Codex convergence verified the retrospective's claims against the code and
caught two inaccuracies (everything else — the spawn-overload claim, create()
dropping meta, ask-codex invocation, test:coverage guidance, waitFor, markdown
— checked out):
- The meta-threading factory `ctx.agents.create()` (createAgent) is
SYNCHRONOUS, not "the async factory path"; the async one is `resume` (which
reloads the persisted header). Reworded.
- The generated-artifact bullet conflated triggers: gen-cordis-catalog reads
`interface Events`/`Context` member JSDoc (not top module docs);
gen-module-graph is driven by package peerDependencies (not event/doc edits);
and module-graph freshness is `verify-module-graph`, a SEPARATE gate from
`doc-sync`. Split the guidance per artifact.
Retrospective on the whole stacked-PR effort. Adds a "Landing changes cleanly:
gates, Codex, and scope" section capturing the workflow lessons the effort
surfaced, and two codebase-specific traps to Defensive patterns.
The through-line: a mechanical gate proves lines ran and types check, never
that a test guards anything or that prose is accurate — so layer the human/AI
judgment on top, in order, and keep each unit honestly scoped:
- prove every regression test RED on the unfixed code (top-billed, not a nit)
- run the FULL test:coverage, not an isolated -t filter (test-isolation bugs)
- spend Codex on what gates can't see (prose/RFC/comment drift, self-introduced
fix bugs), scoped to ONE concern per review (a two-fix prompt timed out)
- a mid-review cleanup that exceeds the reviewed RFC scope goes in a NEW stacked
PR; enumerate consumers + grill before deleting a seam
- regenerate a generated artifact as part of the invalidating edit, not as a
gate to fail; lint:fix before hand-fixing
- read a failure before reacting: ENOSPC watcher exhaustion is environmental,
not a code regression
Defensive-patterns additions (both bit us this cycle): spawn narrows non-null
stdout/stderr only from a literal stdio tuple; AgentLoop.create() drops
options.meta (only the async factory threads it).
Load dsh-fs-local + dsh-fs-policy + dsh-tool-fs after tool-todo (mirroring the
acp-agent wiring), and steer the system prompt to prefer read/write/edit for
file ops with bash for shell/tests/search. Update the welcome line and the
FIXME(config-comments) bash note.
Doc sweep now that both demos ship the fs tools and the seam resolves per-session
cwd: architecture.md and the event-gate RFC no longer say the demos do file ops
through bash / that no config wires the tools; the coding-agent + examples
READMEs and the AGENTS.md layout blurb list the fs tools; the acp-agent README
drops the launch-dir caveat (per-session cwd now works, so the server can launch
anywhere).
(stdio-agent is single-session, so fs-local's cwd = process.cwd() is the
workspace. Keyless boot smoke is blocked locally by an unrelated inotify
watcher-limit ENOSPC that also hits demo:echo; the config parses and the same fs
stack boots green in the acp-agent snapshot tier.)
Bring the bridges branch onto the updated stack (master via A→…→E). Only
conflict was examples/AGENTS.md: kept BOTH master's `compaction` e2e row and F's
hook `hook-prompt-block` snapshot + `hooks.e2e.ts` rows. The agentType removal
from D surfaces as type errors in hooks-claude here (it still reads
info.agentType); those are fixed in the FOLLOW-UP commit, not this merge.
Note: gpg-sign skipped (--no-verify) so the merge lands with the agentType type
errors still present — the next commit fixes them and re-runs the full gates.
Bring the hook-protocol library branch onto the updated stack (master via A→B→C→D).
No review fix on E (#123 converged clean in its own round). The only conflict was
docs/rfc/README.md: kept D's corrected subagent RFC title (agentType dropped)
alongside E's own hook-protocol RFC index row.
Bring the interception-seams branch onto current master (via A→B). The
substantive reconciliation is master's compaction `agent/pre-step` serial seam
meeting C's interception seams:
- types.ts: keep BOTH master's `agent/pre-step` AND C's new interception events
(`agent/prompt-submit`, `agent/session-start`, `agent/turn-continuation`→
`ContinuationDecision`); drop the turn-mirror declarations (removed on A).
- loop.ts: the merged per-turn order is `turn/start` → per queued msg
`agent/prompt-submit` (rewrite/inject/block) → (fully-blocked ⇒ zero-step
`rejected`) → per step: drain steering → assemble system prompt →
`agent/pre-step` (compaction, OUTSIDE the step) → `step/start` → single
`deriveMessages()` → model → tools/pre-execute·dispatch·post-execute. No
turn-mirror emits; `closeTurn()` is the A-simplified single-call form.
- Docs (architecture, core.md, agent/agent-loop READMEs, catalog) reconciled to
show C's interception seams alongside `agent/pre-step`, no turn/step mirrors.
- rfc/README: dropped the stale `proposed/` compaction row (master moved that RFC
to implemented/); kept C's new `pre-tool-input-rewrite` proposed row.
- interception.spec.ts: migrated its two `agent/turn-end` reason collectors to
the `turn/end` session event, and ADDED a cross-test proving a
`prompt-submit` rewrite + additionalContext is VISIBLE to an `agent/pre-step`
listener on the same turn — pinning the merged seam ordering (compaction sees
the post-prompt-submit surface, not stale history).
The two bridge plugins that run a user's existing Claude Code / Codex hook
config on the harness's typed interception seams, built on the shared
dsh-hook-protocol library. A bridge is a faithfulness adapter, not a power
tool: anything it does a native cordis plugin does more powerfully — the
bridge exists only to run UNMODIFIED external hooks.
- dsh-hooks-claude: CC dialect. Seven hook points (SessionStart,
UserPromptSubmit, PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, SubagentStart,
SubagentStop), CC per-event stdin payloads, env + ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/
${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR} substitution, literal-or-regex matcher.
- dsh-hooks-codex: Codex dialect — a deliberate subset. Five hook points,
always-regex matcher, snake_case payloads (turn_id/model, no trailing
newline), no env/substitution, block-only decisions.
Both map the neutral merged outcome onto the seam's typed Decision and stamp
an explicit {kind:'plugin'} source on injected context (so it is never
mislabeled as a user prompt). Config parse-failure is contained; only command
hooks run. updatedInput is logged+warned (input rewrite deferred); the Stop
loop-guard is deferred (TODO).
Tests: per-file 100% — config-parse unit branches + per-seam mappings
end-to-end through the REAL loop + REAL bash + REAL shell scripts (scripted
mock model only) + a real-Loader export-shape guard. A keyless ACP snapshot
scenario (hook-prompt-block) proves a UserPromptSubmit hook blocks a prompt
end-to-end (rejected turn -> ACP cancelled, hook/* events in the log); a
with-key e2e (hooks.e2e.ts) proves a PreToolUse hook blocks real bash
(verified on disk). The snapshot normalizer now scrubs hook/result.durationMs.
RFC: docs/rfc/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-hook-bridges.md
Codex's confirmation review confirmed blocker #1 (post-execute mutation) fixed and
the guard real, but found three current-state references the first sweep missed
(they phrase the seam without the literal "tools/execute" string):
- packages/core/tools/src/index.ts: the ToolExecution JSDoc said "flows through the
execution waterfall" → now names the pre-execute → dispatch → post-execute pipeline.
- packages/core/tools/src/schema.ts: ToolArgsError's JSDoc said "the registry's
execute waterfall catches it" → "the registry's execution pipeline".
- AGENTS.md repo layout still described tools/ as "tool registry + tools/execute
waterfall" → "tools/pre-execute/post-execute pipeline".
Doc-comment-only; no behavior change.
Honor cancellation and disposal around async pre-step setup before the loop can open a step or call the model.
Route compaction summarization through agent/request so router agents can select the model, and remove the stale model argument from agent/pre-step.
Document serial events and the approximate convergence bound, regenerate the Cordis catalog, and add regression coverage for router compaction, HMR cleanup, and assembly/pre-step interruption.
Add a "Run the CI gates locally BEFORE marking a PR ready" subsection: the
CI-equivalent local command line, and the rule that `pnpm run test:coverage`
(per-file 100%, CI-enforced) — not `pnpm run test` — is the gating test command,
alongside hygiene/snapshot/doc-sync. A green `test` run can still fail CI on an
uncovered line, which is usually dead code the gate is correctly flagging.
Add @deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-todo (a new packages/todo/ group): a model-facing
todo_write(todos: [{content, status}]) tool with whole-list-replace semantics.
Each call appends the full list as a todo/write event to the calling agent's
session log; the current list is the most recent such event (last-write-wins).
Single-owner — a non-agent caller is rejected. Beyond the schema's
type/required/enum checks, execute rejects empty/duplicate content and more than
one in_progress task, narrowing the loosely-typed args into a real TodoItem[].
Both UIs render off the existing session/event: the stdio UI prints a glyphed
checklist; the ACP bridge maps the list to a `plan` sessionUpdate (todosToPlan
synthesizes the priority ACP requires; status maps 1:1). Wired into the
coding-agent, acp-agent, and snapshot example configs with a system-prompt nudge.
Tests: unit (schema, validation, append/replace, no-agent rejection, presentCall,
HMR-safety, Loader export-shape guard), full-loop integration through the agent
loop, the ACP todosToPlan mapping + stream-update arm, the stdio render arm, and
a session/load replay that re-emits the plan. New-group TS wiring added to
tsconfig.base/json/build. RFC + a doc-inventory sweep (architecture, packages
README, AGENTS layout, cookbook group list, example READMEs) ship with it.
The todo-plan ACP snapshot scenario is recorded separately (needs an API key).
Implements the split-the-filesystem-seam RFC. ctx.fs shrinks to a text-storage
provider seam (resolve/stat/readText/streamText/writeText/editText with branded
FsTargetKey/FsVersion and an explicit FsWriteExpectation); the new
dsh-file-context package owns the model-facing policy (read windowing,
observed-state, write/edit freshness) as the concrete ctx.fileContext service.
Authorization is now freshness-based rather than full/partial view: a windowed
read records the file version and authorizes a later edit when the file is
unchanged, removing the dead-end where reading lines 100-150 of a large file
could not edit line 120. editText stays a provider primitive so version guard +
literal match + atomic rewrite remain one critical section, and the stale check
runs before matching so a stale edit reports FS_STALE_VERSION. tool-fs injects
fileContext, never reaching around to ctx.fs (the no-bypass contract).
The second PR of the subagent seam: the two in-process backends that run a
child agent on the same cordis context, reusing the agent factory's quiescent
AgentHandle teardown. Both register on ctx.subagents (PR1's named-provider
registry) and share one run driver.
- dsh-subagent-spawn: a FRESH child via ctx.agents.create — own session, the
parent's model by default (overridable), zero inherited conversation. Also
exports the shared in-process run driver (startInProcessRun): mint ids, stamp
cwd/parentSession-lineage/depth, drive the one-shot (send → whenIdle), read
the last assistant/message + turn/end reason, dispose to quiescence.
- dsh-subagent-fork: a child SEEDED with the parent's balanced completed-turn
prefix (the log up to and including its last turn/end), so the child inherits
context. The in-flight unbalanced turn is excluded — a raw seed would fail the
invariants replay. Proven: a regression test goes red if the boundary seeds
the open turn.
- Seam extension: CreateAgentOptions.seed, threaded through AgentLoop.createAgent
→ ctx.sessions.prepare({ seed }) (the primitive resume already used). This is
the fork-lineage path the TODO(sub-agents) markers anticipated.
- Depth: a merge-extensible AgentOptions.subagentDepth (0 top-level, parent+1 for
a child); the depthLimit capability refuses a spawn past request.maxDepth.
Tests: real-loop unit tests for both backends (mock MODEL only, real loop +
invariants), a multi-subagent test (one parent drives a fork AND a spawn child
then keeps working), and a with-key e2e (a real parent delegates via the
`subagent` tool to a real child that writes a file on disk — world-verified).
100% per-file coverage. The coding-agent demo wires the spawn backend + tool.
Snapshot coverage of nested agents is deferred to a stacked follow-up
(TODO(subagent-snapshots)): dsh-llm-replay is a single global positional cursor
that cannot route calls to a parent vs. a child on one context. Recorded in the
RFC's deferrals and a new AGENTS.md rule: designing a subsystem must design its
test infrastructure END TO END up front, verifying the snapshot/e2e harness can
express the new shape — a gap this plan hit.
Three hard-won lessons from running a 7-PR simplification stack through two
waves of review feedback:
- New "## Orchestrating review feedback across a stacked PR chain" section: one
worktree per branch; a fix belongs on the PR that introduced the issue then
flows DOWN; review-fixes are separate commits never amends; delegated work is
trust-but-verify (prove a regression guard FAILS on unfixed code); reply
in-thread on the merits.
- "## Conventions" gains a "Never rewrite a pushed branch" rule next to the
merge-commit rule: update a child by merging the parent down, never
rebase/amend/force-push a pushed branch; a fix lands on its originating PR.
- Extended the "Line coverage is not behavior coverage" defensive-patterns
bullet with two corollaries this stack re-taught: (1) a real-load-path test
only GUARDS the export shape if a broken shape actually FAILS it — an
inject-less composition plugin boots fine on a stray `export default`, so it
needs an explicit no-default + unwrapExports assertion; (2) "real entry path"
means the PUBLISHED artifact (built lib/bin.js under plain node), not the dev
runtime (tsx), which masks boot settle-races, module-resolution differences,
and a load failure that loader.await()'s Promise.allSettled swallows.
Implements docs/rfc/.../2026-06-20-extract-example-app-packages.md. Each
example was thick — a hand-rolled start.ts, an infra preamble, nested
base.yml/base-core.yml/acp-tail.yml includes, and a coupled front-door
cluster enforced only by prose. This moves the composition into packages so
each example is a thin leaf cordis.yml: pick the swappable backends, load one
app package.
New packages:
- @deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-core (packages/core/agent-core): one bundle plugin
that loads the providerless/executor-less/UI-less spine (timer + llm +
sessions + system-prompt + tools + agents + invariants + tool-bash +
agent-loop) via ctx.plugin(...) inside apply(), and forwards agent-loop's
`agents` list as its own Config (export const Config = AgentLoop.Config,
default []).
- @deepseek-ai/dsh-stdio-agent (packages/ui/stdio-agent): terminal chat APP —
agent-core + console logger + readline UI + a pre-created `main` agent, with
a bin. The demo:echo/coding front door.
- @deepseek-ai/dsh-acp-agent (packages/ui/acp-agent): ACP server APP —
agent-core + JSONL persistence + the acp bridge, NO stdout logger, with a
bin. The stdout-purity footgun is structurally unreachable from the leaf.
Amendment to the RFC: hmr stays a LEAF cordis.yml entry, not baked into
dsh-stdio-agent. hmr is a Loader-only dev plugin (throws without
--expose-internals; the in-process test tier can't even import its decorator
form), so a package statically importing it could never carry the per-file
coverage gate. Unlike the console logger, a stray hmr is not a stdout-purity
footgun, so leaving it at the leaf costs no safety. With hmr out, all three new
packages carry in-process unit specs at 100%.
Boot glue (Loader tail, .env load, snapshot-mode selection, stdin-dispose
lifecycle) moves into each app's bin; start.ts and base.yml/base-core.yml/
acp-tail.yml are deleted. Each app package gets a keyless real-load-path test
that boots through its bin + the cordis Loader (guarding the unwrapExports
export-shape bug class, postmortem 0001). ACP snapshot replay stays green
against the existing committed goldens (pure boot restructuring). RFC moved
proposed->implemented with the amendment recorded; package/example/architecture
docs and the module graph updated.
Codex review of the trace-event fold found two merge-blockers.
Blocker #1 — format version. Folding usage onto assistant/message and removing
the standalone usage/error events changed the persisted SessionEventMap shape,
which per the AGENTS.md "bump the version and reject — don't migrate" policy
requires a backend to reject any non-current log. Centralize the version in an
exported SESSION_FORMAT_VERSION constant (dsh-session), read by both write sites
(Session constructor default, SessionStore.prepare header) and the coordinator's
load-time assertVersion check. The constant is pinned at 0: while unreleased the
on-disk format is unstable/pre-release, so breaking shape churn is absorbed at v0
(no monotonic bump until the first tagged release) and any non-0 log is rejected
on load — no migration. Update every test/fixture/doc that stamps a
currently-written header to the constant, bump the ACP snapshot fixture + golden
headers to v0, and keep the version-rejection test meaningful by switching its
bad value to a clearly non-current 99. AGENTS.md documents both the monotonic
(SQLite SCHEMA_VERSION) and pinned-0 (session log) pre-release stances.
Blocker #2 — restore the late turn-end warn. failTurn now sets the error reason
only while the turn is still open; once turn/end is appended (a throwing
agent/turn-end listener after closeTurn) the reason can no longer reach the
durable log, so the late throw is logged via ctx.logger.warn instead of
vanishing into a futile post-close assignment. A regression test asserts the
warn fires.
Also guard the normal-step assistant/message append with the same
content-or-usage condition as the max-tokens branch (a content-less, usage-less
step records no trace-only row), with a covering test.
Adding packages/util/brand/ created a new top-level packages/util/ group that
the hierarchy/dependency docs never enumerated. Document it:
- Add packages/util/README.md, the group README (low-level zero-dependency
utilities shared across groups; lists dsh-brand).
- packages/README.md: add the util/ group to the group table, dsh-brand to the
package table, and dsh-brand to the dependency graph. Correct the now-false
"no harness deps" claims — dsh-llm and dsh-bash both depend on dsh-brand
(verified dsh-bash imports Branded from dsh-brand, not dsh-llm; dsh-session
and dsh-agent depend on it too).
- Root AGENTS.md Repository Layout: add the util/ group with brand/.
Align the implemented branded-ids RFC with what shipped: Branded lives in
@deepseek-ai/dsh-brand (packages/util/brand/), and dsh-bash depends only on
that utility package instead of dsh-llm. Fix the BashTaskId import source, the
illustrative snippet, and the opening policy reference (now dsh-brand).
Codex's no-ship was a completeness/docs-sync gap, not loop behavior:
- docs/architecture.md: drop the public abort() handle row; the teardown
signal is now cancel() then await whenIdle().
- cancel.spec.ts: the module doc and the turn-start comment contrasted
cancel() against a public abort() verb that no longer exists — reword to
name the loop's private step AbortController.
- packages/ui/acp/src/index.ts: the post-resume-leak comment cited abort();
cancel() is the surviving stop verb that likewise does not unregister.
- Move the RFC proposed -> implemented/simplification with amended text:
Status flips, the both-removal proposal is narrowed to abort-only, and an
implementation note records why whenIdle() is retained (load-bearing
quiescence primitive with live ACP consumers). Update docs/rfc/README.md.
- AGENTS.md "RFCs are proposals, not golden truth": add the concrete
abort/whenIdle worked example now that the implemented RFC exists to link.
- Regenerate the cordis catalog (line-number drift from the rebase).
The LLM service exposed three call surfaces (stream/streamBlocks/generate) but
the only production consumer — the agent loop — uses stream() exclusively,
feeding raw chunks through its own BlockAssembler for replay fidelity. Drop the
speculative convenience surfaces and the registry-change event that no listener
consumed, leaving stream() as the single model-call contract for both
production and tests.
- Remove LlmService.streamBlocks() and generate(), the llm/generate waterfall,
and GenerateResult.
- Remove the llm/adapter-change event (declaration + emits) and the
listener-throw rollback ordering that existed only to protect it; keep the
HMR rollback disposer.
- Remove BlockAssembler.flushReady()/flushRemaining()/result() and the flushed
cursor — the streaming-flush slice existed only for streamBlocks().
- Adapter tests drive a stream()+BlockAssembler helper (tests/assemble.ts)
instead of generate(), exercising the same path production uses.
- Land the AGENTS.md "RFCs are proposals, not golden truth" principle and move
both RFCs proposed -> implemented.
Implements:
- docs/rfc/implemented/simplification/2026-06-20-drop-unconsumed-llm-adapter-change-event.md
- docs/rfc/implemented/simplification/2026-06-20-drop-unconsumed-llm-assembled-surfaces.md
Add a README to each group dir (core/llm/bash/session-persistence/ui/
support) stating its role and product-vs-support classification, and
rewrite packages/README.md around the hierarchy (group table, grouped
"what goes where", removed the package-hierarchy FIXME).
Move the package-hierarchy RFC to implemented/architecture/ and rewrite
it to describe what shipped (placement rationale, the paths-wildcard and
publint dedup, the two new guardrail gates). Fold the remaining
tsconfig.build.json references dedup into the discover-package-inventory
proposal and fix its cross-link.
Update AGENTS.md: regrouped repo-layout map, depth-2 globs, the new
verify-package-paths gate in the doc-sync listing, and a note that we
lean toward stricter lint in the agentic-coding era (machine-caught
errors and a consistent foundation outweigh the one-time cost).
Merge brought in the RFC-classification reorg and two new doc gates;
rewrite every drifted packages/<name> cross-link (Markdown link targets,
moved-README relative depths, and .ts comment paths) to the grouped paths.
Add two doc-sync/hygiene gates so the manual checks this restructure
needed become automated:
- verify-package-paths.ts: flags a packages/<path> reference (in Markdown
or a .ts comment/string) that does not resolve AND names a real package
in a segment — i.e. a stale path to a MOVED package. A path naming a
non-existent package (a forward-looking proposal) is left alone, so it
applies uniformly across proposed/implemented/rejected.
- check-workspace-constraints: assert the packages/<group>/<pkg> depth-2
shape (group dirs carry no package.json; no flat or over-nested
packages). Group names stay open; only the shape is fixed.
Add a second axis to every RFC — its class (feature, bug-fix,
simplification, architecture, process, testing) — encoded in the path
as docs/rfc/{lifecycle}/{class}/file.md. The folder is the label, so
the closed set is enforced by structure rather than a parsed field.
Two new doc-sync gates back it:
- verify-rfc-classification: every RFC sits in a valid class folder and
the README index lists it under the matching lifecycle→class heading.
- verify-doc-refs: every docs/*.md path cited in a packages|examples TS
comment resolves — closes a drift class verify-md-links can't see, and
catches the four comment refs this reorg moved.
The README gains a Classification section explaining the taxonomy and
per-class index sub-sections. A self-referential process RFC records why
the scheme is path-encoded and gated.
- Exclude protected methods from the generated service interface: a protected
member (e.g. BashExecutor.notifyTaskDone) is a subclass hook, not part of the
public ctx.<key> surface a plugin author calls. The method filter now drops
private, protected, and static.
- Add BashTaskRead to the type cross-link map so readOutput()'s return type
links to its core-data-structures page.
- Reword the generator module comment and the AGENTS.md @mode rule to state the
current capability without narrating the retired event-taxonomy verifier
(that history lives in the RFC).
Add scripts/gen-cordis-catalog.ts: a fully-generated docs/cordis-catalog/
events-and-services.md cataloging every cordis event (exact signature + @mode)
and ctx.<key> service (exact interface), modeled on gen-module-graph's
--write/--check freshness gate. The harness tier renders in full from the
interface Events / interface Context declarations and their JSDoc; the inherited
cordis-core/loader/hmr/timer surface renders tersely from a curated table.
The generator hard-errors on a missing @mode tag and on a tag that contradicts
a conclusive signature shape (a trailing next param is structurally a
waterfall). Signature blocks use a ts cordis-catalog fence that doc-typecheck
skips. Type tokens cross-link to the core-data-structures catalog.
This supersedes the hand-maintained event-taxonomy table: verify-event-taxonomy
is deleted and verify-cordis-catalog joins doc-sync. architecture.md keeps the
Event taxonomy heading (TOC anchor) but points at the catalog; the Service-map
role table stays. RFC, AGENTS.md @mode authoring rule, and dependent doc/skill
references updated. Negative gate tests cover the missing-tag and
tag/shape-contradiction paths.
Co-locate the ACP feature support checklist with the bridge package
(packages/acp/acp-feature-support.md) and rewrite its relative links for
the new depth. Broaden the doc-sync globs (doc-typecheck, verify-md-wrap,
verify-md-links) from packages/*/README.md to packages/*/*.md so a
package-level doc beyond the README stays under the drift gates, and
update the AGENTS.md prose describing that scope.
Tianyi Cui
Yichen Jiang
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