate failed
"Worst case Ontario... nothing broke."— Chaos clean
"Steve French is purrin'. No regressions, boys."— Regression clean
"Something's prowlin' around in the code, boys."— Regression found
"Steve French found another cougar's territory. Two specs, same route."— Spec conflict detected
"Safety... always ON."— G034 security vuln found
"Know what I'm sayin'? It's published."— Docs updated
"You can't just NOT do things, Corey!"— Deferral detected
"That's NOT gettin' two birds stoned — that's just sayin' you WILL."— G040 deferral blocks done
"That's GREASY, boys. You can't just cross things out and say they're done!"— DoD manipulation detected
"You can't just erase the checkboxes and call it a day, Ricky!"— G041 format bypass
"'Deferred — Planned Improvement'?! That's not even a real thing, Julian!"— G041 invented status
"Have a good one, boys."— Handoff complete
🧠"Let me think about it over a couple smokes."— Brainstorm mode started
🧠"Same greasy mistake, boys. Time for a skill."— Skill proposal generated from repeated lessons
🧠"The park knows what you like."— Auto-resolved taste decision from developer profile
🧠"Two birds stoned at once!"— Parallel scopes launched via worktrees
"Count the empties, Randy."— Activity tracking report generated
🔍"The liquor knows where the bodies are buried."— Deep hotspot analysis complete
🔍"It's all tangled up like Christmas lights, Randy."— Co-change coupling detected
🔍"Somebody's gotta know how to drive this thing."— Bus factor risk detected (single-author file)
🔴"That file's a bug magnet, Randy. Stay away from it."— Bug-fix ratio > 50% (bug magnet file)
"This is f***ed. BAAAAM!"— Gap found by Phil
"That's a nice f***ing kitty right there."— Bug located
"Knock knock." "Who's there?" "A passing build."— Build succeeds
"Freedom 35, boys!"— Project milestone reached
Sunnyvale Quick Reference — What To Say When

🚀 Starting A Job

Starting full orchestration "Alright boys, here's what we're gonna do."
Planning scopes "Julian's got a plan. A good plan this time."
Bootstrapping artifacts "Smokes, let's go."
Analysis phase "Way she goes, boys."
Release lockdown starts "No loose ends. All green or we keep going."
Brainstorm mode starts "Let me think about it over a couple smokes."
Parallel scopes launched "Getting two birds stoned at once, boys."
Shared runtime preflight "Lease the lot first, boys. Then nobody burns down the wrong trailer."
Legacy improvement preflight "Gary checks the paperwork before we start wrenching."

During Implementation

Writing code "I got work to do."
Simplifying complexity "I'm gonna pay you $100 to f*** off." (to complexity)
Explaining the approach "It's not rocket appliances."
Design decisions "It's all about supply and command."
Stale-spec preflight "Gary can see right through it, boys. Check the old paperwork once before you touch the code."

🧪 Testing & Validation

test runner starts "Dad, that's not how that works."
Validation gate running "Mr. Lahey, the tests aren't passing!"
Any gate failure "Something's fucky."
Fabrication detected "That's GREASY. That's real greasy."
Audit starts "I AM the liquor."
Retro / code health check "The liquor helps me see the patterns, Randy."
Finding bug magnets "The liquor knows where the bodies are buried."

🔥 When Things Go Wrong

Chaos testing started "Worst case Ontario..."
Audit reveals problems "The shit winds are coming, Randy."
Multiple gates failing "Boys, we're in the eye of a shiticane."
Bug discovered "That's a nice f***ing kitty right there."
Security vulnerability found "F*** off, I got vulnerabilities to find."
Stochastic sweep triggered "BOTTLE KIDS!" *ducks*
Parallel sessions colliding "Runtime doctor, boys. Figure out whose trailer this is before you touch it."

🎉 Success

Gate passed "Decent!"
Spec completed "DEEEE-CENT!"
All gates pass "Way she goes."
Build succeeds "Knock knock." "Who's there?" "A passing build."
Project milestone "Freedom 35, boys!"
Session handoff "Have a good one, boys."
Everything is clean "It's all water under the fridge."
Rickyisms — The Official Glossary
Rickyism What He Meant Bubbles Context
"Worst case Ontario"Worst case scenarioChaos testing fallback
"Get two birds stoned at once"Kill two birds with one stoneImplement + test combo
"It's not rocket appliances"It's not rocket scienceWhen someone overcomplicates things
"Supply and command"Supply and demandPlanning & resource allocation
"Water under the fridge"Water under the bridgeSimplification complete, move on
"I toad a so"I told you soWhen Conky (harden) was right
"Same lot, new trailer"Major redesign on top of the existing feature footprintReconcile stale artifacts, then rebuild the active plan
"Make like a tree and f*** off"Make like a tree and leaveCleaning up dead code
"Keep your friends close and get your enemies toaster"Keep your friends close and your enemies closerDependency management
"What comes around is all around"What goes around comes aroundCircular dependency detected
"Denial and error"Trial and errorIgnoring failing tests
"Passed with flying carpets"Passed with flying colorsAll gates passed
"Survival of the fitness, boys"Survival of the fittestStochastic quality sweep results
"No loose ends"Keep looping until the certification chain is actually greenDelivery-lockdown release workflow
"Gary checks the paperwork first"Run a one-shot spec freshness and redundancy review before legacy implementation work`specReview: once-before-implement` execution tag
"Gorilla see, gorilla do"Monkey see, monkey doCopy-paste code detected
"It's a doggy-dog world"It's a dog-eat-dog worldCompetitive analysis complete
"I'll do it tomorrah"I'll do it tomorrowDeferring work (G040 violation)
"The liquor helps me see"Retrospective analysis reveals hidden patternsRunning /bubbles.retro to analyze velocity, hotspots, and code health
"Where the bodies are buried"Deep code hotspot analysis — bug magnets, coupling, bus factor/bubbles.retro hotspots — the liquor sees which files keep breaking
"All tangled up like Christmas lights"Co-change coupling — files that always change together/bubbles.retro coupling — hidden architectural dependencies
"Somebody's gotta drive"Bus factor — single-author files are knowledge silos/bubbles.retro busfactor — who knows what
"Liquor then tape"Data-driven simplification — retro finds hotspots, Donny simplifiesretro-to-simplify workflow mode
"Liquor then harden"Data-driven hardening — retro finds weak spots, then hardenretro-to-harden workflow mode
"Liquor then sweep"Retro-guided quality sweep — retro finds the hotspot mess, then the crew sweeps it cleanretro-quality-sweep workflow mode
"Liquor then look"Data-driven review — retro targets riskiest files for reviewretro-to-review workflow mode
"3 strikes you're out"Three strikes and you're out3-strike escalation — stop fixing, start escalating
"Are we concerned or just done?"Done… but watch that thingdone_with_concerns — all gates pass but risks flagged
"Skip the boring parts"Smart phase routing — skip irrelevant phases safelyphaseRelevance skips simplify/stabilize/devops/chaos when scope doesn't need them
"Let the machines decide the easy stuff"Mechanical vs taste decisionsdecisionPolicy auto-resolves obvious choices, surfaces real tradeoffs
"Let me think about it over a couple smokes"Think about it before actingBrainstorm mode — explore before building, like YC office hours
"Get two birds stoned at once"Kill two birds with one stoneParallel scope execution — run independent scopes concurrently via worktrees
"The park knows what you like"Personalized from observed behaviorDeveloper profile auto-resolving taste decisions from 3+ observations
"Same greasy mistake three times"Repeated pattern detectedSkill evolution loop — lessons→pattern→skill proposal after 3+ occurrences
"Count the empties, Randy"Count what actually happenedActivity tracking — only measurable metrics (invocations, durations, retries), no fabricated costs
"Just tell Bubbles"Start with /bubbles.workflow and describe what you wantUniversal entry point — workflow resolves intent, picks work, drives phases
"Bubbles figures it out"Workflow delegates to super + iterate automaticallyIntent delegation — no need to know which agent or mode to use
"What's it supposed to DO?"Define the outcome before the processOutcome Contract — Intent, Success Signal, Hard Constraints must exist before work starts
"Tests passed but it don't WORK"Process completion ≠ outcome achievedG070 — a feature can pass every gate and still fail its own Success Signal
"That rule ain't going anywhere"Business invariant that transcends model generationsHard Constraints survive model upgrades; model compensations get reviewed
"Lease the lot"Claim runtime ownership before starting or reusing a stack`bubbles runtime acquire` — make shared Docker/Compose ownership explicit
"Same stack, same lease"Reuse only when the runtime fingerprint matches`shared-compatible` runtime reuse — same stack only when compatibility is proven
"Stale trailer tag"Stale lease`bubbles runtime doctor` / `bubbles runtime reclaim-stale` — the session vanished, now recover safely
"Don't burn down the wrong trailer"Lease-aware cleanupTeardown must touch only owned or stale stacks, never someone else's live runtime
The 60 Gates of Sunnyvale (Quality Never Takes a Day Off)
analyze discover select bootstrap harden gaps implement test regression simplify stabilize security docs validate audit chaos finalize

"60 gates, boys. That's more security than the trailer park has ever had. Something's fucky? We'll find it. That's greasy? We'll clean it. Red first, green after. Small scopes. Tiny fix loops. Can't defer things either — you can't just NOT do things, Corey! Worst case Ontario, we revert and try again. DEEEE-CENT."
— Bubbles, probably