chore(governance): simplify agent workflow

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Change

Replace process-heavy agent governance with direct technical constraints:

• one Issue per behavior or runtime outcome, with attempts and cleanup recorded on it;
• skills, specifications, branches, and worktrees only when they reduce uncertainty or isolate concurrent writes;
• repeated runtime attempts require a changed cause/input and an explicit hypothesis;
• remove the non-required Issue Lifecycle workflows and their 3,623-line implementation/test surface;
• simplify Issue and PR templates while retaining immutable runtime identities, one controller, stop/cleanup rules, and direct readback.

Issue relationship

None

Validation

• .github/scripts/test-select-rust-ci-scope.sh
• Issue-template YAML parse
• git diff --check
• repository search confirms no remaining Issue Lifecycle references
• live branch protection readback confirms required checks remain Monorepo CI gate, Prediction Markets CI gate, and Security Summary Report

Runtime impact and rollback

None. No business code, deployment configuration, credentials, runtime service, Gate, cutover, or Live state changes. Revert this commit to restore the removed governance automation.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Issue and pull request templates now use simpler, outcome-focused fields.
  • Blank issue creation is now enabled.
  • CI scope selection now includes broader workflow and script checks.

• Documentation

  • Updated contribution, issue-tracking, triage, evidence, and runtime guidance.

• Chores

  • Removed automated issue-lifecycle workflows, reconciliation tooling, and related validation tests.
  • Simplified workflow linting by removing obsolete lifecycle checks.

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• .claude/commands/pm/issue-close.md
• .claude/commands/pm/issue-start.md
• .claude/rules/agent-coordination.md
• .claude/rules/branch-operations.md
• .claude/rules/worktree-operations.md
• .claude/scripts/pm/test-github-first-issue-mutations.sh
• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/runtime-rollout.yml
• docs/agents/issue-tracker.md

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• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
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• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/engineering-change.yml
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• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/runtime-rollout.yml
• .github/pull_request_template.md
• .github/scripts/issue-lifecycle-audit.rb
• .github/scripts/issue-lifecycle-preflight.rb
• .github/scripts/issue-lifecycle-status-reconcile.rb
• .github/scripts/select-rust-ci-scope.sh
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-audit.sh
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-contract.sh
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-preflight.sh
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-reconcile-workflow.rb
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-status-reconcile.sh
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-workflow.rb
• .github/scripts/test-select-rust-ci-scope.sh
• .github/workflows/issue-lifecycle-reconcile.yml
• .github/workflows/issue-lifecycle.yml
• .github/workflows/ploy-ci.yml
• AGENTS.md
• docs/agents/issue-tracker.md
• docs/agents/triage-labels.md

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• .github/workflows/issue-lifecycle-reconcile.yml
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-contract.sh
• .github/workflows/issue-lifecycle.yml
• .github/scripts/issue-lifecycle-status-reconcile.rb
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-preflight.sh
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-reconcile-workflow.rb
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-status-reconcile.sh
• .github/scripts/issue-lifecycle-audit.rb
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-audit.sh
• .github/workflows/ploy-ci.yml
• .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-workflow.rb
• .github/scripts/issue-lifecycle-preflight.rb
• .github/scripts/test-select-rust-ci-scope.sh

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The PR simplifies issue and pull-request templates, removes issue-lifecycle automation and its tests, updates CI scope selection, and revises agent, issue-tracker, and triage-label guidance.

Changes

Issue intake and pull-request contracts

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Simplified issue templates .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*	Templates now capture concise outcomes, evidence, constraints, identities, stop rules, and proof. Blank issue creation is enabled.
Simplified pull-request template .github/pull_request_template.md	The template now contains change, issue relationship, validation, and runtime impact and rollback sections.

Lifecycle automation removal

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Removed lifecycle workflows and tooling .github/workflows/issue-lifecycle*.yml, .github/scripts/issue-lifecycle-*.rb, .github/scripts/test-issue-lifecycle-*	Issue-lifecycle audits, preflight, reconciliation, status publication, workflow checks, and their test harnesses were deleted.
Updated CI scope and lint steps .github/scripts/select-rust-ci-scope.sh, .github/scripts/test-select-rust-ci-scope.sh, .github/workflows/ploy-ci.yml	Special-case lifecycle paths and lifecycle test assertions were removed. Workflow lint no longer runs lifecycle checks.

Operating guidance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Revised agent guidance AGENTS.md	Guidance now covers minimal changes, evidence freshness, fail-closed behavior, publishing readback, cutovers, ownership, and focused validation.
Revised issue and label guidance docs/agents/issue-tracker.md, docs/agents/triage-labels.md	The documents now define outcome-based issues, native relationships, terminal evidence, cleanup, retry conditions, flat triage labels, and controller-based runtime authorization.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Possibly related issues

• proerror77/monday#455 — The PR removes and simplifies the issue-lifecycle workflows, templates, audits, and enforcement mechanisms described by the issue.

Possibly related PRs

• proerror77/monday#470 — This PR removes the audit script, its tests, and its workflow integration.
• proerror77/monday#610 — This PR removes the preflight tool, integration tests, and CI wiring.
• proerror77/monday#621 — This PR deletes the enhanced preflight verifier and its test harness.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description covers the change, issue relationship, validation, and rollback, but omits required out-of-scope, dependency, and scope-exception details.	Add the missing template sections, including dependencies, deliberate out-of-scope work, and the required split or inseparability rationale with named reviewer approval.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary change: simplifying agent governance and workflow.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

✨ Finishing Touches 💡 1

🛠️ Fix failing CI checks 💡

• Create stacked PR
• Commit on current branch

📝 Generate docstrings

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🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch codex/process-first-principles

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