Chat, board and tools

You do not need one universal surface. Use the one that fits the moment:

Surface Who Use it for
Chat Humans Intent, decisions, review discussion, status.
HTML board Humans Review, consortium, meetings, roadmap and drill-down.
BOARD.md / ROADMAP.md Humans and agents Quick Git-reviewable state and roadmap.
CLI Agent Named actions, checks, history and briefs.

The CLI is the agent’s control surface. The human product is the conversation and the board. All surfaces read the same facts; none of them is a second source of truth.

The normal human flow

Chat: "What needs me?"
  → agent brief
Board: review the handover batch
  → accept or request changes
Chat: "Accept it" / "Request changes"
  → agent records the decision

The normal agent flow

mdboard runbook
mdboard context
mdboard actions '#0007'
mdboard <named action>
mdboard brief

The agent uses the CLI; the human uses chat and the board.

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