fix(plugin): missing project mandate is optional, not a broken path#18
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On the plugin install path Claude Code never creates a `.truecast/` instance
dir, so the agent body's "your job lives in .truecast/.../mandate.md — if it
doesn't exist, write it" dangled: the path was absent AND read-only personas
(Read/Grep/WebSearch/WebFetch — no Write) cannot create it, so they bailed to
"working from craft principles" (reported as the .truecast-doesn't-exist bug).
Reframe the plugin-transport job section: treat a missing brief as normal, tell
the persona to ASK the user what they need (which a read-only agent can do),
and point to the `truecast` CLI for a standing, persisted mandate. Skill paths
(${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/core) were already correct and are unchanged; the
subagent transport is byte-identical (golden green). Regenerated all 11 plugin
bodies; `claude plugin validate --strict` passes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The bug
On the plugin install path, Claude Code never creates a
.truecast/instance dir in the repo. But the generated agent body said "your job lives in.truecast/agents/<name>/instance/mandate.md— if it doesn't exist, write it." Two failures stacked:truecast installran), andRead, Grep, WebSearch, WebFetch— noWrite), so they cannot create the mandate they're told to.Result: the agent reads nothing, can't create it, and bails to "working from craft principles" — the ".truecast doesn't exist" report.
The fix
Reframe the plugin-transport "Your job" section so a missing brief is optional, not an error: the persona asks the user what they need (which a read-only agent can do) and proceeds from its craft, and points to the
truecastCLI for a standing, persisted mandate.Rejected alternatives: scaffolding
.truecast/via a plugin SessionStart hook (unsandboxed code execution — the supply-chain risk we avoid) and granting Write (breaks least-privilege).Scope / safety
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/core) were already correct — unchanged.claude plugin validate --strictpasses;truecast publish --checkclean.Test plan
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