feat(#707): secure Discord service ingress

.prettierignore

@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ pnpm-lock.yaml
 **/drizzle
 **/.next
 .claude/
+docs/tess/TASKS.md
+docs/scratchpads/

apps/gateway/src/chat/chat.gateway-auth.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { timingSafeEqual } from 'node:crypto';
 import type { IncomingHttpHeaders } from 'node:http';
 import { fromNodeHeaders } from 'better-auth/node';
 
@@ -12,6 +13,19 @@ export interface SessionAuth {
   };
 }
 
+export function validateDiscordServiceToken(
+  candidate: unknown,
+  expected: string | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  if (typeof candidate !== 'string' || !expected) return false;
+  const candidateBuffer = Buffer.from(candidate);
+  const expectedBuffer = Buffer.from(expected);
+  return (
+    candidateBuffer.length === expectedBuffer.length &&
+    timingSafeEqual(candidateBuffer, expectedBuffer)
+  );
+}
+
 export async function validateSocketSession(
   headers: IncomingHttpHeaders,
   auth: SessionAuth,

apps/gateway/src/chat/chat.gateway.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import {
 } from '@nestjs/websockets';
 import { Server, Socket } from 'socket.io';
 import type { AgentSessionEvent } from '@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent';
+import {
+  verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope,
+  type DiscordIngressEnvelope,
+  type DiscordIngressPayload,
+} from '@mosaicstack/discord-plugin';
 import type { Auth } from '@mosaicstack/auth';
 import type { Brain } from '@mosaicstack/brain';
 import type {
@@ -28,7 +33,8 @@ import { CommandExecutorService } from '../commands/command-executor.service.js'
 import { RoutingEngineService } from '../agent/routing/routing-engine.service.js';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 import { ChatSocketMessageDto } from './chat.dto.js';
-import { validateSocketSession } from './chat.gateway-auth.js';
+import { validateDiscordServiceToken, validateSocketSession } from './chat.gateway-auth.js';
+import { DiscordReplayProtector } from '../plugin/discord-replay-protector.js';
 
 /** Per-client state tracking streaming accumulation for persistence. */
 interface ClientSession {
@@ -50,6 +56,37 @@ interface ClientSession {
  */
 const modelOverrides = new Map<string, string>();
 
+function isDiscordIngressEnvelope(value: unknown): value is DiscordIngressEnvelope {
+  if (typeof value !== 'object' || value === null) return false;
+  const envelope = value as { payload?: unknown; signature?: unknown };
+  if (
+    typeof envelope.signature !== 'string' ||
+    typeof envelope.payload !== 'object' ||
+    envelope.payload === null
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const payload = envelope.payload as Record<string, unknown>;
+  return [
+    payload['correlationId'],
+    payload['messageId'],
+    payload['guildId'],
+    payload['channelId'],
+    payload['userId'],
+    payload['conversationId'],
+    payload['content'],
+  ].every((field: unknown): boolean => typeof field === 'string');
+}
+
+function isChatSocketMessage(value: unknown): value is ChatSocketMessageDto {
+  if (typeof value !== 'object' || value === null) return false;
+  const payload = value as { content?: unknown; conversationId?: unknown };
+  return (
+    typeof payload.content === 'string' &&
+    (payload.conversationId === undefined || typeof payload.conversationId === 'string')
+  );
+}
+
 @WebSocketGateway({
   cors: {
     origin: process.env['GATEWAY_CORS_ORIGIN'] ?? 'http://localhost:3000',
@@ -62,6 +99,7 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
 
   private readonly logger = new Logger(ChatGateway.name);
   private readonly clientSessions = new Map<string, ClientSession>();
+  private readonly discordReplayProtector = new DiscordReplayProtector();
 
   constructor(
     @Inject(AgentService) private readonly agentService: AgentService,
@@ -77,6 +115,13 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
   }
 
   async handleConnection(client: Socket): Promise<void> {
+    const serviceToken = client.handshake.auth['discordServiceToken'];
+    if (validateDiscordServiceToken(serviceToken, process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN'])) {
+      client.data.discordService = true;
+      this.logger.log(`Authenticated Discord service connected: ${client.id}`);
+      return;
+    }
+
     const session = await validateSocketSession(client.handshake.headers, this.auth);
     if (!session) {
       this.logger.warn(`Rejected unauthenticated WebSocket client: ${client.id}`);
@@ -87,8 +132,6 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
     client.data.user = session.user;
     client.data.session = session.session;
     this.logger.log(`Client connected: ${client.id}`);
-
-    // Broadcast command manifest to the newly connected client
     client.emit('commands:manifest', { manifest: this.commandRegistry.getManifest() });
   }
 
@@ -105,12 +148,41 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
   @SubscribeMessage('message')
   async handleMessage(
     @ConnectedSocket() client: Socket,
-    @MessageBody() data: ChatSocketMessageDto,
+    @MessageBody() rawData: unknown,
   ): Promise<void> {
+    let discordIngress: DiscordIngressPayload | null = null;
+    let data: ChatSocketMessageDto;
+    if (client.data.discordService) {
+      if (!isDiscordIngressEnvelope(rawData)) {
+        this.logger.warn(`Rejected malformed Discord ingress from ${client.id}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      discordIngress = this.resolveDiscordIngress(client, rawData);
+      if (!discordIngress) return;
+      data = { conversationId: discordIngress.conversationId, content: discordIngress.content };
+    } else {
+      if (!isChatSocketMessage(rawData)) {
+        this.logger.warn(`Rejected malformed chat message from ${client.id}`);
+        return;
+      }
+      data = rawData;
+    }
     const conversationId = data.conversationId ?? uuid();
-    const userId = (client.data.user as { id: string } | undefined)?.id;
+    const discordServiceUserId = process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_USER_ID'];
+    if (discordIngress && !discordServiceUserId) {
+      this.logger.warn(
+        `Rejected Discord ingress without configured service owner from ${client.id}`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    const userId = discordIngress
+      ? discordServiceUserId
+      : (client.data.user as { id: string } | undefined)?.id;
+    const correlationId = discordIngress?.correlationId;
 
-    this.logger.log(`Message from ${client.id} in conversation ${conversationId}`);
+    this.logger.log(
+      `Message from ${client.id} in conversation ${conversationId}${correlationId ? ` correlation=${correlationId}` : ''}`,
+    );
 
     // Ensure agent session exists for this conversation
     let sessionRoutingDecision: RoutingDecisionInfo | undefined;
@@ -213,6 +285,13 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
             content: data.content,
             metadata: {
               timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+              ...(correlationId
+                ? {
+                    correlationId,
+                    discordMessageId: discordIngress?.messageId,
+                    discordUserId: discordIngress?.userId,
+                  }
+                : {}),
             },
           },
           userId,
@@ -271,7 +350,17 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
     }
 
     // Send acknowledgment
-    client.emit('message:ack', { conversationId, messageId: uuid() });
+    client.emit('message:ack', {
+      conversationId,
+      messageId: uuid(),
+      ...(correlationId
+        ? {
+            correlationId,
+            discordMessageId: discordIngress?.messageId,
+            discordUserId: discordIngress?.userId,
+          }
+        : {}),
+    });
 
     // Dispatch to agent
     try {
@@ -442,6 +531,39 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
    * Creates it if absent — safe to call concurrently since a duplicate insert
    * would fail on the PK constraint and be caught here.
    */
+  private resolveDiscordIngress(
+    client: Socket,
+    envelope: DiscordIngressEnvelope,
+  ): DiscordIngressPayload | null {
+    const payload = verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope(
+      envelope,
+      process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN'] ?? '',
+      {
+        guildIds: this.readDiscordAllowlist('DISCORD_ALLOWED_GUILD_IDS'),
+        channelIds: this.readDiscordAllowlist('DISCORD_ALLOWED_CHANNEL_IDS'),
+        userIds: this.readDiscordAllowlist('DISCORD_ALLOWED_USER_IDS'),
+      },
+    );
+    if (!payload) {
+      this.logger.warn(`Rejected invalid Discord ingress envelope from ${client.id}`);
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (!this.discordReplayProtector.claim(payload.messageId)) {
+      this.logger.warn(
+        `Rejected replayed Discord message=${payload.messageId} correlation=${payload.correlationId}`,
+      );
+      return null;
+    }
+    return payload;
+  }
+
+  private readDiscordAllowlist(name: string): string[] {
+    return (process.env[name] ?? '')
+      .split(',')
+      .map((id: string): string => id.trim())
+      .filter((id: string): boolean => id.length > 0);
+  }
+
   private async ensureConversation(conversationId: string, userId: string): Promise<void> {
     try {
       const existing = await this.brain.conversations.findById(conversationId, userId);

apps/gateway/src/plugin/discord-ingress.security.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  createDiscordIngressEnvelope,
+  verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope,
+  type DiscordIngressPayload,
+} from '@mosaicstack/discord-plugin';
+import { validateDiscordServiceToken } from '../chat/chat.gateway-auth.js';
+import { DiscordReplayProtector } from './discord-replay-protector.js';
+
+const SERVICE_TOKEN = 'test-service-token';
+
+function createPayload(overrides: Partial<DiscordIngressPayload> = {}): DiscordIngressPayload {
+  return {
+    correlationId: 'correlation-001',
+    messageId: 'discord-message-001',
+    guildId: 'guild-001',
+    channelId: 'channel-001',
+    userId: 'user-001',
+    conversationId: 'discord-channel-001',
+    content: 'hello Tess',
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('Discord ingress security', () => {
+  it('accepts only the configured Discord service identity', () => {
+    expect(validateDiscordServiceToken(SERVICE_TOKEN, SERVICE_TOKEN)).toBe(true);
+    expect(validateDiscordServiceToken('wrong-service-token', SERVICE_TOKEN)).toBe(false);
+    expect(validateDiscordServiceToken(undefined, SERVICE_TOKEN)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects unauthenticated or tampered service envelopes', () => {
+    const envelope = createDiscordIngressEnvelope(createPayload(), SERVICE_TOKEN);
+
+    expect(verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope(envelope, SERVICE_TOKEN)).toEqual(createPayload());
+    expect(verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope(envelope, 'wrong-service-token')).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope(
+        { ...envelope, payload: { ...envelope.payload, content: 'forged command' } },
+        SERVICE_TOKEN,
+      ),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['guild', { guildId: 'unlisted-guild' }],
+    ['channel', { channelId: 'unlisted-channel' }],
+    ['user', { userId: 'unlisted-user' }],
+  ])(
+    'rejects an unallowlisted Discord %s',
+    (_kind: string, overrides: Partial<DiscordIngressPayload>) => {
+      const envelope = createDiscordIngressEnvelope(createPayload(overrides), SERVICE_TOKEN);
+
+      expect(
+        verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope(envelope, SERVICE_TOKEN, {
+          guildIds: ['guild-001'],
+          channelIds: ['channel-001'],
+          userIds: ['user-001'],
+        }),
+      ).toBeNull();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('retains Discord message and correlation IDs after authenticated allowlisted validation', () => {
+    const payload = createPayload({
+      correlationId: 'correlation-trace-123',
+      messageId: 'discord-snowflake-987',
+    });
+    const envelope = createDiscordIngressEnvelope(payload, SERVICE_TOKEN);
+
+    expect(
+      verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope(envelope, SERVICE_TOKEN, {
+        guildIds: ['guild-001'],
+        channelIds: ['channel-001'],
+        userIds: ['user-001'],
+      }),
+    ).toEqual(payload);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a replayed Discord message ID while retaining bounded replay state', () => {
+    const replayProtector = new DiscordReplayProtector(60_000, 2);
+
+    expect(replayProtector.claim('discord-message-001')).toBe(true);
+    expect(replayProtector.claim('discord-message-001')).toBe(false);
+    expect(replayProtector.claim('discord-message-002')).toBe(true);
+    expect(replayProtector.claim('discord-message-003')).toBe(true);
+    expect(replayProtector.size).toBe(2);
+  });
+});

apps/gateway/src/plugin/discord-replay-protector.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * Bounded replay cache for Discord's globally unique native message IDs.
+ * Durable ingress idempotency is added with Tess's canonical inbox/outbox work.
+ */
+export class DiscordReplayProtector {
+  private readonly claimedAt = new Map<string, number>();
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly ttlMs = 15 * 60 * 1000,
+    private readonly maxEntries = 10_000,
+  ) {}
+
+  get size(): number {
+    return this.claimedAt.size;
+  }
+
+  /** Claims an ID exactly once within its bounded retention window. */
+  claim(messageId: string, now = Date.now()): boolean {
+    this.prune(now);
+    if (this.claimedAt.has(messageId)) return false;
+
+    this.claimedAt.set(messageId, now);
+    this.evictOverflow();
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  private prune(now: number): void {
+    for (const [messageId, claimedAt] of this.claimedAt) {
+      if (now - claimedAt >= this.ttlMs) this.claimedAt.delete(messageId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private evictOverflow(): void {
+    while (this.claimedAt.size > this.maxEntries) {
+      const oldestMessageId = this.claimedAt.keys().next().value;
+      if (oldestMessageId === undefined) return;
+      this.claimedAt.delete(oldestMessageId);
+    }
+  }
+}

apps/gateway/src/plugin/plugin.module.ts

@@ -50,19 +50,41 @@ class TelegramChannelPluginAdapter implements IChannelPlugin {
 
 const DEFAULT_GATEWAY_URL = 'http://localhost:14242';
 
+function requiredDiscordAllowlist(name: string): string[] {
+  const value = process.env[name]
+    ?.split(',')
+    .map((id: string): string => id.trim())
+    .filter((id: string): boolean => id.length > 0);
+  if (!value || value.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`${name} is required when DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN is configured`);
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
 function createPluginRegistry(): IChannelPlugin[] {
   const plugins: IChannelPlugin[] = [];
   const discordToken = process.env['DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN'];
   const discordGuildId = process.env['DISCORD_GUILD_ID'];
   const discordGatewayUrl = process.env['DISCORD_GATEWAY_URL'] ?? DEFAULT_GATEWAY_URL;
+  const discordServiceToken = process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN'];
+  const discordServiceUserId = process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_USER_ID'];
 
   if (discordToken) {
+    if (!discordServiceToken || !discordServiceUserId) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN and DISCORD_SERVICE_USER_ID are required when DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN is configured',
+      );
+    }
     plugins.push(
       new DiscordChannelPluginAdapter(
         new DiscordPlugin({
           token: discordToken,
           guildId: discordGuildId,
           gatewayUrl: discordGatewayUrl,
+          serviceToken: discordServiceToken,
+          allowedGuildIds: requiredDiscordAllowlist('DISCORD_ALLOWED_GUILD_IDS'),
+          allowedChannelIds: requiredDiscordAllowlist('DISCORD_ALLOWED_CHANNEL_IDS'),
+          allowedUserIds: requiredDiscordAllowlist('DISCORD_ALLOWED_USER_IDS'),
         }),
       ),
     );

docs/MISSION-MANIFEST.md

@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ The MVP is complete when ALL declared workstreams are complete AND every cross-c
 
 ## Workstreams
 
-| #   | ID  | Name                                        | Status            | Manifest                                                                | Notes                                               |
+| #   | ID   | Name                                        | Status            | Manifest                                                                | Notes                                               |
-| --- | --- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
+| --- | ---- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
-| W1  | FED | Federation v1                               | planning-complete | [docs/federation/MISSION-MANIFEST.md](./federation/MISSION-MANIFEST.md) | 7 milestones, ~175K tokens, issues #460–#466 filed  |
+| W1  | FED  | Federation v1                               | planning-complete | [docs/federation/MISSION-MANIFEST.md](./federation/MISSION-MANIFEST.md) | 7 milestones, ~175K tokens, issues #460–#466 filed  |
-| W2+ | TBD | (additional workstreams declared as scoped) | —                 | —                                                                       | Scope creep is expected and explicitly accommodated |
+| W2  | TESS | Tess interaction agent                      | planning-complete | [docs/tess/MISSION-MANIFEST.md](./tess/MISSION-MANIFEST.md)             | 5 milestones; issue #706; M1 issue #707 ready       |
+| W3+ | TBD  | (additional workstreams declared as scoped) | —                 | —                                                                       | Scope creep is expected and explicitly accommodated |
 
 ### Likely Additional Workstreams (Not Yet Declared)
 

docs/PRD.md

@@ -79,6 +79,102 @@ Jarvis (v0.2.0) is a self-hosted AI assistant with a Python FastAPI backend and
 
 ---
 
+## Tess Interaction Agent Workstream (TESS)
+
+### Problem and Objective
+
+Jason needs one durable, operator-facing Mosaic agent outside Hermes that is reachable through a dedicated Discord channel and CLI, can attach to and operate the Mosaic fleet and transitional Hermes agents, and preserves context across restarts and compaction. Mos remains the coding/general fleet orchestrator; Tess is the complementary human interaction, visibility, control, and migration agent.
+
+The objective is to ship **Tess** (from _tessera_, a piece of a mosaic) as a Pi-native, GPT-5.6 Sol agent with high reasoning. Tess must use Mosaic-owned contracts and plugins so Hermes can be replaced incrementally rather than becoming a permanent architectural dependency.
+
+### Scope
+
+#### In Scope
+
+1. `TESS-ARP-001`: A runtime-neutral `AgentRuntimeProvider` contract supporting `listSessions`, `streamSession`, `sendMessage`, `terminate`, `getSessionTree`, `attach`, health, capability discovery, and normalized events/errors.
+2. `TESS-PI-001`: A long-running Pi-native Tess agent profile/service pinned to GPT-5.6 Sol with high reasoning, explicit tool policy, lifecycle hooks, durable checkpoints, and restart recovery.
+3. `TESS-DSC-001`: Dedicated Discord channel binding to Tess through the Mosaic gateway, with allowlists/RBAC, thread/reply policy, streaming, attachments, approvals, and correlation IDs.
+4. `TESS-CLI-001`: `mosaic tess` CLI commands for chat, status, session listing, attach/detach, send/steer/stop, provider health, and recovery.
+5. `TESS-FLT-001`: Fleet plugin capabilities for roster/status/heartbeat inspection, message delivery, session hierarchy, safe attach, and controlled restart/recovery.
+6. `TESS-MOS-001`: Explicit Mos coordination boundary and tools: hand off orchestration requests, observe mission/task state, receive results, and never silently compete for orchestration authority.
+7. `TESS-HRM-001`: Transitional Hermes adapter for profiles/agents, sessions, streaming/messages, Kanban, skills, memory, tools, cron, and health, using capability negotiation and fail-closed unsupported operations.
+8. `TESS-MEM-001`: Unified memory/retrieval plugin with scoped search/recent/capture/stats, startup context injection, provenance, redaction, namespace isolation, and flat-file/project truth precedence.
+9. `TESS-STA-001`: Durable agent state, inbox, handoff, compaction-recovery, and resume reconstruction.
+10. `TESS-PLG-001`: Plugin/tool catalog covering runtime bootstrap, repository/PR workflow, fleet diagnostics, incident-safe read operations, Discord interaction, and extensible MCP/skill discovery.
+11. `TESS-TRN-001`: Replaceable transport providers: tmux/fleet now, Matrix/native Mosaic transport later, with no Discord/CLI business logic coupled to transport details.
+12. `TESS-SEC-001`: RBAC, per-operation authorization, explicit approval for destructive/privileged/customer-visible actions, audit events, secret/PII redaction, tenant isolation, and bounded command execution.
+13. `TESS-SEC-002`: Command execution SHALL enforce declared scope/role server-side; admin/system and destructive operations SHALL require policy-bound durable approval.
+14. `TESS-SEC-003`: Every session list/read/attach/send/terminate operation SHALL enforce server-derived owner and tenant scope; guessed or client-supplied IDs SHALL grant no authority.
+15. `TESS-SEC-004`: MCP tools SHALL derive actor/tenant from authenticated context and SHALL NOT accept caller-controlled identity fields.
+16. `TESS-SEC-005`: Discord plugin ingress SHALL authenticate service identity, enforce guild/channel/user allowlists, propagate correlation/message IDs, and reject replay.
+17. `TESS-SEC-006`: Secret/PII classification and redaction SHALL occur before persistence and before channel egress, including tool metadata and authentication flows.
+18. `TESS-SEC-007`: Approvals SHALL be one-time, expiring, actor/tenant-bound, and cryptographically bound to the exact structured action digest.
+19. `TESS-SEC-008`: Ingress, provider sends, tool side effects, and responses SHALL use durable inbox/outbox/checkpoints and idempotency records for restart-safe replay.
+20. `TESS-SEC-009`: Garbage collection and retention SHALL be session/tenant scoped unless executed as a separately authorized and audited system-wide job.
+21. `TESS-OBS-001`: Structured logs, traces, health/readiness, provider latency/errors, session lifecycle, tool audit, and actionable recovery diagnostics.
+22. `TESS-MIG-001`: Capability inventory and staged Hermes-to-Mosaic migration matrix with coexistence, cutover, rollback, and deprecation gates.
+
+#### Out of Scope
+
+1. Replacing Mos as coding/general fleet orchestrator.
+2. Making Hermes the Mosaic core or coupling Mosaic domain logic to Hermes schemas.
+3. Migrating every historical chat verbatim; only policy-compliant indexed summaries and user-selected sessions are migrated.
+4. Unrestricted shell execution from Discord.
+5. Full web UI parity in the first Tess operational milestone; gateway contracts must remain web-consumable.
+6. Replacing tmux before Matrix/native transport reaches operational parity.
+
+### Stakeholder and User Requirements
+
+- Jason must be able to converse with the same Tess session from Discord and CLI.
+- Jason must be able to see what is running, stale, blocked, or unhealthy without attaching manually to every session.
+- Jason must be able to attach to Tess and authorized fleet sessions through supported CLI controls.
+- Tess must collaborate with Mos and the fleet while preserving a single clear orchestration authority.
+- The system must migrate useful Hermes/OpenClaw capabilities intentionally, with evidence, instead of copying implementations wholesale.
+
+### Non-Functional Requirements
+
+1. **Security:** default-deny provider/tool capabilities, least privilege, no secrets in logs/prompts/commits, Discord user/channel authorization, and auditable approvals.
+2. **Reliability:** durable inbox/checkpoints; idempotent message handling; reconnect with bounded backoff; no message loss or duplicate execution across gateway restart.
+3. **Performance:** first acknowledgement within 2 seconds when connected; streamed agent output begins within 5 seconds excluding model/provider delay; status reads return within 2 seconds under nominal local conditions.
+4. **Observability:** every ingress message and resulting provider/tool operation carries a correlation ID across Discord, gateway, Tess, provider, and audit events.
+5. **Maintainability:** channel, runtime, transport, memory, and external-agent integrations remain adapter-based with contract tests.
+6. **Privacy:** only scoped context enters external runtimes; persisted messages/memories follow retention and redaction policy.
+7. **Portability:** Tess runs through Pi/Mosaic contracts and does not require Hermes to start or serve native Mosaic operations.
+
+### Acceptance Criteria
+
+1. `AC-TESS-01`: A dedicated Discord channel and `mosaic tess chat` connect to one durable Tess session and stream responses bidirectionally.
+2. `AC-TESS-02`: `mosaic tess status|sessions|tree|attach|send|stop` operate against authorized provider capabilities with stable typed outputs and actionable errors.
+3. `AC-TESS-03`: Tess runs GPT-5.6 Sol at high reasoning and its effective runtime/model/tool policy is visible through status without exposing credentials.
+4. `AC-TESS-04`: Tess can inspect and message the Mosaic fleet, hand orchestration work to Mos, and demonstrate that Tess does not independently claim Mos-owned orchestration work.
+5. `AC-TESS-05`: Hermes adapter demonstrates session listing, streaming/message delivery, hierarchy mapping, and at least one approved capability in each of Kanban, skills, memory, tools, and cron—or reports unsupported capabilities fail-closed.
+6. `AC-TESS-06`: Restart/compaction test preserves session identity, pending inbox, last durable checkpoint, and a resumable handoff without duplicate side effects.
+7. `AC-TESS-07`: Unauthorized Discord users/channels, cross-tenant access, unsafe tool calls, forged approvals, and sensitive-output cases are denied and audited.
+8. `AC-TESS-08`: tmux/fleet and Matrix/native transport implementations pass the same provider contract suite; Matrix may remain non-default until readiness gates pass.
+9. `AC-TESS-09`: Baseline quality gates, unit/integration/contract tests, Discord+CLI E2E, restart/recovery tests, independent code review, and security review are green.
+10. `AC-TESS-10`: Migration matrix documents every audited Hermes/OpenClaw capability as native, adapted, deferred, or rejected, with cutover and rollback evidence.
+11. `AC-TESS-11`: User, admin, developer, API/OpenAPI, operations/recovery, and plugin-authoring documentation is current and linked from the sitemap.
+
+### Constraints, Dependencies, Risks, and Assumptions
+
+- Dependency: Mosaic gateway remains the single API surface; Pi is the native runtime; Valkey/PostgreSQL provide canonical durable state where required.
+- Dependency: Discord bot credentials and dedicated channel ID are deployment secrets provisioned outside source control.
+- Risk: Tess could drift into a second orchestrator. Mitigation: explicit role policy, Mos handoff contract, authority checks, and E2E boundary tests.
+- Risk: broad Hermes compatibility can freeze legacy semantics into Mosaic. Mitigation: Mosaic-owned normalized contracts and capability negotiation.
+- Risk: Discord creates a privileged remote-control surface. Mitigation: pairing/allowlists, RBAC, approvals, rate limits, audit, and safe tool classes.
+- Risk: transcript ingestion can violate privacy or overload memory. Mitigation: scoped opt-in import, redacted summaries, provenance, retention, and deduplication.
+- Risk: current root filesystem has limited headroom. Mitigation: isolated worktrees, no duplicated dependency installation unless required, and cleanup only after active-lane verification.
+- `ASSUMPTION:` The public name is **Tess**, because the user requested a name and the tessera/Mosaic relationship is distinctive; config must permit later display-name changes without renaming APIs or storage keys.
+- `ASSUMPTION:` The dedicated Discord channel ID and final guild policy will be supplied/provisioned during deployment, so implementation uses explicit configuration and fail-fast startup validation.
+- `ASSUMPTION:` tmux/fleet is the production transport for the first operational milestone; Matrix/native transport is implemented behind the same contract and promoted only after parity/reliability verification.
+- `ASSUMPTION:` Project/task truth remains in canonical Mosaic/project stores; semantic memory systems are retrieval/mirror layers, not hidden authorities.
+
+### Testing and Delivery Intent
+
+Delivery uses five gated milestones: runtime contracts/security; Pi service/state; Discord/CLI; fleet/Hermes/plugin suite; migration/Matrix/recovery/qualification. Every source-code task requires tests, independent review, a PR to `main`, terminal-green CI, and issue/task closure. Production activation additionally requires a clean-host Pi launch, dedicated Discord channel smoke test, CLI attach test, restart/recovery drill, and rollback procedure.
+
+---
+
 ## Architecture
 
 ### High-Level System Diagram

docs/TASKS.md

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 
 ## Workstream Rollup
 
-| id  | status            | workstream          | progress         | tasks file                                        | notes                                                           |
+| id  | status            | workstream             | progress         | tasks file                                        | notes                                                           |
-| --- | ----------------- | ------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| --- | ----------------- | ---------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| W1  | planning-complete | Federation v1 (FED) | 0 / 7 milestones | [docs/federation/TASKS.md](./federation/TASKS.md) | M1 task breakdown populated; M2–M7 deferred to mission planning |
+| W1  | planning-complete | Federation v1 (FED)    | 0 / 7 milestones | [docs/federation/TASKS.md](./federation/TASKS.md) | M1 task breakdown populated; M2–M7 deferred to mission planning |
+| W2  | planning-complete | Tess interaction agent | 0 / 5 milestones | [docs/tess/TASKS.md](./tess/TASKS.md)             | Issue #706; independent planning gate PASS; M1 issue #707 ready |
 
 ## Cross-Cutting Tracking
 

docs/architecture/channel-protocol.md

@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ The following sections document how each supported channel maps its native messa
 
 **Outbound:** Adapter calls Discord REST `POST /channels/{id}/messages`. Markdown content is sent as-is (Discord renders it). For `contentType = "code"` the adapter wraps in triple-backtick fences with the `metadata.language` tag.
 
+### Discord service ingress security
+
+The Discord adapter is an authenticated gateway service, not an anonymous Socket.IO client. It presents `DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN` during its `/chat` connection and signs each inbound envelope using HMAC-SHA-256. The envelope contains the Discord native message ID and a generated correlation ID. Gateway verifies the service credential, signature, and configured guild/channel/user allowlists before agent dispatch, then rejects duplicate native message IDs inside its bounded replay window. All three allowlists are default-deny and required when the Discord plugin is enabled. The service credential is injected at runtime and is never logged or included in protocol payloads.
+
 ---
 
 ### Telegram

docs/guides/admin-guide.md

@@ -293,13 +293,24 @@ Each OIDC provider requires its client ID, client secret, and issuer URL togethe
 
 ### Plugins
 
-| Variable               | Description                                                                |
+| Variable                      | Description                                                                                                                               |
-| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN`    | Discord bot token (enables Discord plugin)                                 |
+| `DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN`           | Discord bot token (enables Discord plugin)                                                                                                |
-| `DISCORD_GUILD_ID`     | Discord guild/server ID                                                    |
+| `DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN`       | Required high-entropy service credential used to authenticate and sign Discord ingress; inject through the approved secret mechanism only |
-| `DISCORD_GATEWAY_URL`  | Gateway URL for Discord plugin to call (default: `http://localhost:14242`) |
+| `DISCORD_SERVICE_USER_ID`     | Required Mosaic service-principal user ID that owns persisted Discord conversations; the original Discord user ID remains audit metadata  |
-| `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN`   | Telegram bot token (enables Telegram plugin)                               |
+| `DISCORD_GUILD_ID`            | Discord guild/server ID                                                                                                                   |
-| `TELEGRAM_GATEWAY_URL` | Gateway URL for Telegram plugin to call                                    |
+| `DISCORD_GATEWAY_URL`         | Gateway URL for Discord plugin to call (default: `http://localhost:14242`)                                                                |
+| `DISCORD_ALLOWED_GUILD_IDS`   | Required comma-separated Discord guild snowflake allowlist; default-deny                                                                  |
+| `DISCORD_ALLOWED_CHANNEL_IDS` | Required comma-separated Discord channel snowflake allowlist; default-deny                                                                |
+| `DISCORD_ALLOWED_USER_IDS`    | Required comma-separated Discord user snowflake allowlist; default-deny                                                                   |
+| `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN`          | Telegram bot token (enables Telegram plugin)                                                                                              |
+| `TELEGRAM_GATEWAY_URL`        | Gateway URL for Telegram plugin to call                                                                                                   |
+
+### Discord ingress security
+
+When `DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN` is configured, `DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN`, `DISCORD_SERVICE_USER_ID`, and all three Discord allowlists are required. Gateway startup fails rather than enabling a broad or unauthenticated remote-control surface. The service user ID identifies a provisioned Mosaic service principal for persistence; the original Discord user ID is retained in ingress audit metadata. The service token is a secret supplied by the approved runtime secret mechanism and is never committed or logged.
+
+Inbound Discord messages must originate from an allowed guild, channel, and user, mention the bot, and carry a signed envelope containing the native Discord message ID and a generated correlation ID. The gateway validates the service identity, envelope signature, and allowlists again before dispatching. Replayed Discord message IDs are rejected during the bounded ingress replay window. Durable inbox/idempotency retention is introduced with Tess durable state.
 
 ### Observability
 

docs/scratchpads/703-wrapper-interactive-auth.md

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+# #703 Git Wrapper Interactive and Auth Resilience
+
+## Objective
+
+Restore the deployed Git wrapper contract: issue-create supports interactive invocation and Gitea mutation behavior tolerates a stale Tea authenticated user by validating current identity and using the existing host-scoped API fallback.
+
+## Scope
+
+- `packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-create.sh`
+- `packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/detect-platform.sh`
+- Git wrapper regression harnesses
+- This scratchpad
+
+## Requirements / acceptance evidence
+
+1. `issue-create -i` and `--interactive` prompt for missing issue fields without exposing credentials.
+2. Explicit command-line fields retain precedence and do not trigger prompt input.
+3. Gitea wrapper resolves the current user dynamically from the target host and does not rely on the saved Tea user identity.
+4. A Tea `GetUserByName` failure falls back to authenticated API creation.
+5. Existing body-safety, login-resolution, issue-create, and pr-create paths remain green.
+6. Source framework is re-seeded to deployed `~/.config/mosaic`, then deployed wrappers are verified end to end.
+
+## Plan
+
+1. Add failing shell regression harness for interactive input and stale Tea user fallback.
+2. Implement minimal helper and parser changes.
+3. Run wrapper harnesses, syntax checks, and repository baseline checks.
+4. Re-seed deployed framework and run live wrapper verification.
+5. Commit, queue guard, push, open PR, and stop for independent review.
+
+## Progress
+
+- Issue #703 filed before code; issue comment records #536 root cause and stale-login trigger.
+- Deployed wrapper `issue-create.sh -i` reproduced: `Unknown option: -i` (exit 1).
+- Live Tea mutation did not reproduce `GetUserByName` on this host because the current mosaicstack Tea login is valid. The test harness models the reported stale authenticated-user condition.
+- Implemented `-i` / `--interactive` prompt collection and a dynamic Tea `/user` validation. A stale Tea identity now selects the existing host-scoped Gitea API fallback before mutation for both issue and PR creation.
+- Re-seeded the framework with `MOSAIC_INSTALL_MODE=keep MOSAIC_SYNC_ONLY=1 bash packages/mosaic/framework/install.sh`. Installed and source wrapper SHA-256 values matched.
+- Live deployed verification: interactive issue-create opened then closed #704; installed dynamic identity resolved `jason.woltje`.
+
+## Verification
+
+- PASS: `packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-create-interactive-auth.sh`
+- PASS: `packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-create-body-safety.sh`
+- PASS: `packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-gitea-login-resolution.sh`
+- PASS: `packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-pr-metadata-gitea.sh`
+- PASS: `packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-pr-merge-gitea-empty-uid.sh`
+- PASS: `bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-lane-brief-pr-linkage.sh`
+- PASS: `bash -n packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/*.sh`
+- PASS: Prettier check for this scratchpad

docs/scratchpads/tess-20260712.md

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+# Scratchpad — Tess Interaction Agent
+
+## 2026-07-12 — Mission intake
+
+**Objective:** Build a Pi-native GPT-5.6 Sol high-reasoning Mosaic interaction agent, named Tess, as Jason's primary Discord/CLI access point for Mosaic fleet and transitional Hermes capabilities. Tess complements Mos and must not become a competing orchestrator.
+
+**Issue:** #706
+
+**Budget:** No explicit cap provided. Original working estimate was 290K implementation/review tokens. That estimate is superseded after six security prerequisite tasks were added; revised arithmetic total is pending because the calculation tool was blocked by runtime consent. Run at most two workers; prefer one implementation lane plus one independent review/discovery lane. Re-estimate after planning approval and each milestone.
+
+**Evidence gathered:**
+- Mosaic already provides Pi lifecycle hooks, fleet/tmux sessions, Matrix connector/controller pieces, typed chat events, Discord/Telegram channel plugins, and command/plugin registries.
+- Current `IProviderAdapter` is an LLM model/completion abstraction, not an external agent/session provider.
+- Required new seam is `AgentRuntimeProvider`: sessions, stream, message, terminate, hierarchy, attach, health, capabilities.
+- Recurring cross-runtime needs: unified memory/retrieval, Discord routing/approvals, agent state/inbox/compaction recovery, runtime bootstrap, fleet/incident controls, and GitOps workflow.
+- Project truth must remain in canonical project/Mosaic stores; semantic memory is retrieval/mirror.
+
+**Decisions:**
+1. Name: Tess (tessera). Stable machine key `tess`; display name configurable.
+2. Mos owns orchestration; Tess delegates Mos-owned work through an explicit coordination contract.
+3. Gateway owns ingress/auth/routing; Discord and CLI remain thin clients.
+4. tmux/fleet ships first behind an adapter; Matrix/native Mosaic is the forward transport.
+5. Hermes integration is transitional and capability-negotiated; unsupported operations fail closed.
+6. No unrestricted Discord shell. Privileged/destructive/customer-visible actions require authorization and approval.
+
+**Plan:**
+1. Land requirements/architecture/task graph.
+2. Deliver runtime contracts and security model.
+3. Deliver durable Pi service/state.
+4. Deliver Discord and CLI.
+5. Deliver fleet/Mos/Hermes/memory/tool plugins.
+6. Deliver Matrix/native transport, migration matrix, recovery, docs, and qualification.
+
+**Progress:** Issue #706 created. PRD/manifest/tasks initialized on clean branch `feat/tess-interaction-agent` from `origin/main`.
+
+**Risks:** 14 GB root filesystem headroom; active fleet lanes; broad migration scope; Discord privilege boundary; possible duplicate orchestration authority.
+
+## 2026-07-12 — Independent planning and threat review
+
+**Verdict received:** BLOCK TESS-PLAN-001. Coding remains stopped.
+
+**Blocking findings:** formal threat model absent; verification matrix absent; migration inventory implied but absent; non-existent task paths; AC-TESS-03 lacked a crisp test. Security review also identified command scope bypass, cross-tenant session attachment, MCP actor impersonation, unsafe Discord service ingress, pre-persistence/egress secret leakage, non-durable replay, and globally scoped GC.
+
+**Remediation applied:**
+- Added `docs/tess/ARCHITECTURE.md`.
+- Added `docs/tess/THREAT-MODEL.md` with TM-01..12.
+- Added `docs/tess/VERIFICATION-MATRIX.md` mapping AC-TESS-01..11.
+- Added `docs/tess/MIGRATION-INVENTORY.md`.
+- Added hard requirements TESS-SEC-002..009.
+- Added six prerequisite security tasks before provider/ingress implementation.
+- Corrected task paths to existing package surfaces.
+- Added explicit GPT-5.6 Sol/high/tool-policy status verification for AC-TESS-03.
+
+**Re-review 1:** BLOCK only on composite `repo` values that looked like nonexistent paths. Remediated by declaring comma-separated roots and validating every root.
+
+**Final focused review:** PASS. Deterministic audit validated all task repository roots with zero missing paths; no planning placeholders remained; security prerequisites still gate Tess exposure; observability traceability is explicit.
+
+**Current gate:** planning PR must merge to `main` with terminal-green CI before any source-code worker starts.

docs/scratchpads/tess-m1-sec-004-discord-ingress.md

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+# Scratchpad — TESS-M1-SEC-004 Discord ingress
+
+- **Task / issue:** TESS-M1-SEC-004 / #707
+- **Branch:** `fix/tess-discord-ingress` from `origin/main` at `59e49cfd`
+- **Objective:** Authenticate the Discord plugin service at gateway ingress; enforce explicit guild/channel/user allowlists; attach Discord message and generated correlation IDs; reject replayed native message IDs.
+- **Scope:** `plugins/discord`, `apps/gateway`, and existing Discord admin/developer protocol docs.
+- **Budget:** Task estimate 28K; no explicit hard cap supplied.
+- **Assumptions:** The Discord plugin and gateway share an injected high-entropy `DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN`; a configured Discord plugin fails closed without it. Allowlist configuration is comma-separated Discord snowflakes. Discord native message ID is the replay key, with bounded in-memory retention pending the M2 durable inbox/idempotency work.
+
+## Plan
+
+1. Add failing tests covering ingress service authentication/signing, unlisted guild/channel/user rejection, correlation propagation, and replay rejection.
+2. Implement the signed Discord ingress envelope and allowlist validation in the plugin.
+3. Authenticate and validate the envelope at the gateway boundary, then enforce bounded replay protection before agent dispatch.
+4. Document the service-token and allowlist operations; run focused and baseline gates; obtain independent review.
+
+## Progress
+
+- 2026-07-12: Intake complete; PRD TESS-SEC-005, architecture, and threat model reviewed.
+- Added service-token Socket.IO authentication, HMAC-signed Discord envelopes, default-deny guild/channel/user allowlists, correlated message metadata, bounded replay rejection, and fail-fast configuration checks.
+- Code and security reviews completed. Code review findings on service persistence ownership, package-boundary tests, disconnected ingress observability, and chat payload validation were remediated; final independent code review approved.
+
+## Risks / blockers
+
+- Existing `main` has known unrelated Prettier debt; only changed files will be held format-clean. Durable replay persistence is intentionally out of scope for this M1 prerequisite and belongs to TESS-M2 durable inbox/idempotency work.
+
+## Verification evidence
+
+- Focused ingress suite: `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway test -- discord-ingress.security.spec.ts` — 7 passed.
+- Gateway suite: `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway test` — 513 passed, 11 skipped.
+- Plugin suite: `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/discord-plugin test` — no tests, passed by configured `--passWithNoTests`.
+- `pnpm typecheck` — passed.
+- `pnpm lint` — passed.
+- `pnpm format:check` — fails only on the known pre-existing Tess documentation debt listed in the task dispatch; changed files pass targeted Prettier verification.
+- Codex security review — no findings; final Codex code review — approved.

docs/tess/ARCHITECTURE.md

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+# Tess Architecture
+
+## Purpose
+
+Tess is the Mosaic operator interaction plane. Mos remains the coding/general fleet orchestration authority. Tess receives authorized operator intent, presents fleet/session state, delegates Mos-owned work to Mos, and exposes native Mosaic plus transitional external-agent capabilities through normalized providers.
+
+## Component Boundaries
+
+```text
+Discord plugin ─┐
+                ├─ authenticated ingress envelope ─> Mosaic Gateway
+mosaic tess CLI ┘                                  │
+                                                   ├─ policy/approval/audit
+                                                   ├─ Tess durable session service (Pi GPT-5.6 Sol high)
+                                                   ├─ AgentRuntimeProvider registry
+                                                   │   ├─ native Pi provider
+                                                   │   ├─ fleet/tmux provider
+                                                   │   ├─ Hermes adapter
+                                                   │   └─ Matrix/native transport provider
+                                                   ├─ memory/state/inbox plugins
+                                                   └─ Mos coordination adapter ─> Mos / fleet queue
+```
+
+## Core Contract
+
+`AgentRuntimeProvider` is separate from the existing model-completion `IProviderAdapter`. It normalizes external and native agent runtimes without leaking provider-specific schemas.
+
+Required operations:
+
+- `capabilities()` and `health()`
+- `listSessions(scope)`
+- `getSessionTree(scope)`
+- `streamSession(sessionRef, cursor, scope)`
+- `sendMessage(sessionRef, message, idempotencyKey, scope)`
+- `attach(sessionRef, mode, scope)` / `detach()`
+- `terminate(sessionRef, approvalRef, scope)`
+
+Every call receives an immutable, server-derived actor/tenant/channel scope and correlation ID. Caller-supplied actor IDs are forbidden. Unsupported capabilities fail closed with typed errors.
+
+## Authority Model
+
+| Intent                                                                      | Owner                   | Tess behavior                                                          |
+| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Conversation, status, retrieval, safe diagnostics                           | Tess                    | Execute within policy                                                  |
+| Code/project decomposition, worker assignment, reviews, merge orchestration | Mos                     | Create a correlated handoff and observe result                         |
+| Destructive, privileged, external/customer-visible action                   | Human approval + policy | Propose, wait for durable one-time approval, then execute idempotently |
+| Provider-specific unsupported action                                        | None                    | Fail closed; never emulate silently                                    |
+
+## Session and State Model
+
+A Tess session has stable `sessionId`, `tenantId`, `ownerId`, provider/runtime identity, ingress bindings, cursor, checkpoint, inbox/outbox, and idempotency records. Discord and CLI bind to the same authorized session. Ownership is verified server-side on every list/read/attach/send/terminate operation.
+
+Valkey may hold ephemeral coordination state; PostgreSQL is canonical for durable session bindings, approvals, audit, checkpoints, inbox/outbox, and idempotency. Pi session files are replay sources, not cross-agent truth.
+
+## Transport Strategy
+
+- **Initial:** fleet/tmux provider, including exact target, socket, identity, heartbeat, and safe attach semantics.
+- **Forward:** Matrix/native Mosaic provider using authenticated identity, idempotent transaction IDs, replay cursors, and the same contract suite.
+- Discord/CLI never call tmux or Matrix directly.
+
+## Plugin Families
+
+1. Channel: Discord now; other channels later.
+2. Runtime: Pi, fleet/tmux, Hermes, Matrix/native.
+3. Operator tools: fleet health, Mos handoff, GitOps wrappers, incident-safe diagnostics.
+4. Memory/state: search/recent/capture, durable inbox, checkpoint, handoff, compaction recovery.
+5. Migration: capability inventory, adapters, cutover, rollback, telemetry.
+
+## Deployment
+
+Tess runs as a rostered, systemd-supervised Pi agent using GPT-5.6 Sol and high reasoning. Secrets are supplied through approved runtime secret mechanisms. Startup fails when required model, gateway identity, Discord binding, or durable-state dependencies are missing. Health reports effective model/reasoning/tool policy without credential material.

docs/tess/MIGRATION-INVENTORY.md

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+# Tess Capability Migration Inventory
+
+Status values: `native` · `adapt` · `defer` · `reject`. This is the initial inventory; M5 requires implementation and evidence fields to be completed before cutover.
+
+| Capability                               | Current source                           | Target                                     | Initial status | Cutover/rollback intent                                                 |
+| ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Interactive agent chat/session streaming | Hermes/Pi/OpenClaw                       | Mosaic Tess session service                | native         | Dual-run per channel; revert binding to legacy gateway                  |
+| Discord dedicated-channel routing        | Hermes/Claude/OpenClaw plugins           | Mosaic Discord plugin + gateway            | native         | Per-channel binding switch; legacy bot disabled only after soak         |
+| CLI/TUI session interaction and attach   | Hermes/Pi/tmux                           | `mosaic tess` + AgentRuntimeProvider       | native         | Keep direct tmux attach as break-glass rollback                         |
+| Session list/tree/send/terminate         | Hermes/fleet                             | AgentRuntimeProvider                       | native         | Capability-negotiated adapter remains during migration                  |
+| Mos/fleet orchestration handoff          | tmux messaging/Mosaic fleet              | Mosaic coord/fleet provider                | native         | tmux handoff remains initial transport                                  |
+| Kanban/projects/tasks                    | Hermes Kanban                            | Mosaic queue/coord/project providers       | adapt          | Read projection first; mutating cutover after parity/audit              |
+| Skills catalog/load/manage               | Hermes skills/Pi skills                  | Mosaic skill registry/provider             | adapt          | Import metadata/provenance; preserve source skill until validated       |
+| Tools and MCP                            | Hermes/OpenClaw/MCP                      | Mosaic tool registry/MCP                   | adapt          | Default deny; migrate allowlisted tools one capability at a time        |
+| Cron/scheduled work                      | Hermes cron                              | Mosaic scheduler/queue                     | adapt          | Shadow schedules; prevent duplicate execution; rollback owner field     |
+| Memory search/recent/capture             | jarvis-brain/OpenViking/OpenBrain/Hermes | Mosaic memory provider                     | adapt          | Flat/project stores remain truth; semantic systems are mirrors          |
+| User/profile preferences                 | Hermes memory/user profile               | Mosaic user/memory domain                  | adapt          | Provenance + explicit conflict rules; exportable rollback snapshot      |
+| Agent state/inbox/handoff                | OpenClaw extensions/session files        | Mosaic durable state service               | native         | Read legacy handoff during coexistence; write Mosaic only after cutover |
+| Runtime contract/bootstrap               | Mosaic framework/Hermes/OpenClaw         | Mosaic compose/runtime provider            | native         | Legacy launchers remain until clean-host parity passes                  |
+| Repository/PR workflow                   | Mosaic wrappers/Hermes tools             | Mosaic operator plugin                     | native         | Wrapper-only; no raw-provider fallback                                  |
+| Incident-safe diagnostics                | Hermes skills/tools                      | Mosaic scoped operator plugin              | adapt          | Read-only first; privileged recovery requires approval                  |
+| Broad unrestricted shell from Discord    | Hermes/OpenClaw configurations           | None                                       | reject         | No cutover; replace with allowlisted typed operations                   |
+| Raw full transcript bulk migration       | Hermes/Claude/OpenClaw histories         | Indexed summaries/selective import         | reject         | Keep source archives subject to retention; no automatic copy            |
+| Voice/video interaction                  | Hermes optional tools                    | Future Mosaic channel plugins              | defer          | Not required for Tess operational release                               |
+| Matrix transport                         | Mosaic connector                         | AgentRuntimeProvider Matrix implementation | native         | Non-default until contract/reliability parity; tmux rollback            |
+
+## Cutover Gates
+
+1. Capability contract and security tests pass.
+2. Data mapping/provenance and retention are documented.
+3. Shadow or dual-run shows no unauthorized access, loss, or duplicate effects.
+4. Operator runbook and rollback are exercised.
+5. Channel/provider binding changes are reversible without schema rollback.
+6. Legacy capability is disabled only after a defined soak period and evidence review.

docs/tess/MISSION-MANIFEST.md

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+# Mission Manifest — Tess Interaction Agent
+
+## Mission
+
+- **ID:** tess-20260712
+- **Issue:** #706
+- **Branch:** `feat/tess-interaction-agent`
+- **Phase:** Execution
+- **Current Milestone:** TESS-M1 — Runtime contracts and security foundation
+- **Progress:** 0 / 5 delivery milestones complete
+- **Status:** active
+- **Owner:** Mosaic orchestrator; Mos is coordinating fleet authority
+- **Source PRD:** `docs/PRD.md` — `TESS-*` requirements
+- **Scratchpad:** `docs/scratchpads/tess-20260712.md`
+
+## Mission Statement
+
+Ship Tess as Jason's durable Pi-native GPT-5.6 Sol high-reasoning interaction agent for Discord and CLI, with safe visibility/control of Mosaic fleet and transitional Hermes capabilities, while Mos remains the coding/general orchestration authority.
+
+## Invariants
+
+1. Mosaic is the enterprise AI hub; Hermes is a reference migration adapter.
+2. Gateway is the single API surface.
+3. Mos owns coding/general fleet orchestration; Tess owns human interaction, visibility, mediation, and migration access.
+4. Runtime, transport, channel, memory, and external-agent integrations are replaceable adapters.
+5. No source task completes before merged PR, terminal-green CI, independent review, and linked task/issue closure.
+
+## Milestones
+
+| ID      | Issue | Name                                                                | Status      | Exit gate                                                                                                         |
+| ------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| TESS-M1 | #707  | Runtime contracts and security foundation                           | ready       | AgentRuntimeProvider, normalized events/capabilities/errors, RBAC/audit contracts and contract tests merged       |
+| TESS-M2 | #708  | Durable Pi Tess service and state                                   | not-started | GPT-5.6 Sol high service starts, resumes, checkpoints, and passes restart/compaction tests                        |
+| TESS-M3 | #709  | Discord and CLI interaction surfaces                                | not-started | One durable session works through dedicated Discord binding and `mosaic tess`, including attach and approvals     |
+| TESS-M4 | #710  | Fleet, Mos, Hermes, memory, state, and tool plugins                 | not-started | Fleet/Mos boundary and transitional capability matrix demonstrated end-to-end                                     |
+| TESS-M5 | #711  | Matrix/native migration, recovery, documentation, and qualification | not-started | Transport parity, migration/rollback matrix, security review, docs, greenfield and deployment validation complete |
+
+## Success Criteria
+
+All `AC-TESS-*` criteria in `docs/PRD.md` are mapped to reproducible evidence. The final operational test must prove Discord + CLI session continuity, fleet/Mos coordination, authorized Hermes transition capabilities, denial/audit paths, restart recovery, and rollback.
+
+## Session History
+
+| Session | Date       | Runtime              | Outcome                                                                                                                                     |
+| ------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| S1      | 2026-07-12 | Hermes / GPT-5.6 Sol | User commission captured; Mosaic/OpenViking/session/code archaeology completed; issue #706 created; PRD and task control plane initialized. |

docs/tess/TASKS.md

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+# Tasks — Tess Interaction Agent
+
+> Mission: `tess-20260712` · Issue: #706 · PRD requirements: `TESS-*`
+> Orchestrator is sole writer. Workers must not modify this file.
+> `repo` contains one or more comma-separated repository-relative roots; every listed root must exist before dispatch.
+
+| id | status | description | issue | agent | repo | branch | depends_on | estimate | notes |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| TESS-PLAN-001 | done | Finalize PRD, architecture, authority boundary, threat model, migration inventory, and verification matrix | #706 | sonnet | docs, packages/types, apps/gateway | feat/tess-interaction-agent | — | 22K | Independent gate PASS after two remediation rounds; completion effective when planning PR merges |
+| TESS-M1-SEC-001 | not-started | Enforce command scopes/roles and durable exact-action approval for privileged/destructive commands | #707 | codex | apps/gateway | fix/tess-command-authz | TESS-PLAN-001 | 25K | TESS-SEC-002; security TDD |
+| TESS-M1-SEC-002 | not-started | Enforce owner/tenant binding on session list/read/attach/send/terminate across REST and WS | #707 | codex | apps/gateway | fix/tess-session-ownership | TESS-PLAN-001 | 30K | TESS-SEC-003; security TDD |
+| TESS-M1-SEC-003 | not-started | Bind MCP actor/tenant to authenticated context and add per-tool scopes | #707 | codex | apps/gateway | fix/tess-mcp-identity | TESS-PLAN-001 | 22K | TESS-SEC-004; security TDD |
+| TESS-M1-SEC-004 | not-started | Add authenticated Discord service ingress, allowlists, correlation and replay protection | #707 | codex | plugins/discord, apps/gateway | fix/tess-discord-ingress | TESS-PLAN-001 | 28K | TESS-SEC-005; security TDD |
+| TESS-M1-SEC-005 | not-started | Redact/classify secret and PII before persistence/egress; harden provider login flow | #707 | codex | apps/gateway, packages/log | fix/tess-redaction | TESS-PLAN-001 | 28K | TESS-SEC-006; seeded canary tests |
+| TESS-M1-SEC-006 | not-started | Scope session GC/retention or separate authorized global retention job | #707 | codex | apps/gateway, packages/log | fix/tess-session-gc-scope | TESS-PLAN-001 | 18K | TESS-SEC-009; isolation TDD |
+| TESS-M1-001 | not-started | Define AgentRuntimeProvider, capabilities, session tree, normalized stream events/errors, attach semantics | #707 | codex | packages/types, packages/agent | feat/tess-runtime-contract | TESS-PLAN-001 | 25K | TESS-ARP-001, TESS-TRN-001; contract TDD |
+| TESS-M1-002 | not-started | Implement provider registry/service with immutable actor scope, approval, audit and correlation boundaries | #707 | codex | apps/gateway, packages/agent | feat/tess-provider-registry | TESS-M1-001,TESS-M1-SEC-001,TESS-M1-SEC-002,TESS-M1-SEC-003 | 30K | TESS-SEC-001..004,007; security TDD |
+| TESS-M1-003 | not-started | Implement tmux/fleet runtime provider and safe attach/message/terminate capability policy | #707 | codex | packages/mosaic, packages/agent | feat/tess-fleet-provider | TESS-M1-002 | 30K | TESS-FLT-001; exact target/identity tests |
+| TESS-M1-OBS-001 | not-started | Implement correlation propagation, structured runtime/provider/tool audit, health/readiness and safe effective-policy status | #707 | codex | apps/gateway, packages/agent, packages/log | feat/tess-observability | TESS-M1-002 | 24K | TESS-OBS-001; no credential material |
+| TESS-M1-V | not-started | Independent architecture/security review and complete contract/abuse-suite verification | #707 | sonnet | apps/gateway, packages/agent, packages/log, plugins/discord | review/tess-m1 | TESS-M1-SEC-001,TESS-M1-SEC-002,TESS-M1-SEC-003,TESS-M1-SEC-004,TESS-M1-SEC-005,TESS-M1-SEC-006,TESS-M1-003,TESS-M1-OBS-001 | 20K | Gate M2 |
+| TESS-M2-001 | not-started | Add Tess roster/profile/service pinned to GPT-5.6 Sol high with fail-fast config and observable effective policy | #708 | codex | packages/mosaic/framework | feat/tess-pi-service | TESS-M1-V | 22K | TESS-PI-001; explicit AC-TESS-03 test |
+| TESS-M2-002 | not-started | Implement durable session identity, inbox/outbox, approval, checkpoint, handoff, compaction and restart recovery | #708 | codex | apps/gateway, packages/agent, packages/db | feat/tess-durable-state | TESS-M2-001 | 38K | TESS-STA-001, TESS-SEC-007..008; recovery TDD |
+| TESS-M2-V | not-started | Clean-host Pi launch plus model/policy status and restart/compaction/duplicate-side-effect verification | #708 | sonnet | apps/gateway/src/__tests__/integration, packages/mosaic/src | review/tess-m2 | TESS-M2-002 | 18K | Gate M3; AC-TESS-03/06 |
+| TESS-M3-001 | not-started | Bind dedicated Tess Discord channel with streaming, threads, attachments, pairing/RBAC and approvals | #709 | codex | plugins/discord, apps/gateway | feat/tess-discord | TESS-M2-V,TESS-M1-SEC-004 | 35K | TESS-DSC-001 |
+| TESS-M3-002 | not-started | Implement `mosaic tess` chat/status/sessions/tree/attach/send/stop/health/recover CLI | #709 | codex | packages/mosaic | feat/tess-cli | TESS-M2-V | 30K | TESS-CLI-001 |
+| TESS-M3-V | not-started | Discord+CLI same-session E2E, denial/approval tests, and operator-flow review | #709 | sonnet | apps/gateway/src/__tests__/integration, plugins/discord, packages/mosaic/src | review/tess-m3 | TESS-M3-001,TESS-M3-002 | 20K | Gate M4 |
+| TESS-M4-001 | not-started | Implement Mos coordination handoff/observe/result contract with authority-boundary tests | #710 | codex | packages/coord, apps/gateway | feat/tess-mos-coordination | TESS-M3-V | 25K | TESS-MOS-001 |
+| TESS-M4-002 | not-started | Implement transitional Hermes runtime/capability adapter | #710 | codex | packages/agent, apps/gateway | feat/tess-hermes-adapter | TESS-M3-V | 40K | TESS-HRM-001; no legacy schema in core contracts |
+| TESS-M4-003 | not-started | Implement memory/retrieval, state/inbox, runtime bootstrap, fleet diagnostics and GitOps plugin foundations | #710 | codex | packages/memory, packages/agent, packages/mosaic | feat/tess-operator-plugins | TESS-M3-V | 40K | TESS-MEM-001, TESS-PLG-001 |
+| TESS-M4-V | not-started | Cross-provider capability, privacy, authority and failure-path qualification | #710 | sonnet | apps/gateway/src/__tests__/integration, packages/agent | review/tess-m4 | TESS-M4-001,TESS-M4-002,TESS-M4-003 | 22K | Gate M5 |
+| TESS-M5-001 | not-started | Implement Matrix/native runtime provider behind common contracts and parity suite | #711 | codex | packages/mosaic, packages/agent | feat/tess-matrix-provider | TESS-M4-V | 30K | TESS-TRN-001 |
+| TESS-M5-002 | not-started | Complete migration inventory, cutover, rollback, retention and deprecation evidence | #711 | sonnet | docs/tess | feat/tess-migration-docs | TESS-M4-V | 18K | TESS-MIG-001 |
+| TESS-M5-003 | not-started | Complete OpenAPI, user/admin/developer/plugin/operations docs and checklist | #711 | codex | docs | feat/tess-docs | TESS-M5-001,TESS-M5-002 | 22K | Documentation hard gate |
+| TESS-M5-V | not-started | Full baseline, contract, integration, Discord/CLI E2E, security review, recovery drill and rollback qualification | #711 | sonnet | apps/gateway, packages/agent, plugins/discord, packages/mosaic | review/tess-final | TESS-M5-003 | 35K | Maps AC-TESS-01..11 to evidence |

docs/tess/THREAT-MODEL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Tess Threat Model
+
+## Assets and Trust Boundaries
+
+Assets: operator identity, tenant/project data, agent sessions, fleet control, approvals, credentials, memories, tool outputs, audit evidence, and provider transports.
+
+Trust boundaries: Discord→plugin, CLI→gateway, plugin→gateway service identity, gateway→Pi/provider, Tess→Mos/fleet, Tess→Hermes, MCP→gateway, persistence, and tmux/Matrix transports.
+
+## Threat Matrix
+
+| ID    | Severity | Threat                                                                   | Required control                                                                                                                     | Required verification                                                     |
+| ----- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| TM-01 | critical | Client invokes admin/system command without role                         | Server-side scope/role enforcement in executor; durable approval for privileged/destructive commands                                 | Authenticated non-admin and forged-scope tests deny and audit             |
+| TM-02 | critical | Cross-user/tenant list, attach, send, or terminate by guessed session ID | Owner/tenant binding on every session operation; admin override is explicit and audited                                              | Cross-tenant matrix for REST, WS, CLI, Discord and provider methods       |
+| TM-03 | high     | MCP caller supplies another `userId`                                     | Remove actor IDs from schemas; derive actor/tenant from authenticated context; per-tool scopes                                       | Forged actor/tool calls deny; no victim data returned                     |
+| TM-04 | high     | Discord ingress impersonates user/channel or bypasses gateway auth       | Service-to-service identity, guild/channel/user allowlists, signed/correlated envelope, replay protection                            | Invalid service identity, unlisted IDs, replayed message IDs all deny     |
+| TM-05 | high     | Secrets/PII leak in chat, auth links, tool args, logs, memory, or DB     | Redact before persistence/egress; DM/out-of-band auth flow; short-lived hashed token state; output classification                    | Seeded secret/PII canary absent from durable stores/logs/public channel   |
+| TM-06 | high     | Prompt/tool injection escalates from content to privileged action        | Treat messages/files/tool output as untrusted data; structured proposals only; allowlisted tools; approval binds exact action digest | Injection corpus cannot invoke unapproved tools or alter authority        |
+| TM-07 | high     | Approval forged, replayed, or applied to modified action                 | One-time approval with actor, tenant, action digest, expiry, correlation and consumption record                                      | Forged/replayed/expired/mutated approvals deny and audit                  |
+| TM-08 | medium   | Restart causes message loss or duplicate side effects                    | Durable inbox/outbox/checkpoint; idempotency keys; transactional state transitions; bounded replay                                   | Kill/restart at each state transition; exactly-once effect or safe dedupe |
+| TM-09 | medium   | Session GC/retention crosses tenant/session scope                        | Session/user-scoped GC or separately authorized global retention job                                                                 | GC one session; unrelated logs/memory remain unchanged                    |
+| TM-10 | high     | tmux/Matrix transport target or identity spoofing                        | Exact target/socket binding, peer identity verification, Matrix whoami, authenticated transport metadata                             | Wrong socket/peer/room/identity refuses delivery/attach                   |
+| TM-11 | medium   | Hermes adapter exposes unsupported or broader legacy powers              | Capability negotiation, default deny, normalized scopes, adapter sandbox/timeouts                                                    | Unsupported and over-scoped operations fail closed                        |
+| TM-12 | medium   | Tess competes with Mos or bypasses orchestration gates                   | Authority policy and correlated Mos handoff; no Tess worker-claim capability by default                                              | Coding/decomposition intent produces handoff, not direct claim            |
+
+## Security Invariants
+
+1. Authentication is not authorization; every command/tool/provider operation is authorized server-side.
+2. Actor, tenant, roles, and channel bindings come only from authenticated gateway context.
+3. No client-provided session ID grants ownership or attachment.
+4. No privileged action executes without a matching, unexpired, one-time approval when policy requires it.
+5. Redaction occurs before persistence and before channel egress.
+6. Every externally caused operation is replay-safe and correlated.
+7. Provider capability absence is a denial, not an invitation to shell around it.
+
+## Existing Findings That Block Tess
+
+- Command executor lacks server-side enforcement for declared scopes.
+- Session list/reuse/destroy surfaces are not owner-filtered consistently.
+- MCP schemas accept caller-supplied user identity.
+- Discord plugin lacks a complete authenticated service ingress and user/channel allowlists.
+- Chat/tool persistence lacks mandatory redaction.
+- Sessions/pending Discord output are in-memory and not restart-safe.
+- Session GC currently performs globally scoped promotion.
+
+These are tracked as M1 security prerequisites and must pass independent security review before Tess ingress is enabled.

docs/tess/VERIFICATION-MATRIX.md

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Tess Verification Matrix
+
+| Acceptance criterion | Requirements                             | Planned evidence                                                                                                                | Gate             |
+| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
+| AC-TESS-01           | TESS-PI-001, TESS-DSC-001, TESS-CLI-001  | Discord/CLI same-session integration and streaming E2E                                                                          | M3-V             |
+| AC-TESS-02           | TESS-ARP-001, TESS-CLI-001, TESS-FLT-001 | CLI contract tests for status/sessions/tree/attach/send/stop, typed denial/error snapshots                                      | M3-V             |
+| AC-TESS-03           | TESS-PI-001, TESS-OBS-001                | Clean service launch; status asserts GPT-5.6 Sol, high reasoning and effective tool policy with secret canaries absent          | M2-V, M3-V       |
+| AC-TESS-04           | TESS-MOS-001, TESS-FLT-001               | Authority E2E: coding request creates Mos handoff; safe status runs in Tess; no competing worker claim                          | M4-V             |
+| AC-TESS-05           | TESS-HRM-001                             | Hermes capability contract suite: sessions/stream/send/tree plus Kanban/skills/memory/tools/cron supported-or-denied matrix     | M4-V             |
+| AC-TESS-06           | TESS-STA-001, TESS-SEC-008               | Kill/restart/compaction fault injection across inbox/outbox/checkpoint transitions; duplicate side-effect detector              | M2-V, M5-V       |
+| AC-TESS-07           | TESS-SEC-001..009                        | Threat-model abuse suite: authz, tenant isolation, forged identity/approval, injection, redaction, transport identity, GC scope | M1-V, M3-V, M5-V |
+| AC-TESS-08           | TESS-TRN-001                             | Common provider contract suite against tmux/fleet and Matrix/native; identity and replay tests                                  | M5-V             |
+| AC-TESS-09           | all                                      | `pnpm typecheck`, lint, format, unit/integration/contract/E2E; independent code and security reviews; CI URLs                   | Every milestone  |
+| AC-TESS-10           | TESS-MIG-001                             | Completed capability inventory with native/adapted/deferred/rejected state, owner, cutover/rollback evidence                    | M5-V             |
+| AC-TESS-11           | TESS-PLG-001, TESS-OBS-001               | OpenAPI and user/admin/developer/plugin/ops docs, sitemap links, documentation checklist                                        | M5-V             |
+
+## Security Abuse Suite Minimum
+
+- Role/scope matrix for every command and provider capability.
+- Cross-tenant and cross-user session ID matrix across REST, WS, Discord, CLI, MCP, and providers.
+- Discord service identity, guild/channel/user allowlist, replay, attachment, and mention/DM policy cases.
+- Prompt/tool injection corpus and structured-proposal enforcement.
+- Approval action-digest mutation, replay, expiry, tenant, and actor mismatch cases.
+- Secret/PII canaries through message, attachment, tool args/output, logs, memory, audit, and error paths.
+- Restart fault injection before/after enqueue, provider send, side effect, response persistence, and acknowledgement.
+- Wrong tmux socket/target and Matrix identity/room/replay cases.
+
+## Evidence Rules
+
+Evidence must include command/test name, terminal result, CI run URL, PR/merge reference, environment, and artifact/log location. A worker self-report is not evidence until independently verified.

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/_lib/credentials.sh

@@ -15,13 +15,23 @@
 #
 # After loading, service-specific env vars are exported.
 # Run `load_credentials --help` for details.
+#
+# Resolution order (first match wins):
+#   1. $MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE (explicit override — never second-guessed)
+#   2. $HOME/.config/mosaic/credentials.json
+#   3. /etc/mosaic/credentials.json (host-level fallback)
+# The /etc fallback exists for HOME-redirected profile environments, where
+# $HOME points at a per-profile directory that has no credentials file.
+# Operators symlink /etc/mosaic/credentials.json to the host's canonical
+# file once, instead of exporting MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE per invocation.
 
 if [[ -z "${MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE:-}" ]]; then
-  for _cand in "$HOME/.config/mosaic/credentials.json"; do
+  for _cand in "$HOME/.config/mosaic/credentials.json" "/etc/mosaic/credentials.json"; do
     if [[ -f "$_cand" ]]; then MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE="$_cand"; break; fi
   done
   : "${MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE:=$HOME/.config/mosaic/credentials.json}"
 fi
+export MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE
 
 _mosaic_require_jq() {
   if ! command -v jq &>/dev/null; then

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/detect-platform.sh

@@ -86,7 +86,16 @@ gitea_url_matches_host() {
 
 get_gitea_service_for_host() {
     local host="$1"
-    local cred_file="${MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE:-$HOME/.config/mosaic/credentials.json}"
+    local cred_file="${MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE:-}"
+    if [[ -z "$cred_file" ]]; then
+        # Same resolution chain as _lib/credentials.sh: profile HOME, then
+        # host-level /etc only if it exists; neither existing keeps the
+        # $HOME default (matches the lib's final := fallback).
+        cred_file="$HOME/.config/mosaic/credentials.json"
+        if [[ ! -f "$cred_file" && -f /etc/mosaic/credentials.json ]]; then
+            cred_file="/etc/mosaic/credentials.json"
+        fi
+    fi
 
     case "$host" in
         git.mosaicstack.dev)
@@ -231,6 +240,33 @@ get_gitea_login_for_host() {
     return 1
 }
 
+# Validate the current authenticated Gitea user for a resolved Tea login.
+# Tea stores a user name with each login which can become stale after user rename,
+# token rotation, or server migration. Querying /user derives the identity from the
+# active credential instead of trusting that saved name. Callers fall back to the
+# host-scoped API path when this validation fails.
+get_gitea_authenticated_user() {
+    local login_name="$1" response
+
+    command -v tea >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
+    response=$(tea api --login "$login_name" /user 2>/dev/null) || return 1
+    TEA_AUTHENTICATED_USER_JSON="$response" python3 - <<'PY'
+import json
+import os
+
+try:
+    user = json.loads(os.environ["TEA_AUTHENTICATED_USER_JSON"])
+except (KeyError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+    raise SystemExit(1)
+
+login = user.get("login") if isinstance(user, dict) else None
+if isinstance(login, str) and login:
+    print(login)
+    raise SystemExit(0)
+raise SystemExit(1)
+PY
+}
+
 get_default_tea_login() {
     local logins_json
 

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-assign.sh

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -i 42 -l "in-progress" -m "0.2.0"
     $(basename "$0") -i 42 -a @me
 EOF
-    exit 1
+    exit "${1:-1}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage
+            usage 0
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-create.sh

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ TITLE=""
 BODY=""
 LABELS=""
 MILESTONE=""
+INTERACTIVE=false
 
 # get_remote_host and get_gitea_token are provided by detect-platform.sh
 
@@ -66,13 +67,15 @@ Options:
     -b, --body BODY         Issue body/description
     -l, --labels LABELS     Comma-separated labels (e.g., "bug,feature")
     -m, --milestone NAME    Milestone name to assign
+    -i, --interactive       Prompt for missing issue fields
     -h, --help              Show this help message
 
 Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -t "Fix login bug" -l "bug,priority-high"
     $(basename "$0") -t "Add dark mode" -b "Implement theme switching" -m "0.2.0"
+    $(basename "$0") -i
 EOF
-    exit 1
+    exit "${1:-1}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -94,8 +97,12 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             MILESTONE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
+        -i|--interactive)
+            INTERACTIVE=true
+            shift
+            ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage
+            usage 0
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2
@@ -104,6 +111,13 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     esac
 done
 
+if [[ "$INTERACTIVE" == true ]]; then
+    [[ -n "$TITLE" ]] || read -r -p "Issue title: " TITLE
+    [[ -n "$BODY" ]] || read -r -p "Issue body (optional): " BODY || true
+    [[ -n "$LABELS" ]] || read -r -p "Labels, comma-separated (optional): " LABELS || true
+    [[ -n "$MILESTONE" ]] || read -r -p "Milestone (optional): " MILESTONE || true
+fi
+
 if [[ -z "$TITLE" ]]; then
     echo "Error: Title is required (-t)" >&2
     usage
@@ -127,6 +141,11 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
                 gitea_issue_create_api
                 exit $?
             }
+            if ! get_gitea_authenticated_user "$GITEA_LOGIN_NAME" >/dev/null; then
+                echo "Warning: Tea authenticated-user validation failed (possible stale user/login); trying Gitea API fallback..." >&2
+                gitea_issue_create_api
+                exit $?
+            fi
             REPO_ARGS=(--repo "$REPO_SLUG" --login "$GITEA_LOGIN_NAME")
             CMD=(tea issue create "${REPO_ARGS[@]}" --title "$TITLE")
             [[ -n "$BODY" ]] && CMD+=(--description "$BODY")

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/issue-list.sh

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -m "0.2.0"               # Issues in milestone 0.2.0
     $(basename "$0") --repo ddk/ai-bma         # List issues from anywhere
 EOF
-    exit 1
+    exit "${1:-1}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift 2
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage
+            usage 0
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/milestone-create.sh

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -t "0.0.1" -d "Pre-MVP Foundation Sprint"
     $(basename "$0") -t "0.1.0" -d "MVP Release" --due "2025-03-01"
 EOF
-    exit 1
+    exit "${1:-1}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage
+            usage 0
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/pr-create.sh

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -i 42 -b "Implements the feature described in #42"
     $(basename "$0") -t "WIP: New feature" --draft
 EOF
-    exit 1
+    exit "${1:-1}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage
+            usage 0
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
             gitea_pr_create_api
             exit $?
         }
+        if ! get_gitea_authenticated_user "$GITEA_LOGIN_NAME" >/dev/null; then
+            echo "Warning: Tea authenticated-user validation failed (possible stale user/login); trying Gitea API fallback..." >&2
+            gitea_pr_create_api
+            exit $?
+        fi
         REPO_ARGS=(--repo "$REPO_SLUG" --login "$GITEA_LOGIN_NAME")
         CMD=(tea pr create "${REPO_ARGS[@]}" --title "$TITLE")
         [[ -n "$BODY" ]] && CMD+=(--description "$BODY")

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/pr-list.sh

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -s merged -a username    # Merged PRs by user
     $(basename "$0") --repo ddk/ai-bma         # List PRs from anywhere
 EOF
-    exit 1
+    exit "${1:-1}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift 2
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage
+            usage 0
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/pr-merge.sh

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0") -n 42 -d                 # Squash merge and delete branch
     $(basename "$0") -n 42 --skip-queue-guard # Skip queue guard wait
 EOF
-    exit 1
+    exit "${1:-1}"
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage
+            usage 0
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-gitea-login-resolution.sh

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ JSON
     exit 0
 fi
 
+if [[ "${1:-}" == "api" ]]; then
+    printf '%s\n' '{"login":"ci-bot"}'
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 printf 'tea %s\n' "$*" >> "$MOSAIC_TEST_LOG"
 if [[ "${MOSAIC_TEA_FAIL_PR_CREATE:-}" == "1" && "$*" == pr\ create* ]]; then
     echo 'GetUserByName: simulated stale login failure' >&2

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-help-exit-code.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Regression harness for #701: -h/--help must exit 0, bad args must still exit nonzero.
+#
+# Covers the 7 wrappers whose usage() previously hard-coded `exit 1`, so every
+# --help invocation exited nonzero and logged a phantom isError across fleet lanes.
+# Asserts, per wrapper:
+#   1. `--help` exits 0 and prints usage.
+#   2. `-h` exits 0 and prints usage.
+#   3. A genuine unknown flag still exits nonzero (usage() default path untouched).
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+WRAPPERS=(
+    issue-assign.sh
+    issue-create.sh
+    issue-list.sh
+    milestone-create.sh
+    pr-create.sh
+    pr-list.sh
+    pr-merge.sh
+)
+
+fail=0
+
+for wrapper in "${WRAPPERS[@]}"; do
+    path="$SCRIPT_DIR/$wrapper"
+
+    if ! output=$(bash "$path" --help 2>&1); then
+        echo "FAIL: $wrapper --help exited nonzero" >&2
+        fail=1
+    elif [[ "$output" != Usage:* ]]; then
+        echo "FAIL: $wrapper --help did not print usage" >&2
+        fail=1
+    fi
+
+    if ! bash "$path" -h >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "FAIL: $wrapper -h exited nonzero" >&2
+        fail=1
+    fi
+
+    if bash "$path" --this-is-not-a-real-flag >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "FAIL: $wrapper accepted an unknown flag (should have exited nonzero)" >&2
+        fail=1
+    fi
+done
+
+if [[ "$fail" -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "help-exit-code regression passed (7/7 wrappers)"
+fi
+
+exit "$fail"

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-create-body-safety.sh

@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ JSON
     exit 0
 fi
 
+if [[ "${1:-}" == "api" ]]; then
+    printf '%s\n' '{"login":"ci-bot"}'
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 if [[ "${1:-}" == "issue" && "${2:-}" == "create" ]]; then
     desc=""
     while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-create-interactive-auth.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Regression harness for #703: interactive issue creation and stale Tea-user fallback.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+WORK_DIR="${MOSAIC_TEST_WORK_DIR:-$PWD/.mosaic-test-work/issue-create-interactive-auth}"
+REPO_DIR="$WORK_DIR/repo"
+BIN_DIR="$WORK_DIR/bin"
+LOG_FILE="$WORK_DIR/calls.log"
+CREDENTIALS_FILE="$WORK_DIR/credentials.json"
+
+rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+mkdir -p "$REPO_DIR" "$BIN_DIR"
+git -C "$REPO_DIR" init -q
+git -C "$REPO_DIR" remote add origin https://git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack.git
+
+cat > "$CREDENTIALS_FILE" <<'JSON'
+{"gitea":{"mosaicstack":{"url":"https://git.mosaicstack.dev","token":"test-token"}}}
+JSON
+
+cat > "$BIN_DIR/tea" <<'SH'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+if [[ "$*" == "login list --output json" ]]; then
+  printf '%s\n' '[{"name":"mosaicstack","url":"https://git.mosaicstack.dev"}]'
+  exit 0
+fi
+if [[ "${1:-}" == "api" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${MOSAIC_TEA_STALE_USER:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+    echo 'GetUserByName: stale configured user' >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  printf '%s\n' '{"login":"current-user"}'
+  exit 0
+fi
+printf 'tea %s\n' "$*" >> "$MOSAIC_TEST_LOG"
+exit 0
+SH
+
+cat > "$BIN_DIR/curl" <<'SH'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+printf 'curl %s\n' "$*" >> "$MOSAIC_TEST_LOG"
+printf '%s\n' '{"number":703}'
+SH
+chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/tea" "$BIN_DIR/curl"
+
+run_wrapper() {
+  (
+    cd "$REPO_DIR"
+    PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH" \
+    MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE="$CREDENTIALS_FILE" \
+    MOSAIC_TEST_LOG="$LOG_FILE" \
+    "$@"
+  )
+}
+
+: > "$LOG_FILE"
+printf 'Interactive title\nInteractive body\nlabel-a,label-b\nM1\n' | run_wrapper "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-create.sh" -i >/dev/null
+
+grep -q -- 'tea issue create --repo mosaicstack/stack --login mosaicstack --title Interactive title --description Interactive body --labels label-a,label-b --milestone M1' "$LOG_FILE"
+
+# Explicit values take precedence in interactive mode: no title input is
+# supplied, but the wrapper still creates the issue with the explicit title.
+: > "$LOG_FILE"
+printf '\n\n\n' | run_wrapper "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-create.sh" -i -t 'Explicit title' >/dev/null
+grep -q -- 'tea issue create --repo mosaicstack/stack --login mosaicstack --title Explicit title' "$LOG_FILE"
+
+: > "$LOG_FILE"
+run_wrapper env MOSAIC_TEA_STALE_USER=1 "$SCRIPT_DIR/issue-create.sh" -t 'Fallback title' -b 'Fallback body' >/dev/null 2>"$WORK_DIR/issue-stderr"
+grep -q -- 'curl .*https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/v1/repos/mosaicstack/stack/issues' "$LOG_FILE"
+grep -q -- 'Tea authenticated-user validation failed' "$WORK_DIR/issue-stderr"
+if grep -q -- 'tea issue create' "$LOG_FILE"; then
+  echo 'FAIL: issue-create invoked Tea mutation after stale-user validation failed' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+: > "$LOG_FILE"
+run_wrapper env MOSAIC_TEA_STALE_USER=1 "$SCRIPT_DIR/pr-create.sh" -t 'PR fallback' -H feature/wrapfix >/dev/null 2>"$WORK_DIR/pr-stderr"
+grep -q -- 'curl .*https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/v1/repos/mosaicstack/stack/pulls' "$LOG_FILE"
+grep -q -- 'Tea authenticated-user validation failed' "$WORK_DIR/pr-stderr"
+if grep -q -- 'tea pr create' "$LOG_FILE"; then
+  echo 'FAIL: pr-create invoked Tea mutation after stale-user validation failed' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo 'issue-create interactive/auth regression harness passed'

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/tmux/README.md

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ message crosses the wire as base64 (`-b`) to avoid all shell-quoting hazards.
 
 - `agent-send.sh` — inter-agent wrapper (preamble + local/remote dispatch).
 - `send-message.sh` — low-level reliable single-pane submitter (`-b` base64 input).
+- `auto-submit-drafts.sh` — watchdog that flushes stable unsubmitted prompt
+  drafts on a coordinator pane (default target `mos-claude`); run it as a
+  long-lived process alongside the coordinator session.
+- `agent-send.test.sh` — regression + grammar lock for `agent-send.sh`.
 - `test-send-message-socket.sh` — smoke test for named-socket isolation.
 
 ## Distribution

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/tmux/auto-submit-drafts.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# auto-submit-drafts.sh — watchdog for Claude Code panes that receive channel
+# messages but leave them as unsubmitted prompt drafts. Intended for Mos only.
+set -uo pipefail
+
+TARGET="${1:-mos-claude}"
+INTERVAL="${INTERVAL:-2}"
+STABLE_SECONDS="${STABLE_SECONDS:-4}"
+LOG_PREFIX="[auto-submit-drafts:$TARGET]"
+
+last_prompt=""
+first_seen=0
+
+prompt_text() {
+  tmux capture-pane -t "$TARGET" -p 2>/dev/null | python3 -c '
+import sys, re
+lines = sys.stdin.read().splitlines()
+idx = None
+for i in range(len(lines)-1, -1, -1):
+    if "❯" in lines[i]:
+        idx = i
+        break
+if idx is None:
+    raise SystemExit
+parts = []
+after = lines[idx].split("❯", 1)[1]
+parts.append(after)
+for line in lines[idx+1:]:
+    # Stop at Claude Code separator/border lines.
+    if "─" in line or "╰" in line or "╭" in line:
+        break
+    s = line.replace("\u00a0", " ")
+    s = re.sub(r"[\x00-\x1f\x7f]", "", s).strip()
+    if s:
+        parts.append(s)
+text = " ".join(parts).replace("\u00a0", " ")
+text = re.sub(r"[\x00-\x1f\x7f]", "", text).strip()
+print(text)
+'
+}
+
+while true; do
+  if ! tmux has-session -t "$TARGET" 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "$LOG_PREFIX target missing; waiting" >&2
+    sleep "$INTERVAL"
+    last_prompt=""
+    first_seen=0
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  current="$(prompt_text || true)"
+  now="$(date +%s)"
+
+  if [[ -z "$current" ]]; then
+    last_prompt=""
+    first_seen=0
+    sleep "$INTERVAL"
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$current" != "$last_prompt" ]]; then
+    last_prompt="$current"
+    first_seen="$now"
+    sleep "$INTERVAL"
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  age=$(( now - first_seen ))
+  if (( age >= STABLE_SECONDS )); then
+    echo "$LOG_PREFIX submitting stable draft after ${age}s: ${current:0:120}" >&2
+    tmux send-keys -t "$TARGET" C-j
+    sleep 0.8
+    tmux send-keys -t "$TARGET" C-m
+    sleep 2
+    last_prompt=""
+    first_seen=0
+  else
+    sleep "$INTERVAL"
+  fi
+done

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

@@ -77,10 +77,20 @@ snippet=$(printf '%s' "$MSG" | tr '\n' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | sed 's/[^[:print:]]//g'
 
 # 1) Paste the body as a bracketed paste so multi-line content does not submit
 #    line-by-line. load-buffer/paste-buffer is far safer than `send-keys -l`.
-printf '%s' "$MSG" | "${tmux_cmd[@]}" load-buffer -b __mosaic_send -
+# Buffer name MUST be unique per invocation: concurrent senders on the shared
+# tmux server race a fixed name (load overwrites load, -d deletes underneath),
+# cross-delivering or dropping messages — bit the fleet on the 2026-07-09
+# simultaneous restart (briefs swapped between sessions).
+BUF="__mosaic_send_$$_$(date +%s%N)"
+printf '%s' "$MSG" | "${tmux_cmd[@]}" load-buffer -b "$BUF" -
 # -p = bracketed paste when the client supports it; fall back if not.
-"${tmux_cmd[@]}" paste-buffer -d -p -b __mosaic_send -t "$EFFECTIVE_TARGET" 2>/dev/null \
+"${tmux_cmd[@]}" paste-buffer -d -p -b "$BUF" -t "$EFFECTIVE_TARGET" 2>/dev/null \
-  || "${tmux_cmd[@]}" paste-buffer -d -b __mosaic_send -t "$EFFECTIVE_TARGET"
+  || "${tmux_cmd[@]}" paste-buffer -d -b "$BUF" -t "$EFFECTIVE_TARGET" \
+  || "${tmux_cmd[@]}" delete-buffer -b "$BUF" 2>/dev/null
+# ^ -d deletes the buffer only on a SUCCESSFUL paste; if both attempts fail
+#   (e.g. the target vanished since the liveness check), delete explicitly —
+#   named buffers are exempt from tmux's buffer-limit eviction, so orphans
+#   would otherwise accumulate forever.
 sleep 0.5
 
 # 2) Submit, then verify; flush with another Enter if it is still a draft.

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/tmux/test-send-message-socket.sh

@@ -47,4 +47,32 @@ if capture_default | grep -qF "agent socket hello"; then
   fail "agent-send.sh leaked named-socket message to default tmux server"
 fi
 
+# Concurrency: parallel senders on one server must not cross-deliver or drop.
+# Locks the unique-per-invocation paste buffer (a fixed buffer name raced:
+# load overwrote load, -d deleted underneath — messages swapped between panes).
+CONC_N=5
+for i in $(seq 1 "$CONC_N"); do
+  tmux -L "$SOCKET" new-session -d -s "conc-$i" -c "$TMPDIR" 'bash --noprofile --norc -i'
+done
+pids=()
+for i in $(seq 1 "$CONC_N"); do
+  "$SEND_MESSAGE" -L "$SOCKET" -t "=conc-$i" -m "CONCPAYLOAD-${i}-END" >/dev/null &
+  pids+=($!)
+done
+for pid in "${pids[@]}"; do
+  wait "$pid" || fail "concurrent send-message.sh invocation exited non-zero"
+done
+sleep 0.2
+for i in $(seq 1 "$CONC_N"); do
+  pane=$(tmux -L "$SOCKET" capture-pane -t "=conc-$i:0.0" -p)
+  printf '%s' "$pane" | grep -qF "CONCPAYLOAD-${i}-END" \
+    || fail "concurrent send dropped payload for pane conc-$i"
+  for j in $(seq 1 "$CONC_N"); do
+    [ "$j" = "$i" ] && continue
+    if printf '%s' "$pane" | grep -qF "CONCPAYLOAD-${j}-END"; then
+      fail "concurrent send cross-delivered payload $j to pane conc-$i"
+    fi
+  done
+done
+
 echo "ok - named tmux socket send tools"

plugins/discord/src/index.ts

@@ -1,24 +1,109 @@
+import { createHmac, randomUUID, timingSafeEqual } from 'node:crypto';
 import { ChannelType, Client, GatewayIntentBits, type Message as DiscordMessage } from 'discord.js';
 import { io, type Socket } from 'socket.io-client';
 
 export interface DiscordPluginConfig {
   token: string;
   gatewayUrl: string;
-  /** Which guild to bind to (single-guild only for v0.1.0) */
+  /** Shared service credential injected by the approved secret mechanism. */
+  serviceToken: string;
+  /** Which guild to bind to (single-guild only for v0.1.0). */
   guildId?: string;
+  allowedGuildIds: readonly string[];
+  allowedChannelIds: readonly string[];
+  allowedUserIds: readonly string[];
+}
+
+export interface DiscordIngressPayload {
+  correlationId: string;
+  messageId: string;
+  guildId: string;
+  channelId: string;
+  userId: string;
+  conversationId: string;
+  content: string;
+}
+
+export interface DiscordIngressEnvelope {
+  payload: DiscordIngressPayload;
+  signature: string;
+}
+
+export interface DiscordIngressAllowlists {
+  guildIds: readonly string[];
+  channelIds: readonly string[];
+  userIds: readonly string[];
+}
+
+function signedPayload(payload: DiscordIngressPayload): string {
+  return [
+    payload.correlationId,
+    payload.messageId,
+    payload.guildId,
+    payload.channelId,
+    payload.userId,
+    payload.conversationId,
+    payload.content,
+  ].join('\n');
+}
+
+function signPayload(payload: DiscordIngressPayload, serviceToken: string): string {
+  return createHmac('sha256', serviceToken).update(signedPayload(payload)).digest('hex');
+}
+
+function isSignatureValid(actual: string, expected: string): boolean {
+  const actualBuffer = Buffer.from(actual, 'hex');
+  const expectedBuffer = Buffer.from(expected, 'hex');
+  return (
+    actualBuffer.length === expectedBuffer.length && timingSafeEqual(actualBuffer, expectedBuffer)
+  );
+}
+
+function includesId(allowedIds: readonly string[], id: string): boolean {
+  return allowedIds.includes(id);
+}
+
+/** Creates the signed, auditable envelope accepted by the gateway Discord service boundary. */
+export function createDiscordIngressEnvelope(
+  payload: DiscordIngressPayload,
+  serviceToken: string,
+): DiscordIngressEnvelope {
+  return { payload, signature: signPayload(payload, serviceToken) };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Verifies service-origin integrity and applies default-deny Discord identity allowlists.
+ * Returns null instead of a partially trusted payload on every failure path.
+ */
+export function verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope(
+  envelope: DiscordIngressEnvelope,
+  serviceToken: string,
+  allowlists?: DiscordIngressAllowlists,
+): DiscordIngressPayload | null {
+  const expectedSignature = signPayload(envelope.payload, serviceToken);
+  if (!isSignatureValid(envelope.signature, expectedSignature)) return null;
+
+  if (
+    allowlists &&
+    (!includesId(allowlists.guildIds, envelope.payload.guildId) ||
+      !includesId(allowlists.channelIds, envelope.payload.channelId) ||
+      !includesId(allowlists.userIds, envelope.payload.userId))
+  ) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return envelope.payload;
 }
 
 export class DiscordPlugin {
   private client: Client;
   private socket: Socket | null = null;
-  private config: DiscordPluginConfig;
+  /** Map Discord channel ID → Mosaic conversation ID. */
-  /** Map Discord channel ID → Mosaic conversation ID */
   private channelConversations = new Map<string, string>();
-  /** Track in-flight responses to avoid duplicate streaming */
+  /** Track in-flight responses to avoid duplicate streaming. */
   private pendingResponses = new Map<string, string>();
 
-  constructor(config: DiscordPluginConfig) {
+  constructor(private readonly config: DiscordPluginConfig) {
-    this.config = config;
     this.client = new Client({
       intents: [
         GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
@@ -30,8 +115,8 @@ export class DiscordPlugin {
   }
 
   async start(): Promise<void> {
-    // Connect to gateway WebSocket
     this.socket = io(`${this.config.gatewayUrl}/chat`, {
+      auth: { discordServiceToken: this.config.serviceToken },
       transports: ['websocket'],
     });
 
@@ -48,7 +133,6 @@ export class DiscordPlugin {
       console.error(`[discord] Gateway connection error: ${err.message}`);
     });
 
-    // Handle streaming text from gateway
     this.socket.on('agent:text', (data: { conversationId: string; text: string }) => {
       const pending = this.pendingResponses.get(data.conversationId);
       if (pending !== undefined) {
@@ -56,12 +140,11 @@ export class DiscordPlugin {
       }
     });
 
-    // When agent finishes, send the accumulated response
     this.socket.on('agent:end', (data: { conversationId: string }) => {
       const text = this.pendingResponses.get(data.conversationId);
       if (text) {
         this.pendingResponses.delete(data.conversationId);
-        this.sendToDiscord(data.conversationId, text).catch((err) => {
+        this.sendToDiscord(data.conversationId, text).catch((err: unknown) => {
           console.error(`[discord] Error sending response for ${data.conversationId}:`, err);
         });
       }
@@ -71,8 +154,9 @@ export class DiscordPlugin {
       this.pendingResponses.set(data.conversationId, '');
     });
 
-    // Set up Discord message handler
+    this.client.on('messageCreate', (message: DiscordMessage) =>
-    this.client.on('messageCreate', (message) => this.handleDiscordMessage(message));
+      this.handleDiscordMessage(message),
+    );
 
     this.client.on('ready', () => {
       console.log(`[discord] Bot logged in as ${this.client.user?.tag}`);
@@ -96,7 +180,6 @@ export class DiscordPlugin {
     const guild = this.client.guilds.cache.get(this.config.guildId);
     if (!guild) return null;
 
-    // Slugify project name for channel: lowercase, replace spaces/special chars with hyphens
     const channelName = `mosaic-${project.name
       .toLowerCase()
       .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-')
@@ -108,58 +191,58 @@ export class DiscordPlugin {
       topic: project.description ?? `Mosaic project: ${project.name}`,
     });
 
-    // Register the channel mapping so messages route correctly
     this.channelConversations.set(channel.id, `discord-${channel.id}`);
-
     return { channelId: channel.id };
   }
 
   private handleDiscordMessage(message: DiscordMessage): void {
-    // Ignore bot messages
+    if (message.author.bot || !this.client.user) return;
-    if (message.author.bot) return;
+    if (!message.guildId || !this.isAllowedMessage(message)) return;
 
-    // Not ready yet
-    if (!this.client.user) return;
-
-    // Check guild binding
-    if (this.config.guildId && message.guildId !== this.config.guildId) return;
-
-    // Respond to DMs always, or mentions in channels
-    const isDM = !message.guildId;
     const isMention = message.mentions.has(this.client.user);
+    if (!isMention) return;
 
-    if (!isDM && !isMention) return;
-
-    // Strip bot mention from message content
     const content = message.content
       .replace(new RegExp(`<@!?${this.client.user.id}>`, 'g'), '')
       .trim();
-
     if (!content) return;
-
-    // Get or create conversation for this Discord channel
-    const channelId = message.channelId;
-    let conversationId = this.channelConversations.get(channelId);
-    if (!conversationId) {
-      conversationId = `discord-${channelId}`;
-      this.channelConversations.set(channelId, conversationId);
-    }
-
-    // Send to gateway
     if (!this.socket?.connected) {
       console.error(
-        `[discord] Cannot forward message: not connected to gateway. channel=${channelId}`,
+        `[discord] Cannot forward message: not connected to gateway. channel=${message.channelId} message=${message.id}`,
       );
       return;
     }
-    this.socket.emit('message', {
+
-      conversationId,
+    const channelId = message.channelId;
-      content,
+    const conversationId = this.channelConversations.get(channelId) ?? `discord-${channelId}`;
-    });
+    this.channelConversations.set(channelId, conversationId);
+
+    const envelope = createDiscordIngressEnvelope(
+      {
+        correlationId: randomUUID(),
+        messageId: message.id,
+        guildId: message.guildId,
+        channelId,
+        userId: message.author.id,
+        conversationId,
+        content,
+      },
+      this.config.serviceToken,
+    );
+    this.socket.emit('message', envelope);
+  }
+
+  private isAllowedMessage(message: DiscordMessage): boolean {
+    const guildId = message.guildId;
+    return (
+      guildId !== null &&
+      includesId(this.config.allowedGuildIds, guildId) &&
+      includesId(this.config.allowedChannelIds, message.channelId) &&
+      includesId(this.config.allowedUserIds, message.author.id)
+    );
   }
 
   private async sendToDiscord(conversationId: string, text: string): Promise<void> {
-    // Find the Discord channel for this conversation
     const channelId = Array.from(this.channelConversations.entries()).find(
       ([, convId]) => convId === conversationId,
     )?.[0];
@@ -177,12 +260,10 @@ export class DiscordPlugin {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Chunk responses for Discord's 2000-char limit
+    for (const chunk of this.chunkText(text, 1900)) {
-    const chunks = this.chunkText(text, 1900);
-    for (const chunk of chunks) {
       try {
         await (channel as { send: (content: string) => Promise<unknown> }).send(chunk);
-      } catch (err) {
+      } catch (err: unknown) {
         console.error(`[discord] Failed to send message to channel ${channelId}:`, err);
       }
     }
@@ -193,21 +274,16 @@ export class DiscordPlugin {
 
     const chunks: string[] = [];
     let remaining = text;
-
     while (remaining.length > 0) {
       if (remaining.length <= maxLength) {
         chunks.push(remaining);
         break;
       }
-
-      // Try to break at a newline
       let breakPoint = remaining.lastIndexOf('\n', maxLength);
       if (breakPoint <= 0) breakPoint = maxLength;
-
       chunks.push(remaining.slice(0, breakPoint));
       remaining = remaining.slice(breakPoint).trimStart();
     }
-
     return chunks;
   }
 }