From 7666c7665a5784bbe10e7df7e852da16cfdc892a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:57:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Auto-reply: run inbound claims before core dispatch

---
 src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.ts | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.ts
index 1e90dd58887..2bdbeb2d9b9 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.ts
@@ -387,6 +387,18 @@ export async function dispatchReplyFromConfig(params: {
     }
   }
 
+  if (!pluginOwnedBinding && hookRunner?.hasHooks("inbound_claim")) {
+    const inboundClaimResult = await hookRunner.runInboundClaim(
+      inboundClaimEvent,
+      inboundClaimContext,
+    );
+    if (inboundClaimResult?.handled) {
+      markIdle("plugin_inbound_claim");
+      recordProcessed("completed", { reason: "plugin-inbound-claimed" });
+      return { queuedFinal: false, counts: dispatcher.getQueuedCounts() };
+    }
+  }
+
   // Trigger plugin hooks (fire-and-forget)
   if (hookRunner?.hasHooks("message_received")) {
     fireAndForgetHook(