Engineering Rig

The Engineering Rig is an automated development system that takes GitHub issues from backlog to production with minimal human intervention.

Based on the Tablez "How We Work" methodology.

Current Status

Component	Status	Docs
Conductor-E (Discord bot)	Running	conductor-e-docs.pages.dev
Conductor-E API (event store)	Running	conductor-e-docs.pages.dev/api
Coordination Cron (5 min)	Running	Syncs GitHub → event store
PostgreSQL (Marten)	Running	Event store database
FluxCD GitOps	Running	rig-gitops
Review-E	Running (Pi4-02)	Existing agent
Dev-E	Not yet built	Next step

Agents

Agent	Role	Summary
Conductor-E	Coordinator	Discord bot + event store API. Cron every 5 min syncs GitHub issues. 26 GitHub MCP tools.
Dev-E	Developer	Owns an issue end-to-end: implement → PR → iterate on review → deploy → verify. (Planned)
Review-E	Reviewer	Reviews every PR independently. Separate from Dev-E — the agent that produces cannot approve.
Monitor-E	Monitor	Watches production 24/7. Detects incidents, creates issues. (Phase 3)
Architect-E	Architect	Analyzes production data + feedback, proposes improvements. (Phase 4)

Architecture

All agents run on Automate-E — shared runtime, character.json config, no agent-specific code.

Conductor-E = Automate-E instance (Discord bot + GitHub MCP) + .NET 10 API (Marten event store, Clean Architecture).

┌──────────────── conductor-e namespace (Dell k3s) ──────────────┐
│                                                                 │
│  Automate-E ──HTTP──▶ Conductor-E API ──▶ PostgreSQL (Marten)  │
│  (Discord bot)        (.NET 10)            (event store)        │
│  + GitHub MCP         Clean Architecture                        │
│  + Cron (5 min)       39 tests                                  │
│                                                                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Event Store

PostgreSQL-based event sourcing using Marten. 20 event types covering the full issue lifecycle. See Event Store.

Every 5 minutes, the coordination cron:

1. Checks event store health
2. Searches GitHub for agent-ready issues
3. Syncs new issues as ISSUE_APPROVED events
4. Posts summary to Discord #conductor-e

Priority

1. Critical — production bugs (interrupt current work)
2. High priority — high-priority label
3. Normal — everything else
4. Tie-breaker — oldest first

Escalation

Two strikes then human. First AGENT_STUCK → reassign to another agent with fresh branch. Second AGENT_STUCK on same issue → escalate to CTO via Discord #admin.

Rollback is never automatic. Always a CTO decision.

Human Gates

Trigger	Detection
Authentication / session code	CODEOWNERS + file path matching
Payment processing	CODEOWNERS + file path matching
Database schema changes	Migration file detection
Data deletion logic	File path + keyword matching
New third-party dependencies	Package file diff detection

30-minute Discord reminders. 4-hour escalation.

Phases

Phase	What	Status
1 — The Rig	Conductor-E, Review-E, Event Store, coordination cron	Running
1b — Dev-E	Dev-E agent on Automate-E, receives assignments	Next
2 — Going Live	Production deployment, release pipeline, smoke tests	Planned
3 — Monitor	Monitor-E 24/7, incident auto-response, production data	Planned
4 — Flywheel	Architect-E proposes features from production data → humans approve → Conductor-E assigns	Planned

Infrastructure

Resource	Value
Host	Dell k3s cluster (100.95.212.93 via Tailscale)
Namespace	conductor-e
GitOps	FluxCD via Stig-Johnny/rig-gitops
Event Store	PostgreSQL 16 with Marten 8.x
LLM Auth	1-year Max subscription OAuth token
Discord	#conductor-e (1489032262711251068)

Repos

Repo	Purpose
conductor-e	.NET API (event store, Clean Architecture)
automate-e	Shared agent runtime (Discord/Slack, character config)
rig-gitops	FluxCD manifests for Dell k3s

Naming

Tablez Term	Our Implementation
Conductor	Conductor-E (evolved from ATL-E)
Dev Agent	Dev-E (planned)
Review Agent	Review-E (existing)
Monitor Agent	Monitor-E (Phase 3)
Architect Agent	Architect-E (Phase 4)
Ops Agent	Ops-E (not yet planned)