diff --git a/docs/turn-loop.md b/docs/turn-loop.md
index 6a6bab3..daca2b8 100644
--- a/docs/turn-loop.md
+++ b/docs/turn-loop.md
@@ -112,6 +112,33 @@ it as a stdio child via `--mcp-config`. The hyperhive socket name is
   answer routes back to the asker's own inbox as
   `HelperEvent::OperatorAnswered` via `coord.notify_agent`.
 
+### Waking the agent from inside the container
+
+External MCP servers (and any other in-container process) can
+inject a wake-up event into the agent's inbox via the per-agent
+socket at `/run/hive/mcp.sock`. Two equivalent paths:
+
+- **Shell out to `hive-ag3nt wake --from <label> --body <text>`**
+  (use `--body -` to read body from stdin). Already on the
+  container's `PATH` since the harness binary is in
+  `systemPackages`. Convenient for shell-script integrations.
+
+- **Speak the wire protocol directly** — JSON-line over the
+  unix socket: `{"cmd":"wake","from":"matrix","body":"new dm
+  from @alice"}\n`. Same shape any other AgentRequest uses;
+  see `hive-sh4re::AgentRequest::Wake`.
+
+The wake event lands in the broker as `{from:<label>,
+to:<agent>, body}`, which wakes whatever `recv` call the
+harness is currently blocked on. Next turn fires with the
+wake prompt formed from that message — claude sees "from:
+matrix" (or whatever label) and reacts.
+
+Identity = socket: anything that can connect to
+`/run/hive/mcp.sock` is implicitly trusted to inject these,
+which is fine because the bind-mount is the agent's own
+container only.
+
 ### Extra MCP servers (per-agent)
 
 Each agent's NixOS config can declare additional MCP servers via
diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-ag3nt.rs b/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-ag3nt.rs
index 3a1b201..bd87393 100644
--- a/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-ag3nt.rs
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-ag3nt.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ enum Cmd {
     /// `--mcp-config`; tools dispatch through `/run/hive/mcp.sock` back into
     /// the hyperhive broker.
     Mcp,
+    /// Inject a wake-up event into this agent's inbox so the next turn
+    /// fires with the given body. Intended for extra MCP servers /
+    /// helpers running inside the container (matrix bridge, scraper,
+    /// webhook listener) that need to nudge claude on external events.
+    /// `from` is the sender label that appears in the wake prompt
+    /// (claude sees "from: matrix" etc.).
+    Wake {
+        #[arg(long)]
+        from: String,
+        /// Body of the wake message. Pass `-` to read from stdin.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        body: String,
+    },
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -94,6 +107,25 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             }
         }
         Cmd::Mcp => mcp::serve_agent_stdio(cli.socket).await,
+        Cmd::Wake { from, body } => {
+            // Read body from stdin if caller passed `-`. Same convention
+            // many CLI tools use; keeps multi-line / shell-quoting
+            // friction out of the body content.
+            let body = if body == "-" {
+                let mut buf = String::new();
+                std::io::Read::read_to_string(&mut std::io::stdin(), &mut buf)?;
+                buf
+            } else {
+                body
+            };
+            let resp: AgentResponse =
+                client::request(&cli.socket, &AgentRequest::Wake { from, body }).await?;
+            match resp {
+                AgentResponse::Ok => Ok(()),
+                AgentResponse::Err { message } => anyhow::bail!("wake: {message}"),
+                other => anyhow::bail!("wake: unexpected response {other:?}"),
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/agent_server.rs b/hive-c0re/src/agent_server.rs
index ed5b7fb..c12e02c 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/agent_server.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/agent_server.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ async fn dispatch(req: &AgentRequest, agent: &str, coord: &Arc<Coordinator>) ->
                 message: format!("{e:#}"),
             },
         },
+        AgentRequest::Wake { from, body } => match broker.send(&Message {
+            from: from.clone(),
+            to: agent.to_owned(),
+            body: body.clone(),
+        }) {
+            Ok(()) => AgentResponse::Ok,
+            Err(e) => AgentResponse::Err {
+                message: format!("{e:#}"),
+            },
+        },
         AgentRequest::Recent { limit } => match broker.recent_for(agent, *limit) {
             Ok(rows) => AgentResponse::Recent { rows },
             Err(e) => AgentResponse::Err {
diff --git a/hive-sh4re/src/lib.rs b/hive-sh4re/src/lib.rs
index 298d5ad..2035fe4 100644
--- a/hive-sh4re/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hive-sh4re/src/lib.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,16 @@ pub enum AgentRequest {
     /// per-agent equivalent of the old dashboard T4LK form, but scoped to
     /// the agent whose page the operator is on.
     OperatorMsg { body: String },
+    /// Wake-up event injected from inside the container — typically an
+    /// extra MCP server (matrix, scraper, webhook bridge) signalling
+    /// that external work has arrived for this agent. Recipient is
+    /// implicit (this agent); `from` is caller-chosen so the wake
+    /// prompt can label the source ("matrix: new message in
+    /// #general"). Identity = socket means anything that can connect
+    /// to `/run/hive/mcp.sock` is implicitly trusted to inject these,
+    /// which is fine: the bind-mount is restricted to the agent's
+    /// own container.
+    Wake { from: String, body: String },
     /// Last `limit` messages addressed to this agent, newest-first.
     /// Non-mutating — pulls from the broker without delivering. The
     /// per-agent web UI uses this to render its own inbox section.