feat: platform tab anchors at PlatformManifest + export CL_ANCHOR

.console/log.md

@@ -339,3 +339,9 @@ Created profile yamls for each with lazygit git pane and standard helpers.
 ## 2026-05-23 — Genericize fleet-repo ref + standardize hook
 
 - Genericized SyncingSolution ref in .custodian/config.yaml comment (public repo; private fleet layer must not be named). Standardized .hooks/pre-push.
+
+## 2026-05-24 — Platform tab anchors at PlatformManifest + export CL_ANCHOR
+
+- launcher._multi_pane_block: cross-repo group tab cwd → PlatformManifest (was bare ~/Documents/GitHub). git-watcher still spans all group repos.
+- bootstrap.get_claude_command: wrapper now exports CL_ANCHOR=<cwd> so OC-launched sessions satisfy the CL guard hooks (which now hard-require CL_ANCHOR, no CWD fallback). Single-repo tabs anchor at their repo; group tab at PlatformManifest.
+- Added tests/test_anchor_launch.py (2 tests). NOTE: pre-existing test_watcher_pane.py failures are unrelated (confirmed on clean main).

src/operator_console/bootstrap.py

@@ -138,9 +138,14 @@ def get_claude_command(
 
     sf = str(session_file).replace("'", "'\\''")
     pd = str(project_dir).replace("'", "'\\''")
+    # Anchor the session at its cwd (a manifest for group tabs, the repo for
+    # single-repo tabs). ContextLifecycle's guard hooks hard-require CL_ANCHOR
+    # and refuse to fall back to CWD, so it must be exported before launch.
+    ca = str(cwd.resolve()).replace("'", "'\\''")
 
     script = (
         "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n"
+        f"export CL_ANCHOR='{ca}'\n"
         f"SESSION_FILE='{sf}'\n"
         f"PROJECT_DIR='{pd}'\n"
         "_save_session() {\n"

src/operator_console/launcher.py

@@ -110,20 +110,25 @@ def _multi_pane_block(
     indent: str = "        ",
     tab_name: str | None = None,
 ) -> str:
-    safe_cwd    = str(_GITHUB_DIR).replace("'", "'\\''")
+    # Cross-repo group tabs anchor at PlatformManifest (the ecosystem manifest /
+    # cognition host) rather than the bare workspace root — so the session has a
+    # valid CL_ANCHOR (see bootstrap.get_claude_command) instead of an
+    # un-anchored ~/Documents/GitHub. The git-watcher still spans all group repos.
+    group_cwd   = _GITHUB_DIR / "PlatformManifest"
+    safe_cwd    = str(group_cwd).replace("'", "'\\''")
     session_key = tab_name or _multi_tab_name(profiles)
     i = indent
 
     claude_cmd = get_claude_command(
         profiles[0], Path(profiles[0]["repo_root"]),
-        console_dir=console_dir, session_key=session_key, claude_cwd=_GITHUB_DIR,
+        console_dir=console_dir, session_key=session_key, claude_cwd=group_cwd,
     )
     codex_cmd = get_codex_command(
-        profiles[0], _GITHUB_DIR,
+        profiles[0], group_cwd,
         console_dir=console_dir, session_key=session_key,
     )
     aider_cmd = get_aider_command(
-        profiles[0], _GITHUB_DIR,
+        profiles[0], group_cwd,
         console_dir=console_dir, session_key=session_key,
     )
 

tests/test_anchor_launch.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Proprietary
+# Copyright (C) 2026 ProtocolWarden
+"""Launch anchoring: OC-launched Claude sessions must export CL_ANCHOR, and the
+cross-repo group tab must anchor at PlatformManifest (not the bare workspace root)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from operator_console.bootstrap import get_claude_command
+from operator_console.launcher import _multi_pane_block
+
+
+def _console_dir(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
+    cd = tmp_path / "console"
+    (cd / "config" / "profiles").mkdir(parents=True)
+    return cd
+
+
+def test_claude_wrapper_exports_cl_anchor_equal_to_cwd(tmp_path):
+    console_dir = _console_dir(tmp_path)
+    anchor = tmp_path / "PlatformManifest"
+    cmd = get_claude_command(
+        {"name": "platform", "repo_root": str(tmp_path / "repo")},
+        tmp_path / "repo",
+        console_dir=console_dir,
+        session_key="platform",
+        claude_cwd=anchor,
+    )
+    # cmd == "bash '<script>'" — read the generated wrapper
+    script_path = cmd.split("'")[1]
+    script = Path(script_path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert f"export CL_ANCHOR='{anchor.resolve()}'" in script
+
+
+def test_group_tab_anchors_at_platform_manifest(tmp_path):
+    console_dir = _console_dir(tmp_path)
+    profiles = [
+        {"name": "a", "repo_root": str(tmp_path / "A")},
+        {"name": "b", "repo_root": str(tmp_path / "B")},
+    ]
+    block = _multi_pane_block(profiles, console_dir=console_dir, tab_name="platform")
+    # Panes cd into PlatformManifest, not the bare ~/Documents/GitHub root.
+    assert "PlatformManifest" in block
+    assert "cd '" in block and "/PlatformManifest'" in block