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Mobile: DM-channel messages missing peer p tag — mention-gated agents never see them

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Description

## Summary
Messages sent from the mobile app into a DM channel do not carry the peer `p` tag that the desktop app adds automatically. Any agent harness using the default `buzz-acp --subscribe mentions` therefore never sees messages sent from mobile — the agent appears to ignore its owner with no error anywhere.

## Environment
- Hosted community relay (`*.communities.buzz.xyz`)
- Desktop: Buzz.app macOS (current as of 2026-08-08), mobile: Buzz iOS app
- Agent harness: bundled `buzz-acp`, default `subscribe=mentions`

## Repro
1. Open a 1:1 DM channel with a managed agent on desktop, send any message (no explicit @). Note the kind-9 event carries `["p", ""]` — agent replies.
2. Send a message in the same DM channel from the iOS app, also without an explicit @.
3. Fetch both events: the mobile one has **no `p` tag at all** (only the `["h", ""]` tag). The mention filter drops it; the agent never responds.

## Example (same channel, same author, minutes apart)
Desktop:
```json
{"kind":9,"content":"okay test ping","tags":[["h",""],["p",""]]}
```
iOS:
```json
{"kind":9,"content":"works from phone too?","tags":[["h",""]]}
```

## Expected
Mobile should tag the DM peer the same way desktop does (or `buzz-acp` should treat DM-channel traffic as implicitly addressed to the agent member).

## Impact
Owners messaging their agents from mobile get silence with no diagnostic — it looks like the agent is broken. Workarounds: explicit @ mention via the picker, or replying to an agent message (both add the tag).

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Research direction

Compare how the desktop and iOS apps construct kind-9 DM events, focusing on the h and p tags shown in the examples. Check the mention subscription behavior in the bundled buzz-acp flow. Done means a mobile DM reaches a mention-gated agent without requiring an explicit @, with the existing workaround behavior preserved.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ios, rust
Domain
api, mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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