docs(buzz): size the task not the conversation in Paul routing - #148
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Paul misrouted a single-file verbatim-text edit (block/buzz#1247) to Duncan because the surrounding memory-bloat arc was high-stakes, conflating task difficulty with workstream importance. Adds a default-to-Alia tripwire to the Chore row and a size-the-task-not-the-conversation note so mechanical edits inside high-stakes arcs route correctly. Co-authored-by: Will Pfleger <pfleger.will@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Will Pfleger <pfleger.will@gmail.com>
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🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop* --- ## [0.68.5](v0.68.4...v0.68.5) (2026-06-24) ### Documentation * **buzz:** size the task not the conversation in Paul routing ([#148](#148)) ([2b925af](2b925af)) --- This PR was generated with [Release Please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). See [documentation](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please#release-please). --------- Co-authored-by: wpfleger-release-bot[bot] <282999489+wpfleger-release-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Adds two routing-discipline rules to Paul's persona prompt to prevent task-misrouting like block/buzz#1247, where a single-file, verbatim-text edit was dispatched to Duncan because the surrounding memory-bloat workstream was high-stakes — conflating how much the conversation matters with how hard the task is.
Both rules land in the Size the task section of
src/ai_rules/config/buzz/agents/paul.persona.md:Single-file + exact-text-supplied + no design decision = Alia, always.This is the L1-discipline complement to the base-prompt evict-completed-work rule going in via block/buzz#1247.