huskies: merge 962

server/src/agents/pool/auto_assign/story_checks.rs

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ pub(super) fn read_story_front_matter_agent(
     // Story 929: agent name comes from the CRDT register. The previous
     // YAML fallback is gone — post-891 every story has its CRDT entry,
     // and any story without one is treated as having no pinned agent.
-    crate::crdt_state::read_item(story_id)
-        .and_then(|w| w.agent().map(str::to_string))
-        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+    crate::crdt_state::read_item(story_id).and_then(|w| w.agent().map(|a| a.to_string()))
 }
 
 /// Return `true` if the story is in `Stage::ReviewHold`.