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+---
+name: "Watcher fires on CRDT state transitions instead of filesystem events"
+agent: coder-opus
+depends_on: [490]
+---
+
+# Story 491: Watcher fires on CRDT state transitions instead of filesystem events
+
+## User Story
+
+As a developer, I want the auto-assign loop, notifications, and WebSocket UI updates to subscribe to CRDT state transitions instead of filesystem directory watches.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [ ] Auto-assign triggers on CRDT state change (story entering a stage) instead of filesystem watcher
+- [ ] Stage transition notifications fire from CRDT state changes
+- [ ] WebSocket UI updates fire from CRDT state changes
+- [ ] The filesystem watcher for .huskies/work/ is removed or deprecated
+- [ ] Timer tick loop and dependency tick loop read from CRDT state
+- [ ] agent: coder-opus
+- [ ] depends_on: [490]
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+- TBD