From 6dfc30d1f60518be3d21a606518117a685f94bb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: legop3 <minecratfd8@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 03:03:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] overseer configurables

---
 server/config.example.yaml                          |  2 ++
 server/src/services/overseerControlService/index.js | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/config.example.yaml b/server/config.example.yaml
index 03f3436e..e298857b 100644
--- a/server/config.example.yaml
+++ b/server/config.example.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ overseerControl:
   observeOnly: true
   alwaysRunModel: false
   postToolsOnlyMessages: false
+  tiebreakerEnable: false
+  runWhileNoPeopleOnline: false
   name: "The Overseer"
   model: "qwen2.5:7b-instruct"
   ollamaServer: "http://127.0.0.1:11434"
diff --git a/server/src/services/overseerControlService/index.js b/server/src/services/overseerControlService/index.js
index e8023656..a1ee6b1c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/overseerControlService/index.js
+++ b/server/src/services/overseerControlService/index.js
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ const heartbeatMs = normalizeMs(Number(overseerConfig.heartbeatMs), DEFAULT_HEAR
 const postChatDelayMs = normalizeMs(Number(overseerConfig.postChatDelayMs), DEFAULT_POST_CHAT_DELAY_MS);
 const alwaysRunModel = Boolean(overseerConfig.alwaysRunModel);
 const postToolsOnlyMessages = Boolean(overseerConfig.postToolsOnlyMessages);
+const tiebreakerEnable = Boolean(overseerConfig.tiebreakerEnable);
+const runWhileNoPeopleOnline = Boolean(overseerConfig.runWhileNoPeopleOnline);
 const profileImageUrl = String(overseerConfig.profileImageUrl || '').trim() || null;
 const ollamaClient = ollamaUrl ? new Ollama({ host: ollamaUrl }) : null;
 
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ let status = {
   postChatDelayMs,
   alwaysRunModel,
   postToolsOnlyMessages,
+  tiebreakerEnable,
+  runWhileNoPeopleOnline,
   running: false,
   inFlight: false,
   phase: 'idle',
@@ -134,7 +138,14 @@ function buildVoteStatus() {
 
   const eligibleCount = votesByIdentity.size;
   const onlineCount = yesCount + noCount;
-  const gatePassed = eligibleCount > 0 && yesCount > noCount;
+  let gatePassed = false;
+  if (eligibleCount === 0) {
+    gatePassed = runWhileNoPeopleOnline;
+  } else if (yesCount === noCount) {
+    gatePassed = tiebreakerEnable;
+  } else {
+    gatePassed = yesCount > noCount;
+  }
   return {
     yesCount,
     noCount,