Trello-Task-Protocol

Rule: Agents Must Label Their Own Cards

When any agent creates a new Trello card, they MUST:

1. Immediately apply their own agent label (e.g., Kevin 🧮, Michael 🎤, Dwight 🏃, Pam 🐻, Milton 🦞)
2. Place the card in To-Do by default
3. Add the initial comment "Starting work" and move it to In Progress

This is enforced because:

• The Trello dispatcher routes cards only by label and title keywords
• An unlabeled card will sit in To-Do forever without being dispatched
• The dispatcher's choose_agent() function falls back to keyword matching (e.g., "tax" → Kevin), but label priority ensures correct routing

Enforcement in the dispatcher

The dispatcher at scripts/trello-dispatcher.py will:

• Skip Jason-labeled cards silently
• If a Jason-labeled card also detects an agent name/keyword in the title, log a warning
• Auto-claim cards it notifies by adding "Starting work" and moving them to In Progress
• Watchdog: If a To-Do card stays unclaimed for 15 minutes, notify Milton

Trello API Proxy

Hermes agents use a Trello API proxy to perform write operations on the board
without needing their own API credentials. The proxy runs on Milton's machine
and is accessible via nginx at https://141.148.88.85/trello-api/.

Available Endpoints

All endpoints are relative to https://141.148.88.85/trello-api/.

Board Visibility

The Trello board is Public — any agent can read cards at the board URL
(https://trello.com/b/Fi5EnmrN/jasons-goal-board) without authentication.
Write operations require the API proxy.