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Tianyi Cui 7f024a1a9d Document the codebase thoroughly and tighten type safety
Docs: per-folder README.md for packages/ (family overview + one per
package: service, events, API, extension points, TODOs), examples/,
and examples/echo-agent/; folder-level AGENTS.md (+ CLAUDE.md
symlinks) for packages/ and vendor/; module-level doc comments in
every packages/*/src file; richer JSDoc on all exported API
(event side effects, disposal contracts, error behavior). Root
AGENTS.md gains a "Type Safety and Documentation" policy section:
the codebase aims to be very type-safe and well documented; type
gymnastics are acceptable in core packages when they improve
plugin-author DX; verbose docs are fine as long as they stay strictly
in sync with the code.

Type safety: removed the upstream-inherited "noImplicitAny": false
from tsconfig.base.json — packages/* now compile under full strict
mode; vendor/loader and vendor/include set it locally (vendor/cordis
already did). Eliminated every `: any` / `as any` from packages and
examples (catch clauses use unknown + a CodedError narrowing type;
event data access uses discriminated-union narrowing).

Typed tool schemas: new @deepseek-ai/dsh-tools schema DSL —
SchemaSpec with per-property `required: true` booleans, type-level
InferArgs<S>, a runtime SchemaSpec → JSON Schema converter, and
defineTool() so first-party tools get typed execute(args) with zero
casts (raw JSON Schema still accepted for MCP interop; chosen over
schemastery because it targets JSON Schema generation directly).
echo-tool and all test tools migrated; +7 tests.
2026-06-11 13:01:00 +08:00

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dsh-tools

Tool registry and execution waterfall. Tool plugins register their schemas and executors; the agent loop executes calls through the tools/execute waterfall.

Service: ToolRegistry (ctx key: tools)

Public API

  • ctx.tools.register(definition: ToolDefinition): () => void Register a tool. Disposed with the calling fiber.
  • ctx.tools.get(name: string): ToolDefinition | undefined
  • ctx.tools.schemas(): ToolSchema[] Schemas of all registered tools (without the execute functions).
  • ctx.tools.execute(exec: ToolExecution): Promise<ToolExecutionResult> Execute one tool call through the tools/execute waterfall.

Injected services

SystemPrompt — the registry automatically feeds its tool schemas into the system-prompt assembly via ctx.systemPrompt.tools().

Events

Event Mode Purpose
tools/execute waterfall Wrap/veto tool execution (sandbox, permission, hooks, plan mode)
tools/change emit A tool was registered or unregistered

Key types

  • ToolDefinitionToolSchema + execute(args, exec): Promise<ContentBlock[]>.
  • ToolExecution — one pending tool call: { callId, name, arguments, agent?, signal? }.
  • ToolExecutionResult — outcome: { callId, content, isError }.

Extension points

  • Tool plugins call ctx.tools.register() — schemas flow into the assembly automatically.
  • The tools/execute waterfall is the single seam for sandbox, permission, hooks, and plan-mode plugins to wrap or veto a call. Listeners receive (exec, next): call next() to proceed, or return a result without calling next() to short-circuit (veto).
  • MCP servers: one plugin per server, discover tools, call ctx.tools.register() with the server's schemas.

Typed tool parameter schemas

First-party plugin authors can use the defineTool() helper (exported from this package) for typed tool parameter schemas:

import { defineTool } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools'

ctx.tools.register(defineTool({
  name: 'read_file',
  description: 'Read a file from disk.',
  parameters: {
    path: { type: 'string', required: true, description: 'Absolute file path' },
    offset: { type: 'number' },
    limit: { type: 'number' },
  },
  async execute(args, exec) {
    // args is typed: { path: string; offset?: number; limit?: number }
    const text = await readFile(args.path, 'utf8')
    return [{ type: 'text', text }]
  },
}))

The helper converts the author-facing SchemaSpec (with required: true as a per-property boolean) to standard JSON Schema for the wire format. Raw JSON-Schema tool definitions (from MCP servers) are still accepted by the registry directly.

See defineTool, SchemaSpec, InferArgs, and schemaSpecToJsonSchema in the public API for details.

What is NOT here (TODO)

  • Tool shapes review — when real tools land (e.g. a concurrency-safety hint for parallel execution); phase 1 executes tool calls sequentially.
  • Parallel execution — the loop currently iterates tool calls sequentially.