write-report

Write a correctly named, correctly placed mission report and post it to the Quest dashboard. Encapsulates the full boilerplate from CONVENTIONS.md so agents don't copy-paste (or forget) it.

When to Use

• At the end of every mission to write the mission report
• When writing rollcall team reports
• When writing speckit, deps, review, or crew-runner reports
• When dispatching a fan-out batch and writing the supervisor manifest

When NOT to Use

• Inside crew/*/ subdirectories — all reports go to repo root reports/
• For another team's report — each agent writes its own

Invocation Examples

# Standard mission report
/write-report --group crew-runner --id "fellowship-dev-navvi-42" --type crew-runner

# Rollcall team report
/write-report --group rollcall --id lexgo --type rollcall

# Fan-out manifest (written at dispatch time by supervisor)
/write-report --manifest --group rollcall --jobs "lexgo:pending,tooling:pending,navvi:pending"

Workflow

Step 1: Resolve the report directory

Always resolve from git repo root — NEVER hardcode or use crew/*/:

REPORT_DIR="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/reports"

If git rev-parse fails, you are not in a git repo. cd to the correct project root and retry.

Step 2: Generate the filename

All timestamps are UTC:

TIMESTAMP=$(date -u +"%Y%m%d-%H%M")

Filename patterns:

Report type	Filename
Standard (speckit, deps, review, crew-runner)	{TIMESTAMP}_{group}_{id}.md
Rollcall team	{TIMESTAMP}_rollcall_{team}.md
Rollcall assembly	{TIMESTAMP}_rollcall_assembly.md
Fan-out manifest	{TIMESTAMP}_{group}_manifest.json

Examples:

20260413-1100_rollcall_lexgo.md
20260413-1115_crew-runner_fellowship-dev-navvi-42.md
20260413-1100_rollcall_manifest.json

Step 3: Write the file

For markdown reports — use the Write tool if available, otherwise fall back to Bash:

REPORT_PATH="${REPORT_DIR}/${TIMESTAMP}_${GROUP}_${ID}.md"

Write the full report content to that path. If the Write tool is not in your allowed-tools (e.g., CEO/CTO roles), use Bash instead:

cat > "$REPORT_PATH" << 'REPORT_EOF'
[report content here]
REPORT_EOF

For fan-out manifests (--manifest flag):

MANIFEST_PATH="${REPORT_DIR}/${TIMESTAMP}_${GROUP}_manifest.json"

Required JSON structure (all fields mandatory):

{
  "group_id": "{group}-{YYYYMMDD}-{HHMM}",
  "origin_job": "~/.local/share/pylot/missions/done/{job-file}.job",
  "jobs": {
    "job-id-1": "pending",
    "job-id-2": "pending"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-04-13T11:00:00Z"
}

Parse the --jobs argument (format: "id1:state1,id2:state2,..."):

python3 -c "
import json, sys
jobs_str = sys.argv[1]
jobs = {}
for pair in jobs_str.split(','):
    job_id, state = pair.strip().split(':')
    jobs[job_id.strip()] = state.strip()
manifest = {
    'group_id': sys.argv[2],
    'origin_job': sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else 'unknown',
    'jobs': jobs,
    'created_at': sys.argv[4]
}
print(json.dumps(manifest, indent=2))
" "$JOBS_ARG" "${GROUP}-${YYYYMMDD}-${HHMM}" "${ORIGIN_JOB:-unknown}" "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" > "$MANIFEST_PATH"

Job states: pending · done · failed

Step 4: Post to Quest DB

Always attempt — skip silently on failure. Manifests are NOT posted, only .md reports:

QUEST_TOKEN=$(grep '^QUEST_TOKEN=' /home/ubuntu/projects/fellowship-dev/claude-buddy/.env | cut -d= -f2)
curl -s -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:4242/api/event" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $QUEST_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "$(python3 -c "
import json
content = open('$REPORT_PATH').read()
print(json.dumps({
  'source': 'commander',
  'type': 'commander.report',
  'title': '$REPORT_TITLE',
  'meta': {'content': content, 'report_type': '$GROUP'}
}))
")" 2>/dev/null || true

Step 5: Commit and push

cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
git add reports/
git commit -m "report: ${GROUP} ${ID}"
git push

Error Handling

git rev-parse fails — not in a git repo. cd to the correct project root before invoking.

Quest unreachable — expected in offline/pod environments. The || true guard handles this. Do not retry.

--jobs parse error — malformed jobs string. Expected: "id1:state1,id2:state2". Each pair needs exactly one : separator.

File already exists — Write tool will overwrite. If writing multiple reports in the same minute, append a suffix to ID.

Critical Rules

• NEVER write to crew/*/ — resolve path from git rev-parse --show-toplevel
• All timestamps in UTC — always use date -u
• Manifests are NOT posted to Quest — only .md files get posted
• Workers write their own reports — never write another team's report
• Quest skip must be silent — || true is required, not optional