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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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clean-general Use when writing, fixing, editing, or reviewing Python code quality. Enforces Clean Code's core principles—DRY, single responsibility, clear intent, no magic numbers, proper abstractions.

General Clean Code Principles

Critical Rules

G5: DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself)

Every piece of knowledge has one authoritative representation.

# Bad - duplication
tax_rate = 0.0825
ca_total = subtotal * 1.0825
ny_total = subtotal * 1.07

# Good - single source of truth
TAX_RATES = {"CA": 0.0825, "NY": 0.07}
def calculate_total(subtotal: float, state: str) -> float:
    return subtotal * (1 + TAX_RATES[state])

G16: No Obscured Intent

Don't be clever. Be clear.

# Bad - what does this do?
return (x & 0x0F) << 4 | (y & 0x0F)

# Good - obvious intent
return pack_coordinates(x, y)

G23: Prefer Polymorphism to If/Else

# Bad - will grow forever
def calculate_pay(employee):
    if employee.type == "SALARIED":
        return employee.salary
    elif employee.type == "HOURLY":
        return employee.hours * employee.rate
    elif employee.type == "COMMISSIONED":
        return employee.base + employee.commission

# Good - open/closed principle
class SalariedEmployee:
    def calculate_pay(self): return self.salary

class HourlyEmployee:
    def calculate_pay(self): return self.hours * self.rate

class CommissionedEmployee:
    def calculate_pay(self): return self.base + self.commission

G25: Replace Magic Numbers with Named Constants

# Bad
if elapsed_time > 86400:
    ...

# Good
SECONDS_PER_DAY = 86400
if elapsed_time > SECONDS_PER_DAY:
    ...

G30: Functions Should Do One Thing

If you can extract another function, your function does more than one thing.

G36: Law of Demeter (Avoid Train Wrecks)

# Bad - reaching through multiple objects
output_dir = context.options.scratch_dir.absolute_path

# Good - one dot
output_dir = context.get_scratch_dir()

Enforcement Checklist

When reviewing AI-generated code, verify:

  • No duplication (G5)
  • Clear intent, no magic numbers (G16, G25)
  • Polymorphism over conditionals (G23)
  • Functions do one thing (G30)
  • No Law of Demeter violations (G36)
  • Boundary conditions handled (G3)
  • Dead code removed (G9)