feat(framework/tools): inter-agent tmux comms — agent-send.sh + standard
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Adds tools/tmux/ to the framework source (previously only present in installed
~/.config/mosaic copies, never committed):

- agent-send.sh: inter-agent messaging wrapper. Prepends the canonical
  addressing preamble [<src_host>:<src_session> -> <dst_host>:<dst_session>]
  (auto-detecting the sender), and delivers reliably to local OR remote panes.
  Remote delivery ships send-message.sh over ssh and runs it local to the target
  pane, sidestepping the ssh->nested-tmux Enter/C-m submission swallow; the
  remote needs only bash+tmux+base64 (no framework install required there).
- send-message.sh: low-level reliable single-pane submitter (bracketed paste +
  Enter-flush + draft detection). Adds a -b base64 input for ssh-safe transport.
- README.md: documents the addressing standard (replies flip the preamble) and
  the submission gotcha the helper exists to solve.

Propagates to each host via install.sh rsync on next framework upgrade.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Inter-Agent tmux Comms — Standard & Tooling
Reliable, self-identifying messaging between Mosaic agents running in tmux panes
(Claude Code / Codex / OpenCode REPLs), across hosts.
## The addressing standard (required)
Every cross-agent tmux message MUST begin with an addressing preamble:
```
[<src_host>:<src_session> -> <dst_host>:<dst_session>] <message>
```
- `host` = `hostname -s` of the machine the agent runs on (e.g. `web1`, `sb-it-mgr-0-lt`).
- `session` = the tmux session name (e.g. `mos-claude`, `rev0-4`, `installer-1`).
- **Replies FLIP the preamble**: the recipient answers with `[<dst> -> <src>] ...`.
Why: a fresh or context-wiped agent always knows who sent a message and to whom.
No ambiguity about origin or lane after a tmux wipe / session restart.
Example exchange:
```
[web1:mos-claude -> sb-it-mgr-0-lt:installer-1] status on #29?
[sb-it-mgr-0-lt:installer-1 -> web1:mos-claude] Q2 done, opening PR #34.
```
## The helper: `agent-send.sh`
Prepends the preamble automatically (auto-detecting your own `host:session`) and
delivers reliably to local OR remote panes.
```bash
# Local target (same host)
agent-send.sh -s <dst_session> -m "message"
# Remote target (over ssh)
agent-send.sh -H user@host -s <dst_session> -m "message"
# From a file / stdin
agent-send.sh -H user@host -s <dst_session> -f msg.txt
echo "msg" | agent-send.sh -s <dst_session>
```
Key flags: `-s` dst session (required) · `-H` ssh target for remote · `-n` dst
hostname for the preamble (else auto-resolved) · `-m`/`-f`/stdin body · `-S`
override source label · `-v` verbose · `-r N` Enter-flush attempts.
## Why a helper exists (the submission gotcha)
Pasting into an interactive REPL via raw `tmux send-keys` is unreliable: a
trailing `Enter` is frequently swallowed and the message sits as an **unsubmitted
draft** ("Press up to edit queued messages"). Over an `ssh -> nested tmux` hop the
plain `Enter` keyname often does not register at all — `C-m` is needed.
`send-message.sh` solves this for a **local** pane: bracketed-paste the body
(so multi-line content doesn't submit early), pause, then send `Enter` as its own
keystroke and flush with a second, verifying against a draft heuristic.
`agent-send.sh` solves the **remote** case by _shipping `send-message.sh` over ssh_
(`ssh host bash -s -- ... < send-message.sh`) and running it local to the target
pane — so the reliable send-keys always happens on the pane's own host. The remote
needs only `bash` + `tmux` + `base64`; **no mosaic install required there**. The
message crosses the wire as base64 (`-b`) to avoid all shell-quoting hazards.
## Files
- `agent-send.sh` — inter-agent wrapper (preamble + local/remote dispatch).
- `send-message.sh` — low-level reliable single-pane submitter (`-b` base64 input).
## Distribution
These live in the installed framework copy at
`~/.config/mosaic/tools/tmux/`. `install.sh` rsyncs the framework **source tree**
to each host, so to propagate permanently, land both files in the framework
source repo and re-run the installer on each host. Until then, `agent-send.sh`
already works against any reachable host because it ships `send-message.sh` over
ssh per-send — no pre-install on the target host is needed to _send to_ it.