feat(workflows): add monitor-inbox workflow + inbox-status script

Handoffs that arrive mid-session used to sit unseen until the next startup or a manual check. Today's burst of cross-project handoffs made that gap obvious. I added monitor-inbox.org, the cadence-and-decision layer over process-inbox: check the inbox at every task boundary, decide act-now (just do it) versus file (ask, with filing as option 1), and reply to the sender. An opt-in background-monitor /loop recipe covers unattended watching.

inbox-status (with bats tests) is the cheap check the cadence calls. It lists unprocessed handoffs and exits nonzero when any are pending, using the same artifact exclusions as the wrap-up sanity check. protocols.org gets a short cadence note so the habit fires every session, and INDEX.org lists the new workflow. The act-vs-file rule (act-now is silent, filing asks with file as option 1, ambiguity asks) is the decision protocol we settled today.

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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Tests for inbox-status: list unprocessed inbox handoffs, exit nonzero if any.
+
+setup() {
+    SCRIPT="$(cd "$(dirname "$BATS_TEST_FILENAME")/.." && pwd)/inbox-status"
+    TMP="$(mktemp -d)"
+}
+
+teardown() {
+    rm -rf "$TMP"
+}
+
+@test "inbox-status: no inbox/ dir exits 2" {
+    cd "$TMP"
+    run "$SCRIPT"
+    [ "$status" -eq 2 ]
+}
+
+@test "inbox-status: only .gitkeep is clean (exit 0)" {
+    mkdir "$TMP/inbox"
+    touch "$TMP/inbox/.gitkeep"
+    cd "$TMP"
+    run "$SCRIPT"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"0 pending"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "inbox-status: a handoff is pending (exit 1, listed)" {
+    mkdir "$TMP/inbox"
+    touch "$TMP/inbox/.gitkeep"
+    echo body > "$TMP/inbox/2026-05-31-from-work-thing.org"
+    cd "$TMP"
+    run "$SCRIPT"
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"1 pending"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" == *"2026-05-31-from-work-thing.org"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "inbox-status: excludes lint-followups.org and PROCESSED-* artifacts" {
+    mkdir "$TMP/inbox"
+    touch "$TMP/inbox/.gitkeep" "$TMP/inbox/lint-followups.org" "$TMP/inbox/PROCESSED-old.org"
+    cd "$TMP"
+    run "$SCRIPT"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"0 pending"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "inbox-status: -q suppresses the per-item lines" {
+    mkdir "$TMP/inbox"
+    echo body > "$TMP/inbox/handoff.org"
+    cd "$TMP"
+    run "$SCRIPT" -q
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"1 pending"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"  handoff.org"* ]]
+}