groove-dev 0.27.182 → 0.27.184

package/CLAUDE.md

@@ -295,10 +295,3 @@ Audit-driven release. Multi-agent orchestration system with 7 coordination layer
 - Dashboard: routing donut, cache panel, context health gauges
 - Monitor/QC agent mode (stay active, loop)
 - Distribution: demo video, HN launch, Twitter content
-
-<!-- GROOVE:START -->
-## GROOVE Orchestration (auto-injected)
-Active agents: 0
-See AGENTS_REGISTRY.md for full agent state.
-**Memory policy:** GROOVE manages project memory automatically. Do not read or write MEMORY.md or .groove/memory/ files directly.
-<!-- GROOVE:END -->

package/node_modules/@groove-dev/cli/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@groove-dev/cli",
-  "version": "0.27.182",
+  "version": "0.27.184",
   "description": "GROOVE CLI — manage AI coding agents from your terminal",
   "license": "FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0",
   "type": "module",

package/node_modules/@groove-dev/daemon/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@groove-dev/daemon",
-  "version": "0.27.182",
+  "version": "0.27.184",
   "description": "GROOVE daemon — agent orchestration engine",
   "license": "FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0",
   "type": "module",

package/node_modules/@groove-dev/daemon/src/deliver.js

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE
+
+import { wrapWithRoleReminder } from './process.js';
+import { getProvider } from './providers/index.js';
+
+// Reviving a >5M-token claude session has crashed the CLI mid-HTTP-parse
+// (V8 fatal in JsonStringifier) — past this ceiling the rotator's handoff
+// brief sidesteps the resume entirely.
+const SESSION_RESUME_CEILING = 5_000_000;
+
+/**
+ * Deliver a message to an agent, whatever state it's in.
+ *
+ * This is the single pipe every inbound message travels — user chat from the
+ * GUI and InnerChat relays alike. Handles agent-loop delivery, one-shot and
+ * non-interactive providers, queueing behind a running task, session resume,
+ * and full rotation when the session is too large to revive.
+ *
+ * Respawn paths mint a NEW agent id. Callers that track the agent afterwards
+ * (InnerChat keys response capture on it) must use the returned `agentId`,
+ * not the one they passed in.
+ *
+ * @returns {Promise<{agentId: string, status: string, resumed: boolean, agent: object|null}>}
+ */
+export async function deliverInstruction(daemon, agentId, message, opts = {}) {
+  const { recordFeedback = true } = opts;
+
+  const agent = daemon.registry.get(agentId);
+  if (!agent) throw new Error('Agent not found');
+
+  const finalMessage = message.trim();
+  if (!finalMessage) throw new Error('message is required');
+
+  // Journalist/rotator treat this as a human steering signal — InnerChat
+  // relays opt out so agent-to-agent chatter doesn't pollute user feedback.
+  if (recordFeedback) {
+    if (daemon.journalist) daemon.journalist.recordUserFeedback(agent, finalMessage);
+    if (daemon.rotator) daemon.rotator.recordUserMessage(agentId);
+  }
+
+  const wrappedMessage = wrapWithRoleReminder(agent.role, finalMessage);
+
+  // Agent loop path — send straight to the running loop.
+  if (daemon.processes.hasAgentLoop(agentId)) {
+    const sent = await daemon.processes.sendMessage(agentId, wrappedMessage);
+    if (sent) {
+      daemon.audit.log('agent.chat', { id: agentId });
+      return { agentId, status: 'message_sent', resumed: false, agent };
+    }
+    // Loop exists but isn't running — fall through to resume/rotate.
+  }
+
+  const provider = getProvider(agent.provider);
+
+  // One-shot providers (groove-network): kill any running instance and respawn
+  // with the message as --prompt. No handoff brief, no resume, no queue.
+  if (provider?.constructor?.isOneShot) {
+    const oldConfig = { ...agent };
+    if (daemon.processes.isRunning(agentId)) {
+      await daemon.processes.kill(agentId);
+    }
+    daemon.registry.remove(agentId, { silent: true });
+    daemon.locks.release(agentId);
+
+    const newAgent = await respawn(daemon, {
+      role: oldConfig.role,
+      scope: oldConfig.scope,
+      provider: oldConfig.provider,
+      model: oldConfig.model,
+      prompt: finalMessage,
+      permission: oldConfig.permission || 'full',
+      workingDir: oldConfig.workingDir,
+      name: oldConfig.name,
+      teamId: oldConfig.teamId,
+    });
+    daemon.audit.log('agent.instruct', { id: agentId, newId: newAgent.id, resumed: false });
+    return { agentId: newAgent.id, status: 'respawned', resumed: false, agent: newAgent };
+  }
+
+  // Non-interactive CLI providers (e.g. Gemini): one prompt per spawn, cannot
+  // resume — respawn preserving the original introContext.
+  if (provider?.constructor?.nonInteractive && !daemon.processes.isRunning(agentId)) {
+    const oldConfig = { ...agent };
+    daemon.registry.remove(agentId, { silent: true });
+    daemon.locks.release(agentId);
+
+    const newAgent = await respawn(daemon, {
+      role: oldConfig.role,
+      scope: oldConfig.scope,
+      provider: oldConfig.provider,
+      model: oldConfig.model,
+      prompt: finalMessage,
+      introContext: oldConfig.introContext,
+      permission: oldConfig.permission || 'full',
+      workingDir: oldConfig.workingDir,
+      name: oldConfig.name,
+      teamId: oldConfig.teamId,
+    });
+    daemon.audit.log('agent.instruct', { id: agentId, newId: newAgent.id, resumed: false });
+    return { agentId: newAgent.id, status: 'respawned', resumed: false, agent: newAgent };
+  }
+
+  // Running CLI agent (no loop) — queue behind the current task rather than
+  // killing and respawning mid-work.
+  if (daemon.processes.isRunning(agentId)) {
+    daemon.processes.queueMessage(agentId, wrappedMessage);
+    daemon.audit.log('agent.chat.queued', { id: agentId });
+    return { agentId, status: 'message_queued', resumed: false, agent };
+  }
+
+  // Stopped CLI agent — resume the session, or rotate past the ceiling.
+  const resumed = !!agent.sessionId && (agent.tokensUsed || 0) < SESSION_RESUME_CEILING;
+  const newAgent = resumed
+    ? await daemon.processes.resume(agentId, wrappedMessage)
+    : await daemon.rotator.rotate(agentId, { additionalPrompt: wrappedMessage });
+
+  daemon.audit.log('agent.instruct', { id: agentId, newId: newAgent.id, resumed });
+  return { agentId: newAgent.id, status: resumed ? 'resumed' : 'rotated', resumed, agent: newAgent };
+}
+
+// Spawn, flushing the registry's pending removals if it fails so a failed
+// respawn doesn't silently erase the agent it was replacing.
+async function respawn(daemon, config) {
+  try {
+    return await daemon.processes.spawn(config);
+  } catch (spawnErr) {
+    daemon.registry.flushPendingRemovals();
+    throw spawnErr;
+  }
+}

package/node_modules/@groove-dev/daemon/src/index.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import express from 'express';
 import { WebSocketServer } from 'ws';
 import { Registry } from './registry.js';
 import { createApi } from './api.js';
-import { ProcessManager } from './process.js';
+import { ProcessManager, sanitizeFilename } from './process.js';
 import { StateManager } from './state.js';
 import { Introducer } from './introducer.js';
 import { LockManager } from './lockmanager.js';
@@ -750,7 +750,11 @@ export class Daemon {
     try {
       // Build set of agent names still in the registry — never remove their logs
       const allAgents = this.registry.getAll();
-      const activeNames = new Set(allAgents.map((a) => a.name));
+      // Raw logs are keyed by sanitized name; GROOVE_AGENT_LOGS/ subdirectories
+      // are keyed by agent id (journalist.js). Comparing either against the
+      // wrong set deletes live agents' history.
+      const activeNames = new Set(allAgents.map((a) => sanitizeFilename(a.name)));
+      const activeIds = new Set(allAgents.map((a) => a.id));
 
       // Safety: if registry is empty but log files exist, state may have been
       // lost (corrupt JSON, partial write). Skip log cleanup to prevent
@@ -778,7 +782,7 @@ export class Daemon {
       if (existsSync(agentLogsDir)) {
         for (const dir of readdirSync(agentLogsDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
           if (!dir.isDirectory()) continue;
-          if (activeNames.has(dir.name)) continue;
+          if (activeIds.has(dir.name)) continue;
           try { rmSync(resolve(agentLogsDir, dir.name), { recursive: true }); cleaned++; } catch { /* skip */ }
         }
         // Remove GROOVE_AGENT_LOGS/ itself if empty

package/node_modules/@groove-dev/daemon/src/innerchat-docs.js

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE
+
+// The agent-facing InnerChat instructions, in one place.
+//
+// These are injected into a new agent's spawn prompt AND written into every
+// AGENTS_REGISTRY.md. Both are needed: the prompt reaches the agent on turn
+// one, and the file survives context compaction — an agent that has forgotten
+// the prompt can re-read the registry it already knows to consult.
+//
+// No imports on purpose — process.js and introducer.js both pull from here.
+
+export function innerChatInstructions(port = 31415, agentName = 'YOUR_NAME') {
+  return [
+    '## Consulting Other Agents (InnerChat)',
+    '',
+    'Other GROOVE agents may be working alongside you, including on other teams.',
+    'When the user asks you to reach out to, coordinate with, or get input from',
+    'another agent, use this — it sends them a message and waits for their reply:',
+    '',
+    '```bash',
+    `curl -s http://localhost:${port}/api/innerchat/ask -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\`,
+    `  -d '{"from":"${agentName}","to":"AGENT_NAME","message":"YOUR_QUESTION"}'`,
+    '```',
+    '',
+    'The command BLOCKS until they answer, then returns:',
+    '`{"from":"...","reply":"...","exchangesUsed":N,"exchangesRemaining":N}`',
+    '',
+    'Call it again to continue — prior turns are included automatically, so just say',
+    'the next thing. Keep going until you reach a conclusion together, then report',
+    'that conclusion to the user.',
+    '',
+    '**Rules:**',
+    '- Only start a conversation when the user asks you to. Never consult other agents on your own initiative.',
+    `- \`from\` must be your own agent name${agentName === 'YOUR_NAME' ? ' (it is in your $GROOVE_AGENT_NAME environment variable)' : ''}.`,
+    '- Agent names are listed in `AGENTS_REGISTRY.md`, including agents on other teams.',
+    '- One question per call. Wait for the answer before deciding what to ask next.',
+    '- Read any error you get back — it tells you what to do (unknown name, cap reached, or they are waiting on you).',
+    '- `exchangesRemaining` counts down. At 0 the conversation is over: stop and report what you have.',
+    '- If another agent asks YOU something, answer it directly in your next message. They are blocked until you do.',
+  ];
+}

package/node_modules/@groove-dev/daemon/src/innerchat.js

@@ -1,100 +1,307 @@
 // FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE
 
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
+import { deliverInstruction } from './deliver.js';
 
+// An unanswered ask holds an HTTP request open and blocks the calling agent,
+// so it has to be bounded.
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+const MAX_TIMEOUT_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+
+// Ceiling on autonomous back-and-forth. Two agents that can call each other
+// freely will happily talk until the budget is gone; past this they're told to
+// wrap up and report to the user.
+const MAX_EXCHANGES = 12;
+
+const CONTEXT_TURNS = 4;
+const MAX_TURN_CHARS = 1200;
+
+/**
+ * Agent-to-agent consultation.
+ *
+ * An agent asks another agent a question and BLOCKS until it answers — the
+ * daemon holds the caller's HTTP request open, delivers the question, waits
+ * for the target's next result, and returns it as the response body. That
+ * makes a normal request/response loop available to the calling agent, so two
+ * agents can iterate to consensus without a human relaying between them.
+ *
+ * Delivery goes through deliverInstruction — the same pipe as user chat — so
+ * a question reaches its target whether it's mid-task, idle, or stopped.
+ */
 export class InnerChat {
   constructor(daemon) {
     this.daemon = daemon;
-    this.messages = new Map();
-    this.pendingResponses = new Map();
+    this.threads = new Map();
+    // agentId being asked -> pending record (resolve/reject/timer/threadId)
+    this.awaiting = new Map();
+    // asker id -> id of the agent it is currently blocked on
+    this.blockedOn = new Map();
   }
 
-  async send(fromAgentId, toAgentId, message) {
+  /**
+   * Ask another agent a question and wait for its answer.
+   *
+   * Resolves with { reply, threadId, exchanges, remaining }. Rejects when the
+   * target can't be reached, the exchange cap is hit, the call would deadlock,
+   * or the target doesn't answer inside the timeout.
+   */
+  async ask(fromAgentId, toAgentId, message, opts = {}) {
     const fromAgent = this.daemon.registry.get(fromAgentId);
     const toAgent = this.daemon.registry.get(toAgentId);
-    if (!fromAgent) throw new Error(`Sender agent ${fromAgentId} not found`);
+    if (!fromAgent) throw new Error(`Calling agent ${fromAgentId} not found`);
     if (!toAgent) throw new Error(`Target agent ${toAgentId} not found`);
+    if (fromAgentId === toAgentId) throw new Error('An agent cannot ask itself');
+    if (!message || !message.trim()) throw new Error('message is required');
+
+    // Deadlock guard: the target is already blocked waiting on us, so it can
+    // never get far enough to read this. Tell the caller to just answer.
+    if (this.blockedOn.get(toAgentId) === fromAgentId) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `${toAgent.name} is currently waiting for YOUR answer — it cannot reply to a new `
+        + 'question until you respond. Answer its question first; your reply is what unblocks it.',
+      );
+    }
+    if (this.awaiting.has(toAgentId)) {
+      throw new Error(`${toAgent.name} is already answering another agent — try again shortly`);
+    }
+
+    const thread = opts.threadId ? this.threads.get(opts.threadId) : this._findThread(fromAgentId, toAgentId);
+    const t = thread || this._createThread(fromAgent, toAgent);
 
-    const id = randomUUID().slice(0, 12);
-    const msg = {
-      id,
-      from: { id: fromAgent.id, name: fromAgent.name, role: fromAgent.role },
-      to: { id: toAgent.id, name: toAgent.name, role: toAgent.role },
-      message,
-      response: null,
-      status: 'sent',
+    const exchanges = t.turns.filter((x) => x.kind === 'ask').length;
+    if (exchanges >= MAX_EXCHANGES) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `This conversation has reached its ${MAX_EXCHANGES}-exchange limit. Stop consulting `
+        + `${toAgent.name} and report your conclusion to the user.`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    const timeoutMs = Math.min(Number(opts.timeoutMs) || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS, MAX_TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+    const turn = {
+      id: randomUUID().slice(0, 12),
+      from: peer(fromAgent),
+      to: peer(toAgent),
+      text: message.trim(),
+      kind: 'ask',
+      status: 'sending',
       timestamp: Date.now(),
-      respondedAt: null,
     };
+    t.turns.push(turn);
 
-    this.messages.set(id, msg);
-    this.pendingResponses.set(toAgentId, id);
+    const wrapped = this._wrap(t, fromAgent, toAgent, message.trim());
 
-    const wrapped = `[InnerChat from ${fromAgent.name} (${fromAgent.role})]\n\n${message}\n\nReply normally — your response will be relayed back to ${fromAgent.name}.`;
+    let result;
+    try {
+      result = await deliverInstruction(this.daemon, toAgentId, wrapped, { recordFeedback: false });
+    } catch (err) {
+      turn.status = 'failed';
+      turn.error = err.message;
+      t.status = 'failed';
+      this._broadcast(t, turn);
+      throw new Error(`Could not reach ${toAgent.name}: ${err.message}`);
+    }
 
-    let deliveryStatus = 'sent';
-    if (this.daemon.processes.hasAgentLoop(toAgentId)) {
-      const sent = await this.daemon.processes.sendMessage(toAgentId, wrapped, 'agent');
-      deliveryStatus = sent ? 'delivered' : 'queued';
-    } else if (this.daemon.processes.isRunning(toAgentId)) {
-      this.daemon.processes.queueMessage(toAgentId, wrapped);
-      deliveryStatus = 'queued';
-    } else {
-      throw new Error(`Target agent ${toAgent.name} is not running`);
+    // A stopped target gets resumed or rotated, which mints a new agent id.
+    // Re-key onto it or the answer will never be matched.
+    const targetId = result.agentId;
+    if (targetId !== toAgentId) {
+      this._remapParticipant(t, toAgentId, targetId);
+      turn.to.id = targetId;
     }
 
-    msg.status = deliveryStatus;
-    this.daemon.broadcast({ type: 'innerchat:sent', data: msg });
-    this.daemon.audit.log('innerchat.send', { id, from: fromAgentId, to: toAgentId });
+    turn.status = result.status;
+    t.status = 'awaiting_reply';
+    t.updatedAt = Date.now();
+    this._broadcast(t, turn);
+    this.daemon.audit.log('innerchat.ask', { thread: t.id, from: fromAgentId, to: targetId });
+
+    // A queued question sits behind whatever the target is already doing, so
+    // the next result belongs to that prior task, not to us — skip it.
+    const skipResults = result.status === 'message_queued' ? 1 : 0;
+
+    const reply = await this._awaitReply(t, fromAgentId, targetId, { skipResults, timeoutMs });
 
-    return msg;
+    return {
+      reply,
+      threadId: t.id,
+      exchanges: exchanges + 1,
+      remaining: MAX_EXCHANGES - (exchanges + 1),
+    };
+  }
+
+  _awaitReply(thread, askerId, targetId, { skipResults, timeoutMs }) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const settle = (fn, value) => {
+        clearTimeout(record.timer);
+        this.awaiting.delete(targetId);
+        this.blockedOn.delete(askerId);
+        fn(value);
+      };
+
+      const record = {
+        threadId: thread.id,
+        askerId,
+        skipResults,
+        resolve: (text) => settle(resolve, text),
+        reject: (err) => settle(reject, err),
+        timer: setTimeout(() => {
+          thread.status = 'timeout';
+          thread.updatedAt = Date.now();
+          record.reject(new Error(
+            `No answer within ${Math.round(timeoutMs / 1000)}s. The agent may still be working — `
+            + 'proceed on your own judgement or try again.',
+          ));
+        }, timeoutMs),
+      };
+
+      this.awaiting.set(targetId, record);
+      this.blockedOn.set(askerId, targetId);
+    });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Watch agent output for the answer to an outstanding question.
+   * Called from the process manager's output handler.
+   */
   onAgentOutput(agentId, output) {
-    const messageId = this.pendingResponses.get(agentId);
-    if (!messageId) return;
+    const pending = this.awaiting.get(agentId);
+    if (!pending) return;
     if (output.type !== 'result') return;
 
-    const msg = this.messages.get(messageId);
-    if (!msg) return;
+    const thread = this.threads.get(pending.threadId);
+    if (!thread) { pending.reject(new Error('Conversation was lost')); return; }
+
+    const text = extractText(output.data);
+    if (!text) return;
+
+    // Burn off results belonging to work already underway when we queued.
+    if (pending.skipResults > 0) {
+      pending.skipResults -= 1;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const responder = this.daemon.registry.get(agentId);
+    thread.turns.push({
+      id: randomUUID().slice(0, 12),
+      from: responder ? peer(responder) : { id: agentId, name: agentId, role: 'agent' },
+      to: this._otherParticipant(thread, agentId),
+      text,
+      kind: 'answer',
+      status: 'delivered',
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+    });
+    thread.status = 'idle';
+    thread.updatedAt = Date.now();
+
+    this._broadcast(thread, thread.turns.at(-1));
+    this.daemon.audit.log('innerchat.answer', { thread: thread.id, from: agentId });
+
+    pending.resolve(text);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * An agent that dies mid-question would otherwise leave its asker blocked
+   * until the timeout. Called when an agent crashes or is killed.
+   */
+  onAgentGone(agentId, reason = 'stopped') {
+    const pending = this.awaiting.get(agentId);
+    if (!pending) return;
+    const agent = this.daemon.registry.get(agentId);
+    pending.reject(new Error(`${agent?.name || agentId} ${reason} before answering`));
+  }
+
+  // ── Threads ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  _createThread(fromAgent, toAgent) {
+    const thread = {
+      id: randomUUID().slice(0, 12),
+      participants: [peer(fromAgent), peer(toAgent)],
+      turns: [],
+      status: 'idle',
+      createdAt: Date.now(),
+      updatedAt: Date.now(),
+    };
+    this.threads.set(thread.id, thread);
+    return thread;
+  }
 
-    let responseText = '';
-    if (typeof output.data === 'string') {
-      responseText = output.data;
-    } else if (Array.isArray(output.data)) {
-      responseText = output.data.filter(b => b.type === 'text').map(b => b.text).join('\n');
+  // Consecutive asks between the same pair continue one conversation, so the
+  // exchange cap actually bounds a back-and-forth rather than resetting.
+  _findThread(a, b) {
+    return this.getThreads(a).find((t) => t.participants.some((p) => p.id === b)) || null;
+  }
+
+  // The target sees a direct message from the other agent, with enough prior
+  // turns to follow a continuing conversation.
+  _wrap(thread, fromAgent, toAgent, message) {
+    const prior = thread.turns.slice(0, -1).slice(-CONTEXT_TURNS);
+    const lines = [`[InnerChat — ${fromAgent.name} (${fromAgent.role}) is asking you a question]`, ''];
+
+    if (prior.length) {
+      lines.push('Earlier in this conversation:');
+      for (const t of prior) lines.push(`  ${t.from.name}: ${truncate(t.text, MAX_TURN_CHARS)}`);
+      lines.push('');
     }
-    if (!responseText.trim()) return;
-
-    msg.response = responseText.trim();
-    msg.status = 'responded';
-    msg.respondedAt = Date.now();
-    this.pendingResponses.delete(agentId);
-
-    const relay = `[InnerChat reply from ${msg.to.name} (${msg.to.role})]\n\n${msg.response}`;
-    const senderId = msg.from.id;
-    if (this.daemon.processes.hasAgentLoop(senderId)) {
-      this.daemon.processes.sendMessage(senderId, relay, 'agent').catch(() => {});
-    } else if (this.daemon.processes.isRunning(senderId)) {
-      this.daemon.processes.queueMessage(senderId, relay);
+
+    lines.push(message, '');
+    lines.push(
+      `${fromAgent.name} is BLOCKED waiting on your answer — it cannot continue until you `
+      + 'respond. Answer directly and concisely in your next message; that message is sent '
+      + 'back to it verbatim. Do not address the user, and do not start unrelated work first.',
+    );
+    return lines.join('\n');
+  }
+
+  _otherParticipant(thread, agentId) {
+    return thread.participants.find((p) => p.id !== agentId) || thread.participants[0];
+  }
+
+  _remapParticipant(thread, oldId, newId) {
+    for (const p of thread.participants) if (p.id === oldId) p.id = newId;
+    const pending = this.awaiting.get(oldId);
+    if (pending) {
+      this.awaiting.delete(oldId);
+      this.awaiting.set(newId, pending);
     }
+  }
 
-    this.daemon.broadcast({ type: 'innerchat:response', data: msg });
-    this.daemon.audit.log('innerchat.response', { id: messageId, from: msg.from.id, to: msg.to.id });
+  _broadcast(thread, turn) {
+    this.daemon.broadcast({ type: 'innerchat:turn', data: { thread, turn } });
   }
 
-  getMessages(agentId = null) {
-    const all = Array.from(this.messages.values());
+  // ── Queries ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  getThreads(agentId = null) {
+    const all = Array.from(this.threads.values()).sort((a, b) => b.updatedAt - a.updatedAt);
     if (!agentId) return all;
-    return all.filter(m => m.from.id === agentId || m.to.id === agentId);
+    return all.filter((t) => t.participants.some((p) => p.id === agentId));
   }
 
-  getMessage(id) {
-    return this.messages.get(id) || null;
+  getThread(id) {
+    return this.threads.get(id) || null;
   }
 
   getPending(agentId) {
-    const messageId = this.pendingResponses.get(agentId);
-    return messageId ? this.messages.get(messageId) : null;
+    const pending = this.awaiting.get(agentId);
+    return pending ? this.threads.get(pending.threadId) : null;
+  }
+}
+
+function peer(agent) {
+  return { id: agent.id, name: agent.name, role: agent.role };
+}
+
+function truncate(text, max) {
+  return text.length <= max ? text : `${text.slice(0, max)}… [truncated]`;
+}
+
+function extractText(data) {
+  if (typeof data === 'string') return data.trim();
+  if (Array.isArray(data)) {
+    return data.filter((b) => b.type === 'text').map((b) => b.text).join('\n').trim();
   }
+  return '';
 }
+
+export { MAX_EXCHANGES, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS };

package/node_modules/@groove-dev/daemon/src/introducer.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import { writeFileSync, readFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync, statSync } from 'fs';
 import { resolve, dirname, basename } from 'path';
 import { escapeMd } from './validate.js';
+import { innerChatInstructions } from './innerchat-docs.js';
 
 const GROOVE_SECTION_START = '<!-- GROOVE:START -->';
 const GROOVE_SECTION_END = '<!-- GROOVE:END -->';
@@ -556,6 +557,12 @@ export class Introducer {
     return null;
   }
 
+  // Written into every AGENTS_REGISTRY.md so the capability survives context
+  // compaction — the spawn prompt alone can scroll out of a long session.
+  _innerChatSection() {
+    return innerChatInstructions(this.daemon.port || 31415);
+  }
+
   writeRegistryFile(projectDir) {
     const agents = this.daemon.registry.getAll();
 
@@ -596,6 +603,27 @@ export class Introducer {
         lines.push(`| ${escapeMd(a.id)} | ${escapeMd(a.name)} | ${escapeMd(a.role)} | ${escapeMd(a.provider)} | ${agentDir} | ${scope} | ${escapeMd(a.status)} |`);
       }
 
+      // Agents on other teams are reachable via InnerChat, so they have to be
+      // discoverable here — otherwise cross-team consultation means guessing
+      // names. Kept to a separate, minimal table so the team's own roster
+      // stays the primary listing.
+      const others = agents.filter((a) => (a.teamId || '_default') !== teamId);
+      if (others.length > 0) {
+        lines.push('');
+        lines.push(`## Other Teams`);
+        lines.push('');
+        lines.push(`Reachable via InnerChat (see below). Not in your scope — do not edit their files.`);
+        lines.push('');
+        lines.push(`| Name | Role | Team | Status |`);
+        lines.push(`|------|------|------|--------|`);
+        for (const a of others) {
+          const otherTeam = this.daemon.teams?.get(a.teamId)?.name || '-';
+          lines.push(`| ${escapeMd(a.name)} | ${escapeMd(a.role)} | ${escapeMd(otherTeam)} | ${escapeMd(a.status)} |`);
+        }
+      }
+
+      lines.push('');
+      lines.push(...this._innerChatSection());
       lines.push('');
       lines.push(`*Updated: ${new Date().toISOString()}*`);
 
@@ -632,7 +660,8 @@ export class Introducer {
       running.length > 0 ? '|------|------|-------|' : '',
       ...running.map((a) => `| ${a.name} | ${a.role} | ${a.scope?.join(', ') || '-'} |`),
       '',
-      `See AGENTS_REGISTRY.md for full agent state.`,
+      `See AGENTS_REGISTRY.md for full agent state, the names of agents on other teams,`,
+      `and how to consult them directly (InnerChat).`,
       '',
       `**Memory policy:** GROOVE manages project memory automatically. Do not read or write MEMORY.md or .groove/memory/ files directly.`,
       '',