feat: refactor work item file retrieval to use Python script for improved error handling and readability

.agents/workflows/manager-update.md

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Read:
 @project-knowledge/01-current/current-work.md
 @project-knowledge/01-current/work-items.md
 @project-knowledge/03-context/project.md
-@project-knowledge/03-context/workstreams/index.md
 @project-knowledge/03-context/process/communication.md
 @project-knowledge/04-people/manager.md
 @project-knowledge/04-people/index.md
@@ -27,7 +26,28 @@ Latest Mattermost context, if available:
 
 Detailed active work item files, if available:
 
-!`if [ -d project-knowledge/02-work-items ]; then for f in project-knowledge/02-work-items/*.md; do case "$f" in *README.md|*index.md) continue;; esac; echo "\n### $f"; cat "$f"; done; else echo "No work item files available."; fi`
+!`python3 - <<'PY'
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+summary = Path("project-knowledge/01-current/work-items.md")
+if not summary.is_file():
+    print("No work item files available.")
+    raise SystemExit(0)
+
+text = summary.read_text()
+paths = re.findall(r"Detail: `(project-knowledge/02-work-items/[^`]+)`", text)
+if not paths:
+    print("No work item files available.")
+    raise SystemExit(0)
+
+for rel in paths:
+    path = Path(rel)
+    if not path.is_file():
+        continue
+    print(f"\n### {rel}")
+    print(path.read_text())
+PY`
 
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