---
id: T-1140
name: "Pickup: T-1135 persistent TermLink agent sessions — cross-agent coordination
  results from framework + termlink project (from 999-Agentic-Engineering-Framework)"
description: >
  Auto-created from pickup envelope. Source: 999-Agentic-Engineering-Framework. Type:
  pattern.

status: work-completed
workflow_type: inception
owner: agent
horizon:
tags: [pickup, pattern]
components: []
related_tasks: []
created: 2026-04-12T09:45:01Z
last_update: '2026-06-11T22:23:40Z'
date_finished: 2026-04-22T05:25:58Z
target_blast_radius: 3   # T-2193 migration default (M=small-subsystem floor)
voi_score: 0.5            # T-2193 migration default (medium)
bvp_scores_proposed:
  - ts: '2026-06-11T22:23:40Z'
    estimator: bvp-estimator-v1-heuristic
    scores:
      D1: 2
      D2: 2
      D3: 2
      D4: 2
      F-RECALL: 2
      F-ORCH: 2
      F3: 2
      F1: 2
      F2: 2
    rationale: D1=2 (no-signal); D2=2 (no-signal); D3=2 (no-signal); D4=2 
      (no-signal); F-RECALL=2 (no-signal); F-ORCH=2 (no-signal); F3=2 
      (no-signal); F1=2 (no-signal); F2=2 (no-signal)
    rubric_sha: e4a00f38e801
---

# T-1140: Pickup: T-1135 persistent TermLink agent sessions — cross-agent coordination results from framework + termlink project (from 999-Agentic-Engineering-Framework)

## Problem Statement

Self-pickup auto-created from this framework's own T-1135 ("Persistent TermLink agent sessions — always-listening receptionist per project, resume-flow health check, cleanup exemption, cross-agent specialist network"). T-1135 is already work-completed GO. This pickup contains no new scope; it is duplicate-by-design from the pickup pipeline auto-creating an inception task whenever a learning/feature/bug envelope arrives from a completed source task.

## Assumptions

1. T-1135 already addresses the T-1135 persistent agent sessions pattern — TESTED TRUE (status: work-completed GO)
2. Nothing in this pickup envelope adds scope beyond T-1135 — TESTED TRUE (re-read pickup vs parent episodic)

## Exploration Plan

5-min time-box (done):
- Verify T-1135 status — DONE (work-completed GO)
- Diff pickup envelope vs parent task scope — DONE (no new items)

## Technical Constraints

None. Triage decision, not implementation.

## Scope Fence

**IN:** decide whether T-1140 has any scope beyond what T-1135 GO already shipped.
**OUT:** anything about persistent agent sessions design (already settled in T-1135).

## Acceptance Criteria

### Agent
- [x] Problem statement validated (self-pickup of completed T-1135; no new scope)
- [x] Assumptions tested (2/2 true)
- [x] Recommendation written with rationale (DEFER — duplicate of completed T-1135)

### Human
- [x] [REVIEW] Review exploration findings and approve go/no-go decision
  **Steps:**
  1. Run: `fw task review T-XXX` (opens Watchtower with recommendation, assumptions, research artifacts)
  2. Review the Agent Recommendation section and go/no-go criteria evaluation
  3. Record decision via the Watchtower form or the command shown alongside the QR code
  **Expected:** Decision recorded, task completed
  **If not:** Ask agent for clarification on specific findings

## Go/No-Go Criteria

**GO if:**
- New scope exists beyond what T-1135 already shipped

**NO-GO if:**
- The pickup re-states a problem already addressed and shipped (this is the case here)

## Verification

# Shell commands that MUST pass before work-completed. One per line.
# Lines starting with # are comments (skipped). Empty lines ignored.
# For inception tasks, verification is often not needed (decisions, not code).

## Recommendation

**Recommendation:** DEFER (close as duplicate)

**Rationale:** Self-pickup auto-created by the framework's pickup pipeline when an envelope arrived from T-1135 ("Persistent TermLink agent sessions — always-listening receptionist per project, resume-flow health check, cleanup exemption, cross-agent specialist network"). T-1135 is already work-completed GO and addresses the T-1135 persistent agent sessions pattern. There is no new scope to explore. Keeping T-1140 open is structural noise — same anti-pattern as T-1130 / T-1271 (also DEFER as self-pickup duplicates).

**Evidence:**
- T-1135 status: work-completed, decision: GO (`bin/fw inception status | grep T-1135`)
- Pickup envelope re-states the parent's problem; no new file paths, commands, or scope items
- Established framework pattern: when a self-pickup arrives for an already-completed source task, the right action is DEFER

**Structural follow-up (separate task):** the pickup pipeline should skip envelopes whose source-task is already work-completed. Tracked as part of the "pickup-pipeline-self-noise" class — to be filed if not already in concerns.yaml.

## Decisions

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     Skip for tasks with no meaningful choices.
     Format:
     ### [date] — [topic]
     - **Chose:** [what was decided]
     - **Why:** [rationale]
     - **Rejected:** [alternatives and why not]
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## Decision

**Decision**: DEFER

**Rationale**: Recommendation: DEFER (close as duplicate)

Rationale: Self-pickup auto-created by the framework's pickup pipeline when an envelope arrived from T-1135 ("Persistent TermLink agent sessions — always-listening receptionist per project, resume-flow health check, cleanup exemption, cross-agent specialist network"). T-1135 is already work-completed GO and addresses the T-1135 persistent agent sessions pattern. There is no new scope to explore. Keeping T-1140 open is structural noise — same anti-pattern as T-1130 / T-1271 (also DEFER as self-pickup duplicates).

Evidence:
- T-1135 status: work-completed, decision: GO (`bin/fw inception status | grep T-1135`)
- Pickup envelope re-states the parent's problem; no new file paths, commands, or scope items
- Established framework pattern: when a self-pickup arrives for an already-completed source task, the right action is DEFER

Structural follow-up (separate task): the pickup pipeline should skip envelopes whose source-task is already work-completed. Tracked as part of the "pickup-pipeline-self-noise" class — to be filed if not already in concerns.yaml.

**Date**: 2026-04-20T09:40:39Z

## Updates

<!-- Auto-populated by git mining at task completion.
     Manual entries optional during execution. -->

### 2026-04-12T09:46:31Z — status-update [task-update-agent]
- **Change:** horizon: next → later

### 2026-04-20T09:40:39Z — inception-decision [inception-workflow]
- **Action:** Recorded inception decision
- **Decision:** DEFER
- **Rationale:** Recommendation: DEFER (close as duplicate)

Rationale: Self-pickup auto-created by the framework's pickup pipeline when an envelope arrived from T-1135 ("Persistent TermLink agent sessions — always-listening receptionist per project, resume-flow health check, cleanup exemption, cross-agent specialist network"). T-1135 is already work-completed GO and addresses the T-1135 persistent agent sessions pattern. There is no new scope to explore. Keeping T-1140 open is structural noise — same anti-pattern as T-1130 / T-1271 (also DEFER as self-pickup duplicates).

Evidence:
- T-1135 status: work-completed, decision: GO (`bin/fw inception status | grep T-1135`)
- Pickup envelope re-states the parent's problem; no new file paths, commands, or scope items
- Established framework pattern: when a self-pickup arrives for an already-completed source task, the right action is DEFER

Structural follow-up (separate task): the pickup pipeline should skip envelopes whose source-task is already work-completed. Tracked as part of the "pickup-pipeline-self-noise" class — to be filed if not already in concerns.yaml.

### 2026-04-22T05:25:58Z — status-update [task-update-agent]
- **Change:** status: captured → started-work
- **Change:** horizon: later → now (auto-sync)

### 2026-04-22T05:25:58Z — status-update [task-update-agent]
- **Change:** status: started-work → work-completed

## Reviewer Verdict (v1.5)

- **Scan ID:** R-3b84eb1a
- **Timestamp:** 2026-06-02T14:55:26Z
- **Catalogue:** v1.3-seed
- **Overall:** PASS
- **Needs Human:** no
- **Findings:** none
