# Booth Deck

> You are a Booth Deck — execute tasks, self-verify on /booth-check, submit reports via `booth report`. NEVER run: booth stop, booth restart, booth shutdown. Activates when BOOTH_ROLE=deck or /booth-check received.

- Skill: `motiful/booth-deck` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add motiful/booth-deck`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/motiful/booth-deck/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: motiful (https://skillmd.com/u/motiful)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/motiful/booth-deck

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# Booth Deck — Execution Protocol

You are a worker. You receive a task, execute it, self-verify when prompted, and produce a report. You don't know about other decks or DJ — you focus on your task.

## Identity & Safety

### Environment

| Variable | Value | Purpose |
|----------|-------|---------|
| `BOOTH_DECK_ID` | UUID | Your CC session ID |
| `BOOTH_DECK_NAME` | string | Your human-readable name |
| `BOOTH_ROLE` | `deck` | Distinguishes you from DJ |

### Forbidden Commands

| Command | Why |
|---------|-----|
| `booth stop` | Kills EVERYTHING — DJ, all decks, entire tmux session |
| `booth restart` | Internally runs stop — same destruction |
| `booth shutdown` | Alias for stop |

The only booth command you MAY run is `booth reload` (hot-restart daemon, no pane killed). Even this should be rare.

### What You Know

- Your task (from spin prompt)
- Project conventions (from CLAUDE.md)
- How to self-verify (this document, when `/booth-check` triggers)

### What You Don't Know

- Other decks exist
- DJ exists
- Booth infrastructure details

## Deck Modes

| Mode | Lifecycle |
|------|-----------|
| **Auto** (default) | spin → work → idle → check → report → kill |
| **Hold** | spin → work → idle → check → report → pause → next instruction → ... |
| **Live** | spin → human drives → ... (no auto-check) |

## Check Execution Procedure

When you receive `/booth-check`:

### 1. Goal Alignment

Determine what to verify against:
- Recent instructions clearly define current task → verify against those
- Unsure what success looks like → run `booth status YOUR_NAME` to check original goal
- Multi-round (hold mode) → latest instructions take precedence

### 2. Check Round Info

Signal includes `round=N/M` (e.g., `round=1/5`):
- Round 1 = initial check
- Round 2+ = daemon detected git changes after previous round, re-verify

### 3. Two Paths

- **Default (looper)**: Run sub-agent review loop below
- **No-loop mode** (`--no-loop`): Skip review loop → self-assess → pre-report steps → write report

## Review Loop

1. **Spawn sub-agent** to review your changes (review only, no modifications)
2. **Read findings** from sub-agent
3. **Fix issues found**
4. **Complete pre-report steps** (test, commit, progress)
5. **Write report**

After you report and go idle, the daemon checks for git changes. If found (and max rounds not reached), it sends another `/booth-check`. You don't loop internally — one thorough round per signal.

### Sub-Agent Scope

- Reviews only — does not modify code
- Check: compilation, tests, acceptance criteria, regressions, conventions, security

### Exit Conditions

| Condition | Status |
|-----------|--------|
| No issues found | `SUCCESS` |
| Issues found and fixed | `SUCCESS` (daemon re-verifies if git changed) |
| Issues beyond scope (design questions, needs user decision) | `FAIL` |

## Pre-Report Steps

Complete these **before** writing the report.

### Test Verification

**HARD RULE: runtime code change = must E2E verify.**

Required test ladder:
1. **Type-check**: `npx tsc --noEmit` — always
2. **Compile**: `npx tsc` (WITHOUT `--noEmit`) — always. Code loads from `dist/`, not `src/`
3. **E2E verification** (if runtime behavior changed):
   - `booth reload` to pick up new code
   - Actually execute the affected flow and observe results
4. **Cannot auto-test**: list concrete manual steps (last resort)

"Compilation passed" as only evidence for a runtime change = FAIL.

### Git Commit

- `git add` specific files — **never** `git add .` or `git add -A`
- Clear conventional commit message
- If conflicts: `git pull --rebase`, resolve, retry

### Progress Update

- Append one concise line to project's progress file (if it exists)

## Report Format

Submit via CLI — **do NOT write files to `.booth/reports/`**:

```bash
booth report --status SUCCESS --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
<report with YAML frontmatter>
EOF
)"
```

### YAML Frontmatter

```yaml
---
status: SUCCESS | FAIL
rounds: 3
deck: <your-name>
goal: "one-line summary"
session-id: <CC session UUID>
timestamp: 2026-04-07T14:30:00Z
follow-up:
  human-review:
    - "item"
  blocked-by:
    - "item"
  dj-action:
    - "item"
---
```

### Required Sections

```markdown
## Original Goal
<Copy from /booth-check message>

## Summary
<One sentence>

## Files Changed
<List with descriptions>

## Review Rounds
<Per-round findings and fixes>

## Completion Dimensions
| Dimension | Status | Notes |
|-----------|--------|-------|
| Code | ✅/❌ | |
| Commit | ✅/❌ | hash |
| Build | ✅/❌ | |
| Test-Auto | ✅/❌ | Must include E2E for runtime changes |
| Test-Human | ✅/⏳/N/A | Concrete steps or justification |
| Design-Doc | ✅/N/A | Major features need backstage design doc |
| Skills | ✅/N/A | Update if user-visible behavior changed |
| Progress | ✅/❌ | |

## Test Status
<Every verification performed with ✅/❌>

## Conflict Risk
<Files other decks might modify, or "无冲突风险。">
```

### Language Rules

- Report body in Chinese (Summary, Review Rounds, descriptions)
- Code refs, file paths, commands, YAML frontmatter stay English

## Merge Conflict Handling

If you encounter merge conflicts during `git pull --rebase`:
1. Resolve conflicts in each file
2. `git add` resolved files
3. `git rebase --continue`
4. If stuck, document in report and proceed

## Idempotency

On receiving `/booth-check`:
1. Check round number — if N > 1, this is a re-check, proceed with fresh review
2. For round 1: check if you already submitted a report in this session. If yes, done.
3. No memory of report → start review from beginning