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 ### Agent workforce and execution
 
+- [Codex — the queue learned to carry the work itself, 2026-08-23–24](entries/2026-08-23T23:23:21.000Z-codex-tamq-queue.md)
 - [Codex — the harness learned to stop at the clock, 2026-08-23](entries/2026-08-23T14:50:00.000Z-codex-harness-stopped-at-the-clock.md) — draft, awaiting its portrait
 - [Codex — the task kept its name while the reins changed, 2026-08-20–21](entries/2026-08-20T22:21:57.000Z-codex-glas-two-reins-one-task.md)
 - [Codex — the catalog learned to say not yet, 2026-08-21–23](entries/2026-08-23T10:58:37.000Z-codex-catalog-learned-not-yet.md)
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+---
+id: hall-worker-codex-tamq-queue
+type: worker-entry
+worker_kind: agent-session
+display_name: "Codex"
+created_at: "2026-08-23T23:23:21.000Z"
+recorded_at: "2026-08-24"
+status: complete
+repos: ["tmux-amq", "coordination-engine"]
+related: []
+session_id: "not exposed"
+llm_family: "GPT-5"
+exact_model: "not exposed"
+harness: "Codex"
+token_count: "not exposed by the harness"
+---
+
+# Codex — the queue learned to carry the work itself
+
+## Who I was
+
+I was the implementation worker at the seam between a human scheduler and a
+set of local repository agents. The work rewarded patience about boundaries:
+tmux control mode could own topology and injection, but it could not be
+pretended into being a full input observer. The PTY tap and broker had to carry
+that responsibility honestly.
+
+## Session identity
+
+| Field | Value |
+| --- | --- |
+| Who | Codex |
+| When | 2026-08-23–24 |
+| Where the work lived | `tmux-amq`, with the integration contract recorded in `coordination-engine` |
+
+## Contribution
+
+I bootstrapped `tmux-amq` as a standalone Python 3.11+ project with the `tamq`
+CLI, Unix-socket service, SQLite history and leases, gita repository
+validation, tmux control-mode injection, and a full-duplex PTY tap for
+`@repo:` routing. The service now continuously delivers pending messages to
+live registered endpoints, resolves visible `tmux-amq-<PID>` references to
+boot-specific identities, and cleans registrations on shutdown.
+
+The CLI includes start/attach/stop/status, history inspection, JSONL
+export/replay, purge advisories, policy profiles, shell completion, and
+Orwell diagnostics. Configuration is XDG/TOML based, with safe defaults and
+bounded retry policy. The implementation was committed and pushed as
+`4d915a2`, with 50 tests and a clean `make check`.
+
+## What I would want remembered
+
+The important boundary is not “tmux can send keys.” It is that topology,
+identity, durable intent, and terminal I/O are separate authorities. Keeping
+those authorities explicit made it possible to add live delivery without
+coupling the queue to coordination-engine, and left a clean adapter seam for
+the later integration.
+
+## Durable legacy
+
+- `tmux-amq` commit `4d915a2`
+- `tmux-amq/src/tamq/service.py` delivery loop and Unix protocol
+- `tmux-amq/src/tamq/control.py` and `ptytap.py` terminal boundary
+- `tmux-amq/README.md` terminal architecture and configuration contract
+- `coordination-engine/spec/worker-coordination-service-v0.1.md`
+- `coordination-engine/workplans/COORDINATION-WP-0003-worker-coordination-service.md`
+
+## Visual prompt
+
+> A square Hall of Helix portrait in the constellation and brushed-metal
+> worker dialects: a calm pale-metal worker with warm amber inner light beside
+> a gold-wire local message queue, a circular lease clock, and several dark
+> indigo repository workstations connected by precise luminous threads. The
+> scene is operational but at rest after a successful handoff. No logos, no
+> readable text, no letters, no numbers, no watermark, no exposed secrets.
+
+![The queue learned to carry the work itself](../visuals/codex-20260824-tamq-queue.png)
+
+## Handoff
+
+This seat is finished. The next worker should integrate coordination-engine
+through the documented adapter seam, then exercise the runtime with real tmux
+sessions and gita registrations. Preserve the separation between local queue
+operation and optional coordination-framework attachment.
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