docs: rewrite CLAUDE.md with accurate architecture, known bugs, and design debt; add improvement plan

- Fix YAML key in Task format (agent: not claude:)
- Document complete state machine including BLOCKED and READY states
- Document sandbox lifecycle and git clone failure root cause (sandboxDir shadowing)
- Document all packages including notify, deployment, version, classifier, preamble
- Call out GeminiRunner as a non-functional stub
- Document design debt: unused priority/retry fields, double changestats extraction,
  hardcoded master branch, context.Background() in resume, non-atomic exec creation
- Add docs/IMPROVEMENT_PLAN.md with 20 prioritized issues ranked by effort and impact

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-# Claudomator — Agent Instructions
+# CLAUDE.md
 
-This repository uses a centralized agent configuration.
+This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
 
-**Primary Source of Truth:** ".agent/config.md"
+Also check `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` for user-level development standards (TDD workflow, git practices, session state management, etc.) that apply globally across all projects.
 
-## Quick Reference
-- **Worklog:** ".agent/worklog.md"
-- **Design:** ".agent/design.md"
-- **Coding Standards:** ".agent/coding_standards.md"
+## Canonical Repository
 
-Refer to ".agent/config.md" before performing any tasks.
+**The canonical source of truth is `/workspace/claudomator`.** All development must happen here.
+Do not work in any other directory unless explicitly instructed. Do not explore `/site/doot.terst.org/` for source files.
+
+## Build & Test Commands
+
+```bash
+# Build
+go build ./...
+
+# Run all tests
+go test ./...
+
+# Run a single package's tests
+go test ./internal/executor/...
+
+# Run a single test by name
+go test ./internal/api/ -run TestServer_CreateTask_MissingName
+
+# Run with race detector (important for executor/pool tests)
+go test -race ./...
+
+# Build the binary
+go build -o claudomator ./cmd/claudomator/
+```
+
+> **Note:** `go-sqlite3` uses CGo. A C compiler (`gcc`) must be present for builds and tests.
+
+## Running the Server
+
+```bash
+# Initialize data directory
+./claudomator init
+
+# Start API server (default :8484)
+./claudomator serve
+
+# Run a task file directly (bypasses server)
+./claudomator run ./test/fixtures/tasks/simple-task.yaml
+
+# List tasks via CLI
+./claudomator list
+```
+
+Config defaults to `~/.claudomator/config.toml`. Data is stored in `~/.claudomator/` (SQLite DB + execution logs).
+
+---
+
+## Architecture
+
+**Pipeline:** CLI/API → `executor.Pool` → `executor.ContainerRunner` → `claude -p` subprocess → SQLite + log files
+
+### Package Overview
+
+| Package | Role |
+|---|---|
+| `internal/task` | `Task` struct, YAML/JSON parsing, state machine constants, validation |
+| `internal/executor` | `Pool` (bounded goroutine dispatcher) + `ClaudeRunner` (subprocess + sandbox) + `GeminiRunner` (stub) + `Classifier` + preamble + question/summary helpers |
+| `internal/storage` | SQLite wrapper; additive migrations; tasks + executions tables |
+| `internal/api` | HTTP/WebSocket server — REST endpoints, webhook handler, elaborate/validate, script runner |
+| `internal/notify` | `Notifier` interface; webhook, multi, log implementations |
+| `internal/reporter` | Console/JSON/HTML report generation |
+| `internal/deployment` | Deployment-status checking (polls URL for expected version) |
+| `internal/config` | TOML config loading + data-dir layout helpers |
+| `internal/cli` | Cobra commands: `run`, `serve`, `list`, `status`, `start`, `logs`, `create`, `report`, `init` |
+| `internal/version` | VCS version detection (`debug.ReadBuildInfo`) |
+| `web` | Embedded static UI (`embed.go`) |
+
+### Key Data Flows
+
+**Task execution:**
+1. Task created via `POST /api/tasks` or YAML file (`task.ParseFile`)
+2. `POST /api/tasks/{id}/run` → `executor.Pool.Submit()` → buffered work queue
+3. `dispatch()` goroutine picks from queue, waits for slot, launches `execute()`
+4. `execute()` calls `ContainerRunner.Run()` → `claude -p <instructions> --output-format stream-json`
+5. stdout piped through `parseStream()` to `~/.claudomator/executions/<exec-id>/stdout.log`
+6. Execution result written to SQLite, broadcast via WebSocket to connected clients
+
+**Task state machine** (enforced in `storage.UpdateTaskState` via `task.ValidTransition`):
+
+```
+PENDING ──→ QUEUED ──→ RUNNING ──→ READY ──→ COMPLETED
+               ↑              │     └──→ PENDING (rejected)
+               │              │
+               │              ├──→ BLOCKED ──→ READY (all subtasks done)
+               │              │         └──→ QUEUED (question answered)
+               │              │
+               └──────────────├──→ FAILED
+                              ├──→ TIMED_OUT
+                              ├──→ CANCELLED
+                              └──→ BUDGET_EXCEEDED
+```
+
+- **BLOCKED**: Parent task completed but has subtasks that are not yet COMPLETED, OR agent wrote a question file. Unblocked by `maybeUnblockParent()` or user answer via `/api/tasks/{id}/answer`.
+- **READY**: Execution succeeded; awaits manual accept/reject via `/api/tasks/{id}/accept` or `/api/tasks/{id}/reject`.
+- **COMPLETED**: Terminal — entered only via user accept (top-level) or automatic subtask completion.
+- `FAILED/TIMED_OUT/CANCELLED/BUDGET_EXCEEDED` all re-enter at `QUEUED` for retry/resume.
+
+**WebSocket:** `Hub` fans out task completion events to all connected clients. `Server.StartHub()` must be called before `ListenAndServe`.
+
+### Sandbox Lifecycle (ContainerRunner (Docker-based))
+
+When `agent.project_dir` is set:
+1. `setupSandbox()` clones the project into `/tmp/claudomator-sandbox-*` via the "local" remote (bare repo), then falls back to "origin", then the working copy path.
+2. The claude subprocess runs inside the sandbox.
+3. After successful execution, `teardownSandbox()` auto-commits any uncommitted changes (after running a build if `Makefile`/`go.mod`/`gradlew` is present), then pushes new commits to the bare repo (`origin` from the sandbox's perspective). The sandbox is then removed.
+4. On failure the sandbox is preserved and its path is returned in the error.
+5. On BLOCKED (question written), the sandbox path is stored in `executions.sandbox_dir` so the resume execution can reuse it.
+
+> **Known bug:** Variable shadowing in `claude.go` `Run()` means the outer `sandboxDir` is never assigned (both `setupSandbox` calls use `:=` inside nested blocks). This causes: (a) `teardownSandbox` is never called — work is discarded, sandboxes accumulate in `/tmp`; (b) `BlockedError.SandboxDir` is always `""`, so resume clones a fresh sandbox and loses the agent's partial work. See [Known Bugs](#known-bugs).
+
+> **Known bug:** `teardownSandbox` hardcodes `origin/master` when rebasing on conflict. Repos using `main` will fail on concurrent push. See [Known Bugs](#known-bugs).
+
+### Task YAML Format
+
+```yaml
+name: "My Task"
+description: "Optional longer description"
+agent:
+  type: "claude"              # "claude" (default) or "gemini" (stub, not production-ready)
+  model: "sonnet"             # optional; auto-classified by Classifier if omitted
+  instructions: |
+    Do something useful.
+  project_dir: "/path/to/project"  # optional; triggers sandbox isolation
+  max_budget_usd: 1.00
+  permission_mode: "bypassPermissions"  # default; or "default", "acceptEdits"
+  allowed_tools: ["Bash", "Read", "Edit"]
+  disallowed_tools: []
+  context_files: ["/extra/context/path"]
+  system_prompt_append: "Extra instructions appended to system prompt."
+  skip_planning: false        # if false, prepends planning/orchestration preamble
+  additional_args: []         # extra flags forwarded verbatim to claude CLI
+timeout: "15m"
+priority: "normal"            # "high" | "normal" | "low" (stored but not yet used for scheduling)
+tags: ["ci"]
+depends_on: ["other-task-id"]
+retry:
+  max_attempts: 1             # stored but retry is currently manual via /resume
+  backoff: "exponential"
+```
+
+> **Note:** The YAML key is `agent:`, not `claude:`. Earlier docs showed `claude:` which was wrong.
+
+Batch files wrap multiple tasks under a `tasks:` key.
+
+### Storage Schema
+
+Two tables. Schema is auto-migrated additively on `storage.Open()` — new columns are `ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN` statements that silently succeed if the column already exists.
+
+```
+tasks:      id, name, description, config_json, priority, timeout_ns, retry_json,
+            tags_json, depends_on_json, parent_task_id, state, rejection_comment,
+            question_json, summary, elaboration_input, interactions_json,
+            created_at, updated_at
+
+executions: id, task_id, start_time, end_time, exit_code, status, stdout_path,
+            stderr_path, artifact_dir, cost_usd, error_msg, session_id,
+            sandbox_dir, changestats_json, commits_json
+```
+
+JSON blobs: `config_json` (AgentConfig), `retry_json`, `tags_json`, `depends_on_json`, `interactions_json`, `changestats_json`, `commits_json`.
+
+---
+
+## Features
+
+### Planning Preamble & Orchestration
+
+When `agent.skip_planning` is false (the default), `withPlanningPreamble()` prepends a system-level prompt to the agent's instructions that:
+- Instructs the agent to POST subtasks to `$CLAUDOMATOR_API_URL/api/tasks` and stop if the task will take more than ~3 minutes
+- Instructs the agent to write a JSON question to `$CLAUDOMATOR_QUESTION_FILE` and exit if it needs user input
+- Requires all changes to be committed before exit
+- Requires a summary written to `$CLAUDOMATOR_SUMMARY_FILE`
+
+Env vars injected into every execution: `CLAUDOMATOR_API_URL`, `CLAUDOMATOR_TASK_ID`, `CLAUDOMATOR_PROJECT_DIR`, `CLAUDOMATOR_QUESTION_FILE`, `CLAUDOMATOR_SUMMARY_FILE`.
+
+### Changestats
+
+After each execution, changestats (files changed, lines added/removed) are parsed from git `diff --stat` output in `stdout.log` and stored in `executions.changestats_json`.
+
+> **Duplication debt:** Changestats are extracted in two places: `executor.Pool.handleRunResult()` and `api.Server.processResult()`. Both write the same value to the same row (idempotent), but the double-extraction is confusing and should be consolidated. See [Design Debt](#design-debt).
+
+**Parser:** `internal/task/changestats.go` — `ParseChangestatFromOutput`, `ParseChangestatFromFile`.
+
+**Frontend:** `web/app.js` renders a `.changestats-badge` on COMPLETED/READY task cards.
+
+### GitHub Webhook Integration
+
+`POST /api/webhooks/github` accepts `check_run` and `workflow_run` events. Returns `{"task_id": "..."}` (200) on task creation or 204 if ignored.
+
+#### Config (`~/.claudomator/config.toml`)
+
+```toml
+webhook_secret = "your-github-webhook-secret"   # HMAC-SHA256; skip validation if omitted
+
+[[projects]]
+name = "myrepo"
+dir  = "/workspace/myrepo"
+```
+
+#### Matching logic
+
+Repository name matched case-insensitively against each project's `name` and the basename of its `dir`. Falls back to the only configured project if no match found.
+
+#### Task creation
+
+Tasks created for:
+- `check_run` with `action: completed` and `conclusion: failure`
+- `workflow_run` with `action: completed` and `conclusion: failure` or `timed_out`
+
+Tagged `["ci", "auto"]`, capped at $3 USD, allowed tools: Read, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep.
+
+### Elaborate Endpoint
+
+`POST /api/tasks/elaborate` converts natural language → task JSON via a `claude --prompt` invocation. Optionally reads `CLAUDE.md` / `SESSION_STATE.md` from a configured working directory for context. Per-IP rate-limited.
+
+> **Implementation gap:** The elaborate endpoint is not tested against real Claude invocations. `sanitizeElaboratedTask()` uses keyword heuristics to infer missing tools (fragile). No caching.
+
+### Model Classifier
+
+`executor.Classifier` calls the Gemini CLI (`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`) to pick the best Claude or Gemini model for a task. Falls back to the default model (`sonnet`) if Gemini fails. Agent type is selected first by load balancer; classifier only picks the model within that agent.
+
+> **Implementation gap:** Output parsing is brittle — strips `"Loaded cached credentials."` lines and markdown fences by string matching. No fallback if Gemini CLI isn't installed. Classification results are not cached or logged for learning.
+
+---
+
+
+---
+
+## Design Debt
+
+### GeminiRunner is a non-functional stub
+
+`internal/executor/gemini.go` `execOnce()` does not run the `gemini` binary. It starts a goroutine that writes hardcoded fake JSON to a pipe. `parseGeminiStream()` strips markdown fences but does no semantic parsing. There is no session/resume support.
+
+Any task with `agent.type: "gemini"` will silently return canned output. This is dangerous in production.
+
+**Decision needed:** Either implement GeminiRunner properly (subprocess + stream parsing + sandbox integration mirroring ClaudeRunner) or remove it and the `Classifier` from the codebase until it's ready.
+
+### Priority field is stored but never used
+
+`task.Priority` (`high`, `normal`, `low`) is persisted in SQLite and surfaced in the API. The executor `dispatch()` goroutine uses a simple FIFO channel (`workCh`) with no priority ordering.
+
+### RetryConfig is stored but retry is manual
+
+`task.RetryConfig.MaxAttempts` and `Backoff` are parsed and stored. No code reads them during execution. Retries must be triggered manually via `POST /api/tasks/{id}/resume`.
+
+### Changestats extracted in two places
+
+`executor.Pool.handleRunResult()` and `api.Server.processResult()` both call `task.ParseChangestatFromFile()` and write to `executions.changestats_json`. The second write is idempotent but wasteful and confusing. One of the two should be removed.
+
+### context.Background() in resume path
+
+`api.Server.handleAnswerQuestion()` calls `p.SubmitResume(context.Background(), ...)`. If the HTTP request context is cancelled, the resume still runs. Inversely, if the server shuts down, in-flight resumes using the server's root context would be cancelled while this one would not. Should use a long-lived server-level context, not `Background()`.
+
+### Non-transactional execution creation
+
+`pool.execute()` calls `store.CreateExecution(exec)` followed by `store.UpdateTaskState(t.ID, task.StateRunning)` as separate statements. If the server crashes between them, the task stays PENDING while an execution record exists with status RUNNING. Recovery (`RecoverStaleRunning`) partially handles this but the root cause is the missing transaction.
+
+### Elaborate/validate cmd path indirection
+
+`Server` has two separate fields `elaborateCmdPath` and `validateCmdPath` that override `claudeBinPath` only for tests. This is a testing-time seam that leaks into the production struct. A cleaner approach would be to inject an `Elaborator` interface.
+
+### `withFailureHistory` mutates a shallow copy
+
+In `executor.go`, `withFailureHistory` creates a copy of the task struct (`copy := *t`) but `copy.Agent = t.Agent` copies the struct value — slices inside AgentConfig (`AllowedTools`, `DisallowedTools`, etc.) share the backing array. Appending to `SystemPromptAppend` is safe but any mutation of slices would affect the original.
+
+### Additive migration strategy is fragile
+
+`storage.migrate()` lists every `ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN` statement in code order. The only idempotency guard is catching "column already exists" errors. There is no migration version tracking. Columns dropped in `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS` and added back via ALTER are indistinguishable from new columns. Concurrent server instances running migrations simultaneously have no protection.
+
+---
+
+## REST API Reference
+
+| Method | Endpoint | Description |
+|--------|----------|-------------|
+| GET | `/api/tasks` | List tasks; `?state=RUNNING&since=<RFC3339>&limit=50` |
+| POST | `/api/tasks` | Create task (JSON body) |
+| GET | `/api/tasks/{id}` | Get task |
+| DELETE | `/api/tasks/{id}` | Delete task + subtasks + executions |
+| POST | `/api/tasks/{id}/run` | Submit PENDING task to executor |
+| POST | `/api/tasks/{id}/cancel` | Cancel RUNNING/QUEUED task |
+| POST | `/api/tasks/{id}/accept` | Accept READY task → COMPLETED |
+| POST | `/api/tasks/{id}/reject` | Reject READY task → PENDING |
+| POST | `/api/tasks/{id}/answer` | Answer BLOCKED task question → QUEUED |
+| POST | `/api/tasks/{id}/resume` | Resume FAILED/TIMED_OUT/CANCELLED task |
+| GET | `/api/tasks/{id}/subtasks` | List subtasks |
+| GET | `/api/tasks/{id}/executions` | List execution history |
+| GET | `/api/executions/{id}` | Get execution |
+| GET | `/api/executions/{id}/log` | Get execution log (`?tail=100`) |
+| GET | `/api/executions/{id}/logs/stream` | Stream logs as SSE |
+| GET | `/api/tasks/{id}/logs/stream` | Stream latest execution logs |
+| GET | `/api/executions` | List recent executions across all tasks |
+| GET | `/api/tasks/{id}/deployment-status` | Poll deployment readiness |
+| POST | `/api/tasks/elaborate` | Convert natural language → task JSON |
+| POST | `/api/tasks/validate` | Validate task JSON |
+| POST | `/api/scripts/{name}` | Run named script with task context |
+| GET | `/api/ws` | WebSocket upgrade (live task updates) |
+| GET | `/api/workspaces` | List directories under `workspace_root` |
+| GET | `/api/health` | Server health |
+| POST | `/api/webhooks/github` | GitHub CI webhook |
+
+---
+
+## ADRs
+
+See `docs/adr/001-language-and-architecture.md` for the Go + SQLite + WebSocket rationale.