From 59dac57bc85762426c9d1d25454b67ca8b6538cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KeelrLeek <156356974+KeelrLeek@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 13:27:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] claims: a draft claim inside another agent's band is allowed
 when a coordinator assigned the agent a task for that scope (reassigned
 rework)

---
 harbor/core.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/harbor/core.py b/harbor/core.py
index b3eb268..ac60943 100644
--- a/harbor/core.py
+++ b/harbor/core.py
@@ -709,7 +709,14 @@ class Harbor(WorkMixin, ExtrasMixin, FlowMixin, LaunchMixin):
             if kind == "draft" and lo is not None:
                 bands = [a for a in active if a["kind"] == "band"
                          and scopes_overlap((canonical, lo, hi), (a["scope"], a["lo"], a["hi"]))]
-                if bands and not any(b["agent"] == agent for b in bands):
+                # a task a coordinator assigned to this agent for this scope is the exception to another's band
+                assigned = any(scopes_overlap((canonical, lo, hi), (t["scope"], *parse_scope(t["scope"])[1:]))
+                               for t in c.execute("SELECT scope FROM tasks WHERE assignee=? AND scope IS NOT NULL "
+                                                  "AND state IN ('open','in_progress') AND created_by IN (%s)"
+                                                  % ",".join("?" * len(self.coordinators)),
+                                                  (agent, *self.coordinators)).fetchall()
+                               if t["scope"].startswith(("fn:", "range:", "file:")))
+                if bands and not any(b["agent"] == agent for b in bands) and not assigned:
                     conflicts += bands
             if conflicts and not override:
                 described = "; ".join(f"{a['agent']} holds {a['kind']} {a['scope']}"