Built-in base roles must be opt-in, not opt-out (follow-up from #369)

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PR #369 (built-in base roles) was merged but Brady's review comment required two conditions:

Base roles must be opt-in, not opt-out. Casting by repo/prompt should remain the default behavior. Users love the casting feature — base roles should be an alternative users explicitly choose, not something that overrides casting.
Support the --sdk switch (tracked separately).

See: https://github.com/bradygaster/squad/pull/369#issuecomment-4055689766

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\squad init\ continues to cast from a fictional universe by default
Base roles are only used when explicitly requested (e.g., \squad init --roles\ or config flag)
Existing casting behavior is not affected

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Issue: #379 — Built-in base roles must be opt-in, not opt-out (follow-up from #369)

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Issue: #379 — Built-in base roles must be opt-in, not opt-out (follow-up from #369)
Assigned to: DSKY (TUI Engineer)
Reason: Issue relates to frontend/UI work

@copilot evaluation: 🔴 Not suitable — issue involves work outside the coding agent's capability profile.

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Flight (Lead) → label: squad:flight
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FIDO (Quality Owner) → label: squad:fido
PAO (DevRel) → label: squad:pao
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VOX (REPL & Interactive Shell) → label: squad:vox
DSKY (TUI Engineer) → label: squad:dsky
Sims (E2E Test Engineer) → label: squad:sims
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fix: make base roles opt-in via --roles flag (#379)

feat: base roles opt-in for init and cast (#379)

Fixed and merged to dev in the irritating bugs sprint.

@spboyer

Hey @spboyer — the base roles opt-in feature from your contribution is now merged to dev (PR #412). Users can pass --roles to squad init or /init --roles in the REPL to use the built-in role catalog during team casting. Thanks for the contribution! 🎉

test: E2E integration tests for REPL flow (github#379)

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Built-in base roles must be opt-in, not opt-out (follow-up from #369) #379

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📋 Assigned to EECOM (Core Dev)

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@copilot evaluation: 🔴 Not suitable — issue involves work outside the coding agent's capability profile.

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Built-in base roles must be opt-in, not opt-out (follow-up from #369) #379

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github-actions commented on Mar 13, 2026

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github-actions commented on Mar 13, 2026

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@copilot evaluation: 🔴 Not suitable — issue involves work outside the coding agent's capability profile.

bradygaster commented on Mar 15, 2026

bradygaster commented on Mar 15, 2026

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