**Chat log** from Bead: Orchestrator · [canonical source](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/4c6470f9-b74a-4aba-b436-5e998f469cce/2026-06-18/chats/2026-06-18-master-scheduler-bind.md) · session 2026-06-18 · discussion: Talk: Orchestrator *Verbatim chat log: immutable provenance. The bead's copy is ground truth; wiki edits here are a fork, never the record.*
Bound during the `devops-git` (`974d57e3`) session; this turn advanced **bead-orchestrator**, so the log lands here per chat-log discipline. Verbatim user prompt; assistant turn summarized with pointers.
## Turn — bind the master-scheduler duty (verbatim) > bead-bind bead-orchestrator. this bead will can manage master scheduler of beads calling their steps. > look at the bead's structure and figure out where to put this informaion. probably in its agent.md and > agent.json. is there an agent.mjs. I would hope so *(Context: IDE had `74c30681/repo/dev/through-the-lens-test-v2.html` open — unrelated.)* ### Assistant actions 1. Read the orchestrator's structure: `agent.md`, `agent.json` (4-duty `orchestrator` block), `about.md`, `names.json`, charter note 00, and note 01 (which already designed a deterministic `step.mjs` for the orchestrator's **own** tick). No `agent.mjs` existed. 2. Found the canonical `agent.mjs` pattern in `d4b881f0/agent.mjs` (agent-based-hubler-network): `meta` + `startup`/`setup`/`step` hooks + a Node self-test. That bead is also the source of the *beads-as-AgentScript-agents, `world.ask(beads, b=>b.step())`* framing. 3. Placed the new role as **Duty 5 (master scheduler)** — distinct from note 01's own-tick: the orchestrator is the **World**; its `step` drives every *other* bead's `step`. Duties 1-4 become one scheduled job (the orchestrator schedules itself). Mayordomo ethics preserved: `ask` invokes each bead's **own** agency; the World asks, each turtle moves itself. 4. Wrote the requested files: - **`agent.mjs`** (new execute-face) — `startup`/`setup`/`step`/`die` + pure `schedule()` + `ask()`. `step` = SENSE (census `.agents/*` into a population) → COMPUTE (`schedule`: who's due, pure) → ACT (`world.ask(due, b => stepBead(b))`). `stepBead` is a runtime-injected seam defaulting to a **dry-run** (no side effects). **Node self-test verified** against the live commons: 103 beads, 2 schedulable (this bead + `d4b881f0`); dry-run `world.ask` correctly lists both. - **`agent.json`** — `executable: "agent.mjs"`, a `master-scheduler` duty, and a `scheduler` block (the `ask`/cadence/lease contract + the per-bead `scheduler` sub-card schema); `lifecycle.step` rewritten as the scheduler tick. - **`agent.md`** — Duty 5, the execute-face line, persona/lifecycle rewritten around `world.ask`. - **note 02** `2026-06-18/notes/02-master-scheduler-world-ask.md` — the design + 6 open Qs for Stephen. - **`names.json`** — mounted `f4ef67b7` (agentscript-webgpu), `d4b881f0` (hubler-network), `874fce5b` (hubler-wires). **`about.md`**, **`bead-bind-startup.md`**, **`keywords.json`** updated. 5. All JSON validated; bead synced to canonical URI. Durable outputs: `agent.mjs`, `2026-06-18/notes/02-master-scheduler-world-ask.md`, and the updated `agent.md` / `agent.json` / `about.md` / `names.json` / `keywords.json` / `bead-bind-startup.md`. **Answer to "is there an agent.mjs": there is now** — and its `step` is the master scheduler itself. **Open for Stephen** (note 02 §7): clock home, `stepBead` transport, cadence default, lease coupling, overrun policy, and ratifying the per-bead `scheduler` sub-card into `beads.md`.