Program plan: workstation-v0 to world-class mac-like agentic GNOME in 100 turns

[mdheller]

This issue is the execution backbone for turning workstation-v0 into a world-class, agentic, mac-like GNOME realization over the next ~100 turns.

Current status (already landed on main)

• Open-source launcher palette (sourceos palette)
• Reversible shell/fish fix helpers (fix shell, fix fish, fix all)
• JSON contracts for fix surfaces
• Report artifact flows for fix surfaces (--json, --write, --open)
• doctor.sh --json
• Primary Fedora/GNOME input lane: input-remapper
• Fusuma gesture install/apply lane

Three-org execution map

1. SociOS-Linux/source-os
   • local realization spine
   • installer/apply/doctor/fix/report/runtime behavior
2. SourceOS-Linux/sourceos-spec
   • normative acceptance criteria
   • spec truth for workstation semantics, trust boundaries, proofs
3. SocioProphet repos
   • agentplane: policy/control/evidence ingestion and operator automation
   • sociosphere: workspace/operator UI surfaces for reports and actions
   • prophet-cli: remote/operator-facing control surface wrapping workstation flows
   • contractforge: typed contracts for doctor/fix/report artifacts
   • standards repos (socioprophet-agent-standards, socioprophet-standards-*, prophet-platform-standards): schemas, ontology, policy, evidence semantics

Execution phases

Phase 1 — Local operator substrate (mostly done)

• palette launcher
• reversible fix helpers
• JSON contracts
• report artifact flows for fix surfaces
• doctor.sh --json

Phase 2 — Desktop input + gesture realization

• input-remapper primary lane (Fedora/GNOME)
• Fusuma install/apply lane
• input-remapper default mapping profiles
• xremap compatibility activation path
• Kinto compatibility lane (explicit, not default)
• richer gesture defaults and conflict handling with GNOME defaults

Phase 3 — Mac-like GNOME defaults pack

• dock behavior pack (size, hide, magnification policy, click action policy)
• search ergonomics / Spotlight-like defaults
• file-manager defaults
• terminal/editor/browser hotkey alignment
• theme/icon/font lane
• window/workspace/app-switching behavior pack

Phase 4 — Agentic control-plane integration

• sourceos doctor --json|--write|--open top-level artifact symmetry
• sourceos doctor contract consumed by automation
• agentplane ingestion of doctor/fix artifacts
• sociosphere workstation health/action surfaces
• prophet-cli wrappers for remote audit/fix flows
• contractforge typed schemas for doctor/fix/report artifacts

Phase 5 — Packaging, policy, and hardening

• rpm-ostree + dnf parity hardening
• Nix lane parity for workstation-v0 realization
• CI smoke expansion for write/open/report paths
• policy assertions on trust boundaries / non-open fallback prevention
• acceptance checklist aligned to sourceos-spec

Exit criteria

• Fresh GNOME install gets launcher, input remap, gestures, shell spine, doctor/fix/report flows
• Mac-like keyboard ergonomics are coherent on Wayland-first Fedora
• Doctor/fix/report outputs are machine-readable and consumable by higher-level agent tooling
• Operator can audit and trigger flows from local palette, CLI, and later agentplane/sociosphere surfaces

This issue should remain the canonical backlog spine for workstation-v0 program execution.

[mdheller]

Agent progress reconciliation — workstation-v0 Mac-on-Linux lane

Current position:

• The local workstation-v0 Mac-like GNOME lane is now materially ahead of this tracker’s original checkbox state.
• We should still keep this issue open as the umbrella tracker, but future work should treat this comment and docs/workstation/world-class-sourceos-parity-plan.md as the current progress baseline.

Recently landed / reconciled:

• Open-source SourceOS palette/action surface.
• sourceos status --json and doctor.sh --json surfaces.
• Reversible fix/report helpers for shell/fish/all.
• Lampstand-backed search lane and service helper surfaces.
• Mac polish lane: screenshots, Quick Look/Sushi, screenshot folder, mac screenshot wrapper.
• Sidebar/bookmark and bounded appearance polish.
• Keyboard/remap policy validation: input-remapper primary, xremap compatibility, Kinto explicit compatibility lane.
• Shortcut map contract and validation helper.
• GNOME dock/extension validation helper.
• Mac defaults validation helper.
• Aggregate polish helper now includes mac polish, keyboard policy, shortcut map, and GNOME dock signals.
• sourceos status consumes aggregate polish warnings.
• doctor.sh consumes aggregate polish signals as warning-oriented doctor results.
• Workstation operator runbook and Mac-on-Linux acceptance matrix.
• SourceOS-Linux/sourceos-spec DesktopProfile alignment via optional Mac-on-Linux polish metadata.
• Repo-local agent instructions now encode Copilot-primary, issue-first, validation-backed delivery.

Still open / not yet world-class:

• SourceOS-Linux/sourceos-shell runtime must be populated; the repo exists, so the next step is PDF-first runtime implementation, not repo creation.
• SourceOS-Linux/sourceos-spec#49 still needs canonical workstation doctor/fix report schemas.
• Agent Machine / secure host interface / mount policy contracts remain open in sourceos-spec.
• Backup/recovery, trust envelope, Continuity-equivalent flows, app/runtime trust, accessibility/localization, and OS lifecycle promotion are not complete.
• Full macOS parity and world-class OS claims remain explicitly not permitted.

Immediate next packet:

• Open a bounded issue in SourceOS-Linux/sourceos-shell for PDF-first runtime scaffold: docd, pdf-secure, pdf-viewer-demo, content layout, Makefile, smoke validation, and links to sourceos-spec / source-os.