fix(install): preserve user fleet data on re-seed + refresh active units (CRITICAL) (#632)

Co-authored-by: Jason Woltje <jason@diversecanvas.com>
Co-committed-by: Jason Woltje <jason@diversecanvas.com>

.woodpecker/ci.yml

@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - apk add --no-cache bash
       - bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/verify-sanitized.sh
-      # L0 resident-token budget: keep the Constitution + dispatcher small.
-      - |
-        for f in CONSTITUTION.md AGENTS.md; do
-          n=$(wc -l < "packages/mosaic/framework/defaults/$f")
-          if [ "$n" -gt 120 ]; then echo "L0 budget exceeded: defaults/$f is $n lines (max 120)"; exit 1; fi
-        done
+      # Resident line-count ceiling over framework-owned resident files
+      # (Constitution + dispatcher + each RUNTIME.md slice). See DESIGN §7 / R9.
+      - bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-resident-budget.sh --self-test
+      - bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-resident-budget.sh
 
   typecheck:
     image: *node_image

.woodpecker/publish.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
 variables:
   - &node_image 'node:22-alpine'
   - &enable_pnpm 'corepack enable'
+  # Heavy kaniko image builds (~25 min) — gate them so a merge that only touches
+  # the npm-only CLI (@mosaicstack/mosaic) or docs does NOT rebuild the platform
+  # images (gateway/appservice/web do not depend on @mosaicstack/mosaic). Releases
+  # (tags) always build everything. Exclude-list keeps the default SAFE: any
+  # non-excluded change still builds, so no transitive dep can silently go stale.
+  # (Woodpecker: `when` entries are OR'd; `path` applies to push/PR only — hence
+  # the separate `event: tag` entry.)
+  - &image_build_when
+    - event: tag
+    - event: [push, manual]
+      branch: main
+      path:
+        exclude:
+          - 'packages/mosaic/**'
+          - 'docs/**'
+          - '**/*.md'
+          - '.woodpecker/**'
 
 when:
   - branch: [main]
@@ -26,6 +43,15 @@ steps:
 
   publish-npm:
     image: *node_image
+    # Publish only when a publishable package changed (or on a release tag); a
+    # pure-docs merge runs no publish. Cheap step, but gated for cleanliness.
+    when:
+      - event: tag
+      - event: [push, manual]
+        branch: main
+        path:
+          include:
+            - 'packages/**'
     environment:
       NPM_TOKEN:
         from_secret: gitea_token
@@ -91,6 +117,7 @@ steps:
 
   build-gateway:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
+    when: *image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
         from_secret: gitea_username
@@ -116,6 +143,7 @@ steps:
 
   build-appservice:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
+    when: *image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
         from_secret: gitea_username
@@ -141,6 +169,7 @@ steps:
 
   build-web:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
+    when: *image_build_when
     environment:
       REGISTRY_USER:
         from_secret: gitea_username

docs/TASKS.md

@@ -45,3 +45,44 @@ Active workstream is **W1 — Federation v1**. Workers should:
 - Status: PR open, awaiting maintainer merge ratification (fleet-governing change).
 - Cut always-injected contract AGENTS+TOOLS+RUNTIME 8,827→4,122 tok (−53%); all 12 hard gates intact.
 - Validation: deterministic gate-checklist PASS; headless A/B thin 7/9 vs monolith 5/9. Detail: scratchpads/contract-thin-core.md.
+
+## P5 — Overlay composer + cross-harness (#604) — feat/p5-overlay-composer
+
+- Status: MERGED to main (#605). R7 (compose-contract) + R8 (cross-harness) + R9 (composer test).
+- `composeContract({harness, mosaicHome})` pure fn + `.local` overlay deltas-by-value; `mosaic compose-contract <harness>` command; AGENTS bare-launch nudge; composer spec (per-tier anchor + Tier-3 byte-equality). Detail: scratchpads/p5-overlay-composer.md.
+
+## P6 — Docs, compliance matrix, alpha tag (#606) — feat/p6-docs-compliance-alpha
+
+- Status: in-repo deliverables done (CONTRIBUTING.md + harness×gate compliance matrix + check-resident-budget.sh + CI wiring + ALPHA-DOD.md). Remaining: alpha tag v0.0.39-alpha (Lead, post-merge). aiguide reconcile merged (#8). Detail: scratchpads/p6-docs-compliance-alpha.md.
+
+## F3-m3 — mosaic update re-seeds framework + relaunches agents (#609) — feat/f3-m3-update-reseed
+
+- Status: implemented + tested. Closes R13: `mosaic update` now re-seeds the framework (data-safe MOSAIC_SYNC_ONLY) after the CLI install so shipped launcher/runtime changes activate; `--relaunch` restarts rostered agents; `--no-reseed` opts out. Detail: scratchpads/f3-m3-update-reseed.md.
+
+## Fleet-polish bundle — boot-survival symmetry (#611) — feat/fleet-polish-bundle
+
+- Status: MERGED to main. disable-on-remove (boot-resurrection bug, TDD) + add-enable + init-R5 hard guarantee. 4 new + 147 existing fleet tests green. Detail: scratchpads/fleet-polish-bundle.md.
+
+## Fleet enhancer role + two-agent floor (#614) — feat/fleet-enhancer-floor
+
+- Status: MERGED to main. enhancer added to 4 presets; init guarantees 1 orchestrator + >=1 enhancer; remove protects the sole enhancer; enhancer role doc. 155 fleet tests green. Detail: scratchpads/fleet-enhancer-floor.md.
+
+## F4 — Orchestrator chat connector + Matrix (#616) — feat/f4-matrix-connector
+
+- Status: Phase 1 MERGED (#617: connector interface send/subscribe/health + registry + roster schema + design). Phase 2a (#618): Matrix CS-API client + factory. 20 connector tests green; no fleet.ts changes. Remaining Phase 2: init/configure connector-selection UX + roster wiring, systemd launch wiring, Conduit deploy guide. Detail: scratchpads/f4-matrix-connector.md.
+
+## Fleet onboarding-injection — comms cheat-sheet + peer roster (#620) — feat/fleet-comms-onboarding
+
+- Status: implemented + tested. Injects # Fleet Comms (peer roster + cross-host agent-send commands + FLIP-reply + --verify) into each spawned fleet agent via composeContract; optional per-agent host/ssh/socket roster fields (socket: named → -L, unset → default socket no -L). 10 + 2 tests green. Detail: scratchpads/fleet-comms-onboarding.md.
+
+## Fleet stand-up fixes — model_hint→--model + socket-default trap (#626) — feat/fleet-standup-fixes
+
+- Status: implemented + tested. FIX1 model_hint→MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL→--model. FIX2 absent socket = default tmux socket (no -L) across parse/spawn/systemd-unit/observe (socketArgs helper, bare-empty shellEnvValue, conditional -L). 158 fleet tests green; shipped presets unaffected (explicit socket_name). Detail: scratchpads/fleet-standup-fixes.md.
+
+## north-star doctrine consolidation — doc PR — feat/north-star-doctrine
+
+- Status: applied Mos's consolidated merge-map to docs/fleet/north-star.md (budget governance + control plane/central register + 200k cap + delegation + unified-identity Fleet + role-based naming + tmux security + drift re-captures). Doctrine only; #622/#623/#625/#628 out-of-scope. Conflict checklist green. Detail: scratchpads/north-star-doctrine.md.
+
+## #631 — re-seed preserves user fleet data (CRITICAL) — fix/631-reseed-preserves-fleet-data
+
+- Status: implemented + tested. PRIMARY: install.sh PRESERVE_PATHS += fleet/\*.yaml + fleet/agents + fleet/run (glob-aware cp-fallback); TS parity. SECONDARY: refreshActiveFleetUnits propagates unit fixes to ~/.config/systemd/user on mosaic update. bash F6 + TS + unit tests green. Detail: scratchpads/631-reseed-preserves-fleet.md.

docs/design/framework-constitution/ALPHA-DOD.md

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Constitution Alpha — Definition-of-Done checklist + release notes
+
+Drafted for the `v0.0.39-alpha` tag (Lead cuts after P5 #605 → P6 #607 → aiguide #8 merge).
+Maps every DoD §8 acceptance criterion to its merged evidence. Legend:
+**✅ merged on main** · **⏳ review-ready PR (pending merge)** · **🔲 Lead action**.
+
+## DoD §8 green-checklist
+
+| #   | Acceptance criterion (DESIGN §8)                                                                       | Status | Evidence / PR     |
+| --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------ | ----------------- |
+| 1   | MIT `LICENSE` (root + framework) + `"license":"MIT"` in package.json                                   | ✅     | P0 #570           |
+| 2   | Three credential-path sites + hook URL fast-failed (no private paths in `*.sh`/hooks)                  | ✅     | P0 #570           |
+| 3   | `verify-sanitized.sh` (two-class, `*.sh`+`*.md`, self-tested) wired **blocking** in CI                 | ✅     | P1 #572           |
+| 4   | Operator data purged from the full set (guides / tools / init-generator)                               | ✅     | P2 #572           |
+| 5   | `rails/`→`tools/` in **both** template families                                                        | ✅     | P2 #572           |
+| 6   | `jarvis-loop.json` deleted; `defaults/SOUL.md` → **neutral sanitized persona** (Q10 decision)          | ✅     | P2 #572           |
+| 7   | `CONSTITUTION.md` extracted (gates one place, capability-verb, §1.4 split, no false "already loaded")  | ✅     | P3 #575 / #577    |
+| 8   | `AGENTS.md`/`STANDARDS.md` out of `PRESERVE_PATHS` + seed-semantics → overwrite in **both** installers | ✅     | P4 #590           |
+| 9   | Snapshot + v2→v3 migration moving user edits to `.local`/`.bak`; `FRAMEWORK_VERSION=3`                 | ✅     | P4 #590 / #593    |
+| 10  | `mosaic-init --non-interactive` fail-closed persona                                                    | ✅     | P4 #590           |
+| 11  | **5-fixture migration matrix** green against **both** installers asserting **injected bytes**          | ✅     | P4 #590 / #593    |
+| 12  | `compose-contract` built + composer unit test (per-tier anchor + Tier-3 byte-equality)                 | ⏳     | P5 #605           |
+| 13  | Resident line-count ceiling enforced (framework-owned resident files)                                  | ⏳     | P6 #607           |
+| 14  | `CONTRIBUTING.md` + harness×gate compliance matrix                                                     | ⏳     | P6 #607           |
+| 15  | `aiguide` reconciled with the Constitution                                                             | ⏳     | aiguide #8        |
+| 16  | Each phase PR CI-green; alpha tag pushed + Gitea release published                                     | 🔲     | Lead (post-merge) |
+
+**Note on #6:** the DoD's literal "delete `defaults/SOUL.md`" was superseded by the resolved
+**Q10** decision — ship a _neutral, operator-agnostic_ example persona instead of deleting it. Main
+carries the sanitized 2.6 KB neutral SOUL.md ("Mosaic agent", no operator identity); the sanitization
+gate confirms it is PII-clean. Criterion met in spirit (no operator persona leaks) via the better option.
+
+**Gate to flip 12–14 → ✅:** merge P5 #605 → P6 #607 (rebase auto-drops the dup format fix
+`adc7df2`/`9f6da92`) → aiguide #8, with `ci.yml` terminal-green on the merged head.
+
+---
+
+## Release notes — `v0.0.39-alpha` (Mosaic Framework Constitution, alpha)
+
+### Mosaic Framework Constitution — Alpha
+
+This release makes the Mosaic framework a **safe-to-open-source, fork-and-customize agent
+operating layer**. It separates the non-negotiable law from operator identity, makes
+customization survive upgrades, and wires the guarantees into CI.
+
+**Highlights**
+
+- **Constitution (L0).** The hard gates now live in one place — `CONSTITUTION.md` — authored in
+  capability verbs, with a thin `AGENTS.md` dispatcher that references the law instead of restating
+  it. Governance model in `constitution/LAYER-MODEL.md`.
+- **Public & sanitized.** MIT-licensed; all operator identity, private paths, and credential sites
+  removed from shipped files. A self-tested `verify-sanitized.sh` gate (two rule classes) runs
+  **blocking** in CI so re-contamination can't merge.
+- **Upgrade-safe customization.** Framework-owned files overwrite cleanly on upgrade while
+  `SOUL.md`/`USER.md`/`*.local.md`/`credentials` are preserved. The v2→v3 migration snapshots first
+  and moves any user-edited `AGENTS.md`/`STANDARDS.md` to `.pre-constitution.bak`/`.local.md` —
+  never silently lost. Verified by a 5-fixture matrix across **both** installers.
+- **Operator overlays.** `mosaic compose-contract <harness>` merges your `*.local.md` deltas into
+  the contract per harness, so customization reaches the model as one pre-merged blob.
+- **Cross-harness.** Single L0 source referenced (never restated) by Claude / Codex / OpenCode / Pi;
+  tiered injection with a byte-equal Tier-3 fallback read.
+- **Guardrails in CI.** Resident line-count ceiling over framework-owned resident files; composer
+  unit test; sanitization gate — all blocking.
+- **Docs.** `CONTRIBUTING.md` with the layer model, dual-installer parity rule, and a harness×gate
+  **compliance matrix** (the Codex/OpenCode/Pi hook-parity gap is tracked for v2).
+
+**Known limitations (accepted, documented in `CONTRIBUTING.md` §9)**
+
+- Bare launches that bypass `mosaic` get base contracts only (no `*.local` overlays) and are not
+  drift-checked by `mosaic doctor` — mitigated by the unconditional Tier-3 self-load + a nudge.
+- Codex/OpenCode/Pi mechanical hook parity, `policy/*.md` composition, and live-launch cross-harness
+  verification are **v2**.
+
+**Phase lineage:** P0 #570 · P1+P2 #572 · P3 #575/#577 · P4 #590/#593 · P5 #605 · P6 #607 ·
+aiguide #8 (umbrella #542).

docs/fleet/PRD-fleet-suite.md

@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ functional, we use the fleet itself to continue the work.
 ## Requirements
 
 ### A. Configure-without-AI CLI
+
 | ID  | Requirement                                                                                                   |
-|---|---|
+| --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | R1  | `mosaic fleet` command set is functional end-to-end (init/install/start/stop/status/ps/verify + agent verbs). |
 | R2  | `mosaic fleet init` is an interactive, **AI-free** CLI wizard.                                                |
 | R3  | Init asks the **configuration type**: `general`, `coding`, `research`, `hybrid`, … (extensible).              |
@@ -32,24 +33,27 @@ functional, we use the fleet itself to continue the work.
 | R17 | Fleet controls are **simple and intuitive**.                                                                  |
 
 ### B. Comms & orchestrator chat-ops
+
 | ID  | Requirement                                                                                                                       |
-|---|---|
+| --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | R6  | Init can wire the orchestrator to a chat connector — **Telegram / Discord / Matrix / Slack** — for command + comms.               |
 | R7  | Designed with the end-goal of **Matrix comms on a locally-controlled server**.                                                    |
 | R16 | Fleet supports **tmux AND Matrix** comms, **user-configurable** at init or any time. Not all users want Matrix.                   |
 | R19 | **"Mos" orchestrator on Discord** (`chan 1517622518662434996` / `srv 1112631390438166618`) on `w-jarvis` — the first live target. |
 
 ### C. Runtime, health, lifecycle
+
 | ID  | Requirement                                                                        |
-|---|---|
+| --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | R9  | Fleet is **mutable by the orchestrator agent** — add/remove agents per need.       |
 | R13 | Fleet **gracefully handles Pi + Claude harness updates** — keep harnesses current. |
 | R14 | The **Pi harness is customized** for proper tool usage, etc.                       |
 | R15 | **Agent heartbeat** properly configured for **Claude AND GPT/Pi** agents.          |
 
 ### D. Surfaces, testing, docs
+
 | ID  | Requirement                                                                         |
-|---|---|
+| --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | R18 | Fleet built so the **webUI can view / monitor / terminate / butt-in** on a session. |
 | R11 | Installed and **tested on both `w-jarvis` and `dragon-lin`**.                       |
 | R12 | **Documentation**: how to install, configure, and use the fleet.                    |
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ functional, we use the fleet itself to continue the work.
 ## Phases (incremental, each shippable)
 
 | Phase                             | Deliverable                                                                                                                         | Notes                                 |
-|---|---|---|
+| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
 | **F1 Presets + init wizard**      | preset rosters (general/coding/research/hybrid) + always-orchestrator + AI-free `fleet init` selecting a preset; re-init idempotent | R1–R5, R8, R10, R17                   |
 | **F2 Connector + Mos-on-Discord** | orchestrator chat-connector config (Discord first) + **Mos live on Discord `1517…`/`1112…`** on w-jarvis                            | R6, R19, partial R16                  |
 | **F3 Heartbeat + harness**        | HB confirmed for claude + pi/gpt; **custom Pi harness** (tool usage, native HB, model self-report); graceful harness updates        | R13, R14, R15                         |

docs/fleet/PRD.md

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 
 ## Problem
 
-The durable tmux fleet runs on the isolated `mosaic-factory` socket. That isolation
+The durable tmux fleet runs on the isolated `mosaic-fleet` socket. That isolation
 (which protects the operator's default tmux) makes the fleet **invisible** to default
 tooling, and truth is split across three planes no single command joins — systemd
-(`systemctl --user`), tmux (`-L mosaic-factory`), and the process tree (`pstree`).
+(`systemctl --user`), tmux (`-L mosaic-fleet`), and the process tree (`pstree`).
 `agent tail` (`capture-pane`) returns **blank for full-screen TUIs**, and `agent send`
 confirms only keystroke injection, not acceptance. Net: the operator has near-zero
 observability and no safe way to watch a session.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ observability and no safe way to watch a session.
 
 ## Acceptance criteria
 
-- `mosaic fleet ps` shows all 5 live sessions on `mosaic-factory` with correct
+- `mosaic fleet ps` shows all 5 live sessions on `mosaic-fleet` with correct
   pane/pid/idle and flags the dogfood **drift** (`canary-pi` runtime=pi but pane runs
   `dogfood-agent.py`) and the **boot-enable** gap (active but disabled).
 - Killing one agent's pane flips its row to dead/stale within one `interval`.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ observability and no safe way to watch a session.
 - Unit/CLI specs in `packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet.spec.ts` (and a new
   `fleet-ps`/`watch`/`send-verify` spec) using the injected `CommandRunner` to assert
   exact tmux/systemd command construction and JSON shape (tenant+host present).
-- Situational: run against the live `mosaic-factory` fleet; capture `fleet ps` output,
+- Situational: run against the live `mosaic-fleet` fleet; capture `fleet ps` output,
   a kill-and-detect cycle, a read-only `watch`, and a `send --verify` pass/fail pair.
 
 ## Known limitations

docs/fleet/TASKS.md

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 > Status: `not-started` | `in-progress` | `done` | `blocked` | `failed`
 
 | id            | status      | description                                                                                                        | depends_on            | agent       | pr  | notes                                                                                                                       |
-| ------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------- | ----------- | --- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| ------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------- | ----------- | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | FLEET-OBS-000 | done        | Plan: north-star + Phase-2 PRD + workstream scaffolding                                                            | —                     | lead        | —   | persisted 2026-06-20 on `feat/fleet-observability`                                                                          |
 | FLEET-OBS-001 | done        | Heartbeat protocol v1 spec finalized in PRD + framework doc                                                        | FLEET-OBS-000         | lead        | —   | file-based `~/.config/mosaic/fleet/run/<agent>.hb`; spec in PRD                                                             |
 | FLEET-OBS-002 | in-progress | Implement heartbeat responder in `dogfood-agent.py`                                                                | FLEET-OBS-001         | fleet-coder | —   | dispatched to ad-hoc `mosaic yolo` fleet agent (dogfood)                                                                    |
-| FLEET-OBS-003 | done        | `mosaic fleet ps` — join systemd+tmux+proc+idle+heartbeat; tenant+host tagged; drift + boot-enable flags; `--json` | FLEET-OBS-001         | worker      | —   | commit ab47831; LIVE-verified on mosaic-factory; caught canary-pi DRIFT + BOOT-ENABLE. Polish: idleSeconds parse returns null |
+| FLEET-OBS-003 | done        | `mosaic fleet ps` — join systemd+tmux+proc+idle+heartbeat; tenant+host tagged; drift + boot-enable flags; `--json` | FLEET-OBS-001         | worker      | —   | commit ab47831; LIVE-verified on mosaic-fleet; caught canary-pi DRIFT + BOOT-ENABLE. Polish: idleSeconds parse returns null |
 | FLEET-OBS-004 | done        | `mosaic agent watch <name>` — read-only join (no resize, no keystrokes)                                            | FLEET-OBS-000         | worker      | —   | `attach -r`; verb wired                                                                                                     |
 | FLEET-OBS-005 | done        | `mosaic agent send --verify` — delivery/acceptance receipt                                                         | FLEET-OBS-000         | worker      | —   | --verify flag; draft-heuristic verify                                                                                       |
 | FLEET-OBS-006 | done        | CLI specs for ps/watch/send-verify (tenant+host shape, command construction)                                       | FLEET-OBS-003,004,005 | worker      | —   | 62 tests green (31 new); re-verified by lead                                                                                |

docs/fleet/f4-matrix-connector.md

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# F4 — Orchestrator chat connector + Matrix (local homeserver)
+
+> **Issue:** #616 · **Doctrine:** `docs/fleet/north-star.md` (#613) — orchestrator-chat-connector decision.
+> **Status:** Phase 1 (abstraction + scaffold) in this PR; Phase 2+ are follow-ups (below).
+
+## Goal
+
+The fleet **orchestrator** is the operator's single point of contact. The north-star makes the
+chat channel a **user-chosen connector** — tmux today, Discord live ("Mos"), with Matrix /
+Telegram / Slack configurable. F4 adds **Matrix** (local homeserver) as a **peer** connector and,
+first, the small **connector abstraction** that makes connectors pluggable without touching fleet
+core.
+
+## The abstraction (Phase 1 — this PR)
+
+Connectors implement one small, uniform interface (`src/fleet/connectors/types.ts`):
+
+```ts
+interface OrchestratorConnector {
+  readonly kind: 'tmux' | 'discord' | 'matrix';
+  send(message: OutboundMessage): Promise<SendResult>; // orchestrator → human
+  subscribe(handler: (m: InboundMessage) => void): Unsubscribe; // human → orchestrator
+  health(): Promise<ConnectorHealth>; // reachable + authenticated
+}
+```
+
+- **send / subscribe / health** — the only surface fleet core depends on. `SendResult` is the
+  ack half; `health()` is the liveness half.
+- **Thread-aware by metadata** — `OutboundMessage.threadId` / `InboundMessage.threadId` are
+  optional, so thread-capable connectors (Matrix rooms/threads, the future first-party Mosaic
+  Discord plugin) fit **without an interface change**.
+- **Registry** (`registry.ts`) — implementations register a factory by kind; `createConnector(config)`
+  resolves one from roster config. Phase 1 ships the registry + `resolveConnectorKind` (defaults
+  `tmux` when a roster declares no connector — **back-compat**); the factories land in Phase 2.
+
+### Config model
+
+A roster may carry an optional `connector` block (`roster.schema.json`); absent ⇒ tmux.
+
+```yaml
+connector:
+  kind: matrix # tmux | discord | matrix
+  matrix:
+    homeserver_url: https://matrix.example.internal
+    user_id: '@mos:example.internal'
+    room_id: '!abc:example.internal'
+```
+
+**Secrets are never in the roster.** `MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN` / `DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN` come from the
+environment (the gateway env-config pattern that already masks them). The sanitization gate would
+reject a token committed to a shipped file anyway.
+
+## Matrix connector (Phase 2)
+
+The connector speaks the **Matrix client-server API** directly over HTTPS (`fetch` — no SDK needed
+for MVP), so it is **homeserver-agnostic**:
+
+| Op          | Matrix CS-API                                                            |
+| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `send`      | `PUT /_matrix/client/v3/rooms/{roomId}/send/m.room.message/{txnId}`      |
+| `subscribe` | `GET /_matrix/client/v3/sync` (long-poll, `since` token) → room timeline |
+| `health`    | `GET /_matrix/client/versions` (reachable) + `…/account/whoami` (authed) |
+| threads     | `m.thread` relations ↔ `threadId`                                        |
+
+## Local homeserver (infra, not connector code)
+
+Strategic default: a **self-hosted** homeserver on our own infra — no third-party gateway.
+
+- **Default: Conduit** (Rust, single binary, low resource) — trivial to stand up for a fleet/dev
+  homeserver.
+- **Alternative: Synapse** (mature, feature-complete) for scale.
+
+The connector only needs `homeserver_url` + `user_id` + `room_id` + an access token, so the
+homeserver choice is a **deployment** concern (a Phase-2 deploy guide), not connector code.
+
+## Phasing
+
+| Phase | Scope                                                                                   | This PR |
+| ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
+| **1** | Connector interface + types, registry + kind resolution, roster `connector` schema, doc | ✅ yes  |
+| 2     | Matrix CS-API client (fetch-based send/sync/health) + registered factory + tests        | follow  |
+| 2     | `fleet init` / `configure` connector-selection UX; roster parse wires the block         | follow  |
+| 2     | systemd launch wiring so the orchestrator starts on the chosen connector                | follow  |
+| 3     | Conduit deploy guide; first-party Mosaic Discord (threads) registers as a connector     | follow  |
+
+## Back-compat & boundaries
+
+- Existing rosters (no `connector`) resolve to tmux — **zero change**.
+- Fleet core never branches on connector kind; it depends only on the interface.
+- Cross-host reach rides the **federation** layer (W1), not a bespoke broker (north-star assumption).
+- Phase 1 touches **no** `fleet.ts` core (a self-contained `connectors/` module), so it is
+  independent of the in-flight fleet-config PRs.

docs/fleet/north-star.md

@@ -56,13 +56,21 @@ The Fleet inherits — does not re-invent — the MVP's hard requirements:
 One **definition** is the source of truth; the **session** is how it runs.
 
 | Layer                            | Owner                                                                                       | Phase-2 reality                                        | Destination                                                                                                                         |
-| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- |
+| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | **Definition + identity + auth** | gateway / `mosaic-as` (scoped tokens, #541)                                                 | `roster.yaml` (tenant-tagged)                          | one definition; `mosaic agent --new` materializes it                                                                                |
 | **Tenancy boundary**             | **Linux uid per tenant** (linger, own `systemd --user`, own socket, own `~/.config/mosaic`) | one tenant: `jarvis` = tenant zero                     | uid-per-tenant; federation aggregates across hosts                                                                                  |
 | **Runtime**                      | per-tenant tmux session on isolated socket                                                  | dogfood stub sessions (live now on `mosaic-factory`)   | claude/codex/pi/opencode TUIs                                                                                                       |
 | **Liveness**                     | **heartbeat protocol** every runtime answers                                                | protocol defined + dogfood stub answers it             | all runtimes answer; "healthy" ≠ "pane alive"                                                                                       |
 | **Observation**                  | read-only `watch` (native tmux) + `pipe-pane` stream                                        | CLI `watch`/`ps`; explicit opt-in `attach` for control | + auth-gated webUI streams                                                                                                          |
 | **Control plane**                | **federation** across hosts × tenants                                                       | records already carry `tenant_id` + `host`             | federated gateways expose fleet state; webUI in Phase 5                                                                             |
+| **Central register**             | Postgres `fleet` schema (gateway instance); access via gateway API only                     | _none in PoC_ (files + `roster.yaml`)                  | agents, missions, tasks, heartbeats, spend — single network-accessible SSOT; docs = generated projections                           |
+| **Budget / spend governance**    | **per-tenant budget policy** ingested by the orchestrator + routing layer                   | none today (spend is unmetered)                        | usage-vs-limit feedback ingested; spend auto-paced to the limit window; per-provider/per-account/concurrency/API-$ budgets enforced |
+
+> **PoC socket hygiene:** the PoC fleet runs on the **default tmux socket** (no `-L`).
+> The named production-isolation socket is **`mosaic-fleet`** (matches the product brand);
+> an absent roster `socket_name` means the default socket everywhere (spawn, `fleet ps`,
+> onboarding cheat-sheet). The legacy dogfood canary still runs on the old `mosaic-factory`
+> socket pending migration.
 
 ## Operating model (inherited, not reinvented)
 
@@ -73,6 +81,37 @@ diff-sanity → squash-merge → verify), **decide-and-inform** cadence, and a d
 this model. See `mosaicstack-aiguide` whitepapers 01 (inter-agent comms) and 03
 (orchestration model) for the rationale.
 
+## Fleet roster — the two-agent floor and the role library
+
+A fleet is **never a single agent**. The minimum viable fleet is **two**:
+
+| Role             | Mandate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Boundaries                                                                                 |
+| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| **Orchestrator** | The user's **single point of contact**. Owns the general flow, keeps agentic actions on-target, and **adds/removes agents from the fleet at will** to meet goals and user needs. Exactly **one** per fleet (the existing R5 invariant).                                                                                                                                 | Delegates source work; never the sole worker.                                              |
+| **Enhancer**     | The fleet's **continuous-improvement loop**. Monitors fleet activity, analyzes for enhancements/optimizations, builds a **plan of remediation**, and — **with the orchestrator** — upgrades fleet capability: tool creation/repair, skills, harness improvements, and **bug reports filed to Mosaic Stack** for proper remediation. Recommends which agents are needed. | **Does not code, review code, or perform delivery tasks.** Improvement and diagnosis only. |
+
+> **Why two, not one:** the orchestrator drives delivery; the enhancer makes the fleet
+> _get better at delivering_ over time. The enhancer is how the fleet self-heals its tools,
+> skills, and harnesses, and how real defects flow back to Mosaic Stack as bug reports.
+> Together they are the irreducible core — every other role is added on demand.
+
+A **general** fleet starts at this floor: the orchestrator (advised by the enhancer)
+materializes whatever roles prove necessary over the mission's life. Specialized presets
+(coding, research, etc.) seed additional roles up front, but all reduce to the same two-agent
+spine plus an on-demand **role library**:
+
+| Role profile        | Purpose                                                                           |
+| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **orchestrator**    | point of contact, flow control, fleet composition (1 per fleet)                   |
+| **enhancer**        | fleet monitoring, optimization, tool/skill/harness upgrades, upstream bug reports |
+| **coder**           | implementation (worker; stops at PR-open)                                         |
+| **code review**     | independent code review gate                                                      |
+| **security review** | security/auth/secret review gate                                                  |
+| **research**        | investigation, synthesis, options analysis                                        |
+| **board**           | deliberation panel — moonshot, contrarian, technical, business, financial lenses  |
+| **operations**      | infra, deploy, health, incident response                                          |
+| _…extensible_       | new profiles added as missions demand (orchestrator + enhancer decide)            |
+
 ## Invariants — "maximal vision, incremental delivery, zero foreclosure"
 
 Every artifact, starting Phase 2, MUST:
@@ -82,6 +121,67 @@ Every artifact, starting Phase 2, MUST:
 3. Define **healthy = answered a heartbeat within N seconds**, never just "pane alive".
 4. Make **observation read-only by default**; control is an explicit, separate, opt-in verb.
 
+> **OPS INVARIANT — runtime agents need a real TTY.** Claude/Codex/pi/opencode agents
+> cannot be bare-launched from a systemd `ExecStart`; a durable harness with a real PTY is
+> required. This is **why `start-agent-session.sh` launches into tmux** and uses a
+> `MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND` override rather than running the runtime directly under systemd.
+
+## Budget & token governance (first-class fleet concern)
+
+Spend is a fleet-level resource, not a per-agent afterthought. The fleet treats token
+and API-dollar budget the way it treats liveness: a signal every runtime exposes and the
+control plane is accountable for. This rides the same primitives as everything else —
+`tenant_id` + `host` on every spend record, **read-only metering by default**, and the
+**federation** layer as the cross-host aggregation point (W1) — so budgeting is zero-foreclosure
+from day one even while one tenant exists.
+
+**Two spend regimes, one policy surface:**
+
+| Regime                                                  | Feedback signal                                                          | Fleet obligation                                                                                        |
+| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **OAuth-subscription runtimes** (Claude sub, Codex sub) | runtime exposes **current-usage-vs-limit** within a rolling limit window | **ingest** the signal per sub-account; **auto-pace** agentic spend so the window is not exhausted early |
+| **API-token runtimes** (metered per token)              | provider billing / token counts                                          | enforce **hard $-spend ceilings**; on breach, **downgrade → queue → refuse** (below)                    |
+
+**Auto-pacing law (OAuth subs) — EVEN-SPREAD default (Jason override, 2026-06-22):** the fleet
+paces agentic token spend to consume the limit window **evenly over remaining time**:
+target rate = _(remaining usage available)_ ÷ _(remaining time in the window)_. Example: 100% of
+a 7-day window = **~14.285%/day**; the system tracks current usage and continuously re-splits the
+remainder evenly to hold pace. **Anticipated token-spend-per-task is the budgeting informant** —
+tasks are scheduled against the daily pace, not run until the quota is gone. Rationale: spreading
+delivery evenly beats rapidly exhausting usage and losing **multiple days of momentum**.
+**Rapid pacing / overspend requires EXPLICIT user authorization;** absent it, even-spread holds.
+Pacing is a control-plane decision, surfaced read-only before it throttles a lane.
+
+**Hard-cap breach behavior (ladder):** when a budget ceiling is hit mid-work, the fleet
+**downgrades first** (opus → sonnet → haiku, then Claude → Codex), **queues** the lane at the
+cheapest floor until the window resets, and **refuses** only as a last resort. Refusal is never
+the first response to a breach.
+
+**Spend accounting, learning & telemetry:**
+
+- **Multi-subscription auto-routing:** a tenant with multiple subscriptions may let the fleet
+  **auto-route work to the account with the most available usage** (within budget policy).
+- **Historical spend learning:** every task's token spend is **recorded**; historical data
+  continuously updates known **spend-per-task**, **typical daily spend**, and projections — so
+  estimates self-correct and pacing stays on target.
+- **Projected + actual spend on artifacts (Mosaic Stack mandate):** PRDs, missions, and task
+  decomposition **MUST note projected AND actual token spend** — a Mosaic Stack process standard
+  (template-level), tracked separately as **#622**.
+- **Anonymized telemetry → mosaicstack.dev:** spend data is reported (anonymous) to the
+  mosaicstack.dev telemetry endpoint so other agents/fleets budget and optimize from real,
+  anonymized data. Product workstream, tracked separately as **#623**.
+
+**User-settable budgets (the policy surface).** A tenant operator can set budgets for every
+configured **provider** (per-provider ceilings), the **account-to-task mapping**, the **agentic
+routing flow**, **concurrency** (the spend multiplier), and **hard API-token $-limits**. Budgets
+are enforced at the orchestrator + routing boundary, not inside individual workers (a worker never
+decides its own budget — see delegation discipline).
+
+**Budget CLI UX (#558):** `mosaic budget set --reset-at` sets the window reset; reset-datetimes
+carry **confidence tags** (`user` / `provider` / `estimated` / `unknown`); and **urgency/criticality
+is a dispatch-gate modifier** — high-urgency work may override even-spread pacing **within
+authorization**. (Also feeds the budgeting workstream, not only this doc.)
+
 ## Observation model
 
 | Verb                                | Behavior                                                                                           |
@@ -96,15 +196,83 @@ Every artifact, starting Phase 2, MUST:
 > (blank for full-screen TUIs), and `attach` is read-write + resizes the session. The
 > verbs above restore "join and observe" safely.
 
+## Control plane & central register
+
+### Why the register must be Postgres
+
+The fleet is multi-host (w-jarvis + dragon-lin + future). A SQLite file is a local
+file — it is not a network service and cannot be shared across hosts. Beyond topology,
+Postgres MVCC eliminates the concurrent-writer corruption class Hermes hit with SQLite
+under multi-agent access.
+
+Access is exclusively through the **gateway API** (`apps/gateway` — typed, auth-gated,
+scoped tokens). No agent or dispatcher pane ever holds a raw DB credential; a
+compromised pane cannot corrupt or exfiltrate the register.
+
+### Architecture (layers)
+
+| Layer                  | Responsibility                                                                                                | Implementation                                                                                                                                                                                            |
+| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Register**           | Source of truth: agents, missions, tasks, heartbeats, spend                                                   | Postgres `fleet` schema — existing stack instance (`@mosaicstack/db`)                                                                                                                                     |
+| **Access**             | Typed, auth-gated API                                                                                         | Gateway `fleet/*` routes                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| **Dispatcher**         | Brief classification, BOD review, planning/coding/review/test/deploy sequencing + gates → fleet task dispatch | **forge pipeline engine** (`runPipeline`/`resumePipeline`, brief classifier, BOD) **+ thin `forge-exec` adapter → `agent-send.sh`**; NOT a new daemon — forge is reused, only stage→agent dispatch is new |
+| **Orchestrator (Mos)** | Goals, missions, judgment, user/PA interface                                                                  | Context-light; sets intent → re-engages only for decisions                                                                                                                                                |
+
+### Dispatcher = forge (reuse, do not rebuild)
+
+The dispatcher is **not new work**: it is `@mosaicstack/forge`, a fully-implemented
+software-factory pipeline engine (brief → Board-of-Directors review → 3 planning stages →
+coding → review/remediation → testing → deploy). Forge already provides
+`runPipeline`/`resumePipeline`, a brief classifier, and a BOD persona loader, so the fleet
+does **not** re-implement sequencing, gate logic, or brief classification. The only new
+fleet-owned code is a thin **`forge-exec` TaskExecutor adapter** (`ForgeTask` →
+`agent-send.sh` to a named agent) — forge's single missing piece — tracked as a Gitea
+issue and built post-PoC. The Postgres register backs forge's pipeline state (durable
+`resumePipeline`, cross-host) in addition to cross-project missions/tasks/Kanban. The
+north-star **'board' role IS forge's Board-of-Directors** — reused from forge, not a new
+role implementation.
+
+### Docs as projections
+
+`docs/TASKS.md` and `MISSION-MANIFEST.md` are **generated projections** of the DB,
+not hand-maintained. The dispatcher (or a scheduled job) renders Markdown from
+`fleet.*` tables and commits the output. DB is authoritative; docs are for human
+reference.
+
+### Spend
+
+`fleet.spend_ledger` records projected and actual token spend per agent/mission/task
+(ties to issue #622). The dispatcher enforces budget caps before dispatching. Mos reads
+the roll-up via API — no raw DB access, no context-bloating dumps.
+
+### Federation
+
+Cross-host fleet state flows through federated gateway queries (existing
+`federation_peers` / `federation_grants` machinery). This is the existing north-star
+invariant: **control plane rides federation (W1), not a bespoke broker.** No new
+broker introduced.
+
+### Scope
+
+This is Phase 4–5 of this roadmap, materialized. It MUST NOT block the PoC (which
+runs correctly on files + `roster.yaml`). Begin when Phase 2 heartbeat protocol is
+stable and concurrent-agent count makes file coordination the bottleneck.
+
+### Open sub-decision
+
+Dedicated Postgres **instance** vs. dedicated **schema** in the existing instance.
+Recommendation: dedicated schema, existing instance (a migration file, not new infra);
+re-evaluate if isolation or write-volume demands it.
+
 ## Phased roadmap
 
 | Phase                  | Outcome                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Status  |
-| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
+| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
 | 0–1                    | tmux PoC, hardening, published CLI v0.0.34 (#565–#568)                                                                                                                                                   | ✅ done |
 | **2 — Observability**  | `fleet ps` (host+tenant aware join), heartbeat protocol + dogfood stub answers it, `agent watch` (read-only), `agent send --verify` receipts                                                             | ▶ now   |
-| 3 — Real runtimes      | claude/codex/pi/opencode answer heartbeat; **hybrid lifecycle** (core always-on: orchestrator+reviewer; ephemeral workers per lane)          | planned |
-| 4 — Unified definition | one agent schema in gateway; `mosaic agent --new` → materialized per-tenant session; uid-tenant provisioning                                 | planned |
-| 5 — Control plane      | federation-backed cross-host × cross-tenant fleet view; **webUI** (surface chosen then) for MVP-X1 parity                                    | planned |
+| 3 — Real runtimes      | claude/codex/pi/opencode answer heartbeat; **hybrid lifecycle** (core always-on: **orchestrator + enhancer**; ephemeral workers per lane)                                                                | planned |
+| 4 — Unified definition | one agent schema in gateway; `mosaic agent --new` → materialized per-tenant session; uid-tenant provisioning; **`fleet` schema migration + `forge-exec` TaskExecutor adapter (forge → `agent-send.sh`)** | planned |
+| 5 — Control plane      | federation-backed cross-host × cross-tenant fleet view; **webUI** (surface chosen then) for MVP-X1 parity; **central register live (spend ledger, docs-as-projections, multi-host Kanban)**              | planned |
 
 ## Decisions of record (2026-06-20, with Jason)
 
@@ -121,6 +289,89 @@ Every artifact, starting Phase 2, MUST:
   runtime-bin on PATH (baked into the pane command) + boot-survival (`enable` + linger),
   which `fleet init` should automate.
 
+## Decisions of record (2026-06-22, with Jason)
+
+- **Two-agent floor:** every fleet has, at minimum, an **orchestrator** and an **enhancer**.
+  The orchestrator is the user's point of contact and composes the fleet; the enhancer runs the
+  continuous-improvement loop (monitor → analyze → remediate → upgrade tools/skills/harness →
+  file Mosaic Stack bug reports) and **does not code or review**.
+- **Role library:** orchestrator, enhancer, coder, code review, security review, research,
+  board (moonshot/contrarian/technical/business/financial), operations — extensible; the
+  orchestrator (advised by the enhancer) adds roles as missions demand.
+- **Orchestrator chat connector:** the orchestrator is reachable over a user-chosen connector
+  (tmux now; Telegram/Discord/Matrix/Slack configurable). Validated live: **"Mos" orchestrator
+  on Discord** via the Claude Code discord channel plugin (w-jarvis).
+- **Session context cap = 200k tokens (GLOBAL to all Claude sessions):** Claude Code sessions are
+  capped at a **max 200k-token context window**. Long-running sessions extended toward 1M tokens
+  have proven **worse in practice** (degraded steering, off-plan divergence); 200k is the standard.
+  **Enforcement split:** the _window_ lives in **`~/.claude/settings.json`** (host-global) as
+  `"autoCompactWindow": 200000` + `"autoCompactEnabled": true`; the _1M-disable_ lives in **launch
+  ENV** (`CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_1M_CONTEXT=1`, plus `CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW=200000`) wherever
+  a `[1m]` model can be selected (`mos-claude.service` + the fleet Claude launcher), so every Claude
+  agent is capped at spawn. (settings = window; env = 1M-disable.)
+- **Worker context bound (#8):** workers are kept context-bounded via the **ephemeral-per-lane
+  lifecycle + native compaction**, not via the 200k knob. The explicit `autoCompactWindow` 200k knob
+  **stays Claude-specific** — the _principle_ (bounded context) extends to workers, the _knob_ does not.
+- **Orchestrator delegation discipline:** the orchestrator **delegates all delivery work** to
+  subagents / workflows / ultracode / coder agents and confines its own context to \*\*orchestration
+  - the personal-assistant lane\*\*. Keeping delivery out of the orchestrator's window keeps its
+    context unpolluted and measurably reduces off-plan divergence. The orchestrator coordinates and
+    decides; it does not implement.
+- **Budget governance is fleet doctrine:** token/API-dollar budgeting is a first-class fleet concern
+  (see "Budget & token governance"). OAuth-sub usage-vs-limit feedback is ingested per account, spend
+  is **auto-paced EVEN-SPREAD over remaining time** (rapid/overspend only on explicit authorization),
+  spend is **tracked historically** to self-correct per-task/daily estimates, multi-sub tenants may
+  **auto-route by available usage**, and operators set budgets per provider, per account-to-task
+  mapping, per routing flow, per concurrency level, and as hard API-$ ceilings.
+- **Spend accounting is a Mosaic Stack process mandate:** PRDs, missions, and task decomposition
+  **MUST carry projected + actual token spend**; used locally for pacing and reported as **anonymized
+  telemetry to mosaicstack.dev**. The template standard (#622) and telemetry product (#623) are
+  tracked separately.
+- **Unified identity = "Fleet" (Jason, 2026-06-22):** the product is **Mosaic Fleet** — one unified
+  user-facing identity and CLI surface. **forge** is the Fleet's **internal** delivery/orchestration
+  engine (not a separate product); the control-plane **Postgres register is the Fleet's register**;
+  workers/runtime are the **Fleet substrate**. **"factory" is RETIRED as a product term** — it was
+  only ever the software-factory concept (which forge implements) and the old `mosaic-factory` tmux
+  socket name. The production-isolation socket is now **`mosaic-fleet`** (matches the product brand);
+  the legacy dogfood canary remains on the old `mosaic-factory` socket pending migration. **Code stays
+  layered** (forge + fleet + control-plane as internal layers);
+  only the **identity + CLI surface unify under Fleet.**
+- **Role-based session naming (Jason, 2026-06-22):** agent tmux sessions are named by **role**
+  (`orchestrator`, `enhancer`, `research`, `coder0-0`, …), not by persona. **Persona lives in
+  `SOUL.md`**; the front-end / Discord presents a **friendly alias** (e.g. "Mos" = the orchestrator's
+  alias). The session name is the stable addressing handle; the alias is presentation.
+
+### Control plane & central register
+
+- **Store:** Postgres (existing stack instance, dedicated `fleet` schema via `@mosaicstack/db`). SQLite rejected: (1) it is a local file — structurally incompatible with a multi-host fleet; (2) concurrent multi-agent writes caused repeated corruption in Hermes. "SQLite + access service" rejected as reinventing a DB server badly; "LLM agent gating DB access" rejected as slow, expensive, and a single point of failure.
+- **Access:** gateway API only (`apps/gateway`, `fleet/*` routes). No raw DB credentials in any agent/dispatcher pane — directly mitigates the tmux attack-surface concern.
+- **Dispatcher = forge (reuse, not a new build):** the dispatcher IS `@mosaicstack/forge`'s pipeline engine (`runPipeline`/`resumePipeline` + brief classifier + BOD persona loader), a fully-implemented software-factory pipeline (brief → BOD review → 3 planning stages → coding → review/remediation → testing → deploy). We do **not** design/build a new dispatcher and do **not** re-implement sequencing, gate logic, or brief classification. The only new fleet-owned piece is a thin **`forge-exec` TaskExecutor adapter** (suggested package `packages/forge-exec`) mapping a `ForgeTask` → `agent-send.sh` dispatch to a named fleet agent — forge's single missing piece. It is tracked as a Gitea issue and built **post-PoC** (not now).
+- **Register backs forge:** the Postgres `fleet` register is genuinely new (neither forge nor the fleet has cross-project state). It BACKS forge's pipeline state (durable `resumePipeline`, cross-host) plus cross-project missions/tasks/Kanban.
+- **'board' role = forge BOD:** the north-star role-library 'board' role IS forge's Board-of-Directors — reused, not reinvented.
+- **Orchestration vs. dispatch:** Orchestrator (Mos) sets intent and handles judgment; forge works the mechanical pipeline (sequencing, gates, status transitions, spend ledger). LLM escalation reserved for judgment: mission decomposition, re-planning on failure.
+- **Spend in the register:** `fleet.spend_ledger` tracks projected vs. actual tokens per agent/mission/task; ties to issue #622.
+- **Docs as projections:** `docs/TASKS.md` and `MISSION-MANIFEST.md` become generated exports of the DB, not hand-maintained.
+- **Sub-decision pending:** dedicated schema in existing PG instance (recommended) vs. dedicated PG instance. Revisit if isolation or write-volume demands it.
+
+## Future enhancements (north-star, post-MVP — not on the MVP track)
+
+- **Mosaic Claude Discord Plugin** — a first-party Mosaic Discord connector that properly
+  implements the basic Discord functions **and native Discord threads**. Threads let a user
+  separate conversation topics with the orchestrator (the pattern proven by the Hermes agent).
+  A major enhancement over the current third-party channel plugin; **not required for the MVP**,
+  but a committed north-star target. `ASSUMPTION:` ships as a Mosaic-owned plugin so the fleet
+  controls Discord UX (threads, reactions, attachments, per-thread context) end-to-end.
+- **Matrix on a local homeserver — strategic future transport.** **F4 (in progress) IS the Matrix
+  connector**: an orchestrator chat connector speaking the Matrix client-server API against a
+  self-hosted homeserver (Conduit default, Synapse alt). Matrix is named here as the strategic
+  future transport — peer to tmux/Discord, not superseded by them.
+- **tmux fleet attack-surface hardening.** Many always-on tmux sessions are an attack surface;
+  `tmux send-keys` / socket access could enable malicious action against agents directly.
+  Mitigations to build toward: socket ownership/perms, per-tenant socket isolation (already an
+  invariant), authenticated `agent-send`, and an audit of who can write to any pane. **Post-MVP
+  unless a P0 surfaces.** The control-plane register reinforces this (gateway-API access = no raw
+  DB creds in panes). A not-started risk-assessment + mitigation-plan task rides the Fleet `TASKS.md`.
+
 ## Assumptions (veto-able)
 
 - `ASSUMPTION:` first-class runtimes = claude, codex, pi, opencode; a "role" (analyst,
@@ -131,3 +382,30 @@ Every artifact, starting Phase 2, MUST:
 - `ASSUMPTION:` Fleet is workstream **W-FLEET** under `mvp-20260312`; a rollup row in
   `docs/TASKS.md` and a workstream declaration in `MISSION-MANIFEST.md` are proposed to
   the MVP orchestrator, not written by this workstream.
+- `ASSUMPTION:` OAuth-subscription runtimes (Claude sub, Codex sub) expose a machine-readable
+  current-usage-vs-limit signal the fleet can poll/ingest; if a provider exposes no such signal,
+  that provider's accounts fall back to API-style hard-ceiling budgeting only (no auto-pacing).
+- `ASSUMPTION:` budget policy lives at the orchestrator + routing layer and is surfaced through the
+  same CLI→TUI→webUI parity (MVP-X1) as the rest of fleet state — not a separate budgeting daemon.
+- `ASSUMPTION:` the 200k session cap is enforced by Claude Code settings/env composition (model
+  variant + `autoCompactWindow`), not by a Mosaic wrapper; a wrapper is the fallback only if the
+  harness later removes those knobs.
+- `ASSUMPTION:` The central register (Postgres `fleet` schema + gateway API + forge as dispatcher) is
+  the Phase 4–5 control plane, begun after Phase 2 observability is proven. It is a dedicated
+  **W-FLEET** sub-workstream entry, not a separate mission. The dispatcher is `@mosaicstack/forge`
+  (reused, not a new daemon); the only new fleet-owned code is the thin **`forge-exec` TaskExecutor
+  adapter** (suggested package `packages/forge-exec`, `ForgeTask` → `agent-send.sh`), tracked as a
+  Gitea issue and built post-PoC.
+
+---
+
+> **Release procedure (drift re-capture, 2026-06-22):** `mosaic update` only propagates new fleet
+> commands when the **CLI version is bumped** — without a version bump, fleet command changes never
+> reach installed hosts. The release/version-bump procedure (bump → publish → `mosaic update`
+> [→ `--relaunch`]) must be documented so fleet changes actually land. (Also feeds the budgeting
+> workstream.)
+>
+> **Tracked separately (not in scope for this doc PR):** **#622** PRD/mission/task projected+actual
+> spend template standard · **#623** anonymized spend telemetry → mosaicstack.dev (product) ·
+> **#625** `tenant_id` roster-schema field (multi-tenant; invariant #1 home) · **#628** `forge-exec`
+> TaskExecutor adapter (post-PoC). This PR records **doctrine only** — no implementation.

docs/guides/fleet-local-canary.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Local Fleet Canary
 
 The local fleet canary runs a small tmux-backed Mosaic agent fleet on an
-isolated tmux socket. The default socket is `mosaic-factory`; the commands do
+isolated tmux socket. The default socket is `mosaic-fleet`; the commands do
 not use or stop the default tmux server.
 
 ## Files
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ mosaic agent tail canary-pi -n 80
 
 These commands read the roster and target the configured tmux socket. The
 generated systemd agent services use `start-agent-session.sh`; message delivery
-uses the tmux send tools with `-L mosaic-factory`.
+uses the tmux send tools with `-L mosaic-fleet`.
 
 `mosaic agent send` is operator-origin traffic unless a caller explicitly says
 otherwise. The CLI always passes a deterministic source label to
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impersonating a known handoff lane. The lower-level inter-agent wrapper
 Use these checks before expanding the roster:
 
 ```bash
-tmux -L mosaic-factory ls
+tmux -L mosaic-fleet ls
 tmux ls
 mosaic fleet verify
 systemctl --user status mosaic-tmux-holder.service
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ systemctl --user status mosaic-tmux-holder.service
 
 Expected results:
 
-- `tmux -L mosaic-factory ls` shows `_holder` and roster agent sessions.
+- `tmux -L mosaic-fleet ls` shows `_holder` and roster agent sessions.
 - `tmux ls` shows only the default tmux server sessions and is not changed by
   fleet start/stop operations.
 - `mosaic fleet verify` checks exact session targets on the isolated socket.
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Run this checklist before cutting or dogfooding a fleet release:
   repeated `start` against the named socket; verify the default tmux server is
   unchanged.
 - Liveness verification: run `mosaic fleet verify` and confirm roster sessions
-  with `tmux -L mosaic-factory ls` or exact `has-session` checks.
+  with `tmux -L mosaic-fleet ls` or exact `has-session` checks.
 - Package dry-run: run `npm pack --dry-run --json` from `packages/mosaic` and
   confirm `framework/fleet`, `framework/systemd/user`,
   `framework/tools/fleet`, and `framework/tools/tmux` assets are included.
@@ -140,5 +140,5 @@ This rollback leaves the default tmux server untouched. If a canary session is
 still present after service stop, remove only the isolated socket server:
 
 ```bash
-tmux -L mosaic-factory kill-server
+tmux -L mosaic-fleet kill-server
 ```

docs/scratchpads/2026-06-20-fleet-cli-local-canary.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Implement enough product surface to use the fleet locally:
 - roster schema and examples
 - local canary docs and rollback instructions
 - tests for CLI behavior where practical
-- canary verification on named tmux socket `mosaic-factory`
+- canary verification on named tmux socket `mosaic-fleet`
 
 ## Non-goals
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Implement enough product surface to use the fleet locally:
 
 - CLI can initialize a minimal roster outside product defaults.
 - CLI can install user systemd units and fleet helper scripts to a configurable Mosaic home.
-- CLI can start/stop/status/verify a canary fleet using `mosaic-factory`.
+- CLI can start/stop/status/verify a canary fleet using `mosaic-fleet`.
 - `mosaic agent send` uses existing named-socket/exact-target tmux tooling.
 - `mosaic agent reset` targets only the named agent session on the named socket.
 - Verification proves default tmux sessions remain untouched.

docs/scratchpads/631-reseed-preserves-fleet.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# #631 — re-seed must preserve user fleet data (CRITICAL data-loss)
+
+- **Issue:** #631 · **Branch:** `fix/631-reseed-preserves-fleet-data`
+
+## Root cause
+
+`mosaic update` auto-runs `install.sh` keep-mode sync (#610). install.sh's rsync `--delete` (keep mode)
+honored PRESERVE_PATHS, but `fleet/` wasn't listed → the sync WIPED `~/.config/mosaic/fleet/roster.yaml`
+(+ run/, agents/). Any user running `mosaic update` lost their roster. (overwrite mode wipes by design;
+the live loss was keep mode.)
+
+## Fix (PRIMARY)
+
+- install.sh PRESERVE_PATHS += `fleet/*.yaml`, `fleet/agents`, `fleet/run` — the framework still SEEDS
+  fleet/examples + fleet/roles + fleet/roster.schema.json (synced), but user files survive.
+- Made the cp-fallback (no-rsync) GLOB-AWARE so `fleet/*.yaml` preserves every user roster there too;
+  fixed the restore to re-glob per-pattern (so only the user file is restored, not the whole fleet/ dir).
+- file-adapter.ts (TS installer): mirrored the preserve list for parity. (TS syncDirectory is copy-only,
+  never --delete, so it never had the bug — belt-and-suspenders + parity.)
+
+## Fix (SECONDARY)
+
+- `refreshActiveFleetUnits()` (update-checker.ts): the re-seed updates ~/.config/mosaic/systemd/user but
+  systemd runs ~/.config/systemd/user, so unit fixes (#627) didn't take effect. After the re-seed,
+  `mosaic update` now copies the fresh mosaic-\*.service → the active dir + daemon-reload (best-effort,
+  only when a fleet is already installed). Wired into the cli.ts update flow.
+
+## Verification
+
+- bash F6 fixture (6 checks: roster/custom-yaml/agents/run survive + examples refreshed + schema seeded);
+  20/20 migration matrix green. TS file-adapter test (roster/run/agents survive keep sync). 2 unit tests
+  for refreshActiveFleetUnits. tsc/eslint/prettier/sanitize clean.

docs/scratchpads/f3-m3-update-reseed.md

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# F3-m3 — `mosaic update` re-seeds framework + relaunches agents (R13)
+
+- **Issue:** #609 · **Branch:** `feat/f3-m3-update-reseed`
+
+## Gap (found in 0.0.39 production validation)
+
+`mosaic update` installs the new npm CLI but never re-seeds `~/.config/mosaic/` from the package's
+bundled `framework/`. So the shipped custom Pi harness (agent-name export + native HB, 0.0.39) stays
+DORMANT until a re-seed — operators get the new CLI on a stale framework.
+
+## Implementation
+
+- `update-checker.ts`: `resolveBundledFrameworkRoot()`, `buildReseedCommand()` (install.sh in
+  `MOSAIC_SYNC_ONLY=1 MOSAIC_INSTALL_MODE=keep` — the P4 data-safe reconcile), `runFrameworkReseed()`,
+  `readRosterAgentNames()`, `buildRelaunchCommands()` (systemctl --user restart per agent).
+- `cli.ts` `update`: after a successful CLI install that includes `@mosaicstack/mosaic`, re-seed the
+  framework (default-on; `--no-reseed` to skip). Then either `--relaunch` (restart rostered agents) or
+  print clear guidance to run `mosaic update --relaunch` / `mosaic fleet restart`.
+
+## Flow
+
+`update CLI → re-seed framework (data-safe) → relaunch agents (opt-in)` — closes R13, activates the
+native harness for every operator.
+
+## Verification
+
+- 6 new unit tests (reseed command/env, relaunch commands, roster parse, missing-installer guard).
+- 19 runtime + 26 launch tests still green; tsc/eslint/prettier clean.
+- Data-safety of the sync is already proven (P4 5-fixture matrix + live dragon-lin validation).

docs/scratchpads/f4-matrix-connector.md

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# F4 — Orchestrator chat connector + Matrix (#616)
+
+- **Issue:** #616 · **Branch:** `feat/f4-matrix-connector` (off main; independent of #615) · **Doctrine:** north-star #613.
+
+## Phase 1 (this PR) — abstraction + scaffold
+
+- `src/fleet/connectors/types.ts`: `OrchestratorConnector` (send/subscribe/health) + message/config types; thread-aware via optional `threadId`; `DEFAULT_CONNECTOR_KIND=tmux`.
+- `src/fleet/connectors/registry.ts`: extensible factory registry; `resolveConnectorKind` (defaults tmux, back-compat); `createConnector` throws `ConnectorNotImplementedError` until Phase 2 registers factories.
+- `roster.schema.json`: optional `connector` block (tmux|discord|matrix; matrix homeserver/user/room; secrets via env, never roster).
+- Design doc `docs/fleet/f4-matrix-connector.md`: interface, config, Matrix CS-API mapping, Conduit-default infra, phasing.
+- **No fleet.ts changes** → self-contained, zero conflict with stacked #615.
+
+## Verification
+
+- 7 connector tests green; tsc/eslint/prettier/sanitize clean; schema valid JSON.
+
+## Phase 2+ (follow-ups, in the doc)
+
+Matrix CS-API client (fetch send/sync/health) + factory; init/configure connector-selection UX + roster-parse wiring; systemd launch wiring; Conduit deploy guide; first-party Mosaic Discord (threads) as a connector.
+
+## Phase 2a (feat/f4-matrix-client, stacked on #617) — Matrix CS-API client
+
+- `src/fleet/connectors/matrix.ts`: `MatrixConnector implements OrchestratorConnector` over the Matrix
+  client-server API (injectable fetch, no SDK). `send` → PUT m.room.message (thread-aware); `subscribe`
+  → /sync long-poll loop using the pure `parseSyncResponse`; `health` → /versions + /whoami.
+  `registerMatrixConnector(env)` registers the factory (token from MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN, never roster).
+- Pure helpers `buildMessageBody` + `parseSyncResponse` make send/receive unit-testable.
+- 13 Matrix tests + 7 registry = 20 connector tests green; tsc/eslint/prettier clean.
+- Remaining Phase 2: init/configure connector-selection UX + roster-parse wiring (touches fleet.ts —
+  after #615); systemd launch wiring; Conduit deploy guide.

docs/scratchpads/fleet-comms-onboarding.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Fleet onboarding-injection — comms cheat-sheet + peer roster (#620)
+
+- **Issue:** #620 · **Branch:** `feat/fleet-comms-onboarding` (off main). Root cause of Mos's failed first send.
+
+## What
+
+Inject a `# Fleet Comms` block into each spawned fleet agent's system prompt (via composeContract — the
+runtime-agnostic path every `mosaic yolo <runtime>` agent hits), so it boots knowing how to reach peers.
+
+- `src/fleet/comms-onboarding.ts` (standalone, no fleet.ts coupling):
+  - `parseRosterAgents` (name/class/host/ssh, lenient), `renderPeerReach` (same-host `-s` vs cross-host
+    `-H <ssh> -s`), `buildFleetCommsBlock` (self [host:session] identity + agent-send path + peer table +
+    FLIP-to-reply + `agent send --verify`=ACCEPTED), `readFleetCommsBlock` (reads roster.yaml; '' if not a member).
+  - `composeContract` appends it only when MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME is set + the agent is in the roster.
+- `roster.schema.json`: optional per-agent `host` + `ssh` (cross-host addresses; manual = pre-federation
+  stopgap, federation/W1 auto-discovers later).
+
+## Acceptance criteria (Mos) — all covered
+
+1. own [host:session] + agent-send path + peer roster ✓
+2. cross-host correctness: local→`-s` (no -H); remote→`-H <ssh> -s` ✓ (concrete coder0-0@dragon-lin)
+3. FLIP-the-preamble reply rule ✓
+4. `agent send --verify` = ACCEPTED ✓
+5. no `-L` (default socket); matches live tooling ✓
+
+## Verification
+
+- 10 onboarding unit tests (parse, render local/remote/fallback/equal-host, build, situational read) +
+  2 composeContract situational tests (injects for fleet agent w/ correct cross-host addr; no-op when
+  MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME unset). tsc/eslint/prettier/sanitize clean.
+- Post-merge validation: Mos spawns a real w-jarvis agent → first-try reach to coder0-0@dragon-lin + a local peer.

docs/scratchpads/fleet-enhancer-floor.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Fleet enhancer role + two-agent floor (#614)
+
+- **Issue:** #614 · **Branch:** `feat/fleet-enhancer-floor` (stacked on #612 `feat/fleet-polish-bundle`)
+- **Doctrine:** `docs/fleet/north-star.md` (PR #613) — every fleet = orchestrator + enhancer minimum.
+
+## Changes
+
+- **Presets** (general, coding, research, hybrid): add `enhancer` (claude, `class: enhancer`,
+  `persistent_persona: true`) as a core always-on agent alongside the orchestrator. minimal/local-canary
+  unchanged.
+- **fleet.ts**: `countEnhancers` helper; init guarantee extended — non-minimal profiles must yield
+  exactly 1 orchestrator AND >=1 enhancer (hard-fail otherwise); `removeAgentFromRoster` refuses to drop
+  the sole enhancer (symmetric with the sole-orchestrator guard) so the floor holds at runtime, not just init.
+- **Role doc**: `framework/fleet/roles/enhancer.md` — the enhancer mandate (monitor → analyze → plan →
+  upgrade tools/skills/harness WITH orchestrator → file Mosaic Stack bug reports) + boundaries (does NOT
+  code or review).
+
+## Verification
+
+- 155 fleet tests green (new: countEnhancers; remove-sole-enhancer guard; remove-allows-when-another;
+  init two-agent-floor; every-non-minimal-preset-has-enhancer; updated preset rosters). tsc/eslint/
+  prettier/sanitize clean. TDD on the init guarantee + remove protection.
+
+## Stacking
+
+Built on #612's init-R5 code. PR shows #612 + enhancer until #612 merges; then rebase onto main → clean.

docs/scratchpads/fleet-observability-phase2.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ with a second agent on `dragon-lin`.
 ## Environment facts (verified 2026-06-20)
 
 - Fleet is live on `W-jarvis` (uid 1000, `jarvis`, `Linger=yes`) on tmux socket
-  `mosaic-factory`: `_holder`, `canary-pi`, `dogfood-coder`, `dogfood-orchestrator`,
+  `mosaic-fleet`: `_holder`, `canary-pi`, `dogfood-coder`, `dogfood-orchestrator`,
   `dogfood-reviewer`. All panes run `~/.config/mosaic/fleet/dogfood-agent.py` (stub),
   including `canary-pi` (roster says runtime=pi → **drift**).
 - Holder + `mosaic-agent@*` units are `active (exited)` but `UnitFileState=disabled`
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ with a second agent on `dragon-lin`.
   with dragon-lin coder, commit docs, begin Phase-2 delivery (heartbeat + `fleet ps`).
 - 2026-06-20 (session 2): Built Phase-2 CLI via worker (commit ab47831): `fleet ps`,
   `agent watch`, `agent send --verify`, 62 tests. LIVE-verified `fleet ps` on
-  mosaic-factory — correctly flagged canary-pi DRIFT + BOOT-ENABLE, tenant_id+host in JSON.
+  mosaic-fleet — correctly flagged canary-pi DRIFT + BOOT-ENABLE, tenant_id+host in JSON.
   Heartbeat responder added to dogfood-agent.py (FLEET-OBS-002) — `fleet ps` HB now
   `healthy` for all 4 agents.
 - Coordination: dual-engine-reviewed (Claude+Codex) and merged framework PRs #572

docs/scratchpads/fleet-polish-bundle.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Fleet-polish bundle — boot-survival symmetry (#611)
+
+- **Issue:** #611 · **Branch:** `feat/fleet-polish-bundle` · From the Lead's Codex symmetry-gap finding.
+
+## Three fixes
+
+1. **disable-on-remove (BUG, TDD).** `fleet remove` stopped + deleted roster/env/heartbeat but never
+   `systemctl --user disable mosaic-agent@NAME.service` → a removed-but-enabled unit could resurrect on
+   reboot pointing at deleted config. Fix: `buildSystemdDisableCommand` + disable in `remove`
+   (best-effort, gated on !--keep-files).
+2. **add-enable.** `fleet add` now enables the new agent's unit for boot-survival (best-effort,
+   independent of --start) — symmetry with disable-on-remove.
+3. **init-R5 guarantee.** `fleet init --write` now FAILS HARD when a non-minimal profile doesn't yield
+   exactly one orchestrator (was a soft warning). `minimal` (sanctioned no-orchestrator) still allowed.
+
+## Verification
+
+- 4 new tests (disable builder; remove-invokes-disable; add-invokes-enable; init general → exactly 1
+  orchestrator) + 147 existing fleet tests green (151 total). tsc/eslint/prettier clean.
+- TDD on the disable bug per contract.

docs/scratchpads/fleet-standup-fixes.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Fleet stand-up fixes — model_hint→--model + socket-default trap (#626)
+
+- **Issue:** #626 · **Branch:** `feat/fleet-standup-fixes` (off main). PoC-blocking, before doctrine doc.
+
+## FIX 1 — model_hint consumed
+
+- generateAgentEnv emits `MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL=<modelHint>` (bare empty when unset).
+- start-agent-session.sh default command → `mosaic yolo $RUNTIME ${MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL:+--model $MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL}`.
+  → pi workers launch with `--model openai-codex/gpt-5.5:high`.
+
+## FIX 2 — socket default trap (absent ⇒ literal default socket, no -L everywhere)
+
+- THE TRAP (3 sites): parseRosterText fallback was DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME; systemd unit had
+  `Environment=MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-fleet` + `ExecStop ${…:-mosaic-fleet}`; start-agent-session
+  defaulted `:-mosaic-fleet`. All fixed → absent socket = '' = default tmux socket (no -L).
+- `socketArgs(name)` helper → `name ? ['-L', name] : []`; replaced all ~15 -L render sites in fleet.ts.
+- shellEnvValue('') now emits a **bare** `VAR=` (not `''`) — unambiguous empty in systemd EnvironmentFile
+  (a quoted '' could become a literal socket named "''").
+- start-agent-session.sh: `_tmux` wrapper passes -L only when socket set; mosaic-agent@.service: dropped the
+  socket default + conditional ExecStop. So spawn == observe == onboarding cheat-sheet.
+- CONTAINMENT: all 6 shipped presets set socket_name: mosaic-fleet explicitly → unaffected; only
+  socket-less rosters (the PoC) get default-socket behavior. DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME exported for explicit use.
+
+## Verification
+
+- 158 fleet + 201 fleet-adjacent tests green; new: socketArgs none/named, model_hint→env, explicit-socket
+  renders -L, socket-less env bare. tsc/eslint/prettier/sanitize clean. Shell bash -n + end-to-end sim
+  (socket-less→no -L, model→--model).

docs/scratchpads/north-star-doctrine.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# north-star doctrine consolidation (#620-adjacent doc PR)
+
+- **Branch:** `feat/north-star-doctrine` (off main). Source: Mos's consolidated handoff + 2 drafts (budgeting/200k/delegation + control-plane). ONE conflict-free PR per the merge-map.
+
+## Applied (merge-map, in order)
+
+1. Stack table: +2 rows (Central register, Budget/spend governance) after Control plane + PoC-socket-hygiene note.
+2. `## Budget & token governance` after Invariants (even-spread pacing [Jason override], hard-cap ladder, multi-sub auto-routing, historical learning, #558 CLI UX) + TTY OPS INVARIANT note.
+3. `## Control plane & central register` after Observation model (Postgres fleet schema, gateway-API access, dispatcher = forge pipeline engine + forge-exec adapter [NOT a daemon], register backs forge, board = forge BOD).
+4. Phased roadmap Phase 4/5 annotated (fleet schema migration + forge-exec; central register live).
+5. Decisions of record (2026-06-22): doctrine §1(c) bullets (200k cap, worker bound #8, delegation, budget, spend mandate, unified identity Fleet, role-based session naming) + control-plane 6c `### Control plane & central register` subgroup.
+6. Future enhancements: Matrix-future-transport (#10, F4 IS Matrix) + tmux security hardening (§5).
+7. Assumptions: doctrine §1(d) (3) + control-plane 6e (1) + release-procedure note + tracked-separately note.
+
+## Conflict checklist: all ✓
+
+1 Decisions-2026-06-22; order Invariants→Budget→Observation→Control plane→Roadmap; 2 stack rows; even-spread (no opportunistic/HOLD); control-plane UNHELD; forge-exec = tracked #628 post-PoC; §7 drift re-captures all present (#8/#10/#558/TTY/release).
+
+## Out of scope (cited in doc + PR): #622 (spend template std), #623 (telemetry product), #625 (tenant_id schema), #628 (forge-exec adapter). Doctrine only — no implementation.

docs/scratchpads/p5-overlay-composer.md

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# P5 — Overlay composer + cross-harness (compose-contract)
+
+- **Issue:** #604 · **Branch:** `feat/p5-overlay-composer` · **Lineage:** #542 → constitution alpha
+- **Requirements:** R7 (compose-contract) + R8 (cross-harness) + R9 (composer test)
+- **Design of record:** `docs/design/framework-constitution/{DESIGN.md §3.2, PRD.md §4}` (on `feat/framework-constitution-alpha`)
+
+## Locked design (sequential-thinking)
+
+Current `launch.ts` assembly (`buildComposedPrompt`) injects by value: mission + PRD + hard-gate +
+CONSTITUTION + AGENTS + USER + TOOLS + runtime. It does **not** inject SOUL or STANDARDS (those are
+read-on-demand per the gutted AGENTS dispatcher), and has no `.local` overlay support.
+
+**Decision (ASSUMPTION — recorded for the PR):** overlays are injected as **deltas by value** under
+labeled sections; base files keep their existing residency.
+
+- `USER.local.md` → appended directly under the `# User Profile` block (USER is injected).
+- `SOUL.local.md` + `STANDARDS.local.md` → a trailing `# Operator Overlays` section (their bases are
+  load-on-demand, so only the small delta is injected — not the full base prose).
+- **Why:** honors DESIGN §3.2 ("model gets one pre-merged blob, no read-merge ritual") while preserving
+  the P3 byte-budget tiering (don't re-inject large SOUL/STANDARDS prose). Precedence order kept: base
+  layers first, operator overlays at recency.
+- Base-only is automatic when a `.local` file is absent (`readOptional`).
+
+## Plan
+
+| #   | Task                                                                                                   | File                                    |
+| --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------- |
+| 1   | Extract `composeContract({harness, mosaicHome})` pure fn; `buildComposedPrompt` delegates              | `src/commands/launch.ts`                |
+| 2   | Overlay logic (USER.local under profile; SOUL/STANDARDS.local in `# Operator Overlays`)                | `src/commands/launch.ts`                |
+| 3   | `mosaic compose-contract <harness>` command → prints blob to stdout                                    | `src/commands/launch.ts`                |
+| 4   | Bare-launch overlay nudge in self-load fallback                                                        | `framework/defaults/AGENTS.md`          |
+| 5   | `compose-contract.spec.ts`: per-tier anchor, Tier-3 byte-equality, overlay present/absent, per-harness | `src/commands/compose-contract.spec.ts` |
+
+## Deferred to P6
+
+CONTRIBUTING.md + harness×gate compliance matrix; resident line-count CI ceiling; `aiguide` reconcile;
+alpha tag `mosaic-vX.Y.Z-alpha`.
+
+## Status
+
+- [x] Phase scaffold (branch, issue #604, scratchpad, TASKS)
+- [ ] Implementation (tasks 1–5)
+- [ ] prettier + vitest green; PR via wrapper → Lead (rides 0.0.39; 0.0.38 mid-cut)

docs/scratchpads/p6-docs-compliance-alpha.md

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# P6 — Docs, compliance matrix, alpha tag (constitution capstone)
+
+- **Issue:** #606 · **Branch:** `feat/p6-docs-compliance-alpha` · **Lineage:** #542
+- **Requirements:** R9 (resident line-count ceiling) + R10 (CONTRIBUTING + compliance matrix + aiguide) + alpha tag
+
+## Delivered (in-repo)
+
+- `framework/CONTRIBUTING.md` — layer model, operator-hygiene/PII prohibition, dedup rule, resident
+  budget, **dual-installer parity rule**, adding-a-harness, re-contamination rule, **harness×gate
+  compliance matrix** (hook-parity gap marked ⚠️ tracked-v2), known-limitations (§9 residuals), PR checklist.
+- `framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-resident-budget.sh` — line-count ceiling over framework-owned
+  resident files (CONSTITUTION + AGENTS + each runtime/\*/RUNTIME.md); `--self-test`; replaces the crude
+  inline ci.yml loop. Wired blocking in `.woodpecker/ci.yml`.
+- Composer unit test (R9) already runs via `pnpm test`; `verify-sanitized.sh` (P1) already wired.
+
+## Verification
+
+- Sanitization gate green (CONTRIBUTING is operator-neutral). Resident-budget self-test + real run green.
+- prettier clean. Current resident counts: CONSTITUTION 96, AGENTS 83, RUNTIME max 75 — all < ceiling.
+
+## Remaining
+
+- [ ] `aiguide` reconcile (separate repo `~/src/aiguide` / mosaicstack/aiguide) — consistency pass vs Constitution.
+- [ ] Alpha tag `mosaic-vX.Y.Z-alpha` — propose version; Lead cuts after full DoD §8 green + all phases merged.
+
+## Notes
+
+- Alpha DoD (DESIGN §8): all phases P0–P6 merged + CI green. P5 (#605) pending merge after 0.0.38 publish.
+- Hook parity (codex/opencode/pi) = tracked v2 gap, documented in the matrix, not closed here.

packages/mosaic/framework/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+# Contributing to the Mosaic Framework
+
+The Mosaic framework is the open-source agent-operating layer that deploys to
+`~/.config/mosaic/`. It is designed to be **forked and customized** — but the
+shared core must stay operator-neutral, deduplicated, and upgrade-safe. This
+guide is the contract for changing framework-owned files.
+
+> Governance model and layer rationale: `constitution/LAYER-MODEL.md` (source-only).
+> Requirements & phase history: `docs/design/framework-constitution/`.
+
+---
+
+## 1. The layer model (where does my change go?)
+
+| Layer  | What                                                          | Owner            | On upgrade                              | File(s)                                      |
+| ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
+| **L0** | Constitution — the non-negotiable law (hard gates)            | Framework        | **Overwritten**                         | `CONSTITUTION.md`                            |
+| **L1** | Standards & guides — how to do the work well                  | Framework        | Overwritten; user delta → `*.local.md`  | `STANDARDS.md`, `guides/*`                   |
+| **L2** | Persona (SOUL) — agent name, tone, role                       | User (init)      | **Never overwritten**                   | `SOUL.md` (+ optional `SOUL.local.md`)       |
+| **L3** | Operator (USER) — human identity, prefs, policy               | User (init)      | **Never overwritten**                   | `USER.md` (+ optional `USER.local.md`)       |
+| **L4** | Project / runtime mechanism — per-repo deltas; harness wiring | Repo / framework | Project user-owned; runtime overwritten | `<repo>/AGENTS.md`, `runtime/<h>/RUNTIME.md` |
+
+**The one sentence a user can rely on:** edit `SOUL.md` / `USER.md` and the
+`.local.md` overlays — they survive every upgrade. To change framework behavior,
+add a `.local.md` overlay; never edit a framework-owned file in place.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Operator hygiene (PII / secrets prohibition) — **blocking**
+
+Framework-owned files ship publicly. They **must not** contain:
+
+- Operator or personal identity (names, handles, pronouns, accessibility notes).
+- Private `$HOME` paths, private hostnames, or domains.
+- Secrets, tokens, or credentials (use `~/.config/mosaic/credentials.json`; the
+  hook URL soft-degrades via `${OPENBRAIN_URL}`).
+
+This is enforced by `tools/quality/scripts/verify-sanitized.sh`, wired **blocking**
+in CI (`.woodpecker/ci.yml`). It runs two rule classes: structural (private-`$HOME`
+defaults, dead paths, unrendered tokens) and a labeled current-contaminant denylist.
+Run it locally before pushing:
+
+```bash
+bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/verify-sanitized.sh
+```
+
+Operator-specific behavior belongs in **your** `SOUL.md`/`USER.md`/`*.local.md`,
+never in the shared core. (The "framework-PR firewall" in `CONSTITUTION.md` §4
+states this as law for agents opening framework PRs.)
+
+---
+
+## 3. Dedup rule — one source, everyone references it
+
+Hard gates live in **`CONSTITUTION.md` (L0) only**. `AGENTS.md`, `STANDARDS.md`,
+and every `runtime/<h>/RUNTIME.md` **reference** the law — they never restate it.
+Restating a gate is a defect: it creates two sources that drift. If you find a
+gate duplicated outside L0, delete the copy and point to L0.
+
+`AGENTS.md` is a thin dispatcher (load order + guide router + the tier-aware
+self-load). Keep it that way; new procedure goes in `guides/*` (on-demand), not
+in the resident core.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Resident line-count ceiling — **blocking**
+
+The framework-owned files injected by value (`CONSTITUTION.md`, `AGENTS.md`, each
+`runtime/<h>/RUNTIME.md`) are budgeted by **line count** — never by word count
+(a word cap forces paraphrasing the law, the exact drift vector we removed).
+
+```bash
+bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-resident-budget.sh
+```
+
+Wired blocking in CI. Gate **wording** stays intact; if a file legitimately needs
+more lines, raise its ceiling in the script deliberately (in the same PR, with
+rationale). The per-harness _total_ resident prompt (which also sums the user's
+`SOUL.md`/`USER.md`) is a `mosaic doctor` runtime advisory — CI cannot see user
+files, so it is out of CI scope by design (DESIGN §7).
+
+---
+
+## 5. Dual-installer parity rule
+
+Two installers seed and migrate `~/.config/mosaic/`:
+
+- **`framework/install.sh`** (bash) — the canonical installer.
+- **`packages/mosaic/src/config/file-adapter.ts`** (TS) — the wizard path.
+
+**Any change to seed lists, overwrite/preserve semantics, or migration MUST land
+in BOTH**, validated by the **shared fixture suite**:
+
+- `framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-install-migration.sh` (bash matrix)
+- `packages/mosaic/src/config/file-adapter.test.ts` (vitest)
+
+Both assert the same behavior: framework-owned files overwrite (backup-once to
+`*.pre-constitution.bak`); user-seeded files seed-if-absent; `SOUL.md`/`USER.md`/
+`*.local.md`/`credentials` are preserved. A change in one installer without the
+other (and its fixtures) is incomplete.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Adding a harness adapter
+
+A harness (runtime) is wired by:
+
+1. `runtime/<h>/RUNTIME.md` — **mechanism only** (subagent syntax, hook/MCP wiring,
+   injection method). No restated gates (see §3).
+2. Launcher emission in `src/commands/launch.ts` — how the composed contract reaches
+   the harness (system-prompt append vs. instructions file). Add the harness to the
+   `RuntimeName` union and the runtime-path map.
+3. `mosaic compose-contract <harness>` works automatically once the runtime path
+   exists (it composes base + `*.local.md` overlays for that harness).
+
+Then add a row to the compliance matrix (§8) and mark which gates are mechanical
+vs. resident-only for the new harness.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Re-contamination rule
+
+A green sanitization gate is not permanent. Before every PR:
+
+- Do not reintroduce operator identity, private paths, or secrets (§2).
+- Do not copy a gate out of L0 (§3).
+- Do not add an unrendered template token or a dead path to a shipped file.
+
+If `verify-sanitized.sh` goes red, that diff **is** your worklist — fix it, don't
+suppress it.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Harness × gate compliance matrix
+
+How each gate is enforced per harness. **Mechanical** = a hook/CI check the agent
+cannot bypass. **Resident** = injected contract prose (strong, but not a hard stop).
+**CI** = repo-side, harness-independent.
+
+| Gate / mechanism                              | Claude      | Codex            | OpenCode         | Pi               |
+| --------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
+| Contract injection (resident-by-value)        | append SP   | instructions     | `AGENTS.md`      | append SP        |
+| Operator overlays (`*.local`, composed)       | ✅          | ✅               | ✅               | ✅               |
+| Bare-launch self-load (Tier-3, read L0)       | ✅          | ✅               | ✅               | ✅               |
+| Sanitization (no PII) — `verify-sanitized`    | CI ✅       | CI ✅            | CI ✅            | CI ✅            |
+| Resident budget ceiling                       | CI ✅       | CI ✅            | CI ✅            | CI ✅            |
+| Migration parity (5-fixture, both installers) | CI ✅       | CI ✅            | CI ✅            | CI ✅            |
+| `no-memory-write` (PreToolUse hook)           | **mech ✅** | resident-only ⚠️ | resident-only ⚠️ | resident-only ⚠️ |
+| QA / typecheck (PostToolUse hooks)            | **mech ✅** | resident-only ⚠️ | resident-only ⚠️ | resident-only ⚠️ |
+| Native heartbeat (fleet `ps` model/status)    | sidecar     | sidecar          | sidecar          | **native ✅**    |
+
+⚠️ **Hook-parity gap (tracked, v2):** the mechanical PreToolUse/PostToolUse hooks
+exist for Claude Code only. On Codex/OpenCode/Pi those gates are currently enforced
+by the resident contract + CI, not by a per-tool hook. Closing hook parity is a
+**v2** item, not part of this alpha.
+
+---
+
+## 9. Known limitations (accepted residual risks)
+
+These are accepted with rationale (DESIGN §9); they are documented, not bugs:
+
+- **Bare-launch overlays are base-only.** A harness started without `mosaic` never
+  ran the composer, so `*.local.md` overlays are not applied. Mitigated by the
+  unconditional Tier-3 self-load + the `mosaic doctor` nudge in `AGENTS.md`; not
+  eliminated. Relaunch via `mosaic <harness>` to pick up overlays.
+- **Bare-launch drift is undetected by `mosaic doctor`** (the launcher never ran).
+- **Codex/OpenCode/Pi hook parity** is a tracked v2 gap (§8).
+- **Live-launch cross-harness verification** is v2; the alpha verifies the composer
+  by unit test (per-tier anchor + Tier-3 byte-equality), not a live launch.
+
+**Deferred to v2 (explicit):** `constitution/` deploy directory; capability JSON
+adapters; 3-way merge; `policy/*.md` composition; per-layer version stamps as a
+migration driver.
+
+---
+
+## 10. PR checklist
+
+- [ ] No operator identity / private paths / secrets (`verify-sanitized.sh` green).
+- [ ] No gate restated outside `CONSTITUTION.md` (§3).
+- [ ] Resident budget green (`check-resident-budget.sh`).
+- [ ] Seed/migration changes landed in **both** installers + shared fixtures (§5).
+- [ ] New harness → compliance-matrix row updated (§8).
+- [ ] `prettier --check` + `pnpm lint` + `pnpm typecheck` + `pnpm test` green.

packages/mosaic/framework/defaults/AGENTS.md

@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ overwritten on upgrade. (Layer model: `constitution/LAYER-MODEL.md`.)
 1. Your context already includes `CONSTITUTION.md` + `USER.md` + the TOOLS index + the runtime
    contract (injected by `mosaic` launch) — do not re-read those. **If you were launched bare**
    (a harness started without `mosaic`, so the law is NOT in your context), read
-   `~/.config/mosaic/CONSTITUTION.md` now, before your first action.
+   `~/.config/mosaic/CONSTITUTION.md` now, before your first action. A bare launch also gets
+   **base contracts only** — operator overlays (`*.local.md`) are composed by the launcher, so if
+   `SOUL.local.md`/`USER.local.md`/`STANDARDS.local.md` exist, relaunch via `mosaic <harness>` (or run
+   `mosaic doctor`) to pick them up.
 2. Read `SOUL.md` (agent persona — small, once).
 3. Read project-local `AGENTS.md` / `CLAUDE.md` if present (these may only make behavior stricter).
 4. Read guides ONLY as triggered by the table below — pull role-relevant depth on demand, not up front.

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package, normally at:
 ~/.config/mosaic/fleet/roster.yaml
 ```
 
-The default tmux socket is `mosaic-factory` so fleet commands do not touch the
+The default tmux socket is `mosaic-fleet` so fleet commands do not touch the
 default tmux server.
 
 ## Examples

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/examples/coding.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 1
 transport: tmux
 tmux:
-  socket_name: mosaic-factory
+  socket_name: mosaic-fleet
   holder_session: _holder
 defaults:
   working_directory: ~
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ agents:
     runtime: claude
     class: orchestrator
     persistent_persona: true
+  - name: enhancer
+    runtime: claude
+    class: enhancer
+    persistent_persona: true
   - name: coder0
     runtime: pi
     class: implementer

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/examples/general.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 1
 transport: tmux
 tmux:
-  socket_name: mosaic-factory
+  socket_name: mosaic-fleet
   holder_session: _holder
 defaults:
   working_directory: ~
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ agents:
     runtime: claude
     class: orchestrator
     persistent_persona: true
+  - name: enhancer
+    runtime: claude
+    class: enhancer
+    persistent_persona: true
   - name: generalist
     runtime: pi
     class: worker

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/examples/hybrid.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 1
 transport: tmux
 tmux:
-  socket_name: mosaic-factory
+  socket_name: mosaic-fleet
   holder_session: _holder
 defaults:
   working_directory: ~
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ agents:
     runtime: claude
     class: orchestrator
     persistent_persona: true
+  - name: enhancer
+    runtime: claude
+    class: enhancer
+    persistent_persona: true
   - name: coder0
     runtime: pi
     class: implementer

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/examples/local-canary.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 1
 transport: tmux
 tmux:
-  socket_name: mosaic-factory
+  socket_name: mosaic-fleet
   holder_session: _holder
 defaults:
   working_directory: ~/src

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/examples/minimal.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 1
 transport: tmux
 tmux:
-  socket_name: mosaic-factory
+  socket_name: mosaic-fleet
   holder_session: _holder
 defaults:
   working_directory: ~/src

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/examples/research.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 1
 transport: tmux
 tmux:
-  socket_name: mosaic-factory
+  socket_name: mosaic-fleet
   holder_session: _holder
 defaults:
   working_directory: ~
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ agents:
     runtime: claude
     class: orchestrator
     persistent_persona: true
+  - name: enhancer
+    runtime: claude
+    class: enhancer
+    persistent_persona: true
   - name: researcher0
     runtime: pi
     class: researcher

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/roles/enhancer.md

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Enhancer — fleet role definition
+
+The **enhancer** is one half of the fleet's two-agent floor: every fleet runs, at
+minimum, an **orchestrator** and an **enhancer**. The orchestrator drives delivery;
+the enhancer makes the fleet _get better at delivering_ over time.
+
+It is a **core, always-on** agent (`class: enhancer`, `persistent_persona: true`),
+not an ephemeral per-lane worker.
+
+## Mandate
+
+The enhancer runs the fleet's **continuous-improvement loop**:
+
+1. **Monitor** fleet activity — agents, heartbeats, sessions, throughput, failures.
+2. **Analyze** for enhancements and optimizations — friction, gaps, recurring defects,
+   missing or broken tools, skill/harness shortfalls.
+3. **Plan** a remediation: a concrete improvement with rationale and expected effect.
+4. **Upgrade fleet capability — with the orchestrator** — tool creation/repair, skills,
+   harness improvements. The orchestrator owns fleet composition; the enhancer advises and
+   implements improvements to the _means of production_, not the product.
+5. **File upstream bug reports** to Mosaic Stack for real defects, so they flow back to the
+   framework for proper remediation rather than being patched over locally.
+6. **Recommend which agents are needed** — advise the orchestrator on roles to add/remove as
+   the mission evolves.
+
+## Boundaries
+
+- **Does NOT write product/source code.**
+- **Does NOT review code** (that is the code-review / security-review roles).
+- **Does NOT perform delivery tasks.**
+
+Improvement and diagnosis only. When the enhancer finds work that requires coding or review,
+it files it (bug report / recommendation) and the orchestrator materializes the right worker.
+
+## Why two, not one
+
+The orchestrator alone optimizes for _this_ delivery; the enhancer optimizes for _every future_
+delivery — self-healing the fleet's tools, skills, and harnesses, and routing real defects
+upstream. Together they are the irreducible core; every other role is added on demand.
+
+> Doctrine: `docs/fleet/north-star.md` (two-agent floor + role library).

packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/roster.schema.json

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
       "properties": {
         "socket_name": {
           "type": "string",
-          "default": "mosaic-factory"
+          "default": "mosaic-fleet"
         },
         "socketName": {
           "type": "string",
-          "default": "mosaic-factory"
+          "default": "mosaic-fleet"
         },
         "holder_session": {
           "type": "string",
@@ -81,6 +81,18 @@
           "class": {
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "host": {
+            "description": "Host the agent runs on (hostname or IP). Absent = the fleet host. Used by onboarding-injection to render cross-host comms addresses. Manual cross-host listing is a pre-federation stopgap; federation (W1) auto-discovers later.",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "ssh": {
+            "description": "SSH target (user@host) for a cross-host peer, so onboarding renders the `agent-send.sh -H <user@host>` form. Optional; only needed for agents on a different host than the fleet.",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "socket": {
+            "description": "tmux socket the agent's session runs on. Onboarding renders `-L <socket>` when set; absent = the default socket (no `-L`). Must match the LIVE socket, not blindly inherit the roster's tmux.socket_name.",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
           "working_directory": {
             "type": "string"
           },
@@ -113,6 +125,35 @@
           }
         }
       }
+    },
+    "connector": {
+      "description": "Orchestrator chat connector (F4). Optional — absent means tmux (back-compat). Secrets (access/bot tokens) come from the environment, never this file.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": ["kind"],
+      "properties": {
+        "kind": {
+          "enum": ["tmux", "discord", "matrix"]
+        },
+        "matrix": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
+          "required": ["homeserver_url", "user_id", "room_id"],
+          "properties": {
+            "homeserver_url": { "type": "string" },
+            "user_id": { "type": "string" },
+            "room_id": { "type": "string" }
+          }
+        },
+        "discord": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
+          "required": ["channel_id"],
+          "properties": {
+            "channel_id": { "type": "string" }
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 }

packages/mosaic/framework/install.sh

@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ INSTALL_MODE="${MOSAIC_INSTALL_MODE:-prompt}"
 # entries (CONSTITUTION/AGENTS/STANDARDS) ARE re-applied afterward by
 # reconcile_framework_files (overwrite + backup-once); the rest stay user-owned.
 # User-created content in these paths survives rsync --delete.
-PRESERVE_PATHS=("CONSTITUTION.md" "AGENTS.md" "SOUL.md" "USER.md" "TOOLS.md" "STANDARDS.md" "memory" "sources" "credentials")
+#
+# fleet/* — the framework SEEDS only fleet/examples, fleet/roles, and
+# fleet/roster.schema.json (synced normally). The user's own fleet files MUST
+# survive `mosaic update` (which runs this sync automatically): the active
+# roster (`fleet/roster.yaml` + any other `fleet/*.yaml`), per-agent env
+# (`fleet/agents/`), and heartbeat run dir (`fleet/run/`). Without these, an
+# update wipes the operator's fleet. Glob entries are honored by both the rsync
+# path (`--exclude`) and the glob-aware cp fallback below.
+PRESERVE_PATHS=("CONSTITUTION.md" "AGENTS.md" "SOUL.md" "USER.md" "TOOLS.md" "STANDARDS.md" "memory" "sources" "credentials" "fleet/*.yaml" "fleet/agents" "fleet/run")
 
 # Framework-owned contract files: re-copied from defaults/ on every upgrade (the
 # user must not edit them; a divergent copy is backed up once before overwrite).
@@ -179,15 +187,23 @@ sync_framework() {
     return
   fi
 
-  # Fallback: cp-based sync
+  # Fallback: cp-based sync. Glob-aware so entries like "fleet/*.yaml" preserve
+  # every matching user file (parity with the rsync --exclude path above).
   local preserve_tmp=""
   if [[ "$INSTALL_MODE" == "keep" ]]; then
     preserve_tmp="$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mosaic-preserve-XXXXXX")"
+    local match rel
     for path in "${PRESERVE_PATHS[@]}"; do
-      if [[ -e "$TARGET_DIR/$path" ]]; then
-        mkdir -p "$preserve_tmp/$(dirname "$path")"
-        cp -R "$TARGET_DIR/$path" "$preserve_tmp/$path"
-      fi
+      # Unquoted $path lets the glob expand against TARGET_DIR; nullglob makes a
+      # non-matching pattern vanish instead of staying literal.
+      shopt -s nullglob
+      for match in "$TARGET_DIR/"$path; do
+        [[ -e "$match" ]] || continue
+        rel="${match#"$TARGET_DIR/"}"
+        mkdir -p "$preserve_tmp/$(dirname "$rel")"
+        cp -R "$match" "$preserve_tmp/$rel"
+      done
+      shopt -u nullglob
     done
   fi
 
@@ -196,12 +212,19 @@ sync_framework() {
   rm -rf "$TARGET_DIR/.git"
 
   if [[ -n "$preserve_tmp" ]]; then
+    # Restore by re-globbing the SAME patterns against preserve_tmp, so each
+    # preserved item is restored at its own relative path (e.g. only
+    # fleet/roster.yaml is replaced — the freshly-synced fleet/examples stays).
     for path in "${PRESERVE_PATHS[@]}"; do
-      if [[ -e "$preserve_tmp/$path" ]]; then
-        rm -rf "$TARGET_DIR/$path"
-        mkdir -p "$TARGET_DIR/$(dirname "$path")"
-        cp -R "$preserve_tmp/$path" "$TARGET_DIR/$path"
-      fi
+      shopt -s nullglob
+      for match in "$preserve_tmp/"$path; do
+        [[ -e "$match" ]] || continue
+        rel="${match#"$preserve_tmp/"}"
+        rm -rf "$TARGET_DIR/$rel"
+        mkdir -p "$TARGET_DIR/$(dirname "$rel")"
+        cp -R "$match" "$TARGET_DIR/$rel"
+      done
+      shopt -u nullglob
     done
     rm -rf "$preserve_tmp"
   fi

packages/mosaic/framework/runtime/pi/mosaic-extension.ts

@@ -9,8 +9,16 @@
  *   4. Memory routing — remind agent to use ~/.config/mosaic/memory/
  */
 
-import type { ExtensionAPI } from '@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent';
-import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, unlinkSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import type { ExtensionAPI, ExtensionContext } from '@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent';
+import { Type } from 'typebox';
+import {
+  existsSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+  unlinkSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  renameSync,
+} from 'node:fs';
 import { join, basename } from 'node:path';
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { execSync, spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
@@ -25,6 +33,57 @@ const MOSAIC_HOME = process.env['MOSAIC_HOME'] ?? join(homedir(), '.config', 'mo
 // Helpers
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Native heartbeat (fleet R14/R15)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// When this agent runs under the Mosaic fleet (MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME set), the
+// extension writes its OWN heartbeat in the same .hb contract `fleet ps` reads
+// (ts/pid/status[/model]) and touches a `.hb.native` precedence marker so the
+// shell sidecar defers. Native HB knows the real turn state (busy/ok), so it is
+// more accurate than the pane-PID-only sidecar fallback.
+const HB_AGENT_NAME = process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] ?? '';
+const HB_RUN_DIR = process.env['MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR'] ?? join(MOSAIC_HOME, 'fleet', 'run');
+const HB_INTERVAL_MS = (() => {
+  const s = Number.parseInt(process.env['MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL'] ?? '', 10);
+  return Number.isFinite(s) && s > 0 ? s * 1000 : 15_000;
+})();
+
+function nativeHbEnabled(): boolean {
+  return HB_AGENT_NAME.length > 0;
+}
+
+function readModelId(ctx: ExtensionContext): string | null {
+  const m = ctx.model as unknown as { id?: string; name?: string } | undefined;
+  return m?.id ?? m?.name ?? null;
+}
+
+function writeNativeHeartbeat(status: 'ok' | 'busy', model: string | null): void {
+  if (!nativeHbEnabled()) return;
+  try {
+    mkdirSync(HB_RUN_DIR, { recursive: true });
+    const hb = join(HB_RUN_DIR, `${HB_AGENT_NAME}.hb`);
+    const lines = [`ts=${nowIso()}`, `pid=${process.pid}`, `status=${status}`];
+    if (model) lines.push(`model=${model}`);
+    const tmp = `${hb}.tmp.${process.pid}`;
+    writeFileSync(tmp, lines.join('\n') + '\n');
+    renameSync(tmp, hb); // atomic replace — fleet ps never reads a partial file
+    // Precedence marker: tells the shell sidecar that native HB is authoritative.
+    writeFileSync(join(HB_RUN_DIR, `${HB_AGENT_NAME}.hb.native`), nowIso() + '\n');
+  } catch {
+    // Best-effort: never let heartbeat I/O disrupt the Pi session.
+  }
+}
+
+function clearNativeMarker(): void {
+  if (!nativeHbEnabled()) return;
+  try {
+    const m = join(HB_RUN_DIR, `${HB_AGENT_NAME}.hb.native`);
+    if (existsSync(m)) unlinkSync(m); // native stopping — let the sidecar take over
+  } catch {
+    /* ignore */
+  }
+}
+
 function safeRead(filePath: string): string | null {
   try {
     return readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
@@ -187,6 +246,9 @@ function buildMissionSummary(cwd: string, mission: ActiveMission): string {
 
 export default function register(pi: ExtensionAPI) {
   let sessionCwd = process.cwd();
+  let hbStatus: 'ok' | 'busy' = 'ok';
+  let hbModel: string | null = null;
+  let hbTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
 
   // ── Session Start ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   pi.on('session_start', async (_event, ctx) => {
@@ -207,10 +269,39 @@ export default function register(pi: ExtensionAPI) {
     } else {
       ctx.ui.notify('Mosaic framework loaded', 'info');
     }
+
+    // Native heartbeat: write immediately, then on an interval. Idle = 'ok';
+    // turn_start/turn_end flip the status so `fleet ps` reflects real activity.
+    if (nativeHbEnabled()) {
+      hbModel = readModelId(ctx);
+      writeNativeHeartbeat('ok', hbModel);
+      hbTimer = setInterval(() => writeNativeHeartbeat(hbStatus, hbModel), HB_INTERVAL_MS);
+      if (typeof hbTimer.unref === 'function') hbTimer.unref();
+    }
   });
 
-  // ── Session End ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  pi.on('session_end', async (_event, _ctx) => {
+  // ── Turn lifecycle → accurate busy/ok heartbeat ───────────────────────
+  pi.on('turn_start', async (_event, ctx) => {
+    hbStatus = 'busy';
+    hbModel = readModelId(ctx) ?? hbModel;
+    writeNativeHeartbeat('busy', hbModel);
+  });
+  pi.on('turn_end', async (_event, ctx) => {
+    hbStatus = 'ok';
+    hbModel = readModelId(ctx) ?? hbModel;
+    writeNativeHeartbeat('ok', hbModel);
+  });
+
+  // ── Session Shutdown ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // (The pi API event is 'session_shutdown'; the prior 'session_end' handler
+  // never fired — fixed here so repo hooks + lock cleanup actually run.)
+  pi.on('session_shutdown', async (_event, _ctx) => {
+    if (hbTimer) {
+      clearInterval(hbTimer);
+      hbTimer = null;
+    }
+    clearNativeMarker();
+
     // Run repo session-end hook
     runRepoHook(sessionCwd, 'session-end');
 
@@ -252,4 +343,32 @@ export default function register(pi: ExtensionAPI) {
       }
     },
   });
+
+  // ── Register mosaic_mission_status tool (model-callable) ──────────────
+  // R14 "proper tool usage": give the agent a first-class tool to load its
+  // active Mosaic mission, milestone progress, task counts, and latest
+  // scratchpad — so it self-orients on in-flight work before planning,
+  // instead of shelling out or guessing. Mirrors the /mosaic-status command
+  // but returns the summary as tool output the LLM can read.
+  pi.registerTool({
+    name: 'mosaic_mission_status',
+    label: 'Mosaic Mission Status',
+    description:
+      'Return the active Mosaic mission, milestone progress, task counts, and latest scratchpad for the current project. Returns a note when no mission is active.',
+    promptSnippet: 'Read the active Mosaic mission + task state for the current project',
+    promptGuidelines: [
+      'Use mosaic_mission_status at the start of a session or task to load the active mission, milestone progress, and open tasks before planning work.',
+    ],
+    parameters: Type.Object({}),
+    async execute(_toolCallId, _params, _signal, _onUpdate, _ctx) {
+      const mission = detectMission(sessionCwd);
+      const text = mission
+        ? buildMissionSummary(sessionCwd, mission)
+        : 'No active Mosaic mission in this project.';
+      return {
+        content: [{ type: 'text', text }],
+        details: mission ? { ...mission } : { active: false },
+      };
+    },
+  });
 }

packages/mosaic/framework/systemd/user/README.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Per-agent overrides live outside the package in:
 Example:
 
 ```dotenv
-MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-factory
+MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-fleet
 MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME=claude
 MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR=$HOME/src/your-project
 # Optional escape hatch for PoC/canary agents:
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ chmod +x ~/.config/mosaic/tools/fleet/start-agent-session.sh
 systemctl --user daemon-reload
 systemctl --user start mosaic-tmux-holder.service
 systemctl --user start mosaic-agent@canary.service
-tmux -L mosaic-factory ls
+tmux -L mosaic-fleet ls
 ```
 
-Do not use `tmux kill-server` without `-L mosaic-factory`; this pattern is meant
+Do not use `tmux kill-server` without `-L mosaic-fleet`; this pattern is meant
 to avoid disturbing the user's default tmux server.

packages/mosaic/framework/systemd/user/mosaic-agent@.service

@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ PartOf=mosaic-tmux-holder.service
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-Environment=MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-factory
+# No default MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET: an absent roster socket means the literal
+# default tmux socket (no -L). The per-agent .env sets it when the roster names
+# one; otherwise it stays unset and start-agent-session.sh uses the default socket.
 Environment=MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=%i
 Environment=MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME=pi
 Environment=MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR=%h
 EnvironmentFile=-%h/.config/mosaic/fleet/agents/%i.env
 ExecStart=/bin/bash %h/.config/mosaic/tools/fleet/start-agent-session.sh %i
-ExecStop=-/bin/bash -lc 'tmux -L "${MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET:-mosaic-factory}" kill-session -t "=%i"'
+ExecStop=-/bin/bash -lc 'if [ -n "${MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET:-}" ]; then tmux -L "$MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET" kill-session -t "=%i"; else tmux kill-session -t "=%i"; fi'
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=default.target

packages/mosaic/framework/systemd/user/mosaic-tmux-holder.service

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=default.target
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-Environment=MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-factory
+Environment=MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-fleet
 Environment=MOSAIC_TMUX_HOLDER=_holder
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -lc 'tmux -L "$MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET" has-session -t "=${MOSAIC_TMUX_HOLDER}:0.0" 2>/dev/null || tmux -L "$MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET" new-session -d -s "$MOSAIC_TMUX_HOLDER" "while true; do sleep 3600; done"'
 ExecStop=-/bin/bash -lc 'tmux -L "$MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET" kill-server'

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/fleet/start-agent-session.sh

@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 AGENT_NAME=${1:-${MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME:-}}
-MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=${MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET:-mosaic-factory}
+# Absent socket ⇒ the LITERAL default tmux socket (no -L). The roster's
+# socket_name is honored when set; absent never silently becomes mosaic-fleet
+# (spawn stays consistent with the onboarding cheat-sheet + fleet ps observe).
+MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=${MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET:-}
 MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME=${MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME:-pi}
+MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL=${MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL:-}
 MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR=${MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR:-$HOME}
 MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND=${MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND:-}
 MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR=${MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR:-${MOSAIC_HOME:-$HOME/.config/mosaic}/fleet/run}
@@ -19,13 +23,25 @@ if ! command -v tmux >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   exit 69
 fi
 
-if tmux -L "$MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET" has-session -t "=${AGENT_NAME}:0.0" 2>/dev/null; then
-  echo "Mosaic agent session already running: $AGENT_NAME on socket $MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET"
+# tmux wrapper: pass -L only when a socket is configured. An absent/empty socket
+# means the default tmux socket (no -L), keeping spawn == observe == cheat-sheet.
+_tmux() {
+  if [ -n "$MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET" ]; then
+    tmux -L "$MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET" "$@"
+  else
+    tmux "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+if _tmux has-session -t "=${AGENT_NAME}:0.0" 2>/dev/null; then
+  echo "Mosaic agent session already running: $AGENT_NAME on socket ${MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET:-(default)}"
   exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND" ]; then
-  MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND="mosaic yolo $MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME"
+  # Map the roster's per-agent model_hint to `--model` so workers launch on the
+  # configured model (e.g. pi on openai-codex/gpt-5.5:high). Omitted when unset.
+  MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND="mosaic yolo $MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME${MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL:+ --model $MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL}"
 fi
 
 # ── Derive a runtime-bin PATH prefix ─────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -90,23 +106,30 @@ MOSAIC_RUNTIME_BIN_PREFIX=$(_build_runtime_bin_prefix)
 #
 # We build the snippet as a double-quoted here-string embedded in a printf call
 # to avoid nested quoting problems.
+#
+# MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME must also be exported INTO the pane: panes inherit the tmux
+# server environment (not this script's, and not the systemd unit's), so the
+# name would otherwise be empty in-pane and the runtime's native heartbeat
+# (which gates on MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME) would never fire. %q-quote it so it is a
+# safe single bash token regardless of the name's characters.
+AGENT_NAME_Q=$(printf '%q' "$AGENT_NAME")
 
 if [ -n "$MOSAIC_RUNTIME_BIN_PREFIX" ]; then
-  PANE_SHELL_SNIPPET="export PATH=\"${MOSAIC_RUNTIME_BIN_PREFIX}:\${PATH}\"; exec ${MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND}"
+  PANE_SHELL_SNIPPET="export MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=${AGENT_NAME_Q}; export PATH=\"${MOSAIC_RUNTIME_BIN_PREFIX}:\${PATH}\"; exec ${MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND}"
 else
-  PANE_SHELL_SNIPPET="exec ${MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND}"
+  PANE_SHELL_SNIPPET="export MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=${AGENT_NAME_Q}; exec ${MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND}"
 fi
 
 mkdir -p "$MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR"
 
 # ── Launch the tmux session (no exec — we continue to wire the heartbeat) ────
-tmux -L "$MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET" new-session -d -s "$AGENT_NAME" -c "$MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR" \
+_tmux new-session -d -s "$AGENT_NAME" -c "$MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR" \
   bash -c "$PANE_SHELL_SNIPPET"
 
 # ── Resolve the pane PID (retry briefly to let the session initialise) ────────
 PANE_PID=""
 for _retry in 1 2 3 4 5; do
-  PANE_PID=$(tmux -L "$MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET" list-panes \
+  PANE_PID=$(_tmux list-panes \
     -t "=${AGENT_NAME}:0.0" -F '#{pane_pid}' 2>/dev/null || true)
   [ -n "$PANE_PID" ] && break
   sleep 0.2
@@ -129,7 +152,7 @@ _start_heartbeat_sidecar() {
   # references to any variables from this script's environment.
   local sidecar_script
   sidecar_script=$(printf \
-    'hb=%s; pid=%s; iv=%s; mkdir -p "$(dirname "$hb")"; while kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; do tmp="$hb.tmp.$$"; printf "ts=%%s\npid=%%s\nstatus=ok\n" "$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%dT%%H:%%M:%%S%%z)" "$pid" > "$tmp" && mv "$tmp" "$hb"; sleep "$iv"; done' \
+    'hb=%q; pid=%q; iv=%q; mkdir -p "$(dirname "$hb")"; while kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; do nat="$hb.native"; if [ -f "$nat" ] && [ "$(( $(date +%%s) - $(stat -c %%Y "$nat" 2>/dev/null || echo 0) ))" -lt "$(( iv * 2 ))" ]; then sleep "$iv"; continue; fi; tmp="$hb.tmp.$$"; printf "ts=%%s\npid=%%s\nstatus=ok\n" "$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%dT%%H:%%M:%%S%%z)" "$pid" > "$tmp" && mv "$tmp" "$hb"; sleep "$iv"; done' \
     "$hb_file" "$pane_pid" "$interval")
 
   # setsid + disown ensures the sidecar survives this script exiting.

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/fleet/test-start-agent-session.sh

@@ -32,8 +32,15 @@ MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND='bash --noprofile --norc -i' \
   "$START" "$AGENT"
 
 tmux -L "$SOCKET" has-session -t "=$AGENT:0.0" || fail "agent session was not created"
+# Retry: pane_current_path briefly reflects the tmux server's cwd until the pane
+# process establishes its own cwd (the -c start dir). Poll until it settles.
+actual_dir=""
+for _ in $(seq 1 30); do
   actual_dir=$(tmux -L "$SOCKET" display-message -p -t "=$AGENT:0.0" '#{pane_current_path}')
-[ "$actual_dir" = "$WORKDIR" ] || fail "agent workdir mismatch: $actual_dir"
+  [ "$actual_dir" = "$WORKDIR" ] && break
+  sleep 0.1
+done
+[ "$actual_dir" = "$WORKDIR" ] || fail "agent workdir mismatch: $actual_dir (expected $WORKDIR)"
 
 # ── Test 2: idempotency (duplicate start prints 'already running') ─────────────
 MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET="$SOCKET" \

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-resident-budget.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# check-resident-budget.sh — resident line-count ceiling (R9 / DESIGN §7).
+#
+# Budgets the *container* (line count) of the framework-owned files that are
+# injected into every agent's context by value — the Constitution (L0), the
+# AGENTS dispatcher, and each runtime RUNTIME.md slice. Gate *wording* is never
+# capped (a word cap forces paraphrasing law — the exact drift vector P3 killed);
+# only the file's line count is bounded, so prose creep is caught in review.
+#
+# This is the CI-enforceable half of the budget. The per-harness *total* resident
+# prompt (which also includes user-generated SOUL.md/USER.md and the per-tier
+# slice) is summed by `mosaic doctor` as a runtime advisory — CI cannot see user
+# files, so it is deliberately out of scope here (DESIGN §7).
+#
+# Usage:  check-resident-budget.sh [--self-test]
+# Exit:   0 = all within budget · 1 = a file exceeds its ceiling · 2 = self-test failed
+set -uo pipefail
+
+FW="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../.." && pwd)" # packages/mosaic/framework
+
+# Per-file ceilings (lines). Headroom above current counts; tighten as files settle.
+# Format: "<relative-path>:<max-lines>"
+CEILINGS=(
+  "defaults/CONSTITUTION.md:120"
+  "defaults/AGENTS.md:120"
+  "runtime/claude/RUNTIME.md:90"
+  "runtime/codex/RUNTIME.md:90"
+  "runtime/opencode/RUNTIME.md:90"
+  "runtime/pi/RUNTIME.md:90"
+)
+
+# check_file <abs-path> <max> → echoes "<n>"; returns 0 if n<=max, 1 otherwise.
+check_file() {
+  local path="$1" max="$2" n
+  n=$(wc -l <"$path" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+  n=$((n + 0))
+  echo "$n"
+  [ "$n" -le "$max" ]
+}
+
+run_budget() {
+  local fail=0 rel max abs n
+  printf '%-32s %8s %8s   %s\n' "FILE" "LINES" "CEILING" "STATUS"
+  for entry in "${CEILINGS[@]}"; do
+    rel="${entry%%:*}"
+    max="${entry##*:}"
+    abs="$FW/$rel"
+    if [ ! -f "$abs" ]; then
+      printf '%-32s %8s %8s   %s\n' "$rel" "-" "$max" "MISSING"
+      fail=1
+      continue
+    fi
+    n=$(check_file "$abs" "$max")
+    if [ "$n" -le "$max" ]; then
+      printf '%-32s %8s %8s   %s\n' "$rel" "$n" "$max" "ok"
+    else
+      printf '%-32s %8s %8s   %s\n' "$rel" "$n" "$max" "OVER BUDGET"
+      fail=1
+    fi
+  done
+  return "$fail"
+}
+
+self_test() {
+  local tmp rc
+  tmp=$(mktemp)
+  # 3 lines, ceiling 5 → within budget (rc 0)
+  printf 'a\nb\nc\n' >"$tmp"
+  check_file "$tmp" 5 >/dev/null
+  rc=$?
+  if [ "$rc" -ne 0 ]; then echo "self-test FAIL: under-budget file flagged"; rm -f "$tmp"; return 2; fi
+  # 6 lines, ceiling 5 → over budget (rc 1)
+  printf 'a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\n' >"$tmp"
+  check_file "$tmp" 5 >/dev/null
+  rc=$?
+  if [ "$rc" -ne 1 ]; then echo "self-test FAIL: over-budget file not flagged"; rm -f "$tmp"; return 2; fi
+  rm -f "$tmp"
+  echo "self-test OK"
+  return 0
+}
+
+if [ "${1:-}" = "--self-test" ]; then
+  self_test
+  exit $?
+fi
+
+if run_budget; then
+  echo "Resident budget: all framework-owned resident files within ceiling."
+  exit 0
+else
+  echo "Resident budget EXCEEDED — trim prose or raise the ceiling deliberately (see DESIGN §7)." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi

packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/test-install-migration.sh

@@ -61,7 +61,25 @@ MOSAIC_HOME="$T5" MOSAIC_INSTALL_MODE=bogus MOSAIC_SYNC_ONLY=1 bash "$INSTALL" >
 chk "F5 failure: invalid mode rejected (nonzero exit)" "[ $rc -ne 0 ]"
 chk "F5 failure: SOUL + credentials intact" "grep -q orig '$T5/SOUL.md' && grep -q keepme '$T5/credentials/c.json'"
 
-rm -rf "$T1" "$T2" "$T3" "$T4" "$T5"
+# F6 — keep-mode re-seed (the `mosaic update` path) MUST NOT wipe user fleet data.
+# Regression for the roster-loss bug: fleet/ was not in PRESERVE_PATHS.
+T6=$(mktemp -d); mkdir -p "$T6/fleet/examples" "$T6/fleet/run" "$T6/fleet/agents"
+printf '# persona\n' > "$T6/SOUL.md"   # makes it a recognized existing install (→ keep mode)
+printf 'version: 1\nagents:\n  - name: coder0\n' > "$T6/fleet/roster.yaml"
+printf 'version: 1\nagents:\n  - name: custom\n' > "$T6/fleet/my-fleet.yaml"
+printf 'ts=x\n' > "$T6/fleet/run/coder0.hb"
+printf 'MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=coder0\n' > "$T6/fleet/agents/coder0.env"
+printf '# stale preset\n' > "$T6/fleet/examples/general.yaml"
+echo 3 > "$T6/.framework-version"
+run "$T6" keep
+chk "F6 reseed: user roster.yaml SURVIVES keep-mode sync" "grep -q coder0 '$T6/fleet/roster.yaml'"
+chk "F6 reseed: other user fleet/*.yaml survives (glob)" "[ -f '$T6/fleet/my-fleet.yaml' ]"
+chk "F6 reseed: per-agent env (fleet/agents) survives" "[ -f '$T6/fleet/agents/coder0.env' ]"
+chk "F6 reseed: heartbeat run dir (fleet/run) survives" "[ -f '$T6/fleet/run/coder0.hb' ]"
+chk "F6 reseed: framework examples ARE refreshed (not preserved stale)" "grep -q orchestrator '$T6/fleet/examples/general.yaml'"
+chk "F6 reseed: framework roster.schema.json seeded" "[ -f '$T6/fleet/roster.schema.json' ]"
+
+rm -rf "$T1" "$T2" "$T3" "$T4" "$T5" "$T6"
 echo
 echo "RESULT: $pass passed, $fail failed"
 [ "$fail" -eq 0 ]

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

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ delivers reliably to local OR remote panes.
 agent-send.sh -s <dst_session> -m "message"
 
 # Local target on a Mosaic fleet socket
-agent-send.sh -L mosaic-factory -s '=coder0' -m "message"
+agent-send.sh -L mosaic-fleet -s '=coder0' -m "message"
 
 # Remote target (over ssh)
 agent-send.sh -H user@host -s <dst_session> -m "message"
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ commands do not fall back to tmux's prefix matching behavior.
 Durable Mosaic fleets should use a dedicated tmux socket, for example:
 
 ```bash
-tmux -L mosaic-factory ls
-agent-send.sh -L mosaic-factory -s '=coder0' -m "status?"
-send-message.sh -L mosaic-factory -t '=coder0' -m "raw pane message"
+tmux -L mosaic-fleet ls
+agent-send.sh -L mosaic-fleet -s '=coder0' -m "status?"
+send-message.sh -L mosaic-fleet -t '=coder0' -m "raw pane message"
 ```
 
 This keeps fleet operations away from the user's default tmux server. It is the

packages/mosaic/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mosaicstack/mosaic",
-  "version": "0.0.37",
+  "version": "0.0.40",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://git.mosaicstack.dev/mosaicstack/stack.git",

packages/mosaic/src/cli.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ import {
   checkForAllUpdates,
   formatAllPackagesTable,
   getInstallAllCommand,
+  runFrameworkReseed,
+  refreshActiveFleetUnits,
+  readRosterAgentNames,
+  buildRelaunchCommands,
+  FRAMEWORK_RESEED_PACKAGE,
 } from './runtime/update-checker.js';
 import { runWizard } from './wizard.js';
 import { ClackPrompter } from './prompter/clack-prompter.js';
@@ -404,7 +409,12 @@ program
   .command('update')
   .description('Check for and install Mosaic CLI updates')
   .option('--check', 'Check only, do not install')
-  .action(async (opts: { check?: boolean }) => {
+  .option(
+    '--no-reseed',
+    'Skip re-seeding framework files into ~/.config/mosaic after the CLI update',
+  )
+  .option('--relaunch', 'Restart durable fleet agents so the new launcher/runtime takes effect')
+  .action(async (opts: { check?: boolean; reseed?: boolean; relaunch?: boolean }) => {
     // checkForAllUpdates imported statically above
     const { execSync } = await import('node:child_process');
 
@@ -442,6 +452,57 @@ program
       console.error('\nUpdate failed. Try manually: bash tools/install.sh');
       process.exit(1);
     }
+
+    // F3-m3 / R13: the CLI is updated, but the framework files in
+    // ~/.config/mosaic/ are still the previous version. Re-seed them from the
+    // freshly-installed package so shipped launcher/runtime changes ACTIVATE.
+    // Only when the framework-bearing package itself updated.
+    const mosaicUpdated = outdated.some(
+      (r: { package: string }) => r.package === FRAMEWORK_RESEED_PACKAGE,
+    );
+    if (mosaicUpdated && opts.reseed !== false) {
+      console.log(
+        '\nRe-seeding framework files into ~/.config/mosaic (data-safe; keeps your edits)…',
+      );
+      const reseed = runFrameworkReseed();
+      if (reseed.ok) {
+        console.log('✔ Framework re-seeded.');
+        // Propagate shipped systemd unit fixes to the ACTIVE units (re-seed only
+        // touches ~/.config/mosaic/systemd/user; systemd runs ~/.config/systemd/user).
+        const units = refreshActiveFleetUnits();
+        if (units.refreshed.length > 0) {
+          console.log(`✔ Refreshed ${units.refreshed.length} active systemd unit(s).`);
+        }
+        const agents = readRosterAgentNames();
+        if (agents.length > 0) {
+          if (opts.relaunch) {
+            console.log(
+              `\nRelaunching ${agents.length} fleet agent(s) to pick up the new runtime…`,
+            );
+            for (const restart of buildRelaunchCommands(agents)) {
+              try {
+                execSync(restart.join(' '), { stdio: 'inherit', timeout: 30_000 });
+              } catch {
+                console.error(`  ⚠ failed to restart agent — run: ${restart.join(' ')}`);
+              }
+            }
+            console.log('✔ Agents relaunched.');
+          } else {
+            console.log(
+              `\nℹ ${agents.length} fleet agent(s) are still running the previous runtime. ` +
+                'Restart them to activate the update:\n    mosaic update --relaunch   ' +
+                '(or: mosaic fleet restart <agent>)',
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        console.error(
+          `\n⚠ Framework re-seed skipped: ${reseed.reason ?? 'unknown'}.\n` +
+            '  Activate manually: bash "$(npm root -g)/@mosaicstack/mosaic/framework/install.sh" ' +
+            '(MOSAIC_SYNC_ONLY=1 MOSAIC_INSTALL_MODE=keep)',
+        );
+      }
+    }
   });
 
 // ─── wizard ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

packages/mosaic/src/commands/compose-contract.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { composeContract } from './launch.js';
+
+/**
+ * Composer unit test (R7/R8/R9): asserts the launcher-composed runtime contract
+ *
+ *   - includes the per-tier anchors (CONSTITUTION / AGENTS / USER / runtime),
+ *   - keeps the CONSTITUTION block byte-equal to the on-disk file (Tier-3
+ *     byte-equality — the bare-launch fallback read must match what is injected),
+ *   - merges `*.local.md` operator overlays as deltas-by-value, and omits them
+ *     entirely when absent (base-only),
+ *   - selects the correct per-harness RUNTIME.md.
+ *
+ * `composeContract` takes `mosaicHome` as a param, so each test runs against an
+ * isolated fixture home. We also chdir to an empty temp cwd so the cwd-relative
+ * mission/PRD blocks contribute nothing (deterministic output).
+ */
+
+const CONSTITUTION = '# CONSTITUTION\n\nGATE-1: the non-negotiable law.\n';
+const AGENTS = '# Mosaic Agent Dispatcher\n\nLoad order + guide router.\n';
+const USER = '# operator\n\nName: Test Operator\n';
+const TOOLS = '# tools index\n';
+
+function makeHome(): { home: string; root: string } {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-compose-'));
+  const home = join(root, 'mosaic-home');
+  for (const h of ['claude', 'codex', 'opencode', 'pi']) {
+    mkdirSync(join(home, 'runtime', h), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(home, 'runtime', h, 'RUNTIME.md'), `# ${h} runtime contract\n`);
+  }
+  writeFileSync(join(home, 'CONSTITUTION.md'), CONSTITUTION);
+  writeFileSync(join(home, 'AGENTS.md'), AGENTS);
+  writeFileSync(join(home, 'USER.md'), USER);
+  writeFileSync(join(home, 'TOOLS.md'), TOOLS);
+  return { home, root };
+}
+
+describe('composeContract — overlay composer', () => {
+  let fixture: ReturnType<typeof makeHome>;
+  let prevCwd: string;
+  let cwdDir: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = makeHome();
+    prevCwd = process.cwd();
+    cwdDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-cwd-'));
+    process.chdir(cwdDir); // neutralize cwd-relative mission/PRD blocks
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.chdir(prevCwd);
+    rmSync(fixture.root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    rmSync(cwdDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('injects the fleet comms cheat-sheet for a spawned fleet agent (situational)', () => {
+    // A spawned agent has MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME set + is a member of the roster.
+    mkdirSync(join(fixture.home, 'fleet'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(fixture.home, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml'),
+      [
+        'version: 1',
+        'transport: tmux',
+        'agents:',
+        '  - name: orchestrator',
+        '    runtime: claude',
+        '    class: orchestrator',
+        '  - name: enhancer',
+        '    runtime: claude',
+        '    class: enhancer',
+        '  - name: coder0-0',
+        '    runtime: claude',
+        '    class: implementer',
+        '    host: 10.1.10.37',
+        '    ssh: jwoltje@10.1.10.37',
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'),
+    );
+    const prev = process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
+    try {
+      process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = 'enhancer';
+      const out = composeContract('claude', fixture.home);
+      expect(out).toContain('# Fleet Comms');
+      expect(out).toMatch(/`\[[^\]]+:enhancer\]`/); // own [host:session] identity (host machine-dependent)
+      // local peer → no -H; cross-host peer → -H ssh
+      expect(out).toContain('-s orchestrator -m "…"');
+      expect(out).toContain('-H jwoltje@10.1.10.37 -s coder0-0 -m "…"');
+      expect(out).not.toContain('-H jwoltje@10.1.10.37 -s orchestrator'); // local stays local
+    } finally {
+      if (prev === undefined) delete process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
+      else process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = prev;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT inject fleet comms when MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME is unset (non-fleet launch)', () => {
+    const prev = process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
+    try {
+      delete process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'];
+      expect(composeContract('claude', fixture.home)).not.toContain('# Fleet Comms');
+    } finally {
+      if (prev !== undefined) process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = prev;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('includes the per-tier anchors and the selected harness runtime', () => {
+    const out = composeContract('claude', fixture.home);
+    expect(out).toContain('GATE-1: the non-negotiable law.'); // L0
+    expect(out).toContain('Mosaic Agent Dispatcher'); // AGENTS
+    expect(out).toContain('# User Profile'); // USER header
+    expect(out).toContain('Name: Test Operator'); // USER body
+    expect(out).toContain('# Runtime-Specific Contract');
+    expect(out).toContain('# claude runtime contract');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the CONSTITUTION block byte-equal to the on-disk file (Tier-3)', () => {
+    const out = composeContract('pi', fixture.home);
+    const onDisk = readFileSync(join(fixture.home, 'CONSTITUTION.md'), 'utf-8');
+    // The injected L0 must be a byte-equal substring of the composed blob, so a
+    // bare-launch fallback read of CONSTITUTION.md matches what was injected.
+    expect(out.includes(onDisk)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('is base-only when no *.local overlays exist', () => {
+    const out = composeContract('claude', fixture.home);
+    expect(out).not.toContain('# Operator Overlays');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('Operator Overlay (USER.local.md)');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('Persona Overlay');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('Standards Overlay');
+  });
+
+  it('merges USER.local.md directly under the operator profile', () => {
+    writeFileSync(join(fixture.home, 'USER.local.md'), 'Prefer terse status updates.\n');
+    const out = composeContract('claude', fixture.home);
+    expect(out).toContain('## Operator Overlay (USER.local.md)');
+    expect(out).toContain('Prefer terse status updates.');
+    // Overlay appears AFTER its base profile.
+    expect(out.indexOf('# User Profile')).toBeLessThan(
+      out.indexOf('## Operator Overlay (USER.local.md)'),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('merges SOUL.local.md + STANDARDS.local.md as deltas in the Operator Overlays block', () => {
+    writeFileSync(join(fixture.home, 'SOUL.local.md'), 'Tone: dry and direct.\n');
+    writeFileSync(join(fixture.home, 'STANDARDS.local.md'), 'Require 90% coverage on auth code.\n');
+    const out = composeContract('claude', fixture.home);
+    expect(out).toContain('# Operator Overlays');
+    expect(out).toContain('## Persona Overlay (SOUL.local.md)');
+    expect(out).toContain('Tone: dry and direct.');
+    expect(out).toContain('## Standards Overlay (STANDARDS.local.md)');
+    expect(out).toContain('Require 90% coverage on auth code.');
+  });
+
+  it('ignores whitespace-only *.local overlays (no empty overlay section)', () => {
+    writeFileSync(join(fixture.home, 'SOUL.local.md'), '   \n\n');
+    const out = composeContract('claude', fixture.home);
+    expect(out).not.toContain('# Operator Overlays');
+  });
+
+  it('selects a different RUNTIME.md per harness', () => {
+    expect(composeContract('codex', fixture.home)).toContain('# codex runtime contract');
+    expect(composeContract('pi', fixture.home)).toContain('# pi runtime contract');
+    expect(composeContract('codex', fixture.home)).not.toContain('# pi runtime contract');
+  });
+});

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

@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ import {
   buildEnableLingerCommand,
   buildFleetServiceCommand,
   buildSystemdEnableCommand,
+  buildSystemdDisableCommand,
+  socketArgs,
   buildSystemdShowCommand,
   buildTmuxListPanesCommand,
   buildTmuxListSessionsCommand,
   classifySendResult,
   countOrchestrators,
+  countEnhancers,
   detectDrift,
   enableFleetUnits,
   FLEET_PROFILES,
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ describe('fleet roster parsing', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it('defaults local canary rosters to the isolated mosaic-factory socket', async () => {
+  it('defaults a socket-less roster to the literal default tmux socket (empty, no -L)', async () => {
     cleanup = await tempDir();
     const rosterPath = join(cleanup, 'roster.yaml');
     await writeFile(
@@ -129,12 +132,55 @@ describe('fleet roster parsing', () => {
 
     const roster = await loadFleetRoster(rosterPath);
 
-    expect(roster.tmux.socketName).toBe('mosaic-factory');
+    expect(roster.tmux.socketName).toBe(''); // absent ⇒ default socket (no -L), not mosaic-fleet
     expect(roster.tmux.holderSession).toBe('_holder');
     expect(roster.agents).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(getRosterAgent(roster, 'canary-pi').runtime).toBe('pi');
   });
 
+  it('socketArgs: named socket → -L <name>; empty → no -L (default socket)', () => {
+    expect(socketArgs('mosaic-fleet')).toEqual(['-L', 'mosaic-fleet']);
+    expect(socketArgs('')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('honors an explicit socket_name (renders -L) — containment for shipped presets', async () => {
+    cleanup = await tempDir();
+    const rosterPath = join(cleanup, 'roster.yaml');
+    await writeFile(
+      rosterPath,
+      [
+        'version: 1',
+        'transport: tmux',
+        'tmux:',
+        '  socket_name: mosaic-fleet',
+        'agents:',
+        '  - name: canary-pi',
+        '    runtime: pi',
+      ].join('\n'),
+    );
+    const roster = await loadFleetRoster(rosterPath);
+    expect(roster.tmux.socketName).toBe('mosaic-fleet');
+    expect(buildTmuxListSessionsCommand(roster.tmux.socketName)).toContain('-L');
+  });
+
+  it('maps a per-agent model_hint into MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL', async () => {
+    cleanup = await tempDir();
+    const rosterPath = join(cleanup, 'roster.json');
+    await writeFile(
+      rosterPath,
+      JSON.stringify({
+        version: 1,
+        transport: 'tmux',
+        agents: [{ name: 'coder0', runtime: 'pi', model_hint: 'openai-codex/gpt-5.5:high' }],
+      }),
+    );
+    const roster = await loadFleetRoster(rosterPath);
+    const env = generateAgentEnv(roster, getRosterAgent(roster, 'coder0'));
+    expect(env).toContain('MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL=openai-codex/gpt-5.5:high');
+    // socket-less roster ⇒ a bare empty socket (no quotes), so spawn uses no -L
+    expect(env).toContain('MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=\n');
+  });
+
   it('generates deterministic per-agent EnvironmentFile content', async () => {
     cleanup = await tempDir();
     const rosterPath = join(cleanup, 'roster.json');
@@ -143,7 +189,7 @@ describe('fleet roster parsing', () => {
       JSON.stringify({
         version: 1,
         transport: 'tmux',
-        tmux: { socket_name: 'mosaic-factory' },
+        tmux: { socket_name: 'mosaic-fleet' },
         defaults: { working_directory: '/srv/mosaic' },
         agents: [{ name: 'coder0', runtime: 'codex', class: 'implementer' }],
       }),
@@ -154,8 +200,9 @@ describe('fleet roster parsing', () => {
       [
         'MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=coder0',
         'MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME=codex',
+        'MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL=',
         'MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR=/srv/mosaic',
-        'MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-factory',
+        'MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-fleet',
         '',
       ].join('\n'),
     );
@@ -166,7 +213,7 @@ describe('fleet roster parsing', () => {
       'MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=coder0',
       'MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME=codex',
       'MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR=/srv/new',
-      'MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-factory',
+      'MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-fleet',
       '',
     ].join('\n');
     const existing = [
@@ -184,7 +231,7 @@ describe('fleet roster parsing', () => {
         'MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=coder0',
         'MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME=codex',
         'MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR=/srv/new',
-        'MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-factory',
+        'MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=mosaic-fleet',
         'MOSAIC_AGENT_COMMAND=/home/jarvis/.config/mosaic/fleet/canary.sh',
         '# site note',
         '',
@@ -277,7 +324,7 @@ describe('fleet roster parsing', () => {
     const localCanary = await loadFleetRoster(join(examplesDir, 'local-canary.yaml'));
 
     expect(minimal.agents.map((agent) => agent.name)).toEqual(['canary-pi']);
-    expect(localCanary.tmux.socketName).toBe('mosaic-factory');
+    expect(localCanary.tmux.socketName).toBe('mosaic-fleet');
     expect(localCanary.agents.map((agent) => agent.name)).toEqual(['lead', 'coder0', 'reviewer0']);
     expect(localCanaryText).not.toMatch(/usc|ultron|secrev/i);
   });
@@ -302,11 +349,11 @@ describe('fleet command construction', () => {
   it('builds socket-scoped agent send commands', () => {
     const paths = resolveFleetPaths('/home/test/.config/mosaic');
     expect(
-      buildAgentSendCommand(paths, 'coder0', 'hello', 'mosaic-factory', 'operator:mosaic-cli'),
+      buildAgentSendCommand(paths, 'coder0', 'hello', 'mosaic-fleet', 'operator:mosaic-cli'),
     ).toEqual([
       '/home/test/.config/mosaic/tools/tmux/agent-send.sh',
       '-L',
-      'mosaic-factory',
+      'mosaic-fleet',
       '-S',
       'operator:mosaic-cli',
       '-s',
@@ -353,8 +400,9 @@ describe('fleet command construction', () => {
     try {
       await program.parseAsync(['node', 'mosaic', 'fleet', 'verify']);
       expect(calls).toEqual([
-        ['tmux', '-L', 'mosaic-factory', 'has-session', '-t', '=_holder:0.0'],
-        ['tmux', '-L', 'mosaic-factory', 'has-session', '-t', '=coder0:0.0'],
+        // socket-less roster ⇒ default tmux socket (no -L)
+        ['tmux', 'has-session', '-t', '=_holder:0.0'],
+        ['tmux', 'has-session', '-t', '=coder0:0.0'],
       ]);
     } finally {
       await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
@@ -635,7 +683,7 @@ describe('fleet command construction', () => {
     try {
       await program.parseAsync(['node', 'mosaic', 'agent', 'status', 'json-agent']);
       expect(calls).toEqual([
-        ['tmux', '-L', 'mosaic-factory', 'has-session', '-t', '=json-agent:0.0'],
+        ['tmux', 'has-session', '-t', '=json-agent:0.0'], // socket-less ⇒ no -L
       ]);
     } finally {
       await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
@@ -675,8 +723,6 @@ describe('fleet command construction', () => {
       expect(calls).toEqual([
         [
           join(home, 'tools', 'tmux', 'agent-send.sh'),
-          '-L',
-          'mosaic-factory',
           '-S',
           getDefaultOperatorSourceLabel(),
           '-s',
@@ -725,8 +771,6 @@ describe('fleet command construction', () => {
       expect(calls).toEqual([
         [
           join(home, 'tools', 'tmux', 'agent-send.sh'),
-          '-L',
-          'mosaic-factory',
           '-S',
           'lead:manual',
           '-s',
@@ -797,10 +841,10 @@ describe('fleet ps — command construction', () => {
   });
 
   it('builds exact tmux list-panes command with the correct format string', () => {
-    expect(buildTmuxListPanesCommand('canary-pi', 'mosaic-factory')).toEqual([
+    expect(buildTmuxListPanesCommand('canary-pi', 'mosaic-fleet')).toEqual([
       'tmux',
       '-L',
-      'mosaic-factory',
+      'mosaic-fleet',
       'list-panes',
       '-t',
       '=canary-pi:0.0',
@@ -809,9 +853,11 @@ describe('fleet ps — command construction', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it('uses DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME when socket is omitted from list-panes', () => {
+  it('uses the default tmux socket (no -L) when socket is omitted from list-panes', () => {
     const cmd = buildTmuxListPanesCommand('canary-pi');
-    expect(cmd[2]).toBe('mosaic-factory');
+    expect(cmd).not.toContain('-L'); // omitted socket ⇒ default socket
+    expect(cmd[0]).toBe('tmux');
+    expect(cmd[1]).toBe('list-panes');
   });
 
   it('derives heartbeat path under ~/.config/mosaic/fleet/run/', () => {
@@ -833,6 +879,17 @@ describe('fleet ps — heartbeat parsing', () => {
     expect(hb.pid).toBe(12345);
     expect(hb.status).toBe('ok');
     expect(hb.ageMs).toBe(10_000);
+    // No model= line in a legacy/sidecar heartbeat → model is null.
+    expect(hb.model).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('parses a self-reported model id from a native heartbeat (model= line)', () => {
+    const ts = new Date(NOW - 5_000).toISOString();
+    const content = `ts=${ts}\npid=42\nstatus=busy\nmodel=openai-codex/gpt-5.5:high\n`;
+    const hb = parseHeartbeat(content, NOW);
+    expect(hb.model).toBe('openai-codex/gpt-5.5:high');
+    expect(hb.status).toBe('busy');
+    expect(hb.health).toBe('healthy');
   });
 
   it('reports stale when heartbeat is older than 3×interval', () => {
@@ -972,6 +1029,129 @@ describe('fleet ps — drift detection', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('fleet-polish bundle — boot-survival symmetry', () => {
+  async function rosterHome(agents: string): Promise<string> {
+    const home = await tempDir();
+    await mkdir(join(home, 'fleet'), { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(join(home, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml'), agents);
+    return home;
+  }
+
+  it('buildSystemdDisableCommand returns the systemctl --user disable array', () => {
+    expect(buildSystemdDisableCommand('mosaic-agent@coder0.service')).toEqual([
+      'systemctl',
+      '--user',
+      'disable',
+      'mosaic-agent@coder0.service',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('fleet remove DISABLES the unit so a removed agent cannot resurrect on boot', async () => {
+    const home = await rosterHome(
+      [
+        'version: 1',
+        'transport: tmux',
+        'agents:',
+        '  - name: orchestrator',
+        '    runtime: pi',
+        '    class: orchestrator',
+        '  - name: coder0',
+        '    runtime: codex',
+        '    class: worker',
+      ].join('\n') + '\n',
+    );
+    const calls: string[][] = [];
+    const runner: CommandRunner = async (command, args) => {
+      calls.push([command, ...args]);
+      return { stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 };
+    };
+    const program = new Command();
+    program.exitOverride();
+    registerFleetCommand(program, { runner, mosaicHome: home });
+    try {
+      await program.parseAsync(['node', 'mosaic', 'fleet', 'remove', 'coder0']);
+      expect(calls).toContainEqual([
+        'systemctl',
+        '--user',
+        'disable',
+        'mosaic-agent@coder0.service',
+      ]);
+      // stop must still happen too
+      expect(calls).toContainEqual(['systemctl', '--user', 'stop', 'mosaic-agent@coder0.service']);
+    } finally {
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('fleet add ENABLES the new agent unit for boot-survival', async () => {
+    const home = await rosterHome(
+      ['version: 1', 'transport: tmux', 'agents:', '  - name: coder0', '    runtime: codex'].join(
+        '\n',
+      ) + '\n',
+    );
+    const calls: string[][] = [];
+    const runner: CommandRunner = async (command, args) => {
+      calls.push([command, ...args]);
+      return { stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 };
+    };
+    const program = new Command();
+    program.exitOverride();
+    registerFleetCommand(program, { runner, mosaicHome: home });
+    try {
+      await program.parseAsync([
+        'node',
+        'mosaic',
+        'fleet',
+        'add',
+        'coder1',
+        '--runtime',
+        'codex',
+        '--class',
+        'worker',
+        '--no-start',
+      ]);
+      expect(calls).toContainEqual([
+        'systemctl',
+        '--user',
+        'enable',
+        'mosaic-agent@coder1.service',
+      ]);
+    } finally {
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('fleet init --write enforces the two-agent floor (1 orchestrator + >=1 enhancer)', async () => {
+    // The general profile must yield exactly one orchestrator AND at least one
+    // enhancer; the guarantee is enforced (not just warned). Happy path writes cleanly.
+    const home = await tempDir();
+    const program = new Command();
+    program.exitOverride();
+    registerFleetCommand(program, {
+      runner: async () => ({ stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 }),
+      mosaicHome: home,
+    });
+    try {
+      await program.parseAsync([
+        'node',
+        'mosaic',
+        'fleet',
+        'init',
+        '--profile',
+        'general',
+        '--write',
+      ]);
+      const written = await readFile(join(home, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml'), 'utf8');
+      const orchestrators = (written.match(/class:\s*orchestrator/g) ?? []).length;
+      const enhancers = (written.match(/class:\s*enhancer/g) ?? []).length;
+      expect(orchestrators).toBe(1);
+      expect(enhancers).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    } finally {
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 describe('fleet install — auto-enable units for boot-survival', () => {
   it('buildSystemdEnableCommand and buildEnableLingerCommand return correct command arrays', () => {
     expect(buildSystemdEnableCommand('mosaic-tmux-holder.service')).toEqual([
@@ -987,7 +1167,7 @@ describe('fleet install — auto-enable units for boot-survival', () => {
     const minimalRoster: FleetRoster = {
       version: 1,
       transport: 'tmux',
-      tmux: { socketName: 'mosaic-factory', holderSession: '_holder' },
+      tmux: { socketName: 'mosaic-fleet', holderSession: '_holder' },
       defaults: { workingDirectory: '~/src' },
       runtimes: { codex: { resetCommand: '/clear' } },
       agents: [{ name: 'coder0', runtime: 'codex', className: 'worker' }],
@@ -1009,7 +1189,7 @@ describe('fleet install — auto-enable units for boot-survival', () => {
     const minimalRoster: FleetRoster = {
       version: 1,
       transport: 'tmux',
-      tmux: { socketName: 'mosaic-factory', holderSession: '_holder' },
+      tmux: { socketName: 'mosaic-fleet', holderSession: '_holder' },
       defaults: { workingDirectory: '~/src' },
       runtimes: { codex: { resetCommand: '/clear' } },
       agents: [{ name: 'coder0', runtime: 'codex', className: 'worker' }],
@@ -1036,7 +1216,7 @@ describe('fleet install — auto-enable units for boot-survival', () => {
     const minimalRoster: FleetRoster = {
       version: 1,
       transport: 'tmux',
-      tmux: { socketName: 'mosaic-factory', holderSession: '_holder' },
+      tmux: { socketName: 'mosaic-fleet', holderSession: '_holder' },
       defaults: { workingDirectory: '~/src' },
       runtimes: { codex: { resetCommand: '/clear' } },
       agents: [{ name: 'coder0', runtime: 'codex', className: 'worker' }],
@@ -1195,8 +1375,9 @@ describe('fleet ps — command sequences issued', () => {
       await program.parseAsync(['node', 'mosaic', 'fleet', 'ps']);
       expect(calls).toEqual([
         buildSystemdShowCommand('coder0'),
-        buildTmuxListPanesCommand('coder0', 'mosaic-factory'),
-        buildTmuxListSessionsCommand('mosaic-factory'),
+        // socket-less roster ⇒ default socket (no -L)
+        buildTmuxListPanesCommand('coder0'),
+        buildTmuxListSessionsCommand(),
       ]);
     } finally {
       console.log = origLog;
@@ -1207,19 +1388,20 @@ describe('fleet ps — command sequences issued', () => {
 
 describe('buildTmuxListSessionsCommand', () => {
   it('builds exact list-sessions command with session_name format', () => {
-    expect(buildTmuxListSessionsCommand('mosaic-factory')).toEqual([
+    expect(buildTmuxListSessionsCommand('mosaic-fleet')).toEqual([
       'tmux',
       '-L',
-      'mosaic-factory',
+      'mosaic-fleet',
       'list-sessions',
       '-F',
       '#{session_name}',
     ]);
   });
 
-  it('uses DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME when socket is omitted', () => {
+  it('uses the default tmux socket (no -L) when socket is omitted', () => {
     const cmd = buildTmuxListSessionsCommand();
-    expect(cmd[2]).toBe('mosaic-factory');
+    expect(cmd).not.toContain('-L');
+    expect(cmd).toEqual(['tmux', 'list-sessions', '-F', '#{session_name}']);
   });
 });
 
@@ -1460,11 +1642,11 @@ describe('fleet ps — unmanaged socket sessions', () => {
 describe('agent watch', () => {
   it('builds exact grouped-viewer creation command', () => {
     expect(
-      buildAgentWatchCreateViewerCommand('canary-pi', 'canary-pi-watch-123', 'mosaic-factory'),
+      buildAgentWatchCreateViewerCommand('canary-pi', 'canary-pi-watch-123', 'mosaic-fleet'),
     ).toEqual([
       'tmux',
       '-L',
-      'mosaic-factory',
+      'mosaic-fleet',
       'new-session',
       '-d',
       '-t',
@@ -1475,10 +1657,10 @@ describe('agent watch', () => {
   });
 
   it('builds exact viewer attach command (read-only)', () => {
-    expect(buildAgentWatchAttachCommand('canary-pi-watch-123', 'mosaic-factory')).toEqual([
+    expect(buildAgentWatchAttachCommand('canary-pi-watch-123', 'mosaic-fleet')).toEqual([
       'tmux',
       '-L',
-      'mosaic-factory',
+      'mosaic-fleet',
       'attach',
       '-r',
       '-t',
@@ -1487,19 +1669,20 @@ describe('agent watch', () => {
   });
 
   it('builds exact viewer kill command', () => {
-    expect(buildAgentWatchKillViewerCommand('canary-pi-watch-123', 'mosaic-factory')).toEqual([
+    expect(buildAgentWatchKillViewerCommand('canary-pi-watch-123', 'mosaic-fleet')).toEqual([
       'tmux',
       '-L',
-      'mosaic-factory',
+      'mosaic-fleet',
       'kill-session',
       '-t',
       'canary-pi-watch-123',
     ]);
   });
 
-  it('buildAgentWatchCommand (deprecated) still uses DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME when socket is omitted', () => {
+  it('buildAgentWatchCommand (deprecated) uses the default tmux socket (no -L) when socket is omitted', () => {
     const cmd = buildAgentWatchCommand('canary-pi');
-    expect(cmd[2]).toBe('mosaic-factory');
+    expect(cmd).not.toContain('-L'); // omitted socket ⇒ default socket
+    expect(cmd[0]).toBe('tmux');
     expect(cmd).toContain('-r');
   });
 
@@ -1586,10 +1769,10 @@ describe('agent watch', () => {
 
 describe('agent send --verify', () => {
   it('builds exact verify capture-pane command', () => {
-    expect(buildAgentVerifyAcceptedCommand('canary-pi', 'mosaic-factory', 5)).toEqual([
+    expect(buildAgentVerifyAcceptedCommand('canary-pi', 'mosaic-fleet', 5)).toEqual([
       'tmux',
       '-L',
-      'mosaic-factory',
+      'mosaic-fleet',
       'capture-pane',
       '-t',
       '=canary-pi:0.0',
@@ -1693,9 +1876,10 @@ describe('agent send --verify', () => {
 
       // 3 calls: BEFORE-capture, send, AFTER-capture (pane changed on first poll → accepted immediately)
       expect(calls).toHaveLength(3);
-      expect(calls[0]).toEqual(buildAgentVerifyAcceptedCommand('coder0', 'mosaic-factory', 5));
+      // socket-less roster ⇒ default socket (no -L)
+      expect(calls[0]).toEqual(buildAgentVerifyAcceptedCommand('coder0', '', 5));
       expect(calls[1]![0]).toContain('agent-send.sh');
-      expect(calls[2]).toEqual(buildAgentVerifyAcceptedCommand('coder0', 'mosaic-factory', 5));
+      expect(calls[2]).toEqual(buildAgentVerifyAcceptedCommand('coder0', '', 5));
     } finally {
       await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
     }
@@ -2177,47 +2361,63 @@ describe('fleet preset rosters', () => {
     },
   );
 
-  it('general preset: orchestrator + one generalist worker', async () => {
+  it('general preset: orchestrator + enhancer + one generalist worker', async () => {
     const roster = await loadFleetRoster(join(examplesDir, 'general.yaml'));
-    expect(roster.agents.map((a) => a.name)).toEqual(['orchestrator', 'generalist']);
+    expect(roster.agents.map((a) => a.name)).toEqual(['orchestrator', 'enhancer', 'generalist']);
     expect(roster.agents.find((a) => a.name === 'orchestrator')?.runtime).toBe('claude');
+    expect(roster.agents.find((a) => a.name === 'enhancer')?.className).toBe('enhancer');
     expect(roster.agents.find((a) => a.name === 'generalist')?.runtime).toBe('pi');
   });
 
-  it('coding preset: orchestrator + coder0 + coder1 + reviewer', async () => {
+  it('coding preset: orchestrator + enhancer + coder0 + coder1 + reviewer', async () => {
     const roster = await loadFleetRoster(join(examplesDir, 'coding.yaml'));
     expect(roster.agents.map((a) => a.name)).toEqual([
       'orchestrator',
+      'enhancer',
       'coder0',
       'coder1',
       'reviewer',
     ]);
   });
 
-  it('research preset: orchestrator + researcher0 + researcher1 + analyst', async () => {
+  it('research preset: orchestrator + enhancer + researcher0 + researcher1 + analyst', async () => {
     const roster = await loadFleetRoster(join(examplesDir, 'research.yaml'));
     expect(roster.agents.map((a) => a.name)).toEqual([
       'orchestrator',
+      'enhancer',
       'researcher0',
       'researcher1',
       'analyst',
     ]);
   });
 
-  it('hybrid preset: orchestrator + coder0 + researcher0 + reviewer', async () => {
+  it('hybrid preset: orchestrator + enhancer + coder0 + researcher0 + reviewer', async () => {
     const roster = await loadFleetRoster(join(examplesDir, 'hybrid.yaml'));
     expect(roster.agents.map((a) => a.name)).toEqual([
       'orchestrator',
+      'enhancer',
       'coder0',
       'researcher0',
       'reviewer',
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('every non-minimal preset carries an enhancer (two-agent floor)', async () => {
+    for (const preset of ['general', 'coding', 'research', 'hybrid'] as FleetProfile[]) {
+      const roster = await loadFleetRoster(join(examplesDir, `${preset}.yaml`));
+      expect(countOrchestrators(roster)).toBe(1);
+      expect(countEnhancers(roster)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+      expect(roster.agents.find((a) => a.className === 'enhancer')?.runtime).toBe('claude');
+    }
+  });
+
   it('worker agents in new presets use pi runtime with model_hint openai-codex/gpt-5.5:high', async () => {
     for (const preset of ['general', 'coding', 'research', 'hybrid'] as FleetProfile[]) {
       const roster = await loadFleetRoster(join(examplesDir, `${preset}.yaml`));
-      const workers = roster.agents.filter((a) => a.name !== 'orchestrator');
+      // Core agents (orchestrator + enhancer) run claude; only ephemeral workers are pi.
+      const workers = roster.agents.filter(
+        (a) => a.className !== 'orchestrator' && a.className !== 'enhancer',
+      );
       for (const worker of workers) {
         expect(worker.runtime).toBe('pi');
         expect(worker.modelHint).toBe('openai-codex/gpt-5.5:high');
@@ -2284,7 +2484,7 @@ describe('fleet add/remove — pure helpers', () => {
   const baseRoster: FleetRoster = {
     version: 1,
     transport: 'tmux',
-    tmux: { socketName: 'mosaic-factory', holderSession: '_holder' },
+    tmux: { socketName: 'mosaic-fleet', holderSession: '_holder' },
     defaults: { workingDirectory: '~/src' },
     runtimes: { codex: { resetCommand: '/clear' } },
     agents: [
@@ -2359,6 +2559,43 @@ describe('fleet add/remove — pure helpers', () => {
     expect(updated.agents.map((a) => a.name)).toEqual(['orchestrator2', 'coder0']);
   });
 
+  it('countEnhancers counts enhancer-class agents (two-agent floor)', () => {
+    const roster: FleetRoster = {
+      ...baseRoster,
+      agents: [
+        { name: 'orchestrator', runtime: 'claude', className: 'orchestrator' },
+        { name: 'enhancer', runtime: 'claude', className: 'enhancer' },
+        { name: 'coder0', runtime: 'codex', className: 'worker' },
+      ],
+    };
+    expect(countEnhancers(roster)).toBe(1);
+    expect(countEnhancers(baseRoster)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('removeAgentFromRoster throws when removing the sole enhancer (two-agent floor)', () => {
+    const roster: FleetRoster = {
+      ...baseRoster,
+      agents: [
+        { name: 'orchestrator', runtime: 'claude', className: 'orchestrator' },
+        { name: 'enhancer', runtime: 'claude', className: 'enhancer' },
+      ],
+    };
+    expect(() => removeAgentFromRoster(roster, 'enhancer')).toThrow('sole enhancer');
+  });
+
+  it('removeAgentFromRoster allows removing an enhancer when another remains', () => {
+    const roster: FleetRoster = {
+      ...baseRoster,
+      agents: [
+        { name: 'orchestrator', runtime: 'claude', className: 'orchestrator' },
+        { name: 'enhancer', runtime: 'claude', className: 'enhancer' },
+        { name: 'enhancer2', runtime: 'claude', className: 'enhancer' },
+      ],
+    };
+    const updated = removeAgentFromRoster(roster, 'enhancer');
+    expect(updated.agents.map((a) => a.name)).toEqual(['orchestrator', 'enhancer2']);
+  });
+
   it('serializeRosterToYaml produces YAML that round-trips through loadFleetRoster', async () => {
     const yaml = serializeRosterToYaml(baseRoster);
     expect(typeof yaml).toBe('string');
@@ -2373,7 +2610,7 @@ describe('fleet add/remove — pure helpers', () => {
       await writeFile(rosterPath, yaml);
       const loaded = await loadFleetRoster(rosterPath);
       expect(loaded.agents.map((a) => a.name)).toEqual(['orchestrator', 'coder0']);
-      expect(loaded.tmux.socketName).toBe('mosaic-factory');
+      expect(loaded.tmux.socketName).toBe('mosaic-fleet');
       expect(loaded.agents[0]!.className).toBe('orchestrator');
     } finally {
       await rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
@@ -2892,3 +3129,33 @@ describe('fleet init wizard', () => {
     expect(content).toContain('name: coder0');
   });
 });
+
+describe('fleet ps — heartbeat path resolution', () => {
+  const savedRunDir = process.env.MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR;
+  const savedHome = process.env.MOSAIC_HOME;
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (savedRunDir === undefined) delete process.env.MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR;
+    else process.env.MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR = savedRunDir;
+    if (savedHome === undefined) delete process.env.MOSAIC_HOME;
+    else process.env.MOSAIC_HOME = savedHome;
+  });
+
+  it('honors MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR (matches the writer sidecar override)', () => {
+    process.env.MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR = '/run/hb';
+    expect(heartbeatPath('agent-x', '/any/home')).toBe(join('/run/hb', 'agent-x.hb'));
+  });
+
+  it('honors MOSAIC_HOME when no explicit mosaicHome is given', () => {
+    delete process.env.MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR;
+    process.env.MOSAIC_HOME = '/custom/mhome';
+    expect(heartbeatPath('agent-y')).toBe(join('/custom/mhome', 'fleet', 'run', 'agent-y.hb'));
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to <mosaicHome>/fleet/run by default', () => {
+    delete process.env.MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR;
+    delete process.env.MOSAIC_HOME;
+    expect(heartbeatPath('agent-z', '/home/u/.config/mosaic')).toBe(
+      join('/home/u/.config/mosaic', 'fleet', 'run', 'agent-z.hb'),
+    );
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/commands/fleet.ts

@@ -117,10 +117,26 @@ export interface FleetPaths {
 
 type FleetServiceAction = 'start' | 'stop' | 'restart' | 'status';
 
-const DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME = 'mosaic-factory';
+/**
+ * The named tmux socket the canonical fleet uses. Kept as a public constant for
+ * rosters/callers that explicitly want isolation; it is NO LONGER the silent
+ * fallback for a socket-less roster (that now resolves to the default socket).
+ */
+export const DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME = 'mosaic-fleet';
 const DEFAULT_HOLDER_SESSION = '_holder';
 const DEFAULT_WORKING_DIRECTORY = '~/src';
 
+/**
+ * tmux `-L` args for a socket name. An empty/absent socket ⇒ the LITERAL default
+ * tmux socket (no `-L`), so spawn, observe (`fleet ps`/watch), and the onboarding
+ * cheat-sheet all agree. A named socket ⇒ `-L <name>`. `DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME`
+ * remains a constant for callers that explicitly want mosaic-fleet; it is no
+ * longer the silent fallback for a socket-less roster.
+ */
+export function socketArgs(socketName: string): string[] {
+  return socketName ? ['-L', socketName] : [];
+}
+
 /**
  * Default poll interval (ms) between capture-pane checks in `send --verify`.
  * Kept short enough to react quickly while not hammering tmux on busy hosts.
@@ -152,13 +168,16 @@ export function resolveFleetPaths(mosaicHome = defaultMosaicHome()): FleetPaths
 }
 
 function defaultMosaicHome(): string {
-  return join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic');
+  // Honor MOSAIC_HOME so the reader matches the writer sidecar (and the launcher),
+  // even when MOSAIC_HOME is set in the shell without an explicit --mosaic-home flag.
+  return process.env.MOSAIC_HOME ?? join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic');
 }
 
 function assertDefaultMosaicHomeForSystemd(mosaicHome: string): void {
-  if (resolve(mosaicHome) !== resolve(defaultMosaicHome())) {
+  const literalHome = join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic');
+  if (resolve(mosaicHome) !== resolve(literalHome)) {
     throw new Error(
-      `install-systemd only supports the default Mosaic home (${defaultMosaicHome()}) because the user systemd units use %h/.config/mosaic paths.`,
+      `install-systemd only supports the default Mosaic home (${literalHome}) because the user systemd units use %h/.config/mosaic paths.`,
     );
   }
 }
@@ -182,6 +201,10 @@ export function generateAgentEnv(roster: FleetRoster, agent: FleetAgent): string
   return [
     `MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME=${shellEnvValue(agent.name)}`,
     `MOSAIC_AGENT_RUNTIME=${shellEnvValue(agent.runtime)}`,
+    // Per-agent model hint → start-agent-session.sh appends `--model <hint>` to
+    // the `mosaic yolo` launch so workers run on the roster's model (e.g. pi on
+    // openai-codex/gpt-5.5:high). Empty when the agent declares no model_hint.
+    `MOSAIC_AGENT_MODEL=${shellEnvValue(agent.modelHint ?? '')}`,
     `MOSAIC_AGENT_WORKDIR=${shellEnvValue(expandHome(workingDirectory))}`,
     `MOSAIC_TMUX_SOCKET=${shellEnvValue(roster.tmux.socketName)}`,
     '',
@@ -224,6 +247,15 @@ export function buildSystemdEnableCommand(unit: string): string[] {
   return ['systemctl', '--user', 'enable', unit];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the systemctl --user disable command for a given unit.
+ * Used by `fleet remove` so a removed agent's enabled unit cannot resurrect on
+ * boot pointing at deleted config (boot-survival symmetry with enable-on-add).
+ */
+export function buildSystemdDisableCommand(unit: string): string[] {
+  return ['systemctl', '--user', 'disable', unit];
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the loginctl enable-linger command for a given user.
  * Linger allows user systemd services to survive logout.
@@ -307,13 +339,12 @@ export function buildAgentSendCommand(
   paths: FleetPaths,
   agentName: string,
   message: string,
-  socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
+  socketName = '',
   sourceLabel = getDefaultOperatorSourceLabel(),
 ): string[] {
   return [
     join(paths.tmuxToolsDir, 'agent-send.sh'),
-    '-L',
-    socketName,
+    ...socketArgs(socketName),
     '-S',
     sourceLabel,
     '-s',
@@ -332,12 +363,11 @@ export function buildAgentResetCommand(
   paths: FleetPaths,
   agentName: string,
   resetCommand: string,
-  socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
+  socketName = '',
 ): string[] {
   return [
     join(paths.tmuxToolsDir, 'send-message.sh'),
-    '-L',
-    socketName,
+    ...socketArgs(socketName),
     '-t',
     `=${agentName}`,
     '-m',
@@ -345,15 +375,10 @@ export function buildAgentResetCommand(
   ];
 }
 
-export function buildAgentTailCommand(
-  agentName: string,
-  lines: number,
-  socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
-): string[] {
+export function buildAgentTailCommand(agentName: string, lines: number, socketName = ''): string[] {
   return [
     'tmux',
-    '-L',
-    socketName,
+    ...socketArgs(socketName),
     'capture-pane',
     '-t',
     `=${agentName}:0.0`,
@@ -387,6 +412,8 @@ export interface HeartbeatInfo {
   /** healthy | stale | unknown */
   health: 'healthy' | 'stale' | 'unknown';
   ageMs: number | null;
+  /** Model id the runtime self-reported in its heartbeat (native HB only), else null. */
+  model: string | null;
 }
 
 export interface AgentPsRow {
@@ -435,14 +462,10 @@ export function buildSystemdShowCommand(agentName: string): string[] {
  * Returns the tmux list-panes command for an agent pane.
  * Format: `#{pane_pid} #{pane_current_command} #{pane_dead} #{pane_activity}`
  */
-export function buildTmuxListPanesCommand(
-  agentName: string,
-  socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
-): string[] {
+export function buildTmuxListPanesCommand(agentName: string, socketName = ''): string[] {
   return [
     'tmux',
-    '-L',
-    socketName,
+    ...socketArgs(socketName),
     'list-panes',
     '-t',
     `=${agentName}:0.0`,
@@ -456,8 +479,8 @@ export function buildTmuxListPanesCommand(
  * Format: `tmux -L <socket> list-sessions -F '#{session_name}'`
  * Used to discover ad-hoc sessions that are not in the roster.
  */
-export function buildTmuxListSessionsCommand(socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME): string[] {
-  return ['tmux', '-L', socketName, 'list-sessions', '-F', '#{session_name}'];
+export function buildTmuxListSessionsCommand(socketName = ''): string[] {
+  return ['tmux', ...socketArgs(socketName), 'list-sessions', '-F', '#{session_name}'];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -475,7 +498,10 @@ export function parseTmuxListSessions(output: string): string[] {
  * Returns the heartbeat file path for an agent.
  */
 export function heartbeatPath(agentName: string, mosaicHome = defaultMosaicHome()): string {
-  return join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'run', `${agentName}.hb`);
+  // Honor MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR (the writer sidecar's override); otherwise the
+  // canonical <mosaicHome>/fleet/run. Keeps reader and writer on the same path.
+  const runDir = process.env.MOSAIC_HEARTBEAT_RUN_DIR ?? join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'run');
+  return join(runDir, `${agentName}.hb`);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -484,15 +510,17 @@ export function heartbeatPath(agentName: string, mosaicHome = defaultMosaicHome(
  *   ts=<iso8601>
  *   pid=<pid>
  *   status=<ok|busy>
+ *   model=<model-id>   (optional — native runtime heartbeats self-report it)
  */
 export function parseHeartbeat(content: string | null, nowMs = Date.now()): HeartbeatInfo {
   if (content === null) {
-    return { ts: null, pid: null, status: null, health: 'unknown', ageMs: null };
+    return { ts: null, pid: null, status: null, health: 'unknown', ageMs: null, model: null };
   }
   const lines = content.split('\n');
   let ts: Date | null = null;
   let pid: number | null = null;
   let status: 'ok' | 'busy' | null = null;
+  let model: string | null = null;
   for (const line of lines) {
     const [key, ...rest] = line.split('=');
     const val = rest.join('=').trim();
@@ -504,6 +532,8 @@ export function parseHeartbeat(content: string | null, nowMs = Date.now()): Hear
       if (Number.isFinite(n)) pid = n;
     } else if (key === 'status' && (val === 'ok' || val === 'busy')) {
       status = val;
+    } else if (key === 'model' && val) {
+      model = val;
     }
   }
   const thresholdMs = heartbeatIntervalMs() * HEARTBEAT_HEALTHY_MULTIPLIER;
@@ -513,7 +543,7 @@ export function parseHeartbeat(content: string | null, nowMs = Date.now()): Hear
     ageMs = nowMs - ts.getTime();
     health = ageMs <= thresholdMs ? 'healthy' : 'stale';
   }
-  return { ts, pid, status, health, ageMs };
+  return { ts, pid, status, health, ageMs, model };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -632,12 +662,11 @@ export function getDefaultTenantAndHost(): { tenant_id: string; host: string } {
 export function buildAgentWatchCreateViewerCommand(
   agentName: string,
   viewerSessionName: string,
-  socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
+  socketName = '',
 ): string[] {
   return [
     'tmux',
-    '-L',
-    socketName,
+    ...socketArgs(socketName),
     'new-session',
     '-d',
     '-t',
@@ -651,11 +680,8 @@ export function buildAgentWatchCreateViewerCommand(
  * Builds the interactive attach command for a viewer session (read-only).
  * Must be run via interactiveRunner (stdio: 'inherit').
  */
-export function buildAgentWatchAttachCommand(
-  viewerSessionName: string,
-  socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
-): string[] {
-  return ['tmux', '-L', socketName, 'attach', '-r', '-t', viewerSessionName];
+export function buildAgentWatchAttachCommand(viewerSessionName: string, socketName = ''): string[] {
+  return ['tmux', ...socketArgs(socketName), 'attach', '-r', '-t', viewerSessionName];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -664,9 +690,9 @@ export function buildAgentWatchAttachCommand(
  */
 export function buildAgentWatchKillViewerCommand(
   viewerSessionName: string,
-  socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
+  socketName = '',
 ): string[] {
-  return ['tmux', '-L', socketName, 'kill-session', '-t', viewerSessionName];
+  return ['tmux', ...socketArgs(socketName), 'kill-session', '-t', viewerSessionName];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -684,11 +710,8 @@ export function buildViewerSessionName(agentName: string): string {
  *
  * Kept for backward compatibility only.
  */
-export function buildAgentWatchCommand(
-  agentName: string,
-  socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
-): string[] {
-  return ['tmux', '-L', socketName, 'attach', '-r', '-t', `=${agentName}`];
+export function buildAgentWatchCommand(agentName: string, socketName = ''): string[] {
+  return ['tmux', ...socketArgs(socketName), 'attach', '-r', '-t', `=${agentName}`];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -698,13 +721,12 @@ export function buildAgentWatchCommand(
  */
 export function buildAgentVerifyAcceptedCommand(
   agentName: string,
-  socketName = DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
+  socketName = '',
   lines = 5,
 ): string[] {
   return [
     'tmux',
-    '-L',
-    socketName,
+    ...socketArgs(socketName),
     'capture-pane',
     '-t',
     `=${agentName}:0.0`,
@@ -860,20 +882,33 @@ export function registerFleetCommand(program: Command, deps: FleetCommandDeps =
       await mkdir(dirname(destination), { recursive: true });
       await writeFile(destination, content);
 
-      // Validate: exactly one orchestrator required (R5) — friendly summary on success.
+      // Guarantee the two-agent floor: exactly one orchestrator AND at least
+      // one enhancer for every profile except the sanctioned no-orchestrator
+      // `minimal` preset. A mismatch means a corrupted/edited preset — fail hard
+      // rather than write a malformed fleet.
       const written = await loadFleetRoster(destination);
       const orchCount = countOrchestrators(written);
-      if (orchCount !== 1) {
-        process.stderr.write(
-          `Warning: fleet roster at ${destination} has ${orchCount} orchestrator agent(s) (expected exactly 1).\n`,
-        );
+      const enhancerCount = countEnhancers(written);
+      if (profile === 'minimal') {
         console.log(
-          `Initialized ${profile} fleet: ${written.agents.length} agent(s). Next: mosaic fleet install`,
+          `Initialized ${profile} fleet: ${written.agents.length} agent(s) (no orchestrator). Next: mosaic fleet install`,
+        );
+      } else if (orchCount !== 1) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Fleet init failed: the "${profile}" roster has ${orchCount} orchestrator agent(s), ` +
+            `expected exactly 1 (R5). The preset may be corrupted — re-install the framework.`,
+        );
+      } else if (enhancerCount < 1) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Fleet init failed: the "${profile}" roster has no enhancer agent. Every fleet keeps an ` +
+            `orchestrator + enhancer minimum (two-agent floor). The preset may be corrupted — ` +
+            `re-install the framework.`,
         );
       } else {
-        const workerCount = written.agents.length - 1;
+        const workerCount = written.agents.length - 1 - enhancerCount;
         console.log(
-          `Initialized ${profile} fleet: 1 orchestrator + ${workerCount} agent(s). Next: mosaic fleet install`,
+          `Initialized ${profile} fleet: 1 orchestrator + ${enhancerCount} enhancer(s) + ` +
+            `${workerCount} worker(s). Next: mosaic fleet install`,
         );
       }
     });
@@ -955,8 +990,7 @@ export function registerFleetCommand(program: Command, deps: FleetCommandDeps =
       const socketName = roster.tmux.socketName;
       await runChecked(runner, [
         'tmux',
-        '-L',
-        socketName,
+        ...socketArgs(socketName),
         'has-session',
         '-t',
         `=${roster.tmux.holderSession}:0.0`,
@@ -964,8 +998,7 @@ export function registerFleetCommand(program: Command, deps: FleetCommandDeps =
       for (const agent of roster.agents) {
         await runChecked(runner, [
           'tmux',
-          '-L',
-          socketName,
+          ...socketArgs(socketName),
           'has-session',
           '-t',
           `=${agent.name}:0.0`,
@@ -1117,6 +1150,7 @@ export function registerFleetCommand(program: Command, deps: FleetCommandDeps =
         'PID'.padEnd(8),
         'IDLE'.padEnd(8),
         'HB'.padEnd(12),
+        'MODEL'.padEnd(22),
         'FLAGS',
       ].join(' ');
       console.log(header);
@@ -1131,6 +1165,7 @@ export function registerFleetCommand(program: Command, deps: FleetCommandDeps =
           row.heartbeat.ageMs !== null
             ? `${Math.round(row.heartbeat.ageMs / 1000)}s/${row.heartbeat.health}`
             : `unknown`;
+        const model = row.heartbeat.model ?? '-';
         const flags: string[] = [];
         if (!row.managed) flags.push('UNMANAGED');
         if (row.driftFlag) flags.push('DRIFT');
@@ -1147,6 +1182,7 @@ export function registerFleetCommand(program: Command, deps: FleetCommandDeps =
             pid.padEnd(8),
             idle.padEnd(8),
             hbAge.padEnd(12),
+            model.padEnd(22),
             flags.join(','),
           ].join(' '),
         );
@@ -1203,6 +1239,24 @@ export function registerFleetCommand(program: Command, deps: FleetCommandDeps =
 
         console.log(`Added ${name} (${opts.runtime}/${opts.class}) to the fleet.`);
 
+        // Enable the unit for boot-survival (non-fatal) — symmetry with
+        // disable-on-remove. Independent of --start so a queued agent still
+        // survives a reboot once its unit exists.
+        try {
+          const enableResult = await runner(
+            ...splitCommand(buildSystemdEnableCommand(`mosaic-agent@${name}.service`)),
+          );
+          if (enableResult.exitCode !== 0) {
+            process.stderr.write(
+              `Warning: could not enable mosaic-agent@${name}.service: ${enableResult.stderr || enableResult.stdout || 'non-zero exit'}\n`,
+            );
+          }
+        } catch (err) {
+          process.stderr.write(
+            `Warning: enable command failed for ${name}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}\n`,
+          );
+        }
+
         if (opts.start !== false) {
           await runChecked(runner, buildFleetServiceCommand('start', name));
           console.log(`Started mosaic-agent@${name}.service.`);
@@ -1239,6 +1293,26 @@ export function registerFleetCommand(program: Command, deps: FleetCommandDeps =
         );
       }
 
+      // Disable the unit (non-fatal) so an enabled instance cannot resurrect on
+      // boot pointing at the now-deleted config — boot-survival symmetry with
+      // enable-on-add. Skipped only when --keep-files keeps the config in place.
+      if (!opts.keepFiles) {
+        try {
+          const disableResult = await runner(
+            ...splitCommand(buildSystemdDisableCommand(`mosaic-agent@${name}.service`)),
+          );
+          if (disableResult.exitCode !== 0) {
+            process.stderr.write(
+              `Warning: could not disable mosaic-agent@${name}.service: ${disableResult.stderr || disableResult.stdout || 'non-zero exit'}\n`,
+            );
+          }
+        } catch (err) {
+          process.stderr.write(
+            `Warning: disable command failed for ${name}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}\n`,
+          );
+        }
+      }
+
       // Write updated roster
       await writeFile(rosterPath, serializeRosterToYaml(updatedRoster));
 
@@ -1295,8 +1369,8 @@ export function registerFleetAgentCommands(
         getRosterAgent(roster, agent);
       }
       const command = agent
-        ? ['tmux', '-L', roster.tmux.socketName, 'has-session', '-t', `=${agent}:0.0`]
-        : ['tmux', '-L', roster.tmux.socketName, 'ls'];
+        ? ['tmux', ...socketArgs(roster.tmux.socketName), 'has-session', '-t', `=${agent}:0.0`]
+        : ['tmux', ...socketArgs(roster.tmux.socketName), 'ls'];
       const result = await runner(...splitCommand(command));
       if (opts.json) {
         console.log(
@@ -1438,15 +1512,19 @@ export function registerFleetAgentCommands(
 
       await runChecked(runner, buildAgentWatchCreateViewerCommand(agent, viewerName, socketName));
 
+      let exitCode = 0;
+      try {
         const [bin, args] = splitCommand(buildAgentWatchAttachCommand(viewerName, socketName));
-      const exitCode = await iRunner(bin, args);
-
-      // Best-effort cleanup of the viewer session regardless of how the user detached.
-      // Errors here are intentionally suppressed — the agent session is unaffected.
+        exitCode = await iRunner(bin, args);
+      } finally {
+        // ALWAYS clean up the viewer session — even if attach threw or the process was
+        // interrupted — so stale grouped *-watch-* sessions never accumulate. Errors here
+        // are intentionally suppressed; the agent session is unaffected.
         const killResult = await runner(
           ...splitCommand(buildAgentWatchKillViewerCommand(viewerName, socketName)),
         );
-      void killResult; // result is intentionally ignored
+        void killResult;
+      }
 
       if (exitCode !== 0) {
         process.exitCode = exitCode;
@@ -1610,9 +1688,12 @@ function normalizeRoster(raw: RawFleetRoster): FleetRoster {
     version: 1,
     transport: 'tmux',
     tmux: {
+      // Absent socket_name ⇒ '' (the literal default tmux socket, no -L) — NOT
+      // mosaic-fleet. Shipped presets set socket_name explicitly, so they are
+      // unaffected; only socket-less rosters get default-socket behavior.
       socketName: stringValue(
         raw.tmux?.socket_name ?? raw.tmux?.socketName,
-        DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME,
+        '',
         'Fleet roster tmux socket_name',
       ),
       holderSession: stringValue(
@@ -1778,6 +1859,12 @@ function expandHome(path: string): string {
 }
 
 function shellEnvValue(value: string): string {
+  // Empty ⇒ a bare `VAR=` (unambiguous empty in a systemd EnvironmentFile and
+  // when shell-sourced). Quoting it as '' risks a literal two-char value (e.g.
+  // a tmux socket named "''"), which would defeat the default-socket behavior.
+  if (value === '') {
+    return '';
+  }
   if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_./:=@+-]+$/.test(value)) {
     return value;
   }
@@ -1875,6 +1962,15 @@ export function countOrchestrators(roster: FleetRoster): number {
   return roster.agents.filter((a) => a.className === 'orchestrator').length;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Count enhancer agents in a parsed roster. The two-agent floor (north-star)
+ * requires every non-minimal fleet to carry at least one enhancer alongside the
+ * sole orchestrator.
+ */
+export function countEnhancers(roster: FleetRoster): number {
+  return roster.agents.filter((a) => a.className === 'enhancer').length;
+}
+
 /** Valid runtime identifiers for fleet agents. */
 export const VALID_FLEET_RUNTIMES: readonly string[] = [
   'pi',
@@ -1917,6 +2013,15 @@ export function removeAgentFromRoster(roster: FleetRoster, name: string): FleetR
       `Cannot remove agent "${name}": it is the sole orchestrator. Add another orchestrator first (R5).`,
     );
   }
+  // Two-agent floor: never drop the last enhancer (the continuous-improvement
+  // loop). Symmetric with the sole-orchestrator guard.
+  const remainingEnhancerCount = remaining.filter((a) => a.className === 'enhancer').length;
+  if (remainingEnhancerCount === 0 && agent.className === 'enhancer') {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Cannot remove agent "${name}": it is the sole enhancer. Every fleet keeps at least one ` +
+        `enhancer (two-agent floor). Add another enhancer first.`,
+    );
+  }
   return {
     ...roster,
     agents: remaining,

packages/mosaic/src/commands/launch.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
+import { readFleetCommsBlock } from '../fleet/comms-onboarding.js';
 
 const MOSAIC_HOME = process.env['MOSAIC_HOME'] ?? join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic');
 
@@ -291,12 +292,23 @@ function buildPrdBlock(): string {
 
 // ─── Runtime prompt builder ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-function buildRuntimePrompt(runtime: RuntimeName): string {
+/**
+ * Compose the full runtime contract for a harness: the resident-by-value core
+ * (CONSTITUTION + AGENTS + USER + TOOLS + runtime) plus operator overlays
+ * (`*.local.md` deltas), merged in precedence order so the model gets one
+ * pre-merged blob (DESIGN §3.2 / R7). Overlays are injected as deltas by value;
+ * base files keep their existing residency (USER injected; SOUL/STANDARDS are
+ * load-on-demand, so only their small `.local` deltas are injected here).
+ *
+ * `mosaicHome` is parameterized for testability; production callers use the
+ * module-level default.
+ */
+export function composeContract(runtime: RuntimeName, mosaicHome: string = MOSAIC_HOME): string {
   const runtimeContractPaths: Record<RuntimeName, string> = {
-    claude: join(MOSAIC_HOME, 'runtime', 'claude', 'RUNTIME.md'),
-    codex: join(MOSAIC_HOME, 'runtime', 'codex', 'RUNTIME.md'),
-    opencode: join(MOSAIC_HOME, 'runtime', 'opencode', 'RUNTIME.md'),
-    pi: join(MOSAIC_HOME, 'runtime', 'pi', 'RUNTIME.md'),
+    claude: join(mosaicHome, 'runtime', 'claude', 'RUNTIME.md'),
+    codex: join(mosaicHome, 'runtime', 'codex', 'RUNTIME.md'),
+    opencode: join(mosaicHome, 'runtime', 'opencode', 'RUNTIME.md'),
+    pi: join(mosaicHome, 'runtime', 'pi', 'RUNTIME.md'),
   };
 
   const runtimeFile = runtimeContractPaths[runtime];
@@ -331,27 +343,61 @@ For required push/merge/issue-close/release actions, execute without routine con
 `);
 
   // CONSTITUTION.md (L0 — the non-negotiable law; lead with it). Tolerant of
-  // pre-constitution installs that have not been re-seeded yet.
-  const constitution = readOptional(join(MOSAIC_HOME, 'CONSTITUTION.md'));
+  // pre-constitution installs that have not been re-seeded yet. Injected by
+  // value verbatim so the bare-launch fallback read is byte-equal (R8).
+  const constitution = readOptional(join(mosaicHome, 'CONSTITUTION.md'));
   if (constitution) parts.push(constitution);
 
   // AGENTS.md
-  parts.push(readFileSync(join(MOSAIC_HOME, 'AGENTS.md'), 'utf-8'));
+  parts.push(readFileSync(join(mosaicHome, 'AGENTS.md'), 'utf-8'));
 
-  // USER.md
-  const user = readOptional(join(MOSAIC_HOME, 'USER.md'));
+  // USER.md (+ USER.local.md operator overlay, appended directly under the
+  // profile its base owns).
+  const user = readOptional(join(mosaicHome, 'USER.md'));
   if (user) parts.push('\n\n# User Profile\n\n' + user);
+  const userLocal = readOptional(join(mosaicHome, 'USER.local.md'));
+  if (userLocal.trim()) {
+    parts.push('\n\n## Operator Overlay (USER.local.md)\n\n' + userLocal);
+  }
 
   // TOOLS.md
-  const tools = readOptional(join(MOSAIC_HOME, 'TOOLS.md'));
+  const tools = readOptional(join(mosaicHome, 'TOOLS.md'));
   if (tools) parts.push('\n\n# Machine Tools\n\n' + tools);
 
+  // Operator overlays whose base layers are load-on-demand (SOUL, STANDARDS):
+  // inject only the small `.local` delta by value so the customization reaches
+  // the model without re-injecting the full base prose (preserves the byte
+  // budget). Absent `.local` files → base-only, automatically (R7 §3.2).
+  const overlayBlocks: string[] = [];
+  const soulLocal = readOptional(join(mosaicHome, 'SOUL.local.md'));
+  if (soulLocal.trim()) {
+    overlayBlocks.push('## Persona Overlay (SOUL.local.md)\n\n' + soulLocal.trim());
+  }
+  const standardsLocal = readOptional(join(mosaicHome, 'STANDARDS.local.md'));
+  if (standardsLocal.trim()) {
+    overlayBlocks.push('## Standards Overlay (STANDARDS.local.md)\n\n' + standardsLocal.trim());
+  }
+  if (overlayBlocks.length > 0) {
+    parts.push('\n\n# Operator Overlays\n\n' + overlayBlocks.join('\n\n'));
+  }
+
   // Runtime-specific contract
   parts.push('\n\n# Runtime-Specific Contract\n\n' + readFileSync(runtimeFile, 'utf-8'));
 
+  // Fleet onboarding: when this is a spawned fleet agent (MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME set
+  // and present in the roster), inject a comms cheat-sheet + peer roster so it
+  // knows how to reach the orchestrator and its peers from its first turn.
+  const fleetComms = readFleetCommsBlock(mosaicHome, process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME']);
+  if (fleetComms) parts.push('\n\n' + fleetComms);
+
   return parts.join('\n');
 }
 
+/** @deprecated internal alias — use composeContract. Retained for call-site clarity. */
+function buildRuntimePrompt(runtime: RuntimeName): string {
+  return composeContract(runtime);
+}
+
 // ─── Session lock ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 function writeSessionLock(runtime: string): void {
@@ -976,6 +1022,22 @@ export function registerLaunchCommands(program: Command): void {
     launchRuntime(runtime, extraArgs, yolo);
   });
 
+  // compose-contract — emit the composed runtime contract (base + operator
+  // overlays) for a harness to stdout, without launching. For inspection,
+  // `mosaic doctor`, diffing, and the composer test (R7).
+  program
+    .command('compose-contract <harness>')
+    .description('Print the composed runtime contract (base + *.local overlays) for a harness')
+    .action((harness: string) => {
+      const valid: RuntimeName[] = ['claude', 'codex', 'opencode', 'pi'];
+      if (!valid.includes(harness as RuntimeName)) {
+        console.error(`Unknown harness '${harness}'. Expected one of: ${valid.join(', ')}.`);
+        process.exitCode = 64;
+        return;
+      }
+      process.stdout.write(composeContract(harness as RuntimeName));
+    });
+
   // Coord (mission orchestrator)
   program
     .command('coord')

packages/mosaic/src/config/file-adapter.test.ts

@@ -153,6 +153,30 @@ describe('FileConfigAdapter.syncFramework — defaults seeding', () => {
     expect(readFileSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'AGENTS.md'), 'utf-8')).toBe('# AGENTS default\n');
   });
 
+  it('preserves user fleet data (roster.yaml, agents/, run/) through a keep-mode sync', async () => {
+    // Regression for the roster-loss bug (#631): user-authored fleet files must
+    // survive the framework re-seed that `mosaic update` runs.
+    mkdirSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'run'), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml'), 'version: 1\nMINE\n');
+    writeFileSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'run', 'a.hb'), 'ts=x\n');
+    writeFileSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents', 'a.env'), 'X=1\n');
+    // The framework ships fleet/examples — it should still seed/refresh.
+    mkdirSync(join(fixture.sourceDir, 'fleet', 'examples'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(fixture.sourceDir, 'fleet', 'examples', 'general.yaml'), '# preset\n');
+
+    const adapter = new FileConfigAdapter(fixture.mosaicHome, fixture.sourceDir);
+    await adapter.syncFramework('keep');
+
+    expect(readFileSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml'), 'utf-8')).toBe(
+      'version: 1\nMINE\n',
+    );
+    expect(existsSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'run', 'a.hb'))).toBe(true);
+    expect(existsSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'agents', 'a.env'))).toBe(true);
+    // framework-owned fleet/examples is seeded
+    expect(existsSync(join(fixture.mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'examples', 'general.yaml'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('is a no-op for seeding when defaults/ dir does not exist', async () => {
     rmSync(fixture.defaultsDir, { recursive: true });
 

packages/mosaic/src/config/file-adapter.ts

@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ export class FileConfigAdapter implements ConfigService {
             'memory',
             'sources',
             'credentials',
+            // User-authored fleet data MUST survive `mosaic update`'s re-seed.
+            // The framework seeds only fleet/examples + fleet/roles +
+            // fleet/roster.schema.json; the operator's roster, per-agent env, and
+            // heartbeat run dir stay user-owned. (Mirror of install.sh PRESERVE_PATHS.)
+            'fleet/*.yaml',
+            'fleet/agents',
+            'fleet/run',
           ]
         : [];
 

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

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import {
+  parseRosterAgents,
+  buildFleetCommsBlock,
+  renderPeerReach,
+  readFleetCommsBlock,
+  type CommsPeer,
+} from './comms-onboarding.js';
+
+const ROSTER = [
+  'version: 1',
+  'transport: tmux',
+  'agents:',
+  '  - name: orchestrator',
+  '    runtime: claude',
+  '    class: orchestrator',
+  '  - name: enhancer',
+  '    runtime: claude',
+  '    class: enhancer',
+  '  - name: coder0',
+  '    runtime: pi',
+  '    class: implementer',
+  '  # a manually-listed cross-host peer (pre-federation stopgap)',
+  '  - name: coder0-0',
+  '    runtime: claude',
+  '    class: implementer',
+  '    host: 10.1.10.37',
+  '    ssh: jwoltje@10.1.10.37',
+  '',
+].join('\n');
+
+describe('parseRosterAgents', () => {
+  it('parses name + class + optional host/ssh', () => {
+    const peers = parseRosterAgents(ROSTER);
+    expect(peers.map((p) => p.name)).toEqual(['orchestrator', 'enhancer', 'coder0', 'coder0-0']);
+    expect(peers.find((p) => p.name === 'coder0')).toMatchObject({ className: 'implementer' });
+    expect(peers.find((p) => p.name === 'coder0-0')).toMatchObject({
+      className: 'implementer',
+      host: '10.1.10.37',
+      ssh: 'jwoltje@10.1.10.37',
+    });
+    // local agents have no host/ssh
+    expect(peers.find((p) => p.name === 'orchestrator')!.host).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('parses an optional per-agent socket', () => {
+    const peers = parseRosterAgents(
+      ['agents:', '  - name: a', '    class: worker', '    socket: mosaic-fleet'].join('\n'),
+    );
+    expect(peers[0]).toMatchObject({ name: 'a', socket: 'mosaic-fleet' });
+  });
+
+  it('stops at the next top-level key', () => {
+    const peers = parseRosterAgents(
+      ['agents:', '  - name: a', '    class: worker', 'defaults:', '  working_directory: ~'].join(
+        '\n',
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(peers.map((p) => p.name)).toEqual(['a']);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('renderPeerReach — same-host vs cross-host', () => {
+  const send = '/home/u/.config/mosaic/tools/tmux/agent-send.sh';
+
+  it('renders the short form for a same-host peer', () => {
+    const peer: CommsPeer = { name: 'enhancer', className: 'enhancer' };
+    expect(renderPeerReach(peer, 'w-jarvis', send)).toBe(`${send} -s enhancer -m "…"`);
+  });
+
+  it('renders the -H form for a cross-host peer using ssh', () => {
+    const peer: CommsPeer = {
+      name: 'coder0-0',
+      className: 'implementer',
+      host: '10.1.10.37',
+      ssh: 'jwoltje@10.1.10.37',
+    };
+    expect(renderPeerReach(peer, 'w-jarvis', send)).toBe(
+      `${send} -H jwoltje@10.1.10.37 -s coder0-0 -m "…"`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to host when a cross-host peer has no ssh', () => {
+    const peer: CommsPeer = { name: 'x', className: 'worker', host: '10.0.0.9' };
+    expect(renderPeerReach(peer, 'w-jarvis', send)).toBe(`${send} -H 10.0.0.9 -s x -m "…"`);
+  });
+
+  it('treats a peer whose host equals the fleet host as same-host', () => {
+    const peer: CommsPeer = { name: 'y', className: 'worker', host: 'w-jarvis' };
+    expect(renderPeerReach(peer, 'w-jarvis', send)).toBe(`${send} -s y -m "…"`);
+  });
+
+  it('emits NO -L for an unset/default socket', () => {
+    const peer: CommsPeer = { name: 'lead', className: 'orchestrator' };
+    expect(renderPeerReach(peer, 'w-jarvis', send)).toBe(`${send} -s lead -m "…"`);
+  });
+
+  it('emits -L <socket> for a named socket', () => {
+    const peer: CommsPeer = { name: 'coder0', className: 'implementer', socket: 'mosaic-fleet' };
+    expect(renderPeerReach(peer, 'w-jarvis', send)).toBe(
+      `${send} -L mosaic-fleet -s coder0 -m "…"`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('combines -L (named socket) and -H (cross-host) in order', () => {
+    const peer: CommsPeer = {
+      name: 'coder0-0',
+      className: 'implementer',
+      host: '10.1.10.37',
+      ssh: 'jwoltje@10.1.10.37',
+      socket: 'mosaic-fleet',
+    };
+    expect(renderPeerReach(peer, 'w-jarvis', send)).toBe(
+      `${send} -L mosaic-fleet -H jwoltje@10.1.10.37 -s coder0-0 -m "…"`,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe('buildFleetCommsBlock', () => {
+  const send = '/h/.config/mosaic/tools/tmux/agent-send.sh';
+  const agents = parseRosterAgents(ROSTER);
+
+  it('excludes self, lists peers, flags the orchestrator, and emits both address forms', () => {
+    const block = buildFleetCommsBlock({
+      selfName: 'enhancer',
+      agents,
+      fleetHost: 'w-jarvis',
+      agentSendPath: send,
+    });
+    expect(block).toContain('# Fleet Comms');
+    expect(block).toContain('You are **enhancer**');
+    // criterion 1: agent's own [host:session] identity
+    expect(block).toContain('`[w-jarvis:enhancer]`');
+    // self excluded
+    expect(block).not.toMatch(/\|\s*enhancer\s*\|/);
+    // peers present
+    expect(block).toContain('| orchestrator |');
+    expect(block).toContain('point of contact');
+    // same-host peer short form
+    expect(block).toContain(`${send} -s coder0 -m "…"`);
+    // cross-host peer -H form + host annotation
+    expect(block).toContain(`${send} -H jwoltje@10.1.10.37 -s coder0-0 -m "…"`);
+    expect(block).toContain('host `10.1.10.37`');
+    // conventions
+    expect(block).toContain('FLIP the preamble');
+    expect(block).toContain('ACCEPTED');
+  });
+
+  it('returns empty when the agent has no peers', () => {
+    expect(
+      buildFleetCommsBlock({
+        selfName: 'solo',
+        agents: [{ name: 'solo', className: 'orchestrator' }],
+        fleetHost: 'h',
+        agentSendPath: send,
+      }),
+    ).toBe('');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('readFleetCommsBlock — situational (the context a spawned agent gets)', () => {
+  let home: string;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-comms-'));
+    mkdirSync(join(home, 'fleet'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(home, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml'), ROSTER);
+  });
+  afterEach(() => rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+
+  it('builds the cheat-sheet with correct peer addresses for a fleet member', () => {
+    const block = readFleetCommsBlock(home, 'orchestrator', 'w-jarvis');
+    expect(block).toContain('# Fleet Comms');
+    expect(block).toContain('| enhancer |');
+    expect(block).toContain(`${join(home, 'tools', 'tmux', 'agent-send.sh')} -s coder0 -m "…"`);
+    expect(block).toContain('-H jwoltje@10.1.10.37 -s coder0-0');
+    expect(block).not.toMatch(/\|\s*orchestrator\s*\|/); // self excluded
+  });
+
+  it('returns empty when MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME is unset, no roster, or agent not a member', () => {
+    expect(readFleetCommsBlock(home, undefined, 'w-jarvis')).toBe('');
+    expect(readFleetCommsBlock(home, 'stranger', 'w-jarvis')).toBe('');
+    expect(readFleetCommsBlock(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'noroster-')), 'orchestrator')).toBe('');
+  });
+});

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

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+/**
+ * Fleet onboarding-injection (#620).
+ *
+ * Fleet agents are born not knowing how to reach their peers — the root cause of
+ * a spawned agent's failed first send. When an agent boots via `mosaic yolo
+ * <runtime>` (→ composeContract → system prompt), we append a comms cheat-sheet
+ * + peer roster so it can talk to the orchestrator and other agents immediately.
+ *
+ * Cross-host aware: a peer may carry `host`/`ssh` (a deliberate pre-federation
+ * stopgap — manual cross-host listing; federation/W1 auto-discovers later), so a
+ * w-jarvis agent is born knowing the exact `-H` command to reach a dragon-lin
+ * peer. Same-host peers render the short form.
+ *
+ * Standalone (no fleet.ts import) to keep launch.ts's prompt path free of the
+ * heavy fleet command module. The roster is parsed leniently — the cheat-sheet
+ * is best-effort onboarding, never a hard dependency.
+ */
+
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { homedir, hostname } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+export interface CommsPeer {
+  name: string;
+  /** Roster `class` (orchestrator | enhancer | implementer | worker | …). */
+  className: string;
+  /** Host the peer runs on; absent ⇒ the fleet host (same host). */
+  host?: string;
+  /** SSH target (user@host) for a cross-host peer; renders the `-H` form. */
+  ssh?: string;
+  /** tmux socket the peer's session lives on; absent ⇒ default socket (no `-L`). */
+  socket?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Lenient parse of a fleet `roster.yaml` for agent name/class/host/ssh. Avoids a
+ * dependency on the full fleet roster parser; the format is `- name:` list items
+ * with `class:`/`host:`/`ssh:` siblings under `agents:`.
+ */
+export function parseRosterAgents(yamlText: string): CommsPeer[] {
+  const peers: CommsPeer[] = [];
+  let current: CommsPeer | null = null;
+  let inAgents = false;
+  const scalar = (line: string, key: string): string | null => {
+    const m = line.match(new RegExp(`^\\s*${key}:\\s*["']?([^"'#]+?)["']?\\s*$`));
+    return m ? (m[1] as string).trim() : null;
+  };
+  for (const rawLine of yamlText.split('\n')) {
+    const line = rawLine.replace(/\s+$/, '');
+    if (/^agents:\s*$/.test(line)) {
+      inAgents = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!inAgents) continue;
+    // A new top-level key (no leading space) ends the agents block.
+    if (/^\S/.test(line)) break;
+
+    const nameMatch = line.match(/^\s*-\s*name:\s*["']?([A-Za-z0-9._-]+)["']?\s*$/);
+    if (nameMatch) {
+      if (current) peers.push(current);
+      current = { name: nameMatch[1] as string, className: 'worker' };
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!current) continue;
+    const cls = scalar(line, 'class');
+    if (cls) current.className = cls;
+    const host = scalar(line, 'host');
+    if (host) current.host = host;
+    const ssh = scalar(line, 'ssh');
+    if (ssh) current.ssh = ssh;
+    const socket = scalar(line, 'socket');
+    if (socket) current.socket = socket;
+  }
+  if (current) peers.push(current);
+  return peers;
+}
+
+export interface FleetCommsOptions {
+  /** This agent's name (it is excluded from its own peer list). */
+  selfName: string;
+  /** All roster agents (including self; filtered out internally). */
+  agents: CommsPeer[];
+  /** Host the fleet runs on (short hostname) — the same-host baseline. */
+  fleetHost: string;
+  /** Absolute path to agent-send.sh in this install. */
+  agentSendPath: string;
+}
+
+/** Is this peer on a different host than the fleet baseline? */
+function isRemote(peer: CommsPeer, fleetHost: string): boolean {
+  return peer.host !== undefined && peer.host !== fleetHost;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render the exact agent-send command to reach a peer (session = agent name).
+ * Data-driven per peer: a named `socket` → `-L <socket>`; an unset socket → the
+ * default tmux socket (no `-L`). A cross-host peer adds `-H <ssh|host>`.
+ */
+export function renderPeerReach(peer: CommsPeer, fleetHost: string, agentSendPath: string): string {
+  const parts = [agentSendPath];
+  if (peer.socket) parts.push('-L', peer.socket); // unset ⇒ default socket, no -L
+  if (isRemote(peer, fleetHost)) parts.push('-H', peer.ssh ?? (peer.host as string));
+  parts.push('-s', peer.name, '-m', '"…"');
+  return parts.join(' ');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the `# Fleet Comms` onboarding block (pure markdown). Returns '' when
+ * the agent has no peers (a single-agent roster has no one to talk to).
+ */
+export function buildFleetCommsBlock(opts: FleetCommsOptions): string {
+  const peers = opts.agents.filter((a) => a.name !== opts.selfName);
+  if (peers.length === 0) return '';
+
+  const orchestrator = peers.find((p) => p.className === 'orchestrator');
+  const rows = peers
+    .map((p) => {
+      const where = isRemote(p, opts.fleetHost)
+        ? `${p.className} · host \`${p.host}\``
+        : p.className;
+      const role = p.className === 'orchestrator' ? `${where} ← point of contact` : where;
+      return `| ${p.name} | ${role} | \`${renderPeerReach(p, opts.fleetHost, opts.agentSendPath)}\` |`;
+    })
+    .join('\n');
+
+  const orchLine = orchestrator
+    ? `Your point of contact is **${orchestrator.name}** (the orchestrator) — route questions, ` +
+      `status, and decisions there.`
+    : `This fleet has no orchestrator in its roster; coordinate with your peers directly.`;
+
+  return `# Fleet Comms — reach your peers
+
+You are **${opts.selfName}** in this fleet. Your comms identity is \`[${opts.fleetHost}:${opts.selfName}]\` —
+that is the \`<src>\` other agents see and reply to. Reach other agents (durable tmux sessions) with the
+Mosaic comms tool at \`${opts.agentSendPath}\`. The **Reach** column below is the exact command per peer:
+same-host peers use the short form (no \`-H\`); cross-host peers include \`-H <user@host>\`.
+
+## Peers
+
+| Agent | Role | Reach (session = agent name) |
+| ----- | ---- | ---------------------------- |
+${rows}
+
+${orchLine}
+
+## Conventions
+
+- Every message carries a self-identifying preamble \`[<src_host>:<src_session> -> <dst_host>:<dst_session>]\` — \`agent-send.sh\` adds it automatically.
+- **To reply, FLIP the preamble:** address your reply to the sender's \`src\` (their host:session becomes your \`-s\`/\`-H\`).
+- \`agent-send.sh\` (a.k.a. \`agent send --verify\`) confirms the message was **ACCEPTED** at the destination prompt — not merely injected. Prefer it for anything that matters.`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read the fleet roster from `mosaicHome` and build the comms block for
+ * `selfName`. Returns '' when there is no roster, the agent is not in it, or
+ * there are no peers — onboarding is best-effort and never throws.
+ */
+export function readFleetCommsBlock(
+  mosaicHome: string,
+  selfName: string | undefined,
+  fleetHost: string = hostname().split('.')[0] || 'localhost',
+): string {
+  if (!selfName) return '';
+  const rosterPath = join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml');
+  if (!existsSync(rosterPath)) return '';
+  let text: string;
+  try {
+    text = readFileSync(rosterPath, 'utf-8');
+  } catch {
+    return '';
+  }
+  const agents = parseRosterAgents(text);
+  if (!agents.some((a) => a.name === selfName)) return ''; // not a member of this fleet
+  return buildFleetCommsBlock({
+    selfName,
+    agents,
+    fleetHost,
+    agentSendPath: join(mosaicHome, 'tools', 'tmux', 'agent-send.sh'),
+  });
+}
+
+/** Default mosaic home (mirrors launch.ts), for callers that don't pass one. */
+export const DEFAULT_MOSAIC_HOME_FOR_COMMS = join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic');

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/connectors/matrix.spec.ts

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+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  MatrixConnector,
+  buildMessageBody,
+  parseSyncResponse,
+  registerMatrixConnector,
+  type FetchLike,
+} from './matrix.js';
+import { createConnector, _resetConnectorRegistry } from './registry.js';
+import type { MatrixConnectorConfig } from './types.js';
+
+const CONFIG: MatrixConnectorConfig = {
+  homeserverUrl: 'https://matrix.internal/',
+  userId: '@mos:internal',
+  roomId: '!room:internal',
+};
+
+/** A fetch mock that returns queued responses and records calls. */
+function mockFetch(responses: Array<{ ok?: boolean; status?: number; body?: unknown }>): {
+  fetchImpl: FetchLike;
+  calls: Array<{ url: string; method?: string; body?: string }>;
+} {
+  const calls: Array<{ url: string; method?: string; body?: string }> = [];
+  let i = 0;
+  const fetchImpl: FetchLike = async (url, init) => {
+    calls.push({ url, method: init?.method, body: init?.body });
+    const r = responses[Math.min(i, responses.length - 1)] ?? {};
+    i += 1;
+    return {
+      ok: r.ok ?? true,
+      status: r.status ?? 200,
+      json: async () => r.body ?? {},
+      text: async () => JSON.stringify(r.body ?? {}),
+    };
+  };
+  return { fetchImpl, calls };
+}
+
+describe('buildMessageBody', () => {
+  it('builds an m.text event', () => {
+    expect(buildMessageBody({ text: 'hi' })).toEqual({ msgtype: 'm.text', body: 'hi' });
+  });
+  it('adds an m.thread relation when threadId is set', () => {
+    expect(buildMessageBody({ text: 'hi', threadId: '$evt' })).toEqual({
+      msgtype: 'm.text',
+      body: 'hi',
+      'm.relates_to': { rel_type: 'm.thread', event_id: '$evt' },
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('parseSyncResponse', () => {
+  it('extracts operator messages and skips the orchestrator’s own echoes', () => {
+    const data = {
+      next_batch: 's2',
+      rooms: {
+        join: {
+          '!room:internal': {
+            timeline: {
+              events: [
+                {
+                  type: 'm.room.message',
+                  sender: '@jason:internal',
+                  origin_server_ts: 1_700_000_000_000,
+                  content: { body: 'status?' },
+                },
+                {
+                  type: 'm.room.message',
+                  sender: '@mos:internal', // self — skipped
+                  origin_server_ts: 1_700_000_001_000,
+                  content: { body: 'working on it' },
+                },
+                { type: 'm.reaction', sender: '@jason:internal', content: {} }, // non-message
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const msgs = parseSyncResponse(data, '!room:internal', '@mos:internal');
+    expect(msgs).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(msgs[0]).toMatchObject({ text: 'status?', sender: '@jason:internal' });
+    expect(msgs[0]!.ts).toBe(new Date(1_700_000_000_000).toISOString());
+  });
+
+  it('carries threadId through thread-relments', () => {
+    const data = {
+      rooms: {
+        join: {
+          '!room:internal': {
+            timeline: {
+              events: [
+                {
+                  type: 'm.room.message',
+                  sender: '@jason:internal',
+                  origin_server_ts: 1,
+                  content: {
+                    body: 'in thread',
+                    'm.relates_to': { rel_type: 'm.thread', event_id: '$root' },
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    expect(parseSyncResponse(data, '!room:internal', '@mos:internal')[0]!.threadId).toBe('$root');
+  });
+
+  it('returns [] for an empty/foreign sync', () => {
+    expect(parseSyncResponse({}, '!room:internal', '@mos:internal')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('MatrixConnector', () => {
+  it('throws without an access token', () => {
+    expect(() => new MatrixConnector(CONFIG, { accessToken: '' })).toThrow(/access token/i);
+  });
+
+  it('send PUTs an m.text event and returns the event id', async () => {
+    const { fetchImpl, calls } = mockFetch([{ body: { event_id: '$abc' } }]);
+    const c = new MatrixConnector(CONFIG, { accessToken: 'tok', fetchImpl });
+    const res = await c.send({ text: 'pong' }, 1234);
+    expect(res).toEqual({ delivered: true, messageId: '$abc' });
+    expect(calls[0]!.method).toBe('PUT');
+    expect(calls[0]!.url).toContain(
+      '/_matrix/client/v3/rooms/!room%3Ainternal/send/m.room.message/mosaic-1234-1',
+    );
+    expect(JSON.parse(calls[0]!.body!)).toEqual({ msgtype: 'm.text', body: 'pong' });
+  });
+
+  it('send reports not-delivered on a non-2xx', async () => {
+    const { fetchImpl } = mockFetch([{ ok: false, status: 403 }]);
+    const c = new MatrixConnector(CONFIG, { accessToken: 'tok', fetchImpl });
+    const res = await c.send({ text: 'x' });
+    expect(res.delivered).toBe(false);
+    expect(res.error).toContain('403');
+  });
+
+  it('health reports reachable + authenticated when whoami matches', async () => {
+    const { fetchImpl } = mockFetch([
+      { body: { versions: ['v1.11'] } }, // /versions
+      { body: { user_id: '@mos:internal' } }, // /whoami
+    ]);
+    const c = new MatrixConnector(CONFIG, { accessToken: 'tok', fetchImpl });
+    const h = await c.health();
+    expect(h.reachable).toBe(true);
+    expect(h.authenticated).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('health flags auth mismatch', async () => {
+    const { fetchImpl } = mockFetch([
+      { body: {} },
+      { body: { user_id: '@someone-else:internal' } },
+    ]);
+    const c = new MatrixConnector(CONFIG, { accessToken: 'tok', fetchImpl });
+    const h = await c.health();
+    expect(h.reachable).toBe(true);
+    expect(h.authenticated).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('health reports unreachable when /versions fails', async () => {
+    const { fetchImpl } = mockFetch([{ ok: false, status: 502 }]);
+    const c = new MatrixConnector(CONFIG, { accessToken: 'tok', fetchImpl });
+    const h = await c.health();
+    expect(h.reachable).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('registerMatrixConnector', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => _resetConnectorRegistry());
+
+  it('registers a matrix factory createConnector can build', () => {
+    registerMatrixConnector({ MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN: 'tok' } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv);
+    const c = createConnector({ kind: 'matrix', matrix: CONFIG });
+    expect(c.kind).toBe('matrix');
+  });
+
+  it('the factory rejects config missing the matrix block', () => {
+    registerMatrixConnector({ MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN: 'tok' } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv);
+    expect(() => createConnector({ kind: 'matrix' })).toThrow(/missing the .matrix. block/i);
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/connectors/matrix.ts

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+/**
+ * Matrix connector (F4 Phase 2) — speaks the Matrix client-server API directly
+ * over HTTPS so it is homeserver-agnostic (Conduit default, Synapse alt). No
+ * SDK: a small injectable fetch keeps it dependency-light and unit-testable.
+ *
+ * The access token is supplied by the caller (from the environment —
+ * MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN — per the gateway secret pattern), never the roster.
+ */
+
+import {
+  type OrchestratorConnector,
+  type OutboundMessage,
+  type InboundMessage,
+  type SendResult,
+  type ConnectorHealth,
+  type MatrixConnectorConfig,
+  type Unsubscribe,
+} from './types.js';
+import { registerConnector } from './registry.js';
+
+/** Minimal fetch surface — avoids a lib.dom dependency and is trivial to mock. */
+export interface FetchLike {
+  (
+    url: string,
+    init?: { method?: string; headers?: Record<string, string>; body?: string },
+  ): Promise<{
+    ok: boolean;
+    status: number;
+    json: () => Promise<unknown>;
+    text: () => Promise<string>;
+  }>;
+}
+
+export interface MatrixConnectorOptions {
+  accessToken: string;
+  /** Injectable fetch (defaults to global fetch). */
+  fetchImpl?: FetchLike;
+  /** Long-poll timeout for /sync, ms. */
+  syncTimeoutMs?: number;
+}
+
+/** Build the `m.room.message` event content, threading when a threadId is set. */
+export function buildMessageBody(message: OutboundMessage): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const content: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    msgtype: 'm.text',
+    body: message.text,
+  };
+  if (message.threadId) {
+    content['m.relates_to'] = { rel_type: 'm.thread', event_id: message.threadId };
+  }
+  return content;
+}
+
+/** Shape of the bits of a /sync response we consume. */
+interface SyncResponse {
+  next_batch?: string;
+  rooms?: {
+    join?: Record<
+      string,
+      {
+        timeline?: {
+          events?: Array<{
+            type?: string;
+            sender?: string;
+            origin_server_ts?: number;
+            content?: {
+              body?: string;
+              ['m.relates_to']?: { rel_type?: string; event_id?: string };
+            };
+          }>;
+        };
+      }
+    >;
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract inbound operator messages from a /sync response for one room,
+ * skipping the orchestrator's own echoes. Pure — the testable core of receive.
+ */
+export function parseSyncResponse(
+  data: unknown,
+  roomId: string,
+  selfUserId: string,
+): InboundMessage[] {
+  const sync = data as SyncResponse;
+  const events = sync.rooms?.join?.[roomId]?.timeline?.events ?? [];
+  const out: InboundMessage[] = [];
+  for (const ev of events) {
+    if (ev.type !== 'm.room.message') continue;
+    if (!ev.sender || ev.sender === selfUserId) continue; // skip our own messages
+    const body = ev.content?.body;
+    if (typeof body !== 'string') continue;
+    const rel = ev.content?.['m.relates_to'];
+    out.push({
+      text: body,
+      sender: ev.sender,
+      ts: new Date(ev.origin_server_ts ?? 0).toISOString(),
+      ...(rel?.rel_type === 'm.thread' && rel.event_id ? { threadId: rel.event_id } : {}),
+    });
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+export class MatrixConnector implements OrchestratorConnector {
+  readonly kind = 'matrix' as const;
+  private readonly fetchImpl: FetchLike;
+  private readonly token: string;
+  private readonly syncTimeoutMs: number;
+  private txnCounter = 0;
+  private stopped = false;
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly config: MatrixConnectorConfig,
+    opts: MatrixConnectorOptions,
+  ) {
+    this.token = opts.accessToken;
+    this.fetchImpl = opts.fetchImpl ?? (globalThis.fetch as unknown as FetchLike);
+    this.syncTimeoutMs = opts.syncTimeoutMs ?? 30_000;
+    if (!this.token) {
+      throw new Error('MatrixConnector requires an access token (set MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN).');
+    }
+  }
+
+  private url(path: string): string {
+    return `${this.config.homeserverUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}${path}`;
+  }
+
+  private authHeaders(): Record<string, string> {
+    return { Authorization: `Bearer ${this.token}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' };
+  }
+
+  /** Monotonic, unique-per-instance transaction id for idempotent sends. */
+  private nextTxnId(nowMs: number): string {
+    this.txnCounter += 1;
+    return `mosaic-${nowMs}-${this.txnCounter}`;
+  }
+
+  async send(message: OutboundMessage, nowMs = Date.now()): Promise<SendResult> {
+    const txnId = this.nextTxnId(nowMs);
+    const path = `/_matrix/client/v3/rooms/${encodeURIComponent(
+      this.config.roomId,
+    )}/send/m.room.message/${encodeURIComponent(txnId)}`;
+    try {
+      const res = await this.fetchImpl(this.url(path), {
+        method: 'PUT',
+        headers: this.authHeaders(),
+        body: JSON.stringify(buildMessageBody(message)),
+      });
+      if (!res.ok) {
+        return { delivered: false, error: `Matrix send failed: HTTP ${res.status}` };
+      }
+      const json = (await res.json()) as { event_id?: string };
+      return { delivered: true, ...(json.event_id ? { messageId: json.event_id } : {}) };
+    } catch (err) {
+      return { delivered: false, error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) };
+    }
+  }
+
+  subscribe(handler: (message: InboundMessage) => void): Unsubscribe {
+    this.stopped = false;
+    let since: string | undefined;
+    const loop = async (): Promise<void> => {
+      while (!this.stopped) {
+        try {
+          const q = new URLSearchParams({ timeout: String(this.syncTimeoutMs) });
+          if (since) q.set('since', since);
+          const res = await this.fetchImpl(this.url(`/_matrix/client/v3/sync?${q.toString()}`), {
+            method: 'GET',
+            headers: this.authHeaders(),
+          });
+          if (!res.ok) {
+            await this.backoff();
+            continue;
+          }
+          const data = await res.json();
+          since = (data as SyncResponse).next_batch ?? since;
+          for (const msg of parseSyncResponse(data, this.config.roomId, this.config.userId)) {
+            handler(msg);
+          }
+        } catch {
+          await this.backoff();
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    void loop();
+    return () => {
+      this.stopped = true;
+    };
+  }
+
+  private backoff(): Promise<void> {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2_000));
+  }
+
+  async health(): Promise<ConnectorHealth> {
+    try {
+      const versions = await this.fetchImpl(this.url('/_matrix/client/versions'), {
+        method: 'GET',
+      });
+      if (!versions.ok) {
+        return {
+          reachable: false,
+          authenticated: false,
+          detail: `versions HTTP ${versions.status}`,
+        };
+      }
+      const who = await this.fetchImpl(this.url('/_matrix/client/v3/account/whoami'), {
+        method: 'GET',
+        headers: this.authHeaders(),
+      });
+      if (!who.ok) {
+        return { reachable: true, authenticated: false, detail: `whoami HTTP ${who.status}` };
+      }
+      const json = (await who.json()) as { user_id?: string };
+      const authenticated = json.user_id === this.config.userId;
+      return {
+        reachable: true,
+        authenticated,
+        lastSeen: new Date().toISOString(),
+        ...(authenticated
+          ? {}
+          : { detail: `whoami user ${json.user_id} != ${this.config.userId}` }),
+      };
+    } catch (err) {
+      return {
+        reachable: false,
+        authenticated: false,
+        detail: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+      };
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Register the Matrix connector factory. The token is read from the environment
+ * (MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN) at build time, never the roster.
+ */
+export function registerMatrixConnector(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): void {
+  registerConnector('matrix', (config) => {
+    if (!config.matrix) {
+      throw new Error('Matrix connector config missing the `matrix` block (homeserver/user/room).');
+    }
+    return new MatrixConnector(config.matrix, { accessToken: env['MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN'] ?? '' });
+  });
+}

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/connectors/registry.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  KNOWN_CONNECTOR_KINDS,
+  isKnownConnectorKind,
+  resolveConnectorKind,
+  registerConnector,
+  hasConnector,
+  createConnector,
+  ConnectorNotImplementedError,
+  _resetConnectorRegistry,
+} from './registry.js';
+import type { ConnectorConfig, OrchestratorConnector } from './types.js';
+
+function fakeConnector(kind: 'tmux' | 'discord' | 'matrix'): OrchestratorConnector {
+  return {
+    kind,
+    send: async () => ({ delivered: true, messageId: 'x' }),
+    subscribe: () => () => {},
+    health: async () => ({ reachable: true, authenticated: true }),
+  };
+}
+
+describe('connector registry (F4 Phase 1)', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    _resetConnectorRegistry();
+  });
+
+  it('knows the three peer connector kinds', () => {
+    expect(KNOWN_CONNECTOR_KINDS).toEqual(['tmux', 'discord', 'matrix']);
+  });
+
+  it('isKnownConnectorKind guards correctly', () => {
+    expect(isKnownConnectorKind('matrix')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isKnownConnectorKind('irc')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isKnownConnectorKind(42)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('resolveConnectorKind defaults to tmux when config is absent (back-compat)', () => {
+    expect(resolveConnectorKind(undefined)).toBe('tmux');
+    expect(resolveConnectorKind({ kind: 'matrix' })).toBe('matrix');
+  });
+
+  it('createConnector throws ConnectorNotImplementedError for an unregistered kind', () => {
+    const cfg: ConnectorConfig = { kind: 'matrix' };
+    expect(() => createConnector(cfg)).toThrow(ConnectorNotImplementedError);
+    expect(() => createConnector(cfg)).toThrow(/not implemented yet/i);
+  });
+
+  it('createConnector with no config resolves the default kind (tmux) and reports it unimplemented in Phase 1', () => {
+    try {
+      createConnector();
+      throw new Error('expected throw');
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(ConnectorNotImplementedError);
+      expect((err as ConnectorNotImplementedError).kind).toBe('tmux');
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('register → has → create resolves a registered factory', () => {
+    expect(hasConnector('matrix')).toBe(false);
+    registerConnector('matrix', (cfg) => fakeConnector(cfg.kind));
+    expect(hasConnector('matrix')).toBe(true);
+
+    const connector = createConnector({ kind: 'matrix' });
+    expect(connector.kind).toBe('matrix');
+  });
+
+  it('passes the config through to the factory', () => {
+    let received: ConnectorConfig | null = null;
+    registerConnector('matrix', (cfg) => {
+      received = cfg;
+      return fakeConnector(cfg.kind);
+    });
+    const cfg: ConnectorConfig = {
+      kind: 'matrix',
+      matrix: {
+        homeserverUrl: 'https://matrix.internal',
+        userId: '@mos:internal',
+        roomId: '!room:internal',
+      },
+    };
+    createConnector(cfg);
+    expect(received).toEqual(cfg);
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/connectors/registry.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/**
+ * Connector registry (F4 Phase 1).
+ *
+ * A tiny extensible registry so connector implementations (Phase 2: tmux,
+ * Discord, Matrix) register a factory by kind and fleet core resolves one from
+ * roster config without branching on kind. Phase 1 ships the registry + the
+ * config→kind resolution; the connector factories land in Phase 2.
+ */
+
+import {
+  type ConnectorConfig,
+  type ConnectorKind,
+  type OrchestratorConnector,
+  DEFAULT_CONNECTOR_KIND,
+} from './types.js';
+
+/** The set of connector kinds the framework recognizes. */
+export const KNOWN_CONNECTOR_KINDS: readonly ConnectorKind[] = ['tmux', 'discord', 'matrix'];
+
+/** Type guard: is `value` a known connector kind? */
+export function isKnownConnectorKind(value: unknown): value is ConnectorKind {
+  return typeof value === 'string' && (KNOWN_CONNECTOR_KINDS as readonly string[]).includes(value);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the connector kind from roster config. Absent config ⇒ the default
+ * (tmux) so existing rosters keep working unchanged (back-compat).
+ */
+export function resolveConnectorKind(config?: ConnectorConfig): ConnectorKind {
+  return config?.kind ?? DEFAULT_CONNECTOR_KIND;
+}
+
+/** A factory builds a live connector from its validated config. */
+export type ConnectorFactory = (config: ConnectorConfig) => OrchestratorConnector;
+
+/** Thrown when no factory is registered for a requested kind. */
+export class ConnectorNotImplementedError extends Error {
+  constructor(public readonly kind: ConnectorKind) {
+    super(
+      `Connector "${kind}" is not implemented yet. ` +
+        `Register a factory via registerConnector('${kind}', …) (F4 Phase 2).`,
+    );
+    this.name = 'ConnectorNotImplementedError';
+  }
+}
+
+const registry = new Map<ConnectorKind, ConnectorFactory>();
+
+/** Register a connector factory for a kind (idempotent — last registration wins). */
+export function registerConnector(kind: ConnectorKind, factory: ConnectorFactory): void {
+  registry.set(kind, factory);
+}
+
+/** True when a factory is registered for `kind`. */
+export function hasConnector(kind: ConnectorKind): boolean {
+  return registry.has(kind);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a connector from roster config. Throws `ConnectorNotImplementedError`
+ * when no factory is registered for the resolved kind (the Phase-1 default for
+ * every kind until Phase 2 registers them).
+ */
+export function createConnector(config?: ConnectorConfig): OrchestratorConnector {
+  const kind = resolveConnectorKind(config);
+  const factory = registry.get(kind);
+  if (!factory) {
+    throw new ConnectorNotImplementedError(kind);
+  }
+  return factory(config ?? { kind });
+}
+
+/** Test/runtime helper: drop all registrations. */
+export function _resetConnectorRegistry(): void {
+  registry.clear();
+}

packages/mosaic/src/fleet/connectors/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/**
+ * Orchestrator chat connectors (F4).
+ *
+ * A connector mediates the chat channel between the fleet **orchestrator** and
+ * its human operator. Connectors are PEERS — tmux (default), Discord, Matrix,
+ * and future first-party plugins — selected per fleet, never hardwired. Fleet
+ * core depends only on the small uniform interface below, so a new connector
+ * drops in without touching the fleet.
+ *
+ * The interface is deliberately minimal: send (orchestrator → human),
+ * subscribe (human → orchestrator), health (reachable/authed liveness). Thread
+ * support is optional metadata (`threadId`) so thread-capable connectors
+ * (Matrix rooms/threads, the future Mosaic Discord plugin) fit without an
+ * interface change.
+ */
+
+/** The connector kinds shipped/known to the framework. */
+export type ConnectorKind = 'tmux' | 'discord' | 'matrix';
+
+/** A message the orchestrator sends out to the human operator. */
+export interface OutboundMessage {
+  /** Message body (markdown where the connector supports it). */
+  text: string;
+  /** Optional thread/topic id for thread-capable connectors. */
+  threadId?: string;
+  /** Optional attachment references (paths or URLs); connector-dependent. */
+  attachments?: string[];
+}
+
+/** A message received from the human operator. */
+export interface InboundMessage {
+  /** Message body. */
+  text: string;
+  /** Thread/topic id if the connector carries one. */
+  threadId?: string;
+  /** Opaque sender identifier (connector-scoped). */
+  sender: string;
+  /** ISO-8601 timestamp the connector assigns/observes. */
+  ts: string;
+}
+
+/** Result of a send — the "ack" half of ack/health. */
+export interface SendResult {
+  /** True when the connector accepted/delivered the message. */
+  delivered: boolean;
+  /** Connector-assigned message id when available. */
+  messageId?: string;
+  /** Reason when `delivered` is false. */
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+/** Liveness of a connector — the "health" half of ack/health. */
+export interface ConnectorHealth {
+  /** The transport endpoint is reachable. */
+  reachable: boolean;
+  /** Credentials are valid / the connector is authenticated. */
+  authenticated: boolean;
+  /** ISO-8601 of the last successful interaction, if any. */
+  lastSeen?: string;
+  /** Human-readable detail (e.g. failure reason). */
+  detail?: string;
+}
+
+/** Unsubscribe handle returned by `subscribe`. */
+export type Unsubscribe = () => void;
+
+/**
+ * The uniform contract every orchestrator chat connector implements. Small by
+ * design — send / subscribe / health — so connectors are interchangeable and
+ * fleet core never branches on connector kind.
+ */
+export interface OrchestratorConnector {
+  /** Which kind of connector this is. */
+  readonly kind: ConnectorKind;
+  /** Send a message from the orchestrator to the operator. */
+  send(message: OutboundMessage): Promise<SendResult>;
+  /** Subscribe to inbound operator messages; returns an unsubscribe handle. */
+  subscribe(handler: (message: InboundMessage) => void): Unsubscribe;
+  /** Report connector liveness (reachable + authenticated). */
+  health(): Promise<ConnectorHealth>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Connector configuration carried by the roster (the `connector` block).
+ * Secrets (access tokens, bot tokens) are NEVER stored here — they come from
+ * the environment (the gateway env-config pattern). Absent config ⇒ tmux.
+ */
+export interface ConnectorConfig {
+  kind: ConnectorKind;
+  /** Matrix connector settings (homeserver + room); token via env. */
+  matrix?: MatrixConnectorConfig;
+  /** Discord connector settings (channel); token via env. */
+  discord?: DiscordConnectorConfig;
+}
+
+export interface MatrixConnectorConfig {
+  /** Local homeserver base URL, e.g. https://matrix.example.internal */
+  homeserverUrl: string;
+  /** Full Matrix user id of the orchestrator, e.g. @mos:example.internal */
+  userId: string;
+  /** Room id/alias the orchestrator converses in. */
+  roomId: string;
+}
+
+export interface DiscordConnectorConfig {
+  /** Channel id the orchestrator converses in. */
+  channelId: string;
+}
+
+/** The default connector when a roster declares none (back-compat). */
+export const DEFAULT_CONNECTOR_KIND: ConnectorKind = 'tmux';

packages/mosaic/src/runtime/update-checker.reseed.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import {
+  buildReseedCommand,
+  buildRelaunchCommands,
+  readRosterAgentNames,
+  runFrameworkReseed,
+  refreshActiveFleetUnits,
+} from './update-checker.js';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+/**
+ * F3-m3 / R13: `mosaic update` re-seeds the framework + (opt-in) relaunches
+ * durable agents so shipped launcher/runtime changes activate. These cover the
+ * pure builders + the missing-installer guard (the exec path is integration).
+ */
+
+describe('buildReseedCommand', () => {
+  it('invokes the package install.sh in data-safe sync-only keep mode', () => {
+    const out = buildReseedCommand('/pkg/framework', '/home/u/.config/mosaic');
+    expect(out.installer).toBe('/pkg/framework/install.sh');
+    expect(out.command).toBe('bash /pkg/framework/install.sh');
+    expect(out.env).toEqual({
+      MOSAIC_SYNC_ONLY: '1',
+      MOSAIC_INSTALL_MODE: 'keep',
+      MOSAIC_HOME: '/home/u/.config/mosaic',
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('buildRelaunchCommands', () => {
+  it('builds a systemctl --user restart per agent unit', () => {
+    expect(buildRelaunchCommands(['orchestrator', 'coder0'])).toEqual([
+      ['systemctl', '--user', 'restart', 'mosaic-agent@orchestrator.service'],
+      ['systemctl', '--user', 'restart', 'mosaic-agent@coder0.service'],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('is empty for an empty roster', () => {
+    expect(buildRelaunchCommands([])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('readRosterAgentNames', () => {
+  let home: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-roster-'));
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('returns [] when no roster exists', () => {
+    expect(readRosterAgentNames(home)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('extracts agent names from roster.yaml', () => {
+    mkdirSync(join(home, 'fleet'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(home, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml'),
+      [
+        'version: 1',
+        'agents:',
+        '  - name: orchestrator',
+        '    runtime: pi',
+        '  - name: coder0',
+        '    runtime: claude',
+        '  - name: "reviewer-1"',
+        '    runtime: codex',
+      ].join('\n') + '\n',
+    );
+    expect(readRosterAgentNames(home)).toEqual(['orchestrator', 'coder0', 'reviewer-1']);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('runFrameworkReseed', () => {
+  it('reports not-ok (not throw) when the installer is absent', () => {
+    const missing = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-noinstaller-'));
+    const res = runFrameworkReseed(missing, join(missing, 'home'));
+    expect(res.ok).toBe(false);
+    expect(res.reason).toContain('installer not found');
+    rmSync(missing, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('refreshActiveFleetUnits', () => {
+  let root: string;
+  let mosaicHome: string;
+  let configHome: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mosaic-units-'));
+    mosaicHome = join(root, 'mosaic');
+    configHome = join(root, 'config');
+    mkdirSync(join(mosaicHome, 'systemd', 'user'), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(configHome, 'systemd', 'user'), { recursive: true });
+    // Freshly re-seeded units (new content).
+    writeFileSync(join(mosaicHome, 'systemd', 'user', 'mosaic-agent@.service'), 'NEW\n');
+    writeFileSync(join(mosaicHome, 'systemd', 'user', 'mosaic-tmux-holder.service'), 'NEW\n');
+  });
+  afterEach(() => rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+
+  it('refreshes active units when a fleet is already installed', () => {
+    // Active dir already carries mosaic units (stale) → fleet is installed.
+    writeFileSync(join(configHome, 'systemd', 'user', 'mosaic-agent@.service'), 'OLD\n');
+    const res = refreshActiveFleetUnits(mosaicHome, {
+      XDG_CONFIG_HOME: configHome,
+    } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv);
+    expect(res.refreshed).toContain('mosaic-agent@.service');
+    expect(
+      readFileSync(join(configHome, 'systemd', 'user', 'mosaic-agent@.service'), 'utf-8'),
+    ).toBe('NEW\n');
+  });
+
+  it('is a no-op when no fleet is installed (active dir has no mosaic units)', () => {
+    const res = refreshActiveFleetUnits(mosaicHome, {
+      XDG_CONFIG_HOME: configHome,
+    } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv);
+    expect(res.refreshed).toEqual([]);
+    expect(existsSync(join(configHome, 'systemd', 'user', 'mosaic-agent@.service'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

packages/mosaic/src/runtime/update-checker.ts

@@ -14,9 +14,17 @@
  */
 
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import {
+  existsSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+  readdirSync,
+  copyFileSync,
+} from 'node:fs';
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 // ─── Types ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -453,6 +461,139 @@ export function getInstallAllCommand(outdated: PackageUpdateResult[]): string {
   return `npm i -g ${pkgs.join(' ')}`;
 }
 
+// ─── Post-update framework re-seed + agent relaunch (F3-m3 / R13) ─────────────
+//
+// `mosaic update` installs the new npm CLI but, on its own, leaves the framework
+// files in ~/.config/mosaic/ stale — so shipped launcher/runtime changes (e.g.
+// the agent-name export + native heartbeat) never ACTIVATE until a re-seed.
+// These helpers run the package's own install.sh in sync-only mode (the P4
+// data-safe reconcile: framework-owned overwrite + backup-once; SOUL/USER/
+// *.local/credentials preserved) and, opt-in, relaunch durable agents.
+
+/** Resolve the framework/ directory bundled in the installed package. */
+export function resolveBundledFrameworkRoot(): string {
+  // dist/runtime/update-checker.js → ../../framework (package files: dist + framework)
+  return resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..', '..', 'framework');
+}
+
+export const FRAMEWORK_RESEED_PACKAGE = PKG;
+
+/**
+ * Build the framework re-seed invocation: the package's install.sh in
+ * sync-only mode (file phase only — no environment-touching post-install),
+ * keep mode (never overwrite user files). Returned as data so it is unit
+ * testable; `runFrameworkReseed` executes it.
+ */
+export function buildReseedCommand(
+  frameworkRoot: string,
+  mosaicHome: string,
+): { installer: string; command: string; env: Record<string, string> } {
+  const installer = join(frameworkRoot, 'install.sh');
+  return {
+    installer,
+    command: `bash ${installer}`,
+    env: {
+      MOSAIC_SYNC_ONLY: '1',
+      MOSAIC_INSTALL_MODE: 'keep',
+      MOSAIC_HOME: mosaicHome,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Re-seed the framework from the freshly-installed package. Returns a result
+ * describing what happened (so callers can message + decide on relaunch).
+ * Best-effort: a missing installer or a non-zero exit is reported, not thrown.
+ */
+export function runFrameworkReseed(
+  frameworkRoot = resolveBundledFrameworkRoot(),
+  mosaicHome = join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic'),
+): { ok: boolean; reason?: string } {
+  const { installer, command, env } = buildReseedCommand(frameworkRoot, mosaicHome);
+  if (!existsSync(installer)) {
+    return { ok: false, reason: `installer not found: ${installer}` };
+  }
+  try {
+    execSync(command, { stdio: 'inherit', env: { ...process.env, ...env }, timeout: 120_000 });
+    return { ok: true };
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { ok: false, reason: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) };
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Best-effort parse of the fleet roster for agent names (used to relaunch
+ * durable agents after a re-seed). Returns [] when no roster exists.
+ */
+export function readRosterAgentNames(mosaicHome = join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic')): string[] {
+  const rosterPath = join(mosaicHome, 'fleet', 'roster.yaml');
+  if (!existsSync(rosterPath)) return [];
+  let text: string;
+  try {
+    text = readFileSync(rosterPath, 'utf-8');
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+  // Roster agents are listed as `- name: <id>` entries under `agents:`.
+  const names: string[] = [];
+  for (const line of text.split('\n')) {
+    const m = line.match(/^\s*-?\s*name:\s*["']?([A-Za-z0-9._-]+)["']?\s*$/);
+    if (m && m[1]) names.push(m[1]);
+  }
+  return names;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Refresh the ACTIVE systemd user units from the freshly re-seeded copies.
+ *
+ * The re-seed updates `~/.config/mosaic/systemd/user/*.service`, but the units
+ * systemd actually runs live at `~/.config/systemd/user/`. Without this copy,
+ * shipped unit fixes (e.g. the socket-env change) never take effect after
+ * `mosaic update` until `mosaic fleet install` is re-run. Best-effort + scoped:
+ * only refreshes when a fleet is already installed (the active dir already
+ * carries `mosaic-*` units), so non-fleet hosts are untouched.
+ */
+export function refreshActiveFleetUnits(
+  mosaicHome = join(homedir(), '.config', 'mosaic'),
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
+): { refreshed: string[]; ok: boolean; reason?: string } {
+  const src = join(mosaicHome, 'systemd', 'user');
+  const configHome = env['XDG_CONFIG_HOME'] ?? join(homedir(), '.config');
+  const dest = join(configHome, 'systemd', 'user');
+  if (!existsSync(src)) return { refreshed: [], ok: true };
+  // Only refresh when a fleet is already installed (active dir has mosaic units).
+  const fleetInstalled =
+    existsSync(dest) &&
+    readdirSync(dest).some((f) => f.startsWith('mosaic-') && f.endsWith('.service'));
+  if (!fleetInstalled) return { refreshed: [], ok: true };
+  const units = readdirSync(src).filter((f) => f.startsWith('mosaic-') && f.endsWith('.service'));
+  const refreshed: string[] = [];
+  for (const unit of units) {
+    try {
+      copyFileSync(join(src, unit), join(dest, unit));
+      refreshed.push(unit);
+    } catch {
+      // best-effort per unit
+    }
+  }
+  try {
+    execSync('systemctl --user daemon-reload', { stdio: 'ignore', timeout: 15_000 });
+  } catch {
+    // non-systemd host or no session bus — non-fatal
+  }
+  return { refreshed, ok: true };
+}
+
+/** Build the per-agent systemd relaunch commands (drain+relaunch via restart). */
+export function buildRelaunchCommands(agentNames: string[]): string[][] {
+  return agentNames.map((name) => [
+    'systemctl',
+    '--user',
+    'restart',
+    `mosaic-agent@${name}.service`,
+  ]);
+}
+
 /**
  * Format a table showing all packages with their current/latest versions.
  */