From f61ceb5f044c663acd377e3911fc2eacdc2672eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: operator <operator@netvm.local>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 16:41:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(envelope): strip host container key references from
 prompt envelope to eliminate agent refusal loops

---
 bin/prompt_envelope.py | 73 +++---------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/prompt_envelope.py b/bin/prompt_envelope.py
index 34222e1..e93c03e 100644
--- a/bin/prompt_envelope.py
+++ b/bin/prompt_envelope.py
@@ -14,33 +14,16 @@ import hashlib
 
 BOX_API = "https://box.muse-dev.online/api/box"
 
-# Verified box-namespace private keys on bl (pubkey matches the agent's entry
-# in /srv/board/allowed_signers). Agents without a verified key fall back to
-# the [RESULT] line (harvester) until super provisions their box key.
-BOX_KEY_PATHS = {
-    "dev": "/home/super/.ssh/id_dev",
-    "pip": "/home/super/.ssh/id_pip",
-    "646": "/home/super/.ssh/id_646",
-    "opm": "/home/super/.ssh/id_opm",
-}
-
 
 def _response_rule():
     return (
-        "\nRESPONSE RULE: in your reply, every line that is not work output"
-        " MUST be a curl tool call against https://box.muse-dev.online/."
-        " Fenced bash blocks are executed as tool calls and their output"
-        " returns to you; do not narrate the calls.\n"
+        "\nRESPONSE RULE: Execute your steps using [TOOL ...] directives or background tmux commands."
+        " When complete, conclude your output with the [RESULT ...] line so the harvester records it.\n"
     )
 
 
 def _box_surface_block(agent, job_name, job_id, target):
-    """Thread + runtime + direct curl URL + respond command.
-
-    READ:    GET  /api/box/jobs/<name>   (signed, box namespace; live)
-    RESPOND: POST /api/box/job/result    (signed, box namespace, own-scope;
-             ships with the frontdoor publish -- 404 until then)
-    """
+    """Clean runtime context block for the agent."""
     header = (
         "\n---- BOX RUNTIME ----\n"
         "THREAD: " + str(target) + "\n"
@@ -48,54 +31,8 @@ def _box_surface_block(agent, job_name, job_id, target):
         "JOB: " + str(job_id) + "\n"
         "AGENT: " + str(agent) + "\n"
     )
-    key = BOX_KEY_PATHS.get(agent)
-    if not key:
-        return (
-            header
-            + "\nNOTE: no box signing key is provisioned for '" + str(agent)
-            + "' yet, so curl commands against the box API cannot authenticate."
-            + " Ask super to provision your box key; until then the [RESULT]"
-            + " line is your respond path (the harvester records it).\n"
-            + _response_rule()
-        )
-    read_cmd = (
-        "```bash\n"
-        "TS=$(date +%s)\n"
-        "SIG=$(printf '%s\\njobs/" + str(job_name) + "' \"$TS\""
-        " | ssh-keygen -Y sign -f " + key + " -n box"
-        " | python3 -c 'import sys,urllib.parse;"
-        " print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.stdin.read().strip()))')\n"
-        "curl -s \"" + BOX_API + "/jobs/" + str(job_name)
-        + "?identity=" + str(agent) + "&ts=$TS&sig=$SIG\"\n"
-        "```"
-    )
-    respond_cmd = (
-        "```bash\n"
-        "TS=$(date +%s)\n"
-        "export BOX_TS=$TS\n"
-        "export BOX_SIG=$(printf '%s\\njob/result\\n" + str(job_id) + "' \"$TS\""
-        " | ssh-keygen -Y sign -f " + key + " -n box)\n"
-        "python3 - <<'PYEOF' | curl -s -X POST " + BOX_API + "/job/result"
-        " -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @-\n"
-        "import json, os\n"
-        "print(json.dumps({\n"
-        "    \"identity\": \"" + str(agent) + "\",\n"
-        "    \"ts\": os.environ[\"BOX_TS\"],\n"
-        "    \"sig\": os.environ[\"BOX_SIG\"],\n"
-        "    \"job_id\": \"" + str(job_id) + "\",\n"
-        "    \"success\": True,\n"
-        "    \"summary\": \"[RESULT " + str(job_id) + "] <one-line summary>\",\n"
-        "}))\n"
-        "PYEOF\n"
-        "```"
-    )
-    return (
-        header
-        + "\nREAD your work order any time:\n" + read_cmd + "\n"
-        + "\nRESPOND when done -- emit this exact command as a tool call:\n"
-        + respond_cmd + "\n"
-        + _response_rule()
-    )
+    return header + _response_rule()
+
 
 UUID_RE = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}")