Neondeck software factory: Slice 2 implementation — Prompts and responses
Related pull request: #394 (the merged Slice 2 stack)
Historical transcript. Status statements in the exchanges reflect the time they were written.
Exchange 1
User prompt
ok well do that in the morning, make sure you log in the plan this still needs to be done , before slice 2 merges. go ahead and start on slice 2 in the interim. same pattern as before. use sub agents, they don’t create prs until static reviewers come back clean. you act as final reviewer checking for plan adherence.
use stacked prs , create a mock codex cli if needed. call it mockdex.
Final agent response
The proposal defines slice 2 as “brief to candidate”: a supervised local worktree, Codex execution, run/session visibility, cancellation, limits, and retention. PR delivery remains slice 3, and OpenCode remains slice 4. I’m keeping that boundary and making live slice 1 acceptance an explicit merge gate for the entire new stack.
Exchange 2
User prompt
go on
Final agent response
Slice 2 is implemented as a draft stack:
Plan #391 → Runs #392 → Codex/mockdex #393 → Workbench #394
Both independent static reviews and my final review are clean. All 2,113 tests and 24 CI checks pass. Screenshots are attached; secret-scanning hooks ran without bypasses.
Nothing merged. Slice 1 live acceptance still blocks every merge. That gate and pending real Codex/VM testing are recorded in the handoff.
Exchange 3
User prompt
mark as ready for review
Final agent response
All four PRs (#391–#394) are ready for review. Nothing merged; live Slice 1 acceptance still blocks merging.
Exchange 4
User prompt
check for pr review feedback and address
Final agent response
Addressed all 13 review comments via subagents and pushed the updated stack, #391–#394.
- Two independent static reviews clean; manager review complete.
- 2,156 tests and 36 CI checks passed.
- Secrets hooks and range scan passed.
- No unresolved review threads; PRs remain ready.
Nothing merged. Live Slice 1 acceptance and real Codex smoke remain required merge gates.
Exchange 5
User prompt
Ok is this ready to merge ?
Final agent response
Code-wise yes; acceptance-wise, not yet. All four PRs are conflict-free, all 36 CI checks pass, and there are no unresolved review threads.
Two merge gates remain:
- Finish Slice 1 live acceptance. The newer rehearsal records successful intake, model shaping, writeback and restart checks, but human iteration/release and remaining recovery scenarios are incomplete.
- Run a real Codex smoke through the Slice 2 adapter. Mockdex coverage doesn’t clear this gate.
I’d complete and record those before merging.
Exchange 6
User prompt
some plan updates related slice 1 one just landed (slice 1 completed acceptance testing) , merge in those changes, and make sure that you've also logged slice 2 acceptance testing
Final agent response
The new main commit is PR #396. Its record says Slice 1 acceptance is partial, including a list of remaining checks, so I’ve asked how to reconcile that with your completion note. I’ll integrate the record now and make Slice 2’s acceptance status and remaining tests explicit.
Exchange 7
User prompt
once those are merged in go ahead and merge the stack
Final agent response
Merged #391–#394 into main at 0b776ff6, after two clean reviews and 36 passing CI checks.
- Integrated the Slice 1 updates and recorded your acceptance with deferred checks.
- Added the Slice 2 acceptance log, including completed automated verification and the pending real Codex checklist.
Verified the landed tree exactly matches the reviewed version.
Exchange 8
User prompt
ok so we're ready to move onto slice 3 ?
Final agent response
Yes—we’re ready to plan and implement Slice 3: candidate → PR.
Its scope is:
- Independent checks and model review of the candidate.
- Bounded repairs through Codex.
- Reliable draft-PR delivery, including duplicate-safe retries.
- Existing watch/review UI integration with clear factory ownership.
- Human intervention for scope changes or exhausted budgets; human-controlled merge.
Slice 2’s real Codex acceptance remains pending and should run alongside this work before we consider the combined workflow live-accepted.
Next is a Slice 3 implementation plan in .plans/factory/, followed by the same subagent, independent-review, and stacked-PR workflow.
Exchange 9
User prompt
ok whats the slice2 acceptance tests that need to be run ?
Final agent response
The remaining work is live acceptance through Neon’s factory using real Codex. Mockdex and automated tests already passed.
- Setup/readiness: Verify the supported CLI (
0.150.1), selected model/auth, isolated runtime home and managed worktree, and finite execution limits. Missing or unsupported Codex must block execution. - Released brief → candidate: Human-review and release a small task. Verify exactly one attempt starts with the released scope, a fresh Codex session, and the expected model.
- Evidence and human review: Confirm events, terminal receipt, process termination, and retained changes agree. Inspect the candidate through the existing diff viewer. Completion must remain “awaiting review.”
- Isolation and cleanup: Compare the primary checkout before/after—it must remain unchanged. Check credential cleanup and that logs/UI don’t expose credentials.
- Cancellation: Cancel an active attempt, ideally one running a child dev server. Confirm both processes terminate within bounds before releasing the writer reservation.
- Failure/reconciliation: Verify failed work is retained, uncertainty becomes
needs-reconcile, and neither case blindly starts another writer. Distinguish synthetic failure tests from actual provider failures. - Restart recovery: Restart Neon during execution or cancellation; verify it follows the same attempt without duplicate execution. Explicitly record a deferral if this isn’t exercised.
- Signoff: Record revision, environment, outcomes, failures/rechecks, and operator/manager acceptance.
Linux/VM deployment and remote workers are separate later acceptance work.
The checklist and results template are in SLICE_2_ACCEPTANCE.md.