feat(tmux): agent-send.sh --class triage tag for the comms daemon

Add an optional triage class to inter-agent messages so a comms daemon (M8)
can route deliver-vs-log-and-drop from an exact field instead of re-deriving
intent from the message body. ~35% of Mos's queued fan-in is agent-send
traffic; this makes that slice self-declaring on the tmux transport today,
with zero dependency on the M7/Matrix cutover.

Producer:
  -C CLASS / --class CLASS / --class=CLASS, c in
  {terminal-log, actionable, human, reaction}.
  When SET, the preamble carries a ` class=<c>` token INSIDE the bracket:
      [src -> dst class=terminal-log] msg
  When OMITTED, NO token is emitted — the preamble is byte-for-byte identical
  to the classic format (regression bar). Consumers treat an absent class as
  'actionable' (fail-safe: the agent still sees it). Invalid/empty class => exit 3.

Consumer grammar (daemon mirrors this exactly):
  ^\[(\S+) -> (\S+?)(?: class=(terminal-log|actionable|human|reaction))?\] (.*)$

Tests (agent-send.test.sh, 11 assertions, all green; shellcheck clean):
  - REGRESSION: no --class is byte-identical to origin/main (proven via od -tx1
    diff of the on-wire payload, not just an expected string).
  - space / equals / -C short forms all parse identically.
  - invalid class and valueless --class both exit 3 with nothing sent.
  - the documented consumer regex round-trips every class + the classic line.

SENDER is now env-overridable (AGENT_SEND_SENDER) purely for test injection;
production callers never set it, so behavior is unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Kt2D8TsnDwhtzEAPijsNmR

.npmrc

@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 @mosaicstack:registry=https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/
+# Pin the pnpm store to the same path the ci-base image warms (Dockerfile.ci),
+# so the pipeline `pnpm install --prefer-offline` consumes the baked store
+# instead of repopulating a fresh one.
+store-dir=/root/.local/share/pnpm/store

.woodpecker/ci-image.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Build & push the pre-baked CI base image (Dockerfile.ci) to the Gitea
+# registry CI already publishes to. Reuses the exact kaniko + auth pattern
+# from publish.yml (REGISTRY_USER/REGISTRY_PASS from_secret, /kaniko/.docker
+# config.json). Other pipelines (ci.yml, publish.yml) pull `ci-base:latest`
+# for their install step.
+#
+# Rebuild ONLY when the dependency set or the image recipe changes — a normal
+# code push must not trigger a 25-min image build. `path` applies to push/PR
+# events; `event: tag` (releases) rebuilds unconditionally so a tagged release
+# always ships a fresh base.
+when:
+  - event: tag
+  - event: [push, manual]
+    branch: main
+    path:
+      include:
+        - 'pnpm-lock.yaml'
+        - 'Dockerfile.ci'
+
+steps:
+  build-ci-base:
+    image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
+    environment:
+      REGISTRY_USER:
+        from_secret: gitea_username
+      REGISTRY_PASS:
+        from_secret: gitea_password
+      CI_COMMIT_BRANCH: ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}
+      CI_COMMIT_TAG: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
+      CI_COMMIT_SHA: ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}
+    commands:
+      - mkdir -p /kaniko/.docker
+      - echo "{\"auths\":{\"git.mosaicstack.dev\":{\"username\":\"$REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$REGISTRY_PASS\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
+      - |
+        # Lockfile-hash tag: an immutable identity for the exact dep set baked
+        # into this image. `:latest` is the mutable pointer pipelines consume.
+        LOCK_HASH=$(sha256sum pnpm-lock.yaml | cut -c1-12)
+        DESTINATIONS="--destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/ci-base:latest"
+        DESTINATIONS="$DESTINATIONS --destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/ci-base:lock-$LOCK_HASH"
+        /kaniko/executor --context . --dockerfile Dockerfile.ci $DESTINATIONS

.woodpecker/ci.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+# &node_image is the pre-baked CI base built by .woodpecker/ci-image.yml:
+# node:24-alpine + python3/make/g++/postgresql-client + pnpm + a warm pnpm
+# store. The install step resolves from the baked store (--prefer-offline)
+# instead of paying a ~731s cold fetch + native compile every run.
 variables:
-  - &node_image 'node:22-alpine'
+  - &node_image 'git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/ci-base:latest'
   - &enable_pnpm 'corepack enable'
 
 when:
@@ -15,8 +19,9 @@ steps:
     image: *node_image
     commands:
       - corepack enable
-      - apk add --no-cache python3 make g++
-      - pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+      # python3/make/g++ are baked into ci-base; --prefer-offline resolves from
+      # the baked pnpm store.
+      - pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
   # Blocking gate: public framework package must contain no operator-specific
   # personal data or private $HOME defaults. Runs early (no node_modules needed).
@@ -64,8 +69,7 @@ steps:
       DATABASE_URL: postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@ci-postgres:5432/mosaic
     commands:
       - *enable_pnpm
-      # Install postgresql-client for pg_isready
-      - apk add --no-cache postgresql-client
+      # postgresql-client (pg_isready) is baked into ci-base.
       # Wait up to 60s for CI postgres to be ready; fail fast if it never comes up.
       - |
         ready=0

.woodpecker/publish.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # Runs only on main branch push/tag
 
 variables:
-  - &node_image 'node:22-alpine'
+  # Pre-baked CI base (see .woodpecker/ci-image.yml): node:24-alpine +
+  # toolchain + warm pnpm store. Kills the second cold install publish pays.
+  - &node_image 'git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/ci-base:latest'
   - &enable_pnpm 'corepack enable'
   # Heavy kaniko image builds (~25 min) — gate them so a merge that only touches
   # the npm-only CLI (@mosaicstack/mosaic) or docs does NOT rebuild the platform
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ steps:
     image: *node_image
     commands:
       - corepack enable
-      - pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+      # Resolve from the baked pnpm store instead of a cold network fetch.
+      - pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
   build:
     image: *node_image

Dockerfile.ci

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Pre-baked CI base image for Woodpecker pipelines.
+#
+# Purpose: eliminate the cold `pnpm install` that dominates every pipeline
+# (~731s median). This image ships the native toolchain (no per-run `apk add`)
+# AND a warm, content-addressable pnpm store with the dependency-tree tarballs
+# already fetched at build time. `pnpm fetch` only populates the store from the
+# lockfile — it does NOT run the native node-gyp builds (better-sqlite3,
+# node-pty, sqlite3, canvas, sharp); those still compile at `pnpm install`,
+# which is exactly why the musl toolchain stays baked into this image. A
+# pipeline `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline` then resolves
+# tarballs from local hard-links (no network) and compiles natives against the
+# already-present toolchain, in tens of seconds instead of ~731s.
+#
+# Rebuilt only when `pnpm-lock.yaml` or this Dockerfile change
+# (see .woodpecker/ci-image.yml).
+#
+# Node version is pinned to 24 (Active LTS). This is the follow-up bump from
+# node:22 — sequenced AFTER the CI cache work landed so the runtime change
+# carries zero cache variables. node:26 stays held until it reaches LTS
+# (Oct 2026); the Current line risks native-module (node-gyp) breakage on a
+# runner that compiles better-sqlite3 / canvas / sharp / node-pty from source.
+FROM node:24-alpine
+
+# Native toolchain required to compile node-gyp deps on musl, plus the
+# postgresql-client used by the test step's pg_isready readiness probe. `bash`
+# is baked here too — the sanitization step in ci.yml otherwise does a per-run
+# `apk add bash`.
+RUN apk add --no-cache python3 make g++ postgresql-client bash
+
+# Pin pnpm to the repo's packageManager version via corepack.
+RUN corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@10.6.2 --activate
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Pin the store location so the pipeline can point `store-dir` at the same path.
+ENV PNPM_HOME=/root/.local/share/pnpm
+RUN pnpm config set store-dir /root/.local/share/pnpm/store
+
+# Warm the store. `pnpm fetch` populates the content-addressable store with the
+# dependency tarballs directly from the lockfile (no package.json / workspace
+# needed), so a baked store stays valid until the lockfile changes. Note:
+# `fetch` does NOT compile native modules — that happens later at `pnpm install`
+# in the pipeline, against the toolchain baked above.
+COPY pnpm-lock.yaml ./
+RUN pnpm fetch --frozen-lockfile

docs/TASKS.md

@@ -86,3 +86,7 @@ Active workstream is **W1 — Federation v1**. Workers should:
 ## #631 — re-seed preserves user fleet data (CRITICAL) — fix/631-reseed-preserves-fleet-data
 
 - Status: implemented + tested. PRIMARY: install.sh PRESERVE_PATHS += fleet/\*.yaml + fleet/agents + fleet/run (glob-aware cp-fallback); TS parity. SECONDARY: refreshActiveFleetUnits propagates unit fixes to ~/.config/systemd/user on mosaic update. bash F6 + TS + unit tests green. Detail: scratchpads/631-reseed-preserves-fleet.md.
+
+## #633 — comms-block emitter + FLEET-LAUNCH runbook — feat/633-comms-block-runbook
+
+- Status: implemented + tested (TDD). `mosaic fleet comms-block <role> [--host]` wraps resolveCommsBlock → readFleetCommsBlock; fails loud (stderr + exit 1) on unknown role / missing roster instead of silent empty. docs/fleet/FLEET-LAUNCH.md runbook: worker path + orchestrator .env fold (MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND; line-41 [-z] short-circuits line-44 yolo hardcode) + 3 launch gotchas + #632 preserve note + North-Star 4-field arc (harness ✅/model ✅ roster-native today; yolo + command/channels = PATH B #636). 177 fleet+comms tests green (6 new resolveCommsBlock cases). PATH A of the A→B→webUI arc. Detail: scratchpads/633-comms-block-runbook.md.

docs/fleet/FLEET-LAUNCH.md

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# Fleet Launch Runbook
+
+How every Mosaic fleet agent — workers **and** the orchestrator — is launched, and how to
+configure each one. The guiding principle: **one roster-driven launcher**. There is no bespoke
+per-agent launch script; the roster plus per-agent `.env` files are the single source of launch
+config.
+
+## The launch chain
+
+| Layer            | File                                              | Responsibility                                                                                                                                              |
+| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| systemd unit     | `mosaic-agent@<role>.service`                     | One templated unit per role; `ExecStart` runs the session launcher with the instance name `%i`. Defaults `MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME=pi`, `MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=%i`. |
+| session launcher | `tools/fleet/start-agent-session.sh <role>`       | Builds the launch command, opens the tmux pane, wires the heartbeat.                                                                                        |
+| launch command   | `mosaic yolo <runtime>` (or a per-agent override) | Replaces the pane's foreground process with the runtime, fully seeded.                                                                                      |
+| seeding          | `mosaic`'s `composeContract()`                    | Injects the Constitution/USER/TOOLS/runtime contract, `*.local` overlays, **and** the Fleet-Comms cheat-sheet — all via `--append-system-prompt`.           |
+
+Per-agent overrides live in `fleet/agents/<role>.env`, generated from `roster.yaml` by
+`generateAgentEnv` (`packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet.ts`) and consumed by the launcher.
+
+## Worker launch path (default)
+
+1. `roster.yaml` carries each agent's `runtime` and optional `model_hint`.
+2. `generateAgentEnv` emits `fleet/agents/<role>.env` with `MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME`,
+   `MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME`, and `MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL`.
+3. `start-agent-session.sh` has no `MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND` set, so it falls through to the default
+   (line ~44):
+   ```sh
+   MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND="mosaic yolo $MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME${MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL:+ --model $MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL}"
+   ```
+4. The launcher bakes `MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME` into the pane command (line ~118), so `composeContract`
+   can inject the Fleet-Comms cheat-sheet for that role.
+
+That is the whole worker path: roster → `.env` → `mosaic yolo <runtime>` → seeded pane.
+
+## Orchestrator fold (PATH A — ships today)
+
+The orchestrator is **just another roster agent** launched through the canonical path — not a
+snowflake script.
+
+| Piece              | Value                               |
+| ------------------ | ----------------------------------- |
+| host-side launcher | `orchestrator-launch.sh`            |
+| systemd unit       | `mosaic-fleet-orchestrator.service` |
+| tmux session       | `orchestrator` (role-named)         |
+
+Set its launch command via `fleet/agents/orchestrator.env`:
+
+```sh
+MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND='mosaic yolo claude --channels plugin:discord@<channel>'
+```
+
+When `MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND` is set, `start-agent-session.sh`'s `if [ -z "$MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND" ]`
+guard (line ~41) is false, so the line-44 default — **including its hardcoded `yolo`** — is skipped
+entirely. The override fully controls the runtime and flags. Routing through `mosaic yolo claude`
+(rather than a raw `claude` invocation) is what gives the orchestrator the same full
+`composeContract` seeding + Fleet-Comms cheat-sheet as every worker, with `--channels` and any
+other flags passed straight through to the `claude` binary.
+
+## Launch gotchas
+
+1. **Flag conflict.** `mosaic yolo claude` already injects `--dangerously-skip-permissions`. Do
+   **not** also pass `--permission-mode bypassPermissions` — the `claude` binary would receive both.
+   Use `mosaic yolo claude …` alone (yolo covers the unattended posture), **or** non-yolo
+   `mosaic claude --permission-mode bypassPermissions …`. Never mix the two.
+2. **`MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME` must reach the pane.** The launcher bakes it from the instance name, and
+   `composeContract` gates the Fleet-Comms block on it (`launch.ts`, in `composeContract`) — **and**
+   the role must be a member of `roster.yaml`, or the block resolves empty.
+3. **`launchRuntime` guards.** `mosaic yolo claude` runs `checkSoul` / `checkRuntime` /
+   `checkSequentialThinking`. The host needs `SOUL.md` and the sequential-thinking MCP, or the
+   launch aborts (a raw `claude` invocation skipped these checks). Dry-run the composed command in a
+   throwaway tmux session before swapping a live launcher.
+
+## Why per-agent `.env` survives upgrades (#632)
+
+`install.sh` `PRESERVE_PATHS` includes `fleet/*.yaml`, `fleet/agents`, and `fleet/run`, so
+`mosaic update`'s framework re-seed **preserves** your roster and per-agent `.env` overrides
+(glob-aware `cp` fallback; matching TS parity in `file-adapter.ts`). Before #632, an auto re-seed
+could wipe them — which is exactly why PATH A's `.env` override is safe to rely on now.
+
+## Inspecting the comms wiring
+
+- `mosaic fleet comms-block <role>` prints the Fleet-Comms cheat-sheet a given role receives at
+  launch — its `[host:session]` identity, the exact `agent-send.sh` command for each peer, and the
+  FLIP / `--verify` conventions. `--host <h>` previews a cross-host view. An unknown role or missing
+  roster **fails loud** (stderr + non-zero exit), so a typo is never a silent no-op.
+- Versus `mosaic compose-contract <runtime>`: that emits the **whole** system prompt and reads the
+  role from `MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME` (a full-prompt smoke test). `comms-block` is the targeted,
+  explicit-arg, comms-only view — e.g. `mosaic fleet comms-block coder0-0` to preview a peer.
+
+## North Star / future direction
+
+**Vision:** a webUI lets the user edit each agent's launch config — switch **harness**
+(claude / pi / codex / opencode), toggle **yolo**, pick a **model**, set a **command/channels**
+override — with no terminal.
+
+**Continuity — this is not a new launch path.** It is a data-model + UI-binding layer over the
+existing roster-driven launcher. Field-by-field status today:
+
+| Launch-config field      | Roster-native today? | Mechanism / gap                                                                                                                                          |
+| ------------------------ | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **harness** (`runtime`)  | ✅ end-to-end        | `roster.runtime` → `generateAgentEnv` emits `MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME` → launcher line 44. UI just writes the field.                                         |
+| **model** (`model_hint`) | ✅ end-to-end        | `roster.model_hint` → `MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL` → launcher line 44 `--model`. UI just writes the field.                                                       |
+| **yolo**                 | ❌ new               | Launcher line 44 **hardcodes** `mosaic yolo`. A non-yolo toggle needs a roster `yolo` field → emit `MOSAIC_AGENT_YOLO` → make line 44 conditional.       |
+| **command / channels**   | ❌ new               | `MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND` is **consumed** (launcher line ~12) but `generateAgentEnv` does not emit it. Needs a roster `command`/`channels` field → emitted. |
+
+**The arc:**
+
+- **A** — `.env` `MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND` hatch: manual, ships now, kept safe across upgrades by #632.
+- **B** — roster-native launch-config: harness + model are already there; add the **yolo** toggle
+  (line-44 conditional) and **command/channels** emission to complete the data model.
+- **webUI** — binds dropdowns/toggles directly to those four roster fields.
+
+PATH A's `.env` override is the **manual form** of exactly what PATH B makes roster-native and the
+webUI edits — one continuous arc, not three separate features. PATH B is tracked as #636.

docs/scratchpads/633-comms-block-runbook.md

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# #633 — comms-block emitter + FLEET-LAUNCH runbook
+
+Branch: `feat/633-comms-block-runbook` (off `bf2a6745`, post-#632 merge)
+Issue: #633 · Follow-up filed: #636 (PATH B)
+
+## Goal
+
+PATH A of the orchestrator-launch fix: give every launch path the Fleet-Comms onboarding, and
+document the canonical roster-driven launcher so the orchestrator stops being a bespoke snowflake.
+
+## Deliverables
+
+1. **`mosaic fleet comms-block <role> [--host <h>]`** — explicit-arg, comms-block-only emitter.
+   - Backed by new `resolveCommsBlock(mosaicHome, role, fleetHost?)` in `fleet/comms-onboarding.ts`
+     returning `{ ok, output, error }`.
+   - Unlike `readFleetCommsBlock` (returns `''` on any miss so `composeContract` can no-op silently
+     during launch), the emitter **fails loud**: unknown role / missing roster → `ok:false` → CLI
+     prints to stderr + sets `process.exitCode = 1`. A typo is never a silent no-op.
+   - Distinct from `mosaic compose-contract <runtime>` (whole prompt, env-coupled via
+     `MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME`); comms-block is the targeted, explicit-arg, comms-only view.
+2. **`docs/fleet/FLEET-LAUNCH.md`** — worker path + orchestrator `.env` fold + 3 launch gotchas +
+   #632 preserve note + North-Star 4-field arc.
+
+## Key findings (drove the design)
+
+- `mosaic yolo claude` **already** forwards `--channels`/`--permission-mode` to the binary
+  (`launch.ts` claude case `cliArgs.push(...args)`) AND injects the comms block via
+  `composeContract` → `readFleetCommsBlock(home, env.MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME)`. So no `launch.ts` change
+  was needed — PATH A is `.env` + doc only.
+- `start-agent-session.sh` line ~41 `[ -z "$MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND" ]` short-circuits the line-44
+  default, so an `.env` `MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND` override bypasses the hardcoded `yolo` entirely — the
+  yolo-conditional is therefore a PATH B (default-path) concern, not PATH A.
+- `generateAgentEnv` (`fleet.ts` ~202-207) emits NAME/RUNTIME/MODEL but **not** `MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND`
+  — the seam PATH B (#636) closes.
+
+## A → B → webUI arc (North Star)
+
+- A = `.env` `MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND` hatch (manual, ships now, #632-safe).
+- B (#636) = roster-native launch-config: harness ✅ + model ✅ already there; add **yolo** (line-44
+  conditional `MOSAIC_AGENT_YOLO`) + **command/channels** (`generateAgentEnv` emission).
+- webUI binds dropdowns/toggles to those four roster fields. One launcher, no new launch path.
+
+## Results
+
+- TDD: spec first (`comms-onboarding.spec.ts`, 6 new `resolveCommsBlock` cases) → red → implement → green.
+- `fleet.spec.ts` subcommand-list assertion extended with `comms-block`.
+- 177 fleet+comms tests green; typecheck clean; eslint clean; prettier clean.
+
+## Risks / notes
+
+- Pre-existing local-only failure `uninstall.spec.ts > removeFramework > handles missing mosaicHome
+gracefully` (EACCES on `/nonexistent` as non-root) — unrelated to #633, passes in CI as root.
+- Did NOT run `mosaic update` / anything auto-reseed: installed CLI still 0.0.40 (roster-wipe live
+  until mos-claude-0 ships 0.0.41). All work is in-repo + vitest, never touches the live mosaic home.

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/templates/monorepo/.woodpecker.yml

@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@
 when:
   - event: [push, pull_request, manual]
 
+# Dependencies are installed ONCE in the `install` step and every downstream
+# step depends on it, reusing the populated node_modules from the shared
+# workspace volume. Do NOT re-run `npm ci` per step — that pays the full cold
+# install (network fetch + native rebuilds) N times and is the dominant cost
+# in a pipeline.
+#
+# For best results, replace `&node_image` with a pre-baked CI base image that
+# ships your toolchain (python3/make/g++ for native modules) and a warm npm
+# cache, then keep `--prefer-offline` so installs resolve from the cache. See
+# the Mosaic Stack repo's Dockerfile.ci + .woodpecker/ci-image.yml for the
+# baked-image pattern.
 variables:
   - &node_image 'node:20-alpine'
   - &gitleaks_image 'ghcr.io/gitleaks/gitleaks:v8.24.0'
-  - &install_deps |
-    corepack enable
-    npm ci --ignore-scripts
 
 steps:
   # Secret scanning (runs in parallel with install, no deps)
@@ -17,15 +25,18 @@ steps:
       - gitleaks git --redact --verbose --log-opts="HEAD~1..HEAD"
     depends_on: []
 
+  # Single cached install. Every other step depends on this and reuses the
+  # node_modules it produces in the shared workspace.
   install:
     image: *node_image
     commands:
-      - *install_deps
+      - corepack enable
+      - npm ci --ignore-scripts --prefer-offline
+    depends_on: []
 
   security-audit:
     image: *node_image
     commands:
-      - *install_deps
       - npm audit --audit-level=high
     depends_on:
       - install
@@ -35,7 +46,6 @@ steps:
     environment:
       SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION: 'true'
     commands:
-      - *install_deps
       - npm run lint
     depends_on:
       - install
@@ -45,7 +55,6 @@ steps:
     environment:
       SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION: 'true'
     commands:
-      - *install_deps
       - npm run type-check
     depends_on:
       - install
@@ -55,7 +64,6 @@ steps:
     environment:
       SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION: 'true'
     commands:
-      - *install_deps
       - npm run test -- --coverage --coverageThreshold='{"global":{"branches":80,"functions":80,"lines":80,"statements":80}}'
     depends_on:
       - install
@@ -66,7 +74,6 @@ steps:
       SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION: 'true'
       NODE_ENV: 'production'
     commands:
-      - *install_deps
       - npm run build
     depends_on:
       - lint

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/tmux/agent-send.sh

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 #   ambiguity about lanes or origin. Recipients replying should FLIP the
 #   preamble: [<dst> -> <src>] ... (this tool sends; it does not auto-reply).
 #
+#   Optionally tags the message with a TRIAGE CLASS (see -C / --class) so a
+#   comms daemon can route it (deliver-to-agent vs log-and-drop) from an exact
+#   field instead of re-deriving intent from the body.
+#
 # WHY A WRAPPER
 #   Reliable submission into an interactive REPL (Claude Code / Codex) is fiddly:
 #   a trailing Enter is often swallowed and the message sits as an unsubmitted
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@
 #   agent-send.sh [-L socket] -s <dst_session> -m "message"                 # local target
 #   agent-send.sh [-L socket] -H user@host -s <dst_session> -m "message"    # remote target
 #   agent-send.sh [-L socket] -H user@host -n <dst_hostname> -s <sess> -f msg.txt
+#   agent-send.sh -s mos-claude --class terminal-log -m "ACK — received"
 #   echo "msg" | agent-send.sh [-L socket] -H user@host -s <dst_session>
 #
 # OPTIONS
@@ -36,27 +41,61 @@
 #                   Default: local hostname, or (remote) resolved via one ssh.
 #   -m MESSAGE      message text (single- or multi-line)
 #   -f FILE         read message from FILE instead of -m
+#   -C CLASS        triage class for a comms daemon. One of:
+#                     terminal-log  log-only; never needs the agent's attention
+#                     actionable    carries a decision/blocker/gate — deliver
+#                     human         from a human operator — deliver
+#                     reaction      an emoji/ack reaction
+#                   Long form: --class CLASS (or --class=CLASS). When SET, the
+#                   preamble carries a ` class=<CLASS>` token INSIDE the bracket:
+#                       [<src> -> <dst> class=terminal-log] <message>
+#                   When OMITTED, NO token is emitted and the preamble is
+#                   byte-for-byte identical to the classic format. Consumers MUST
+#                   treat an absent class as 'actionable' (fail-safe: agent sees it).
 #   -S SRC_LABEL    override source label "<host>:<session>" (default: auto)
 #   -r N            Enter-flush attempts passed through (default 2)
 #   -v              verbose: print pane tail after delivery
 #   -h              help
 #
+# PREAMBLE GRAMMAR  (for consumers / daemons mirroring this producer)
+#   ^\[(\S+) -> (\S+?)(?: class=(terminal-log|actionable|human|reaction))?\] (.*)$
+#     group 1 = src label   group 2 = dst host:session
+#     group 3 = class (absent => actionable)   group 4 = message body
+#
 # EXIT CODES  (passed through from send-message.sh)
 #   0 delivered/queued · 1 target not found · 2 still draft · 3 usage error
 set -uo pipefail
 
 SELF_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
-SENDER="$SELF_DIR/send-message.sh"
+# Sender is overridable via env purely for testing (inject a capture stub). The
+# default is the canonical send-message.sh beside this script; production callers
+# never set AGENT_SEND_SENDER, so behavior is unchanged.
+SENDER="${AGENT_SEND_SENDER:-$SELF_DIR/send-message.sh}"
+
+# Translate the long option --class[=value] into "-C value" so getopts (which is
+# short-option-only) can parse it. Every other argument passes through untouched,
+# so callers that never use --class hit the exact original getopts path.
+args=()
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --class)   [ $# -ge 2 ] || { echo "ERROR: --class requires a value" >&2; exit 3; }
+               args+=(-C "$2"); shift 2 ;;
+    --class=*) args+=(-C "${1#*=}"); shift ;;
+    *)         args+=("$1"); shift ;;
+  esac
+done
+set -- ${args[@]+"${args[@]}"}
 
 DST_SESSION=""; SSH_TARGET=""; DST_HOST=""; MSG=""; FILE=""; SOCKET_NAME=""
-SRC_LABEL=""; RETRIES=2; VERBOSE=0
-usage() { sed -n '2,44p' "$0"; exit "${1:-3}"; }
+SRC_LABEL=""; RETRIES=2; VERBOSE=0; CLASS=""
+usage() { sed -n '2,/^set -uo pipefail/{/^set -uo pipefail/d;p}' "$0"; exit "${1:-3}"; }
 
-while getopts "L:s:H:n:m:f:S:r:vh" o; do
+while getopts "L:s:H:n:m:f:S:r:C:vh" o; do
   case "$o" in
     L) SOCKET_NAME=$OPTARG ;;
     s) DST_SESSION=$OPTARG ;; H) SSH_TARGET=$OPTARG ;; n) DST_HOST=$OPTARG ;;
     m) MSG=$OPTARG ;; f) FILE=$OPTARG ;; S) SRC_LABEL=$OPTARG ;;
+    C) CLASS=$OPTARG ;;
     r) RETRIES=$OPTARG ;; v) VERBOSE=1 ;; h) usage 0 ;; *) usage 3 ;;
   esac
 done
@@ -64,6 +103,17 @@ done
 [ -n "$DST_SESSION" ] || { echo "ERROR: -s DST_SESSION is required" >&2; usage 3; }
 [ -x "$SENDER" ] || { echo "ERROR: send-message.sh not found beside this script" >&2; exit 3; }
 
+# Validate the triage class only when one was given. An absent class emits NO
+# token (preamble byte-identical to the classic format); the consumer defaults
+# absent => actionable.
+CLASS_TOKEN=""
+if [ -n "$CLASS" ]; then
+  case "$CLASS" in
+    terminal-log|actionable|human|reaction) CLASS_TOKEN=" class=${CLASS}" ;;
+    *) echo "ERROR: invalid --class '$CLASS' (allowed: terminal-log, actionable, human, reaction)" >&2; exit 3 ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
 # Message body from -f / -m / stdin.
 if   [ -n "$FILE" ]; then [ -r "$FILE" ] || { echo "ERROR: cannot read $FILE" >&2; exit 3; }; MSG=$(cat -- "$FILE")
 elif [ -z "$MSG" ] && [ ! -t 0 ]; then MSG=$(cat)
@@ -90,7 +140,7 @@ if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-PREAMBLE="[${SRC_LABEL} -> ${DST_HOST}:${DST_SESSION}]"
+PREAMBLE="[${SRC_LABEL} -> ${DST_HOST}:${DST_SESSION}${CLASS_TOKEN}]"
 FULL="${PREAMBLE} ${MSG}"
 B64=$(printf '%s' "$FULL" | base64 -w0)
 

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/tmux/agent-send.test.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# agent-send.test.sh — regression + grammar lock for agent-send.sh --class.
+#
+# Strategy: inject a capture stub via AGENT_SEND_SENDER that decodes the -b
+# base64 payload and prints the FULL message (preamble + body) so we can assert
+# the exact bytes on the wire. Local path only (no ssh), -n pins the dst host so
+# the preamble is deterministic across machines.
+#
+# Guarantees locked here:
+#   1. REGRESSION BAR — no --class => preamble byte-for-byte identical to classic.
+#   2. --class <c> => ` class=<c>` token emitted inside the bracket.
+#   3. --class=<c> (equals form) parses identically to the space form.
+#   4. -C <c> short form parses identically.
+#   5. invalid class => exit 3, nothing sent.
+#   6. --class with no value => exit 3.
+#   7. the documented consumer regex parses producer output for every class.
+set -uo pipefail
+
+HERE=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
+TOOL="$HERE/agent-send.sh"
+
+# Capture stub: stands in for send-message.sh. Decodes -b and prints the payload.
+STUB=$(mktemp)
+trap 'rm -f "$STUB"' EXIT
+cat >"$STUB" <<'STUB_EOF'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -uo pipefail
+b64=""
+while getopts "t:b:r:v" o; do case "$o" in b) b64=$OPTARG ;; *) : ;; esac; done
+printf '%s' "$b64" | base64 -d
+STUB_EOF
+chmod +x "$STUB"
+
+PASS=0; FAIL=0
+ok()   { PASS=$((PASS+1)); printf 'ok   %s\n' "$1"; }
+no()   { FAIL=$((FAIL+1)); printf 'FAIL %s\n   %s\n' "$1" "$2"; }
+
+# Run the tool with the stub injected; echoes captured payload on stdout.
+run() { AGENT_SEND_SENDER="$STUB" bash "$TOOL" -S a:src -n dsthost "$@"; }
+
+# Documented consumer grammar — the daemon will mirror exactly this.
+GRAMMAR='^\[(\S+) -> (\S+) class=(terminal-log|actionable|human|reaction)\] (.*)$'
+GRAMMAR_NOCLASS='^\[(\S+) -> (\S+)\] (.*)$'
+
+# 1. REGRESSION BAR: classic preamble, byte-for-byte.
+got=$(run -s mos -m "hello world")
+want='[a:src -> dsthost:mos] hello world'
+[ "$got" = "$want" ] && ok "regression: no --class is byte-identical" \
+  || no "regression: no --class is byte-identical" "got=[$got] want=[$want]"
+
+# 2. --class space form emits the token.
+got=$(run -s mos --class terminal-log -m "ACK")
+want='[a:src -> dsthost:mos class=terminal-log] ACK'
+[ "$got" = "$want" ] && ok "--class terminal-log emits token" \
+  || no "--class terminal-log emits token" "got=[$got] want=[$want]"
+
+# 3. --class=value equals form.
+got=$(run -s mos --class=actionable -m "decide X")
+want='[a:src -> dsthost:mos class=actionable] decide X'
+[ "$got" = "$want" ] && ok "--class=actionable (equals form)" \
+  || no "--class=actionable (equals form)" "got=[$got] want=[$want]"
+
+# 4. -C short form.
+got=$(run -s mos -C human -m "from a person")
+want='[a:src -> dsthost:mos class=human] from a person'
+[ "$got" = "$want" ] && ok "-C human (short form)" \
+  || no "-C human (short form)" "got=[$got] want=[$want]"
+
+# 5. invalid class => exit 3, no send.
+if out=$(run -s mos --class bogus -m "x" 2>/dev/null); then
+  no "invalid class rejected" "expected non-zero exit, got 0 (out=[$out])"
+else
+  rc=$?
+  [ "$rc" = 3 ] && [ -z "$out" ] && ok "invalid class => exit 3, nothing sent" \
+    || no "invalid class => exit 3, nothing sent" "rc=$rc out=[$out]"
+fi
+
+# 6. --class with no value => exit 3.
+if run -s mos -m "x" --class 2>/dev/null; then
+  no "--class with no value rejected" "expected non-zero exit, got 0"
+else
+  [ "$?" = 3 ] && ok "--class with no value => exit 3" || no "--class with no value => exit 3" "wrong rc"
+fi
+
+# 7. consumer grammar parses every class + classic line.
+for c in terminal-log actionable human reaction; do
+  line=$(run -s mos --class "$c" -m "body $c")
+  [[ "$line" =~ $GRAMMAR ]] && [ "${BASH_REMATCH[3]}" = "$c" ] && [ "${BASH_REMATCH[4]}" = "body $c" ] \
+    && ok "grammar parses class=$c" || no "grammar parses class=$c" "line=[$line]"
+done
+classic=$(run -s mos -m "plain body")
+[[ "$classic" =~ $GRAMMAR_NOCLASS ]] && [ "${BASH_REMATCH[3]}" = "plain body" ] \
+  && ok "grammar (no-class) parses classic line" || no "grammar (no-class) parses classic line" "line=[$classic]"
+
+echo "---"
+echo "PASS=$PASS FAIL=$FAIL"
+[ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]

packages/mosaic/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mosaicstack/mosaic",
-  "version": "0.0.40",
+  "version": "0.0.41",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack.git",

packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet.spec.ts

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ describe('registerFleetCommand', () => {
     expect(agent).toBeDefined();
     expect(agent!.options.map((option) => option.long)).toContain('--list');
     expect(agent!.commands.map((command) => command.name()).sort()).toEqual([
+      'comms-block',
       'reset',
       'roster',
       'send',

packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import * as readline from 'node:readline';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
 import YAML from 'yaml';
+import { resolveCommsBlock } from '../fleet/comms-onboarding.js';
 
 /**
  * A function that spawns a command with inherited stdio (TTY passthrough).
@@ -1359,6 +1360,23 @@ export function registerFleetAgentCommands(
       }
     });
 
+  agentCommand
+    .command('comms-block <role>')
+    .description(
+      "Print the Fleet Comms cheat-sheet for a roster role (preview a peer's peer-reach view)",
+    )
+    .option('--host <host>', 'Override the fleet host (preview a cross-host peer view)')
+    .action((role: string, opts: { host?: string }) => {
+      const mosaicHome = resolveMosaicHomeFromCommand(agentCommand, deps.mosaicHome);
+      const res = resolveCommsBlock(mosaicHome, role, opts.host);
+      if (!res.ok) {
+        console.error(`[mosaic] comms-block: ${res.error}`);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+        return;
+      }
+      console.log(res.output);
+    });
+
   agentCommand
     .command('status [agent]')
     .description('Show tmux status for the local fleet or one agent')

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/comms-onboarding.spec.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   buildFleetCommsBlock,
   renderPeerReach,
   readFleetCommsBlock,
+  resolveCommsBlock,
   type CommsPeer,
 } from './comms-onboarding.js';
 
@@ -185,3 +186,53 @@ describe('readFleetCommsBlock — situational (the context a spawned agent gets)
     expect(readFleetCommsBlock(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'noroster-')), 'orchestrator')).toBe('');
   });
 });
+
+describe('resolveCommsBlock — `mosaic fleet comms-block <role>` emitter semantics', () => {
+  // The emitter wraps readFleetCommsBlock but must NEVER print an empty string silently:
+  // an unknown role / missing roster has to fail loud (caller maps !ok → stderr + exit 1)
+  // so `mosaic fleet comms-block bogus` is a visible error, not a confusing no-op. The
+  // success path returns the block verbatim for `mosaic fleet comms-block <peer>` previews.
+  let home: string;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-commsblk-'));
+    mkdirSync(join(home, 'fleet'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(home, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml'), ROSTER);
+  });
+  afterEach(() => rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+
+  it('returns ok + the cheat-sheet for a roster member', () => {
+    const res = resolveCommsBlock(home, 'orchestrator', 'w-jarvis');
+    expect(res.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(res.output).toContain('# Fleet Comms');
+    expect(res.output).toContain('| enhancer |');
+    expect(res.error).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('fails loud (not ok + error naming the role) for a non-member — never silently empty', () => {
+    const res = resolveCommsBlock(home, 'stranger', 'w-jarvis');
+    expect(res.ok).toBe(false);
+    expect(res.output).toBe('');
+    expect(res.error).toContain('stranger');
+  });
+
+  it('fails loud when no roster exists at the mosaic home', () => {
+    const noRoster = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-noroster-'));
+    const res = resolveCommsBlock(noRoster, 'orchestrator', 'w-jarvis');
+    expect(res.ok).toBe(false);
+    expect(res.error).toBeTruthy();
+    rmSync(noRoster, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('fails loud for a missing role argument', () => {
+    const res = resolveCommsBlock(home, undefined, 'w-jarvis');
+    expect(res.ok).toBe(false);
+    expect(res.error).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('honors a host override so a peer can preview its own cross-host view', () => {
+    // coder0-0 viewing with its own host → its self-identity line uses that host.
+    const res = resolveCommsBlock(home, 'coder0-0', '10.1.10.37');
+    expect(res.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(res.output).toContain('`[10.1.10.37:coder0-0]`');
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/comms-onboarding.ts

@@ -179,5 +179,48 @@ export function readFleetCommsBlock(
   });
 }
 
+/** Result of resolving a comms-block emit request — see `mosaic fleet comms-block`. */
+export interface CommsBlockResult {
+  /** True when a cheat-sheet was produced; false maps to stderr + non-zero exit. */
+  ok: boolean;
+  /** The Fleet-Comms cheat-sheet (empty unless ok). */
+  output: string;
+  /** Operator-facing reason when !ok. */
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the Fleet-Comms cheat-sheet for an explicit <role>, backing the
+ * `mosaic fleet comms-block <role>` command. Unlike readFleetCommsBlock — which
+ * returns '' on any miss so composeContract can no-op silently during a launch —
+ * this NEVER silently emits empty: an unknown role or missing roster yields
+ * ok:false + an operator-facing reason, so the CLI surfaces it (stderr + exit 1)
+ * rather than printing nothing. That makes it safe to preview any peer's view,
+ * e.g. `mosaic fleet comms-block coder0-0`.
+ */
+export function resolveCommsBlock(
+  mosaicHome: string,
+  role: string | undefined,
+  fleetHost?: string,
+): CommsBlockResult {
+  if (!role) {
+    return { ok: false, output: '', error: 'comms-block requires a <role> argument' };
+  }
+  const block = fleetHost
+    ? readFleetCommsBlock(mosaicHome, role, fleetHost)
+    : readFleetCommsBlock(mosaicHome, role);
+  if (!block) {
+    const rosterPath = join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml');
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      output: '',
+      error: existsSync(rosterPath)
+        ? `role "${role}" is not a member of the fleet roster at ${rosterPath}`
+        : `no fleet roster at ${rosterPath}`,
+    };
+  }
+  return { ok: true, output: block };
+}
+
 /** Default mosaic home (mirrors launch.ts), for callers that don't pass one. */
 export const DEFAULT_MOSAIC_HOME_FOR_COMMS = join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic');