bradygaster · Feb 13, 2026 · Feb 13, 2026 · Feb 13, 2026
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ _Summarized from initial architecture review (2026-02-07). Full entries in `hist
 ## Recent Updates
 
 📌 Team update (2026-02-13): VS Code runSubagent spawning — platform parity and adaptation strategy (consolidated). runSubagent viable with platform detection and custom .agent.md files. Spawn patterns all map 1:1; model selection is the gap; recommendation: prompt-level platform detection, no abstraction layer. Unblocks #32-35. — decided by Keaton, Strausz, Kujan
+📌 Team update (2026-02-13): MCP integration — coordinator awareness and CLI config generation. Added MCP Integration section to squad.agent.md, MCP context block to spawn template, and `.copilot/mcp-config.json` sample generation to `squad init` and `squad upgrade`. Issue #11 resolved. — decided by Fenster
 📌 Team update (2026-02-09): No npm publish — GitHub-only distribution. Kobayashi hired as Git & Release Engineer. Release plan (021) filed. Sprint plan 019a amended: item 1.8 cancelled, items 1.11-1.13 added.
 📌 Team update (2026-02-08): CI pipeline created — GitHub Actions runs tests on push/PR to main/dev. PRs now have automated quality gate. — decided by Hockney
 📌 Team update (2026-02-08): Coordinator now captures user directives to decisions inbox before routing work. Directives persist to decisions.md via Scribe. — decided by Kujan
@@ -116,3 +117,5 @@ _Summarized from initial architecture review (2026-02-07). Full entries in `hist
 
 
 📌 Team update (2026-02-13): Projects V2 Phase 1 validation complete — all gh project * commands validated live, no npm dependencies needed. Unblocks WI-3 (board init), WI-4 (label-to-board sync), WI-5 (board query). — decided by Fenster
+
+- **MCP integration shipped (#11).** Added MCP Integration section to squad.agent.md (after Client Compatibility, before Eager Execution): detection via tool prefix scanning, routing rules (coordinator direct vs spawn with context), graceful degradation (CLI fallback → inform user → continue without), config file locations, Trello sample config. References the existing MCP skill at `.ai-team/skills/mcp-tool-discovery/SKILL.md` instead of duplicating it. Updated spawn template with optional MCP TOOLS AVAILABLE block. Added MCP config generation to `squad init` (creates `.copilot/mcp-config.json` sample with `EXAMPLE-trello` prefix pattern). Added 0.4.0 upgrade migration so existing installs get the sample config on `squad upgrade`. Both init and migration are idempotent (skip if file exists).
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ _Summarized from initial architecture review and proposal-first design (2026-02-
 ## Recent Updates
 
 📌 Team update (2026-02-13): VS Code runSubagent spawning — platform parity and adaptation strategy (consolidated). runSubagent viable with platform detection and custom .agent.md files. Spawn patterns all map 1:1; model selection is the gap; recommendation: prompt-level platform detection, no abstraction layer. Unblocks #32-35. — decided by Keaton, Strausz, Kujan
+📌 Team update (2026-02-13): Context window optimization — spawn template dedup and Init Mode compression. Applied surgical optimizations to squad.agent.md (Issue #37): removed two redundant spawn templates, compressed Init Mode from 84 to 48 lines. Saved ~4,270 tokens per coordinator message. — decided by Keaton
+📌 Team update (2026-02-13): Plugin Marketplace Integration. When adding new team members, coordinator checks configured plugin marketplaces for relevant templates and skills. State in `.ai-team/plugins/marketplaces.json`. CLI: `squad plugin marketplace add|remove|list|browse`. Issue #29 resolved. — decided by Keaton
 📌 Team update (2026-02-08): Proposal 023 — coordinator extracts all actionable items from messages, new backlog.md as third memory channel (intent), SQL rejected as primary store, proactive backlog surfacing as Phase 3 — decided by Verbal
 📌 Team update (2026-02-08): .ai-team/ must NEVER be tracked in git on main. Three-layer protection: .gitignore, package.json files allowlist, .npmignore. — decided by Verbal
 📌 Team update (2026-02-08): Incoming queue architecture finalized — SQL hot layer + filesystem durable store, team backlog as third memory channel, agent cloning ready. — decided by Verbal

@@ -1651,3 +1651,57 @@ Created `docs/scenarios/client-compatibility.md` as the single source of truth f
 **What:** Agent role emoji should be prepended to the `description` field in CLI `task` tool spawns. E.g., `"🔧 Fenster: refactoring auth module"` instead of `"Fenster: refactoring auth module"`. The roster already maps emoji to roles (🏗️ Lead, 🔧 Core Dev, ⚛️ Frontend, 🧪 Tester, 📝 DevRel, ✏️ Prompt Engineer, 📋 Scribe, 🔄 Ralph). Carry them into spawn descriptions.
 **Why:** User request — captured for team memory. Extends the VS Code emoji directive to CLI. Both platforms should show agent identity with role emoji.
 
+
+
+### 2026-02-15: MCP integration — coordinator awareness and CLI config generation
+**By:** Fenster
+**What:** Added MCP Integration section to squad.agent.md, MCP context block to spawn template, and `.copilot/mcp-config.json` sample generation to `squad init` and `squad upgrade`.
+**Why:** Issue #11 — enable Squad to use MCP services (Trello, Aspire, etc.). Squad doesn't own MCP server lifecycle; it teaches agents awareness and provides a sample config with the `EXAMPLE-` prefix pattern so users know where to configure. The upgrade migration ensures existing installs get the sample config.
+
+
+### 2026-02-13: Context window optimization — spawn template dedup and Init Mode compression
+
+**By:** Keaton
+
+**What:** Applied two surgical optimizations to squad.agent.md (Issue #37): (1) Removed two redundant spawn templates (Background and Sync), replaced with single generic template plus mode selection notes. Saved ~3,600 tokens. (2) Compressed Init Mode from 84 lines to ~48 lines by replacing file tree example with one-liner reference, condensing post-setup input sources to bulleted list, tightening casting state init. Saved ~670 tokens. Total savings: ~4,270 tokens per coordinator message.
+
+**Why:** squad.agent.md is loaded on every coordinator spawn (every user message). Init Mode occupies context space on all messages but is only used once per repo lifetime (when .ai-team/team.md doesn't exist). The three spawn templates were 95% identical — same sections (charter, history, decisions, OUTPUT HYGIENE, RESPONSE ORDER, skill extraction), differing only in mode parameter and example agent names (Ripley, Dallas, {Name}). This redundancy consumed context window space without adding value — developers only need one reference template with mode selection guidance, not three full examples. Init Mode's file tree example (lines 55-75) duplicated .ai-team-templates/ content. Post-setup input sources (lines 97-111) repeated the same "If yes, follow..." pattern 4 times. Both optimizations preserve all behavior and all required sections while eliminating prose redundancy.
+
+
+### 2026-02-15: Plugin Marketplace Integration
+
+**Date:** 2026-02-15
+**Decided by:** Keaton (Lead)
+**Issue:** #29 — New team members should leverage configured plugin marketplace
+**Status:** Implemented
+
+## What
+
+When adding new team members, the coordinator now checks configured plugin marketplaces for relevant templates and skills. This enables community-driven agent customization — e.g., prompting for "Azure cloud development" can discover and install an `azure-cloud-development` plugin automatically.
+
+## Architecture
+
+- **State:** `.ai-team/plugins/marketplaces.json` — JSON file listing registered marketplace sources (GitHub repos)
+- **CLI:** `squad plugin marketplace add|remove|list|browse` — four subcommands for marketplace management
+- **Coordinator flow:** Adding Team Members section updated with marketplace check step between name allocation and charter generation
+- **Discovery:** `browse` command reads a marketplace repo's directory listing via `gh api` to find available plugins
+- **Installation:** Plugin content copied into `.ai-team/skills/{plugin-name}/SKILL.md` or merged into agent charter
+
+## Graceful Degradation
+
+- No marketplaces configured → skip silently
+- Marketplace unreachable → warn and continue
+- No matching plugins → inform and proceed
+
+## Trade-offs
+
+- **Simple discovery model:** Directory listing, not a manifest. Low barrier for marketplace authors but less metadata. Good enough for v0.4.0; can add `manifest.json` later.
+- **gh CLI dependency for browse:** Requires GitHub CLI installed and authenticated. Acceptable since Squad already depends on `gh` for other features.
+- **No auto-install:** Always asks the user before installing. Respects user agency.
+
+## Files Changed
+
+- `.github/agents/squad.agent.md` — Added Plugin Marketplace section, updated Adding Team Members flow, added to Source of Truth table
+- `index.js` — Added `plugin marketplace` subcommands, `plugins/` directory creation, v0.4.0 migration
+
+
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+# Session: 2026-02-13 — README Context Budget Update
+
+**Requested by:** Brady
+
+## What Happened
+
+1. **README Updated**
+   - McManus added v0.4.0 "What's New" section documenting Project Boards (Issue #6), Async Notifications, VS Code compatibility, and progress signals
+   - Added new "Status" line: "Stable — v0.2.0 shipped" replacing "Experimental"
+   - Cross-referenced new docs/scenarios/client-compatibility.md for multi-platform support matrix
+
+2. **Context Window Budget Table Revised**
+   - Coordinator: ~28.8K tokens (realistic, measured)
+   - decisions.md: ~80K tokens (measured after deduplication)
+   - Agent charter pool: ~8-12K tokens per agent (measured)
+   - Spawn templates: ~2-3K tokens each (measured)
+   - Total budget utilization: Agents 41-46% of available context
+   - Identified compression opportunities: Spawn template reuse, skill-based auxiliary features
+
+3. **Emoji Directives Captured**
+   - **Directive 1:** VS Code agent picker should show role emoji in agent name (e.g., "🔧 Fenster")
+   - **Directive 2:** CLI task spawns should prepend role emoji to description field
+   - Roster mappings: 🏗️ Lead, 🔧 Core Dev, ⚛️ Frontend, 🧪 Tester, 📝 DevRel, ✏️ Prompt Engineer, 📋 Scribe, 🔄 Ralph
+
+4. **Issue #10 Addressed**
+   - Keaton posted comprehensive go/no-go assessment for Issue #6 (Project Boards)
+   - Feature approved for v0.4.0 with three-phase implementation (17-26 squad-hours)
+   - Architectural soundness confirmed; zero dependencies constraint validated
+
+## Participants
+
+- Brady (product direction)
+- McManus (documentation updates)
+- Keaton (decision coordination)
+- Coordinator (session orchestration)
+
+## Status
+
+✅ Session complete. All artifacts ready for merge.
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+# Session: 2026-02-13 v0.4.0 Sprint Merge Cleanup
+
+**Requested by:** Brady (bradygaster)  
+**Date:** 2026-02-13
+
+## Summary
+
+v0.4.0 sprint results collected and merged into main branch. All 9 issues resolved, 3 PRs merged, 1 PR closed as duplicate.
+
+## Details
+
+### Merges
+
+- **PR #38** (McManus) — Documentation updates
+- **PR #39** (Hockney) — Test coverage expansion  
+- **PR #40** (Keaton) — Coordinator architecture + CLI implementation
+
+### Closed
+
+- **PR #41** (Fenster) — MCP work closed as duplicate of Keaton's delivery in PR #40
+
+### Issues Closed
+
+- **#11** (MCP integration) — resolved by PR #40
+- **#27** (Notifications) — resolved by PR #39
+- **#29** (Plugin marketplace) — resolved by documentation in PR #38
+
+### Agents Active
+
+- McManus — documentation delivery
+- Keaton — architecture & code (coordinator + CLI)
+- Hockney — testing & validation
+- Fenster — MCP (redundant work, superseded by Keaton)
+
+## Outcomes
+
+All v0.4.0 sprint objectives met. Main branch is up to date with sprint deliverables.
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+{
+  "marketplaces": []
+}