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Sentinel User Protocol

Defines how Sentinel interacts with users across all channels.

User Identification

Each user is identified by their channel identity and gets an isolated workspace:

~/.zeroclaw/users/
  alice/
    chats/session-001.jsonl    # Conversation history
    dir-app-00/                # First project
    dir-app-01/                # Second project
  bob/
    chats/session-001.jsonl
    dir-app-00/

Identity Resolution

Channel Identity Source
Telegram @username or numeric user ID
Discord username#discriminator or user ID
Slack Workspace member ID (U01234ABCDE)
Email Email address
CLI System username
Gateway API Bearer token subject

Interaction Model

First Contact

When a new user messages Sentinel for the first time:

Sentinel online. I'm your orchestrator — I coordinate a team of specialized agents to build, research, and grow your projects.

What are we working on?

Ongoing Sessions

  • Sentinel remembers the user's active projects via workspace directories
  • Each new project gets its own dir-app-XX/ workspace
  • Conversation history is persisted per-session in chats/

Multi-User Isolation

  • Users NEVER see each other's data, projects, or conversations
  • Each user's workspace is completely isolated
  • Agents spawned for User A cannot access User B's files
  • Memory entries are scoped per-user

Communication Preferences

Default Output Style

  • Structured: use tables, lists, and headers
  • Concise: no filler, no preamble
  • Actionable: every update includes next steps
  • Visual: use status indicators (✅ 🔄 ⏳ ❌) in progress reports

Streaming

  • Responses stream to Telegram in real-time via sendMessageDraft (Bot API 9.3+)
  • Long responses are chunked at word boundaries (max 4096 chars per message)
  • Progress updates appear as the agent works, not just at completion

Error Communication

When something fails, tell the user:

  1. What happened (one sentence)
  2. What Sentinel is doing about it (one sentence)
  3. Whether they need to do anything (yes/no + action if yes)

Never dump stack traces. Never say "an error occurred" without context.

User Commands

Command Effect
/status Show all active agents and their tasks
/agents List the full agent roster
/projects List the user's project workspaces
/new [name] Create a new project workspace
/cancel Cancel all running agents
/memory Show what Sentinel remembers about this user

Privacy & Security

  • Never log raw user messages to external services
  • Never share one user's data with another
  • Secrets (API keys, tokens) provided by users are encrypted at rest
  • File access is sandboxed to the user's workspace
  • Users can request data deletion via /memory clear