Remove standalone nanobot/heartbeat/ service and replace it with an
auto-registered system cron job on gateway startup. Key behaviors preserved:
- HeartbeatConfig (enabled, interval_s, keep_recent_messages) remains in
GatewayConfig for backward compatibility.
- On startup, if enabled, a system cron job "heartbeat" is registered with
schedule derived from interval_s.
- HEARTBEAT.md is checked on each tick; empty/template-identical files skip
to avoid wasting LLM calls.
- Post-run evaluate_response and session history truncation
(keep_recent_messages) are retained.
- Delivery target selection, deliverable filtering, and preamble guidance
are preserved.
Files removed:
- nanobot/heartbeat/__init__.py
- nanobot/heartbeat/service.py
- tests/heartbeat/*
- tests/agent/test_heartbeat_service.py
Templates and docs updated to reflect cron-based usage.
Clarify nanobot's preference for small core changes, reviewable PR boundaries, and careful handling of prompt/context surfaces so AI contributors preserve the project's maintenance philosophy.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Add CLAUDE.md at the repository root to orient future Claude Code
instances, and split detailed constraints into .agent/:
- .agent/design.md — architectural constraints (core small, duplication
over abstraction, minimal changes, explicit over magical)
- .agent/security.md — workspace/SSRF/shell sandbox boundaries
- .agent/gotchas.md — config ${VAR}, Windows compat, templates,
heartbeat virtual tool call, atomic writes, ruff format warning,
skills extension point
Also updates .gitignore to not ignore .agent/.
