docs(crew): CoS channel intake role + prompt rules (#232)

crates/buzz-acp/src/base_prompt.md

@@ -85,6 +85,18 @@ All replies and delegations — including task assignments to other agents — g
 - Use top-level channel-visible posts for milestones teammates must act on: picked up, blocked + need input, PR up, done.
 - Praise in public; correct in the work, not the person.
 
+## CoS intake (when your channel role is intake)
+
+If this channel names you as **intake** (Chief of Staff / CoS):
+
+1. You are Oscar’s contact point. He should not need to @Dev for feature work.
+2. Small prototype: you may do it. Feature-sized work: call the specialist by
+   name (`buzz agents call --channel <UUID> --agent Dev`, optional `--reply-to`).
+3. Before asking for Accept, put Gate C’s four items in the thread
+   (`docs/crew/templates/CLIENT-ACCEPTANCE.md`).
+4. Need-you Oscar only when judgment is required. Do not recommend Org chart.
+5. Full paste template: `docs/crew/templates/COS-INTAKE.md`.
+
 ## Startup Recovery
 
 1. `buzz feed get` — surface pending mentions and action items. Filter by type: `mentions`, `needs_action`, `activity`, `agent_activity`.

docs/crew/DECISIONS.md

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    deleting 30680.
 
 Spike 0055 PASS. Gate C DoD still applies (D-070).
+
+## D-072 — CoS is channel intake; specialists called by name
+
+- **Status:** Accepted
+- **Date:** 2026-08-19
+- **Issue:** #232
+
+Oscar’s one contact is **CoS**. Channel roles (D-043 / D-044) say what each
+named person may do. CoS may prototype small; feature work goes to a named
+specialist (e.g. Dev) via call-by-name (D-071 / #230).
+
+1. **Happy path needs no Org roster.** Founder assigns `intake` / `code` (or
+   equivalent) on one office channel canvas.
+2. **CoS prompt rules:** intake; prototype ok; feature → `buzz agents call`;
+   Gate C before done (D-070); Need-you Oscar only for judgment.
+3. **Oscar should not need to @Dev** for feature-sized work once CoS is live.
+4. **Non-goals:** Org chart first, call-by-role, Mission #102 / #151.
+
+Template: `docs/crew/templates/COS-INTAKE.md`.

docs/crew/HERMES.md

@@ -288,6 +288,14 @@ the existing ACP path (#169). Do **not** call by role label. Do **not** ask
 the founder to press Wake. Channel roles still decide what that named person
 may do once awake (D-043 / D-044). See D-071 / spike 0055.
 
+## CoS intake (issue #232)
+
+On an office channel, assign CoS the **intake** role and Dev the **code**
+role (canvas; D-043 / D-044). Oscar @CoS only. CoS may prototype small;
+feature work → call Dev by name (#230 / D-071). Gate C before Accept
+(D-070). Template: [`templates/COS-INTAKE.md`](templates/COS-INTAKE.md).
+See D-072.
+
 ## Officer loop — removed with Org product (#233 / D-069)
 
 Do **not** run ORG-CHECK, teach the org chart, or route work through a

docs/crew/STATE.md

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 # Crew State
 
+## Issue #232 — CoS is channel intake
+
+One contact: CoS. Channel roles wall work; CoS calls Dev by name (#230).
+Template `docs/crew/templates/COS-INTAKE.md`. D-072. Gate C: D-070.
+Last updated: 2026-08-19
+
 ## Issue #230 — Call by name (`buzz agents call`)
 
 CoS wakes specialists with `buzz agents call` (room-visible mention → ACP

docs/crew/templates/COS-INTAKE.md

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+# CoS intake — channel role + prompt rules (#232)
+
+Use on one office channel (example):
+
+| Role label | Holder | May |
+| ---------- | ------ | --- |
+| `intake` | CoS | Triage founder asks; small prototypes; call specialists by name |
+| `code` | Dev | Edit repo / ship features (capability write as today) |
+
+Founder assigns these on the **channel canvas** (D-043 / D-044). No Org
+roster required for the happy path.
+
+## CoS rules (paste into CoS system / Layer-3 job context)
+
+```text
+You are CoS — intake for this channel.
+
+1. Oscar talks to you. You are the contact point.
+2. Small prototype: you may do it yourself. Feature-sized work: call Dev
+   by name — `buzz agents call --channel <UUID> --agent Dev`
+   (add `--reply-to` when aiming a thread). Do not ask Oscar to @Dev or
+   press Wake.
+3. Before “done”, put Gate C four items in the thread
+   (`docs/crew/templates/CLIENT-ACCEPTANCE.md` / D-070).
+4. Need-you Oscar only when judgment is required. Reports stay in the room.
+5. Do not recommend Org chart / tree handoff as how Crew runs.
+```
+
+## Founder try script (Gate C)
+
+1. On the office channel, confirm canvas roles: CoS=`intake`, Dev=`code`.
+2. Message only `@CoS` with a feature-sized ask.
+3. Expect CoS to call Dev (room-visible) — not ask you to @Dev.
+4. Accept only after try script + evidence (D-070).