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+# Scarab is `seed_agent` — stop creating a second crate
+
+> Operator's local checkout had a `crates/scarab/` with parallel
+> `claim.rs`, `trainer.rs`, `config.rs` files duplicating
+> `crates/trios-igla-race/`. That fork drifted: it kept the
+> `AND account = $1` filter while `trios-igla-race/pull_queue.rs`
+> shipped the **fungible** claim (no account filter). When `acc3`
+> died at 2026-04-30 18:15 UTC, `seed=45` starved waiting for it
+> while `acc5` idled. This document is the brake on creating a
+> second worker crate ever again.
+
+## Status
+
+`crates/trios-igla-race/` already contains the full Stateless Scarab
+Pattern stack. **No second crate is needed.**
+
+| Concern | Where it lives | Fungible? |
+|---|---|---|
+| Claim SQL | `pull_queue.rs::pull_experiment()` | ✅ no `WHERE account = $N` |
+| Heartbeat | `pull_queue.rs::spawn_heartbeat()` | ✅ uses `worker_id` |
+| Trainer dispatch | `bin/seed_agent.rs::worker_tick()` | ✅ subprocess, env-driven |
+| ASHA / EMA / sampler | `asha.rs`, `ema.rs`, `sampler.rs` | shared |
+| `[[bin]]` entries | 6 already in Cargo.toml | adding scarab is one row |
+
+The binary is called `seed_agent` for historical reasons. To deploy
+it as `scarab-pool` on Railway, simply rename the service — the binary
+itself does not care.
+
+## How to deploy
+
+```bash
+# 1. Build the existing binary (no rename, no second crate needed)
+cargo build --release --bin seed_agent -p trios-igla-race
+
+# 2. Push image (one Dockerfile, all six accounts share it)
+docker build -f bin/seed-agent/Dockerfile.scarab -t \
+  ghcr.io/ghashtag/trios-seed-agent-real:latest .
+docker push ghcr.io/ghashtag/trios-seed-agent-real:latest
+
+# 3. Railway deploy — same image, six replicas (or twelve, etc.)
+for ACC in 0 1 2 3 4 5; do
+  railway --account=acc$ACC up --service scarab-pool
+done
+```
+
+The only env var that matters is `NEON_DATABASE_URL`. `RAILWAY_ACC`
+remains as a cosmetic log tag (so you can grep heartbeats by account)
+but **does not steer claim**.
+
+## What NOT to do
+
+❌ Create `crates/scarab/` with copy-pasted `claim.rs`, `trainer.rs`,
+   `config.rs`. The duplication will drift within one PR cycle.
+   Confirmed bug pattern: 2026-04-30 18:15 UTC, when the local
+   `scarab/src/claim.rs` carried the legacy `AND account = $1` while
+   `trios-igla-race/src/pull_queue.rs` had already removed it.
+
+❌ Add a thin `bin/scarab.rs` that calls into `seed_agent::worker_tick`.
+   `worker_tick` is currently a `bin/`-private function; making it
+   public would expose its `Cli` struct and tracing init. If you must
+   have a second binary name, **rename the existing `seed_agent` bin
+   to `scarab` in Cargo.toml** instead of cloning it.
+
+❌ Maintain a second `Dockerfile.scarab` whose `COPY --from=…` paths
+   diverge from `Dockerfile.real-seed-agent`. One Dockerfile per
+   stateless worker is enough.
+
+## What TO do (if rename is desired)
+
+If the operator strongly wants `scarab` as the binary name (e.g. for
+Railway service naming hygiene), the **only** correct edit is:
+
+```toml
+# crates/trios-igla-race/Cargo.toml
+[[bin]]
+name = "scarab"          # was: "seed_agent"
+path = "src/bin/seed_agent.rs"
+```
+
+That's a one-line rename. Logic unchanged. CI still green. Image
+still single. Tracking issue: trios-railway#101 Khepri umbrella.
+
+## Audit trail
+
+- `crates/trios-igla-race/src/pull_queue.rs:111-114` — fungible claim
+  (`WHERE status='pending'` only)
+- `crates/trios-igla-race/src/bin/seed_agent.rs:84-93` — calls
+  `pull_experiment(worker_id)` without account
+- `bin/seed-agent/src/claim.rs::CLAIM_SQL` (in the **other** crate
+  `bin/seed-agent`) — also fungible after PR #106
+- 2026-04-30 19:33 UTC merges:
+  - trios-railway#106 — fungible `bin/seed-agent`
+  - trios-trainer-igla#64 — fungible `scarab.rs` in trainer repo
+
+## Anchor
+
+`phi² + phi⁻² = 3` · TRINITY · NEVER STOP.
+One crate. One claim path. One image. One worker.