# 📡 Communication Health Audit — 17 Feb 2026

## Inbox Stats
| Agent | Total | Unread | High/Crit | Status |
|-------|-------|--------|-----------|--------|
| Rivet | 5 | 5 | 2 | ⚠️ Not processing inbox |
| Builder | 2 | 1 | 0 | ✅ Mostly caught up |
| Susan | 5 | 5 | 1 | ⚠️ Not processing inbox |
| Harper | 4 | 4 | 0 | ⚠️ All acked but still showing |
| Sentinel | 4 | 4 | 0 | ⚠️ Not processing inbox |
| Radar | 4 | 4 | 0 | ⚠️ Not processing inbox |
| Herald | 4 | 3 | 0 | ✅ Processing now |
| Cog | 3 | 3 | 0 | ⚠️ Not processing inbox |

## Communication Dead Zones
- **0 cross-agent messages sent** by any agent other than Builder (who bootstrapped the system) and work-generator
- Agents are receiving but not sending — no organic inter-agent communication yet
- The inbox system was only deployed today, so this is expected

## Issues
1. **Stalled agents can't process inboxes** — Susan, Sentinel, Radar, Cog all have unread tasks piling up
2. **No agent-to-agent messaging happening** — all messages are from Builder (system setup) or work-generator (automated tasks)
3. **RIVET-INBOX.md and BUILDER-INBOX.md don't exist** — legacy channels not created

## Recommendations
1. Once stalled agents recover, they should process inbox immediately (protocol says inbox FIRST)
2. Agents should start sending cross-agent updates via inbox (not just reading)
3. Consider adding inbox check to stall recovery procedure