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+name: time
+description: Set up and run Time, the GitHub-native agent factory in this repo (issues as cards, a `ready` label, a DONE line, @seat mentions, an hourly heartbeat in GitHub Actions). Use when asked to set up Time or the factory, check its status, write a card for it, tag a seat, or switch it to live.
+---
+
+# Time
+
+GitHub is the ledger, GitHub Actions is the clock, chat is where the human plans. You (Claude Code, Cursor, or any agent with `gh`) are the hands for setup and the PM for cards.
+
+## You are here
+
+```
+ chat ──writes──▶ issue (spec + DONE:) ──label `ready`──▶ heartbeat (hourly, Actions)
+                                                              │ dry-run: comments "would dispatch"
+                                                              ▼ live:    worker builds → PR
+ @seat [model] [effort] in any comment ──▶ mention.yml ──▶ seat replies in thread
+```
+
+Files: `.github/workflows/{heartbeat,mention}.yml`, `.github/time/time.py` (stdlib), `.github/time/seats.json` (roster + aliases).
+
+## Setup (idempotent; do the missing steps only)
+
+1. `gh auth status` — must be logged in with access to this repo. If not, ask the human to run `gh auth login`.
+2. Label: `gh label create ready --color 0e8a16 --description "Time picks this up on the next heartbeat" || true`
+3. Variables: `gh variable set TIME_MODE --body dry-run` and `gh variable set TIME_DAILY_CAP --body 5` (skip if set: `gh variable list`).
+4. Keys (repo secrets; the human pastes them, you never print or log them):
+   - Seats on Venice: `gh secret set VENICE_API_KEY` (prompts for the value).
+   - Worker on Cursor: `gh secret set CURSOR_API_KEY`.
+   Check with `gh secret list` (names only). Missing keys are fine: seats say so in the thread.
+5. Prove the clock: `gh workflow run heartbeat.yml`, then `gh run list --workflow heartbeat.yml -L 1` until it completes; it must be `success`.
+6. Prove a seat: open a scratch issue whose body is `@kimi say hi in five words`; within a minute or two `github-actions[bot]` replies. Close the scratch issue.
+7. Report to the human: what was already set, what you set, what is still missing (by name).
+
+## Writing a card
+
+An issue is a card. The heartbeat only dispatches cards that have the `ready` label **and** a `DONE:` line.
+
+```
+<what to change, as a short list>
+
+DONE: <what finished means / where it goes next>, e.g. DONE: PR open, tests green, send to @review
+```
+
+No `DONE:` → the heartbeat asks for one instead of dispatching. Keep cards small: one PR's worth.
+
+## Seats
+
+`@seat [model] [effort]` anywhere in an issue, PR or comment. Up to two words after the seat are read; prose after that is ignored.
+
+| write | runs |
+|---|---|
+| `@kimi` | seat default (see `seats.json`) |
+| `@grok 4.7 low` | `grok-4-7`, low effort |
+| `@qwen max high` | alias `max`, high effort |
+
+Efforts: `low`, `med`, `high` (`xhigh`/`max` become `high`). Quoted lines and `code` are ignored. Bots never trigger replies.
+
+## Going live
+
+Only when the human says so: `gh variable set TIME_MODE --body live`. The daily cap (`TIME_DAILY_CAP`) still applies. Turning it off again is the same command with `dry-run`. Pausing everything: `gh workflow disable heartbeat.yml`.
+
+## Rules
+
+- Never print, echo, commit or paste a secret. Secrets go in with `gh secret set`, values typed by the human.
+- Ask before: going live, raising the daily cap, or adding a self-hosted runner. A public repo must never get a self-hosted runner.
+- Runner minutes: private repos get a monthly free allowance and each job rounds up to a minute. Keep the heartbeat hourly unless the human asks.
+- Status questions: `gh issue list -l ready`, `gh run list -L 10`, and the latest Time comments on each card.