diff --git a/scripts/agent/smoke-test.mjs b/scripts/agent/smoke-test.mjs
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+import { Relay, useWebSocketImplementation } from 'nostr-tools/relay';
+import { generateSecretKey, finalizeEvent, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import WebSocket from 'ws';
+
+useWebSocketImplementation(WebSocket);
+
+// --- Configuration ---
+const ARGS = process.argv.slice(2);
+const getArg = (key) => {
+  const idx = ARGS.findIndex(a => a.startsWith(`--${key}=`));
+  if (idx !== -1) return ARGS[idx].split('=')[1];
+  const flagIdx = ARGS.indexOf(`--${key}`);
+  if (flagIdx !== -1 && ARGS[flagIdx + 1] && !ARGS[flagIdx + 1].startsWith('--')) return ARGS[flagIdx + 1];
+  return null;
+};
+const hasArg = (key) => ARGS.includes(`--${key}`);
+
+const RELAYS = (getArg('relays') || process.env.RELAY_URLS || '').split(',').filter(Boolean);
+const SERVE_CMD = getArg('serve') || 'npx';
+const CONFIRM_PUBLIC = hasArg('confirm-public');
+const OUT_DIR = getArg('out') || 'artifacts';
+
+// --- Logging ---
+const LOG_FILE = path.join(OUT_DIR, `smoke-${new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, '-')}.log`);
+const JSON_FILE = path.join(OUT_DIR, `smoke-${new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0]}.json`);
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(OUT_DIR)) fs.mkdirSync(OUT_DIR, { recursive: true });
+
+function log(msg) {
+  const ts = new Date().toISOString();
+  const line = `[${ts}] ${msg}`;
+  console.log(line);
+  fs.appendFileSync(LOG_FILE, line + '\n');
+}
+
+// --- Helpers ---
+const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+
+async function waitForServer(url, timeoutMs = 10000) {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  while (Date.now() - start < timeoutMs) {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(url);
+      if (res.ok) return true;
+    } catch (e) {
+      // ignore
+    }
+    await sleep(500);
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+// --- Main ---
+async function main() {
+  log('Starting Smoke Test Agent...');
+  log(`Config: RELAYS=${RELAYS.join(',')}, SERVE=${SERVE_CMD}, OUT=${OUT_DIR}`);
+
+  if (RELAYS.length === 0) {
+    log('ERROR: No relays specified. Use --relays or RELAY_URLS.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const results = {
+    timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+    steps: [],
+    success: false
+  };
+
+  let serverProcess = null;
+
+  try {
+    // 1. Start Server
+    if (SERVE_CMD !== 'none') {
+      log('Step 1: Starting local server...');
+      const port = 8000;
+      if (SERVE_CMD === 'npx') {
+        serverProcess = spawn('npx', ['serve', 'dist', '-p', String(port)], { stdio: 'ignore', shell: true });
+      } else if (SERVE_CMD === 'python') {
+        serverProcess = spawn('python3', ['-m', 'http.server', String(port), '-d', 'dist'], { stdio: 'ignore', shell: true });
+      }
+
+      const serverUrl = `http://localhost:${port}`;
+      log(`Waiting for server at ${serverUrl}...`);
+      const ready = await waitForServer(serverUrl);
+      if (!ready) {
+        throw new Error('Server failed to start within timeout');
+      }
+      log('Server is ready.');
+      results.steps.push({ name: 'start-server', status: 'ok', details: `Started ${SERVE_CMD} on port ${port}` });
+    } else {
+      log('Step 1: Skipping server start (none selected).');
+      results.steps.push({ name: 'start-server', status: 'skipped' });
+    }
+
+    // 2. Connect to Relay
+    log(`Step 2: Connecting to relay ${RELAYS[0]}...`);
+    const relay = await Relay.connect(RELAYS[0]);
+    log(`Connected to ${RELAYS[0]}`);
+    results.steps.push({ name: 'connect-relay', status: 'ok', details: RELAYS[0] });
+
+    // 3. Generate Identity
+    log('Step 3: Generating ephemeral identity...');
+    const sk = generateSecretKey();
+    const pk = getPublicKey(sk);
+    log(`Pubkey: ${pk}`);
+    results.steps.push({ name: 'generate-identity', status: 'ok', details: pk });
+
+    // 4. Publish Event
+    log('Step 4: Publishing smoke test event...');
+    const eventTemplate = {
+      kind: 1,
+      created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+      tags: [['t', 'smoke-test']],
+      content: `Smoke test run at ${new Date().toISOString()}`,
+    };
+    const event = finalizeEvent(eventTemplate, sk);
+    await relay.publish(event);
+    log(`Published event: ${event.id}`);
+    results.steps.push({ name: 'publish-event', status: 'ok', details: event.id });
+
+    // 5. Verify Event
+    log('Step 5: Verifying event read-back...');
+    const sub = relay.subscribe([
+      { ids: [event.id] },
+    ], {
+      onevent(evt) {
+        log(`Received event: ${evt.id}`);
+        if (evt.id === event.id) {
+          log('Verification SUCCESS: Event ID matches.');
+          results.steps.push({ name: 'verify-event', status: 'ok', details: 'Event retrieved and matched' });
+          sub.close();
+        }
+      },
+      oneose() {
+        sub.close();
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Wait for event
+    let attempts = 0;
+    let verified = false;
+    while (attempts < 10) {
+      await sleep(1000);
+      const found = results.steps.find(s => s.name === 'verify-event');
+      if (found) {
+        verified = true;
+        break;
+      }
+      attempts++;
+    }
+
+    if (!verified) {
+      throw new Error('Verification failed: Event not received within timeout.');
+    }
+
+    results.success = true;
+    relay.close();
+
+  } catch (err) {
+    log(`ERROR: ${err.message}`);
+    results.error = err.message;
+    results.success = false;
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  } finally {
+    if (serverProcess) {
+      log('Stopping server...');
+      serverProcess.kill();
+    }
+    fs.writeFileSync(JSON_FILE, JSON.stringify(results, null, 2));
+    log(`Artifacts written to ${OUT_DIR}`);
+  }
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/task-logs/weekly/2026-02-15T19-00-40Z__smoke-agent__completed.md b/task-logs/weekly/2026-02-15T19-00-40Z__smoke-agent__completed.md
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+# smoke-agent completed
+
+Smoke test harness implemented in `scripts/agent/smoke-test.mjs`.
+Verified:
+- Server start (`npx serve` or `python`)
+- Relay connection (wss://relay.damus.io)
+- Ephemeral identity generation
+- Event publication
+- Event verification (read-back)
+
+Artifacts generated (but not committed):
+- artifacts/smoke-*.log
+- artifacts/smoke-*.json
+
+Memory retrieved and stored successfully.