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Three independently ugly bugs that all fed the same log flood:

* Electron's `WebFrameMain.send` writes every "Render frame was disposed"
  to stderr via `console.error`. When the worker fans a second
  agent-event past a reloading renderer, we produced thousands of
  identical lines and stalled the main loop on stderr I/O. Added a
  `mainFrame.detached` guard so the send is short-circuited before
  Electron's own catch block fires, and installed a targeted filter in
  `suppress-warnings.ts` (now actually imported from the entry point)
  so the specific `console.error("Error sending from webFrameMain:"…)`
  noise never reaches the terminal. Any other payload still surfaces.

* `dispatchAgentMessage` accepted the human-reader sentinel as a wake
  target when an agent replied to `__board__` — `wakeAgentIfPossible`
  then called `db.getAgent("__board__")`, threw, and the dispatcher
  kept repeating on every send. Strip `HUMAN_SENDER_ID` at
  `resolveMessageWakeTargets`, and keep a defense-in-depth guard in the
  heartbeat so a stray caller (future automation fan-out) cannot
  reintroduce the crash.

* Pi's skills loader rejects any SKILL.md whose frontmatter `name`
  diverges from its parent directory. The four bundled `my-writing-style`
  copies declared `name: writing-style-skill`, so every install emitted
  a warning and dropped the skill. They also lived as orphan gitlinks
  (mode 160000 without .gitmodules), and the global `*.md` gitignore
  hid every other SKILL.md from version control. Fixed the frontmatter
  to match the dir, converted the dangling submodules to plain trees,
  and allowlisted `builtin-skills/**/*.md` so a fresh clone carries the
  catalogue instead of silently losing it.
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Use Simple Data Structures Across Boundaries CRITICAL prevents coupling between layers dep, boundaries, dto, data-transfer

Use Simple Data Structures Across Boundaries

Data crossing architectural boundaries should be simple, isolated data structures. Never pass entities, database rows, or framework objects across boundaries.

Incorrect (entity crosses boundary):

# domain/entities/user.py
class User:
    def __init__(self, id, email, password_hash, created_at):
        self.id = id
        self.email = email
        self.password_hash = password_hash  # Sensitive data
        self.created_at = created_at

# interface_adapters/controllers/user_controller.py
class UserController:
    def get_user(self, user_id):
        user = self.use_case.get_user(user_id)
        return jsonify(user.__dict__)  # Entity exposed to HTTP layer, leaks password_hash

Correct (DTOs cross boundaries):

# application/dto/user_response.py
@dataclass
class UserResponse:
    id: str
    email: str
    member_since: str  # Formatted for presentation

# application/usecases/get_user.py
class GetUserUseCase:
    def execute(self, user_id: str) -> UserResponse:
        user = self.repository.find_by_id(user_id)
        return UserResponse(
            id=user.id,
            email=user.email,
            member_since=user.created_at.strftime("%B %Y")
        )

# interface_adapters/controllers/user_controller.py
class UserController:
    def get_user(self, user_id):
        response = self.use_case.execute(user_id)
        return jsonify(asdict(response))  # Only safe, formatted data

When NOT to use this pattern:

  • Within the same architectural layer, entities can flow freely
  • Performance-critical paths may need optimized data transfer

Reference: Clean Architecture - Crossing Boundaries