Replaces the opaque trigger_rules JSON + response_scope enum on
messaging_group_agents with four explicit orthogonal columns:
engage_mode 'pattern' | 'mention' | 'mention-sticky'
engage_pattern regex source; required when mode='pattern';
'.' is the "always" sentinel
sender_scope 'all' | 'known'
ignored_message_policy 'drop' | 'accumulate'
Inbound routing becomes a fan-out — every wired agent is evaluated
independently. A match gets its own session + container wake. A miss
with accumulate keeps the message as context-only (trigger=0) in that
agent's session, so when the agent does eventually engage it sees the
prior chatter.
## Schema
- Migration 010 (`engage-modes`): adds the 4 new columns, backfills
from trigger_rules.pattern + requiresTrigger + response_scope, drops
the legacy columns.
- messages_in gains `trigger INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1` (session DB
schema + `migrateMessagesInTable` forward-compat).
- countDueMessages gates waking on `trigger = 1`.
## Routing
- `pickAgent` (returns one) → loop over all wired agents. Per agent:
evaluate engage_mode; run access gate + sender-scope gate; on full
match → resolveSession + writeSessionMessage(trigger=1) + wake. On
miss with accumulate → writeSessionMessage(trigger=0), no wake. On
miss with drop → skip.
- New `findSessionForAgent(agentGroupId, mgId, threadId)` scopes
session lookup by agent so fan-out doesn't cross sessions.
- `messageIdForAgent` namespaces inbound message ids by agent_group_id
so PRIMARY KEY doesn't collide across per-agent session DBs.
## Adapter layer
- `ConversationConfig` replaces `triggerPattern` + `requiresTrigger`
with `engageMode` + `engagePattern`.
- Chat SDK bridge stores `Map<platformId, ConversationConfig[]>` (multi-
agent per conversation) and applies union gating pre-onInbound:
* onSubscribedMessage: engage if any wiring keeps firing in
subscribed state (mention-sticky or pattern)
* onNewMention: engage on mention; only subscribes the thread if
at least one wiring is `mention-sticky`
* onDirectMessage: engage per mode; sticky follows same rule
- Bridge no longer unconditionally calls `thread.subscribe()`.
## Sender scope
- Permissions module registers a second hook `setSenderScopeGate` that
runs per-wiring after the existing access gate. `sender_scope='known'`
requires canAccessAgentGroup(); `'all'` is a no-op. Not installed →
no-op everywhere (default allow).
## Container side
- Host passes `NANOCLAW_MAX_MESSAGES_PER_PROMPT` (reuses existing
MAX_MESSAGES_PER_PROMPT config; was dead code from v1).
- `getPendingMessages` queries `ORDER BY seq DESC LIMIT N`, reverses to
chronological order for the prompt — accumulated context rides along
with trigger rows up to the cap.
- `MessageInRow` gains `trigger: number` so the container can tell them
apart in downstream code (container still processes both; only the
host uses `trigger=0` for don't-wake).
## Defaults (per ACTION-ITEMS item 1 decision)
- DM (is_group=0): `engage_mode='pattern'`, `engage_pattern='.'` (always)
- Threaded group: `engage_mode='mention-sticky'` (seed-discord)
- Non-threaded group / CLI: pattern '.' in bootstrap scripts
## Tests
- src/host-core.test.ts: 3 new cases — fan-out (2 agents, 2 sessions,
2 wakes), accumulate (trigger=0 + no wake), drop (no session created).
- Existing 10 host-core tests still pass.
- Migration 010 runs on an empty DB in 0-row path — verified.
Closes: ACTION-ITEMS items 1, 4.
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- container/.dockerignore (new): exclude agent-runner/node_modules and
agent-runner/dist so COPY agent-runner/ ./ doesn't clobber the
pnpm-installed node_modules with host directories. Under npm's flat
layout this was forgiving; under pnpm's symlink layout it's a hard
conflict (overlay2 cannot copy onto a symlink target).
- setup/{groups,service}.ts: execSync('pnpm run build') not npm.
- setup/index.ts: usage string.
- scripts/*.ts: usage comments + seed-discord final log.
- .claude/settings.json: permission allowlist entries.
- .claude/skills/{add-whatsapp-v2,add-dashboard}/SKILL.md: docs.
- container/skills/{frontend-engineer,vercel-cli,self-customize}/SKILL.md:
agent-facing docs still told the container agent to run npm.
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Checkpoints the builder-agent dev-agent/worktree/swap flow (create_dev_agent,
request_swap, classifier, deadman, promote) before pivoting to a unified
draft-activate approach with OS-level RO enforcement. Lifts container_config
out of the agent_groups row into groups/<folder>/container.json so install_packages,
add_mcp_server, and rebuild flows can eventually route through the same draft
path as source edits.
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Replaces the agent-group-centric "main group" concept with user-level
privileges and adds the cold-DM infrastructure needed for proactive
outbound messaging (pairing, approvals, welcome flows).
Privilege model
- New tables: users, user_roles (owner global-only; admin global or
scoped to an agent_group), agent_group_members (explicit non-
privileged access; admin/owner imply membership), user_dms (cold-DM
resolution cache).
- Removed agent_groups.is_admin, messaging_groups.admin_user_id. Replaced
with messaging_groups.unknown_sender_policy (strict | request_approval
| public) for per-chat unknown-sender gating.
- src/access.ts: canAccessAgentGroup, pickApprover, pickApprovalDelivery.
- src/router.ts: access gate on every inbound, honoring
unknown_sender_policy for unknown senders.
- src/channels/telegram.ts: pairing interceptor upserts the paired user
and promotes them to owner if hasAnyOwner() is false (first-pair-wins).
Cold DM infrastructure
- ChannelAdapter.openDM?(handle) — optional method. Chat-SDK-bridge wires
it to chat.openDM() for resolution-required channels (Discord, Slack,
Teams, Webex, gChat); direct-addressable channels (Telegram, WhatsApp,
iMessage, Matrix, Resend) fall through to the handle directly.
- src/user-dm.ts: ensureUserDm(userId) — resolves + caches via user_dms.
Approval routing
- onecli-approvals + delivery use pickApprover + pickApprovalDelivery:
scoped admins → global admins → owners (dedup), first reachable via
ensureUserDm, same-channel-kind tie-break. Approvals land in the
approver's DM, not the origin chat.
Delivery fixes
- delivery.ts ACL rejection now throws instead of returning undefined —
the outer loop previously marked rejected messages as delivered.
- Implicit-origin allow: session.messaging_group_id === target skips the
destination check.
- createMessagingGroupAgent auto-creates the companion agent_destinations
row (normalized local_name from the messaging group's name, collision-
broken within the agent's namespace).
Container
- container-runner.ts: /workspace/global always read-only; drops
NANOCLAW_IS_ADMIN; adds NANOCLAW_ADMIN_USER_IDS (owners + global admins
+ scoped admins for this agent group). Agent-runner poll-loop gates
slash commands against that set.
New skill: /init-first-agent
- Walks the operator through standing up the first agent for a channel:
channel pick → identity lookup (reads each channel SKILL.md's
## Channel Info > how-to-find-id) → DM platform_id resolution (direct-
addressable, cold-DM via "user DMs bot first + sqlite lookup", or
Telegram pair-code fallback) → run scripts/init-first-agent.ts →
verify via tail of nanoclaw.log.
- scripts/init-first-agent.ts: parameterized helper that upserts the
user + grants owner (if none), creates dm-with-<display-name> agent
group + initGroupFilesystem, reuses/creates the DM messaging_group,
wires it (auto-creates destination), resolves the session, and writes
a kind:'chat' / sender:'system' welcome message into inbound.db. Host
sweep wakes the container and the agent DMs the operator via the
normal delivery path.
/manage-channels rewrite
- Drops --is-main / --jid / main-vs-non-main isolation references.
- First-channel flow delegates to /init-first-agent.
- Explains createMessagingGroupAgent auto-creates destinations.
- Adds a privileged-users show section.
setup/
- register.ts: drop --is-main, --jid, --local-name, --trigger
requiresTrigger defaults; call initGroupFilesystem; normalize to
v2 schema (no is_admin, no admin_user_id, sets unknown_sender_policy
'strict'); let createMessagingGroupAgent handle the destination row.
- pair-telegram.ts: emit PAIRED_USER_ID (namespaced "telegram:<id>")
instead of ADMIN_USER_ID; update header comment.
- register.test.ts deleted — was v1-only, tested a registered_groups
table that no longer exists.
Docs
- v2-architecture-diagram.{md,html}: ER diagram updated to drop
is_admin/admin_user_id, add unknown_sender_policy, and include
users/user_roles/agent_group_members/user_dms.
- v2-architecture-draft.md: approval-routing paragraph rewritten for
pickApprover/pickApprovalDelivery/ensureUserDm; SQL schema block
updated; admin-verification paragraph references
NANOCLAW_ADMIN_USER_IDS.
- v2-setup-wiring.md: entity-model sketch rewritten.
- v2-checklist.md: marked privilege refactor / container filtering /
approval routing / unknown-sender gating done; removed obsolete
admin_user_id and main-vs-non-main items.
Scripts
- scripts/init-first-agent.ts (new) replaces scripts/welcome-owner-dm.ts
(removed; welcome-owner was a Discord-specific one-off).
- test-v2-host.ts, test-v2-channel-e2e.ts, seed-discord.ts: drop
is_admin + admin_user_id, use unknown_sender_policy.
Tests
- src/access.test.ts (new): 14 tests for canAccessAgentGroup, role
helpers, pickApprover, ensureUserDm, pickApprovalDelivery.
- src/db/db-v2.test.ts: adds 3 tests for the auto-created
agent_destinations row (normalized name, no duplicates, collision
break within an agent group).
- host-core.test.ts, channel-registry.test.ts: updated fixtures to
use unknown_sender_policy: 'public' where the test exercises routing
rather than the access gate.
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