docs: the agent config meta-flake input is the local applied mirror, not forge git+http

config-changes.md § Meta flake, hive-c0re nix comments and the meta.rs/exec.rs
doc comments still described the declared agent-<n> input as a forge-hosted
git+http repo; meta.rs renders git+file://<applied>.

docs/agent-lifecycle/config-changes.md

@@ -114,27 +114,26 @@ transient.
 
 The hive-c0re-owned repo at `/var/lib/hyperhive/meta/`
 declares one flake input per agent (`agent-<n>.url =
-"git+http://<forge>/agent-configs/<n>.git"`) and one
+"git+file://<applied>"`, the agent's local `applied` mirror) and one
 `nixosConfigurations.<n>` output per agent. Each output wraps
 `inputs.agent-<n>.nixosModules.default` with the identity +
 `HIVE_PORT` / `HIVE_LABEL` / `HIVE_DASHBOARD_PORT` injection module.
 Containers run against `--flake /var/lib/hyperhive/meta#<n>`.
 
-The declared input url is the agent's **forge config repo** (the
-same `agent-configs/<n>` config PRs merge into), so the meta flake
-references a reviewable, reproducible source rather than a local
-checkout. hive-c0re authenticates that `git+http` fetch via a git
-credential helper that reads the live forge-core token — no token in
-the url or the lock. The rebuild paths, however, do **not** re-lock
-from the forge: they `--override-input agent-<n>
-git+file:///var/lib/hyperhive/applied/<n>`, locking the exact config
-`applied/<n>/main` was fast-forwarded to. That keeps a rebuild
-reproducible and independent of forge reachability — rebuilds fire on
-crash-restart and meta bumps, not just config merges — while the
-declared url stays the forge. `sync_agents` re-renders + re-locks the
-persistent input; a plain `nix flake lock` leaves an existing applied
-override in place (it only re-locks when the declared url itself
-changes), so the forge-declared / applied-deployed split is stable.
+The declared input url is the agent's **local `applied` mirror**
+(`/var/lib/hyperhive/applied/<n>`) of its forge config repo
+(`agent-configs/<n>`, the one config PRs merge into). The meta flake
+therefore resolves entirely from on-disk state: building, and booting,
+never depend on the forge being reachable. hive-c0re fills the mirror
+by fast-forwarding `applied/<n>/main` to the merged config commit,
+reading the forge with the hive's read token
+(`forge::reader_token()`); the forge repo is the review and audit
+surface, not a flake input. The rebuild paths re-lock the input with
+`--override-input agent-<n> git+file:///var/lib/hyperhive/applied/<n>`,
+locking the exact config `applied/<n>/main` was fast-forwarded to.
+Rebuilds fire on crash-restart and meta bumps, not just config
+merges, so the lock stays on that head. `sync_agents` re-renders and
+re-locks the persistent input.
 
 Lock updates are single-phase and commit when the lock changed:
 `meta::lock_update_for_rebuild(name)` relocks one agent's input for a

hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs

@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ fn parse_agent_input_names(inputs: &[String]) -> Vec<String> {
 /// validating parser every other agent-name wire field in this codebase
 /// goes through, so a name that reaches
 /// [`fast_forward_applied_main`](crate::forge::fast_forward_applied_main) or
-/// a `git+http://.../agent-configs/<name>.git` URL built off it has already
+/// an `agent-configs/<name>` forge URL built off it has already
 /// passed the same bar as one that arrived over a socket. Not just a
 /// helper for [`parse_agent_input_names`]: `run_meta_lock`'s `fanout`
 /// parameter carries pre-computed agent names too, and while today's only

hive-c0re/src/meta.rs

@@ -235,9 +235,8 @@ pub async fn lock_update_for_rebuild(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     let _guard = META_LOCK.lock().await;
     let dir = crate::paths::meta_root();
     let input = format!("agent-{name}");
-    // Re-lock from the local applied mirror, not the persistent forge URL:
-    // build exactly `applied/<n>/main` and stay reproducible when the forge
-    // is unreachable.
+    // Re-lock against `applied/<n>/main` explicitly, so the lock is the
+    // exact applied head whatever the declared input url says.
     let applied = applied_override_url(&crate::paths::applied_dir(name));
     nix(
         &dir,
@@ -264,12 +263,12 @@ pub async fn lock_update_for_rebuild(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 /// `--override-input` URL re-locking an agent's config input against its
-/// LOCAL applied mirror (`git+file://<applied_dir>`, current `main` head)
-/// instead of the persistent forge URL declared in the meta flake. The
-/// deploy + rebuild paths re-lock from here: the applied tree was already
-/// fast-forwarded to the reviewed head, so this builds exactly that config
-/// and stays reproducible when the forge is unreachable. No `?rev` — `main`
-/// head is the reviewed head at deploy time. Pure so it's unit-testable.
+/// LOCAL applied mirror (`git+file://<applied_dir>`, current `main` head),
+/// the same url the meta flake declares. The deploy + rebuild paths re-lock
+/// from here: the applied tree was already fast-forwarded to the reviewed
+/// head, so this builds exactly that config with no forge access. No
+/// `?rev` — `main` head is the reviewed head at deploy time. Pure so it's
+/// unit-testable.
 fn applied_override_url(applied_dir: &Path) -> String {
     format!("git+file://{}", applied_dir.display())
 }
@@ -1456,8 +1455,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn applied_override_url_targets_local_mirror_main_head() {
         // Deploy + rebuild re-lock against the local applied mirror's `main`
-        // head (no `?rev`), never the persistent forge URL — so a rebuild
-        // survives forge unreachability and builds the fast-forwarded config.
+        // head (no `?rev`) — so a rebuild survives forge unreachability and
+        // builds the fast-forwarded config.
         let p = Path::new("/var/lib/hyperhive/agents/iris/applied");
         let url = applied_override_url(p);
         assert_eq!(url, "git+file:///var/lib/hyperhive/agents/iris/applied");

nix/host-modules/hive-c0re/default.nix

@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ let
     username = core
     [http]
     # Abort a stalled fetch instead of blocking startup indefinitely. If a
-    # git+http transfer (e.g. `nix flake lock` of the forge-hosted config
-    # inputs) drops below 1 KiB/s for 30s -- forge unreachable / not ready
-    # on cold boot -- git fails fast rather than hanging the whole daemon.
+    # git http transfer from the forge (e.g. filling an applied mirror)
+    # drops below 1 KiB/s for 30s -- forge unreachable / not ready on cold
+    # boot -- git fails fast rather than hanging the whole daemon.
     # Pairs with GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 (no credential-prompt hang) and the
     # migration shellout timeout in migrate.rs.
     lowSpeedLimit = 1024
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ in
       after = [ "hive-c0re.socket" ];
       path = [
         pkgs.git
-        # `git-credential-hive-forge` on PATH so git finds it when nix fetches
-        # the forge-hosted agent-config inputs (helper = hive-forge).
+        # `git-credential-hive-forge` on PATH so git finds it for git+http
+        # fetches from the forge (helper = hive-forge).
         forgeCredHelper
         "/run/current-system/sw"
       ];

nix/host-modules/hive-c0re/environment.nix

@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ in
   # Never let git block on an interactive credential prompt. hive-core is a
   # TTY-less system user, so a prompt (e.g. the forge credential helper
   # returns nothing because the forge isn't reachable yet on cold boot)
-  # would hang forever — this is what froze the whole daemon during startup
-  # migration's `nix flake lock` of the forge-hosted config inputs. With
-  # this set, git fails fast instead of prompting. Paired with the git http
+  # would hang forever and freeze the daemon during startup. With this set,
+  # git fails fast instead of prompting. Paired with the git http
   # low-speed abort in `safeDirGitconfig` (bounds a stalled transfer) and
   # the 120s migration shellout timeout in migrate.rs.
   GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT = "0";