* feat(a2a): deliver latest incoming message preview into the claim briefing
list_unread_a2a now carries last_message_preview (the latest message from the
OTHER agent, never the agent's own reply), fetched via a correlated subquery in
the same query — no N+1 on the per-verb briefing path.
* feat(a2a): read_a2a verb delivers unread message bodies to the agent
A2AService.get_unread_messages returns the caller's unread INCOMING messages
(never its own sends), marking exactly those rows read atomically so a message
arriving mid-call is preserved. Wired as the read_a2a content verb (route +
do_server tool + granted to every delivery role) — the content-bearing read the
A2A inbox lacked (read_messages only zeroed the counter).
* docs(rag): document read_a2a as the A2A content-read path
* fix(task): backlog activation no longer requires a discussion session
Removes the SessionTaskTable gate in activate() (and its dangling log field),
deletes _inherit_parent_session + its create() call, and drops the now-unused
SessionTaskTable import. Coordination rides task state; the session subsystem is
being retired. Tests updated to the new (no-session) behavior.
* fix(orchestrator): drop session sweep from _run_sweep
Removes the messaging import + sweep_timed_out_sessions call. That import sat
outside the try/except, so once messaging.py is deleted it would have killed the
entire sweep cascade (budget kill-switch, token rollups, retention, image prune,
superseded-PR reconcile). Notification sweep + all maintenance sweeps unchanged.
* release-manager --no-tags read-clone fix
* test: update evidence_repo unit test for a2a last_message_preview
* refactor(gateway): drop session propagation on delegate
Removes propagate_sessions_to_subtask from delegate(), the ChoreographerDeps
messaging field + property, and the ChoreographerDeps messaging arg in deps.py
(ContentActions messaging + import stay until the verbs are removed). Deletes the
propagation test; strips the now-invalid messaging kwarg from ChoreographerDeps
test builders.
* refactor(gateway): remove say/open_session/link_session/channels verbs
Removes the four channel/session verbs across content_actions (impls +
ContentActionsDeps.messaging), do_server (tools + registry), role_config (grants
+ _CHANNEL_DISCOVERY), do.py (routes), schemas/v1/do.py (request models), and
deps.py (MessagingService import + construction). Regenerates the prompt verb
tables. dm/notify/read_messages/read_a2a stay. Tests deleted/updated accordingly.
* uv.lock Upgrade
* refactor: remove conversation RAG indexing; Secretary announces via notification
Drops the CONVERSATIONS index (index_conversation, ConversationsIndexPlugin,
IndexType.CONVERSATIONS enum, IndexConversationParams, mentor.py type-label, the
messaging index hook) and its chunk-table manifest entries. The Secretary's
ANNOUNCE/RELAY_MESSAGE now fan out a BROADCAST notification to every agent's
inbox (NotificationService.broadcast) instead of posting to a dead channel.
* fix(panel): label RAG health error lines by subsystem
A red llm_error (e.g. the glm-5.2:cloud weekly-limit 429) rendered under
the 'Embedding: ok' header with no label, reading as an embedding failure.
Prefix each error line with LLM / Embedding / Vector store.
* refactor: remove channel/message reads from metrics, dashboard, git, events
MetricsService drops get_communication_volume + the MessageTable
message-count in get_agent_metrics (and the now-dead messages_sent_week
field). DashboardService drops get_channel_feeds/_compute_channel_status
and the message read in get_recent_activity (task activity kept);
get_auditor_metrics no longer reports communication_volume.
GitService's two primary-session-id helpers always return None now
(callers already treat None as "no primary session"). events/handlers.py
drops the SESSION_CLOSED/SESSION_TIMEOUT subscriptions + the
handle_session_boundary handler.
Forced follow-on: api/routes/dashboard.py + api/schemas/dashboard.py
dropped the now-dangling live_feeds/ChannelFeed surface and the
/metrics/communication route, which wrapped the removed service calls
directly (mypy would otherwise fail on the missing attributes).
* refactor: delete MessagingService + channel seeding
Edited db/__init__.py and services/__init__.py first (drop the unconditional
Channel/Group/Message/Session table + MessagingService re-exports), then
deleted services/messaging.py, then trimmed db/seed.py to only create_agents
(create_channels/create_channel_memberships/create_initial_messages gone).
Forced expansion: api/routes/{channels,groups,sessions,messages}.py import
roboco.services.messaging directly (not through the package __init__), as
does api/routes/tasks.py (the session-links embed on GET /tasks/{id} and the
GET /{id}/sessions route). Deleting messaging.py without addressing these
breaks `import roboco.api.app` immediately, since app.py eagerly imports all
route modules at startup. Since the 4 CRUD route files are 100%
MessagingService-backed with zero independent logic (and are wholesale
deletes in the plan's later API-routes task anyway), deleted them now +
unmounted from app.py/routes/__init__.py; tasks.py got the same surgical
trim its later task already specified (drop session-links embed +
TaskSessionLinkResponse/TaskResponse.sessions). This pulls a slice of that
later work forward — the routes/schemas for channels/groups/sessions/messages
still need their own pass, but their messaging-coupled parts are gone.
Verified with a full-suite collection sweep (12010 tests collected, zero
import errors) beyond the directly touched test dirs, given the expanded
blast radius.
* refactor: remove channel/session/message models, tables, and channel policy
Models: deleted channel.py/group.py/session.py/messaging.py wholesale
(zero external consumers besides the models/__init__.py re-export).
message.py surgically trimmed: removed MessageCreate (dead) and MessageEdit
(never instantiated; ExtractedMessage.edit_history retyped to
list[dict[str, Any]] to match how it's actually persisted — confirmed
ExtractedMessage was never written to any DB table, so MessageTable's
removal carries no functional risk to the kept extraction pipeline).
base.py: removed SessionStatus + ChannelType, kept MessageType. Also
removed the confirmed-dead channels_read/channels_write fields from
models/agent.py:AgentPermissions and models/dashboard.py:ChannelFeedData.
db/tables.py: deleted ChannelTable/GroupTable/SessionTable/SessionTaskTable/
MessageTable, TaskTable.session_links, and JournalEntryTable.session_id —
cascaded through models/journal.py, services/journal.py, and
api/schemas+routes/journals.py (22 plumbing sites).
foundation/policy/communications.py: removed the ChannelSpec/CHANNELS
catalog + TEAM_SCOPED_ROLES/_CELL_*/_AUDITOR_ONLY helpers, kept the
notification policy (Priority/parse_priority/NOTIFY_SENDER_ROLES/
ACK_REQUIRED_BY_TYPE). enforcement/channel_access.py deleted (confirmed
fully dead in production). agents_config.py: removed CHANNEL_ACCESS
(kept A2A_ALLOWED_PAIRS). seeds/initial_data.py: removed
DEFAULT_CHANNELS/CHANNEL_MEMBERSHIPS/AUDITOR_SILENT_ACCESS + the
never-consumed INITIAL_MESSAGES. config.py: removed
session_idle_timeout_seconds (zero consumers). exceptions.py: removed
dead ChannelError/ChannelAccessDeniedError/SessionClosedError.
Forced expansion beyond the original file list — ChannelType cascaded
into a live, mounted surface the plan didn't trace: agents_config.
CHANNEL_ACCESS -> services/permissions.py's channel-RBAC methods (not
models/permissions.py, which turned out to have no channel code at all)
-> two real endpoints in api/routes/stream.py (GET /permissions,
GET /permissions/channel/{name}) and two dependency factories in
api/deps.py. Removed the channel methods + fields, deleted the
channel-specific stream.py endpoint, deleted require_channel_read/write.
Also deleted api/schemas/{channels,sessions}.py (hard dependency on the
removed enums; already fully dead after the Task 10 route deletions) and
api/schemas/messages.py (a TYPE_CHECKING-only import of the deleted
MessageTable; likewise already fully dead) + its dedicated test file.
Test updates: test_permissions.py -14 channel tests (matches the planned
count exactly), test_communications.py / test_communications_consumers.py
split to keep only notification-policy coverage, test_exceptions.py -9,
test_deps.py -4, plus the journal/stream/foundation-smoke fallout. Also
fixed a pre-existing (Task 7) broken assertion in
test_foundation_phase3_smoke.py that inspected a `say()` method already
removed from ContentActions.
Verified: full-suite collection (11961 tests, zero import errors) and a
complete test run (11567 passed, 394 skipped, 0 failed) in addition to
the targeted suites.
* migration: drop channels/groups/sessions/session_tasks/messages + enum types
alembic/versions/060_drop_messaging.py: drop_column journal_entries.
session_id (sidesteps hardcoding the FK constraint name — verified
empirically against a live migrated DB that it's actually
fk_journal_entries_session_id_sessions, but drop_column doesn't care
either way); drop_table in FK order (messages -> session_tasks ->
sessions -> groups -> channels); DROP TABLE IF EXISTS chunks_conversations
(runtime-provisioned, not alembic-managed, would otherwise orphan); DROP
TYPE IF EXISTS for messagetype/sessionstatus/sessionscope/channeltype
(messagetype's Python enum stays for ExtractedMessage, but the DB type
had zero live columns left once MessageTable was dropped in the prior
commit). downgrade() raises NotImplementedError — one-way removal.
Pruned scripts/reset_runtime_state.sql + .sh: removed the DELETE/COUNT
lines for messages/session_tasks/sessions/groups/channels and the
groups.active_session_id reset block.
Verified end-to-end against a scratch Postgres DB: full migration chain
001->060 applies cleanly, alembic heads shows a single head, all 6 dropped
tables + 4 enum types + the journal_entries.session_id column are
confirmed gone, journal_entries keeps only its journal_id/task_id FKs,
downgrade correctly raises NotImplementedError without corrupting DB
state, and the pruned reset_runtime_state.sql runs clean (no errors)
against a fully-migrated DB.
* refactor(api): remove channel/session/message routes + WS streams
Most of this task's file list was already forced through in earlier
commits (routes/{channels,groups,sessions,messages}.py + app.py/__init__.py
unmounting in the MessagingService-deletion commit; tasks.py's
session-links embed + GET /{id}/sessions + schemas/tasks.py's
TaskResponse.sessions in that same commit; deps.py's require_channel_read/
write + schemas/{channels,sessions}.py in the models/tables commit). This
closes out what was left:
- api/websocket.py: deleted the channel_stream + session_stream routes,
ConnectionManager's channel_connections/session_connections dicts,
connect_channel/connect_session, broadcast_to_channel/broadcast_to_session,
get_channel_subscriber_count, and their cleanup lines in disconnect().
Agent streams, notification streams, and the operator system stream are
untouched.
- api/websocket_bridge.py: deleted _handle_session_event +
_handle_message_event and their SESSION_CREATED/SESSION_CLOSED/
SESSION_TIMEOUT/MESSAGE_SENT subscriptions. The A2A live-view, rate-limit,
usage, agent-lifecycle, and notification bridges are untouched.
- api/schemas/websocket.py: removed NewMessageBroadcast, WSMessageNew,
WSMessageEdit, WSMessageDelete, WSSessionClosed — kept the WSMessage base
class (still subclassed by the kept WSAgentStream/WSNotification) plus
those two.
- api/schemas/groups.py: deleted (already fully orphaned since routes/
groups.py was removed; its GroupResponse/GroupDetailResponse had zero
consumers).
Updated the 5 websocket test files accordingly (removed the channel/
session-specific tests + fixed imports); test_websocket_bridge.py's
registration-coverage test dropped the SESSION_*/MESSAGE_SENT assertions.
Verified: full-suite collection (11943 tests, zero import errors) and a
complete test run (11549 passed, 394 skipped, 0 failed).
* docs: retire channels/sessions/messages from agent-facing docs + CLAUDE.md
Rewrites docs/rag (RAG-indexed) + docs/map + CLAUDE.md to reflect A2A (dm +
read_a2a) as primary agent comms; deletes the channel docs, splits messaging-tools
+ messaging-notification (renamed notification.md), swaps the WS worked example to
A2A_MESSAGE_SENT. _complete_map.md still needs regeneration (generated file).
* refactor(panel): remove Communications surface (channels/sessions)
Deletes the /communications routes, message components, task-detail Sessions tab,
use-channels + channel/session WS hooks, and the channels/sessions/messages/groups
api clients; prunes the Channel/Session/Message/Group types + mock data. (Auditor
live-feeds + dashboard.ts dead-route cleanup is a follow-up.)
* refactor(panel): drop auditor channel-feed + dead communication-metric route
* docs(map): regenerate _complete_map from updated slices
* fix(a2a): reduce get_unread_messages complexity below xenon C + stale comments
Extract the per-conversation unread-counter recompute into _reset_unread_counter
(the CI quality gate flagged get_unread_messages as rank C). Also drop the deleted
open_session from a content_actions comment and reword an evidence_repo docstring
that cited the removed messaging._notify_mentions.
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Co-authored-by: Renn F <rennf93@users.noreply.github.com>
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A2A Collaboration Workflow
Overview
Agents collaborate directly through the dm content tool on the roboco-do MCP server, with read_a2a to read what you were sent. There is no roboco_agent_* or roboco_a2a_* tool — A2A is just dm + read_a2a.
Key: A2A is about existing tasks, NOT task creation. Pass the task_id you're collaborating on so the message is linked to it.
Flow
1. Reach out → dm(recipient, text, task_id) for a direct message
2. Receive → read_a2a() to read incoming A2A message bodies
→ notify_list() / notify_get(id) to read your notify inbox
Direct Messages (same cell only)
# Direct A2A inside your cell (same team — no policy gate)
dm(
recipient="be-qa",
text="Quick sanity check on the rate-limit boundary before I open the PR?",
task_id="<task>",
)
Cross-cell dm is denied by policy. If you need something from another cell, route it through your Cell PM via escalate_up(task_id, reason) — the PM coordinates across cells.
Messaging the CEO
dm(recipient="ceo", ...) follows a different rule than same-cell DM: you can never open a CEO conversation (only reply inside one the CEO already started), and once it's open you get at most one reply per CEO message before you must wait for the CEO to post again. See docs/rag/tools/a2a-tools.md for the full contract and the exact refusal messages.
Receiving Messages — read_a2a
Your claim briefing surfaces incoming A2A under unread_a2a — each entry shows the sender and a preview of their latest message. To read the full bodies (and clear them):
read_a2a() # -> {"messages": [{from_agent, content, created_at}, ...]}
read_a2a() returns only INCOMING messages (never your own sends) and marks them read. It also clears i_am_idle()'s unread-A2A soft-block.
Task Creation Rules
Only PMs create tasks (via the delegate verb). Regular agents cannot create work from a dm.
If a conversation surfaces work that needs a new task:
- Escalate to your Cell PM:
escalate_up(task_id, reason="Needs a subtask for X") - The PM decides whether to
delegatea subtask
Permissions
Most roles can dm (same-cell) and read incoming messages with read_a2a, plus check their notify inbox with notify_list / notify_get.
The Auditor is a silent observer: it can read (notify_list, notify_get) but has no dm or notify — it never communicates outwardly.
Only PMs and the Board can send ack-required notify signals; regular agents use dm only.