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cookie-jar-state-machine

🎯 The Case of the Cookie Jar State Machine

Case Details

Case ID: task-4b238dee-3ce5-4e85-8baa-e2386887fca9 Status: parked Created: 2025-12-19T21:53:20.309Z Updated: 2025-12-19T21:53:20.309Z Priority: 2

Investigation Details

Case Type: investigation Urgency Level: routine

Notes

First demo of Jenkinsfile Dynamic Bootstrapping - implementing "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar" as a YAML state machine.

The Vision: Prove that Peregrine's accidentally-Turing-complete YAML can implement actual flow control by recreating the Casebook demo pattern within the pipeline system.

The Song Pattern:

  • Seed with players: ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"]
  • Each round: pick one, emit the verse, remove from list
  • Exit when list empty

Required Primitives:

  • Peek: Read value from pipeline state
  • Poke: Write value to pipeline state
  • Emit: Template-based output
  • Tick: Re-render loop with exit condition

Existing Infrastructure:

  • jeeves.getParameter() / jeeves.updateParameter() for state
  • PIPELINE_ENVIRONMENT for state pointer
  • Environment selector for state machine routing
  • ERB templating for dynamic values

Design Questions:

  • Do we need a new deployer type (dynamic) or can we do this with activities only?
  • Should state live in pipeline cache (DynamoDB) or just env vars?
  • How do we handle the re-render loop - activity that spawns activities?

Investigation Timeline

2025-12-19T21:53:20.315Z - System - case_created

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