From 4c83e0d2bfe5d5b63287c79f01fbda66ed9d2715 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <lkn@darkstar.example.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:54:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] claim_bead: exit 1 on failed ctl write instead of printing
 success

9p write error was ignored; bots always printed "claimed" regardless
of whether the server rejected the claim with ErrAlreadyClaimed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 mcptools/claim_bead.sh | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mcptools/claim_bead.sh b/mcptools/claim_bead.sh
index 6214c0d..2d67291 100755
--- a/mcptools/claim_bead.sh
+++ b/mcptools/claim_bead.sh
@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@ if [ -z "${AGENT_ID:-}" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "claim $BEAD_ID $AGENT_ID" | 9p write anvillm/beads/$MOUNT/ctl
+if ! result=$(echo "claim $BEAD_ID $AGENT_ID" | 9p write anvillm/beads/$MOUNT/ctl 2>&1); then
+    echo "error: claim failed: $result" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
 echo "claimed $BEAD_ID → $AGENT_ID"