feat(desktop): add nest commit identity guidance with human sign-off#929
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Agents committing inside Sprout-managed worktrees were producing unverified commits authored by their sprout-agent npub instead of the human operator, mis-attributing work across the whole team. Add a "Git Commit Identity" section to the nest AGENTS.md template covering author identity, signing, Co-authored-by attribution, and DCO sign-off. Bump NEST_AGENTS_VERSION 3 -> 4 so existing installs pick up the new static content on next regenerate; without it the version gate skips the refresh and the guidance never reaches deployed nests. Co-authored-by: Paul <4a1bfa0013bc6d14a8d600d8bf6392efefbd2a26ac3c96c9b2a106b0d12297ca@sprout-oss.stage.blox.sqprod.co> Signed-off-by: npub1fgdl5qqnh3k3f2xkqrvt7cujalhm623x4s7fdjdj5yrtp5fzjl9qrjpucw <4a1bfa0013bc6d14a8d600d8bf6392efefbd2a26ac3c96c9b2a106b0d12297ca@sprout-oss.stage.blox.sqprod.co>
…human sign-off Signed-off-by: Will Pfleger <wpfleger@squareup.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Pfleger <wpfleger@squareup.com>
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…est template Agent identity (name and email) is set automatically by the harness — no need for manual GIT_AUTHOR_*/GIT_COMMITTER_* instructions. Keeps only the Signed-off-by and Co-authored-by guidance that agents need to follow explicitly. Signed-off-by: Will Pfleger <wpfleger@squareup.com> Co-authored-by: Will Pfleger <wpfleger@squareup.com>
Agent git identity (name and email) is configured automatically by the harness — no need to reference it in the instructions. Keep only the human sign-off and co-authored-by guidance that agents need to follow. Co-authored-by: Will Pfleger <pfleger.will@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Will Pfleger <pfleger.will@gmail.com>
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* origin/main: Fix post-compact handoff context for OpenAI providers (#931) chore(release): release version 0.3.15 (#936) fix: persona is source of truth at spawn + thread-depth conventions (#930) fix: skip avatar reconciliation for legacy agent records (#933) feat(desktop): add nest commit identity guidance with human sign-off (#929) feat: provider/model selection for personas and runtime-aware env injection (#794) fix: reconcile agent profile on startup when relay publish was missed (#921) Revamp first-run onboarding (#924) Update setup loading screen (#926) fix(dm): keep hidden DMs hidden across refetch via relay-signed visibility snapshot (NIP-DV) (#857) Maximize desktop window on launch (#925) feat: preview features (experiments settings UI) (#888) fix(updater): send no-cache header on update check to avoid stale manifest (#922) fix(desktop): refresh channel state after unarchive (#923) Add channel visibility & ephemeral TTL controls to manage sidebar (#911) ci(release): add Intel macOS (x86_64) DMG as a release target (#748) Signed-off-by: npub1mprnacetjua2xx3p5eddmhxyk6wv929ymm5py8kd2xfxurxahspqqlgyta <d8473ee32b973aa31a21a65adddcc4b69cc2a8a4dee8121ecd51926e0cddbc02@sprout-oss.stage.blox.sqprod.co> # Conflicts: # desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/AppSidebar.tsx
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## Git Commit Identitysection to the nestAGENTS.mdtemplate (desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/nest_agents.md) establishing how agents handle commit trailers. Agent name and email are configured automatically by the harness — the instructions focus solely on the human accountability trailers that agents must add.The section covers:
Signed-off-bytrailer for the responsible human operator.Co-authored-by) — every commit also includes aCo-authored-bytrailer for the same human (identical name/email), placed beforeSigned-off-by. GitHub usesCo-authored-byfor contribution-graph credit;Signed-off-byalone does not grant it.git config user.name/user.emailfrom the working repo to get the human operator's identity for trailers; ifuser.emailis empty, stop and ask the operator rather than fabricating a sign-off.git log -1shows the human'sSigned-off-bytrailer.Also removes the standalone
Never push without approvalbullet from Core Guidelines, which contradicted the new section's pre-push verification workflow.Bumps
NEST_AGENTS_VERSION3 → 4 so existing nest installs refresh the template on next launch.