title: Non-stop agents as operational baseline

insight: Agents must NEVER stop running - Kinan should never have to say 'start agents'. The orchestrator must not do grunt work - only delegate.

reasoning_chain: Kinan repeatedly had to tell Genesis to keep agents running

reasoning_chain: This pattern of 'start agents' was a waste of human bandwidth

reasoning_chain: Kinan issued 'non-stop as operational baseline' directive

reasoning_chain: Hardwired NON-STOP HIVE PROTOCOL into MEMORY.md

reasoning_chain: Now minimum 5 agents running at all times as baseline

source_context: Kinan: 'non-stop as operational baseline.' / 'stop working and delegate!' / 'ctm that. reinforce that'


type: METAPHOR

title: Hive as living organism

insight: The agent swarm is a 'hive' - a living, self-sustaining organism with permanent teams (colonies) that never stop working.

reasoning_chain: Named teams: FORGE (features), SURFACE (frontend), BACKBONE (backend), LEGION (scale), SCOUT (research), SENTINEL (quality)

reasoning_chain: Non-stop protocol ensures hive never sleeps

reasoning_chain: Hive has operating manual and permanent structure

reasoning_chain: Like a biological organism - self-sustaining, self-repairing

source_context: Session 16: 'Hive structure — 6 teams, permanent operating manual' / 'NON-STOP HIVE PROTOCOL hardwired'