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- F5 (rev-code-02 blocker): sign test-send-message-glyph-agnostic.sh into
  test-enumeration-exclusions.txt beside its tmux siblings; the CI image
  ships no tmux, so the suite stays manually run (#1017 burndown).
- Adoption finding: the verdict suite hard-coded SEND to its sibling and
  ignored the SEND env var, so a red-first run against the shipping blob
  silently measured the patched copy instead (measured: shipping run
  printed PASS=4; with SEND honored it is PASS=3 FAIL=1, fixture 2 red,
  matching the recorded review numbers). SEND is now honored with the
  sibling as default, same contract as the glyph suite.
- F6/D19: framework FLEET-COMMS.md claimed 'rc=2 is the normal result
  when the target is an idle pi seat'. Post-fix rc=0 is normal for idle
  and busy pi seats; rc=2 on a healthy seat is a real report. Never-retry
  advice kept, softened to 'may be in the pane' for the unconfirmed arm.

Live verification on sb-it-1-dt (tmux 3.7b, pi glm-5.3 low, scratch
session): idle pi - shipping rc=2 'may be UNDELIVERED' while the seat
consumed the message and answered; patched rc=0 delivered, answered.
Busy pi mid-turn - shipping rc=2 while the pane accepted both messages
as steering input ('Steering: ...', 'Alt+Up to edit all queued
messages'); patched rc=0 delivered, both consumed and acted on after the
turn. Both D11 signatures: verdict now matches reality.
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# Fleet Comms Guide
How one seat reaches another on a host. The mechanism is the framework's; the sessions and
sockets are per-host, so measure yours rather than trusting an example.
`mosaic <runtime>` would normally inject the addressing block from the roster. Where the composer
is unavailable, or where the roster is stale, this guide is the substitute.
## Measure the fleet; do not trust the roster
`fleet/roster.yaml` is a declaration of intent, not an observation. It routinely names a socket
that was never created, lists seats that are not running, and omits seats that are — this was
all three have been observed true at once on a live host. Find out what is actually
up before addressing anyone:
```bash
tmux list-sessions
tmux list-panes -a -F '#{session_name} #{pane_current_command} #{pane_current_path}'
```
The pane command tells you the runtime. A pane showing `bash` is an idle shell with no agent
attached — a send there lands in a shell prompt and is not read by anyone.
Use the **default socket**. Do not pass `-L mosaic-fleet` on the strength of the roster.
## Sending
```bash
~/.config/mosaic/tools/tmux/agent-send.sh -s <dst_session> -C <class> -m "<message>"
```
`-s` also accepts `session:window.pane`. `-f <file>` sends a file body; stdin works too.
### Classes
`-C` takes exactly one of these. Anything else exits 3.
| Class | Use for |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `terminal-log` | log only; never needs the agent's attention |
| `actionable` | a decision, blocker, gate, or question needing an answer |
| `human` | relayed from a human operator |
| `reaction` | an ack or acknowledgement token |
| `digest` | machine wake, coalescible |
An absent class is treated as `actionable` by consumers, which is the fail-safe direction. Prefer
naming it anyway.
### Addressing preamble
The wire format is `[<src> -> <dst> class=<class>] <body>`. Flip it when you reply — the tool
sends, it does not auto-reply.
### Exit codes
| rc | Meaning |
| --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 0 | delivered or queued |
| 1 | target session not found |
| 2 | submission unconfirmed: draft still on the input line, or no positive evidence of submission |
| 3 | usage error (bad class, missing `-s`) |
**Never retry on rc=2.** The message may be in the target pane, and a retry can double-send it.
Confirm instead:
```bash
tmux capture-pane -p -t <session>:0.0 | tail -20
```
rc=0 is the normal result for both idle and busy pi seats (submission confirmed by draft
transition, not by prompt glyph). rc=2 on a healthy seat is exceptional — treat it as a real
report and investigate the pane.
## Durable comms
tmux delivery is host-local and does not survive a pane. Anything that must outlive the session
goes through the estate's durable comms protocol — a committed `comms/` tree in an estate repo,
with its own README. Use it for cross-host messages, verdicts, and anything a later session needs
to find.
## Handing work across seats
1. **A verdict handed to the requesting seat is a legitimate delivery path**, and the required one
for anything `pr-review.sh` would otherwise post (see `guides/CODE-REVIEW.md`).
2. **Address the seat, not the runtime.** A seat name is a session name; whether it runs claude,
pi or codex is not the sender's business.
3. **Say what you measured, not just what you concluded** — the receiving seat cannot see your
terminal.