Route commands to agents by name

Type or say tell Alex to run the tests in the command bar and Alex’s window receives exactly run the tests — the addressing is stripped, a meteor animation flies to the receiving window, and the agent knows it’s Alex (every task carries a one-line identity context). Routing works for every window type, not just agents.

The addressing forms

You say	Who gets it
tell Alex to <task> / ask Alex <question>	Alex
Alex, <task> / Alex: <task>	Alex
<task> (no name)	The focused agent window
send <message> to Alex	Alex
send command to the terminal <command>	The terminal (aliases: browser, kanban, music, whiteboard, code, hermes/ninja)
hey hermes, <request>	The Hermes orchestrator

Dictation fillers are fine: “Uh ask Alex what the build status is” routes and strips correctly. Negations are respected — “Don’t ask Alex about this” is never treated as an address.

Good to know

• A minimized window still receives routed commands — it’s restored first, so nothing is lost.
• If nothing matches (no window by that name, no command), you get a toast instead of silence.
• Every route is recorded in the Audit Log.
• Voice and typing are equivalent everywhere: dictation fills the same command bar.

If the agent seems confused about its own name

Update to v0.1.80+ — earlier versions could pass the raw addressed sentence through, making the agent respond as if “Alex” were a stranger. Current versions strip the address and tell the agent who it is.