steward-send

name	steward-send
description	Send a message to a project's steward

Tips

• The ve command is an installed CLI tool, not a file in the repository. Do not search for it - run it directly via Bash.

Instructions

Send a message to a steward's inbound channel. Use this to request work from another project's steward or your own.

Parse arguments

$ARGUMENTS

The arguments should identify:

1. Target — the steward's channel name and swarm ID
2. Message — what to send

If the operator provides a channel name and swarm ID directly, use those. If they name a project, check if that project has a docs/trunk/STEWARD.md accessible (e.g., in a sibling directory, via external artifact references, or from operator guidance) and read its frontmatter for channel and swarm.

If neither is available, ask the operator for the channel name and swarm ID.

Send the message

Run:

ve board send <channel> "<message>" --swarm <swarm_id>

If a server URL is needed (non-default backend), add --server <url>.

Confirm

Report the result to the operator, including:

• The channel the message was sent to
• The position returned by the send command (this is the message's position in the channel)

Follow up

Suggest that the operator can watch for the steward's response using /steward-changelog to monitor the target project's changelog channel. This closes the loop — send a request, then watch for the outcome.