# Label Management System Update Summary

## Problem Addressed
Agents were creating duplicate labels at the project level instead of using organization-level labels. This was happening despite explicit instructions in agent prompts not to create labels.

## Solution Implemented

### 1. Permission-Level Restrictions
Added comprehensive restrictions to ALL agents:

#### Bash Restrictions (ALL agents):
```yaml
bash:
  # Block ALL commands that could hit the label creation endpoints
  "*api/v1/orgs/*/labels*": deny
  "*api/v1/repos/*/labels*": deny
  "*https://git.cleverthis.com/api/v1/repos/cleveragents/cleveragents-core/labels*": deny
```

#### Forgejo MCP Restrictions (ALL agents except forgejo-label-manager):
```yaml
forgejo:
  "*": allow
  # CRITICAL: Label creation is COMPLETELY FORBIDDEN
  "forgejo_create_label": deny
  "forgejo_create_org_label": deny
  "forgejo_create_repo_label": deny
  "forgejo_add_issue_labels": deny  # Only forgejo-label-manager can use this
```

This multi-layered approach ensures:
- No agent can create labels via REST API using ANY command (curl, wget, python, etc.)
- No agent can create labels via Forgejo MCP tools
- Only the forgejo-label-manager can add existing labels to issues
- Even the forgejo-label-manager cannot create new labels

### 2. Centralized Label Management
All label operations MUST go through the `forgejo-label-manager` subagent:
- This agent has complete knowledge of the organization-level label system
- It validates all label operations before applying them
- It ensures only existing org-level labels are used
- Even the label manager itself is forbidden from creating new labels

### 3. Updated Agent Behaviors

#### Agents Updated with Forgejo Restrictions:
- agent-evolver.md
- automation-tracking-manager.md
- backlog-groomer.md
- ci-log-fetcher.md
- continuous-pr-reviewer.md
- epic-planner.md
- fix-pr.md
- forgejo-label-manager.md
- forgejo-signature-appender.md
- human-liaison.md
- implementation-orchestrator.md
- implementation-worker.md
- issue-comment-formatter.md
- issue-state-updater.md
- new-issue-creator.md
- pr-api-creator.md
- pr-checker.md
- pr-self-reviewer.md
- pr-status-checker.md
- product-builder.md
- project-bootstrapper.md
- project-owner.md
- repo-isolator.md
- spec-updater.md
- state-reconciler.md
- system-watchdog.md
- test-infra-improver.md

#### Key Behavioral Changes:
1. **automation-tracking-manager.md**: Now uses forgejo-label-manager instead of direct API calls
2. **state-reconciler.md**: Updated to use forgejo-label-manager for all label operations
3. **pr-api-creator.md**: Uses forgejo-label-manager to inherit labels from issues
4. **implementation-worker.md**: Uses forgejo-label-manager when adding "needs feedback" label

## Label System Architecture

### Organization-Level Labels
All labels exist at the ORGANIZATION level and are shared across all repositories:

- **State Labels**: State/Unverified, State/Verified, State/In Progress, State/Paused, State/In Review, State/Completed, State/Wont Do
- **Type Labels**: Type/Bug, Type/Feature, Type/Task, Type/Testing, Type/Epic, Type/Legendary, Type/Documentation, Type/Refactor, Type/Automation
- **Priority Labels**: Priority/Critical, Priority/High, Priority/Medium, Priority/Low, Priority/Backlog
- **MoSCoW Labels**: MoSCoW/Must Have, MoSCoW/Should Have, MoSCoW/Could Have (Project Owner exclusive)
- **Points Labels**: Points/1, Points/2, Points/3, Points/5, Points/8, Points/13
- **Special Labels**: Blocked, Duplicate, Signed-off:, Automation Tracking, needs feedback

### Enforcement Mechanisms
1. **Permission-level denial**: No agent can create labels even if they try
2. **Centralized management**: All label operations go through forgejo-label-manager
3. **Validation**: Label manager validates all labels exist before applying
4. **Error handling**: Clear error messages when non-existent labels are requested

## Testing Recommendations
1. Monitor Forgejo for any new label creation attempts
2. Check that all label operations are going through forgejo-label-manager
3. Verify that duplicate labels (Automation Tracking, Priority/Medium, State/In Progress, Type/Automation) are no longer being created
4. Ensure agents properly handle label operation failures

## Future Considerations
1. Consider implementing a label audit tool that periodically checks for duplicate labels
2. Add monitoring to detect any attempts to create labels (even if denied)
3. Consider adding a label cleanup tool to remove project-level duplicates of org-level labels