From ff52aec38e8aaff9f8159964c8924b23364e2e5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tak hoffman <takayukihoffman@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:21:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Agents: drop bash tool alias

---
 src/agents/pi-tools.ts         | 6 ------
 src/agents/tool-display.json   | 6 ------
 src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts | 2 +-
 src/agents/tool-policy.ts      | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/agents/pi-tools.ts b/src/agents/pi-tools.ts
index b8c328e40..ba0fe13bc 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-tools.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-tools.ts
@@ -255,11 +255,6 @@ export function createClawdbotCodingTools(options?: {
         }
       : undefined,
   });
-  const bashTool = {
-    ...(execTool as unknown as AnyAgentTool),
-    name: "bash",
-    label: "bash",
-  } satisfies AnyAgentTool;
   const processTool = createProcessTool({
     cleanupMs: cleanupMsOverride ?? execConfig.cleanupMs,
     scopeKey,
@@ -280,7 +275,6 @@ export function createClawdbotCodingTools(options?: {
       : []),
     ...(applyPatchTool ? [applyPatchTool as unknown as AnyAgentTool] : []),
     execTool as unknown as AnyAgentTool,
-    bashTool,
     processTool as unknown as AnyAgentTool,
     // Channel docking: include channel-defined agent tools (login, etc.).
     ...listChannelAgentTools({ cfg: options?.config }),
diff --git a/src/agents/tool-display.json b/src/agents/tool-display.json
index f2206e205..3fea81405 100644
--- a/src/agents/tool-display.json
+++ b/src/agents/tool-display.json
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
       "title": "Exec",
       "detailKeys": ["command"]
     },
-    "bash": {
-      "emoji": "🛠️",
-      "title": "Exec",
-      "label": "exec",
-      "detailKeys": ["command"]
-    },
     "process": {
       "emoji": "🧰",
       "title": "Process",
diff --git a/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts b/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts
index a0a234c9f..9e5aff717 100644
--- a/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ describe("tool-policy", () => {
     const expanded = expandToolGroups(["group:runtime", "BASH", "apply-patch", "group:fs"]);
     const set = new Set(expanded);
     expect(set.has("exec")).toBe(true);
-    expect(set.has("bash")).toBe(true);
     expect(set.has("process")).toBe(true);
+    expect(set.has("bash")).toBe(false);
     expect(set.has("apply_patch")).toBe(true);
     expect(set.has("read")).toBe(true);
     expect(set.has("write")).toBe(true);
diff --git a/src/agents/tool-policy.ts b/src/agents/tool-policy.ts
index c2ead21d4..ac2b1a91c 100644
--- a/src/agents/tool-policy.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tool-policy.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const TOOL_GROUPS: Record<string, string[]> = {
   // Basic workspace/file tools
   "group:fs": ["read", "write", "edit", "apply_patch"],
   // Host/runtime execution tools
-  "group:runtime": ["exec", "bash", "process"],
+  "group:runtime": ["exec", "process"],
   // Session management tools
   "group:sessions": [
     "sessions_list",