/m1-window-gate

The client manifest explicitly selects --mode seat, independently of host discovery. Seat mode checks ~/.golems/m1-procedure.lock with one lstat when absent, then ALLOWs without reading configuration or loading the shell parser. A real lock directory with an owner.json containing the procedure's exact SHA/timestamp stem and current UID blocks heavy or mutating Bash and Write, Edit, MultiEdit and NotebookEdit. Symlinks, files, missing/unreadable or invalid owners also block mutation, naming an UNKNOWN stem when ownership is untrusted. Only a valid lock permits an exemption for a call carrying its exact stem or m1-golems-sync-<run label>-<UTC_TS> lane. The label uses the same grammar as dispatch mode (letters, digits and ., _, :, -, e.g. run1, run2, run2.4); the 20-digit timestamp must equal the lock's stem. Prefix/suffix lookalikes do not qualify.

During an OPEN window, dispatch mode still allows a t3_thread_send message to an M1 lead (a top-level thread: an mcp:… or import:… id, or a bare UUID) in auto, queue or steer mode, so orc and leads can keep talking to it. Every thread:… id (delegated tasks, provider-native subagents, scheduled runs), a restart send, attachments and every other dispatch tool stay blocked.

Seat Bash permits plain calls to ls, cat, head, tail, wc, stat, ps, pgrep, uptime, df, du -s, git status/log/diff/show/rev-parse, grep/rg, non-mutating find, echo, date (optionally -u/+format), pwd and whoami. Every pipeline/list command must qualify. Redirects, substitutions, wrappers, dynamic arguments and options that write files or invoke helpers are refused conservatively using _shared/shell_parse. Existing shell aliases/functions and configured executable helpers are outside static inspection; this is a maintenance backstop, not a sandbox. The procedure itself runs python3 -I -B - over SSH stdin, outside agent tool calls; no hook sees or changes that work. Crashed runs retain their lock until the procedure releases it through completion, rollback or retirement. Claude covers the listed file tools; Codex seat registration remains Bash-only, so native apply_patch and other tools are outside this gate's Codex coverage.

The mbp entry retains default dispatch mode (also --mode dispatch):

The owner profile reads ~/.golems/m1-window-gate.json (regular file, current UID, mode 0600) with schema: 1, an absolute registry path, and string arrays m1_ssh_targets and m1_environment_ids. Keep deployment values out of git. No config means ALLOW. Installer status reports m1-window-gate unconfigured. Invalid configuration or an unreadable registry denies identifiable M1 calls. If configuration cannot be decoded, the public m1 SSH alias and any recoverable target arrays remain identifiable; lost custom mappings cannot be reconstructed.

Claude covers Bash and the manifest's T3 tools carrying environmentId, including nested inputs. Codex's existing adapter accepts Bash/apply_patch only; this gate registers Bash-only. Configured hosts match SSH destinations and remote copy operands. Shared shell parsing distinguishes commands from quoted prose and inspects substitutions and shell -c payloads. Arbitrary scripts, dynamic host expansion, SSH config aliases absent from the config, and unregistered tools remain outside static inspection. This is a dispatch backstop, not a sandbox.

Latest appended events win per lane and per WINDOW stem. Every still-open stem must appear in the call, or the call must carry that window's own STARTED m1-golems-sync-…-<UTC_TS> lane. Other lanes and settled lanes do not qualify. Closed windows allow calls silently. The gate prints nothing unless a window is OPEN.

The normal fail-open wrapper preserves deliberate exit-2 M1 denials. Global --fail-closed would also block unrelated calls on launcher/import failure, violating the scoped contract. Infrastructure failure therefore remains a known fail-open boundary (the Codex transport itself retains its existing fail-closed failure behavior). Installation and native-seat verification belong to the lead. Run python3 -m pytest skills/golem-powers/m1-window-gate/tests -q for subprocess RED/GREEN fixtures; they execute the hook, never SSH or a T3 dispatch.