diff --git a/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/envelope.py b/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/envelope.py
index c5a9306..320ea53 100644
--- a/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/envelope.py
+++ b/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/envelope.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class RecallContext:
     text: str
     kind: str
     now: datetime
+    agent: str = ""
+    """Agent whose turn it is; a setup with several tells them apart by it."""
 
 
 @dataclass(slots=True)
@@ -40,7 +42,12 @@ class Envelope:
     texts: EnvelopeTexts = field(default_factory=EnvelopeTexts)
 
     def build(
-        self, *, now: datetime | None = None, text: str = "", kind: str = "master"
+        self,
+        *,
+        now: datetime | None = None,
+        text: str = "",
+        kind: str = "master",
+        agent: str = "",
     ) -> str:
         now = now or datetime.now(UTC)
         changes = self.watch.take() if self.watch is not None else []
@@ -59,20 +66,26 @@ class Envelope:
             texts=self.texts,
         )
         self.last_at = now
-        block = self.recall_block(text=text, kind=kind, now=now)
+        block = self.recall_block(text=text, kind=kind, now=now, agent=agent)
         return f"{out}\n{block}" if block else out
 
     def recall_only(
-        self, *, text: str, kind: str, now: datetime | None = None
+        self, *, text: str, kind: str, now: datetime | None = None, agent: str = ""
     ) -> str | None:
-        block = self.recall_block(text=text, kind=kind, now=now or datetime.now(UTC))
+        block = self.recall_block(
+            text=text, kind=kind, now=now or datetime.now(UTC), agent=agent
+        )
         return f"{self.texts.header}\n{block}" if block else None
 
-    def recall_block(self, *, text: str, kind: str, now: datetime) -> str | None:
+    def recall_block(
+        self, *, text: str, kind: str, now: datetime, agent: str = ""
+    ) -> str | None:
         if self.recall is None or not text.strip():
             return None
         try:
-            block = self.recall(RecallContext(text=text, kind=kind, now=now))
+            block = self.recall(
+                RecallContext(text=text, kind=kind, now=now, agent=agent)
+            )
         except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
             _log.exception("recall hook failed")
             return None
diff --git a/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/texts.py b/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/texts.py
index 43b73cc..cc77d63 100644
--- a/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/texts.py
+++ b/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/texts.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ class UserSaid:
     title: str | None
     text: str
     at: datetime
+    agent: str = ""
+    """Agent whose turn it is; a setup with several tells them apart by it."""
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
diff --git a/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/turns.py b/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/turns.py
index 132c933..be2117d 100644
--- a/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/turns.py
+++ b/src/beaver_gateway/conversations/turns.py
@@ -336,9 +336,11 @@ class Turns(Seeds):
         if self._envelope is None:
             return None
         if conv.kind == "master":
-            return self._envelope.build(text=text, kind="master")
+            return self._envelope.build(text=text, kind="master", agent=conv.agent_name)
         if conv.kind == "branch":
-            return self._envelope.recall_only(text=text, kind="branch")
+            return self._envelope.recall_only(
+                text=text, kind="branch", agent=conv.agent_name
+            )
         return None
 
     async def _note_user(self, conv: Conversation, text: str) -> None:
@@ -350,6 +352,7 @@ class Turns(Seeds):
             title=conv.title,
             text=text,
             at=datetime.now(UTC),
+            agent=conv.agent_name,
         )
         try:
             result = self._user_sink(message)
diff --git a/tests/test_envelope.py b/tests/test_envelope.py
index b5731f6..804264b 100644
--- a/tests/test_envelope.py
+++ b/tests/test_envelope.py
@@ -219,3 +219,25 @@ async def test_failing_recall_or_sink_never_blocks_the_turn(world: World) -> Non
     assert prompt.startswith("hello\n\n" + HEADER)
     assert root.exists()
     await asyncio.sleep(0)
+
+
+async def test_the_recall_hook_and_the_sink_see_whose_turn_it_is(world: World) -> None:
+    root, watch = vault()
+    seen: list[RecallContext] = []
+
+    def recall(ctx: RecallContext) -> str | None:
+        seen.append(ctx)
+        return None if ctx.agent == "a" else "👤 указатель"
+
+    noted: list[UserSaid] = []
+    world.conversations._envelope = Envelope(watch=watch, tz="UTC", recall=recall)  # noqa: SLF001
+    world.conversations._user_sink = noted.append  # noqa: SLF001
+    master = await world.conversations.create(kind="master", agent="a", origin="test")
+    append(root / "люди" / "Прохор.md", "новое\n")
+    watch.note(root / "люди" / "Прохор.md")
+    await world.conversations.post(master, "что там у Прохор")
+    await world.settle(master, 1)
+    assert [ctx.agent for ctx in seen] == ["a"]
+    assert [m.agent for m in noted] == ["a"]
+    assert "👤" not in ScriptedClient.instances[0].prompts[0]
+    await asyncio.sleep(0)