agentwire-dev 1.50.0__tar.gz → 1.51.0__tar.gz

agentwire_dev-1.51.0/.agentwire.yml.example

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# agentwire-dev project config — committed template (#620).
+#
+# This `.agentwire.yml.example` is the default config a fresh clone uses out of
+# the box: `agentwire new` here spawns a contributor session (repo-aware
+# onboarding + issue-filing + fork-based PR coaching).
+#
+# To override locally, create a real `.agentwire.yml` next to this file. It is
+# gitignored, so it stays personal and never ships — and it WINS over this
+# template (a live `.agentwire.yml` is resolved before the `.example` fallback).
+# The repo owner uses this to layer an untracked owner-override role:
+#   roles: [contributor, owner-override]
+type: claude-bypass
+roles:
+  - contributor

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: agentwire-dev
-Version: 1.50.0
+Version: 1.51.0
 Summary: Multi-session voice web interface for AI coding agents
 Project-URL: Homepage, https://agentwire.dev
 Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/dotdevdotdev/agentwire-dev
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ agentwire init
 # Run
 agentwire portal start
 # Open http://127.0.0.1:8765 in Chrome — your cockpit is live (voice works immediately too)
+
+# New here? Start a guided helper session — it walks you through setup,
+# wires up your projects, explains the system, and helps you file issues or fork.
+agentwire dev
 ```
 
 **Requirements:** Python 3.10+, tmux, ffmpeg, Claude Code

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/README.md

@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ agentwire init
 # Run
 agentwire portal start
 # Open http://127.0.0.1:8765 in Chrome — your cockpit is live (voice works immediately too)
+
+# New here? Start a guided helper session — it walks you through setup,
+# wires up your projects, explains the system, and helps you file issues or fork.
+agentwire dev
 ```
 
 **Requirements:** Python 3.10+, tmux, ffmpeg, Claude Code

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/agentwire/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """AgentWire - Multi-session voice web interface for AI coding agents."""
 
-__version__ = "1.50.0"
+__version__ = "1.51.0"

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/agentwire/hooks/idle-handler.sh

@@ -370,10 +370,17 @@ complete | incomplete | error
           echo "[$(date -Iseconds)] TASK-ORPHAN: killing tmux session" >> "$dlog"
           tmux kill-session -t "$tmux_session" 2>/dev/null &
         ) &
-      elif [[ -n "$parent_session" ]]; then
-        # Orchestrator pane with parent: notify parent
-        message="${session_name} is idle"
-        $AGENTWIRE notify-parent -q --to "$parent_session" "$message" 2>/dev/null &
+      else
+        # Pane-0 session went idle: tell its parent. Resolution lives inside
+        # notify-parent (prompt_router.resolve_parent) so all three precedence
+        # sources are honored — worker pane → pane 0, creator recorded at
+        # `agentwire new` time (session metadata), then `.agentwire.yml parent:`.
+        # The old code passed only the .agentwire.yml value and skipped the call
+        # entirely when it was empty, so worktree / `agentwire new` children
+        # (whose parent lives in metadata, not config) never notified anyone.
+        # TMUX_PANE is inherited, so the CLI knows which session this is; a
+        # top-level session resolves to no parent and this is a harmless no-op.
+        $AGENTWIRE notify-parent --on-idle -q "is idle and done working" 2>/dev/null &
       fi
     fi
   fi

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/agentwire/inbox.py

@@ -114,9 +114,23 @@ class Message:
             "ref": self.ref,
         }
 
+    def short_id(self) -> str:
+        """The 6-char uuid tail of ``id`` (the ``{epoch_ns}-{uuid6}`` suffix)."""
+        return self.id.rsplit("-", 1)[-1]
+
     def render(self) -> str:
-        """The one-line prefix injected on delivery (mirrors [NOTIFY from …])."""
-        return f"[MSG from {self.sender} · {self.kind}] {self.text}"
+        """The one-line message injected on delivery (mirrors [NOTIFY from …]).
+
+        The trailing ``⟨#id6⟩`` token makes every delivered line UNIQUE on the
+        recipient's screen (#621). Idempotent-redelivery dedup matches the full
+        rendered line on scrollback; without a unique tail a shorter message
+        whose text is a prefix of a longer same-sender/kind one (or two
+        identical-text report-backs) would substring-collide and be consumed
+        without delivery. The token is appended at the END so the prefix-based
+        landing checks (``derive_check_fragment`` / ``message_visible``) are
+        unchanged.
+        """
+        return f"[MSG from {self.sender} · {self.kind}] {self.text}  ⟨#{self.short_id()}⟩"
 
 
 def _now_ms() -> int:
@@ -293,6 +307,111 @@ def purge_dead(session: "str | None" = None, before_ms: "int | None" = None) ->
     return removed
 
 
+def purge_pending(session: str) -> int:
+    """Drop a session's *pending* (undelivered) messages; return how many.
+
+    The self-heal escape hatch (#621): when a recipient is wedged into a
+    redelivery loop, the only prior recovery was hand-moving JSON files — which
+    the recipient's own Bash hook blocks (``rm``). This drops the pending queue
+    outright, no empty-box gate, no delivery. Passive (``ingest/``) and dead
+    (``dead/``) messages are untouched — this is strictly the active drain queue.
+    """
+    # Serialize against an in-flight flush_session via the per-session drain lock
+    # so we don't yank a file mid-delivery. If a flush holds the lock we still
+    # proceed (the operator wants the queue gone) — unlinking under it is benign
+    # because flush copies messages into memory first and its own unlink is
+    # missing_ok.
+    lock = _acquire_lock(session)
+    try:
+        paths = pending_files(session)
+        removed = 0
+        for path in paths:
+            try:
+                path.unlink()
+                removed += 1
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+        if removed:
+            _log_event("purged_pending", session=session, count=removed)
+        return removed
+    finally:
+        _release_lock(lock)
+
+
+def gc_sender(sender: str) -> dict:
+    """Garbage-collect an exited sender's still-pending outbound (#621).
+
+    Messages live keyed by *recipient*, so when a worktree/session exits nothing
+    reaps the report-backs it left undelivered across every inbox — they
+    accumulate. This scans all pending queues for that sender and clears them:
+    load-bearing kinds (``done``/``request``/``escalation``) are dead-lettered
+    (which escalates via the owner-email path so the loss is never silent); the
+    rest are dropped. Passive (``ingest``) messages are never auto-delivered, so
+    they're left for the recipient to pull. Returns ``{dead, dropped}`` counts.
+    """
+    dead = dropped = 0
+    if not INBOX_ROOT.exists():
+        return {"dead": dead, "dropped": dropped}
+
+    # Group this sender's pending files by recipient so each inbox is mutated
+    # under its per-session drain lock — serializing against an in-flight
+    # flush_session. Without it a kill landing mid-delivery could dead-letter +
+    # email "never delivered" for a message that WAS just delivered.
+    by_recipient: dict[str, list[Path]] = {}
+    for path in INBOX_ROOT.rglob("*.json"):
+        parts = path.relative_to(INBOX_ROOT).parts
+        if any(p in _RESERVED_DIRS for p in parts[:-1]):
+            continue  # skip dead/ sent/ ingest/ .lock/
+        msg = _read_message(path)
+        if msg is None or msg.sender != sender:
+            continue
+        recipient = "/".join(parts[:-1])
+        if recipient:
+            by_recipient.setdefault(recipient, []).append(path)
+
+    for recipient, paths in by_recipient.items():
+        lock = _acquire_lock(recipient)
+        if lock is None:
+            # A flush is draining this inbox right now — its messages are being
+            # delivered, not lost. Skip GC for this recipient this round.
+            continue
+        try:
+            for path in paths:
+                if not path.exists():
+                    continue  # delivered + unlinked just before we locked
+                msg = _read_message(path)
+                if msg is None or msg.sender != sender:
+                    continue
+                if msg.kind in ESCALATE_KINDS:
+                    msg.dead_ts = _now_ms()
+                    msg.reason = "sender_exited"
+                    target = dead_dir(msg.to or "unknown") / path.name
+                    try:
+                        target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+                        _write_message(target, msg)
+                        path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+                        _log_event(
+                            "dead_letter", id=msg.id, to=msg.to, kind=msg.kind,
+                            attempts=msg.attempts, reason="sender_exited",
+                        )
+                        dead += 1
+                        _escalate_dead_letter(msg, "sender_exited")
+                    except OSError:
+                        pass
+                else:
+                    try:
+                        path.unlink()
+                        dropped += 1
+                    except OSError:
+                        pass
+        finally:
+            _release_lock(lock)
+
+    if dead or dropped:
+        _log_event("gc_sender", sender=sender, dead=dead, dropped=dropped)
+    return {"dead": dead, "dropped": dropped}
+
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Enqueue + broadcast
 # =============================================================================
@@ -494,12 +613,52 @@ def _bump_attempts(messages: list[Message], reason: str = "") -> int:
     return dead
 
 
-def flush_session(session: str) -> dict:
+def _dedup_landed(session: str, messages: list[Message]) -> list[Message]:
+    """Consume (unlink) every message whose render() is already on scrollback.
+
+    The load-bearing #621 fix. ``safe_deliver`` confirms submission by polling
+    the input box back to empty; under host load that confirm false-negatives
+    even though the paste *landed* and the recipient saw it. Retaining a landed
+    message re-injects it on every idle tick — forever. So before (and after) a
+    paste we check the recipient's scrollback per-message: any message whose own
+    first-line fragment is visible has demonstrably landed → unlink it. Only
+    truly-absent messages stay pending.
+
+    Per-message keying (not the coalesced blob) so a partial landing consumes
+    exactly the visible subset. A strict fragment check (never the generic
+    ``"[Pasted text"`` placeholder fallback) so a stray placeholder can't mark
+    every message delivered. A message that scrolled past the 200-line window
+    reads as not-visible → kept (safe direction: retry, never silent-drop).
+    """
+    from .session_ready import message_on_scrollback, scrollback
+
+    capture = scrollback(session, 0)
+    consumed: list[Message] = []
+    for msg in messages:
+        if msg.path is None:
+            continue
+        if message_on_scrollback(capture, msg.render()):
+            msg.path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+            consumed.append(msg)
+    if consumed:
+        _log_event(
+            "delivered_dedup", to=session, count=len(consumed),
+            kinds=[m.kind for m in consumed],
+        )
+    return consumed
+
+
+def flush_session(session: str, force: bool = False) -> dict:
     """Attempt to drain one session's inbox now.
 
     Delivers oldest-first, coalescing all queued messages into a single paste
     (one submit) when the box is empty. On any refusal the messages stay put,
     their ``attempts`` bump, and over the cap they dead-letter. Never raises.
+
+    *force* (the ``msg flush --force`` escape hatch) bypasses the empty-box /
+    busy gate and pastes regardless — for an operator un-wedging a stuck queue,
+    accepting that it may land mid-draft. The ``safe_deliver`` safety guards
+    (gone / parked / non-agent / live-dialog) are never bypassed.
     """
     from . import prompt_router
 
@@ -511,42 +670,74 @@ def flush_session(session: str) -> dict:
         if not messages:
             return {"session": session, "delivered": 0, "deferred": False, "reason": "empty"}
 
-        # Collision guard FIRST (cheap, and refuses dialogs/busy too via None).
-        visible = prompt_router.capture(session, 0)
-        box_content = prompt_router.input_box_content(visible)
-
-        if box_content is None:
-            # Target is busy (input box not located). Defer.
-            dead = _bump_attempts(messages, "target_busy")
-            _log_event("deferred", to=session, count=len(messages), reason="target_busy")
-            return {
-                "session": session, "delivered": 0, "deferred": True,
-                "reason": "target_busy", "dead": dead,
-            }
-
-        if box_content != "":
-            # Box is not empty. We never bypass this to protect human drafts. But
-            # the "queued messages" placeholder is a BUSY signal, not a draft:
-            # defer WITHOUT penalty (like target_busy) so a generating-with-queued
-            # session doesn't burn report-backs toward dead-letter. Either way we
-            # never paste — only the penalty decision differs.
-            placeholder = prompt_router.is_queued_placeholder(box_content)
-            reason = "queued_placeholder" if placeholder else "box_not_empty"
-            dead = _bump_attempts(messages, reason)
-            _log_event("deferred", to=session, count=len(messages), reason=reason)
-            return {
-                "session": session, "delivered": 0, "deferred": True,
-                "reason": reason, "dead": dead,
-            }
+        pre_consumed = 0
+        if not force:
+            # Collision guard FIRST (cheap, and refuses dialogs/busy too via None).
+            # But first: a prior tick may have LANDED these and false-negatived the
+            # confirm (#621). If they're already on scrollback, consume them now
+            # instead of waiting for the box to free up to re-paste a duplicate.
+            consumed = _dedup_landed(session, messages)
+            if consumed:
+                pre_consumed = len(consumed)
+                messages = [m for m in messages if m.path is not None and m.path.exists()]
+                if not messages:
+                    return {
+                        "session": session, "delivered": pre_consumed,
+                        "deferred": False, "reason": "delivered",
+                    }
+
+            visible = prompt_router.capture(session, 0)
+            box_content = prompt_router.input_box_content(visible)
+
+            if box_content is None:
+                # Target is busy (input box not located). Defer.
+                dead = _bump_attempts(messages, "target_busy")
+                _log_event("deferred", to=session, count=len(messages), reason="target_busy")
+                return {
+                    "session": session, "delivered": pre_consumed, "deferred": True,
+                    "reason": "target_busy", "dead": dead,
+                }
+
+            if box_content != "":
+                # Box is not empty. We never bypass this to protect human drafts. But
+                # the "queued messages" placeholder is a BUSY signal, not a draft:
+                # defer WITHOUT penalty (like target_busy) so a generating-with-queued
+                # session doesn't burn report-backs toward dead-letter. Either way we
+                # never paste — only the penalty decision differs.
+                placeholder = prompt_router.is_queued_placeholder(box_content)
+                reason = "queued_placeholder" if placeholder else "box_not_empty"
+                dead = _bump_attempts(messages, reason)
+                _log_event("deferred", to=session, count=len(messages), reason=reason)
+                return {
+                    "session": session, "delivered": pre_consumed, "deferred": True,
+                    "reason": reason, "dead": dead,
+                }
 
         rendered = "\n".join(m.render() for m in messages)
         delivered, reason = prompt_router.safe_deliver(session, 0, rendered)
         if not delivered:
-            dead = _bump_attempts(messages, reason)
-            _log_event("deferred", to=session, count=len(messages), reason=reason)
+            # delivery_unverified means the box-cleared confirm failed — but the
+            # paste may have LANDED. Consume any message now visible on scrollback
+            # (idempotent delivery) so a false-negative can't cause re-injection.
+            # Other reasons (gone/parked/non-agent/dialog) never pasted, so there's
+            # nothing to dedup.
+            consumed = (
+                _dedup_landed(session, messages)
+                if reason == "delivery_unverified"
+                else []
+            )
+            consumed_ids = {m.id for m in consumed}
+            remaining = [m for m in messages if m.id not in consumed_ids]
+            if not remaining:
+                return {
+                    "session": session, "delivered": pre_consumed + len(consumed),
+                    "deferred": False, "reason": "delivered",
+                }
+            dead = _bump_attempts(remaining, reason)
+            _log_event("deferred", to=session, count=len(remaining), reason=reason)
             return {
-                "session": session, "delivered": 0, "deferred": True,
-                "reason": reason, "dead": dead,
+                "session": session, "delivered": pre_consumed + len(consumed),
+                "deferred": True, "reason": reason, "dead": dead,
             }
 
         for msg in messages:
@@ -557,7 +748,7 @@ def flush_session(session: str) -> dict:
             kinds=[m.kind for m in messages],
         )
         return {
-            "session": session, "delivered": len(messages),
+            "session": session, "delivered": pre_consumed + len(messages),
             "deferred": False, "reason": "delivered",
         }
     except Exception as exc:  # draining must never break the watchdog

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/agentwire/mcp_msg.py

@@ -184,16 +184,44 @@ def msg_dead(session: str | None = None) -> str:
 
 
 @mcp.tool()
-def msg_flush(session: str | None = None) -> str:
-    """Attempt a polite-message drain now (still gated on an empty box + safe target).
+def msg_purge(session: str | None = None) -> str:
+    """Drop a session's PENDING polite messages — the self-heal escape hatch.
+
+    Use this to un-wedge a recipient stuck re-seeing the same messages (or to
+    clear an inbox you know is stale). It drops the active drain queue outright —
+    no empty-box gate, no delivery. Dead-lettered (`msg_dead`) and passive
+    `ingest` messages are untouched; this is strictly the pending queue.
+
+    Args:
+        session: Session whose pending queue to drop (default: the caller).
+
+    Returns:
+        How many pending messages were dropped.
+    """
+    caller = session or get_caller_session()
+    args = ["msg", "purge"]
+    if caller:
+        args.append(caller)
+    data = run_agentwire_cmd(args)
+    if not data.get("success"):
+        return f"Failed to purge: {data.get('error', 'Unknown error')}"
+    return f"Purged {data.get('purged', 0)} pending message(s) from {data.get('session')}."
+
+
+@mcp.tool()
+def msg_flush(session: str | None = None, force: bool = False) -> str:
+    """Attempt a polite-message drain now (gated on an empty box + safe target).
 
     Messages drain automatically every ≤60s via the watchdog; use this to force a
-    pass without waiting. It does NOT bypass the safety gates — a busy/parked/
-    non-agent recipient is still deferred. Passive `ingest` messages are never
-    drained (pull them with msg_pull).
+    pass without waiting. By default it does NOT bypass the safety gates — a
+    busy/parked/non-agent recipient is still deferred. Passive `ingest` messages
+    are never drained (pull them with msg_pull).
 
     Args:
         session: Session to flush (default: all sessions with queued messages).
+        force: Bypass the empty-box gate and paste anyway (requires `session`;
+            may land mid-draft). For un-wedging a stuck queue. Safety guards
+            (gone/parked/non-agent/live-dialog) are never bypassed.
 
     Returns:
         What was delivered or deferred.
@@ -201,6 +229,8 @@ def msg_flush(session: str | None = None) -> str:
     args = ["msg", "flush"]
     if session:
         args += ["-s", session]
+    if force:
+        args.append("--force")
     data = run_agentwire_cmd(args)
     if not data.get("success"):
         return f"Failed to flush: {data.get('error', 'Unknown error')}"

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/agentwire/msg_cli.py

@@ -244,11 +244,35 @@ def cmd_msg_dead(args) -> int:
     return 0
 
 
+def cmd_msg_purge(args) -> int:
+    """Drop a session's pending (undelivered) messages — the self-heal escape hatch."""
+    session = getattr(args, "session", None) or _current_session()
+    if not session:
+        print("No session (use the session name, or run inside one)")
+        if getattr(args, "json", False):
+            print(json.dumps({"success": False, "error": "no session"}))
+        return 1
+    removed = inbox.purge_pending(session)
+    if getattr(args, "json", False):
+        print(json.dumps({"success": True, "session": session, "purged": removed}))
+        return 0
+    print(f"Purged {removed} pending message(s) from {session}")
+    return 0
+
+
 def cmd_msg_flush(args) -> int:
-    """Attempt a drain now (still gated on an empty box + safe target)."""
+    """Attempt a drain now (gated on an empty box + safe target unless --force)."""
     session = getattr(args, "session", None)
+    force = getattr(args, "force", False)
+    if force and not session:
+        msg = "--force requires -s <session> (refuses to force-drain every inbox)"
+        if getattr(args, "json", False):
+            print(json.dumps({"success": False, "error": msg}))
+        else:
+            print(msg)
+        return 1
     if session:
-        result = inbox.flush_session(session)
+        result = inbox.flush_session(session, force=force)
         payload = {"success": True, **result}
     else:
         result = inbox.tick()
@@ -340,10 +364,25 @@ def register_msg_parser(subparsers) -> None:
     dead_parser.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="Output JSON")
     dead_parser.set_defaults(func=cmd_msg_dead)
 
-    flush_parser = msg_sub.add_parser("flush", help="Attempt a drain now (still gated)")
+    purge_parser = msg_sub.add_parser(
+        "purge",
+        help="Drop a session's pending messages (self-heal a wedged inbox)",
+    )
+    purge_parser.add_argument(
+        "session", nargs="?", default=None,
+        help="Session to purge (default: current)",
+    )
+    purge_parser.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="Output JSON")
+    purge_parser.set_defaults(func=cmd_msg_purge)
+
+    flush_parser = msg_sub.add_parser("flush", help="Attempt a drain now (gated unless --force)")
     flush_parser.add_argument(
         "-s", "--session", default=None, help="Session to flush (default: all)"
     )
+    flush_parser.add_argument(
+        "--force", action="store_true",
+        help="Bypass the empty-box gate and paste anyway (requires -s; may land mid-draft)",
+    )
     flush_parser.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="Output JSON")
     flush_parser.set_defaults(func=cmd_msg_flush)
 

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/agentwire/notify_cli.py

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from .core import (
     _portal_auth_headers,
     _post_desktop_notification,
 )
-from .project_config import get_parent_from_config
 
 
 def cmd_notify_parent(args) -> int:
@@ -51,11 +50,30 @@ def cmd_notify_parent(args) -> int:
     current_session = pane_manager.get_current_session()
     current_pane = pane_manager.get_current_pane_index()
 
-    # If no explicit target, try parent from config
-    if not target_session:
-        parent = get_parent_from_config()
-        if parent:
-            target_session = parent
+    # --on-idle: the idle hook is reporting that a pane-0 session went idle.
+    # Infrastructure services (portal, tts/stt, scheduler, the idle-nag bridge,
+    # custom services) cycle active→idle constantly and are NOT delegated work,
+    # so they must never fire a "child finished" ping at their parent. A
+    # worktree / `agentwire new` child is not a service and is unaffected.
+    if getattr(args, 'on_idle', False) and current_session:
+        from agentwire import services
+
+        if services.is_service_session(current_session):
+            return _output_result(True, json_mode, "", skipped="service-session")
+
+    # If no explicit target, resolve the parent through the SAME precedence the
+    # prompt router uses (worker pane → pane 0; else creator recorded at
+    # `agentwire new` time; else `.agentwire.yml parent:`). The old path looked
+    # only at `.agentwire.yml`, so a worktree/`agentwire new` child — whose
+    # parent lives in session metadata, not config — resolved to nothing and its
+    # idle notification silently dropped (the parent never heard the child go
+    # idle). resolve_parent reads the creator metadata, closing that gap.
+    if not target_session and current_session is not None and current_pane is not None:
+        from agentwire import prompt_router
+
+        resolved = prompt_router.resolve_parent(current_session, current_pane)
+        if resolved:
+            target_session = resolved[0]
 
     # Build notification message (--raw sends verbatim — queued messages
     # already carry their own [WORKER SUMMARY ...] / [PROMPT ...] headers)
@@ -255,6 +273,9 @@ def register_notify_parser(subparsers) -> None:
     notify_cmd_parser.add_argument("-q", "--quiet", action="store_true", help="Suppress output")
     notify_cmd_parser.add_argument("--raw", action="store_true",
                                    help="Send the message verbatim (no [NOTIFY from ...] prefix)")
+    notify_cmd_parser.add_argument("--on-idle", dest="on_idle", action="store_true",
+                                   help="Idle-hook mode: suppress the notify if the current session "
+                                        "is an infrastructure service (they cycle idle constantly)")
     notify_cmd_parser.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="Output as JSON")
     notify_cmd_parser.set_defaults(func=cmd_notify_parent)
 

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/agentwire/onboarding.py

@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ services:
         print(f"{BOLD}Next steps:{RESET}")
         print(f"  1. {CYAN}agentwire portal start{RESET}")
         print(f"  2. Open {CYAN}{portal_open_url}{RESET} in Chrome — voice works immediately")
+        print(f"  3. {CYAN}agentwire dev{RESET} — a helper session that walks you through setup, wires up your projects, and explains the system")
         print()
         print_info("Run 'agentwire init --assisted' to configure TTS/STT with Claude's help.")
         return 0

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/agentwire/pane_cli.py

@@ -722,6 +722,15 @@ def cmd_kill(args) -> int:
         except OSError:
             pass
 
+    # GC this sender's still-pending outbound across every recipient inbox (#621)
+    # so report-backs it left undelivered don't accumulate. Load-bearing kinds
+    # dead-letter (and escalate via owner email); the rest are dropped.
+    try:
+        from . import inbox
+        inbox.gc_sender(session)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
     _notify_portal_sessions_changed()
 
     if json_mode:

{agentwire_dev-1.50.0 → agentwire_dev-1.51.0}/agentwire/project_config.py

@@ -193,13 +193,19 @@ class ProjectConfig:
 
 
 def find_project_config(start_path: Optional[Path] = None) -> Optional[Path]:
-    """Find .agentwire.yml by walking up from start_path.
+    """Find project config by walking up from start_path.
+
+    At each directory level, a local untracked ``.agentwire.yml`` wins over a
+    committed ``.agentwire.yml.example`` template. The ``.example`` fallback lets
+    a repo (e.g. agentwire-dev itself) ship a sensible default config that a
+    fresh clone uses out of the box, while the owner's personal, gitignored
+    ``.agentwire.yml`` overrides it when present. See #620.
 
     Args:
         start_path: Directory to start searching from. Defaults to cwd.
 
     Returns:
-        Path to .agentwire.yml if found, None otherwise.
+        Path to the resolved config file if found, None otherwise.
     """
     if start_path is None:
         start_path = Path.cwd()
@@ -207,17 +213,17 @@ def find_project_config(start_path: Optional[Path] = None) -> Optional[Path]:
         start_path = Path(start_path).resolve()
 
     current = start_path
-    while current != current.parent:
-        config_file = current / ".agentwire.yml"
-        if config_file.exists():
-            return config_file
+    while True:
+        live = current / ".agentwire.yml"
+        if live.exists():
+            return live
+        example = current / ".agentwire.yml.example"
+        if example.exists():
+            return example
+        if current == current.parent:
+            break
         current = current.parent
 
-    # Check root
-    config_file = current / ".agentwire.yml"
-    if config_file.exists():
-        return config_file
-
     return None
 
 
@@ -234,7 +240,10 @@ def load_project_config(path: Optional[Path] = None) -> Optional[ProjectConfig]:
     if path is None:
         config_path = find_project_config()
     elif path.is_dir():
-        config_path = path / ".agentwire.yml"
+        # Local .agentwire.yml wins over a committed .agentwire.yml.example (#620).
+        live = path / ".agentwire.yml"
+        example = path / ".agentwire.yml.example"
+        config_path = live if live.exists() else example
     else:
         config_path = path