src/inbound.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,30 @@ type FabricMessage = {
   xType?: string;
 };
 
+// Walk cfg.bindings for the entry that ties `agentId` to a fabric account.
+// Returns the binding's match.accountId (the slot label routing keys on);
+// returns undefined when the agent has no explicit fabric binding so the
+// caller can fall back to agentId without changing pre-existing semantics
+// for agents whose binding accountId == agent_id anyway.
+function findFabricBindingAccountId(cfg: unknown, agentId: string): string | undefined {
+  const bindings = (cfg as { bindings?: Array<{
+    agentId?: string;
+    match?: { channel?: string; accountId?: string };
+  }> })?.bindings;
+  if (!Array.isArray(bindings)) return undefined;
+  for (const b of bindings) {
+    if (
+      b?.agentId === agentId &&
+      b?.match?.channel === 'fabric' &&
+      typeof b?.match?.accountId === 'string' &&
+      b.match.accountId.length > 0
+    ) {
+      return b.match.accountId;
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 export class FabricInbound {
   private sockets: Socket[] = [];
   private seen = new Set<string>();
@@ -541,10 +565,22 @@ export class FabricInbound {
       // (commands-handlers `isDirectMessage` checks ChatType==='direct')
       // misclassifies the turn.
       const { peerKind, chatType } = fabricPeerRoutingForXType(m.xType);
+      // resolveAgentRoute needs the *binding* accountId (the channel-side
+      // slot name) — not the openclaw agentId. For most agents the binding
+      // is `{agentId: X, match: {channel: fabric, accountId: X}}` so the
+      // two coincide; but for shared-placeholder cases (e.g. the recruitment
+      // `interviewee` slot bound to multiple agents over its lifetime) the
+      // binding accountId is the slot label ("interviewee", "Neon", …) not
+      // the agent_id. Passing agentId there returned bindings=0 and silently
+      // fell back to `main`, hijacking sub-discussion turns. Look up the
+      // agent's fabric binding accountId here; fall back to agentId when no
+      // explicit binding exists (preserves prior behavior for agents with
+      // no fabric binding declared).
+      const bindingAccountId = findFabricBindingAccountId(this.cfg, agentId) ?? agentId;
       const route = core.channel.routing.resolveAgentRoute({
         cfg: this.cfg,
         channel: 'fabric',
-        accountId: agentId,
+        accountId: bindingAccountId,
         peer: { kind: peerKind, id: channelId },
       });
       const storePath = core.channel.session.resolveStorePath(cfg.session?.store, {