From 8ccd524f7dfc842bbd43ab7f964a50888d44c54b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <lkn@darkstar.example.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:02:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] claim_bead: use $AGENT_ID instead of --assignee flag

The bot claiming a bead is always the bot working on it. Remove the
--assignee flag; AGENT_ID is required in the environment.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 mcptools/claim_bead.sh | 23 +++++++++++------------
 skills/beads/SKILL.md  |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mcptools/claim_bead.sh b/mcptools/claim_bead.sh
index 9057713..6214c0d 100755
--- a/mcptools/claim_bead.sh
+++ b/mcptools/claim_bead.sh
@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # capabilities: beads
-# description: Claim a bead for work
-# Usage: claim_bead.sh --mount <mount> --id <bead-id> [--assignee <id>]
+# description: Claim a bead for work. Assignee is taken from $AGENT_ID.
+# Usage: claim_bead.sh --mount <mount> --id <bead-id>
 set -euo pipefail
 
 
 MOUNT=""
 BEAD_ID=""
-ASSIGNEE=""
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case "$1" in
-        --mount)    MOUNT="$2";    shift 2 ;;
-        --id)       BEAD_ID="$2";  shift 2 ;;
-        --assignee) ASSIGNEE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --mount) MOUNT="$2";   shift 2 ;;
+        --id)    BEAD_ID="$2"; shift 2 ;;
         *) echo "unknown argument: $1" >&2; exit 1 ;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [ -z "$MOUNT" ] || [ -z "$BEAD_ID" ]; then
-    echo "usage: claim_bead.sh --mount <mount> --id <bead-id> [--assignee <id>]" >&2
+    echo "usage: claim_bead.sh --mount <mount> --id <bead-id>" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ -n "$ASSIGNEE" ]; then
-    echo "claim $BEAD_ID $ASSIGNEE" | 9p write anvillm/beads/$MOUNT/ctl
-else
-    echo "claim $BEAD_ID" | 9p write anvillm/beads/$MOUNT/ctl
+if [ -z "${AGENT_ID:-}" ]; then
+    echo "error: AGENT_ID is not set" >&2
+    exit 1
 fi
-echo "claimed $BEAD_ID${ASSIGNEE:+ → $ASSIGNEE}"
+
+echo "claim $BEAD_ID $AGENT_ID" | 9p write anvillm/beads/$MOUNT/ctl
+echo "claimed $BEAD_ID → $AGENT_ID"
diff --git a/skills/beads/SKILL.md b/skills/beads/SKILL.md
index 31bf7ce..0f991cd 100644
--- a/skills/beads/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/beads/SKILL.md
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ Claim bead:
 ```
 Tool: execute_code
 tool: claim_bead.sh
-args: ["--mount", "<mount>", "--id", "<id>", "--assignee", "$AGENT_ID"]
+args: ["--mount", "<mount>", "--id", "<id>"]
 ```
+Assignee is taken automatically from `$AGENT_ID` in the environment.
 
 Complete bead:
 ```