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Build

Trace module ownership, host boundaries, typed communication, and canonical vocabulary.

File buslanes_agent_comms

Lead

Specialist

.guild/runs/

Files carry authority, evidence, and recovery state. Chat is not the durable bus.

Host-specific execution can degrade; typed handoffs, receipts, and trace contracts preserve the inspectable route.

Common tasks

Trace the contract across its owners.

Connect lifecycle behavior to modules, adapters, settings, and durable contracts.

Distinguish task assignments, in-flight envelopes, and completion receipts.

Check the product vocabulary before naming a new surface or state.

Route guides

System architecture
Guild Stack internals: one lifecycle, module-owned resources, host adapters, file receipts, settings resolution, and durable .guild/ evidence.
Handoff and communication contracts
The Guild handoff bus: specialists write typed receipts under .guild/runs/, and leads, review, verification, and replay consume files.
Glossary
The canonical Guild Stack vocabulary for nesting, lifecycle, host, substrate, review, knowledge, and model tiering.

Continue into Migrate to map older surfaces onto the current contracts and prove one cutover.