From 9978fd3ef505e9417eceffecec49ed3ea76448c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meta Vens <rwvens@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 18:44:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Stop social prompts from tripping source grounding

---
 apps/bot/src/discord-bot-support.ts | 2 +-
 apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts         | 8 +++++---
 state/evidence.jsonl                | 1 +
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot-support.ts b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot-support.ts
index 91dcc1e..6f0b1da 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot-support.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot-support.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export function inferSourceGroundingHint(
 
   for (const repo of repoSummaries) {
     for (const alias of buildRepoAliases(repo.repoName)) {
-      if (alias.length < 4) {
+      if (alias.length < 6) {
         continue;
       }
 
diff --git a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
index f209bc1..86d631e 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
@@ -271,14 +271,16 @@ export async function startBot(): Promise<void> {
       return;
     }
 
+    const isDirectMessage = !message.inGuild();
+
     await ingestIfIndexed(message, config.channelIndexing, ragPipeline);
     await rememberAmbientVoidReference(message, client.user?.id, interactionMemory);
 
-    if (!client.user || !message.mentions.has(client.user)) {
+    if (!client.user || (!isDirectMessage && !message.mentions.has(client.user))) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const prompt = stripBotMention(message.content).trim();
+    const prompt = isDirectMessage ? message.content.trim() : stripBotMention(message.content).trim();
 
     if (!prompt) {
       await replyToMessage(
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ export async function startBot(): Promise<void> {
         providerRegistry,
         stylePack: activeStylePack,
         systemMessages: activeSystemMessages,
-        silentOwnerQueueAck: true,
+        silentOwnerQueueAck: !isDirectMessage,
       });
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(error);
diff --git a/state/evidence.jsonl b/state/evidence.jsonl
index ebd2543..26762cb 100644
--- a/state/evidence.jsonl
+++ b/state/evidence.jsonl
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 {"ts":"2026-05-02T11:48:55Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Source repo indexing now auto-reconciles during startup and watchdog runs, and the source archive is sharded by repo behind a manifest because the old monolithic source-documents.json hit real size limits and broke incremental writes."}
 {"ts":"2026-05-02T14:05:54Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Scheduled-task helpers must anchor repo-relative scripts, dotenv loading, and path resolution to the VoidBot root; relying on cwd keeps sending System32 in to eat them."}
 {"ts":"2026-05-02T17:34:02Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Layered private system message catalogs over the tracked base, deferred slow slash replies before provider execution, and chunked Discord output so missing keys and overlong local_llm replies stop failing live interactions."}
+{"ts":"2026-05-02T17:39:46Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Source-grounding alias matching now ignores overly short repo components so social prompts mentioning Void stop tripping fake repo-evidence requirements, and direct messages intentionally count as prompts without requiring a mention."}