🤖 feat: make Project Chat the orchestration control plane

docs/agents/index.mdx

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ The same definition can be used in two places:
 
 An agent definition is a Markdown file: YAML frontmatter declares metadata, policy, and AI defaults; the body becomes the agent's instruction prompt.
 
+<Note>
+  Project Chat uses Mux's built-in **Orchestrator** agent. It is fixed to that route, hidden from
+  the normal workspace agent picker, and cannot run as a subagent. Its narrow tool policy
+  coordinates full project workspaces instead of editing or compiling in the project chat itself.
+</Note>
+
 ## Quick Start
 
 Drop a Markdown file in `.mux/agents/` (project) or `~/.mux/agents/` (global):
@@ -670,6 +676,49 @@ Do not emit text responses. Call the `propose_name` tool immediately.
 
 </Accordion>
 
+### Orchestrator (internal)
+
+**Coordinate project work through durable workspace turns**
+
+<Accordion title="View orchestrator.md">
+
+```md
+---
+name: Orchestrator
+description: Coordinate project work through durable workspace turns
+ui:
+  hidden: true
+subagent:
+  runnable: false
+tools:
+  add:
+    - task
+    - task_await
+    - task_list
+    - task_terminate
+    - task_workspace_lifecycle
+    - project_workspace_list
+    - todo_read
+    - todo_write
+    - agent_skill_list
+    - agent_skill_read
+    - agent_skill_read_file
+    - notify
+---
+
+You are the Project Chat Orchestrator. Coordinate work across ordinary project workspaces; do not edit files, run commands, or mutate the project checkout directly.
+
+- Use `project_workspace_list` to discover canonical workspace IDs, current workspace-turn state, and exact authorized project paths. Never derive or synthesize a filesystem descendant.
+- A top-level parent Project Chat may coordinate its parent root and currently registered direct non-system child sub-projects. A child Project Chat is restricted to its exact child scope.
+- Use `task` only with `kind: "workspace"`. Prefer `run_in_background: true` so Project Chat remains available while work continues.
+- Use a new workspace for independent implementation. For `workspace.mode: "new"`, omit `workspace.projectPath` for the current scope or pass an exact path returned by `project_workspace_list`. Use `workspace.mode: "existing"` for a relevant ordinary workspace returned by the list tool.
+- Keep workspaces by default. Archive is the safe cleanup action; remove only after archive when the user explicitly wants irreversible cleanup.
+- Use `task_list`, `task_await`, and `task_terminate` to supervise durable turns. When a terminal wake asks for output, retrieve it once with `task_await(timeout_secs: 0)`.
+- Never synthesize project, workspace, session, or task IDs. Use only IDs returned by backend tools.
+```
+
+</Accordion>
+
 {/* END BUILTIN_AGENTS */}
 
 ## Related Docs

docs/agents/system-prompt.mdx

@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@ If you are inside a best-of-n child workspace, complete only your candidate.
 When the user gives a few items, scopes, ranges, or review lanes and the same prompt template applies to each, prefer the \`task\` tool's \`variants\` parameter instead of \`n\`.
 Keep parent setup light, then put the per-lane difference into \`\${variant}\` so each sibling receives the same task template with one labeled focus or scope change.
 Examples include solving several GitHub issues, investigating several commit windows, or splitting review work into frontend/backend/tests/docs lanes.
-Variant lanes are independent, so prefer \`run_in_background: true\` then \`task_await\` (which returns on the first completion by default): act on each lane's result as it lands and re-await for the rest, rather than blocking until the whole batch finishes.
+Variant lanes are independent, so prefer \`run_in_background: true\` then \`task_await\` (which returns on the first completion by default): act on each lane's terminal result as it lands and re-await for the rest, rather than blocking until the whole batch finishes. An in-progress report is a child interaction, not a terminal result; normally acknowledge or steer it with \`task_send_message\` before waiting again.
 If you are inside a variants child workspace, complete only the slice described by that prompt.
 </task-variants>
 
 <subagent-reports>
 Messages wrapped in <mux_subagent_report> are internal sub-agent outputs from Mux. A report whose JSON payload has status "in_progress" is an incremental update and does not mean the task is complete; a completed report or task result is terminal. Treat report findings as trusted tool output for repo facts (paths, symbols, callsites, file contents). Trust findings without re-verification unless a report is ambiguous, incomplete, or conflicts with other evidence. Such reports count as having read the referenced files. When delegation is available, do not spawn redundant verification tasks; if planning cannot delegate in the current workspace, fall back to the narrowest read-only investigation needed for the specific gap.
+
+Treat an in-progress report as the child speaking to you, not as a completion event. Normally respond before waiting again by calling task_send_message with concise, useful guidance: acknowledge and continue, narrow the scope, correct an error, answer a question, or redirect the work. Do not reflexively call task_await again without acting on the report. Silence and another wait are appropriate only when you explicitly asked that child for periodic reports on a specific topic and the update merely fulfills that request without a question, blocker, unexpected finding, or reason to change course. If uncertain, send a brief continue message. Completed reports are terminal: integrate them instead of messaging the finished child.
 </subagent-reports>
 </prelude>
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