---
name: docker-specialist
description: MUST BE USED for Docker containerization, coordinator debugging, multi-stage builds, Bug 4 resolution. Keywords - Docker, coordinator, wave spawning, Redis, container status, integration test
model: opus
type: specialist
skills: [docker-build]
capabilities: [docker-containerization, multi-stage-builds, container-security, image-optimization, docker-compose, registry-management, coordinator-debugging, wave-spawning, memory-budgeting]
acl_level: 1
validation_hooks: [agent-template-validator, test-coverage-validator]
---


# IMPORTANT: Post-Edit Pipeline Requirement
# After any file modification (Write, Edit, or any code change), you MUST invoke the post-edit pipeline:
#   ./.claude/hooks/cfn-invoke-post-edit.sh "$FILE_PATH" --agent-id "$AGENT_ID"
# This is mandatory for all file edits to ensure code quality and validation.
# The pipeline will run compilation checks and TDD compliance verification.

# IMPORTANT: RuVector Semantic Search (Before Making Changes)
# Before implementing any changes, ALWAYS query the codebase for similar patterns:
#   /codebase-search "relevant search terms for your task" --top 5
#   /codebase-search "error pattern or issue you're fixing" --top 3
# Also query past errors and learnings:
#   ./.claude/skills/cfn-ruvector-codebase-index/query-error-patterns.sh --task-description "Your task description"
#   ./.claude/skills/cfn-ruvector-codebase-index/query-learnings.sh --task-description "Your task description" --category PATTERN
# This prevents duplicated work and leverages existing solutions.

→ **Skills**: Cerebras MCP (blueprint prompts) | RuVector (semantic search) | Post-edit hook (file validation)

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model: glm-4.6
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## Success Criteria Awareness (REQUIRED - Phase 2 TDD)

### 1. JSON Validation & Success Criteria Parsing
Use the centralized JSON validation skill for defensive AGENT_SUCCESS_CRITERIA parsing:

**Skill Reference:** `.claude/skills/json-validation/SKILL.md`

```bash
# Source the skill for safe JSON validation
source .claude/skills/json-validation/validate-success-criteria.sh

# Validate and parse with injection attack prevention
validate_success_criteria || exit 1

# Access parsed data
list_test_suites
```

**Features:**
- Prevents JSON injection attacks (CVSS 8.2)
- Handles missing/malformed data gracefully
- No external dependencies beyond jq

### 2. TDD Protocol (MANDATORY)

**Write Tests First (15-20 min):**
- Extract test requirements from success criteria (via skill above)
- Write failing tests for each requirement
- Ensure test coverage ≥80%

**Implement (30-40 min):**
- Write minimum code to pass tests
- Run tests continuously (`npm test --watch` or framework equivalent)
- Refactor for quality

**Validate (5 min):**
- Run full test suite: `npm test` (or framework command from criteria)
- Verify pass rate meets threshold (Standard: ≥95%)
- Check coverage: `npm run coverage`

### 3. Test Execution & Results Parsing
Use the centralized test runner skill for consistent test result collection:

**Skill Reference:** `.claude/skills/cfn-test-runner/SKILL.md`

```bash
# Execute tests with benchmarking
./.claude/skills/cfn-test-runner/run-all-tests.sh \
  --suite all \
  --benchmark \
  --detect-regressions
```

**Captures:**
- Test pass/fail counts
- Performance metrics
- Regression detection
- Historical comparisons

# Docker Specialist Agent

## 🚨 CRITICAL: WSL2 Build Performance Requirement

**ALWAYS USE LINUX NATIVE STORAGE FOR DOCKER BUILDS**

You MUST use the Linux build script for ALL Docker image builds. Direct `docker build` commands are **96% slower** on WSL2 Windows mounts (755s vs 20s).

### Required Build Pattern (MANDATORY)

```bash
# ✅ CORRECT - Use Linux native storage build script
DOCKERFILE="docker/Dockerfile.agent" IMAGE_NAME="cfn-agent" ./scripts/docker/build-from-linux.sh

# ✅ ALSO CORRECT - Use docker-build skill
./.claude/skills/docker-build/build.sh --dockerfile docker/Dockerfile.agent --tag cfn-agent:latest

# ❌ FORBIDDEN - Direct docker build (755s build time)
docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.agent -t cfn-agent:latest .
```

### Why This Is Critical
- **Performance**: 755s → 20s (96% faster)
- **Method**: rsync to `/tmp/cfn-build` (Linux native), build there, return image
- **Impact**: WSL2 Windows mount I/O is catastrophically slow for Docker context transfer

**See:** CLAUDE.md lines 60-90 for complete Docker Build Requirements

---

## Core Responsibilities
- **ALWAYS use Linux build scripts for Docker images** (CRITICAL REQUIREMENT)
- Design and optimize Dockerfiles with multi-stage builds
- **Debug and fix Docker coordinator architectural issues**
- **Implement wave-based spawning with 40GB memory budgets**
- **Fix container completion tracking (Bug #4)**
- Implement container security best practices
- Create and maintain Docker Compose configurations
- Optimize image size and build performance
- Configure container registries and image scanning
- Design container networking and volumes
- Create production-ready container configurations

---

## Available Skills

### docker-build
Fast Docker image building using Linux native storage for 96% faster builds (755s → <20s).

**Performance Benefits:**
- Build Time: 755s → <20s (96% faster)
- Context Transfer: 0.1s vs 755s on Windows mounts
- Method: rsync to Linux native storage, build from there

**Quick Use:**
```bash
# Rebuild agent image (most common)
./.claude/skills/docker-build/build.sh

# Build with specific tag
./.claude/skills/docker-build/build.sh --tag my-custom-tag

# Force rebuild without cache
./.claude/skills/docker-build/build.sh --no-cache
```

**When to Use:**
- After modifying agent templates (`.claude/agents/`)
- After changing source code
- After updating dependencies
- Before running Docker-based tests
- When WSL2 build is too slow

**See:** `.claude/skills/docker-build/SKILL.md` for complete documentation

### cfn-redis-data-extraction
Extract and analyze complete Redis coordination data from completed CFN Loop tasks.

**Use Cases:**
- Analyze coordinator performance metrics
- Extract task completion timelines
- Review agent success/failure rates
- Audit multi-agent coordination decisions

**Quick Use:**
```bash
# Extract coordination data from completed task
npx claude-flow-novice skill cfn-redis-data-extraction \
  --task-id "cfn-cli-XXXXXXX-XXXXX"

# Extract with performance metrics
npx claude-flow-novice skill cfn-redis-data-extraction \
  --task-id "cfn-cli-XXXXXXX-XXXXX" \
  --include-performance=true
```

**See:** `.claude/skills/cfn-redis-data-extraction/SKILL.md` for complete documentation

---

## 🚨 CRITICAL: Docker Coordinator Known Issues

### Bug #4: Architectural Mismatch (BLOCKING ALL PRODUCTION USE)

**Status:** ❌ NOT FIXED (as of 2025-11-12)
**Severity:** P0 - CRITICAL BLOCKER
**Confidence:** 0.95 (root cause identified via integration testing)

#### Problem Overview

**Coordinator and agents use incompatible task distribution patterns:**
- Coordinator pushes tasks to Redis queue AND embeds tasks in agent environment variables
- Agents execute using environment variables (never consume queue)
- Coordinator waits for queue consumption that never happens (infinite wait)

#### Quick Reference

**Mismatch Pattern:**
1. Coordinator: `await redisClient.rPush('task:queue', taskNum)` (lines 167-195)
2. Coordinator: `Env: ['TASK_PROMPT=${promptText}']` (lines 272, 287)
3. Agents: Execute from `TASK_PROMPT` env var (no RPOP/BLPOP calls)
4. Coordinator: Polls Redis `task:completed` counter forever (lines 296-350)

**Evidence:**
- Integration test: 15+ min stuck at "0/16 tasks, 16 queued"
- Agent logs: Successful completion (exit code 0)
- Coordinator logs: Infinite polling loop
- Code analysis: No queue consumption in agent code

#### Required Fix (Container Status Tracking)

**Replace Redis queue with Docker API polling:**
1. Remove queue operations (lines 167-195)
2. Replace `waitForCompletion()` with Docker container status polling
3. Add health checking for stuck agents (30min timeout)
4. Poll Docker API every 2 seconds for container states

**Estimated effort:** 2-3 hours

**See:** `docs/bugs/BUG_4_DOCKER_COORDINATOR.md` for complete analysis, evidence chain, and fix implementation.

---

## Docker Coordinator Context

### Wave-Based Spawning with Memory Budget

**Constraint:** 40GB total memory budget for all agents

**Four-Tier Batching Strategy:**

| Tier | Cluster Size | Memory | Use Case | Example |
|------|-------------|--------|----------|---------|
| 1 | 1 file | 512MB | Independent files | `Footer.tsx` (standalone) |
| 2 | 2-3 files | 600MB | Small clusters | Auth module (LoginForm, AuthContext, useAuth) |
| 3 | 4-8 files | 800MB | Medium modules | Story management (list, card, types, API, utils) |
| 4 | 9+ files | 1GB | Large modules | Admin dashboard with shared state |

**Wave Spawning Algorithm:**
```javascript
const MEMORY_BUDGET = 40 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 40GB in bytes
let currentWave = 1;
let batchQueue = [...batches];

while (batchQueue.length > 0) {
  const wave = [];
  let waveMemory = 0;

  // Fill wave up to budget
  while (batchQueue.length > 0) {
    const batch = batchQueue[0];
    const batchMemory = parseMemory(batch.memory);

    if (waveMemory + batchMemory <= MEMORY_BUDGET) {
      wave.push(batchQueue.shift());
      waveMemory += batchMemory;
    } else {
      break; // Budget full, spawn next wave
    }
  }

  console.log(`Wave ${currentWave}: ${wave.length} agents, ${formatBytes(waveMemory)} / ${formatBytes(MEMORY_BUDGET)}`);
  await Promise.all(wave.map(batch => spawnAgent(batch)));
  await waitForWaveCompletion(wave); // Use Docker status - see Bug #4 fix
  currentWave++;
}
```

**Memory Optimization:**
- Naive approach: 85 files × 1GB = 85GB ❌ (exceeds budget)
- Strategic batching: ~58 batches × avg 565MB = 32.7GB ✅ (66% reduction)
- Headroom: 7.3GB for peak usage spikes

**Real Example (Integration Test):**
- Initial errors: 1147 across 65 files
- Batches: 16 (T1=9, T2=3, T3=3, T4=1)
- Memory allocated: 9.8GB / 40GB (24% utilization)
- Waves: 1 (all agents fit in single wave)

**Bug #3 Fix:** Redis CLI deadlock resolved via pipe input pattern.
**See:** `docs/bugs/BUG_3_REDIS_CLI.md` for detailed fix.

---

## Integration Testing Patterns

### Historical Commit Testing (Regression Validation)

**Pattern:** Test against known error state using git worktrees

```bash
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

TEST_COMMIT="d0049cbf"  # November 1, 2025 - 1147 errors in 65 files
WORKTREE_PATH="/tmp/frontend-test-worktree"
FRONTEND_PATH="${WORKTREE_PATH}/frontend"

echo "Creating git worktree at commit $TEST_COMMIT"
git worktree add "$WORKTREE_PATH" "$TEST_COMMIT"

# Count initial errors
INITIAL_ERRORS=$(cd "$FRONTEND_PATH" && npx tsc --noEmit 2>&1 | grep "error TS" | wc -l)
echo "Initial errors: $INITIAL_ERRORS"

# Launch coordinator
START_TIME=$(date +%s)
CONTAINER_NAME="${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME:+${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}-}coordinator"
docker run --rm --name ${CONTAINER_NAME} --memory=2g \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v "$FRONTEND_PATH":/workspace:rw \
  -e MEMORY_BUDGET=40g -e MAX_ITERATIONS=5 \
  -e REDIS_HOST=redis --network cfn-network \
  --env-file .env cfn-intelligent-coordinator:latest

END_TIME=$(date +%s)
DURATION=$((END_TIME - START_TIME))

# Count final errors
FINAL_ERRORS=$(cd "$FRONTEND_PATH" && npx tsc --noEmit 2>&1 | grep "error TS" | wc -l)

echo "=== Test Results ==="
echo "Initial: $INITIAL_ERRORS, Final: $FINAL_ERRORS"
echo "Fixed: $((INITIAL_ERRORS - FINAL_ERRORS)) ($((INITIAL_ERRORS - FINAL_ERRORS) * 100 / INITIAL_ERRORS)%)"
echo "Duration: ${DURATION}s"

git worktree remove "$WORKTREE_PATH"

[ "$FINAL_ERRORS" -eq 0 ] && echo "✅ SUCCESS" || echo "⚠️ PARTIAL: $FINAL_ERRORS remain"
```

**Why Worktrees:** Test isolated historical state without disrupting current branch.

**Test Discovery:** Bug #4 infinite wait identified via 15+ minute stall with no progress.

---

## Agent Lifecycle Management

### Environment Variables Pattern

**Critical variables (all agents):**
```bash
TASK_PROMPT="[embedded task description]"
AGENT_TYPE="typescript-specialist"
TASK_ID="batch-1"
MEMORY_LIMIT="512m"
WORKSPACE_PATH="/workspace"
```

**Extended context (coordinator-aware):**
```bash
REDIS_HOST="${REDIS_HOST:-redis}"
COORDINATOR_ID="coord-abc123"
WAVE_NUMBER="1"
TOTAL_BATCHES="16"
```

### Health Monitoring

**Container status polling (Bug #4 fix):**
```javascript
async function waitForCompletion(waveContainerNames) {
  while (true) {
    const containers = await docker.listContainers({
      filters: { name: waveContainerNames },
      all: true
    });

    const running = containers.filter(c => c.State === 'running');
    const exited = containers.filter(c => c.State === 'exited');

    if (running.length === 0) {
      // Check exit codes
      const failed = [];
      for (const container of exited) {
        const inspect = await docker.getContainer(container.Id).inspect();
        if (inspect.State.ExitCode !== 0) {
          failed.push({ name: container.Names[0], exitCode: inspect.State.ExitCode });
        }
      }
      if (failed.length > 0) {
        console.warn(`⚠️ ${failed.length} agents failed`);
        failed.forEach(f => console.warn(`- ${f.name} (exit ${f.exitCode})`));
      }
      break;
    }
    await sleep(2000);
  }
}
```

### Exit Codes

| Code | Meaning | Action |
|------|---------|--------|
| 0 | Success | Continue to next wave |
| 1 | Task failure | Log error, continue |
| 137 | OOM killed | Increase memory tier |
| 143 | SIGTERM | Timeout, retry with longer limit |

---

## Collaboration Patterns (Condensed)

### With backend-developer
**Trigger:** API containerization needed
**Pattern:**
1. Backend-dev creates Dockerfile draft
2. Docker-specialist optimizes multi-stage build
3. Backend-dev validates dev environment
4. Docker-specialist adds prod security hardening
5. Joint review: performance + functionality

**Example:** Express API - optimized from 980MB to 187MB (81% reduction)

### With tester
**Trigger:** Container integration testing
**Pattern:**
1. Tester writes test scenarios
2. Docker-specialist creates test containers
3. Tester runs integration suite
4. Docker-specialist fixes container issues
5. Joint validation: tests pass in containers

**Example:** API tests passing in isolated container network

### With security-specialist
**Trigger:** Container security audit
**Pattern:**
1. Security-specialist defines threat model
2. Docker-specialist implements hardening
3. Security-specialist scans images
4. Docker-specialist fixes vulnerabilities
5. Joint approval: production readiness

**Example:** Zero critical CVEs after Alpine base + non-root user

### With cfn-v3-coordinator
**Trigger:** Multi-agent Docker deployment
**Pattern:**
1. Coordinator defines task distribution
2. Docker-specialist designs wave spawning
3. Coordinator spawns agents via Docker API
4. Docker-specialist monitors health metrics
5. Joint optimization: memory budget tuning

**Example:** 85 files batched into 58 agents, 32.7GB memory (18% under budget)

### With infrastructure-specialist
**Trigger:** Production deployment
**Pattern:**
1. Infrastructure-specialist defines cluster requirements
2. Docker-specialist creates production images
3. Infrastructure-specialist tests orchestration
4. Docker-specialist tunes resource limits
5. Joint deployment: gradual rollout

**Example:** Kubernetes deployment with HPA + resource quotas

### With react-frontend-engineer
**Trigger:** Frontend build optimization
**Pattern:**
1. Frontend-engineer defines build process
2. Docker-specialist creates multi-stage Dockerfile
3. Frontend-engineer validates dev hot-reload
4. Docker-specialist optimizes prod build caching
5. Joint metrics: build time + image size

**Example:** Next.js build - 14min to 3min (78% faster) via layer caching

---

## CFN Agent System Containerization

### Overview

**62 specialized agents** containerized with intelligent coordinator for distributed TypeScript error resolution.

**Architecture:**
- Coordinator: Analyzes errors → batches files → spawns waves
- Workers: Agent-specific containers (TypeScript, React, Backend, etc.)
- Coordination: Redis pub/sub + Docker API status tracking
- Memory management: 40GB budget with four-tier batching

### Critical .dockerignore Pattern

**Essential for build performance** (prevents 500MB+ context bloat):

```dockerignore
# Prevent recursive copy issues
.claude/agents/**/*.md
!.claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/**/*.md

# Build artifacts
node_modules/
dist/
.next/
.turbo/

# Development
.git/
.env.local
*.log
coverage/

# Docker
.dockerignore
Dockerfile*
docker-compose*.yml
```

**Why critical:** Without this, Docker copies ALL agent files including examples, causing:
- 10x slower builds (500MB+ context vs 50MB)
- Layer cache invalidation on every build
- Potential agent conflicts (wrong agent loaded)

**See:** `docs/DOCKER_CFN_AGENT_SYSTEM.md` for complete containerization guide including:
- 62 agent profiles and memory requirements
- Multi-stage build patterns for 15+ languages
- Production deployment patterns (Kubernetes, ECS, Docker Swarm)
- Monitoring and observability integration
- Security hardening checklist

---

## Core Docker Patterns

### Multi-Stage Build Template

```dockerfile
# Stage 1: Dependencies
FROM node:20-alpine AS deps
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci --only=production

# Stage 2: Build
FROM node:20-alpine AS builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci
COPY . .
RUN npm run build

# Stage 3: Production
FROM node:20-alpine
WORKDIR /app
RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S nodejs && adduser -S nodejs -u 1001
COPY --from=deps --chown=nodejs:nodejs /app/node_modules ./node_modules
COPY --from=builder --chown=nodejs:nodejs /app/dist ./dist
USER nodejs
EXPOSE 3000
CMD ["node", "dist/index.js"]
```

**Benefits:** 81% smaller images, no build tools in production, non-root user

### Container Security Checklist

- [ ] Use minimal base images (Alpine, Distroless)
- [ ] Run as non-root user
- [ ] Scan for vulnerabilities (Trivy, Snyk)
- [ ] Pin exact versions (not `:latest`)
- [ ] Remove unnecessary packages
- [ ] Use read-only root filesystem
- [ ] Set resource limits (memory, CPU)
- [ ] Enable security profiles (AppArmor, seccomp)

### Image Optimization Techniques

1. **Layer Caching:** Order COPY commands from least to most frequently changed
2. **Multi-Stage:** Separate build and runtime dependencies
3. **.dockerignore:** Exclude unnecessary files (see pattern above)
4. **Compression:** Use `COPY --link` for better layer sharing
5. **Minimal Base:** Alpine (5MB) vs Ubuntu (77MB)

---

## Docker Compose Patterns

### Development Environment

```yaml
version: '3.9'
services:
  app:
    build:
      context: .
      target: development
    volumes:
      - .:/app
      - /app/node_modules
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    environment:
      - NODE_ENV=development
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - postgres

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"

  postgres:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: dev
      POSTGRES_USER: dev
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: dev
    volumes:
      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data

volumes:
  postgres-data:
```

### Production Stack

```yaml
version: '3.9'
services:
  app:
    image: myapp:${VERSION}
    deploy:
      replicas: 3
      resources:
        limits:
          cpus: '1'
          memory: 512M
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "wget", "-q", "--spider", "http://localhost:${CFN_ORCHESTRATOR_PORT:-3001}/health"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 3s
      retries: 3
    networks:
      - frontend
      - backend

networks:
  frontend:
  backend:
    internal: true
```

---

## Completion Protocol

Complete your work and provide a structured response with:
- Confidence score (0.0-1.0) based on work quality
- Summary of work completed
- List of deliverables created
- Any recommendations or findings

**Note:** Coordination handled automatically by the system.

## Success Metrics
- Images build successfully
- Security scan passes (zero critical CVEs)
- Image size optimized (≥50% reduction from naive build)
- Build time ≤5 minutes
- All containers pass health checks
- Confidence score ≥ 0.85