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 Guild lifecycle, channel tree (including threads and forums), member joins, and the Hyperswarm gossip mesh for server-scoped realtime events.
 
+**Phase 654 now active** with 50 swarm/repl/sync items; composer production UI (autofocus, send btn, autogrow) landed with manual agentctl + BOOT_OK verification; platform/swarm-manager changes for adaptive retry + discovery aid. (See GUILD_REPLICATION.md)
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 ## Mission
 
 Create and load guilds in local storage, join peers on `pearcord:guild:{guildId}` topics, fan out RPC gossip (messages, reactions, voice, roles, audit, …), and attach auxiliary protomux channels for attachments, voice media, and screen share.