fix(agents): block subagent spawning at the Claude Code level (disallow Task) (#377)

The fleet-wide subagent ban was implemented as an allowlist omission, but Task
is a default-permitted Claude Code built-in — an allowlist auto-approves, it
does not restrict. Under permission_mode="dontAsk" (intake/secretary SDK) and
defaultMode="bypassPermissions" (fleet), Task ran regardless and can_use_tool
was never invoked for it, so every Claude-path agent could still spawn
subagents despite allows_subagent=False. Only the grok path blocked it.

Explicitly disallow the subagent tool at every Claude-path spawn point:
disallowed_tools=["Task"] on the intake and secretary SDK drivers, and "Task"
in the fleet settings.json base_deny (an explicit deny applies even under
bypassPermissions). This mirrors the grok path's --disallowed-tools Agent.

Pins the ban in test_cc_lockdown.py (fleet settings deny Task) and a new
test_sdk_driver_subagent_ban.py (intake + secretary options disallow Task).

Co-authored-by: Renn F <rennf93@users.noreply.github.com>
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Renzo F
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"""The SDK-driver agents (intake, secretary) hard-disallow the `Task` tool.
`Task` is a default-permitted Claude Code built-in: omitting it from
`allowed_tools` only removes an auto-approve entry, it does not restrict, and
`permission_mode="dontAsk"` never routes a pre-permitted built-in through the
`can_use_tool` gate. So the ONLY claude-code-level block is an explicit
`disallowed_tools=["Task"]` (→ CLI `--disallowedTools Task`). These pin that
the intake interviewer and the Secretary cannot fan out subagents.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from roboco.agent_sdk.intake_driver import build_intake_options
from roboco.agent_sdk.secretary_driver import build_secretary_options
def test_intake_options_disallow_task() -> None:
opts = build_intake_options(
system_prompt="x", cwd="/tmp", session_id="s1", model="sonnet"
)
assert "Task" in opts.disallowed_tools
assert "Task" not in opts.allowed_tools
def test_secretary_options_disallow_task() -> None:
opts = build_secretary_options(system_prompt="x", cwd="/tmp", model="sonnet")
assert "Task" in opts.disallowed_tools
assert "Task" not in opts.allowed_tools