[Jammy2211]

Phase 3a of the autonomous-orchestrators epic, tracked on PyAutoLabs/PyAutoBrain#555. Read with PyAutoLabs/PyAutoBrain/pull/556; merge this one first.

What changes

• batches/AGENTS.md — the brief's optional usage caps max-workers: (default 2) and max-sessions: (default 6): what the watcher does at a cap, and that a non-number refuses the brief.
• batches/examples/shift_brief_example.md carries both caps (still brief --check OK).

Tier: judge — merge mode: human /prm. Heart YELLOW reason set acknowledged by the human at ship.

Witness

$ pytest tests/test_orchestrator_watcher.py -v   (witness clauses a–e, fake workers)
test_overlapping_tick_processes_dispatch_one_worker_per_task  PASSED
test_a_held_lock_makes_the_second_tick_back_off  PASSED
test_an_existing_lease_is_never_spawned_twice  PASSED
test_a_dead_worker_is_redispatched_once_then_abandoned  PASSED
test_a_dead_lease_waits_out_its_grace  PASSED
test_a_finished_worker_is_released_and_never_redispatched  PASSED
test_stop_is_read_before_anything_else  PASSED
test_stop_halts_a_running_shift_at_the_next_tick  PASSED
test_max_workers_refuses_the_next_spawn  PASSED
test_max_sessions_refuses_past_the_shift_total  PASSED
test_a_cap_that_is_not_a_number_refuses_the_brief  PASSED
test_a_brief_past_review_at_dispatches_nothing  PASSED
test_a_refused_brief_dispatches_nothing  PASSED
test_real_dispatch_is_refused_until_3b  PASSED
test_home_comes_from_the_environment  PASSED
test_entry_script_runs_one_idle_tick  PASSED

$ grep -c 'Revert condition' AUTONOMY.md   → main 11, branch 12
$ pytest tests/test_autonomy_doctrine.py   → 14 passed in 0.07s
$ repos_sync.py --check --only 'tenant firewall (organ code)' --root <task worktree>   → check tenant firewall (organ code): OK
$ batch brief --check PyAutoMind/batches/examples/shift_brief_example.md   → OK ==

full suites (PYAUTO_* unset): PyAutoBrain 1456 passed in 163.14s (0:02:43)  ·  PyAutoMind 712 passed in 69.66s (0:01:09)
repos_sync.py --check --root ~/Code/PyAutoLabs: exit 0 · lifecycle.py check: DRIFT only the pre-existing active/chapter2-explanations.md
skill line-count (report-only): batch 268 vs main 263 — watcher detail lives in agents/conductors/batch/AGENTS.md

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