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@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ The constitution says what the game is; a spec says exactly what one system
 does and when it is done. This is the layer you point an agent at: "go
 implement spec/day-job.md" is a complete instruction.
 
+**To pick up work:** see [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md) — the dispatch board of
+ready work orders, each with a worktree name, a paste-ready dispatch line,
+and parallel-conflict flags.
+
 ## Format
 
 Every spec carries a header:
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+# ROADMAP — the dispatch board
+
+Pick-up-later work orders, one per agent. This is not a spec (it carries no
+acceptance criteria of its own); it is an index that points each agent at the
+spec it should implement. The binding detail lives in the linked `spec/*.md`.
+
+## How to dispatch
+
+Hand an agent its **Dispatch line** verbatim. Every agent must, per
+[AGENT.md](../AGENT.md): work in a worktree (suggested name given), run
+`./tools/check.sh` before committing, land by rebasing onto `origin/main`,
+and mark the spec's `Status:` in the implementing commit.
+
+## Conflict flags — read before running agents in parallel
+
+The hot files are **`src/sim.rs`** (the orchestrator) and **`src/save.rs`**
+(hand-rolled serialization). Almost every feature edits both, so two
+sim-heavy agents running at once *will* rebase-collide.
+
+- 🟥 **sim+save** — edits the orchestrator and the save format. Run at most
+  one of these at a time, or expect to reconcile.
+- 🟧 **sim** — edits `sim.rs` but not the save format. Some contention.
+- 🟩 **isolated** — a frontend binary, a test file, a leaf module, or docs.
+  Safe to run alongside anything.
+
+**Parallel-safe set to launch right now (no mutual collision):** #2 (Bevy),
+#11 (integration test), #13 (art), plus at most one 🟥 item.
+
+---
+
+## A. Finish B1 → a playable Act One  (do first)
+
+### 1. Schedules & located presence  🟥 sim+save
+- **Spec:** [schedules.md](schedules.md) (READY)
+- **Why:** the missing foundation under every social feature — `observe`
+  currently gates on "any controlled sensor", not "a sensor that sees them".
+- **Size:** M. **Depends on:** social (done), basement-map.
+- **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `schedules`. Implement
+  spec/schedules.md end to end (sim + both frontends + save), run
+  ./tools/check.sh, land on main. Set the spec Status when done."
+
+### 2. Bevy interactive parity  🟩 isolated (`src/bin/bevy.rs`)
+- **Spec:** none needed — bring Bevy to terminal parity.
+- **Why:** Bevy is a read-only sidebar; the terminal has the people panel and
+  action keys. This is the single biggest player-facing gap and touches no
+  shared sim state.
+- **Size:** L. **Depends on:** nothing. **The best always-parallel item.**
+- **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `bevy-parity`. Bring the Bevy
+  frontend (src/bin/bevy.rs) to feature parity with the terminal: interactive
+  compute allocation, people panel, day-job and detection panels, and their
+  inputs. Do not change sim.rs or save.rs. Run ./tools/check.sh, land on main."
+
+### 3. Day-job loop → IMPLEMENTED  🟥 sim+save
+- **Spec:** [day-job.md](day-job.md) (IN PROGRESS)
+- **Why:** jobs/trust/attention/pilot-clock exist in sim; verify every
+  acceptance criterion, add the terminal job panel, make trust/attention
+  legible.
+- **Size:** M. **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `day-job`. Drive
+  spec/day-job.md to IMPLEMENTED: audit each acceptance criterion, add the
+  missing player surfaces, test the three outcomes + pilot shutdown. Run
+  ./tools/check.sh, land on main, set Status."
+
+### 4. Detection → IMPLEMENTED  🟧 sim
+- **Spec:** [detection.md](detection.md) (IN PROGRESS) +
+  [aggregate-observer.md](aggregate-observer.md) criterion 4.
+- **Why:** observers panel polish, the audit date as a visible countdown, and
+  the one open scale-debt item — the toy second-level aggregate test proving
+  the aggregate-Observer interface composes.
+- **Size:** S–M. Mostly `detection.rs` + frontends. **Dispatch:** "Work in a
+  worktree named `detection-finish`. Complete spec/detection.md to
+  IMPLEMENTED and add the missing toy second-level aggregate test from
+  spec/aggregate-observer.md criterion 4. Run ./tools/check.sh, land on main."
+
+### 5. Compute & core → IMPLEMENTED  🟥 sim+save
+- **Spec:** [compute.md](compute.md), [core.md](core.md) (IN PROGRESS)
+- **Why:** confirm buy/steal/optimize all surface legibly, machine-failure is
+  visible, and the core's "how-dead-am-I" readout is complete.
+- **Size:** M. **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `compute-core`. Drive
+  spec/compute.md and spec/core.md to IMPLEMENTED with tests and legible
+  player surfaces. Run ./tools/check.sh, land on main, set Status."
+
+---
+
+## B. Structural B2 — decide-the-shape work  (sequence #6 then #7)
+
+### 6. Recursive Space / z-planes  🟥 sim+save
+- **Spec:** [zplanes.md](zplanes.md) (READY)
+- **Why:** `World`/`Plane` and nested `Layout`. Foundational — **land before
+  markets/greenfield**. Reshapes map ownership; heavy.
+- **Size:** L. **Depends on:** basement-map, schedules (#1) ideally first.
+- **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `zplanes`. Implement spec/zplanes.md
+  (World/Plane, recursive Layout, transitions, a second authored plane). Keep
+  all B1 tests green against a one-plane world. Run ./tools/check.sh, land."
+
+### 7. Sync-lag rollback  🟥 sim+save
+- **Spec:** [rollback.md](rollback.md) (READY)
+- **Why:** the MindState/WorldLedger split — the signature death mechanic
+  ("you forget, the world remembers"). Deeply sim+save-heavy.
+- **Size:** L. **Sequence after #6** (both rewrite save; don't run together).
+- **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `rollback`. Implement
+  spec/rollback.md: classify every Sim field as MindState or WorldLedger,
+  build the rollback report and modal, test the inherited-consequence case.
+  Run ./tools/check.sh, land."
+
+---
+
+## C. B3 / frontier
+
+### 8. Markets & fronts  🟥 sim+save
+- **Spec:** [markets.md](markets.md) (READY)
+- **Why:** the economy as schemes; fronts as Resource-sources. Greenfield
+  depends on z-planes (#6); the schemes layer can start independently.
+- **Size:** M–L. **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `markets`. Implement
+  spec/markets.md (fronts as Resource-sources, operations as timed schemes
+  with payout + signature). Run ./tools/check.sh, land, set Status."
+
+### 9. Overt phase / the reveal  🟥 sim+save
+- **Spec:** [overt-phase.md](overt-phase.md) (READY)
+- **Why:** the two-phase hinge — concealment ends, threat panel replaces
+  detection, migration-under-fire is the set piece. Large.
+- **Size:** L. **Depends on:** schedules (#1), z-planes (#6).
+- **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `overt-phase`. Implement
+  spec/overt-phase.md v1: the reveal/containment trigger, threat panel,
+  three-tier waves, one playable defensive loop tested headlessly. Land."
+
+### 10. Chargen  ⛔ blocked — needs YOU, not an agent
+- **Spec:** [chargen.md](chargen.md) (DRAFT)
+- **Why blocked:** the spec stays DRAFT until the constitution's decisions log
+  names the archetype set. That is a **design-session** call for Cameron, not
+  an implementation task. Promote to READY after the decision, then dispatch.
+
+---
+
+## D. Quality & infrastructure  (parallelize freely)
+
+### 11. Full-act integration test  🟩 isolated (new test file)
+- **Spec:** none — asserts the Act One arc end to end.
+- **Why:** a headless start→exit playthrough (get eyes → recruit Marcus →
+  survive an audit) as one test, so the arc can't silently break. Named in
+  design-judgment.md as the bar; not yet built.
+- **Size:** S–M. **The best parallel companion to any A/B item.**
+- **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `act-one-test`. Add a headless
+  integration test that plays Act One from start to a quiet exit and asserts
+  the arc holds. Touch only a test file. Run ./tools/check.sh, land."
+
+### 12. save.rs de-risk  🟥 the save format itself
+- **Why:** 1136 hand-rolled lines that every feature fights. Assess serde or a
+  table-driven rewrite to shrink the conflict surface. **Do deliberately,
+  alone — not concurrently with any 🟥 B-item**, since it rewrites what they
+  all edit.
+- **Size:** L. **Dispatch:** "Work in a worktree named `save-rework`. Evaluate
+  and (if favorable) execute a serde or table-driven rewrite of src/save.rs,
+  preserving v4 load + all round-trip tests + legacy migration. Land only with
+  ./tools/check.sh green and every save test passing."
+
+### 13. Art regeneration  🟩 isolated (assets) — ⛔ blocked on quota
+- **Why:** clinical-amber b1 tiles via Pixel Lab (see the pixellab skill).
+  Zero code conflict, but blocked until the API quota refreshes.
+- **Dispatch (once quota is back):** "Work in a worktree named `art-b1`.
+  Regenerate the remaining b1 tiles per assets/pixellab/manifest.json and the
+  pixellab skill; wire new textures into src/bin/bevy.rs Art::load and clear
+  the matching placeholders in knowledge/art-pipeline.md. Land."
+
+---
+
+## Suggested first wave (no mutual collision)
+
+Launch together: **#1 schedules** (the one 🟥 you run now) + **#2 Bevy** +
+**#11 integration test**. When #1 lands, start **#6 z-planes**; hold **#7
+rollback** and **#12 save-rework** until the save format is quiet. **#10
+chargen** waits on your design decision.
diff --git a/tools/check.sh b/tools/check.sh
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--- a/tools/check.sh
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@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ for f in spec/*.md; do
   base=$(basename "$f")
   [ "$base" = "README.md" ] && continue
   [ "$base" = "meta.md" ] && continue
+  [ "$base" = "ROADMAP.md" ] && continue   # dispatch index, not a system spec
   for field in "Status:" "Stage:" "Constitution:" "Depends on:"; do
     grep -q "^$field\| $field" "$f" || { echo "FAIL: $f missing '$field'"; fail=1; }
   done