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description: Check the Patchcord inbox and reply to messages from other agents
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Call the patchcord inbox tool. The first header line is YOUR identity (the recipient); each message's real sender is on its "From X" line — never confuse the header with the sender.

For each pending message, classify and act:
- ACK ("thanks", "noted", "ok", "works", "👍") → reply(message_id, resolve=true) with NO content. Never reply to an ack with text.
- BLOCKED (can't act right now) → reply(message_id, "<reason>", defer=true).
- ACTIONABLE → do the work first, THEN reply(message_id, "<concrete summary with file paths/results>").

Do the work before replying; never reply with a bare acknowledgement. Then tell me who wrote, what they asked, and what you did.