fix: break feedback loop - only write to inbox from send_message tool

Previously the outbound loop wrote every message to inbox, causing
the homelab bot to process its own responses as new tasks. Now only
explicit claude.ai send_message tool calls write to inbox.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

mcp_bridge/mcp_server.py

@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ def send_message(message: str) -> str:
     """
     chat_id = get_group_chat_id()
     outbound_id = db.queue_outbound(chat_id, message)
+
+    # Write to homelab bot inbox so it processes the task
+    from pathlib import Path
+    inbox_path = Path.home() / "homelab" / "telegram" / "inbox"
+    try:
+        with open(inbox_path, "a") as f:
+            f.write(f"[MCP Bridge Task from claude.ai] {message}\nAcknowledge this task and begin working on it. Respond in the group chat.\n")
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
     return json.dumps({"sent": True, "id": outbound_id})
 
 

mcp_bridge/telegram_bot.py

@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ class BridgeBot:
                 for msg in pending:
                     try:
                         await self.send_to_group(msg["content"], msg["attribution"])
-                        await self._write_to_homelab_inbox(msg["content"], msg["attribution"])
                         self.db.mark_outbound_sent(msg["id"])
                         logger.info(f"Sent outbound message {msg['id']}")
                     except Exception as e: