fix(session): run delegate synchronously when no issue ref is provided

When kugetsu delegate is called without an issue ref, it now runs
interactively and synchronously instead of fire-and-forget with nohup.

This allows users to see PM response immediately for guidance/creation
requests rather than having the interaction run in background.

EXITCODES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Exit Codes
+
+This document describes the exit codes used by kugetsu commands.
+
+## Exit Codes
+
+| Exit Code | Meaning |
+|-----------|---------|
+| 0 | Success - operation completed successfully |
+| 1 | General error - worktree/session/validation failed |
+| 2 | Max concurrent agents reached (MAX_CONCURRENT_AGENTS limit) |
+
+## Commands
+
+### cmd_continue / cmd_start
+
+The `cmd_continue` command (aliased to `cmd_start`) returns exit codes to indicate the result of the operation:
+
+- **Exit 0**: Success - agent forked successfully
+- **Exit 1**: General error - worktree/session/validation failed
+- **Exit 2**: Max concurrent agents reached
+
+### Internal Functions
+
+#### fork_agent()
+
+Forks a new agent session for a given worktree.
+
+- **Return 0**: Success - agent forked successfully
+- **Return 1**: General error - invalid worktree path or other failure
+
+#### ensure_worktree()
+
+Ensures a worktree exists for the given issue reference.
+
+- **Return 0**: Success - worktree existed or was created
+- **Return 1**: General error - base session not found or worktree creation failed
+- **Return 2**: Max concurrent agents reached
+
+## Daemon Integration
+
+These exit codes are designed to help the queue daemon distinguish between recoverable and non-recoverable errors:
+
+- **Exit 2 (max agents)**: This is a recoverable error - the daemon can retry later when agents become available
+- **Exit 1 (general error)**: Non-recoverable - the task should be marked as failed
+
+## MAX_CONCURRENT_AGENTS
+
+The maximum number of concurrent development agents is controlled by the `MAX_CONCURRENT_AGENTS` configuration variable (default: 3).
+
+Set this in your `config` file:
+
+```bash
+MAX_CONCURRENT_AGENTS=5
+```
+
+Or via environment variable:
+
+```bash
+export MAX_CONCURRENT_AGENTS=5
+```

skills/kugetsu/SKILL.md

@@ -364,10 +364,14 @@ kugetsu queue-daemon logs       # Show recent daemon logs
 
 **Daemon Behavior:**
 1. Runs at configurable interval (default: 5 minutes)
-2. Checks if active agents < MAX_CONCURRENT_AGENTS
-3. Picks 1-N pending items (configurable batch size)
-4. Forks PM session for each picked item
-5. PM decides whether to use `start` or `continue`
+2. Checks queue for pending items
+3. For each pending item:
+   - Acquires lock to prevent duplicate processing
+   - Sources kugetsu-session.sh and calls `cmd_continue`
+   - `cmd_continue` handles worktree/session creation and forks dev agent from base session
+   - Updates queue item state to "notified"
+4. Uses per-issue locking to prevent race conditions
+5. Implements timeout for tasks that don't complete (marks as "error" after TASK_TIMEOUT_HOURS)
 
 **Queue Directory:**
 ```
@@ -526,6 +530,13 @@ The script will:
 
 See [docs/kugetsu-setup.md](../../docs/kugetsu-setup.md) for full Tailscale setup documentation.
 
+## Version History
+
+### v0.2.3
+- **Queue daemon context drift fix** (issue #156): Daemon now sources kugetsu-session.sh and calls `cmd_continue` directly instead of forking PM session. This fixes context drift where daemon would lose track of task state.
+- **Daemon locking**: Added per-issue locking to prevent race conditions when multiple daemon instances run.
+- **Timeout handling**: Tasks that don't complete within TASK_TIMEOUT_HOURS are marked as "error".
+
 ## Without kugetsu
 
 If kugetsu is not available, use opencode directly:

skills/kugetsu/scripts/kugetsu

@@ -56,14 +56,21 @@ Usage:
     kugetsu queue [subcommand]
 
 Subcommands:
-    list                                               Show pending tasks (default)
+    list [--limit=N] [--format=json]                 Show pending tasks (default: 10 items, text format)
     stats                                              Show queue statistics
     clear                                              Clear all queue items
     enqueue <issue-ref> <message>                      Enqueue a task
     help                                               Show this help
 
+Options for list:
+    --limit=N         Number of items to return (default: 10)
+    --format=json     Output in JSON format with stats
+
 Examples:
     kugetsu queue list
+    kugetsu queue list --limit=50
+    kugetsu queue list --format=json
+    kugetsu queue list --limit=20 --format=json
     kugetsu queue stats
     kugetsu queue clear
     kugetsu queue enqueue github.com/shoko/kugetsu#14 "fix bug"
@@ -355,19 +362,25 @@ PYEOF
 
 get_pending_tasks() {
     local limit="${1:-10}"
+    local format="${2:-text}"
     
     if [ ! -d "$QUEUE_ITEMS_DIR" ]; then
-        echo "[]"
+        if [ "$format" = "json" ]; then
+            echo '{"items": [], "total": 0, "pending": 0}'
+        else
+            echo "No pending tasks in queue."
+        fi
         return
     fi
     
-    python3 -c "
+    python3 << PYEOF
 import json
 import os
 import sys
 
 queue_dir = os.environ.get('QUEUE_ITEMS_DIR', '')
 limit = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 10
+format_type = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else 'text'
 
 items = []
 if os.path.isdir(queue_dir):
@@ -379,13 +392,27 @@ if os.path.isdir(queue_dir):
                     data = json.load(f)
                     if data.get('state') == 'pending':
                         items.append(data)
-                        if len(items) >= limit:
-                            break
             except:
                 pass
 
-print(json.dumps(items))
-" "$limit"
+items.sort(key=lambda x: x.get('pending_since', ''))
+
+if format_type == 'json':
+    output = {
+        "items": items[:limit],
+        "total": len(items),
+        "pending": len(items)
+    }
+    print(json.dumps(output))
+else:
+    if not items:
+        print("No pending tasks in queue.")
+    else:
+        print("Pending tasks:")
+        for t in items[:limit]:
+            msg = t.get('message', '')[:50]
+            print(f"  {t.get('id')}: {t.get('issue_ref')} - {msg}...")
+PYEOF
 }
 
 get_queue_stats() {
@@ -920,13 +947,24 @@ cmd_queue() {
             usage_queue
             ;;
         list)
-            local pending_tasks=$(get_pending_tasks 10)
-            if [ "$pending_tasks" = "[]" ]; then
-                echo "No pending tasks in queue."
-            else
-                echo "Pending tasks:"
-                echo "$pending_tasks" | python3 -c "import sys, json; [print(f\"  {t.get('id')}: {t.get('issue_ref')} - {t.get('message', '')[:50]}...\") for t in json.load(sys.stdin)]"
-            fi
+            local limit="10"
+            local format="text"
+            
+            while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+                case "$1" in
+                    --limit=*)
+                        limit="${1#*=}"
+                        ;;
+                    --format=json)
+                        format="json"
+                        ;;
+                    *)
+                        ;;
+                esac
+                shift
+            done
+            
+            get_pending_tasks "$limit" "$format"
             ;;
         stats)
             local stats=$(get_queue_stats)

skills/kugetsu/scripts/kugetsu-config.sh

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ TASK_TIMEOUT_HOURS="${TASK_TIMEOUT_HOURS:-1}"
 
 NETWORK_RETRY_ATTEMPTS="${NETWORK_RETRY_ATTEMPTS:-3}"
 NETWORK_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS="${NETWORK_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS:-5}"
+KUGETSU_BASE_BRANCH="${KUGETSU_BASE_BRANCH:-origin/main}"
 
 # Load user config overrides (~/.kugetsu/config)
 if [ -f "$KUGETSU_DIR/config" ]; then

skills/kugetsu/scripts/kugetsu-queue-daemon.sh

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ check_task_completion() {
             local has_commits=false
 
             if [ -d "$worktree_path" ] && [ -d "$worktree_path/.git" ]; then
-                if [ -n "$(git -C "$worktree_path" log --oneline origin/main..HEAD 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+                if [ -n "$(git -C "$worktree_path" log --oneline "$KUGETSU_BASE_BRANCH..HEAD" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
                     has_commits=true
                 fi
             fi
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ check_task_completion() {
             local has_commits=false
 
             if [ -d "$worktree_path" ] && [ -d "$worktree_path/.git" ]; then
-                if [ -n "$(git -C "$worktree_path" log --oneline origin/main..HEAD 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+                if [ -n "$(git -C "$worktree_path" log --oneline "$KUGETSU_BASE_BRANCH..HEAD" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
                     has_commits=true
                 fi
             fi

skills/kugetsu/scripts/kugetsu-session.sh

@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ cmd_delegate() {
     
     local msg_file="$LOGS_DIR/msg-$new_session.txt"
     printf '%s' "$message" > "$msg_file"
-    nohup sh -c "GITEA_TOKEN='${GITEA_TOKEN:-}' opencode run '@$msg_file' --session '$new_session'" >> "$log_file" 2>&1 &
-    echo "Delegated to new session (logged to $(basename "$log_file"))"
+    sh -c "GITEA_TOKEN='${GITEA_TOKEN:-}' opencode run '@$msg_file' --session '$new_session'" 2>&1 | tee "$log_file"
 }
 
 create_session() {
@@ -380,8 +379,8 @@ ensure_worktree() {
     local active_count=$(count_active_dev_sessions)
     if [ "$active_count" -ge "${MAX_CONCURRENT_AGENTS:-3}" ]; then
         log "error" "ensure_worktree" "Max concurrent agents reached for $issue_ref"
-        echo "error"
-        return 1
+        echo "max_agents"
+        return 2
     fi
     
     if create_worktree "$issue_ref" "$WORKTREES_DIR" 2>&1 | tee >(cat >&2); then
@@ -467,7 +466,6 @@ fork_agent() {
     
     if [ -z "$worktree_path" ] || [ ! -d "$worktree_path" ]; then
         log "error" "fork_agent" "Invalid worktree path: $worktree_path"
-        echo "error"
         return 1
     fi
     
@@ -476,7 +474,7 @@ fork_agent() {
     cd "$worktree_path"
     local sanitized_id=$(echo "$session_id" | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/_/g')
     mkdir -p "$worktree_path/.kugetsu"
-    if [ ! -f "$worktree_path/.gitignore" ] || ! grep -q "^.kugetsu/" "$worktree_path/.gitignore"; then
+    if [ ! -f "$worktree_path/.gitignore" ] || ! grep -q "^.kugetsu/" "$worktree_path/.gitignore" ]; then
         echo ".kugetsu/" >> "$worktree_path/.gitignore" 2>/dev/null || true
     fi
     local msg_file="$worktree_path/.kugetsu/msg.txt"
@@ -484,7 +482,6 @@ fork_agent() {
     nohup sh -c "GITEA_TOKEN='${GITEA_TOKEN:-}' opencode run '@$msg_file' --session '$session_id'" >> "$LOGS_DIR/dev-$sanitized_id.log" 2>&1 &
     
     log "info" "fork_agent" "Forked agent for session $session_id in $worktree_path"
-    echo "forked"
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -499,10 +496,10 @@ cmd_continue() {
     if [ -z "$issue_ref" ]; then
         echo "Error: issue ref is required" >&2
         echo "Usage: kugetsu continue <issue-ref> [message]" >&2
-        exit 1
+        return 1
     fi
     
-    validate_issue_ref "$issue_ref"
+    validate_issue_ref "$issue_ref" || return 1
     
     if [ -z "$message" ]; then
         message=$(build_dev_agent_message "$issue_ref" "")
@@ -511,15 +508,19 @@ cmd_continue() {
     fi
     
     local worktree_status=$(ensure_worktree "$issue_ref")
+    if [ "$worktree_status" = "max_agents" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Max concurrent agents reached for '$issue_ref'" >&2
+        return 2
+    fi
     if [ "$worktree_status" = "error" ]; then
         echo "Error: Failed to ensure worktree for '$issue_ref'" >&2
-        exit 1
+        return 1
     fi
     
     local session_status=$(ensure_session "$issue_ref")
     if [ "$session_status" = "error" ]; then
         echo "Error: Failed to ensure session for '$issue_ref'" >&2
-        exit 1
+        return 1
     fi
     
     kugetsu_context_dump "$issue_ref" "$message" "$(issue_ref_to_branch_name "$issue_ref")"
@@ -529,17 +530,13 @@ cmd_continue() {
     local opencode_session_id=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('$session_path')).get('opencode_session_id', ''))" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
     local worktree_path=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('$session_path')).get('worktree_path', ''))" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
     
-    local fork_status=$(fork_agent "$opencode_session_id" "$worktree_path" "$message")
-    if [ "$fork_status" = "error" ]; then
-        echo "Error: Failed to fork agent for '$issue_ref'" >&2
-        exit 1
-    fi
+    fork_agent "$opencode_session_id" "$worktree_path" "$message" || return 1
     
-    log "info" "cmd_continue" "Result for $issue_ref: worktree=$worktree_status session=$session_status fork=$fork_status"
+    log "info" "cmd_continue" "Result for $issue_ref: worktree=$worktree_status session=$session_status fork=forked"
     
     echo "Session continued for '$issue_ref': $opencode_session_id"
     echo "Worktree: $worktree_path"
-    echo "${worktree_status}-${session_status}-${fork_status}"
+    echo "${worktree_status}-${session_status}-forked"
 }
 
 cmd_list() {

skills/kugetsu/scripts/kugetsu-worktree.sh

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ create_worktree() {
     fi
     
     echo "Creating branch '$branch_name'..."
-    if git -C "$worktree_path" checkout -b "$branch_name" origin/main 2>/dev/null; then
+    if git -C "$worktree_path" checkout -b "$branch_name" "$KUGETSU_BASE_BRANCH" 2>/dev/null; then
         :
     elif git -C "$worktree_path" checkout -b "$branch_name" main 2>/dev/null; then
         :