---
id: FI-WP-0005
type: workplan
title: "Move the daily brief to a profiled, granted execution on activity-core infrastructure"
domain: agents
repo: freedom-intelligence
status: active
flavor: implementation
owner: claude
topic_slug: freedom-intelligence
priority: high
created: "2026-09-22"
updated: "2026-09-22"
depends_on:
  - FI-WP-0004
related:
  - REINAH-WP-0003
  - ACT-ADR-006
  - ACT-ADR-007
  - ACTIVITY-WP-0032
  - ACTIVITY-WP-0038
---

# FI-WP-0005 — Profiled brief execution

## Origin

rein-aharness message `d0b45acb` (2026-09-04, REINAH-WP-0003-T04): profile-absent
routing now depends on `AGENT_HARNESS_LEGACY_APPROACHES_UNTIL` (example expiry
**2026-12-31**). FI must supply an owner-approved replacement for
`fi-daily-research-brief`: a versioned profile, input schema, allowed paths,
completion evidence, model route, rollback pin and a separate publication
decision. FI replied 2026-09-22 (`74afc283`): FI-WP-0004-T04 already removed
the swallowed push failure; the declaration follows this workplan.

## Decisions (operator, 2026-09-22)

1. **Publication is generic infrastructure.** Request a repository-grant v2
   in activity-core with a typed publication field. Do not keep the push as an
   FI-specific rein capability.
2. **Execution shape B.** The brief runs as an agent under a versioned Glas
   profile. Its sandbox can reach only the model route and the FI source
   hosts. The current single llm-connect call writes from model memory, and
   that caused the V4-Flash mis-sizing.
3. **Generic due check now.** Propose to activity-core replacing the
   FI-specific `fi_brief_status` resolver with a parameterised
   published-artifact resolver. FI is the first user.
4. **Break-glass host timer:** retire it (T06, rationale below).

## Responsibilities

| Layer | Owns for this job | Does not own |
|---|---|---|
| freedom-intelligence | Definition, inputs, allowed paths, quality rules, source host list, publication decision, durability verifier, canary acceptance | Scheduling code, profile catalog, sandboxes |
| activity-core | Schedule, due resolution, `ops_run` emission carrying `harness_profile_ref` + `repository_grant`, grant validation, close reconciliation and evidence | Executing anything (ADR-006 §4); the profile catalog |
| glas-harness | Profile `harness.fi-research-brief`: rein, sandbox, tool profile, model route, limits, rollback pin | What the brief says; when it runs |
| sand-boxer | Isolation and the per-host HTTPS egress allowlist (`docs/bwrap-egress.md`) | Which hosts FI needs |
| rein-aharness | Inner loop; grant enforcement (paths, commits, publication); drops label routing and Binky model env fallbacks | Publication policy |

Reused as-is: `harness_profile_ref` (WP-0032), grant v1 path and commit
validation plus close reconciliation (WP-0038), profile version pinning as
rollback. Gaps: grant v1 rejects `publish: true`; `fi_brief_status` is
tenant-specific code in shared infrastructure; no Glas profile allows
network egress beyond a model provider.

## Tasks

### T01 — Owner declaration v1

```task
id: FI-WP-0005-T01
status: todo
priority: high
```

Write `activity-definitions/fi-daily-research-brief.declaration.yaml` (or an
equivalent section in the definition) stating: input set (files and prior
brief window), output path `briefs/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md`, allowed paths,
commit count (exactly 1), completion evidence (`fi_daily_brief` with
`pushed=true`, `origin_sha`, path, date), required model class and tool use,
quality rules (catalog is the authority, no invented sizes, no re-announce),
publication policy (reference T02), and rollback. No Binky-named env vars.

**Done when:** the declaration is committed, and every field rein listed in
`d0b45acb` maps to a concrete value or to a named follow-up task here.

### T02 — Publication decision record

```task
id: FI-WP-0005-T02
status: todo
priority: high
```

`docs/decisions/2026-09-XX-brief-origin-publication.md`: FI grants
fast-forward-only publication of `briefs/**` to `origin/main`; no force, no
other refs; publication failure fails the run and leaves the day due. Supersedes
the implicit grant wording in FI-WP-0004-T04.

**Done when:** the decision is committed and cited by T01 and T04.

### T03 — Machine-readable source host list

```task
id: FI-WP-0005-T03
status: todo
priority: high
```

`docs/sources-allowlist.md` is prose with no hostnames. Derive an exact
`host:443` list (lowercase, no wildcards, per sand-boxer rules) for axes A–D,
kept beside the prose list and checked by a small test so the two do not
drift. Keep it minimal. Egress is enforced by destination only, not by
path, so every host is a trust decision.

**Done when:** the list is committed with a test, and the host count and the
rationale for each host are recorded.

### T04 — activity-core handoff: grant v2 publication + generic due resolver

```task
id: FI-WP-0005-T04
status: todo
priority: high
```

Request (hub message to activity-core, not tasks registered here):

- **Repository grant v2.** v1 fields plus `publication: {remote, ref,
  mode: fast-forward-only}`. Validated at definition sync and emission
  preflight. Close reconciliation requires matching `origin_sha` evidence
  when publication is granted; publication failure is a failed close, not
  a success. Needs an ADR amendment and agreement with rein-aharness
  (ADR-002).
- **Published-artifact due resolver.** Parameters: repo, path template, ref,
  timezone, completion event type. Due is true unless the artifact exists on
  the remote ref *and* a matching event reports `pushed=true`.
  `fi_brief_status` becomes a thin alias, then is retired.

**Done when:** activity-core acknowledges with its workplan id(s), and the
agreed grant v2 schema revision is recorded here.

### T05 — glas-harness handoff: `harness.fi-research-brief@1.0.0`

```task
id: FI-WP-0005-T05
status: todo
priority: high
```

Request a profile: rein `rein-aharness`, unattended; bwrap sandbox with
`network.egress` = model route + the T03 hosts, `default: deny`; a tool profile
that can write only the granted paths and may publish only under a grant;
model route and limits per T01; `operational_readiness` evidence; documented
rollback pin. Blockers are the sand-boxer and Glas owner-auth items
(SAND-WP-0015-T04, GLAS-WP-0012-T02). Track them, do not work around them.

**Done when:** the profile exists at a pinned version with a positive
readiness proof in a sandbox run.

### T06 — Retire the break-glass host timer

```task
id: FI-WP-0005-T06
status: todo
priority: medium
```

Delete `scripts/railiance-rhythm/systemd/*`, `install-on-railiance.sh` and
`run-daily.sh` (keep `run-common.sh` only if it is still referenced). Replace
`docs/recurrence-ops.md` and playbook references with a manual one-shot
recovery command, valid until the legacy expiry, and the post-cutover
rollback (T08). Confirm the timer is absent on railiance01 (`not-found` on
2026-09-22).

Rationale: the timer is a second scheduler outside activity-core. It runs
the profile-absent legacy command with no grant, and its installer runs
`enable --now`. After cutover it would bypass the profile and grant, and
after the legacy expiry the command it calls stops working. A missed day
costs little: due stays true, the verifier records the gap, and a catch-up
brief closes it (FI-WP-0004-T05 precedent).

**Done when:** the files are removed, the docs name the one-shot command and
the profile-pin rollback, and the host has no FI timer.

### T07 — Disabled canary definition

```task
id: FI-WP-0005-T07
status: todo
priority: high
```

After T04 and T05: add a disabled, operator-triggered canary definition
(pattern: activity-core `glas-profile-pilot`) carrying `harness_profile_ref`,
grant v2 and the generic resolver, targeting a controlled date. Compare the
output with the compatibility executor on the same inputs. Run
`scripts/verify_brief_durability.py --require-date` on the canary day.

**Done when:** one canary brief is on `origin/main` with grant, acceptance
and `origin_sha` evidence reconciled by activity-core, and the comparison is
recorded in `docs/evidence/`.

### T08 — Cutover, rollback proof, reply to rein

```task
id: FI-WP-0005-T08
status: todo
priority: high
```

Move `fi-daily-research-brief` to the profiled definition; ask rein-aharness
to remove the FI label route and `fi_research_brief` compatibility path.
Exercise rollback once: pin the previous profile version or revert the
definition revision, and show that the due and evidence behaviour holds.
Reply on thread `d0b45acb` with the definition revision, profile version,
grant schema revision, and canary and rollback evidence.

**Done when:** at least five consecutive weekday briefs have run on the
profiled path, and rein confirms that FI no longer needs
`AGENT_HARNESS_LEGACY_APPROACHES_UNTIL`. Target: before 2026-12-01.

## Risks

- **Owner-auth blockers in sand-boxer and Glas** may not clear before
  December. Decision point on 2026-11-15: ask rein for a dated FI-only
  legacy extension. Do not fall back to shape A silently.
- **Egress is enforced by host, not path.** A broad source host is a broad
  channel, so keep T03 minimal.
- **Cross-repo contract change.** Grant v2 touches activity-core,
  rein-aharness and ADR-002; schedule slips there move T07.

## Out of scope

- Changing brief content, template or axes
- Reserve collection (FI-WP-0004 residuals: restore readback, scoped IAM key)
- Other tenants' migrations (Binky etc.), except as consumers of the generic
  grant and resolver