test: real-Loader dynamic composition, keyless onboarding snapshot, and .env-only e2e

llm-deepseek gains a Loader+Include composition spec proving external
settings.yaml/.env edits reach the very next request, and a real-API e2e
where only a credentials-local document holds the key. The headless example
pins the first-run missing-credential UX as a keyless stream-json snapshot
(new credentials.cordis.snapshot.yml scenario); runLoaderSmoke learns
expectedExitCode so a designed failure surface can be pinned instead of
masked.

examples/headless-agent/credentials.cordis.snapshot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Keyless dynamic-configuration composition: the settings and credentials
+# providers live under the run cwd, no API key exists anywhere, and the
+# deepseek route still registers — so the prompt fails with the actionable
+# MISSING_CREDENTIAL guidance this snapshot pins as first-run UX.
+- id: base
+  name: '@cordisjs/plugin-include'
+  config:
+    path: ./cordis.yml
+    patches:
+      - id: llm-deepseek
+        name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek'
+        disabled: true
+      - insert:
+          - id: settings
+            name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings-local'
+            config:
+              dshHome: ./.dsh
+              debounceMs: 10
+          - id: credentials
+            name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials-local'
+            config:
+              dshHome: ./.dsh
+          # The endpoint is never dialed: credential resolution fails first.
+          - id: llm-deepseek-keyless
+            name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek'
+            config:
+              baseURL: 'http://127.0.0.1:9'

examples/headless-agent/tests/headless.snapshot.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ const goalScenarioDir = join(snapshotsDir, 'goal-tools')
 const goalConfigPath = fileURLToPath(new URL('../goal.cordis.snapshot.yml', import.meta.url))
 const retryScenarioDir = join(snapshotsDir, 'provider-retry')
 const retryConfigPath = fileURLToPath(new URL('../retry.cordis.snapshot.yml', import.meta.url))
+const credentialsScenarioDir = join(snapshotsDir, 'missing-credential')
+const credentialsConfigPath = fileURLToPath(new URL('../credentials.cordis.snapshot.yml', import.meta.url))
 const ralphScenarioDir = join(snapshotsDir, 'ralph-loop')
 const ralphConfigPath = fileURLToPath(new URL('../ralph.cordis.snapshot.yml', import.meta.url))
 const binScript = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../packages/examples/cli-demo/src/bin.ts', import.meta.url))
@@ -168,6 +170,37 @@ describe('headless stream-json snapshots', () => {
     expect(normalized).toBe(await readFile(streamExpected, 'utf8'))
   }, LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
 
+  it('surfaces actionable missing-credential guidance through the one-shot app', async () => {
+    const streamExpected = join(credentialsScenarioDir, 'stream-json.expected.jsonl')
+    let runCwd = ''
+    const result = await runLoaderSmoke({
+      label: 'missing-credential headless stream-json snapshot',
+      tempDirPrefix: 'headless-snapshot-missing-credential-',
+      binScript,
+      configPath: credentialsConfigPath,
+      binArgs: ['--config', credentialsConfigPath, '--output-format', 'stream-json', 'say pong'],
+      tsconfigPath,
+      env: {
+        // First-run posture: no key in the environment, none under ./.dsh.
+        DEEPSEEK_API_KEY: '',
+        DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL: '',
+        NODE_OPTIONS: [process.env.NODE_OPTIONS, '--disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning'].filter(Boolean).join(' '),
+      },
+      // The designed failure surface: the one-shot app reports the failed turn.
+      expectedExitCode: 1,
+      prepare: (cwd) => { runCwd = cwd },
+    })
+
+    expect(result.stderr).toBe(
+      'dsh-cli-demo: turn 1 failed at step 1: llm-deepseek: no API key for provider route "deepseek";'
+      + ' set the llm-deepseek "apiKey" setting, store DEEPSEEK_API_KEY with the credentials service,'
+      + ' or export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY\n',
+    )
+    const normalized = normalizeHeadlessStream(result.stdout, runCwd)
+    if (refreshing) await writeFile(streamExpected, normalized)
+    expect(normalized).toBe(await readFile(streamExpected, 'utf8'))
+  }, LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
+
   it('logs the model default and a dynamic next-step reasoning effort', async () => {
     const result = await runLoaderSmoke({
       label: 'reasoning effort headless stream-json snapshot',

examples/headless-agent/tests/snapshots/missing-credential/stream-json.expected.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{"type":"session_event","sessionId":"{{sessionId}}","event":{"type":"turn/start","seq":0,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1,"trigger":{"kind":"message","source":{"kind":"user"}}}}}
+{"type":"session_event","sessionId":"{{sessionId}}","event":{"type":"user/message","seq":1,"time":0,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"say pong"}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"},"surfaceOp":"append"}}
+{"type":"session_event","sessionId":"{{sessionId}}","event":{"type":"session/title","seq":2,"time":0,"data":{"title":"say pong","messageSeqs":[1],"source":{"kind":"fallback"}}}}
+{"type":"session_event","sessionId":"{{sessionId}}","event":{"type":"step/start","seq":3,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1}}}
+{"type":"session_event","sessionId":"{{sessionId}}","event":{"type":"request/header","seq":4,"time":0,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","reasoningEffort":"high"},"system":"{{system}}","tools":"{{tools}}"},"reason":"initial"}}}
+{"type":"session_event","sessionId":"{{sessionId}}","event":{"type":"step/end","seq":5,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1}}}
+{"type":"session_event","sessionId":"{{sessionId}}","event":{"type":"turn/end","seq":6,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1,"reason":{"kind":"error","step":1,"failure":{"message":"llm-deepseek: no API key for provider route \"deepseek\"; set the llm-deepseek \"apiKey\" setting, store DEEPSEEK_API_KEY with the credentials service, or export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY","code":"MISSING_CREDENTIAL"}}}}}
+{"type":"result","success":false,"sessionId":"{{sessionId}}","turn":1,"result":"","reason":{"kind":"error","step":1,"failure":{"message":"llm-deepseek: no API key for provider route \"deepseek\"; set the llm-deepseek \"apiKey\" setting, store DEEPSEEK_API_KEY with the credentials service, or export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY","code":"MISSING_CREDENTIAL"}}}

examples/package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "type": "module",
-  "description": "Workspace umbrella for runnable demos and example-owned test compositions: declares their cordis.yml packages so plain Node resolves real exports→lib. Not a build target.",
+  "description": "Workspace umbrella for runnable demos and example-owned test compositions: declares their cordis.yml packages so plain Node resolves real exports\u2192lib. Not a build target.",
   "dependencies": {
     "@cordisjs/plugin-hmr": "workspace:*",
     "@cordisjs/plugin-include": "workspace:*",
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-code-runtime-worker": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-basic": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-tool-result-prune": "workspace:*",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials-local": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-local": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-policy": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-sandbox": "workspace:^",
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-lsp-local": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-permission": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode": "workspace:*",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-pty": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-pty-local": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-repeat-tool-guard": "workspace:*",
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-query-sqlite": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-telemetry-otel": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm": "workspace:*",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings-local": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-local": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-policy": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-acp": "workspace:*",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-dsh-sdk": "workspace:*",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn": "workspace:*",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-time-context": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout-policy": "workspace:*",