@saadnvd1/agent-os 0.3.819 → 0.3.824

package/lib/orchestrator/escalate.ts

@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import {
 } from "./gates";
 import { LOOP_GUARD_COMMITS, stuckBy, stuckWhy } from "./loop-guard";
 import { addNote } from "./notes";
+import { owner, Owner } from "../owner";
 
 // Puts the ask on Saad's list (or notes why it couldn't be).
-export function askSaadAbout(
+export function askOwnerAbout(
   workspaceId: string,
   task: { id: string; name: string },
   why: string,
@@ -36,14 +37,14 @@ export function askSaadAbout(
     if (!(error instanceof AskRefused)) throw error;
     addNote(
       workspaceId,
-      `Saad must decide on ${task.name} (${url}): ${why}. Not added to his asks: ${error.message}.`,
+      `${Owner()} must decide on ${task.name} (${url}): ${why}. Not added to his asks: ${error.message}.`,
       "escalation"
     );
   }
   if (created)
     addNote(
       workspaceId,
-      `Saad must decide on ${task.name} (${url}): ${why}. The orchestrator won't merge it; it's on his asks list to approve, decline, or sign off or drop himself.`,
+      `${Owner()} must decide on ${task.name} (${url}): ${why}. The orchestrator won't merge it; it's on his asks list to approve, decline, or sign off or drop himself.`,
       "escalation"
     );
 }
@@ -64,10 +65,10 @@ export function escalate(
   markEscalated(task.id, gate, why);
   if (opts.hold) {
     holdAsk(task.id, gate);
-    return `Escalated to Saad: ${why}. His ask goes up once ${task.name}'s agent is idle and CI has settled on its latest head, so it names the commit he'd merge; his answer reaches you as an event. Don't retry; say so in your chat.`;
+    return `Escalated to ${owner()}: ${why}. His ask goes up once ${task.name}'s agent is idle and CI has settled on its latest head, so it names the commit he'd merge; his answer reaches you as an event. Don't retry; say so in your chat.`;
   }
-  askSaadAbout(workspaceId, task, why, url, sha);
-  return `Escalated to Saad: ${why}. It's on his asks list; his answer reaches you as an event. Don't retry; say so in your chat.`;
+  askOwnerAbout(workspaceId, task, why, url, sha);
+  return `Escalated to ${owner()}: ${why}. It's on his asks list; his answer reaches you as an event. Don't retry; say so in your chat.`;
 }
 
 // Counts a gate's failure on this head against the task. A failure is the

package/lib/orchestrator/external-gates.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { signOffTask } from "../tasks";
 import { prFor } from "../tasks/session";
 import { ciSettleIn } from "./task-state";
 import { untrusted } from "./untrusted";
+import { owner, Owner } from "../owner";
 
 const short = (sha: string) => sha.slice(0, 7);
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ export async function signOffExternal(
   const verdict = await judgeExternal(workspaceId, ext);
   if (!verdict.ok) throw new Error(verdict.text);
   if (verdict.approval && !spendApproval(verdict.approval))
-    throw new Error(`Saad's approval for ${ext.name} was already used`);
+    throw new Error(`${Owner()}'s approval for ${ext.name} was already used`);
   const { method } = mergePolicy(ext.project);
   try {
     await mergePR({
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ export async function signOffExternal(
   addNote(
     workspaceId,
     verdict.approval
-      ? `Merged ${ext.name} (not an AgentOS task, ${short(verdict.sha)}) on Saad's approval of that commit.`
+      ? `Merged ${ext.name} (not an AgentOS task, ${short(verdict.sha)}) on ${owner()}'s approval of that commit.`
       : `Merged ${ext.name} (not an AgentOS task, ${short(verdict.sha)}): CI green, review passed, in scope.`
   );
   return `Merged ${ext.name}: ${MERGED_AS[method]} at ${short(verdict.sha)}.`;
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ export async function reviewExternal(
     held.length &&
     !(ext.pr.head && reviewWanted(workspaceId, ext.id, ext.pr.head))
   )
-    return `${ext.name} is with Saad (${held.map((h) => h.gate).join(", ")}); no review needed from you.`;
+    return `${ext.name} is with ${owner()} (${held.map((h) => h.gate).join(", ")}); no review needed from you.`;
   if (!ext.pr.head) throw new Error(`${ext.name}'s head commit is unknown`);
   return reviewAt(
     workspaceId,
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ async function signOffDirect(
   const task = t.task;
   if (holdingEscalations(task.id).length)
     throw new Error(
-      `${task.name} is with Saad; he signs it off or drops it, a direct merge doesn't go around that`
+      `${task.name} is with ${owner()}; he signs it off or drops it, a direct merge doesn't go around that`
     );
   const pr = await prFor(task, true);
   if (!pr || pr.state !== "OPEN" || !pr.head)

package/lib/orchestrator/held-asks.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { db, type Session } from "../db";
 import { prFor } from "../tasks/session";
 import { latestApproval } from "./ask-approvals";
-import { askSaadAbout } from "./escalate";
+import { askOwnerAbout } from "./escalate";
 import { getCheck } from "./checks";
 import { openBySubject, workSubject } from "./asks";
 import { recentlyMessaged } from "./conditions";
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ async function raiseFor(
       ? [`${task.name} was still working after an hour; this is its head now.`]
       : []),
   ].join("\n");
-  askSaadAbout(workspaceId, task, why, pr.url, pr.head);
+  askOwnerAbout(workspaceId, task, why, pr.url, pr.head);
   releaseHeldAsks(taskId);
 }

package/lib/orchestrator/held.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { AskRefused, raiseAsk, workSubject } from "./asks";
 import { latestApproval } from "./ask-approvals";
 import type { FailureRow } from "./gates";
 import type { Verdict } from "./signoff";
+import { owner, Owner } from "../owner";
 
 const short = (sha: string) => sha.slice(0, 7);
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export function heldVerdict(
   // An approval of this head was judged before this (signoff.ts).
   const approval = latestApproval(workspaceId, workSubject(task.id));
   if (approval) {
-    const why = `Saad approved ${approval.sha ? short(approval.sha) : "an earlier commit"}, but PR #${pr}'s head is now ${short(sha)}${moved ? ` and ${moved}` : ""}`;
+    const why = `${Owner()} approved ${approval.sha ? short(approval.sha) : "an earlier commit"}, but PR #${pr}'s head is now ${short(sha)}${moved ? ` and ${moved}` : ""}`;
     try {
       raiseAsk({
         workspaceId,
@@ -46,6 +47,6 @@ export function heldVerdict(
   return {
     ok: false,
     wait: false,
-    text: `${task.name} is with Saad (${held.map((h) => h.gate).join(", ")}: ${held[0].last_reason}). Only he can merge it now, or approve it on his asks list.${waiting}`,
+    text: `${task.name} is with ${owner()} (${held.map((h) => h.gate).join(", ")}: ${held[0].last_reason}). Only he can merge it now, or approve it on his asks list.${waiting}`,
   };
 }

package/lib/orchestrator/mcp-servers.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * fixed list (tool-names.ts); each workspace adds whole servers, by name, from
  * Settings → Workspaces. Servers carry their own auth and some send outbound
  * (a message, an email), so none is allowed unless named; the brief keeps
- * those actions as hard lines for ask_saad.
+ * those actions as hard lines for ask_owner.
  *
  * Only names are ever read from the Claude config: never env, headers, URLs
  * or tokens.

package/lib/orchestrator/pause.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import { db } from "../db";
 import { getWorkspace } from "../workspaces";
+import { ownerUi } from "../owner";
 import { addNote } from "./notes";
 
 export function isPaused(workspaceId: string): boolean {
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ export function isPaused(workspaceId: string): boolean {
 }
 
 export const PAUSED_REFUSAL =
-  "Paused by Saad: acting tools refuse until he resumes. You can still read, note and ask_saad; events wait until then.";
+  "Paused by the owner: acting tools refuse until they resume. You can still read, note and ask_owner; events wait until then.";
 
 export function setPaused(workspaceId: string, paused: boolean): boolean {
   const changed = db
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ export function setPaused(workspaceId: string, paused: boolean): boolean {
     addNote(
       workspaceId,
       paused
-        ? "Paused by Saad. Events wait and acting tools refuse until he resumes."
-        : "Resumed by Saad. Events that queued while paused are delivered now.",
+        ? `Paused by ${ownerUi()}. Events wait and acting tools refuse until ${ownerUi() === "you" ? "you resume" : "they resume"}.`
+        : `Resumed by ${ownerUi()}. Events that queued while paused are delivered now.`,
       "pause"
     );
   return changed === 1;

package/lib/orchestrator/questions.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import { db } from "../db";
 import type { QuestionView } from "./ask-view";
 import { workspaceTask } from "./targets";
+import { owner } from "../owner";
 
 export const MAX_OPEN_QUESTIONS = 10;
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export function askQuestion(
       `INSERT INTO orchestrator_questions (workspace_id, text, task) VALUES (?, ?, ?)`
     )
     .run(workspaceId, text, task);
-  return `Question ${lastInsertRowid} is open on Saad's Needs-you strip. Call resolve_question ${lastInsertRowid} once he has answered or it no longer matters.`;
+  return `Question ${lastInsertRowid} is open on ${owner()}'s Needs-you strip. Call resolve_question ${lastInsertRowid} once he has answered or it no longer matters.`;
 }
 
 export function resolveQuestion(

package/lib/orchestrator/recipe-tools.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   type RecipeRun,
 } from "../recipes";
 import { outputsText } from "../recipes/result";
+import { owner } from "../owner";
 
 const when = (iso: string | null) =>
   iso
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ function runLine(r: RecipeRun, recipe: Recipe): string {
       ? "timer"
       : r.trigger === "tool"
         ? "you"
-        : "Saad";
+        : owner();
   return `#${r.seq} ${r.status} (${when(r.ended_at ?? r.started_at ?? r.created_at)}, by ${by})${pr}${text}`;
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export function recipesText(w: string, name?: string): string {
     return [
       `Recipe "${r.name}" (${r.kind}, ${r.view}, project ${projectName(w, r)})${r.model ? `, model ${r.model}` : ""}${r.max_minutes ? `, time limit ${r.max_minutes} min` : ""}.`,
       timer
-        ? `Timer: ${timer.description} ${timer.timezone}${timer.enabled ? "" : " (off)"}, set by Saad.`
+        ? `Timer: ${timer.description} ${timer.timezone}${timer.enabled ? "" : " (off)"}, set by ${owner()}.`
         : "No timer.",
       `Brief:\n${r.brief}`,
       runs.length
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ export function saveRecipe(
     },
     orchestrator?.id ?? null
   );
-  return `Saved recipe "${recipe.name}" (${recipe.kind}, ${project.name}). Run it with run_recipe; Saad sees it in Recipes and sets any timer.`;
+  return `Saved recipe "${recipe.name}" (${recipe.kind}, ${project.name}). Run it with run_recipe; ${owner()} sees it in Recipes and sets any timer.`;
 }
 
 export function updateRecipeTool(
@@ -155,5 +156,5 @@ export function updateRecipeTool(
     },
     orchestrator?.id ?? null
   );
-  return `Updated recipe "${a.new_name ?? recipe.name}". Earlier versions of the brief are kept; Saad sees the change.`;
+  return `Updated recipe "${a.new_name ?? recipe.name}". Earlier versions of the brief are kept; ${owner()} sees the change.`;
 }

package/lib/orchestrator/review.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import { noteQuickReview } from "./quick";
 import { workspaceTask } from "./targets";
 import { untrusted } from "./untrusted";
 import { isFast } from "../project-tier/getProjectTier";
+import { owner } from "../owner";
 
 const short = (sha: string) => sha.slice(0, 7);
 // The most diff one reviewer is given, and the most parts a change too big
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ async function reviewJob(
       ...row,
       kind: "review",
       status: "error",
-      detail: `${why}; it's with Saad`,
+      detail: `${why}; it's with ${owner()}`,
     });
   }
   const files = await changedFiles(repo, base, sha);
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ function countVerdicts(
     }
   }
   return escalated.length
-    ? `; the ${escalated.join(" and ")} gate is stuck in a loop (the loop guard), so it's with Saad now`
+    ? `; the ${escalated.join(" and ")} gate is stuck in a loop (the loop guard), so it's with ${owner()} now`
     : "";
 }
 
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ export async function review(
   const held = holdingEscalations(task.id);
   const pr = held.length ? await prFor(task, true) : null;
   if (held.length && !(pr?.head && reviewWanted(workspaceId, task.id, pr.head)))
-    return `${task.name} is with Saad (${held.map((h) => h.gate).join(", ")}); no review needed from you.`;
+    return `${task.name} is with ${owner()} (${held.map((h) => h.gate).join(", ")}); no review needed from you.`;
   const there = pr ?? (await prFor(task, true));
   if (!there?.head) throw new Error(`${task.name} has no PR to review yet`);
   return reviewAt(workspaceId, taskReviewTarget(task, there), there.head, opts);

package/lib/orchestrator/rules.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import { db } from "../db";
 import { redact } from "./untrusted";
+import { owner } from "../owner";
 
 export type RuleAuthor = "orchestrator" | "saad";
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ export function removeRule(
   // read can't talk it into removing one.
   if (by === "orchestrator" && rule.added_by === "saad")
     throw new Error(
-      `Rule ${id} is Saad's: only he removes it, in Settings → Workspaces`
+      `Rule ${id} is ${owner()}'s: only he removes it, in Settings → Workspaces`
     );
   db.prepare(
     `UPDATE orchestrator_rules SET removed_at = datetime('now'), removed_by = ?

package/lib/orchestrator/serve.ts

@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ export async function runTool(
       return await arm(w, p(tool, raw).task);
     case "disarm":
       return disarm(w, p(tool, raw).task);
-    case "ask_saad":
+    case "ask_owner":
       return askSaad(w, p(tool, raw));
     case "question": {
       const a = p(tool, raw);

package/lib/orchestrator/shell-guard.ts

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ function aosRefusal(args: string[]): string | null {
     stop: T.stop,
   };
   if (sub === "sweep" && args.includes("--arm"))
-    return `Refused: \`aos sweep --arm\` turns on removing files and databases, which is Saad's call: Health, Clean-up, Turn on. When he has said to, use ${T.sweep_arm} (after ${T.sweep_dry_run}). \`--dry-run\` and \`--disarm\` are fine.`;
+    return `Refused: \`aos sweep --arm\` turns on removing files and databases, which is the owner's call: Health, Clean-up, Turn on. When he has said to, use ${T.sweep_arm} (after ${T.sweep_dry_run}). \`--dry-run\` and \`--disarm\` are fine.`;
   if (sub && tool[sub])
     return `Refused: \`aos ${sub}\` isn't for you; use ${tool[sub]}, which is scoped to this workspace and held by Pause.`;
   return null;
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ function ghRefusal(args: string[]): string | null {
     sub === "edit" &&
     optionValues(args, ["-B"], ["--base"]).length
   )
-    return `Refused: retargeting a PR changes what its gates judged; a stack sets its own bases (${T.stack}), and anything else is Saad's call (${T.ask_saad}).`;
+    return `Refused: retargeting a PR changes what its gates judged; a stack sets its own bases (${T.stack}), and anything else is the owner's call (${T.ask_owner}).`;
   if (group !== "api") return null;
   const endpoint = positionals(args, values)[1] ?? "";
   const method = optionValues(args, ["-X"], ["--method"]).pop();
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ async function sqliteRefusal(
 }
 
 const SERVER_PATTERN = /node|tsx|server|agent-?os|tmux|next/i;
-const STOP_MSG = `Refused: never stop or restart AgentOS or its tmux; that ends every session it runs, this one included. Stop a session with ${T.stop} or finish it with ${T.done}, and if AgentOS itself needs a restart, ${T.ask_saad}.`;
+const STOP_MSG = `Refused: never stop or restart AgentOS or its tmux; that ends every session it runs, this one included. Stop a session with ${T.stop} or finish it with ${T.done}, and if AgentOS itself needs a restart, ${T.ask_owner}.`;
 
 async function stopRefusal(
   inv: Invocation,
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ async function stopRefusal(
   return null;
 }
 
-const SECRET_MSG = `Refused: orchestrators never read secrets (env files, keys, credential stores). If a step needs one, ${T.ask_saad}.`;
+const SECRET_MSG = `Refused: orchestrators never read secrets (env files, keys, credential stores). If a step needs one, ${T.ask_owner}.`;
 
 // Orchestrators may read tokenvault's folders (and run `tv`); writing them
 // is still refused by the write guard.

package/lib/orchestrator/signoff.test-helpers.ts

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export const { followAskVerdicts } = await import("./ask-verdict");
 export const { raiseHeldAsks, HOLD_MIN_MS, HOLD_MAX_MS } =
   await import("./held-asks");
 
-// The one ask a task's escalation leaves on Saad's list.
+// The one ask a task's escalation leaves on the owner's list.
 export function oneGateAsk(w: string, task: string, sha: string) {
   const asks = openAsks(w);
   expect(asks).toHaveLength(1);

package/lib/orchestrator/signoff.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import { repoHasCI } from "./repo-ci";
 import { DIFF_CAP, review } from "./review";
 import { workspaceStack, workspaceTask } from "./targets";
 import { ciSettleIn, waitingState } from "./task-state";
+import { owner, Owner } from "../owner";
 
 const short = (sha: string) => sha.slice(0, 7);
 
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ export async function gateVerdict(
   }
   if (approval?.sha === sha) {
     const i = await inputs();
-    const approved = `${work.name} (PR #${pr.number} at ${short(sha)}): Saad approved this commit, but`;
+    const approved = `${work.name} (PR #${pr.number} at ${short(sha)}): ${owner()} approved this commit, but`;
     const stack =
       approval.raised_by === "orchestrator" || !held.length
         ? i.stackRefusal
@@ -268,10 +269,10 @@ export async function gateVerdict(
     { fast }
   );
   const head = `${work.name} (PR #${pr.number} at ${short(sha)}) can't merge:`;
-  const toSaad = outcomes.find((o) => o.state === "escalate");
-  if (toSaad)
+  const toOwner = outcomes.find((o) => o.state === "escalate");
+  if (toOwner)
     return no(
-      `${head}\n- ${escalate(workspaceId, work, toSaad.gate, toSaad.reason!, pr.url, sha)}`
+      `${head}\n- ${escalate(workspaceId, work, toOwner.gate, toOwner.reason!, pr.url, sha)}`
     );
   const failed = outcomes.filter((o) => o.state === "fail");
   const waiting = outcomes.filter((o) => o.state === "wait");
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ export async function mergeJudged(
   opts: { wait?: boolean } = {}
 ): Promise<string> {
   if (verdict.approval && !spendApproval(verdict.approval))
-    throw new Error(`Saad's approval for ${task.name} was already used`);
+    throw new Error(`${Owner()}'s approval for ${task.name} was already used`);
   let method: MergeMethod | null = null;
   await refundIfRefused(task.id, verdict.approval, async () => {
     method = await signOffTask(task.id, { head: verdict.sha, wait: opts.wait });
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ export async function mergeJudged(
     verdict.fast
       ? `Merged ${task.name} (PR #${verdict.pr}, ${short(verdict.sha)}) on the fast lane: no CI wait or review.`
       : verdict.approval
-        ? `Merged ${task.name} (PR #${verdict.pr}, ${short(verdict.sha)}) on Saad's approval of that commit.`
+        ? `Merged ${task.name} (PR #${verdict.pr}, ${short(verdict.sha)}) on ${owner()}'s approval of that commit.`
         : `Merged ${task.name} (PR #${verdict.pr}, ${short(verdict.sha)}): CI green, review passed, in scope.`
   );
   return `Merged ${task.name}: PR #${verdict.pr} ${method ? MERGED_AS[method] : "merged"} at ${short(verdict.sha)}.`;
@@ -408,7 +409,9 @@ export function landGate(
     const verdict = await judge(workspaceId, task, true);
     if (verdict.ok && verdict.approval) {
       if (!spendApproval(verdict.approval))
-        return { stop: `Saad's approval for ${task.name} was already used` };
+        return {
+          stop: `${Owner()}'s approval for ${task.name} was already used`,
+        };
       claimed.set(sessionId, verdict.approval);
     }
     if (verdict.ok) return { head: verdict.sha };

package/lib/orchestrator/sweep-arm.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import type { SweepRun } from "../worktree-sweep/types";
 import { addNote } from "./notes";
 import { PAUSED_REFUSAL } from "./pause";
 import { getWorkspace } from "../workspaces";
+import { owner } from "../owner";
 
 export const DRY_RUN_FRESH_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ export async function sweepArm(
 
 export async function sweepDryRun(machine: string): Promise<string> {
   const m = machineOf(machine);
-  const started = `Dry run started on ${m.name}; it takes a few minutes and removes nothing. When Saad has said to turn the full clean-up on, call sweep_arm: it reads this run.`;
+  const started = `Dry run started on ${m.name}; it takes a few minutes and removes nothing. When ${owner()} has said to turn the full clean-up on, call sweep_arm: it reads this run.`;
   if (m.link) {
     await hostApi(m.link, "/api/worktree-sweep/run", {
       body: { dryRun: true },

package/lib/orchestrator/tool-names.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const TOOL_NAMES = {
   recipe_update: name("recipe_update"),
   reminders: name("reminders"),
   cancel_reminder: name("cancel_reminder"),
-  ask_saad: name("ask_saad"),
+  ask_owner: name("ask_owner"),
 } as const;
 
 // What it may do, fixed by its role. It acts through its own tools, which

package/lib/orchestrator/tool-schemas.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const group = z
   .max(60)
   .optional()
   .describe(
-    "One of Saad's groups in this workspace, by name (see sessions): file it there when he asked, or when it continues work already in that group. It must exist; you can't create groups"
+    "One of the owner's groups in this workspace, by name (see sessions): file it there when he asked, or when it continues work already in that group. It must exist; you can't create groups"
   );
 
 const sweepMachine = z
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
       .boolean()
       .optional()
       .describe(
-        "The message changes the task's scope (Saad added, dropped or changed what it must do): it's recorded on the task's brief, and its review judges the PR against the brief as amended. Only for a change Saad made, never one the task asked for itself"
+        "The message changes the task's scope (the owner added, dropped or changed what it must do): it's recorded on the task's brief, and its review judges the PR against the brief as amended. Only for a change the owner made, never one the task asked for itself"
       ),
   },
   orchestrators: {},
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
       .enum(PRIORITIES)
       .optional()
       .describe(
-        "Where it stands in the queue: urgent (a bug Saad hit), blocking (something waits on it), normal (the default), background"
+        "Where it stands in the queue: urgent (a bug the owner hit), blocking (something waits on it), normal (the default), background"
       ),
     machine: z
       .enum(["mac", "any"])
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
       .min(1)
       .max(300)
       .optional()
-      .describe("With now: why it can't wait for a slot; logged for Saad"),
+      .describe("With now: why it can't wait for a slot; logged for the owner"),
     ignore_claims: z
       .boolean()
       .optional()
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
       .max(200)
       .optional()
       .describe(
-        'Why, in a few words Saad reads on the task card: "touches 6 files across gates and UI", "one-line default change"'
+        'Why, in a few words the owner reads on the task card: "touches 6 files across gates and UI", "one-line default change"'
       ),
   },
   set_task_model: {
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
       .max(60)
       .nullable()
       .describe(
-        "One of Saad's groups in this workspace by name, or null to take the session out of its group"
+        "One of the owner's groups in this workspace by name, or null to take the session out of its group"
       ),
   },
   quick_change: {
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
       .max(8000)
       .optional()
       .describe(
-        "Amends the plan: recorded on the task's brief as a scope change, so its review judges the PR against it. Only for a change Saad made"
+        "Amends the plan: recorded on the task's brief as a scope change, so its review judges the PR against it. Only for a change the owner made"
       ),
   },
   plan_pieces: {
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
       .trim()
       .min(1)
       .max(500)
-      .describe("What Saad said, and when; it goes in the decision log"),
+      .describe("What the owner said, and when; it goes in the decision log"),
   },
   set_priority: {
     task: ref("A queued or running task: name, project/name or id"),
@@ -330,14 +330,14 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
       .trim()
       .min(1)
       .max(300)
-      .describe("Why it can't wait for a slot; logged for Saad"),
+      .describe("Why it can't wait for a slot; logged for the owner"),
   },
   pause_task: {
     task,
     for: z
       .enum(["1h", "2h", "tomorrow", "until_resumed"])
       .describe(
-        "How long: 1h, 2h, tomorrow (9 AM, Saad's time) or until_resumed (until you or Saad resume it)"
+        "How long: 1h, 2h, tomorrow (9 AM, the owner's time) or until_resumed (until you or the owner resume it)"
       ),
     now: z
       .boolean()
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
   archive: { session },
   resurrect: {
     session: ref(
-      "A dropped, done or archived session: its name, project/name or id (from the decision log, or as Saad named it)"
+      "A dropped, done or archived session: its name, project/name or id (from the decision log, or as the owner named it)"
     ),
     reason: z.string().trim().min(1).max(2000),
   },
@@ -481,13 +481,13 @@ export const TOOL_SHAPES = {
   },
   arm: { task },
   disarm: { task },
-  ask_saad: {
+  ask_owner: {
     title: z
       .string()
       .trim()
       .min(1)
       .max(200)
-      .describe("What Saad decides, as a short question"),
+      .describe("What the owner decides, as a short question"),
     detail: z
       .string()
       .trim()