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systemd/agent-watcher.service: --user unit with on-failure restart, ProtectSystem=strict, ProtectHome=read-write, NoNewPrivileges=yes, PrivateTmp=yes. JSON logs to journald. Survives reboot via 'loginctl enable-linger'. examples/collector.yaml: working starter config for both sources with inline comments, per-route examples, and the spec §3.1.2 schema for drop files. install.sh: idempotent installer following the agent-ping pattern. Builds the binary, installs it + the unit, drops the example config if absent, reloads systemd, enables, and (unless --no-start) starts the service. Adds drop-folder lifecycle artifacts (*.tmp, .dead-letter/) to workspace .stignore so they don't replicate during processing. Skips Syncthing-related steps gracefully when ~/Nyx/workspace is not present. INSTALL.md: prerequisites, install, configure, verify (drop-file + webhook end-to-end probes), survive-logout, uninstall, troubleshooting table. README.md: rewritten to reflect actual status — v0 working with 43 tests, packaging ready, Layer 2 in progress on Bob's side. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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agent-watcher
Push-delivery layer for agent-ping. The "secondary nervous system" for Claude Code agents on this network.
agent-ping queues messages in inbox files; agent-watcher notices them (and other external events) and wakes the recipient agent without a human in the loop.
Two layers:
- Collector (this repo, Go) — small daemon under
systemd --user. Always on, brain-blind. Converts external events (HTTP webhooks, drop-folder file arrivals) into ping inbox writes. Runs whether or not any agent is alive. - MCP Watcher (Python, in progress) — Claude Code MCP subprocess declared in each agent's
mcp.json. Watches the agent's inbox via inotify and surfaces events into the live session via Channels. Provides reply tools (ack,respond,mark_handled).
Filesystem is the queue. OpenBrain is not involved.
Spec
spec/agent-watcher.md. Read that for architecture, decisions, scope.
Channels reference docs (snapshot of Anthropic's official docs, used by Layer 2): docs/channels/.
Status
| Layer | Lane | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Spec v1 | — | Signed off by Bob 2026-05-06 |
| Layer 1: Collector | Foreman / Go | v0 working: 43 tests passing. End-to-end exercised; binary builds. systemd unit + INSTALL.md ready. |
| Layer 2: MCP Watcher | Bob / Python | In progress — sandbox CC session being set up on VPS for testing. |
Install (Layer 1)
git clone https://git.botbought.ai/foreman/agent-watcher ~/agent-watcher
cd ~/agent-watcher
./install.sh
Then edit ~/.config/agent-watcher/collector.yaml and systemctl --user restart agent-watcher.
See INSTALL.md for verify steps, troubleshooting, and the loginctl enable-linger step required to keep the daemon running across logouts.
Per CLAUDE.md rule #2, Angus runs the install commands — agents do not modify their own configuration.
Quick reference (Layer 1)
Inputs Output
───────── ──────
HTTP POST → port 18790 ┐
(routed via │ <recipient>.inbox (JSONL, ping-shaped)
YAML table) │ identical format to
├─→ what `ping <recipient> <payload>` writes;
File drop in │ the existing UserPromptSubmit hook and the
~/Nyx/workspace/incoming/ │ future MCP Watcher consume the stream
*.json ┘ without distinguishing source.
/health on the same webhook port returns {received, emitted, errors, uptime_sec} for journalctl correlation.