Sling Dispatch

Instruction dispatch unit for the Gastown chipset. The sling takes a work item (bead) and routes it to an available polecat through a 7-stage pipeline. In hardware terms, the sling is the instruction fetch-decode-dispatch unit -- it resolves work items from state, selects an execution unit (polecat), prepares the execution context, and launches the agent. The sling does not execute work; it sets up the conditions for execution and confirms the dispatch was recorded.

Activation Triggers

This skill activates when:

• The mayor needs to assign work items to available polecats
• A convoy of beads is ready for dispatch to a rig
• A formula template needs expansion into ordered dispatch steps
• A partial dispatch needs recovery after a crash or session restart

Core Capabilities

The 7-Stage Dispatch Pipeline

Every dispatch flows through seven stages in strict order. Each stage completes before the next begins. If any stage fails, the pipeline halts at that stage and the partial state is recoverable.