Feedback ct worker briefs require agents md

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name: CT dispatches from forge-rooted sessions must have workers read AGENTS.md + APP-PLAYBOOK.md first description: Standing rule: any worker building in a CreatorTrack worktree reads AGENTS.md and docs/APP-PLAYBOOK.md before touching code, regardless of which repo the orchestrating session was rooted in. type: feedback

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When a Claude Code session is rooted in ~/forge (not ~/creatortrack), CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md auto-loading only covers the session's own working directory, CreatorTrack's own CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md/docs/APP-PLAYBOOK.md never auto-load for forge-rooted orchestrators or the subagents they dispatch. Previously CT context reached workers only through a patchwork (forge memory index, hand-written worker briefs, occasional manual reads), and that gap caused missed CreatorTrack conventions in at least one build.

Why: a session rooted in ~/creatortrack (or any of its worktrees) auto-loads CLAUDE.md -> @AGENTS.md -> the playbook pointer, so repo-rooted sessions are covered automatically; forge-rooted orchestrators are not, and every CT app build runs inside a CreatorTrack worktree where AGENTS.md is guaranteed to exist by definition. How to apply: every worker brief dispatched for CreatorTrack work (dev-queue builds, /ship, ad hoc CT fixes) from a forge-rooted session must explicitly instruct the worker to Read AGENTS.md (and docs/APP-PLAYBOOK.md for app-shaped work) first, before writing any code. Treat this as unskippable, not optional context.

[auto-memory session cd2b69b3-bfe8-4c25-b83c-8e99b3348be8, confidence 0.85, mode direct]