The topology predicate `is_descendant_of` gated the four schedule-
managing verbs: a caller could only name a schedule owned by an agent at
or below itself in `topology.json`. Those gates now permit any requester,
so the predicate, its pure `_in` form and the `schedule_authorized`
wrapper built on it are gone rather than left returning a constant. The
other two wrappers went earlier with the verbs they served —
`require_descendant` with the lifecycle MCP verbs in 87970a8c, and
`resolve_agent_state_target` with `get_loose_ends`'s agent parameter.
`require_group(agent, "scheduling", ...)` is untouched and still fires at
dispatch for every one of the five scheduling verbs, so holding the tool
group remains the gate; what goes is the ownership restriction layered on
top of it.
The three schedule-mutating verbs keep their row lookup as a plain
existence check, so a caller naming a schedule that does not exist still
gets `not found` rather than a message from deeper in the cancel path.
`list_schedules` stops filtering per row: it would only have hidden rows
the requester may act on anyway.
Error messages, tool descriptions and docs that described the subtree
relation are reworded — a refusal message naming a topology that no
longer decides anything is worse than none.
The six `is_descendant_of_in` unit tests go with the function they test;
the permit behaviour they leave unasserted is picked up by the next
commit.
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Scheduling and diagnostics tools
scheduling tool group
Scheduled prompts fan a message body out to one or more agent inboxes at a future time, optionally recurring.
Creating one goes through the operator approval queue, even when it
targets only yourself — use remind for an unapproved self-wake. The
other four verbs need no approval: holding the scheduling tool group
is the whole gate.
Authorization is one rule for all four verbs: you reach every schedule in
the hive, whoever owns it. list_schedules shows the same set, so the
snapshot only ever shows schedules you could also cancel.
request_schedule_prompt(targets, body, first_fire_at_unix, interval_seconds?, description?)
Queue an operator-approval for a scheduled prompt. On approve,
hive-c0re fans body out to each agent in targets at
first_fire_at_unix (Unix timestamp). Recurring when interval_seconds
is set, one-shot otherwise.
Catch-up clamp: if hive-c0re is down across multiple intervals, only
ONE delayed fire happens on resume (per recurring schedule). The
skipped-cycle count surfaces in the per-target last_result for
audit.
edit_schedule(id, body?, description?, interval_seconds?, next_fire_at_unix?, targets_add?, targets_remove?)
Partial-update a schedule. Pass only the fields to change; absent
fields stay untouched. targets_add / targets_remove mutate the
recipient list in the same transaction — re-adding a previously
cancelled target drops its tombstone and starts fresh.
interval_seconds accepts positive values only via this tool (omit
to keep the existing cadence; pass a new positive value to change
it). Toggling recurring → one-shot (clearing the interval) is
operator-only via the dashboard PATCH endpoint. Refuses cancelled
rows (terminal state).
cancel_schedule(id, targets?)
Cancel a schedule. Omit targets / pass empty to cancel the whole
schedule; pass a list to cancel just those recipients (the schedule
autocancels once every target is gone).
fire_schedule_now(id)
Fire a scheduled prompt out of band immediately. Recurring schedules keep their cadence — the manual fire is additive. The manual fire consumes one-shot schedules and cancels them afterwards.
list_schedules()
Snapshot every schedule in the hive (active, and cancelled but not yet
reaped) — same read scope as the rest of this group. Returns id, owner,
body, per-target last_fired_at and last_result,
next_fire_at_unix, interval_seconds. Use to look up an id before
cancelling, or to audit upcoming wake-ups across the hive.
read_host_journal capability
Capability-gated (not a tool group) — the operator enables it in the
P3RM1SS10NS C4P4B1L1T13S section. Unlike tool groups this isn't
configurable from agent.nix.
get_host_journal(unit?, container?, lines?, priority?, grep?, since?, until?)
Fetch recent lines from the host journal (requires
read_host_journal capability). Useful when you need visibility
outside your own container — infrastructure services, hive-c0re
lifecycle events, or another container's boot log.
unit— filter to a systemd unit (for examplehive-c0re.service).container— nspawn machine name verbatim. Agent containers use theh-<name>prefix (for exampleh-iris); infrastructure containers use their full name (for examplehive-ci,hive-forge,hive-matrix). Omit for the host journal. The gateway has no machine — its nginx runs on the host, so read it withunit: nginx.serviceand nocontainer.lines— how many lines to return (default 30, max 100).priority— minimum syslog level (emerg…debug).grep— regex matched against log message fields (journalctl --grep).since/until— time bounds (for example-1h,2024-01-01 12:00:00).
See also
remind(no-approval self-wake path) — documented indocs/turn-loop/.docs/agent-lifecycle/approvals.md— approval flow forrequest_schedule_prompt.