fix(packs): replace gc mail inbox --address/--json with gc mail count (boot)

[eric-jones]

Summary

• Replace the broken pipeline gc mail inbox --address=deacon --json 2>/dev/null | jq length with gc mail count deacon 2>/dev/null in examples/gastown/packs/gastown/agents/boot/prompt.template.md line 55.
• gc mail inbox accepts [session] as a positional and has no --json flag — the original line failed at runtime with two flag errors (--address not recognized, --json not recognized). The intent (count deacon's unread mail to triage idle state) is exactly what gc mail count [session] reports directly.
• No new API surface — gc mail count is already part of the documented gc mail command set; this is a swap from the broken inbox-pipeline pattern to the count subcommand that exists for this purpose.

Verified via --help:

$ gc mail count --help
Show total and unread message counts for a session alias or human.
The recipient defaults to $GC_SESSION_ID, $GC_ALIAS, $GC_AGENT, or "human".
Usage:
  gc mail count [session] [flags]

Testing

• ~/cities/test-series/bin/lint-pack ~/wrk/gascity/examples/gastown/ --check command-syntax — boot:55's two violations (one for each invalid flag) are removed by this change. Remaining errors on main are covered by other open PRs (fix(packs): replace removed gc agent peek/list/drain in templates #1743 fixes gc agent peek/list/drain at boot:39/49 and mayor:205; fix(packs): use --lines flag for gc session peek (witness template) #1768 fixes the witness gc session peek positional at witness:188).
• make lint — 0 issues.
• make vet — clean.
• go test ./examples/gastown/... — only the pre-existing TestReaperScopesIssueAutoCloseToCityBeadsDir failure (documented in the EXPECT-FAIL list below; not caused by this change — fixed by open PR fix(test): canonicalize cityDir to make reaper scope test pass on macOS #1759).
• make check — full suite not run. Prose-only one-line edit to a pack prompt template; no Go code is exercised by the diff. lint-pack is the static check covering this surface.
• make check-docs — not applicable.
• make test-integration — not run (per cities CLAUDE.md, deferred while the suite times out without saving partial output).

Pre-existing macOS test failures (per bd list --label=expect-fail --status=open,in_progress in cities):

• TestBuiltinDoltDoctorBoundsVersionProbe — fixed by fix(macos): unblock pre-commit hook on macOS dev machines #1729
• TestBuiltinDoltDoctorReportsTimedOutVersionProbe — fixed by fix(macos): unblock pre-commit hook on macOS dev machines #1729
• TestExecCommandRunnerTimeoutKillsChildProcess — fixed by fix(macos): unblock pre-commit hook on macOS dev machines #1729
• TestReaperScopesIssueAutoCloseToCityBeadsDir — fixed by fix(test): canonicalize cityDir to make reaper scope test pass on macOS #1759
• TestCityRuntimeManualReloadPanicAfterReloadKeepsReloadReplyAndClears — fixed by fix(test): cancel dispatched orders before t.TempDir cleanup #1741
• TestStartLongSocketPathUsesShortSocketName — no fix-PR yet (flakes under make check parallel load on macOS)

Committed with --no-verify because the macOS pre-commit hook is currently blocked by these pre-existing failures until #1729 lands.

Checklist

• Linked an issue, or explained why one is not needed — internal bead stg-xin (cities)
• Added or updated tests for behavior changes — not applicable (one-line prompt-template fix; no Go behavior changed; the static lint-pack check catches this bug class)
• Updated docs for user-facing changes — the prompt template is the user-facing artifact
• Called out breaking changes or migration notes — none (the broken syntax was already failing at runtime)

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Automated PR review completed for head 2485d1a.

Review/fix loop reached done in the local workflow, and the required GitHub checks are passing. Marking this PR ready for the merge queue after recovering a skipped finalize handoff.

[julianknutsen]

Thanks for the contribution, @eric-jones. This PR replaces the invalid Boot prompt mail probe gc mail inbox --address=deacon --json with gc mail count deacon, which matters because the boot agent can now check the Deacon mailbox using the CLI surface that actually exists.

Review is complete: the workflow review approved the one-line prompt change, visible CI for head 2485d1a507cfe137c2e70f74db11ef351bb4edde passed, and no maintainer fixups were needed. The merge queue has already merged this PR.