docs(env): name MEMPALACE_MAILBOX_NOTIFY — auto-detect cannot work in a container
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Unset means the mailbox is silent outside the pi TUI, and the reason is
structural: docker exec does not forward KITTY_WINDOW_ID/TERM_PROGRAM, so
'desktop' detection always falls through to OSC 777, which Kitty does not
implement — the notification then silently does nothing, the worst failure for a
feature whose only job is to break a silence. Documents the four modes, and that
MEMPALACE_MAILBOX_POLL_MS is a FLOOR BETWEEN activity-coupled polls rather than a
wall-clock interval (an idle session polls zero times) — the exact expectation
mismatch reported today.
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@@ -87,6 +87,35 @@ SSH_KEY_PATH=~/.ssh
# MEMPALACE_PI_REMOTE_PATH=/data/feed
# MEMPALACE_PI_DEVICE=
# ── Mailbox notification: MUST BE NAMED, auto-detect CANNOT work here ──
# The mempalace extension polls the logstream for fleet asks addressed to this
# device and queues them into the next turn. That part needs no config. The
# NOTIFICATION that tells the human it happened does, and unset means SILENT
# outside the pi TUI.
#
# Why there is no working default: terminal identity lives in env vars set by
# the emulator (KITTY_WINDOW_ID, TERM_PROGRAM) and `docker exec` does NOT
# forward them — inside the container pi sees only TERM=xterm-256color no matter
# what is rendering it. So "desktop" auto-detection always falls through to
# OSC 777, which Kitty does not implement, and the notification silently does
# nothing: the worst outcome for a feature whose only job is to break a silence.
# Naming the protocol is what makes it fire.
#
# kitty OSC 99 desktop notification (correct for Kitty, incl. over SSH)
# osc777 OSC 777 (tmux/iTerm2/foot and others)
# desktop OSC 99 if KITTY_WINDOW_ID is visible, else OSC 777 — inside a
# container that means effectively always OSC 777, so prefer naming
# 0 / off suppress entirely (in-TUI notify still shows)
# MEMPALACE_MAILBOX_NOTIFY=kitty
#
# Cadence, if the delivery ever feels late: the poll is coupled to session
# activity (it runs when the agent settles), NOT to a wall clock.
# MEMPALACE_MAILBOX_POLL_MS is therefore a FLOOR BETWEEN POLLS (default 300000),
# not a promise of one every 5 minutes — an idle session polls zero times, and
# session start does the first look.
# MEMPALACE_MAILBOX_POLL_MS=300000
# MEMPALACE_MAILBOX_RESURFACE_MS=3600000
# ── LAN access from the container (host-OS-agnostic) ─────────────────
# On VM-backed hosts (macOS OrbStack / Docker Desktop) the container can't
# reach the host's directly-attached LAN peers by default. The entrypoint