test: make multi-worker bob setup deterministic

tests/test-06-multi-worker.sh

@@ -39,32 +39,23 @@ wait_for_manager_agent_ready 300 "${DM_ROOM}" "${ADMIN_TOKEN}" || {
 wait_for_worker_container "alice" 60
 METRICS_BASELINE=$(snapshot_baseline "alice" "bob")
 TEST_WORKER_RUNTIME="${HICLAW_DEFAULT_WORKER_RUNTIME:-openclaw}"
-# worker-management/SKILL.md tells Manager to ask admin for FOUR inputs
-# (name / runtime / SOUL / skills) before running `hiclaw create worker`
-# and not to invent defaults. A vague prompt that only names the worker is
-# therefore a coin flip — sometimes Manager replies with a confirmation
-# request, never calls the CLI, and the consumer/SOUL.md polls below
-# silently time out. Spell out all four inputs and tell Manager to skip
-# confirmation so this test exercises actual Worker creation.
-#
-# The runtime is explicit because the CI matrix runtime is the source of truth;
-# rendered Manager workspace text may contain fallback defaults.
-matrix_send_message "${ADMIN_TOKEN}" "${DM_ROOM}" \
-    "Please create a new Worker now using these exact values — do not ask me to confirm any of them:
-- name: bob
-- runtime: ${TEST_WORKER_RUNTIME} (use this exact runtime; do not reinterpret it as the install default)
-- SOUL/role: Backend developer specializing in REST APIs, server-side logic, and data persistence
-- skills: github-operations (file-sync / task-progress / project-participation are auto-included, no need to ask)
-
-Proceed immediately and tell me when he is created."
-
-log_info "Waiting for Manager to create Worker Bob..."
-REPLY=$(matrix_wait_for_reply_matching "${ADMIN_TOKEN}" "${DM_ROOM}" "@manager" \
-    "bob.*(accepted|created|creating|pending|running)" 300 \
-    "${ADMIN_TOKEN}" "${DM_ROOM}" "Please check if the request to create worker bob has been processed.")
-
-assert_not_empty "${REPLY}" "Manager replied to create bob request"
-assert_contains_i "${REPLY}" "bob" "Reply mentions worker name 'bob'"
+# This test verifies multi-worker collaboration after Alice and Bob exist. Bob
+# creation must be deterministic setup: asking the Manager to create him via DM
+# is flaky under CI because the Manager may still be processing heartbeat/task
+# follow-ups from earlier shard-A tests, or may hit a tool-guard prompt before
+# calling `hiclaw create worker`. Use the controller CLI directly here so the
+# collaboration assertions below measure the multi-worker flow, not LLM timing.
+BOB_SOUL="Backend developer specializing in REST APIs, server-side logic, and data persistence"
+log_info "Creating Worker Bob via hiclaw CLI (runtime: ${TEST_WORKER_RUNTIME})..."
+CREATE_OUTPUT=$(exec_in_agent hiclaw apply worker --name bob \
+    --runtime "${TEST_WORKER_RUNTIME}" \
+    --soul "${BOB_SOUL}" \
+    --skills github-operations 2>&1)
+if echo "${CREATE_OUTPUT}" | grep -qiE "worker/bob (created|configured)"; then
+    log_pass "hiclaw apply worker bob accepted"
+else
+    log_fail "hiclaw apply worker bob failed: ${CREATE_OUTPUT}"
+fi
 
 # Verify Bob's infrastructure. Worker creation is asynchronous, so wait on
 # persisted provisioning state and gateway side effects instead of sleeping.