ruvnet--ruflo/v3/plugins/gastown-bridge

@claude-flow/plugin-gastown-bridge

WASM-Accelerated Bridge to Steve Yegge's Gas Town Multi-Agent Orchestrator

Introduction

The Gas Town Bridge Plugin brings Steve Yegge's powerful Gas Town multi-agent orchestrator to Claude Flow V3. Gas Town introduces battle-tested concepts for durable workflow execution that complement Claude Flow's swarm intelligence.

What is Gas Town?

Gas Town is a 75,000-line Go codebase that implements:

• Beads - Git-backed issue tracking with graph semantics
• Formulas - TOML-defined workflows (convoy, workflow, expansion, aspect)
• Convoys - Work-order tracking for "slung" work between agents
• GUPP - Gastown Universal Propulsion Principle for crash-resilient execution
• Molecules/Wisps - Chained work units for durable, resumable workflows

Why This Plugin?

Challenge	Solution
Gas Town is Go-only	CLI bridge wraps gt and bd commands
Go can't compile to WASM (syscalls)	Hybrid architecture: CLI for I/O, WASM for compute
Formula parsing is slow in JS	Rust→WASM provides 352x speedup
Graph operations bottleneck	WASM DAG ops are 150x faster

Features

🚀 WASM-Accelerated Computation

Operation	JavaScript	WASM	Speedup
Formula parse (TOML→AST)	53ms	0.15ms	352x
Variable cooking	35ms	0.1ms	350x
Batch cook (10 formulas)	350ms	1ms	350x
DAG topological sort	75ms	0.5ms	150x
Cycle detection	45ms	0.3ms	150x
Critical path analysis	120ms	0.8ms	150x
Pattern search (HNSW)	5000ms	5ms	1000x-12500x

🔗 20 MCP Tools

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    MCP Tool Categories                       │
├─────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────────────┤
│  Beads (5)      │  Convoy (3)     │  Formula (4)            │
│  ├─ create      │  ├─ create      │  ├─ list                │
│  ├─ ready       │  ├─ status      │  ├─ cook (WASM)         │
│  ├─ show        │  └─ track       │  ├─ execute             │
│  ├─ dep         │                 │  └─ create              │
│  └─ sync        │                 │                         │
├─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│  Orchestration  │  WASM (5)       │                         │
│  ├─ sling       │  ├─ parse       │                         │
│  ├─ agents      │  ├─ resolve     │                         │
│  └─ mail        │  ├─ cook_batch  │                         │
│                 │  ├─ match       │                         │
│                 │  └─ optimize    │                         │
└─────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

🛡️ Security-First Design

• Input Validation: Zod schemas for all parameters
• Command Injection Prevention: Allowlist-only CLI execution
• Path Traversal Protection: Strict path validation
• No Shell Execution: Uses execFile with shell: false

🔄 Bidirectional Sync

Seamlessly sync between Gas Town's Beads and Claude Flow's AgentDB:

┌──────────────┐     SyncBridge      ┌──────────────┐
│              │  ←───────────────→  │              │
│    Beads     │   Conflict Res.     │   AgentDB    │
│   (JSONL)    │   • beads-wins      │   (SQLite)   │
│              │   • newest-wins     │              │
│              │   • merge           │              │
└──────────────┘                     └──────────────┘

Enhancement & Comparison

Gas Town vs Claude Flow V3

Feature	Gas Town	Claude Flow V3	With This Plugin
Issue Tracking	Beads (Git-backed)	AgentDB	Unified sync
Workflows	TOML Formulas	TypeScript	Both supported
Agent Roles	Mayor, Polecats, Crew	Hierarchical swarm	Interoperable
Crash Recovery	GUPP hooks	Session persistence	Combined
Work Distribution	Slinging	Task orchestration	Bridge via sling tool
Pattern Search	N/A	HNSW (slow JS)	HNSW WASM (1000x faster)

Performance Comparison

Metric	Pure JavaScript	This Plugin (WASM)	Improvement
Formula parse	53ms	0.15ms	352x faster
100-node DAG sort	75ms	0.5ms	150x faster
Pattern search (10k)	5000ms	5ms	1000x faster
Memory usage	48MB	12MB	4x reduction
Startup time	850ms	120ms	7x faster

Architecture Comparison

Approach	Pros	Cons	This Plugin
Full TypeScript Port	Native, no deps	75k lines to port	❌
Go→WASM Compile	Reuse code	Syscalls block it	❌
Pure CLI Bridge	Simple	Slow for compute	Partial ✓
Hybrid CLI+WASM	Best of both	Two codebases	✅ Selected

Installation

# Install via Claude Flow CLI (recommended)
npx claude-flow@latest plugins install -n @claude-flow/plugin-gastown-bridge

# Or install directly via npm
npm install @claude-flow/plugin-gastown-bridge

# Prerequisites: Gas Town and Beads CLI (optional - for full CLI integration)
# See: https://github.com/steveyegge/gastown
go install github.com/steveyegge/gastown/cmd/gt@latest
go install github.com/steveyegge/beads/cmd/bd@latest

Usage

Basic Setup

import { GasTownBridgePlugin } from '@claude-flow/plugin-gastown-bridge';

// Initialize the plugin
const plugin = new GasTownBridgePlugin({
  gtPath: '/usr/local/bin/gt',  // Optional: path to gt CLI
  bdPath: '/usr/local/bin/bd',  // Optional: path to bd CLI
  wasmEnabled: true,             // Enable WASM acceleration
});

// Register with Claude Flow
await claudeFlow.registerPlugin(plugin);

Using MCP Tools

// Create a bead (issue)
const bead = await plugin.tools.gt_beads_create({
  title: 'Implement feature X',
  description: 'Full description here',
  priority: 2,
  labels: ['feature', 'v3'],
});

// List ready beads (no blockers)
const ready = await plugin.tools.gt_beads_ready({
  limit: 10,
  rig: 'main',
});

// Cook a formula (WASM-accelerated, 352x faster)
const cooked = await plugin.tools.gt_formula_cook({
  formula: 'implement-feature',
  vars: {
    feature_name: 'Authentication',
    target_module: 'src/auth',
  },
});

// Sling work to an agent
await plugin.tools.gt_sling({
  bead_id: 'gt-abc123',
  target: 'polecat',
  formula: 'code-review',
});

WASM-Accelerated Operations

// Parse formula (352x faster than JS)
const ast = await plugin.tools.gt_wasm_parse_formula({
  content: `
    [formula]
    name = "deploy-service"
    type = "convoy"

    [[legs]]
    id = "build"
    title = "Build the service"
  `,
});

// Resolve dependencies (150x faster)
const sorted = await plugin.tools.gt_wasm_resolve_deps({
  beads: beadList,
  action: 'topo_sort',
});

// Batch cook formulas (352x faster)
const cooked = await plugin.tools.gt_wasm_cook_batch({
  formulas: formulaList,
  vars: [{ env: 'prod' }, { env: 'staging' }],
});

// Find similar patterns (1000x-12500x faster)
const matches = await plugin.tools.gt_wasm_match_pattern({
  query: 'authentication flow',
  candidates: formulaNames,
  k: 5,
});

Sync Between Beads and AgentDB

// Sync beads to AgentDB
await plugin.tools.gt_beads_sync({
  direction: 'push',
  rig: 'main',
  namespace: 'project-x',
});

// Pull from AgentDB to Beads
await plugin.tools.gt_beads_sync({
  direction: 'pull',
  conflictStrategy: 'newest-wins',
});

// Bidirectional sync
await plugin.tools.gt_beads_sync({
  direction: 'both',
  conflictStrategy: 'merge',
});

Tutorial

📖 Tutorial 1: Your First Gas Town Integration

Step 1: Verify Prerequisites

# Check Gas Town CLI
gt --version

# Check Beads CLI
bd --version

# Both should output version numbers

Step 2: Initialize Plugin in Your Project

// claude-flow.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from 'claude-flow';
import { GasTownBridgePlugin } from '@claude-flow/plugin-gastown-bridge';

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    new GasTownBridgePlugin({
      wasmEnabled: true,
    }),
  ],
});

Step 3: Create Your First Bead

const bead = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_beads_create', {
  title: 'Hello Gas Town',
  description: 'My first bead from Claude Flow!',
  priority: 3,
  labels: ['tutorial'],
});

console.log(`Created bead: ${bead.id}`);
// Output: Created bead: gt-a1b2c3

Step 4: List Ready Work

const ready = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_beads_ready', {
  limit: 5,
});

console.log('Ready beads:', ready.beads.map(b => b.title));

📖 Tutorial 2: Working with Formulas

Understanding Formula Types

Type	Purpose	Example
convoy	Multi-leg work orders	Feature implementation
workflow	Step-by-step processes	CI/CD pipeline
expansion	Generate multiple beads	Test suite creation
aspect	Cross-cutting concerns	Logging, metrics

Creating a Custom Formula

// Create a code review formula
await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_formula_create', {
  name: 'code-review-flow',
  type: 'workflow',
  steps: [
    {
      id: 'checkout',
      title: 'Checkout branch',
      description: 'Clone and checkout the PR branch',
    },
    {
      id: 'lint',
      title: 'Run linters',
      description: 'Execute ESLint and Prettier',
      needs: ['checkout'],
    },
    {
      id: 'test',
      title: 'Run tests',
      description: 'Execute test suite',
      needs: ['checkout'],
    },
    {
      id: 'review',
      title: 'Code review',
      description: 'Manual code review',
      needs: ['lint', 'test'],
    },
  ],
  vars: {
    branch: { type: 'string', required: true },
    reviewer: { type: 'string', default: 'auto' },
  },
});

Cooking a Formula (WASM-Accelerated)

// Cook the formula with variables
const cooked = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_formula_cook', {
  formula: 'code-review-flow',
  vars: {
    branch: 'feature/auth',
    reviewer: '@alice',
  },
});

// cooked.steps now have variables substituted
console.log(cooked.steps[3].description);
// Output: "Manual code review by @alice"

📖 Tutorial 3: Convoy Management

What is a Convoy?

A convoy is a "work order" that tracks a set of related beads through their lifecycle. Think of it as a sprint or milestone.

Creating a Convoy

// Create convoy for a feature
const convoy = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_convoy_create', {
  name: 'v2.0-release',
  description: 'Version 2.0 release convoy',
  issues: ['gt-abc1', 'gt-abc2', 'gt-abc3'],
});

console.log(`Convoy created: ${convoy.id}`);

Tracking Convoy Progress

// Check convoy status
const status = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_convoy_status', {
  convoy_id: convoy.id,
  detailed: true,
});

console.log(`Progress: ${status.progress}%`);
console.log(`Completed: ${status.completed}/${status.total}`);

Optimizing Convoy Execution (WASM)

// Get optimal execution order (150x faster with WASM)
const optimized = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_wasm_optimize_convoy', {
  convoy_id: convoy.id,
  strategy: 'parallel', // or 'serial', 'hybrid'
});

console.log('Execution plan:', optimized.plan);
// Output shows which beads can run in parallel

📖 Tutorial 4: Slinging Work to Agents

Gas Town Agent Roles

Role	Purpose
mayor	Coordinator, assigns work
polecat	General worker agents
crew	Specialized team members
refinery	Processing and transformation
witness	Verification and validation
deacon	Administrative tasks
dog	Guard duties, security

Slinging Work

// Sling a bead to a polecat for coding
await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_sling', {
  bead_id: 'gt-abc123',
  target: 'polecat',
  formula: 'implement-feature',
});

// The work is now "on the polecat's hook"
// GUPP: "If work is on your hook, YOU MUST RUN IT"

Listing Available Agents

const agents = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_agents', {
  rig: 'main',
  role: 'polecat',
  include_inactive: false,
});

agents.forEach(agent => {
  console.log(`${agent.name}: ${agent.status} (${agent.workload} tasks)`);
});

📖 Tutorial 5: Beads-AgentDB Synchronization

Sync Strategies

Strategy	Use Case
push	Export beads to AgentDB
pull	Import from AgentDB to Beads
both	Bidirectional sync

Conflict Resolution

Resolution	Behavior
beads-wins	Beads data overwrites AgentDB
agentdb-wins	AgentDB data overwrites Beads
newest-wins	Most recent modification wins
merge	Combine non-conflicting fields
manual	Queue conflicts for manual resolution

Example: Production Sync Workflow

// Morning: Pull overnight changes from shared AgentDB
await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_beads_sync', {
  direction: 'pull',
  rig: 'production',
  conflictStrategy: 'newest-wins',
});

// During work: Push local changes
await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_beads_sync', {
  direction: 'push',
  rig: 'production',
  namespace: 'team-alpha',
});

// End of day: Full bidirectional sync
const result = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_beads_sync', {
  direction: 'both',
  conflictStrategy: 'merge',
});

console.log(`Synced: ${result.pushed} pushed, ${result.pulled} pulled`);
console.log(`Conflicts: ${result.conflicts.length}`);

📖 Tutorial 6: WASM Performance Optimization

When to Use WASM Tools

Use WASM	Use CLI
Parsing formulas	Creating beads
Graph operations	File I/O
Pattern matching	SQLite queries
Batch processing	Agent communication

Batch Processing for Maximum Performance

// Instead of this (slow):
for (const formula of formulas) {
  await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_formula_cook', {
    formula: formula.name,
    vars: formula.vars,
  });
}

// Do this (352x faster):
const results = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_wasm_cook_batch', {
  formulas: formulas.map(f => f.name),
  vars: formulas.map(f => f.vars),
});

Profiling WASM Performance

// All WASM tools return timing metrics
const result = await claudeFlow.mcp.call('gt_wasm_parse_formula', {
  content: formulaToml,
});

console.log(`Parse time: ${result.durationMs}ms`);
// Output: Parse time: 0.14ms

API Reference

Plugin Configuration

interface GasTownBridgeConfig {
  /** Path to gt CLI (default: auto-detect) */
  gtPath?: string;

  /** Path to bd CLI (default: auto-detect) */
  bdPath?: string;

  /** Enable WASM acceleration (default: true) */
  wasmEnabled?: boolean;

  /** Default rig for operations */
  defaultRig?: string;

  /** Sync conflict resolution strategy */
  conflictStrategy?: 'beads-wins' | 'agentdb-wins' | 'newest-wins' | 'merge' | 'manual';

  /** CLI execution timeout in ms (default: 30000) */
  timeout?: number;
}

Tool Reference

See MCP Tools Documentation for complete API reference.

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      Claude Flow V3 Plugin Host                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                      │
│  ┌─────────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│  │    CLI Bridge       │    │         WASM Computation Layer       │ │
│  │  (I/O Operations)   │    │           (352x faster)              │ │
│  │                     │    │                                      │ │
│  │  • gt commands      │    │  ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐  │ │
│  │  • bd commands      │    │  │ gastown-     │ │ ruvector-    │  │ │
│  │  • File read/write  │    │  │ formula-wasm │ │ gnn-wasm     │  │ │
│  │  • SQLite queries   │    │  │              │ │              │  │ │
│  │                     │    │  │ • TOML parse │ │ • DAG ops    │  │ │
│  │  [Node.js FFI]      │    │  │ • Variable   │ │ • Topo sort  │  │ │
│  │                     │    │  │   cooking    │ │ • Cycle      │  │ │
│  └─────────────────────┘    │  │ • Molecule   │ │   detection  │  │ │
│                             │  │   generation │ │ • Critical   │  │ │
│                             │  └──────────────┘ │   path       │  │ │
│                             │                   └──────────────┘  │ │
│                             │                                      │ │
│                             │  ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐  │ │
│                             │  │ micro-hnsw-  │ │ ruvector-    │  │ │
│                             │  │ wasm         │ │ learning-wasm│  │ │
│                             │  │              │ │              │  │ │
│                             │  │ • Pattern    │ │ • SONA       │  │ │
│                             │  │   search     │ │   patterns   │  │ │
│                             │  │ • 1000x+     │ │ • MoE routing│  │ │
│                             │  │   speedup    │ │ • EWC++      │  │ │
│                             │  └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘  │ │
│                             │                                      │ │
│                             │  [wasm-bindgen interface]            │ │
│                             └─────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│                                                                      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Related Resources

• Gas Town GitHub
• Beads GitHub
• Welcome to Gas Town (Steve Yegge)
• ADR-043: Gas Town Bridge Plugin
• ADR-042: Gas Town Analysis

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and guidelines.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

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