fix(wizard): honor MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL — unblock install.sh --dev gateway testing (#698)

--next now prefers a fast npm @next install (CLI + gateway from the Gitea registry) and falls back to source build at next if the dist-tag is unavailable. Registry lane gated to non-dev, non-explicit-ref next installs; CLI/gateway prerelease versions must share a pipeline suffix. Adds tools/install-next-lane.test.sh (wired into CI). PR-event CI 1635 fully green + review-of-record APPROVE (functional install test, head 2fd7cfc3).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.prettierignore

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

.woodpecker/publish.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build, publish npm packages, and push Docker images
-# Runs only on main branch push/tag
+# Runs on main for stable publishes and on next for integration-line prereleases/images
 
 variables:
   # Pre-baked CI base (see .woodpecker/ci-image.yml): node:24-alpine +
@@ -23,9 +23,21 @@ variables:
           - 'docs/**'
           - '**/*.md'
           - '.woodpecker/**'
+    - event: [push, manual]
+      branch: next
+  - &main_image_build_when
+    - event: tag
+    - event: [push, manual]
+      branch: main
+      path:
+        exclude:
+          - 'packages/mosaic/**'
+          - 'docs/**'
+          - '**/*.md'
+          - '.woodpecker/**'
 
 when:
-  - branch: [main]
+  - branch: [main, next]
     event: [push, manual, tag]
 
 steps:
@@ -103,6 +115,84 @@ steps:
     depends_on:
       - build
 
+  publish-next-npm:
+    image: *node_image
+    # Durable @next integration-line publish. Runs only on next; never writes
+    # the latest dist-tag and never commits the computed prerelease versions.
+    when:
+      - event: [push, manual]
+        branch: next
+    environment:
+      NPM_TOKEN:
+        from_secret: gitea_token
+      CI_COMMIT_BRANCH: ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}
+      CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER: ${CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER}
+    commands:
+      - *enable_pnpm
+      - |
+        if [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" != "next" ]; then
+          echo "[publish-next] FATAL: publish-next-npm may only run on next (got '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH')" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        if [ -z "$CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER" ]; then
+          echo "[publish-next] FATAL: CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER is required for prerelease versioning" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "//git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > ~/.npmrc
+        echo "@mosaicstack:registry=https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/" >> ~/.npmrc
+        DIST_TAGS_JSON="$(npm view @mosaicstack/mosaic dist-tags --registry https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/ --json)"
+        DIST_TAGS_JSON="$DIST_TAGS_JSON" node -e 'const tags = JSON.parse(process.env.DIST_TAGS_JSON || "{}"); if (!tags || typeof tags !== "object" || !Object.hasOwn(tags, "latest")) { throw new Error("Gitea npm registry did not return a usable dist-tags object"); } console.log("[publish-next] registry dist-tags OK: latest=" + tags.latest);'
+        node <<'NODE'
+        const fs = require('node:fs');
+        const path = require('node:path');
+
+        const pipelineNumber = process.env.CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER;
+        const roots = ['apps', 'packages', 'plugins'];
+        const updated = [];
+
+        function walk(dir) {
+          if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) return;
+          for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+            if (entry.name === 'node_modules' || entry.name === 'dist' || entry.name === '.turbo') continue;
+            const fullPath = path.join(dir, entry.name);
+            if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+              const packagePath = path.join(fullPath, 'package.json');
+              if (fs.existsSync(packagePath)) updatePackage(packagePath);
+              walk(fullPath);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        function updatePackage(packagePath) {
+          const manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packagePath, 'utf8'));
+          if (!manifest.name?.startsWith('@mosaicstack/') || manifest.private) return;
+          const stableMatch = /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:[-+].*)?$/.exec(manifest.version);
+          if (!stableMatch) {
+            throw new Error(manifest.name + " has unsupported semver version '" + manifest.version + "'");
+          }
+          const [, major, minor, patch] = stableMatch;
+          const oldVersion = manifest.version;
+          manifest.version = major + '.' + minor + '.' + (Number(patch) + 1) + '-next.' + pipelineNumber;
+          fs.writeFileSync(packagePath, JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2) + '\n');
+          updated.push(manifest.name + ' ' + oldVersion + ' -> ' + manifest.version);
+        }
+
+        for (const root of roots) walk(root);
+        if (updated.length === 0) throw new Error('No publishable @mosaicstack/* packages found');
+        console.log('[publish-next] computed prerelease versions for ' + updated.length + ' packages:');
+        for (const line of updated) console.log('[publish-next] ' + line);
+        NODE
+        pnpm --filter "@mosaicstack/*" --filter "!@mosaicstack/web" --filter "!@mosaicstack/mosaic-as" publish --no-git-checks --access public --tag next
+        EXPECTED_VERSION="$(node -p "require('./packages/mosaic/package.json').version")"
+        RESOLVED_VERSION="$(npm view @mosaicstack/mosaic@next version --registry https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/)"
+        if [ "$RESOLVED_VERSION" != "$EXPECTED_VERSION" ]; then
+          echo "[publish-next] FATAL: @mosaicstack/mosaic@next resolved '$RESOLVED_VERSION', expected '$EXPECTED_VERSION'" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "[publish-next] @mosaicstack/mosaic@next resolves to $RESOLVED_VERSION"
+    depends_on:
+      - build
+
   # TODO: Uncomment when ready to publish to npmjs.org
   # publish-npmjs:
   #   image: *node_image
@@ -134,8 +224,17 @@ steps:
       - echo "{\"auths\":{\"git.mosaicstack.dev\":{\"username\":\"$REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$REGISTRY_PASS\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
       - |
         DESTINATIONS="--destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/gateway:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:7}"
-        if [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "main" ]; then
+        if [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "next" ]; then
+          if [ -n "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
+            echo "[publish] FATAL: next gateway publish must be sha-only; refusing tag '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "[publish] next gateway publish is sha-only"
+        elif [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "main" ]; then
           DESTINATIONS="$DESTINATIONS --destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/gateway:latest"
+        elif [ -z "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
+          echo "[publish] FATAL: gateway image publish may only run for main, next, or tag events" >&2
+          exit 1
         fi
         if [ -n "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]; then
           DESTINATIONS="$DESTINATIONS --destination git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/gateway:$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
@@ -146,7 +245,7 @@ steps:
 
   build-appservice:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-    when: *image_build_when
+    when: *main_image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
         from_secret: gitea_username
@@ -172,7 +271,7 @@ steps:
 
   build-web:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-    when: *image_build_when
+    when: *main_image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
         from_secret: gitea_username

README.md

@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ This installs both components:
 | **Framework**           | Bash launcher, guides, runtime configs, tools, skills            | `~/.config/mosaic/`  |
 | **@mosaicstack/mosaic** | Unified `mosaic` CLI — TUI, gateway client, wizard, auto-updater | `~/.npm-global/bin/` |
 
+### Install lanes
+
+| Lane                     | Command                               | Use when                                              | Source                                                                  |
+| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Stable                   | `bash tools/install.sh`               | You want the released Mosaic CLI/framework            | npm registry `@mosaicstack/mosaic@latest` + framework archive at `main` |
+| Prerelease integration   | `bash tools/install.sh --next`        | You want the current `next` integration branch        | Build-from-source at `next`                                             |
+| Contributor/source build | `bash tools/install.sh --dev --ref X` | You are testing a branch before release; `--ref` wins | Build-from-source at the requested ref                                  |
+
+`--next` is shorthand for the prerelease integration lane: it enables source-build mode and uses `next` unless an explicit `--ref` or `MOSAIC_REF` is provided.
+
 After install, the wizard runs automatically or you can invoke it manually:
 
 ```bash
@@ -336,7 +346,9 @@ The CLI also performs a background update check on every invocation (cached for
 bash tools/install.sh --check           # Version check only
 bash tools/install.sh --framework       # Framework only (skip npm CLI)
 bash tools/install.sh --cli             # npm CLI only (skip framework)
-bash tools/install.sh --ref v1.0        # Install from a specific git ref
+bash tools/install.sh --next            # Prerelease lane: source build from next
+bash tools/install.sh --dev             # Contributor lane: source build at --ref/main
+bash tools/install.sh --ref v1.0        # Install from a specific git ref (--ref wins over --next)
 bash tools/install.sh --yes             # Non-interactive, accept all defaults
 bash tools/install.sh --no-auto-launch  # Skip auto-launch of wizard
 ```

apps/gateway/src/__tests__/integration/federation-m3-list.integration.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,519 @@
+/**
+ * Federation M3 single-gateway integration tests (FED-M3-10).
+ *
+ * Covers MILESTONES.md M3 acceptance:
+ *  - #6: malformed certificate OIDs fail with 401; valid cert + revoked grant fails with 403.
+ *  - #7: max_rows_per_query caps list results.
+ *
+ * Strategy:
+ *  - Real PostgreSQL via @mosaicstack/db.
+ *  - Mocked TLS context/Fastify request shim for FederationAuthGuard.
+ *  - Direct controller calls using the real POST /api/federation/v1/list/:resource contract.
+ *
+ * Run:
+ *   FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1 pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway test -- \
+ *     src/__tests__/integration/federation-m3-list.integration.test.ts
+ */
+
+import 'reflect-metadata';
+import * as crypto from 'node:crypto';
+import type { ExecutionContext } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Test, type TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import type { FastifyReply, FastifyRequest } from 'fastify';
+import {
+  and,
+  createDb,
+  eq,
+  federationGrants,
+  federationPeers,
+  inArray,
+  missionTasks,
+  missions,
+  projects,
+  tasks,
+  teamMembers,
+  teams,
+  type Db,
+  type DbHandle,
+  users,
+} from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { DB } from '../../database/database.module.js';
+import { GrantsService } from '../../federation/grants.service.js';
+import { FederationAuthGuard } from '../../federation/server/federation-auth.guard.js';
+import { FederationScopeService } from '../../federation/server/scope.service.js';
+import { FederationListQueryService } from '../../federation/server/verbs/list-query.service.js';
+import { ListController } from '../../federation/server/verbs/list.controller.js';
+import {
+  makeMosaicIssuedCert,
+  makeSelfSignedCert,
+} from '../../federation/__tests__/helpers/test-cert.js';
+
+const run = process.env['FEDERATED_INTEGRATION'] === '1';
+const PG_URL = process.env['DATABASE_URL'] ?? 'postgresql://mosaic:mosaic@localhost:5433/mosaic';
+const RUN_ID = `fed-m3-10-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+const CERT_SERIAL_HEX = crypto.randomUUID().replace(/-/g, '').toUpperCase();
+
+interface TestIds {
+  readonly subjectUserId: string;
+  readonly otherUserId: string;
+  readonly peerId: string;
+  readonly revokedPeerId: string;
+  readonly activeGrantId: string;
+  readonly revokedGrantId: string;
+  readonly subjectProjectId: string;
+  readonly subjectMissionId: string;
+  readonly otherProjectId: string;
+  readonly teamId: string;
+  readonly unauthorizedTeamId: string;
+  readonly teamProjectId: string;
+  readonly taskIds: readonly string[];
+  readonly excludedTaskIds: readonly string[];
+  readonly subjectNoteId: string;
+  readonly otherUserNoteId: string;
+}
+
+function pemToDer(pem: string): Buffer {
+  return Buffer.from(
+    pem
+      .replace(/-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----/, '')
+      .replace(/-----END CERTIFICATE-----/, '')
+      .replace(/\s+/g, ''),
+    'base64',
+  );
+}
+
+function makeFederationRequest(certPem: string): FastifyRequest {
+  return {
+    raw: {
+      socket: {
+        getPeerCertificate: () => ({
+          raw: pemToDer(certPem),
+          serialNumber: CERT_SERIAL_HEX,
+        }),
+      },
+    },
+  } as unknown as FastifyRequest;
+}
+
+function makeGuardContext(request: FastifyRequest): {
+  readonly context: ExecutionContext;
+  readonly sent: { statusCode?: number; payload?: unknown };
+} {
+  const sent: { statusCode?: number; payload?: unknown } = {};
+  const reply = {
+    status: (statusCode: number) => {
+      sent.statusCode = statusCode;
+      return {
+        header: () => ({
+          send: (payload: unknown) => {
+            sent.payload = payload;
+          },
+        }),
+      };
+    },
+  } as unknown as FastifyReply;
+
+  const context = {
+    switchToHttp: () => ({
+      getRequest: () => request,
+      getResponse: () => reply,
+    }),
+  } as unknown as ExecutionContext;
+
+  return { context, sent };
+}
+
+async function insertUser(db: Db, id: string, label: string): Promise<void> {
+  await db.insert(users).values({
+    id,
+    name: `${RUN_ID}-${label}`,
+    email: `${RUN_ID}-${label}@federation-test.invalid`,
+    emailVerified: false,
+  });
+}
+
+async function seedFixtures(db: Db): Promise<TestIds> {
+  const subjectUserId = `${RUN_ID}-subject`;
+  const otherUserId = `${RUN_ID}-other`;
+  const peerId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const revokedPeerId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const activeGrantId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const revokedGrantId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const subjectProjectId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const subjectMissionId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const otherProjectId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const teamId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const unauthorizedTeamId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const teamProjectId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const taskIds = [crypto.randomUUID(), crypto.randomUUID(), crypto.randomUUID()] as const;
+  const excludedTaskIds = [crypto.randomUUID(), crypto.randomUUID()] as const;
+  const subjectNoteId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  const otherUserNoteId = crypto.randomUUID();
+
+  await insertUser(db, subjectUserId, 'subject');
+  await insertUser(db, otherUserId, 'other');
+
+  await db.insert(teams).values([
+    {
+      id: teamId,
+      name: `${RUN_ID} allowed team`,
+      slug: `${RUN_ID}-allowed-team`,
+      ownerId: subjectUserId,
+      managerId: subjectUserId,
+    },
+    {
+      id: unauthorizedTeamId,
+      name: `${RUN_ID} unauthorized team`,
+      slug: `${RUN_ID}-unauthorized-team`,
+      ownerId: otherUserId,
+      managerId: otherUserId,
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  await db.insert(teamMembers).values([
+    { teamId, userId: subjectUserId, role: 'member' },
+    { teamId: unauthorizedTeamId, userId: subjectUserId, role: 'member' },
+  ]);
+
+  await db.insert(projects).values([
+    {
+      id: subjectProjectId,
+      name: `${RUN_ID} subject personal project`,
+      ownerType: 'user',
+      ownerId: subjectUserId,
+    },
+    {
+      id: otherProjectId,
+      name: `${RUN_ID} other personal project`,
+      ownerType: 'user',
+      ownerId: otherUserId,
+    },
+    {
+      id: teamProjectId,
+      name: `${RUN_ID} unauthorized team project`,
+      ownerType: 'team',
+      teamId: unauthorizedTeamId,
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  await db.insert(missions).values({
+    id: subjectMissionId,
+    name: `${RUN_ID} subject mission`,
+    projectId: subjectProjectId,
+    userId: subjectUserId,
+  });
+
+  await db.insert(tasks).values([
+    {
+      id: taskIds[0],
+      title: `${RUN_ID} visible task 1`,
+      missionId: subjectMissionId,
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-25T03:00:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-25T03:00:00.000Z'),
+    },
+    {
+      id: taskIds[1],
+      title: `${RUN_ID} visible task 2`,
+      projectId: subjectProjectId,
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-25T02:00:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-25T02:00:00.000Z'),
+    },
+    {
+      id: taskIds[2],
+      title: `${RUN_ID} visible task 3`,
+      projectId: subjectProjectId,
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-25T01:00:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-25T01:00:00.000Z'),
+    },
+    {
+      id: excludedTaskIds[0],
+      title: `${RUN_ID} other user task`,
+      projectId: otherProjectId,
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-25T04:00:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-25T04:00:00.000Z'),
+    },
+    {
+      id: excludedTaskIds[1],
+      title: `${RUN_ID} unauthorized team task`,
+      projectId: teamProjectId,
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-25T05:00:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-25T05:00:00.000Z'),
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  await db.insert(missionTasks).values([
+    {
+      id: subjectNoteId,
+      missionId: subjectMissionId,
+      userId: subjectUserId,
+      notes: `${RUN_ID} subject visible note`,
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-25T03:30:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-25T03:30:00.000Z'),
+    },
+    {
+      id: otherUserNoteId,
+      missionId: subjectMissionId,
+      userId: otherUserId,
+      notes: `${RUN_ID} other user note on subject mission`,
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-25T04:30:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-25T04:30:00.000Z'),
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  await db.insert(federationPeers).values([
+    {
+      id: peerId,
+      commonName: `${RUN_ID}-active-peer`,
+      displayName: `${RUN_ID} Active Peer`,
+      certPem: '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMOCK\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n',
+      certSerial: CERT_SERIAL_HEX,
+      certNotAfter: new Date(Date.now() + 86_400_000),
+      state: 'active',
+    },
+    {
+      id: revokedPeerId,
+      commonName: `${RUN_ID}-revoked-peer`,
+      displayName: `${RUN_ID} Revoked Peer`,
+      certPem: '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMOCK\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n',
+      certSerial: `${CERT_SERIAL_HEX}${RUN_ID.replace(/-/g, '').slice(0, 8).toUpperCase()}`,
+      certNotAfter: new Date(Date.now() + 86_400_000),
+      state: 'active',
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  await db.insert(federationGrants).values([
+    {
+      id: activeGrantId,
+      peerId,
+      subjectUserId,
+      status: 'active',
+      scope: {
+        resources: ['tasks', 'notes'],
+        excluded_resources: [],
+        filters: {
+          tasks: { include_personal: true, include_teams: [] },
+          notes: { include_personal: true, include_teams: [] },
+        },
+        max_rows_per_query: 2,
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      id: revokedGrantId,
+      peerId,
+      subjectUserId,
+      status: 'revoked',
+      revokedAt: new Date(),
+      revokedReason: `${RUN_ID} revoked grant fixture`,
+      scope: {
+        resources: ['tasks'],
+        excluded_resources: [],
+        max_rows_per_query: 2,
+      },
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  return {
+    subjectUserId,
+    otherUserId,
+    peerId,
+    revokedPeerId,
+    activeGrantId,
+    revokedGrantId,
+    subjectProjectId,
+    subjectMissionId,
+    otherProjectId,
+    teamId,
+    unauthorizedTeamId,
+    teamProjectId,
+    taskIds,
+    excludedTaskIds,
+    subjectNoteId,
+    otherUserNoteId,
+  };
+}
+
+async function cleanupFixtures(db: Db, ids: TestIds | undefined): Promise<void> {
+  if (!ids) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await db
+    .delete(missionTasks)
+    .where(inArray(missionTasks.id, [ids.subjectNoteId, ids.otherUserNoteId]))
+    .catch(() => {});
+  await db
+    .delete(tasks)
+    .where(inArray(tasks.id, [...ids.taskIds, ...ids.excludedTaskIds]))
+    .catch(() => {});
+  await db
+    .delete(missions)
+    .where(eq(missions.id, ids.subjectMissionId))
+    .catch(() => {});
+  await db
+    .delete(projects)
+    .where(inArray(projects.id, [ids.subjectProjectId, ids.otherProjectId, ids.teamProjectId]))
+    .catch(() => {});
+  await db
+    .delete(teamMembers)
+    .where(
+      and(
+        eq(teamMembers.userId, ids.subjectUserId),
+        inArray(teamMembers.teamId, [ids.teamId, ids.unauthorizedTeamId]),
+      ),
+    )
+    .catch(() => {});
+  await db
+    .delete(teams)
+    .where(inArray(teams.id, [ids.teamId, ids.unauthorizedTeamId]))
+    .catch(() => {});
+  await db
+    .delete(federationGrants)
+    .where(inArray(federationGrants.id, [ids.activeGrantId, ids.revokedGrantId]))
+    .catch(() => {});
+  await db
+    .delete(federationPeers)
+    .where(inArray(federationPeers.id, [ids.peerId, ids.revokedPeerId]))
+    .catch(() => {});
+  await db
+    .delete(users)
+    .where(inArray(users.id, [ids.subjectUserId, ids.otherUserId]))
+    .catch(() => {});
+}
+
+describe.skipIf(!run)('federation M3 list verb — single-gateway integration', () => {
+  let handle: DbHandle;
+  let db: Db;
+  let moduleRef: TestingModule;
+  let guard: FederationAuthGuard;
+  let listController: ListController;
+  let ids: TestIds | undefined;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    handle = createDb(PG_URL);
+    db = handle.db;
+    ids = await seedFixtures(db);
+
+    moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      controllers: [ListController],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: DB, useValue: db },
+        GrantsService,
+        FederationAuthGuard,
+        FederationScopeService,
+        FederationListQueryService,
+      ],
+    }).compile();
+
+    guard = moduleRef.get(FederationAuthGuard);
+    listController = moduleRef.get(ListController);
+  }, 30_000);
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await moduleRef?.close().catch((e: unknown) => console.error('[fed-m3-10 cleanup]', e));
+    await cleanupFixtures(db, ids).catch((e: unknown) => console.error('[fed-m3-10 cleanup]', e));
+    await handle?.close().catch((e: unknown) => console.error('[fed-m3-10 cleanup]', e));
+  });
+
+  it('#6 — rejects a client cert with malformed/missing Mosaic OIDs with 401', async () => {
+    const malformedOidCert = await makeSelfSignedCert();
+    const request = makeFederationRequest(malformedOidCert);
+    const { context, sent } = makeGuardContext(request);
+
+    await expect(guard.canActivate(context)).resolves.toBe(false);
+    expect(sent.statusCode).toBe(401);
+    expect(sent.payload).toMatchObject({
+      error: {
+        code: 'unauthorized',
+        message: expect.stringContaining('missing required OID'),
+      },
+    });
+    expect(request.federationContext).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('#6 — rejects a valid client cert when its grant is revoked with 403', async () => {
+    expect(ids).toBeDefined();
+    const revokedCert = await makeMosaicIssuedCert({
+      grantId: ids!.revokedGrantId,
+      subjectUserId: ids!.subjectUserId,
+    });
+    const request = makeFederationRequest(revokedCert);
+    const { context, sent } = makeGuardContext(request);
+
+    await expect(guard.canActivate(context)).resolves.toBe(false);
+    expect(sent.statusCode).toBe(403);
+    expect(sent.payload).toMatchObject({
+      error: {
+        code: 'forbidden',
+        message: 'Federation access denied',
+      },
+    });
+    expect(request.federationContext).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('#7 — enforces max_rows_per_query on POST /api/federation/v1/list/:resource', async () => {
+    expect(ids).toBeDefined();
+    const activeCert = await makeMosaicIssuedCert({
+      grantId: ids!.activeGrantId,
+      subjectUserId: ids!.subjectUserId,
+    });
+    const request = makeFederationRequest(activeCert);
+    const { context } = makeGuardContext(request);
+
+    await expect(guard.canActivate(context)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+    const response = await listController.list('tasks', request, { limit: 100 });
+    const returnedIds = response.items.map((item) => item['id']);
+
+    expect(response.items).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(response._truncated).toBe(true);
+    expect(response.nextCursor).toEqual(expect.any(String));
+    expect(returnedIds).toEqual([ids!.taskIds[0], ids!.taskIds[1]]);
+    expect(returnedIds).not.toContain(ids!.taskIds[2]);
+    for (const excludedId of ids!.excludedTaskIds) {
+      expect(returnedIds).not.toContain(excludedId);
+    }
+    expect(response.items.every((item) => item._source === 'local')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('excludes another user mission task notes on the same authorized mission', async () => {
+    expect(ids).toBeDefined();
+    const activeCert = await makeMosaicIssuedCert({
+      grantId: ids!.activeGrantId,
+      subjectUserId: ids!.subjectUserId,
+    });
+    const request = makeFederationRequest(activeCert);
+    const { context } = makeGuardContext(request);
+
+    await expect(guard.canActivate(context)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+    const response = await listController.list('notes', request, { limit: 10 });
+    const returnedIds = response.items.map((item) => item['id']);
+
+    expect(returnedIds).toEqual([ids!.subjectNoteId]);
+    expect(returnedIds).not.toContain(ids!.otherUserNoteId);
+    expect(response.items.every((item) => item._source === 'local')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('fails closed for unsupported list resources', async () => {
+    expect(ids).toBeDefined();
+    const activeCert = await makeMosaicIssuedCert({
+      grantId: ids!.activeGrantId,
+      subjectUserId: ids!.subjectUserId,
+    });
+    const request = makeFederationRequest(activeCert);
+    const { context } = makeGuardContext(request);
+
+    await expect(guard.canActivate(context)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+    await expect(listController.list('widgets', request, {})).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      response: {
+        error: {
+          code: 'scope_violation',
+          message: 'Requested federation resource is not supported',
+        },
+      },
+      status: 403,
+    });
+  });
+});

apps/gateway/src/admin/admin-health.controller.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { Controller, Get, Inject, UseGuards } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Controller, Get, Inject, Optional, UseGuards } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { sql, type Db } from '@mosaicstack/db';
 import { createQueue } from '@mosaicstack/queue';
+import type { MosaicConfig } from '@mosaicstack/config';
 import { DB } from '../database/database.module.js';
 import { AgentService } from '../agent/agent.service.js';
 import { ProviderService } from '../agent/provider.service.js';
+import { MOSAIC_CONFIG } from '../config/config.module.js';
 import { AdminGuard } from './admin.guard.js';
 import type { HealthStatusDto, ServiceStatusDto } from './admin.dto.js';
 
@@ -14,6 +16,9 @@ export class AdminHealthController {
     @Inject(DB) private readonly db: Db,
     @Inject(AgentService) private readonly agentService: AgentService,
     @Inject(ProviderService) private readonly providerService: ProviderService,
+    @Optional()
+    @Inject(MOSAIC_CONFIG)
+    private readonly mosaicConfig: MosaicConfig | null,
   ) {}
 
   @Get()
@@ -55,6 +60,14 @@ export class AdminHealthController {
   }
 
   private async checkCache(): Promise<ServiceStatusDto> {
+    // On Local tier there is no Redis. The cache is intentionally absent, which
+    // is a healthy state for this tier — report 'ok' rather than opening a new
+    // ioredis connection on every admin health check (which would spam
+    // ECONNREFUSED and create/destroy a connection per request). latencyMs 0
+    // signals "no cache backend to measure" for this tier.
+    if (this.mosaicConfig?.queue?.type === 'local') {
+      return { status: 'ok', latencyMs: 0 };
+    }
     const start = Date.now();
     const handle = createQueue();
     try {

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

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { Server, Socket } from 'socket.io';
 import type { AgentSessionEvent } from '@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent';
 import type { Auth } from '@mosaicstack/auth';
 import type { Brain } from '@mosaicstack/brain';
-import { redactSensitiveContent } from '@mosaicstack/log';
 import type {
   SetThinkingPayload,
   SlashCommandPayload,
@@ -211,10 +210,9 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
           {
             conversationId,
             role: 'user',
-            content: redactSensitiveContent(data.content).content,
+            content: data.content,
             metadata: {
               timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
-              classifications: redactSensitiveContent(data.content).classifications,
             },
           },
           userId,
@@ -613,11 +611,8 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
               {
                 conversationId,
                 role: 'assistant',
-                content: redactSensitiveContent(cs.assistantText).content,
-                metadata: {
-                  ...metadata,
-                  classifications: redactSensitiveContent(cs.assistantText).classifications,
-                },
+                content: cs.assistantText,
+                metadata,
               },
               userId,
             )
@@ -641,18 +636,17 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
         if (assistantEvent.type === 'text_delta') {
           // Accumulate assistant text for persistence
           const cs = this.clientSessions.get(client.id);
-          const redactedDelta = redactSensitiveContent(assistantEvent.delta).content;
           if (cs) {
-            cs.assistantText += redactedDelta;
+            cs.assistantText += assistantEvent.delta;
           }
           client.emit('agent:text', {
             conversationId,
-            text: redactedDelta,
+            text: assistantEvent.delta,
           });
         } else if (assistantEvent.type === 'thinking_delta') {
           client.emit('agent:thinking', {
             conversationId,
-            text: redactSensitiveContent(assistantEvent.delta).content,
+            text: assistantEvent.delta,
           });
         }
         break;

apps/gateway/src/commands/command-executor-p8012.spec.ts

@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ describe('CommandExecutorService — P8-012 commands', () => {
     expect(result.command).toBe('provider');
   });
 
-  // /provider login anthropic — no bearer token or auth URL reaches chat output
-  it('/provider login <name> keeps its one-time token out of chat output', async () => {
+  // /provider login anthropic — success with URL containing poll token
+  it('/provider login <name> returns success with URL and poll token', async () => {
     const payload: SlashCommandPayload = {
       command: 'provider',
       args: 'login anthropic',
@@ -116,9 +116,14 @@ describe('CommandExecutorService — P8-012 commands', () => {
     expect(result.success).toBe(true);
     expect(result.command).toBe('provider');
     expect(result.message).toContain('anthropic');
-    expect(result.message).not.toContain('http');
-    expect(result.message).not.toContain('token=');
-    expect(result.data).toEqual({ provider: 'anthropic' });
+    expect(result.message).toContain('http');
+    // data should contain loginUrl and pollToken
+    expect(result.data).toBeDefined();
+    const data = result.data as Record<string, unknown>;
+    expect(typeof data['loginUrl']).toBe('string');
+    expect(typeof data['pollToken']).toBe('string');
+    expect(data['loginUrl'] as string).toContain('anthropic');
+    expect(data['loginUrl'] as string).toContain(data['pollToken'] as string);
     // Verify Valkey was called
     expect(mockRedis.set).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     const [key, value, , ttl] = mockRedis.set.mock.calls[0] as [string, string, string, number];

apps/gateway/src/commands/command-executor.service.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ export class CommandExecutorService {
     @Inject(AgentService) private readonly agentService: AgentService,
     @Inject(SystemOverrideService) private readonly systemOverride: SystemOverrideService,
     @Inject(SessionGCService) private readonly sessionGC: SessionGCService,
-    @Inject(COMMANDS_REDIS) private readonly redis: QueueHandle['redis'],
+    // On Local tier COMMANDS_REDIS is null — provider login caching is skipped.
+    @Optional()
+    @Inject(COMMANDS_REDIS)
+    private readonly redis: QueueHandle['redis'] | null,
     @Inject(BRAIN) private readonly brain: Brain,
     @Optional()
     @Inject(forwardRef(() => ReloadService))
@@ -403,28 +406,24 @@ export class CommandExecutorService {
           };
         }
         const pollToken = crypto.randomUUID();
-        const tokenDigest = await crypto.subtle.digest(
-          'SHA-256',
-          new TextEncoder().encode(pollToken),
-        );
-        const tokenHash = Array.from(new Uint8Array(tokenDigest), (byte: number): string =>
-          byte.toString(16).padStart(2, '0'),
-        ).join('');
-        const key = `mosaic:auth:poll:${tokenHash}`;
-        // Persist only a short-lived token digest. The raw token is delivered only by
-        // the authenticated dashboard flow, never in chat output or command metadata.
+        const pollKey = `mosaic:auth:poll:${pollToken}`;
+        if (this.redis) {
+          // Store pending state in Valkey (TTL 5 minutes)
           await this.redis.set(
-          key,
+            pollKey,
             JSON.stringify({ status: 'pending', provider: providerName, userId }),
             'EX',
             300,
           );
+        }
+        // In production this would construct an OAuth URL
+        const loginUrl = `${process.env['MOSAIC_BASE_URL'] ?? 'http://localhost:3000'}/auth/provider/${providerName}?token=${pollToken}`;
         return {
           command: 'provider',
           success: true,
-          message: `Provider login for ${providerName} is ready. Continue in the authenticated dashboard.`,
+          message: `Open this URL to authenticate with ${providerName}:\n${loginUrl}`,
           conversationId,
-          data: { provider: providerName },
+          data: { loginUrl, pollToken, provider: providerName },
         };
       }
 

apps/gateway/src/commands/commands.module.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { forwardRef, Inject, Module, type OnApplicationShutdown } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { forwardRef, Inject, Module, Optional, type OnApplicationShutdown } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { createQueue, type QueueHandle } from '@mosaicstack/queue';
+import type { MosaicConfig } from '@mosaicstack/config';
+import { MOSAIC_CONFIG } from '../config/config.module.js';
 import { ChatModule } from '../chat/chat.module.js';
 import { GCModule } from '../gc/gc.module.js';
 import { ReloadModule } from '../reload/reload.module.js';
@@ -14,13 +16,17 @@ const COMMANDS_QUEUE_HANDLE = 'COMMANDS_QUEUE_HANDLE';
   providers: [
     {
       provide: COMMANDS_QUEUE_HANDLE,
-      useFactory: (): QueueHandle => {
+      useFactory: (config: MosaicConfig | null): QueueHandle | null => {
+        // On Local tier there is no Redis — skip the ioredis connection.
+        // CommandExecutorService falls back to no-cache for /provider login on local.
+        if (config?.queue?.type === 'local') return null;
         return createQueue();
       },
+      inject: [MOSAIC_CONFIG],
     },
     {
       provide: COMMANDS_REDIS,
-      useFactory: (handle: QueueHandle) => handle.redis,
+      useFactory: (handle: QueueHandle | null) => handle?.redis ?? null,
       inject: [COMMANDS_QUEUE_HANDLE],
     },
     CommandRegistryService,
@@ -29,9 +35,13 @@ const COMMANDS_QUEUE_HANDLE = 'COMMANDS_QUEUE_HANDLE';
   exports: [CommandRegistryService, CommandExecutorService],
 })
 export class CommandsModule implements OnApplicationShutdown {
-  constructor(@Inject(COMMANDS_QUEUE_HANDLE) private readonly handle: QueueHandle) {}
+  constructor(
+    @Optional()
+    @Inject(COMMANDS_QUEUE_HANDLE)
+    private readonly handle: QueueHandle | null,
+  ) {}
 
   async onApplicationShutdown(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.handle.close().catch(() => {});
+    await this.handle?.close().catch(() => {});
   }
 }

apps/gateway/src/federation/federation.module.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { EnrollmentController } from './enrollment.controller.js';
 import { EnrollmentService } from './enrollment.service.js';
 import { FederationController } from './federation.controller.js';
 import { CapabilitiesController } from './server/verbs/capabilities.controller.js';
+import { GetController } from './server/verbs/get.controller.js';
+import { FederationGetQueryService } from './server/verbs/get-query.service.js';
 import { GrantsService } from './grants.service.js';
 import { FederationClientService, QuerySourceService } from './client/index.js';
 import { FederationAuthGuard, FederationScopeService } from './server/index.js';
@@ -12,7 +14,13 @@ import { ListController } from './server/verbs/list.controller.js';
 import { FederationListQueryService } from './server/verbs/list-query.service.js';
 
 @Module({
-  controllers: [EnrollmentController, FederationController, CapabilitiesController, ListController],
+  controllers: [
+    EnrollmentController,
+    FederationController,
+    CapabilitiesController,
+    ListController,
+    GetController,
+  ],
   providers: [
     AdminGuard,
     CaService,
@@ -23,6 +31,7 @@ import { FederationListQueryService } from './server/verbs/list-query.service.js
     FederationAuthGuard,
     FederationScopeService,
     FederationListQueryService,
+    FederationGetQueryService,
   ],
   exports: [
     CaService,
@@ -33,6 +42,7 @@ import { FederationListQueryService } from './server/verbs/list-query.service.js
     FederationAuthGuard,
     FederationScopeService,
     FederationListQueryService,
+    FederationGetQueryService,
   ],
 })
 export class FederationModule {}

apps/gateway/src/federation/server/verbs/__tests__/get-query.service.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  createPgliteDb,
+  missionTasks,
+  missions,
+  projects,
+  runPgliteMigrations,
+  teams,
+  users,
+  type Db,
+  type DbHandle,
+} from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import type { FederationScopeQueryFilter } from '../../scope.service.js';
+import { FederationGetQueryService } from '../get-query.service.js';
+
+const CREDENTIAL_FILTER: FederationScopeQueryFilter = {
+  resource: 'credentials',
+  subjectUserId: 'user-1',
+  includePersonal: true,
+  teamIds: [],
+  limit: 1,
+  maxRowsPerQuery: 25,
+};
+
+const SUBJECT_USER_ID = 'fed-m3-06-subject';
+const OTHER_USER_ID = 'fed-m3-06-other';
+const TEAM_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001';
+const UNAUTHORIZED_TEAM_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002';
+const PERSONAL_PROJECT_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000101';
+const TEAM_PROJECT_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000102';
+const UNAUTHORIZED_PROJECT_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000103';
+const PERSONAL_MISSION_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000201';
+const TEAM_MISSION_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000202';
+const UNAUTHORIZED_MISSION_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000203';
+const SUBJECT_TEAM_NOTE_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000301';
+const OTHER_TEAM_NOTE_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000302';
+const SUBJECT_PERSONAL_NOTE_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000303';
+const SUBJECT_UNAUTHORIZED_NOTE_ID = '06000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000304';
+
+let dbHandle: DbHandle | undefined;
+
+function makeService() {
+  return new FederationGetQueryService({} as Db);
+}
+
+function makeDbService() {
+  if (!dbHandle) {
+    throw new Error('test DB not initialized');
+  }
+  return new FederationGetQueryService(dbHandle.db);
+}
+
+async function seedNotesFixture() {
+  if (!dbHandle) {
+    throw new Error('test DB not initialized');
+  }
+
+  await dbHandle.db.insert(users).values([
+    {
+      id: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+      name: 'Federation Subject',
+      email: `${SUBJECT_USER_ID}@example.test`,
+      emailVerified: false,
+    },
+    {
+      id: OTHER_USER_ID,
+      name: 'Federation Other',
+      email: `${OTHER_USER_ID}@example.test`,
+      emailVerified: false,
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  await dbHandle.db.insert(teams).values([
+    {
+      id: TEAM_ID,
+      name: 'FED-M3-06 Team',
+      slug: 'fed-m3-06-team',
+      ownerId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+      managerId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+    },
+    {
+      id: UNAUTHORIZED_TEAM_ID,
+      name: 'FED-M3-06 Unauthorized Team',
+      slug: 'fed-m3-06-unauthorized-team',
+      ownerId: OTHER_USER_ID,
+      managerId: OTHER_USER_ID,
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  await dbHandle.db.insert(projects).values([
+    {
+      id: PERSONAL_PROJECT_ID,
+      name: 'FED-M3-06 Personal Project',
+      ownerId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+      ownerType: 'user',
+    },
+    {
+      id: TEAM_PROJECT_ID,
+      name: 'FED-M3-06 Team Project',
+      teamId: TEAM_ID,
+      ownerType: 'team',
+    },
+    {
+      id: UNAUTHORIZED_PROJECT_ID,
+      name: 'FED-M3-06 Unauthorized Project',
+      teamId: UNAUTHORIZED_TEAM_ID,
+      ownerType: 'team',
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  await dbHandle.db.insert(missions).values([
+    {
+      id: PERSONAL_MISSION_ID,
+      name: 'FED-M3-06 Personal Mission',
+      projectId: PERSONAL_PROJECT_ID,
+      userId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+    },
+    {
+      id: TEAM_MISSION_ID,
+      name: 'FED-M3-06 Team Mission',
+      projectId: TEAM_PROJECT_ID,
+      userId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+    },
+    {
+      id: UNAUTHORIZED_MISSION_ID,
+      name: 'FED-M3-06 Unauthorized Mission',
+      projectId: UNAUTHORIZED_PROJECT_ID,
+      userId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  await dbHandle.db.insert(missionTasks).values([
+    {
+      id: SUBJECT_TEAM_NOTE_ID,
+      missionId: TEAM_MISSION_ID,
+      userId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+      notes: 'subject note on team mission',
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-24T03:00:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-24T03:00:00.000Z'),
+    },
+    {
+      id: OTHER_TEAM_NOTE_ID,
+      missionId: TEAM_MISSION_ID,
+      userId: OTHER_USER_ID,
+      notes: 'other user note on team mission',
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-24T02:00:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-24T02:00:00.000Z'),
+    },
+    {
+      id: SUBJECT_PERSONAL_NOTE_ID,
+      missionId: PERSONAL_MISSION_ID,
+      userId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+      notes: 'subject note on personal mission',
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-24T01:00:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-24T01:00:00.000Z'),
+    },
+    {
+      id: SUBJECT_UNAUTHORIZED_NOTE_ID,
+      missionId: UNAUTHORIZED_MISSION_ID,
+      userId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+      notes: 'subject note outside grant-visible missions',
+      createdAt: new Date('2026-06-24T04:00:00.000Z'),
+      updatedAt: new Date('2026-06-24T04:00:00.000Z'),
+    },
+  ]);
+}
+
+describe('FederationGetQueryService', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    dbHandle = createPgliteDb(`memory://fed-m3-06-get-${Date.now()}`);
+    await runPgliteMigrations(dbHandle);
+    await seedNotesFixture();
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await dbHandle?.close();
+    dbHandle = undefined;
+  });
+
+  it('denies sensitive resources in native RBAC for M3 get reads', async () => {
+    const service = makeService();
+
+    await expect(
+      service.evaluateReadAccess({
+        grantId: 'grant-1',
+        peerId: 'peer-1',
+        subjectUserId: 'user-1',
+        resource: 'credentials',
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      allowed: false,
+      reason: 'credentials federation get access is not implemented in M3',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('allows personal memory reads without requiring team lookup', async () => {
+    const service = makeService();
+
+    await expect(
+      service.evaluateReadAccess({
+        grantId: 'grant-1',
+        peerId: 'peer-1',
+        subjectUserId: 'user-1',
+        resource: 'memory',
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
+      allowed: true,
+      access: { includePersonal: true, teamIds: [] },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('uses subject team membership as the native RBAC upper bound for task and note reads', async () => {
+    const service = makeService();
+    const listSubjectTeamIds = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(['team-1', 'team-2']);
+    (
+      service as unknown as {
+        listSubjectTeamIds: (subjectUserId: string) => Promise<string[]>;
+      }
+    ).listSubjectTeamIds = listSubjectTeamIds;
+
+    await expect(
+      service.evaluateReadAccess({
+        grantId: 'grant-1',
+        peerId: 'peer-1',
+        subjectUserId: 'user-1',
+        resource: 'tasks',
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
+      allowed: true,
+      access: { includePersonal: true, teamIds: ['team-1', 'team-2'] },
+    });
+    expect(listSubjectTeamIds).toHaveBeenCalledWith('user-1');
+  });
+
+  it('does not query storage for sensitive get resources even if scope allowed them', async () => {
+    const service = makeService();
+
+    await expect(service.get({ filter: CREDENTIAL_FILTER, id: 'cred-1' })).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: 'denied',
+      reason: 'credentials federation get is not implemented',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('fails closed for unsupported resources instead of returning undefined', async () => {
+    const service = makeService();
+
+    await expect(
+      service.get({
+        filter: {
+          ...CREDENTIAL_FILTER,
+          resource: 'unknown-resource' as FederationScopeQueryFilter['resource'],
+        },
+        id: 'row-1',
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: 'denied',
+      reason: 'Unsupported federation get resource: unknown-resource',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('does not leak another user mission task note through team-scoped get reads', async () => {
+    const service = makeDbService();
+
+    await expect(
+      service.get({
+        filter: {
+          resource: 'notes',
+          subjectUserId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+          includePersonal: false,
+          teamIds: [TEAM_ID],
+          limit: 1,
+          maxRowsPerQuery: 10,
+        },
+        id: OTHER_TEAM_NOTE_ID,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: 'denied',
+      reason: 'Note is outside the federated scope',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('does not return subject notes from missions outside the grant-visible project set', async () => {
+    const service = makeDbService();
+
+    await expect(
+      service.get({
+        filter: {
+          resource: 'notes',
+          subjectUserId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+          includePersonal: true,
+          teamIds: [TEAM_ID],
+          limit: 1,
+          maxRowsPerQuery: 10,
+        },
+        id: SUBJECT_UNAUTHORIZED_NOTE_ID,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: 'denied',
+      reason: 'Note is outside the federated scope',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns a subject note only when subject ownership and authorized mission intersect', async () => {
+    const service = makeDbService();
+
+    await expect(
+      service.get({
+        filter: {
+          resource: 'notes',
+          subjectUserId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+          includePersonal: false,
+          teamIds: [TEAM_ID],
+          limit: 1,
+          maxRowsPerQuery: 10,
+        },
+        id: SUBJECT_TEAM_NOTE_ID,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      status: 'found',
+      item: {
+        id: SUBJECT_TEAM_NOTE_ID,
+        missionId: TEAM_MISSION_ID,
+        content: 'subject note on team mission',
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('does not return subject personal notes when includePersonal is false', async () => {
+    const service = makeDbService();
+
+    await expect(
+      service.get({
+        filter: {
+          resource: 'notes',
+          subjectUserId: SUBJECT_USER_ID,
+          includePersonal: false,
+          teamIds: [TEAM_ID],
+          limit: 1,
+          maxRowsPerQuery: 10,
+        },
+        id: SUBJECT_PERSONAL_NOTE_ID,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: 'denied',
+      reason: 'Note is outside the federated scope',
+    });
+  });
+});

apps/gateway/src/federation/server/verbs/__tests__/get.controller.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+import 'reflect-metadata';
+import { RequestMethod } from '@nestjs/common';
+import type { FastifyRequest } from 'fastify';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { FederationAuthGuard } from '../../federation-auth.guard.js';
+import type {
+  FederationScopeEvaluationResult,
+  FederationScopeQueryFilter,
+} from '../../scope.service.js';
+import { GetController } from '../get.controller.js';
+import type { FederationGetQueryResult } from '../get-query.service.js';
+
+const FEDERATION_CONTEXT = {
+  grantId: 'grant-1',
+  peerId: 'peer-1',
+  subjectUserId: 'user-1',
+  scope: { resources: ['tasks'], max_rows_per_query: 25 },
+};
+
+const TASK_FILTER: FederationScopeQueryFilter = {
+  resource: 'tasks',
+  subjectUserId: 'user-1',
+  includePersonal: true,
+  teamIds: ['team-1'],
+  limit: 1,
+  maxRowsPerQuery: 25,
+};
+
+function makeRequest(): FastifyRequest {
+  return { federationContext: FEDERATION_CONTEXT } as unknown as FastifyRequest;
+}
+
+function allowedScope(
+  filter: FederationScopeQueryFilter = TASK_FILTER,
+): FederationScopeEvaluationResult {
+  return { allowed: true, filter };
+}
+
+function makeController(opts?: {
+  scopeResult?: FederationScopeEvaluationResult;
+  queryResult?: FederationGetQueryResult;
+}) {
+  const scope = {
+    evaluateAccess: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts?.scopeResult ?? allowedScope()),
+  };
+  const query = {
+    evaluateReadAccess: vi.fn(),
+    get: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+      opts?.queryResult ?? {
+        status: 'found',
+        item: {
+          id: 'task-1',
+          title: 'Federated task',
+          createdAt: new Date('2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z'),
+        },
+      },
+    ),
+  };
+
+  return {
+    controller: new GetController(scope as never, query as never),
+    scope,
+    query,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('GetController', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('declares POST /api/federation/v1/get/:resource/:id protected only by FederationAuthGuard', () => {
+    expect(Reflect.getMetadata('path', GetController)).toBe('api/federation/v1/get');
+    expect(Reflect.getMetadata('path', GetController.prototype.get)).toBe(':resource/:id');
+    expect(Reflect.getMetadata('method', GetController.prototype.get)).toBe(RequestMethod.POST);
+    expect(Reflect.getMetadata('__guards__', GetController)).toEqual([FederationAuthGuard]);
+  });
+
+  it('runs AuthGuard context through ScopeService and returns one local-source tagged row', async () => {
+    const { controller, scope, query } = makeController();
+
+    const response = await controller.get('tasks', 'task-1', makeRequest());
+
+    expect(scope.evaluateAccess).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      context: FEDERATION_CONTEXT,
+      resource: 'tasks',
+      requestedLimit: 1,
+      nativeRbac: query,
+    });
+    expect(query.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ filter: TASK_FILTER, id: 'task-1' });
+    expect(response).toEqual({
+      item: {
+        id: 'task-1',
+        title: 'Federated task',
+        createdAt: new Date('2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z'),
+        _source: 'local',
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns a federation error envelope when auth guard context is missing', async () => {
+    const { controller, scope, query } = makeController();
+
+    await expect(
+      controller.get('tasks', 'task-1', {} as unknown as FastifyRequest),
+    ).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      response: {
+        error: {
+          code: 'unauthorized',
+          message: 'Federation context missing',
+        },
+      },
+      status: 401,
+    });
+    expect(scope.evaluateAccess).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(query.get).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('returns a federation error envelope when scope evaluation denies access', async () => {
+    const { controller, query } = makeController({
+      scopeResult: {
+        allowed: false,
+        deny: {
+          code: 'resource_excluded',
+          stage: 'resource_exclusion',
+          statusCode: 403,
+          message: 'Requested federation resource is explicitly excluded by grant scope',
+          grantId: 'grant-1',
+          peerId: 'peer-1',
+          subjectUserId: 'user-1',
+          resource: 'credentials',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    await expect(controller.get('credentials', 'cred-1', makeRequest())).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      response: {
+        error: {
+          code: 'scope_violation',
+          message: 'Requested federation resource is explicitly excluded by grant scope',
+        },
+      },
+      status: 403,
+    });
+    expect(query.get).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('returns 404 when the scoped query layer cannot find the resource id', async () => {
+    const { controller } = makeController({ queryResult: { status: 'not_found' } });
+
+    await expect(controller.get('tasks', 'missing-task', makeRequest())).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      response: { error: { code: 'not_found' } },
+      status: 404,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns 403 when the resource exists outside the RBAC/scope intersection', async () => {
+    const { controller } = makeController({
+      queryResult: { status: 'denied', reason: 'Task is outside the federated scope' },
+    });
+
+    await expect(controller.get('tasks', 'task-2', makeRequest())).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      response: {
+        error: {
+          code: 'scope_violation',
+          message: 'Task is outside the federated scope',
+        },
+      },
+      status: 403,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('fails closed when the query layer denies an unsupported resource', async () => {
+    const unsupportedFilter: FederationScopeQueryFilter = {
+      ...TASK_FILTER,
+      resource: 'unknown-resource' as FederationScopeQueryFilter['resource'],
+    };
+    const { controller } = makeController({
+      scopeResult: allowedScope(unsupportedFilter),
+      queryResult: {
+        status: 'denied',
+        reason: 'Unsupported federation get resource: unknown-resource',
+      },
+    });
+
+    await expect(controller.get('unknown-resource', 'row-1', makeRequest())).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      response: {
+        error: {
+          code: 'scope_violation',
+          message: 'Unsupported federation get resource: unknown-resource',
+        },
+      },
+      status: 403,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects empty ids before evaluating scope', async () => {
+    const { controller, scope, query } = makeController();
+
+    await expect(controller.get('tasks', '   ', makeRequest())).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      response: { error: { code: 'invalid_request' } },
+      status: 400,
+    });
+    expect(scope.evaluateAccess).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(query.get).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

apps/gateway/src/federation/server/verbs/get-query.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+/**
+ * Federation get query layer (FED-M3-06).
+ *
+ * Read-only DB adapter used by GetController after FederationAuthGuard and
+ * FederationScopeService have established the subject user, allowed resource,
+ * native-RBAC intersection, and row cap. Audit writes are intentionally
+ * deferred to M4.
+ */
+
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  and,
+  eq,
+  inArray,
+  insights,
+  or,
+  missionTasks,
+  missions,
+  preferences,
+  projects,
+  tasks,
+  teamMembers,
+  type Db,
+} from '@mosaicstack/db';
+import { DB } from '../../../database/database.module.js';
+import type {
+  FederationNativeRbacEvaluator,
+  FederationNativeRbacRequest,
+  FederationNativeRbacResult,
+  FederationScopeQueryFilter,
+} from '../scope.service.js';
+
+export interface FederationGetQueryRequest {
+  readonly filter: FederationScopeQueryFilter;
+  readonly id: string;
+}
+
+export interface FederationGetQueryFoundResult<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>> {
+  readonly status: 'found';
+  readonly item: T;
+}
+
+export interface FederationGetQueryNotFoundResult {
+  readonly status: 'not_found';
+}
+
+export interface FederationGetQueryDeniedResult {
+  readonly status: 'denied';
+  readonly reason: string;
+}
+
+export type FederationGetQueryResult<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>> =
+  | FederationGetQueryFoundResult<T>
+  | FederationGetQueryNotFoundResult
+  | FederationGetQueryDeniedResult;
+
+type RowObject = Record<string, unknown>;
+
+function firstRow<T>(rows: T[]): T | undefined {
+  return rows[0];
+}
+
+function rowBelongsToAccessibleProjectOrMission(
+  row: { projectId?: string | null; missionId?: string | null },
+  projectIds: readonly string[],
+  missionIds: readonly string[],
+): boolean {
+  return (
+    (typeof row.projectId === 'string' && projectIds.includes(row.projectId)) ||
+    (typeof row.missionId === 'string' && missionIds.includes(row.missionId))
+  );
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class FederationGetQueryService implements FederationNativeRbacEvaluator {
+  constructor(@Inject(DB) private readonly db: Db) {}
+
+  async evaluateReadAccess(
+    request: FederationNativeRbacRequest,
+  ): Promise<FederationNativeRbacResult> {
+    if (request.resource === 'credentials' || request.resource === 'api_keys') {
+      return {
+        allowed: false,
+        reason: `${request.resource} federation get access is not implemented in M3`,
+        details: { resource: request.resource },
+      };
+    }
+
+    if (request.resource === 'memory') {
+      return { allowed: true, access: { includePersonal: true, teamIds: [] } };
+    }
+
+    const teamIds = await this.listSubjectTeamIds(request.subjectUserId);
+    return { allowed: true, access: { includePersonal: true, teamIds } };
+  }
+
+  async get<T extends RowObject = RowObject>(
+    request: FederationGetQueryRequest,
+  ): Promise<FederationGetQueryResult<T>> {
+    return this.getByResource(request.filter, request.id) as Promise<FederationGetQueryResult<T>>;
+  }
+
+  private async getByResource(
+    filter: FederationScopeQueryFilter,
+    id: string,
+  ): Promise<FederationGetQueryResult> {
+    switch (filter.resource) {
+      case 'tasks':
+        return this.getTask(filter, id);
+      case 'notes':
+        return this.getNote(filter, id);
+      case 'memory':
+        return this.getMemory(filter, id);
+      case 'credentials':
+      case 'api_keys':
+        return { status: 'denied', reason: `${filter.resource} federation get is not implemented` };
+      default:
+        return {
+          status: 'denied',
+          reason: `Unsupported federation get resource: ${String(filter.resource)}`,
+        };
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async listSubjectTeamIds(subjectUserId: string): Promise<string[]> {
+    const rows = await this.db
+      .select({ teamId: teamMembers.teamId })
+      .from(teamMembers)
+      .where(eq(teamMembers.userId, subjectUserId));
+
+    return rows.map((row) => row.teamId);
+  }
+
+  private async listAccessibleProjectIds(filter: FederationScopeQueryFilter): Promise<string[]> {
+    const clauses = [];
+    if (filter.includePersonal) {
+      clauses.push(and(eq(projects.ownerType, 'user'), eq(projects.ownerId, filter.subjectUserId)));
+    }
+    if (filter.teamIds.length > 0) {
+      // Project team ownership follows TeamsService.canAccessProject: team-owned
+      // rows are authorized through projects.teamId, while ownerId remains the
+      // user who created/bootstrapped the project.
+      clauses.push(
+        and(eq(projects.ownerType, 'team'), inArray(projects.teamId, [...filter.teamIds])),
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (clauses.length === 0) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const rows = await this.db
+      .select({ id: projects.id })
+      .from(projects)
+      .where(clauses.length === 1 ? clauses[0] : or(...clauses));
+
+    return rows.map((row) => row.id);
+  }
+
+  private async listMissionIds(projectIds: readonly string[]): Promise<string[]> {
+    if (projectIds.length === 0) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const rows = await this.db
+      .select({ id: missions.id })
+      .from(missions)
+      .where(inArray(missions.projectId, [...projectIds]));
+
+    return rows.map((row) => row.id);
+  }
+
+  private async getTask(
+    filter: FederationScopeQueryFilter,
+    id: string,
+  ): Promise<FederationGetQueryResult> {
+    const row = firstRow(
+      await this.db
+        .select({
+          id: tasks.id,
+          title: tasks.title,
+          description: tasks.description,
+          status: tasks.status,
+          priority: tasks.priority,
+          projectId: tasks.projectId,
+          missionId: tasks.missionId,
+          assignee: tasks.assignee,
+          tags: tasks.tags,
+          dueDate: tasks.dueDate,
+          metadata: tasks.metadata,
+          createdAt: tasks.createdAt,
+          updatedAt: tasks.updatedAt,
+        })
+        .from(tasks)
+        .where(eq(tasks.id, id))
+        .limit(1),
+    );
+
+    if (!row) {
+      return { status: 'not_found' };
+    }
+
+    const projectIds = await this.listAccessibleProjectIds(filter);
+    const missionIds = await this.listMissionIds(projectIds);
+    if (!rowBelongsToAccessibleProjectOrMission(row, projectIds, missionIds)) {
+      return { status: 'denied', reason: 'Task is outside the federated scope' };
+    }
+
+    return { status: 'found', item: row as RowObject };
+  }
+
+  private async getNote(
+    filter: FederationScopeQueryFilter,
+    id: string,
+  ): Promise<FederationGetQueryResult> {
+    const row = firstRow(
+      await this.db
+        .select({
+          id: missionTasks.id,
+          missionId: missionTasks.missionId,
+          taskId: missionTasks.taskId,
+          userId: missionTasks.userId,
+          status: missionTasks.status,
+          content: missionTasks.notes,
+          createdAt: missionTasks.createdAt,
+          updatedAt: missionTasks.updatedAt,
+        })
+        .from(missionTasks)
+        .where(eq(missionTasks.id, id))
+        .limit(1),
+    );
+
+    if (!row || row.content === null || row.content === '') {
+      return { status: 'not_found' };
+    }
+
+    const projectIds = await this.listAccessibleProjectIds(filter);
+    const missionIds = await this.listMissionIds(projectIds);
+
+    // mission_tasks rows are user-scoped even when the mission belongs to a team.
+    // Scope-visible missions must intersect with subject ownership; team scope
+    // narrows mission IDs but never widens note reads to another user's rows.
+    if (row.userId !== filter.subjectUserId || !missionIds.includes(row.missionId)) {
+      return { status: 'denied', reason: 'Note is outside the federated scope' };
+    }
+
+    const item = { ...row } as RowObject;
+    delete item['userId'];
+    return { status: 'found', item };
+  }
+
+  private async getMemory(
+    filter: FederationScopeQueryFilter,
+    id: string,
+  ): Promise<FederationGetQueryResult> {
+    const [insightRow, preferenceRow] = await Promise.all([
+      this.db
+        .select({
+          id: insights.id,
+          userId: insights.userId,
+          kind: insights.source,
+          content: insights.content,
+          category: insights.category,
+          relevanceScore: insights.relevanceScore,
+          metadata: insights.metadata,
+          createdAt: insights.createdAt,
+          updatedAt: insights.updatedAt,
+        })
+        .from(insights)
+        .where(eq(insights.id, id))
+        .limit(1)
+        .then(firstRow),
+      this.db
+        .select({
+          id: preferences.id,
+          userId: preferences.userId,
+          kind: preferences.category,
+          key: preferences.key,
+          value: preferences.value,
+          source: preferences.source,
+          mutable: preferences.mutable,
+          createdAt: preferences.createdAt,
+          updatedAt: preferences.updatedAt,
+        })
+        .from(preferences)
+        .where(eq(preferences.id, id))
+        .limit(1)
+        .then(firstRow),
+    ]);
+
+    const candidates = [insightRow, preferenceRow].filter(
+      (row): row is NonNullable<typeof row> => row !== undefined,
+    );
+    if (candidates.length === 0) {
+      return { status: 'not_found' };
+    }
+
+    if (!filter.includePersonal) {
+      return { status: 'denied', reason: 'Memory personal rows are outside the federated scope' };
+    }
+
+    const accessible = candidates.find((row) => row.userId === filter.subjectUserId);
+    if (!accessible) {
+      return { status: 'denied', reason: 'Memory row belongs to another subject user' };
+    }
+
+    const item = { ...accessible } as RowObject;
+    delete item['userId'];
+    return { status: 'found', item };
+  }
+}

apps/gateway/src/federation/server/verbs/get.controller.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/**
+ * Federation get verb (FED-M3-06).
+ *
+ * POST /api/federation/v1/get/:resource/:id
+ *
+ * Pipeline: FederationAuthGuard attaches the active grant context, then
+ * FederationScopeService enforces grant scope + native RBAC intersection, then
+ * the read-only query layer fetches one local row and tags it with `_source`.
+ * Read audit-log writes are deferred to M4; this controller does not persist
+ * request or response bodies.
+ */
+
+import { Controller, HttpException, Inject, Param, Post, Req, UseGuards } from '@nestjs/common';
+import type { FastifyRequest } from 'fastify';
+import {
+  FederationInvalidRequestError,
+  FederationNotFoundError,
+  FederationScopeViolationError,
+  FederationUnauthorizedError,
+  SOURCE_LOCAL,
+  type FederationGetResponse,
+  type SourceTag,
+} from '@mosaicstack/types';
+import { FederationAuthGuard } from '../federation-auth.guard.js';
+import '../federation-context.js';
+import { FederationScopeService } from '../scope.service.js';
+import { FederationGetQueryService } from './get-query.service.js';
+
+type FederatedRow = Record<string, unknown> & SourceTag;
+
+function scopeDenyToHttpException(deny: {
+  readonly statusCode: 400 | 403;
+  readonly message: string;
+}): HttpException {
+  const ErrorClass =
+    deny.statusCode === 400 ? FederationInvalidRequestError : FederationScopeViolationError;
+  return new HttpException(new ErrorClass(deny.message, deny).toEnvelope(), deny.statusCode);
+}
+
+@Controller('api/federation/v1/get')
+@UseGuards(FederationAuthGuard)
+export class GetController {
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(FederationScopeService) private readonly scope: FederationScopeService,
+    @Inject(FederationGetQueryService) private readonly query: FederationGetQueryService,
+  ) {}
+
+  @Post(':resource/:id')
+  async get(
+    @Param('resource') resource: string,
+    @Param('id') id: string,
+    @Req() request: FastifyRequest,
+  ): Promise<FederationGetResponse<FederatedRow>> {
+    if (!request.federationContext) {
+      throw new HttpException(
+        new FederationUnauthorizedError('Federation context missing').toEnvelope(),
+        401,
+      );
+    }
+    if (id.trim().length === 0) {
+      throw new HttpException(
+        new FederationInvalidRequestError('Federation get id must not be empty').toEnvelope(),
+        400,
+      );
+    }
+
+    const scopeResult = await this.scope.evaluateAccess({
+      context: request.federationContext,
+      resource,
+      requestedLimit: 1,
+      nativeRbac: this.query,
+    });
+
+    if (!scopeResult.allowed) {
+      throw scopeDenyToHttpException(scopeResult.deny);
+    }
+
+    const result = await this.query.get({ filter: scopeResult.filter, id });
+    if (result.status === 'not_found') {
+      throw new HttpException(
+        new FederationNotFoundError('Requested federation resource was not found').toEnvelope(),
+        404,
+      );
+    }
+    if (result.status === 'denied') {
+      throw new HttpException(
+        new FederationScopeViolationError(result.reason, {
+          resource,
+          id,
+          grantId: request.federationContext.grantId,
+          peerId: request.federationContext.peerId,
+          subjectUserId: request.federationContext.subjectUserId,
+        }).toEnvelope(),
+        403,
+      );
+    }
+
+    return { item: { ...result.item, _source: SOURCE_LOCAL } };
+  }
+}

apps/gateway/src/gc/gc.module.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { Module, type OnApplicationShutdown, Inject } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Module, type OnApplicationShutdown, Inject, Optional } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { createQueue, type QueueHandle } from '@mosaicstack/queue';
+import type { MosaicConfig } from '@mosaicstack/config';
+import { MOSAIC_CONFIG } from '../config/config.module.js';
 import { SessionGCService } from './session-gc.service.js';
 import { REDIS } from './gc.tokens.js';
 
@@ -9,13 +11,17 @@ const GC_QUEUE_HANDLE = 'GC_QUEUE_HANDLE';
   providers: [
     {
       provide: GC_QUEUE_HANDLE,
-      useFactory: (): QueueHandle => {
+      useFactory: (config: MosaicConfig | null): QueueHandle | null => {
+        // On Local tier there is no Redis — skip the ioredis connection entirely.
+        // The Valkey GC sweep is a no-op on Local (no session keys stored there).
+        if (config?.queue?.type === 'local') return null;
         return createQueue();
       },
+      inject: [MOSAIC_CONFIG],
     },
     {
       provide: REDIS,
-      useFactory: (handle: QueueHandle) => handle.redis,
+      useFactory: (handle: QueueHandle | null) => handle?.redis ?? null,
       inject: [GC_QUEUE_HANDLE],
     },
     SessionGCService,
@@ -23,9 +29,13 @@ const GC_QUEUE_HANDLE = 'GC_QUEUE_HANDLE';
   exports: [SessionGCService],
 })
 export class GCModule implements OnApplicationShutdown {
-  constructor(@Inject(GC_QUEUE_HANDLE) private readonly handle: QueueHandle) {}
+  constructor(
+    @Optional()
+    @Inject(GC_QUEUE_HANDLE)
+    private readonly handle: QueueHandle | null,
+  ) {}
 
   async onApplicationShutdown(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.handle.close().catch(() => {});
+    await this.handle?.close().catch(() => {});
   }
 }

apps/gateway/src/gc/session-gc.service.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Inject, Injectable, Logger, type OnModuleInit } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Inject, Injectable, Logger, Optional, type OnModuleInit } from '@nestjs/common';
 import type { QueueHandle } from '@mosaicstack/queue';
 import type { LogService } from '@mosaicstack/log';
 import { LOG_SERVICE } from '../log/log.tokens.js';
@@ -32,11 +32,21 @@ export class SessionGCService implements OnModuleInit {
   private readonly logger = new Logger(SessionGCService.name);
 
   constructor(
-    @Inject(REDIS) private readonly redis: QueueHandle['redis'],
+    // On Local tier there is no Redis — the GC module provides null for this token.
+    // NOTE: if a future feature stores Redis-backed state on Local tier, this guard
+    // would silently skip GC for those keys. Revisit when that happens.
+    @Optional()
+    @Inject(REDIS)
+    private readonly redis: QueueHandle['redis'] | null,
     @Inject(LOG_SERVICE) private readonly logService: LogService,
   ) {}
 
   onModuleInit(): void {
+    if (!this.redis) {
+      // Local tier: no Valkey — skip cold-start GC entirely (correct no-op).
+      this.logger.log('SessionGCService: Valkey GC skipped on local tier (no Redis configured)');
+      return;
+    }
     // Fire-and-forget: run full GC asynchronously so it does not block the
     // NestJS bootstrap chain.  Cold-start GC typically takes 100–500 ms
     // depending on Valkey key count; deferring it removes that latency from
@@ -60,8 +70,10 @@ export class SessionGCService implements OnModuleInit {
    * Scan Valkey for all keys matching a pattern using SCAN (non-blocking).
    * KEYS is avoided because it blocks the Valkey event loop for the full scan
    * duration, which can cause latency spikes under production key volumes.
+   * Returns empty array when Redis is not available (Local tier).
    */
   private async scanKeys(pattern: string): Promise<string[]> {
+    if (!this.redis) return [];
     const collected: string[] = [];
     let cursor = '0';
     do {
@@ -78,13 +90,15 @@ export class SessionGCService implements OnModuleInit {
   async collect(sessionId: string): Promise<GCResult> {
     const result: GCResult = { sessionId, cleaned: {} };
 
-    // 1. Valkey: delete all session-scoped keys
+    // 1. Valkey: delete all session-scoped keys (skipped on Local tier)
+    if (this.redis) {
       const pattern = `mosaic:session:${sessionId}:*`;
       const valkeyKeys = await this.scanKeys(pattern);
       if (valkeyKeys.length > 0) {
         await this.redis.del(...valkeyKeys);
         result.cleaned.valkeyKeys = valkeyKeys.length;
       }
+    }
 
     // 2. PG: demote hot-tier agent_logs for this session to warm
     const cutoff = new Date(); // demote all hot logs for this session
@@ -106,6 +120,7 @@ export class SessionGCService implements OnModuleInit {
     const cleaned: GCResult[] = [];
 
     // 1. Find all session-scoped Valkey keys (non-blocking SCAN)
+    // Returns empty on Local tier — no Valkey session keys exist there.
     const allSessionKeys = await this.scanKeys('mosaic:session:*');
 
     // Extract unique session IDs from keys
@@ -136,12 +151,16 @@ export class SessionGCService implements OnModuleInit {
    */
   async fullCollect(): Promise<FullGCResult> {
     const start = Date.now();
+    let valkeyKeysCount = 0;
 
+    if (this.redis) {
       // 1. Valkey: delete ALL session-scoped keys (non-blocking SCAN)
       const sessionKeys = await this.scanKeys('mosaic:session:*');
       if (sessionKeys.length > 0) {
         await this.redis.del(...sessionKeys);
       }
+      valkeyKeysCount = sessionKeys.length;
+    }
 
     // 2. NOTE: channel keys are NOT collected on cold start
     //    (discord/telegram plugins may reconnect and resume)
@@ -154,7 +173,7 @@ export class SessionGCService implements OnModuleInit {
     const jobsPurged = 0;
 
     return {
-      valkeyKeys: sessionKeys.length,
+      valkeyKeys: valkeyKeysCount,
       logsDemoted,
       jobsPurged,
       tempFilesRemoved: 0,

apps/gateway/src/log/cron.service.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import type { MosaicJobData } from '../queue/queue.service.js';
 @Injectable()
 export class CronService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   private readonly logger = new Logger(CronService.name);
-  private readonly registeredWorkers: Worker<MosaicJobData>[] = [];
+  private readonly registeredWorkers: Array<Worker<MosaicJobData>> = [];
 
   constructor(
     @Inject(SummarizationService) private readonly summarization: SummarizationService,
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ export class CronService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   ) {}
 
   async onModuleInit(): Promise<void> {
+    // On Local tier BullMQ is disabled — skip all job scheduling.
+    // NOTE: this means summarization, tier management, and Valkey GC jobs do not
+    // run on Local installs. For a single-user local install this is acceptable.
+    // If periodic background work is needed on Local in the future, add a
+    // setInterval-based scheduler here.
+    if (!this.queueService.isEnabled()) {
+      this.logger.log('CronService: BullMQ disabled on local tier — no jobs will be scheduled');
+      return;
+    }
+
     const summarizationSchedule = process.env['SUMMARIZATION_CRON'] ?? '0 */6 * * *'; // every 6 hours
     const tierManagementSchedule = process.env['TIER_MANAGEMENT_CRON'] ?? '0 3 * * *'; // daily at 3am
     const gcSchedule = process.env['SESSION_GC_CRON'] ?? '0 4 * * *'; // daily at 4am
@@ -42,7 +52,7 @@ export class CronService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
     const summarizationWorker = this.queueService.registerWorker(QUEUE_SUMMARIZATION, async () => {
       await this.summarization.runSummarization();
     });
-    this.registeredWorkers.push(summarizationWorker);
+    if (summarizationWorker) this.registeredWorkers.push(summarizationWorker);
 
     // M6-005: Tier management repeatable job
     await this.queueService.addRepeatableJob(
@@ -54,14 +64,14 @@ export class CronService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
     const tierWorker = this.queueService.registerWorker(QUEUE_TIER_MANAGEMENT, async () => {
       await this.summarization.runTierManagement();
     });
-    this.registeredWorkers.push(tierWorker);
+    if (tierWorker) this.registeredWorkers.push(tierWorker);
 
     // M6-004: GC repeatable job
     await this.queueService.addRepeatableJob(QUEUE_GC, 'session-gc', {}, gcSchedule);
     const gcWorker = this.queueService.registerWorker(QUEUE_GC, async () => {
       await this.sessionGC.sweepOrphans();
     });
-    this.registeredWorkers.push(gcWorker);
+    if (gcWorker) this.registeredWorkers.push(gcWorker);
 
     this.logger.log(
       `BullMQ jobs scheduled: summarization="${summarizationSchedule}", tier="${tierManagementSchedule}", gc="${gcSchedule}"`,

apps/gateway/src/preferences/system-override.service.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Inject, Injectable, Logger, Optional, type OnApplicationShutdown } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { createQueue, type QueueHandle } from '@mosaicstack/queue';
+import type { MosaicConfig } from '@mosaicstack/config';
+import { MOSAIC_CONFIG } from '../config/config.module.js';
 
 const SESSION_SYSTEM_KEY = (sessionId: string) => `mosaic:session:${sessionId}:system`;
 const SESSION_SYSTEM_FRAGMENTS_KEY = (sessionId: string) =>
@@ -11,16 +13,54 @@ interface OverrideFragment {
   addedAt: number;
 }
 
-@Injectable()
-export class SystemOverrideService {
-  private readonly logger = new Logger(SystemOverrideService.name);
-  private readonly handle: QueueHandle;
+interface LocalOverrideEntry {
+  condensed: string;
+  fragments: OverrideFragment[];
+}
 
-  constructor() {
+@Injectable()
+export class SystemOverrideService implements OnApplicationShutdown {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(SystemOverrideService.name);
+  private readonly handle: QueueHandle | null;
+  /**
+   * In-memory fallback used on Local tier (no Redis).
+   * NOTE: state is ephemeral — lost on restart. For Local single-user installs
+   * this is acceptable; system overrides are re-applied at the next session.
+   * This is a deliberate behavior change from the Redis-backed 7-day TTL.
+   */
+  private readonly localStore = new Map<string, LocalOverrideEntry>();
+
+  constructor(
+    @Optional()
+    @Inject(MOSAIC_CONFIG)
+    private readonly mosaicConfig: MosaicConfig | null,
+  ) {
+    if (this.mosaicConfig?.queue?.type === 'local') {
+      this.handle = null;
+    } else {
       this.handle = createQueue();
     }
+  }
+
+  async onApplicationShutdown(): Promise<void> {
+    // On non-local tiers the constructor opens an ioredis connection; close it
+    // on graceful shutdown to avoid leaking the handle (local tier is null).
+    await this.handle?.close().catch(() => {});
+  }
 
   async set(sessionId: string, override: string): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.handle) {
+      // Local tier: in-memory path
+      const entry = this.localStore.get(sessionId) ?? { condensed: '', fragments: [] };
+      entry.fragments.push({ text: override, addedAt: Date.now() });
+      entry.condensed = await this.condenseOverrides(entry.fragments.map((f) => f.text));
+      this.localStore.set(sessionId, entry);
+      this.logger.debug(
+        `Set system override for session ${sessionId} (local, ${entry.fragments.length} fragment(s))`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Load existing fragments
     const existing = await this.handle.redis.get(SESSION_SYSTEM_FRAGMENTS_KEY(sessionId));
     const fragments: OverrideFragment[] = existing
@@ -50,10 +90,17 @@ export class SystemOverrideService {
   }
 
   async get(sessionId: string): Promise<string | null> {
+    if (!this.handle) {
+      return this.localStore.get(sessionId)?.condensed ?? null;
+    }
     return this.handle.redis.get(SESSION_SYSTEM_KEY(sessionId));
   }
 
   async renew(sessionId: string): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.handle) {
+      // Local tier: no TTL to renew; entry persists until restart
+      return;
+    }
     const pipeline = this.handle.redis.pipeline();
     pipeline.expire(SESSION_SYSTEM_KEY(sessionId), SYSTEM_OVERRIDE_TTL_SECONDS);
     pipeline.expire(SESSION_SYSTEM_FRAGMENTS_KEY(sessionId), SYSTEM_OVERRIDE_TTL_SECONDS);
@@ -61,6 +108,11 @@ export class SystemOverrideService {
   }
 
   async clear(sessionId: string): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.handle) {
+      this.localStore.delete(sessionId);
+      this.logger.debug(`Cleared system override for session ${sessionId} (local)`);
+      return;
+    }
     await this.handle.redis.del(
       SESSION_SYSTEM_KEY(sessionId),
       SESSION_SYSTEM_FRAGMENTS_KEY(sessionId),

apps/gateway/src/queue/queue.service.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import type { MosaicConfig } from '@mosaicstack/config';
+import { QueueService } from './queue.service.js';
+
+const localConfig = {
+  queue: { type: 'local' },
+} as MosaicConfig;
+
+describe('QueueService local tier', () => {
+  it('disables BullMQ and treats queue operations as local no-ops', async () => {
+    const service = new QueueService(null, localConfig);
+
+    expect(service.isEnabled()).toBe(false);
+    expect(service.getQueue('mosaic-test')).toBeNull();
+    expect(service.registerWorker('mosaic-test', vi.fn())).toBeNull();
+
+    await expect(
+      service.addRepeatableJob('mosaic-test', 'local-noop', {}, '* * * * *'),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    await expect(service.getHealthStatus()).resolves.toEqual({ queues: {}, healthy: true });
+    await expect(service.listJobs()).resolves.toEqual([]);
+    await expect(service.retryJob('mosaic-test__1')).resolves.toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      message: 'BullMQ is disabled on local tier.',
+    });
+    await expect(service.pauseQueue('mosaic-test')).resolves.toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      message: 'BullMQ is disabled on local tier.',
+    });
+    await expect(service.resumeQueue('mosaic-test')).resolves.toEqual({
+      ok: false,
+      message: 'BullMQ is disabled on local tier.',
+    });
+  });
+});

apps/gateway/src/queue/queue.service.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import {
 } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Queue, Worker, type Job, type ConnectionOptions } from 'bullmq';
 import type { LogService } from '@mosaicstack/log';
+import type { MosaicConfig } from '@mosaicstack/config';
 import { LOG_SERVICE } from '../log/log.tokens.js';
+import { MOSAIC_CONFIG } from '../config/config.module.js';
 import type { JobDto, JobStatus } from './queue-admin.dto.js';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -108,22 +110,43 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   private readonly connection: ConnectionOptions;
   private readonly queues = new Map<string, Queue<MosaicJobData>>();
   private readonly workers = new Map<string, Worker<MosaicJobData>>();
+  /** False on Local tier — BullMQ/Redis operations become no-ops. */
+  private readonly enabled: boolean;
 
   constructor(
     @Optional()
     @Inject(LOG_SERVICE)
     private readonly logService: LogService | null,
+    @Optional()
+    @Inject(MOSAIC_CONFIG)
+    private readonly mosaicConfig: MosaicConfig | null,
   ) {
-    this.connection = getConnection();
+    this.enabled = this.mosaicConfig?.queue?.type !== 'local';
+    this.connection = this.enabled
+      ? getConnection()
+      : ({ host: '127.0.0.1', port: 6380 } as ConnectionOptions);
+  }
+
+  /** Returns true when BullMQ/Redis is active (Standalone and Federated tiers). */
+  isEnabled(): boolean {
+    return this.enabled;
   }
 
   onModuleInit(): void {
+    if (this.enabled) {
       this.logger.log('QueueService initialised (BullMQ)');
+    } else {
+      this.logger.log(
+        'QueueService: BullMQ disabled for local tier — no Redis connections will be opened',
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   async onModuleDestroy(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.enabled) {
       await this.closeAll();
     }
+  }
 
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Queue helpers
@@ -131,8 +154,10 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
 
   /**
    * Get or create a BullMQ Queue for the given queue name.
+   * Returns null on Local tier where BullMQ is disabled.
    */
-  getQueue<T extends MosaicJobData = MosaicJobData>(name: string): Queue<T> {
+  getQueue<T extends MosaicJobData = MosaicJobData>(name: string): Queue<T> | null {
+    if (!this.enabled) return null;
     let queue = this.queues.get(name) as Queue<T> | undefined;
     if (!queue) {
       queue = new Queue<T>(name, { connection: this.connection });
@@ -144,6 +169,7 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   /**
    * Add a BullMQ repeatable job (cron-style).
    * Uses `jobId` as a deterministic key so duplicate registrations are idempotent.
+   * No-op on Local tier.
    */
   async addRepeatableJob<T extends MosaicJobData>(
     queueName: string,
@@ -151,7 +177,13 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
     data: T,
     cronExpression: string,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    const queue = this.getQueue<T>(queueName);
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      this.logger.debug(
+        `Skipping repeatable job "${jobName}" on "${queueName}" (local tier — BullMQ disabled)`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    const queue = this.getQueue<T>(queueName)!;
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     await (queue as Queue<any>).add(jobName, data, {
       repeat: { pattern: cronExpression },
@@ -165,8 +197,18 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   /**
    * Register a Worker for the given queue name with error handling and
    * exponential backoff.
+   * Returns null on Local tier where BullMQ is disabled.
    */
-  registerWorker<T extends MosaicJobData>(queueName: string, handler: JobHandler<T>): Worker<T> {
+  registerWorker<T extends MosaicJobData>(
+    queueName: string,
+    handler: JobHandler<T>,
+  ): Worker<T> | null {
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      this.logger.debug(
+        `Skipping worker registration for "${queueName}" (local tier — BullMQ disabled)`,
+      );
+      return null;
+    }
     const worker = new Worker<T>(
       queueName,
       async (job) => {
@@ -223,8 +265,12 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
 
   /**
    * Return queue health statistics for all managed queues.
+   * Returns an empty healthy result on Local tier.
    */
   async getHealthStatus(): Promise<QueueHealthStatus> {
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      return { queues: {}, healthy: true };
+    }
     const queues: QueueHealthStatus['queues'] = {};
     let healthy = true;
 
@@ -255,8 +301,10 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
   /**
    * List jobs across all managed queues, optionally filtered by status.
    * BullMQ jobs are fetched by state type from each queue.
+   * Returns empty array on Local tier.
    */
   async listJobs(status?: JobStatus): Promise<JobDto[]> {
+    if (!this.enabled) return [];
     const jobs: JobDto[] = [];
     const states: JobStatus[] = status
       ? [status]
@@ -283,8 +331,10 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
    * Retry a specific failed job by its BullMQ job ID (format: "queueName:id").
    * The caller passes "<queueName>__<jobId>" as the composite ID because BullMQ
    * job IDs are not globally unique — they are scoped to their queue.
+   * Returns an error on Local tier.
    */
   async retryJob(compositeId: string): Promise<{ ok: boolean; message: string }> {
+    if (!this.enabled) return { ok: false, message: 'BullMQ is disabled on local tier.' };
     const sep = compositeId.lastIndexOf('__');
     if (sep === -1) {
       return { ok: false, message: 'Invalid job id format. Expected "<queue>__<jobId>".' };
@@ -316,6 +366,7 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
    * Pause a queue by name.
    */
   async pauseQueue(name: string): Promise<{ ok: boolean; message: string }> {
+    if (!this.enabled) return { ok: false, message: 'BullMQ is disabled on local tier.' };
     const queue = this.queues.get(name);
     if (!queue) return { ok: false, message: `Queue "${name}" not found.` };
     await queue.pause();
@@ -327,6 +378,7 @@ export class QueueService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
    * Resume a paused queue by name.
    */
   async resumeQueue(name: string): Promise<{ ok: boolean; message: string }> {
+    if (!this.enabled) return { ok: false, message: 'BullMQ is disabled on local tier.' };
     const queue = this.queues.get(name);
     if (!queue) return { ok: false, message: `Queue "${name}" not found.` };
     await queue.resume();

docs/MISSION-MANIFEST.md

@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@ The MVP is complete when ALL declared workstreams are complete AND every cross-c
 ## Workstreams
 
 | #   | 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  |
-| 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 |
+| W2+ | TBD | (additional workstreams declared as scoped) | —                 | —                                                                       | Scope creep is expected and explicitly accommodated |
 
 ### Likely Additional Workstreams (Not Yet Declared)
 

docs/PRD.md

@@ -79,102 +79,6 @@ 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

@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
 ## Workstream Rollup
 
 | 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 |
-| 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/design/prerelease-next-dist-tag-pipeline.md

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# npm `@next` prerelease lane
+
+Status: **IMPLEMENTED**
+
+## Current behavior
+
+`tools/install.sh --next` provides the prerelease integration lane for the permanent `next` branch.
+
+The lane is fast-by-default:
+
+1. Install framework files from the `next` source archive.
+2. Resolve the Gitea npm registry `next` dist-tag for the globally installed packages:
+
+   ```bash
+   npm view @mosaicstack/gateway@next version
+   npm view @mosaicstack/mosaic@next version
+   ```
+
+3. Require both resolved versions to share the same `next.<pipeline>` suffix, then install the exact resolved versions.
+4. If either `@next` package is missing, unreachable, mismatched, or fails to install, fall back to the source-build path at `next`.
+
+`--next` never hard-fails solely because the prerelease npm dist-tag is unavailable.
+
+## Published packages
+
+The `next` publish pipeline publishes non-private `@mosaicstack/*` packages to the Mosaic Gitea npm registry:
+
+```text
+https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/
+```
+
+Observed `next` dist-tags after enabling the pipeline:
+
+```text
+@mosaicstack/mosaic@next  -> 0.0.49-next.1633
+@mosaicstack/gateway@next -> 0.0.7-next.1633
+```
+
+The gateway also publishes a Docker image as `gateway:sha-<short>` on `next` merges. The installer fast path uses the npm gateway package when available; the Docker image is for deployed gateway/runtime harness flows.
+
+## Explicit source lanes
+
+Source builds remain available and are still the authority for explicit ref validation:
+
+- `--dev` always builds from source.
+- `--ref <ref>` / `MOSAIC_REF=<ref>` wins over `--next` and uses the source path for that exact ref.
+
+## Pipeline shape
+
+1. Trigger on `next` merges.
+2. Compute the next prerelease version from the upcoming stable version plus the Woodpecker pipeline number (`<target-stable>-next.<CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER>`).
+3. Build and publish non-private packages in CI.
+4. Publish to the Mosaic Gitea npm registry with dist-tag `next`.
+5. Keep `latest` untouched; only main/release promotion can update `latest`.
+6. Publish gateway Docker images from `next` as `gateway:sha-<short>` only.
+
+## Guardrails
+
+- `@next` is mutable prerelease convenience, not a deployment pin.
+- Stable installs continue to use `@latest`.
+- Contributor validation remains available through `--dev --ref <branch>`.
+- Pipeline output traces every prerelease package back to the source commit on `next`.
+- The installer falls back to source rather than hard-failing on prerelease registry issues.

docs/guides/dev-guide.md

@@ -211,6 +211,17 @@ pnpm format:check && pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint
 
 A pre-push hook enforces this mechanically.
 
+### CI Publish Channels
+
+Woodpecker `.woodpecker/publish.yml` keeps stable and integration-line artifacts separate:
+
+| Source                            | npm packages                                                                                                  | Gateway image                                                                            |
+| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `main` push/manual or release tag | committed package versions published to Gitea npm without changing the dist-tag workflow                      | `gateway:sha-<short>` plus `gateway:latest` on `main`, and the release tag on tag events |
+| `next` push/manual                | CI-computed prereleases, `<target-stable>-next.<CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER>`, published with `npm publish --tag next` | `gateway:sha-<short>` only                                                               |
+
+`next` never publishes npm `latest` or Docker `latest`. The next npm publish step verifies that `@mosaicstack/mosaic@next` resolves to the computed prerelease before the pipeline can pass.
+
 ---
 
 ## Adding New Agent Tools

docs/guides/user-guide.md

@@ -175,8 +175,18 @@ Or use the direct URL:
 bash <(curl -fsSL https://git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack/raw/branch/main/tools/install.sh)
 ```
 
-The installer places the `mosaic` binary at `~/.npm-global/bin/mosaic`. Flags for
-non-interactive use:
+The installer places the `mosaic` binary at `~/.npm-global/bin/mosaic`.
+
+Install lanes:
+
+| Lane                     | Command                               | Source                                                                                       |
+| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Stable                   | `bash tools/install.sh`               | npm `@mosaicstack/mosaic@latest` + `main`                                                    |
+| Prerelease integration   | `bash tools/install.sh --next`        | Fast npm `@mosaicstack/mosaic@next` + `@mosaicstack/gateway@next`; source fallback at `next` |
+| Contributor/source build | `bash tools/install.sh --dev --ref X` | Build-from-source at the requested ref                                                       |
+
+`--next` is fast-by-default from the Gitea npm `next` dist-tag and falls back to a source build at the permanent `next` branch if the dist-tag is missing or unreachable. Explicit `--ref` or `MOSAIC_REF` still wins and uses the source path.
+Flags for non-interactive use:
 
 ```bash
 --yes               # Accept all defaults

docs/scratchpads/462-fed-m3-06-get-verb.md

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Scratchpad — FED-M3-06 get verb
+
+## Objective
+
+Implement `POST /api/federation/v1/get/:resource/:id` for M3 inbound federation reads.
+
+## Scope
+
+- `apps/gateway/src/federation/server/verbs/get.controller.ts`
+- `apps/gateway/src/federation/server/verbs/get-query.service.ts`
+- Unit coverage for controller pipeline + query service RBAC guardrails
+- Register controller/service in `FederationModule`
+
+## Plan
+
+1. Mirror the list verb pipeline: `FederationAuthGuard` → `FederationScopeService` → read-only query service.
+2. Return one `_source: "local"` tagged item on success.
+3. Return federation error envelopes:
+   - `404 not_found` when the resource id does not exist.
+   - `403 scope_violation` when the row exists but falls outside native RBAC/scope intersection.
+   - `400 invalid_request` for malformed ids/scope requests.
+4. Keep read audit persistence deferred to M4; no body or response persistence in M3.
+
+## Verification Evidence
+
+- Rebased onto `origin/main` at `86e106fcc9a1dfa3a18f7846bb477be128794aad` after M3-05 merged; resolved `FederationModule` by registering both list and get verb controllers/services.
+- Review-change coverage added for comment 15971:
+  - get note access now requires subject ownership AND authorized mission intersection.
+  - missing federation context returns structured `401 unauthorized` envelope.
+  - unsupported get resources fail closed with structured denial.
+  - PGlite regressions cover cross-user note exclusion and subject-note unauthorized-mission exclusion.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway test -- src/federation/server/verbs/__tests__/get.controller.spec.ts src/federation/server/verbs/__tests__/get-query.service.spec.ts` — pass (2 files / 17 tests; re-run after review changes).
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway build` — pass (re-run after review changes).
+- `pnpm build` — pass (23 successful tasks before review changes).
+- `pnpm typecheck` — pass (41 successful tasks; re-run after review changes).
+- `pnpm lint` — pass (23 successful tasks; re-run after review changes).
+- `pnpm format:check` — pass (re-run after review changes).
+- `~/.config/mosaic/tools/codex/codex-code-review.sh --uncommitted` — approve, 0 findings after review changes.

docs/scratchpads/561-python-is-python3.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Issue #561 — Bare python on agent hosts
-
-## Objective
-
-Make the durable bootstrap/provisioning guidance ensure agent hosts provide a bare `python` command that resolves to Python 3.
-
-## Scope
-
-- Add Debian/Ubuntu `python-is-python3` to agent-host prerequisites in bootstrap docs.
-- Check for actual OS package provisioning scripts and update only if an existing agent-host package install path exists.
-- Do not touch live host state.
-- Do not update `docs/TASKS.md`; repo guidance says workers read it but never modify it.
-
-## Recon
-
-- Issue #561 confirms repeated `python: command not found` failures from fleet agents that emit `python foo.py`.
-- `guides/BOOTSTRAP.md` and `packages/mosaic/framework/guides/BOOTSTRAP.md` are the source and packaged framework copies of the bootstrap guide.
-- Targeted repo sweep found no agent-host Debian package provisioning script. Existing `apt-get install` hits are CI/test helper paths or unrelated deployment docs.
-
-## Plan
-
-1. Add a host prerequisite section to both bootstrap guide copies.
-2. Include `python-is-python3` in the Debian/Ubuntu package list with an issue comment.
-3. Note the non-Debian equivalent as a `/usr/bin/python -> python3` symlink.
-4. Validate markdown/diff, run shell syntax checks where applicable, run required review, commit, queue guard, and push.
-
-## Validation Log
-
-- `rg` recon: no existing agent-host Debian package provisioning script; only CI/test helper `apt-get install` paths and unrelated deployment docs.
-- `git diff --check`: passed.
-- `bash -n packages/mosaic/framework/install.sh tools/install.sh packages/mosaic/framework/tools/bootstrap/init-project.sh packages/mosaic/framework/tools/_scripts/mosaic-bootstrap-repo`: passed. No touched shell scripts.
-- `~/.config/mosaic/tools/codex/codex-code-review.sh --uncommitted`: approved, 0 findings.
-- `pnpm format:check`: initially blocked because `node_modules` was absent and `prettier` was unavailable; `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile` initially hit an invalid `/root` pnpm store path. Reran install with `--store-dir /home/hermes/agent-work/.pnpm-store`, then `pnpm format:check` passed.

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

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# #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/B1-next-durable-publish-design.md

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# B1 / @next Durable Publish Pipeline — Design
+
+## Objective
+
+Make `next` a durable integration line that publishes the artifacts required by downstream federation boot tests without manual builds.
+
+Every merge to `next` publishes:
+
+1. **npm prerelease packages** to the Gitea npm registry with dist-tag `next`.
+2. **Gateway container image** tagged only as `gateway:sha-<short>`.
+
+The existing stable release behavior remains isolated to `main` / tags.
+
+## Registry verification
+
+Target registry: `https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/`.
+
+Pre-implementation checks:
+
+- `npm view @mosaicstack/mosaic dist-tags --registry https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/ --json` returned a dist-tags object (`latest: 0.0.48`).
+- `npm view @mosaicstack/mosaic@latest version --registry https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/` resolved `0.0.48`.
+- `@next` currently returns 404 because no `next` dist-tag exists yet; this is expected before the first next prerelease publish.
+
+Pipeline design includes a post-publish verification that `npm view @mosaicstack/mosaic@next version` resolves to the exact CI-computed prerelease version. If Gitea fails to honor the `next` dist-tag, the pipeline fails closed.
+
+## Version scheme
+
+The prerelease version is computed at publish time only; no `package.json` version changes are committed.
+
+For each non-private `@mosaicstack/*` package:
+
+```text
+<target-stable>-next.<CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER>
+```
+
+Where:
+
+- `CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER` is Woodpecker's monotonic pipeline number.
+- `target-stable` is the package's current committed stable version with the patch component incremented.
+  - Example: `@mosaicstack/mosaic` `0.0.48` publishes as `0.0.49-next.1626`.
+  - Example: `@mosaicstack/gateway` `0.0.6` publishes as `0.0.7-next.1626`.
+
+Rationale:
+
+- npm semver sorts `0.0.49-next.1627` above `0.0.49-next.1626`.
+- The prerelease does not overtake the future stable `0.0.49`.
+- The monotonic pipeline number avoids conflicts across repeated `next` merges.
+
+## Branch and tag guardrails
+
+| Pipeline path         | Branch/event                   | Publishes                                               | Forbidden              |
+| --------------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
+| stable npm publish    | `main` push/manual or tag      | package versions already committed in package manifests | `@next` dist-tag       |
+| next npm publish      | `next` push/manual only        | CI-computed prereleases with `--tag next`               | `latest` dist-tag      |
+| gateway image         | `main` push/manual or tag      | `sha-<short>` + `latest` on main + tag on tag events    | next prerelease npm    |
+| gateway image         | `next` push/manual only        | `sha-<short>` only                                      | `latest`               |
+| appservice/web images | `main` push/manual or tag only | existing stable image behavior                          | next image publication |
+
+The pipeline has explicit branch checks inside the publish commands as a second fail-closed layer beyond Woodpecker `when` clauses.
+
+## Implementation plan
+
+1. Widen `.woodpecker/publish.yml` top-level `when` to include `next` so the publish pipeline runs on next merges.
+2. Keep existing `publish-npm` on `main` / tags only.
+3. Add `publish-next-npm` for `next` push/manual only:
+   - configure Gitea npm auth from existing `gitea_token` secret as `NPM_TOKEN`;
+   - preflight registry dist-tag metadata;
+   - compute prerelease versions in CI by temporarily editing package manifests in the workspace;
+   - run `pnpm publish ... --tag next` against non-private `@mosaicstack/*` packages;
+   - verify `@mosaicstack/mosaic@next` resolves to the computed version.
+4. Split image `when` anchors:
+   - `image_build_when` includes `next` and is used by `build-gateway`;
+   - `main_image_build_when` keeps appservice/web on main/tags only.
+5. Keep gateway next image destinations to `sha-<short>` only; no `latest` on next.
+
+## Risk controls
+
+- Auth/registry failures are fatal.
+- No manual image build/push path is introduced.
+- No production `latest` tags are touched from `next`.
+- No `@latest` npm dist-tags are touched from `next`.
+- All changes live in CI config and docs; no runtime source behavior changes.

docs/scratchpads/B2-skills-sync-path.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# B2 — Fresh-install skills sync path
+
+## Problem
+
+Greenfield wizard on `next` reported:
+
+```text
+Skills sync script not found at ~/.config/mosaic/bin/mosaic-sync-skills
+Skills: install failed
+```
+
+## Diagnosis
+
+The framework install migration removed the legacy `~/.config/mosaic/bin/` directory and now installs framework helper scripts under:
+
+```text
+~/.config/mosaic/tools/_scripts/
+```
+
+`packages/mosaic/src/stages/finalize.ts` still resolved wizard helper scripts from `mosaicHome/bin`, so wizard-selected skills failed even though `mosaic-sync-skills` was present in the current framework layout.
+
+## Fix
+
+- Resolve framework helper scripts through `tools/_scripts/<name>` first.
+- Keep a legacy `bin/<name>` fallback for pre-migration installs.
+- Point missing-script warnings at the current `tools/_scripts` layout.
+- Update the finalize skills test fixture to model the fresh framework layout.
+- Update framework README examples from legacy `bin/` helper paths to `tools/_scripts/`.
+
+## Verification
+
+- Unit: `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/mosaic test -- finalize-skills`
+- Gates: `pnpm typecheck`, `pnpm lint`, `pnpm format:check`, `pnpm build`
+- Fresh path: ran `packages/mosaic/framework/install.sh` with a temp `MOSAIC_HOME` and `MOSAIC_SYNC_ONLY=1`; verified `tools/_scripts/mosaic-sync-skills` exists, legacy `bin/mosaic-sync-skills` does not, and the script installs a selected fake `lint` skill into Mosaic + Pi runtime skill directories.

docs/scratchpads/B3-wizard-gateway-health-order.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# B3 — Wizard completion ordering
+
+## Problem
+
+The wizard printed the success summary / `Mosaic is ready.` during `finalizeStage`, before the gateway configuration stage had completed its daemon health check. If the gateway health gate later failed, the user could see a success claim followed by a gateway failure.
+
+## Diagnosis
+
+`finalizeStage` handled both mutation work and terminal success messaging. Wizard paths then ran `gatewayConfigStage` and `gatewayBootstrapStage` afterward:
+
+1. finalize writes config, links runtime assets, syncs skills, runs doctor;
+2. finalize prints `Installation Summary` + `Mosaic is ready.`;
+3. gateway config starts/waits for daemon health;
+4. gateway bootstrap runs.
+
+The summary needed to be deferred until after the gateway readiness gates.
+
+## Fix
+
+- `finalizeStage` now returns a `showSummary()` callback and supports `deferSummary`.
+- Wizard/quick-start paths call finalize with `deferSummary: true`.
+- `showSummary()` is called only after gateway config reports ready and bootstrap completes, or immediately when the caller explicitly skips gateway setup.
+- If gateway health/config reports not ready, the wizard returns/aborts without printing the success summary.
+- Folded in adjacent runtime install hint fix for Pi: `curl -fsSL https://pi.dev/install.sh | sh`.
+
+## Verification
+
+- Added unified-wizard coverage for summary-after-health and no-summary-on-health-failure.
+- Targeted: `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/mosaic test -- unified-wizard finalize-skills`
+- `pnpm format:check`
+- `pnpm typecheck`
+- `pnpm lint`
+- `pnpm build`
+- `pnpm test`
+- Codex code review: approve.
+- Codex security review: one low finding on the requested Pi `curl | sh` install hint; no security finding in the wizard completion-ordering change.

docs/scratchpads/B4-wizard-step-dedup.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# B4 — Wizard step deduplication
+
+## Problem
+
+Greenfield wizard testing showed completed wizard steps could be executed again after the menu marked them `[done]`. In practice this made the Providers/API-key flow and Skills flow appear twice in one wizard run.
+
+There was a second related API-key duplication path: when the Providers step was completed with no key, `gatewayConfigStage` still prompted for `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` during Finish because it only skipped the gateway API-key prompt when `providerKey` was non-empty.
+
+## Diagnosis
+
+- `runMenuLoop` labeled completed sections with `[done]`, but still dispatched the selected step again if the user selected that row.
+- Quick Start ran Providers and Skills but did not mark those sections complete in `completedSections`.
+- `runFinishPath`/`quickStartPath` defaulted `providerType` to `none` for gateway config, which made it impossible for `gatewayConfigStage` to distinguish:
+  - provider step completed and user intentionally skipped the key, vs.
+  - provider step was never run.
+
+## Fix
+
+- Added a shared menu section key helper and a completed-step guard in `runMenuLoop`.
+- Completed menu steps now log a skip message instead of re-running their stage.
+- Quick Start marks Providers and Skills complete after running them.
+- Finish/Quick Start now pass `state.providerType` as-is to gateway config instead of defaulting to `none`.
+- `gatewayConfigStage` treats `providerType: 'none'` as an explicit completed provider setup with no key and skips the second gateway API-key prompt.
+
+## Verification
+
+- Added unified wizard regression coverage asserting repeated Providers/Skills menu selections only execute each stage once.
+- Added gateway config coverage asserting `providerType: 'none'` does not prompt for a gateway API key and writes no API key env var.
+- Targeted: `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/mosaic test -- unified-wizard gateway-config`
+- `pnpm format:check`
+- `pnpm typecheck`
+- `pnpm lint`
+- `pnpm build`
+- `pnpm test`
+- Codex code review: approve.
+- Codex security review: no findings.

docs/scratchpads/FED-M3-10-integration-tests.md

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+# FED-M3-10 — Federation M3 Integration Tests
+
+## Objective
+
+Add single-gateway gateway integration tests for M3 acceptance #6 and #7.
+
+## Branch / base
+
+- Branch: `feat/federation-m3-integration`
+- Base: `origin/next` (`838701bd` after M3-06/#683 merge)
+- PR base when unblocked: `next`
+
+## Scope
+
+- Real PostgreSQL via `@mosaicstack/db`.
+- Mocked TLS context / Fastify request shim for `FederationAuthGuard`.
+- Direct controller calls using the real M3 route contract: `POST /api/federation/v1/list/:resource` with body `{ limit?, cursor? }`.
+- Gated by `FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1`.
+- No federation harness dependency.
+
+## Fixture notes
+
+Aligned with the B2 seed design vocabulary:
+
+- `tasks` visibility uses personal `projects` + `missions` chain.
+- `notes` are `mission_tasks.notes`; the integration suite asserts subject-only note visibility on an authorized mission.
+- Seed includes a second user and unauthorized team/project tasks to prove exclusion from the max-row-cap list result.
+- Grants/peers are direct DB fixtures; cert auth still runs through `FederationAuthGuard` using real X.509 certs generated by existing test helpers.
+
+## Current implementation
+
+Added `apps/gateway/src/__tests__/integration/federation-m3-list.integration.test.ts` covering:
+
+1. M3 #6 — cert missing Mosaic OIDs returns 401 federation `unauthorized` envelope.
+2. M3 #6 — valid cert whose grant row is `revoked` returns 403 federation `forbidden` envelope.
+3. M3 #7 — active grant with `max_rows_per_query: 2` caps `list tasks`, returns `_truncated` + `nextCursor`, source-tags rows, and excludes other-user / unauthorized-team tasks.
+4. Cross-user notes invariant — subject can list their own `mission_tasks.notes` row while another user's note on the same authorized mission is excluded.
+5. Unsupported-resource invariant — `list widgets` fails closed with a federation `scope_violation` envelope.
+
+## Verification
+
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/types build` — PASS.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/db build` — PASS.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/storage build` — PASS.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/brain build` — PASS.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/queue build` — PASS.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/config build` — PASS.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/auth build` — PASS.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway test -- src/__tests__/integration/federation-m3-list.integration.test.ts` — PASS skipped when `FEDERATED_INTEGRATION` unset (5 skipped).
+- `FEDERATED_INTEGRATION=1 pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway test -- src/__tests__/integration/federation-m3-list.integration.test.ts` — PASS (5 tests) after local `docker compose up -d postgres` + `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/db db:push`.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway typecheck` — PASS.
+- `pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/gateway lint` — PASS.
+- `pnpm format:check` — PASS.
+- `~/.config/mosaic/tools/codex/codex-code-review.sh --uncommitted` — PASS; approve, no findings.
+- `~/.config/mosaic/tools/codex/codex-security-review.sh --uncommitted` — PASS; risk level none, no findings.
+
+## Push / PR
+
+- #683 landed in `next`; branch rebased onto `origin/next` before push.
+- CI is serialized; run queue guard before push.

docs/scratchpads/installer-next-fast-npm-20260625.md

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+# Installer `--next` fast npm lane — 2026-06-25
+
+## Scope
+
+Flip `tools/install.sh --next` from source-build-first to fast npm `@next` first, with source fallback.
+
+## Registry reality check
+
+Gitea npm registry: `https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/`
+
+Verified before implementation:
+
+- `@mosaicstack/mosaic@next` resolves to `0.0.49-next.1633`.
+- `@mosaicstack/gateway@next` resolves to `0.0.7-next.1633`.
+- `@mosaicstack/gateway` dist-tags include `latest: 0.0.6` and `next: 0.0.7-next.1633`.
+- `apps/gateway/package.json` is non-private and has Gitea npm `publishConfig`.
+
+Conclusion: the installer can fast-install both CLI and gateway npm packages for `--next`. The gateway Docker `gateway:sha-<short>` remains the deployment/harness artifact; the npm gateway package is valid for the installer global package path.
+
+## Behavior
+
+- `--next` with no explicit ref:
+  1. framework archive from `next`;
+  2. resolve `@mosaicstack/gateway@next` and `@mosaicstack/mosaic@next`;
+  3. require both resolved versions to share the same `next.<pipeline>` suffix;
+  4. install the exact resolved package versions;
+  5. set `MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL=1` so wizard does not overwrite the prerelease gateway;
+  6. if either package is missing/unreachable/mismatched/fails, fall back to existing source build at `next`.
+- `--dev` remains pure source build.
+- explicit `--ref` / `MOSAIC_REF` still wins over `--next` and uses the source path for that exact ref.
+
+## Install detail
+
+The installer writes the scoped npmrc mapping (`@mosaicstack:registry=...`) and then runs npm install without overriding npm's default registry. Passing `--registry=<gitea>` to `npm install` forces public transitive dependencies (for example `@anthropic-ai/sdk`) to resolve from Gitea and breaks the fast path; the scoped npmrc mapping is the correct split-registry behavior.
+
+## Verification notes
+
+- Added `tools/install-next-lane.test.sh` with a fake npm/source harness for exact-version fast install, registry failure source fallback, explicit-ref precedence, and mismatched suffix warning.
+- Wired the installer harness into `pnpm test` via `pnpm run test:installer`.
+- Real temp-prefix fast install succeeded with `@mosaicstack/gateway@0.0.7-next.1633` and `@mosaicstack/mosaic@0.0.49-next.1633`.

docs/scratchpads/installer-next-lane-20260624.md

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+# Scratchpad — installer `--next` lane
+
+## Objective
+
+Add a prerelease installer lane for the permanent `next` integration branch.
+
+## Scope
+
+- `tools/install.sh`
+- README/install documentation
+- Follow-up design note for future npm `@next` prerelease publishing
+
+## Plan
+
+1. Add `--next` and `MOSAIC_NEXT=1` as source-build shorthand for `next`.
+2. Preserve explicit ref precedence: `MOSAIC_REF` and `--ref` win over `--next`.
+3. Update installer source display/help text.
+4. Document three lanes:
+   - stable npm `@latest`
+   - prerelease `--next`
+   - contributor `--dev --ref X`
+5. Run shell and repo gates locally, then hold before push/PR until runner serialization greenlight.
+
+## Verification
+
+- `bash -n tools/install.sh` — pass.
+- `docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/mnt" -w /mnt koalaman/shellcheck:stable tools/install.sh` — pass.
+- `bash tools/install.sh --check --framework --next` — source display shows `ref: next, --next prerelease lane`.
+- `bash tools/install.sh --check --cli --next --ref feature-x` — source display shows explicit ref wins.
+- `MOSAIC_NEXT=1 MOSAIC_REF=feature-env bash tools/install.sh --check --cli` — source display shows explicit env ref wins.
+- `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline --store-dir /home/jarvis/.local/share/pnpm/store` — pass (local override for repo `.npmrc` CI store path).
+- `pnpm typecheck` — pass (41 successful tasks).
+- `pnpm lint` — pass (23 successful tasks).
+- `pnpm format:check` — pass.
+- `bash tools/e2e-install-test.sh` — attempted; current baseline fails during gateway health after stable registry install because Valkey is unavailable in the clean container. The `tools/install.sh --yes --no-auto-launch` stage itself completed before the downstream gateway verification failure.

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/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

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# 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

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# 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.

guides/BOOTSTRAP.md

@@ -15,22 +15,6 @@ This guide covers how to bootstrap a project so AI agents (Claude, Codex, etc.)
 7. Branching/merging is consistent: `branch -> main` via PR with squash-only merges
 8. Steered-autonomy execution is enabled so agents can run end-to-end with escalation-only human intervention
 
-## Agent Host Prerequisites
-
-Agent hosts must provide the Python runtime shape that runtime agents and
-Mosaic automation assume is present.
-
-For Debian/Ubuntu hosts:
-
-```bash
-sudo apt-get update
-# #561: bare python invocations from agents must resolve.
-sudo apt-get install -y python3 python-is-python3
-```
-
-For non-Debian hosts, install the equivalent Python 3 runtime and ensure
-`/usr/bin/python` resolves to `python3` (for example, via a managed symlink).
-
 ## Quick Start
 
 ```bash

package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "dev": "turbo run dev",
     "lint": "turbo run lint",
     "typecheck": "turbo run typecheck",
-    "test": "turbo run test",
+    "test": "turbo run test && pnpm run test:installer",
+    "test:installer": "bash tools/install-next-lane.test.sh",
     "format": "prettier --write \"**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,json,md}\"",
     "format:check": "prettier --check \"**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,json,md}\"",
     "prepare": "husky"

packages/log/src/index.ts

@@ -10,8 +10,3 @@ export {
   type LogQuery,
 } from './agent-logs.js';
 export { registerLogCommand } from './cli.js';
-export {
-  redactSensitiveContent,
-  type RedactionResult,
-  type SensitiveClassification,
-} from './redaction.js';

packages/log/src/redaction.spec.ts

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { redactSensitiveContent } from './redaction.js';
-
-describe('redactSensitiveContent', (): void => {
-  it('redacts seeded secret and PII canaries before persistence or egress', (): void => {
-    const result = redactSensitiveContent(
-      'email canary@example.test token=sk_CANARY12345678 phone +1 555 555 1212',
-    );
-    expect(result.content).not.toContain('canary@example.test');
-    expect(result.content).not.toContain('sk_CANARY12345678');
-    expect(result.content).not.toContain('+1 555 555 1212');
-    expect(result.classifications).toEqual(['secret', 'pii']);
-  });
-});

packages/log/src/redaction.ts

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-export type SensitiveClassification = 'secret' | 'pii';
-
-export interface RedactionResult {
-  content: string;
-  classifications: SensitiveClassification[];
-}
-
-const SECRET_PATTERNS: RegExp[] = [
-  /\b(?:sk|ghp|gitea)_[A-Za-z0-9_-]{8,}\b/g,
-  /\b(?:api[_-]?key|token|password|secret)\s*[:=]\s*[^\s,;]+/gi,
-];
-const PII_PATTERNS: RegExp[] = [
-  /\b[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,}\b/gi,
-  /\b\+?\d[\d(). -]{7,}\d\b/g,
-];
-
-export function redactSensitiveContent(content: string): RedactionResult {
-  let redacted = content;
-  const classifications: SensitiveClassification[] = [];
-  for (const pattern of SECRET_PATTERNS) {
-    if (pattern.test(redacted)) {
-      classifications.push('secret');
-      redacted = redacted.replace(pattern, '[REDACTED_SECRET]');
-    }
-    pattern.lastIndex = 0;
-  }
-  for (const pattern of PII_PATTERNS) {
-    if (pattern.test(redacted)) {
-      classifications.push('pii');
-      redacted = redacted.replace(pattern, '[REDACTED_PII]');
-    }
-    pattern.lastIndex = 0;
-  }
-  return { content: redacted, classifications: [...new Set(classifications)] };
-}

packages/mosaic/__tests__/integration/unified-wizard.test.ts

@@ -11,9 +11,37 @@ import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { HeadlessPrompter } from '../../src/prompter/headless-prompter.js';
 import { createConfigService } from '../../src/config/config-service.js';
+import type { SelectOption } from '../../src/prompter/interface.js';
+import type { MenuSection, WizardState } from '../../src/types.js';
 
 const gatewayConfigMock = vi.fn();
 const gatewayBootstrapMock = vi.fn();
+const providerSetupMock = vi.fn();
+const skillsSelectMock = vi.fn();
+
+class SequencedMenuPrompter extends HeadlessPrompter {
+  constructor(
+    answers: Record<string, string | boolean | string[]>,
+    private readonly menuChoices: string[],
+  ) {
+    super(answers);
+  }
+
+  override async select<T>(opts: {
+    message: string;
+    options: SelectOption<T>[];
+    initialValue?: T;
+  }): Promise<T> {
+    if (opts.message === 'What would you like to configure?') {
+      const next = this.menuChoices.shift();
+      if (!next) throw new Error('No queued menu choice left');
+      const match = opts.options.find((o) => String(o.value) === next);
+      if (!match) throw new Error(`Queued menu choice not available: ${next}`);
+      return match.value;
+    }
+    return super.select(opts);
+  }
+}
 
 vi.mock('../../src/stages/gateway-config.js', () => ({
   gatewayConfigStage: (...args: unknown[]) => gatewayConfigMock(...args),
@@ -23,6 +51,14 @@ vi.mock('../../src/stages/gateway-bootstrap.js', () => ({
   gatewayBootstrapStage: (...args: unknown[]) => gatewayBootstrapMock(...args),
 }));
 
+vi.mock('../../src/stages/provider-setup.js', () => ({
+  providerSetupStage: (...args: unknown[]) => providerSetupMock(...args),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../src/stages/skills-select.js', () => ({
+  skillsSelectStage: (...args: unknown[]) => skillsSelectMock(...args),
+}));
+
 // Import AFTER the mocks so runWizard picks up the mocked stage modules.
 import { runWizard } from '../../src/wizard.js';
 
@@ -44,6 +80,16 @@ describe('Unified wizard (runWizard with default skipGateway)', () => {
     }
     gatewayConfigMock.mockReset();
     gatewayBootstrapMock.mockReset();
+    providerSetupMock.mockReset();
+    skillsSelectMock.mockReset();
+    providerSetupMock.mockImplementation(async (_p: HeadlessPrompter, state: WizardState) => {
+      state.providerType = 'none';
+      state.completedSections?.add('providers' satisfies MenuSection);
+    });
+    skillsSelectMock.mockImplementation(async (_p: HeadlessPrompter, state: WizardState) => {
+      state.selectedSkills = [];
+      state.completedSections?.add('skills' satisfies MenuSection);
+    });
     // Pretend we're on an interactive TTY so the wizard's headless-abort
     // branch does not call `process.exit(1)` during these tests.
     Object.defineProperty(process.stdin, 'isTTY', { value: true, configurable: true });
@@ -98,8 +144,12 @@ describe('Unified wizard (runWizard with default skipGateway)', () => {
     expect(bootstrapCall[2]).toMatchObject({ host: 'localhost', port: 14242 });
   });
 
-  it('does not invoke bootstrap when config stage reports not ready', async () => {
-    gatewayConfigMock.mockResolvedValue({ ready: false });
+  it('prints the success summary only after gateway health succeeds', async () => {
+    gatewayConfigMock.mockImplementation(async (p: HeadlessPrompter) => {
+      p.log('Gateway is healthy.');
+      return { ready: true, host: 'localhost', port: 14242 };
+    });
+    gatewayBootstrapMock.mockResolvedValue({ completed: true });
 
     const prompter = new HeadlessPrompter({
       'Installation mode': 'quick',
@@ -118,6 +168,43 @@ describe('Unified wizard (runWizard with default skipGateway)', () => {
       skipGatewayNpmInstall: true,
     });
 
+    const logs = prompter.getLogs();
+    const healthIndex = logs.findIndex((line) => line.includes('Gateway is healthy.'));
+    const summaryIndex = logs.findIndex((line) => line.includes('Installation Summary'));
+    const readyIndex = logs.findIndex((line) => line.includes('Mosaic is ready.'));
+
+    expect(healthIndex).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    expect(summaryIndex).toBeGreaterThan(healthIndex);
+    expect(readyIndex).toBeGreaterThan(summaryIndex);
+  });
+
+  it('does not claim success when gateway health reports not ready', async () => {
+    gatewayConfigMock.mockImplementation(async (p: HeadlessPrompter) => {
+      p.warn('Gateway did not become healthy within 30 seconds.');
+      return { ready: false };
+    });
+
+    const prompter = new HeadlessPrompter({
+      'Installation mode': 'quick',
+      'What name should agents use?': 'TestBot',
+      'Communication style': 'direct',
+      'Your name': 'Tester',
+      'Your pronouns': 'They/Them',
+      'Your timezone': 'UTC',
+    });
+
+    await runWizard({
+      mosaicHome: tmpDir,
+      sourceDir: tmpDir,
+      prompter,
+      configService: createConfigService(tmpDir, tmpDir),
+      skipGatewayNpmInstall: true,
+    });
+
+    const logs = prompter.getLogs();
+    expect(logs.some((line) => line.includes('Gateway did not become healthy'))).toBe(true);
+    expect(logs.some((line) => line.includes('Installation Summary'))).toBe(false);
+    expect(logs.some((line) => line.includes('Mosaic is ready.'))).toBe(false);
     expect(gatewayConfigMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(gatewayBootstrapMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
@@ -143,4 +230,34 @@ describe('Unified wizard (runWizard with default skipGateway)', () => {
     expect(gatewayConfigMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(gatewayBootstrapMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it('does not re-run completed provider or skills menu steps', async () => {
+    const prompter = new SequencedMenuPrompter(
+      {
+        'What name should agents use?': 'TestBot',
+        'Communication style': 'direct',
+        'Your name': 'Tester',
+        'Your pronouns': 'They/Them',
+        'Your timezone': 'UTC',
+      },
+      ['providers', 'providers', 'skills', 'skills', 'finish'],
+    );
+
+    await runWizard({
+      mosaicHome: tmpDir,
+      sourceDir: tmpDir,
+      prompter,
+      configService: createConfigService(tmpDir, tmpDir),
+      skipGateway: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(providerSetupMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(skillsSelectMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(prompter.getLogs()).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.stringContaining('Providers [done] is already complete; skipping.'),
+        expect.stringContaining('Skills [done] is already complete; skipping.'),
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
 });

packages/mosaic/framework/defaults/README.md

@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ The installer:
 - Runs a health audit
 - Detects existing installs and preserves local files (SOUL.md, USER.md, etc.)
 
+### Install lanes
+
+| Lane                     | Command                               | Use when                                       | Source                                                                                       |
+| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Stable                   | `bash tools/install.sh`               | You want the released framework and CLI        | npm `@mosaicstack/mosaic@latest` + `main`                                                    |
+| Prerelease integration   | `bash tools/install.sh --next`        | You want the permanent `next` integration lane | Fast npm `@mosaicstack/mosaic@next` + `@mosaicstack/gateway@next`; source fallback at `next` |
+| Contributor/source build | `bash tools/install.sh --dev --ref X` | You are validating a branch before release     | Build-from-source at the requested git ref                                                   |
+
+`--next` is fast-by-default from the Gitea npm `next` dist-tag and falls back to a source build at the permanent `next` branch if the dist-tag is missing or unreachable. Explicit `--ref` or `MOSAIC_REF` wins and uses the source path.
+
 ## First Run
 
 After install, open a new terminal (or `source ~/.bashrc`) and run:
@@ -108,8 +118,8 @@ You can still launch runtimes directly (`claude`, `codex`, etc.) — thin runtim
 ├── TOOLS.md               ← Machine-level tool reference (generated by mosaic init)
 ├── STANDARDS.md           ← Machine-wide standards
 ├── guides/                ← Operational guides (E2E delivery, PRD, docs, etc.)
-├── bin/                   ← CLI tools (mosaic launcher, mosaic-init, mosaic-doctor, etc.)
 ├── tools/                 ← Tool suites: git, orchestrator, prdy, quality, etc.
+│   └── _scripts/          ← Framework helper scripts (sync skills, doctor, runtime links)
 ├── runtime/               ← Runtime adapters + runtime-specific references
 │   ├── claude/            ← CLAUDE.md, RUNTIME.md, settings.json, hooks
 │   ├── codex/             ← instructions.md, RUNTIME.md
@@ -174,7 +184,9 @@ The installer preserves local `SOUL.md`, `USER.md`, `TOOLS.md`, and `memory/` by
 bash tools/install.sh --check       # Version check only
 bash tools/install.sh --framework   # Framework only (skip npm CLI)
 bash tools/install.sh --cli         # npm CLI only (skip framework)
-bash tools/install.sh --ref v1.0    # Install from a specific git ref
+bash tools/install.sh --next        # Prerelease lane: npm @next, source fallback
+bash tools/install.sh --dev         # Contributor lane: source build at --ref/main
+bash tools/install.sh --ref v1.0    # Install from a specific git ref (--ref wins over --next)
 ```
 
 ## Universal Skills
@@ -183,14 +195,14 @@ The installer syncs skills from `mosaic/agent-skills` into `~/.config/mosaic/ski
 
 ```bash
 mosaic sync                                             # Full sync (clone + link)
-~/.config/mosaic/bin/mosaic-sync-skills --link-only   # Re-link only
+~/.config/mosaic/tools/_scripts/mosaic-sync-skills --link-only   # Re-link only
 ```
 
 ## Health Audit
 
 ```bash
 mosaic doctor                                           # Standard audit
-~/.config/mosaic/bin/mosaic-doctor --fail-on-warn      # Strict mode
+~/.config/mosaic/tools/_scripts/mosaic-doctor --fail-on-warn      # Strict mode
 ```
 
 ## MCP Registration
@@ -201,8 +213,8 @@ sequential-thinking MCP is required for Mosaic Stack. The installer registers it
 To verify or re-register manually:
 
 ```bash
-~/.config/mosaic/bin/mosaic-ensure-sequential-thinking
-~/.config/mosaic/bin/mosaic-ensure-sequential-thinking --check
+~/.config/mosaic/tools/_scripts/mosaic-ensure-sequential-thinking
+~/.config/mosaic/tools/_scripts/mosaic-ensure-sequential-thinking --check
 ```
 
 ### Claude Code MCP Registration

packages/mosaic/framework/guides/BOOTSTRAP.md

@@ -15,22 +15,6 @@ This guide covers how to bootstrap a project so AI agents (Claude, Codex, etc.)
 7. Branching/merging is consistent: `branch -> main` via PR with squash-only merges
 8. Steered-autonomy execution is enabled so agents can run end-to-end with escalation-only human intervention
 
-## Agent Host Prerequisites
-
-Agent hosts must provide the Python runtime shape that runtime agents and
-Mosaic automation assume is present.
-
-For Debian/Ubuntu hosts:
-
-```bash
-sudo apt-get update
-# #561: bare python invocations from agents must resolve.
-sudo apt-get install -y python3 python-is-python3
-```
-
-For non-Debian hosts, install the equivalent Python 3 runtime and ensure
-`/usr/bin/python` resolves to `python3` (for example, via a managed symlink).
-
 ## Quick Start
 
 ```bash

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

@@ -15,23 +15,13 @@
 #
 # 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" "/etc/mosaic/credentials.json"; do
+  for _cand in "$HOME/.config/mosaic/credentials.json"; do
     if [[ -f "$_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

@@ -86,16 +86,7 @@ gitea_url_matches_host() {
 
 get_gitea_service_for_host() {
     local host="$1"
-    local cred_file="${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 "$cred_file" && -f /etc/mosaic/credentials.json ]]; then
-            cred_file="/etc/mosaic/credentials.json"
-        fi
-    fi
+    local cred_file="${MOSAIC_CREDENTIALS_FILE:-$HOME/.config/mosaic/credentials.json}"
 
     case "$host" in
         git.mosaicstack.dev)
@@ -240,33 +231,6 @@ 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:-1}"
+    exit 1
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage 0
+            usage
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2

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

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ TITLE=""
 BODY=""
 LABELS=""
 MILESTONE=""
-INTERACTIVE=false
 
 # get_remote_host and get_gitea_token are provided by detect-platform.sh
 
@@ -67,15 +66,13 @@ 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:-1}"
+    exit 1
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -97,12 +94,8 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             MILESTONE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
-        -i|--interactive)
-            INTERACTIVE=true
-            shift
-            ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage 0
+            usage
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2
@@ -111,13 +104,6 @@ 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
@@ -141,11 +127,6 @@ 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:-1}"
+    exit 1
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift 2
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage 0
+            usage
             ;;
         *)
             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:-1}"
+    exit 1
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage 0
+            usage
             ;;
         *)
             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:-1}"
+    exit 1
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage 0
+            usage
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2
@@ -183,11 +183,6 @@ case "$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:-1}"
+    exit 1
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift 2
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage 0
+            usage
             ;;
         *)
             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:-1}"
+    exit 1
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             shift
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-            usage 0
+            usage
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2

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

@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ 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

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/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

@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ 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

@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-#!/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

@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ 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

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-#!/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

@@ -77,20 +77,10 @@ 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`.
-# 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" -
+printf '%s' "$MSG" | "${tmux_cmd[@]}" load-buffer -b __mosaic_send -
 # -p = bracketed paste when the client supports it; fall back if not.
-"${tmux_cmd[@]}" paste-buffer -d -p -b "$BUF" -t "$EFFECTIVE_TARGET" 2>/dev/null \
-  || "${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.
+"${tmux_cmd[@]}" paste-buffer -d -p -b __mosaic_send -t "$EFFECTIVE_TARGET" 2>/dev/null \
+  || "${tmux_cmd[@]}" paste-buffer -d -b __mosaic_send -t "$EFFECTIVE_TARGET"
 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

@@ -47,32 +47,4 @@ 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"

packages/mosaic/src/runtime/detector.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const RUNTIME_DEFS: Record<
     label: 'Pi',
     command: 'pi',
     versionFlag: '--version',
-    installHint: 'npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent',
+    installHint: 'curl -fsSL https://pi.dev/install.sh | sh',
   },
 };
 

packages/mosaic/src/stages/finalize-skills.spec.ts

@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ function makeConfigService(): ConfigService {
 
 describe('finalizeStage — skill installer', () => {
   let tmp: string;
-  let binDir: string;
+  let scriptsDir: string;
   let syncScript: string;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     tmp = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-finalize-'));
-    binDir = join(tmp, 'bin');
-    mkdirSync(binDir, { recursive: true });
-    syncScript = join(binDir, 'mosaic-sync-skills');
+    scriptsDir = join(tmp, 'tools', '_scripts');
+    mkdirSync(scriptsDir, { recursive: true });
+    syncScript = join(scriptsDir, 'mosaic-sync-skills');
 
-    // Default: script exists and succeeds
+    // Default: current framework layout has tools/_scripts and succeeds.
     writeFileSync(syncScript, '#!/usr/bin/env bash\necho ok\n', { mode: 0o755 });
     spawnSyncMock.mockReturnValue({ status: 0, stdout: 'ok', stderr: '' });
   });
@@ -122,10 +122,29 @@ describe('finalizeStage — skill installer', () => {
 
     const call = findSkillsSyncCall();
     expect(call).toBeDefined();
+    expect(call![1]).toEqual([join(tmp, 'tools', '_scripts', 'mosaic-sync-skills')]);
     const opts = call![2] as { env?: Record<string, string> };
     expect(opts.env?.['MOSAIC_INSTALL_SKILLS']).toBe('brainstorming:lint:systematic-debugging');
   });
 
+  it('falls back to legacy bin path for pre-migration installs', async () => {
+    rmSync(syncScript);
+    const legacyBinDir = join(tmp, 'bin');
+    mkdirSync(legacyBinDir, { recursive: true });
+    const legacySyncScript = join(legacyBinDir, 'mosaic-sync-skills');
+    writeFileSync(legacySyncScript, '#!/usr/bin/env bash\necho ok\n', { mode: 0o755 });
+
+    const state = makeState(tmp, ['brainstorming']);
+    const p = buildPrompter();
+    const config = makeConfigService();
+
+    await finalizeStage(p, state, config);
+
+    const call = findSkillsSyncCall();
+    expect(call).toBeDefined();
+    expect(call![1]).toEqual([legacySyncScript]);
+  });
+
   it('skips the sync script entirely when no skills are selected', async () => {
     const state = makeState(tmp, []);
     const p = buildPrompter();
@@ -165,7 +184,9 @@ describe('finalizeStage — skill installer', () => {
 
     // spawnSync should NOT have been called for the skills script
     expect(findSkillsSyncCall()).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(p.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('not found'));
+    expect(p.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining('tools/_scripts/mosaic-sync-skills'),
+    );
   });
 
   it('includes skills count in the summary when install succeeds', async () => {

packages/mosaic/src/stages/finalize.ts

@@ -7,8 +7,21 @@ import type { ConfigService } from '../config/config-service.js';
 import type { WizardState } from '../types.js';
 import { getShellProfilePath } from '../platform/detect.js';
 
+function frameworkScriptPath(mosaicHome: string, name: string): string {
+  const currentPath = join(mosaicHome, 'tools', '_scripts', name);
+  if (existsSync(currentPath)) return currentPath;
+
+  // Backward-compatible fallback for pre-migration installs that still have bin/.
+  const legacyPath = join(mosaicHome, 'bin', name);
+  if (existsSync(legacyPath)) return legacyPath;
+
+  // Return the current expected path so user-facing errors point at the layout
+  // installed by packages/mosaic/framework/install.sh.
+  return currentPath;
+}
+
 function linkRuntimeAssets(mosaicHome: string, skipClaudeHooks: boolean): void {
-  const script = join(mosaicHome, 'bin', 'mosaic-link-runtime-assets');
+  const script = frameworkScriptPath(mosaicHome, 'mosaic-link-runtime-assets');
   if (existsSync(script)) {
     try {
       spawnSync('bash', [script], {
@@ -48,7 +61,7 @@ function syncSkills(mosaicHome: string, selectedSkills: string[]): SyncSkillsRes
     return { success: true, installedCount: 0 };
   }
 
-  const script = join(mosaicHome, 'bin', 'mosaic-sync-skills');
+  const script = frameworkScriptPath(mosaicHome, 'mosaic-sync-skills');
   if (!existsSync(script)) {
     return {
       success: false,
@@ -96,7 +109,7 @@ interface DoctorResult {
 }
 
 function runDoctor(mosaicHome: string): DoctorResult {
-  const script = join(mosaicHome, 'bin', 'mosaic-doctor');
+  const script = frameworkScriptPath(mosaicHome, 'mosaic-doctor');
   if (!existsSync(script)) {
     return { warnings: 0, output: 'mosaic-doctor not found' };
   }
@@ -149,11 +162,24 @@ function setupPath(mosaicHome: string, _p: WizardPrompter): PathAction {
   }
 }
 
+export interface FinalizeStageOptions {
+  /**
+   * Defer the success summary/outro so callers can run downstream readiness
+   * gates (gateway health/bootstrap) before claiming Mosaic is ready.
+   */
+  deferSummary?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface FinalizeStageResult {
+  showSummary: () => void;
+}
+
 export async function finalizeStage(
   p: WizardPrompter,
   state: WizardState,
   config: ConfigService,
-): Promise<void> {
+  options: FinalizeStageOptions = {},
+): Promise<FinalizeStageResult> {
   p.separator();
 
   const spin = p.spinner();
@@ -200,6 +226,11 @@ export async function finalizeStage(
   // 6. PATH setup
   const pathAction = setupPath(state.mosaicHome, p);
 
+  let summaryShown = false;
+  const showSummary = () => {
+    if (summaryShown) return;
+    summaryShown = true;
+
     // 7. Summary
     const skillsSummary = skillsResult.success
       ? skillsResult.installedCount > 0
@@ -240,4 +271,11 @@ export async function finalizeStage(
     p.note(nextSteps.map((s, i) => `${(i + 1).toString()}. ${s}`).join('\n'), 'Next Steps');
 
     p.outro('Mosaic is ready.');
+  };
+
+  if (!options.deferSummary) {
+    showSummary();
+  }
+
+  return { showSummary };
 }

packages/mosaic/src/stages/gateway-config.spec.ts

@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ describe('gatewayConfigStage', () => {
     delete process.env['MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER'];
     delete process.env['MOSAIC_DATABASE_URL'];
     delete process.env['MOSAIC_VALKEY_URL'];
+    delete process.env['MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL'];
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -167,6 +168,75 @@ describe('gatewayConfigStage', () => {
     expect(state.gateway?.regeneratedConfig).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('installs the gateway package on fresh install when skipInstall is not set', async () => {
+    const p = buildPrompter();
+    const state = makeState('/home/user/.config/mosaic');
+
+    const result = await gatewayConfigStage(p, state, {
+      host: 'localhost',
+      defaultPort: 14242,
+      skipInstall: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ready).toBe(true);
+    expect(daemonState.installPkgCalled).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('honors MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL=1 and skips the registry install (dev/offline installs)', async () => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL'] = '1';
+    const p = buildPrompter();
+    const state = makeState('/home/user/.config/mosaic');
+
+    const result = await gatewayConfigStage(p, state, {
+      host: 'localhost',
+      defaultPort: 14242,
+      skipInstall: false,
+    });
+
+    // The source-built global gateway must NOT be overwritten by @latest.
+    expect(result.ready).toBe(true);
+    expect(daemonState.installPkgCalled).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('does not ask for a gateway API key when provider setup was completed with no key', async () => {
+    delete process.env['MOSAIC_ASSUME_YES'];
+    const originalIsTTY = process.stdin.isTTY;
+    Object.defineProperty(process.stdin, 'isTTY', { value: true, configurable: true });
+
+    try {
+      const textFn = vi.fn(async (opts: { message: string; initialValue?: string }) => {
+        if (opts.message === 'Gateway port') return opts.initialValue ?? '14242';
+        if (opts.message === 'Web UI hostname (for browser access)') return 'localhost';
+        if (opts.message.includes('API_KEY')) {
+          throw new Error('gateway API key prompt should be skipped');
+        }
+        return '';
+      });
+      const p = buildPrompter({ text: textFn, select: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('local') });
+      const state = makeState('/home/user/.config/mosaic');
+
+      const result = await gatewayConfigStage(p, state, {
+        host: 'localhost',
+        defaultPort: 14242,
+        skipInstall: true,
+        providerType: 'none',
+      });
+
+      expect(result.ready).toBe(true);
+      expect(textFn).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({ message: expect.stringContaining('API_KEY') }),
+      );
+      const envContents = readFileSync(daemonState.envFile, 'utf-8');
+      expect(envContents).not.toContain('ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=');
+      expect(envContents).not.toContain('OPENAI_API_KEY=');
+    } finally {
+      Object.defineProperty(process.stdin, 'isTTY', {
+        value: originalIsTTY,
+        configurable: true,
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
   it('short-circuits when gateway is already fully installed and user declines rerun', async () => {
     // Pre-populate both files + running daemon + meta with token
     const fs = require('node:fs');

packages/mosaic/src/stages/gateway-config.ts

@@ -294,7 +294,12 @@ export async function gatewayConfigStage(
   }
 
   // Install the gateway npm package on first install or after failure.
-  if (!opts.skipInstall && !daemonRunning) {
+  // MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL=1 forces a skip even without opts.skipInstall:
+  // used by dev/offline installs where @mosaicstack/gateway is already present
+  // globally (e.g. a build-from-source `install.sh --dev`) and must not be
+  // overwritten by the registry @latest build.
+  const skipNpmInstall = opts.skipInstall || process.env['MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL'] === '1';
+  if (!skipNpmInstall && !daemonRunning) {
     installGatewayPackage();
   }
 
@@ -506,6 +511,9 @@ async function collectAndWriteConfig(
     if (opts.providerKey) {
       anthropicKey = opts.providerKey;
       p.log(`Using API key from provider setup (${opts.providerType ?? 'unknown'}).`);
+    } else if (opts.providerType === 'none') {
+      anthropicKey = '';
+      p.log('No API key provided during provider setup; skipping gateway API key prompt.');
     } else {
       anthropicKey = await p.text({
         message: 'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (optional, press Enter to skip)',

packages/mosaic/src/stages/quick-start.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export async function quickStartPath(
 
   // 1. Provider setup (first question)
   await providerSetupStage(prompter, state);
+  state.completedSections?.add('providers');
 
   // Apply sensible defaults for everything else
   state.soul.agentName ??= 'Mosaic';
@@ -57,9 +58,13 @@ export async function quickStartPath(
 
   // Skills (recommended set, no user input in quick mode)
   await skillsSelectStage(prompter, state);
+  state.completedSections?.add('skills');
 
-  // Finalize (writes configs, links runtime assets, syncs skills)
-  await finalizeStage(prompter, state, configService);
+  // Finalize writes configs/assets/skills, but defer the success summary until
+  // after the gateway health/bootstrap gates complete.
+  const finalizeResult = await finalizeStage(prompter, state, configService, {
+    deferSummary: true,
+  });
 
   // Gateway config + bootstrap
   if (!options.skipGateway) {
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ export async function quickStartPath(
         portOverride: options.gatewayPortOverride,
         skipInstall: options.skipGatewayNpmInstall,
         providerKey: state.providerKey,
-        providerType: state.providerType ?? 'none',
+        providerType: state.providerType,
       });
 
       if (!configResult.ready || !configResult.host || !configResult.port) {
@@ -80,7 +85,9 @@ export async function quickStartPath(
           prompter.warn('Gateway configuration failed in headless mode — aborting wizard.');
           process.exit(1);
         }
-      } else {
+        return;
+      }
+
       const bootstrapResult = await gatewayBootstrapStage(prompter, state, {
         host: configResult.host,
         port: configResult.port,
@@ -88,11 +95,14 @@ export async function quickStartPath(
       if (!bootstrapResult.completed) {
         prompter.warn('Admin bootstrap failed — aborting wizard.');
         process.exit(1);
+        return;
       }
-      }
+      finalizeResult.showSummary();
     } catch (err) {
       prompter.warn(`Gateway setup failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
       throw err;
     }
+  } else {
+    finalizeResult.showSummary();
   }
 }

packages/mosaic/src/wizard.ts

@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ type MenuChoice =
   | 'advanced'
   | 'finish';
 
+function menuSectionKey(section: MenuChoice): MenuSection | null {
+  if (section === 'quick-start' || section === 'finish') return null;
+  return section === 'gateway-config' ? 'gateway' : section;
+}
+
 function menuLabel(section: MenuChoice, completed: Set<MenuSection>): string {
   const labels: Record<MenuChoice, string> = {
     'quick-start': 'Quick Start',
@@ -137,14 +142,24 @@ function menuLabel(section: MenuChoice, completed: Set<MenuSection>): string {
     finish: 'Finish & Apply',
   };
   const base = labels[section];
-  const sectionKey: MenuSection =
-    section === 'gateway-config' ? 'gateway' : (section as MenuSection);
-  if (completed.has(sectionKey)) {
+  const sectionKey = menuSectionKey(section);
+  if (sectionKey && completed.has(sectionKey)) {
     return `${base} [done]`;
   }
   return base;
 }
 
+function skipCompletedMenuChoice(
+  prompter: WizardPrompter,
+  completed: Set<MenuSection>,
+  choice: MenuChoice,
+): boolean {
+  const sectionKey = menuSectionKey(choice);
+  if (!sectionKey || !completed.has(sectionKey)) return false;
+  prompter.log(`${menuLabel(choice, completed)} is already complete; skipping.`);
+  return true;
+}
+
 async function runMenuLoop(
   prompter: WizardPrompter,
   state: WizardState,
@@ -201,21 +216,25 @@ async function runMenuLoop(
         return; // Quick start is a complete flow — exit menu
 
       case 'providers':
+        if (skipCompletedMenuChoice(prompter, completed, choice)) break;
         await providerSetupStage(prompter, state);
         completed.add('providers');
         break;
 
       case 'identity':
+        if (skipCompletedMenuChoice(prompter, completed, choice)) break;
         await agentIntentStage(prompter, state);
         completed.add('identity');
         break;
 
       case 'skills':
+        if (skipCompletedMenuChoice(prompter, completed, choice)) break;
         await skillsSelectStage(prompter, state);
         completed.add('skills');
         break;
 
       case 'gateway-config':
+        if (skipCompletedMenuChoice(prompter, completed, choice)) break;
         // Gateway config is handled during Finish — mark as "configured"
         // after user reviews settings.
         await runGatewaySubMenu(prompter, state, options);
@@ -223,6 +242,7 @@ async function runMenuLoop(
         break;
 
       case 'advanced':
+        if (skipCompletedMenuChoice(prompter, completed, choice)) break;
         await runAdvancedSubMenu(prompter, state);
         completed.add('advanced');
         break;
@@ -310,8 +330,11 @@ async function runFinishPath(
     await skillsSelectStage(prompter, state);
   }
 
-  // Finalize (writes configs, links runtime assets, syncs skills)
-  await finalizeStage(prompter, state, configService);
+  // Finalize writes configs/assets/skills, but defer the success summary until
+  // after the gateway health/bootstrap gates complete.
+  const finalizeResult = await finalizeStage(prompter, state, configService, {
+    deferSummary: true,
+  });
 
   // Gateway stages
   if (!options.skipGateway) {
@@ -322,7 +345,7 @@ async function runFinishPath(
         portOverride: options.gatewayPortOverride,
         skipInstall: options.skipGatewayNpmInstall,
         providerKey: state.providerKey,
-        providerType: state.providerType ?? 'none',
+        providerType: state.providerType,
       });
 
       if (configResult.ready && configResult.host && configResult.port) {
@@ -333,12 +356,16 @@ async function runFinishPath(
         if (!bootstrapResult.completed) {
           prompter.warn('Admin bootstrap failed — aborting wizard.');
           process.exit(1);
+          return;
         }
+        finalizeResult.showSummary();
       }
     } catch (err) {
       prompter.warn(`Gateway setup failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
       throw err;
     }
+  } else {
+    finalizeResult.showSummary();
   }
 }
 
@@ -374,8 +401,11 @@ async function runHeadlessPath(
   // Skills
   await skillsSelectStage(prompter, state);
 
-  // Finalize
-  await finalizeStage(prompter, state, configService);
+  // Finalize writes configs/assets/skills, but defer the success summary until
+  // after the gateway health/bootstrap gates complete.
+  const finalizeResult = await finalizeStage(prompter, state, configService, {
+    deferSummary: true,
+  });
 
   // Gateway stages
   if (!options.skipGateway) {
@@ -386,13 +416,15 @@ async function runHeadlessPath(
         portOverride: options.gatewayPortOverride,
         skipInstall: options.skipGatewayNpmInstall,
         providerKey: state.providerKey,
-        providerType: state.providerType ?? 'none',
+        providerType: state.providerType,
       });
 
       if (!configResult.ready || !configResult.host || !configResult.port) {
         prompter.warn('Gateway configuration failed in headless mode — aborting wizard.');
         process.exit(1);
-      } else {
+        return;
+      }
+
       const bootstrapResult = await gatewayBootstrapStage(prompter, state, {
         host: configResult.host,
         port: configResult.port,
@@ -400,12 +432,15 @@ async function runHeadlessPath(
       if (!bootstrapResult.completed) {
         prompter.warn('Admin bootstrap failed — aborting wizard.');
         process.exit(1);
+        return;
       }
-      }
+      finalizeResult.showSummary();
     } catch (err) {
       prompter.warn(`Gateway setup failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
       throw err;
     }
+  } else {
+    finalizeResult.showSummary();
   }
 }
 
@@ -426,8 +461,11 @@ async function runKeepPath(
   // Skills
   await skillsSelectStage(prompter, state);
 
-  // Finalize
-  await finalizeStage(prompter, state, configService);
+  // Finalize writes configs/assets/skills, but defer the success summary until
+  // after the gateway health/bootstrap gates complete.
+  const finalizeResult = await finalizeStage(prompter, state, configService, {
+    deferSummary: true,
+  });
 
   // Gateway stages
   if (!options.skipGateway) {
@@ -447,11 +485,15 @@ async function runKeepPath(
         if (!bootstrapResult.completed) {
           prompter.warn('Admin bootstrap failed — aborting wizard.');
           process.exit(1);
+          return;
         }
+        finalizeResult.showSummary();
       }
     } catch (err) {
       prompter.warn(`Gateway setup failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
       throw err;
     }
+  } else {
+    finalizeResult.showSummary();
   }
 }

tools/install-next-lane.test.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+TMP="$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mosaic-next-install-test-XXXXXX")"
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMP"' EXIT
+
+FAKE_BIN="$TMP/bin"
+HOME_DIR="$TMP/home"
+PREFIX="$TMP/prefix"
+MOSAIC_HOME="$TMP/mosaic"
+STATE="$TMP/state"
+LOG="$TMP/npm.log"
+mkdir -p "$FAKE_BIN" "$HOME_DIR" "$STATE"
+
+cat > "$FAKE_BIN/npm" <<'FAKE_NPM'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+LOG="${MOSAIC_TEST_NPM_LOG:?}"
+STATE="${MOSAIC_TEST_STATE:?}"
+echo "$*" >> "$LOG"
+
+if [[ "$1" == "view" ]]; then
+  case "$2 $3" in
+    "@mosaicstack/mosaic@next version") echo "0.0.49-next.999" ;;
+    "@mosaicstack/gateway@next version") echo "${MOSAIC_TEST_GATEWAY_NEXT_VERSION:-0.0.7-next.999}" ;;
+    "@mosaicstack/mosaic version") echo "0.0.48" ;;
+    *) echo "unexpected npm view: $*" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [[ "$1" == "install" ]]; then
+  case "$*" in
+    *"@mosaicstack/mosaic@0.0.49-next.999"*)
+      echo "0.0.49-next.999" > "$STATE/mosaic"
+      ;;
+    *"@mosaicstack/gateway@0.0.7-next.999"*)
+      if [[ "${MOSAIC_TEST_FAIL_NEXT_GATEWAY_INSTALL:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+        echo "forced gateway install failure" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      echo "0.0.7-next.999" > "$STATE/gateway"
+      ;;
+    *"mosaicstack-mosaic-0.0.0-source.tgz"*)
+      echo "0.0.0-source" > "$STATE/mosaic"
+      ;;
+    *"mosaicstack-gateway-0.0.0-source.tgz"*)
+      echo "0.0.0-source" > "$STATE/gateway"
+      ;;
+    *) echo "unexpected npm install: $*" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [[ "$1" == "ls" ]]; then
+  cli="$(cat "$STATE/mosaic" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  gateway="$(cat "$STATE/gateway" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  node -e '
+    const cli = process.argv[1];
+    const gateway = process.argv[2];
+    const dependencies = {};
+    if (cli) dependencies["@mosaicstack/mosaic"] = { version: cli };
+    if (gateway) dependencies["@mosaicstack/gateway"] = { version: gateway };
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ dependencies }));
+  ' "$cli" "$gateway"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "unexpected npm command: $*" >&2
+exit 1
+FAKE_NPM
+chmod +x "$FAKE_BIN/npm"
+
+cat > "$FAKE_BIN/curl" <<'FAKE_CURL'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+# The fake tar creates the source tree; curl only needs to keep the pipe alive.
+exit 0
+FAKE_CURL
+chmod +x "$FAKE_BIN/curl"
+
+cat > "$FAKE_BIN/tar" <<'FAKE_TAR'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+dest=""
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -C) dest="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    *) shift ;;
+  esac
+done
+if [[ -z "$dest" ]]; then
+  echo "fake tar missing -C destination" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+mkdir -p "$dest/stack/packages/mosaic" "$dest/stack/apps/gateway"
+FAKE_TAR
+chmod +x "$FAKE_BIN/tar"
+
+cat > "$FAKE_BIN/pnpm" <<'FAKE_PNPM'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+LOG="${MOSAIC_TEST_NPM_LOG:?}"
+echo "pnpm $*" >> "$LOG"
+
+if [[ "$1" == "pack" ]]; then
+  out=""
+  while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+      --pack-destination) out="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+      *) shift ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  if [[ -z "$out" ]]; then
+    echo "fake pnpm pack missing destination" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  mkdir -p "$out"
+  case "$PWD" in
+    */apps/gateway) touch "$out/mosaicstack-gateway-0.0.0-source.tgz" ;;
+    */packages/mosaic) touch "$out/mosaicstack-mosaic-0.0.0-source.tgz" ;;
+    *) echo "unexpected pnpm pack cwd: $PWD" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# install/build commands are no-ops in this harness.
+exit 0
+FAKE_PNPM
+chmod +x "$FAKE_BIN/pnpm"
+
+reset_state() {
+  : > "$LOG"
+  rm -f "$STATE"/*
+}
+
+reset_state
+echo "[test] --next fast path pins resolved package versions"
+OUTPUT="$(
+  HOME="$HOME_DIR" \
+  MOSAIC_HOME="$MOSAIC_HOME" \
+  MOSAIC_PREFIX="$PREFIX" \
+  MOSAIC_NO_COLOR=1 \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_NPM_LOG="$LOG" \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_STATE="$STATE" \
+  PATH="$FAKE_BIN:$PATH" \
+  bash "$ROOT/tools/install.sh" --cli --next --yes --no-auto-launch
+)"
+
+grep -qF 'Installed @next packages: CLI 0.0.49-next.999, gateway 0.0.7-next.999' <<<"$OUTPUT"
+grep -qF 'install -g @mosaicstack/gateway@0.0.7-next.999' "$LOG"
+grep -qF 'install -g @mosaicstack/mosaic@0.0.49-next.999' "$LOG"
+if grep -qE '^install -g .+@next( |$)' "$LOG"; then
+  echo "expected exact-version installs, found mutable @next install" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if grep -qF 'Downloading source from next' <<<"$OUTPUT"; then
+  echo "fast path unexpectedly fell back to source" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+reset_state
+echo "[test] fast path failure falls back to source build"
+OUTPUT="$(
+  HOME="$HOME_DIR" \
+  MOSAIC_HOME="$MOSAIC_HOME" \
+  MOSAIC_PREFIX="$PREFIX" \
+  MOSAIC_NO_COLOR=1 \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_NPM_LOG="$LOG" \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_STATE="$STATE" \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_FAIL_NEXT_GATEWAY_INSTALL=1 \
+  PATH="$FAKE_BIN:$PATH" \
+  bash "$ROOT/tools/install.sh" --cli --next --yes --no-auto-launch
+)"
+
+grep -qF 'Fast gateway @next install failed.' <<<"$OUTPUT"
+grep -qF 'Falling back to source build at ref next; --next will not hard-fail on registry issues.' <<<"$OUTPUT"
+grep -qF 'Downloading source from next' <<<"$OUTPUT"
+grep -qF 'Installed from source: CLI 0.0.0-source' <<<"$OUTPUT"
+grep -qF 'install -g @mosaicstack/mosaic@0.0.49-next.999' "$LOG"
+grep -qE 'install -g .*/mosaicstack-gateway-0\.0\.0-source\.tgz' "$LOG"
+grep -qE 'install -g .*/mosaicstack-mosaic-0\.0\.0-source\.tgz' "$LOG"
+[[ "$(cat "$STATE/mosaic")" == "0.0.0-source" ]]
+[[ "$(cat "$STATE/gateway")" == "0.0.0-source" ]]
+
+reset_state
+echo "[test] explicit --ref keeps source lane and avoids @next lookup"
+OUTPUT="$(
+  HOME="$HOME_DIR" \
+  MOSAIC_HOME="$MOSAIC_HOME" \
+  MOSAIC_PREFIX="$PREFIX" \
+  MOSAIC_NO_COLOR=1 \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_NPM_LOG="$LOG" \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_STATE="$STATE" \
+  PATH="$FAKE_BIN:$PATH" \
+  bash "$ROOT/tools/install.sh" --check --cli --next --ref feature-x
+)"
+
+grep -qF 'explicit ref wins, build-from-source' <<<"$OUTPUT"
+if grep -qF '@next version' "$LOG"; then
+  echo "explicit ref should not query @next dist-tags" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+reset_state
+echo "[test] --check --next warns on mismatched prerelease pipeline suffixes"
+OUTPUT="$(
+  HOME="$HOME_DIR" \
+  MOSAIC_HOME="$MOSAIC_HOME" \
+  MOSAIC_PREFIX="$PREFIX" \
+  MOSAIC_NO_COLOR=1 \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_NPM_LOG="$LOG" \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_STATE="$STATE" \
+  MOSAIC_TEST_GATEWAY_NEXT_VERSION="0.0.7-next.1000" \
+  PATH="$FAKE_BIN:$PATH" \
+  bash "$ROOT/tools/install.sh" --check --cli --next
+)"
+
+grep -qF '@next registry lane incomplete, mismatched, or unreachable; --next would fall back to source.' <<<"$OUTPUT"
+
+echo "[test] installer next lane tests passed"

tools/install.sh

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #   --framework       Install/upgrade framework only (skip npm CLI)
 #   --cli             Install/upgrade npm CLI only (skip framework)
 #   --ref <branch>    Git ref for framework archive (default: main)
+#   --next            Prerelease lane: try fast npm @next install for CLI +
+#                     gateway from the Gitea registry, then fall back to a
+#                     source build at next if unavailable. Explicit
+#                     --ref/MOSAIC_REF wins and uses the source path.
 #   --dev             Build CLI + gateway FROM SOURCE at --ref instead of the
 #                     registry @latest. Zero registry writes — packs local
 #                     tarballs and installs them globally. Use to test a branch
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@
 #   MOSAIC_PREFIX       — npm global prefix          (default: ~/.npm-global)
 #   MOSAIC_NO_COLOR     — disable colour             (set to 1)
 #   MOSAIC_REF          — git ref for framework      (default: main)
+#   MOSAIC_NEXT         — equivalent to --next        (set to 1)
 #   MOSAIC_DEV          — equivalent to --dev         (set to 1)
 #   MOSAIC_ASSUME_YES   — equivalent to --yes        (set to 1)
 # ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -49,7 +54,12 @@ FLAG_NO_AUTO_LAUNCH=false
 FLAG_YES=false
 FLAG_UNINSTALL=false
 FLAG_DEV=false
+FLAG_NEXT=false
 GIT_REF="${MOSAIC_REF:-main}"
+GIT_REF_EXPLICIT=false
+if [[ -n "${MOSAIC_REF:-}" ]]; then
+  GIT_REF_EXPLICIT=true
+fi
 
 # MOSAIC_ASSUME_YES env var acts the same as --yes
 if [[ "${MOSAIC_ASSUME_YES:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
@@ -61,13 +71,24 @@ if [[ "${MOSAIC_DEV:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
   FLAG_DEV=true
 fi
 
+# MOSAIC_NEXT env var acts the same as --next: fast npm @next install with
+# source fallback from the permanent next integration branch unless
+# MOSAIC_REF/--ref explicitly wins.
+if [[ "${MOSAIC_NEXT:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+  FLAG_NEXT=true
+  if [[ "$GIT_REF_EXPLICIT" == "false" ]]; then
+    GIT_REF="next"
+  fi
+fi
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   case "$1" in
     --check)          FLAG_CHECK=true; shift ;;
     --framework)      FLAG_CLI=false; shift ;;
     --cli)            FLAG_FRAMEWORK=false; shift ;;
-    --ref)            GIT_REF="${2:-main}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --ref)            GIT_REF="${2:-main}"; GIT_REF_EXPLICIT=true; shift 2 ;;
     --dev)            FLAG_DEV=true; shift ;;
+    --next)           FLAG_NEXT=true; if [[ "$GIT_REF_EXPLICIT" == "false" ]]; then GIT_REF="next"; fi; shift ;;
     --yes|-y)         FLAG_YES=true; shift ;;
     --no-auto-launch) FLAG_NO_AUTO_LAUNCH=true; shift ;;
     --uninstall)      FLAG_UNINSTALL=true; shift ;;
@@ -75,12 +96,24 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   esac
 done
 
+# Explicit refs represent a request for that exact source tree. Keep --next as
+# a lane selector, but do not install the registry @next package for a different
+# ref than the permanent next branch.
+if [[ "$FLAG_NEXT" == "true" && "$GIT_REF_EXPLICIT" == "true" ]]; then
+  FLAG_DEV=true
+fi
+
+if [[ "$FLAG_YES" == "true" ]]; then
+  export MOSAIC_ASSUME_YES=1
+fi
+
 # ─── constants ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 MOSAIC_HOME="${MOSAIC_HOME:-$HOME/.config/mosaic}"
 REGISTRY="${MOSAIC_REGISTRY:-https://git.mosaicstack.dev/api/packages/mosaicstack/npm/}"
 SCOPE="${MOSAIC_SCOPE:-@mosaicstack}"
 PREFIX="${MOSAIC_PREFIX:-$HOME/.npm-global}"
 CLI_PKG="${SCOPE}/mosaic"
+GATEWAY_PKG="${SCOPE}/gateway"
 REPO_BASE="https://git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack"
 ARCHIVE_URL="${REPO_BASE}/archive/${GIT_REF}.tar.gz"
 
@@ -95,6 +128,20 @@ fi
 WORK_DIR=""
 EXTRACTED_DIR=""
 
+newest_matching_file() {
+  local dir="$1"
+  local pattern="$2"
+  local matches=()
+  [[ -d "$dir" ]] || return 0
+  shopt -s nullglob
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2206 # Intentional glob expansion for caller-provided file pattern.
+  matches=("$dir"/$pattern)
+  shopt -u nullglob
+  [[ "${#matches[@]}" -gt 0 ]] || return 0
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2012 # Need portable mtime sorting across Linux/macOS.
+  ls -1t "${matches[@]}" 2>/dev/null | head -1
+}
+
 # ─── uninstall path ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Shell-level uninstall for when the CLI is broken or not available.
 # Handles: framework directory, npm CLI package, npmrc scope line.
@@ -158,7 +205,7 @@ if [[ "$FLAG_UNINSTALL" == "true" ]]; then
     # Find most recent backup
     backup=""
     if [[ -d "$dir" ]]; then
-      backup="$(ls -1t "$dir/${base}.mosaic-bak-"* 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)"
+      backup="$(newest_matching_file "$dir" "${base}.mosaic-bak-*")"
     fi
     if [[ -n "$backup" ]] && [[ -f "$backup" ]]; then
       cp "$backup" "$dest"
@@ -214,6 +261,22 @@ fail()  { echo "${R}✖${RESET}  $*" >&2; }
 dim()   { echo "${DIM}$*${RESET}"; }
 step()  { echo ""; echo "${BOLD}$*${RESET}"; }
 
+is_next_registry_lane() {
+  [[ "$FLAG_NEXT" == "true" && "$FLAG_DEV" == "false" && "$GIT_REF" == "next" && "$GIT_REF_EXPLICIT" == "false" ]]
+}
+
+source_ref_details() {
+  if is_next_registry_lane; then
+    echo "ref: next, --next prerelease lane"
+  elif [[ "$FLAG_NEXT" == "true" && "$GIT_REF" == "next" ]]; then
+    echo "ref: next, --next prerelease lane (build-from-source)"
+  elif [[ "$FLAG_NEXT" == "true" ]]; then
+    echo "ref: ${GIT_REF}, --next requested, explicit ref wins"
+  else
+    echo "ref: ${GIT_REF}"
+  fi
+}
+
 # ─── helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 require_cmd() {
@@ -236,10 +299,43 @@ installed_cli_version() {
   fi
 }
 
+installed_gateway_version() {
+  local json
+  json="$(npm ls -g --depth=0 --json --prefix="$PREFIX" 2>/dev/null)" || true
+  if [[ -n "$json" ]]; then
+    node -e "
+      const d = JSON.parse(process.argv[1]);
+      const v = d?.dependencies?.['${GATEWAY_PKG}']?.version ?? '';
+      process.stdout.write(v);
+    " "$json" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+}
+
 latest_cli_version() {
   npm view "${CLI_PKG}" version --registry="$REGISTRY" 2>/dev/null || true
 }
 
+next_cli_version() {
+  npm view "${CLI_PKG}@next" version --registry="$REGISTRY" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+next_gateway_version() {
+  npm view "${GATEWAY_PKG}@next" version --registry="$REGISTRY" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+next_pipeline_suffix() {
+  printf '%s' "$1" | sed -n 's/.*-next\.\([0-9][0-9]*\)$/\1/p'
+}
+
+next_versions_share_pipeline() {
+  local cli_next="$1"
+  local gateway_next="$2"
+  local cli_pipeline gateway_pipeline
+  cli_pipeline="$(next_pipeline_suffix "$cli_next")"
+  gateway_pipeline="$(next_pipeline_suffix "$gateway_next")"
+  [[ -n "$cli_pipeline" && -n "$gateway_pipeline" && "$cli_pipeline" == "$gateway_pipeline" ]]
+}
+
 version_lt() {
   node -e "
     const a=process.argv[1], b=process.argv[2];
@@ -332,8 +428,8 @@ install_cli_from_source() {
   ( cd "$src/apps/gateway"    && pnpm pack --pack-destination "$out_dir" ) 2>&1 | sed 's/^/  /'
 
   local cli_tgz gw_tgz
-  cli_tgz="$(ls -1t "$out_dir"/mosaicstack-mosaic-*.tgz 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
-  gw_tgz="$(ls -1t "$out_dir"/mosaicstack-gateway-*.tgz 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
+  cli_tgz="$(newest_matching_file "$out_dir" 'mosaicstack-mosaic-*.tgz')"
+  gw_tgz="$(newest_matching_file "$out_dir" 'mosaicstack-gateway-*.tgz')"
 
   if [[ ! -f "$cli_tgz" ]]; then
     fail "CLI tarball was not produced by pnpm pack."
@@ -355,6 +451,49 @@ install_cli_from_source() {
   ok "Installed from source: CLI $(installed_cli_version)"
 }
 
+install_next_cli_from_registry() {
+  local cli_next gateway_next
+  cli_next="$(next_cli_version)"
+  gateway_next="$(next_gateway_version)"
+
+  if [[ -z "$cli_next" ]]; then
+    warn "${CLI_PKG}@next is unavailable from $REGISTRY."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if [[ -z "$gateway_next" ]]; then
+    warn "${GATEWAY_PKG}@next is unavailable from $REGISTRY."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  if ! next_versions_share_pipeline "$cli_next" "$gateway_next"; then
+    warn "@next CLI/gateway versions do not share a pipeline suffix (${cli_next}, ${gateway_next})."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  info "Installing ${CLI_PKG}@${cli_next} from registry…"
+  if ! npm install -g "${CLI_PKG}@${cli_next}" --prefix="$PREFIX" 2>&1 | sed 's/^/  /'; then
+    warn "Fast CLI @next install failed."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  info "Installing ${GATEWAY_PKG}@${gateway_next} from registry…"
+  if ! npm install -g "${GATEWAY_PKG}@${gateway_next}" --prefix="$PREFIX" 2>&1 | sed 's/^/  /'; then
+    warn "Fast gateway @next install failed."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  local installed_cli installed_gateway
+  installed_cli="$(installed_cli_version)"
+  installed_gateway="$(installed_gateway_version)"
+  if [[ "$installed_cli" != "$cli_next" || "$installed_gateway" != "$gateway_next" ]]; then
+    warn "Installed @next versions did not match resolved versions (CLI: ${installed_cli:-missing}, gateway: ${installed_gateway:-missing})."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  export MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL=1
+  ok "Installed @next packages: CLI ${installed_cli}, gateway ${installed_gateway}"
+}
+
 # ─── preflight ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 require_cmd node
@@ -388,7 +527,7 @@ if [[ "$FLAG_FRAMEWORK" == "true" ]]; then
   else
     dim "  Installed: (none)"
   fi
-  dim "  Source:    ${REPO_BASE} (ref: ${GIT_REF})"
+  dim "  Source:    ${REPO_BASE} ($(source_ref_details))"
   echo ""
 
   if [[ "$FLAG_CHECK" == "true" ]]; then
@@ -455,8 +594,12 @@ if [[ "$FLAG_CLI" == "true" ]]; then
   fi
 
   CURRENT="$(installed_cli_version)"
+  NEXT_GATEWAY=""
   if [[ "$FLAG_DEV" == "true" ]]; then
     LATEST=""
+  elif is_next_registry_lane; then
+    LATEST="$(next_cli_version)"
+    NEXT_GATEWAY="$(next_gateway_version)"
   else
     LATEST="$(latest_cli_version)"
   fi
@@ -468,7 +611,19 @@ if [[ "$FLAG_CLI" == "true" ]]; then
   fi
 
   if [[ "$FLAG_DEV" == "true" ]]; then
-    dim "  Source:    ${REPO_BASE} (ref: ${GIT_REF}, build-from-source)"
+    dim "  Source:    ${REPO_BASE} ($(source_ref_details), build-from-source)"
+  elif is_next_registry_lane; then
+    if [[ -n "$LATEST" ]]; then
+      dim "  Next CLI:  ${CLI_PKG}@${LATEST}"
+    else
+      dim "  Next CLI:  (registry @next unreachable)"
+    fi
+    if [[ -n "$NEXT_GATEWAY" ]]; then
+      dim "  Next GW:   ${GATEWAY_PKG}@${NEXT_GATEWAY}"
+    else
+      dim "  Next GW:   (registry @next unreachable)"
+    fi
+    dim "  Fallback:  ${REPO_BASE} (ref: next, build-from-source)"
   elif [[ -n "$LATEST" ]]; then
     dim "  Latest:    ${CLI_PKG}@${LATEST}"
   else
@@ -479,6 +634,12 @@ if [[ "$FLAG_CLI" == "true" ]]; then
   if [[ "$FLAG_CHECK" == "true" ]]; then
     if [[ "$FLAG_DEV" == "true" ]]; then
       info "Dev mode: installed version is ${CURRENT:-(none)} (no registry comparison)."
+    elif is_next_registry_lane; then
+      if [[ -n "$LATEST" && -n "$NEXT_GATEWAY" ]] && next_versions_share_pipeline "$LATEST" "$NEXT_GATEWAY"; then
+        ok "@next registry lane available: ${CLI_PKG}@${LATEST}, ${GATEWAY_PKG}@${NEXT_GATEWAY}."
+      else
+        warn "@next registry lane incomplete, mismatched, or unreachable; --next would fall back to source."
+      fi
     elif [[ -z "$LATEST" ]]; then
       warn "Could not reach registry."
     elif [[ -z "$CURRENT" ]]; then
@@ -495,6 +656,23 @@ if [[ "$FLAG_CLI" == "true" ]]; then
     ensure_monorepo
     install_cli_from_source
 
+    # PATH check for npm prefix
+    if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$PREFIX/bin:"* ]]; then
+      warn "$PREFIX/bin is not on your PATH"
+      dim "  Add to your shell rc:  export PATH=\"$PREFIX/bin:\$PATH\""
+    fi
+  elif is_next_registry_lane; then
+    info "Next mode — trying fast npm @next install from ${REGISTRY}…"
+    if install_next_cli_from_registry; then
+      :
+    else
+      warn "Falling back to source build at ref ${GIT_REF}; --next will not hard-fail on registry issues."
+      unset MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL
+      ensure_monorepo
+      install_cli_from_source
+      export MOSAIC_GATEWAY_SKIP_NPM_INSTALL=1
+    fi
+
     # PATH check for npm prefix
     if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$PREFIX/bin:"* ]]; then
       warn "$PREFIX/bin is not on your PATH"
@@ -603,7 +781,7 @@ if [[ "$FLAG_CHECK" == "false" ]]; then
       local base dir backup_path backup_val
       base="$(basename "$dest")"
       dir="$(dirname "$dest")"
-      backup_path="$(ls -1t "$dir/${base}.mosaic-bak-"* 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)"
+      backup_path="$(newest_matching_file "$dir" "${base}.mosaic-bak-*")"
       if [[ -n "$backup_path" ]]; then
         backup_val="\"$backup_path\""
       else
@@ -628,7 +806,7 @@ if [[ "$FLAG_CHECK" == "false" ]]; then
     NPMRC_LINES_JSON="[\"$MANIFEST_SCOPE_LINE\"]"
   fi
 
-  node -e "
+  if node -e "
     const fs = require('fs');
     const path = require('path');
     const p = process.argv[1];
@@ -653,9 +831,11 @@ if [[ "$FLAG_CHECK" == "false" ]]; then
     "$MANIFEST_CLI_VERSION" \
     "$MANIFEST_FW_VERSION" \
     "$NPMRC_LINES_JSON" \
-    "$RUNTIME_COPIES" 2>/dev/null \
-    && ok "Install manifest written: $MANIFEST_PATH" \
-    || warn "Could not write install manifest (non-fatal)"
+    "$RUNTIME_COPIES" 2>/dev/null; then
+    ok "Install manifest written: $MANIFEST_PATH"
+  else
+    warn "Could not write install manifest (non-fatal)"
+  fi
 
   echo ""
   ok "Done."