From 07a7abb2485d895bc1385e375e884e42b717e669 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <lkn@darkstar.example.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:36:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?wait=5Ffor=5Fbead:=20remove=20role=20filter=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20bot=20decides=20whether=20to=20claim?=
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Role filtering was silently dropping events when $AGENT_ROLE didn't
match the default "developer". The bot already handles out-of-scope
work refusal — no need to filter here.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 mcptools/wait_for_bead.sh | 21 ++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mcptools/wait_for_bead.sh b/mcptools/wait_for_bead.sh
index 018ced6..e3a309a 100755
--- a/mcptools/wait_for_bead.sh
+++ b/mcptools/wait_for_bead.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # capabilities: beads
-# description: Block until a bead matching --mount and --role is ready, then print its full JSON (including comments) and exit. Uses the anvillm/events stream — no polling.
-# Usage: wait_for_bead.sh --mount <mount> [--role <role>]
+# description: Block until a bead is ready on the given mount, then print its full JSON (including comments) and exit. Uses the anvillm/events stream — no polling.
+# Usage: wait_for_bead.sh --mount <mount>
 set -euo pipefail
 
 MOUNT=""
-ROLE="${AGENT_ROLE:-developer}"
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case "$1" in
         --mount) MOUNT="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-        --role)  ROLE="$2";  shift 2 ;;
         *) echo "unknown argument: $1" >&2; exit 1 ;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [ -z "$MOUNT" ]; then
-    echo "usage: wait_for_bead.sh --mount <mount> [--role <role>]" >&2
+    echo "usage: wait_for_bead.sh --mount <mount>" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -29,18 +27,7 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
     source=$(echo "$line" | jq -r '.source // empty' 2>/dev/null)
     [ "$source" = "$EXPECTED_SOURCE" ] || continue
 
-    # Check role label matches (format: "role:<role>")
-    bead_role=$(echo "$line" | jq -r '
-        .data.labels // [] |
-        map(select(startswith("role:"))) |
-        first // "" |
-        ltrimstr("role:")
-    ' 2>/dev/null)
-    # Default to "developer" if no role label
-    [ -z "$bead_role" ] && bead_role="developer"
-    [ "$bead_role" = "$ROLE" ] || continue
-
-    # Emit full bead data and exit
+    # Emit full bead data and exit — bot decides whether to claim
     echo "$line" | jq '.data'
     exit 0
 done < <(9p read anvillm/events)