refactor: remove nightshift and the queue-drain tooling

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # so a regression in capture/redact/memory only surfaces at a later empty /distill.
 name: test
 
-# CI gates `main` and checks autonomous-agent pushes. The nightshift fleet opens one
-# PR per task into `nightshift`, and its local merge gate already replicates the suite
-# per branch — so nightshift task branches stay CI-free. `claude/**` branches (Claude
+# CI gates `main` and checks autonomous-agent pushes. `claude/**` branches (Claude
 # Code web/agent sessions) have no local gate, so their pushes run the suite too and
 # failures wake the session that owns the branch.
 on:

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 *.pglite
 .DS_Store
-# nightshift runtime: dashboard status.json, served index.html, worker logs, pytest venv
+# legacy fleet runtime dirs still present in older clones
 .nightshift/
 # scratch artifacts (dogfood screenshots, throwaway evidence) — attach to PRs, never commit
 .context/

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ changelog:
   sort: asc
   filters:
     exclude:
-      - '^nightshift: merge '
       - '^Merge '
       - '^docs:'
       - '^test:'

README.md

@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@
   ·
   <a href="#daily-use">Daily Use</a>
   ·
-  <a href="#nightshift">nightshift</a>
-  ·
   <a href="DESIGN.md">Design</a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/dashboard-demo.gif" alt="devbrain dashboard tour — the Board, the Profile, and the Nightshift cockpit" width="860">
+  <img src="docs/dashboard-demo.gif" alt="devbrain dashboard tour — the Board and the Profile" width="860">
 </p>
 
 AI coding agents forget: close the chat, switch machines, or change tools, and everything
@@ -44,8 +42,7 @@ Brain        durable project memory, git-synced across every session and machine
  ├─ Capture     every prompt → raw markdown log     automatic, model-free · source of truth
  ├─ Distill     /distill → brain pages + queue      searchable, rebuildable
  ├─ Queue       what should happen next             one markdown file per task
- ├─ Sync        many agents, one brain              keyed by git remote
- └─ Nightshift  work the queue while you're away    grounded in current context
+ └─ Sync        many agents, one brain              keyed by git remote
 ```
 
 `devbrain install` wires *this machine*: a one-minute timer sweeps every new Claude Code
@@ -69,12 +66,11 @@ No Homebrew? `go install github.com/TheWeiHu/devbrain/cmd/devbrain@latest` or gr
 
 `devbrain install` is idempotent and wires only *this machine*. In a terminal it asks
 y/n per component; non-interactive runs take every default. When it finishes it opens
-the browser dashboard (`devbrain dashboard` — Board · Nightshift · Profile). Common flags:
+the browser dashboard (`devbrain dashboard` — Board · Profile). Common flags:
 
 ```bash
 devbrain install --dry-run                     # preview every path it would touch; write nothing
 devbrain install --explain                     # dry-run plus a one-line why per action
-devbrain install --without nightshift          # skip the overnight loop
 devbrain install --only capture                # just capture (sweep + gbrain trace)
 devbrain install --no-open                     # don't auto-open the dashboard
 DEVBRAIN_DATA=~/path devbrain install          # store the brain elsewhere
@@ -163,9 +159,6 @@ ownership is tracked per project, so a mixed-project session can span brains.
 | *(automatic)* | every prompt swept from agent transcripts each minute; committed and pushed every 15 |
 | **`/distill`** | fold new log → brain pages **and** queue tasks |
 | **`/continue`** | resume from memory, then work the top queue task into a small PR |
-| **`/work`** | work the top task into a small PR without refreshing memory first (for `/loop` + nightshift) |
-| **`/loop /work`** | headless drain: one small PR per task |
-| **`/loop /continue`** | interactive resume+drain: same, but folds new log into the brain each turn |
 | **`/reconcile`** | mark brain facts the live repo contradicts (auto-runs ~daily) |
 | **`/audit`** | spot-check recent delegated runs for protocol drift (auto-runs ~daily) |
 | **`/journal`** | dated recap of the last N days across every project (cached per day) |
@@ -177,24 +170,7 @@ ownership is tracked per project, so a mixed-project session can span brains.
 
 The queue is one markdown file per task, priority-ranked; a task isn't `done` until its
 PR merges. Agents without slash commands run the same workflows as skills (`$distill`,
-`$continue`, `$work`, `$reconcile`, `$audit`).
-
-## nightshift
-
-Runs several workers in parallel against the queue — `claude` by default, or a mixed
-fleet with `--agents claude=2,codex=2` (codex is headless-only) — each in its own
-worktree, grounded in current project memory, auto-merging green work onto a throwaway
-`nightshift` branch — you wake to one `git diff main...nightshift`.
-
-```bash
-devbrain nightshift start ~/nightshift/myrepo   # launch the fleet (runs until stopped)
-devbrain nightshift watch                       # live browser dashboard
-devbrain nightshift stop                        # stop the fleet
-```
-
-It never merges to `main`. Installing it spawns nothing — the fleet runs only when you
-start it, and it does autonomous git ops and spends real tokens, so point the first runs
-at a throwaway. You stay the only `nightshift → main` gate.
+`$continue`, `$reconcile`, `$audit`).
 
 ## More
 

assets/dashboard.css

@@ -271,120 +271,6 @@ small.k{color:var(--muted)}
 .viewseg button:hover{color:var(--text);background:transparent}
 .viewseg button.active{background:#3A3A3C;color:var(--text);box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.4)}
 
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-.ns-cols .ns-panel{flex:1 1 360px;margin-bottom:0}
-
-/* ── select tasks → drag to the 🌙 → run nightshift on just those ───────────── */
-.card{position:relative}
-.card .chips{padding-right:28px}   /* leave room for the select dot */
-/* Select dot: a no-modifier toggle on every card. Faint hollow circle, brightens on hover,
-   fills amber with a ✓ when picked. Click it to select; click the card body still opens edit.
-   22px visual, but ::before extends an invisible ~44px hit area so it's easy to hit (Fitts's law). */
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-#moonzone{position:fixed;right:0;bottom:0;width:260px;height:260px;z-index:49;pointer-events:none;opacity:0;
-  border-radius:260px 0 0 0;transition:opacity .15s;
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-.ns-spin{width:22px;height:22px;border-radius:50%;border:2px solid var(--line2);border-top-color:var(--taken);animation:nsspin .8s linear infinite}
-@keyframes nsspin{to{transform:rotate(360deg)}}
-
 @media(max-width:600px){
   header:has(#pf-controls[style*="inline-flex"]){padding:8px 12px;gap:6px}
   #pf-controls{width:100%;gap:8px;flex-wrap:wrap}

assets/dashboard.html

@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@
   <div class="viewseg" id="viewseg" role="tablist" aria-label="View">
     <button data-view="board">📋 Board</button>
     <button data-view="profile" class="active">📊 Profile</button>
-    <button data-view="monitor" id="viewMonitorBtn" style="display:none">🌙 Nightshift</button>
   </div>
   <span class="sp"></span>
   <div class="search"><input id="search" placeholder="Search tasks, PRs, authors…" aria-label="Search"><kbd>⌘K</kbd></div>
   <select id="filterProject" aria-label="Project filter"><option value="">all projects</option></select>
   <button class="primary" id="newBtn">＋ New</button>
   <span id="pf-controls" style="display:none">
-    <div class="seg" id="pf-kind" title="typed = what you wrote at the keyboard (prose + your slash-commands); bot = autonomous nightshift sessions + harness injections">
+    <div class="seg" id="pf-kind" title="typed = what you wrote at the keyboard (prose + your slash-commands); bot = autonomous sessions + harness injections">
       <button data-k="typed" class="on">▦ Typed</button>
       <button data-k="bot">🤖 Bot</button>
       <button data-k="all">🗂️ All</button>
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
 </header>
 <div id="brain-error" role="alert" hidden></div>
 <div class="board" id="board"></div>
-<div id="monitor" style="display:none;padding:14px 16px"></div>
 <div id="profile" style="display:none">
   <div class="statbar" id="pf-stats"></div>
   <div class="pf-note" id="pf-kindnote"></div>
@@ -113,7 +111,6 @@ <h3 id="mTitle">Edit task</h3>
   </div>
   <div class="fld"><label>Body<textarea id="fBody"></textarea></label></div>
   <div class="fld"><label>Reason / hold note<textarea id="fReason" style="min-height:54px"></textarea></label></div>
-  <div class="fld"><label class="chk"><input type="checkbox" id="fApproved"> Approve for unattended run (install deps + network)</label></div>
   <div class="fld"><small class="k" id="fMeta"></small></div>
   <div class="actions">
     <button class="primary" id="saveBtn">Save</button>
@@ -123,18 +120,5 @@ <h3 id="mTitle">Edit task</h3>
   </div>
 </div></div>
 
-<!-- Drag selected tasks onto the moon (or anywhere in the corner zone), or click it, to run nightshift on just those. -->
-<div id="moonzone" aria-hidden="true"></div>
-<div id="moon" title="Drag selected tasks here — or click — to run nightshift on just those" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Start nightshift on selected tasks">🌙</div>
-
-<div class="modal" id="launchModal"><div class="sheet">
-  <h3>🌙 Start nightshift</h3>
-  <div id="lxBody"></div>
-  <div class="actions">
-    <button class="primary" id="lxGoBtn">🌙 Launch</button>
-    <button class="ghost" id="lxCancelBtn">Cancel</button>
-  </div>
-</div></div>
-
 <script src="/dashboard.js"></script>
 </body></html>