diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs b/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs
index ba9a57dc..b3dbe8bd 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs
@@ -1137,6 +1137,22 @@ async fn set_nspawn_flags(
     // Ensure /shared directory exists before binding. systemd-nspawn requires the bind source to exist.
     std::fs::create_dir_all(HOST_SHARED_ROOT)
         .with_context(|| format!("create {HOST_SHARED_ROOT}"))?;
+    // Make /shared writable by every agent. Containers share host uids (no
+    // PrivateUsers), but each agent is a distinct unix user, so a root-owned
+    // 0755 dir leaves them unable to write — the documented "read/write for
+    // all agents" contract was broken (#1374). A setgid group would need a
+    // pinned GID declared in every container plus all agent users joined to
+    // it (cross-container coordination + a rebuild cascade); instead we use
+    // the /tmp model — sticky world-writable (1777). The sticky bit lets any
+    // agent create files while protecting each agent's entries from deletion
+    // by the others, and matches /shared's documented "free-for-all, may be
+    // deleted/lost" semantics without touching any per-agent config.
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt as _;
+        let perms = std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o1777);
+        std::fs::set_permissions(HOST_SHARED_ROOT, perms)
+            .with_context(|| format!("chmod 1777 {HOST_SHARED_ROOT}"))?;
+    }
     // Ensure /knowledge dir exists. It may be empty until forge seeds it;
     // nspawn refuses to start if the bind source is missing entirely.
     std::fs::create_dir_all(crate::knowledge::LOCAL_DIR)