From 03ea7ed6d9872c3557b668fe5566bf65ba40a567 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: operator <operator@netvm.local>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 03:01:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(main-loop): configure sidechats to actively drive main
 chat across all fleet agents

---
 bin/self_main_loop.py | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/self_main_loop.py b/bin/self_main_loop.py
index 30a8578..65caf68 100755
--- a/bin/self_main_loop.py
+++ b/bin/self_main_loop.py
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ FOLLOWUPS_FILE = os.path.join(BASE, "followups.json")
 DEFAULT_AGENTS = ["muse", "pip", "646", "opm", "dev"]
 # Prompting sidechat per agent — mirrors box-ctl.py NOTIFY_SIDECHATS.
 DEFAULT_PROMPT_SIDECHAT = {
-    "646": "646 tasks",
-    "opm": "main-loop brain",
-    "pip": "pip tasks",
-    "muse": "muse tasks",
-    "dev": "onboarding-dev",
+    "646": "main",
+    "opm": "main",
+    "pip": "main",
+    "muse": "main",
+    "dev": "main",
 }
 DEFAULT_SENDER = "opm"  # neutral sender, mirrors `box notify`
 READ_LIMIT = 30
@@ -321,8 +321,19 @@ def send_prompt(sender, agent, sidechat, digest):
     except Exception:
         pass
 
-    # Try fast direct gateway send
-    if target_uuid and re.fullmatch(r"[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}", target_uuid.lower()):
+    # Fast direct gateway send for main chat or resolved UUID
+    is_main = (sidechat == "main" or target_uuid == "main")
+    if is_main:
+        try:
+            import muse_hybrid
+            send_node = agent if agent in DEFAULT_AGENTS else sender
+            res, err = muse_hybrid.send_message(send_node, digest, thread_id=None, wait=25)
+            if res and not err:
+                return True, "sent (gateway main)", None, False
+            log("Gateway send main fallback for %s: %s" % (agent, err or res))
+        except Exception as e:
+            log("Gateway send main exception for %s: %s" % (agent, e))
+    elif target_uuid and re.fullmatch(r"[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}", target_uuid.lower()):
         try:
             import muse_hybrid
             send_node = agent if agent in DEFAULT_AGENTS else sender
@@ -587,13 +598,26 @@ def do_check(only_agent=None):
             results[agent] = {"ok": True, "new": 0}
             continue
 
-        parts = []
-        if len(main_new) > 0 or len(sc_activity) > 0:
-            parts.append(compose_dual_digest(agent, main_new, sc_activity))
-        if subagent_alerts:
-            parts.extend(subagent_alerts)
-        digest = "\n\n".join(parts)[:DIGEST_MAX * 2]
         sidechat = cfg["prompt_sidechat"].get(agent)
+        is_main = (sidechat == "main")
+        if is_main:
+            # Side chats drive the main chat
+            if not sc_activity and not subagent_alerts:
+                results[agent] = {"ok": True, "new": 0}
+                continue
+            parts = []
+            if sc_activity:
+                parts.append(compose_dual_digest(agent, [], sc_activity))
+            if subagent_alerts:
+                parts.extend(subagent_alerts)
+            digest = "\n\n".join(parts)[:DIGEST_MAX * 2]
+        else:
+            parts = []
+            if len(main_new) > 0 or len(sc_activity) > 0:
+                parts.append(compose_dual_digest(agent, main_new, sc_activity))
+            if subagent_alerts:
+                parts.extend(subagent_alerts)
+            digest = "\n\n".join(parts)[:DIGEST_MAX * 2]
         if not sidechat:
             log("%s: no prompting sidechat configured, skipping" % agent)
             results[agent] = {"ok": False, "error": "no prompting sidechat"}