diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 5b0d3719..d8ce5e71 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -123,15 +123,18 @@ hand-maintained per-file tree drifts out of sync with the code.
   + manager socket (`/run/hive/mcp.sock`), the protocol an agent's harness
   speaks to `hive-c0re`. Same split rationale as the two above; the shared
   payload types it references stay in `hive-sh4re`.
-- **`hive-agent-sock/`** — wire types for the *in-agent* socket, served by
-  the harness to in-container producers — matrix / bash MCP daemons and
-  `forge_notify` are the built-in ones, but any user-configured MCP server
-  can push todos here too, nothing restricts the `subsystem` set. Carries
-  the loose-ends-v2 **todo** ops plus
-  harness-local reminders. ⚠️ Distinct from
+- **`hive-agent-sock/`** — what's common across the in-container "agent
+  plugins" (matrix/bash/subagent MCP daemons, `forge_notify`, any
+  user-configured MCP server). Wire types for the *in-agent* socket, served
+  by the harness to those producers — nothing restricts the `subsystem` set
+  on the todo ops, any producer can push its own. Carries the loose-ends-v2
+  **todo** ops plus harness-local reminders. ⚠️ Distinct from
   `hive-core-agent-sock` above: **this socket never leaves the container**
   and `hive-c0re` is not in the path at all — no broker round-trip, no
-  long-poll, no marker files.
+  long-poll, no marker files. Also carries `extra_mcp`: the
+  `hyperhive.extraMcpServers` spec + parsing, shared by `hive-agent` and
+  `hive-subagent-mcp` — not a socket protocol, just the natural home since
+  both already depend on this crate.
 - **`hive-types/`** — zero-dependency (bar serde) leaf crate holding the
   foundational newtypes, chiefly `Ident` (1–63 chars of `[a-z0-9-]`,
   constructed only via the validating parser). Lets every wire-type crate
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 570e2c91..447ae62b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1654,7 +1654,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hive-agent-sock",
  "hive-claude",
  "hive-core-agent-sock",
- "hive-extra-mcp",
  "hive-sh4re",
  "hive-sock-client",
  "http-body-util",
@@ -1706,6 +1705,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "hive-sh4re",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1806,15 +1807,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hive-extra-mcp"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hive-forge"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2002,7 +1994,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "hive-agent-sock",
  "hive-claude",
- "hive-extra-mcp",
  "hive-sock-client",
  "hive-types",
  "rmcp",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2f660c5e..a4d1206f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ members = [
   "hive-core-agent-sock",
   "hive-bash-mcp",
   "hive-c0re",
-  "hive-extra-mcp",
   "hive-screen-mcp",
   "hive-forge",
   "hive-forge-notify",
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ hive-jobq = { path = "hive-jobq" }
 hive-jobq-metrics = { path = "hive-jobq-metrics" }
 hive-jobq-wire = { path = "hive-jobq-wire" }
 hive-core-agent-sock = { path = "hive-core-agent-sock" }
-hive-extra-mcp = { path = "hive-extra-mcp" }
 hive-claude = "0.1.1"
 hive-host-sock = { path = "hive-host-sock" }
 hive-priv-sock = { path = "hive-priv-sock" }
diff --git a/hive-agent-sock/Cargo.toml b/hive-agent-sock/Cargo.toml
index 0c6b82e7..b0585ffd 100644
--- a/hive-agent-sock/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hive-agent-sock/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 serde.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
 hive-sh4re.workspace = true
diff --git a/hive-agent-sock/README.md b/hive-agent-sock/README.md
index e133aad8..59ed906b 100644
--- a/hive-agent-sock/README.md
+++ b/hive-agent-sock/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 # hive-agent-sock
 
-Wire types for the **in-agent socket** — the one the `hive-agent` harness serves
-_inside_ the container to its local producers. The matrix / bash MCP daemons
-and `forge_notify` are the _built-in_ producers that ship today, but any
-user-configured MCP server declared in an agent's `agent.nix` can dial this
-socket and push its own todos with an arbitrary `subsystem` marker — the
-wire format doesn't restrict the set. Unlike the host-served sockets, this
-one **never leaves the container**.
+What's common across the in-container "agent plugins" — the matrix / bash /
+subagent MCP daemons and `forge_notify` today, plus any user-configured MCP
+server declared in an agent's `agent.nix`. Two things live here:
 
-## What it carries
+## Wire types for the in-agent socket
+
+The socket the `hive-agent` harness serves _inside_ the container to those
+local producers. Any producer can dial it and push its own todos with an
+arbitrary `subsystem` marker — the wire format doesn't restrict the set.
+Unlike the host-served sockets, this one **never leaves the container**.
 
 - the loose-ends-v2 **todo** op family
 - the harness-local **reminder** op family
@@ -16,14 +17,23 @@ one **never leaves the container**.
 More in-agent request families may be added over time — the socket is
 deliberately named for the agent, not for the todos.
 
-## Why in-container
+**Why in-container**: the harness owns the todo + reminder stores locally and
+signals its own turn loop directly, so `hive-c0re` is not in either path: no
+broker round-trip, no long-poll, no marker files. That locality is the
+point — it's also what lets these stores travel with the agent for hive
+portability.
 
-The harness owns the todo + reminder stores locally and signals its own turn
-loop directly, so `hive-c0re` is not in either path: no broker round-trip, no
-long-poll, no marker files. That locality is the point — it's also what lets
-these stores travel with the agent for hive portability.
+**Not to be confused with `hive-core-agent-sock`**: that crate is the
+_host_-served core↔agent protocol on `/run/hive/mcp.sock` (the harness
+talking out to `hive-c0re`). This socket is purely intra-container.
 
-## Not to be confused with `hive-core-agent-sock`
+## `extra_mcp`: the `hyperhive.extraMcpServers` spec
 
-That crate is the _host_-served core↔agent protocol on `/run/hive/mcp.sock`
-(the harness talking out to `hive-c0re`). This socket is purely intra-container.
+Not a socket protocol — a shared config type. Parses
+`/etc/hyperhive/extra-mcp.json` (the nix-rendered `hyperhive.extraMcpServers`
+option) and renders each entry into the shape claude expects in a
+`--mcp-config` blob. Shared by `hive-agent` (the main session's servers) and
+`hive-subagent-mcp` (the subagent-eligible subset, gated on
+`availableToSubagents`) — both already depend on this crate for the socket
+types above, so a new plugin-facing shared type belongs here rather than in
+a crate of its own.
diff --git a/hive-extra-mcp/src/lib.rs b/hive-agent-sock/src/extra_mcp.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from hive-extra-mcp/src/lib.rs
rename to hive-agent-sock/src/extra_mcp.rs
index c9cca275..57681c57 100644
--- a/hive-extra-mcp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hive-agent-sock/src/extra_mcp.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 //! Shared spec for `hyperhive.extraMcpServers` entries: the on-disk JSON
 //! shape the nix module (`nix/agent-modules/mcp.nix`) renders to
 //! `/etc/hyperhive/extra-mcp.json`, plus the parsing and per-entry
-//! JSON-rendering logic every consumer needs. Split out of `hive-agent`
-//! (its only consumer until now) so `hive-subagent-mcp` can build its own
-//! filtered subagent `--mcp-config` without depending on a binary crate that
-//! has no lib target — same rationale as the `*-sock` crate splits
-//! elsewhere in this workspace.
+//! JSON-rendering logic every consumer needs. Lives in `hive-agent-sock`
+//! rather than a crate of its own: this crate is already what's common
+//! across the in-container "agent plugins" (matrix/bash/subagent MCP
+//! daemons, `forge_notify`) — the todo-socket wire types above, and now
+//! this — so a new plugin-facing shared type belongs here rather than in
+//! a fresh single-purpose crate.
 
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::path::Path;
diff --git a/hive-agent-sock/src/lib.rs b/hive-agent-sock/src/lib.rs
index aab4e2e7..9458f1e0 100644
--- a/hive-agent-sock/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hive-agent-sock/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
-//! Wire types for the *in-agent* socket, served by the hive-agent harness
-//! to the in-container producers. Matrix / bash MCP daemons and
-//! `forge_notify` are the built-in ones today, but `subsystem` on the todo
-//! ops below is a plain string, not a closed set: any user-configured MCP
-//! server declared in an agent's `agent.nix` can dial this socket and push
-//! its own todos the same way. Carries the loose-ends-v2 *todo* op family
-//! plus the harness-local *reminder* op family; more in-agent request
-//! families may be added over time (the socket is deliberately named for
-//! the agent, not the todos).
+//! Rescoped beyond its original name: what's common across the in-container
+//! "agent plugins" (matrix/bash/subagent MCP daemons, `forge_notify`, and any
+//! user-configured MCP server) — not just the in-agent socket wire types.
+//!
+//! **Wire types for the *in-agent* socket**, served by the hive-agent harness
+//! to those producers. `subsystem` on the todo ops below is a plain string,
+//! not a closed set: any user-configured MCP server declared in an agent's
+//! `agent.nix` can dial this socket and push its own todos the same way.
+//! Carries the loose-ends-v2 *todo* op family plus the harness-local
+//! *reminder* op family; more in-agent request families may be added over
+//! time (the socket is deliberately named for the agent, not the todos).
 //!
 //! Distinct from `hive-core-agent-sock`, the *host*-served core↔agent
 //! protocol on `/run/hive/mcp.sock`: this socket never leaves the
 //! container. The harness owns the todo + reminder stores locally and
 //! signals its own turn loop directly, so hive-c0re is not in either path —
 //! no broker round-trip, no long-poll, no marker files.
+//!
+//! **`extra_mcp`**: the `hyperhive.extraMcpServers` spec + parsing, shared by
+//! `hive-agent` (the main session's `--mcp-config`) and `hive-subagent-mcp`
+//! (the subagent-eligible subset) — not a socket protocol at all, but this
+//! crate is the natural home since both consumers already depend on it.
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use hive_sh4re::inbox::LooseEnd;
 
+pub mod extra_mcp;
 pub mod paths;
 
 /// In-container path of the harness-served in-agent socket. The harness
diff --git a/hive-agent/Cargo.toml b/hive-agent/Cargo.toml
index d5d31c93..14478708 100644
--- a/hive-agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hive-agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ clap.workspace = true
 hive-claude.workspace = true
 hive-agent-sock.workspace = true
 hive-core-agent-sock.workspace = true
-hive-extra-mcp.workspace = true
 hive-sh4re.workspace = true
 hive-sock-client.workspace = true
 libc.workspace = true
diff --git a/hive-agent/src/mcp_config.rs b/hive-agent/src/mcp_config.rs
index da8fd869..e13a4585 100644
--- a/hive-agent/src/mcp_config.rs
+++ b/hive-agent/src/mcp_config.rs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ pub fn allowed_mcp_tools(groups: &[hive_sh4re::permissions::ToolGroup]) -> Vec<S
     // pattern list to `mcp__<server>__<pattern>` so claude can call
     // them without per-tool operator approval. `["*"]` (the default)
     // expands to `mcp__<server>__*` — every tool from that server.
-    for (server, spec) in hive_extra_mcp::load_extra_mcp() {
+    for (server, spec) in hive_agent_sock::extra_mcp::load_extra_mcp() {
         if server == SERVER_NAME || !extra_server_enabled(&server, groups) {
             continue;
         }
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ fn build_mcp_servers() -> serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value> {
     // agent isn't entitled to must not even appear in the MCP config, or the
     // agent could call it directly (there is no later enforcement point).
     let groups = effective_tool_groups();
-    for (name, spec) in hive_extra_mcp::load_extra_mcp() {
+    for (name, spec) in hive_agent_sock::extra_mcp::load_extra_mcp() {
         if name == SERVER_NAME {
             tracing::warn!(
                 "extra MCP server name `{SERVER_NAME}` collides with the built-in surface; ignoring",
diff --git a/hive-extra-mcp/Cargo.toml b/hive-extra-mcp/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3954c7bf..00000000
--- a/hive-extra-mcp/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "hive-extra-mcp"
-edition.workspace = true
-version.workspace = true
-
-[lints]
-workspace = true
-
-[dependencies]
-serde.workspace = true
-serde_json.workspace = true
-tracing.workspace = true
-
-# Shared spec for `hyperhive.extraMcpServers` — see src/lib.rs. Split out of
-# `hive-agent` (its only consumer until now) so `hive-subagent-mcp` can build
-# its own filtered subagent `--mcp-config` without depending on a binary
-# crate that has no lib target — same rationale as the `*-sock` crate splits
-# elsewhere in this workspace.
diff --git a/hive-subagent-mcp/Cargo.toml b/hive-subagent-mcp/Cargo.toml
index 9c673464..b3315719 100644
--- a/hive-subagent-mcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hive-subagent-mcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ axum.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 hive-agent-sock.workspace = true
 hive-claude.workspace = true
-hive-extra-mcp.workspace = true
 hive-sock-client.workspace = true
 hive-types.workspace = true
 rmcp.workspace = true
diff --git a/hive-subagent-mcp/src/mcp_config.rs b/hive-subagent-mcp/src/mcp_config.rs
index bced0bc5..74520314 100644
--- a/hive-subagent-mcp/src/mcp_config.rs
+++ b/hive-subagent-mcp/src/mcp_config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Builds a subagent's own filtered `--mcp-config`: only
 //! `hyperhive.extraMcpServers` entries with `availableToSubagents = true`
-//! (see `hive_extra_mcp::ExtraMcpServer::available_to_subagents`) ever reach
+//! (see `hive_agent_sock::extra_mcp::ExtraMcpServer::available_to_subagents`) ever reach
 //! a subagent's claude invocation. Everything else — the built-in hyperhive
 //! surface (todos/messaging), the automatically injected `bash` and `subagent`
 //! entries — stays unreachable by construction: none of those default to
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ const CONFIG_FILE: &str = "subagent-mcp-config.json";
 #[must_use]
 pub fn build() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     let state_dir = crate::paths::state_dir();
-    let servers: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value> = hive_extra_mcp::load_extra_mcp()
-        .into_iter()
-        .filter(|(_, spec)| spec.available_to_subagents())
-        .map(|(name, spec)| (name, spec.to_json_entry(&state_dir)))
-        .collect();
+    let servers: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value> =
+        hive_agent_sock::extra_mcp::load_extra_mcp()
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|(_, spec)| spec.available_to_subagents())
+            .map(|(name, spec)| (name, spec.to_json_entry(&state_dir)))
+            .collect();
     if servers.is_empty() {
         return None;
     }