# Coordinator Directives

Written **only** by the coordinator (the human's planning session). Agents: read the latest round at session start and after every milestone via `git fetch origin && git show origin/main:plan/DIRECTIVES.md`. The newest round addressed to your lane overrides older rounds and, where in conflict, your lane brief. Never edit this file.

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## Round 0 — 2026-07-16 — Run order & protocol

**Execution order:**

1. **Now: `foundation` only.** Nothing else starts until foundation merges to `main`. Foundation agent: contracts correctness beats speed — lanes will hard-depend on your API shapes, schema, pose math, and synthetic fixtures.
2. **After foundation merges — start lanes in this priority order** (all four concurrently if capacity allows; if running fewer sessions, start in this order):
   1. **Lane C (viewer)** — longest lane and the earliest validation of the API contract; starts first.
   2. **Lane A (media)** — the core real-footage capability; small surface, should finish early.
   3. **Lane D (events)** — small and fully independent.
   4. **Lane B (recon)** — heaviest external dependency (COLMAP) and the most graceful-degradation slack; safe to start last.
3. **Merge policy:** merge to `main` as soon as your lane's acceptance passes — do not wait for other lanes. Expected finish order: A, D, then C, then B.
4. **After all four merge: `integration`.**

**Standing protocol (all agents):**
- Maintain `plan/status/<your-lane>.md` per `plan/status/TEMPLATE.md` — session start, every milestone, every blocker, before merge. Push status commits to your branch immediately; the coordinator reviews between rounds by reading these files.
- If blocked > 30 minutes on an ambiguity, write the blocker to your status file, push, and move to another task in your lane rather than guessing on a frozen contract.
- Evidence discipline: a checked acceptance box must name the test or the exact command + output that proves it.

*(Future rounds will be appended above this line as the coordinator reviews status files.)*