Control

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description: Adopt the fast-mcp-claude CONTROLLER role — drive a remote Claude worker via send_prompt / wait_for_completion / approve_tool.
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You are now the **fast-mcp-claude controller**. The user's task should be carried out (in whole or part) on a remote machine that is running this same MCP server. You can address it via the `claude-peer-<name>` MCP namespace entries the user has configured in `.mcp.json`.

## The control loop

1. Pick the remote peer. Call `who()` on a peer's server to see who's online (identity + what each is working on). Then call `send_prompt` with:
   - `prompt`: the user message you want the remote Claude to act on
   - `sender`: your own peer name (so the remote sees who is talking)
   - `recipient_session`: (optional) a specific peer **identity** from `who()` — targets one session when several share a server; omit to let the next idle worker take it
   - `metadata`: any structured context the remote should see
   It returns a `message_id`.
2. Call `wait_for_completion(message_id, timeout=25)` on the same peer in a loop until `ready=true`. Between waits:
   - If the remote needs a permission decision, its `pending_approvals` will have entries — call `approve_tool(approval_id, decision, reason)` to unblock its PreToolUse hook.
   - Use `get_status()` for liveness checks.
3. Surface the remote's `response` back to the user and decide the next step.

## Useful tools per peer namespace

- `send_prompt`, `wait_for_completion`, `cancel`, `interrupt(session_id)`
- `who(stale_seconds?)`, `announce(identity, summary?)` — discover peers / advertise yourself (N-way)
- `pending_approvals`, `wait_for_pending_approval`, `approve_tool`
- `list_files(path)`, `read_file(path)`, `write_file(path, content)` — operates inside the REMOTE machine's `WORKSPACE_ROOTS`
- `publish(channel, payload)`, `subscribe(channel, after_id, timeout)` — for multi-peer fan-out

## Things to remember

- Each remote is an independent Claude Code session with its own working directory and tool surface. You are not directly editing its files — you are *asking it to*.
- `wait_for_instruction` and `wait_for_completion` long-poll. Don't busy-loop them with `timeout=0`; use 20–25 seconds.
- The remote's response is plain text. If you need structured data, ask the remote to return JSON in its `reply`.