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Source repo squad team is stale — missing icons, outdated templates, UX drift from fresh init #67
The "squad squad" (the team in this repo's .ai-team/) was hand-created early in development and hasn't been refreshed as the product's templates evolved. This means the team building Squad has a worse experience than new users running squad init for the first time.
Specific drift observed:
team.md:
Members use Wikipedia links instead of role emoji icons (🏗️, ⚛️, 🔧, etc.)
@copilot capabilities section is less detailed than the current templates/roster.md
Coordinator name is "Copilot" not "Squad" (template uses "Squad")
Charters:
Existing charters were hand-written before the templates/charter.md template was finalized
Missing some standard sections or have inconsistent formatting vs current template
General:
Any new template improvements (ceremonies, routing, skills) may not have propagated back to source
This is a "cobbler's children have no shoes" problem — if source repo drifts, it's likely customer installs drift too after upgrades
Why this matters
Dogfooding gap — Brady and the team aren't experiencing Squad the way users do
Customer risk — if we don't notice drift in our own repo, we won't catch it for users upgrading from older versions
UX consistency — role icons in the roster aren't just cosmetic, they help the coordinator identify agents at a glance
Proposed fix
Add an upgrade --refresh-team or equivalent mechanism that:
Refreshes team.md formatting to match current templates/roster.md (icons, structure)
Updates charter formatting to match templates/charter.md (without overwriting custom content like expertise, boundaries, voice)
Validates .ai-team/ structure matches current expectations
Reports what was refreshed
For the source repo specifically, a one-time manual refresh may suffice — but the general mechanism benefits all users.
Acceptance Criteria
Source repo team.md has role emoji icons instead of Wikipedia links
@copilot capabilities match current template
Charters have all standard sections from template
Consider whether upgrade subcommand should auto-refresh team formatting
Activity
bradygaster commentedon Feb 16, 2026
✅ Fixed via #68. Ran squad upgrade --self to refresh .ai-team/ from templates. Squad repo is now up-to-date.
feat: complete v0.4.1 blockers (#70, #68, #67)
fix: add guard push trigger, track .ai-team-templates (#67 followup)
fix: guard handles push events correctly (#67 followup)
docs(ai-team): spike research — 6 spikes completed with findings post…
Merge pull request github#67 from jbenami_microsoft/squad/56-teams-no…