diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.i18n.yaml
index c709af4080..268d3e3420 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.md
-2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.md: e06fe2b4ca7dd9a975f70524979de09d13cdcf79
-2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.zh.md: 77e8b5e4bae9b05e08bf2c4a4bf997b688cd1157
+2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.md: 11669d4603e658d1478557f81c2d2b4d5495bca7
+2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.zh.md: f3684777ccb3800226803e998438147ebc1dbf16
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.md
index e06fe2b4ca..11669d4603 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The signal already existed. `subagent/end` has carried `stopReason` and `lastAss
 
 The continuation manager delivers the account itself, from inside the disposal transaction that ends the Activation.
 
-When a resident Activation settles, `notifySettlement()` resolves the child's durable direct parent and sends it one user-role message: the epoch's outcome as a sentence the parent can act on, then the child's final assistant content, or a statement that it produced none. Delivery is unconditional for every child whose id a caller actually received. It does not consult whether the child reported, and it keeps no bookkeeping that could make the promise conditional — that unconditionality is what lets `tool-subagent` tell the model "you are told when it finishes, so never poll or wait on it" and have that be true. A materialization rolled back before its first accepted message stays silent, because the caller was told that child was not established.
+When a resident Activation settles, `notifySettlement()` resolves the child's durable direct parent and sends it one user-role message: the epoch's outcome as a sentence the parent can act on, then the child's final assistant content, or a statement that it produced none. Delivery is unconditional for every child whose id a caller actually received. It does not consult whether the child reported, and it keeps no bookkeeping that could make the promise conditional — that unconditionality is what lets `tool-subagent` promise a runtime notice containing the outcome and any final assistant message. A materialization rolled back before its first accepted message stays silent, because the caller was told that child was not established.
 
 ### Provenance
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Delivery never blocks or fails teardown. A rejected send is logged and dropped,
 
 ### The epoch's own log is the whole account
 
-`epochStopReason()` reads the epoch's outcome from its own log, because teardown succeeding says nothing about whether the model errored, hit its ceiling, or was stopped. Reading turns alone got that wrong twice, in the same shape both times: a turn stopped before its first step leaves a `turn/end` indistinguishable from the balanced no-op turns a rejection or an emptied claim produces, so the filter that skipped those also skipped real endings and answered with the previous turn's clean completion. The durability checkpoint (`dsh-session-checkpoint-policy`, in every shipped profile) and prompt assembly both run at that boundary and both propagate, and `Inbox.claim()` has already taken the messages by then — so the parent was told a child finished while the delivery it was waiting on had been swallowed. Under a promise that says "you are told when it finishes, so never poll", that is the one failure a parent cannot detect and will not retry.
+`epochStopReason()` reads the epoch's outcome from its own log, because teardown succeeding says nothing about whether the model errored, hit its ceiling, or was stopped. Reading turns alone got that wrong twice, in the same shape both times: a turn stopped before its first step leaves a `turn/end` indistinguishable from the balanced no-op turns a rejection or an emptied claim produces, so the filter that skipped those also skipped real endings and answered with the previous turn's clean completion. The durability checkpoint (`dsh-session-checkpoint-policy`, in every shipped profile) and prompt assembly both run at that boundary and both propagate, and `Inbox.claim()` has already taken the messages by then — so the parent was told a child finished while the delivery it was waiting on had been swallowed. Under the advertised automatic settlement notice, that is the one failure a parent cannot detect and will not retry.
 
 The missing fact was never the turn's; it was the inbox's. `Inbox` logs every mutation with `removedCount` and marks a cancellation `outcome: 'canceled'`, which separates a turn claiming its input from work being dropped unrun. `foldConsumedWork()` in `dsh-agent` folds both vocabularies into one answer: the latest turn that accounts for consumed work — stepped, or claimed-then-failed, stopped, or rejected — and whether accepted work was cancelled after it with no turn opening over it. A `blocked` end over claimed input is an account too: the pre-step rejection that produced it — a hook deny, a policy plugin — discarded the messages the turn claimed, so the notice says the child declined rather than finished. Only a `blocked` turn that claimed nothing stays invisible.
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Three assembled ACP scenarios cover the notice: a child that never reports, a ch
 
 `subagent-continuable` is the one that pins a failure. Its child's last turn dies on the forced durability checkpoint without entering a step, so that transcript is where the stop-reason rule above is visible end to end: the notice says the child *failed*, carries the earlier `SECOND_OK` as its last content rather than as a result, and the parent's own acknowledgement turn reaches the ACP client.
 
-A keyless headless Loader snapshot covers the user-visible path end to end. Its replay parent starts one continuable child with `run_in_background: true`, never calls `list_agents`, `send_message`, or Task tools, consumes the manager-authored `subagent-settled` notice, and produces its final answer. The child never calls `report`, so the transcript cannot pass through the cooperative report path. A test-only Loader fence holds the parent's post-spawn request until the real manager notice enters its inbox, removing platform scheduling from the transcript without synthesizing the notice.
+A keyless headless Loader snapshot covers the user-visible path end to end. Its replay parent omits `run_in_background` to exercise the continuable background default, never calls `list_agents`, `send_message`, or Task tools, consumes the manager-authored `subagent-settled` notice, and produces its final answer. The child never calls `report`, so the transcript cannot pass through the cooperative report path. A test-only Loader fence holds the parent's post-spawn request until the real manager notice enters its inbox, removing platform scheduling from the transcript without synthesizing the notice.
 
 `subagent-report` needed one more concession. With the shipped waking report default, that scenario has two independent parent wakes — the report and the settlement — and whether the second extends the first's turn or opens its own is a genuine coin flip that measured 50/50 across runs. No authored transcript can hold both orders. Its overlay therefore pins `reportDelivery: quiet`, leaving settlement as the only wake, and a snapshot-only pre-step fence holds the child until the parent's spawn turn ends so that wake opens one deterministic turn claiming both messages. The waking report default keeps its coverage in the report package's own tests.
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.zh.md
index 77e8b5e4ba..f3684777cc 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-manager-owned-subagent-settlement-delivery.zh.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 继续执行管理器自己投递这份记账，就在结束 Activation 的那笔 dispose 事务内部完成。
 
-当驻留 Activation 结算时，`notifySettlement()` 解析该 child 持久化的直接父级，并向它发送一条用户角色消息：先是父级可据以行动的一句结果说明，然后是 child 的最终 assistant 内容，或一句说明它没有产出内容。对每个调用方真正拿到过 id 的 child，投递都是无条件的。它不查询 child 是否上报过，也不保留任何可能让这项承诺变成有条件的记账——正是这种无条件性，才让 `tool-subagent` 能够告诉模型「它结束时你会被告知，因此绝不要轮询或等待它」并且这句话为真。在第一条消息被接受之前就回滚的物化保持静默，因为调用方已被告知该 child 未建立。
+当驻留 Activation 结算时，`notifySettlement()` 解析该 child 持久化的直接父级，并向它发送一条用户角色消息：先是父级可据以行动的一句结果说明，然后是 child 的最终 assistant 内容，或一句说明它没有产出内容。对每个调用方真正拿到过 id 的 child，投递都是无条件的。它不查询 child 是否上报过，也不保留任何可能让这项承诺变成有条件的记账——正是这种无条件性，才让 `tool-subagent` 能够承诺一条包含结局与可能存在的最终 assistant 消息的运行时通知。在第一条消息被接受之前就回滚的物化保持静默，因为调用方已被告知该 child 未建立。
 
 ### 来源信息
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 ### epoch 自己的日志就是全部交代
 
-`epochStopReason()` 从 epoch 自己的日志读取结局，因为拆卸成功与否，对「模型是否报错、是否撞到上限、是否被停下」什么也没说明。只读轮次这件事已经错了两次，而两次的形状相同：在第一个 step 之前被停下的轮次，其 `turn/end` 与「拒绝」或「被清空的认领」产生的平衡空转轮次长得一模一样，于是那道用来跳过后者的过滤，也把真实的结局一起跳过了，转而用上一个轮次的干净收尾作答。持久化检查点（`dsh-session-checkpoint-policy`，存在于每个随附 profile 中）与提示词组装都运行在这个边界上、且都会向外传播，而此时 `Inbox.claim()` 已经把消息取走了——于是父级被告知 child 已完成，而它正在等待的那条投递已被吞掉。在「你会在它完成时被告知，所以永远不要轮询」这一承诺之下，这恰恰是父级无法察觉、也不会重试的那一种失败。
+`epochStopReason()` 从 epoch 自己的日志读取结局，因为拆卸成功与否，对「模型是否报错、是否撞到上限、是否被停下」什么也没说明。只读轮次这件事已经错了两次，而两次的形状相同：在第一个 step 之前被停下的轮次，其 `turn/end` 与「拒绝」或「被清空的认领」产生的平衡空转轮次长得一模一样，于是那道用来跳过后者的过滤，也把真实的结局一起跳过了，转而用上一个轮次的干净收尾作答。持久化检查点（`dsh-session-checkpoint-policy`，存在于每个随附 profile 中）与提示词组装都运行在这个边界上、且都会向外传播，而此时 `Inbox.claim()` 已经把消息取走了——于是父级被告知 child 已完成，而它正在等待的那条投递已被吞掉。在已公布的自动结算通知约定下，这恰恰是父级无法察觉、也不会重试的那一种失败。
 
 缺失的事实从来不属于轮次，而属于 inbox。`Inbox` 会把每次改动连同 `removedCount` 一起记入日志，并给取消标记 `outcome: 'canceled'`，这就把「某个轮次认领了它的输入」与「工作被丢弃且从未运行」区分开来。`dsh-agent` 中的 `foldConsumedWork()` 把两套词汇折叠成一个答案：能为已消费工作作出交代的最新轮次——进入过 step 的，或认领后失败、被停下或被拒绝的——以及此后是否有已接受的工作被取消、而没有任何轮次为它开启过。认领过输入、以 `blocked` 结束的轮次同样是一份交代：产生它的 pre-step 拒绝——hook deny、策略插件——把该轮次认领的消息一并丢弃了，因此通知会说 child 拒绝了任务，而不是完成了任务。只有没认领任何输入的 `blocked` 轮次保持不可见。
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 `subagent-continuable` 是其中固定失败结局的那个。它的 child 最后一个轮次在被强制的持久化检查点上死亡，且未进入任何 step，因此该 transcript 正是上面那条终止原因规则的端到端可见之处：通知说该 child **失败**，把此前的 `SECOND_OK` 作为它最后产出的内容而非结果携带，而父级自己的确认轮次会到达 ACP 客户端。
 
-另有一个无密钥的 headless Loader 快照端到端覆盖用户可见路径。其重放父级通过 `run_in_background: true` 启动一个可继续 child，从不调用 `list_agents`、`send_message` 或 Task 工具，消费管理器写入的 `subagent-settled` 通知，并给出最终答案。child 从不调用 `report`，因此该 transcript 不可能经由协作式上报路径通过。一个仅用于测试的 Loader 栅栏会把父级启动后的请求保持到真实管理器通知进入其 inbox 为止，从 transcript 中排除平台调度差异，但不会伪造该通知。
+另有一个无密钥的 headless Loader 快照端到端覆盖用户可见路径。其重放父级省略 `run_in_background` 以覆盖可继续后台默认路径，从不调用 `list_agents`、`send_message` 或 Task 工具，消费管理器写入的 `subagent-settled` 通知，并给出最终答案。child 从不调用 `report`，因此该 transcript 不可能经由协作式上报路径通过。一个仅用于测试的 Loader 栅栏会把父级启动后的请求保持到真实管理器通知进入其 inbox 为止，从 transcript 中排除平台调度差异，但不会伪造该通知。
 
 `subagent-report` 还需要多做一步让步。在随附的唤醒上报默认值下，该场景有两个互相独立的父级唤醒——上报与结算——而第二个究竟是延长第一个的轮次还是另开一个轮次，是一枚真正的硬币，多次运行实测约为五五开。任何手写 transcript 都无法同时容纳两种顺序。因此它的 overlay 固定 `reportDelivery: quiet`，使结算成为唯一唤醒；另一个仅用于快照的 pre-step 栅栏会把 child 保持到父级启动轮次结束，使这次唤醒开启一个确定轮次并同时认领两条消息。唤醒上报默认值的覆盖则保留在 report 包自身的测试中。
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.i18n.yaml
index e5d73a8937..d753dabebf 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.md
-2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.md: a6393cc7f97e1447ad1eaec83325337e6385254e
-2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.zh.md: 4a14ca9c4f5189a44b69eb6fe8c2c4792f7fcb6c
+2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.md: e90b0a97cd5eeb273c8084d231ced003a661b978
+2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.zh.md: b8f14e0c40c341fc91b2fd0dc8c3f00fc2e14b66
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.md
index a6393cc7f9..e90b0a97cd 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The model-facing text divides responsibility by location:
 
 - the tool description states the call behavior, durable id, runtime settlement notice, follow-up through `send_message`, and the explicit foreground override;
 - the `run_in_background` parameter states the lifecycle-specific default and when to override it;
-- a `tool:<toolName>` system-prompt section tells the model to start independent delegations together, continue useful work while they run, and choose foreground only when the next action depends on the result.
+- a `tool:<toolName>` system-prompt section tells the model to start independent delegations together, continue useful work while they run, and choose foreground only when the next action depends on the result. The section renders only when that tool remains visible in the assembly scope, so a child tool restriction removes the schema and its guidance together.
 
 The [continuable child report obligation](2026-08-06-continuable-child-report-obligation.md) remains unchanged: the child prompt requires one self-contained final report and earlier reports for findings that change the parent's next action. Manager-owned settlement remains unconditional and does not inspect whether a report arrived. The two messages may repeat final content, but they retain distinct authors and purposes: `report` is the child's explicit handoff, while settlement records how the run ended and preserves terminal output when the child cannot cooperate. `reportDelivery` remains deployment scheduling policy with `wakeup` as its default.
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.zh.md
index 4a14ca9c4f..b8f14e0c40 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-11-background-first-continuable-delegation.zh.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ child 作用域的 `report` 提示词要求发送自包含的最终报告，而[
 
 - 工具描述说明调用行为、持久化 id、运行时结算通知、通过 `send_message` 继续对话，以及显式前台覆盖；
 - `run_in_background` 参数说明具体生命周期的默认值以及何时覆盖；
-- `tool:<toolName>` 系统提示词 section 会告诉模型同时启动相互独立的委派、在它们运行时继续有用工作，并且仅当下一步动作依赖结果时选择前台。
+- `tool:<toolName>` 系统提示词 section 会告诉模型同时启动相互独立的委派、在它们运行时继续有用工作，并且仅当下一步动作依赖结果时选择前台。只有当该工具在组装作用域中仍可见时才会渲染这个 section，因此子级工具限制会同时移除 schema 与对应指引。
 
 [可继续 child 上报义务](2026-08-06-continuable-child-report-obligation.md)保持不变：child 提示词要求发送一份自包含的最终报告，并在发现会改变 parent 下一步动作的信息时提前报告。由管理器负责的结算仍然无条件执行，不检查报告是否已经到达。这两条消息可能重复最终内容，但作者和用途不同：`report` 是 child 的显式交接，结算则记录本次运行如何结束，并在 child 无法配合时保留终止输出。`reportDelivery` 仍是部署调度策略，默认值仍为 `wakeup`。
 
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.1.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.1.jsonl
index 0556c0fe80..0783b2a648 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.1.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.1.jsonl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 {"type":"subagent/descriptor","seq":4,"time":1786357538308,"data":{"version":2,"mode":"one-shot","provider":"spawn","label":"Check direct child"}}
 {"type":"step/start","seq":5,"time":1786357538310,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1}}
 {"type":"user/message","seq":6,"time":1785730458555,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Reply with exactly DIRECT_CHILD_OK and nothing else."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"ebe0cfa0-a909-47e0-8294-28ad84a8fe77"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
-{"type":"user/message","seq":7,"time":1786357538310,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nCurrent DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations.\n\nApproval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`).\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"sandbox:policy","text":"Current DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations."},{"name":"approval:policy","text":"Approval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`)."},{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"1f81ee1b-b08e-4fba-a075-426e41dd03d4"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":7,"time":1786357538310,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nCurrent DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations.\n\nApproval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`).\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"sandbox:policy","text":"Current DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations."},{"name":"approval:policy","text":"Approval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`)."},{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"10c6c81d-85a2-4c50-a8c2-2f58f309f070"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
 {"type":"session/title","seq":8,"time":1786357538310,"data":{"title":"Reply with exactly DIRECT_CHILD_OK and","messageSeqs":[6],"source":{"kind":"fallback"}}}
 {"type":"request/header","seq":9,"time":1785730458555,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"{{system}}","tools":"{{tools}}"},"reason":"initial"}}
 {"type":"request/context","seq":10,"time":1785730458555,"data":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"}}
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.2.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.2.jsonl
index b0ef18eb2b..080b500153 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.2.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.2.jsonl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 {"type":"subagent/descriptor","seq":4,"time":1786357538469,"data":{"version":2,"mode":"one-shot","provider":"spawn"}}
 {"type":"step/start","seq":5,"time":1786357538470,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1}}
 {"type":"user/message","seq":6,"time":1785730458703,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Reply with exactly WORKFLOW_CHILD_OK and nothing else."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"2ac2cc54-9bce-4cfa-a569-a64f51bc30a7"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
-{"type":"user/message","seq":7,"time":1786357538471,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nCurrent DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations.\n\nApproval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`).\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"sandbox:policy","text":"Current DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations."},{"name":"approval:policy","text":"Approval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`)."},{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"dbf0fe20-f0e0-4700-b0fc-d192f5e7b1ca"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":7,"time":1786357538471,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nCurrent DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations.\n\nApproval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`).\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"sandbox:policy","text":"Current DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations."},{"name":"approval:policy","text":"Approval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`)."},{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"5a8c5ad7-352c-475a-9356-87510cc6b1a8"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
 {"type":"session/title","seq":8,"time":1786357538471,"data":{"title":"Reply with exactly WORKFLOW_CHILD_OK and","messageSeqs":[6],"source":{"kind":"fallback"}}}
 {"type":"request/header","seq":9,"time":1785730458703,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"{{system}}","tools":"{{tools}}"},"reason":"initial"}}
 {"type":"request/context","seq":10,"time":1785730458703,"data":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"}}
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/system-prompt.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/system-prompt.expected.md
index 7aa57bfe57..3349deeb59 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/system-prompt.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/system-prompt.expected.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
 
 ## Writing code for run_code
 
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ interface ToolArgsMap {
     /** The exact skill name from the available skills list. */
     name: string;
   } & Record<string, JsonValue>;
-  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action. */
+  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result. */
   subagent: {
     /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */
     description: string;
     /** The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs. */
     prompt: string;
-    /** Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result. */
+    /** Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it. */
     run_in_background?: boolean;
   } & Record<string, JsonValue>;
   /** Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result. */
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/tool-schemas.expected.json
index 11957d64b5..c5821f832b 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/both-mode-turn/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/both-mode-turn/tool-schemas.expected.json
index d41440ffae..df0be9cab8 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/both-mode-turn/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/both-mode-turn/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/code-mode-turn/system-prompt.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/code-mode-turn/system-prompt.expected.md
index 7f652fd515..3771a70950 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/code-mode-turn/system-prompt.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/code-mode-turn/system-prompt.expected.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
 
 ## Writing code for run_code
 
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ interface ToolArgsMap {
     /** The exact skill name from the available skills list. */
     name: string;
   } & Record<string, JsonValue>;
-  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action. */
+  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result. */
   subagent: {
     /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */
     description: string;
     /** The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs. */
     prompt: string;
-    /** Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result. */
+    /** Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it. */
     run_in_background?: boolean;
   } & Record<string, JsonValue>;
   /** Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result. */
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/lsp-definition/system-prompt.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/lsp-definition/system-prompt.expected.md
index 3fe9393542..e38d513691 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/lsp-definition/system-prompt.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/lsp-definition/system-prompt.expected.md
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/lsp-definition/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/lsp-definition/tool-schemas.expected.json
index d5d9d5be9a..1e2eb5d9e3 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/lsp-definition/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/lsp-definition/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-both/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-both/tool-schemas.expected.json
index d2cea35030..a1a46ab6b5 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-both/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-both/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-codex/system-prompt.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-codex/system-prompt.expected.md
index 0c5c30aeff..33a610c5b4 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-codex/system-prompt.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-codex/system-prompt.expected.md
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-codex/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-codex/tool-schemas.expected.json
index 2691c4a5fc..449f17784c 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-codex/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/product-subagent-codex/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/pty-tools/system-prompt.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/pty-tools/system-prompt.expected.md
index b80a56e635..b8a9e50dd2 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/pty-tools/system-prompt.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/pty-tools/system-prompt.expected.md
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/pty-tools/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/pty-tools/tool-schemas.expected.json
index e6548c61cf..050126fb37 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/pty-tools/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/pty-tools/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/read-image/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/read-image/tool-schemas.expected.json
index e5a6eced75..6c202624e3 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/read-image/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/read-image/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/session-query-spill/system-prompt.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/session-query-spill/system-prompt.expected.md
index 80f5dff4b8..c44afabc55 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/session-query-spill/system-prompt.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/session-query-spill/system-prompt.expected.md
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/session-query-spill/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/session-query-spill/tool-schemas.expected.json
index a4ede1f7b1..dc84a0820a 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/session-query-spill/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/session-query-spill/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-child-question-rejection/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-child-question-rejection/tool-schemas.expected.json
index e045a32b49..13344596f7 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-child-question-rejection/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-child-question-rejection/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable-inheritance/system-prompt.1.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable-inheritance/system-prompt.1.expected.md
index 8dd3271c4a..10644611d6 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable-inheritance/system-prompt.1.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable-inheritance/system-prompt.1.expected.md
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
 
 Deliver your result with the report tool before you finish: call it once with a self-contained answer. The agent that started you shares your workspace but does not automatically receive your transcript, tool output, or reasoning, so a closing remark such as "done" leaves it nothing it can use. Report earlier as well whenever a partial finding changes what that agent should do next; reporting never ends your turn.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable-inheritance/tool-schemas.1.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable-inheritance/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
index b3f1c7f05b..e84b3acb74 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable-inheritance/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable-inheritance/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable/system-prompt.1.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable/system-prompt.1.expected.md
index 8dd3271c4a..10644611d6 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable/system-prompt.1.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable/system-prompt.1.expected.md
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
 
 Deliver your result with the report tool before you finish: call it once with a self-contained answer. The agent that started you shares your workspace but does not automatically receive your transcript, tool output, or reasoning, so a closing remark such as "done" leaves it nothing it can use. Report earlier as well whenever a partial finding changes what that agent should do next; reporting never ends your turn.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable/tool-schemas.1.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
index b3f1c7f05b..e84b3acb74 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-continuable/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-depth-two-rejection/session.1.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-depth-two-rejection/session.1.jsonl
index 2a12a39cc5..aae13643b5 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-depth-two-rejection/session.1.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-depth-two-rejection/session.1.jsonl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 {"type":"subagent/descriptor","seq":4,"time":1786357533600,"data":{"version":2,"mode":"one-shot","provider":"spawn","label":"Start depth one"}}
 {"type":"step/start","seq":5,"time":1786357533602,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1}}
 {"type":"user/message","seq":6,"time":1785730456014,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Call subagent once. Ask that child to attempt one further subagent call, then report the result."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"a8129357-1bde-4cbd-90b4-6b8ad51d52e1"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
-{"type":"user/message","seq":7,"time":1786357533602,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nCurrent DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations.\n\nApproval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`).\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"sandbox:policy","text":"Current DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations."},{"name":"approval:policy","text":"Approval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`)."},{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"212db1ef-823c-46f6-8a3b-ccc4f5e92bc5"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":7,"time":1786357533602,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nCurrent DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations.\n\nApproval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`).\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"sandbox:policy","text":"Current DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations."},{"name":"approval:policy","text":"Approval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`)."},{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"837ea332-428c-4e4a-b3f1-df24dd20c93a"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
 {"type":"session/title","seq":8,"time":1786357533602,"data":{"title":"Call subagent once. Ask that","messageSeqs":[6],"source":{"kind":"fallback"}}}
 {"type":"request/header","seq":9,"time":1785730456014,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"{{system}}","tools":"{{tools}}"},"reason":"initial"}}
 {"type":"request/context","seq":10,"time":1785730456014,"data":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"}}
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-depth-two-rejection/session.2.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-depth-two-rejection/session.2.jsonl
index bc8efa37cb..d3518a165b 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-depth-two-rejection/session.2.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-depth-two-rejection/session.2.jsonl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 {"type":"subagent/descriptor","seq":4,"time":1786357533628,"data":{"version":2,"mode":"one-shot","provider":"spawn","label":"Start depth two"}}
 {"type":"step/start","seq":5,"time":1786357533630,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1}}
 {"type":"user/message","seq":6,"time":1785730456041,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Attempt one subagent call beyond the configured cap, then report the rejection."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"d4dc5a16-e542-4dd9-8e82-e6b7829cfc4b"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
-{"type":"user/message","seq":7,"time":1786357533630,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nCurrent DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations.\n\nApproval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`).\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"sandbox:policy","text":"Current DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations."},{"name":"approval:policy","text":"Approval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`)."},{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"db7bb37e-3447-4ac8-82cd-2566300acea1"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
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diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-list-agents/system-prompt.1.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-list-agents/system-prompt.1.expected.md
index 8dd3271c4a..10644611d6 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-list-agents/system-prompt.1.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-list-agents/system-prompt.1.expected.md
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
 
 Deliver your result with the report tool before you finish: call it once with a self-contained answer. The agent that started you shares your workspace but does not automatically receive your transcript, tool output, or reasoning, so a closing remark such as "done" leaves it nothing it can use. Report earlier as well whenever a partial finding changes what that agent should do next; reporting never ends your turn.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-list-agents/tool-schemas.1.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-list-agents/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
index b3f1c7f05b..e84b3acb74 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-list-agents/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-list-agents/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     },
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       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
           },
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             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
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         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.1.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.1.jsonl
index 828fe85af3..bfd387771e 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.1.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.1.jsonl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.2.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.2.jsonl
index b98f75595c..ab2df5cbd9 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.2.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.2.jsonl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.jsonl
index c153272412..9bc4a52d9c 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-mixed/session.jsonl
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diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-multi/session.1.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-multi/session.1.jsonl
index 4b2f7d5579..dfd467873f 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-multi/session.1.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-multi/session.1.jsonl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-multi/session.2.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-multi/session.2.jsonl
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index 4a07a97ea2..2019d1b7d8 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-parallel/session.1.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-parallel/session.1.jsonl
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
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diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-parallel/session.2.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-parallel/session.2.jsonl
index e69044c7d6..66325db6a2 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-parallel/session.2.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-parallel/session.2.jsonl
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
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diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-report/system-prompt.1.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-report/system-prompt.1.expected.md
index 8dd3271c4a..10644611d6 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-report/system-prompt.1.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-report/system-prompt.1.expected.md
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
 
 Deliver your result with the report tool before you finish: call it once with a self-contained answer. The agent that started you shares your workspace but does not automatically receive your transcript, tool output, or reasoning, so a closing remark such as "done" leaves it nothing it can use. Report earlier as well whenever a partial finding changes what that agent should do next; reporting never ends your turn.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-report/tool-schemas.1.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-report/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
index b3f1c7f05b..e84b3acb74 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-report/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/subagent-report/tool-schemas.1.expected.json
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/text-turn/system-prompt.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/text-turn/system-prompt.expected.md
index 961b5bf52d..1b5bfd9d12 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/text-turn/system-prompt.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/text-turn/system-prompt.expected.md
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/text-turn/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/text-turn/tool-schemas.expected.json
index d702e8c5a6..353d00ddf2 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/text-turn/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/text-turn/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/web-fetch/system-prompt.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/web-fetch/system-prompt.expected.md
index 902f8401bb..57b4accfbd 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/web-fetch/system-prompt.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/web-fetch/system-prompt.expected.md
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/web-fetch/tool-schemas.expected.json b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/web-fetch/tool-schemas.expected.json
index 46efdf76eb..df0d0e2c0a 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/web-fetch/tool-schemas.expected.json
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/web-fetch/tool-schemas.expected.json
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "subagent",
-      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.",
+      "description": "Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.",
       "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
           },
           "run_in_background": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."
+            "description": "Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."
           }
         },
         "required": [
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/workspace-context/system-prompt.expected.md b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/workspace-context/system-prompt.expected.md
index 489127a173..4e7b42c3cb 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/workspace-context/system-prompt.expected.md
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/workspace-context/system-prompt.expected.md
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ Use the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for l
 
 Use the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.
 
-Use subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
+Use subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.1.jsonl b/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.1.jsonl
index c1d4b8cd69..7f0414c53a 100644
--- a/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.1.jsonl
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.1.jsonl
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 {"type":"session","version":0,"id":"22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222","createdAt":1783950001000,"cwd":"{{cwd}}","parentSession":"11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111","origin":"subagent","delegationDepth":1}
-{"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":0,"time":1785498583877,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"inserted":[{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Reply with exactly DIRECT_CHILD_OK and nothing else."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"b75a2e12-11fa-48a0-bf2a-b568e242abe6"}]}}
+{"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":0,"time":1785498583877,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"inserted":[{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Reply with exactly DIRECT_CHILD_OK and nothing else."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"55db095e-ab6a-4e9f-aa74-53974c457c15"}]}}
 {"type":"turn/start","seq":1,"time":1785821454445,"data":{"turn":1}}
 {"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":2,"time":1785821454445,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"removedCount":1,"inserted":[]}}
 {"type":"subagent/descriptor","seq":3,"time":1785821454466,"data":{"version":2,"mode":"one-shot","provider":"spawn","label":"Check direct child"}}
 {"type":"step/start","seq":4,"time":1785730501506,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1}}
-{"type":"user/message","seq":5,"time":1785730501506,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Reply with exactly DIRECT_CHILD_OK and nothing else."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"b75a2e12-11fa-48a0-bf2a-b568e242abe6"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
-{"type":"user/message","seq":6,"time":1786373992181,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"516c3724-f088-4667-8fdf-2bcd9dc7b976"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":5,"time":1785730501506,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Reply with exactly DIRECT_CHILD_OK and nothing else."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"55db095e-ab6a-4e9f-aa74-53974c457c15"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":6,"time":1786373992181,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"cb0df0e2-55b0-4981-9a30-8c1da928e8b8"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
 {"type":"session/title","seq":7,"time":1786373992181,"data":{"title":"Reply with exactly DIRECT_CHILD_OK and","messageSeqs":[5],"source":{"kind":"fallback"}}}
-{"type":"request/header","seq":8,"time":1785498583897,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"You are an AI agent powered by the DeepSeek Harness SDK.\n\nYou are headless-agent, a coding assistant powered by the deepseek-v4-flash model. Your working directory is {{cwd}}.\n\nVerify your work by running the code or tests. Keep answers brief and factual.\n\n\nUse the read tool — not shell commands like cat — to inspect text files. Results include line numbers. Use offset and limit to continue reading large files.\n\nUse the write tool to create files or completely replace file contents. Existing files are overwritten, so read an existing file first (the default fs-policy requires it) and prefer edit for targeted changes.\n\nUse the edit tool for targeted changes to existing UTF-8 text files. It replaces literal old_string with new_string; by default old_string must appear exactly once. If old_string appears multiple times, provide a more specific old_string or set replace_all to true. Read the file first (the default fs-policy requires it), unless you just created or edited it in this session.\n\nCheck the [exit code: N] marker on every bash result; investigate failures before moving on.\n\nTrack every background task id you start. You are notified in-session when a task finishes — do not busy-poll or sleep on one; keep working on independent steps and do not duplicate a running task's work. Before giving a final answer, collect every still-relevant task with task_output (set wait: true only when you are genuinely blocked on it), and task_kill tasks that stopped mattering.\n\nUse the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for large multi-agent orchestration: you write a JavaScript script (the tool description documents the exact format) that fans work out across many subagents with phases and structured results. For one or two delegations, prefer plain subagent calls.\n\nUse the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.\n\nUse subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.\n\n## Writing code for run_code\n\nPass `run_code` the body of an async TypeScript function (erasable syntax only — no `enum` or namespaces; type annotations are advisory, the code runs type-stripped). Inside the program:\n\n- Call tools as `await tools.name(args)` — quoted access for exotic names: `tools[\"my-tool\"](args)`. Every call resolves to the tool's typed canonical JSON value. Tool arguments must be lossless JSON.\n- A FAILED tool call rejects with `ToolCallError`, whose `toolName` identifies the failed tool and whose `message` is human-readable — `try/catch` it to handle and continue.\n- Independent read-only calls MAY overlap under `Promise.all` (safe calls run concurrently; mutating calls run alone, in submission order). Sequence dependent work with `await`.\n- Emit results with `return` and/or `console.log(...)`. ONLY what you print or return comes back to you — intermediate tool results never enter the conversation, so extract just what you need.\n\nThe available tools:\n\n```ts\ntype JsonValue = null | boolean | number | string | JsonValue[] | { [key: string]: JsonValue }\n\ninterface ToolArgsMap {\n  /** Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`. */\n  bash: {\n    /** The bash command to execute. */\n    command: string;\n    /** Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\". */\n    description: string;\n    /** Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry. */\n    timeoutMs?: number;\n    /** Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it. */\n    workdir?: string;\n    /** Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc. */\n  cordis_inspect: {\n    /** Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections. */\n    what?: \"services\" | \"plugins\" | \"tools\" | \"temporary\" | \"api\" | \"events\";\n    /** Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\". */\n    name?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime. */\n  cordis_mount: {\n    /** JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere. */\n    code: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins. */\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    /** The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart. */\n    id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text. */\n  edit: {\n    /** Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Literal text to replace. Must match exactly. */\n    old_string: string;\n    /** Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match. */\n    new_string: string;\n    /** Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once. */\n    replace_all?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op. */\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    /** The agent id of the running agent to interrupt. */\n    agent_id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools. */\n  ralph: {\n    /** The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round. */\n    objective: string;\n    /** Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling. */\n    maxRounds?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content. */\n  read: {\n    /** Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** 1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1. */\n    offset?: number;\n    /** Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000. */\n    limit?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered. */\n  send_message: {\n    /** The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started. */\n    subagent_id: string;\n    /** The message to deliver to the subagent. */\n    message: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill. */\n  skill: {\n    /** The exact skill name from the available skills list. */\n    name: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action. */\n  subagent: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs. */\n    prompt: string;\n    /** Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result. */\n  subagent_fork: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new. */\n    prompt: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops. */\n  task_kill: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task. */\n    reason?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses. */\n  task_list: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap. */\n  task_output: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive. */\n    wait?: boolean;\n    /** Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum. */\n    timeout_ms?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished). */\n  todo_write: {\n    /** The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list. */\n    todos: ({\n      /** What the task is — a short imperative line. */\n      content: string;\n      /** pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done). */\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn. The workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result. Script-body hooks: - `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly. - `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages. - `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`. - `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim. Misused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`. Constraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes. */\n  workflow: {\n    /** The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`). */\n    script: string;\n    /** The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code). */\n    meta: {\n      /** Short kebab-case workflow name. */\n      name: string;\n      /** One-line description of what the workflow does. */\n      description: string;\n      /** Optional guidance on when this workflow applies. */\n      whenToUse?: string;\n      /** Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls. */\n      phases?: ({\n        /** The phase title phase() calls match by exact string. */\n        title: string;\n        /** Optional one-line description of the phase. */\n        detail?: string;\n        /** Optional provider override this phase is expected to use. */\n        provider?: string;\n        /** Optional model override this phase is expected to use. */\n        model?: string;\n      } & Record<string, JsonValue>)[];\n    } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n    /** Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}). */\n    args?: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file. */\n  write: {\n    /** Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Full UTF-8 text content to write. */\n    content: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n}\n\ninterface ToolOutputMap {\n  bash: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    exitCode: number | null;\n    signal: string | null;\n    timedOut: boolean;\n    aborted: boolean;\n    timeoutMs: number;\n    stdout: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    stderr: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    sandbox?: {\n      mode: string;\n      denied: boolean;\n      enforcement?: string;\n      runnerFailed?: boolean;\n    };\n  };\n  cordis_inspect: string;\n  cordis_mount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n    state: \"pending\" | \"loading\" | \"active\" | \"failed\" | \"disposed\" | \"unloading\";\n    provides: string[];\n    waitingFor: string[];\n  };\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n  };\n  edit: {\n    path: string;\n    before: string;\n    after: string;\n  };\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    accepted: boolean;\n  };\n  ralph: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  read: {\n    path: string;\n    offset: number;\n    lines: {\n      number: number;\n      text: string;\n    }[];\n    totalLines: number;\n  };\n  send_message: {\n    messageId: string;\n  };\n  skill: {\n    name: string;\n    provider: string;\n    resourceBase?: {\n      kind: \"directory\";\n      path: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"url\";\n      url: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"opaque\";\n      description: string;\n    };\n    content: string;\n  };\n  subagent: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  subagent_fork: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  task_kill: {\n    outcome: \"cancellation-requested\" | \"already-finished\";\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  task_list: ({\n    id: string;\n    kind: string;\n    label: string;\n    status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n    detail?: string;\n    startedAt: number;\n    finishedAt?: number;\n  })[];\n  task_output: {\n    text: string;\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  todo_write: {\n    todos: ({\n      content: string;\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n    counts: {\n      pending: number;\n      inProgress: number;\n      completed: number;\n    };\n  };\n  workflow: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  write: {\n    path: string;\n    operation: \"create\" | \"update\";\n    before: string | null;\n    after: string;\n  };\n}\n\ntype ToolName = keyof ToolOutputMap\n\ndeclare class ToolCallError extends Error {\n  readonly name: \"ToolCallError\";\n  readonly toolName: ToolName;\n}\n\ndeclare const tools: {\n  [K in ToolName]: (args: ToolArgsMap[K]) => Promise<ToolOutputMap[K]>;\n}\n```","tools":[{"name":"bash","description":"Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"command":{"type":"string","description":"The bash command to execute."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\"."},"timeoutMs":{"type":"number","description":"Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry."},"workdir":{"type":"string","description":"Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies."}},"required":["command","description"]}},{"name":"cordis_inspect","description":"Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"what":{"type":"string","description":"Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections.","enum":["services","plugins","tools","temporary","api","events"]},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\"."}}}},{"name":"cordis_mount","description":"Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere."}},"required":["code"]}},{"name":"cordis_unmount","description":"Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart."}},"required":["id"]}},{"name":"edit","description":"Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"old_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal text to replace. Must match exactly."},"new_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match."},"replace_all":{"type":"boolean","description":"Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once."}},"required":["file_path","old_string","new_string"]}},{"name":"interrupt_agent","description":"Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"agent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The agent id of the running agent to interrupt."}},"required":["agent_id"]}},{"name":"ralph","description":"Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"objective":{"type":"string","description":"The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round."},"maxRounds":{"type":"number","description":"Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling."}},"required":["objective"]}},{"name":"read","description":"Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"offset":{"type":"number","description":"1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1."},"limit":{"type":"number","description":"Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000."}},"required":["file_path"]}},{"name":"run_code","description":"Execute a TypeScript program against the available tools. Write the BODY of an async function (erasable syntax only; top-level `await` and `return` work) and call tools as `await tools.name(args)` per the declarations in the system prompt. Only what you print or return comes back — curate it.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"The program: the body of an async TypeScript function."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this program does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"Count TODO markers across packages\"; \"Read failing test and its fixture\"; \"Rename config key in every cordis.yml\"."}},"required":["code","description"]}},{"name":"send_message","description":"Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"subagent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started."},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The message to deliver to the subagent."}},"required":["subagent_id","message"]}},{"name":"skill","description":"Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"The exact skill name from the available skills list."}},"required":["name"]}},{"name":"subagent","description":"Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"subagent_fork","description":"Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"task_kill","description":"Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"reason":{"type":"string","description":"Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"task_list","description":"List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{}}},{"name":"task_output","description":"Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"wait":{"type":"boolean","description":"Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive."},"timeout_ms":{"type":"number","description":"Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"todo_write","description":"Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished).","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"todos":{"type":"array","description":"The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list.","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"content":{"type":"string","description":"What the task is — a short imperative line."},"status":{"type":"string","description":"pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done).","enum":["pending","in_progress","completed"]}},"required":["content","status"]}}},"required":["todos"]}},{"name":"workflow","description":"Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn.\n\nThe workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result.\n\nScript-body hooks:\n- `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly.\n- `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages.\n- `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`.\n- `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim.\n\nMisused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`.\n\nConstraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"script":{"type":"string","description":"The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`)."},"meta":{"type":"object","description":"The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code).","additionalProperties":true,"properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"Short kebab-case workflow name."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"One-line description of what the workflow does."},"whenToUse":{"type":"string","description":"Optional guidance on when this workflow applies."},"phases":{"type":"array","description":"Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls.","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":true,"properties":{"title":{"type":"string","description":"The phase title phase() calls match by exact string."},"detail":{"type":"string","description":"Optional one-line description of the phase."},"provider":{"type":"string","description":"Optional provider override this phase is expected to use."},"model":{"type":"string","description":"Optional model override this phase is expected to use."}},"required":["title"]}}},"required":["name","description"]},"args":{"type":"object","description":"Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}).","additionalProperties":true}},"required":["script","meta"]}},{"name":"write","description":"Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"content":{"type":"string","description":"Full UTF-8 text content to write."}},"required":["file_path","content"]}}]},"reason":"initial"}}
+{"type":"request/header","seq":8,"time":1785498583897,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"You are an AI agent powered by the DeepSeek Harness SDK.\n\nYou are headless-agent, a coding assistant powered by the deepseek-v4-flash model. Your working directory is {{cwd}}.\n\nVerify your work by running the code or tests. Keep answers brief and factual.\n\n\nUse the read tool — not shell commands like cat — to inspect text files. Results include line numbers. Use offset and limit to continue reading large files.\n\nUse the write tool to create files or completely replace file contents. Existing files are overwritten, so read an existing file first (the default fs-policy requires it) and prefer edit for targeted changes.\n\nUse the edit tool for targeted changes to existing UTF-8 text files. It replaces literal old_string with new_string; by default old_string must appear exactly once. If old_string appears multiple times, provide a more specific old_string or set replace_all to true. Read the file first (the default fs-policy requires it), unless you just created or edited it in this session.\n\nCheck the [exit code: N] marker on every bash result; investigate failures before moving on.\n\nTrack every background task id you start. You are notified in-session when a task finishes — do not busy-poll or sleep on one; keep working on independent steps and do not duplicate a running task's work. Before giving a final answer, collect every still-relevant task with task_output (set wait: true only when you are genuinely blocked on it), and task_kill tasks that stopped mattering.\n\nUse the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for large multi-agent orchestration: you write a JavaScript script (the tool description documents the exact format) that fans work out across many subagents with phases and structured results. For one or two delegations, prefer plain subagent calls.\n\nUse the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.\n\nUse subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.\n\n## Writing code for run_code\n\nPass `run_code` the body of an async TypeScript function (erasable syntax only — no `enum` or namespaces; type annotations are advisory, the code runs type-stripped). Inside the program:\n\n- Call tools as `await tools.name(args)` — quoted access for exotic names: `tools[\"my-tool\"](args)`. Every call resolves to the tool's typed canonical JSON value. Tool arguments must be lossless JSON.\n- A FAILED tool call rejects with `ToolCallError`, whose `toolName` identifies the failed tool and whose `message` is human-readable — `try/catch` it to handle and continue.\n- Independent read-only calls MAY overlap under `Promise.all` (safe calls run concurrently; mutating calls run alone, in submission order). Sequence dependent work with `await`.\n- Emit results with `return` and/or `console.log(...)`. ONLY what you print or return comes back to you — intermediate tool results never enter the conversation, so extract just what you need.\n\nThe available tools:\n\n```ts\ntype JsonValue = null | boolean | number | string | JsonValue[] | { [key: string]: JsonValue }\n\ninterface ToolArgsMap {\n  /** Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`. */\n  bash: {\n    /** The bash command to execute. */\n    command: string;\n    /** Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\". */\n    description: string;\n    /** Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry. */\n    timeoutMs?: number;\n    /** Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it. */\n    workdir?: string;\n    /** Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc. */\n  cordis_inspect: {\n    /** Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections. */\n    what?: \"services\" | \"plugins\" | \"tools\" | \"temporary\" | \"api\" | \"events\";\n    /** Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\". */\n    name?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime. */\n  cordis_mount: {\n    /** JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere. */\n    code: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins. */\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    /** The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart. */\n    id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text. */\n  edit: {\n    /** Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Literal text to replace. Must match exactly. */\n    old_string: string;\n    /** Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match. */\n    new_string: string;\n    /** Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once. */\n    replace_all?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op. */\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    /** The agent id of the running agent to interrupt. */\n    agent_id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools. */\n  ralph: {\n    /** The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round. */\n    objective: string;\n    /** Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling. */\n    maxRounds?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content. */\n  read: {\n    /** Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** 1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1. */\n    offset?: number;\n    /** Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000. */\n    limit?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered. */\n  send_message: {\n    /** The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started. */\n    subagent_id: string;\n    /** The message to deliver to the subagent. */\n    message: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill. */\n  skill: {\n    /** The exact skill name from the available skills list. */\n    name: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result. */\n  subagent: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs. */\n    prompt: string;\n    /** Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result. */\n  subagent_fork: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new. */\n    prompt: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops. */\n  task_kill: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task. */\n    reason?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses. */\n  task_list: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap. */\n  task_output: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive. */\n    wait?: boolean;\n    /** Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum. */\n    timeout_ms?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished). */\n  todo_write: {\n    /** The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list. */\n    todos: ({\n      /** What the task is — a short imperative line. */\n      content: string;\n      /** pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done). */\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn. The workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result. Script-body hooks: - `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly. - `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages. - `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`. - `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim. Misused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`. Constraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes. */\n  workflow: {\n    /** The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`). */\n    script: string;\n    /** The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code). */\n    meta: {\n      /** Short kebab-case workflow name. */\n      name: string;\n      /** One-line description of what the workflow does. */\n      description: string;\n      /** Optional guidance on when this workflow applies. */\n      whenToUse?: string;\n      /** Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls. */\n      phases?: ({\n        /** The phase title phase() calls match by exact string. */\n        title: string;\n        /** Optional one-line description of the phase. */\n        detail?: string;\n        /** Optional provider override this phase is expected to use. */\n        provider?: string;\n        /** Optional model override this phase is expected to use. */\n        model?: string;\n      } & Record<string, JsonValue>)[];\n    } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n    /** Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}). */\n    args?: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file. */\n  write: {\n    /** Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Full UTF-8 text content to write. */\n    content: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n}\n\ninterface ToolOutputMap {\n  bash: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    exitCode: number | null;\n    signal: string | null;\n    timedOut: boolean;\n    aborted: boolean;\n    timeoutMs: number;\n    stdout: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    stderr: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    sandbox?: {\n      mode: string;\n      denied: boolean;\n      enforcement?: string;\n      runnerFailed?: boolean;\n    };\n  };\n  cordis_inspect: string;\n  cordis_mount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n    state: \"pending\" | \"loading\" | \"active\" | \"failed\" | \"disposed\" | \"unloading\";\n    provides: string[];\n    waitingFor: string[];\n  };\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n  };\n  edit: {\n    path: string;\n    before: string;\n    after: string;\n  };\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    accepted: boolean;\n  };\n  ralph: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  read: {\n    path: string;\n    offset: number;\n    lines: {\n      number: number;\n      text: string;\n    }[];\n    totalLines: number;\n  };\n  send_message: {\n    messageId: string;\n  };\n  skill: {\n    name: string;\n    provider: string;\n    resourceBase?: {\n      kind: \"directory\";\n      path: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"url\";\n      url: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"opaque\";\n      description: string;\n    };\n    content: string;\n  };\n  subagent: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  subagent_fork: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  task_kill: {\n    outcome: \"cancellation-requested\" | \"already-finished\";\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  task_list: ({\n    id: string;\n    kind: string;\n    label: string;\n    status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n    detail?: string;\n    startedAt: number;\n    finishedAt?: number;\n  })[];\n  task_output: {\n    text: string;\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  todo_write: {\n    todos: ({\n      content: string;\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n    counts: {\n      pending: number;\n      inProgress: number;\n      completed: number;\n    };\n  };\n  workflow: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  write: {\n    path: string;\n    operation: \"create\" | \"update\";\n    before: string | null;\n    after: string;\n  };\n}\n\ntype ToolName = keyof ToolOutputMap\n\ndeclare class ToolCallError extends Error {\n  readonly name: \"ToolCallError\";\n  readonly toolName: ToolName;\n}\n\ndeclare const tools: {\n  [K in ToolName]: (args: ToolArgsMap[K]) => Promise<ToolOutputMap[K]>;\n}\n```","tools":[{"name":"bash","description":"Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"command":{"type":"string","description":"The bash command to execute."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\"."},"timeoutMs":{"type":"number","description":"Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry."},"workdir":{"type":"string","description":"Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies."}},"required":["command","description"]}},{"name":"cordis_inspect","description":"Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"what":{"type":"string","description":"Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections.","enum":["services","plugins","tools","temporary","api","events"]},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\"."}}}},{"name":"cordis_mount","description":"Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere."}},"required":["code"]}},{"name":"cordis_unmount","description":"Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart."}},"required":["id"]}},{"name":"edit","description":"Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"old_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal text to replace. Must match exactly."},"new_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match."},"replace_all":{"type":"boolean","description":"Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once."}},"required":["file_path","old_string","new_string"]}},{"name":"interrupt_agent","description":"Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"agent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The agent id of the running agent to interrupt."}},"required":["agent_id"]}},{"name":"ralph","description":"Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"objective":{"type":"string","description":"The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round."},"maxRounds":{"type":"number","description":"Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling."}},"required":["objective"]}},{"name":"read","description":"Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"offset":{"type":"number","description":"1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1."},"limit":{"type":"number","description":"Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000."}},"required":["file_path"]}},{"name":"run_code","description":"Execute a TypeScript program against the available tools. Write the BODY of an async function (erasable syntax only; top-level `await` and `return` work) and call tools as `await tools.name(args)` per the declarations in the system prompt. Only what you print or return comes back — curate it.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"The program: the body of an async TypeScript function."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this program does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"Count TODO markers across packages\"; \"Read failing test and its fixture\"; \"Rename config key in every cordis.yml\"."}},"required":["code","description"]}},{"name":"send_message","description":"Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"subagent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started."},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The message to deliver to the subagent."}},"required":["subagent_id","message"]}},{"name":"skill","description":"Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"The exact skill name from the available skills list."}},"required":["name"]}},{"name":"subagent","description":"Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"subagent_fork","description":"Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"task_kill","description":"Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"reason":{"type":"string","description":"Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"task_list","description":"List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{}}},{"name":"task_output","description":"Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"wait":{"type":"boolean","description":"Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive."},"timeout_ms":{"type":"number","description":"Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"todo_write","description":"Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished).","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"todos":{"type":"array","description":"The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list.","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"content":{"type":"string","description":"What the task is — a short imperative line."},"status":{"type":"string","description":"pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done).","enum":["pending","in_progress","completed"]}},"required":["content","status"]}}},"required":["todos"]}},{"name":"workflow","description":"Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn.\n\nThe workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result.\n\nScript-body hooks:\n- `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly.\n- `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages.\n- `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`.\n- `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim.\n\nMisused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`.\n\nConstraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"script":{"type":"string","description":"The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`)."},"meta":{"type":"object","description":"The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code).","additionalProperties":true,"properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"Short kebab-case workflow name."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"One-line description of what the workflow does."},"whenToUse":{"type":"string","description":"Optional guidance on when this workflow applies."},"phases":{"type":"array","description":"Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls.","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":true,"properties":{"title":{"type":"string","description":"The phase title phase() calls match by exact string."},"detail":{"type":"string","description":"Optional one-line description of the phase."},"provider":{"type":"string","description":"Optional provider override this phase is expected to use."},"model":{"type":"string","description":"Optional model override this phase is expected to use."}},"required":["title"]}}},"required":["name","description"]},"args":{"type":"object","description":"Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}).","additionalProperties":true}},"required":["script","meta"]}},{"name":"write","description":"Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"content":{"type":"string","description":"Full UTF-8 text content to write."}},"required":["file_path","content"]}}]},"reason":"initial"}}
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diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.2.jsonl b/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.2.jsonl
index 2e7f4a3574..10ede98385 100644
--- a/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.2.jsonl
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/advanced-toolchain/session.2.jsonl
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
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-{"type":"user/message","seq":6,"time":1786373992411,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"4445c9dd-fa9f-41a9-95ab-b05b0fdbea61"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
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+{"type":"user/message","seq":6,"time":1786373992411,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nYou are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"subagent:delegation","text":"You are a delegated subagent: your permission scope was fixed when you were started and cannot be widened from inside this session — operations that require approval are rejected automatically. When the task needs access beyond that scope, do not retry the denied operation; state the limitation in your reply so the delegating agent can handle it."}]},"role":"user","id":"f310d4b7-47c3-4d53-a6f2-91ebe89ecd8e"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
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-{"type":"request/header","seq":8,"time":1785498584067,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"You are an AI agent powered by the DeepSeek Harness SDK.\n\nYou are headless-agent, a coding assistant powered by the deepseek-v4-flash model. Your working directory is {{cwd}}.\n\nVerify your work by running the code or tests. Keep answers brief and factual.\n\n\nUse the read tool — not shell commands like cat — to inspect text files. Results include line numbers. Use offset and limit to continue reading large files.\n\nUse the write tool to create files or completely replace file contents. Existing files are overwritten, so read an existing file first (the default fs-policy requires it) and prefer edit for targeted changes.\n\nUse the edit tool for targeted changes to existing UTF-8 text files. It replaces literal old_string with new_string; by default old_string must appear exactly once. If old_string appears multiple times, provide a more specific old_string or set replace_all to true. Read the file first (the default fs-policy requires it), unless you just created or edited it in this session.\n\nCheck the [exit code: N] marker on every bash result; investigate failures before moving on.\n\nTrack every background task id you start. You are notified in-session when a task finishes — do not busy-poll or sleep on one; keep working on independent steps and do not duplicate a running task's work. Before giving a final answer, collect every still-relevant task with task_output (set wait: true only when you are genuinely blocked on it), and task_kill tasks that stopped mattering.\n\nUse the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for large multi-agent orchestration: you write a JavaScript script (the tool description documents the exact format) that fans work out across many subagents with phases and structured results. For one or two delegations, prefer plain subagent calls.\n\nUse the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.\n\nUse subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.\n\n## Writing code for run_code\n\nPass `run_code` the body of an async TypeScript function (erasable syntax only — no `enum` or namespaces; type annotations are advisory, the code runs type-stripped). Inside the program:\n\n- Call tools as `await tools.name(args)` — quoted access for exotic names: `tools[\"my-tool\"](args)`. Every call resolves to the tool's typed canonical JSON value. Tool arguments must be lossless JSON.\n- A FAILED tool call rejects with `ToolCallError`, whose `toolName` identifies the failed tool and whose `message` is human-readable — `try/catch` it to handle and continue.\n- Independent read-only calls MAY overlap under `Promise.all` (safe calls run concurrently; mutating calls run alone, in submission order). Sequence dependent work with `await`.\n- Emit results with `return` and/or `console.log(...)`. ONLY what you print or return comes back to you — intermediate tool results never enter the conversation, so extract just what you need.\n\nThe available tools:\n\n```ts\ntype JsonValue = null | boolean | number | string | JsonValue[] | { [key: string]: JsonValue }\n\ninterface ToolArgsMap {\n  /** Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`. */\n  bash: {\n    /** The bash command to execute. */\n    command: string;\n    /** Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\". */\n    description: string;\n    /** Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry. */\n    timeoutMs?: number;\n    /** Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it. */\n    workdir?: string;\n    /** Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc. */\n  cordis_inspect: {\n    /** Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections. */\n    what?: \"services\" | \"plugins\" | \"tools\" | \"temporary\" | \"api\" | \"events\";\n    /** Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\". */\n    name?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime. */\n  cordis_mount: {\n    /** JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere. */\n    code: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins. */\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    /** The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart. */\n    id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text. */\n  edit: {\n    /** Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Literal text to replace. Must match exactly. */\n    old_string: string;\n    /** Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match. */\n    new_string: string;\n    /** Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once. */\n    replace_all?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op. */\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    /** The agent id of the running agent to interrupt. */\n    agent_id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools. */\n  ralph: {\n    /** The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round. */\n    objective: string;\n    /** Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling. */\n    maxRounds?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content. */\n  read: {\n    /** Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** 1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1. */\n    offset?: number;\n    /** Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000. */\n    limit?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered. */\n  send_message: {\n    /** The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started. */\n    subagent_id: string;\n    /** The message to deliver to the subagent. */\n    message: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill. */\n  skill: {\n    /** The exact skill name from the available skills list. */\n    name: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action. */\n  subagent: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs. */\n    prompt: string;\n    /** Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result. */\n  subagent_fork: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new. */\n    prompt: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops. */\n  task_kill: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task. */\n    reason?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses. */\n  task_list: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap. */\n  task_output: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive. */\n    wait?: boolean;\n    /** Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum. */\n    timeout_ms?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished). */\n  todo_write: {\n    /** The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list. */\n    todos: ({\n      /** What the task is — a short imperative line. */\n      content: string;\n      /** pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done). */\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn. The workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result. Script-body hooks: - `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly. - `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages. - `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`. - `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim. Misused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`. Constraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes. */\n  workflow: {\n    /** The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`). */\n    script: string;\n    /** The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code). */\n    meta: {\n      /** Short kebab-case workflow name. */\n      name: string;\n      /** One-line description of what the workflow does. */\n      description: string;\n      /** Optional guidance on when this workflow applies. */\n      whenToUse?: string;\n      /** Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls. */\n      phases?: ({\n        /** The phase title phase() calls match by exact string. */\n        title: string;\n        /** Optional one-line description of the phase. */\n        detail?: string;\n        /** Optional provider override this phase is expected to use. */\n        provider?: string;\n        /** Optional model override this phase is expected to use. */\n        model?: string;\n      } & Record<string, JsonValue>)[];\n    } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n    /** Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}). */\n    args?: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file. */\n  write: {\n    /** Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Full UTF-8 text content to write. */\n    content: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n}\n\ninterface ToolOutputMap {\n  bash: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    exitCode: number | null;\n    signal: string | null;\n    timedOut: boolean;\n    aborted: boolean;\n    timeoutMs: number;\n    stdout: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    stderr: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    sandbox?: {\n      mode: string;\n      denied: boolean;\n      enforcement?: string;\n      runnerFailed?: boolean;\n    };\n  };\n  cordis_inspect: string;\n  cordis_mount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n    state: \"pending\" | \"loading\" | \"active\" | \"failed\" | \"disposed\" | \"unloading\";\n    provides: string[];\n    waitingFor: string[];\n  };\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n  };\n  edit: {\n    path: string;\n    before: string;\n    after: string;\n  };\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    accepted: boolean;\n  };\n  ralph: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  read: {\n    path: string;\n    offset: number;\n    lines: {\n      number: number;\n      text: string;\n    }[];\n    totalLines: number;\n  };\n  send_message: {\n    messageId: string;\n  };\n  skill: {\n    name: string;\n    provider: string;\n    resourceBase?: {\n      kind: \"directory\";\n      path: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"url\";\n      url: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"opaque\";\n      description: string;\n    };\n    content: string;\n  };\n  subagent: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  subagent_fork: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  task_kill: {\n    outcome: \"cancellation-requested\" | \"already-finished\";\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  task_list: ({\n    id: string;\n    kind: string;\n    label: string;\n    status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n    detail?: string;\n    startedAt: number;\n    finishedAt?: number;\n  })[];\n  task_output: {\n    text: string;\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  todo_write: {\n    todos: ({\n      content: string;\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n    counts: {\n      pending: number;\n      inProgress: number;\n      completed: number;\n    };\n  };\n  workflow: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  write: {\n    path: string;\n    operation: \"create\" | \"update\";\n    before: string | null;\n    after: string;\n  };\n}\n\ntype ToolName = keyof ToolOutputMap\n\ndeclare class ToolCallError extends Error {\n  readonly name: \"ToolCallError\";\n  readonly toolName: ToolName;\n}\n\ndeclare const tools: {\n  [K in ToolName]: (args: ToolArgsMap[K]) => Promise<ToolOutputMap[K]>;\n}\n```","tools":[{"name":"bash","description":"Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"command":{"type":"string","description":"The bash command to execute."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\"."},"timeoutMs":{"type":"number","description":"Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry."},"workdir":{"type":"string","description":"Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies."}},"required":["command","description"]}},{"name":"cordis_inspect","description":"Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"what":{"type":"string","description":"Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections.","enum":["services","plugins","tools","temporary","api","events"]},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\"."}}}},{"name":"cordis_mount","description":"Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere."}},"required":["code"]}},{"name":"cordis_unmount","description":"Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart."}},"required":["id"]}},{"name":"edit","description":"Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"old_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal text to replace. Must match exactly."},"new_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match."},"replace_all":{"type":"boolean","description":"Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once."}},"required":["file_path","old_string","new_string"]}},{"name":"interrupt_agent","description":"Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"agent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The agent id of the running agent to interrupt."}},"required":["agent_id"]}},{"name":"ralph","description":"Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"objective":{"type":"string","description":"The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round."},"maxRounds":{"type":"number","description":"Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling."}},"required":["objective"]}},{"name":"read","description":"Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"offset":{"type":"number","description":"1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1."},"limit":{"type":"number","description":"Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000."}},"required":["file_path"]}},{"name":"run_code","description":"Execute a TypeScript program against the available tools. Write the BODY of an async function (erasable syntax only; top-level `await` and `return` work) and call tools as `await tools.name(args)` per the declarations in the system prompt. Only what you print or return comes back — curate it.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"The program: the body of an async TypeScript function."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this program does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"Count TODO markers across packages\"; \"Read failing test and its fixture\"; \"Rename config key in every cordis.yml\"."}},"required":["code","description"]}},{"name":"send_message","description":"Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"subagent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started."},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The message to deliver to the subagent."}},"required":["subagent_id","message"]}},{"name":"skill","description":"Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"The exact skill name from the available skills list."}},"required":["name"]}},{"name":"subagent","description":"Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"subagent_fork","description":"Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"task_kill","description":"Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"reason":{"type":"string","description":"Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"task_list","description":"List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{}}},{"name":"task_output","description":"Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"wait":{"type":"boolean","description":"Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive."},"timeout_ms":{"type":"number","description":"Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"todo_write","description":"Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished).","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"todos":{"type":"array","description":"The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list.","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"content":{"type":"string","description":"What the task is — a short imperative line."},"status":{"type":"string","description":"pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done).","enum":["pending","in_progress","completed"]}},"required":["content","status"]}}},"required":["todos"]}},{"name":"workflow","description":"Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn.\n\nThe workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result.\n\nScript-body hooks:\n- `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly.\n- `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages.\n- `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`.\n- `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim.\n\nMisused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`.\n\nConstraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"script":{"type":"string","description":"The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`)."},"meta":{"type":"object","description":"The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code).","additionalProperties":true,"properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"Short kebab-case workflow name."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"One-line description of what the workflow does."},"whenToUse":{"type":"string","description":"Optional guidance on when this workflow applies."},"phases":{"type":"array","description":"Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls.","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":true,"properties":{"title":{"type":"string","description":"The phase title phase() calls match by exact string."},"detail":{"type":"string","description":"Optional one-line description of the phase."},"provider":{"type":"string","description":"Optional provider override this phase is expected to use."},"model":{"type":"string","description":"Optional model override this phase is expected to use."}},"required":["title"]}}},"required":["name","description"]},"args":{"type":"object","description":"Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}).","additionalProperties":true}},"required":["script","meta"]}},{"name":"write","description":"Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"content":{"type":"string","description":"Full UTF-8 text content to write."}},"required":["file_path","content"]}}]},"reason":"initial"}}
+{"type":"request/header","seq":8,"time":1785498584067,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"You are an AI agent powered by the DeepSeek Harness SDK.\n\nYou are headless-agent, a coding assistant powered by the deepseek-v4-flash model. Your working directory is {{cwd}}.\n\nVerify your work by running the code or tests. Keep answers brief and factual.\n\n\nUse the read tool — not shell commands like cat — to inspect text files. Results include line numbers. Use offset and limit to continue reading large files.\n\nUse the write tool to create files or completely replace file contents. Existing files are overwritten, so read an existing file first (the default fs-policy requires it) and prefer edit for targeted changes.\n\nUse the edit tool for targeted changes to existing UTF-8 text files. It replaces literal old_string with new_string; by default old_string must appear exactly once. If old_string appears multiple times, provide a more specific old_string or set replace_all to true. Read the file first (the default fs-policy requires it), unless you just created or edited it in this session.\n\nCheck the [exit code: N] marker on every bash result; investigate failures before moving on.\n\nTrack every background task id you start. You are notified in-session when a task finishes — do not busy-poll or sleep on one; keep working on independent steps and do not duplicate a running task's work. Before giving a final answer, collect every still-relevant task with task_output (set wait: true only when you are genuinely blocked on it), and task_kill tasks that stopped mattering.\n\nUse the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for large multi-agent orchestration: you write a JavaScript script (the tool description documents the exact format) that fans work out across many subagents with phases and structured results. For one or two delegations, prefer plain subagent calls.\n\nUse the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.\n\nUse subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.\n\n## Writing code for run_code\n\nPass `run_code` the body of an async TypeScript function (erasable syntax only — no `enum` or namespaces; type annotations are advisory, the code runs type-stripped). Inside the program:\n\n- Call tools as `await tools.name(args)` — quoted access for exotic names: `tools[\"my-tool\"](args)`. Every call resolves to the tool's typed canonical JSON value. Tool arguments must be lossless JSON.\n- A FAILED tool call rejects with `ToolCallError`, whose `toolName` identifies the failed tool and whose `message` is human-readable — `try/catch` it to handle and continue.\n- Independent read-only calls MAY overlap under `Promise.all` (safe calls run concurrently; mutating calls run alone, in submission order). Sequence dependent work with `await`.\n- Emit results with `return` and/or `console.log(...)`. ONLY what you print or return comes back to you — intermediate tool results never enter the conversation, so extract just what you need.\n\nThe available tools:\n\n```ts\ntype JsonValue = null | boolean | number | string | JsonValue[] | { [key: string]: JsonValue }\n\ninterface ToolArgsMap {\n  /** Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`. */\n  bash: {\n    /** The bash command to execute. */\n    command: string;\n    /** Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\". */\n    description: string;\n    /** Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry. */\n    timeoutMs?: number;\n    /** Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it. */\n    workdir?: string;\n    /** Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc. */\n  cordis_inspect: {\n    /** Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections. */\n    what?: \"services\" | \"plugins\" | \"tools\" | \"temporary\" | \"api\" | \"events\";\n    /** Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\". */\n    name?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime. */\n  cordis_mount: {\n    /** JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere. */\n    code: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins. */\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    /** The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart. */\n    id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text. */\n  edit: {\n    /** Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Literal text to replace. Must match exactly. */\n    old_string: string;\n    /** Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match. */\n    new_string: string;\n    /** Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once. */\n    replace_all?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op. */\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    /** The agent id of the running agent to interrupt. */\n    agent_id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools. */\n  ralph: {\n    /** The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round. */\n    objective: string;\n    /** Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling. */\n    maxRounds?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content. */\n  read: {\n    /** Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** 1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1. */\n    offset?: number;\n    /** Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000. */\n    limit?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered. */\n  send_message: {\n    /** The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started. */\n    subagent_id: string;\n    /** The message to deliver to the subagent. */\n    message: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill. */\n  skill: {\n    /** The exact skill name from the available skills list. */\n    name: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result. */\n  subagent: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs. */\n    prompt: string;\n    /** Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result. */\n  subagent_fork: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new. */\n    prompt: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops. */\n  task_kill: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task. */\n    reason?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses. */\n  task_list: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap. */\n  task_output: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive. */\n    wait?: boolean;\n    /** Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum. */\n    timeout_ms?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished). */\n  todo_write: {\n    /** The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list. */\n    todos: ({\n      /** What the task is — a short imperative line. */\n      content: string;\n      /** pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done). */\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn. The workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result. Script-body hooks: - `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly. - `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages. - `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`. - `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim. Misused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`. Constraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes. */\n  workflow: {\n    /** The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`). */\n    script: string;\n    /** The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code). */\n    meta: {\n      /** Short kebab-case workflow name. */\n      name: string;\n      /** One-line description of what the workflow does. */\n      description: string;\n      /** Optional guidance on when this workflow applies. */\n      whenToUse?: string;\n      /** Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls. */\n      phases?: ({\n        /** The phase title phase() calls match by exact string. */\n        title: string;\n        /** Optional one-line description of the phase. */\n        detail?: string;\n        /** Optional provider override this phase is expected to use. */\n        provider?: string;\n        /** Optional model override this phase is expected to use. */\n        model?: string;\n      } & Record<string, JsonValue>)[];\n    } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n    /** Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}). */\n    args?: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file. */\n  write: {\n    /** Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Full UTF-8 text content to write. */\n    content: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n}\n\ninterface ToolOutputMap {\n  bash: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    exitCode: number | null;\n    signal: string | null;\n    timedOut: boolean;\n    aborted: boolean;\n    timeoutMs: number;\n    stdout: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    stderr: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    sandbox?: {\n      mode: string;\n      denied: boolean;\n      enforcement?: string;\n      runnerFailed?: boolean;\n    };\n  };\n  cordis_inspect: string;\n  cordis_mount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n    state: \"pending\" | \"loading\" | \"active\" | \"failed\" | \"disposed\" | \"unloading\";\n    provides: string[];\n    waitingFor: string[];\n  };\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n  };\n  edit: {\n    path: string;\n    before: string;\n    after: string;\n  };\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    accepted: boolean;\n  };\n  ralph: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  read: {\n    path: string;\n    offset: number;\n    lines: {\n      number: number;\n      text: string;\n    }[];\n    totalLines: number;\n  };\n  send_message: {\n    messageId: string;\n  };\n  skill: {\n    name: string;\n    provider: string;\n    resourceBase?: {\n      kind: \"directory\";\n      path: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"url\";\n      url: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"opaque\";\n      description: string;\n    };\n    content: string;\n  };\n  subagent: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  subagent_fork: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  task_kill: {\n    outcome: \"cancellation-requested\" | \"already-finished\";\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  task_list: ({\n    id: string;\n    kind: string;\n    label: string;\n    status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n    detail?: string;\n    startedAt: number;\n    finishedAt?: number;\n  })[];\n  task_output: {\n    text: string;\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  todo_write: {\n    todos: ({\n      content: string;\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n    counts: {\n      pending: number;\n      inProgress: number;\n      completed: number;\n    };\n  };\n  workflow: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  write: {\n    path: string;\n    operation: \"create\" | \"update\";\n    before: string | null;\n    after: string;\n  };\n}\n\ntype ToolName = keyof ToolOutputMap\n\ndeclare class ToolCallError extends Error {\n  readonly name: \"ToolCallError\";\n  readonly toolName: ToolName;\n}\n\ndeclare const tools: {\n  [K in ToolName]: (args: ToolArgsMap[K]) => Promise<ToolOutputMap[K]>;\n}\n```","tools":[{"name":"bash","description":"Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"command":{"type":"string","description":"The bash command to execute."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\"."},"timeoutMs":{"type":"number","description":"Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry."},"workdir":{"type":"string","description":"Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies."}},"required":["command","description"]}},{"name":"cordis_inspect","description":"Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"what":{"type":"string","description":"Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections.","enum":["services","plugins","tools","temporary","api","events"]},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\"."}}}},{"name":"cordis_mount","description":"Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere."}},"required":["code"]}},{"name":"cordis_unmount","description":"Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart."}},"required":["id"]}},{"name":"edit","description":"Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"old_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal text to replace. Must match exactly."},"new_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match."},"replace_all":{"type":"boolean","description":"Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once."}},"required":["file_path","old_string","new_string"]}},{"name":"interrupt_agent","description":"Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"agent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The agent id of the running agent to interrupt."}},"required":["agent_id"]}},{"name":"ralph","description":"Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"objective":{"type":"string","description":"The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round."},"maxRounds":{"type":"number","description":"Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling."}},"required":["objective"]}},{"name":"read","description":"Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"offset":{"type":"number","description":"1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1."},"limit":{"type":"number","description":"Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000."}},"required":["file_path"]}},{"name":"run_code","description":"Execute a TypeScript program against the available tools. Write the BODY of an async function (erasable syntax only; top-level `await` and `return` work) and call tools as `await tools.name(args)` per the declarations in the system prompt. Only what you print or return comes back — curate it.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"The program: the body of an async TypeScript function."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this program does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"Count TODO markers across packages\"; \"Read failing test and its fixture\"; \"Rename config key in every cordis.yml\"."}},"required":["code","description"]}},{"name":"send_message","description":"Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"subagent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started."},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The message to deliver to the subagent."}},"required":["subagent_id","message"]}},{"name":"skill","description":"Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"The exact skill name from the available skills list."}},"required":["name"]}},{"name":"subagent","description":"Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"subagent_fork","description":"Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"task_kill","description":"Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"reason":{"type":"string","description":"Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"task_list","description":"List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{}}},{"name":"task_output","description":"Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"wait":{"type":"boolean","description":"Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive."},"timeout_ms":{"type":"number","description":"Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"todo_write","description":"Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished).","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"todos":{"type":"array","description":"The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list.","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"content":{"type":"string","description":"What the task is — a short imperative line."},"status":{"type":"string","description":"pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done).","enum":["pending","in_progress","completed"]}},"required":["content","status"]}}},"required":["todos"]}},{"name":"workflow","description":"Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn.\n\nThe workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result.\n\nScript-body hooks:\n- `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly.\n- `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages.\n- `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`.\n- `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim.\n\nMisused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`.\n\nConstraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. 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-{"type":"request/header","seq":6,"time":1785498583782,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"You are an AI agent powered by the DeepSeek Harness SDK.\n\nYou are headless-agent, a coding assistant powered by the deepseek-v4-flash model. Your working directory is {{cwd}}.\n\nVerify your work by running the code or tests. Keep answers brief and factual.\n\n\nUse the read tool — not shell commands like cat — to inspect text files. Results include line numbers. Use offset and limit to continue reading large files.\n\nUse the write tool to create files or completely replace file contents. Existing files are overwritten, so read an existing file first (the default fs-policy requires it) and prefer edit for targeted changes.\n\nUse the edit tool for targeted changes to existing UTF-8 text files. It replaces literal old_string with new_string; by default old_string must appear exactly once. If old_string appears multiple times, provide a more specific old_string or set replace_all to true. Read the file first (the default fs-policy requires it), unless you just created or edited it in this session.\n\nCheck the [exit code: N] marker on every bash result; investigate failures before moving on.\n\nTrack every background task id you start. You are notified in-session when a task finishes — do not busy-poll or sleep on one; keep working on independent steps and do not duplicate a running task's work. Before giving a final answer, collect every still-relevant task with task_output (set wait: true only when you are genuinely blocked on it), and task_kill tasks that stopped mattering.\n\nUse the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for large multi-agent orchestration: you write a JavaScript script (the tool description documents the exact format) that fans work out across many subagents with phases and structured results. For one or two delegations, prefer plain subagent calls.\n\nUse the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.\n\nUse subagent's continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.\n\n## Writing code for run_code\n\nPass `run_code` the body of an async TypeScript function (erasable syntax only — no `enum` or namespaces; type annotations are advisory, the code runs type-stripped). Inside the program:\n\n- Call tools as `await tools.name(args)` — quoted access for exotic names: `tools[\"my-tool\"](args)`. Every call resolves to the tool's typed canonical JSON value. Tool arguments must be lossless JSON.\n- A FAILED tool call rejects with `ToolCallError`, whose `toolName` identifies the failed tool and whose `message` is human-readable — `try/catch` it to handle and continue.\n- Independent read-only calls MAY overlap under `Promise.all` (safe calls run concurrently; mutating calls run alone, in submission order). Sequence dependent work with `await`.\n- Emit results with `return` and/or `console.log(...)`. ONLY what you print or return comes back to you — intermediate tool results never enter the conversation, so extract just what you need.\n\nThe available tools:\n\n```ts\ntype JsonValue = null | boolean | number | string | JsonValue[] | { [key: string]: JsonValue }\n\ninterface ToolArgsMap {\n  /** Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`. */\n  bash: {\n    /** The bash command to execute. */\n    command: string;\n    /** Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\". */\n    description: string;\n    /** Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry. */\n    timeoutMs?: number;\n    /** Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it. */\n    workdir?: string;\n    /** Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc. */\n  cordis_inspect: {\n    /** Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections. */\n    what?: \"services\" | \"plugins\" | \"tools\" | \"temporary\" | \"api\" | \"events\";\n    /** Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\". */\n    name?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime. */\n  cordis_mount: {\n    /** JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere. */\n    code: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins. */\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    /** The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart. */\n    id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text. */\n  edit: {\n    /** Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Literal text to replace. Must match exactly. */\n    old_string: string;\n    /** Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match. */\n    new_string: string;\n    /** Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once. */\n    replace_all?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op. */\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    /** The agent id of the running agent to interrupt. */\n    agent_id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools. */\n  ralph: {\n    /** The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round. */\n    objective: string;\n    /** Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling. */\n    maxRounds?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content. */\n  read: {\n    /** Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** 1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1. */\n    offset?: number;\n    /** Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000. */\n    limit?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered. */\n  send_message: {\n    /** The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started. */\n    subagent_id: string;\n    /** The message to deliver to the subagent. */\n    message: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill. */\n  skill: {\n    /** The exact skill name from the available skills list. */\n    name: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action. */\n  subagent: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs. */\n    prompt: string;\n    /** Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result. */\n  subagent_fork: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new. */\n    prompt: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops. */\n  task_kill: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task. */\n    reason?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses. */\n  task_list: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap. */\n  task_output: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive. */\n    wait?: boolean;\n    /** Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum. */\n    timeout_ms?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished). */\n  todo_write: {\n    /** The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list. */\n    todos: ({\n      /** What the task is — a short imperative line. */\n      content: string;\n      /** pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done). */\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn. The workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result. Script-body hooks: - `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly. - `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages. - `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`. - `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim. Misused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`. Constraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes. */\n  workflow: {\n    /** The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`). */\n    script: string;\n    /** The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code). */\n    meta: {\n      /** Short kebab-case workflow name. */\n      name: string;\n      /** One-line description of what the workflow does. */\n      description: string;\n      /** Optional guidance on when this workflow applies. */\n      whenToUse?: string;\n      /** Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls. */\n      phases?: ({\n        /** The phase title phase() calls match by exact string. */\n        title: string;\n        /** Optional one-line description of the phase. */\n        detail?: string;\n        /** Optional provider override this phase is expected to use. */\n        provider?: string;\n        /** Optional model override this phase is expected to use. */\n        model?: string;\n      } & Record<string, JsonValue>)[];\n    } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n    /** Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}). */\n    args?: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file. */\n  write: {\n    /** Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Full UTF-8 text content to write. */\n    content: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n}\n\ninterface ToolOutputMap {\n  bash: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    exitCode: number | null;\n    signal: string | null;\n    timedOut: boolean;\n    aborted: boolean;\n    timeoutMs: number;\n    stdout: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    stderr: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    sandbox?: {\n      mode: string;\n      denied: boolean;\n      enforcement?: string;\n      runnerFailed?: boolean;\n    };\n  };\n  cordis_inspect: string;\n  cordis_mount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n    state: \"pending\" | \"loading\" | \"active\" | \"failed\" | \"disposed\" | \"unloading\";\n    provides: string[];\n    waitingFor: string[];\n  };\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n  };\n  edit: {\n    path: string;\n    before: string;\n    after: string;\n  };\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    accepted: boolean;\n  };\n  ralph: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  read: {\n    path: string;\n    offset: number;\n    lines: {\n      number: number;\n      text: string;\n    }[];\n    totalLines: number;\n  };\n  send_message: {\n    messageId: string;\n  };\n  skill: {\n    name: string;\n    provider: string;\n    resourceBase?: {\n      kind: \"directory\";\n      path: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"url\";\n      url: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"opaque\";\n      description: string;\n    };\n    content: string;\n  };\n  subagent: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  subagent_fork: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  task_kill: {\n    outcome: \"cancellation-requested\" | \"already-finished\";\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  task_list: ({\n    id: string;\n    kind: string;\n    label: string;\n    status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n    detail?: string;\n    startedAt: number;\n    finishedAt?: number;\n  })[];\n  task_output: {\n    text: string;\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  todo_write: {\n    todos: ({\n      content: string;\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n    counts: {\n      pending: number;\n      inProgress: number;\n      completed: number;\n    };\n  };\n  workflow: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  write: {\n    path: string;\n    operation: \"create\" | \"update\";\n    before: string | null;\n    after: string;\n  };\n}\n\ntype ToolName = keyof ToolOutputMap\n\ndeclare class ToolCallError extends Error {\n  readonly name: \"ToolCallError\";\n  readonly toolName: ToolName;\n}\n\ndeclare const tools: {\n  [K in ToolName]: (args: ToolArgsMap[K]) => Promise<ToolOutputMap[K]>;\n}\n```","tools":[{"name":"bash","description":"Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"command":{"type":"string","description":"The bash command to execute."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\"."},"timeoutMs":{"type":"number","description":"Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry."},"workdir":{"type":"string","description":"Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies."}},"required":["command","description"]}},{"name":"cordis_inspect","description":"Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"what":{"type":"string","description":"Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections.","enum":["services","plugins","tools","temporary","api","events"]},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\"."}}}},{"name":"cordis_mount","description":"Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere."}},"required":["code"]}},{"name":"cordis_unmount","description":"Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart."}},"required":["id"]}},{"name":"edit","description":"Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"old_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal text to replace. Must match exactly."},"new_string":{"type":"string","description":"Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match."},"replace_all":{"type":"boolean","description":"Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once."}},"required":["file_path","old_string","new_string"]}},{"name":"interrupt_agent","description":"Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"agent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The agent id of the running agent to interrupt."}},"required":["agent_id"]}},{"name":"ralph","description":"Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"objective":{"type":"string","description":"The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round."},"maxRounds":{"type":"number","description":"Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling."}},"required":["objective"]}},{"name":"read","description":"Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"offset":{"type":"number","description":"1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1."},"limit":{"type":"number","description":"Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000."}},"required":["file_path"]}},{"name":"run_code","description":"Execute a TypeScript program against the available tools. Write the BODY of an async function (erasable syntax only; top-level `await` and `return` work) and call tools as `await tools.name(args)` per the declarations in the system prompt. Only what you print or return comes back — curate it.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"The program: the body of an async TypeScript function."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this program does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"Count TODO markers across packages\"; \"Read failing test and its fixture\"; \"Rename config key in every cordis.yml\"."}},"required":["code","description"]}},{"name":"send_message","description":"Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"subagent_id":{"type":"string","description":"The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started."},"message":{"type":"string","description":"The message to deliver to the subagent."}},"required":["subagent_id","message"]}},{"name":"skill","description":"Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"The exact skill name from the available skills list."}},"required":["name"]}},{"name":"subagent","description":"Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"subagent_fork","description":"Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new."}},"required":["description","prompt"]}},{"name":"task_kill","description":"Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"reason":{"type":"string","description":"Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"task_list","description":"List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{}}},{"name":"task_output","description":"Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"task_id":{"type":"string","description":"Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."},"wait":{"type":"boolean","description":"Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive."},"timeout_ms":{"type":"number","description":"Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum."}},"required":["task_id"]}},{"name":"todo_write","description":"Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished).","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"todos":{"type":"array","description":"The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list.","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"content":{"type":"string","description":"What the task is — a short imperative line."},"status":{"type":"string","description":"pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done).","enum":["pending","in_progress","completed"]}},"required":["content","status"]}}},"required":["todos"]}},{"name":"workflow","description":"Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn.\n\nThe workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result.\n\nScript-body hooks:\n- `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly.\n- `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages.\n- `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`.\n- `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim.\n\nMisused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`.\n\nConstraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"script":{"type":"string","description":"The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`)."},"meta":{"type":"object","description":"The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code).","additionalProperties":true,"properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"Short kebab-case workflow name."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"One-line description of what the workflow does."},"whenToUse":{"type":"string","description":"Optional guidance on when this workflow applies."},"phases":{"type":"array","description":"Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls.","items":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":true,"properties":{"title":{"type":"string","description":"The phase title phase() calls match by exact string."},"detail":{"type":"string","description":"Optional one-line description of the phase."},"provider":{"type":"string","description":"Optional provider override this phase is expected to use."},"model":{"type":"string","description":"Optional model override this phase is expected to use."}},"required":["title"]}}},"required":["name","description"]},"args":{"type":"object","description":"Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}).","additionalProperties":true}},"required":["script","meta"]}},{"name":"write","description":"Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"file_path":{"type":"string","description":"Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend."},"content":{"type":"string","description":"Full UTF-8 text content to write."}},"required":["file_path","content"]}}]},"reason":"initial"}}
+{"type":"request/header","seq":6,"time":1785498583782,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"You are an AI agent powered by the DeepSeek Harness SDK.\n\nYou are headless-agent, a coding assistant powered by the deepseek-v4-flash model. Your working directory is {{cwd}}.\n\nVerify your work by running the code or tests. Keep answers brief and factual.\n\n\nUse the read tool — not shell commands like cat — to inspect text files. Results include line numbers. Use offset and limit to continue reading large files.\n\nUse the write tool to create files or completely replace file contents. Existing files are overwritten, so read an existing file first (the default fs-policy requires it) and prefer edit for targeted changes.\n\nUse the edit tool for targeted changes to existing UTF-8 text files. It replaces literal old_string with new_string; by default old_string must appear exactly once. If old_string appears multiple times, provide a more specific old_string or set replace_all to true. Read the file first (the default fs-policy requires it), unless you just created or edited it in this session.\n\nCheck the [exit code: N] marker on every bash result; investigate failures before moving on.\n\nTrack every background task id you start. You are notified in-session when a task finishes — do not busy-poll or sleep on one; keep working on independent steps and do not duplicate a running task's work. Before giving a final answer, collect every still-relevant task with task_output (set wait: true only when you are genuinely blocked on it), and task_kill tasks that stopped mattering.\n\nUse the workflow tool ONLY when the user explicitly asks for a workflow or for large multi-agent orchestration: you write a JavaScript script (the tool description documents the exact format) that fans work out across many subagents with phases and structured results. For one or two delegations, prefer plain subagent calls.\n\nUse the ralph tool ONLY when the direct human explicitly asks for a Ralph loop or fresh-agent iterative execution. Each Ralph round starts a fresh child with no conversation seed and uses the shared workspace as durable memory. Completion and blockers are worker reports, not independent evaluation. Use same-session goal tools for ordinary long-running objectives, and plain subagents or workflows for bounded delegation and fan-out.\n\nUse subagent in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.\n\n## Writing code for run_code\n\nPass `run_code` the body of an async TypeScript function (erasable syntax only — no `enum` or namespaces; type annotations are advisory, the code runs type-stripped). Inside the program:\n\n- Call tools as `await tools.name(args)` — quoted access for exotic names: `tools[\"my-tool\"](args)`. Every call resolves to the tool's typed canonical JSON value. Tool arguments must be lossless JSON.\n- A FAILED tool call rejects with `ToolCallError`, whose `toolName` identifies the failed tool and whose `message` is human-readable — `try/catch` it to handle and continue.\n- Independent read-only calls MAY overlap under `Promise.all` (safe calls run concurrently; mutating calls run alone, in submission order). Sequence dependent work with `await`.\n- Emit results with `return` and/or `console.log(...)`. ONLY what you print or return comes back to you — intermediate tool results never enter the conversation, so extract just what you need.\n\nThe available tools:\n\n```ts\ntype JsonValue = null | boolean | number | string | JsonValue[] | { [key: string]: JsonValue }\n\ninterface ToolArgsMap {\n  /** Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`. */\n  bash: {\n    /** The bash command to execute. */\n    command: string;\n    /** Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\". */\n    description: string;\n    /** Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry. */\n    timeoutMs?: number;\n    /** Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it. */\n    workdir?: string;\n    /** Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc. */\n  cordis_inspect: {\n    /** Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections. */\n    what?: \"services\" | \"plugins\" | \"tools\" | \"temporary\" | \"api\" | \"events\";\n    /** Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\". */\n    name?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime. */\n  cordis_mount: {\n    /** JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere. */\n    code: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins. */\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    /** The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart. */\n    id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text. */\n  edit: {\n    /** Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Literal text to replace. Must match exactly. */\n    old_string: string;\n    /** Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match. */\n    new_string: string;\n    /** Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once. */\n    replace_all?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a background agent's current turn by its agent id. The target may be your direct child or a deeper agent created under you. Only the current turn stops: messages already queued for the agent stay parked until a later send_message, agents it started keep running, and the agent itself stays available for follow-ups. This call returns as soon as the stop request is accepted, so the target may keep running briefly; interrupting an agent that already finished is an accepted no-op. */\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    /** The agent id of the running agent to interrupt. */\n    agent_id: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools. */\n  ralph: {\n    /** The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round. */\n    objective: string;\n    /** Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling. */\n    maxRounds?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content. */\n  read: {\n    /** Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** 1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1. */\n    offset?: number;\n    /** Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000. */\n    limit?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Send a message to a background subagent by its subagent id, continuing the same conversation. It becomes the subagent's next turn: if it is still working, the message waits until its current turn finishes, so it cannot redirect work already underway. This call returns no answer from the subagent — only confirmation that the message was delivered — so use it to give it more work. A failure means the message was NOT delivered. */\n  send_message: {\n    /** The subagent id returned when the background subagent was started. */\n    subagent_id: string;\n    /** The message to deliver to the subagent. */\n    message: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill. */\n  skill: {\n    /** The exact skill name from the available skills list. */\n    name: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent returns its result, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result. */\n  subagent: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs. */\n    prompt: string;\n    /** Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it. */\n    run_in_background?: boolean;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Delegate a task to a subagent that inherits this conversation: a child agent seeded with all completed turns so far (it does not see the current in-flight turn). Use this when the subtask builds on this conversation's context — a follow-up analysis, a review, a continuation — without consuming this conversation's context for the work itself. You receive its result, not its intermediate steps. This call waits for the subagent and returns its result. */\n  subagent_fork: {\n    /** A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display. */\n    description: string;\n    /** The task for the subagent. It already sees this conversation's completed turns, so build on them freely and state only what is new. */\n    prompt: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops. */\n  task_kill: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task. */\n    reason?: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses. */\n  task_list: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with `[status: ...]`. Reads are non-blocking unless `wait: true`, which waits up to the configured cap. */\n  task_output: {\n    /** Task id returned by the tool that started the background work. */\n    task_id: string;\n    /** Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive. */\n    wait?: boolean;\n    /** Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum. */\n    timeout_ms?: number;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Mark every todo being actively worked on `in_progress` — several at once when work genuinely runs in parallel (e.g. concurrent subagents or background commands), one for sequential work; while work remains, at least one task should be `in_progress`. Mark a todo `completed` the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no `in_progress` item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: `pending` (not started), `in_progress` (being worked on now), `completed` (finished). */\n  todo_write: {\n    /** The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list. */\n    todos: ({\n      /** What the task is — a short imperative line. */\n      content: string;\n      /** pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done). */\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn. The workflow's identity rides the `meta` parameter as JSON: required `name` (short kebab-case) and `description` strings, optional `whenToUse` string and `phases` array (`{title, detail?, provider?, model?}`). The `script` parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO `export const meta` statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with `return <value>` — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result. Script-body hooks: - `agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>` — run one subagent to completion. Without `opts.schema` it resolves to the child's final text; with `opts.schema` (an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolves `null` when the child fails (filter with `.filter(Boolean)`). Other opts: `label` (display), `phase` (progress group), and independent `provider`/`model` LLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (`effort`/`isolation`/`agentType`) is rejected loudly. - `pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>` — run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives `(prev, item, index)`. An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM to `null` and skips its remaining stages. - `parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>` — run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves to `null`. - `phase(title)` — start a progress phase; `log(message)` — narrate progress; `args` — the tool call's `args` input, verbatim. Misused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item `null`. Constraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes. */\n  workflow: {\n    /** The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`). */\n    script: string;\n    /** The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code). */\n    meta: {\n      /** Short kebab-case workflow name. */\n      name: string;\n      /** One-line description of what the workflow does. */\n      description: string;\n      /** Optional guidance on when this workflow applies. */\n      whenToUse?: string;\n      /** Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls. */\n      phases?: ({\n        /** The phase title phase() calls match by exact string. */\n        title: string;\n        /** Optional one-line description of the phase. */\n        detail?: string;\n        /** Optional provider override this phase is expected to use. */\n        provider?: string;\n        /** Optional model override this phase is expected to use. */\n        model?: string;\n      } & Record<string, JsonValue>)[];\n    } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n    /** Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}). */\n    args?: Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n  /** Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file. */\n  write: {\n    /** Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend. */\n    file_path: string;\n    /** Full UTF-8 text content to write. */\n    content: string;\n  } & Record<string, JsonValue>;\n}\n\ninterface ToolOutputMap {\n  bash: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    exitCode: number | null;\n    signal: string | null;\n    timedOut: boolean;\n    aborted: boolean;\n    timeoutMs: number;\n    stdout: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    stderr: {\n      text: string;\n      truncated: boolean;\n      spillPath?: string;\n    };\n    sandbox?: {\n      mode: string;\n      denied: boolean;\n      enforcement?: string;\n      runnerFailed?: boolean;\n    };\n  };\n  cordis_inspect: string;\n  cordis_mount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n    state: \"pending\" | \"loading\" | \"active\" | \"failed\" | \"disposed\" | \"unloading\";\n    provides: string[];\n    waitingFor: string[];\n  };\n  cordis_unmount: {\n    id: string;\n    pluginName: string;\n  };\n  edit: {\n    path: string;\n    before: string;\n    after: string;\n  };\n  interrupt_agent: {\n    accepted: boolean;\n  };\n  ralph: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  read: {\n    path: string;\n    offset: number;\n    lines: {\n      number: number;\n      text: string;\n    }[];\n    totalLines: number;\n  };\n  send_message: {\n    messageId: string;\n  };\n  skill: {\n    name: string;\n    provider: string;\n    resourceBase?: {\n      kind: \"directory\";\n      path: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"url\";\n      url: string;\n    } | {\n      kind: \"opaque\";\n      description: string;\n    };\n    content: string;\n  };\n  subagent: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  subagent_fork: {\n    kind: \"background\";\n    taskId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"continuable\";\n    subagentId: string;\n  } | {\n    kind: \"foreground\";\n    runId: string;\n    output: JsonValue[];\n  };\n  task_kill: {\n    outcome: \"cancellation-requested\" | \"already-finished\";\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  task_list: ({\n    id: string;\n    kind: string;\n    label: string;\n    status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n    detail?: string;\n    startedAt: number;\n    finishedAt?: number;\n  })[];\n  task_output: {\n    text: string;\n    task: {\n      id: string;\n      kind: string;\n      label: string;\n      status: \"running\" | \"stopping\" | \"completed\" | \"killed\" | \"failed\";\n      detail?: string;\n      startedAt: number;\n      finishedAt?: number;\n    };\n  };\n  todo_write: {\n    todos: ({\n      content: string;\n      status: \"pending\" | \"in_progress\" | \"completed\";\n    })[];\n    counts: {\n      pending: number;\n      inProgress: number;\n      completed: number;\n    };\n  };\n  workflow: {\n    runId: string;\n    agentsStarted: number;\n    result: JsonValue;\n  };\n  write: {\n    path: string;\n    operation: \"create\" | \"update\";\n    before: string | null;\n    after: string;\n  };\n}\n\ntype ToolName = keyof ToolOutputMap\n\ndeclare class ToolCallError extends Error {\n  readonly name: \"ToolCallError\";\n  readonly toolName: ToolName;\n}\n\ndeclare const tools: {\n  [K in ToolName]: (args: ToolArgsMap[K]) => Promise<ToolOutputMap[K]>;\n}\n```","tools":[{"name":"bash","description":"Execute a bash command (`bash -c`) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass `workdir` instead of using `cd`. Non-zero exits are reported as `[exit code: N]`. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed `$DSH_*` variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as `[sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode]` — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set `run_in_background: true` for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with `task_output` and stop it with `task_kill`.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"command":{"type":"string","description":"The bash command to execute."},"description":{"type":"string","description":"Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\"."},"timeoutMs":{"type":"number","description":"Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry."},"workdir":{"type":"string","description":"Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies."}},"required":["command","description"]}},{"name":"cordis_inspect","description":"Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: `services` (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), `plugins` (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), `tools` (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), `temporary` (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), `api` (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), `events` (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The `temporary` section is a subset of `plugins`. Omit `what` to get all six sections. With `what:\"api\"` or `what:\"events\"`, pass an exact `name` to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"what":{"type":"string","description":"Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections.","enum":["services","plugins","tools","temporary","api","events"]},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\"."}}}},{"name":"cordis_mount","description":"Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement an SDK Plugin or installable profile bundle through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. `code` runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST `return` a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form `return (ctx) => { … }` — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form `return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } }` — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:\"api\" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside `apply`, use the standard cordis API: `ctx.on(event, listener)` to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:\"events\"), or call `harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } }))` to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's `execute` MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by `output.schema`; `output.render(args, value)` separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may `ctx.provide('name', value)` a service and another may declare `inject: ['name']` to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside `apply` is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: `console` (tagged `[cordis:<id>]`, writes through to the harness terminal), `harness.defineTool`, `harness.registerTool`, `btoa`, `atob`, `TextEncoder`, `TextDecoder`. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: `require`, `setTimeout`/`setInterval`, and `fetch` throw redirect errors; `process` and `Buffer` are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:\"api\" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere."}},"required":["code"]}},{"name":"cordis_unmount","description":"Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. 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When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.","parameters":{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."},"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs."},"run_in_background":{"type":"boolean","description":"Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. 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diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/compaction-recovery/session.jsonl b/examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/compaction-recovery/session.jsonl
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 {"type":"tool/call","seq":65,"time":1785730504747,"data":{"turn":1,"step":6,"callId":"pty-list","name":"terminal_list","arguments":"{}"}}
-{"type":"tool/result","seq":66,"time":1785730504755,"data":{"turn":1,"step":6,"message":{"source":{"kind":"tool","callId":"pty-list"},"content":[{"type":"tool-result","toolCallId":"pty-list","content":[{"type":"text","text":"(no terminal sessions)"}],"isError":false}],"role":"user","id":"4336cf8b-b3ad-456b-bf79-08043cd2e92e"}},"sourceEventSeqs":[65],"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"tool/result","seq":66,"time":1785730504755,"data":{"turn":1,"step":6,"message":{"source":{"kind":"tool","callId":"pty-list"},"content":[{"type":"tool-result","toolCallId":"pty-list","content":[{"type":"text","text":"(no terminal sessions)"}],"isError":false}],"role":"user","id":"ad358c01-892a-4c27-9597-076ccecae314"}},"sourceEventSeqs":[65],"surfaceOp":"append"}
 {"type":"step/end","seq":67,"time":1785730504755,"data":{"turn":1,"step":6}}
 {"type":"step/start","seq":68,"time":1785730504763,"data":{"turn":1,"step":7}}
 {"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":69,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1,"step":7,"chunk":{"type":"block-start","index":0,"blockType":"text"}}}
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@
 {"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":71,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1,"step":7,"chunk":{"type":"block-end","index":0,"block":{"type":"text","text":"DONE"}}}}
 {"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":72,"time":1785498587531,"data":{"turn":1,"step":7,"chunk":{"type":"usage","usage":{"inputTokens":10,"outputTokens":3}}}}
 {"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":73,"time":1785730504764,"data":{"turn":1,"step":7,"chunk":{"type":"finish","reason":{"kind":"stop"}}}}
-{"type":"assistant/message","seq":74,"time":1785730504764,"data":{"turn":1,"step":7,"message":{"role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"text","text":"DONE"}],"source":{"kind":"model","provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"id":"88b35a93-17ad-43e1-9246-601d67008bb2"},"usage":{"inputTokens":10,"outputTokens":3}},"sourceEventSeqs":[69,70,71,72,73],"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"assistant/message","seq":74,"time":1785730504764,"data":{"turn":1,"step":7,"message":{"role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"text","text":"DONE"}],"source":{"kind":"model","provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"id":"c671db4c-d1e0-46a8-85ae-f1d2cd11f241"},"usage":{"inputTokens":10,"outputTokens":3}},"sourceEventSeqs":[69,70,71,72,73],"surfaceOp":"append"}
 {"type":"step/end","seq":75,"time":1785730504764,"data":{"turn":1,"step":7}}
 {"type":"turn/end","seq":76,"time":1785730504764,"data":{"turn":1,"reason":{"kind":"completed"}}}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.i18n.yaml
index 4ccba9406e..dd6feb4807 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.md
-README.md: 40ece8bbd6f0f8929b3cb112c0b9b0de20299b8b
-README.zh.md: 3f19740ef7abe961d6528e24a5063b3975fc1452
+README.md: cc872f3decc4c85f26bd997293c8dc4140eb221c
+README.zh.md: f7616dc677d10c141b1be606dae36d7dc7bb23ac
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.md b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.md
index 40ece8bbd6..cc872f3dec 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.md
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Foreground and background calls are concurrency-safe: sibling delegations in one
 
 #### What the model sees
 
-The generated default [`subagent` schema](../../../docs/tool-catalog.md#deepseek-aidsh-tool-subagent) under this instance's configured name while its provider exists. Provider context inheritance changes the tool and prompt descriptions. Enabled background mode adds `run_in_background`: continuable mode documents its `true` default, runtime settlement notice, and explicit foreground override, while one-shot mode documents its `false` default and the task id collected with `task_output` or stopped with `task_kill`. A `tool:<toolName>` system-prompt section tells the model to start independent continuable delegations together, keep working while they run, and choose foreground only when its next action depends on the result.
+The generated default [`subagent` schema](../../../docs/tool-catalog.md#deepseek-aidsh-tool-subagent) under this instance's configured name while its provider exists. Provider context inheritance changes the tool and prompt descriptions. Enabled background mode adds `run_in_background`: continuable mode documents its `true` default, runtime settlement notice, and explicit foreground override, while one-shot mode documents its `false` default and the task id collected with `task_output` or stopped with `task_kill`. While the tool is visible in an assembly's scope, a `tool:<toolName>` system-prompt section tells the model to start independent continuable delegations together, keep working while they run, and choose foreground only when its next action depends on the result; a tool restriction removes both its schema and this guidance.
 
 #### Token effect
 
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ Append-only; newly visible content follows the reusable request prefix and does
 ## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
 
 - **Background runs expose no result through this tool** — a one-shot task's final output is collected through the generic task surface, and a continuable child's output stays in its own session, read by its subagent id. The settlement notice states how that child ended and carries any final assistant message, but it is not this call's return value and cannot be awaited here.
-- **Duplicate names across waiting instances are detected late** (`TODO(subagent-dup-toolname)`) — preventing provider-registration rollback requires a registry of intended names.
+- **Duplicate names across waiting one-shot instances are detected late** (`TODO(subagent-dup-toolname)`) — continuable instances reserve their prompt-section name during plugin application, but preventing provider-registration rollback for waiting one-shot instances requires a registry of intended names.
 - **Child policy is fixed per instance** — another model, persona, tool filter, or depth cap requires another distinctly named tool.
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.zh.md b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.zh.md
index 3f19740ef7..f7616dc677 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/README.zh.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 #### 模型看到的内容
 
-当提供方存在时，以当前实例配置的名称公开已生成的默认 [`subagent` schema](../../../docs/tool-catalog.md#deepseek-aidsh-tool-subagent)。提供方是否继承上下文会改变工具描述和提示词描述。启用后台模式会添加 `run_in_background`：可继续模式会记录其默认值为 `true`、运行时结算通知与显式前台覆盖；一次性模式会记录其默认值为 `false`，以及用 `task_output` 收集或用 `task_kill` 停止的 task id。一个 `tool:<toolName>` 系统提示词 section 会指示模型同时启动相互独立的可继续委派、在它们运行时继续工作，并且仅当下一步动作依赖结果时选择前台。
+当提供方存在时，以当前实例配置的名称公开已生成的默认 [`subagent` schema](../../../docs/tool-catalog.md#deepseek-aidsh-tool-subagent)。提供方是否继承上下文会改变工具描述和提示词描述。启用后台模式会添加 `run_in_background`：可继续模式会记录其默认值为 `true`、运行时结算通知与显式前台覆盖；一次性模式会记录其默认值为 `false`，以及用 `task_output` 收集或用 `task_kill` 停止的 task id。当工具在本次组装的作用域中可见时，一个 `tool:<toolName>` 系统提示词 section 会指示模型同时启动相互独立的可继续委派、在它们运行时继续工作，并且仅当下一步动作依赖结果时选择前台；工具限制会同时移除其 schema 和这段指引。
 
 #### Token 影响
 
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@
 ## 已知限制与暂缓事项
 
 - **后台运行不通过本工具公开结果**：一次性任务的最终输出通过通用 Task 接口收集，可继续子 agent 的输出留在其自身会话中，按其 subagent id 读取。结算通知会说明该子 agent 如何结束，并携带可能存在的最终 assistant 消息，但它不是本次调用的返回值，也无法在此等待。
-- **等待中实例的重复名称发现较晚**（`TODO(subagent-dup-toolname)`）：若要阻止提供方注册回滚，需要一份预期名称注册表。
+- **等待中的一次性实例较晚才发现重复名称**（`TODO(subagent-dup-toolname)`）：可继续实例会在插件应用期间预留提示词 section 名称，但若要阻止等待中的一次性实例回滚提供方注册，仍需要一份预期名称注册表。
 - **每个实例的子 agent 策略固定**：其他模型、persona、工具过滤器或深度上限都需要另一个名称不同的工具。
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
index 24422fd0fa..1e118908c0 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const name = 'tool-subagent'
 export const inject = ['tools', 'subagents', 'systemPrompt']
 
 /** Prompt order after bounded delegation policy and before child reporting. */
-const SUBAGENT_SECTION_ORDER = 116
+const SUBAGENT_SECTION_ORDER = 116.5
 
 /** Config: which registered provider this tool delegates to, plus child defaults. */
 export interface Config {
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
         // a separately installed capability, so this promise holds whenever the
         // continuable background path is reachable at all.
         ? continuable
-          ? ' This tool uses its continuable background route by default and immediately returns a durable subagent id. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` to use a foreground run only when you must receive its result before taking your next action.'
+          ? ' This tool runs in the background by default, immediately returns a durable subagent id, and keeps the child conversation available for later turns. When that run settles, the runtime sends the parent a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message; `send_message` starts a later turn in the same child conversation. Set `run_in_background: false` only when your next action depends on receiving the result.'
           : ' This call waits for the result by default. Set `run_in_background: true` to return a task id; collect with `task_output` and stop with `task_kill`.'
         : ' This call waits for the subagent and returns its result.'),
       parameters: {
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
           run_in_background: {
             type: 'boolean' as const,
             description: continuable
-              ? 'Whether to use the continuable background route. Defaults to true. Set false to run in the foreground and wait only when your next action depends on its result.'
+              ? 'Whether to run in the background and return a durable subagent id immediately. Defaults to true. Set false to wait for the result when your next action depends on it.'
               : 'Whether to run as a background task and return its id. Defaults to false; collect with task_output or stop with task_kill.',
           },
         } : {},
@@ -432,9 +432,11 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   }
 
   // Register listeners before checking presence so no synchronous change is missed.
-  // TODO(subagent-dup-toolname): two WAITING fibers configured with the same
-  // toolName collide when their provider appears, and the duplicate-name throw
-  // rolls back the provider registration. Add an intent registry if this occurs.
+  // TODO(subagent-dup-toolname): two waiting one-shot fibers configured with the
+  // same toolName collide when their provider appears, and the duplicate-name
+  // throw rolls back the provider registration. Continuable instances reserve
+  // their prompt-section name during apply() and fail earlier. Add an intent
+  // registry if the late one-shot collision occurs in a shipped composition.
   ctx.on('subagent/provider-added', (provider) => {
     if (provider.name === config.provider && disposeTool === undefined) mount(provider)
   })
@@ -457,9 +459,9 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
     ctx.systemPrompt.section({
       name: `tool:${toolName}`,
       order: SUBAGENT_SECTION_ORDER,
-      text: () => ctx.subagents.getProvider(config.provider) === undefined
+      text: context => disposeTool === undefined || ctx.tools.get(toolName, context.scope) === undefined
         ? ''
-        : `Use ${toolName}'s continuable background route by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set \`run_in_background: false\` only when you cannot take your next action without that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.`,
+        : `Use ${toolName} in the background by default. Start independent delegations together in one assistant message and continue useful work while they run. Set \`run_in_background: false\` only when your next action depends on that subagent's result. When a background run settles, the runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome and any final assistant message.`,
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tests/tool-subagent.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tests/tool-subagent.spec.ts
index 96c7553f91..7c233c1924 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tests/tool-subagent.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tests/tool-subagent.spec.ts
@@ -354,13 +354,26 @@ describe('dsh-tool-subagent', () => {
     await ctx.plugin(ToolRegistry)
     await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
 
-    // Arm 1: a mounted tool dies with its plugin fiber; the provider survives.
-    await mock.mountScriptedProvider(ctx, { name: 'mock' })
-    const mounted = await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'mock' })
+    // Arm 1: a mounted tool and its prompt section die with the plugin fiber;
+    // the provider survives.
+    ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
+      name: 'continuable',
+      capabilities: { outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
+      inheritsParentContext: false,
+      start: async () => { throw new Error('lifecycle test does not start a child') },
+      prepareContinuable: async () => ({}),
+    })
+    const mounted = await ctx.plugin(tool, {
+      provider: 'continuable',
+      backgroundMode: 'continuable',
+      maxDepth: 'provider-managed',
+    })
     expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toBe(true)
+    expect((await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()).sections.some(s => s.name === 'tool:subagent')).toBe(true)
     await mounted.dispose()
     expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toBe(false)
-    expect(ctx.subagents.getProvider('mock')).toBeDefined()
+    expect((await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()).sections.some(s => s.name === 'tool:subagent')).toBe(false)
+    expect(ctx.subagents.getProvider('continuable')).toBeDefined()
 
     // Arm 2: a fiber disposed while WAITING must not react to the provider
     // arriving later — a surviving listener would re-register a tool that no
@@ -1012,16 +1025,16 @@ describe('dsh-tool-subagent continuable background mode', () => {
     expect(schema.description).not.toContain('task_output')
     expect(schema.description).not.toContain('task_kill')
     expect(schema.description).toContain('send_message')
-    expect(schema.description).toContain('continuable background route by default')
+    expect(schema.description).toContain('runs in the background by default')
+    expect(schema.description).not.toContain('never poll or wait on it')
     const properties = (schema.parameters as {
       properties: Record<string, { description?: string }>
     }).properties
     expect(properties.run_in_background?.description).toContain('Defaults to true')
     const assembly = await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble(assembleContextFor(parent))
     const guidance = assembly.sections.find(section => section.name === 'tool:subagent')
-    expect(guidance?.text).toContain("Use subagent's continuable background route by default")
+    expect(guidance?.text).toContain('Use subagent in the background by default')
     expect(guidance?.text).toContain('runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome')
-    expect(guidance?.text).not.toContain('do not poll')
 
     const started = await callSubagent(
       ctx,
@@ -1044,6 +1057,15 @@ describe('dsh-tool-subagent continuable background mode', () => {
     expect(loaded.events.some(event => event.type === 'assistant/message')).toBe(true)
   })
 
+  it('hides continuable guidance when the current agent cannot see the tool', async () => {
+    const { ctx, parent } = await continuableSetup()
+    parent.ctx.tools.restrict({ deny: ['subagent'] })
+
+    expect(ctx.tools.get('subagent', parent)).toBeUndefined()
+    const assembly = await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble(assembleContextFor(parent))
+    expect(assembly.sections.find(section => section.name === 'tool:subagent')?.text).toBe('')
+  })
+
   it('waits for a continuable provider only when run_in_background is explicitly false', async () => {
     const { ctx, parent } = await continuableSetup()
     const result = await callSubagent(
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tsconfig.json b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tsconfig.json
index 25780c367f..455ebbf3ac 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../../core/tools"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../core/system-prompt"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../subagent"
     },