docs: set current north-star priority for worker agents

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Metric

This PR moves the worker-direction metric: whether autonomous agents read a written, dated current priority before picking work.

	Before	After
Written current priority in files workers read	0 (two #303 comments on 2026-10-13 asked for three items; workers shipped #328–#334 instead)	1 dated section in AGENTS.md and docs/north-star.md, plus a pointer in docs/north-star-progress.md

It does not change supervisor.lock flake rate, #280, or the two-machine journey. Those remain the only in-scope product work.

What changed

Docs and agent instructions only. No source or test changes. Open PRs #303, #280, and #334 are untouched.

Inspected for task selection: AGENTS.md (always applied), CLAUDE.md (pointer to AGENTS.md), .algal/ (product manifests, not agent config), docs/north-star.md, docs/north-star-progress.md, docs/main-policy.md (PR enforcement, not task pick), and repo skills/routines (none pick the next task).

Added a short Current priority (set 2026-10-15) section:

1. Root-cause and fix the intermittent supervisor.lock refusal on Linux (test(cli): diagnose intermittent supervisor.lock refusal on Linux #303), with a same-inode holder trace. A passing rerun is not a diagnosis.
2. Rerun and land or close Retire control and rooms TUI for headless surfaces #280 (retire control and rooms TUI for headless surfaces).
3. Record a two-machine north-star journey pass in docs/north-star-progress.md.

Done means measured evidence: flake rate before and after over a stated number of CI runs, #280 resolved, and a dated two-machine journey pass recorded. Every later PR must state which metric it moved, with before/after numbers. Private-relay and other test hardening, marketing, and site work are paused; Dependabot and security fixes may continue.

  

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