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+{
+  "name": "auto-work-dev-i18",
+  "description": "Auto-work swarm job for dev worker pool",
+  "agent": "dev",
+  "schedule": "9 * * * *",
+  "timeout": 600,
+  "prompt_template": "Swarm-slot exercise: take one small self-contained task (e.g. lint one file, summarize one doc section) and do it fully, then report a one-line summary of what you did. Quiet run.",
+  "sidechat": {
+    "create": true,
+    "reuse_key": "auto-work-dev-i18",
+    "name_template": "auto-work-dev-i18-{date}"
+  },
+  "followup": {
+    "expect_reply": true,
+    "timeout": "30m",
+    "nudges": 1,
+    "escalate": "opm",
+    "route": "auto-work"
+  },
+  "chain_next": null,
+  "on_failure": "alert"
+}