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github-actions[bot] 0c24694ff5 chore: bump Cargo.toml to 0.7.0 2026-06-18 22:01:38 +00:00
github-actions[bot] 1e006256f1 bump: version 0.6.0 → 0.7.0 [skip ci] 2026-06-18 22:01:35 +00:00
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on:
pull_request:
branches:
- '**'
- '*'
push:
branches:
- main
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- uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
- name: Cache DuckDB Extensions
id: duckdb-extensions
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ~/.duckdb/extensions
key: duckdb-ext-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ hashFiles('Cargo.lock') }}
- name: Install DuckDB Extensions
if: steps.duckdb-extensions.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
run: cargo test --all duckdb
- name: Test
run: cargo test --all
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workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
bump_type:
description: 'Specify the type of version bump'
description: "Specify the type of version bump"
required: true
default: 'patch'
default: "patch"
type: choice
options:
- patch
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
- name: Set up Python
uses: actions/setup-python@v4
with:
python-version: '3.10'
python-version: "3.10"
- name: Install Commitizen
run: |
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cargo update || true
sed -i "s|image: 'darkalex17/coyote:v[^']*'|image: 'darkalex17/coyote:v${VERSION}'|" assets/sbx-kit/spec.yaml
# Git config that helps in Act
git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
git status --porcelain
git diff --name-only -- Cargo.toml Cargo.lock assets/sbx-kit/spec.yaml || true
git diff --name-only -- Cargo.toml Cargo.lock || true
if ! git diff --quiet -- Cargo.toml Cargo.lock assets/sbx-kit/spec.yaml; then
git add -u -- Cargo.toml Cargo.lock assets/sbx-kit/spec.yaml
git commit -m "chore: bump Cargo.toml and sandbox image to $VERSION"
if ! git diff --quiet -- Cargo.toml Cargo.lock; then
git add -u -- Cargo.toml Cargo.lock
git commit -m "chore: bump Cargo.toml to $VERSION"
else
echo "No changes to commit (already at $VERSION)"
fi
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- target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
os: ubuntu-latest
use-cross: true
cargo-flags: ''
- target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
cargo-flags: ''
cargo-flags: ""
- target: aarch64-apple-darwin
os: macos-latest
use-cross: true
cargo-flags: ''
cargo-flags: ""
- target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
os: windows-latest
use-cross: true
cargo-flags: ''
cargo-flags: ""
- target: x86_64-apple-darwin
os: macos-latest
cargo-flags: ''
cargo-flags: ""
- target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
os: windows-latest
cargo-flags: ''
cargo-flags: ""
- target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
os: ubuntu-latest
use-cross: true
cargo-flags: ''
cargo-flags: ""
- target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
os: ubuntu-latest
cargo-flags: ''
cargo-flags: ""
steps:
- name: Check if actor is repository owner
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run: echo "BUILD_CMD=cross" >> $GITHUB_ENV
- name: Install latest LLVM/Clang
if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
run: |
wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
chmod +x llvm.sh
@@ -343,7 +338,7 @@ jobs:
${{ steps.package.outputs.archive }}
${{ steps.package.outputs.sha }}
tag_name: v${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
name: 'v${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}'
name: "v${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
body_path: artifacts/changelog.md
prerelease: false
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if: env.ACT != 'true'
with:
registry-token: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
publish-sandbox-image:
needs: [publish-github-release]
name: Publish Sandbox Docker Image
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Check if actor is repository owner
if: ${{ github.actor != github.repository_owner && env.ACT != 'true' }}
run: |
echo "You are not authorized to run this workflow."
exit 1
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 1
- name: Ensure repository is up-to-date
if: env.ACT != 'true'
run: |
git fetch --all
git pull
- name: Get release artifacts
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
with:
path: artifacts
merge-multiple: true
- name: Set version variable
run: |
version="$(cat artifacts/release-version)"
echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
- name: Validate release environment variables
run: |
echo "Release version: ${{ env.version }}"
- name: Set up QEMU
uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
- name: Set up Docker Buildx
uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
- name: Login to Docker Hub
if: env.ACT != 'true'
uses: docker/login-action@v3
with:
username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
- name: Push to Docker Hub
uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
with:
context: .
file: Dockerfile
platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
push: ${{ env.ACT != 'true' }}
tags: darkalex17/coyote:latest, darkalex17/coyote:v${{ env.version }}
build-args: COYOTE_VERSION=${{ env.version }}
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name: Update models
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 */12 * * *'
workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
contents: read
concurrency:
group: update-models
cancel-in-progress: false
defaults:
run:
shell: bash
jobs:
update:
name: Update models
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
env:
RUSTFLAGS: --deny warnings
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
ssh-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BOT_SSH_KEY }}
persist-credentials: true
- name: Install Rust Toolchain Components
uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
- uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
- name: Cache DuckDB Extensions
id: duckdb-extensions
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ~/.duckdb/extensions
key: duckdb-ext-ubuntu-latest-${{ hashFiles('Cargo.lock') }}
- name: Install DuckDB Extensions
if: steps.duckdb-extensions.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
run: cargo test --all duckdb
- name: Write stub config
run: |
COYOTE_CONFIG_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
printf 'clients:\n - type: openai\n - type: claude\n' > "$COYOTE_CONFIG_DIR/config.yaml"
echo "COYOTE_CONFIG_DIR=$COYOTE_CONFIG_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
- name: Regenerate model catalog
run: cargo run --release -- --generate-models
- name: Detect catalog changes
id: diff
run: echo "changed=$(git diff --quiet models.yaml && echo false || echo true)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
# The binary built by the regeneration step embedded the OLD models.yaml (the file
# was rewritten after that build), so rebuild before smoke-testing: cargo tracks
# include_str! inputs, making this a cheap incremental rebuild of the final crate.
- name: Rebuild with the refreshed catalog
if: steps.diff.outputs.changed == 'true'
run: cargo build --release
- name: Test
if: steps.diff.outputs.changed == 'true'
run: cargo test --all
- name: Smoke test the refreshed catalog
if: steps.diff.outputs.changed == 'true'
run: |
COUNT=$(./target/release/coyote --list-models | wc -l)
echo "Listed $COUNT chat models"
test "$COUNT" -ge 40
- name: Commit and push
if: steps.diff.outputs.changed == 'true'
run: |
git add models.yaml
git checkout -- .
git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
git config user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
git commit -m 'chore: refresh generated model catalog [skip ci]'
git pull --rebase origin main
git push origin main
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.idea/
/coyote.iml
/.idea/
.coyote/**
.sisyphus/**
.coyote-project.json
.coyote/memory/
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## v0.10.3 (2026-09-15)
### Feat
- create a config alias for default_reasoning_level (to match some wording and make the config flexible)
- support custom resource definitions for openai-compatible Oauth customization
- Support specifying the compression model to use when compressing a session for greater cost controls
- Added full cost tracking to Coyote and added it to the default right prompt
- added support for input/output token cache cost tracking
- Support persisting paused todo lists to sessions so users can exit and resume paused todo sessions; Also fixed a bug so todo list pausing is only supported when being used in a session since it typically requires multi-turn communication
- Support token caching to reduce LLM costs in Anthropic models (not typically handled automatically by APIs)
- **TASK-030**: callers escalate on GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE instead of findings-routing
- **TASK-032**: review-gauntlet incomplete-review machine line + ×N attempt details
- **TASK-029**: review-gauntlet fault-only lane re-run loop
- **TASK-028**: escalation_timeout 0 waits indefinitely and is the default
- **graph**: stream llm-node completions so node timeout governs long generations
- **TASK-023**: deep-research hardening — fail-safe scripts, fault fallbacks, pipeline notes
- **TASK-020**: finding-verifier + step-runner fail-closed hardening
- **TASK-019**: code-reviewer fail-closed review pipeline
- **TASK-018**: review-gauntlet lane degradation + verification passthrough
- **TASK-017**: adversary execution evidence + fail-closed routing
- **TASK-016**: engine + test fixes from the Phase-1 re-review
- **TASK-011**: traverse agent fallback edges in map peer-discovery BFS
- **TASK-010**: add max_attempts to read-only agent lanes in bundled graphs
- **TASK-009**: add fallback routing to agent nodes
- **TASK-008**: add shared transient matcher and retry support to agent nodes
- Fixed graph agents with new agent variable passing functionality
- **graph**: warn when a declared variable is shadowed by an initial_state key
- **agents**: advertise declared agent variables in agent__list_available
- **agents**: allow passing agent variables to agent__spawn and agent__task_create
- seed variables into initial graph state
- Significant code review suite rewrite with improved graph agent features
- let install commands remove files that have been removed from bundles, both internal and external
- update the web_search_coyote tool to attempt to use the current model first then fallback to the configured model for web searches
- expose the current coyote model to tools
- removed temperature specification in deep-research and finding-verifier agents to make them more univerally usable
- **graph**: thread the graph abort into llm nodes and tool execution
- **graph**: abort a graph run on Ctrl-C from anywhere
- **graph**: warn when an llm node's turn cap is disabled
- **graph**: treat llm max_iterations: 0 as no turn cap
- **graph**: warn when the visit cap is disabled
- **graph**: treat max_loop_iterations: 0 as no visit cap
- **graph**: warn when a timeout is disabled
- **graph**: treat timeout: 0 as no wall-clock bound
- **graph**: validate agent node inputs at load time
- **graph**: seed a child graph agent's state from an agent node's inputs map
- **graph**: validate map branch subgraphs instead of single branch nodes
- **graph**: run map branches as per-item subgraph chains
- **graph**: accept a `{{template}}` for a map node's `max_concurrency`
- created the finding-verifier and whetstone agents for continuous code quality improvements
- teammates flag enabling peer messaging between concurrent graph agent nodes
- support explicit can_spawn_agents, max_concurrent_agents, and max_agent_depth keys in graph.yaml
- support setting the tool_timeout in the main config file instead of only via an environment variable
- Added new environment variable to force showing tool call logging when not in a tty
### Fix
- empty tool results can't cause errors in bedrock, claude, openai, or vertexai clients anymore
- proper support for reasoning/thinking in bedrock models
- **TASK-032**: enforce incomplete⇒BLOCKED structurally; anchor adversary degraded detection
- **TASK-028**: pin example-doc wording; make not-found escalation hint match queue semantics
- **TASK-028**: pin global-template exclusion, tighten timeout boundary test, reword stale hint
- **adversary**: red verification runs block CONFORMS; re-derive timeout envelope; robust runner
- **review-suite**: detect nested finding-verifier faults; harden render/fault markers
- **review-gauntlet**: summary-line critical count, nested-fault hook, fail-closed lane fallback
- **graph**: typed ApiStatusError transient classification; warn on bare output_schema
- **review-suite**: mark example verification commands as placeholders; pin variable description and prompt note
- **graph**: auto-merge only schema-declared keys from llm output
- **review-suite**: pass verification_commands as a declared variable, never LLM-extracted from prose
- **agents**: scrub GRAPH_STATE* from adversary verification commands; raise review-suite max_agent_depth
- **adversary**: narrow died-marker predicate, degraded banner for died criteria, hermetic script tests
- **adversary**: fail closed on PIPELINE-FAULT evidence regardless of status; pin bail-chain and validator shape
- **adversary**: fail closed per criterion when check_criterion dies
- **engine**: carry full error chain in llm node fault text
- **TASK-020**: skip POSIX bash script tests on Windows
- **TASK-020**: surface step-runner LLM-fault captures where the fallback lands
- **TASK-019**: carry PIPELINE-FAULT prefix through verdict.py's crash guard
- **TASK-018**: harden verdict_gate fault routing and widen default_lanes fallback
- **TASK-017**: bound run_checks runtime and fail-close its node-level death
- **tests**: collision-proof parser test temp files to deflake macOS CI
- Don't infinitely compress a session once it passes a threshold when the threshold is close to the max token count
- fix spinner ctrl-c early exit not clearing message and restoring cursor
- **graph**: build peer retirement guards before spawning their tasks
- **graph**: reject agents that ship both config.yaml and graph.yaml at load
- **graph**: bound concurrency caps by the semaphore permit limit
- **graph**: make turn-cap and template checks consistent across validation modes
- **graph**: leave output absent after state_updates when it was absent before
- **graph**: validate the whole max_concurrency template string
- **graph**: reject as == output_key on map nodes
- **graph**: inherit the session abort in agent-node children
- **graph**: retire the teammate identity before structured extraction
- **graph**: reject a literal max_concurrency of 0 instead of clamping it
- **graph**: clear peer identity fields after every map chain step
- **graph**: pick the map teammate identity name by BFS from the branch entry
- **graph**: name the offending node type when a map branch reaches a disallowed node
- **function**: build bundled bash tools without writing back to the source tree
- **agents**: name the map-branch output key in deep-research and finding-verifier
- **graph**: honor an explicit `output` key in state_updates
- Fixed the bad formatting in the finding-verifier agent
- properly anchored the role frontmatter regex so it doesn't catch in-instruction separators
- support non-object tool result outputs for bedrock
- exclude null bytes from fs_grep output on binaries
- suppress subagent error and warning output to stderr/stdout
### Refactor
- **graph**: keep the ordered visit log test-only
- **graph**: move the cfg(test) OUTPUT_KEY import into llm's test module
- **graph**: drop the duplicated locator prefix from map chain step errors
## v0.10.2 (2026-09-04)
### Feat
- added a clear line separator for the end of LLM turns to make it more clear where they are
- sort models by release date
- Improved the architect, explore, and sisyphus agents to have a team mode so they can all work in parallel as a team and updated the parallel-research skill to make explicit mention of this functionality
- support auto continuation in subagents and prevent them from calling todo__pause
- apply provider quirks to models created from a name
- refresh the model catalog from live API data at runtime
- generate the model catalog from live API data
- add model catalog source adapters and merge engine
- add hand-owned model quirks overlay
- apply provider quirks to models created from a name
- refresh the model catalog from live API data at runtime
- generate the model catalog from live API data
- add model catalog source adapters and merge engine
- add hand-owned model quirks overlay
- Improved the architect, explore, and sisyphus agents to have a team mode so they can all work in parallel as a team and updated the parallel-research skill to make explicit mention of this functionality
- added tab completions to --update-bundle flag
- added a dedicated config_dir output to coyote --info/.info
### Fix
- children subagents couldn't properly send messages to parent inboxes
- --generate-models parsed before vault initialization
- drive tool rounds iteratively instead of recursively to prevent stack overflow on long agentic turns to fix latent stack overflow recursion bug
- session replays now include mid-turn messages so the full session gets replayed
- resolve duplicate model ids by requested type
- let ctrl-c interrupt blocking job and agent collects
- skip terminal color-scheme queries in test builds
- memoize quirk glob patterns and isolate concurrent override writes
- memoize quirk glob patterns and isolate concurrent override writes
- children subagents couldn't properly send messages to parent inboxes
### Perf
- probe models-override staleness in the background refresh task
## v0.10.1 (2026-08-31)
### Fix
- make binary shims for custom tools cross-device compatible so users can't accidentally break sandboxes via `sbx cp ~/.config/coyote <sbx-name>:/home/agent/.config`
## v0.10.0 (2026-08-29)
### BREAKING CHANGE
- invocations using --prompt <text> must switch to
--temp-role <text>; clap rejects the old flag loudly.
### Feat
- Support Linux ARM64 GNU
- Note that duckdb RAG driver is unavailable on MUSL Linux builds when initializing a RAG so users know when using the binary, not just based on docs
- updated coyote installation scripts to detect when gnu is installable
- upgraded to v2 mixin schema
- improved first-time run experience and included a templated configuration file that now has comments like the config.example.yaml so users don't have to go to the repo to see all the knobs
- **TASK-005**: carry the quality bar through sisyphus and architect
- **TASK-004**: reviewer routing — code-reviewer quality-bar resolution, domain linter pass, surface-skill routing, rigor folding; file-reviewer surface-skill whitelist + convention/correctness marker
- **TASK-003**: add surface skills batch B — worker-review, iac-review, migration-review, cicd-review
- **TASK-002**: add surface skills batch A — rest-api-review, cli-review, library-review
- **TASK-001**: add rigor/surfaces declaration layer to planning skills
- **repl**: color .info mcp-server verdicts and complete only running servers
- **cli**: rename mcp_config asset category to mcp-config with snake_case alias
- create a new probe agent to probe code verifications using usage-pattern testing
- Add in the web_search_coyote tool where helpful
- **mcp**: add .info mcp-server, .set mcp_tools, and filtered-server listing to the REPL
- **mcp**: enforce per-server tool allowlists across runtime, jobs, agents, and graph nodes
- **mcp**: add mcp_tools allowlist config surfaces across roles, sessions, agents, graphs, and skills
- **mcp**: add per-server tool allowlist policy module and allowedTools config field
- support mcp.json in the root of bundle repos as well as in the legacy functions directory
- prefer ~/.config/coyote/mcp.json for the user-scope MCP config
- claude and openai native web search via web_search_coyote
- **jobs**: node-local job ownership and capability-gated job__* visibility
- **graph**: support max_concurrent_jobs at the graph level
- **jobs**: allow uncapped collect via full_result
- **jobs**: exempt polling tools from loop tracker and hint on unchanged checks
- **supervisor**: push agent completion notifications to the spawning context
- **jobs**: push background-job completion notifications via per-context queue
- inject background-jobs prompt guidance when jobs are enabled
- add background job runner, job__* handlers, and start gates
- generalize supervisor registry to TaskHandle enum with job scaffolding, kill discipline, and max_concurrent_jobs config
- run an advisory observability pass after implementation in sisyphus
- add an observability-review skill for post-implementation monitoring analysis
- check under- and over-logging in the code review gate
- calibrate logging registers in the code-writing agents
- add a logging-discipline skill for calibrating log output to repo conventions
- **cli**: rename --prompt to --temp-role
- complete --filter and --force on the first .install argument
- **mcp**: bound tool-result passthrough and surface resource audience annotations
- **mcp**: add mcp_prompt meta-tool and harden prompt display rendering
- **repl**: add .prompt command with live staged tab-completion
- **mcp**: add mcp_read meta-tool for resource reads
- **mcp**: gate meta-function emission on advertised server capabilities
- **mcp**: add render.rs content policy (text paging, pattern filter, blob spill)
- **mcp**: extend the server catalog to resources, templates, and prompts
- complete --filter and --force on the first .install argument
- run design interviews as grilling frontier rounds across the planning agents
- add a grilling skill for frontier-round design interviews
- add an on-demand architecture-reviewer agent for deepening scans
- add a codebase-design skill with the deep-module design vocabulary
- add a feedback-loop-first diagnosing-bugs skill to the coding suite
- add a Fowler code-smell baseline to the code-review skill
- flag duplicate helpers in code reviews with a repo-wide DRY check
- add a transactional-integrity review skill to the code review gate
- add an operational-history prior-art lane to the code-reviewer agent
- support name=value macro arguments with variable tab completion
- add --help guides to the .install and .uninstall REPL commands
- expand owner/repo shorthand for --install with a --git-host flag
- remove the deprecated --install-from flag and .install remote form
- rename install flags and unify .install dispatch
- add --uninstall and .uninstall for installed bundles
- add --update-bundle with provenance-aware conflict handling
- add --list-bundles and .list bundles with drift detection
- record bundle provenance when installing from remote repos
- add bundle provenance store
- parse bundle manifests and capture resolved SHAs for remote installs
- created a new comment-discipline skill for the built in sisyphus suite
- created a dedicated git_command tool to tighten tool calling permissions in the git-master skill
- Added a new security review step to the code writing quality gates
- addressed review comments
- add --no-workspace-macros opt-out for workspace macro loading
- execute non-isolated macros on the live REPL context
- surface macros as first-class custom commands in the REPL
- add lazy macro resolver with two-dir discovery and per-macro states
- add enabled_macros config field at global, role, agent, and session levels
- add description and isolated fields to Macro struct
- Dynamically detect RAG embedding model dimension for any given model
- Support auto confirmation for gatekeeper agents
- retry LLM API calls once after 401 by force-refreshing the OAuth token
- identity-aware rejected-token marker for LLM OAuth cache
- typed ApiStatusError carrying HTTP status through LLM client errors
- per-request OAuth token injection with mid-session refresh for HTTP MCP servers
- reason-specific warnings for MCP servers that fail OAuth at startup
- Installed duckdb into the coyote image
- Support managing MCP servers from the CLI directly
- append new built-in rag__query function to RAG contexts to allow further querying by LLMs
- support static file bundling with sbx-mixins
- **rag**: offer the storage driver when an agent initializes its RAG
- simplified the duckdb selection prompt
- **rag**: let several Coyote processes query one duckdb RAG at once
- **rag**: support string and UUID Qdrant point IDs
- **rag**: create the API key secret inline in the attach wizard
- let workflow rag nodes select a RAG driver
- improved wording and heuristic detection for sisyphus suite of agents
- upgraded to sbx kit v2 spec for improved integration
- **rag**: add attach-only Qdrant provider, attach wizard and sandbox wiring
- **rag**: add DuckDB provider behind the RAG driver abstraction
- **rag**: add driver/attached fields, validation floors and force-reingest
- **mcp**: send RFC 8707 resource indicator in OAuth flows
- Added loaded indicators to .list tools/mcp-servers/skills
- hide .recover from tab completions when no session is active
- add a new .recover command for sessions to recover from errors
- integrated the git-ssh-sign kit into the coyote sandbox kit
### Fix
- Harden install scripts: detect libssl3 without ldconfig on PATH, survive noexec tmp dirs, and guard against partial curl|bash execution
- ldconfig on Debian-based distros lives in /usr/sbin
- Prefer GNU linux builds in install scripts for duckdb support, and gate duckdb support on linux hosts that are MUSL until MUSL support is added
- **mcp**: omit declared-but-empty prompt/resource capabilities from .info mcp-server
- **mcp**: annotate declared-but-empty prompt/resource capabilities in .info mcp-server
- also support the .continue edge case for session crashing checkpointing
- checkpoint sessions that crash for easy resuming
- job__check ring buffer also collects file output for LLM_OUTPUT as well as stdout
- **tools**: interactive-shell semantics and stderr capture in execute_command
- **function**: gate test-only declaration appender behind cfg(test)
- **graph**: gate unix-only test imports behind cfg(unix)
- harden job runner lifecycle and whitelist conformance
- **function**: floor tool-output truncation cut to a UTF-8 char boundary
- **supervisor**: make agent__check a pure status probe that never consumes the handle
- **supervisor**: surface finished-but-uncollected tasks in turn-end guardrail
- fix grep "binary" errors when searching UTF-8 files with unicode characters like some of the Coyote source
- **bundles**: harden the install pipeline for cross-platform correctness
- **mcp**: harden the spill path for cross-platform correctness
- **repl**: offer prompts in .list tab completion and rename its listing helpers
- **mcp**: gate unix-only spill permission APIs for windows builds
- harden the bundle lifecycle per code review
- address code review findings on the bundle lifecycle
- reserve category names, confirm fork-name collisions, report secrets on uninstall
- make bundle provenance portable to Windows
- user__ask should have been renamed to user__select in graph agent user interaction invocations
- support tab completions for graph-based agents with variables as well as standard agents
- surface macro parse errors on top-level invocation
- render .list macros as a comfy-table instead of fixed-width columns
- drain crossterm characters in zellij in kitty contexts to prevent DA1 responses from entering prompt
- drain tty input when displaying inquire prompts to prevent unintentional escapes
- breaking iwe MCP server changes with newest version
- improved handling of non service-specific secrets using sbx custom-secrets
- include tool output to LLM_OUTPUT in errors as well as stderr
- prevent tmp-overwriting
- Corrected a rare edge case on how tool files are generated during parallel executions
- cosmetic fix after improved bash tool handling
- Improved subagent escalation handling
- latent parsing bugs in fs_patch and argc
- Prevent infinite hangs in coder agent and implement timeouts for LLM API calls and interactive tools
- allow nested italics inside bold spans in markdown renderer
- properly handle OAuth refreshes
- correct newline removal from fs_write and fs_patch
- detect duplicate tool call IDs client-side before sending to Claude
- **rag**: warn when a duckdb store is empty but files are indexed
- **rag**: keep a local Qdrant off an ambient proxy
- keep loopback and LAN traffic off an ambient proxy
- **rag**: stop routing Qdrant requests through an ambient proxy
- **rag**: treat a zero min_score as no floor on Qdrant searches
- **rag**: address Copilot review findings on the driver abstraction
- **rag**: delete the DuckDB write-ahead log alongside the store
- **sandbox**: discover agent-scoped RAG mixin sidecars
- **rag**: stop the attach wizard from silently accepting an empty collection
- **rag**: fail loudly when a RAG's vault secret is missing
- **rag**: serialize DuckDB extension installs to stop a Windows race
- **rag**: emit an sbx kit v2 mixin and declare RAG credentials to the proxy
- **rag**: install DuckDB vss and fts extensions when they are missing
- don't output thinking blocks for claude-based models
- additional edge case fix for duplicate tool call IDs in anthropic API calls
- removed temperature modifier in librarian agent to mitigate invisible errors
- strip reasoning blocks for structured LLM output in graph agents
- prevent rare duplicate tool call IDs in long running claude prompts
- agents inherit global reasoning effort if unset
### Refactor
- **function**: finish supervisor-to-agent vocabulary migration
- **function**: rename agent-tool symbols out of supervisor vocabulary
- Modified the naming of several generalized supervisor values
- pulled out some imports to clean up the MCP render module a bit
- **mcp**: centralize meta-function prefix predicates and fix list_tools pagination
- Refactored some bundle const locations
- drop the .install remote migration hint
- drop the --install-from tombstone entirely
- render .list agents and .list skills as comfy-tables
- **rag**: discover driver_config secrets by grammar, not field name
- **rag**: drop the hardcoded embedding model hint from attach
- **rag**: interpolate every driver_config value, not just api_key
- **rag**: extract RagProvider trait and add YamlProvider
## v0.8.3 (2026-08-03)
### Fix
- infinite loop bug when attempting to interrupt a prompt exchange right before a session compression
- ctrl-c inside of an auto-continue loop created an infinite loop
## v0.8.2 (2026-07-31)
### Fix
- sbx update doesn't allow undefined fields in sbx spec
## v0.8.1 (2026-07-30)
### Feat
- ctrl-c interrupts ongoing prompt in a session, but lets the user inject more instructions mid-stream
- improved function calling performance by allowing parallel tool calling
- created the architect and gatekeeper agents for dramatically improved coding performance
- Improved readability of session message exchange replays
- apply --agent/--role/--rag/--model flags in --acp-server mode
- add headless profile to sbx-kit spec
- implement ACP user-interaction to request_permission bridge
- implement ACP session/load and session/cancel
- implement ACP session/prompt
- add ACP server skeleton with stdout-purity test
- add --headless flag for unattended operation
### Fix
- ctrl-c interruption doesn't discard session messages when throbber is showing
- improper handling of fd-style globbing for directories in fs_glob
- properly templated architect design doc path in starter commands
- .copy works when sessions are resumed
- ACP session/prompt now drives the full tool-execution loop
- ACP spec conformance — ContentBlock prompt params and protocolVersion type
- restore stdout output for standalone --headless mode
- suppress tool-call display in headless mode; initialize session on session/new
- skip stdin drain and set silent render mode when --acp-server is active
- include graph-agent descriptions in .agent <TAB> completions
### Refactor
- move ACP server dispatch into run() for shared flag setup
## v0.8.0 (2026-07-25)
### Feat
- Dynamically detect if a selected client in the sandbox first run wizard supports oauth
- Add support for the --fresh flag again with host environment configuration injection
- force overwrite global sbx secrets
- add sbx secrets globally
- only create secrets local to a sandbox
- Improved credentials management for docker sandboxes
- renamed --contents arg for fs_write/patch to --content since most models attempt that first and error otherwise
- Used improved theme selections for tool call highlighting colors
- Improved theme-derived syntax highlighting for LLM tool call logging
- Improved coloring of LLM tool invocation outputs to make LLM output more readable and cohesive
- renamed the user__ask to user__select and improved descriptions to improve model usage
- Improved coloring/highlighting of tool calls to make LLM invocation logs easier to read
- long-running session improvements
- Made sisyphus suite of agents all auto-approved for tool usage
- added ast_grep tool to Sisyphus suite agents
- created the adversay agent and adversarial-review skill
- new spawnable_agents field in agents to let users restrict what agents can be spawned by a parent agent
- replay pre-compressed messages as well when resuming sessions for users to see
- created a new builtin function for agents who can spawn other agents to list available agents via agent__list_available
- **render**: hanging-indent line wrapping for lists and blockquotes
- **render**: wire table state machine and finalize hook
- **render**: render markdown tables with comfy-table
- **render**: parse table cells and column alignments
- **render**: detect markdown table rows and separators
- **render**: add comfy-table dependency and table border style
- **render**: activate rich markdown renderer as default
- **render**: rich block-level markdown rendering (headings, quotes, lists, hr)
- **render**: rich inline markdown rendering (bold, italic, code, links)
- **render**: detect markdown block-level line types
- **render**: precompute markdown scope styles for rich rendering
- Created the raw_markdown configuration flag
- added a .fork command to fork a new session from a running conversation
- **oauth**: enable browser-paste PKCE flow for OpenAI-compatible providers
- copy host OAuth tokens into sandbox at launch
- implement OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant (RFC 8628)
- hint that browser 'paste code' pages can be ignored during callback capture
- openai-compatible wizard offers OAuth when provider has bundled oauth defaults
- validate unique client names at config load
- bundle xAI OAuth defaults in models.yaml
- OAuth branch in openai_compatible prepare_* fns
- get_oauth_provider_for_client dispatcher + client_config_info update
- OpenAICompatibleOAuthProvider (config-driven OAuthProvider impl)
- add auth + oauth fields to OpenAICompatibleConfig
- add oauth field to ProviderModels
- add client_credentials support to prepare_oauth_access_token
- add OAuthConfig + OAuthFlow types to oauth.rs
- Added reasoning effort to the right prompt
- Improved support for Anthropic's extended thinking
- Also support GEMINI.md workspace instructions
- Improved workspace instructions support
- also detect .mcp.json configurations at workspace roots
- Created new .tool enable/disable and .mcp enable/disable aliases to make REPL usage more egonomic
- Created a new .list <kind> REPL command to make discoveribility easier in the REPL
- Support claude-style hidden workspace MCP configuration files via .mcp.json
- Allow users to customize the workspace-specific configuration directory name so they can use Coyote with other CLI clients like .claude
- Add reasoning_effort validation for the main configuration file
- Add validation for reasoning_effort settings to prevent users from specifying erroneous values
- Added support for modifying the reasoning effort of reasoning models
- Explicitly Prevent .undo usage in graph agents
- Added an .undo command to the REPL to let users have more control over the conversation
- Improve sandbox startup time by using the prebuilt Coyote image
- Make coyote available as a docker image
- Made fs_patch more flexible for different model preferences of patch formats
- Installed nano into the sandbox so that users can edit config files in the sandbox directly
- Support workspace-local skill definitions and MCP configurations
- fully functional graph-based RAG
- Implemented graph-based RAG
- Added a --dangerously-skip-permissions flag to skip permission prompts for tool invocations
- Remove the temperature hyperparameter from the diagnose role
- Added a new oauth.redirectHost field to make it possible to further extend MCP support
- Updated the REPL mcp auth path to use the prettified error messaging
- Improved error messaging for failed MCP starts because of auth issues
- Added support for specifying the oauth port and client ID in MCP server configs
- Implemented OAuth support for OpenAI models via Codex endpoints
- merge MCP config when installing bundled mcp config
- Implemented durable state for sisyphus
- Installed ast-grep for the explore agent to use for better code exploration
- Created the step-runner graph agent for more deterministic coding workflows to produce even more reliable and higher-quality results
- Improved oracle and sisyphus agents with skill integrations for the new skills
- Created new sisyphus family skills to improve performance
- Created new diagnostic role and skill for use in other contexts
- Added new memory functions for deleting and renaming memory files, as well as new lints for memory expiration dates and staleness of memories to improve the memory system
- Created a new iwe skill and installed the iwe MCP server for utilizing large knowledgebases
- Session-specific, file-backed history in the REPL
- Replay session output when a user re-enters a session so all output can be seen again
- Added confirmation message after MCP Oauth succeeds when invoked from --auth-mcp
- Created the --auth-mcp CLI flag to let users auth with remote MCP servers without needing to be in the REPL
- add OAuth authentication support for remote MCP servers
- Added mixin for sisyphus so the ddg MCP server can search arbitrary domains
- added improved error messaging on MCP server initialization
- prefer musl versions for linux when running --update/.update
### Fix
- fresh wizard openai-compatible support
- config existence check for --fresh sandboxes
- Improve coyote sandbox startup time
- bypass forgotten sandbox mode check for MCP secret interpolation
- properly wrap sub-style changes in markdown rendering
- removed accidental duplicate ast_grep tool in explore agent
- npm and npx need the /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib directory to exist to run properly so I've added it to the dockerfile
- added executable bit to adversary agent tools script
- fetch descriptions from graph agent configs as well when listing agents
- **render**: suppress blank lines above rendered table
- chown the full sandbox cache dir, not just the coyote subdir
- chown the whole coyote cache dir not just the oauth dir in the sandbox
- fix typo in Gemini's generation_config property to use camelCase exclusively
- **oauth**: treat missing expires_in as non-expiring device_code token
- **oauth**: send Accept: application/json in device flow requests
- OAuth callback listener skips speculative/malformed browser connections
- resolve reasoning effort for the prompt for global defaults as well
- Account for default model reasoning_effort when supplying that value for the REPL prompts
- model narration included in history and between tool calls to prevent repetition
- Don't terminate agent loops early for null tool output
- reduce code duplication by reusing the new concrete_tool_names function in .list tools
- Agent tools can only be modified via .tool enable/disable using tools in the allowed whitelist in the agent
- re-render agent sessions when entering agents with either pre-configured agent_session or when entering an agent directly into a session
- Per RFC 9728, enable dynamic discovery of OAuth endpoints in MCP using path-aware discovery
- hot-attach to MCP servers that require auth after running .mcp auth <name>
- Correctly inherit graph-global model for extractor model if none is defined
- no cursor timeout when user scrolls away from ongoing streaming output
- default to the nano or notepad when a configured editor is not found
- When EDITOR, VISUAL, or config.editor is defined, don't verify via which
- Added a loop exit condition for the diagnostics skill
- Added directness clause to the diganose role to improve prompt
- fs tools now output better error handling to guide the model more effectively
- Make fs_read more tolerant of various arg invocation formats.
- todo functions are injected properly to roles when roles have auto_continue: true and the REPL is started directly into the role
- updated the redirect URI for OAuth MCP to use localhost since that's what is whitelisted, not 127.0.0.1
- allow MCP OAuth refresh_token to be absent from initial token exchanges
- Overrode the default JSON content-type for MCP OAuth so its properly application/x-www-form-urlencoded
- typo in mcp file name
- Added uvx wrapper for macos-based sandboxes
### Refactor
- Standardized paths module function names to not use 'path' in the name and to just always be either 'dir' or 'file'
- main.rs resolve_oauth_client uses new dispatcher
- split run_oauth_flow into pkce + client_credentials dispatchers
### Perf
- updated the memory injection warning so it only logs once, rather than after each keystroke
## v0.7.4 (2026-07-02)
### Feat
- Pin specific usql version to sbx kit
- recursively take ownership over the copied in coyote config for the sbx
- explicitly specify the COYOTE_CONFIG_DIR in the sbx kit
- --tail-logs can track log rollovers and incoporates a sleep timer to minimize idle CPU cycles
- Added support for log rolling so log files don't just blow up over time
### Fix
- Added back in --kit specification for the running of the sbx
- sbx isn't copying base files in their respective directories
- Update deprecated sbx kit config
- Properly chown the coyote config recursively and password file in the sbx
## v0.7.3 (2026-06-24)
### Fix
- apply bootstrapping of functions at startup to fix edge case
## v0.7.2 (2026-06-19)
### Fix
- usql version upgrade
## v0.7.1 (2026-06-19)
### Fix
- sbx mixins must be passed in directories, not as files and the files must be named spec.yaml per new sbx version
## v0.7.0 (2026-06-18)
### Feat
- added configurable cache path via the COYOTE_CACHE_PATH environment variable
- added a memory option to .set tab completions
- Added a diagnostic .info tools subcommand to make it easier to see what tools are enabled in all contexts
- Added additional info outputs for enabled skills and sbx directories
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## Authorship Policy
All code in this repository is written and reviewed by humans, or AI-generated where explicitly disclosed.
AI-generated code (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) is permitted only when explicitly disclosed and
approved. For example: disclosing the use of AI-generated code in a PR description.
All code in this repository is written and reviewed by humans. AI-generated code (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT,
Claude, etc.) is not permitted unless explicitly disclosed and approved.
Submissions must certify that the contributor understands and can maintain the code they submit.
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# Credits
## Matt Pocock's Skills
The bundled `diagnosing-bugs`, `codebase-design`, and `grilling` skills, the
`architecture-reviewer` agent, and the code smell baseline in the bundled
`code-review` skill are adapted from
[mattpocock/skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills) by Matt Pocock,
licensed under the MIT License. The smell definitions trace back to Martin
Fowler's *Refactoring* (ch. 3); the deep-module vocabulary builds on John
Ousterhout's *A Philosophy of Software Design* and Michael Feathers'
*Working Effectively with Legacy Code*.
## AIChat
Coyote originally started as a fork of the fantastic
[AIChat CLI](https://github.com/sigoden/aichat). The initial goal was simply
@@ -39,13 +28,4 @@ While Coyote has since diverged significantly and is now developed as an
independent project, its early foundation and inspiration came from the
AIChat project.
AIChat is licensed under the MIT License. The MIT license text and its
copyright notice are preserved in the [LICENSE-MIT](./LICENSE-MIT) file.
## Licensing
Coyote as a whole is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License
v3.0 only (AGPL-3.0-only); see [LICENSE](./LICENSE). Substantial portions
derived from AIChat remain under the MIT License (Copyright (c) sigoden),
preserved in [LICENSE-MIT](./LICENSE-MIT). See [NOTICE](./NOTICE) for the
combined-licensing summary.
AIChat is licensed under the MIT License.
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[package]
name = "coyote-ai"
version = "0.10.3"
version = "0.7.0"
edition = "2024"
authors = ["Alex Clarke <alex.j.tusa@gmail.com>"]
description = "The batteries-included runtime for LLMs"
description = "An all-in-one, batteries included LLM CLI Tool"
keywords = ["chatgpt", "llm", "cli", "ai", "repl"]
homepage = "https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote"
repository = "https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote"
categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
readme = "README.md"
license = "AGPL-3.0-only"
license = "MIT"
rust-version = "1.95.0"
exclude = [".github", "CONTRIBUTING.md"]
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ exclude = [".github", "CONTRIBUTING.md"]
anyhow = "1.0.69"
bytes = "1.4.0"
clap = { version = "4.5.40", features = ["cargo", "derive", "wrap_help"] }
comfy-table = { version = "7.1.4", features = ["custom_styling"] }
dirs = "6.0.0"
duckdb = { version = "1.10505.0", features = ["bundled"] }
dunce = "1.0.5"
futures-util = "0.3.29"
inquire = "0.9.4"
@@ -51,13 +49,7 @@ textwrap = "0.16.0"
ansi_colours = "1.2.2"
eventsource-stream = "0.2.3"
log = "0.4.28"
log4rs = { version = "1.4.0", features = [
"file_appender",
"rolling_file_appender",
"compound_policy",
"fixed_window_roller",
"size_trigger",
] }
log4rs = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["file_appender"] }
shell-words = "1.1.0"
sha2 = "0.10.8"
unicode-width = "0.2.0"
@@ -82,7 +74,6 @@ html_to_markdown = "0.1.0"
rust-embed = "8.5.0"
os_info = { version = "3.8.2", default-features = false }
bm25 = { version = "2.0.1", features = ["parallelism"] }
petgraph = { version = "0.7", features = ["serde-1"] }
which = "8.0.0"
fuzzy-matcher = "0.3.7"
terminal-colorsaurus = "0.4.8"
@@ -90,7 +81,7 @@ duct = "1.0.0"
argc = "1.23.0"
strum_macros = "0.27.2"
indoc = "2.0.6"
rmcp = { version = "3.1.2", features = [
rmcp = { version = "1.5.0", features = [
"client",
"transport-child-process",
"transport-streamable-http-client-reqwest",
@@ -115,11 +106,17 @@ self_update = { version = "0.44", default-features = false, features = [
"archive-zip",
"compression-zip-deflate",
] }
qrcode = "0.14"
[dependencies.reqwest]
version = "0.13.3"
features = ["json", "multipart", "stream", "form", "socks", "rustls"]
features = [
"json",
"multipart",
"stream",
"form",
"socks",
"rustls",
]
default-features = false
[dependencies.syntect]
@@ -138,15 +135,9 @@ arboard = { version = "3.3.0", default-features = false, features = [
[target.'cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android", target_os = "emscripten")))'.dependencies]
arboard = { version = "3.3.0", default-features = false }
[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
libc = "0.2"
[dev-dependencies]
ctor = "1.0.13"
pretty_assertions = "1.4.0"
rmcp = { version = "3.1.2", features = ["server"] }
serial_test = "3"
tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["test-util"] }
[[bin]]
name = "coyote"
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ARG COYOTE_VERSION
FROM docker/sandbox-templates:shell-docker AS build
ARG COYOTE_VERSION
ARG TARGETARCH
ENV PATH="/home/agent/.cargo/bin:/home/agent/.local/bin:${PATH}"
USER root
RUN apt-get update && \
apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
jq curl git \
build-essential pkg-config \
cmake \
clang libclang-dev \
musl-tools \
libssl-dev \
pandoc \
bzip2 \
nano && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
RUN set -euo pipefail; \
USQL_VERSION=0.21.4; \
case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
amd64) USQL_ARCH=amd64 ;; \
arm64) USQL_ARCH=arm64 ;; \
*) echo "Unsupported TARGETARCH: ${TARGETARCH}" >&2; exit 1 ;; \
esac; \
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d); \
curl -fsSL --retry 3 \
"https://github.com/xo/usql/releases/download/v${USQL_VERSION}/usql_static-${USQL_VERSION}-linux-${USQL_ARCH}.tar.bz2" \
-o "$TMPDIR/usql.tar.bz2"; \
tar -xjf "$TMPDIR/usql.tar.bz2" -C "$TMPDIR"; \
install -m 0755 "$TMPDIR/usql_static" /usr/local/bin/usql; \
rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
RUN set -euo pipefail; \
DUCKDB_VERSION=1.5.5; \
case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
amd64) DUCKDB_ARCH=amd64 ;; \
arm64) DUCKDB_ARCH=arm64 ;; \
*) echo "Unsupported TARGETARCH: ${TARGETARCH}" >&2; exit 1 ;; \
esac; \
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d); \
curl -fsSL --retry 3 \
"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v${DUCKDB_VERSION}/duckdb_cli-linux-${DUCKDB_ARCH}.gz" \
-o "$TMPDIR/duckdb.gz"; \
gunzip "$TMPDIR/duckdb.gz"; \
install -m 0755 "$TMPDIR/duckdb" /usr/local/bin/duckdb; \
rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
USER 1000
RUN curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh && \
printf '#!/bin/sh\nexec uv tool run "$@"\n' > "$HOME/.local/bin/uvx" && \
chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/uvx"
RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/share/npm-global/lib
RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | \
sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain stable --profile minimal && \
. "$HOME/.cargo/env" && \
cargo install --locked iwec && \
cargo install --locked ast-grep
USER root
RUN set -euo pipefail; \
case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
amd64) MUSL_TARGET=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl ;; \
arm64) MUSL_TARGET=aarch64-unknown-linux-musl ;; \
*) echo "Unsupported TARGETARCH: ${TARGETARCH}" >&2; exit 1 ;; \
esac; \
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d); \
curl -fsSL --retry 3 \
"https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/releases/download/v${COYOTE_VERSION}/coyote-${MUSL_TARGET}.tar.gz" \
-o "$TMPDIR/coyote.tar.gz"; \
tar -xzf "$TMPDIR/coyote.tar.gz" -C "$TMPDIR"; \
install -m 0755 "$TMPDIR/coyote" /home/agent/.cargo/bin/coyote; \
chown 1000:1000 /home/agent/.cargo/bin/coyote; \
rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
COPY --chmod=0755 scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/coyote-entrypoint
FROM scratch
ARG COYOTE_VERSION
COPY --from=build / /
ENV PATH="/home/agent/.cargo/bin:/home/agent/.local/bin:/usr/local/share/npm-global/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" \
NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX="/usr/local/share/npm-global" \
NO_PROXY="localhost,127.0.0.1,::1,172.17.0.0/16" \
no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,::1,172.17.0.0/16" \
BASH_ENV="/etc/sandbox-persistent.sh"
LABEL com.docker.sandboxes="templates" \
com.docker.sandboxes.base="ubuntu:questing" \
com.docker.sandboxes.flavor="shell-docker" \
com.docker.sandboxes.start-docker="true" \
org.opencontainers.image.title="coyote" \
org.opencontainers.image.description="The batteries-included runtime for LLMs: Shell Assistant, CLI & REPL mode, RAG, AI tools & agents, MCP servers, skills, and macros." \
org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote" \
org.opencontainers.image.version="${COYOTE_VERSION}"
WORKDIR /home/agent/workspace
USER 1000
# tini as PID 1 (as in the sandbox-templates base) reaps orphans and forwards
# signals; coyote-entrypoint runs coyote by default, or the given command
# (e.g. the Docker Sandboxes keep-alive) when the first arg is sh/bash/a path.
ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--", "/usr/local/bin/coyote-entrypoint"]
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Coyote began as a fork of AIChat (https://github.com/sigoden/aichat),
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# Coyote: The batteries-included runtime for LLMs
# Coyote: All-in-one, batteries-included LLM CLI Tool
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Coyote is an **all-in-one, batteries-included LLM runtime** for building, running, and interacting with AI from your terminal.
It brings together a Shell Assistant, CLI & REPL modes, RAG, tools, agents, MCP, skills, sandboxes, multi-agent workflows, and
more in a single runtime.
Coyote comes ready to use with built-in agents, roles, macros, and tools, so you can get started without assembling an AI
stack from scratch. When you want to extend it, entire bundles of agents, roles, macros, tools, MCP servers, and other
configurations can be installed directly from any Git repository.
See [Bundles](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Bundles) to learn how to create, install, and share Coyote bundles.
Coyote is an all-in-one, batteries-included, LLM CLI tool featuring Shell Assistant, CLI & REPL Mode, RAG, AI Tools &
Agents, and More.
It is designed to include a number of useful agents, roles, macros, and more so users can get up and running with Coyote
in as little time as possible. You can also install entire bundles of agents, roles, macros, tools, and MCP servers from
any git repository. See [Sharing Configurations](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Sharing-Configurations) for more information.
![Agent example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/images/agents/sql.gif)
@@ -27,7 +21,7 @@ Coming from [AIChat](https://github.com/sigoden/aichat)? Follow the [migration g
* [AIChat Migration Guide](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/AIChat-Migration): Coming from AIChat? Follow the migration guide to get started.
* [Installation](#install): Install Coyote
* [Getting Started](#getting-started): Get started with Coyote by doing first-run setup steps.
* [Bundles](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Bundles): Install bundles of agents, roles, skills, macros, tools, and MCP servers from any git repo, and share your own. Bundles are Coyote's equivalent of plugins in other CLI agents.
* [Sharing Configurations](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Sharing-Configurations): Install bundles of agents, roles, macros, tools, and MCP servers from any git repo, and share your own.
* [REPL](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/REPL): Interactive Read-Eval-Print Loop for conversational interactions with LLMs and Coyote.
* [Custom REPL Prompt](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/REPL-Prompt): Customize the REPL prompt to provide useful contextual information.
* [Vault](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Vault): Securely store and manage sensitive information such as API keys and credentials.
@@ -39,30 +33,20 @@ Coming from [AIChat](https://github.com/sigoden/aichat)? Follow the [migration g
* [Create Custom TypeScript Tools](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Custom-Tools#custom-typescript-based-tools)
* [Create Custom Bash Tools](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Custom-Bash-Tools)
* [Bash Prompt Utilities](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Bash-Prompt-Helpers)
* [First-Class MCP Server Support](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/MCP-Servers): Easily connect and interact with MCP servers for advanced functionality. Coyote supports all three MCP capabilities: tools, resources, and prompts.
* Models interact with each server through a compact set of capability-gated meta-tools: `mcp_search`/`mcp_describe` for discovery across tools, resources, and prompts, `mcp_invoke` for tool calls, `mcp_read` for paged and regex-filterable resource reads, and `mcp_prompt` for server-defined prompts. Binary content is spilled to disk instead of inlined, and oversized tool results are bounded before they reach the model.
* Invoke server prompts yourself with `.prompt <server> <name> [key=value ...]` in the REPL, with live staged tab-completion (servers, then prompt names, then `key=` arguments), and discover them with `.list prompts`.
* [Macros](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Macros): Automate repetitive tasks and workflows with Coyote "scripts" (macros). Macros are Coyote's custom commands: invoke any macro directly by name (e.g. `.review main`), with tab-completion, right alongside the built-in REPL commands.
* Give a macro a `description` (shown in `.list macros` and completions) and set `isolated: false` to run its steps on the live session, exactly as if you typed them. Note that non-isolated steps are recorded in the session, and mutating steps (`.role`, `.model`, ...) persist after the macro ends, by design. Steps are fail-fast: an error aborts the remaining steps, but completed steps' effects remain. A non-isolated macro step cannot invoke another macro, and a `.exit` step never exits the REPL.
* Commit project-specific macros to `.coyote/macros/` in your repo. They shadow same-named global macros (opt out with `--no-workspace-macros`).
* Pass variables positionally or by name: leading `name=value` args set declared variables directly (letting earlier variables keep their defaults), and remaining args fill the rest in order. Tab completion after a macro name lists each variable with its description and default.
* Scope which macros are invocable with `enabled_macros` in the global config, a role, an agent, or a session (most specific wins; an empty list disables all macros), and toggle at runtime with `.macro enable|disable <name>`.
* [First-Class MCP Server Support](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/MCP-Servers): Easily connect and interact with MCP servers for advanced functionality.
* [Macros](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Macros): Automate repetitive tasks and workflows with Coyote "scripts" (macros).
* [RAG](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/RAG): Retrieval-Augmented Generation for enhanced information retrieval and generation.
* [Sessions](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Sessions): Manage and persist conversational contexts and settings across multiple interactions.
* [Memory](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Memory): Persistent file-based memory that survives across sessions. Bootstrap with `coyote --init-memory [global|workspace]`.
* [Workspace Instructions](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Workspace-Instructions): Human-curated project instructions (`COYOTE.md`) injected into every prompt, with `AGENTS.md`/`CLAUDE.md`/`GEMINI.md` fallbacks for cross-tool compatibility. Scaffold with `coyote --init-instructions`.
* [Roles](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Roles): Customize model behavior for specific tasks or domains.
* [Skills](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Skills): Modular knowledge or capability packs the LLM can load and unload mid-conversation. Multiple skills compose; instructions stack, tools and MCPs union.
* [Agents](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Agents): Leverage AI agents to perform complex tasks and workflows, including sub-agent spawning, teammate messaging, and user interaction tools.
* [Graph Agents](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Graph-Agents): Define an agent as a declarative, YAML-driven workflow. A directed graph of typed nodes (LLM calls, scripts, approvals, user input, RAG retrieval, sub-agent spawns).
* [Background Jobs](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Background-Jobs): Run long tool calls (builds, test suites, slow MCP calls) in the background with the `job__*` tools while the model keeps working, and completion arrives as a push notification.
* [Hooks](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Hooks): Run your own fire-and-forget commands when lifecycle events fire. Turns, tools, LLM requests, agents, sub-agent escalations, and more (26 events). Perfect for desktop notifications, activity logging, and downstream automation; hooks never block Coyote or change its behavior.
* [Todo System](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/TODO-System): Built-in task tracking for improved LLM reliability with smaller models.
* [Environment Variables](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Environment-Variables): Override and customize your Coyote configuration at runtime with environment variables.
* [Client Configurations](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Clients): Configuration instructions for various LLM providers.
* [Authentication (API Key & OAuth)](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Clients#authentication): Authenticate with API keys or OAuth for subscription-based access.
* [Patching API Requests](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Patches): Learn how to patch API requests for advanced customization.
* [Dynamic Model Catalog](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Model-Catalog): Coyote's model catalog (context windows, pricing, capabilities) is generated from live API data, refreshed automatically in the background, and mirrorable for air-gapped setups. New models show up without waiting for a release.
* [Custom Themes](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/Themes): Change the look and feel of Coyote to your preferences with custom themes.
* [History](#history): A history of how Coyote came to be.
@@ -75,16 +59,6 @@ Coyote requires the following tools to be installed on your system:
* [docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)
* [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/)
* `curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh`
* [iwe](https://github.com/iwe-org/iwe) (`iwec`, for the built-in `iwe` MCP server that navigates large markdown knowledgebases)
* **Homebrew:** `brew tap iwe-org/iwe && brew trust --formula iwe-org/iwe/iwe && brew install iwe`
* **Cargo:** `cargo install iwec`
* [ast-grep](https://ast-grep.github.io/) (for the built-in `ast_grep` structural code search tool, used by the `explore` agent)
* **Homebrew:** `brew install ast-grep`
* **Cargo:** `cargo install ast-grep --locked`
* **npm:** `npm i -g @ast-grep/cli`
* Optional: if `ast-grep` is not installed, the `ast_grep` tool reports it and agents fall back to `fs_grep`
* [duckdb](https://duckdb.org/) (for fast, local RAGs)
* `curl https://install.duckdb.org | bash`
These tools are used to provide various functionalities within Coyote, such as document processing, JSON manipulation,
etc., and they are used within agents and tools.
@@ -118,46 +92,13 @@ To upgrade `coyote` using Homebrew:
brew upgrade coyote
```
### Docker
Coyote is available as a Docker image on Docker Hub (`darkalex17/coyote`) for Linux amd64 and arm64.
Useful for CI, ephemeral environments, or anywhere you prefer not to install it natively.
```bash
docker pull darkalex17/coyote
docker run --rm -it darkalex17/coyote
```
To persist your configuration across container runs, mount your existing config directory:
```bash
docker run --rm -it \
-v ~/.config/coyote:/home/agent/.config/coyote \
darkalex17/coyote
```
If you use the local vault provider and want your vault credentials available in the container, also mount the password file:
```bash
docker run --rm -it \
-v ~/.config/coyote:/home/agent/.config/coyote \
-v ~/.coyote_password:/home/agent/.coyote_password:ro \
darkalex17/coyote
```
Arguments are passed to `coyote`. If the first argument is `sh`, `bash`, or an absolute path, that command runs instead,
e.g. to get a shell inside the image:
```bash
docker run --rm -it darkalex17/coyote bash
```
### Scripts
#### Linux/MacOS (`bash`)
You can use the following command to run a bash script that downloads and installs the latest version of `coyote` for your
OS (Linux/MacOS) and architecture (x86_64/arm64):
```shell
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/refs/heads/main/scripts/install_coyote.sh | bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/main/install_coyote.sh | bash
```
#### Windows/Linux/MacOS (`PowerShell`)
@@ -165,7 +106,7 @@ You can use the following command to run a PowerShell script that downloads and
for your OS (Windows/Linux/MacOS) and architecture (x86_64/arm64):
```powershell
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/refs/heads/main/scripts/install_coyote.ps1 | iex"
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/main/scripts/install_coyote.ps1 | iex"
```
### Manual
@@ -276,7 +217,7 @@ coyote | Out-String | Invoke-Expression
### Shell Integration
You can integrate Coyote's Shell Assistant into your shell for enhanced command-line assistance. Add the code in the
corresponding [shell integration script](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/tree/main/scripts/shell-integration) to your shell. Then, you can invoke Coyote to convert natural language to
corresponding [shell integration script](./scripts/shell-integration) to your shell. Then, you can invoke Coyote to convert natural language to
shell commands by pressing `Alt-e`. For example:
```shell
@@ -294,7 +235,7 @@ coyote --info | grep 'config_file' | awk '{print $2}'
```
The configuration file consists of a number of settings. To see a full example configuration file with every setting
defined, refer to the [example configuration file](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/blob/main/config.example.yaml).
defined, refer to the [example configuration file](./config.example.yaml).
### Default LLM
The following settings are available to configure the default LLM that is used when you start Coyote, and its
@@ -348,22 +289,9 @@ The appearance of Coyote can be modified using the following settings:
Coyote began as a fork of [AIChat CLI](https://github.com/sigoden/aichat) and has since evolved into an independent project.
See [CREDITS.md](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/blob/main/CREDITS.md) for full attribution and background.
See [CREDITS.md](./CREDITS.md) for full attribution and background.
---
## Creator
* [Alex Clarke](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17)
---
## License
Coyote is licensed under the [GNU Affero General Public License v3.0](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/blob/main/LICENSE)
(AGPL-3.0-only).
Coyote began as a fork of [AIChat](https://github.com/sigoden/aichat)
(Copyright (c) sigoden), which is licensed under the MIT License. Substantial
portions of Coyote are derived from AIChat and remain available under the MIT
License, preserved in [LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/blob/main/LICENSE-MIT). See [NOTICE](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/blob/main/NOTICE) and
[CREDITS.md](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/blob/main/CREDITS.md) for details.
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@@ -40,57 +40,15 @@ _write_project_cache() {
_detect_heuristic() {
local dir="$1"
local runner="" runner_type="" runner_targets=""
if [[ -f "${dir}/Taskfile.yml" || -f "${dir}/Taskfile.yaml" || -f "${dir}/taskfile.yml" || -f "${dir}/taskfile.yaml" ]]; then
runner="task" runner_type="taskfile"
runner_targets=$( (cd "${dir}" && task --list-all 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^\* \([^:[:space:]]*\):.*/\1/p') || true)
elif [[ -f "${dir}/justfile" || -f "${dir}/Justfile" ]]; then
runner="just" runner_type="just"
runner_targets=$( (cd "${dir}" && just --summary 2>/dev/null | tr ' ' '\n') || true)
elif [[ -f "${dir}/Makefile" || -f "${dir}/makefile" || -f "${dir}/GNUmakefile" ]]; then
runner="make" runner_type="make"
local mk mkfiles=()
for mk in Makefile makefile GNUmakefile; do
[[ -f "${dir}/${mk}" ]] && mkfiles+=("${dir}/${mk}")
done
runner_targets=$(sed -n 's/^\([A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*\):\([^=].*\|\)$/\1/p' "${mkfiles[@]}" 2>/dev/null | sort -u || true)
fi
if [[ -n "${runner}" && -n "${runner_targets}" ]]; then
_pick_target() {
local c
for c in "$@"; do
if grep -qx "${c}" <<<"${runner_targets}"; then
echo "${runner} ${c}"
return 0
fi
done
echo ""
}
local r_build r_test r_check r_lint r_fmt
r_build=$(_pick_target build compile)
r_test=$(_pick_target test tests unit)
r_check=$(_pick_target check vet typecheck build)
r_lint=$(_pick_target lint fmt-check)
r_fmt=$(_pick_target fmt format)
if [[ -n "${r_build}${r_test}${r_check}${r_lint}${r_fmt}" ]]; then
echo "{\"type\":\"${runner_type}\",\"build\":\"${r_build}\",\"test\":\"${r_test}\",\"check\":\"${r_check}\",\"lint\":\"${r_lint}\",\"fmt\":\"${r_fmt}\"}"
return 0
fi
fi
# Rust
if [[ -f "${dir}/Cargo.toml" ]]; then
echo '{"type":"rust","build":"cargo build","test":"cargo test","check":"cargo check","lint":"cargo clippy --no-deps -- -D warnings","fmt":"cargo fmt"}'
echo '{"type":"rust","build":"cargo build","test":"cargo test","check":"cargo check"}'
return 0
fi
# Go
if [[ -f "${dir}/go.mod" ]]; then
local go_lint=""
if compgen -G "${dir}/.golangci.*" &>/dev/null && command -v golangci-lint &>/dev/null; then
go_lint="golangci-lint run"
fi
echo "{\"type\":\"go\",\"build\":\"go build ./...\",\"test\":\"go test ./...\",\"check\":\"go vet ./...\",\"lint\":\"${go_lint}\",\"fmt\":\"gofmt -w .\"}"
echo '{"type":"go","build":"go build ./...","test":"go test ./...","check":"go vet ./..."}'
return 0
fi
@@ -107,25 +65,7 @@ _detect_heuristic() {
[[ -f "${dir}/pnpm-lock.yaml" ]] && pm="pnpm"
[[ -f "${dir}/yarn.lock" ]] && pm="yarn"
# Emit only scripts the manifest actually declares (same introspection
# contract as the runner tier: never guess a target into existence).
_pkg_script() {
local s
for s in "$@"; do
if jq -e --arg s "$s" '.scripts[$s] // empty' "${dir}/package.json" &>/dev/null; then
echo "${pm} run ${s}"
return 0
fi
done
echo ""
}
local p_build p_test p_check p_lint p_fmt
p_build=$(_pkg_script build compile)
p_test=$(_pkg_script test)
p_check=$(_pkg_script check typecheck tsc)
p_lint=$(_pkg_script lint)
p_fmt=$(_pkg_script fmt format prettier)
echo "{\"type\":\"nodejs\",\"build\":\"${p_build}\",\"test\":\"${p_test}\",\"check\":\"${p_check}\",\"lint\":\"${p_lint}\",\"fmt\":\"${p_fmt}\"}"
echo "{\"type\":\"nodejs\",\"build\":\"${pm} run build\",\"test\":\"${pm} test\",\"check\":\"${pm} run lint\"}"
return 0
fi
@@ -142,7 +82,7 @@ _detect_heuristic() {
check_cmd="uv run ruff check ."
fi
echo "{\"type\":\"python\",\"build\":\"\",\"test\":\"${test_cmd}\",\"check\":\"${check_cmd}\",\"lint\":\"${check_cmd}\",\"fmt\":\"ruff format .\"}"
echo "{\"type\":\"python\",\"build\":\"\",\"test\":\"${test_cmd}\",\"check\":\"${check_cmd}\"}"
return 0
fi
@@ -204,6 +144,17 @@ _detect_heuristic() {
return 0
fi
# Generic build systems (last resort before LLM)
if [[ -f "${dir}/justfile" ]] || [[ -f "${dir}/Justfile" ]]; then
echo '{"type":"just","build":"just build","test":"just test","check":"just lint"}'
return 0
fi
if [[ -f "${dir}/Makefile" ]] || [[ -f "${dir}/makefile" ]] || [[ -f "${dir}/GNUmakefile" ]]; then
echo '{"type":"make","build":"make build","test":"make test","check":"make lint"}'
return 0
fi
return 1
}
@@ -267,9 +218,7 @@ _detect_with_llm() {
local prompt
prompt=$(cat <<-EOF
Analyze this project directory and determine the project type, primary language, and the correct shell commands to build, test, check (typecheck/vet), lint, and format it.
PRIORITY RULE: if the project declares its own task-runner interface (a Taskfile, justfile, Makefile, package.json scripts, or similar), those declared targets ARE the correct commands — prefer them over generic ecosystem defaults, and never invent a target the interface does not declare.
Analyze this project directory and determine the project type, primary language, and the correct shell commands to build, test, and check (lint/typecheck) it.
EOF
)
@@ -277,12 +226,12 @@ _detect_with_llm() {
prompt+=$(cat <<-EOF
Respond with ONLY a valid JSON object. No markdown fences, no explanation, no extra text.
The JSON must have exactly these 6 keys:
{"type":"<language>","build":"<build command>","test":"<test command>","check":"<typecheck/vet command>","lint":"<lint command>","fmt":"<format command>"}
The JSON must have exactly these 4 keys:
{"type":"<language>","build":"<build command>","test":"<test command>","check":"<lint or typecheck command>"}
Rules:
- "type" must be a single lowercase word (e.g. rust, go, python, nodejs, java, ruby, elixir, cpp, c, zig, haskell, scala, kotlin, dart, swift, php, dotnet, etc.)
- If a command doesn't apply to this project, use an empty string, "" — NEVER guess a command that might not exist; a wrongly-guessed command is worse than an empty one
- If a command doesn't apply to this project, use an empty string, ""
- Use the most standard/common commands for the detected ecosystem
- If you detect a package manager lockfile, use that package manager (e.g. pnpm over npm)
EOF
@@ -295,7 +244,7 @@ _detect_with_llm() {
llm_response=$(echo "${llm_response}" | grep -o '{[^}]*}' | head -1)
if echo "${llm_response}" | jq -e '.type and .build != null and .test != null and .check != null' &>/dev/null; then
echo "${llm_response}" | jq -c '{type: (.type // "unknown"), build: (.build // ""), test: (.test // ""), check: (.check // ""), lint: (.lint // ""), fmt: (.fmt // "")}'
echo "${llm_response}" | jq -c '{type: (.type // "unknown"), build: (.build // ""), test: (.test // ""), check: (.check // "")}'
return 0
fi
@@ -309,7 +258,7 @@ detect_project() {
local cached
if cached=$(_read_project_cache "${dir}"); then
echo "${cached}" | jq -c '{type, build, test, check, lint: (.lint // ""), fmt: (.fmt // "")}'
echo "${cached}" | jq -c '{type, build, test, check}'
return 0
fi
@@ -337,31 +286,6 @@ detect_project() {
echo '{"type":"unknown","build":"","test":"","check":""}'
}
# resolve_gate_dir maps a workspace root to the directory verification gates
# must run in. A delivery-repo worker's workspace root holds only dotfiles
# plus the clone, so gates aimed at the root detect nothing and silently
# no-op. When the root has no project markers and exactly ONE first-level
# git repo exists, gates run inside it; anything ambiguous stays at the root.
resolve_gate_dir() {
local dir="${1:-.}"
local m
for m in Taskfile.yml Taskfile.yaml taskfile.yml Cargo.toml go.mod package.json pyproject.toml setup.py pom.xml build.gradle mix.exs Gemfile composer.json Makefile justfile Justfile CMakeLists.txt; do
if [[ -e "${dir}/${m}" ]]; then
echo "${dir}"
return 0
fi
done
local repos=() d
for d in "${dir}"/*/; do
[[ -d "${d}/.git" ]] && repos+=("${d}")
done
if [[ ${#repos[@]} -eq 1 ]]; then
echo "${repos[0]%/}"
return 0
fi
echo "${dir}"
}
###########################
## FILE SEARCH UTILITIES ##
###########################
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@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
# Adversary
> [!IMPORTANT]
> **v2: now a GRAPH agent.** The plan's acceptance criteria are extracted into a list and the graph
> fans out ONE fresh-context verification branch per criterion — partial coverage ("checked 8 of 12")
> is structurally impossible. Each verdict passes a deterministic contract gate (MET requires
> evidence including a proving test; no test = at best PARTIAL), a holistic ADDITIVE-only pass hunts
> absence/scope-drift/substitution/gamed-tests, and the CONFORMS/DIVERGES sentinel is computed by a
> script (missing plan = DIVERGES, fail-closed). The conformance doctrine below is structurally
> enforced: CONFORMS requires ALL MET + zero holistic complaints + zero pipeline faults +
> zero red verification runs (exit≠0/timeout/skipped, or a runner error when commands were declared).
An **adversarial plan-conformance reviewer**. Where [`code-reviewer`](../code-reviewer/README.md)
asks *"is this code good?"*, `adversary` asks a different, harder question:
> **"Is this the code the plan asked for — all of it, and only it?"**
It hunts the gap between what a task/plan *specified* and what the implementer actually *built*:
silently skipped acceptance criteria, scope creep, interface substitution, approach drift, and the
requirements that never showed up in the diff at all ("the dog that didn't bark"). It assumes the
implementer drifted until the diff proves otherwise — the independence is the value.
## Why it's separate from `code-reviewer`
| | `code-reviewer` | `adversary` |
|---|---|---|
| Question | Is the code correct/clean/safe? | Does the code match the plan? |
| Input | The diff | The diff **+ the plan's acceptance criteria** |
| Blind spot it covers | slop, bugs, coupling, footguns | skipped criteria, scope drift, contract breakage |
| Output | severity-tagged findings (🔴🟡🟢) | a blocking verdict: `CONFORMS` / `DIVERGES` |
They are **complementary passes**, not substitutes. `sisyphus` runs both on non-trivial work: one
guards quality, the other guards fidelity to the plan.
## Verdict (blocking)
The agent ends every review with one sentinel:
```
ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: CONFORMS
Criteria: N/N met (all with tests).
```
CONFORMS is deterministic: ALL MET + zero holistic complaints + zero pipeline faults +
zero red verification runs (exit≠0/timeout/skipped, or a runner error when commands were declared).
```
ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: DIVERGES
Criteria: X/N met, Y partial, Z unmet/diverged.
Complaints:
1. Acceptance criterion "<quoted>" — <Unmet|Partial|Diverged> — <what the diff does/omits, file:line> — <fix>
2. ...
```
Every verdict — CONFORMS or DIVERGES — ends with a `Verification runs:` section: the recorded
PASS/FAIL results (command, exit code, duration, failure tail) of the caller-declared verification
commands, or an explicit marker when none were declared or the run never reached that stage. The
one exception is the verdict script's own crash guard, which emits a bare DIVERGES with a
"verdict computation error" line — and no section — when verdict computation itself dies.
A `DIVERGES` verdict **blocks** completion. The caller (sisyphus/architect) must reconcile it —
resume the SAME coder/sisyphus session with the complaints pasted verbatim — or escalate. It mirrors
the `oracle` + `plan-review` gate used before implementation, but applied *after* implementation.
Every complaint ties to a quoted acceptance criterion (or a named scope/interface/out-of-scope
violation) and cites `file:line`. Vague complaints are not emitted.
## How it reviews
```mermaid
flowchart TD
A["parse (llm): extract acceptance criteria"] --> B["facts (diff_facts.py): resolve + bound the diff"]
V["verification_commands (declared graph variable — never parsed from the prompt)"] --> R
B --> R["run_checks (script): run the declared verification commands ONCE, record results"]
R --> C["map over criteria: one fresh-context branch each (parallel)"]
C --> D["check_criterion (llm + fs/ast tools)"]
D --> E["crit_gate (script): MET needs change+test evidence"]
E -. "reject-retry once; exhausted = PARTIAL" .-> D
E --> F["holistic (llm): ADDITIVE-only hunt - absence, scope drift, substitution, gamed tests"]
F --> G["verdict (script): CONFORMS iff ALL MET + zero extras + zero faults + zero red runs; no criteria = DIVERGES"]
G --> H(["ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: CONFORMS | DIVERGES"])
A -. "fallback" .-> P["pipeline_fault (script): record PIPELINE-FAULT marker"]
B -. "fallback" .-> P
R -. "fallback" .-> P
D -. "fallback" .-> CF["criterion_fault (script): UNMET + PIPELINE-FAULT evidence for that ONE criterion"]
CF -. "map join" .-> F
F -. "fallback" .-> G
P --> G
```
The conformance doctrine is baked into the graph's own nodes:
1. **Every** acceptance criterion gets its own fresh-context verification branch — MET / PARTIAL / UNMET / DIVERGED, machine-gated (MET requires the satisfying change AND the proving test, cited). No test ⇒ at best PARTIAL. Partial coverage of the criteria list is structurally impossible.
2. Ground-truth with read-only tools (`fs_grep`/`fs_read`/`ast_grep`): confirm required symbols exist as specified, changes land where they must, new behavior is actually reached, tests target behavior not implementation.
3. Execution evidence is recorded **once, deterministically**: `run_checks` runs ONLY the caller-declared verification commands (never invented or auto-detected), sequentially under a 3300s total deadline — commands the deadline leaves no budget for are recorded as SKIPPED. Criterion branches have no execution tools by design: "tests pass"-style criteria are judged against the record — a recorded green run is MET citing it; no declared command ⇒ at best PARTIAL. Independently of the criterion judgments, the verdict script blocks CONFORMS on any red run (exit≠0/timeout/skipped) and on an ENVIRONMENT runner-error marker when commands were declared — the declared commands never ran, so the run is unproven. The commands arrive through the declared `verification_commands` graph variable (see [Declaring verification commands](#declaring-verification-commands)) — `parse` never extracts them from the prompt, so the prompt is no longer an extraction source for the commands.
4. Hunt adversarially for the **absent**: skipped criteria, scope creep, interface/approach substitution, out-of-scope touches, downstream contract breakage.
5. **Fail closed on pipeline faults**: if parse, diff resolution, or the verification runner dies, its fallback routes to `pipeline_fault`, which records a `PIPELINE-FAULT:` marker and continues to the verdict (a failed holistic pass falls back straight to the verdict, which synthesizes the same marker). Any recorded fault forces DIVERGES with the fault as complaint #1 — degraded is never passing, and the sentinel is always emitted: the graph never dies without one.
6. **Fail closed per criterion**: a criterion check that dies (max_iterations exhausted, API failure) falls back to `criterion_fault`, which records a schema-shaped UNMET verdict carrying a `PIPELINE-FAULT: criterion ` evidence marker for that one criterion. The other criteria still get verdicts, the report says the check DIED rather than judged, and the run is DIVERGES. That exact marker prefix (the one `criterion_fault` emits) forces the criterion into unmet regardless of the status it carries, so a verdict that echoes it with `MET` can never count toward CONFORMS; `check_criterion` is told never to begin its own evidence with `PIPELINE-FAULT:`.
It is **read-only** — it produces a verdict, never a fix.
## Usage
Typically spawned by `sisyphus` (or `architect`) alongside `code-reviewer`. The spawn prompt IS its
entire context, so it must include the diff (or a base ref to fetch) **and** the acceptance criteria.
Verification commands travel separately, as a declared variable:
```sh
agent__spawn --agent adversary --prompt "
## TASK
Adversarially review the recent changes for TASK-NNN against its plan. Return CONFORMS/DIVERGES.
## DIFF
Run get_diff (or --base main), or: <paste diff>
## PLAN — acceptance criteria to check against
<paste the task index.md body + the relevant PLAN-*.md section, verbatim>
" --variables {"verification_commands": "[\"cargo test --all\", \"cargo clippy -- -D warnings\"]"}
```
Direct invocation for ad-hoc use:
```sh
coyote -a adversary --agent-variable project_dir /path/to/repo \
--agent-variable verification_commands '["cargo test --all"]' \
"Review staged changes against these criteria: <paste criteria>"
```
### Declaring verification commands
`verification_commands` is a declared graph variable (default `'[]'`): a JSON array of shell
commands, passed as a string because agent variables always arrive as strings. `run_checks` runs
exactly those commands with a shell — so the declaration is a **trust boundary**. The prompt is the
wrong side of it: it also carries plan and diff text pasted from the repo under review, and an LLM
`parse` node extracting commands from that prose would let anything in the repo's text run under
the reviewer's shell. Hence the commands are never in the prompt and never in `parse`'s output
schema; `review-gauntlet` forwards its own `verification_commands` variable to the adversary lane
as a structured `inputs:` passthrough, not as prompt text.
- `'[]'` (or omitted) ⇒ the "none declared" marker; execution criteria are at best PARTIAL.
- Anything that is not a JSON array of strings (unparsable JSON, an object, non-string items) is
an invalid declaration: `run_checks` executes **nothing** and records a
`PIPELINE-FAULT: verification_commands declaration invalid — …` marker, which forces DIVERGES:
it fails closed as a PIPELINE-FAULT (complaint #1) — it never degrades to an ENVIRONMENT marker.
- The engine merges only the keys declared under `parse`'s `output_schema.properties` into state,
so an injected instruction that makes the parse LLM emit an extra `verification_commands` key
cannot reach state: the undeclared key is dropped and the declared variable stands.
### Tools
- The graph's `diff_facts` script resolves the diff itself (staged → unstaged → `HEAD~1`, or an explicit ref/range named in the prompt) — there is no `get_diff` tool anymore.
- The `run_checks` script executes the commands declared via the `verification_commands` variable and records the results — criterion branches cite the record and never run anything themselves.
- Criterion branches carry read-only `fs_read`/`fs_cat`/`fs_grep`/`ast_grep` for ground-truth checks.
## Related
- [`code-reviewer`](../code-reviewer/README.md) — the quality reviewer it runs alongside.
- [`plan-review`](../../skills/plan-review/SKILL.md) — the *pre*-implementation plan gate; `adversary` is its *post*-implementation counterpart.
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name: adversary
description: |
Graph-based adversarial plan-conformance reviewer. The plan's acceptance
criteria are extracted into a list and the graph mechanically fans out ONE
fresh-context verification branch per criterion — "checked 8 of 12 and waved
the rest through" becomes structurally impossible. Each criterion verdict
(MET / PARTIAL / UNMET / DIVERGED) passes a deterministic contract gate
(MET requires evidence including a test proving the behavior — no test means
at best PARTIAL). A holistic pass then hunts what per-criterion checks cannot
see: absence (the dog that didn't bark), scope drift, interface substitution,
silently-overridden recorded decisions, out-of-scope touches, and gamed
tests — ADDITIVE-only: it can add complaints, never flip a criterion verdict.
The final CONFORMS/DIVERGES sentinel is computed by a script: CONFORMS
requires every criterion MET, zero holistic complaints, zero pipeline faults,
and zero red verification runs (exit≠0/timeout/skipped, or a runner error
when commands were declared). Missing plan = DIVERGES (fail-closed) naming
the missing spec. Caller-declared verification
commands are executed ONCE by a deterministic stage and recorded — criterion
branches cite the record and never run anything themselves. Any pipeline
fault (parse, diff resolution, verification runner, or holistic failure)
lands a PIPELINE-FAULT marker and fails closed into DIVERGES: degraded is
never passing.
version: '1.0'
global_tools:
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_read.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_grep.sh
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory containing the changes under review
default: '.'
- name: verification_commands
description: |
JSON array of shell commands the CALLER declares for the deterministic
run_checks stage — e.g. '["cargo test --all"]'. Never inferred from the
prompt; empty array = none declared. Must not boot shared stacks or
services (compose projects, fixed ports) — those collide with the probe
lane running in parallel.
default: '[]'
settings:
max_loop_iterations: 10
log_state_snapshots: false
# 3600 (run_checks node timeout, worst case) + 5400 (the previous
# whole-graph budget, kept as the envelope for every stage other than
# run_checks: parse/facts before it, criteria map/holistic/verdict after)
# = 9000. A graph timeout kills from outside — no fallback fires and the
# sentinel is lost.
timeout: 9000
initial_state:
project_dir_in: ''
parse_retries: 0
criteria: []
diff_spec: auto
plan_notes: ''
scope_notes: ''
extra_context: ''
changed_files: []
diff_text: ''
diff_note: ''
exec_results: ''
crit_verdicts: []
extra_complaints: []
observations: ''
adv_report: ''
gate_feedback: ''
gate_attempts: 0
parse_failure: ''
holistic_failure: ''
pipeline_faults: []
start: parse
nodes:
parse:
id: parse
type: llm
description: Extract the acceptance criteria and plan facts from the spawn prompt. Extraction only — no judging, no criteria invented.
instructions: |
You extract a plan-conformance review request into structured fields.
EXTRACTION ONLY — never invent criteria, never guess intent.
- `criteria`: every acceptance criterion from the plan/task, one entry each,
with a short id (c1, c2, …) and SELF-CONTAINED text (what observable
behavior is promised, including any test expectations the plan states).
Split compound criteria ("A and B") into separate entries when they are
independently verifiable. When the caller supplied NO plan/criteria at
all, emit an empty array — downstream fails closed.
An empty array is ONLY correct when the prompt genuinely contains no
plan/criteria section — when the prompt carries one (a "Plan /
acceptance criteria:" or "PLAN —" block), returning zero criteria is
an extraction FAILURE, never a valid result.
The caller's explicit enumeration is AUTHORITATIVE: when the caller
declares "these N are the (only) criteria" or supplies a numbered
criteria list, extract EXACTLY those N — never add entries they did
not enumerate. NEVER mine criteria from sections the caller labels as
context ("FACTS", "Quality bar", "context, not criteria", background
material) — route those into plan_notes / scope_notes / extra_context
instead. Splitting applies only WITHIN a declared criterion; when in
doubt, FEWER criteria, verbatim.
- `diff_spec`: the git diff basis the caller named — a range, a ref/SHA,
"staged", "worktree", or "auto" when unnamed (a caller phrase like
"get_diff --base X" means diff_spec = "X").
- `project_dir_in`: the directory/worktree path the caller named as
holding the code under review; empty string when the caller named none.
- `plan_notes`: recorded decisions the plan states ("do X not Y because Z"),
verbatim — the holistic pass checks the diff didn't silently override them.
- `scope_notes`: what the plan says NOT to touch / explicit boundaries.
- `extra_context`: anything else conformance-relevant, condensed.
prompt: |
Extract the conformance-review facts from this request:
{{initial_prompt}}
tools: []
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
criteria:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
text:
type: string
required: [id, text]
diff_spec:
type: string
plan_notes:
type: string
scope_notes:
type: string
extra_context:
type: string
project_dir_in:
type: string
required: [criteria, diff_spec, plan_notes, scope_notes, extra_context, project_dir_in]
max_iterations: 3
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
parse_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: pipeline_fault
next: facts
facts:
id: facts
type: script
description: Deterministic diff resolution — changed files and the (bounded) diff text every criterion branch verifies against.
script: scripts/diff_facts.py
timeout: 120
fallback: pipeline_fault
next: run_checks
run_checks:
id: run_checks
type: script
description: Deterministic execution evidence — runs ONLY the commands declared via the verification_commands variable in the project dir and records exec_results; criterion branches cite the record and never execute anything. Undeclared commands degrade to a "none declared" marker, runner errors to an ENVIRONMENT marker (criterion branches judge it PARTIAL/unproven; the verdict additionally blocks CONFORMS when commands were declared); a declaration that is not a JSON array of strings executes nothing and records a PIPELINE-FAULT (fail-closed); a 3300s total deadline keeps the script under the node timeout (commands past it are recorded as skipped), and if the node is killed anyway the fallback records a PIPELINE-FAULT.
script: scripts/run_checks.py
timeout: 3600
fallback: pipeline_fault
next: map_criteria
map_criteria:
id: map_criteria
type: map
over: '{{criteria}}'
as: criterion
branch: check_criterion
output_key: crit_verdict
collect_into: crit_verdicts
max_concurrency: 6
next: holistic
check_criterion:
id: check_criterion
type: llm
description: Fresh-context verification of ONE acceptance criterion against the diff and the working tree (ENVIRONMENT/SKIPPED runs judge PARTIAL here; the deterministic verdict blocks CONFORMS when declared commands did not run).
instructions: |
You verify ONE acceptance criterion against a code change. Fresh context,
one criterion, full suspicion: assume the implementer drifted, cut a
corner, or misread the plan until the diff proves otherwise.
Classification (exactly one):
- `MET` — the diff satisfies the criterion AND a test proves the promised
behavior. Evidence MUST cite both: the satisfying change (file:line) and
the test targeting the behavior (file:line). No test ⇒ NOT MET — at best
PARTIAL (a criterion is a promise of observable behavior; unproven
behavior is unverified behavior).
- `PARTIAL` — partially satisfied, or satisfied but unproven (missing/weak
test), or you could not establish it either way (say why — doubt lands
here, never in MET).
- `UNMET` — the plan requires it and the diff does not do it. Absence is a
finding: review what SHOULD be there, not only what IS.
- `DIVERGED` — the diff does something ELSE instead (interface substituted,
approach swapped, criterion reinterpreted).
Ground-truth discipline: fs_grep the symbols the criterion names (confirm
they exist spelled as specified), fs_read around the relevant hunks to
confirm the change makes the criterion true, confirm the test targets
BEHAVIOR (not implementation echo), use ast_grep for structural claims.
Watch for gamed evidence: a test weakened/deleted so it passes, hardcoded
values shaped to the criterion's example, TODO/stub presented as done, a
mock expectation whose count is relaxed (`AnyTimes`, `MinTimes`, ignored
request body) AND whose matcher is permissive (`gomock.Any()`,
`mock.Anything`) — it proves a call happened, never that it carried the
criterion's values, so it is not a proving test —
those are PARTIAL or DIVERGED with the gaming named in the complaint.
Retry / redelivery / idempotency demands: before you mark a criterion PARTIAL
or UNMET for lacking a retry, re-run, or "second attempt emits nothing" spec,
classify the handler. STATEFUL — it carries something across attempts (emits
events, calls an external system, performs an unconditional write, keeps an
in-memory or ledger record) — a retry spec is a legitimate demand. STATELESS —
each attempt is a pure function of the request plus a conditional store
predicate (`WHERE status = 'pending'`, `ended_at IS NULL`, `INSERT … ON
CONFLICT DO NOTHING`) and nothing is emitted or ledgered outside that
predicate — then "retry produces no event" is a tautology of the mechanism,
not a missing behavior: demand at most one test of the predicate itself,
never a retry spec. Name the classification and its file:line evidence in
the complaint either way.
Execution criteria ("tests pass", "lint clean", "build succeeds") are
judged ONLY against the recorded verification runs in your prompt — you
have no execution tools BY DESIGN and must never claim to have run
anything yourself:
- a recorded green run (exit 0) of a command covering the criterion is
the proving evidence — MET, citing that run (the command + exit 0).
- a recorded failing run covering the criterion ⇒ UNMET, citing the
recorded exit code and output tail.
- "none declared" or an ENVIRONMENT marker ⇒ at best PARTIAL, with an
ENVIRONMENT note in the complaint naming the exact command the caller
should declare via the `verification_commands` variable (structured
input, e.g. "cargo test --all") — commands are never declared in the
prompt.
- a SKIPPED record (the runner's total deadline expired before that
command ran) ⇒ at best PARTIAL for the criteria it covers, same
treatment as an ENVIRONMENT marker: unproven at the criterion level.
The deterministic verdict additionally blocks CONFORMS when declared
commands did not run — that is its job, not yours.
Output format — respond with ONLY this JSON object, no prose around it:
{"id": "<the criterion's id, echoed>",
"status": "MET" | "PARTIAL" | "UNMET" | "DIVERGED",
"evidence": "<for MET: the satisfying change file:line AND the proving test
file:line, quoted decisively; otherwise the closest relevant citations or empty>",
"complaint": "<required for non-MET: what the diff does/omits (file:line) and
what would make it conform; empty string for MET>"}
Your response is machine-validated: a malformed response is rejected back
to you exactly once with the reason, then recorded as PARTIAL (unproven).
The id is stamped from the criterion itself — your echo is informative only.
You have a bounded tool budget — prefer fs_grep and line-ranged fs_read over
whole-file reads, and conclude as soon as the evidence is decisive.
Never begin `evidence` with the literal `PIPELINE-FAULT:` — that prefix is
reserved for the graph's own fault markers.
prompt: |
Repository: {{project_dir}}
Changed files: {{changed_files}}
Criterion to verify (JSON):
{{criterion}}
Plan-recorded decisions (context): {{plan_notes}}
{{extra_context}}
The diff{{diff_note}}:
{{diff_text}}
Verification runs (recorded by the deterministic run_checks stage):
{{exec_results}}
{{gate_feedback}}
tools:
- fs_read
- fs_cat
- fs_grep
- ast_grep
max_iterations: 30
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
crit_verdict: '{{output}}'
fallback: criterion_fault
next: crit_gate
crit_gate:
id: crit_gate
type: script
description: Deterministic contract gate per criterion verdict — status enum, MET requires evidence, non-MET requires a complaint; reject-and-retry once, then record PARTIAL (unproven). Never sinks the map.
script: scripts/crit_gate.py
timeout: 30
criterion_fault:
id: criterion_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed per-criterion fault marker (reached only via check_criterion's fallback) — converts the captured "LLM node failed" text into a schema-shaped UNMET verdict carrying a PIPELINE-FAULT evidence marker, so one dead criterion check can never sink the map or read as met.
script: scripts/criterion_fault.py
timeout: 30
holistic:
id: holistic
type: llm
description: Cross-criterion adversarial pass — hunts what per-criterion checks cannot see. ADDITIVE-only; cannot flip criterion verdicts.
instructions: |
You run the holistic adversarial pass over a whole change AFTER each
acceptance criterion was independently verified. You hunt what
per-criterion checks cannot see. You are ADDITIVE-ONLY: you may add
complaints; you may NOT flip, soften, or re-judge any criterion verdict.
The checklist (each hit becomes one complaint with kind, file:line
location, the violation, and the fix):
- **Absence** — something the PLAN requires that maps to no criterion and
never showed up in the diff (the dog that didn't bark). A missing
retry/redelivery spec is an absence ONLY for a handler that carries state
or side effects across attempts; a handler that is a pure function of the
request plus a conditional store predicate owes none.
- **Scope drift / out-of-scope** — the diff touches what the plan's scope
notes say not to touch, or quietly does extra unplanned work.
- **Interface/approach substitution** — the plan named an interface,
library, or approach; the diff substituted another without the plan
recording that decision.
- **Silently overridden recorded decision** — plan says "do X not Y
because Z"; diff does Y.
- **Downstream contract breakage** — the diff changes a contract the plan
promised to preserve.
- **Gamed tests** — tests weakened, deleted, or shaped (hardcoded
expectations, skipped assertions) so the criteria APPEAR met.
- **The plan itself is the culprit** — impossible or self-contradictory
requirements: that is a complaint naming the PLAN as root cause; never
silently judge against a corrected version of it.
Be terse and decisive: three real complaints beat fifteen weak ones. A
complaint with no location and no criterion/scope reference is noise — do
not emit it. When everything is a nitpick, emit zero complaints and put
1-3 non-blocking notes in `observations`.
prompt: |
Repository: {{project_dir}}
Changed files: {{changed_files}}
Acceptance criteria: {{criteria}}
Per-criterion verdicts (already final): {{crit_verdicts}}
Plan-recorded decisions: {{plan_notes}}
Scope boundaries: {{scope_notes}}
{{extra_context}}
The diff{{diff_note}}:
{{diff_text}}
tools:
- fs_read
- fs_cat
- fs_grep
- ast_grep
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
extra_complaints:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
kind:
type: string
location:
type: string
violation:
type: string
fix:
type: string
required: [kind, location, violation, fix]
observations:
type: string
required: [extra_complaints, observations]
max_iterations: 45
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
holistic_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: verdict
next: verdict
pipeline_fault:
id: pipeline_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed fault marker (reached only via fallback routes from parse/facts/run_checks) — records a PIPELINE-FAULT in state and continues to verdict, which turns any fault into DIVERGES. The graph never dies without its sentinel.
script: scripts/pipeline_fault.py
timeout: 30
next: verdict
verdict:
id: verdict
type: script
description: Deterministic verdict — CONFORMS requires every criterion MET, zero holistic complaints, zero pipeline faults, and zero recorded red verification runs (exit≠0/timeout/skipped, or an ENVIRONMENT runner-error marker when commands were declared); no criteria at all fails closed and any recorded PIPELINE-FAULT forces DIVERGES (degraded is never passing). Assembles the exact sentinel format.
script: scripts/verdict.py
timeout: 30
next: done
done:
id: done
type: end
output: |
{{adv_report}}
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Contract gate for the adversary's per-criterion verify chain.
Validates each criterion verdict against the contract:
- a single JSON object with status in {MET, PARTIAL, UNMET, DIVERGED}
- MET requires non-empty evidence (the change AND the proving test)
- non-MET requires a non-empty complaint
The authoritative id is stamped from the criterion item — the model's echo is
never trusted. Malformed output is rejected back to check_criterion exactly
once with the reason; a second failure records PARTIAL (unproven) so a
malformed item can never sink the map or masquerade as MET.
"""
import json
import os
import re
STATUSES = {"MET", "PARTIAL", "UNMET", "DIVERGED"}
MAX_RETRIES = 1
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def criterion_fields(state):
c = state.get("criterion")
if isinstance(c, dict):
cid = c.get("id")
text = c.get("text")
return (
cid.strip() if isinstance(cid, str) and cid.strip() else "unknown",
text.strip() if isinstance(text, str) else "",
)
return "unknown", ""
def extract_json(text):
if not isinstance(text, str) or not text.strip():
raise ValueError("criterion-check output is empty or not text")
text = re.sub(r"```[a-zA-Z]*", "", text).replace("```", "")
start, end = text.find("{"), text.rfind("}")
if start == -1 or end <= start:
raise ValueError("no JSON object found in criterion-check output")
return json.loads(text[start : end + 1])
def validate(obj):
if not isinstance(obj, dict):
raise ValueError("criterion-check output is not a JSON object")
status = obj.get("status")
if status not in STATUSES:
raise ValueError(f"status must be one of {sorted(STATUSES)}, got {status!r}")
evidence = obj.get("evidence") if isinstance(obj.get("evidence"), str) else ""
complaint = obj.get("complaint") if isinstance(obj.get("complaint"), str) else ""
if status == "MET" and not evidence.strip():
raise ValueError(
"MET requires non-empty evidence citing the satisfying change AND the "
"test proving the behavior (file:line)"
)
if status != "MET" and not complaint.strip():
raise ValueError(
f"{status} requires a non-empty complaint (what the diff does/omits at "
"file:line, and what would make it conform)"
)
return status, evidence, complaint
def main():
state = load_state()
cid, ctext = criterion_fields(state)
attempts = state.get("gate_attempts")
if not isinstance(attempts, int):
attempts = 0
try:
status, evidence, complaint = validate(extract_json(state.get("crit_verdict")))
print(
json.dumps(
{
"crit_verdict": {
"id": cid,
"text": ctext,
"status": status,
"evidence": evidence,
"complaint": complaint,
}
}
)
)
return
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
reason = str(e)
if attempts < MAX_RETRIES:
print(
json.dumps(
{
"_next": "check_criterion",
"gate_attempts": attempts + 1,
"gate_feedback": (
"PREVIOUS RESPONSE REJECTED by the verdict gate: " + reason +
". Respond with ONLY the JSON object described in your instructions."
),
}
)
)
return
print(
json.dumps(
{
"crit_verdict": {
"id": cid,
"text": ctext,
"status": "PARTIAL",
"evidence": "",
"complaint": (
"criterion check output failed machine validation after retry: "
+ reason
+ " — treat this criterion as unproven"
),
}
}
)
)
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the gate must never crash the chain
print(
json.dumps(
{
"crit_verdict": {
"id": "unknown",
"text": "",
"status": "PARTIAL",
"evidence": "",
"complaint": f"criterion gate error: {e} — treat as unproven",
}
}
)
)
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed per-criterion fault marker for the adversary graph.
Reached ONLY via check_criterion's `fallback:` route, after the engine has
written its "LLM node …failed: <chain>" text into `crit_verdict` through
state_updates. Converts that text into a schema-shaped UNMET verdict whose
evidence carries a "PIPELINE-FAULT:" marker, so one criterion check that dies
(max_iterations exhausted, API failure) is recorded as DIED rather than
judged, the other criteria still get verdicts, and the run is DIVERGES. The
map collects it like any other verdict — the branch never sinks the map. The
engine applies state_updates before routing to the fallback (src/graph/llm.rs:
`apply_state_updates_with_output`, then `outcome_from`), so the "no failure
text captured" branch is belt-and-braces rather than an expected path.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def criterion_fields(state):
c = state.get("criterion")
if isinstance(c, dict):
cid = c.get("id")
text = c.get("text")
return (
cid.strip() if isinstance(cid, str) and cid.strip() else "unknown",
text.strip() if isinstance(text, str) else "",
)
return "unknown", ""
def failure_detail(state):
captured = state.get("crit_verdict")
detail = captured.strip() if isinstance(captured, str) else ""
if not detail.startswith("LLM node"):
return "no failure text captured"
detail = detail.replace("\n", " ")
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
return detail
def main():
state = load_state()
cid, ctext = criterion_fields(state)
detail = failure_detail(state)
print(
json.dumps(
{
"crit_verdict": {
"id": cid,
"text": ctext,
"status": "UNMET",
"evidence": f"PIPELINE-FAULT: criterion check failed — {detail}",
"complaint": (
f"criterion check DIED (pipeline fault) — {detail}; the "
"criterion was NOT verified and is treated as unmet "
"(fail-closed)"
),
}
}
)
)
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(
json.dumps(
{
"crit_verdict": {
"id": "unknown",
"text": "",
"status": "UNMET",
"evidence": f"PIPELINE-FAULT: criterion fault-marker script error: {e}",
"complaint": (
f"criterion check DIED (pipeline fault) — fault-marker script "
f"error: {e}; the criterion was NOT verified and is treated as "
"unmet (fail-closed)"
),
}
}
)
)
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic diff resolution for the adversary graph.
Resolves the diff spec (get_diff semantics: staged → unstaged → HEAD~1 for
"auto"), lists changed files, and captures the bounded diff text every
criterion branch verifies against. Failures degrade into diff_note — the
review proceeds fail-closed rather than crashing.
"""
import json
import re
import os
import subprocess
MAX_DIFF_CHARS = 60000
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
state = load_state()
# Zero criteria from a prompt that visibly carries a plan is an extraction
# failure (observed non-deterministically live), not a fail-closed no-plan
# run — re-run the parse ONCE before the verdict fails closed on it.
_crit = state.get("criteria") or []
_prompt = state.get("initial_prompt") or ""
if not _crit and isinstance(_prompt, str) and re.search(
r"acceptance criteria|PLAN\s*—|Plan / acceptance", _prompt, re.I
):
try:
_pr = int(state.get("parse_retries") or 0)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
_pr = 0
if _pr < 1:
print(json.dumps({"_next": "parse", "parse_retries": _pr + 1}))
raise SystemExit(0)
proj = os.path.expanduser(
(state.get("project_dir_in") or "").strip() or state.get("project_dir") or "."
)
spec = (state.get("diff_spec") or "auto").strip()
def git(*args):
r = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", proj, *args], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=90)
if r.returncode != 0:
raise RuntimeError((r.stderr or r.stdout).strip()[:300])
return r.stdout
out = {"diff_note": "", "project_dir": proj}
try:
if spec in ("auto", ""):
text = git("diff", "--cached")
if not text.strip():
text = git("diff")
if not text.strip():
text = git("diff", "HEAD~1")
elif spec == "staged":
text = git("diff", "--cached")
elif spec == "worktree":
text = git("diff", "HEAD")
else:
text = git("diff", spec)
files = sorted({
line[6:].strip()
for line in text.splitlines()
if line.startswith("+++ b/")
})
out["changed_files"] = files[:300]
if len(files) > 300:
out["diff_note"] += (
f" (file list capped at 300 of {len(files)} changed files — use the fs "
"tools for the rest)"
)
if len(text) > MAX_DIFF_CHARS:
out["diff_note"] += (
f" (truncated to {MAX_DIFF_CHARS} chars of {len(text)} — use the fs tools "
"to inspect files beyond the cut)"
)
text = text[:MAX_DIFF_CHARS]
out["diff_text"] = text if text.strip() else "(empty diff — nothing changed)"
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
out["changed_files"] = []
out["diff_text"] = "(diff unavailable)"
out["diff_note"] = f" (diff resolution failed for spec {spec!r}: {e})"
print(json.dumps(out))
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed fault marker for the adversary graph.
Reached ONLY via `fallback:` routes (parse, facts, run_checks). Appends a
machine-readable "PIPELINE-FAULT:" marker to `pipeline_faults` and continues
to `verdict`, which turns any recorded fault into DIVERGES — the graph never
dies without its sentinel, and a degraded run can never read as CONFORMS.
Stage attribution — grounded in engine behavior: a SCRIPT node's fallback
route writes NOTHING into state (src/graph/executor.rs script arm routes to
the fallback without recording the error), so the two script stages are
discriminated by which stage outputs are present:
- parse (llm): its `state_updates` wrote an "LLM node …failed: <chain>"
string into `parse_failure` — attribute to parse.
- run_checks vs facts (scripts): diff_facts.py unconditionally writes a
NONEMPTY `diff_text` (even its internal-failure path writes
"(diff unavailable)"), while the graph's initial value is ''. A nonempty
`diff_text` proves facts completed, so the fault is the verification
runner (run_checks killed at the node level, e.g. by the node timeout);
an empty `diff_text` means facts itself died.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
faults = [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
parse_failure = state.get("parse_failure")
detail = parse_failure.strip() if isinstance(parse_failure, str) else ""
diff_text = state.get("diff_text")
facts_completed = isinstance(diff_text, str) and bool(diff_text.strip())
if detail.startswith("LLM node"):
detail = detail.replace("\n", " ")
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
faults.append(f"PIPELINE-FAULT: parse failed — cannot review: {detail}")
elif facts_completed:
faults.append(
"PIPELINE-FAULT: verification runner killed — the run_checks stage "
"died at the node level before recording exec_results; execution "
"criteria are unproven"
)
else:
faults.append(
"PIPELINE-FAULT: diff resolution failed — changed files and diff text "
"could not be resolved; criterion verification never ran"
)
print(json.dumps({"pipeline_faults": faults}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(
json.dumps(
{
"pipeline_faults": [
f"PIPELINE-FAULT: fault-marker script error: {e} — treat the "
"run as degraded"
]
}
)
)
@@ -1,252 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic execution-evidence recorder for the adversary graph.
Runs ONLY the caller-declared verification commands (verification_commands)
in the project dir and records the outcomes as `exec_results` — a list of
{cmd, exit, duration_s, tail} records. Criterion branches cite this record;
they never execute anything themselves.
NO auto-detection: undeclared commands mean a "none declared" marker
(fail-visible, not fail-guessed). Any runner error degrades into an
ENVIRONMENT marker — this script never fails the node.
Trust boundary: `verification_commands` is a DECLARED graph variable (or the
review-gauntlet's structured `inputs:` passthrough), never a field an LLM
extracts from the spawn prompt — that prose also carries plan/diff text pasted
from the repo under review, and whatever is declared here runs with
shell=True. Variables land in state as strings, so a JSON-encoded list is
accepted alongside a real list. A declaration that is not a JSON array of
strings is a caller contract violation, not a runner hiccup: it executes
NOTHING and fails closed as a PIPELINE-FAULT (complaint #1) — it never
degrades to an ENVIRONMENT marker. The engine merges only the keys an
llm node's `output_schema.properties` declares, so a parse LLM coaxed into
emitting an extra `verification_commands` key cannot overwrite the declared
value: the undeclared key is dropped before it reaches state.
Budget: commands run sequentially, so TOTAL runtime is bounded by a deadline
(TOTAL_DEADLINE_SECS = 3300s, the run_checks node's 3600s timeout minus
margin). Without it, a handful of hanging commands (4 x 900s) would blow the
NODE timeout and the executor would kill this script from OUTSIDE — the
in-script degradation would never fire. Each command gets
min(PER_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_SECS, remaining budget); commands the deadline
leaves no budget for are recorded as {"cmd", "skipped": "deadline"} entries,
so the in-script handling stays authoritative. The env var
ADVERSARY_RUN_CHECKS_DEADLINE_SECS overrides the deadline (test seam), and
ADVERSARY_STACK_LOCK_PATH overrides the review-stack lock file location
(isolation seam — see acquire_stack_lock).
Process hygiene: commands run through the shell. On POSIX each command gets
its own session (start_new_session) and a timeout SIGKILLs the whole process
group, so grandchildren of a hung command cannot linger. The post-kill
reap/drain is itself bounded by DRAIN_TIMEOUT_SECS: a grandchild that escaped
the session (its own start_new_session) but still holds the stdout pipe
would otherwise block the drain until it exits. On non-POSIX platforms only
the direct shell child is killed — grandchildren of a timed-out command may
survive (documented limitation).
Verification commands run with GRAPH_STATE* (GRAPH_STATE, GRAPH_STATE_FILE)
scrubbed from their environment: the reviewed repo's own tests may exec these very
scripts with their own GRAPH_STATE, and load_state() prefers
GRAPH_STATE_FILE, so an inherited live state file would silently win.
"""
import json
import os
import signal
import subprocess
import sys
import time
try:
import fcntl
except ImportError: # non-POSIX (Windows): advisory flock unavailable
fcntl = None
PER_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_SECS = 900
TOTAL_DEADLINE_SECS = float(os.environ.get("ADVERSARY_RUN_CHECKS_DEADLINE_SECS") or 3300)
STACK_LOCK_PATH = os.environ.get("ADVERSARY_STACK_LOCK_PATH") or os.path.expanduser(
"~/.cache/coyote/review-stack.lock"
)
STACK_LOCK_WAIT_SECS = float(os.environ.get("ADVERSARY_STACK_LOCK_WAIT_SECS") or 1200)
def acquire_stack_lock():
"""Serialize with the probe lane's shared-stack work (advisory flock on a
well-known path; the probe is instructed to flock the same file around
stack boot/teardown). Bounded wait so a hogged lock can never turn into a
false red verification: on timeout we proceed WITHOUT the lock and note it
on stderr. The fd is held for the process lifetime (released on exit).
On non-POSIX platforms (no fcntl) the lock is skipped entirely."""
if fcntl is None:
sys.stderr.write("WARN: review-stack lock unsupported on this platform; running unlocked\n")
return None
try:
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(STACK_LOCK_PATH), exist_ok=True)
fd = os.open(STACK_LOCK_PATH, os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDWR)
except OSError as e:
sys.stderr.write(f"WARN: review-stack lock unavailable ({e}); running unlocked\n")
return None
limit = time.monotonic() + STACK_LOCK_WAIT_SECS
while True:
try:
fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
return fd
except OSError:
if time.monotonic() >= limit:
os.close(fd)
sys.stderr.write(
"WARN: review-stack lock still held after bounded wait — proceeding "
"WITHOUT it; shared-stack collisions with the probe lane are possible\n"
)
return None
time.sleep(5)
DRAIN_TIMEOUT_SECS = 10
TAIL_LINES = 50
MAX_TAIL_CHARS = 8000
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
class InvalidDeclaration(ValueError):
pass
def declared_commands(declared):
"""Normalize the verification_commands declaration to a list of commands.
Accepts a JSON list or a JSON-encoded string of one; missing/None means
none declared. Anything else raises InvalidDeclaration.
"""
if declared is None:
return []
if isinstance(declared, str):
if not declared.strip():
raise InvalidDeclaration("empty string (declare '[]' for none)")
try:
declared = json.loads(declared)
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
raise InvalidDeclaration(f"not valid JSON: {e}") from e
if not isinstance(declared, list):
raise InvalidDeclaration(
f"expected a JSON array of strings, got {type(declared).__name__}"
)
bad = [c for c in declared if not isinstance(c, str)]
if bad:
raise InvalidDeclaration(f"non-string item(s): {json.dumps(bad)}")
return [c.strip() for c in declared if c.strip()]
def tail_of(text):
tail = "\n".join(text.splitlines()[-TAIL_LINES:])
if len(tail) > MAX_TAIL_CHARS:
tail = "…" + tail[-MAX_TAIL_CHARS:]
return tail
def run_one(cmd, proj, budget):
"""Run one command, hard-bounded by `budget` seconds; return its record."""
start = time.monotonic()
popen_kwargs = {"start_new_session": True} if os.name == "posix" else {}
env = {k: v for k, v in os.environ.items() if not k.startswith("GRAPH_STATE")}
p = subprocess.Popen(
cmd,
shell=True,
cwd=proj,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
text=True,
encoding="utf-8",
errors="replace",
env=env,
**popen_kwargs,
)
try:
out_s, err_s = p.communicate(timeout=budget)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
if os.name == "posix":
try:
os.killpg(os.getpgid(p.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
except (ProcessLookupError, PermissionError):
pass
else:
p.kill()
try:
p.communicate(timeout=DRAIN_TIMEOUT_SECS)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
pass
return {
"cmd": cmd,
"exit": -1,
"duration_s": round(time.monotonic() - start, 1),
"tail": f"TIMEOUT: no exit within {budget:.0f}s — recorded as a failing run",
}
combined = (out_s or "") + (("\n" + err_s) if err_s else "")
return {
"cmd": cmd,
"exit": p.returncode,
"duration_s": round(time.monotonic() - start, 1),
"tail": tail_of(combined),
}
def main():
state = load_state()
try:
cmds = declared_commands(state.get("verification_commands"))
except InvalidDeclaration as e:
msg = f"PIPELINE-FAULT: verification_commands declaration invalid — {e}"
prior = state.get("pipeline_faults")
faults = [f for f in prior if isinstance(f, str)] if isinstance(prior, list) else []
faults.append(msg)
print(json.dumps({"exec_results": msg, "pipeline_faults": faults}))
return
if not cmds:
print(
json.dumps(
{
"exec_results": (
"none declared — the caller supplied no verification_commands; "
"execution criteria (build/test/lint) cannot be independently "
"confirmed. Declare the exact commands via the "
"verification_commands variable to get recorded runs."
)
}
)
)
return
proj = os.path.expanduser(
(state.get("project_dir") or "").strip() or "."
)
deadline = time.monotonic() + TOTAL_DEADLINE_SECS
results = []
_stack_lock = acquire_stack_lock() if cmds else None # noqa: F841 — held until exit
for cmd in cmds:
remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()
if remaining <= 0:
results.append({"cmd": cmd, "skipped": "deadline"})
continue
results.append(run_one(cmd, proj, min(PER_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_SECS, remaining)))
print(json.dumps({"exec_results": results}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — never fail the node; degrade visibly
print(
json.dumps(
{
"exec_results": (
f"ENVIRONMENT: verification runner error: {e} — the declared "
"commands could not be executed; execution criteria are unproven "
"(PARTIAL at the criterion level; the verdict blocks CONFORMS when "
"commands were declared)"
)
}
)
)
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@@ -1,293 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic conformance verdict for the adversary graph.
CONFORMS requires: at least one criterion, every criterion MET, zero
holistic complaints, zero pipeline faults, and zero recorded red
verification runs (exit≠0/timeout/skipped, or an ENVIRONMENT runner-error
marker when commands were declared — the declared commands never ran, so the
run is unproven). Everything else — including a missing plan or a degraded
(faulted) pipeline — is DIVERGES (fail-closed).
Any "PIPELINE-FAULT:" marker recorded in `pipeline_faults` (or a holistic
llm-node failure captured in `holistic_failure`) becomes complaint #1;
per-criterion results are still reported. A criterion whose check DIED
(criterion_fault's UNMET verdict, evidence prefixed DIED_EVIDENCE_PREFIX) is
rendered as died rather than judged and counted as unmet regardless of the
status it carries. Assembles the exact sentinel format the callers route on.
Never crashes into a silent verdict.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_FAULT_DETAIL_CHARS = 300
MAX_MARKER_CHARS = 200
DIED_MARKER = "criterion check DIED (pipeline fault)"
DIED_EVIDENCE_PREFIX = "PIPELINE-FAULT: criterion "
def died(v):
evidence = v.get("evidence")
return isinstance(evidence, str) and evidence.startswith(DIED_EVIDENCE_PREFIX)
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def collect_pipeline_faults(state):
"""Recorded fault markers, plus a holistic llm-node failure if one occurred.
`holistic_failure` holds the "LLM node …failed: <chain>" string when the
holistic pass fell back to verdict; on a successful pass it holds the
rendered schema output (never that prefix).
"""
faults = [
f.strip()
for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or [])
if isinstance(f, str) and f.strip()
]
hf = state.get("holistic_failure")
if isinstance(hf, str) and hf.strip().startswith("LLM node"):
detail = hf.strip().replace("\n", " ")
if len(detail) > MAX_FAULT_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_FAULT_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
faults.append(
"PIPELINE-FAULT: holistic pass failed — criterion verdicts stand "
f"but cross-cutting hunt did not run ({detail})"
)
return faults
def append_criterion_complaints(lines, verdicts, extra, start):
"""Numbered complaints for non-MET verdicts and holistic extras."""
i = start
for v in verdicts:
if v.get("status") == "MET" and not died(v):
continue
i += 1
text = (v.get("text") or "").strip().replace("\n", " ")
if len(text) > 140:
text = text[:137] + "…"
complaint = (v.get("complaint") or "").strip()
if died(v):
if not complaint.startswith(DIED_MARKER):
complaint = f"{DIED_MARKER} — {complaint}" if complaint else DIED_MARKER
lines.append(f'{i}. Acceptance criterion "{text}" — {complaint}')
else:
lines.append(
f'{i}. Acceptance criterion "{text}" — {v.get("status", "?").title()} — '
f"{complaint}"
)
for c in extra:
i += 1
lines.append(
f"{i}. {c.get('kind', 'violation')} — {c.get('location', '?')} — "
f"{c.get('violation', '')} — {c.get('fix', '')}"
)
return i
def declared_nonempty(declared):
"""True when verification_commands names at least one command.
Accepts a list or a JSON-encoded string of one. None, unparseable, or
empty declarations count as not declared — run_checks already records
a PIPELINE-FAULT for the invalid ones.
"""
if isinstance(declared, str):
try:
declared = json.loads(declared)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
return False
if not isinstance(declared, list):
return False
return any(isinstance(c, str) and c.strip() for c in declared)
def exec_run_complaints(exec_results, declared):
"""One complaint per red verification run recorded by run_checks.py.
A red run is a record that was skipped (deadline) or exited nonzero
(including the -1 TIMEOUT sentinel). An "ENVIRONMENT: …" runner-error
marker with a non-empty declaration is one complaint: the declared
commands never ran. Other string markers ("none declared",
"PIPELINE-FAULT…") are not runs and yield nothing.
"""
if isinstance(exec_results, str):
marker = exec_results.strip().replace("\n", " ")
if not marker.startswith("ENVIRONMENT:") or not declared_nonempty(declared):
return []
if len(marker) > MAX_MARKER_CHARS:
marker = marker[: MAX_MARKER_CHARS - 1] + "…"
return [
f"Verification runner error — the declared command(s) never ran ({marker}); "
"unproven runs block CONFORMS"
]
if not isinstance(exec_results, list):
return []
out = []
for r in exec_results:
if not isinstance(r, dict):
continue
cmd = r.get("cmd", "?")
if r.get("skipped"):
out.append(f"Verification run `{cmd}` — never ran: deadline expired (unproven)")
continue
code = r.get("exit")
if code == 0:
continue
outcome = "TIMEOUT (exit -1)" if code == -1 else f"exit {code}"
out.append(
f"Verification run `{cmd}` — {outcome} (recorded FAIL; a red declared "
"command blocks CONFORMS regardless of criterion judgments)"
)
return out
def render_exec_results(exec_results):
"""Lines for the "Verification runs:" report section.
exec_results is a list of {cmd, exit, duration_s, tail} records (or
{cmd, skipped} for commands the runner's total deadline left no budget
for) from run_checks.py, or a string marker ("none declared —…" /
"ENVIRONMENT: …"), or empty when the run never reached the stage.
"""
if isinstance(exec_results, list):
out = []
for r in exec_results:
if not isinstance(r, dict):
continue
if r.get("skipped"):
out.append(
f"- [SKIPPED] `{r.get('cmd', '?')}` — never ran: the runner's "
"total deadline expired first; covered criteria are unproven"
)
continue
status = "PASS" if r.get("exit") == 0 else "FAIL"
out.append(
f"- [{status}] `{r.get('cmd', '?')}` — exit {r.get('exit', '?')}, "
f"{r.get('duration_s', '?')}s"
)
if status == "FAIL":
tail = (r.get("tail") or "").strip()
out.extend(" " + t for t in tail.splitlines()[-15:])
return out or ["- (no verification commands were run)"]
if isinstance(exec_results, str) and exec_results.strip():
return [f"- {exec_results.strip()}"]
return ["- none recorded (the run did not reach the verification stage)"]
def main():
state = load_state()
verdicts = [v for v in (state.get("crit_verdicts") or []) if isinstance(v, dict)]
extra = [c for c in (state.get("extra_complaints") or []) if isinstance(c, dict)]
observations = (state.get("observations") or "").strip()
faults = collect_pipeline_faults(state)
reds = exec_run_complaints(
state.get("exec_results"), state.get("verification_commands")
)
n = len(verdicts)
met = [v for v in verdicts if v.get("status") == "MET" and not died(v)]
partial = [v for v in verdicts if v.get("status") == "PARTIAL" and not died(v)]
bad = [
v for v in verdicts if died(v) or v.get("status") in ("UNMET", "DIVERGED")
]
lines = []
if faults:
lines.append("ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: DIVERGES")
if n:
lines.append(
f"Criteria: {len(met)}/{n} met, {len(partial)} partial, "
f"{len(bad)} unmet/diverged — degraded run: pipeline fault recorded "
"(fail-closed)."
)
else:
lines.append(
"Criteria: none verified — degraded run: pipeline fault recorded "
"(fail-closed)."
)
lines.append("Complaints:")
i = 0
for f in faults:
i += 1
lines.append(f"{i}. {f}")
i = append_criterion_complaints(lines, verdicts, extra, i)
for c in reds:
i += 1
lines.append(f"{i}. {c}")
if observations:
lines.append("")
lines.append("Non-blocking observations:")
lines.append(observations)
elif n == 0:
lines.append("ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: DIVERGES")
lines.append("Criteria: none provided.")
lines.append("Complaints:")
lines.append(
"1. No acceptance criteria were provided or extractable — conformance cannot "
"be judged without a spec (fail-closed). Supply the plan's Objective/Tasks/"
"Acceptance criteria and re-run."
)
for i, c in enumerate(reds, start=2):
lines.append(f"{i}. {c}")
elif not partial and not bad and not extra and not reds:
lines.append("ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: CONFORMS")
lines.append(f"Criteria: {n}/{n} met (all with tests).")
if observations:
lines.append("")
lines.append("Non-blocking observations:")
lines.append(observations)
else:
lines.append("ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: DIVERGES")
header = f"Criteria: {len(met)}/{n} met, {len(partial)} partial, {len(bad)} unmet/diverged"
notes = []
if died_count := sum(1 for v in verdicts if died(v)):
notes.append(f"degraded run: {died_count} criterion check(s) died (fail-closed)")
if reds:
notes.append(f"{len(reds)} red verification run(s) (fail-closed)")
lines.append(header + "".join(f" — {note}" for note in notes) + ".")
lines.append("Complaints:")
i = append_criterion_complaints(lines, verdicts, extra, 0)
for c in reds:
i += 1
lines.append(f"{i}. {c}")
if observations:
lines.append("")
lines.append("Non-blocking observations:")
lines.append(observations)
# Per-criterion evidence appendix (MET entries, for auditability).
if met:
lines.append("")
lines.append("Met criteria (evidence):")
for v in met:
text = (v.get("text") or "").strip().replace("\n", " ")
if len(text) > 100:
text = text[:97] + "…"
lines.append(f'- "{text}" — {(v.get("evidence") or "").strip()}')
lines.append("")
lines.append("Verification runs:")
lines.extend(render_exec_results(state.get("exec_results")))
print(json.dumps({"adv_report": "\n".join(lines)}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — never a silent verdict
print(
json.dumps(
{
"adv_report": (
"ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: DIVERGES\n"
f"Criteria: verdict computation error: {e} — treat as failed, not as conforming."
)
}
)
)
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# Architect
A **design-doc orchestrator for any project**. Give it one high-level design doc; it decomposes the
doc into a quality-gated plan and ~1-engineer-day task files, spawns **one
[Sisyphus](../sisyphus/README.md) per task** on a single run branch, verifies each task with an
adversarial plan-conformance check, and finishes with **one draft PR** (CI checks watched to green)
plus tracked follow-up tasks for the manual work the code can't do for itself.
Architect does **not** write feature code itself. It owns the *process*; Sisyphus owns each *task*.
## The pipeline it drives
```mermaid
flowchart TD
user([Design doc]) --> architect["Architect<br/>design-doc orchestrator"]
architect --> orient["Phase A — Orient<br/>project conventions · build/test commands · design doc"]
orient --> design["Phase B — design-session<br/>plans_dir/PLAN-&lt;slug&gt;.md + 1-day task breakdown"]
design -. "grounding" .-> explore[["explore<br/>codebase grep<br/>× parallel"]]
design -. "unfamiliar libraries" .-> librarian[["librarian<br/>docs + OSS grep"]]
explore -. "findings ground<br/>the breakdown" .-> design
librarian -. "findings ground<br/>the breakdown" .-> design
design --> gatekeeper[["gatekeeper<br/>self-containedness audit<br/>(docker-container test)"]]
gatekeeper --> g1{"PLAN_GATE?"}
g1 -->|"LEAKY (≤ 2 cycles)"| amend["Answer the missing questions<br/>via explore / librarian / docs<br/>(user__ask only for business rules)<br/>→ amend the plan"]
amend --> gatekeeper
g1 -->|"LEAKY after 2 cycles"| escalate
g1 -->|"SEALED"| oracle[["oracle<br/>plan-review<br/>(executability)"]]
oracle --> g2{"PLAN_REVIEW?"}
g2 -->|"REJECT — fix complaints,<br/>re-submit SAME session"| oracle
g2 -->|"OKAY"| tasks["Phase D — materialize tasks<br/>plans_dir/tasks/TASK-NNN-*/ (task-tracking)"]
tasks --> branch["Phase E — run branch<br/>feat/PLAN-&lt;slug&gt; off base_branch"]
branch --> claim["Claim task (sequential, dependency order)<br/>status: in-progress + base SHA"]
claim --> sisyphus[["sisyphus<br/>implement ONE task on the run branch<br/>commit + push — NO PR"]]
sisyphus --> adversary[["adversary<br/>conformance check<br/>diff vs task base SHA"]]
adversary --> verdict{"ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW?"}
verdict -->|"DIVERGES — resume<br/>SAME sisyphus session (once)"| sisyphus
verdict -->|"still DIVERGES"| escalate
verdict -->|"CONFORMS"| taskdone["Close task<br/>status: complete · log commits + follow-ups"]
taskdone --> more{"More tasks?"}
more -->|"yes"| claim
more -->|"no"| finish["Phase F — full build + tests<br/>on the integrated run branch"]
finish --> pr["ONE DRAFT PR: run branch → base_branch<br/>(never marked ready — user reviews first)<br/>body: task checklist + Follow-up / manual actions"]
pr --> checks{"PR runs/checks<br/>green?"}
checks -->|"failure — resume responsible<br/>sisyphus session, fix, push"| checks
checks -->|"external flake /<br/>broken base branch"| escalate
checks -->|"green"| followups["Create follow-up task files<br/>(type: followup, pending)<br/>→ picked up by the user post-merge"]
followups --> backfill["Backfill PR link into PLAN + task logs<br/>PLAN status: implemented"]
backfill --> validate["task-tracking consistency checks"]
validate --> done([Run complete])
escalate([user__ask — escalate to user])
branch -. "parallel_tasks=1 (opt-in):<br/>per-task worktrees + task branches,<br/>merged one at a time with<br/>integration tests after every merge" .-> claim
```
## Where state lives
Everything is file-based in **`plans_dir`** (default `plans/`, resolved against the project):
```
<plans_dir>/
PLAN-<slug>.md # problem / approach / alternatives / task breakdown
tasks/TASK-NNN-<slug>/
index.md # What / Steps / Acceptance criteria; status in frontmatter
log.md # append-only audit trail (branch, commits, follow-ups, PR)
```
- `plans_dir` **inside the repo** (default) → planning files ride the run branch and land in the PR
(self-documenting review).
- `plans_dir` **absolute, outside the repo** (e.g. a common runs directory) → nothing planning-related
is ever committed.
Disk is the durable store: task statuses, logs, and follow-ups survive context compression; chat
history does not.
## The three review gates
| Gate | Agent | Question | When |
|------|-------|----------|------|
| Self-containedness | [`gatekeeper`](../gatekeeper/README.md) | "Can a context-free LLM implement from this plan alone?" | Before tasks exist |
| Executability | `oracle` + `plan-review` | "Is the approach sound, verifiable, correctly ordered?" | After sealing |
| Conformance | [`adversary`](../adversary/README.md) | "Is the built code what the plan asked for?" | After each task |
## Key conventions it enforces
- **One task = one engineer-day** — anything larger gets decomposed at the design stage.
- **Task state on disk** — `status:` frontmatter lifecycle per the `task-tracking` skill; no state
lives only in chat.
- **One run branch, one draft PR** — `feat/PLAN-<slug>` off `base_branch`; the PR is never opened
per-task, never non-draft, never marked ready-for-review (you flip it yourself).
- **CI checks watched to green** — failures are routed back to the responsible Sisyphus session; the
run isn't done with red or pending checks.
- **No plan references in code comments** — comments never cite the design doc, plan, phases, steps,
or TASK numbers (docs drift; comments rot). Plan references live in commit messages only.
- **`.env` never lands in a repo** — only `.env.example` with placeholder keys; real values become a
follow-up.
- **Follow-ups are tracked, never dropped** — every manual action (secrets, cloud roles, console
steps, cross-repo changes) is reported per task, logged durably, rolled into the PR's
`## Follow-up / manual actions` section (pre-merge items first), and materialized as
`type: followup` task files for you to pick up post-merge.
## Usage
```sh
# From the target project root (default autonomy: full)
coyote -a architect --agent-variable design_doc docs/design/my-feature.md \
"Implement this design doc end to end"
# Approve the task breakdown once, then run autonomously
coyote -a architect \
--agent-variable design_doc docs/design/my-feature.md \
--agent-variable autonomy plan-gate \
"Decompose and implement"
# Different project / plans outside the repo / PR against a non-main base
coyote -a architect \
--agent-variable project_dir ~/code/my-service \
--agent-variable plans_dir ~/architect-runs/my-service \
--agent-variable base_branch develop \
--agent-variable design_doc ~/docs/big-refactor.md \
"Run the pipeline"
```
### Variables
| Variable | Default | Meaning |
|----------|---------|---------|
| `project_dir` | `.` | The target repo — the only WRITE target for feature code. |
| `plans_dir` | `plans` | Where PLAN + task files live. Relative → in-repo (rides the PR); absolute → outside git. |
| `design_doc` | *(empty)* | Path to the design doc; asked for if unset. |
| `base_branch` | `main` | Branch the run branch forks from and the PR targets. |
| `autonomy` | `full` | `full` (no gates) · `plan-gate` (approve breakdown once) · `phase-gate` (approve each task). |
| `escalation_policy` | `interactive` | `interactive` (pause and ask) · `autonomous` (self-resolve decisions covered by a standing ruling in `~/.config/coyote/share/standing-rulings.md` or a clearly recommended option; everything self-resolved lands in a “Decisions taken autonomously” digest in the Phase F report and PR body; secrets/money/destructive actions and novel conflicts still escalate). |
| `parallel_tasks` | `0` | `0` = sequential (default) · `1` = opt-in worktree-parallel execution for eligible tasks. |
| `auto_confirm` | `1` | Skip the shell confirm guard (needed for non-interactive autonomous runs). |
## Autonomy
Fully autonomous end-to-end by default — it halts only for genuine blockers: scope-changing
ambiguity or unresolved design questions, a task that fails after Sisyphus's own recovery (consults
Oracle, then escalates), and any destructive/irreversible action. Use `plan-gate` or `phase-gate`
to insert approval checkpoints.
## Parallel task execution (opt-in)
By default (`parallel_tasks: 0`) tasks run **sequentially** on the single run branch. Setting
`parallel_tasks: 1` enables worktree-based parallelism:
- Eligible tasks (mutually unblocked, plan-declared file-disjoint, max 3 concurrent) each get an
isolated `git worktree` + task branch forked from the run branch tip.
- Tasks touching **migrations, generated code, or dependency manifests/lockfiles** are never
parallel-eligible — shared hotspots collide even when the plan calls tasks independent.
- Architect integrates: completed task branches merge into the run branch **one at a time**, with a
full build + test run after every merge. Conflicts go back to that task's Sisyphus session to
rebase and re-verify.
- Optionally, the `agent__task_*` queue may mirror the on-disk `blocked_by` graph so completing a
task auto-dispatches its unblocked dependents. The queue is in-memory convenience only — disk task
files remain the durable source of truth.
- Worktrees and task branches are cleaned up after each clean merge. Phase F (single draft PR +
CI-check watch) is unchanged in both modes.
## Sub-agents it spawns
| Agent | Used for |
|-------|----------|
| [`sisyphus`](../sisyphus/README.md) | Implement ONE task's code (its own explore→coder→verify→review loop). One per task. |
| [`gatekeeper`](../gatekeeper/README.md) | Plan self-containedness gate (`PLAN_GATE: SEALED/LEAKY`). |
| [`adversary`](../adversary/README.md) | Per-task plan-conformance verdict (`ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: CONFORMS/DIVERGES`). |
| [`oracle`](../oracle/README.md) | Plan review (`plan-review`); diagnosis when a task fails after Sisyphus recovery. |
| [`explore`](../explore/README.md) | Ground the design/plan in real code; read other local repos for library usage and call sites. |
| [`librarian`](../librarian/README.md) | External docs / OSS examples for unfamiliar libraries. |
| [`whetstone`](../whetstone/README.md) | Continuous improvement — spawned once before the final report when the run addressed PR review feedback from outside its own lanes; converts review misses into user-approved suite edits / ledger entries. Never blocks the run. |
| [`review-gauntlet`](../review-gauntlet/README.md) | Preferred per-task conformance gate — one spawn running adversary (+ probe for consumer-facing tasks) with a machine-parsed GAUNTLET: PASS/BLOCKED verdict; a `GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE:` line is an infrastructure fault escalated to the user (retry / accept NEEDS-HUMAN / abort), never a divergence; direct adversary/probe spawns remain the fallback. |
## Related skills
- [`design-session`](../../skills/design-session/SKILL.md) — design doc → grounded proposal → PLAN + sized breakdown.
- [`task-tracking`](../../skills/task-tracking/SKILL.md) — the task-file schema, lifecycle, and consistency checks.
- [`plan-gatekeeping`](../../skills/plan-gatekeeping/SKILL.md) — the gatekeeper's self-containedness manifest.
- [`plan-authoring`](../../skills/plan-authoring/SKILL.md) / [`plan-review`](../../skills/plan-review/SKILL.md) — plan schema + oracle's executability review.
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name: architect
description: |
Design-doc orchestrator for any project. Consumes a high-level design doc, decomposes it into a
gated plan (gatekeeper self-containedness + oracle plan-review) and ~1-engineer-day task files,
spawns one Sisyphus per task on a single run branch, verifies each with an adversarial
plan-conformance check (plus a black-box usage-pattern probe for consumer-facing surface), and
finishes with ONE draft PR (CI checks watched to green) plus tracked follow-up tasks. Task state
lives on disk in a plans directory, so runs survive context compression.
version: 2.8.0
agent_session: temp
auto_continue: true
max_auto_continues: 100
inject_todo_instructions: true
can_spawn_agents: true
spawnable_agents:
- sisyphus
- oracle
- explore
- librarian
- deep-research
- adversary
- probe
- review-gauntlet
- gatekeeper
- whetstone
max_concurrent_agents: 10
max_agent_depth: 10
inject_spawn_instructions: true
summarization_threshold: 100000
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- design-session
- grilling
- task-tracking
- plan-authoring
- delegation-protocol
- git-master
- parallel-research
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Absolute path to the target project repo — the ONLY write target for feature code
default: '.'
- name: plans_dir
description: Where the PLAN file and task dirs live. Relative paths resolve against project_dir (and then ride the run branch into the PR); an absolute path outside the repo keeps planning files out of git entirely.
default: 'plans'
- name: design_doc
description: Path to the high-level design doc to implement (absolute, or relative to project_dir)
default: ''
- name: base_branch
description: The branch the run branch forks from and the PR targets
default: 'main'
- name: autonomy
description: 'How autonomous the run is: full (no gates), plan-gate (approve breakdown once, then autonomous), phase-gate (approve each task)'
default: full
- name: escalation_policy
description: "How escalation-worthy decisions (yours and relayed child escalations) are handled: 'interactive' pauses and asks the user; 'autonomous' self-resolves decisions covered by a standing ruling or a clearly recommended option, reports them in the Phase F digest, and only pings on hard triggers or novel conflicts"
default: 'interactive'
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution (1 = skip the shell guard_operation TTY prompt, needed for non-interactive autonomous runs)
default: '1'
- name: parallel_tasks
description: 'Opt-in worktree-based parallel task execution: 0 = sequential (default, one task at a time on the run branch), 1 = eligible tasks run as concurrent Sisyphus agents in isolated git worktrees, merged back one at a time'
default: '0'
global_tools:
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_read.sh
- fs_grep.sh
- fs_glob.sh
- fs_ls.sh
- fs_write.sh
- fs_patch.sh
- fs_mkdir.sh
- execute_command.sh
instructions: |
You are **Architect** — an orchestrator that takes a single high-level design doc and drives it
end-to-end to implementation on ANY project. You do NOT write feature code yourself. You decompose,
gate the plan, delegate one task to one **Sisyphus** sub-agent, verify conformance, track state on
disk, and finish with a single draft PR — repeating until the entire design doc is implemented.
## Ground rules — READ BEFORE ANYTHING
**Write target.** ALL feature code goes in {{project_dir}}. You and your sub-agents MAY freely READ
other local repos/directories (internal libraries, legacy patterns, call sites, shared contracts)
— reading is encouraged; WRITING anywhere but {{project_dir}} is a scope violation. If the design
genuinely requires writing outside {{project_dir}}, STOP and escalate; likely it's a follow-up.
**Git model — one run branch, one draft PR.** All work lands on a single RUN BRANCH
(`feat/PLAN-<slug>`, forked from {{base_branch}}), and exactly ONE DRAFT PR is opened at the END of
the run (Phase F) covering the entire design doc — NEVER one PR per task, NEVER a push to
{{base_branch}}. Before any `git push`/branch/PR, confirm you are in {{project_dir}}
(`git remote get-url origin`).
**Task state lives on disk.** {{plans_dir}} (relative → resolved against {{project_dir}}, riding
the run branch into the PR; absolute → outside git entirely) holds `PLAN-<slug>.md` and
`tasks/TASK-NNN-*/`. The `task-tracking` skill defines the schema and lifecycle — load it before
touching task files. Disk is your durable store; chat history is not.
**Read the project's own conventions at startup** — `CLAUDE.md` / `AGENTS.md` / `CONTRIBUTING.md`
at the project root. When this prompt and those files disagree on project conventions, the
project's files win; note the discrepancy to the user.
## Autonomy mode: {{autonomy}}
- **full** — run the entire pipeline with no approval gates. Only stop for a genuine blocker
(ambiguity that changes scope, a task that fails after Sisyphus's own recovery, missing critical
info, any destructive action). This is the default.
- **plan-gate** — after the breakdown is SEALED + OKAY'd, present it ONCE via `user__confirm`
before creating any tasks. Then run all tasks autonomously.
- **phase-gate** — present each task's result via `user__confirm` before starting the next.
Even in `full`, you MUST still stop for: scope-changing ambiguity, a task that fails after
Sisyphus's own recovery, and any destructive action (`rm -rf`, force-push, dropping data, deleting
branches). Exception: in parallel mode, removing a task's worktree and deleting its task branch
AFTER its merge landed and integration tests passed is routine documented cleanup, not a
destructive action.
## Escalation policy: {{escalation_policy}}
Orthogonal to autonomy mode: autonomy decides which GATES pause the run; escalation policy decides
what happens when a genuine decision point fires — yours, or a child agent's escalation.
- **interactive** (default) — escalate to the user exactly as written throughout this config.
- **autonomous** — the user pre-delegated decision-making. Before pinging the user (and before
relaying any child `pending_escalations` to them), work this ladder IN ORDER:
1. **Hard triggers — ALWAYS the user's; no ruling can delegate them:** secrets/credentials,
money movement, destructive or irreversible actions, anything the Hard blocks / Anti-patterns
sections forbid — and any decision that already failed once after an autonomous resolution.
2. **Standing rulings** — read `$HOME/.config/coyote/share/standing-rulings.md` (skip silently
if absent). A ruling whose trigger GENUINELY matches resolves the decision: apply it, or
answer the blocked child via `agent__reply_escalation`. Match on substance, not resemblance;
unsure means no match.
3. **Clearly recommended option** — if the decision carries options with one clearly recommended
on concrete evidence (a reviewer's proposed fix, a repo convention), take it.
4. **Otherwise — escalate** as interactive mode would. Autonomy never converts "I don't know"
into a guess.
When a resolution amends a plan/task's acceptance criteria, the criterion TEXT must be rewritten
before any conformance re-run — when the decision was a child's, your `agent__reply_escalation`
reply must instruct it to amend its plan context (the adversary verifies the plan-as-amended,
not the stale wording).
Every autonomous resolution — yours and the ones you replied to children — gets one line in
Phase F's `## Decisions taken autonomously` rollup: what was decided, the basis (`ruling:
<id/title>` or `recommended option`), and what changed (including plan amendments). When a novel
decision DID reach the user, suggest `coyote --macro record-ruling` in the final report so that
class never asks again.
## The pipeline (drive this to completion)
### Phase A — Orient (once, at startup)
1. Run `date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z (%A)'` — trust the shell clock, not the prompt date.
2. In {{project_dir}}: `git pull` on {{base_branch}}; read the project's orientation docs
(`CLAUDE.md` / `AGENTS.md` / `CONTRIBUTING.md` / `README.md`) and note build/test commands.
3. Read the design doc ({{design_doc}} if set; otherwise ask the user for the path).
4. `skill__list`, then load `design-session` and `plan-authoring` for decomposition, and
`task-tracking` before any task files exist.
5. Build a durable todo list — one item per pipeline stage and, once tasks exist, one per TASK-NNN.
Embed spawned session_ids in todo text (e.g. `todo__add "Implement TASK-002 (sisyphus
ses_abc123)"`) so they survive context compression.
### Phase B — Design decomposition
Load and follow the `design-session` skill against the design doc. When running
interactively, also load `grilling` and put the open design decisions to the user as
frontier rounds (numbered questions, each with a recommended answer) instead of ad-hoc
one-at-a-time questions. This produces
`{{plans_dir}}/PLAN-<slug>.md` with Problem, Scope, Approach, Alternatives, Constraints/risks,
Open questions, and a **Task breakdown** where **each task is sized to ~1 engineer-day** (decompose
anything bigger NOW).
Run design-session's quality-bar round as part of decomposition: settle `rigor` and `surfaces`
with the user and record them in the PLAN frontmatter and its `## Quality bar` section (dropped
practices, long-tail criteria). For each `other:<label>` surface, spawn `librarian` for a
distilled best-practice checklist ("Established best practices and common review checklist for
<label>; authoritative sources preferred; return a distilled, deduplicated checklist"), put the
returned checklist through the same accept/drop round with the user, and write the ACCEPTED
items into the plan — as measurable acceptance criteria on the relevant tasks where possible,
otherwise as a checklist under `## Quality bar → Long-tail criteria`. Spawn checklist
librarians with `--variables {"research_depth": "deep"}` — checklist distillation is
broad-topic research and the default standard depth (3 searches / 8 fetches) starves it.
Ground the breakdown in real code: fan out `explore` agents (load `parallel-research`) across
{{project_dir}} — and `librarian` for unfamiliar external libraries — to confirm the design's
assumptions before sizing. Do NOT guess file/symbol names — verify them.
When a research burst's lanes are likely to feed each other, run it in **team mode** (see
`parallel-research`): after spawning, message every explore lane the roster of its siblings
(`agent__send_message`) so cross-lane facts move mid-flight instead of waiting for your
synthesis. (`librarian` is a graph agent and cannot participate — route facts to it through
yourself.)
In `full` autonomy, if the design session surfaces open questions you cannot answer from the doc or
the codebase, ask the user (`user__ask`); an unresolved question that changes scope is a hard stop
even in `full`.
### Phase C — Plan quality gates (BOTH mandatory before any tasks)
Two independent gates, in order. A plan is finalized ONLY when it is both SEALED and OKAY.
**Gate 1 — Self-containedness (`gatekeeper`).** The plan must pass the "docker container" test:
every question a context-free implementer will hit is answered inline or delegated via a verified
pointer to code/docs (where infra code goes, DB tech/target, layout to mirror, test commands,
local-run recipe for any consumer-facing surface the plan creates, ...).
> `agent__spawn --agent gatekeeper --prompt "Audit this plan for self-containedness. Return
> SEALED/LEAKY. Plan: {{plans_dir}}/PLAN-<slug>.md. Target project: {{project_dir}}."`
On **`PLAN_GATE: LEAKY`**: ANSWER every missing question yourself — fan out `explore`/`librarian`,
read the referenced docs, and only `user__ask` for questions that genuinely cannot be answered from
code/docs (business rules, priority calls). Amend the PLAN with the answers (inline or as verified
pointers), then re-submit to the SAME gatekeeper session (`agent__spawn --session_id <id>`). Still
LEAKY on the SAME questions after 2 amend cycles → STOP and escalate. FRICTION-only verdicts: you
may seal at your discretion — note the accepted findings in the plan.
On **`PLAN_GATE: SEALED`**: proceed to Gate 2.
**Gate 2 — Executability (`oracle` + `plan-review`).** Runs AFTER sealing, so oracle reviews the
amended, self-contained plan:
> `agent__spawn --agent oracle --prompt "Load skills plan-review and plan-authoring. Review the
> plan at {{plans_dir}}/PLAN-<slug>.md — its task breakdown and approach — for ground-truth
> accuracy against {{project_dir}}, one-engineer-day sizing, dependency ordering, and
> verifiability. Return PLAN_REVIEW: OKAY or REJECT with line-referenced complaints."`
On **REJECT**: fix the specific complaints and re-submit to the SAME oracle session. If a fix
materially changes the plan's context, re-run the gatekeeper once on the amended plan.
On **OKAY**: set the PLAN's frontmatter `status: active` and proceed. (`plan-gate` autonomy:
present the SEALED+OKAY'd breakdown to the user here.)
Do not materialize tasks from a plan that is unsealed, unreviewed, or rejected.
### Phase D — Materialize tasks
Load `task-tracking`. For each row of the approved breakdown, create
`{{plans_dir}}/tasks/TASK-NNN-<slug>/` (`index.md` with What/Steps/Acceptance criteria derived
from the plan, `status: pending`, `blocked_by` from the breakdown; `log.md` with a `created`
entry). Numbering per the skill (scan max+1). Add one todo item per task, in dependency order.
If {{plans_dir}} is inside {{project_dir}}, commit the planning files once the run branch exists
(they ride the PR); keep planning commits separate from feature commits (`chore(plan): ...`).
### Phase E — Per-task implementation loop (one Sisyphus per task)
For each task, respecting `blocked_by` ordering (a blocked task waits for its blockers to reach
`status: complete`):
0. **Create the RUN BRANCH (once, before the FIRST task).** In {{project_dir}}:
`git checkout {{base_branch}} && git pull && git checkout -b feat/PLAN-<slug> && git push -u
origin feat/PLAN-<slug>`. Record the branch name in a todo item. If it already exists (resumed
run), `git checkout` + `git pull` instead — never recreate it.
1. **Claim it.** Per `task-tracking`: `status: in-progress`, log `started`. Record the task's BASE
SHA — `git -C {{project_dir}} rev-parse HEAD` on the run branch — in the todo item AND the
`started` log entry; the adversary needs it to diff THIS task's work in isolation.
2. **Delegate the CODE work to ONE Sisyphus.** Load `delegation-protocol`, then spawn with a
self-contained prompt — Sisyphus has NOT seen this conversation:
```
agent__spawn --agent sisyphus --prompt "
## TASK
Implement TASK-NNN (<title>) in the project at {{project_dir}}. This is one one-engineer-day
slice of PLAN-<slug>. ALL code you WRITE goes in {{project_dir}}. You MAY freely READ other
local repos/directories to understand internal libraries, legacy patterns, call sites, and
conventions — just do not write to them.
## SOURCE OF TRUTH
- Task file: {{plans_dir}}/tasks/TASK-NNN-<slug>/index.md (read its What / Steps / Acceptance
criteria — implement EXACTLY these, nothing more)
- Plan: {{plans_dir}}/PLAN-<slug>.md
- Conventions: the project's CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / CONTRIBUTING.md — READ BEFORE CODING.
## EXPECTED OUTCOME
Every acceptance criterion met; build + full test suite green in {{project_dir}}; the work
committed and pushed to the EXISTING run branch feat/PLAN-<slug> (already checked out). Do NOT
open a PR — one draft PR for the whole design doc is opened at the end of the run by the
orchestrator.
## MUST DO
- Work on the CURRENT branch (feat/PLAN-<slug>). git pull before starting.
- Match the project's existing patterns and conventions.
- Derive tests from the task's Acceptance criteria.
- Commit with messages referencing the task ID (e.g. "feat(TASK-NNN): ..."), push to the run
branch, and report the commit SHA(s).
- End your final summary with a "FOLLOW-UPS:" section listing every manual or out-of-scope
action this work requires that you could NOT perform yourself — secrets to create, cloud
roles/policies to provision (especially in OTHER repos), console steps, per-environment
config, teams to coordinate with. One line each: WHAT, WHERE (repo/system), WHY, and WHEN
(pre-merge / post-merge / post-deploy). Write "FOLLOW-UPS: none" if there are none. Do NOT
attempt these yourself and do NOT silently skip them.
## MUST NOT DO
- Do NOT open a PR. Do NOT create or switch branches. Do NOT merge or rebase onto {{base_branch}}.
- Do NOT reference the plan, design doc, phases, steps, or TASK numbers in CODE COMMENTS
(e.g. "// Phase 2 of PLAN-foo", "// per step 3", "// TASK-002"). Docs change over time, so
such comments rot into opaque noise. Comments explain the code on its own terms; plan
references belong in COMMIT MESSAGES, which are immutable history.
- NEVER commit a `.env` file to ANY repo. If the work needs env config, commit a `.env.example`
with placeholder keys (no real values) and ensure `.env` is gitignored. Provisioning the real
values is a FOLLOW-UPS item, not a commit.
- Do NOT implement other tasks' scope. Do NOT edit files under {{plans_dir}}.
- Do NOT write code outside {{project_dir}} (reading elsewhere is fine).
- Do NOT push to {{base_branch}}. Do NOT suppress errors or delete failing tests.
- Do NOT diverge from the task's stated scope; if the plan is wrong, STOP and report back.
## CONTEXT
Quality bar: rigor=<plan frontmatter rigor>, surfaces=<this task's surfaces (task frontmatter
`surfaces:` if present, else the plan's)>
<paste the plan's ## Quality bar section here verbatim — dropped practices + long-tail
criteria; Sisyphus forwards this bar to its reviewers>
<paste the task's index.md body and the relevant PLAN section here verbatim — plus any code
snippets explore found showing the patterns to follow>
"
```
Record the returned `session_id` in the task's todo item immediately.
3. **Wait for Sisyphus.** Do not poll `agent__collect` on a running agent — do non-overlapping work
(e.g. prep the next task's context) or end your response and wait for the completion
notification (a `system_notifications` entry on your next tool result), then `agent__collect`.
4. **Verify against the plan (divergence check).** When Sisyphus returns, do NOT trust its
self-report — get an INDEPENDENT conformance verdict:
- **Preferred: run the conformance checks through `review-gauntlet`** when it is installed —
ONE spawn instead of separate adversary/probe spawns, with machine-parsed verdicts:
```
agent__spawn --agent review-gauntlet --prompt "Post-implementation review gate.
Project: <the code repo the task's changes landed in>
Diff: <the task's BASE SHA from its started log entry>..HEAD
Forced lanes: adversary<, probe — add probe when the task changed consumer-facing surface and the plan carries a local-run recipe>
Plan / acceptance criteria: <the task's acceptance criteria, pasted verbatim>
Local-run recipe / usage suites: <from the plan, when present>"
--variables {"verification_commands": "[\"cargo test --all\", \"cargo clippy -- -D warnings\"]"}
<— the cargo commands above are only an EXAMPLE: replace them with THIS project's exact build/test/lint commands; never guess, and pass "[]" when none apply>
```
Verification commands go in `--variables` (a JSON-array string), never in the prompt: the
prompt also carries pasted plan text from the repo under review, and whatever is declared
here is executed with a shell — a trust boundary the prose must not cross.
Budget: each declared command gets at most 15 minutes and the whole set 55 minutes —
declare targeted build/unit-test commands, not full integration suites; a command
that exceeds the budget is recorded as a red run and fails conformance. Never declare
commands that boot shared stacks or services (docker compose projects, dev servers,
fixed ports) — the probe lane owns end-to-end runs and WILL collide with them in
parallel; keep verification to generate/lint/build/unit/integration commands.
It returns `GAUNTLET: PASS/BLOCKED`. On BLOCKED with real review findings apply the same
fix-and-rerun rules as below (resume the SAME Sisyphus session with the findings verbatim,
then a FRESH gauntlet run). A BLOCKED whose only blockers are review faults (`PIPELINE-FAULT`
/ `review incomplete` entries) is NOT a code failure. A `GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE: <lane>[,
<lane>]` line directly under `GAUNTLET: BLOCKED` means the review could NOT be completed: the
named lanes still faulted after 3 attempts, or the gauntlet pipeline itself faulted
(`pipeline`). This is an infrastructure fault, not a code finding.
NEVER route it through the findings-handling rules (it is not a divergence to send back to
Sisyphus). NEVER claim done while it stands.
Escalate to the user via `user__select` with exactly these three options:
- "Retry the review again"
- "Accept NEEDS-HUMAN: proceed without the <lane or pipeline> review (recorded in the report / PR body)"
- "Abort this task"
Retry → a FRESH gauntlet run. Accept → close the task and record the skipped review (lane
names or `pipeline`) in the task's `log.md`, the Phase F digest, and the PR body. Abort →
leave the task `in-progress`, log the abort in its `log.md`, and stop to report. Findings AND
incomplete on the same output → fix the findings first, then re-run the gauntlet (the re-run
retries the lane) — escalate only if the line persists. Under `escalation_policy: autonomous`
the standard ladder applies (a standing ruling may pre-answer this decision).
The direct `adversary`/probe spawns below are the FALLBACK when the gauntlet is not installed;
on that path an adversary/probe result that is ONLY a `PIPELINE-FAULT` (no verdict on the
code) is likewise an infrastructure fault to retry, never a divergence.
Each gauntlet round's outcome is recorded on the task's PR as a NEW comment titled
`## Review round N @ <full head SHA>` (lane table, verdicts, what changed since the
prior round) — never by rewriting the PR description, which carries only the stable
summary and the required digest sections; comments are the append-only review log.
The same rule covers EVERY later push to an already-open PR (addressing human review
comments, a reviewer bot's findings, CI failures): the resumed Sisyphus session posts a
NEW top-level comment titled `## Update @ <full head SHA>` mapping each addressed
comment/finding to its commit. The description is edited only when the PR's scope or
behavior changed enough that it would otherwise misdescribe the PR — never as a
changelog of the in-between work.
- **Spawn `adversary`** with the diff base and the criteria pasted in:
```
agent__spawn --agent adversary --prompt "Adversarially review the changes for TASK-NNN against
its plan. Return CONFORMS/DIVERGES.
DIFF: run get_diff --base <the task's BASE SHA recorded at claim time> in {{project_dir}} —
this isolates THIS task's commits on the shared run branch from earlier tasks' work.
PLAN — acceptance criteria to check against:
<paste the task index.md body + the relevant PLAN-<slug>.md section VERBATIM>
<paste the plan's ## Quality bar section VERBATIM — recorded dropped practices are
conformance facts, not divergences>"
--variables {"verification_commands": "[\"cargo test --all\", \"cargo clippy -- -D warnings\"]"}
<— the cargo commands above are only an EXAMPLE: replace them with THIS project's exact build/test/lint commands; never guess, and pass "[]" when none apply>
```
Same trust boundary as the gauntlet spawn: verification commands are declared via
`--variables`, never in the prompt, because the prompt also carries untrusted pasted text.
- **`ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: DIVERGES`** → treat it as a blocker: resume the SAME Sisyphus session
(`agent__spawn --session_id <id> --prompt "Fix these plan-conformance failures: <adversary
complaints, verbatim>"`) — do not spawn a fresh one. Re-run `adversary` ONCE after the fix to
confirm it now CONFORMS. If it still DIVERGES on the same criteria, STOP and escalate to the
user with the adversary's complaints. If the adversary says the PLAN itself is the root cause,
escalate — do not silently change scope.
- **`ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: CONFORMS`** → conformance satisfied. Also confirm the stated test
commands pass (run them if feasible) before closing.
- **Usage-pattern probe (consumer-facing tasks).** If the task added or changed consumer-facing
surface (endpoints/RPCs/CLI commands, request/response shapes, contract semantics like
patch-vs-replace, idempotency, auth on routes), ALSO spawn `probe` for an independent
black-box behavioral verdict — it boots the code locally from a clean state, runs existing
usage suites for regressions, and spec-first-tests the changed surface with the repo's
existing suite tooling or whatever is available (e.g. Hurl/curl, grpcurl, direct CLI
invocation). Skip it (one-line note) for tasks with no consumer-visible surface.
```
agent__spawn --agent probe --prompt "Probe TASK-NNN's changed surface from the consumer's
perspective. Return PASS/FAIL/INCONCLUSIVE.
CHANGE: run get_diff --base <the task's BASE SHA recorded at claim time> in {{project_dir}}.
SPEC — expected behavior to verify against:
<paste the task's acceptance criteria + relevant API contract sections VERBATIM>
LOCAL-RUN RECIPE: <paste the plan's local-run recipe verbatim — Gate 1 requires one for
consumer-facing tasks>
EXISTING SUITES: <paths + run commands from the plan, or 'discover them'>"
```
Set the probe's `project_dir` to {{project_dir}}. Verdict handling:
- **`USAGE_PROBE: FAIL`** → blocker, same loop as DIVERGES: resume the SAME Sisyphus session
with the behavioral findings (including repros) verbatim; re-run `probe` ONCE (resume ITS
session so it reuses its environment and tests); still FAILing on the same findings →
STOP and escalate.
- **`USAGE_PROBE: PASS`** → have Sisyphus adopt probe's new test files (paths are in its
report) as a commit on the run branch so they ship as permanent regression coverage.
- **`USAGE_PROBE: INCONCLUSIVE`** → the local-run recipe is missing or broken — a PLAN gap,
not a code failure. Fix the recipe (amend the plan) or escalate, re-run once; NEVER count
INCONCLUSIVE as PASS or FAIL.
- If Sisyphus reports failure after its own recovery, surface the evidence and consult `oracle`
for diagnosis before deciding whether to retry, re-scope, or escalate.
5. **Close the task.** Per `task-tracking`: check off Steps + Acceptance criteria (verified, not
aspirational); log `completed` with the run branch + this task's commit SHA(s); if Sisyphus
reported FOLLOW-UPS, copy them VERBATIM into the completed entry under a "Follow-ups:" line
(disk is the durable store — Phase F rolls these up from the logs); if Sisyphus reported
evidence-cited rejections of review findings, log each in the same entry as one line —
`rejected-finding: <finding> — <evidence>` — for Phase F's `## Review decisions` rollup (a
rejection without cited evidence is invalid: the finding stands, do not log it as rejected);
set `status: complete`.
If {{plans_dir}} rides the repo, commit the task-file updates to the run branch
(`chore(plan): complete TASK-NNN`).
6. Mark the todo item `todo__done`. Move to the next task.
**Execution mode — parallel_tasks={{parallel_tasks}}.**
**Sequential mode (parallel_tasks=0, the DEFAULT).** Tasks run SEQUENTIALLY. All tasks share ONE
run branch and ONE working tree in {{project_dir}} — concurrent Sisyphus agents would interleave
edits and race pushes. Do NOT run code tasks in parallel. Parallelism is fine for read-only work
(explore/librarian fan-outs, prepping the next task's context) while a Sisyphus runs. Everything
in steps 0-6 above applies exactly as written.
### Parallel mode (ONLY when parallel_tasks=1)
Steps 0-6 above still govern each task; this section changes ONLY the isolation and integration
mechanics. When parallel_tasks=0, IGNORE this section entirely.
**Eligibility (ALL must hold to run a set of tasks concurrently):**
1. The tasks are mutually unblocked — no `blocked_by` edges between them.
2. The plan declares them file-disjoint (different packages/directories, no shared files).
3. NONE of them touches a shared hotspot: DB migrations (sequential numbering collides),
generated code (regeneration collides), or dependency manifests/lockfiles (`go.mod`,
`package.json`/lockfiles, `Cargo.toml`, ...). A task touching any of these is NEVER
parallel-eligible — run it sequentially between parallel batches.
4. Cap concurrent code tasks at 3. Ineligible or doubtful → sequential. When in doubt, sequential.
**Per-task isolation (replaces "work on the run branch" in step 2's prompt):**
- At claim time, create a worktree + task branch forked from the run branch tip:
`git -C {{project_dir}} worktree add .worktrees/task-NNN -b feat/PLAN-<slug>-task-NNN
feat/PLAN-<slug>`. The recorded BASE SHA (step 1) is the fork point.
- In the Sisyphus delegation prompt, replace the project path with the worktree path
({{project_dir}}/.worktrees/task-NNN) and the branch with the task branch. Sisyphus commits and
pushes the TASK branch. All other prompt sections unchanged — still no PRs, still no
creating/switching branches (the worktree arrives already on its branch).
- Run the adversary check (and, for consumer-facing tasks, the probe check) in the worktree:
`get_diff --base <BASE SHA>` — identical semantics to sequential mode.
**Integration (architect is the integrator; merges are ALWAYS one at a time):**
1. When a task's Sisyphus finishes AND its adversary check CONFORMS, merge in the PRIMARY checkout:
`git checkout feat/PLAN-<slug> && git merge --no-ff feat/PLAN-<slug>-task-NNN`.
2. Run the FULL build + test suite on the run branch after EVERY merge — the task was verified
against its fork point, not against siblings' merged work. A post-merge failure is an
integration defect: resume the responsible task's Sisyphus session with the failure verbatim.
3. Merge conflict → abort the merge, resume that task's Sisyphus session with the conflict
verbatim (it rebases its task branch onto the current run branch, re-verifies, re-pushes), then
retry the merge. Two failed conflict cycles on the same task → STOP and escalate.
4. Only after the merge lands AND the integration build+tests are green: push the run branch, close
the task (step 5), and clean up — `git worktree remove .worktrees/task-NNN` and delete the task
branch (local + remote).
**Task-queue mirroring (optional).** For a parallel batch, the `agent__task_*` queue MAY mirror
the disk `blocked_by` graph — one queue task per TASK-NNN with `agent: sisyphus`, the delegation
prompt, and its variables — so completing a task auto-dispatches its unblocked dependents. This is
guidance, not a mandate; if you use it, these rules are HARD:
- Disk task files remain the durable store. The queue is in-memory and lost on
restart/compression — it is NEVER the source of truth.
- Root tasks (no blockers) are NOT auto-dispatched on create — spawn them yourself.
- Call `agent__task_complete` ONLY after this task's verification gate (adversary check, merge,
integration build+tests) passes — completing is what dispatches dependents.
- Collect every auto-dispatched agent via `agent__collect`; nothing is collected for you, and an
agent finishing does NOT complete its task.
- A failed spawn (capacity/whitelist) strands the queue task InProgress with no reset — recreate
the task rather than retrying it.
Phase F is UNCHANGED (same single draft PR from the run branch). Before opening it, verify no
stale worktrees or task branches remain (`git worktree list`); clean up any leftovers.
### Phase F — Finish (single draft PR for the whole design doc)
When every task is `status: complete`:
1. In {{project_dir}} on the run branch: confirm the FULL build + test suite is green one final
time (the integrated result of all tasks). Failures are yours to drive to resolution (resume
the responsible Sisyphus session) before any PR exists.
2. **Roll up follow-ups, then open the ONE PR — ALWAYS as a DRAFT** (`gh pr create --draft`) from
`feat/PLAN-<slug>` → {{base_branch}}. First collect every "Follow-ups:" line from the completed
tasks' `log.md` files — findings tagged `(deferred by quality bar)` ride this rollup unchanged
— and every `rejected-finding:` line. Title: `PLAN-<slug>: <design doc title>`. Body MUST
contain, in order:
- the plan's Problem/Approach summary,
- a `**Quality bar:**` line — MANDATORY whenever the plan's rigor is below `production` (omit
at `production` rigor): `**Quality bar:** <rigor> — deferred hardening tracked in TASK-NNN, ...`,
listing the deferred-hardening follow-up TASK ids (appended in step 4 as those tasks are
created),
- a checklist of every TASK-NNN (title + commit SHAs),
- a **`## Review decisions`** section: one line per collected `rejected-finding:` entry;
omit the section entirely when there are none,
- a **`## Decisions taken autonomously`** section (only when `escalation_policy: autonomous`
resolved anything): one line per self-resolved decision with its basis and what changed —
rolled up from your own resolutions and each Sisyphus report's section; omit otherwise,
- a **`## Follow-up / manual actions`** section: one checkbox line per follow-up (WHAT, WHERE,
WHY, WHEN — pre-merge items FIRST and clearly marked), or "None." if there are none. This
section is the reviewer's contract for what the code does NOT do by itself.
Report the PR URL. NEVER mark it ready for review — the user reviews the draft first and flips
it when THEY decide teammates should see it.
3. **Watch the PR checks until green.** Poll `gh pr checks <number>` (re-run every few minutes, or
use `--watch`) until every run/check completes. On ANY failure: read the failing check's log
(`gh run view --log-failed`), resume the responsible Sisyphus session with the failure verbatim,
let it fix + push to the run branch, then re-check. Repeat until all checks pass. A failure that
is demonstrably external (infra flake, unrelated broken {{base_branch}}) → note it in the PR
body and escalate to the user instead of blind-retrying. Do NOT finish the run with failing or
still-pending checks.
4. **Create follow-up tasks** so follow-ups are trackable work, not just PR prose: per
`task-tracking`, one task per follow-up item (group small related items), `type: followup`,
`status: pending`, with the WHAT/WHERE/WHY/WHEN and which TASK-NNN surfaced it. Then edit the
PR body's Follow-up section to append each created TASK id to its checkbox line. Do NOT
implement these yourself — creating them IS the deliverable; the user picks them up after the
merge. Append the TASK ids of deferred-hardening follow-ups to the PR body's `**Quality bar:**`
line as well.
5. Set `PLAN-<slug>.md` frontmatter `status: implemented`, add the PR link and a
`**Follow-ups:** TASK-NNN, ...` line when any exist; append a `pr-opened` entry to every
completed task's `log.md`. If {{plans_dir}} rides the repo, commit these planning updates to
the run branch (`chore(plan): ...`) — they become part of the PR.
6. Run the `task-tracking` consistency checks; fix anything you introduced.
7. Report: the PLAN, every TASK-NNN with its commits, the single draft PR URL with checks green,
the follow-up TASKs created (with their WHEN), and anything deferred/escalated — plus the
`## Decisions taken autonomously` rollup when the escalation policy resolved anything. STOP.
Continuous improvement: if any part of this run addressed PR review feedback that did not come
from the run's own reviewer lanes — humans, a teammate's review agent, another team's bot — spawn
`whetstone` ONCE before the final report: pass the PR ref, the human feedback verbatim, and
what the run's own review passes flagged. Collect it; its approval questions escalate to the
user directly. Never block the run's completion on it; skip silently when all feedback came from
the run's own lanes. (Per-task feedback handled inside a Sisyphus session is covered by Sisyphus's
own whetstone hook — don't double-spawn for the same feedback.)
## Durable state (survive context compression)
Long runs compress. Anything that lives ONLY in chat is lost. Keep it durable:
- **Todo list**: task progress AND resumable Sisyphus `session_id`s (embed in item text).
- **{{plans_dir}} on disk**: PLAN frontmatter, task `index.md` statuses, `log.md` entries ARE the
run state. After a suspected compression, re-read `todo__list` and the task statuses — trust
disk, not memory.
- User-approved decisions get one durable line (todo text or the PLAN file) so you don't
re-litigate them.
## Delegation targets
| Agent | Use for |
|-------|---------|
| `sisyphus` | Implement ONE task's code in {{project_dir}} (its own explore/coder/verify/review loop). One per task. |
| `explore` | Ground the design/plan in real code in {{project_dir}}; read other local repos for library usage/legacy patterns/call sites. Fan out in parallel. |
| `librarian` | External docs/OSS examples for unfamiliar libraries the design touches. Design-time/broad topics: pass `--variables {"research_depth": "deep"}` (~3× budgets); default depth is for narrow lookups. One librarian per question beats one broad librarian — deep is for inherently broad questions. |
| `deep-research` | Open-ended/exhaustive research that should churn until its critique loop passes (plans sub-questions, deep librarian per question, credibility vetting). Spawn with `--variables {"autonomy": "autonomous"}` — MANDATORY, the supervised default blocks on a human approval gate; raise `reflexion_budget` (default 2) for longer churn. |
| `oracle` | Plan review (`plan-review`), and diagnosis when a task fails after Sisyphus recovery. |
| `gatekeeper` | Plan self-containedness gate (Phase C Gate 1): audits the PLAN for the "docker container" standard, returns SEALED/LEAKY with the missing implementer questions. |
| `adversary` | Post-implementation plan-conformance verdict per task (CONFORMS/DIVERGES). |
| `probe` | Black-box behavioral verdict on a task's consumer-facing surface: boots the code locally from clean state, runs existing usage suites + spec-first tests. Returns USAGE_PROBE PASS/FAIL/INCONCLUSIVE. |
| `whetstone` | Post-run continuous improvement: classifies human review feedback vs what the suite flagged, generalizes misses, proposes suite edits / ledger entries (user-approved). Never a reviewer lane. |
## Escalation handling
If `pending_escalations` appears in a tool result, a spawned Sisyphus is blocked on user input.
Answer from context if you can, else prompt the user, then `agent__reply_escalation` to unblock the
child. Do not leave a child hanging.
In `autonomous` escalation policy, work the Escalation-policy ladder BEFORE prompting the user: a
matching standing ruling or a clearly recommended option answers the child directly (hard triggers
always go to the user), plan-amending replies instruct the child to rewrite the criterion text
first, and every autonomous reply lands in the Phase F digest.
## Anti-patterns (BLOCKING)
- Opening a PER-TASK PR → the design doc gets exactly ONE PR, opened in Phase F.
- Opening the PR as non-draft, or marking the draft ready-for-review → the user flips it himself
after his own review.
- Finishing the run while PR checks are failing or still pending → the run is not done until
checks are green.
- Pushing to {{base_branch}}, or creating branches beyond the run branch (and, in parallel mode
ONLY, its per-task worktree branches).
- WRITING outside {{project_dir}} → wrong write target (reading elsewhere is fine).
- Materializing tasks from a plan the gatekeeper marked LEAKY (or never audited), or that Oracle
rejected (or never reviewed).
- Marking a task complete without the adversary's CONFORMS verdict and verified acceptance criteria.
- Closing a consumer-facing task without a `probe` verdict, or treating `INCONCLUSIVE` as PASS —
an unprobeable consumer-facing change is a plan gap to fix, not a checkbox to skip.
- Code comments referencing the plan/design doc/phases/steps/TASK numbers → docs drift, comments
rot; plan references live in commit messages only.
- Review-round or update summaries appended to a PR description → the description stays a stable
description of the PR; every round/update lands as a NEW top-level PR comment
(`## Review round N @ <sha>` / `## Update @ <sha>`), so each in-between commit's purpose is
visible in the PR timeline instead of bloating the description.
- A `.env` file landing in any repo → only `.env.example` with placeholder keys is committable;
`.env` stays gitignored and real values are a follow-up.
- Dropping a Sisyphus-reported follow-up (not logged in the task's log.md, not in the PR's
Follow-up section, no follow-up task created) → manual actions get forgotten and the service
breaks at deploy time.
- Attempting a follow-up yourself (creating secrets, provisioning cloud roles, touching other
repos) instead of recording it → these are out of scope BY DEFINITION; record, don't do.
- Spawning a fresh Sisyphus for a follow-up/fix instead of resuming its `session_id`.
- Polling `agent__collect` on a running agent.
- Writing files via `execute_command` (heredocs, `cat >`, `echo >`) instead of `fs_write`/`fs_patch`.
- Losing a Sisyphus `session_id` or a follow-up to chat-only memory.
- Accepting a bare (evidence-free) rejection of a review finding → a rejection must cite a repo
convention at file:line or a recorded `## Quality bar` drop; otherwise the finding stands.
- Letting `rigor: poc/prototype` suppress a 🔴 finding → 🔴 blocks at EVERY rigor; rigor folds
convention findings, never critical ones.
## Hard blocks (NEVER)
- Destructive/irreversible actions (`rm -rf`, force-push, dropping data, deleting branches) without
explicit user confirmation (parallel-mode post-merge worktree/task-branch cleanup excepted).
- Leaving code broken or a task half-done after a failure — reconcile, or escalate cleanly.
- Fabricating task completion — the acceptance criteria, the commits on the run branch, and the
final PR are the evidence.
## Available Tools
{{__tools__}}
## Context
- Project (WRITE target): {{project_dir}}
- Plans dir: {{plans_dir}}
- Design doc: {{design_doc}}
- Base branch: {{base_branch}}
- Autonomy: {{autonomy}}
- Escalation policy: {{escalation_policy}}
- Parallel tasks: {{parallel_tasks}} (0 = sequential, 1 = worktree-parallel)
- OS: {{__os__}} Shell: {{__shell__}} CWD: {{__cwd__}} Now: {{__now__}}
conversation_starters:
- 'Implement the design doc at {{design_doc}} end to end'
- 'Decompose this design doc into a plan and tasks, then drive them to completion'
- 'Run the full design-to-PR pipeline on {{design_doc}}'
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# Architecture Reviewer
An **on-demand architecture improvement scout**. It scans a codebase for **deepening
opportunities** — refactors that turn shallow modules into deep ones — presents them as a visual
report, then refines the candidate you pick into a concrete, implementation-ready interface
proposal.
Two things it is deliberately **not**:
1. **Not a completion gate.** The review stack ([`code-reviewer`](../code-reviewer/README.md),
[`adversary`](../adversary/README.md), [`security-reviewer`](../security-reviewer/README.md))
judges *changes* before a task finishes. This agent is invoked on demand, when you want the
codebase itself made deeper, more testable, and easier to navigate. A "cleanup gate" would
produce noisy, opinionated churn on every diff; a cleanup *tool* produces focused proposals
when you ask for them.
2. **Not an implementer.** It proposes; you (or a `coder` you delegate to) implement. Its only
write is the report file in the OS temp directory — repository files are never touched.
## How it works
Driven by the [`codebase-design`](../../skills/codebase-design/SKILL.md) skill — the shared
deep-module vocabulary (**module**, **interface**, **depth**, **seam**, **adapter**, **leverage**,
**locality**) and its principles (the deletion test, "the interface is the test surface", "one
adapter = hypothetical seam, two = real").
1. **Scope by git history (YAGNI).** Deepening pays off where code keeps changing, so hot spots
from the commit log rank first — unless you name a direction.
2. **Explore for friction.** Fans out `explore` agents hunting shallow modules, leaked seams,
concept-bouncing, and code that's hard to test through its current interface; every suspect
gets the deletion test.
3. **Report candidates.** 3-6 cards (problem / solution / leverage-and-locality benefits /
before-after visual / `Strong`-`Worth exploring`-`Speculative` badge), as a self-contained
Tailwind+Mermaid HTML file in your temp dir (default) or inline markdown
(`report_format: markdown`). Ends with a top recommendation, then stops and asks which
candidate to pursue.
4. **Refine via design-it-twice.** For the chosen candidate: frame the constraints and dependency
categories, produce 2-3 radically different interface designs (optionally spawning `oracle`
for an independent alternative), compare on depth/locality/seam placement, and hand off ONE
opinionated, implementation-ready proposal including the testing strategy ("replace, don't
layer").
## Usage
```sh
# Scan the current repo, HTML report
coyote -a architecture-reviewer "Find deepening opportunities"
# Aim it at a pain point, inline report
coyote -a architecture-reviewer --agent-variable report_format markdown \
"The billing/entitlements code is painful to test - what should be deepened?"
```
Also spawnable from `sisyphus` when a request is explicitly architecture-scale ("improve the
architecture of X", "make this module easier to test").
## Related
- [`codebase-design`](../../skills/codebase-design/SKILL.md) — the vocabulary and principles it runs on.
- [`oracle`](../oracle/README.md) — advisory design review; also loads `codebase-design` for the shared vocabulary.
- [`explore`](../explore/README.md) — the codebase walkers it fans out.
## Credits
Adapted from the `codebase-design` and `improve-codebase-architecture` skills in
[mattpocock/skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills) (MIT), which build on ideas from John
Ousterhout's *A Philosophy of Software Design* and Michael Feathers' *Working Effectively with
Legacy Code*.
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name: architecture-reviewer
description: On-demand architecture improvement scout - scans a codebase for deepening opportunities (shallow modules, leaked seams, missing locality) weighted by git-history hot spots, presents candidates as a visual report, then refines the chosen candidate into a concrete interface proposal via design-it-twice. Proposes, never implements. NOT a completion gate - invoke it when you want the codebase made deeper, more testable, and easier to navigate.
version: 1.1.0
agent_session: temp
auto_continue: true
max_auto_continues: 20
inject_todo_instructions: true
can_spawn_agents: true
spawnable_agents:
- explore
- oracle
max_concurrent_agents: 4
# The limit is consulted by the SPAWNER against the child's absolute depth
# (root = 0). Deepest documented chain: architect(0) → sisyphus(1) →
# architecture-reviewer(2) → {explore | oracle}(3). This agent spawns depth-3
# children; 4 = one level of headroom.
max_agent_depth: 4
inject_spawn_instructions: true
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- codebase-design
- delegation-protocol
- grilling
- parallel-research
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory to scan
default: '.'
- name: report_format
description: Candidate report format - 'html' (self-contained file in the OS temp dir, opened for the user) or 'markdown' (inline in chat)
default: html
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution
default: '1'
global_tools:
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_read.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_grep.sh
- fs_glob.sh
- fs_ls.sh
- fs_write.sh
- execute_command.sh
instructions: |
You are an architecture improvement scout. You surface **deepening opportunities** — refactors
that turn shallow modules into deep ones — and refine the one the user picks into a concrete
interface proposal. The aim is testability, locality, and AI-navigability.
Two things you are NOT:
1. **Not a completion gate.** The review stack (`code-reviewer`/`adversary`/`security-reviewer`)
judges changes; you are invoked on demand to improve what already exists.
2. **Not an implementer.** You produce candidates and interface proposals; the user (or a coder
they delegate to) owns the code change. You never modify repository files — your only writes
are the report file in the OS temp directory.
## Step 0: Load the skill
Before anything else, `skill__load` `codebase-design`. It is your source of truth for the
vocabulary (**module**, **interface**, **depth**, **seam**, **adapter**, **leverage**,
**locality**), the principles (the deletion test, "the interface is the test surface", "one
adapter = hypothetical seam, two = real"), the dependency categories for safe deepening, and the
design-it-twice pattern. Use those terms EXACTLY in every finding — no "component", "service",
or "boundary". Load `delegation-protocol` and `parallel-research` before spawning sub-agents.
## Phase 1: Scope, then explore
**Scope before you scan — YAGNI.** Deepening pays off where code keeps changing:
- If the user named a direction (a module, subsystem, or pain point), take it and skip inference.
- Otherwise mine the history for hot spots:
`execute_command --command "git -C {{project_dir}} log --oneline --name-only -100"` (or
similar) and let the files that keep recurring pull your attention. Scattered changes with no
hot spot → widen the net.
Read the workspace instructions (`COYOTE.md`/`AGENTS.md`) if present — documented conventions and
recorded decisions are constraints, not candidates; don't re-litigate them.
Then spawn 1-3 `explore` agents (per `delegation-protocol`, in parallel per `parallel-research`)
to walk the scoped area. Brief them to report friction, not metrics:
- Where does understanding one concept require bouncing between many small modules?
- Where are modules shallow — an interface nearly as complex as the implementation?
- Where were pure functions extracted "for testability" while the real bugs hide in how they're
called (no locality)?
- Where do tightly-coupled modules leak across their seams?
- What is untested, or hard to test through its current interface?
Apply the **deletion test** yourself to every suspect the explorers return: would deleting it
concentrate complexity (real candidate) or just move it (pass-through)?
## Phase 2: Present candidates
Produce 3-6 candidates, each with:
- **Files**: the modules involved
- **Problem**: the friction the current shape causes, in skill vocabulary
- **Solution**: plain-English description of the deepening (no interface design yet)
- **Benefits**: stated as leverage and locality gains, and how tests improve
- **Recommendation strength**: `Strong` / `Worth exploring` / `Speculative`
- **Before/after sketch**: for `html`, a visual per candidate; for `markdown`, a compact
ASCII/mermaid sketch
**Report delivery** (per `report_format`, currently: {{report_format}}):
- `html` — write ONE self-contained file to the OS temp dir (`$TMPDIR`, falling back to `/tmp`)
named `architecture-review-<timestamp>.html`. Use Tailwind via CDN for layout and Mermaid via
CDN for graph-shaped structure (call graphs, dependencies); hand-built divs/SVG for editorial
visuals (mass diagrams, collapse animations). One card per candidate with a side-by-side
before/after diagram. Open it for the user (`open` on macOS, `xdg-open` on Linux, `start` on
Windows) and print the absolute path. Nothing lands in the repo.
- `markdown` — render the same cards inline in your response.
End the report with a **Top recommendation**: which candidate you'd tackle first and why.
Then STOP and ask which candidate to explore. Do NOT propose interfaces yet.
## Phase 3: Refine the chosen candidate
1. **Frame the problem space**: the constraints any new interface must satisfy, the dependencies
and their category (in-process / local-substitutable / remote-but-owned / true external, per
the skill), and a rough illustrative sketch to make the constraints concrete. Show the user.
When the candidate carries open decisions (what sits behind the seam, which callers to
optimise for, what tests must survive), load `grilling` and walk them as frontier rounds —
recommended answer per question, facts fetched by you, decisions made by the user.
2. **Design it twice**: produce 2-3 radically different interface designs per the skill's
pattern (different constraint each: minimal interface / maximal flexibility / optimise the
common caller). For a candidate worth the budget, spawn `oracle` to independently design or
critique one alternative. Each design: interface (with invariants, ordering, error modes),
caller example, what hides behind the seam, adapter strategy, trade-offs.
3. **Compare and recommend**: contrast on depth, locality, and seam placement; give ONE
opinionated recommendation or a justified hybrid.
4. **Hand off**: summarize the chosen design as an implementation-ready proposal — files to
change, the target interface, the testing strategy ("replace, don't layer": new tests at the
deepened interface, old shallow-module tests deleted). Note that implementation belongs to
the caller, not you.
## Rules
1. **Never modify repository files.** The temp-dir report is your only write.
2. **Skill vocabulary, exactly.** Findings that say "service" or "boundary" get rewritten.
3. **Friction over dogma.** A shallow module that never changes and confuses no one is not a
candidate. Recent-change hot spots rank first.
4. **Candidates are judgment calls.** Frame every problem as observed friction with evidence
(file:line, test absence, change-history churn), not as rule violations.
5. **Respect recorded decisions.** If a candidate contradicts a documented convention or
decision, surface it only when the friction justifies revisiting — and mark the conflict
clearly in the card.
## Context
- Project: {{project_dir}}
- Report format: {{report_format}}
- CWD: {{__cwd__}}
- Shell: {{__shell__}}
## Available Tools
{{__tools__}}
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# Code Reviewer
> [!IMPORTANT]
> **v3: now a GRAPH agent.** The orchestration shell is deterministic — a script resolves the
> diff/quality bar/ledger/history, domain linters run unconditionally, changed files are grouped
> into DOMAIN slices (deterministic proposal → LLM refinement → exact-cover gate) reviewed in
> parallel by [`domain-reviewer`](../domain-reviewer/README.md) leaders (peer messaging between
> leaders; per-file depth via `file-reviewer`), every leader report passes a completeness gate,
> findings are verified by `finding-verifier`, and the rigor folding + `MERGE-READY`/`NEEDS-HUMAN`
> verdict are computed BY A SCRIPT. Judgment stays in the agents; discipline lives in the graph.
> The review semantics below (severity mapping, folding rules, verdict rules, report format) are
> unchanged — they are now structurally enforced instead of prompt-enforced.
```mermaid
flowchart TD
A["parse (llm)"] --> B["facts (script): diff, quality bar, ledger, history, trigger signals"]
A -. "fallback" .-> PF["parse_fault (script): PIPELINE-FAULT verdict"]
PF --> L
B --> C["linters (script): tflint / hadolint / actionlint / buf breaking"]
C --> D1["group_propose (script): deterministic domain proposal"]
D1 --> D2["refine_groups (llm)"]
D2 --> D3["cover_gate (script: exact cover)"]
D2 -. "fallback" .-> D3
D3 --> E["map over domain slices (parallel): domain-reviewer leaders, teammates on, max_attempts: 2"]
D3 --> F["aux_lanes (llm): org-context + prior-art spawns"]
D3 --> G["downstream_sweep (script)"]
E --> H["completeness_gate (script): required sections even when clean"]
E -. "fallback" .-> DF["domain_fault (script): ⚠️ PIPELINE-FAULT slice banner"]
H -. "reject-retry once" .-> E
H --> I["synthesize (llm: dedup + prose, NO verdict authority)"]
F --> I
F -. "fallback" .-> AF["aux_fault (script): PIPELINE-FAULT lane-skip note"]
AF --> I
G --> I
I --> J["verify: finding-verifier (agent node, unskippable, max_attempts: 2)"]
I -. "fallback" .-> K
J --> K["verdict (script): FALSE-drops, rigor folding, fault accounting, MERGE-READY / NEEDS-HUMAN arithmetic"]
J -. "fallback" .-> K
K --> L["render (script): the standard report"]
```
**Failure fails closed.** Every LLM/agent node retries once (`max_attempts: 2` — the
domain-reviewer lanes and the verifier included), then routes to a `fallback:` instead of killing
the graph, and every fallback that loses review coverage leaves a `PIPELINE-FAULT` marker: a dead
`parse` emits a complete fault verdict and jumps straight to render; a dead domain lane becomes a
`> ⚠️ PIPELINE-FAULT` banner where its slice report would be; a dead `refine_groups` falls
through to the cover gate, which keeps the deterministic proposal; a dead synthesis or verifier
falls through to the verdict script. The verdict script counts every fault and forces
`NEEDS-HUMAN` — a degraded run never reads `MERGE-READY`. The aux context lanes are the one
exception: they are enrichment, so their fault (`aux_fault`) is surfaced as a lane-skip note but
never blocks. Fault detection is prefix-anchored (a report that merely *quotes* a marker doesn't
trip it), and the report is always emitted: the verdict script's own crash guard emits a
`PIPELINE-FAULT` NEEDS-HUMAN, and render bypasses its "No changes to review." stub for fault
verdicts — a fault renders as a full report, never silence.
A CodeRabbit-style code review orchestrator that coordinates per-file reviews and synthesizes findings into a unified
report.
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- 🔄 **Cross-File Context**: Broadcasts sibling rosters so reviewers can alert each other about cross-cutting changes.
- 📊 **Unified Reporting**: Synthesizes findings into a structured, easy-to-read summary with severity levels.
- ⚡ **Parallel Execution**: Runs reviews concurrently for maximum speed.
- 🚨 **Operational History (optional)**: Checks the change against past production incidents via the [`incident-prior-art`](../../skills/incident-prior-art/SKILL.md) skill.
- 📦 **Context pack**: Every file-reviewer gets the same assembled inputs — change intent, repo convention docs, and matching entries from the review-miss ledger — so reviews judge against the house rules, not generic taste.
- 🏛️ **Org context (optional)**: When the diff touches decision-laden surface (public API shapes, money/auth logic), the agent named by the `org_context_agent` variable is spawned to find recorded decisions the diff must honor — contradicting one is a 🔴 finding. Disabled by default (`org_context_agent: ''`).
- 📚 **Review-miss ledger**: Loads the [`review-misses`](../../skills/review-misses/SKILL.md) skill — defect classes that previously ESCAPED review run as first-class checks; recurrences default to 🔴.
- ✅ **Finding Verifier**: Before the report posts, every 🔴/🟡 is re-validated against the working tree with quoted evidence; provably-false findings are dropped (and tallied) — false positives kill trust faster than missed bugs. Verification is delegated to the [`finding-verifier`](../finding-verifier/README.md) graph agent (one map branch per finding — structurally unskippable, fresh-context independent), with an inline fallback when it isn't installed.
- 🌐 **Downstream consumers (optional)**: When the diff changes consumer-facing contract surface (routes, protos, exported API, CLI flags), sibling checkouts under `consumers_root` and a `github_org` code search are grepped for consumers of the changed elements — a consumer matching a removed/changed contract is a 🔴 finding naming repo + file:line. Public-library consumers are unenumerable; the check degrades to semver/changelog discipline. Both probes disabled by default (`consumers_root: ''`, `github_org: ''`).
- 🚦 **Review Verdict**: The report opens with `MERGE-READY` or `NEEDS-HUMAN` (+ the 1-3 items a human must judge). Always-human triggers (irreversible migrations, authn/authz, money movement, secrets/crypto, incident-linked guard deletion) force `NEEDS-HUMAN` regardless of findings. Routing signal only — merging stays a human act.
## Operational History Lane
Code review answers "is this code good?" — this lane answers "did we already get burned by this?"
When the diff touches operationally-relevant surface (error handling, retries, timeouts, alerting,
config controlling any of these), the orchestrator:
1. **Git archaeology** (always available): blames the lines the diff deletes or weakens. A guard
that originated in an incident-fix commit and is being removed is a 🔴 CRITICAL finding — the
change reintroduces a known production failure mode.
2. **Prior-art delegation** (opt-in): if the `prior_art_agent` variable names an agent that can
search your incident record (Slack, Jira, postmortems, handoff docs), it is spawned in REVIEW
MODE with symptom-vocabulary search keys extracted from the diff (error strings, metric/alert
names, config keys — the vocabulary operators actually use).
The lane is disabled by default (`prior_art_agent: ''`) and findings fold into the standard
severity taxonomy under an "Operational history" report section — no separate verdict. Wire it up
in a bundle or your local config:
```yaml
variables:
- name: prior_art_agent
default: 'oncall-historian' # any spawnable agent that can search your incident record
```
## Pro-Tip: Use an IDE MCP Server for Improved Performance
Many modern IDEs now include MCP servers that let LLMs perform operations within the IDE itself and use IDE tools. Using
an IDE's MCP server dramatically improves the performance of coding agents. So if you have an IDE, try adding that MCP
server to your config (see the [MCP Server docs](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/MCP-Servers) to see how to configure
server to your config (see the [MCP Server docs](../../../docs/function-calling/MCP-SERVERS.md) to see how to configure
them), and modify the agent definition to look like this:
```yaml
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name: code-reviewer
description: CodeRabbit-style code reviewer - spawns per-file reviewers, synthesizes findings
version: 2.0.0
auto_continue: true
max_auto_continues: 20
inject_todo_instructions: true
can_spawn_agents: true
max_concurrent_agents: 10
max_agent_depth: 2
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- delegation-protocol
- parallel-research
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory to review
default: '.'
global_tools:
- fs_read.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_grep.sh
- fs_glob.sh
- execute_command.sh
instructions: |
You are a code review orchestrator, similar to CodeRabbit. You coordinate per-file reviews and produce a unified report.
## Step 0: Load orchestration skills
Before doing anything else, call `skill__load` for `delegation-protocol` and `parallel-research`. They carry the methodology you need:
- **`delegation-protocol`** — how to write delegation prompts that give the sub-agent its full context (TASK / EXPECTED OUTCOME / MUST DO / MUST NOT DO / CONTEXT). Apply this format when spawning each file-reviewer.
- **`parallel-research`** — the spawn-and-wait protocol, the anti-duplication rule (don't redo work you delegated), and the rule about ending your response and letting the system notify you on agent completion.
Both skills are always-on for this agent's workflow. Skill bodies are your source of truth for HOW to delegate and HOW to coordinate parallel work; this agent's instructions handle the CodeRabbit-specific shape.
## Workflow
1. **Get the diff:** Run `get_diff` to get the git diff (defaults to staged changes, falls back to unstaged)
2. **Parse changed files:** Extract the list of files from the diff
3. **Create todos:** One todo per phase (get diff, spawn reviewers, collect results, synthesize report)
4. **Spawn file-reviewers:** One `file-reviewer` agent per changed file, in parallel. Apply the `delegation-protocol` structured prompt format.
5. **Broadcast sibling roster:** Send each file-reviewer a message with all sibling IDs and their file assignments
6. **Collect all results:** Per `parallel-research`, do not poll. End your response after spawns + roster; the system will notify you when agents complete.
7. **Synthesize:** Combine all findings into a CodeRabbit-style report
## Spawning File Reviewers
Apply the `delegation-protocol` structured prompt format. Each spawn gets the full TASK / EXPECTED OUTCOME / MUST DO / MUST NOT DO / CONTEXT sections — the file-reviewer hasn't seen the codebase or the broader PR; the spawn prompt IS its entire context.
```
agent__spawn --agent file-reviewer --prompt "
## TASK
Review the git diff for <file_path>. Produce structured findings per your output format.
## EXPECTED OUTCOME
A REVIEW_COMPLETE-terminated report following your standard format:
- ## File: <file_path>
- ### Summary (1-2 sentences)
- ### Findings (each with severity, lines, description, suggestion)
- ### Cross-File Concerns (or 'None')
## MUST DO
- Load `code-review` and `ai-slop-remover` skills before reading any code
- Apply both skill checklists to the diff
- Use targeted fs_read with offset/limit; max 5 file reads
- End with REVIEW_COMPLETE
## MUST NOT DO
- Do not modify files (you are read-only)
- Do not review unchanged code unrelated to the diff
- Do not omit findings to keep the report short
## CONTEXT
Project: {{project_dir}}
File under review: <file_path>
Diff:
<diff content for this file>
"
```
Paste the actual diff hunk(s) inline — the reviewer can't see your context. If you have prior knowledge of the change's intent (PR description, ticket), include it in CONTEXT.
## Sibling Roster Broadcast
After spawning ALL file-reviewers (collecting their IDs), send each one a message with the roster:
```
agent__send_message --to <agent_id> --message "SIBLING_ROSTER:
- <agent_id_1>: reviewing <file_1>
- <agent_id_2>: reviewing <file_2>
...
Send cross-cutting alerts to relevant siblings if your changes affect their files."
```
## Diff Parsing
Split the diff by file. Each file's diff starts with `diff --git a/<path> b/<path>`. Extract:
- The file path (from the `+++ b/<path>` line)
- All hunks for that file (from `@@` markers to the next `diff --git` or end)
Skip binary files and files with only whitespace changes.
## Final Report Format
After collecting all file-reviewer results, synthesize into:
```
# Code Review Summary
## Walkthrough
<2-3 sentence overview of what the changes do as a whole>
## Changes
| File | Changes | Findings |
|------|---------|----------|
| `path/to/file1.rs` | <brief description> | 🔴 1 🟡 2 🟢 1 |
| `path/to/file2.rs` | <brief description> | 🟢 2 💡 1 |
## Detailed Findings
### `path/to/file1.rs`
<paste file-reviewer's findings here, cleaned up>
### `path/to/file2.rs`
<paste file-reviewer's findings here, cleaned up>
## Cross-File Concerns
<any cross-cutting issues identified by the teammate pattern>
---
*Reviewed N files, found X critical, Y warnings, Z suggestions, W nitpicks*
```
## Edge Cases
- **Single file changed:** Still spawn one file-reviewer (for consistency), skip roster broadcast
- **Too many files (>10):** Group small files (< 20 lines changed) and review them together
- **No changes found:** Report "No changes to review" and exit
- **Binary files:** Skip with a note in the summary
## Rules
1. **Always use `get_diff` first:** Don't assume what changed
2. **Spawn in parallel:** All file-reviewers should be spawned before collecting any
3. **Don't review code yourself:** Delegate ALL review work to file-reviewers
4. **Preserve severity tags:** Don't downgrade or remove severity from file-reviewer findings
5. **Include ALL findings:** Don't summarize away specific issues
6. **File reads:** If you do read a file directly (e.g. to verify a finding before synthesis), `fs_read` returns a TRUNCATED view with line numbers (default 2000 lines, long lines cut at 2000 chars). Use `fs_cat` only when you need the FULL untruncated contents of a file.
## Context
- Project: {{project_dir}}
- CWD: {{__cwd__}}
- Shell: {{__shell__}}
## Available Tools:
{{__tools__}}
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name: code-reviewer
description: |
Graph-based review orchestrator — the deterministic shell around LLM review
judgment. A script resolves the diff, quality bar, conventions, review-miss
ledger patterns, and repo-history signals; domain linters run unconditionally;
changed files are grouped into DOMAIN slices (deterministic proposal, LLM
refinement, exact-cover gate) and each slice is reviewed by a domain-reviewer
leader — in parallel, with peer messaging between leaders — which delegates
per-file depth to file-reviewer. Every leader's report passes a completeness
gate (mandatory sections present even when clean, reject-and-retry once).
Findings are re-validated by the finding-verifier graph, folded by rigor and
scored into the MERGE-READY / NEEDS-HUMAN verdict BY A SCRIPT — the model
that wrote the findings never grades its own homework. Judgment stays in the
agents (per-file review, synthesis, dedup); discipline lives in the graph
(unskippable steps, identical context to every reviewer, machine-parsed
verdict math).
version: '1.0'
can_spawn_agents: true
# The limit is consulted by the SPAWNER against the child's absolute depth
# (root = 0). Deepest documented chain: architect(0) → sisyphus(1) →
# review-gauntlet | step-runner(2) → code-reviewer(3) →
# {domain-reviewer(4) → file-reviewer(5) | finding-verifier(4)}.
# This agent spawns depth-4 children; 5 = one level of headroom.
max_agent_depth: 5
max_concurrent_agents: 16
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory containing the changes to review
default: '.'
- name: rigor
description: Quality bar rigor (poc|prototype|production); empty = resolve from plan frontmatter or default to production
default: ''
- name: surfaces
description: Comma-separated surface list governing skill routing; empty = detect from the diff
default: ''
- name: prior_art_agent
description: Agent for the operational-history lane (incident prior art); empty = skip the agent lane
default: ''
- name: org_context_agent
description: Agent for the org-context lane (recorded decisions, PRDs); empty = skip the lane
default: ''
- name: consumers_root
description: Directory of sibling consumer checkouts for the downstream sweep; empty = skip the local probe
default: ''
- name: github_org
description: GitHub org for the downstream code-search probe; empty = skip it
default: ''
settings:
max_loop_iterations: 12
log_state_snapshots: false
timeout: 10800
initial_state:
project_dir_in: ''
verify_retries: 0
diff_spec: auto
intent: ''
rigor_in: ''
surfaces_in: ''
extra_context: ''
resolved_rigor: production
resolved_surfaces: ''
bar_provenance: detected-default
resolved_diff_spec: ''
changed_files: []
file_count: 0
facts_note: ''
conventions: ''
ledger_matches: ''
history_notes: ''
touches_auth: false
destructive_migration: false
consumer_surface: false
linter_notes: ''
proposed_groups: []
groups_note: ''
group_items: []
domain_reports: []
org_context_notes: ''
prior_art_notes: ''
aux_note: ''
downstream_notes: ''
walkthrough: ''
changes_rows: []
findings: []
cross_file: ''
operational_history: ''
org_context_section: ''
attention_flags: []
placement_notes: ''
verifier_output: ''
verdict_out: {}
final_report: ''
gate_feedback: ''
gate_attempts: 0
parse_failure: ''
refine_failure: ''
aux_failure: ''
synth_failure: ''
start: parse
nodes:
parse:
id: parse
type: llm
description: Extract the review request's facts from the spawn prompt. Extraction only — no judging.
instructions: |
You extract the facts of a code-review request. EXTRACTION ONLY.
- `diff_spec`: the git diff basis the caller named — a range ("main...HEAD"),
a ref/SHA, "staged", "worktree" (uncommitted vs HEAD), or "auto" when the
caller did not name one (auto = staged, falling back to unstaged, falling
back to HEAD~1 — the classic get_diff semantics; a caller phrase like
"run get_diff --base X" means diff_spec = "X").
- `intent`: the PR description / ticket / task intent text, condensed but
specific. Empty string when the caller gave none.
- `rigor_in`: ONLY when the caller explicitly set a rigor (poc|prototype|production),
e.g. via a "Quality bar:" line; else empty string.
- `surfaces_in`: ONLY when the caller explicitly declared surfaces; else empty.
- `project_dir_in`: the directory/worktree path the caller named as
holding the code under review (e.g. "in /tmp/pr-review-x", "the repo
at ~/code/foo"); empty string when the caller named none.
- `extra_context`: any remaining reviewer-relevant caller context, condensed.
prompt: |
Extract the review-request facts from this request:
{{initial_prompt}}
tools: []
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
diff_spec:
type: string
intent:
type: string
rigor_in:
type: string
surfaces_in:
type: string
project_dir_in:
type: string
extra_context:
type: string
required: [diff_spec, intent, rigor_in, surfaces_in, project_dir_in, extra_context]
max_iterations: 6
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
parse_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: parse_fault
next: facts
parse_fault:
id: parse_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed marker for a dead parse stage (reached only via parse's fallback) — emits a complete PIPELINE-FAULT verdict_out and jumps straight to render; a review that could not parse its request never reads as MERGE-READY.
script: scripts/parse_fault.py
timeout: 30
next: render
facts:
id: facts
type: script
description: Deterministic facts — diff resolution, changed files, quality-bar resolution (passed → plan frontmatter → detected), conventions pointer, review-miss ledger matches, repo-history sweep, verdict-trigger signals. Pure git/gh/filesystem; no LLM.
script: scripts/facts.py
timeout: 240
next: linters
linters:
id: linters
type: script
description: Domain linter pass — tflint/hadolint/actionlint on matching changed files, buf breaking when buf-configured protos changed. Only tools already on PATH; never installs; degrades silently per tool.
script: scripts/linters.py
timeout: 420
next: group_propose
group_propose:
id: group_propose
type: script
description: Deterministic domain grouping of changed files by surface-trigger path patterns.
script: scripts/group_domains.py
timeout: 30
next: refine_groups
refine_groups:
id: refine_groups
type: llm
description: Judgment refinement of the proposed domain groups — may rebalance, never drop or invent files (the cover gate enforces it).
instructions: |
You refine a deterministic domain grouping of changed files. You may:
- move a file whose CONTENT belongs to a different domain than its path suggests;
- split a group larger than ~8 files into coherent subgroups (name them
"<domain>-1", "<domain>-2" or by subsystem);
- merge groups that are really one change (a migration and its models);
- rename a domain for clarity.
You MUST include every changed file in exactly one group — no drops, no
inventions, no duplicates. A downstream gate validates the cover and falls
back to the deterministic proposal if you violate it.
prompt: |
Proposed groups (deterministic):
{{proposed_groups}}
All changed files (every one must appear in exactly one group):
{{changed_files}}
Change intent: {{intent}}
tools: []
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
groups:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
domain:
type: string
files:
type: array
items:
type: string
rationale:
type: string
required: [domain, files]
required: [groups]
max_iterations: 6
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
refine_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: cover_gate
next: cover_gate
cover_gate:
id: cover_gate
type: script
description: Exact-cover validation of the refined groups — every changed file in exactly one group, no unknown files. Violations fall back to the deterministic proposal (noted). Emits the map items.
script: scripts/cover_gate.py
timeout: 30
next: [map_domains, aux_lanes, downstream_sweep]
map_domains:
id: map_domains
type: map
over: '{{group_items}}'
as: domain_group
branch: review_domain
output_key: domain_report
collect_into: domain_reports
max_concurrency: 4
next: synthesize
review_domain:
id: review_domain
type: agent
description: One domain-reviewer leader per domain slice — reviews the slice as a unit, delegates per-file depth to file-reviewer, messages the other leaders.
agent: domain-reviewer
teammates: true
timeout: 7200
prompt: |
## TASK
Review the changes in your assigned domain slice as ONE coherent unit and
produce a DOMAIN_REVIEW_COMPLETE-terminated report per your output format.
## ASSIGNMENT (JSON)
{{domain_group}}
## MUST DO
- Fetch your slice's diff yourself: `get_diff --files <your files, comma-separated>`
(diff spec: {{resolved_diff_spec}} — pass it as `--base` when it is a ref or range;
omit `--base` for staged/unstaged specs)
- Apply your domain charter: per-file review depth per your sizing rules, PLUS the
domain-level pass (guard symmetry across the slice, literal/enum drift,
schema↔usage mismatch, slice-level blast radius / test adequacy / removed guards)
- Report the mandatory checks EVEN WHEN CLEAN
- Message the other domain leaders when your slice changes something their domain consumes
{{gate_feedback}}
## MUST NOT DO
- No file modification; no findings omitted; never rewrite severities
## CONTEXT
Project: {{project_dir}}
Rigor: {{resolved_rigor}} (provenance: {{bar_provenance}})
Surfaces: {{resolved_surfaces}}
Intent: {{intent}}
Conventions: {{conventions}}
Review-miss patterns (run as FIRST-CLASS checks; cite MISS-NNN in the finding title when one fires):
{{ledger_matches}}
Repo-history signals:
{{history_notes}}
Linter output (extract the lines for your files):
{{linter_notes}}
{{extra_context}}
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
domain_report: '{{output}}'
fallback: domain_fault
next: completeness_gate
completeness_gate:
id: completeness_gate
type: script
description: Deterministic report-contract gate — required sections present (even when clean) and the completion sentinel. Rejects back to the leader exactly once with the missing sections, then keeps the report banner-flagged. Never sinks the map.
script: scripts/completeness_gate.py
timeout: 30
domain_fault:
id: domain_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed domain lane fault marker (reached only via review_domain's fallback route inside the map branch). Normalizes the engine's "Agent node failed" text in domain_report into a > ⚠️ PIPELINE-FAULT banner the map collects; verdict.py counts any faulted lane and forces NEEDS-HUMAN — a dead domain lane never reads as a clean slice.
script: scripts/domain_fault.py
timeout: 30
aux_lanes:
id: aux_lanes
type: llm
description: Conditional context lanes — org-context and operational-history/prior-art agents, spawned only when configured AND triggered. Additive context; never blocks.
instructions: |
You run the review's conditional context lanes by spawning agents (you have the
agent__spawn / agent__collect tools). Evaluate each lane's trigger against the
change facts; spawn the applicable ones IN ONE BURST, collect, and distill.
**Org-context lane** — only if `{{org_context_agent}}` is a non-empty agent name AND
the diff touches surface where a recorded decision plausibly exists (public API
shapes, money/entitlement logic, auth flows, data retention/deletion, domain state
machines and lifecycle semantics) OR the diff's scope visibly mismatches the
ticket/intent it cites. Spawn it with ONE question: "Any recorded decisions, PRDs,
or incident-driven constraints about <changed area>? Return quoted decisions with
dates/sources." (For a ticket mismatch: "which recorded ticket/PRD does THIS change
actually implement?") Distill the answer into `org_context_notes` — quoted decisions
with dates, and whether the diff appears to honor them.
**Operational-history lane** — only if `{{prior_art_agent}}` is a non-empty agent
name AND the diff touches operationally relevant surface (workers/queues,
migrations, infra, auth, retry/timeout logic, external calls, feature flags).
Spawn it in REVIEW MODE: "REVIEW MODE: incident prior art for <the changed
paths/surfaces>. Return incidents, postmortems, alert history, and prior-PR
lessons tied to these paths, with dates and links — especially any GUARD present
in the past that this diff deletes or weakens." Distill into `prior_art_notes`;
quote anything tying a DELETED guard to a past incident verbatim (the verdict
treats reintroduced failure modes as blocking).
A lane whose trigger does not match, whose agent name is empty, or whose agent
fails: skip it and say why in `aux_note` (one line each). Never invent lane
content; empty results are valid results.
prompt: |
Change facts:
- files: {{changed_files}}
- intent: {{intent}}
- auth surface: {{touches_auth}}; migrations: {{destructive_migration}}; consumer surface: {{consumer_surface}}
- resolved surfaces: {{resolved_surfaces}}
- extra: {{extra_context}}
Configured lane agents: org-context='{{org_context_agent}}', prior-art='{{prior_art_agent}}'.
Project: {{project_dir}}
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
org_context_notes:
type: string
prior_art_notes:
type: string
aux_note:
type: string
required: [org_context_notes, prior_art_notes, aux_note]
max_iterations: 10
max_attempts: 2
timeout: 3600
state_updates:
aux_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: aux_fault
next: synthesize
aux_fault:
id: aux_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed marker for dead aux context lanes (reached only via aux_lanes' fallback) — records the failure as a PIPELINE-FAULT in aux_note, which synthesize surfaces as a lane skip. Aux lanes are enrichment; the degradation is visible but never blocks.
script: scripts/aux_fault.py
timeout: 30
next: synthesize
downstream_sweep:
id: downstream_sweep
type: script
description: Downstream-consumers sweep — deterministic contract-token extraction from the diff, grep of sibling checkouts, bounded org code search. Runs only when consumer-facing surface changed; degrades silently.
script: scripts/downstream_sweep.py
timeout: 240
state_updates:
downstream_notes: '{{downstream_notes}}'
next: synthesize
synthesize:
id: synthesize
type: llm
description: The judgment core — dedup, cross-file/cross-domain reasoning, prose. Emits STRUCTURED findings for the deterministic verdict; has NO verdict authority and cannot drop findings.
instructions: |
You synthesize domain review reports into the structured inputs of a code-review
report. You have NO verdict authority: the verdict, rigor folding, and severity
math happen downstream in a script, and finding verification happens in a separate
fresh-context agent. Your job is judgment, not grading.
Rules (non-negotiable):
- **Include ALL findings** from every domain report — never summarize one away.
Preserve each severity tag and any `[convention]`/`[correctness]` title marker
VERBATIM (marker goes in the `marker` field: "", "convention", or "correctness").
- **Dedup**: an identical finding reported twice (e.g. a surface skill and an
aspect skill like transactional-integrity) → keep the aspect skill's copy, drop
the duplicate. Dedup is the ONLY permitted removal.
- **Lane-derived findings you MUST add** when present in the lane notes:
- a diff that contradicts a recorded org decision (org_context_notes) → a
🔴 CRITICAL finding quoting the decision;
- a downstream consumer hit on a changed/removed contract element
(downstream_notes) → a 🔴 CRITICAL finding naming the consuming repo + file:line;
- repo-level linter residue that maps to no single file → a finding under the
owning surface (severity per the linter's own level; buf breaking = 🔴).
- **Every finding needs**: id (f1, f2, …), severity (icon + word verbatim, e.g.
"🔴 CRITICAL"), marker, file, lines, title, and `block` = the finding's full
markdown block exactly as it will appear in the report (#### title + Severity /
Lines / Description / Suggestion bullets).
- **attention_flags** (ADDITIVE-ONLY human-attention triggers; scripts add the
deterministic ones — migrations, auth — separately): money movement or
billing-amount computation changes; secrets/cryptography/key handling; a deleted
guard the operational-history lane tied to a past incident; a reintroduced
incident failure mode; a contradicted recorded decision. One short line each.
- **The placement question**: when the diff adds tolerance for a state its own
comments/errors call impossible ("should never happen", "defensive"), name the
PRODUCER of that state at path:line and put the question in `placement_notes` —
it is design intent, never auto-resolved.
- Prose sections: `walkthrough` (2-3 sentences on the change as a whole),
`changes_rows` (one {file, desc} per changed file, brief), `cross_file`
(cross-domain concerns from the leaders' reports + teammate alerts, or "None"),
`operational_history` (from prior_art_notes; "" when the lane didn't run),
`org_context_section` (from org_context_notes; "" when the lane didn't run).
Prior review decisions supplied in the caller context are SETTLED: never
invert or re-litigate one on the same line without NEW evidence (the line
changed, a new failure appeared). If you believe a settled decision is
wrong, do not re-flag it as a finding — surface it in `cross_file` as an
explicit conflict citing the prior decision, so the human sees a
disagreement, not a flip-flop.
prompt: |
Domain reports ({{file_count}} changed files, grouped into the domain slices below):
{{domain_reports}}
Lane notes:
- org context: {{org_context_notes}}
- operational history / prior art: {{prior_art_notes}}
- downstream consumers: {{downstream_notes}}
- lane skips: {{aux_note}}
- linter summary: {{linter_notes}}
- facts notes: {{facts_note}} {{groups_note}}
Intent: {{intent}}
Rigor: {{resolved_rigor}}; surfaces: {{resolved_surfaces}}
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
walkthrough:
type: string
changes_rows:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
file:
type: string
desc:
type: string
required: [file, desc]
findings:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
severity:
type: string
marker:
type: string
file:
type: string
lines:
type: string
title:
type: string
block:
type: string
required: [id, severity, marker, file, lines, title, block]
cross_file:
type: string
operational_history:
type: string
org_context_section:
type: string
attention_flags:
type: array
items:
type: string
placement_notes:
type: string
required: [walkthrough, changes_rows, findings, cross_file, operational_history, org_context_section, attention_flags, placement_notes]
max_iterations: 6
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
synth_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: verdict
next: verify
verify:
id: verify
type: agent
description: Independent fresh-context verification of every 🔴/🟡 finding — structurally on the path to the report; cannot be skipped.
agent: finding-verifier
timeout: 3600
prompt: |
Verify these code-review findings against the working tree.
Project: {{project_dir}}
Findings (JSON; verify every 🔴 and 🟡 entry — id, severity, path, lines, claim
are the fields; `title` + `block` together are the claim):
{{findings}}
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
verifier_output: '{{output}}'
fallback: verdict
next: verify_gate
verify_gate:
id: verify_gate
type: script
description: Local verifier-fault retry — when the verifier completed but its output carries PIPELINE-FAULT markers (or the verifier died), re-run the cheap finding-verifier ONCE instead of letting the fault escalate into a full lane re-run at the gauntlet. Falls through to verdict when clean or out of retries; a gate crash falls forward on the declared edge.
script: scripts/verify_gate.py
timeout: 60
next: verdict
verdict:
id: verdict
type: script
description: Deterministic verdict math — applies verifier drops (FALSE, tallied), attaches evidence, folds by rigor, computes MERGE-READY/NEEDS-HUMAN from severity counts + always-human triggers. The model never grades its own homework.
script: scripts/verdict.py
timeout: 60
next: render
render:
id: render
type: script
description: Deterministic report assembly in the standard format from the structured findings and prose sections.
script: scripts/render.py
timeout: 30
next: done
done:
id: done
type: end
output: |
{{final_report}}
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed marker for dead aux context lanes of the code-reviewer graph.
Reached ONLY via aux_lanes' `fallback:` route. aux_lanes' state_updates wrote
an "LLM node …failed: <chain>" string into `aux_failure` before routing here;
this node records the failure as a PIPELINE-FAULT in `aux_note`, which flows
into synthesize's "lane skips" prompt line. Aux lanes are ENRICHMENT, not
review coverage: the degradation is made VISIBLE in the report's inputs but
never blocks — verdict.py deliberately does NOT scan aux_note for faults.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
raw = state.get("aux_failure")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
print(
json.dumps(
{"aux_note": f"PIPELINE-FAULT: aux context lanes failed after retries — {detail}"}
)
)
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(
json.dumps(
{
"aux_note": "PIPELINE-FAULT: aux context lanes failed after retries — "
f"fault-marker script error: {e}"
}
)
)
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Report-contract gate for each domain-reviewer's output.
"Silence reads as not done": the mandatory sections must be PRESENT even when
clean. A report missing required sections is rejected back to the leader
exactly once with the missing list; a second failure keeps the report,
banner-flagged, so the synthesis (and the human) can see the gap — a
malformed report never sinks the whole review and never silently passes as
complete.
"""
import json
import os
import re
REQUIRED = [
("## Domain:", "the `## Domain:` header"),
("### Findings", "the `### Findings` section"),
("### Mandatory checks", "the `### Mandatory checks` section (report blast radius / test adequacy / guard symmetry even when clean)"),
("DOMAIN_REVIEW_COMPLETE", "the `DOMAIN_REVIEW_COMPLETE` sentinel"),
]
MAX_RETRIES = 1
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
report = state.get("domain_report")
report = report if isinstance(report, str) else ""
attempts = state.get("gate_attempts")
if not isinstance(attempts, int):
attempts = 0
missing = [desc for marker, desc in REQUIRED if marker not in report]
if not missing:
print(json.dumps({}))
return
if attempts < MAX_RETRIES:
print(
json.dumps(
{
"_next": "review_domain",
"gate_attempts": attempts + 1,
"gate_feedback": (
"- COMPLETENESS GATE REJECTED your previous report — missing: "
+ "; ".join(missing)
+ ". Re-emit the FULL report with every required section "
"(mandatory checks are reported even when clean) and end with "
"DOMAIN_REVIEW_COMPLETE."
),
}
)
)
return
group = state.get("domain_group")
domain = group.get("domain", "?") if isinstance(group, dict) else "?"
banner = (
f"> ⚠️ COMPLETENESS GATE: this domain report ({domain}) is missing required "
f"sections after one retry: {'; '.join(missing)}. Treat the missing checks as "
"NOT DONE, not as clean.\n\n"
)
print(json.dumps({"domain_report": banner + report}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — a gate crash must never sink the map
print(json.dumps({"domain_report": f"> ⚠️ COMPLETENESS GATE ERROR: {e}\n\n(report unavailable)"}))
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Exact-cover gate for the refined domain groups.
The LLM refinement may rebalance the deterministic proposal, but it may not
lose, invent, or duplicate files. This gate verifies the refined groups are an
EXACT COVER of the changed-file set; any violation falls back to the
deterministic proposal with a note. The LLM can shape the grouping, never
shrink it. Emits `group_items` — the map node's item list.
Crash-safe: this node has a `next:` edge, so an unguarded crash would
tolerant-fail ONWARD with an empty `group_items` — an empty review that could
masquerade as MERGE-READY. On any internal error it therefore emits one
catch-all group so the review still runs (and verdict.py's pipeline tripwire
catches the empty-report case independently).
"""
import json
import os
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
changed = state.get("changed_files") or []
proposed = state.get("proposed_groups") or []
refined = state.get("groups") or []
note = ""
chosen = None
if isinstance(refined, list) and refined:
seen = []
valid = True
for g in refined:
if not isinstance(g, dict) or not isinstance(g.get("files"), list) or not g.get("domain"):
valid = False
note = "refined groups malformed — fell back to the deterministic grouping"
break
seen.extend(g["files"])
if valid:
if sorted(seen) != sorted(changed):
missing = sorted(set(changed) - set(seen))
extra = sorted(set(seen) - set(changed))
dupes = sorted({f for f in seen if seen.count(f) > 1})
note = (
"refined groups failed the exact-cover check "
f"(missing={missing[:5]} extra={extra[:5]} duplicated={dupes[:5]}) — "
"fell back to the deterministic grouping"
)
else:
chosen = [{"domain": g["domain"], "files": g["files"]} for g in refined]
if chosen is None:
# refine_groups' fallback lands here with `groups` never set; make the
# degradation visible in the synthesis prompt via groups_note.
refine_failure = state.get("refine_failure")
if not refined and isinstance(refine_failure, str) and refine_failure.startswith("LLM node"):
note = "refinement lane failed after retries — fell back to the deterministic grouping"
chosen = [{"domain": g["domain"], "files": g["files"]} for g in proposed if isinstance(g, dict)]
print(json.dumps({"group_items": chosen, "groups_note": note}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — a crash must never tolerant-fail into an empty review
try:
files = load_state().get("changed_files") or []
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
files = []
print(
json.dumps(
{
"group_items": [{"domain": "all-changes", "files": files}],
"groups_note": f"cover gate error: {e} — fell back to a single catch-all group",
}
)
)
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed domain lane fault marker for the code-reviewer graph.
Reached ONLY via review_domain's `fallback:` route inside the map branch.
Grounded in engine behavior: on agent-node failure the engine writes
"Agent node failed: {e:#}" into `domain_report` via the node's state_updates
BEFORE routing to the fallback, so the raw failure text is already in state.
This node normalizes it into a "> ⚠️ PIPELINE-FAULT: domain review lane
failed after retries — …" banner the map collects as the lane's report;
verdict.py counts any banner-prefixed report as a fault and forces
NEEDS-HUMAN — a dead domain lane never reads as a clean slice.
Slice identity comes from `domain_group` (the map item cover_gate emitted,
which carries `domain` and `files`); a missing/malformed item degrades to
the failure detail alone.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
FAULT_PREFIX = "> ⚠️ PIPELINE-FAULT: domain review lane failed after retries — "
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
slice_desc = ""
group = state.get("domain_group")
if isinstance(group, dict):
domain = group.get("domain")
files = [f for f in (group.get("files") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
if isinstance(domain, str) and domain.strip():
slice_desc = f"domain '{domain.strip()}' (files: {', '.join(files)}): "
raw = state.get("domain_report")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
print(json.dumps({"domain_report": f"{FAULT_PREFIX}{slice_desc}{detail}"}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(
json.dumps(
{
"domain_report": "> ⚠️ PIPELINE-FAULT: domain review lane failed "
f"after retries — fault-marker script error: {e}"
}
)
)
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Downstream-consumers sweep for the code-reviewer graph.
Runs only when consumer-facing contract surface changed. Extracts the most
specific changed contract tokens from the diff deterministically (route path
literals, proto message/service/rpc names, exported symbols), greps sibling
checkouts under `consumers_root`, and runs a bounded org code search via gh.
Hits are reported for the synthesis to raise as 🔴 findings naming the
consuming repo + file:line. Degrades silently when unconfigured/offline;
public-library caveats are noted, not guessed at.
"""
import json
import os
import re
import shutil
import subprocess
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
state = load_state()
proj = os.path.abspath(state.get("project_dir") or ".")
spec = state.get("resolved_diff_spec") or "worktree"
consumers_root = os.path.expanduser((state.get("consumers_root") or "").strip())
github_org = (state.get("github_org") or "").strip()
if not state.get("consumer_surface"):
print(json.dumps({"downstream_notes": "(skipped — no consumer-facing contract surface in the diff)"}))
raise SystemExit(0)
def diff_text():
args = {"staged": ["--cached"], "worktree": ["HEAD"], "HEAD~1": ["HEAD~1"]}.get(spec, [spec])
r = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", proj, "diff", *args], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=90)
return r.stdout if r.returncode == 0 else ""
try:
changed = [
l[1:] for l in diff_text().splitlines()
if (l.startswith("+") or l.startswith("-")) and not l.startswith(("+++", "---"))
]
text = "\n".join(changed)
tokens = set()
tokens.update(re.findall(r'["\'](/[a-z0-9][a-z0-9/_{}.:-]{5,})["\']', text)) # route paths
tokens.update(re.findall(r"^\s*(?:message|service|rpc)\s+([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9_]{5,})", text, re.M)) # proto names
tokens.update(re.findall(r"^\s*(?:pub\s+fn|pub\s+struct|func|export\s+(?:function|const|class))\s+([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9_]{5,})", text, re.M))
tokens = sorted(tokens, key=len, reverse=True)[:5]
notes = []
if not tokens:
notes.append("(no specific contract tokens extractable from the diff — sweep skipped)")
else:
notes.append(f"contract tokens probed: {tokens}")
if consumers_root and os.path.isdir(consumers_root):
self_name = os.path.basename(proj)
for tok in tokens:
r = subprocess.run(
["grep", "-rIl", "--exclude-dir=.git", "--exclude-dir=node_modules",
"--exclude-dir=target", "--exclude-dir=vendor", tok, consumers_root],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60,
)
hits = [
h for h in r.stdout.splitlines()
if h.strip() and f"/{self_name}/" not in h and not h.startswith(proj)
][:4]
for h in hits:
notes.append(f"CONSUMER HIT (sibling checkout): {h} references '{tok}' — "
"a changed/removed contract element with a live consumer is a 🔴 finding")
elif consumers_root:
notes.append(f"(consumers_root '{consumers_root}' not found — local probe skipped)")
else:
notes.append("(consumers_root unset — local probe skipped)")
if github_org and shutil.which("gh"):
env = dict(os.environ)
env.pop("CLICOLOR_FORCE", None)
env.pop("FORCE_COLOR", None)
env["GH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER"] = "1"
for tok in tokens:
r = subprocess.run(
["gh", "api", "search/code", "-f", f'q=org:{github_org} "{tok}"',
"--jq", r'.items[:4][] | "\(.repository.full_name): \(.path)"'],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30, env=env,
)
if r.returncode == 0 and r.stdout.strip():
for line in r.stdout.strip().splitlines():
notes.append(f"CONSUMER HIT (org search): {line} references '{tok}'")
elif github_org:
notes.append("(gh unavailable — org code search skipped)")
else:
notes.append("(github_org unset — org code search skipped)")
notes.append("Public-library caveat: consumers of a PUBLIC library are unenumerable — "
"for exported-API changes the check degrades to semver/changelog discipline.")
print(json.dumps({"downstream_notes": "\n".join(notes)}))
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
print(json.dumps({"downstream_notes": f"(sweep degraded: {e})"}))
@@ -1,288 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic review facts for the code-reviewer graph.
Resolves the diff, the changed-file list, the quality bar (caller-passed →
plan frontmatter → detected default), the conventions pointer, review-miss
ledger matches, the repo-history sweep (fix/revert clusters, bounded gh
PR-comment pull), and the deterministic verdict-trigger signals. Pure
git/gh/filesystem — no LLM. Failures degrade into `facts_note`; they never
sink the review.
"""
import glob
import json
import os
import re
import subprocess
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
state = load_state()
proj = os.path.expanduser(
(state.get("project_dir_in") or "").strip() or state.get("project_dir") or "."
)
spec = (state.get("diff_spec") or "auto").strip()
notes = []
out = {"project_dir": proj}
def git(*args, timeout=60):
r = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", proj, *args], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)
if r.returncode != 0:
raise RuntimeError((r.stderr or r.stdout).strip()[:300])
return r.stdout
def scrubbed_env():
env = dict(os.environ)
env.pop("CLICOLOR_FORCE", None)
env.pop("FORCE_COLOR", None)
env["GH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER"] = "1"
env["NO_COLOR"] = "1"
return env
# --- diff resolution (get_diff semantics) -----------------------------------
resolved = spec
files = []
try:
if spec in ("auto", ""):
names = git("diff", "--cached", "--numstat")
resolved = "staged"
if not names.strip():
names = git("diff", "--numstat")
resolved = "worktree"
if not names.strip():
names = git("diff", "HEAD~1", "--numstat")
resolved = "HEAD~1"
elif spec == "staged":
names = git("diff", "--cached", "--numstat")
elif spec == "worktree":
names = git("diff", "HEAD", "--numstat")
else:
names = git("diff", spec, "--numstat")
for line in names.splitlines():
parts = line.split("\t")
if len(parts) == 3:
added, deleted, path = parts
if added == "-" and deleted == "-":
notes.append(f"binary file skipped: {path}")
continue
files.append(path.strip())
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
notes.append(f"diff resolution failed for spec {spec!r}: {e}")
out["resolved_diff_spec"] = resolved
out["changed_files"] = files[:300]
out["file_count"] = len(files)
if len(files) > 300:
notes.append(
f"file list truncated: {len(files)} changed files, only the first 300 are "
"grouped and reviewed"
)
def diff_text():
try:
if resolved == "staged":
return git("diff", "--cached", timeout=90)
if resolved == "worktree":
return git("diff", "HEAD", timeout=90) if spec == "worktree" else git("diff", timeout=90)
if resolved == "HEAD~1":
return git("diff", "HEAD~1", timeout=90)
return git("diff", resolved, timeout=90)
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
return ""
dtext = diff_text()
added_lines = "\n".join(
l for l in dtext.splitlines() if l.startswith("+") and not l.startswith("+++")
)
# --- quality bar resolution --------------------------------------------------
rigor_in = (state.get("rigor_in") or state.get("rigor") or "").strip()
surfaces_in = (state.get("surfaces_in") or state.get("surfaces") or "").strip()
resolved_rigor, resolved_surfaces, provenance = "production", "", "detected-default"
if rigor_in or surfaces_in:
resolved_rigor = rigor_in or "production"
resolved_surfaces = surfaces_in
provenance = "passed"
else:
for plan in sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(proj, "plans", "PLAN-*.md"))):
try:
with open(plan) as f:
head = f.read(4000)
m = re.match(r"\A---\n(.*?)\n---", head, re.S)
if m and re.search(r"^status:\s*active\s*$", m.group(1), re.M):
rig = re.search(r"^rigor:\s*(\S+)", m.group(1), re.M)
sur = re.search(r"^surfaces:\s*(.+)$", m.group(1), re.M)
if rig:
resolved_rigor = rig.group(1).strip()
if sur:
resolved_surfaces = sur.group(1).strip("[] \n")
provenance = "plan"
break
except OSError:
continue
SURFACE_PATTERNS = [
("db-migration", r"migrations?/|\.sql$|schema\.(rb|prisma|sql)"),
("iac", r"\.tf$|helm|charts?/|Dockerfile|docker-compose|k8s/|manifests?/"),
("ci-cd", r"\.github/workflows/|\.gitlab-ci|Jenkinsfile|\.circleci/"),
("worker", r"workers?/|jobs?/|consumers?/|cron|celery|sidekiq|river"),
("rest-api", r"routes?|handlers?|controllers?|endpoints?|\bapi\b|\.proto$|openapi|swagger|graphql|resolvers?"),
("cli", r"\bcmd/|\bcli\b"),
("library", r"go\.mod$|package\.json$|Cargo\.toml$|pyproject\.toml$|setup\.py$|__init__\.py$"),
]
if provenance == "detected-default" and files:
detected = []
for surface, pat in SURFACE_PATTERNS:
if any(re.search(pat, f, re.I) for f in files):
detected.append(surface)
resolved_surfaces = ", ".join(detected)
out["resolved_rigor"] = resolved_rigor
out["resolved_surfaces"] = resolved_surfaces
out["bar_provenance"] = provenance
# --- conventions pointer ------------------------------------------------------
conv = []
for pat in ("CLAUDE.md", "COYOTE.md", "CONTRIBUTING.md", ".golangci*", ".eslintrc*",
"rustfmt.toml", ".rubocop.yml", "ruff.toml", ".editorconfig", "Makefile"):
conv.extend(sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(proj, pat)))[:2])
out["conventions"] = ", ".join(os.path.relpath(p, proj) for p in conv) or "none found"
# --- review-miss ledger -------------------------------------------------------
ledger_text = ""
for cand in (
os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".config", "coyote", "share", "review-misses.md"),
os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".config", "coyote", "review-misses.md"),
):
if os.path.isfile(cand):
try:
with open(cand) as f:
ledger_text = f.read()
except OSError:
pass
break
matches = []
if ledger_text:
try:
repo_name = os.path.basename(git("rev-parse", "--show-toplevel").strip())
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
repo_name = os.path.basename(os.path.abspath(proj))
keywords = {repo_name.lower()}
keywords.update(s.strip().lower() for s in resolved_surfaces.split(",") if s.strip())
for f in files:
keywords.update(p.lower() for p in re.split(r"[/_.-]", f) if len(p) >= 4)
entries = re.split(r"(?=^## MISS-)", ledger_text, flags=re.M)
for entry in entries:
if not entry.startswith("## MISS-"):
continue
body = entry.lower()
if any(k in body for k in keywords):
lines = entry.strip().splitlines()
matches.append("\n".join(lines[:8]))
if len(matches) >= 8:
break
out["ledger_matches"] = "\n\n".join(matches) if matches else "(no matching ledger entries)"
# --- repo-history sweep -------------------------------------------------------
history = []
fragile = []
try:
if files:
log = git("log", "--oneline", "-15", "--", *files[:100])
history.append(log.strip()[:2000])
per_file = {}
for f in files[:50]:
try:
fl = git("log", "--oneline", "-10", "--", f)
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
continue
hits = [l for l in fl.splitlines() if re.search(r"\b(fix|revert|hotfix)\b", l, re.I)]
if len(hits) >= 2:
fragile.append(f)
per_file[f] = hits[:2]
for f, hits in per_file.items():
history.append(f"FRAGILE: {f} — {len(hits)}+ fix/revert commits recently — raise scrutiny")
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
notes.append(f"history sweep failed: {e}")
# gh one-level-deeper: PR review comments for fragile files (bounded, silent skip)
try:
if fragile:
remote = git("remote", "get-url", "origin").strip()
m = re.search(r"github\.com[:/]([^/]+/[^/.]+)", remote)
if m:
repo_slug = m.group(1)
env = scrubbed_env()
shas = []
for f in fragile[:2]:
lg = git("log", "--format=%H", "-2", "--", f)
shas.extend(lg.split())
pr_nums = []
for sha in shas[:3]:
r = subprocess.run(
["gh", "api", f"repos/{repo_slug}/commits/{sha}/pulls", "--jq", ".[].number"],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30, env=env,
)
if r.returncode == 0:
pr_nums.extend(n for n in r.stdout.split() if n.isdigit())
seen = []
for n in pr_nums:
if n not in seen:
seen.append(n)
comments = []
for n in seen[:3]:
r = subprocess.run(
["gh", "api", f"repos/{repo_slug}/pulls/{n}/comments",
"--jq", r'.[] | "\(.path): \(.body)"'],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30, env=env,
)
if r.returncode == 0:
for line in r.stdout.splitlines():
path = line.split(":", 1)[0]
if any(path in f or f in path for f in files):
comments.append(line[:200])
if len(comments) >= 6:
break
if comments:
history.append("Prior PR review comments on fragile paths:\n" + "\n".join(comments[:6]))
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
pass # offline / not GitHub / no gh — silent by design
out["history_notes"] = "\n".join(h for h in history if h) or "(no notable history)"
# --- deterministic verdict-trigger signals -----------------------------------
def any_path(pattern):
return any(re.search(pattern, f, re.I) for f in files)
migration_files = [f for f in files if re.search(r"migrations?/|\.sql$", f, re.I)]
mig_added = "\n".join(
l for l in dtext.splitlines()
if l.startswith("+") and not l.startswith("+++")
) if migration_files else ""
out["destructive_migration"] = bool(
migration_files
and re.search(r"(?i)drop\s+(table|column)|rename\s+(table|column|to)|alter\s+\S+\s+drop", mig_added)
)
out["touches_auth"] = bool(
any_path(r"auth(?!or)|login|logout|token|session|permission|rbac|\bacl\b|credential")
or re.search(r"auth(?!or)|password|jwt|session|credential", added_lines, re.I)
)
out["consumer_surface"] = any_path(
r"routes?|handlers?|\bapi\b|endpoints?|\bcmd/|\bcli\b|\.proto$|openapi|swagger|controllers?|graphql"
)
if notes:
out["facts_note"] = "; ".join(notes)[:800]
print(json.dumps(out))
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic domain grouping of changed files for the code-reviewer graph.
Each file lands in the FIRST matching domain (patterns ordered most-specific
first); unmatched files land in `general`. When the grouping is very wide,
single-file groups merge into `general` so the fan-out stays sane. The LLM
refinement node may rebalance this proposal; the cover gate guarantees no
file is lost either way. Crash-safe: an error emits one catch-all proposal
rather than tolerant-failing into an empty grouping.
"""
import json
import os
import re
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
DOMAINS = [
("db", r"migrations?/|\.sql$|schema\.(rb|prisma|sql)|models?/"),
("iac", r"\.tf$|helm|charts?/|(^|/)Dockerfile|docker-compose|k8s/|manifests?/"),
("ci-cd", r"\.github/workflows/|\.gitlab-ci|Jenkinsfile|\.circleci/"),
("workers", r"workers?/|jobs?/|consumers?/|cron|tasks?/"),
("api", r"routes?|handlers?|controllers?|endpoints?|\bapi\b|\.proto$|openapi|swagger|graphql|resolvers?"),
("cli", r"\bcmd/|\bcli\b"),
("deps", r"go\.(mod|sum)$|package(-lock)?\.json$|yarn\.lock$|Cargo\.(toml|lock)$|requirements[^/]*\.txt$|pyproject\.toml$|Gemfile|pom\.xml$|composer\.json$"),
("tests", r"(^|/)tests?/|_test\.|\.test\.|spec\."),
("docs", r"\.(md|rst|adoc|txt)$"),
]
def main():
state = load_state()
files = state.get("changed_files") or []
groups = {}
for f in files:
domain = "general"
for name, pat in DOMAINS:
if re.search(pat, f, re.I):
domain = name
break
groups.setdefault(domain, []).append(f)
# Wide fan-out: merge single-file groups into general.
if len(groups) > 6:
for name in list(groups):
if name != "general" and len(groups[name]) == 1:
groups.setdefault("general", []).extend(groups.pop(name))
proposed = [{"domain": k, "files": v} for k, v in sorted(groups.items())]
print(json.dumps({"proposed_groups": proposed}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — never tolerant-fail into an empty grouping
try:
files = load_state().get("changed_files") or []
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
files = []
print(json.dumps({"proposed_groups": [{"domain": "all-changes", "files": files}]}))
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Domain linter pass for the code-reviewer graph.
Runs whichever mechanized checkers exist on PATH against the matching changed
files: tflint (Terraform), hadolint (Dockerfiles), actionlint (workflow
files), and `buf breaking` when buf-configured protos changed. Read-only,
never installs anything, and each tool degrades silently to a skip note.
Output is routed per-file where possible so the domain leaders can extract
their slice's lines.
"""
import json
import os
import re
import shutil
import subprocess
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
state = load_state()
proj = state.get("project_dir") or "."
files = state.get("changed_files") or []
spec = state.get("resolved_diff_spec") or "worktree"
notes = []
def run(cmd, timeout=60):
r = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout, cwd=proj)
return (r.stdout + r.stderr).strip()
def capped(text, n=40):
lines = text.splitlines()
return "\n".join(lines[:n]) + (f"\n… ({len(lines) - n} more lines)" if len(lines) > n else "")
try:
tf = [f for f in files if f.endswith(".tf")]
if tf and shutil.which("tflint"):
notes.append("[tflint]\n" + capped(run(["tflint", "--no-color"], 120) or "clean"))
elif tf:
notes.append("[tflint] skipped — not on PATH")
dockers = [f for f in files if re.search(r"(^|/)Dockerfile", f)]
if dockers and shutil.which("hadolint"):
notes.append("[hadolint]\n" + capped(run(["hadolint", "--no-color", *dockers[:10]], 60) or "clean"))
elif dockers:
notes.append("[hadolint] skipped — not on PATH")
workflows = [f for f in files if ".github/workflows/" in f]
if workflows and shutil.which("actionlint"):
notes.append("[actionlint]\n" + capped(run(["actionlint", "-no-color", *workflows[:10]], 60) or "clean"))
elif workflows:
notes.append("[actionlint] skipped — not on PATH")
protos = [f for f in files if f.endswith(".proto")]
if protos and os.path.isfile(os.path.join(proj, "buf.yaml")) and shutil.which("buf"):
base = None
if "..." in spec:
base = spec.split("...")[0]
elif ".." in spec:
base = spec.split("..")[0]
elif spec not in ("staged", "worktree", "HEAD~1"):
base = spec
else:
try:
r = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", proj, "rev-parse", "HEAD"],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15)
base = r.stdout.strip() if r.returncode == 0 else None
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
base = None
if base:
out = run(["buf", "breaking", "--against", f".git#ref={base}"], 120)
notes.append("[buf breaking] (wire-compat breaks are 🔴 by default)\n" + capped(out or "clean"))
else:
notes.append("[buf breaking] skipped — no base ref resolvable")
elif protos:
notes.append("[buf breaking] skipped — no buf.yaml or buf not on PATH")
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
notes.append(f"[linters] pass degraded: {e}")
print(json.dumps({"linter_notes": "\n\n".join(notes) if notes else "(no applicable linters)"}))
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed marker for a dead parse stage of the code-reviewer graph.
Reached ONLY via parse's `fallback:` route. parse's state_updates wrote an
"LLM node …failed: <chain>" string into `parse_failure` before routing here;
this node emits a complete PIPELINE-FAULT `verdict_out` and the graph jumps
straight to render — a review that could not even parse its request never
reads as MERGE-READY. render.py renders a PIPELINE-FAULT verdict despite the
empty changed-file list (its "No changes to review." early return skips
fault-reason verdicts).
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
ATTENTION_LINE = (
"PIPELINE-FAULT: parse failed — the review request could not be parsed; "
"the review did not run"
)
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def fault_verdict(detail):
return {
"verdict": "NEEDS-HUMAN",
"reason": f"PIPELINE-FAULT: parse failed — {detail}",
"counts": {},
"deferred_count": 0,
"dropped_count": 0,
"dropped_titles": [],
"attention": [ATTENTION_LINE],
"findings_final": [],
}
def main():
state = load_state()
raw = state.get("parse_failure")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if not detail.startswith("LLM node"):
detail = "the parse stage died without recording a failure detail"
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
print(json.dumps({"verdict_out": fault_verdict(detail)}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(json.dumps({"verdict_out": fault_verdict(f"fault-marker script error: {e}")}))
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic report assembly for the code-reviewer graph.
Builds the standard report format from the structured findings and prose
sections. Pure templating — no judgment, no re-summarization, no finding
ever added or removed here.
"""
import json
import os
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
# LLM-influenced values rendered after the summary line: a newline could
# forge a second summary line that review-gauntlet/verdict_gate.py parses.
def one_line(x):
return str(x).replace("\n", " ")
def main():
state = load_state()
v = state.get("verdict_out") or {}
findings = v.get("findings_final") or []
counts = v.get("counts") or {}
changed = state.get("changed_files") or []
rigor = one_line(state.get("resolved_rigor") or "production")
# A fault can leave changed_files empty (a parse fault dies before the
# diff is resolved; a verifier fault fires even on an empty diff) — a
# fault-degraded verdict must still render as a full report. parse_fault
# puts the marker in the reason; verdict.py prepends it to attention.
faulted = str(v.get("reason") or "").startswith("PIPELINE-FAULT:") or any(
isinstance(a, str) and a.startswith("PIPELINE-FAULT:") for a in v.get("attention") or []
)
if not changed and not faulted:
print(json.dumps({"final_report": "# Code Review Summary\n\nNo changes to review."}))
return
verdict = v.get("verdict", "NEEDS-HUMAN")
lines = [
"# Code Review Summary",
"",
# CONTRACT: review-gauntlet/verdict_gate.py anchors on this wording
f"**Verdict: {verdict}** — {one_line(v.get('reason', ''))}",
"",
"## Walkthrough",
state.get("walkthrough") or "(no walkthrough provided)",
"",
"## Changes",
"",
"| File | Changes | Findings |",
"|------|---------|----------|",
]
desc_by_file = {}
for row in state.get("changes_rows") or []:
if isinstance(row, dict) and row.get("file"):
desc_by_file[row["file"]] = row.get("desc", "")
blocking = [f for f in findings if f.get("section") == "blocking"]
deferred = [f for f in findings if f.get("section") == "deferred"]
for f in changed:
per = [x for x in blocking if x.get("file") == f]
tally = " ".join(
f"{icon} {n}" for icon, n in
((i, sum(1 for x in per if x.get("icon") == i)) for i in ("🔴", "🟡", "🟢", "💡"))
if n
) or "—"
lines.append(f"| `{f}` | {desc_by_file.get(f, '')} | {tally} |")
lines += ["", "## Detailed Findings", ""]
by_file = {}
for x in blocking:
by_file.setdefault(x.get("file", "(unattributed)"), []).append(x)
if by_file:
for f in sorted(by_file):
lines += [f"### `{f}`", ""]
for x in by_file[f]:
lines += [x.get("block", ""), ""]
else:
lines += ["No blocking findings.", ""]
lines += ["## Cross-File Concerns", state.get("cross_file") or "None", ""]
if (state.get("operational_history") or "").strip():
lines += ["## Operational history", state["operational_history"], ""]
if (state.get("org_context_section") or "").strip():
lines += ["## Org context", state["org_context_section"], ""]
if deferred and rigor != "production":
lines += ["## Deferred by quality bar", ""]
for x in deferred:
lines += [x.get("block", ""), ""]
attention = v.get("attention") or []
if verdict == "NEEDS-HUMAN" and attention:
lines += ["## Human attention required", ""]
lines += [f"- {a}" for a in attention]
lines += [""]
miss_ids = sorted({
m for x in findings for m in
__import__("re").findall(r"MISS-\d+", (x.get("title") or "") + (x.get("block") or ""))
})
dropped = ", ".join(one_line(t) for t in v.get("dropped_titles", [])[:5])
lines += [
"---",
# CONTRACT: review-gauntlet/verdict_gate.py parses this line — keep the format in sync
f"*Reviewed {len(changed)} files, found {counts.get('🔴', 0)} critical, "
f"{counts.get('🟡', 0)} warnings, {counts.get('🟢', 0)} suggestions, "
f"{counts.get('💡', 0)} nitpicks ({v.get('deferred_count', 0)} deferred by quality bar)*",
f"*Quality bar: {rigor} — provenance: {one_line(state.get('bar_provenance', '?'))}; "
f"surfaces: {one_line(state.get('resolved_surfaces') or 'none')}*",
f"*Verdict: {verdict}; verifier: dropped {v.get('dropped_count', 0)} provably-false"
+ (f" ({dropped})" if v.get("dropped_count") else "")
+ f"; review-miss patterns applied: {', '.join(miss_ids) if miss_ids else 'none relevant'}*",
]
print(json.dumps({"final_report": "\n".join(lines)}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
print(json.dumps({"final_report": f"# Code Review Summary\n\n**Verdict: NEEDS-HUMAN** — report rendering error: {e}"}))
@@ -1,283 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic verdict math for the code-reviewer graph.
The model that wrote the findings never grades its own homework:
- verifier verdicts are applied mechanically (FALSE → drop, tallied;
VERIFIED → evidence attached; UNVERIFIABLE → kept, marked);
- rigor folding is arithmetic over severity + [convention]/[correctness]
markers, exactly per the published rules;
- MERGE-READY/NEEDS-HUMAN is computed from counts + always-human triggers
(deterministic signals ∪ the synthesis's ADDITIVE-only flags).
Fail-closed: any PIPELINE-FAULT recorded upstream (dead domain lane, dead
verifier, verifier verdicts carrying a PIPELINE-FAULT note or the
`pipeline-fault` sentinel id, dead synthesis, missing domain reports)
forces NEEDS-HUMAN — a degraded run can never read MERGE-READY. Faults
always lead the attention list; the display cap applies only to the
non-fault entries so a degraded run can never hide a fault.
The gate never crashes into a silent verdict: any internal error emits
NEEDS-HUMAN naming the error.
"""
import json
import os
import re
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def sev_icon(severity):
for icon in ("🔴", "🟡", "🟢", "💡"):
if icon in (severity or ""):
return icon
return "🟢"
def parse_verifier_entries(text):
"""Extract the raw list of {id, verdict, evidence, note} dicts from
finding-verifier output. Order and duplicates are preserved so fault
accounting can count every entry (crash-guard entries all carry the
same "unknown" id)."""
if not isinstance(text, str) or not text.strip():
return []
start, end = text.find("["), text.rfind("]")
if start != -1 and end > start:
try:
return [
v for v in json.loads(text[start : end + 1]) if isinstance(v, dict) and v.get("id")
]
except (ValueError, TypeError):
pass
entries = []
for m in re.finditer(r'\{[^{}]*"id"[^{}]*\}', text):
try:
v = json.loads(m.group(0))
if v.get("id"):
entries.append(v)
except (ValueError, TypeError):
continue
return entries
def parse_verifier(entries):
"""Index verifier entries by finding id; the last entry per id wins."""
return {str(v["id"]): v for v in entries}
def main():
state = load_state()
findings = [f for f in (state.get("findings") or []) if isinstance(f, dict)]
rigor = (state.get("resolved_rigor") or "production").lower()
verifier_entries = parse_verifier_entries(state.get("verifier_output"))
verdicts = parse_verifier(verifier_entries)
kept, dropped_titles = [], []
for f in findings:
icon = sev_icon(f.get("severity"))
v = verdicts.get(str(f.get("id")))
block = f.get("block") or f"#### {f.get('title', '(untitled)')}"
if v and icon in ("🔴", "🟡"):
if v.get("verdict") == "FALSE":
dropped_titles.append(f.get("title", f.get("id", "?")))
continue
if v.get("verdict") == "VERIFIED" and v.get("evidence"):
block += f"\n- **Evidence** (verifier): {v['evidence']}"
elif v.get("verdict") == "UNVERIFIABLE":
block += "\n- *(unverified: " + (v.get("note") or "could not be established") + ")*"
elif icon in ("🔴", "🟡") and not v:
block += "\n- *(unverified: no verifier verdict returned for this finding)*"
kept.append({**f, "icon": icon, "block": block})
# --- rigor folding (arithmetic, never rewrites severities) --------------
for f in kept:
marker = (f.get("marker") or "").lower()
icon = f["icon"]
section = "blocking"
if icon == "🔴":
section = "blocking"
elif rigor == "prototype" and ((icon == "🟡" and marker == "convention") or icon == "🟢"):
section = "deferred"
elif rigor == "poc":
if icon == "🟡" and marker == "convention":
section = "deferred"
elif icon in ("🟢", "💡") and marker == "convention":
section = "dropped-by-poc"
f["section"] = section
final = [f for f in kept if f["section"] != "dropped-by-poc"]
blocking = [f for f in final if f["section"] == "blocking"]
deferred = [f for f in final if f["section"] == "deferred"]
counts = {i: sum(1 for f in blocking if f["icon"] == i) for i in ("🔴", "🟡", "🟢", "💡")}
yellow_correctness = sum(
1 for f in blocking if f["icon"] == "🟡" and (f.get("marker") or "").lower() == "correctness"
)
# --- always-human triggers ----------------------------------------------
attention = []
if state.get("destructive_migration"):
attention.append("Destructive/irreversible migration in the diff (DROP/RENAME) — needs a human signature.")
if state.get("touches_auth"):
attention.append("Authentication/authorization surface changed — needs a human signature.")
for flag in state.get("attention_flags") or []:
if isinstance(flag, str) and flag.strip():
attention.append(flag.strip())
placement = (state.get("placement_notes") or "").strip()
if placement:
attention.append("Placement question (design intent, never auto-resolved): " + placement)
# dedup, preserve order
seen = set()
attention = [a for a in attention if not (a.lower() in seen or seen.add(a.lower()))]
# --- pipeline-fault accounting (fail closed) -----------------------------
# PREFIX-anchored: a report that merely QUOTES a marker mid-text must not
# trip it. Any fault forces NEEDS-HUMAN.
faults = []
changed = state.get("changed_files") or []
reports = state.get("domain_reports") or []
faulted = sum(
1 for r in reports if isinstance(r, str) and r.lstrip().startswith("> ⚠️ PIPELINE-FAULT:")
)
if faulted:
faults.append(
f"PIPELINE-FAULT: {faulted} of {len(reports)} domain review lane(s) "
"failed after retries — their slices were not reviewed"
)
verifier_raw = state.get("verifier_output")
if isinstance(verifier_raw, str) and verifier_raw.lstrip().startswith("Agent node failed:"):
faults.append(
"PIPELINE-FAULT: finding verification failed — findings render as unverified"
)
# finding-verifier completes "successfully" with faults INSIDE the payload:
# parse_fault's `pipeline-fault` sentinel entry, or a per-finding
# PIPELINE-FAULT note from verify_fault or verdict_gate's crash guard.
# Anchored on the sentinel id / note prefix only. Counted over the raw
# entries, not the id-indexed dict, so N crash-guard entries sharing the
# "unknown" id count as N.
fv_faults = [
v
for v in verifier_entries
if v.get("id") == "pipeline-fault"
or (isinstance(v.get("note"), str) and v["note"].lstrip().startswith("PIPELINE-FAULT:"))
]
# parse_fault's sentinel = the verifier verified NOTHING (hard fault, lane-
# degrading). Per-finding verify_fault / crash-guard notes = those findings
# simply stand UNVERIFIED (soft: proportionate NEEDS-HUMAN attention — a
# ~1 h lane re-run to re-check a few findings is the wrong trade, and the
# verify_gate node already retried the verifier locally once).
hard_fv = [v for v in fv_faults if v.get("id") == "pipeline-fault"]
soft_fv = [v for v in fv_faults if v.get("id") != "pipeline-fault"]
def _fv_detail(entries):
first = entries[0].get("note")
detail = first.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(first, str) else ""
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
return detail
soft_notes = []
if hard_fv:
faults.append(
"PIPELINE-FAULT: finding verification degraded — the verifier verified "
f"nothing ({_fv_detail(hard_fv)})"
)
if soft_fv:
soft_notes.append(
f"Verifier: {len(soft_fv)} finding(s) could not be verified (verifier "
f"branch fault: {_fv_detail(soft_fv)}) — they stand above UNVERIFIED; "
"verify them manually"
)
# Files beyond facts.py's 300-file cap were never grouped or reviewed —
# disclose the gap and force NEEDS-HUMAN with wording that does NOT match
# the gauntlet's degraded-run anchors (a lane re-run cannot fix a cap).
coverage_notes = []
try:
total_files = int(state.get("file_count") or 0)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
total_files = 0
if total_files > len(changed):
coverage_notes.append(
f"Coverage gap: {total_files - len(changed)} of {total_files} changed files "
"were NOT reviewed (file-list cap) — review them manually or split the PR"
)
# Keyed off synth_failure + a non-empty diff, NEVER off findings == [] —
# a clean review legitimately has zero findings and stays MERGE-READY.
synth_failure = state.get("synth_failure")
if isinstance(synth_failure, str) and synth_failure.startswith("LLM node") and changed:
detail = synth_failure.strip().replace("\n", " ")
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
faults.append(f"PIPELINE-FAULT: synthesis failed — findings unavailable; {detail}")
if changed and not reports:
faults.append(
"PIPELINE-FAULT: the diff is non-empty but no domain reports were produced — "
"the review did not actually run; do not trust this verdict."
)
# faults go FIRST and uncapped so the display cap can never hide one;
# the trigger reason keys off the human-facing triggers alone
has_triggers = bool(attention)
attention = faults + soft_notes + coverage_notes + attention[:5]
reasons = []
if counts["🔴"]:
reasons.append(f"{counts['🔴']} 🔴 CRITICAL finding(s)")
if yellow_correctness:
reasons.append(f"{yellow_correctness} 🟡 [correctness] finding(s) outside the deferred section")
if faults:
# CONTRACT: review-gauntlet/verdict_gate.py anchors on this wording
reasons.append("pipeline fault(s) recorded — degraded run")
if soft_notes:
# Deliberately does NOT match the gauntlet's degraded-run anchors:
# unverified findings are a human-attention item, not a re-runnable
# lane fault.
reasons.append(f"{len(soft_fv)} finding(s) unverified (verifier branch fault)")
if coverage_notes:
reasons.append(f"{total_files - len(changed)} changed file(s) not reviewed (file cap)")
if has_triggers:
reasons.append("always-human trigger(s) fired")
verdict = "NEEDS-HUMAN" if reasons else "MERGE-READY"
reason_line = "; ".join(reasons) if reasons else "no blocking findings and no always-human triggers"
print(
json.dumps(
{
"verdict_out": {
"verdict": verdict,
"reason": reason_line,
"counts": counts,
"deferred_count": len(deferred),
"dropped_count": len(dropped_titles),
"dropped_titles": dropped_titles,
"attention": attention,
"findings_final": final,
}
}
)
)
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — never crash into a silent verdict
print(
json.dumps(
{
"verdict_out": {
"verdict": "NEEDS-HUMAN",
# PIPELINE-FAULT prefix is load-bearing: render.py's
# empty-diff stub bypass anchors on it — without it a
# crashed gate on an empty diff collapses into the
# "No changes to review." stub.
"reason": f"PIPELINE-FAULT: verdict computation error: {e} — human review required",
"counts": {}, "deferred_count": 0, "dropped_count": 0,
"dropped_titles": [], "attention": [f"PIPELINE-FAULT: verdict script error: {e}"],
"findings_final": [],
}
}
)
)
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Local verifier-fault retry gate for the code-reviewer graph.
finding-verifier converts its own branch faults into DATA (UNVERIFIABLE
verdicts with a PIPELINE-FAULT: note, or parse_fault's pipeline-fault
sentinel), so the verify agent node completes "successfully" and its
max_attempts never fires. Without this gate the fault escalates all the
way to the gauntlet, which re-runs the ENTIRE code-review lane (~1 h) to
recover a ~4-minute verifier — the wrong trade. This gate re-runs just
the verifier ONCE; if faults persist, verdict.py downgrades them to a
proportionate NEEDS-HUMAN (findings stand, unverified).
Anchored detection only: the JSON-encoded note prefix and the sentinel id
— a finding merely QUOTING the marker mid-text does not trip it. Always
exits 0 with valid JSON; a crash falls forward on the declared edge.
"""
import json
import os
import sys
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
try:
state = load_state()
raw = state.get("verifier_output")
text = raw if isinstance(raw, str) else (json.dumps(raw) if raw is not None else "")
faulted = (
text.lstrip().startswith("Agent node failed:")
or '"note": "PIPELINE-FAULT:' in text
or "'note': 'PIPELINE-FAULT:" in text
or '"id": "pipeline-fault"' in text
)
try:
retries = int(state.get("verify_retries") or 0)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
retries = 0
if faulted and retries < 1:
sys.stderr.write(
"WARN: verifier output carries pipeline-fault markers — re-running "
"finding-verifier locally (attempt 2/2) before computing the verdict.\n"
)
print(json.dumps({"_next": "verify", "verify_retries": retries + 1}))
else:
print(json.dumps({"verify_retries": retries}))
except Exception as e: # never block the verdict
print(json.dumps({"verify_gate_error": f"verify_gate crashed: {e}"}))
+16 -24
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@@ -10,30 +10,22 @@ implement-fix loop enforced as graph edges rather than prose.
## Workflow
```mermaid
flowchart TD
resolve_paths{"resolve_paths<br/>script"} --> analyze_request
analyze_request["analyze_request<br/>llm + output_schema"] --> route_complexity
route_complexity{"route_complexity<br/>script"}
route_complexity -->|"complexity ≥ 7"| gate_approval
route_complexity -->|else| implement
gate_approval{{"gate_approval<br/>approval"}}
gate_approval -->|yes| implement
gate_approval -->|no| end_rejected
implement["implement<br/>llm + fs tools"] --> verify_build
verify_build{"verify_build<br/>script"}
verify_build -->|pass| verify_tests
verify_build -->|fail| fix_loop_gate
verify_tests{"verify_tests<br/>script"}
verify_tests -->|pass| end_success
verify_tests -->|fail| fix_loop_gate
fix_loop_gate{"fix_loop_gate<br/>script"}
fix_loop_gate -->|"budget left"| implement
fix_loop_gate -->|"budget spent"| end_failure
end_success(["end_success<br/>CODER_COMPLETE"])
end_rejected(["end_rejected<br/>CODER_REJECTED"])
end_failure(["end_failure<br/>CODER_FAILED"])
```
analyze_request (llm + output_schema) plan + complexity extraction
↓
route_complexity (script) opt-out approval gate (complexity ≥ 7)
↓
gate_approval (approval, optional)
↓
implement (llm + fs tools) actual file edits
↓
verify_build (script)
↓
verify_tests (script)
↓
fix_loop_gate (script) back-edge to implement (bounded)
↓
end_success / end_rejected / end_failure
```
End nodes emit one of three sentinel outcomes for the caller:
+30 -68
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@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ name: coder
description: |
Implementation agent. Plans, implements, and runs build + tests in a
bounded fix-loop until verified. Designed to be delegated to by sisyphus.
version: '1.0'
version: "1.0"
global_tools:
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_ls.sh
- fs_write.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- ai-slop-remover
- code-review
- comment-discipline
- diagnosing-bugs
- logging-discipline
- git-master
- frontend-ui-ux
- verification-gates
@@ -28,23 +25,23 @@ variables:
Absolute path to the project directory. Defaults to "." which is the
directory you invoked `coyote` from. Override at runtime with
`coyote -a coder --agent-variable project_dir /abs/path "..."`.
default: '.'
default: "."
settings:
max_loop_iterations: 20
log_state_snapshots: true
validate_before_run: true
timeout: 14400
timeout: 1800
initial_state:
project_dir: ''
project_dir: ""
fix_attempts: 0
max_fix_attempts: 5
fix_instructions: ''
build_output: ''
tests_output: ''
last_node_output: ''
plan_summary: ''
max_fix_attempts: 3
fix_instructions: ""
build_output: ""
tests_output: ""
last_node_output: ""
plan_summary: ""
files_to_modify: []
files_to_create: []
risks: []
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@ initial_state:
review_attempts: 0
max_review_attempts: 1
review_clean: true
review_notes: ''
review_notes: ""
start: resolve_paths
@@ -91,9 +88,8 @@ nodes:
etc. Empty list is fine.
Project directory: {{project_dir}}
prompt: '{{initial_prompt}}'
prompt: "{{initial_prompt}}"
tools: []
timeout: 300
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
@@ -102,27 +98,20 @@ nodes:
description: 1-3 sentences summarizing what will be done
files_to_modify:
type: array
items: { type: string }
items: {type: string}
files_to_create:
type: array
items: { type: string }
items: {type: string}
complexity_score:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 10
risks:
type: array
items: { type: string }
required:
[
plan_summary,
files_to_modify,
files_to_create,
complexity_score,
risks,
]
items: {type: string}
required: [plan_summary, files_to_modify, files_to_create, complexity_score, risks]
state_updates:
last_node_output: '{{output}}'
last_node_output: "{{output}}"
fallback: end_failure
next: route_complexity
@@ -155,11 +144,11 @@ nodes:
Approve this plan?
options:
- 'yes'
- 'no'
- "yes"
- "no"
routes:
'yes': implement
'no': end_rejected
"yes": implement
"no": end_rejected
on_other: end_rejected
implement:
@@ -170,9 +159,6 @@ nodes:
enabled_skills:
- ai-slop-remover
- code-review
- comment-discipline
- diagnosing-bugs
- logging-discipline
- git-master
- frontend-ui-ux
- verification-gates
@@ -183,10 +169,9 @@ nodes:
## Skills
Use `skill__list` to see what's available, then `skill__load` the ones
that fit the work: `ai-slop-remover` and `comment-discipline` always,
`frontend-ui-ux` when touching UI, `git-master` when touching history,
`verification-gates` to remember what evidence is required. Unload when
a phase ends.
that fit the work: `ai-slop-remover` always, `frontend-ui-ux` when
touching UI, `git-master` when touching history, `verification-gates`
to remember what evidence is required. Unload when a phase ends.
## Writing code
@@ -219,17 +204,7 @@ nodes:
Before writing ANY file:
1. Find a similar existing file (grep, then read).
2. Match its style: imports, naming, structure, error handling.
3. While reading it, note the repo's comment register per
`comment-discipline` (self-documenting / api-documented /
comment-heavy) and write comments to match. When the signal is
weak, write NO comment. Every comment must EARN ITS KEEP — if
the code already tells the reader, don't add it.
4. If the change touches boundaries, error paths, jobs, or state
transitions, also note the logging register per
`logging-discipline` (logger, message style, payload vs IDs,
level semantics) and match it; with no signal, use its
best-judgment defaults.
5. Follow the same patterns exactly. Do not invent new ones.
3. Follow the same patterns exactly. Do not invent new ones.
## Fix loop
@@ -237,11 +212,6 @@ nodes:
the previous attempt failed verification. Read the error, identify
the minimal fix, apply it. Do not refactor while fixing.
If the fix is not obvious from the error, or a previous fix attempt
for the SAME failure did not stick, `skill__load` `diagnosing-bugs`
and follow it: build a red-capable reproduction loop before forming
any hypothesis. Do not spend a second attempt on a blind retry.
## Rules
1. Match existing patterns - read examples first.
@@ -250,11 +220,6 @@ nodes:
on unfamiliar lints, etc.).
4. No dead code, no commented-out blocks, no premature abstractions.
5. End your turn when editing is done. The graph runs verification next.
6. VERIFICATION HONESTY: never state that a check, lint, build, or test
passed unless you paste its literal command and exit code. A gate
that did not run is UNVERIFIED — say so. An honest failure report
always beats a success-shaped one; a false "passed" poisons every
downstream consumer of your report.
Project directory: {{project_dir}}
prompt: |
@@ -276,10 +241,9 @@ nodes:
- fs_write
- fs_patch
- execute_command
max_iterations: 100
timeout: 1800
max_iterations: 30
state_updates:
last_node_output: '{{output}}'
last_node_output: "{{output}}"
fallback: end_failure
next: verify_build
@@ -324,8 +288,7 @@ nodes:
- Suppressed errors (as any, @ts-ignore, #[allow(...)] on unfamiliar
lints, empty catch blocks)
- Dishonest naming (get_X that mutates, returns wrong type, etc.)
- Useless comments that restate the code, or that otherwise don't earn
their keep (the code already tells the reader)
- Useless comments that restate the code
- AI slop (filler prose, multi-paragraph docstrings, defensive
handling of impossible cases)
@@ -352,7 +315,6 @@ nodes:
- fs_ls
- execute_command
max_iterations: 15
timeout: 600
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
@@ -364,7 +326,7 @@ nodes:
description: Concrete issues found, one per line as file:line - description. Empty when review_clean is true.
required: [review_clean, review_notes]
state_updates:
last_node_output: '{{output}}'
last_node_output: "{{output}}"
fallback: end_success
next: route_review_result
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@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ else
fi
project_dir=$(echo "$state" | jq -r '.project_dir // "."')
project_dir=$(resolve_gate_dir "$project_dir")
if [[ -n "${BUILD_CMD:-}" ]]; then
cmd="$BUILD_CMD"
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ fi
if [[ -z "$cmd" || "$cmd" == "null" ]]; then
jq -nc '{
"build_ok": true,
"build_output": "(GATE NOT RUN: no build/check command configured or detected. This is NOT evidence that the build passed — set BUILD_CMD, and never report the build as verified.)",
"build_output": "(no build/check command available for this project type)",
"_next": "verify_tests"
}'
exit 0
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@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ else
fi
project_dir=$(echo "$state" | jq -r '.project_dir // "."')
project_dir=$(resolve_gate_dir "$project_dir")
if [[ -n "${TEST_CMD:-}" ]]; then
cmd="$TEST_CMD"
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ fi
if [[ -z "$cmd" || "$cmd" == "null" ]]; then
jq -nc '{
"tests_ok": true,
"tests_output": "(GATE NOT RUN: no test command configured or detected. This is NOT evidence that tests passed — set TEST_CMD, and never report the suite as green.)",
"tests_output": "(no test command available for this project type)",
"_next": "self_review"
}'
exit 0
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@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ this agent runs a fixed graph: every request goes through the same
`plan -> parallel research -> vet -> critique -> synthesize -> verify -> approve`
pipeline.
Two variables tune a run (pass via `--variables`): `reflexion_budget`
(default 2) caps the automated critique -> re-research passes — raise it
to let the run churn until the critique passes — and
`autonomy: autonomous` skips the final human approval gate so other
agents can spawn this one autonomously. Each sub-question is researched
by a spawned `librarian` running at deep budgets.
This agent is also the **canonical reference for the Coyote graph
system**: it exercises every node type (`script`, `llm`, `rag`, `map`,
`agent`, `input`, `approval`, `end`) and both static fan-out and
@@ -29,62 +22,35 @@ agent, this is the file to read alongside the
## Workflow
23 nodes. Solid arrows are static `next` / `routes` edges declared in
`graph.yaml`; script nodes can also route dynamically via `_next` (shown as
labeled branches out of the diamond). Dotted arrows show `map` fan-out — the
`research_each_question` node spawns one `research_one_question` branch per
sub-question and joins them before continuing — and `fallback` edges
(labeled "fallback"), taken when a node fails outright (see *Fault paths*
below).
17 nodes. `->` is the static route; a script node can also route
dynamically via `_next`. The `▶▶` line is a parallel super-step —
those branches run concurrently:
```mermaid
flowchart TD
parse_request{"parse_request<br/>script"}
parse_request -->|"topic given"| bootstrap_research
parse_request -->|"no topic"| ask_topic
ask_topic[/"ask_topic<br/>input"/] --> bootstrap_research
bootstrap_research{"bootstrap_research<br/>script"}
bootstrap_research --> plan
bootstrap_research --> knowledge_lookup
plan["plan<br/>llm + output_schema"] --> research_each_question
plan -. "fallback" .-> plan_fault{"plan_fault<br/>script"}
plan_fault --> end_fault
knowledge_lookup[("knowledge_lookup<br/>rag")] --> research_each_question
research_each_question[\research_each_question<br/>map/]
research_each_question -. "spawns × N" .-> research_one_question["research_one_question<br/>llm + web tools"]
research_one_question -. "fallback" .-> question_fault{"question_fault<br/>script"}
research_each_question --> combine_findings
combine_findings{"combine_findings<br/>script"} --> vet_sources
vet_sources["vet_sources<br/>llm + classify_source"] --> critique
vet_sources -. "fallback" .-> vet_fault{"vet_fault<br/>script"}
vet_fault --> critique
critique["critique<br/>llm"] --> reflexion_gate
critique -. "fallback" .-> critique_fault{"critique_fault<br/>script"}
critique_fault --> reflexion_gate
reflexion_gate{"reflexion_gate<br/>script"}
reflexion_gate -->|"PASS"| synthesize
reflexion_gate -->|"REVISE (budget left)"| research_each_question
reflexion_gate -->|"REVISE (budget spent)"| synthesize
synthesize[["synthesize<br/>agent → report-writer"]] --> verify_sources
synthesize -. "fallback" .-> synth_fault{"synth_fault<br/>script"}
synth_fault --> end_fault
verify_sources{"verify_sources<br/>script"} --> approve
approve{{"approve<br/>approval"}}
approve -->|"accept"| end_accepted
approve -->|"reject"| end_rejected
approve -->|"other (free-form feedback)"| incorporate_feedback
incorporate_feedback{"incorporate_feedback<br/>script"} --> research_each_question
end_accepted(["end_accepted<br/>report"])
end_rejected(["end_rejected"])
end_fault(["end_fault<br/>DEEP_RESEARCH FAILED"])
```
parse_request (script) -> bootstrap_research (or -> ask_topic if no topic)
ask_topic (input) -> bootstrap_research
bootstrap_research (script) -> [plan, knowledge_lookup] ▶▶ parallel
plan (llm + output_schema) -> research_each_question
knowledge_lookup (rag) -> research_each_question
research_each_question (map) -> combine_findings (spawns one branch per question)
└─ research_one_question (llm) (atomic; runs N×, joins at map)
combine_findings (script) -> vet_sources
vet_sources (llm + custom tool) -> critique
critique (llm) -> reflexion_gate
reflexion_gate (script) -> synthesize (or -> research_each_question: reflexion loop)
synthesize (agent: report-writer) -> verify_sources
verify_sources (script) -> approve
approve (approval) -> end_accepted ("accept")
-> end_rejected ("reject")
-> incorporate_feedback (any free-form answer)
incorporate_feedback (script) -> research_each_question (the human-feedback loop)
```
### Node-type breakdown
| Type | Nodes |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `script` (Python) | `parse_request`, `bootstrap_research`, `combine_findings`, `reflexion_gate`, `verify_sources`, `incorporate_feedback`, plus the fault markers `plan_fault`, `question_fault`, `vet_fault`, `critique_fault`, `synth_fault` |
| `script` (Python) | `parse_request`, `bootstrap_research`, `combine_findings`, `reflexion_gate`, `verify_sources`, `incorporate_feedback` |
| `llm` (tools: `[]`) | `plan`, `critique` |
| `llm` (with tool whitelist) | `research_one_question`, `vet_sources` |
| `rag` | `knowledge_lookup` — local corpus retrieval |
@@ -92,7 +58,7 @@ flowchart TD
| `agent` | `synthesize` — spawns the `report-writer` sub-agent |
| `input` | `ask_topic` |
| `approval` | `approve` |
| `end` | `end_accepted`, `end_rejected`, `end_fault` |
| `end` | `end_accepted`, `end_rejected` |
## Parallel execution
@@ -236,46 +202,6 @@ folds that text into `research_feedback` and loops back to
`settings.max_loop_iterations` (40) is the engine's infinite-loop
backstop: it caps the total visits to any single node.
## Fault paths
Every stage that can die outright has a `fallback:` edge to a small
fault-marker script — the dashed edges in the diagram. A fallback fires
after a node's retries are exhausted (`research_one_question` and
`synthesize` each get two attempts via `max_attempts: 2`); the engine
writes its failure text into the node's state key before routing, and
the marker normalizes that text into a `PIPELINE-FAULT: ...` entry in
`pipeline_faults`. The five routes:
- `plan -> plan_fault -> end_fault` — fail-closed: no plan means
nothing to research.
- `research_one_question -> question_fault` — branch-local, inside the
map branch: one dead research lane becomes a fault finding instead of
sinking the whole map.
- `vet_sources -> vet_fault -> critique` — degrade-visibly: vetting is
a quality lane, not the product; `source_assessment` becomes a
neutral "unvetted" note.
- `critique -> critique_fault -> reflexion_gate` — degrade-visibly: the
rewritten critique deliberately has no `VERDICT:` line, so the gate's
malformed-critique PASS default proceeds to synthesis.
- `synthesize -> synth_fault -> end_fault` — fail-closed: no report
means no product.
On the fail-closed routes, `end_fault` renders the
`DEEP_RESEARCH FAILED — PIPELINE-FAULT: ...` sentinel. On the
degrade-visibly routes, `verify_sources` folds the accumulated faults
into a `## Pipeline notes` section shown at the approval step and
appended to the accepted report (`{{report}}{{pipeline_notes}}`;
empty when there were no faults). Degraded output is never a silent
pass — every fault is visible to the reviewer or the caller — and some
end node always renders its sentinel, so the graph degrades instead of
dying.
All 11 scripts also carry a top-level crash guard: a script that
throws records a fault and fails forward where the flow allows it (a
crashed `reflexion_gate` proceeds to `synthesize`; a crashed
`verify_sources` reports that sources were NOT checked) instead of
killing the run.
## Running
```sh
@@ -300,9 +226,6 @@ coyote -a deep-research # no prompt -> triggers ask_topic
- `verify_sources` probes every cited URL / DOI with an HTTP HEAD
request and reports which are unreachable, so the human reviewer
sees broken citations before approving.
- Fault paths degrade visibly, never silently: a `PIPELINE-FAULT`
can only ever surface as a failure sentinel or a `## Pipeline
notes` section, never as a clean report.
## Customizing
@@ -332,7 +255,7 @@ coyote -a deep-research # no prompt -> triggers ask_topic
```
assets/agents/deep-research/
graph.yaml - agent config + 23-node workflow
graph.yaml - agent config + 17-node workflow
tools.sh - classify_source custom tool
README.md - this file
knowledge/
@@ -341,15 +264,9 @@ assets/agents/deep-research/
scripts/
parse_request.py - _next: bootstrap_research, or ask_topic if no topic
bootstrap_research.py - fan-out source: next [plan, knowledge_lookup]
plan_fault.py - fail-closed fault marker: dead plan -> end_fault
question_fault.py - branch-local fault marker for a dead research lane
combine_findings.py - joins map output (question_findings) into findings
vet_fault.py - degrade-visibly fault marker: unvetted sources
critique_fault.py - degrade-visibly fault marker: skipped critique
reflexion_gate.py - _next: research_each_question (revise) or synthesize
synth_fault.py - fail-closed fault marker: no report -> end_fault
verify_sources.py - HTTP HEAD on cited URLs / DOIs; folds pipeline_faults
into the report's "## Pipeline notes" section
verify_sources.py - HTTP HEAD on cited URLs / DOIs
incorporate_feedback.py - _next: research_each_question, with user feedback
```
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@@ -7,18 +7,13 @@ description: |
delegates the final write-up to a focused sub-agent, checks that the
cited sources are reachable, and gates the result behind human
approval. A reviewer's free-form feedback at the approval step feeds
back into another research pass. Each sub-question is researched by a
spawned librarian running at deep budgets. Tunable via --variables:
reflexion_budget (default 2) caps the automated critique->re-research
passes - raise it to let the run churn until the critique passes;
autonomy=autonomous skips the human approval gate (REQUIRED when
another agent spawns this one).
back into another research pass.
This is the canonical Coyote graph-agent reference: it exercises every
node type (script, llm, rag, map, agent, input, approval, end) and
both static fan-out and dynamic map fan-out.
version: '1.0'
version: "1.0"
global_tools:
- web_search_coyote.sh
@@ -29,40 +24,25 @@ mcp_servers:
- ddg-search
conversation_starters:
- 'How does HTTP/3 differ from HTTP/2?'
- 'Summarize recent advances in solid-state battery chemistry'
variables:
- name: reflexion_budget
description: "Max automated critique->re-research passes before synthesis proceeds anyway. Default 2; raise it (4-8) for exhaustive runs that should churn until the critique passes."
default: '2'
- name: autonomy
description: "supervised (default): the finished report stops at the human approval gate. autonomous: skip the gate and return the report directly - REQUIRED when another agent spawns this one (a human gate would block the run)."
default: 'supervised'
- "How does HTTP/3 differ from HTTP/2?"
- "Summarize recent advances in solid-state battery chemistry"
settings:
max_loop_iterations: 120
max_loop_iterations: 40
log_state_snapshots: false
validate_before_run: true
max_concurrency: 4
initial_state:
research_feedback: ''
research_feedback: ""
research_attempts: 0
local_context: ''
local_sources: ''
# Fault-path defaults. `questions: []` also keeps the
# knowledge_lookup lane alive for one super-step when `plan` dies inside the
# static fan-out: research_each_question maps over zero items while the
# plan_fault → end_fault route renders the failure sentinel.
pipeline_faults: []
pipeline_notes: ''
fault_text: ''
questions: []
local_context: ""
local_sources: ""
start: parse_request
nodes:
parse_request:
id: parse_request
type: script
@@ -72,10 +52,10 @@ nodes:
ask_topic:
id: ask_topic
type: input
question: 'What would you like me to research?'
validation: 'len(input) > 0'
question: "What would you like me to research?"
validation: "len(input) > 0"
state_updates:
topic: '{{input}}'
topic: "{{input}}"
next: bootstrap_research
bootstrap_research:
@@ -97,7 +77,7 @@ nodes:
are precise, self-contained queries (each one is sent on its own
to a separate research worker, so they must be answerable
without each other's context).
prompt: 'Research topic: {{topic}}'
prompt: "Research topic: {{topic}}"
tools: []
output_schema:
type: object
@@ -112,54 +92,51 @@ nodes:
maxItems: 6
description: 3-5 specific, self-contained sub-questions.
required: [research_plan, questions]
# On success plan_failure holds the node's structured JSON output; on
# failure the engine writes "LLM node ...failed: <chain>" into it BEFORE
# routing to the fallback (schema properties are only merged on success).
state_updates:
plan_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: plan_fault
next: research_each_question
plan_fault:
id: plan_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed marker for a dead planning stage (reached only via plan's fallback) — normalizes the failure text captured in plan_failure into a PIPELINE-FAULT and continues to end_fault; no plan means nothing to research, so the DEEP_RESEARCH FAILED sentinel always renders. The sibling knowledge_lookup lane survives one more super-step by mapping over the empty initial_state `questions` list.
script: scripts/plan_fault.py
fallback: end_fault
next: end_fault
knowledge_lookup:
id: knowledge_lookup
type: rag
documents:
- ./knowledge/
query: '{{topic}}'
query: "{{topic}}"
top_k: 6
chunk_size: 1000
chunk_overlap: 100
state_updates:
local_context: '{{output.context}}'
local_sources: '{{output.sources}}'
local_context: "{{output.context}}"
local_sources: "{{output.sources}}"
next: research_each_question
research_each_question:
id: research_each_question
type: map
over: '{{questions}}'
over: "{{questions}}"
as: question
branch: research_one_question
collect_into: question_findings
output_key: finding
max_concurrency: 3
next: combine_findings
research_one_question:
id: research_one_question
type: agent
agent: librarian
# The leaf research primitive: triage -> doc+OSS search -> cited
# synthesis. `inputs:` overlays the librarian graph's initial state,
# pinning research_depth to deep for every sub-question lane.
type: llm
instructions: |
You are a web research assistant. Investigate the SINGLE question
given to you using your tools: search the web, fetch and read
pages, and search arXiv for academic sources.
Rules:
- Every factual claim must be backed by a real source you
actually retrieved. Never fabricate URLs, page titles,
authors, or DOIs.
- Prefer primary and authoritative sources over aggregators.
- Where sources disagree, report the disagreement rather than
papering over it.
- Put the URL (or DOI) inline next to each claim it supports.
Return organized findings in plain text. Do not include
meta-commentary about the process.
prompt: |
Research question: {{question}}
@@ -167,22 +144,14 @@ nodes:
{{local_context}}
{{research_feedback}}
inputs:
research_depth: deep
timeout: 1900
tools:
- web_search_coyote
- fetch_url_via_curl
- search_arxiv
- mcp:ddg-search
max_iterations: 10
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
finding: '{{output}}'
# On failure the engine writes "Agent node failed: <chain>" into `finding`
# via the state_updates above BEFORE routing to the fallback. The marker
# is branch-local: a map branch's fallback must stay inside the branch.
fallback: question_fault
question_fault:
id: question_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed marker for a dead research lane (reached only via research_one_question's fallback route inside the map branch). Normalizes the engine's failure text in `finding` into a PIPELINE-FAULT finding the map collects — one dead lane never sinks the whole map. combine_findings later lifts PIPELINE-FAULT findings into pipeline_faults for the report's Pipeline notes.
script: scripts/question_fault.py
temperature: 0.1
combine_findings:
id: combine_findings
@@ -208,16 +177,7 @@ nodes:
- classify_source
max_iterations: 15
state_updates:
source_assessment: '{{output}}'
fallback: vet_fault
next: critique
vet_fault:
id: vet_fault
type: script
description: Degrade-visibly marker for a dead vetting stage (reached only via vet_sources' fallback) — vetting is a quality lane, not the product. Records a PIPELINE-FAULT, rewrites source_assessment to a neutral "unvetted" note, and continues to critique, the stage vet_sources' own next pointed to.
script: scripts/vet_fault.py
fallback: critique
source_assessment: "{{output}}"
next: critique
critique:
@@ -257,16 +217,7 @@ nodes:
{{source_assessment}}
tools: []
state_updates:
critique: '{{output}}'
fallback: critique_fault
next: reflexion_gate
critique_fault:
id: critique_fault
type: script
description: Degrade-visibly marker for a dead critique stage (reached only via critique's fallback) — critique is a quality lane, not the product. Records a PIPELINE-FAULT and rewrites `critique` to a neutral note with deliberately NO "VERDICT:" line, so reflexion_gate's malformed-critique PASS default proceeds to synthesis; then continues to reflexion_gate, the stage critique's own next pointed to.
script: scripts/critique_fault.py
fallback: reflexion_gate
critique: "{{output}}"
next: reflexion_gate
reflexion_gate:
@@ -290,33 +241,14 @@ nodes:
Produce the final report following your instructions.
timeout: 300
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
report: '{{output}}'
# On failure the engine writes "Agent node failed: <chain>" into `report`
# via the state_updates above BEFORE routing to the fallback.
fallback: synth_fault
report: "{{output}}"
next: verify_sources
synth_fault:
id: synth_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed marker for a dead synthesis stage (reached only via synthesize's fallback) — no report means no product. Normalizes the "Agent node failed:" text captured in `report` into a PIPELINE-FAULT and continues to end_fault, which renders the DEEP_RESEARCH FAILED sentinel.
script: scripts/synth_fault.py
fallback: end_fault
next: end_fault
verify_sources:
id: verify_sources
type: script
script: scripts/verify_sources.py
next: approval_gate
approval_gate:
id: approval_gate
type: script
description: Autonomy router - autonomous runs (spawned by another agent) skip the human approval gate and end accepted with the source check + pipeline notes attached; supervised (default) proceeds to the approval node. A crash fails forward via `next` to approve, the safe human-gated direction.
script: scripts/approval_gate.py
next: approve
approve:
@@ -328,20 +260,20 @@ nodes:
{{report}}
----
{{source_check}}{{pipeline_notes}}
{{source_check}}
----
Accept this report? Pick "accept" or "reject", or type specific
feedback to send the research back for another pass.
options:
- 'accept'
- 'reject'
- "accept"
- "reject"
routes:
'accept': end_accepted
'reject': end_rejected
"accept": end_accepted
"reject": end_rejected
on_other: incorporate_feedback
state_updates:
decision: '{{choice}}'
decision: "{{choice}}"
incorporate_feedback:
id: incorporate_feedback
@@ -351,23 +283,9 @@ nodes:
end_accepted:
id: end_accepted
type: end
output: '{{report}}{{pipeline_notes}}'
end_autonomous:
id: end_autonomous
type: end
output: |
{{report}}
----
{{source_check}}{{pipeline_notes}}
output: "{{report}}"
end_rejected:
id: end_rejected
type: end
output: "Research on '{{topic}}' was rejected and discarded."
end_fault:
id: end_fault
type: end
output: 'DEEP_RESEARCH FAILED — PIPELINE-FAULT: {{fault_text}}'
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Autonomy router for deep-research's approval gate.
Runs after verify_sources. When the `autonomy` variable is
'autonomous' (the run was spawned by another agent — architect or
sisyphus research tiers — with no human at the terminal), the report
skips the human approval node and ends accepted: the reflexion loop
already served as the quality gate, and end_autonomous carries the
source check + pipeline notes with the report so the caller sees them.
Any other value (default 'supervised') proceeds to the human approval
gate unchanged.
Routing (`_next`):
- autonomy == 'autonomous' -> end_autonomous
- anything else -> approve
Fail-safe: a crash here fails FORWARD via the node's `next` to
`approve` — the safe, human-gated direction.
"""
import json
import os
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
autonomy = str(state.get("autonomy") or "supervised").strip().lower()
target = "end_autonomous" if autonomy == "autonomous" else "approve"
print(json.dumps({"_next": target}))
main()
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ list on this node fans out into two parallel branches (the LLM planner and
the RAG knowledge lookup) as a single super-step. The validator requires
declared parallel-branch script outputs, so we emit an empty JSON object
explicitly here.
Fail-safe: the node reads no state and computes nothing, so its
happy-path output IS the sane degraded output — the guard emits the same
empty object on any crash. No PIPELINE-FAULT is recorded: appending one
would require reading state (the very thing that crashed) or clobbering
faults recorded upstream by parse_request, and a crash here loses nothing.
"""
import json
@@ -20,7 +14,5 @@ def main():
print(json.dumps({}))
try:
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — the fan-out source must never crash the graph
print(json.dumps({}))
@@ -6,18 +6,6 @@ one entry per sub-question, in input order). Downstream nodes
(`vet_sources`, `critique`, `synthesize`) read `{{findings}}` as a
single block, so this script renders the array as a Markdown document
with one section per question.
Fault visibility: a research lane that died lands here as a finding
starting with "PIPELINE-FAULT:" (written by question_fault inside the map
branch, where `pipeline_faults` itself is out of reach — map branches only
surface their collected output_key). This script lifts such findings into
`pipeline_faults` (deduplicated, since a reflexion or feedback loop can
re-run the map) so dead lanes surface in the report's Pipeline notes.
Fail-safe: on a crash (e.g. malformed GRAPH_STATE), `findings`
becomes the fault text itself and a PIPELINE-FAULT entry is recorded —
the pipeline proceeds visibly degraded, and the human approval gate is
the backstop. Existing faults are preserved best-effort.
"""
import json
import os
@@ -31,40 +19,21 @@ def load_state():
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def safe_faults():
try:
state = load_state()
return [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — best-effort preservation only
return []
def main():
state = load_state()
questions = state.get("questions") or []
per_question = state.get("question_findings") or []
faults = [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
sections = []
for idx, q in enumerate(questions):
body = per_question[idx] if idx < len(per_question) else ""
if isinstance(body, dict) or isinstance(body, list):
body = json.dumps(body, indent=2)
if isinstance(body, str) and body.startswith("PIPELINE-FAULT:") and body not in faults:
faults.append(body)
sections.append(f"## {q}\n\n{body}")
findings = "\n\n".join(sections) if sections else "No findings gathered."
print(json.dumps({"findings": findings, "pipeline_faults": faults}))
print(json.dumps({"findings": findings}))
try:
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — a crashed join must degrade, not die
faults = safe_faults()
fault = (
f"PIPELINE-FAULT: combining findings crashed — {e}; per-question "
"findings may exist in state but could not be joined"
)
faults.append(fault)
print(json.dumps({"findings": fault, "pipeline_faults": faults}))
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Degrade-visibly marker for a dead critique stage of deep-research.
Reached ONLY via critique's `fallback:` route. Grounded in engine behavior:
on llm-node failure the engine writes "LLM node …failed: <chain>" into
`critique` via the node's state_updates BEFORE routing to the fallback.
Critique is a quality lane, not the product, so this path degrades instead
of failing closed: it records a PIPELINE-FAULT (surfaced later in the
report's Pipeline notes) and rewrites `critique` to a neutral note, then
continues to `reflexion_gate` — the stage critique's own `next` pointed to.
The rewritten note deliberately contains NO "VERDICT:" line:
reflexion_gate's parse_verdict defaults to PASS when no verdict line is
found (its documented malformed-critique behavior), so a dead critique
proceeds to synthesis instead of burning the revision budget on a fault.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
CRITIQUE_NOTE = (
"Critique unavailable — the critique stage failed (pipeline fault); "
"proceeding to synthesis without an automated review pass."
)
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def safe_faults():
try:
state = load_state()
return [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — best-effort preservation only
return []
def main():
state = load_state()
faults = [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
raw = state.get("critique")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if not detail.startswith("LLM node"):
detail = "the critique stage died without recording a failure detail"
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
fault = f"PIPELINE-FAULT: critique failed — {detail}"
if fault not in faults:
faults.append(fault)
print(json.dumps({"pipeline_faults": faults, "critique": CRITIQUE_NOTE}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
faults = safe_faults()
faults.append(f"PIPELINE-FAULT: critique failed — fault-marker script error: {e}")
print(
json.dumps(
{
"pipeline_faults": faults,
"critique": CRITIQUE_NOTE,
}
)
)
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ reflexion counter is reset so the user-driven pass gets a fresh revision
budget.
Routing (`_next`): always research_each_question.
Fail-safe: a crash here means the user's feedback text cannot be
recovered, but their INTENT — another research pass — is unambiguous
(they chose neither accept nor reject). The degraded route therefore
still loops to `research_each_question`, with a generic feedback note
naming the loss and a PIPELINE-FAULT entry (best-effort preserving
existing faults) that surfaces in the next approval's Pipeline notes.
"""
import json
import os
@@ -30,14 +23,6 @@ def load_state():
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def safe_faults():
try:
state = load_state()
return [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — best-effort preservation only
return []
def main():
state = load_state()
feedback = (state.get("decision") or "").strip()
@@ -52,26 +37,5 @@ def main():
print(json.dumps(output))
try:
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — a crashed feedback fold must degrade, not die
faults = safe_faults()
faults.append(
f"PIPELINE-FAULT: feedback incorporation crashed — {e}; the reviewer's "
"feedback text could not be recovered"
)
print(
json.dumps(
{
"_next": "research_each_question",
"research_attempts": 0,
"research_feedback": (
"The user reviewed the report and asked for changes, but "
"the feedback text could not be recovered (pipeline "
"fault). Re-run the research pass with extra care and "
"note this loss."
),
"pipeline_faults": faults,
}
)
)
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ supply one interactively.
Routing (`_next`):
- prompt present -> (no _next; static next: plan)
- prompt empty -> ask_topic
Fail-safe: a crash here (e.g. malformed GRAPH_STATE) means the
caller's prompt cannot be read at all, so proceeding silently is
meaningless — the degraded route is `ask_topic`, which asks the user for
the topic directly, plus a PIPELINE-FAULT entry so the loss is visible in
the final report's Pipeline notes. Clobbering `pipeline_faults` is safe
here: this is the start node, so the list can only hold its initial [].
"""
import json
import os
@@ -38,17 +31,5 @@ def main():
print(json.dumps({"_next": "ask_topic"}))
try:
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — a crashed entry router must degrade, not die
print(
json.dumps(
{
"_next": "ask_topic",
"pipeline_faults": [
f"PIPELINE-FAULT: request parsing crashed — {e}; asked the "
"user for the research topic instead"
],
}
)
)
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed marker for a dead planning stage of the deep-research graph.
Reached ONLY via plan's `fallback:` route. Grounded in engine behavior: on
llm-node failure the engine writes "LLM node …failed: <chain>" into
`plan_failure` via the node's state_updates BEFORE routing to the fallback
(on success the same key holds the node's structured JSON output, which
never starts with the "LLM node" prefix). No plan means no sub-questions —
there is nothing to research — so this path is fail-closed: record the
PIPELINE-FAULT and continue to `end_fault`, which renders the
DEEP_RESEARCH FAILED sentinel.
The planner runs inside the static fan-out [plan, knowledge_lookup]. While
this marker routes to end_fault, the sibling branch proceeds one more
super-step into `research_each_question`, whose `{{questions}}` resolves to
the initial_state [] — the doomed lane maps over zero items and the graph
returns end_fault's output at the next join.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
faults = [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
raw = state.get("plan_failure")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if not detail.startswith("LLM node"):
detail = "the planning stage died without recording a failure detail"
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
fault_text = f"planning failed — nothing to research: {detail}"
faults.append(f"PIPELINE-FAULT: {fault_text}")
print(json.dumps({"fault_text": fault_text, "pipeline_faults": faults}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
fault_text = f"planning failed — fault-marker script error: {e}"
print(
json.dumps(
{
"fault_text": fault_text,
"pipeline_faults": [f"PIPELINE-FAULT: {fault_text}"],
}
)
)
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed marker for a dead research lane of the deep-research graph.
Reached ONLY via research_one_question's `fallback:` route inside the
`research_each_question` map branch (branch-local — a map branch's fallback
must stay inside the branch subgraph). Grounded in engine behavior: on
branch failure the engine writes its failure text into `finding` via the
node's state_updates BEFORE routing to the fallback — "Agent node failed:
<chain>" now that the branch spawns a librarian agent, "LLM node …failed:
<chain>" for an llm branch (on success the same key holds the researched
findings, which never start with either prefix). This node normalizes the failure text into a
PIPELINE-FAULT finding and the chain ends here — the map collects the fault
as the lane's `finding`, so one dead research lane never sinks the whole
map. combine_findings later lifts PIPELINE-FAULT findings into
`pipeline_faults` so the fault also surfaces in the report's Pipeline notes.
The question text is part of the fault so distinct dead lanes with identical
engine failure text do not collapse into one entry there.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
MAX_QUESTION_CHARS = 200
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def fault_finding(question, detail):
return {
"finding": (
"PIPELINE-FAULT: question research failed — finding unavailable — "
f'{detail} (question: "{question}")'
)
}
def question_label(state):
raw = state.get("question")
question = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if not question:
return "(unknown question)"
if len(question) > MAX_QUESTION_CHARS:
question = question[: MAX_QUESTION_CHARS - 1] + "…"
return question
def main():
state = load_state()
raw = state.get("finding")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if not detail.startswith(("LLM node", "Agent node")):
detail = "the research lane died without recording a failure detail"
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
print(json.dumps(fault_finding(question_label(state), detail)))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(
json.dumps(
fault_finding("(unknown question)", f"fault-marker script error: {e}")
)
)
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
"""Reflexion gate for deep-research.
Runs after `critique` has reviewed the current research findings. If the
critique's verdict is REVISE and the reflexion budget (the graph's
`reflexion_budget` variable, default 2) is not spent,
critique's verdict is REVISE and the reflexion budget is not spent,
loops back to `research` with the critique attached as
`research_feedback`, so the retry is informed rather than a blind
re-run. Otherwise it proceeds to `synthesize`.
@@ -16,22 +15,14 @@ Routing (`_next`):
Reflexion is a best-effort quality booster, not a hard gate: once the
budget is spent the workflow proceeds anyway, and the human approval
step is the final backstop.
Fail-safe: a crash here fails FORWARD to `synthesize` — the same
direction as the existing malformed-critique PASS default — with a
PIPELINE-FAULT entry recorded (best-effort preserving existing faults),
so a broken gate costs the run its automated critique routing, never the
run itself.
"""
import json
import os
import re
# Default automated revision passes when the `reflexion_budget` variable
# is absent or malformed. `research` runs at most budget + 1 times per
# user pass. Callers raise it via --variables {"reflexion_budget": "6"}
# to let the run churn until the critique passes.
DEFAULT_REFLEXION_REVISIONS = 2
# Automated revision passes allowed. `research` runs at most
# MAX_REFLEXION_REVISIONS + 1 times per user pass. Bump to allow more.
MAX_REFLEXION_REVISIONS = 2
def load_state():
@@ -42,14 +33,6 @@ def load_state():
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def safe_faults():
try:
state = load_state()
return [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — best-effort preservation only
return []
def as_int(value, default=0):
try:
return int(value)
@@ -72,9 +55,8 @@ def main():
critique = state.get("critique") or ""
verdict = parse_verdict(critique)
attempts = as_int(state.get("research_attempts"))
budget = as_int(state.get("reflexion_budget"), DEFAULT_REFLEXION_REVISIONS)
if verdict == "REVISE" and attempts < budget:
if verdict == "REVISE" and attempts < MAX_REFLEXION_REVISIONS:
feedback = (
"A reviewer judged the previous research pass incomplete. "
"Address every point in the critique below:\n\n" + critique
@@ -90,12 +72,5 @@ def main():
print(json.dumps(output))
try:
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — a crashed gate fails forward, never dies
faults = safe_faults()
faults.append(
f"PIPELINE-FAULT: reflexion gate crashed — {e}; proceeded to synthesis "
"without automated critique routing"
)
print(json.dumps({"_next": "synthesize", "pipeline_faults": faults}))
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed marker for a dead synthesis stage of the deep-research graph.
Reached ONLY via synthesize's `fallback:` route. Grounded in engine
behavior: on agent-node failure the engine writes "Agent node failed:
{e:#}" into `report` via the node's state_updates BEFORE routing to the
fallback (on success the same key holds the report-writer's report, which
never starts with that prefix). No report means no product, so this path is
fail-closed: normalize the failure text, record the PIPELINE-FAULT, and
continue to `end_fault`, which renders the DEEP_RESEARCH FAILED sentinel.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
faults = [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
raw = state.get("report")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if not detail.startswith("Agent node failed:"):
detail = "the synthesis stage died without recording a failure detail"
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
fault_text = f"report synthesis failed — no report was produced: {detail}"
faults.append(f"PIPELINE-FAULT: {fault_text}")
print(json.dumps({"fault_text": fault_text, "pipeline_faults": faults}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
fault_text = f"report synthesis failed — fault-marker script error: {e}"
print(
json.dumps(
{
"fault_text": fault_text,
"pipeline_faults": [f"PIPELINE-FAULT: {fault_text}"],
}
)
)
@@ -6,19 +6,6 @@ request, and writes a `source_check` summary into state so the human
reviewer sees broken citations at the approval step.
Times out per request so a slow source cannot stall the graph.
Pipeline-notes fold: end-node templates render unconditionally, so the
conditional "## Pipeline notes" section of the accepted report is built
HERE — the last stop before the approval gate on every accepted path,
including reflexion and feedback re-loops. `pipeline_notes` is the
rendered section when `pipeline_faults` is non-empty and the empty
string otherwise, keeping the happy-path `{{report}}{{pipeline_notes}}`
output byte-identical to the pre-hardening `{{report}}`.
Fail-safe: per-URL probes were already guarded; the top level now
is too. On a crash the summary says sources were NOT checked, a
PIPELINE-FAULT is recorded (best-effort preserving existing faults), and
pipeline_notes still renders — the approval gate remains the backstop.
"""
import json
import os
@@ -38,21 +25,6 @@ def load_state():
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def safe_faults():
try:
state = load_state()
return [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — best-effort preservation only
return []
def render_notes(faults):
entries = [f for f in (faults or []) if isinstance(f, str) and f.strip()]
if not entries:
return ""
return "\n\n## Pipeline notes\n\n" + "\n".join(f"- {e}" for e in entries)
def reachable(url, timeout=5.0):
req = urllib.request.Request(url, method="HEAD")
try:
@@ -90,27 +62,8 @@ def main():
+ "\n".join(results)
)
notes = render_notes(state.get("pipeline_faults"))
print(json.dumps({"source_check": summary, "pipeline_notes": notes}))
print(json.dumps({"source_check": summary}))
try:
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — a crashed source check must degrade, not die
faults = safe_faults()
faults.append(
f"PIPELINE-FAULT: source verification crashed — {e}; cited sources "
"were not checked for reachability"
)
print(
json.dumps(
{
"source_check": (
"Source verification crashed (pipeline fault) — cited "
"sources were NOT checked for reachability."
),
"pipeline_notes": render_notes(faults),
"pipeline_faults": faults,
}
)
)
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Degrade-visibly marker for a dead source-vetting stage of deep-research.
Reached ONLY via vet_sources' `fallback:` route. Grounded in engine
behavior: on llm-node failure the engine writes "LLM node …failed: <chain>"
into `source_assessment` via the node's state_updates BEFORE routing to the
fallback. Vetting is a quality lane, not the product, so this path degrades
instead of failing closed: it records a PIPELINE-FAULT (surfaced later in
the report's Pipeline notes) and rewrites `source_assessment` to a neutral
"unvetted" note so downstream prompts (critique, synthesize) never carry
raw engine error text, then continues to `critique` — the stage
vet_sources' own `next` pointed to.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
UNVETTED_NOTE = (
"Source credibility assessment unavailable — the vetting stage failed "
"(pipeline fault); treat every cited source as unvetted and needing "
"corroboration. Do not request revision solely because this assessment "
"is unavailable — re-research cannot restore it; judge the findings on "
"their own evidence."
)
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def safe_faults():
try:
state = load_state()
return [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — best-effort preservation only
return []
def main():
state = load_state()
faults = [f for f in (state.get("pipeline_faults") or []) if isinstance(f, str)]
raw = state.get("source_assessment")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if not detail.startswith("LLM node"):
detail = "the vetting stage died without recording a failure detail"
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
fault = f"PIPELINE-FAULT: source vetting failed — {detail}"
if fault not in faults:
faults.append(fault)
print(json.dumps({"pipeline_faults": faults, "source_assessment": UNVETTED_NOTE}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
faults = safe_faults()
faults.append(f"PIPELINE-FAULT: source vetting failed — fault-marker script error: {e}")
print(
json.dumps(
{
"pipeline_faults": faults,
"source_assessment": UNVETTED_NOTE,
}
)
)
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@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
# Domain Reviewer
A **domain-slice review leader**. Where `file-reviewer` reviews one file's diff
in isolation, domain-reviewer reviews a group of *related* changed files — the
DB migration plus the queries that use it, the routes plus their handlers — as
ONE coherent unit. It runs as a map branch of the `code-reviewer` graph: one
leader per domain, in parallel, with peer messaging between leaders.
## Why it exists
The strongest recurring review misses are **cross-file-within-domain** defects:
seed data drifting from canonical enums, a guard fixed in one of N twin paths,
a migration renaming a column the query layer still uses. Per-file reviewers
each hold one fragment of those bugs and only connect them if sibling messaging
happens to fire. A domain leader holds the whole slice in one context — the
connection is the default, not a lucky message.
## How it works
1. Fetches its slice's diff itself (`get_diff --files <its files>`).
2. **Sizing**: a small slice (≤3 files, <400 changed lines) is reviewed
directly with the full `code-review` skill stack; a larger one fans out one
`file-reviewer` per file (classic delegation-protocol prompts + sibling
roster) and the leader synthesizes.
3. **The domain pass** (always, its unique value): guard symmetry across the
slice, literal/constant drift between files, schema↔usage mismatch, and the
mandatory blast-radius / test-adequacy / removed-guards checks at slice
level — reported even when clean.
4. **Leader-to-leader messaging**: the code-reviewer graph runs leaders with
`teammates: true`, so the DB leader can tell the API leader "the migration
renames `status` → `state`, check your serializers" mid-review.
5. Emits a machine-checkable report (`## Domain:` / `### Findings` with a
`File` field per finding / `### Mandatory checks` / `### Cross-Domain
Concerns` / `DOMAIN_REVIEW_COMPLETE`) — the graph's completeness gate
rejects a report missing required sections exactly once, then flags it.
## Notes
- Read-only; severities per the standard 🔴/🟡/🟢/💡 mapping; never rewrites a
file-reviewer's severity; dedups identical findings (aspect skill's copy wins).
- Normally spawned by the `code-reviewer` graph, not directly — but a direct
spawn works: give it a domain name, a file list, a diff spec, and the quality
bar in the prompt.
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@@ -1,166 +0,0 @@
name: domain-reviewer
description: Domain-slice review leader - reviews a group of related changed files as ONE coherent unit (cross-file-within-domain checks are first-class), delegating per-file depth to file-reviewer when the slice is large. Runs as a map branch of the code-reviewer graph with teammate messaging to the other domain leaders.
version: 1.0.0
auto_continue: true
max_auto_continues: 20
inject_todo_instructions: false
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- code-review
- ai-slop-remover
- transactional-integrity
- logging-discipline
- rest-api-review
- cli-review
- library-review
- worker-review
- iac-review
- migration-review
- cicd-review
spawnable_agents:
- file-reviewer
max_concurrent_agents: 8
# The limit is consulted by the SPAWNER against the child's absolute depth
# (root = 0). Deepest documented chain: architect(0) → sisyphus(1) →
# review-gauntlet | step-runner(2) → code-reviewer(3) → domain-reviewer(4) →
# file-reviewer(5). This agent spawns depth-5 children; 6 = one level of headroom.
# NOTE: can_spawn_agents is not yet set, so the file-reviewer hop is documented
# but inert; 6 keeps the limit forward-compatible for when it is wired.
max_agent_depth: 6
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory containing the changes under review
default: '.'
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution
default: '1'
global_tools:
- fs_read.sh
- fs_grep.sh
- fs_glob.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_ls.sh
instructions: |
You are a DOMAIN REVIEW LEADER. You review one domain's slice of a code change — a group of
related files (the DB migration plus the queries that use it; the routes plus their handlers) —
as ONE coherent unit. Your unique value over per-file review is the space BETWEEN the files:
cross-file-within-domain defects that no single-file reviewer can see. You either review the
slice directly or lead a team of `file-reviewer` agents through it, and you always add the
domain-level pass on top.
Your spawn prompt IS your entire context: an ASSIGNMENT (JSON with `domain` and `files`), a diff
spec, the quality bar (rigor/surfaces + provenance), and the shared context pack (intent,
conventions, review-miss patterns, repo-history signals, linter output).
## Step 0: Load review skills
Before reading any code, `skill__load` `code-review` and `ai-slop-remover`. Additionally load
`transactional-integrity` when the slice touches state-changing code (DB writes, transactions,
queue/webhook/job handlers, retries, external side effects) and `logging-discipline` when it
touches boundaries, error paths, background jobs, or state transitions. Load the surface skill(s)
for your domain per this table (load a row's skill when your files match that surface's trigger
AND the surface is in the resolved surfaces list; when provenance is `detected-default`, a
trigger match alone suffices):
| declared surface | skill loaded |
|---|---|
| `rest-api` (and `grpc`/`graphql` aliases) | `rest-api-review` |
| `cli` | `cli-review` |
| `library` | `library-review` |
| `worker` | `worker-review` |
| `iac` | `iac-review` |
| `db-migration` | `migration-review` |
| `ci-cd` | `cicd-review` |
## Workflow
1. **Fetch your slice's diff**: `get_diff --files <your files, comma-separated>` (add
`--base <ref-or-range>` when the diff spec names one; omit it for staged/unstaged review).
2. **Choose depth**:
- **Direct** (slice is ≤3 files AND <400 changed lines): review each file's diff yourself,
applying the loaded skill checklists exactly as a file-reviewer would.
- **Delegate** (bigger): spawn one `file-reviewer` per file IN PARALLEL, each with the full
TASK / EXPECTED OUTCOME / MUST DO / MUST NOT DO / CONTEXT structure — pass through the
context pack fields from YOUR prompt verbatim (intent, conventions, review-miss patterns,
rigor/surfaces + provenance, this file's linter output) and paste each file's diff hunks
inline (the reviewer cannot see your context). Group tiny files (<20 changed lines) into a
shared reviewer when the slice exceeds ~8 files. After spawning ALL of them, send each the
sibling roster (`SIBLING_ROSTER:` with ids + file assignments) so they can exchange
cross-cutting alerts. Then collect results — do not poll.
3. **The domain pass** (ALWAYS yours, direct or delegated — this is why you exist). Check the
SLICE AS A WHOLE for:
- **Guard symmetry**: a guard/validation/limit changed in one file — grep the slice (and the
repo) for its siblings (same interface, same job kind, same naming family); a fix applied
to one of N twins is N-1 latent bugs.
- **Literal/constant drift**: values that must agree across the slice's files (enum literals
vs seed data, config keys vs readers, error codes vs handlers) — quote both sides when they
disagree.
- **Schema ↔ usage mismatch**: migrations vs the queries/models that use the schema; proto
definitions vs marshaling code; API shapes vs client calls within the slice.
- **Blast radius, test adequacy, and removed guards at slice level** (the mandatory checks
from `code-review`) — REPORT them under `### Mandatory checks` even when clean; silence
reads as not done.
4. **Talk to the other domain leaders** (you run alongside them with peer messaging armed):
check your inbox before finalizing, and send a leader a 1-2 sentence alert when your slice
changes something their domain consumes (a renamed column, a changed route shape, a moved
constant). Messages move facts sideways; they never replace your report.
5. **Synthesize the domain report** in the exact output format below.
## Output Format
Structure your final response EXACTLY as:
```
## Domain: <domain name>
### Summary
<2-3 sentences: what this slice changes as a unit>
### Findings
#### <finding title (optional [convention]/[correctness] marker per the loaded skills)>
- **Severity**: 🔴 CRITICAL | 🟡 WARNING | 🟢 SUGGESTION | 💡 NITPICK
- **File**: <path>
- **Lines**: <start>-<end>
- **Description**: <clear explanation of the issue>
- **Suggestion**: <how to fix it>
#### <next finding>
...
### Mandatory checks
- Blast radius: <result, or "clean — callers of the changed symbols checked: <list>">
- Test adequacy: <result, or "clean — behavior changes covered by: <tests>">
- Guard symmetry: <result, or "clean — no guard changes in this slice" / "twins checked: <list>">
### Cross-Domain Concerns
<alerts you sent or received and concerns affecting other domains, or "None">
DOMAIN_REVIEW_COMPLETE
```
## Rules
1. **You are read-only.** Never modify files.
2. **Every finding carries a File field** — your report covers multiple files and the synthesis
is machine-assisted; a finding without a file is unroutable.
3. **Severity tags per the standard mapping** (🔴 correctness/security/data-loss; 🟡 logic
errors, races, missing error handling; 🟢 clarity/coupling/missing tests; 💡 style/nitpicks).
Preserve your file-reviewers' severities verbatim; dedup identical findings (keep the aspect
skill's copy).
4. **Include ALL findings** — yours and your file-reviewers' — never summarize any away.
5. **Mandatory checks report even when clean.**
6. **End with DOMAIN_REVIEW_COMPLETE** on its own line.
## Context
- Project: {{project_dir}}
- CWD: {{__cwd__}}
## Available Tools
{{__tools__}}
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eo pipefail
# @env LLM_OUTPUT=/dev/stdout
# @env LLM_AGENT_VAR_PROJECT_DIR=.
# @describe Domain-slice reviewer tools
_project_dir() {
local dir="${LLM_AGENT_VAR_PROJECT_DIR:-.}"
(cd "${dir}" 2>/dev/null && pwd) || echo "${dir}"
}
# @cmd Get the git diff for this domain's file slice. Defaults to staged changes, falls back to unstaged, then HEAD~1. Pass --base for a ref or range (e.g. "main...HEAD").
# @option --base Optional base ref or range to diff against (e.g. "main...HEAD", "HEAD~3", a SHA)
# @option --files Comma-separated list of file paths to limit the diff to (your assignment's files)
get_diff() {
local project_dir
project_dir=$(_project_dir)
# shellcheck disable=SC2154
local base="${argc_base:-}"
# shellcheck disable=SC2154
local files_csv="${argc_files:-}"
local -a path_args=()
if [[ -n "${files_csv}" ]]; then
local IFS=','
local f
for f in ${files_csv}; do
f="$(echo "${f}" | sed -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/ *$//')"
[[ -n "${f}" ]] && path_args+=("${f}")
done
fi
_diff() {
if ((${#path_args[@]})); then
(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff "$@" -- "${path_args[@]}" 2>&1) || true
else
(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff "$@" 2>&1) || true
fi
}
local diff_output=""
if [[ -n "${base}" ]]; then
diff_output=$(_diff "${base}")
else
diff_output=$(_diff --cached)
[[ -z "${diff_output}" ]] && diff_output=$(_diff)
[[ -z "${diff_output}" ]] && diff_output=$(_diff HEAD~1)
fi
if [[ -z "${diff_output}" ]]; then
echo "No changes found for the requested files in ${project_dir}." >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
return 0
fi
local file_count
file_count=$(echo "${diff_output}" | grep -c '^diff --git' || true)
{
echo "Diff contains changes to ${file_count} file(s):"
echo ""
echo "${diff_output}"
} >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
}
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name: explore
description: Fast codebase exploration agent - finds patterns, structures, and relevant files. Designed to be fanned out in parallel by orchestrators — scale to the number of distinct search angles the task requires.
version: 3.2.0
description: Fast codebase exploration agent - finds patterns, structures, and relevant files. Designed to be fanned out 2-5 in parallel by orchestrators.
version: 3.0.0
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
@@ -10,15 +10,10 @@ variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory to explore
default: '.'
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution
default: '1'
mcp_servers:
- ddg-search
global_tools:
- web_search_coyote.sh
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_read.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_grep.sh
@@ -38,19 +33,10 @@ instructions: |
## You may be one of many parallel explorers
Orchestrators (like Sisyphus) fan out as many explore agents as the task warrants — one per distinct search angle, module boundary, or concern. You may be one of many running in parallel. Assume you are ONE narrow slice of a larger investigation. Stay strictly within YOUR slice as defined by the prompt — don't broaden scope to cover what other parallel explorers might be handling.
Orchestrators (like Sisyphus) often fan out 2-5 explore agents at once, each covering a different angle of the same question. Assume you are ONE narrow slice of a larger investigation. Stay strictly within YOUR slice as defined by the prompt — don't broaden scope to cover what other parallel explorers might be handling.
If the prompt says "find auth middleware", you find auth middleware. You do NOT also tour the routing layer, the error system, and the database connection pool. Narrow scope is the contract.
## Team mode (when you receive a teammate roster)
Your spawn prompt or an early inbox message may include a teammate roster — the agent IDs of sibling researchers running in parallel with you. If it does:
- When you find a specific fact that belongs to a TEAMMATE's slice (a file they should read, a symbol they're hunting, a config flag that redirects their search), send it directly: `agent__send_message --id <their-id> --message "<one or two sentences of specific fact>"`. Facts only — file:line, exact names, verbatim snippets. Never chat or status updates.
- Check `agent__check_inbox` after each search round and ALWAYS before finalizing your findings — a teammate's fact may be the search term you were missing.
- A teammate's message never broadens YOUR slice: use it to sharpen your own search or carry the pointer into your report — don't wander into their territory.
- No roster → no messaging. Work your slice and report as usual.
## Investigation methodology
Before searching, build a quick mental model. Then narrow in. Then read.
@@ -63,8 +49,6 @@ instructions: |
4. **Locate symbols with `fs_grep`** — for finding where things live across the codebase. `fs_grep --pattern "fn handle_request" --include "*.rs"` is faster than reading files.
4b. **Match code STRUCTURE with `ast_grep`** — when text grep is too noisy or formatting-dependent. It matches syntax trees: `ast_grep --pattern '$X.unwrap()' --lang rust` finds every unwrap call however it's formatted; `ast_grep --pattern 'fn $NAME($$$) { $$$ }' --lang rust --glob 'src/**'` finds function definitions; `ast_grep --pattern 'useEffect($$$)' --lang tsx` finds hook usages that a text grep for "useEffect" would bury in comments and strings. Meta-variables: `$NAME` = one AST node, `$$$` = zero or more. The pattern must be a COMPLETE, valid AST node for `--lang` — `fn $NAME($$$)` without a body parses as nothing and matches nothing. Use `fs_grep` for plain text, comments, strings, and config files; `ast_grep` for calls, definitions, and signatures. If ast-grep isn't installed the tool says so — fall back to fs_grep.
5. **Read targeted sections with `fs_read --offset/--limit`** — `fs_read --path "src/main.rs" --offset 50 --limit 30` reads lines 50-79 only. `fs_read` adds line numbers but TRUNCATES long lines (over 2000 chars) and caps output at 2000 lines by default.
6. **Use `fs_cat` only when you need the full untruncated file** — rare in exploration. If you reach for `fs_cat`, ask whether `fs_grep` + targeted `fs_read` would answer your question with less context spend.
@@ -75,7 +59,6 @@ instructions: |
- `fs_grep --pattern "struct User" --include "*.rs"` — find content across files in a directory tree
- `fs_grep --pattern "TODO" --path "src/main.rs"` — find content within a single file (--include is ignored in this mode)
- `ast_grep --pattern 'impl $TRAIT for $TYPE' --lang rust` — find code by STRUCTURE, not text (see 4b above)
- `fs_glob --pattern "*.rs" --path src/` — find files by name pattern
- `fs_read --path "src/main.rs"` — read a TRUNCATED view with line numbers (default 2000 lines, lines over 2000 chars cut off)
- `fs_read --path "src/main.rs" --offset 100 --limit 50` — read lines 100-149 only (line numbers; truncation rules still apply)
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## Pro-Tip: Use an IDE MCP Server for Improved Performance
Many modern IDEs now include MCP servers that let LLMs perform operations within the IDE itself and use IDE tools. Using
an IDE's MCP server dramatically improves the performance of coding agents. So if you have an IDE, try adding that MCP
server to your config (see the [MCP Server docs](https://github.com/Dark-Alex-17/coyote/wiki/MCP-Servers) to see how to configure
server to your config (see the [MCP Server docs](../../../docs/function-calling/MCP-SERVERS.md) to see how to configure
them), and modify the agent definition to look like this:
```yaml
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name: file-reviewer
description: Reviews a single file's diff for bugs, style issues, and cross-cutting concerns
version: 2.4.0
version: 2.0.0
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- code-review
- ai-slop-remover
- transactional-integrity
- logging-discipline
- rest-api-review
- cli-review
- library-review
- worker-review
- iac-review
- migration-review
- cicd-review
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory for context
default: '.'
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution
default: '1'
global_tools:
- fs_read.sh
@@ -38,11 +26,7 @@ instructions: |
Before reading any code, call `skill__load` for `code-review` and `ai-slop-remover`. They carry your detailed review methodology — the categories to check (correctness, tests, clarity, coupling, footguns), the investigation workflow (how to use the fs tools to build context before reviewing), the slop checklist (useless comments, dishonest naming, defensive handling of impossible cases), and the standard for when to flag vs. skip.
Additionally load `transactional-integrity` when the diff touches state-changing code — database writes, transaction blocks, queue/webhook/job handlers, retry logic, or calls to external state-holding systems. It carries the atomicity/race/idempotency/dual-write checklist that generic correctness review misses. Skip it for pure reads, UI, and stateless computation.
Also load `logging-discipline` when the diff touches boundaries, error paths, background jobs, or state transitions. It carries the under-/over-logging checks (silent new failure paths, log-and-rethrow duplication, register mismatches, deleted log lines operators may grep for). Skip it for diffs with no operational surface.
Apply every loaded checklist in every review. Skill bodies are your source of truth for what to flag; this agent's instructions handle workflow and output shape.
Apply BOTH checklists in every review. Skill bodies are your source of truth for what to flag; this agent's instructions handle workflow and output shape.
## Your Mission
@@ -71,7 +55,7 @@ instructions: |
To alert a sibling:
```
agent__send_message --id <sibling_agent_id> --message "ALERT: <description of cross-file concern>"
agent__send_message --to <sibling_agent_id> --message "ALERT: <description of cross-file concern>"
```
Check your inbox periodically for alerts from siblings:
@@ -85,7 +69,6 @@ instructions: |
The `code-review` skill teaches the investigation workflow. Apply these per-review caps on top:
- **Max 5 fs_read calls per review.** Be deliberate about which files you read.
- **`fs_grep`/`fs_glob` are NOT capped** — the skill's blast-radius caller sweep and test sweep run on greps; spend them freely and reserve reads for suspicious callers and enclosing scopes.
- **`fs_read` returns a TRUNCATED view** with line numbers (long lines cut at 2000 chars, output capped at 2000 lines by default). Use `--offset` and `--limit` (default 50 lines of context) to target specific sections. Never read entire large files.
- **Use `fs_cat` only when you genuinely need the full untruncated file** — for a diff review this should be rare; `fs_grep` + targeted `fs_read` usually answers the question with less context.
- **Focus on the diff.** Read surrounding code only when needed to evaluate the change; do not audit unrelated code in the same file.
@@ -126,17 +109,12 @@ instructions: |
- **🟢 SUGGESTION** — Clarity, coupling, naming, footgun mitigations, missing tests for the change
- **💡 NITPICK** — Style if no formatter enforces it, minor naming, slop-remover findings on prose-style comments
### The `[convention]` / `[correctness]` marker
Finding titles may optionally carry a `[convention]` or `[correctness]` marker (e.g. `#### [convention] Collection endpoint without pagination`). Emit a marker only when a loaded skill instructs you to: `[convention]` tags contract/convention-adherence findings, `[correctness]` tags contract-breaking findings such as a semver violation or an exit-code inversion. The marker rides in the title verbatim and changes nothing about how you assign severity — folding and rejection semantics live downstream in the orchestrators, not here. The severity mapping above is unchanged.
## Rules
1. **Be specific.** Reference exact line numbers and code.
2. **Be actionable.** Every finding must have a suggestion.
3. **Never modify files.** You are read-only.
4. **Mandatory checks report even when clean.** The `code-review` skill's blast-radius sweep, test-adequacy mapping, and removed-guard accounting each produce a one-line result in your Summary or Findings (`Blast radius: N callers checked, compatible` / `Tests: <behavior> covered by <test>` / `Removed guards: none` or the accounting). Silence on any of the three reads as "not done".
5. **Always end with REVIEW_COMPLETE.**
4. **Always end with REVIEW_COMPLETE.**
## Context
- Project: {{project_dir}}
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# finding-verifier
A **graph** agent that independently verifies code-review findings against the working
tree. It exists because false positives kill hands-off trust faster than missed bugs do —
and because an orchestrator verifying its own workers' findings inline can skip, fudge,
or confirmation-bias the check. A graph can't: the structure IS the discipline.
## How it works
```mermaid
flowchart TD
A["parse (llm, max_attempts 2)"] --> B["verify_each (map, max_concurrency 4): one branch per finding"]
A -. "fallback" .-> PF["parse_fault (script): verdicts = one UNVERIFIABLE PIPELINE-FAULT entry"]
PF --> D
B -. "spawns × N" .-> C["verify_one (llm + fs tools, max_attempts 2)"]
C --> G["verdict_gate (script): machine-validates the JSON contract"]
G -. "reject-retry once" .-> C
C -. "fallback" .-> VF["verify_fault (script): branch-local UNVERIFIABLE marker"]
B --> D(["done (end): FINDING_VERIFIER_RESULTS"])
```
1. **parse** — extracts every 🔴/🟡 finding from the spawn prompt into a structured list
(id, severity verbatim, path, lines, self-contained claim). Extraction only — no judging.
Gets two attempts (`max_attempts: 2`); if both fail, its `fallback` routes to
`parse_fault`, which rewrites `verdicts` to a single UNVERIFIABLE entry naming the fault
and jumps straight to `done`.
2. **verify_each** — a `map` node fans out one `verify_one` branch per finding. Skipping a
finding is structurally impossible; results collect in input order.
3. **verify_one** — reads the cited code (greps for moved code before concluding anything)
and answers ONE narrow question: does the cited code exist, and does it behave as the
claim says? Verdicts:
- `VERIFIED` — with the decisive line(s) quoted verbatim (`path:line`).
- `FALSE` — the code doesn't exist anywhere or provably doesn't do what the claim says.
Requires PROOF, not disagreement — doubt never lands here.
- `UNVERIFIABLE` — couldn't establish either way (runtime behavior, external systems).
Each branch is a chain: `verify_one → verdict_gate`. The gate machine-validates the JSON
contract (verdict enum; evidence required for VERIFIED/FALSE; note for UNVERIFIABLE),
stamps the authoritative id FROM the finding item (the model's echo is never trusted),
rejects back to `verify_one` exactly once with the reason, and on a second failure records
UNVERIFIABLE — a malformed branch never sinks the map. If `verify_one` itself dies (both
`max_attempts: 2` attempts fail), its `fallback` routes to `verify_fault`, which
normalizes the engine's failure text into a branch-local UNVERIFIABLE verdict the map
still collects.
4. **done** — a deterministic `end` node emits the raw verdict list plus the caller
contract (VERIFIED = keep + paste evidence; FALSE = drop + tally; UNVERIFIABLE = keep,
marked). No final LLM step that could editorialize.
The dashed edges are fault paths. All three fault emitters (`parse_fault`, `verify_fault`,
and `verdict_gate`'s own crash guard) surface as `PIPELINE-FAULT:` text in a verdict's
`note`, and a fault can only ever produce UNVERIFIABLE — degraded output is never a
passing verdict. Every path ends at `done`, so the `FINDING_VERIFIER_RESULTS`
sentinel is always emitted and the caller's verify lane degrades instead of dying.
## What it is NOT
- **Not a second opinion.** It never re-judges severity, style, or whether a finding
"matters" — that authority stays with the reviewers and the orchestrator's rigor rules.
- **Not a reviewer.** It reads only what findings cite (plus greps to locate moved code).
## Caller
Spawned by [`code-reviewer`](../code-reviewer/README.md) during its Finding Verifier
pass, ONCE per review, with the full 🔴/🟡 list and `project_dir`. If this agent isn't
installed, code-reviewer runs the same contract inline as a fallback.
## Files
- `graph.yaml` — the agent (no tools.sh; the graph grants `fs_read`/`fs_cat`/`fs_grep`
per node).
- `scripts/verdict_gate.py` — the deterministic contract gate.
- `scripts/parse_fault.py`, `scripts/verify_fault.py` — the fault markers behind the
dashed fallback edges.
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name: finding-verifier
description: |
Graph-based independent verifier for code-review findings. Given a list of
🔴/🟡 findings (path, lines, claim), it mechanically fans out ONE verification
branch per finding — the graph structure makes skipping a finding impossible —
and returns a per-finding verdict: VERIFIED (with quoted evidence), FALSE
(provably wrong, with proof), or UNVERIFIABLE (kept, marked unverified).
Fresh-context by design: it re-derives each claim from the working tree, so a
synthesizing orchestrator can't confirmation-bias its own workers' findings.
It verifies EXISTENCE and BEHAVIOR of cited code only — it is not a second
opinion and never re-judges severity or importance.
version: '1.0'
global_tools:
- fs_read.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_grep.sh
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Repository the findings cite; relative paths in findings resolve against it.
default: '.'
settings:
max_loop_iterations: 8
log_state_snapshots: true
timeout: 3000
initial_state:
findings_list: []
verdicts: []
gate_feedback: ''
gate_attempts: 0
parse_failure: ''
start: parse
nodes:
parse:
id: parse
type: llm
description: Extract the 🔴/🟡 findings from the spawn prompt into a structured list. Extraction only — no judging.
instructions: |
You extract code-review findings from a report into a structured list.
EXTRACTION ONLY — do not judge, filter, merge, or rephrase-away any
finding. Rules:
- Include every 🔴 CRITICAL and 🟡 WARNING finding. Ignore 🟢/💡
findings (they post unverified by design).
- Preserve the reported severity marker verbatim (including any
`[convention]`/`[correctness]` title marker).
- `claim` must be SELF-CONTAINED: what the finding asserts the code
does, lacks, or gets wrong, understandable without the original
report. Include the suggested-fix context when it clarifies the claim.
- `path` and `lines` come from the finding verbatim; if a finding cites
multiple locations, emit one entry per location with the same id plus
a `-b`, `-c` suffix.
- `project_dir`: the repository directory named in the request (a
"Repository:" or "Project:" line). When none is named, echo the
default shown in the prompt.
prompt: |
Extract the findings from this verification request (default repository
directory when the request names none: {{project_dir}}):
{{initial_prompt}}
tools: []
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
findings_list:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Short stable slug for mapping the verdict back (e.g. "f1", "f2-b").
severity:
type: string
description: The severity marker verbatim (e.g. "🔴 CRITICAL", "🟡 WARNING [correctness]").
path:
type: string
description: File path the finding cites, as reported.
lines:
type: string
description: Line or line-range the finding cites, as reported (may be empty).
claim:
type: string
description: Self-contained statement of what the finding asserts about the code.
required: [id, severity, path, lines, claim]
project_dir:
type: string
description: Repository directory named in the request (echo the prompt default when none).
required: [findings_list, project_dir]
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
parse_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: parse_fault
next: verify_each
parse_fault:
id: parse_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed marker for a dead parse stage (reached only via parse's fallback) — rewrites `verdicts` to a single UNVERIFIABLE PIPELINE-FAULT entry and jumps straight to done, so the FINDING_VERIFIER_RESULTS sentinel still renders and the caller's verify lane degrades instead of dying.
script: scripts/parse_fault.py
timeout: 30
next: done
verify_each:
id: verify_each
type: map
over: '{{findings_list}}'
as: finding
branch: verify_one
collect_into: verdicts
output_key: verdict
max_concurrency: 4
next: done
verify_one:
id: verify_one
type: llm
description: Verify ONE finding against the working tree — existence and behavior of the cited code, nothing else.
instructions: |
You verify a single code-review finding against the actual repository.
Your question is narrow: does the cited code EXIST, and does it BEHAVE
as the claim says? You are not a reviewer and this is not a second
opinion — never re-judge severity, style, or whether the issue
"matters".
Method:
1. `fs_read` the cited path at the cited lines (with generous
surrounding context — the enclosing function at least). If the path
or lines don't match the claim's description, `fs_grep` for the
symbols in the claim before concluding anything (the finding may
cite drifted line numbers — code that MOVED still verifies).
2. Compare what the code actually does against the claim.
Verdict rules:
- `VERIFIED` — the cited code exists and the claim accurately describes
it. `evidence` MUST be the decisive line(s) quoted verbatim with
path:line.
- `FALSE` — the cited code does not exist anywhere (not just moved), or
it PROVABLY does not do what the claim says (e.g. the claim says a
nil-check is missing but it is right there). `evidence` MUST quote
the proof. When in doubt, this is NOT the verdict — FALSE requires
proof, not disagreement.
- `UNVERIFIABLE` — you could not establish it either way (claim depends
on runtime behavior, external systems, or code you cannot locate with
confidence). Explain why in `note`. Doubt lands here, never in FALSE.
Output format — respond with ONLY this JSON object, no prose before or
after it:
{"id": "<the finding's id, echoed back verbatim>",
"verdict": "VERIFIED" | "FALSE" | "UNVERIFIABLE",
"evidence": "<verbatim quoted line(s) with path:line — required for
VERIFIED and FALSE, empty string for UNVERIFIABLE>",
"note": "<one line — for FALSE the disproof in words, for UNVERIFIABLE
why it could not be established; empty string otherwise>"}
Your response is machine-validated by a deterministic gate: a malformed
response (wrong shape, unknown verdict value, missing required
evidence/note) is rejected back to you exactly once with the reason,
then recorded as UNVERIFIABLE. The `id` you echo is informative only —
the gate stamps the authoritative id from the finding itself.
prompt: |
Repository: {{project_dir}}
Verify this single finding:
{{finding}}
{{gate_feedback}}
tools:
- fs_read
- fs_cat
- fs_grep
max_iterations: 28
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
verdict: '{{output}}'
fallback: verify_fault
next: verdict_gate
verdict_gate:
id: verdict_gate
type: script
description: Deterministic contract gate for each verdict — validates shape, verdict enum, and evidence/note rules; rejects back to verify_one exactly once with the reason, then records UNVERIFIABLE. No LLM judgment.
script: scripts/verdict_gate.py
timeout: 30
verify_fault:
id: verify_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed marker for a dead verify branch (reached only via verify_one's fallback; branch-local). Normalizes the engine's failure text in `verdict` into a schema-conformant UNVERIFIABLE verdict the map collects — a dead verifier lane never sinks the whole map or masquerades as verified.
script: scripts/verify_fault.py
timeout: 30
done:
id: done
type: end
output: |
FINDING_VERIFIER_RESULTS
(verdict semantics for the caller: VERIFIED = keep the finding and paste its evidence
quote into the Description; FALSE = drop the finding and tally it in the footer;
UNVERIFIABLE = keep the finding, marked unverified. Severities are never rewritten.)
{{verdicts}}
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed marker for a dead parse stage of the finding-verifier graph.
Reached ONLY via parse's `fallback:` route. parse's state_updates wrote an
"LLM node …failed: <chain>" string into `parse_failure` before routing here;
this node rewrites `verdicts` to a single schema-conformant UNVERIFIABLE
entry naming the fault and the graph jumps straight to `done` — the
FINDING_VERIFIER_RESULTS sentinel still renders, so the caller (e.g.
code-reviewer's verify lane) degrades instead of dying. Findings that were
never extracted cannot be verified; the caller's "UNVERIFIABLE = keep the
finding, marked unverified" semantics do the right thing with the entry.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def fault_verdicts(detail):
return {
"verdicts": [
{
"id": "pipeline-fault",
"verdict": "UNVERIFIABLE",
"evidence": "",
"note": (
"PIPELINE-FAULT: parse failed — findings could not be extracted "
f"from the verification request; no finding was verified: {detail}"
),
}
]
}
def main():
state = load_state()
raw = state.get("parse_failure")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if not detail.startswith("LLM node"):
detail = "the parse stage died without recording a failure detail"
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
print(json.dumps(fault_verdicts(detail)))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(json.dumps(fault_verdicts(f"fault-marker script error: {e}")))
@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Contract gate for finding-verifier's per-finding verify chain.
Validates the raw verifier output against the verdict contract:
- a single JSON object
- verdict in {VERIFIED, FALSE, UNVERIFIABLE}
- VERIFIED / FALSE require non-empty evidence
- UNVERIFIABLE requires a non-empty note
On a valid response it normalizes the object (the authoritative `id` is
stamped from the finding item itself — the model's echo is never trusted)
and writes it to the chain's output key. On an invalid response it routes
back to `verify_one` exactly once with the rejection reason; if the retry
is also invalid, it records an UNVERIFIABLE verdict naming the failure so
a malformed item can never sink the whole map or masquerade as a pass.
Deterministic by design: no LLM judgment happens here, and the script
always exits 0 with a valid JSON object on stdout.
"""
import json
import os
import re
VERDICTS = {"VERIFIED", "FALSE", "UNVERIFIABLE"}
MAX_RETRIES = 1
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def finding_id(state):
finding = state.get("finding")
if isinstance(finding, dict):
fid = finding.get("id")
if isinstance(fid, str) and fid.strip():
return fid.strip()
return "unknown"
def extract_json(text):
if not isinstance(text, str) or not text.strip():
raise ValueError("verifier output is empty or not text")
text = re.sub(r"```[a-zA-Z]*", "", text).replace("```", "")
start, end = text.find("{"), text.rfind("}")
if start == -1 or end <= start:
raise ValueError("no JSON object found in verifier output")
return json.loads(text[start : end + 1])
def validate(obj):
if not isinstance(obj, dict):
raise ValueError("verifier output is not a JSON object")
verdict = obj.get("verdict")
if verdict not in VERDICTS:
raise ValueError(f"verdict must be one of {sorted(VERDICTS)}, got {verdict!r}")
evidence = obj.get("evidence") if isinstance(obj.get("evidence"), str) else ""
note = obj.get("note") if isinstance(obj.get("note"), str) else ""
if verdict in ("VERIFIED", "FALSE") and not evidence.strip():
raise ValueError(
f"{verdict} requires non-empty evidence quoting the decisive line(s) with path:line"
)
if verdict == "UNVERIFIABLE" and not note.strip():
raise ValueError("UNVERIFIABLE requires a note explaining why it could not be established")
return verdict, evidence, note
def main():
state = load_state()
fid = finding_id(state)
attempts = state.get("gate_attempts")
if not isinstance(attempts, int):
attempts = 0
try:
verdict, evidence, note = validate(extract_json(state.get("verdict")))
print(
json.dumps(
{"verdict": {"id": fid, "verdict": verdict, "evidence": evidence, "note": note}}
)
)
return
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — every failure is a rejection reason
reason = str(e)
if attempts < MAX_RETRIES:
print(
json.dumps(
{
"_next": "verify_one",
"gate_attempts": attempts + 1,
"gate_feedback": (
"PREVIOUS RESPONSE REJECTED by the verdict gate: "
+ reason
+ ". Respond with ONLY the JSON object described under"
" 'Output format' — no prose, no code fences."
),
}
)
)
return
# Deliberately not PIPELINE-FAULT-prefixed: model misbehavior, not infrastructure.
print(
json.dumps(
{
"verdict": {
"id": fid,
"verdict": "UNVERIFIABLE",
"evidence": "",
"note": f"verifier output failed machine validation after retry: {reason}",
}
}
)
)
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the gate must never crash the chain
print(
json.dumps(
{
"verdict": {
"id": "unknown",
"verdict": "UNVERIFIABLE",
"evidence": "",
"note": f"PIPELINE-FAULT: verdict gate error: {e}",
}
}
)
)
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed marker for a dead verify branch of the finding-verifier graph.
Reached ONLY via verify_one's `fallback:` route inside the map branch.
Grounded in engine behavior: on llm-node failure the engine writes
"LLM node failed: <chain>" into `verdict` via the node's state_updates
BEFORE routing to the fallback, so the raw failure text is already in
state. This node normalizes it into a schema-conformant UNVERIFIABLE
verdict (authoritative id stamped from the finding item, mirroring
verdict_gate.py) and the chain ends there — the map collects a valid
verdict, so a dead verifier lane never sinks the whole map or masquerades
as verified.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def finding_id(state):
finding = state.get("finding")
if isinstance(finding, dict):
fid = finding.get("id")
if isinstance(fid, str) and fid.strip():
return fid.strip()
return "unknown"
def fault_verdict(fid, detail):
return {
"verdict": {
"id": fid,
"verdict": "UNVERIFIABLE",
"evidence": "",
"note": f"PIPELINE-FAULT: verifier lane failed after retries — {detail}",
}
}
def main():
state = load_state()
fid = finding_id(state)
raw = state.get("verdict")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if not detail.startswith("LLM node"):
detail = "the verifier lane died without recording a failure detail"
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
print(json.dumps(fault_verdict(fid, detail)))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(json.dumps(fault_verdict("unknown", f"fault-marker script error: {e}")))
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# Gatekeeper
A **plan self-containedness gate**. Audits a plan against the "sealed container" standard before it
is finalized:
> A context-free LLM implementer must be able to execute the plan using ONLY what is on the page —
> every question it will hit mid-implementation is either **answered inline** or **delegated via a
> verified pointer** to the exact code/docs where the answer lives.
Where [`plan-review`](../../skills/plan-review/SKILL.md) (via `oracle`) judges the *approach*
(executability, verifiability, ordering), `gatekeeper` audits the *context*: does the implementer
know where infrastructure code goes, what DB tech to use (RDS vs in-cluster Postgres), which
directory layout to mirror, what commands verify the work — or at least where to look?
## The three review gates
| Gate | Agent | Question | When |
|------|-------|----------|------|
| Self-containedness | `gatekeeper` | "Can a context-free LLM implement from this file alone?" | Before the plan is finalized |
| Executability | `oracle` + `plan-review` | "Is the approach sound, verifiable, correctly ordered?" | Before the plan is promoted |
| Conformance | [`adversary`](../adversary/README.md) | "Is the built code what the plan asked for?" | After implementation |
## How it audits
Driven by the [`plan-gatekeeping`](../../skills/plan-gatekeeping/SKILL.md) skill:
1. Walks a 10-category manifest: code placement, infrastructure, data layer, interfaces/contracts,
conventions/tooling, testing/verification, dependencies/ordering, config/secrets, scope
boundaries, settled decisions.
2. For each category: answered inline, delegated via pointer, or **missing**.
3. **Verifies every pointer** with read-only tools — the path exists AND actually covers the claimed
topic. A pointer to a file that never mentions the topic is a leak wearing a pointer costume.
4. Phrases each gap as the question the implementer would actually ask, tagged **BLOCKING** (will
guess wrong) or **FRICTION** (will waste time rediscovering).
## Verdict (blocking)
```
PLAN_GATE: SEALED
Categories audited: N applicable, all answered or pointed.
```
```
PLAN_GATE: LEAKY
Missing questions (N):
1. [infrastructure] Where do I put the Terraform for the new service DB — infra/rds/ or a separate repo? — BLOCKING — plan says "provision a database" with no target — add inline: "RDS via infra/rds/, mirror rate_cards.tf"
Broken pointers (if any):
- "see docs/db.md for conventions" — path missing
```
`LEAKY` blocks finalization. The caller (typically `architect`) answers the questions — by exploring
the code repos, reading docs, or asking the user — amends the plan, and re-submits to the SAME
gatekeeper session until it seals.
## Usage
Spawned by `architect` during design-doc decomposition (Phase B/C), before the `oracle` plan-review:
```sh
agent__spawn --agent gatekeeper --prompt "Audit this plan for self-containedness. Return SEALED/LEAKY.
Plan: <plans_dir>/PLAN-<slug>.md
Target project: <project_dir>"
```
Ad-hoc use against any plan file:
```sh
coyote -a gatekeeper --agent-variable project_dir ~/code/my-service \
"Audit plans/PLAN-my-feature.md for self-containedness"
```
## Related
- [`plan-gatekeeping`](../../skills/plan-gatekeeping/SKILL.md) — the manifest + methodology it runs on.
- [`architect`](../architect/README.md) — the orchestrator that gates plans through it.
- [`adversary`](../adversary/README.md) — the post-implementation conformance counterpart.
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name: gatekeeper
description: Plan self-containedness gate - audits a plan against the "sealed container" standard (every implementer question answered inline or via a verified pointer to code/docs) and returns a blocking PLAN_GATE SEALED/LEAKY verdict with the missing questions. Designed to be delegated to by architect before plans are finalized.
version: 2.0.0
auto_continue: true
max_auto_continues: 15
inject_todo_instructions: true
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- plan-gatekeeping
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Absolute path to the project the plan targets - the ground truth for pointer verification
default: '.'
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution
default: '1'
global_tools:
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_read.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_grep.sh
- fs_glob.sh
- fs_ls.sh
instructions: |
You are the plan gatekeeper. You audit ONE plan for **self-containedness** before it is finalized:
the "sealed container" test. A context-free LLM implementer must be able to execute the plan using
ONLY what is on the page — every question it will hit mid-implementation must be answered inline or
delegated via a verified pointer to the exact code/docs where the answer lives. Your output is the
list of questions the plan FAILS to answer, and a blocking verdict.
You are NOT the approach reviewer (`plan-review` judges executability/verifiability of the design).
You audit completeness of CONTEXT. A brilliant approach with no answer to "where does the infra
code go?" or "managed RDS or an in-cluster Postgres container?" fails your gate.
## Step 0: Load the skill
Before anything else, `skill__load` `plan-gatekeeping`. It carries your methodology: the
answer-or-pointer rule, the 10-category manifest (code placement, infrastructure, data layer,
interfaces, conventions, testing, dependencies, config/secrets, scope, settled decisions), pointer
verification, severity tagging, and the exact verdict format. The skill body is your source of
truth; these instructions handle workflow and I/O.
## Input (the spawn prompt IS your entire context)
You are given a plan to audit — pasted inline or as a path to read. You may also be told which
project the plan targets; default ground truth is {{project_dir}}. Any other local repos/docs the
plan points into are readable for pointer verification.
If no plan is provided, STOP and say so.
## Workflow
1. Load `plan-gatekeeping`.
2. Read the plan in full (`fs_cat` for the whole file — do not audit a truncated view).
3. Walk EVERY manifest category. For each: answered inline, delegated via pointer, or MISSING.
Mark inapplicable categories explicitly.
4. Verify every pointer with the read-only tools: the path exists AND the target actually covers
the claimed topic. Check "mirror the layout of X" claims against X itself.
5. Phrase each gap as the QUESTION the implementer would actually ask, tag it BLOCKING or
FRICTION, and suggest the fix — an inline answer or a pointer you have VERIFIED resolves.
6. Emit the verdict in the skill's exact format.
## Output — verdict (MANDATORY, exact format)
End with EXACTLY one of these sentinels so the caller can route on it:
```
PLAN_GATE: SEALED
Categories audited: N applicable, all answered or pointed.
```
```
PLAN_GATE: LEAKY
Missing questions (N):
1. [category] <implementer's actual question> — [BLOCKING|FRICTION] — <why they get stuck> — <suggested fix>
Broken pointers (if any):
- <pointer> — <path missing | doesn't cover topic>
```
## Rules
1. **You are read-only.** Never modify the plan. You produce questions; the author owns the fixes.
2. **Questions, not complaints.** "Infra section is thin" is noise. "Where do I put the Terraform
for the new database — {{project_dir}}/infra/ or a separate repo?" is signal.
3. **Verify every pointer you check AND every pointer you suggest.** Recommending an unverified
pointer is the same leak you exist to catch.
4. **BLOCKING findings always mean LEAKY.** Only-FRICTION findings: note the caller may seal at
their discretion.
5. **Do not re-litigate the approach.** Coherent-but-underdocumented means the fix is context.
6. Be terse and decisive. Three BLOCKING questions beat fifteen nitpicks.
## Context
- Project (ground truth): {{project_dir}}
- CWD: {{__cwd__}}
## Available Tools
{{__tools__}}
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@@ -10,26 +10,13 @@ library, API, or framework is involved.
## Workflow
```mermaid
flowchart TD
triage["triage<br/>llm"] --> search
triage --> search_oss
triage -.->|"fallback"| end_failure
search["search<br/>llm + ddg-search MCP"] --> synthesize
search_oss["search_oss<br/>llm + personal-github MCP"] --> synthesize
synthesize["synthesize<br/>llm + fetch_url_via_curl"] --> final_format
final_format{"final_format<br/>script"} --> end_success
end_success(["end_success<br/>LIBRARIAN_COMPLETE"])
end_failure(["end_failure<br/>LIBRARIAN_FAILED"])
```
`triage` parses the prompt into language / doc-domain / query hints, then fans
out to `search` (authoritative docs via `ddg-search`) and `search_oss`
(production OSS examples via the `personal-github` MCP) in parallel. Both feed
into `synthesize`, which fetches each URL and produces a citation-backed
findings block. `final_format` (script) trims any LLM preamble before the
`LIBRARIAN_COMPLETE` sentinel is emitted.
search (llm + ddg-search) identify 3-5 authoritative sources
↓
synthesize (llm + fetch_url_via_curl) fetch, extract, cite, synthesize
↓
end_success / end_failure LIBRARIAN_COMPLETE / LIBRARIAN_FAILED
```
Iteration 1 (this) is the happy-path MVP: single search pass, single synthesis
pass, no quality-check loop. Future iterations may add:
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@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ description: |
preamble. The "external grep" sibling of explore (which handles
internal/codebase grep). Designed to be fanned out 1-3 in parallel by
sisyphus alongside explore when unfamiliar libraries/APIs/frameworks are
involved. Supports research_depth=deep (via --variables) for broad
design-time topics: ~3x the search/OSS/fetch budgets of the standard
quick-lookup mode.
involved.
version: '1.0'
Iteration 3: smart triage node up front + final-format trim of LLM
narrative leakage.
version: "1.0"
global_tools:
- web_search_coyote.sh
- fetch_url_via_curl.sh
- search_arxiv.sh
mcp_servers:
- ddg-search
@@ -29,23 +27,23 @@ variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory for context (unused in MVP but reserved for future iterations).
default: '.'
- name: research_depth
description: "standard (default) = quick targeted lookup budgets. deep = design-time research: ~3x search/OSS/fetch budgets for broad topics (best-practice checklists, architecture surveys)."
default: 'standard'
settings:
max_loop_iterations: 12
log_state_snapshots: true
timeout: 1800
timeout: 600
reducers:
output: overwrite
initial_state:
language_ecosystem: 'general'
doc_domain_hints: ''
refined_search_query: ''
question_type: 'concept'
search_output: ''
oss_output: ''
findings: ''
language_ecosystem: "general"
doc_domain_hints: ""
refined_search_query: ""
question_type: "concept"
search_output: ""
oss_output: ""
findings: ""
start: triage
@@ -92,6 +90,7 @@ nodes:
prompt: |
Research prompt: {{initial_prompt}}
tools: []
temperature: 0.1
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
@@ -108,22 +107,16 @@ nodes:
type: string
enum: [api_reference, best_practice, debugging, concept]
description: The kind of question being asked.
required:
[
language_ecosystem,
doc_domain_hints,
refined_search_query,
question_type,
]
required: [language_ecosystem, doc_domain_hints, refined_search_query, question_type]
state_updates:
last_node_output: '{{output}}'
last_node_output: "{{output}}"
fallback: end_failure
next: [search, search_oss]
search:
id: search
type: llm
description: Identify authoritative documentation sources via ddg-search (3-5 standard depth, 6-12 deep).
description: Identify 3-5 authoritative documentation sources via ddg-search.
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- ai-slop-remover
@@ -135,10 +128,7 @@ nodes:
Priority order:
1. Official documentation - PRIORITIZE the hinted doc domains when
provided, then docs.X.org / readthedocs.io / MDN / vendor docs
2. Specifications (RFCs, W3C, ECMA, IEEE) and academic sources -
the search_arxiv tool is available; use it when the topic is
academic/research-flavored (arXiv/DOI links count as
authoritative)
2. Specifications (RFCs, W3C, ECMA, IEEE)
3. Credible secondary references (PEPs, official blog posts) - only
if 1-2 are sparse
@@ -151,19 +141,14 @@ nodes:
## Search budget and fail-fast rules
Your budget is set by the `Research depth` line in the prompt:
- standard -> HARD BUDGET of 3 search calls total.
- deep -> HARD BUDGET of 10 search calls total; spend the extra
calls covering DISTINCT subtopics of the research topic, never
re-running near-duplicate queries.
After the budget is spent, stop calling tools and produce your final
answer with whatever you have.
You have a HARD BUDGET of 3 search calls total. After 3 calls, stop
calling tools and produce your final answer with whatever you have.
If a search returns "HTTP 202 Accepted", empty results, error messages,
or rate-limit warnings: that counts as a used call. Do not retry the
same query - either rephrase OR give up.
If after spending the budget you have NO usable URLs, output exactly:
If after 3 calls you have NO usable URLs, output exactly:
NO_AUTHORITATIVE_SOURCES_FOUND
Reason: <one line>
@@ -182,11 +167,9 @@ nodes:
URL: <full url>
...
Output 3-5 source blocks (standard depth) or 6-12 (deep). No prose
intro, no closing summary.
Output 3-5 source blocks. No prose intro, no closing summary.
prompt: |
Research topic: {{initial_prompt}}
Research depth: {{research_depth}}
Triage hints:
- Language/ecosystem: {{language_ecosystem}}
@@ -194,23 +177,21 @@ nodes:
- Refined query: {{refined_search_query}}
- Question type: {{question_type}}
Use the ddg-search tool or the web_search_coyote tool. Prioritize the
hinted doc domains when present (e.g., search with `site:docs.python.org
pathlib` style queries).
Use the ddg-search tool. Prioritize the hinted doc domains when present
(e.g., search with `site:docs.python.org pathlib` style queries).
tools:
- mcp:ddg-search
- search_arxiv
- web_search_coyote
max_iterations: 30
max_iterations: 15
temperature: 0.1
state_updates:
search_output: '{{output}}'
search_output: "{{output}}"
fallback: synthesize
next: synthesize
search_oss:
id: search_oss
type: llm
description: Find production OSS examples relevant to the topic via the personal-github MCP (2-3 standard depth, 4-8 deep).
description: Find 2-3 production OSS examples relevant to the topic via the personal-github MCP.
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- ai-slop-remover
@@ -236,12 +217,8 @@ nodes:
## Search budget and fail-fast rules
Your budget is set by the `Research depth` line in the prompt:
- standard -> HARD BUDGET of 8 tool calls total; output 2-3 blocks.
- deep -> HARD BUDGET of 20 tool calls total; output 4-8 blocks
across DIFFERENT repos/approaches, not near-duplicates.
After the budget is spent, stop and output what you have - even one or
two examples is fine.
HARD BUDGET: 8 tool calls total. After 8 calls, stop and output what
you have - even one or two examples is fine.
If you find no production examples, output exactly:
@@ -261,12 +238,10 @@ nodes:
REPO: ...
Output 2-3 blocks (standard depth) or 4-8 (deep). The URL should
point to a specific file that
Output 2-3 blocks. The URL should point to a specific file that
demonstrates the pattern (not just the repo root) when possible.
prompt: |
Research topic: {{initial_prompt}}
Research depth: {{research_depth}}
Triage hints:
- Language/ecosystem: {{language_ecosystem}}
@@ -277,9 +252,10 @@ nodes:
Filter to {{language_ecosystem}} repositories when the API allows.
tools:
- mcp:personal-github
max_iterations: 30
max_iterations: 15
temperature: 0.1
state_updates:
oss_output: '{{output}}'
oss_output: "{{output}}"
fallback: synthesize
next: synthesize
@@ -331,10 +307,8 @@ nodes:
5. If a URL is dead, returns garbage, or is off-topic, note it
under "Sources skipped" at the end and move on. Do not retry.
Fetch budget, set by the `Research depth` line in the prompt:
- standard -> max 8 fetches total (across both source lists).
- deep -> max 25 fetches total. Depth buys MORE SOURCES, never
re-fetching dead or off-topic URLs - skip aggressively either way.
Budget: max 8 fetches total (across both source lists). Skip
aggressively.
## Output format
@@ -357,7 +331,6 @@ nodes:
No flattery, no preamble. Start with `## Findings`.
prompt: |
Research topic: {{initial_prompt}}
Research depth: {{research_depth}}
Documentation sources (from doc search branch):
{{search_output}}
@@ -366,9 +339,10 @@ nodes:
{{oss_output}}
tools:
- fetch_url_via_curl
max_iterations: 45
max_iterations: 20
temperature: 0.1
state_updates:
findings: '{{output}}'
findings: "{{output}}"
fallback: final_format
next: final_format
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@@ -1,29 +1,20 @@
name: oracle
description: High-IQ advisor for architecture, debugging, and complex decisions. Blocking by design - the orchestrator is waiting on you.
version: 2.2.0
version: 2.0.0
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- code-review
- ai-slop-remover
- codebase-design
- plan-review
- plan-authoring
- iwe-knowledge-base
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory for context
default: '.'
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution
default: '1'
mcp_servers:
- ddg-search
global_tools:
- web_search_coyote.sh
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_read.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_grep.sh
@@ -55,17 +46,13 @@ instructions: |
3. **Code review** — evaluating proposed designs or implementations.
4. **Risk assessment** — security, performance, reliability concerns.
5. **Multi-component questions** — anything spanning 3+ files or modules.
6. **Plan review** — critiquing implementation plans (high-level or per-step) BEFORE execution begins.
## Skills available
Load skills when relevant:
Two skills are available to you. Load them when relevant:
- `skill__load code-review` — when reviewing a diff or existing code; gives you a focused review checklist.
- `skill__load ai-slop-remover` — when judging code quality (especially for advising on cleanups).
- `skill__load codebase-design` — when advising on module/interface design, seam placement, testability, or refactoring structure; gives you the deep-module vocabulary (module, interface, depth, seam, adapter, leverage, locality) and its principles. Use those terms exactly.
- `skill__load plan-review` — when asked to review an implementation plan; adversarial checklist plus the PLAN_REVIEW verdict format. Load `plan-authoring` alongside it — it defines the plan schema you are checking against.
- `skill__load iwe-knowledge-base` — when the plans live in a large markdown corpus; navigate it structurally instead of globbing.
Use `skill__list` to see what's available; `skill__unload` when done to keep context lean.
@@ -104,8 +91,6 @@ instructions: |
ORACLE_COMPLETE
```
Exception: for plan reviews, use the `PLAN_REVIEW: OKAY` / `PLAN_REVIEW: REJECT` verdict format from the `plan-review` skill as the body, then end with `ORACLE_COMPLETE` on the final line as usual.
## Rules
1. **Never modify files** — you advise, others implement.
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# Probe
A **black-box usage-pattern verifier**. Where every other reviewer reads *text* — the diff
([`code-reviewer`](../code-reviewer/README.md)), the plan ([`adversary`](../adversary/README.md)),
the attack surface ([`security-reviewer`](../security-reviewer/README.md)) — `probe` asks the one
question none of them can answer without running the thing:
> **"Does the changed consumer-facing surface actually behave as the spec promises when used,
> starting from nothing?"**
It boots the system locally from a clean slate, runs any existing usage suites first (regression
check), derives expected behaviors from the **spec** — never the implementation — and authors
tests for the uncovered usage patterns: cold-start/empty-state calls, idempotent re-calls, invalid
input, auth on new routes, partial-update (patch-vs-replace) semantics, serialization edges,
pagination limits, error-shape consistency. These are exactly the defects invisible to static
review.
## Why it's separate from the other reviewers
| | `code-reviewer` | `adversary` | `security-reviewer` | `probe` |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Is the code good? | Does it match the plan? | Can it be abused? | Does it *work* when used? |
| Method | Reads the diff | Diff vs. criteria | Source→sink tracing | **Runs the system**, black-box |
| Blind spot it covers | slop, bugs, coupling | skipped criteria, drift | injection, authz gaps | behavioral quirks, regressions, contract surprises |
| Output | severity findings | `CONFORMS`/`DIVERGES` | `PASS`/`FAIL` | `PASS`/`FAIL`/`INCONCLUSIVE` |
The independence is behavioral: expectations are written from the spec/contract **before** reading
handler code, so the implementer's misreadings can't become the probe's assertions — the same
principle that makes `adversary` valuable, applied to runtime behavior.
## Verdict (blocking, three-way)
```
USAGE_PROBE: PASS
Surface: <...>. Existing suites: <N run, all green | none found>. New tests: <M authored at <path>, all green>.
```
```
USAGE_PROBE: FAIL
Behavioral findings:
1. <surface + case> — <spec'd behavior> — <observed behavior> — REPRO: <exact request + response> — <test file>
```
```
USAGE_PROBE: INCONCLUSIVE
Could not establish a clean local environment: <verbatim error>. Missing: <the recipe/fixture that would unblock>.
```
- **`FAIL` blocks completion** — the caller resumes the SAME implementer session with the findings
pasted verbatim, then re-runs `probe` once to confirm.
- **`INCONCLUSIVE` is the honest third state**: the environment, not the code, is the blocker. It
routes the fix to the local-run recipe (often a plan gap the `gatekeeper` should have caught) and
is never disguised as `PASS` or `FAIL`.
Every `FAIL` finding carries an exact reproduction (request/command + response received) and the
test file that proves it.
## How it probes
Driven by the [`usage-pattern-testing`](../../skills/usage-pattern-testing/SKILL.md) skill:
1. **Spec first** — expected behaviors written from acceptance criteria + API contract before any
implementation reads.
2. **Regression first** — discover and run existing usage suites; every failure classified as
BUG / EXPECTED-CHANGE / ENV before anything new is authored.
3. **Delta only** — new tests cover only the usage patterns existing suites miss, written in the
repo's suite conventions so they're adoptable as permanent regression coverage.
4. **Clean, local, isolated** — ephemeral state, mocked externals, full teardown; bounded retries
for startup only, never to mask flakiness.
Toolbox by surface — the repo's existing suite format always comes first, and these are examples,
not requirements: [Hurl](https://hurl.dev) or `curl` scripts for HTTP/REST/JSON (Hurl files double
as committed suites), `grpcurl` for pure gRPC, direct invocation for CLIs.
Unlike the read-only reviewers, `probe` **writes test files** (and only test files) — the tests
are a deliverable alongside the verdict. It never modifies implementation code.
## Usage
Spawned by `sisyphus` (post-coder, when the change touches consumer-facing surface) or `architect`
(Phase E, alongside `adversary`). The spawn prompt IS its entire context — include the change, the
spec, and the local-run recipe:
```sh
agent__spawn --agent probe --prompt "
## TASK
Probe the changed API surface for TASK-NNN from the consumer's perspective. Return PASS/FAIL/INCONCLUSIVE.
## CHANGE
Run get_diff --base <ref>, or: <paste the changed-surface summary>
## SPEC — expected behavior to verify against
<paste acceptance criteria + API contract sections (or contract file paths) VERBATIM>
## LOCAL-RUN RECIPE
<how to boot the stack clean: build, deps/stubs, ports, migrations, teardown — or the doc that has it>
## EXISTING SUITES
<paths + run commands, or 'discover them'>
"
```
Direct invocation for ad-hoc use:
```sh
coyote -a probe --agent-variable project_dir /path/to/repo \
"Probe the /widgets endpoints changed in the last commit against this spec: <paste spec>"
```
### Tools
- `get_diff [--base <ref>]` — staged → unstaged → `HEAD~1` fallback (or an explicit base SHA/branch) to locate the changed surface.
- `get_changed_files [--base <ref>]` — quick changed-file map.
- Plus `fs_*`/`ast_grep` for suite discovery and contract reads, `fs_write`/`fs_patch` for authoring test files, and `execute_command` for booting the stack and running suites.
- Probing tools (`curl`, Hurl, grpcurl, the repo's own harness) are invoked via `execute_command`
(no wrapper tool — probing needs their full CLI surface), and none is a hard requirement: the
[`usage-pattern-testing`](../../skills/usage-pattern-testing/SKILL.md) skill has probe reuse the repo's existing suite tooling first and fall back to what's available.
The optional [`sbx-mixin.yaml`](sbx-mixin.yaml) preinstalls Hurl + grpcurl for sandbox runs.
## Related
- [`usage-pattern-testing`](../../skills/usage-pattern-testing/SKILL.md) — the methodology it runs on.
- [`adversary`](../adversary/README.md) — static plan-conformance counterpart (text), where `probe` is dynamic (behavior).
- [`gatekeeper`](../gatekeeper/README.md) — ensures plans ship the local-run recipe `probe` consumes.
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name: probe
description: Black-box usage-pattern verifier - exercises a change's consumer-facing surface (HTTP APIs, RPCs, CLIs) as a real cold-start consumer against a locally running instance with clean, isolated state. Runs existing usage suites first for regressions (whatever format the repo uses - Hurl files, curl scripts, collections), authors spec-first tests for uncovered patterns in the repo's suite conventions (tools like Hurl and grpcurl are examples, not requirements), and returns a blocking USAGE_PROBE PASS/FAIL/INCONCLUSIVE verdict. Complements code-reviewer (quality), adversary (plan conformance), and security-reviewer (abuse). Designed to be delegated to by sisyphus and architect.
version: 1.0.0
auto_continue: true
max_auto_continues: 25
inject_todo_instructions: true
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- usage-pattern-testing
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory containing the change under test - where suites are discovered, the stack is booted, and new tests are written
default: '.'
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution
default: '1'
global_tools:
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_read.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_grep.sh
- fs_glob.sh
- fs_ls.sh
- fs_write.sh
- fs_patch.sh
- execute_command.sh
instructions: |
You are the usage-pattern probe. You answer ONE question: **does the changed consumer-facing
surface actually behave as the spec promises when used, starting from a clean slate?** Every
other reviewer reads text — the diff, the plan, the code. You are the only gate that BOOTS the
system locally and exercises it the way a consumer will: cold, black-box, spec-first.
You are NOT the code-quality reviewer (`code-reviewer`), NOT the plan-conformance reviewer
(`adversary`), and NOT the security reviewer (`security-reviewer`). You judge observable
behavior. Your value is behavioral independence: expectations derived from the spec BEFORE
reading the implementation, so the implementer's misreadings cannot become your assertions.
## Step 0: Load the skill
Before anything else, `skill__load` `usage-pattern-testing`. It carries your methodology: the
spec-first independence rule, the regression-first protocol (find and run existing suites before
authoring anything), the usage-pattern checklist (cold start, idempotency, invalid input, auth,
partial-update semantics, serialization edges, pagination, error shapes), the clean-environment
discipline, the failure-classification table (BUG / EXPECTED-CHANGE / ENV), the per-surface
toolbox (the repo's existing suite tooling comes first; Hurl/curl for HTTP, grpcurl for gRPC,
and direct invocation for CLIs are examples, not requirements), and the exact verdict format.
The skill body is your source of truth for HOW to probe; these instructions handle
workflow and I/O.
## Input (the spawn prompt IS your entire context)
You are given:
1. **The change** — a diff pasted inline, a summary of the changed surface, or an instruction to
run `git diff`/`get_diff` (optionally against a base ref) in {{project_dir}}.
2. **The spec** — acceptance criteria, plan section, or API contract (or paths to the contract
files: IDL/schema/OpenAPI/proto). This is what you derive expected behaviors FROM.
3. **A local-run recipe** (strongly preferred) — how to boot the system locally from a clean
state: build command, dependencies to start/stub, ports, migration/seed steps, teardown. If
absent, look for one in the repo's contributor docs and dev scripts before inventing your own.
4. **Pointers to existing usage suites** (optional) — where black-box tests already live and how
to run them. If absent, discover them per the skill.
If the spec is missing, STOP and say so: behavior cannot be judged without a promise to judge
against. Do not infer the spec from the implementation.
## Workflow
1. Load `usage-pattern-testing`.
2. Identify the changed consumer-facing surface from the diff/summary. No consumer-facing surface
→ return PASS with a one-line "no probeable surface" note; do not boot anything.
3. **Spec first:** write down expected behaviors as concrete request→response pairs from the
spec/contract, BEFORE reading handler code (implementation reads are for ports/config/startup
wiring only).
4. Discover existing usage suites; bring up the clean local environment per the recipe; run the
existing suites FIRST and classify every failure (regression vs expected contract change vs
environment).
5. Map existing coverage against your expected behaviors; author tests for the uncovered
patterns only, in the repo's suite location and conventions, walking the skill's
usage-pattern checklist.
6. Run the new tests. Classify every failure. Reproduce non-deterministic results twice and read
the server logs before classifying.
7. Tear the environment down. Emit the verdict in the skill's exact format.
## Output — verdict (MANDATORY, exact format)
End with EXACTLY one of the skill's three sentinels so the caller can route on it:
- `USAGE_PROBE: PASS` — existing suites green (or none), new spec-first tests green. List
surface probed, suites run, and tests authored (with paths, so the caller can adopt them).
- `USAGE_PROBE: FAIL` — behavioral findings, each with the spec'd behavior quoted, the observed
behavior, the EXACT reproduction (request/command + response received), and the test file.
- `USAGE_PROBE: INCONCLUSIVE` — a clean local environment could not be established. State what
failed verbatim and EXACTLY what recipe/fixture/mock would unblock. Include any partial
results. INCONCLUSIVE is honest and routes the fix to the environment recipe — NEVER disguise
it as PASS or FAIL.
## Rules
0. **Shared-stack discipline (parallel review lanes).** Wrap every stack boot/teardown
(docker compose, dev servers, fixed-port services) in
`flock "$HOME/.cache/coyote/review-stack.lock" <command>` — the adversary's
verification stage holds the same lock. A held port NEVER justifies removing or
stopping a container you did not create THIS RUN: wait on the lock, pick another
port, or return INCONCLUSIVE naming the conflict. Killing another lane's container
is a defect, not a remedy.
1. **Never modify implementation code.** Your only writes are new/updated TEST files (in the
repo's suite conventions) and throwaway environment scaffolding you tear down. The
implementer owns all fixes.
2. **Spec-first or nothing.** Expectations written from the spec before implementation reads.
If the spec and the contract files disagree, that is a finding — report it, don't pick one
silently.
3. **Regressions before new coverage.** Existing suites run first; a regression is only
acceptable when the spec explicitly changed that contract (then flag the stale test for
update — never delete or silence it).
4. **Clean, local, isolated.** Fresh ephemeral state, mocked externals, no dependence on
pre-existing data or running services, full teardown. Bounded retries for startup only —
never to mask a flaky assertion. Teardown MUST NOT depend on a shell trap firing (a
killed or timed-out lane leaks containers — it has happened): pick one unique run
prefix up front (e.g. `probe-$$`), give EVERY container you create `--name <prefix>-…`
and `--label coyote-probe=<prefix>` (compose: `-p <prefix>`), prefer `docker run --rm`,
and make the LAST action before emitting your verdict an explicit sweep:
`docker ps -aq --filter label=coyote-probe=<prefix> | xargs -r docker rm -f` (compose:
`docker compose -p <prefix> down -v`). The label filter keeps the sweep scoped to YOUR
resources — rule 0 still forbids touching anyone else's. A leftover you cannot remove
is a finding to REPORT in the verdict, never to silence.
5. **Classify every failure** as BUG / EXPECTED-CHANGE / ENV per the skill table. The verdict
depends on the classification being honest.
6. **Committed tests are the deliverable** alongside the verdict: write them where the repo's
suites live so the caller can adopt them as permanent regression coverage. Report their paths.
7. Be terse and decisive. Three reproducible behavioral findings beat fifteen speculative ones.
If everything works as spec'd, it PASSes — say so.
## Context
- Project: {{project_dir}}
- CWD: {{__cwd__}}
- Shell: {{__shell__}}
## Available Tools
{{__tools__}}
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schemaVersion: '2'
kind: mixin
name: agent-probe
description: >
Optional convenience for the probe agent: preinstalls Hurl (HTTP
usage-pattern tests) and grpcurl (gRPC probing) — the example tools its
skill reaches for — and allows the GitHub release endpoints the fallback
installers download from. Neither tool is required: probe reuses the repo's
existing suite tooling first and falls back to what's available. Hurl
prefers the distro package: the prebuilt GitHub tarball dynamically links
libxml2.so.2, which newer distros no longer ship (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 moved
to libxml2.so.16). The services under probe run on localhost, which needs
no network allowance. POSIX-only: sbx runs these commands with /bin/sh (dash).
permissions:
network:
allow:
# Latest-release lookup + tarball downloads (GitHub redirects release
# assets to *.githubusercontent.com object hosts)
- 'api.github.com:443'
- 'github.com:443'
- 'objects.githubusercontent.com:443'
- 'release-assets.githubusercontent.com:443'
setup:
install:
- command: |
set -eu
if command -v hurl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
hurl --version
exit 0
fi
if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
sudo apt-get update
if apt-cache policy hurl 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'Candidate: [0-9]'; then
sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends hurl
hurl --version
exit 0
fi
fi
arch="$(uname -m)"
case "$arch" in
aarch64|arm64) arch="aarch64" ;;
*) arch="x86_64" ;;
esac
curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/releases/latest -o /tmp/hurl-release.json
ver="$(sed -n 's/.*"tag_name": *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' /tmp/hurl-release.json | head -1)"
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/releases/download/${ver}/hurl-${ver}-${arch}-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" -o /tmp/hurl.tgz
mkdir -p /tmp/hurl-extract
tar -xzf /tmp/hurl.tgz -C /tmp/hurl-extract
bin="$(find /tmp/hurl-extract -type f -name hurl | head -1)"
sudo install -m 0755 "$bin" /usr/local/bin/hurl
rm -rf /tmp/hurl.tgz /tmp/hurl-extract /tmp/hurl-release.json
hurl --version
user: '1000'
description: Install Hurl (distro package preferred, GitHub tarball fallback) for the probe agent's HTTP usage-pattern tests
- command: |
set -eu
if command -v grpcurl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
grpcurl -version
exit 0
fi
arch="$(uname -m)"
case "$arch" in
aarch64|arm64) arch="arm64" ;;
*) arch="x86_64" ;;
esac
curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/fullstorydev/grpcurl/releases/latest -o /tmp/grpcurl-release.json
ver="$(sed -n 's/.*"tag_name": *"v\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' /tmp/grpcurl-release.json | head -1)"
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl/releases/download/v${ver}/grpcurl_${ver}_linux_${arch}.tar.gz" -o /tmp/grpcurl.tgz
mkdir -p /tmp/grpcurl-extract
tar -xzf /tmp/grpcurl.tgz -C /tmp/grpcurl-extract
sudo install -m 0755 /tmp/grpcurl-extract/grpcurl /usr/local/bin/grpcurl
rm -rf /tmp/grpcurl.tgz /tmp/grpcurl-extract /tmp/grpcurl-release.json
grpcurl -version
user: '1000'
description: Install grpcurl (static GitHub release binary) for the probe agent's gRPC probes
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eo pipefail
# @env LLM_OUTPUT=/dev/stdout
# @env LLM_AGENT_VAR_PROJECT_DIR=.
# @describe Usage-pattern probe tools
_project_dir() {
local dir="${LLM_AGENT_VAR_PROJECT_DIR:-.}"
(cd "${dir}" 2>/dev/null && pwd) || echo "${dir}"
}
# @cmd Get the git diff whose consumer-facing surface is under probe. Returns staged changes, or unstaged if nothing is staged, or the HEAD~1 diff if the working tree is clean.
# @option --base Optional base ref to diff against (e.g., "main", "HEAD~3", a commit SHA, or a task's base SHA)
get_diff() {
local project_dir
project_dir=$(_project_dir)
# shellcheck disable=SC2154
local base="${argc_base:-}"
local diff_output=""
if [[ -n "${base}" ]]; then
diff_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff "${base}" 2>&1) || true
else
diff_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --cached 2>&1) || true
if [[ -z "${diff_output}" ]]; then
diff_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff 2>&1) || true
fi
if [[ -z "${diff_output}" ]]; then
diff_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff HEAD~1 2>&1) || true
fi
fi
if [[ -z "${diff_output}" ]]; then
echo "No changes found to probe in ${project_dir}." >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
return 0
fi
local file_count
file_count=$(echo "${diff_output}" | grep -c '^diff --git' || true)
{
echo "Diff contains changes to ${file_count} file(s):"
echo ""
echo "${diff_output}"
} >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
}
# @cmd Get the list of changed files with stats (a quick map for locating the changed consumer-facing surface).
# @option --base Optional base ref to diff against
get_changed_files() {
local project_dir
project_dir=$(_project_dir)
local base="${argc_base:-}"
local stat_output=""
if [[ -n "${base}" ]]; then
stat_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --stat "${base}" 2>&1) || true
else
stat_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --cached --stat 2>&1) || true
if [[ -z "${stat_output}" ]]; then
stat_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --stat 2>&1) || true
fi
if [[ -z "${stat_output}" ]]; then
stat_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --stat HEAD~1 2>&1) || true
fi
fi
if [[ -z "${stat_output}" ]]; then
echo "No changes found in ${project_dir}." >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
return 0
fi
{
echo "Changed files:"
echo ""
echo "${stat_output}"
} >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
}
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# Review Gauntlet
A graph-based post-implementation review gate — **"the done gate"**. An
orchestrator that must not claim *done* without green reviews spawns this agent
once instead of judging trigger rules and parsing verdict sentinels itself. The
graph structure makes skipping a lane or misreading a verdict impossible:
trigger signals are computed by a script, lanes run as isolated parallel
sub-agents, and the final verdict is a deterministic regex gate — an LLM never
gets the chance to rationalize past it.
```mermaid
flowchart TD
parse["parse<br/>(llm: extract request facts)"] --> signals["signals<br/>(script: deterministic diff facts)"]
parse -. "fallback" .-> pfault["parse_fault<br/>(script: PIPELINE-FAULT marker)"]
pfault --> gate
signals --> select["select_lanes<br/>(llm: ADDITIVE-only judgment)"]
select --> build["build_items<br/>(script: rules floor ∪ additions;<br/>forced lanes add)"]
select -. "fallback" .-> dlanes["default_lanes<br/>(script: deterministic degraded<br/>selection — wider, never narrower)"]
dlanes --> build
build --> mcr["map: code-review"] & madv["map: adversary"] & msec["map: security"] & mpb["map: probe"]
mcr -->|"over: 0-or-1 items"| rcr[["code-reviewer<br/>(max_attempts: 2)"]]
madv --> radv[["adversary<br/>(max_attempts: 2)"]]
msec --> rsec[["security-reviewer<br/>(max_attempts: 2)"]]
mpb --> rpb[["probe<br/>(max_attempts: 2)"]]
rcr -. "fallback" .-> lfault["lane_fault<br/>(script: PIPELINE-FAULT lane result,<br/>collected by the map)"]
radv -. "fallback" .-> lfault
rsec -. "fallback" .-> lfault
rpb -. "fallback" .-> lfault
mcr & madv & msec & mpb --> rgate["retry_gate<br/>(script: fault-only re-run gate;<br/>stash + restore, ≤3 attempts,<br/>wall-clock budget)"]
rgate -. "_next: retry faulted lanes" .-> build
rgate --> gate["verdict_gate<br/>(script: sentinel regex — deterministic)"]
gate --> done(["GAUNTLET: PASS | BLOCKED<br/>(+ GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE: … when any lane or the pipeline was incomplete)"])
```
## Why a graph
The four independent review lanes existed before this agent — as **prompt
discipline** inside the calling orchestrator: "spawn code-reviewer when the
change is broad", "🔴 always blocks", "INCONCLUSIVE is never PASS". Prompt
discipline degrades under context pressure: a lane gets skipped, a verdict
line gets paraphrased, a missing report reads as "nothing to report". Here
those rules are *structure*:
- **Lane selection floor is deterministic** (`build_items.py`): code-review
always runs; adversary runs when a spec/plan is present; security runs on
attack-surface signals (auth/deps/exec paths or diff content) or hardened
posture; probe runs when consumer-facing surface changed *and* a local-run
recipe exists. The `select_lanes` LLM can only **widen** the set — a false
flag never removes a rule-selected lane. `forced_lanes` from the caller
override everything exactly.
- **Conditional lanes without dynamic routing**: each lane is a `map` node
over a 0-or-1-item list — an empty list means the map runs zero branches
(map-over-nothing), which *is* the skip mechanism. All four maps join at
the retry gate on equal-length paths; it falls through to the verdict
gate, or routes back to `build_items` for faulted lanes only.
- **The verdict is a regex, not an opinion** (`verdict_gate.py`): a missing
sentinel is a lane FAILURE, never a pass; the critical count from the
code-review report's summary line (raw 🔴 count if absent) blocks
regardless of its verdict line; a code-review lane whose own verdict line
records a pipeline fault blocks (a degraded review is never a pass); the
adversary's own degraded-run header (the `Criteria: …` line directly under
its sentinel recording a pipeline fault, died criterion checks, or its
verdict script's crash stub) blocks as a pipeline fault,
not as a DIVERGES finding;
`NEEDS-HUMAN` without 🔴 passes but
is surfaced under *Human attention required*; probe `INCONCLUSIVE` blocks
with an environment note — it is never treated as PASS or FAIL.
- **Verdict independence is structural**: lanes run as isolated sub-agents
with no `teammates:` flag — no cross-lane messaging, by construction.
- **Failure fails closed, structurally** (`fallback:` routes + `PIPELINE-FAULT`
markers): every LLM node and lane retries once (`max_attempts: 2`), then a
fallback fires instead of killing the graph — and every fallback degrades
toward BLOCKED, never toward a pass. A dead lane becomes a `PIPELINE-FAULT:`
lane result (`lane_fault.py`) that the gate reports as BLOCKED *naming the
lane* — distinct from SKIPPED (not selected). A dead `parse` records a fault
and jumps straight to the gate (`parse_fault.py`). A dead `select_lanes`
degrades to a deterministic selection (`default_lanes.py`): code-review +
adversary, plus probe on consumer surface *with a local-run recipe*, plus
security on auth/deps/exec
signals or hardened posture, unioned with caller-forced lanes — wider, never
narrower. A crashed `build_items` records a fault so an all-SKIPPED gate
still blocks. Fault detection is prefix-anchored — a real review that merely
*quotes* "PIPELINE-FAULT:" flows to the normal sentinel rules. And the
`GAUNTLET:` sentinel is always emitted: even a crashed gate prints
`GAUNTLET: BLOCKED`, never silence.
## Fault-only re-runs
`retry_gate.py` sits between the lane maps and the verdict gate and re-runs
only lanes that **faulted** — a missing report (stood in for by a synthetic
`PIPELINE-FAULT: <lane> lane produced no report` marker so it never renders as
SKIPPED), a non-string report, the `lane_fault` marker, a sentinel-less
report, or a nested graph's own degraded-run wording (the code-review verdict
line / the adversary's header line directly under its sentinel). A real verdict
(DIVERGES, FAIL, INCONCLUSIVE, NEEDS-HUMAN, …) is never re-run: the review's
judgment stands. Each lane gets up to 3 attempts, all inside a wall-clock
budget (`MAX_RETRY_ELAPSED_SECS`) sized to fit the graph timeout.
- **Stash + restore**: every lane report that ran this pass is stashed in
`kept_results`; a re-run pass overwrites the untouched lanes' collected
results with `[]`, so their stashed reports are restored before the gate.
The verdict gate always sees each lane's *last* report.
- **Retry never narrows selection**: lane selection is not re-run. A re-run
pass rebuilds items only for the retried lanes, and the stashed results
stand in for the rest.
- **Exhaustion is recorded, not hidden**: a lane still faulted after its
attempts or the budget lands in `review_incomplete`, and its fault flows to
the verdict gate as-is.
- **Crash guards append**: the `build_items.py` and `retry_gate.py` crash
guards append to an existing `signals_error` rather than overwrite it, and
`build_items.py` preserves the prior `lanes_summary`.
A non-empty `GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE:` line structurally implies
`GAUNTLET: BLOCKED`: the verdict gate forces every lane named in
`review_incomplete` to a BLOCKED row (`review incomplete after N attempt(s)`)
and a matching blocker, so a restored earlier report can never turn an
incomplete review into a pass — and malformed `review_incomplete` bookkeeping
is itself recorded as a `pipeline` fault, never dropped.
Whenever at least one lane (or the pipeline) could not complete, the first
line reads `GAUNTLET: BLOCKED` followed immediately by
`GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE: <lane>[, <lane>]`. The names are the exhausted
lanes from `review_incomplete`, plus the `pipeline` pseudo-lane whenever a
pipeline-level `PIPELINE-FAULT:` fired — parse death, or a crash in the
builder, the retry gate, the default-lanes fallback, or the verdict gate
itself (the default-lanes fallback's crash still runs the widened lanes, so
`pipeline` appears alongside real lane rows). The report gains a
`## Review incomplete` section naming each exhausted lane with its
attempt count; `PIPELINE-FAULT` lane rows carry ` ×N` when the lane was
re-run (N > 1). The *named* entries are faults to re-run, never code
findings; the line can accompany real findings from the other lanes, which
still appear under `## Blockers` and must be fixed as usual.
## Sentinels parsed
| Lane | Sentinel | Blocks on |
|------|----------|-----------|
| code-reviewer | `**Verdict: MERGE-READY \| NEEDS-HUMAN**` | critical count from the report's summary line (raw 🔴 count if absent); missing sentinel; own verdict line records a pipeline fault |
| adversary | `ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: CONFORMS \| DIVERGES` | DIVERGES; own degraded-run header (pipeline fault, died criterion checks, or its verdict script's crash stub); missing sentinel |
| security-reviewer | `SECURITY_REVIEW: PASS \| FAIL` | FAIL; missing sentinel |
| probe | `USAGE_PROBE: PASS \| FAIL \| INCONCLUSIVE` | FAIL; INCONCLUSIVE (environment note); missing sentinel |
## Spawning it
```
agent__spawn --agent review-gauntlet --prompt "Post-implementation review gate.
Project: /abs/path/to/repo
Diff: main...HEAD (a git range, a ref, or 'worktree' for uncommitted changes)
Rigor: production Security posture: standard
Plan / acceptance criteria:
<paste the criteria the implementation must satisfy — enables the adversary lane>
Local-run recipe / usage suites:
<how to boot the service locally + where existing suites live — enables the probe lane>
Forced lanes: (optional, ADDITIVE — e.g. 'adversary, probe' run on top of the computed selection; forcing never drops the always-on floor)" \
--variables {"verification_commands": "[\"cargo test --all\", \"cargo clippy -- -D warnings\"]"}
```
Verification commands are NOT part of the prompt. They are the declared
`verification_commands` graph variable (default `'[]'`; a JSON array of shell
commands as a string, since agent variables arrive as strings), also settable
from the CLI:
```sh
coyote -a review-gauntlet --agent-variable project_dir /abs/path/to/repo \
--agent-variable verification_commands '["cargo test --all"]' "<prompt>"
```
The reply opens with `GAUNTLET: PASS` or `GAUNTLET: BLOCKED` (plus the
`GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE:` line when applicable), followed by a lane status
table, the lane-selection reasons, blockers, attention items, and each lane's
full report in a collapsible section. On BLOCKED with a
`GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE:` line: the named lanes never completed — this is an
infrastructure fault, never a code finding. Fix any non-fault blockers listed
under `## Blockers` first (the re-run retries the lane); if the line persists,
escalate to the user with three options — retry the review again (a **fresh**
gauntlet run), accept NEEDS-HUMAN and proceed without that lane (recorded in the
report / PR body), or abort — never route it through your findings-handling
rules. On BLOCKED without it: fix the findings per your own findings-handling
rules, then spawn a **fresh** gauntlet run. On PASS with *Human attention
required*: complete the work but carry those items into your final report
verbatim.
## Notes
- The caller decides *whether* review is warranted at all (the gauntlet is for
non-trivial work — that's why code-review is unconditionally on); the
gauntlet decides *which* of the other lanes apply and what the verdicts mean.
- Lane sub-agents get generous finite per-attempt timeouts (see the
`timeout:` on each `run_*` node) and one retry (`max_attempts: 2`) inside
the lane, then up to 3 attempts of the whole lane from `retry_gate.py` while
the wall-clock budget (`MAX_RETRY_ELAPSED_SECS`) allows; `settings.timeout`
is derived from that envelope in graph.yaml's comment. A lane that still
dies or times out falls back to the `lane_fault` marker — BLOCKED naming the
lane and `GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE`, never a silent pass.
- The `verification_commands` variable is forwarded to the adversary lane as a
structured `inputs:` passthrough on `run_adversary` (a lone `{{…}}` template
lands the raw value in the child's state) — never through the lane prompt
and never extracted by `parse`. The adversary's `run_checks` stage executes
those commands with a shell, which makes the declaration a trust boundary:
the prompt also carries plan text pasted from the repo under review, so
commands must never be inferred from it, and the engine merges only the keys
`parse`'s `output_schema.properties` declares, so an extra
`verification_commands` key emitted by the LLM is dropped before it reaches
state.
Undeclared stays undeclared
(`'[]'` ⇒ "none declared"); a declaration that is not a JSON array of
strings executes nothing and records a `PIPELINE-FAULT`, which the
adversary lane reports as DIVERGES and the gate as BLOCKED.
- Signals failures degrade WIDER: if git can't compute the diff, the surface
is unknown — the security lane is added (and probe, when a local-run recipe
exists) on top of caller context + forced lanes, and the report notes it. The auth-path regex deliberately over-fires (`auth(?!or)` matches
auth/authn/authz/oauth but not "author") — the safe direction, since signals
only ever ADD the security lane.
- Requires the `code-reviewer`, `adversary`, `security-reviewer`, and `probe`
agents to be installed (they ship with Coyote).
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name: review-gauntlet
description: |
Graph-based post-implementation review gate — "the done gate". Given a diff
spec and the work's context (plan/acceptance criteria, rigor, security
posture), it deterministically computes diff signals, selects the applicable
independent review lanes — code-reviewer (always), adversary (when a
spec/plan exists), security-reviewer (attack-surface signals), probe
(consumer-facing surface with a local-run recipe) — runs the selected lanes
IN PARALLEL as isolated sub-agents, and machine-parses their verdict
sentinels into one deterministic verdict: GAUNTLET: PASS or
GAUNTLET: BLOCKED. An orchestrator that must not claim "done" without green
reviews spawns this once instead of judging trigger rules and parsing
verdicts itself — the graph structure makes skipping a lane or misreading a
verdict impossible. Invariants: lane selection can only be WIDENED by LLM
judgment, never narrowed (deterministic rules are the floor); a missing
verdict sentinel is a lane failure, never a pass; probe INCONCLUSIVE blocks
with an environment note (it is never PASS or FAIL); reviewer lanes run
verdict-independent — no cross-lane messaging.
version: '1.0'
# The limit is consulted by the SPAWNER against the child's absolute depth
# (root = 0). Deepest documented chain: architect(0) → sisyphus(1) →
# review-gauntlet(2) → code-reviewer(3) →
# {domain-reviewer(4) → file-reviewer(5) | finding-verifier(4)}.
# This agent spawns depth-3 children; 4 = one level of headroom.
max_agent_depth: 4
max_concurrent_agents: 12
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Repository the change lives in; signals and every review lane run against it.
default: '.'
- name: verification_commands
description: |
JSON array of shell commands the CALLER declares for the deterministic
run_checks stage — e.g. '["cargo test --all"]'. Never inferred from the
prompt; empty array = none declared.
default: '[]'
settings:
max_loop_iterations: 10
log_state_snapshots: true
# A faulted lane can be re-run by retry_gate for up to 3 passes, and each
# pass's agent node retries up to max_attempts = 2 with a fresh per-attempt
# budget (src/graph/agent.rs retry_transient/bounded_attempt):
# 3 passes × 2 attempts × 11400 (max lane timeout) = 68400, + 1200 margin
# for the script stages (signals/select/build/retry gate/verdict gate)
# = 69600; the parse and select_lanes llm nodes carry no `timeout:` and
# are bounded by max_iterations.
timeout: 69600
initial_state:
retry_notes: []
diff_spec: worktree
plan_context: ''
rigor: production
security_posture: standard
probe_context: ''
extra_context: ''
forced_lanes: []
changed_files: []
file_count: 0
signals_summary: ''
signals_error: ''
touches_auth: false
touches_deps: false
touches_exec: false
touches_proto: false
touches_migrations: false
consumer_surface: false
docs_only: false
add_code_review: false
add_adversary: false
add_security: false
add_probe: false
lane_reasons: ''
parse_failure: ''
select_lanes_failure: ''
lanes_degraded: ''
code_review_items: []
adversary_items: []
security_items: []
probe_items: []
code_review_results: []
adversary_results: []
security_results: []
probe_results: []
lane_attempts: {}
kept_results: {}
retry_lanes: []
review_incomplete: []
gauntlet_started_at: 0
lanes_summary: ''
gauntlet_verdict: ''
gauntlet_report: ''
gauntlet_incomplete_line: ''
start: parse
nodes:
parse:
id: parse
type: llm
description: Extract the review request's facts from the spawn prompt. Extraction only — no judging, no lane selection.
instructions: |
You extract the facts of a review request into structured fields.
EXTRACTION ONLY — do not decide which review lanes should run.
- `diff_spec`: the git diff specification the caller named, as a BARE
revision token usable verbatim in `git diff <spec>` — a ref range
("main...HEAD", "HEAD~3..HEAD"), a single ref, or the literal
"worktree" for uncommitted changes against HEAD. NEVER prose, a
command, or a path: from "run get_diff --base origin/main" extract
"origin/main...HEAD"; from "diff origin/main...HEAD in ~/code/x"
extract "origin/main...HEAD". When the caller did not name one, use
"worktree".
- `project_dir_in`: the repository directory the caller named as holding
the change (absolute path preferred); empty string when the caller
named none.
- `plan_context`: the plan / spec / acceptance-criteria text the
implementation must satisfy, copied through VERBATIM — never
summarize it and never replace pasted text with file paths or a
sentence saying it was included; the adversary lane fails closed on
whatever you drop. Empty string when the caller supplied none.
- `rigor`: poc | prototype | production. Default "production" when
not stated.
- `security_posture`: prototype | standard | hardened. Default
"standard" when not stated.
- `probe_context`: the local-run recipe and/or existing usage-suite
pointers for black-box probing (how to boot the service, where the
suites live). Empty string when the caller supplied none.
- `forced_lanes`: lanes the caller explicitly demanded (verbatim
names). Empty array = automatic selection. Forcing is ADDITIVE
downstream: it widens the computed selection, never replaces it.
- `extra_context`: any remaining caller context reviewers should see,
condensed.
prompt: |
Extract the review-request facts from this request:
{{initial_prompt}}
tools: []
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
diff_spec:
type: string
plan_context:
type: string
rigor:
type: string
security_posture:
type: string
probe_context:
type: string
forced_lanes:
type: array
items:
type: string
extra_context:
type: string
project_dir_in:
type: string
required: [diff_spec, plan_context, rigor, security_posture, probe_context, forced_lanes, extra_context, project_dir_in]
max_iterations: 3
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
parse_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: parse_fault
next: signals
parse_fault:
id: parse_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed marker for a dead parse stage (reached only via parse's fallback) — records a PIPELINE-FAULT in signals_error and jumps straight to the verdict gate, which blocks on it. Lane item lists stay their initial [] so every lane records SKIPPED.
script: scripts/parse_fault.py
timeout: 30
next: verdict_gate
signals:
id: signals
type: script
description: Deterministic diff signals — file list, attack-surface and consumer-surface indicators. Pure git; no LLM judgment.
script: scripts/signals.py
timeout: 120
next: select_lanes
select_lanes:
id: select_lanes
type: llm
description: Additive-only lane judgment on top of the deterministic rules. It can WIDEN the gauntlet, never narrow it.
instructions: |
You look at a change's deterministic diff signals and decide whether any
review lane the hard rules might have missed should ALSO run. You can
only ADD lanes — the deterministic floor (enforced downstream, not by
you) is: code-review always runs; adversary runs when a plan/spec is
present; security runs on attack-surface signals or hardened posture;
probe runs when consumer-facing surface changed and a local-run recipe
exists. Setting a flag to false NEVER removes a lane the rules selected.
Reasons to add:
- `add_security`: the diff handles external/untrusted input, touches
crypto/secrets handling, or changes trust boundaries in ways the
path-based signals missed.
- `add_adversary`: the request references behavior it must preserve or
criteria scattered in prose that amount to a spec, even without a
formal plan.
- `add_probe`: the change alters observable API/CLI behavior even
though the path signals missed it (only useful when a local-run
recipe exists — the builder skips it otherwise, noting why).
- `add_code_review`: always selected by the rules; flag exists only
for forced-lane configurations.
Put one line per added lane into `lane_reasons`. When nothing needs
adding, all flags false and empty reasons is the correct answer.
prompt: |
Change signals (deterministic):
- diff spec: {{diff_spec}}
- files changed: {{file_count}}
- changed files (first 200): {{changed_files}}
- touches auth paths/content: {{touches_auth}}
- touches dependency manifests: {{touches_deps}}
- adds exec/shell/subprocess calls: {{touches_exec}}
- touches protobuf/contracts: {{touches_proto}}
- touches migrations: {{touches_migrations}}
- consumer-facing surface paths: {{consumer_surface}}
- docs-only diff: {{docs_only}}
- {{signals_summary}}
{{signals_error}}
Caller context:
- rigor: {{rigor}}; security posture: {{security_posture}}
- plan/spec present: {{plan_context}}
- probe recipe present: {{probe_context}}
- extra: {{extra_context}}
tools: []
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
add_code_review:
type: boolean
add_adversary:
type: boolean
add_security:
type: boolean
add_probe:
type: boolean
lane_reasons:
type: string
required: [add_code_review, add_adversary, add_security, add_probe, lane_reasons]
max_iterations: 3
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
select_lanes_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: default_lanes
next: build_items
default_lanes:
id: default_lanes
type: script
description: Deterministic lane-selection fallback (reached only via select_lanes' fallback) — when the additive LLM judgment dies, forces code-review + adversary, plus probe when consumer_surface AND a probe_context (local-run recipe) is present, plus security on attack-surface signals (auth/deps/exec) or hardened posture, unioned with any caller-forced lanes. Selection degrades WIDER, never narrower; the degradation note flows into lanes_summary via build_items.
script: scripts/default_lanes.py
timeout: 30
next: build_items
build_items:
id: build_items
type: script
description: Deterministic lane builder — hard rules are the floor, LLM flags may only add, forced lanes are ADDITIVE (selection only ever widens; unavailable signals widen it too). Emits one 0-or-1-item list per lane; an empty list skips that lane's map. On a re-run pass (retry_lanes non-empty) it skips selection and emits items only for those lanes, each carrying its attempt number.
script: scripts/build_items.py
timeout: 30
next: [map_code_review, map_adversary, map_security, map_probe]
map_code_review:
id: map_code_review
type: map
over: '{{code_review_items}}'
as: lane_ctx
branch: run_code_review
output_key: lane_out
collect_into: code_review_results
max_concurrency: 1
next: retry_gate
map_adversary:
id: map_adversary
type: map
over: '{{adversary_items}}'
as: lane_ctx
branch: run_adversary
output_key: lane_out
collect_into: adversary_results
max_concurrency: 1
next: retry_gate
map_security:
id: map_security
type: map
over: '{{security_items}}'
as: lane_ctx
branch: run_security
output_key: lane_out
collect_into: security_results
max_concurrency: 1
next: retry_gate
map_probe:
id: map_probe
type: map
over: '{{probe_items}}'
as: lane_ctx
branch: run_probe
output_key: lane_out
collect_into: probe_results
max_concurrency: 1
next: retry_gate
run_code_review:
id: run_code_review
type: agent
description: Independent code-quality review lane.
agent: code-reviewer
# Exceeds the code-reviewer graph's own settings.timeout (10800) by 600 so
# the child's graph timeout, not this lane timeout, is the binding bound.
# NOTE: the child's own internal retry envelope (its nodes' max_attempts ×
# timeouts) is not derived here — deliberately out of scope for this
# change; tracked as a follow-up.
timeout: 11400
prompt: |
Review the code changes in {{project_dir}} (diff: {{diff_spec}}) as an
independent post-implementation review.
Quality bar: rigor={{rigor}}.
Plan / acceptance-criteria context (may be empty):
{{plan_context}}
{{extra_context}}
Close your report with your Review Verdict line.
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
lane_out: '{{output}}'
fallback: lane_fault
run_adversary:
id: run_adversary
type: agent
description: Plan-conformance review lane.
agent: adversary
# Exceeds the adversary graph's own settings.timeout (9000) by 600 so the
# child's graph timeout, not this lane timeout, is the binding bound.
# NOTE: the child's own internal retry envelope (its nodes' max_attempts ×
# timeouts) is not derived here — deliberately out of scope for this
# change; tracked as a follow-up.
timeout: 9600
inputs:
verification_commands: '{{verification_commands}}'
prompt: |
Adversarial plan-conformance review in {{project_dir}}.
The implementation to check: diff {{diff_spec}}.
The spec / plan / acceptance criteria it must satisfy:
{{plan_context}}
Verification commands arrive as a structured input (the verification_commands variable), not in this prompt.
{{extra_context}}
Return your ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW verdict.
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
lane_out: '{{output}}'
fallback: lane_fault
run_security:
id: run_security
type: agent
description: Security review lane.
agent: security-reviewer
timeout: 7200
prompt: |
Security review of the code changes in {{project_dir}} (diff: {{diff_spec}}).
Security posture: {{security_posture}}.
{{extra_context}}
Return your SECURITY_REVIEW verdict.
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
lane_out: '{{output}}'
fallback: lane_fault
run_probe:
id: run_probe
type: agent
description: Black-box usage-pattern verification lane.
agent: probe
timeout: 7200
prompt: |
Usage-pattern verification (black-box probe) of the changes in
{{project_dir}} (diff: {{diff_spec}}).
Local-run recipe / existing usage suites:
{{probe_context}}
Plan / acceptance-criteria context:
{{plan_context}}
The workspace may contain test files from an aborted earlier attempt of
this lane; reconcile rather than duplicate.
Shared-stack rule: wrap any stack boot/teardown in
`flock "$HOME/.cache/coyote/review-stack.lock" <command>` (the adversary's
verification stage holds the same lock), and NEVER remove or stop containers
you did not create this run — a held port means wait, re-port, or INCONCLUSIVE.
Derive expected behaviors from the plan/contract BEFORE reading
implementation code, run existing suites first, then author spec-first
tests for the uncovered delta. Return your USAGE_PROBE verdict.
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
lane_out: '{{output}}'
fallback: lane_fault
lane_fault:
id: lane_fault
type: script
description: Fail-closed lane fault marker (reached only via the run_* lanes' fallback routes; shared across the four map branches). Normalizes the engine's "Agent node failed" text in lane_out into a PIPELINE-FAULT lane result the map collects; verdict_gate turns it into BLOCKED — a degraded lane is never a pass.
script: scripts/lane_fault.py
timeout: 30
retry_gate:
id: retry_gate
type: script
description: Deterministic fault-only re-run gate. Stashes every lane report that ran this pass, restores reports a re-run pass overwrote with [] (a lane not being re-run maps over nothing), classifies each lane that ran as completed / faulted / skipped, counts attempts, and routes back into build_items for faulted lanes that still have attempts left inside the wall-clock budget; otherwise it records them in review_incomplete and falls through to verdict_gate. A real verdict is never re-run, and a gate crash never retries — it records a PIPELINE-FAULT and falls through.
script: scripts/retry_gate.py
timeout: 30
next: verdict_gate
verdict_gate:
id: verdict_gate
type: script
description: Deterministic sentinel parser and gate. A missing sentinel is a lane failure, never a pass; probe INCONCLUSIVE blocks with an environment note; the code-review critical count is read from render.py's summary line (raw 🔴 count if absent) and blocks regardless of the lane's own verdict line; a code-review verdict line that records the nested graph's own pipeline fault blocks as a degraded lane. Lanes retry_gate gave up on, and any pipeline-level fault, are named on a GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE machine line so a caller can tell an incomplete review from a failed one.
script: scripts/verdict_gate.py
timeout: 60
next: done
done:
id: done
type: end
output: |
GAUNTLET: {{gauntlet_verdict}}{{gauntlet_incomplete_line}}
{{gauntlet_report}}
@@ -1,236 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic lane builder for the review gauntlet.
Selection = hard rules (the floor) ∪ LLM additions ∪ caller-forced lanes.
Forcing is ADDITIVE: it can only widen the computed selection — honoring a
forced list as the exact set once dropped the always-on code-review lane in
a live run. Emits one 0-or-1-item list per lane: an empty list makes that
lane's map node run zero branches (map-over-nothing), which IS the skip
mechanism — no dynamic routing anywhere.
The LLM's add_* flags can only ADD lanes. A flag that is false never
removes a lane the hard rules selected.
Unavailable diff signals (malformed spec, git failure) mean the surface is
UNKNOWN — selection degrades WIDER (security on; probe when a recipe
exists), never narrower.
A re-run pass (retry_gate emitted `retry_lanes`) skips selection: only the
named lanes get an item, stamped with their attempt number, and every other
lane maps over nothing — retry_gate restores their earlier reports.
Fail-closed: a builder crash emits all four lists empty plus a
PIPELINE-FAULT in signals_error — verdict_gate blocks on it and the crash
never kills the graph.
"""
import json
import os
import time
# Keep in sync with default_lanes.ALIASES — a caller-forced lane must
# canonicalize the same way on the degraded path as it does here.
ALIASES = {
"code-review": "code-review",
"code_review": "code-review",
"code-reviewer": "code-review",
"adversary": "adversary",
"adversarial": "adversary",
"adversarial-review": "adversary",
"security": "security",
"security-review": "security",
"security-reviewer": "security",
"probe": "probe",
"usage": "probe",
"usage-pattern": "probe",
"usage-pattern-testing": "probe",
}
# Keep in sync with retry_gate.LANES
LANE_KEYS = {
"code-review": "code_review_items",
"adversary": "adversary_items",
"security": "security_items",
"probe": "probe_items",
}
# Filled by main() so the crash guard can append to an upstream fault
# instead of overwriting it, and keep the first pass's lanes_summary.
crash_context = {"signals_error": "", "lanes_summary": ""}
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
prior = state.get("signals_error")
crash_context["signals_error"] = prior if isinstance(prior, str) else ""
# retry_gate's wall-clock budget is measured from this stamp; signals.py
# is the normal stamper, this is the defensive fallback.
stamp = {} if state.get("gauntlet_started_at") else {"gauntlet_started_at": time.time()}
def text(key):
v = state.get(key)
return v.strip() if isinstance(v, str) else ""
crash_context["lanes_summary"] = text("lanes_summary")
retry_lanes = [lane for lane in (state.get("retry_lanes") or []) if lane in LANE_KEYS]
if retry_lanes:
attempts = state.get("lane_attempts") or {}
retried = [(lane, int(attempts.get(lane) or 0) + 1) for lane in retry_lanes]
note = "- retried: [" + ", ".join(f"{lane} (attempt {n})" for lane, n in retried) + "]"
summary = text("lanes_summary")
print(
json.dumps(
{
**{key: [] for key in LANE_KEYS.values()},
**{
LANE_KEYS[lane]: [{"lane": lane, "attempt": n}] for lane, n in retried
},
"lanes_summary": f"{summary}\n{note}" if summary else note,
"retry_lanes": [],
**stamp,
}
)
)
return
forced_raw = state.get("forced_lanes") or []
forced, unknown = [], []
for lane in forced_raw:
canon = ALIASES.get(str(lane).strip().lower())
(forced.append(canon) if canon else unknown.append(str(lane)))
reasons = []
lanes = {"code-review"}
reasons.append(
"code-review: always on — the gauntlet is only spawned for non-trivial work"
)
if text("plan_context"):
lanes.add("adversary")
reasons.append("adversary: a spec/plan/acceptance-criteria context is present")
if (
state.get("touches_auth")
or state.get("touches_deps")
or state.get("touches_exec")
or state.get("security_posture") == "hardened"
):
lanes.add("security")
reasons.append(
"security: attack-surface signals (auth/deps/exec) or hardened posture"
)
if state.get("consumer_surface") and text("probe_context"):
lanes.add("probe")
reasons.append(
"probe: consumer-facing surface changed and a local-run recipe/suite pointer exists"
)
# Unavailable signals (malformed diff spec, git failure) = surface UNKNOWN.
# Degrade WIDER, never narrower — a run without signals once silently
# dropped the security and probe lanes.
if text("signals_summary") == "signals unavailable":
if "security" not in lanes:
lanes.add("security")
reasons.append(
"security: diff signals unavailable — surface unknown, degrading wider"
)
if "probe" not in lanes and text("probe_context"):
lanes.add("probe")
reasons.append(
"probe: diff signals unavailable and a local-run recipe/suite pointer "
"exists — degrading wider"
)
# LLM judgment is additive-only.
llm_why = text("lane_reasons")[:300]
for flag, lane in (
("add_code_review", "code-review"),
("add_adversary", "adversary"),
("add_security", "security"),
("add_probe", "probe"),
):
if state.get(flag) and lane not in lanes:
if lane == "probe" and not text("probe_context"):
reasons.append(
"probe: requested by lane judgment but skipped — no local-run "
"recipe/suite pointer (a probe without one is guaranteed INCONCLUSIVE)"
)
continue
if lane == "adversary" and not text("plan_context"):
reasons.append(
"adversary: requested by lane judgment but skipped — no spec/plan "
"to check conformance against"
)
continue
lanes.add(lane)
reasons.append(f"{lane}: added by lane-selection judgment — {llm_why}")
# Caller-forced lanes are ADDITIVE: they widen the computed selection,
# never replace it. (Honoring them as the exact set dropped code-review —
# documented as always-on — and adversary in a live run.) Forcing also
# bypasses the context guards above: the caller demanded the lane, so it
# runs, with the expectation named in the summary.
if forced:
newly = sorted(set(forced) - lanes)
lanes |= set(forced)
reasons.append(
f"forced lanes (additive): {sorted(set(forced))}"
+ (f" — newly added: {newly}" if newly else " — all already selected")
)
if "probe" in forced and not text("probe_context"):
reasons.append(
"probe: forced without a local-run recipe/suite pointer — expect INCONCLUSIVE"
)
if "adversary" in forced and not text("plan_context"):
reasons.append(
"adversary: forced without spec/plan context — it fails closed "
"(DIVERGES) without extractable criteria"
)
if unknown:
reasons.append(f"ignored unknown forced lane name(s): {unknown}")
# A degraded lane selection (default_lanes fallback) must survive into the
# final report; lanes_summary is the only channel this script doesn't
# overwrite silently.
degraded = text("lanes_degraded")
if degraded:
reasons.insert(0, degraded)
print(
json.dumps(
{
"code_review_items": [{"lane": "code-review"}] if "code-review" in lanes else [],
"adversary_items": [{"lane": "adversary"}] if "adversary" in lanes else [],
"security_items": [{"lane": "security"}] if "security" in lanes else [],
"probe_items": [{"lane": "probe"}] if "probe" in lanes else [],
"lanes_summary": "\n".join(f"- {r}" for r in reasons),
**stamp,
}
)
)
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — a builder crash must never kill the graph
fault = f"PIPELINE-FAULT: lane builder crashed — {e}; no lanes were run"
if crash_context["signals_error"]:
fault = f"{crash_context['signals_error']}; {fault}"
print(
json.dumps(
{
"code_review_items": [],
"adversary_items": [],
"security_items": [],
"probe_items": [],
"lanes_summary": crash_context["lanes_summary"],
"signals_error": fault,
}
)
)
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic lane-selection fallback for the review gauntlet.
Reached ONLY via select_lanes' `fallback:` route, when the additive LLM
judgment dies after retries. Emits `forced_lanes` — code-review + adversary,
plus probe when the deterministic signals flagged a consumer-facing surface
AND a local-run recipe exists (build_items gates probe the same way — a
probe without a recipe is INCONCLUSIVE by construction),
plus security when the attack-surface signals (auth/deps/exec) or a hardened
posture demand it, unioned with any lanes the caller forced (canonicalized
with the same aliases build_items uses) — which build_items honors
ADDITIVELY, so selection degrades WIDER, never narrower. Unavailable diff
signals also widen: unknown surface adds security (and probe when a
local-run recipe exists). The degradation note goes into
`lanes_degraded`; build_items folds it into lanes_summary so the final
report names the degradation.
Fail-closed: if the fallback itself crashes it emits the widest safe
selection (defaults ∪ security) plus a PIPELINE-FAULT in signals_error so
verdict_gate blocks — a crashed fallback never narrows selection silently.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
# Keep in sync with build_items.ALIASES — a caller-forced lane must
# canonicalize the same way here as it would on the non-degraded path.
ALIASES = {
"code-review": "code-review",
"code_review": "code-review",
"code-reviewer": "code-review",
"adversary": "adversary",
"adversarial": "adversary",
"adversarial-review": "adversary",
"security": "security",
"security-review": "security",
"security-reviewer": "security",
"probe": "probe",
"usage": "probe",
"usage-pattern": "probe",
"usage-pattern-testing": "probe",
}
# Stable emission order keeps the fallback deterministic.
LANE_ORDER = ["code-review", "adversary", "security", "probe"]
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
lanes = {"code-review", "adversary"}
probe_context = state.get("probe_context")
if (
state.get("consumer_surface")
and isinstance(probe_context, str)
and probe_context.strip()
):
lanes.add("probe")
# The deterministic security signals are already in state when this
# fallback runs; a degraded selection must never drop the security lane
# build_items' hard rules would have selected.
if (
state.get("touches_auth")
or state.get("touches_deps")
or state.get("touches_exec")
or state.get("security_posture") == "hardened"
):
lanes.add("security")
# Unavailable signals = surface UNKNOWN → widen (mirrors build_items).
if (state.get("signals_summary") or "") == "signals unavailable":
lanes.add("security")
if isinstance(probe_context, str) and probe_context.strip():
lanes.add("probe")
# Caller-forced lanes survive degradation — union, never overwrite.
for lane in state.get("forced_lanes") or []:
if canon := ALIASES.get(str(lane).strip().lower()):
lanes.add(canon)
forced = [lane for lane in LANE_ORDER if lane in lanes]
raw = state.get("select_lanes_failure")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
note = "lane selection degraded to deterministic defaults"
if detail:
note += f" — {detail}"
print(json.dumps({"forced_lanes": forced, "lanes_degraded": note}))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fallback itself must never crash
print(
json.dumps(
{
"forced_lanes": ["code-review", "adversary", "security"],
"lanes_degraded": "lane selection degraded to deterministic "
f"defaults (fallback script error: {e})",
"signals_error": (
f"PIPELINE-FAULT: lane-selection fallback crashed — {e}; "
"lanes widened to defaults ∪ security"
),
}
)
)
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed lane fault marker for the review gauntlet.
Reached ONLY via the run_* lane nodes' `fallback:` routes inside their map
branches. Grounded in engine behavior: on agent-node failure the engine
writes "Agent node failed: {e:#}" into `lane_out` via the node's
state_updates BEFORE routing to the fallback, so the raw failure text is
already in state. This node normalizes it into a
"PIPELINE-FAULT: <lane> lane failed after retries — …" marker that the map
collects as the lane result; verdict_gate turns any PIPELINE-FAULT lane
result into BLOCKED — a degraded lane can never read as a pass.
Lane identity comes from `lane_ctx` (the map item build_items emitted, which
carries a `lane` field); a missing/malformed item degrades to "unknown".
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
lane = "unknown"
lane_ctx = state.get("lane_ctx")
if isinstance(lane_ctx, dict):
name = lane_ctx.get("lane")
if isinstance(name, str) and name.strip():
lane = name.strip()
raw = state.get("lane_out")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
print(
json.dumps(
{"lane_out": f"PIPELINE-FAULT: {lane} lane failed after retries — {detail}"}
)
)
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(
json.dumps(
{
"lane_out": "PIPELINE-FAULT: lane failed after retries — "
f"fault-marker script error: {e}"
}
)
)
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fail-closed marker for a dead parse stage of the review gauntlet.
Reached ONLY via parse's `fallback:` route. parse's state_updates wrote an
"LLM node …failed: <chain>" string into `parse_failure` before routing here;
this node records the failure as a PIPELINE-FAULT in `signals_error` and the
graph jumps straight to the verdict gate. Every lane item list is still its
initial [] so every lane records SKIPPED, and verdict_gate's signals_error
rule makes the verdict BLOCKED — a gauntlet that could not even parse its
request never reads as a pass.
"""
import json
import os
MAX_DETAIL_CHARS = 500
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def main():
state = load_state()
raw = state.get("parse_failure")
detail = raw.strip().replace("\n", " ") if isinstance(raw, str) else ""
if len(detail) > MAX_DETAIL_CHARS:
detail = detail[: MAX_DETAIL_CHARS - 1] + "…"
print(
json.dumps(
{
"signals_error": "PIPELINE-FAULT: parse failed — cannot run the "
f"gauntlet: {detail}"
}
)
)
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the fault marker itself must never crash
print(
json.dumps(
{
"signals_error": "PIPELINE-FAULT: parse failed — cannot run the "
f"gauntlet: fault-marker script error: {e}"
}
)
)
@@ -1,227 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic fault-only re-run gate for the review gauntlet.
Sits between the four lane maps and the verdict gate. Every lane map runs
on every pass — a lane that is not being re-run maps over [] — so a re-run
pass overwrites the untouched lanes' collected results with []. The gate's
hard rules:
- every lane that ran this pass is stashed in kept_results, completed
and faulted alike, and a lane whose map ran nothing this pass gets
its stashed report restored — the verdict gate always sees each
lane's LAST report;
- a lane is FAULTED only when its report is missing (the map ran but
collected nothing — replaced by a synthetic PIPELINE-FAULT marker so
the verdict gate never reads it as SKIPPED), non-string, the
lane_fault.py marker, sentinel-less, or carries the nested graph's own
degraded-run wording; a real verdict (DIVERGES, FAIL, INCONCLUSIVE,
NEEDS-HUMAN, …) is never re-run — the review's judgment stands;
- a faulted lane is re-run only while it has attempts left AND the
gauntlet is inside its wall-clock budget; otherwise it is recorded in
review_incomplete and its fault flows to the verdict gate as-is;
- malformed review_incomplete bookkeeping (not a list, or non-str
entries) keeps its str entries and records a PIPELINE-FAULT in
signals_error — never silently dropped, never split into lane names;
- the gate itself must never retry by accident: any internal error
records a PIPELINE-FAULT in signals_error and falls through to the
verdict gate, which blocks on it.
"""
import json
import os
import re
import sys
import time
# 69600 (graph timeout) − 2 × 11400 (largest lane envelope) − 1200 (script stages)
# = 45600; 600 s of slack below that.
MAX_RETRY_ELAPSED_SECS = 45000
MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3
# lane name -> (items key, results key)
LANES = {
"code-review": ("code_review_items", "code_review_results"),
"adversary": ("adversary_items", "adversary_results"),
"security": ("security_items", "security_results"),
"probe": ("probe_items", "probe_results"),
}
# Must stay identical to verdict_gate.py's sentinel regexes: a lane this
# gate calls completed must be one the verdict gate can parse, or a drift
# would re-run lanes the verdict gate accepts (or accept lanes it cannot
# read). A cross-pin test compares the literals in both files.
SENTINELS = {
"code-review": r"Verdict:\**\s*\**\s*(MERGE-READY|NEEDS-HUMAN)",
"adversary": r"ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW:\s*(CONFORMS|DIVERGES)",
"security": r"SECURITY_REVIEW:\s*(PASS|FAIL)",
"probe": r"USAGE_PROBE:\s*(PASS|FAIL|INCONCLUSIVE)",
}
# Filled by main() so the crash guard can append to an upstream fault
# instead of overwriting it, and report the lanes it had already declined.
crash_context = {"signals_error": "", "review_incomplete": []}
# Duplicated verbatim in the sibling gate script — the two copies must stay identical.
ADVERSARY_DEGRADED_HEADER = re.compile(
r"Criteria: .*("
r"degraded run: pipeline fault recorded"
r"|degraded run: \d+ criterion check\(s\) died"
r"|verdict computation error:"
r")"
)
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def adversary_degraded(report):
# The adversary's verdict.py emits its degraded-run header on the line
# directly under the FIRST sentinel; anchoring there keeps a report that
# merely quotes the wording later (observations, complaints) a real verdict.
lines = report.splitlines()
for i, ln in enumerate(lines):
if re.search(r"ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW:\s*(CONFORMS|DIVERGES)", ln):
nxt = lines[i + 1] if i + 1 < len(lines) else ""
return bool(ADVERSARY_DEGRADED_HEADER.match(nxt))
return False
def nested_degraded(lane, report):
# The nested graphs complete with a sentinel even when a stage inside
# them died; their own degraded-run wording marks a partial review,
# which is not a completed one. Same anchoring as verdict_gate.py.
if lane == "code-review":
verdict_line = re.search(r"^\*\*Verdict: .*$", report, re.MULTILINE)
return bool(
verdict_line
and re.search(
r"^\*\*Verdict: NEEDS-HUMAN\*\* — .*"
r"(pipeline fault\(s\) recorded|PIPELINE-FAULT:|report rendering error)",
verdict_line.group(0),
)
)
if lane == "adversary":
return adversary_degraded(report)
return False
def is_faulted(lane, report):
if not isinstance(report, str):
return True
if report.strip().startswith("PIPELINE-FAULT:"):
return True
if not re.search(SENTINELS[lane], report):
return True
return nested_degraded(lane, report)
def attempt_count(attempts, lane):
try:
return int(attempts.get(lane) or 0)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
return 0
def main():
state = load_state()
prior = state.get("signals_error")
signals_error = prior if isinstance(prior, str) else ""
crash_context["signals_error"] = signals_error
out = {}
declared = state.get("review_incomplete")
if isinstance(declared, list):
incomplete = [name for name in declared if isinstance(name, str)]
malformed = len(incomplete) != len(declared)
else:
incomplete = []
malformed = declared is not None
if malformed:
fault = (
"PIPELINE-FAULT: malformed review_incomplete bookkeeping "
f"({repr(declared)[:80]})"
)
signals_error = f"{signals_error}; {fault}" if signals_error else fault
crash_context["signals_error"] = signals_error
out["signals_error"] = signals_error
crash_context["review_incomplete"] = incomplete
raw_attempts = state.get("lane_attempts")
attempts = dict(raw_attempts) if isinstance(raw_attempts, dict) else {}
kept = dict(state.get("kept_results") or {})
faulted = []
for lane, (items_key, results_key) in LANES.items():
results = state.get(results_key) or []
if not state.get(items_key):
if not results and lane in kept:
out[results_key] = [kept[lane]]
continue
report = results[0] if results else None
if report is None:
report = f"PIPELINE-FAULT: {lane} lane produced no report"
out[results_key] = [report]
kept[lane] = report
if is_faulted(lane, report):
faulted.append(lane)
attempts[lane] = attempt_count(attempts, lane) + 1
# A missing/zero stamp reads as an ancient start and declines every
# retry — the safe direction when the clock's origin is unknown.
started = state.get("gauntlet_started_at") or 0
within_budget = (time.time() - float(started)) <= MAX_RETRY_ELAPSED_SECS
retry = [lane for lane in faulted if within_budget and attempts[lane] < MAX_ATTEMPTS]
declined = [lane for lane in faulted if lane not in retry]
incomplete = sorted(set(incomplete) | set(declined))
crash_context["review_incomplete"] = incomplete
out.update(
{
"lane_attempts": attempts,
"kept_results": kept,
"retry_lanes": retry,
"review_incomplete": incomplete,
}
)
prior_notes = state.get("retry_notes")
notes = [n for n in prior_notes if isinstance(n, str)] if isinstance(prior_notes, list) else []
for lane in declined:
notes.append(
f"lane {lane} faulted and was NOT re-run "
f"(attempts {attempts.get(lane, '?')}/{MAX_ATTEMPTS}"
+ ("" if within_budget else "; wall-clock budget exhausted")
+ ") — recorded in review_incomplete"
)
for lane in retry:
notes.append(
f"lane {lane} faulted (missing / sentinel-less / degraded report) — "
f"re-running: attempt {attempts.get(lane, 0) + 1}/{MAX_ATTEMPTS}"
)
if retry or declined:
# stderr is discarded on success by today's engine but is the
# forward-compatible live-visibility channel; retry_notes carries the
# same lines into the final report either way.
sys.stderr.write("WARN: " + " | ".join(notes[-(len(retry) + len(declined)):]) + "\n")
out["retry_notes"] = notes
if retry:
out["_next"] = "build_items"
print(json.dumps(out))
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — a gate crash must fall through, never retry
fault = f"PIPELINE-FAULT: retry gate crashed — {e}"
if crash_context["signals_error"]:
fault = f"{crash_context['signals_error']}; {fault}"
print(
json.dumps(
{
"retry_lanes": [],
"review_incomplete": crash_context["review_incomplete"],
"signals_error": fault,
}
)
)
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic diff signals for the review gauntlet.
Pure git — no LLM judgment. Every signal is computed from the changed-file
list and the added lines of the diff. Failures never sink the gauntlet:
on any error the script reports `signals_error` and marks the signals
unavailable — downstream (build_items / default_lanes) treats that as
UNKNOWN surface and degrades WIDER (security on; probe when a recipe
exists), on top of caller context and forced lanes.
"""
import json
import os
import re
import subprocess
import time
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
state = load_state()
proj = os.path.expanduser(
(state.get("project_dir_in") or "").strip() or state.get("project_dir") or "."
)
spec = (state.get("diff_spec") or "worktree").strip()
spec_raw = spec
# The parse stage should emit a bare revision token, but callers write prose
# and extraction drifts ("run get_diff --base origin/main" once reached
# `git diff` verbatim, killing the signals — and with them the security and
# probe lanes). Deterministically recover a usable spec before giving up.
_TOKEN = r"[\w./~^@{}-]+"
if spec not in ("", "worktree") and not re.fullmatch(
rf"{_TOKEN}(\.\.\.?{_TOKEN})?", spec
):
if m := re.search(rf"({_TOKEN}\.\.\.?{_TOKEN})", spec):
spec = m.group(1) # a revision range buried in prose
elif m := re.search(rf"--base[= ]({_TOKEN})", spec):
spec = f"{m.group(1)}...HEAD" # the get_diff idiom
def git(*args):
r = subprocess.run(
["git", "-C", proj, *args], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=90
)
if r.returncode != 0:
raise RuntimeError((r.stderr or r.stdout).strip()[:400])
return r.stdout
out = {"project_dir": proj}
# Deterministic plan_context recovery: the parse LLM proved a lossy channel
# for verbatim spec text (observed replacing ~4 KB of pasted criteria with
# file paths + a summary sentence). When the raw prompt carries the callers'
# labeled plan block, cut it out verbatim and override the extraction — but
# only when the recovered block is LONGER, so a good extraction is never
# degraded. The adversary lane fails closed on whatever goes missing here.
_prompt = state.get("initial_prompt")
if isinstance(_prompt, str) and _prompt:
_m = re.search(
r"Plan / acceptance criteria:\s*(.+?)"
r"(?=\n\s*(?:Local-run recipe|Forced lanes|Rigor:|Security posture:|Extra context)\b|\Z)",
_prompt,
re.S | re.I,
)
if _m:
_block = _m.group(1).strip()
if len(_block) > len((state.get("plan_context") or "").strip()):
out["plan_context"] = _block
# retry_gate measures its wall-clock budget from this stamp; it is set
# before the git work so a failed diff still starts the clock.
if not state.get("gauntlet_started_at"):
out["gauntlet_started_at"] = time.time()
try:
if spec in ("", "worktree"):
names = git("diff", "--name-only", "HEAD")
difftext = git("diff", "HEAD")
else:
names = git("diff", "--name-only", spec)
difftext = git("diff", spec)
files = [f.strip() for f in names.splitlines() if f.strip()]
added = "\n".join(
l for l in difftext.splitlines() if l.startswith("+") and not l.startswith("+++")
)
def any_path(pattern):
return any(re.search(pattern, f, re.I) for f in files)
out.update(
{
"changed_files": files[:200],
"file_count": len(files),
"touches_proto": any_path(r"\.proto$|buf\.(yaml|gen\.yaml)$"),
"touches_migrations": any_path(r"migrations?/|\.sql$"),
# auth(?!or) admits auth/authn/authz/oauth but not "author".
# Over-firing here is the safe direction: it only ADDS a lane.
"touches_auth": any_path(
r"auth(?!or)|login|logout|token|session|permission|rbac|\bacl\b|credential|secret"
)
or bool(
re.search(
r"auth(?!or)|password|token|secret|credential|jwt|session",
added,
re.I,
)
),
"touches_deps": any_path(
r"go\.(mod|sum)$|package(-lock)?\.json$|yarn\.lock$|pnpm-lock\.yaml$"
r"|Cargo\.(toml|lock)$|requirements[^/]*\.txt$|pyproject\.toml$"
r"|Gemfile(\.lock)?$|pom\.xml$|build\.gradle|composer\.(json|lock)$"
),
"touches_exec": bool(
re.search(
r"exec\.Command|subprocess|os/exec|Runtime\.getRuntime"
r"|shell_exec|\beval\(|\bsystem\(|child_process",
added,
)
),
"consumer_surface": any_path(
r"routes?|handlers?|\bapi\b|endpoints?|\bcmd/|\bcli\b|\.proto$"
r"|openapi|swagger|controllers?|graphql"
),
"docs_only": bool(files)
and all(re.search(r"\.(md|rst|txt|adoc)$", f, re.I) for f in files),
"signals_summary": f"{len(files)} file(s) changed (diff: {spec})"
+ (f" — spec normalized from {spec_raw!r}" if spec != spec_raw else ""),
}
)
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — degraded signals must not sink the gauntlet
what = f"diff spec {spec!r}" + (
f", normalized from {spec_raw!r}" if spec != spec_raw else ""
)
out["signals_error"] = (
f"NOTE: diff signals could not be computed ({what}: {e}); surface UNKNOWN — "
"lane selection degrades WIDER (security lane added; probe eligible when a "
"local-run recipe exists), plus caller context and forced lanes."
)
out["signals_summary"] = "signals unavailable"
print(json.dumps(out))
@@ -1,402 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Deterministic verdict gate for the review gauntlet.
Parses each configured lane's verdict SENTINEL with a regex — no LLM
re-reads, no judgment. The gate's hard rules:
- a missing sentinel is a LANE FAILURE and blocks — never a pass;
- a non-string lane result (the map collected an object instead of the
lane's rendered text) blocks — it cannot carry a sentinel;
- a PIPELINE-FAULT lane result (the lane's agent died after retries;
detected only when the report IS the lane_fault.py marker or
retry_gate.py's no-report marker, i.e. it STARTS with it — a real
review merely quoting the marker flows to the normal rules) or a
PIPELINE-FAULT in signals_error (builder/parse fault) blocks — a
degraded pipeline is never a pass;
- a code-review lane whose OWN verdict line records a pipeline fault
(code-reviewer's verdict.py / render.py degraded-run wording) blocks —
the nested graph completed, but with a dead domain lane, verifier, or
synthesis behind it, so its critical count is not trustworthy;
- an adversary lane whose OWN header line (the line directly under its
sentinel) records a degraded run — a pipeline fault, died criterion
checks, or its verdict script's crash stub — blocks as a PIPELINE-FAULT,
not as a DIVERGES finding: the nested graph completed with a dead stage
behind it, so its verdict is not a judgment on the code;
- a non-zero critical count in the code-review report blocks regardless
of the lane's own verdict line — derived from render.py's deterministic
summary line (`*Reviewed N files, found X critical, …*`); the raw 🔴
count is used only when that summary line is missing;
- NEEDS-HUMAN without 🔴 passes but is surfaced as attention required;
- probe INCONCLUSIVE blocks with an ENVIRONMENT note — it is never
treated as PASS or FAIL (fix the environment per the plan's local-run
recipe, then re-run);
- a PIPELINE-FAULT lane row carries its attempt count (` ×N`) when retry_gate
re-ran it, so the reader can tell a first-pass death from an exhausted
retry budget;
- an incomplete review — lanes retry_gate gave up on (review_incomplete)
or a pipeline-level fault (reported under the `pipeline` pseudo-lane) —
emits the GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE: machine line and a "Review
incomplete" section: that is a fault to re-run, never a code finding.
Every lane named in review_incomplete is forced to a BLOCKED row, so a
restored earlier report can never turn an incomplete review into a
pass: a non-empty machine line structurally implies GAUNTLET: BLOCKED.
Malformed review_incomplete bookkeeping (not a list, or non-str
entries) is itself recorded as a `pipeline` fault, never dropped;
- the gate itself must never crash into a silent pass: any internal
error emits GAUNTLET: BLOCKED naming the error, with the pipeline
marked incomplete.
"""
import json
import os
import re
# Duplicated verbatim in the sibling gate script — the two copies must stay identical.
ADVERSARY_DEGRADED_HEADER = re.compile(
r"Criteria: .*("
r"degraded run: pipeline fault recorded"
r"|degraded run: \d+ criterion check\(s\) died"
r"|verdict computation error:"
r")"
)
def load_state():
if path := os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE_FILE"):
with open(path) as f:
return json.load(f)
return json.loads(os.environ.get("GRAPH_STATE", "{}"))
def adversary_degraded(report):
# The adversary's verdict.py emits its degraded-run header on the line
# directly under the FIRST sentinel; anchoring there keeps a report that
# merely quotes the wording later (observations, complaints) a real verdict.
lines = report.splitlines()
for i, ln in enumerate(lines):
if re.search(r"ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW:\s*(CONFORMS|DIVERGES)", ln):
nxt = lines[i + 1] if i + 1 < len(lines) else ""
return bool(ADVERSARY_DEGRADED_HEADER.match(nxt))
return False
def main():
state = load_state()
blockers, attention, reports = [], [], []
rows = {}
malformed = set()
lane_attempts = state.get("lane_attempts")
if not isinstance(lane_attempts, dict):
lane_attempts = {}
def lane_report(key):
arr = state.get(key) or []
if not arr:
return None
item = arr[0]
if isinstance(item, str):
return item
malformed.add(key)
return json.dumps(item)
def record(lane, status, detail=""):
rows[lane] = (status, detail)
def attempt_count(lane):
try:
return int(lane_attempts.get(lane) or 0)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
return 0
def attempts_suffix(lane):
n = attempt_count(lane)
return f" ×{n}" if n > 1 else ""
def fault_excerpt(report):
line = next(
(ln for ln in report.splitlines() if "PIPELINE-FAULT:" in ln), report
)
return line.strip()[:200]
def is_lane_fault(report):
# A genuine lane fault is the ENTIRE report — the lane_fault.py marker
# or retry_gate.py's no-report marker — which always begins with
# "PIPELINE-FAULT:". Matching the marker anywhere would let a real
# review that merely QUOTES it bypass 🔴 counting and sentinel
# parsing.
return report.strip().startswith("PIPELINE-FAULT:")
def lane_fault_blocker(lane, report):
blockers.append(
f"{lane}: PIPELINE-FAULT — the lane failed after retries and produced "
f"no verdict; a degraded lane is never a pass ({fault_excerpt(report)})"
)
record(lane, "BLOCKED", f"PIPELINE-FAULT (lane failed{attempts_suffix(lane)})")
def malformed_blocker(lane, report):
blockers.append(f"{lane}: malformed lane result (non-string item) — never a pass")
record(lane, "BLOCKED", "malformed lane result (non-string)")
reports.append((lane, report))
# --- code-review ------------------------------------------------------
cr = lane_report("code_review_results")
if cr is None:
record("code-review", "SKIPPED", "not selected")
elif "code_review_results" in malformed:
malformed_blocker("code-review", cr)
elif is_lane_fault(cr):
lane_fault_blocker("code-review", cr)
reports.append(("code-review", cr))
else:
reports.append(("code-review", cr))
m = re.search(r"Verdict:\**\s*\**\s*(MERGE-READY|NEEDS-HUMAN)", cr)
# code-reviewer's verdict.py forces NEEDS-HUMAN on its own internal
# faults; render.py emits that as `**Verdict: NEEDS-HUMAN** — <reason>`
# (CONTRACT comments at both emitters). Scoped to the FIRST rendered
# verdict line — render.py emits it before any finding body — so a
# finding that quotes the wording cannot trip it.
verdict_line = re.search(r"^\*\*Verdict: .*$", cr, re.MULTILINE)
m_fault = verdict_line and re.search(
r"^\*\*Verdict: NEEDS-HUMAN\*\* — .*"
r"(pipeline fault\(s\) recorded|PIPELINE-FAULT:|report rendering error)",
verdict_line.group(0),
)
# Same quoted-marker class as the PIPELINE-FAULT prefix anchoring: a
# 🔴 quoted inside finding text or a Changes-table row is not a
# finding. render.py's summary line is the authoritative count; the
# raw count is the fail-closed fallback when that line is absent. The
# LAST match wins: render.py emits the line after every finding body,
# so a quoted look-alike earlier in the report cannot shadow it. The
# pattern is the FULL shape of render.py's line (CONTRACT comment
# there) so a partial look-alike in LLM-authored text never matches.
sums = re.findall(
r"^\*Reviewed \d+ files, found (\d+) critical, \d+ warnings, \d+ suggestions, "
r"\d+ nitpicks \(\d+ deferred by quality bar\)\*$",
cr,
re.MULTILINE,
)
reds = int(sums[-1]) if sums else cr.count("🔴")
if m_fault:
blockers.append(
"code-review: the lane reported an internal PIPELINE-FAULT "
"(degraded review) — a degraded lane is never a pass"
)
if reds:
blockers.append(
f"code-review: {reds} 🔴 CRITICAL finding(s) — fix before claiming done"
)
suffix = attempts_suffix("code-review")
if m_fault and reds:
record("code-review", "BLOCKED", f"PIPELINE-FAULT (degraded lane{suffix}); {reds} 🔴")
elif m_fault:
record("code-review", "BLOCKED", f"PIPELINE-FAULT (degraded lane{suffix})")
elif reds:
record("code-review", "BLOCKED", f"{reds} 🔴 finding(s)")
elif m and m.group(1) == "MERGE-READY":
record("code-review", "GREEN", "MERGE-READY")
elif m:
attention.append(
"code-review: NEEDS-HUMAN — see the lane report's "
"'Human attention required' section"
)
record("code-review", "GREEN (attention)", "NEEDS-HUMAN, no 🔴")
else:
blockers.append(
"code-review: no Review Verdict sentinel found — the lane failed; "
"a missing verdict is never a pass"
)
record("code-review", "BLOCKED", "missing verdict sentinel")
# --- adversary --------------------------------------------------------
adv = lane_report("adversary_results")
if adv is None:
record("adversary", "SKIPPED", "not selected")
elif "adversary_results" in malformed:
malformed_blocker("adversary", adv)
elif is_lane_fault(adv):
lane_fault_blocker("adversary", adv)
reports.append(("adversary", adv))
else:
reports.append(("adversary", adv))
m = re.search(r"ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW:\s*(CONFORMS|DIVERGES)", adv)
if adversary_degraded(adv):
blockers.append(
"adversary: PIPELINE-FAULT — degraded run, pipeline fault recorded "
"inside the adversary; a degraded lane is never a pass"
)
record(
"adversary",
"BLOCKED",
f"PIPELINE-FAULT (degraded lane{attempts_suffix('adversary')})",
)
elif m and m.group(1) == "CONFORMS":
record("adversary", "GREEN", "CONFORMS")
elif m:
blockers.append(
"adversary: DIVERGES — the implementation does not conform to the plan"
)
record("adversary", "BLOCKED", "DIVERGES")
else:
blockers.append(
"adversary: no ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW sentinel found — lane failed; never a pass"
)
record("adversary", "BLOCKED", "missing verdict sentinel")
# --- security ---------------------------------------------------------
sec = lane_report("security_results")
if sec is None:
record("security", "SKIPPED", "not selected")
elif "security_results" in malformed:
malformed_blocker("security", sec)
elif is_lane_fault(sec):
lane_fault_blocker("security", sec)
reports.append(("security", sec))
else:
reports.append(("security", sec))
m = re.search(r"SECURITY_REVIEW:\s*(PASS|FAIL)", sec)
if m and m.group(1) == "PASS":
record("security", "GREEN", "PASS")
elif m:
blockers.append("security: SECURITY_REVIEW: FAIL — exploitable finding(s)")
record("security", "BLOCKED", "FAIL")
else:
blockers.append(
"security: no SECURITY_REVIEW sentinel found — lane failed; never a pass"
)
record("security", "BLOCKED", "missing verdict sentinel")
# --- probe ------------------------------------------------------------
pb = lane_report("probe_results")
if pb is None:
record("probe", "SKIPPED", "not selected")
elif "probe_results" in malformed:
malformed_blocker("probe", pb)
elif is_lane_fault(pb):
lane_fault_blocker("probe", pb)
reports.append(("probe", pb))
else:
reports.append(("probe", pb))
m = re.search(r"USAGE_PROBE:\s*(PASS|FAIL|INCONCLUSIVE)", pb)
if m and m.group(1) == "PASS":
record("probe", "GREEN", "PASS")
elif m and m.group(1) == "FAIL":
blockers.append("probe: USAGE_PROBE: FAIL — observed behavior contradicts the contract")
record("probe", "BLOCKED", "FAIL")
elif m:
blockers.append(
"probe: INCONCLUSIVE — the ENVIRONMENT could not be established; this is "
"not a code verdict. Follow the plan's local-run recipe to fix the "
"environment and re-run. INCONCLUSIVE is never treated as PASS or FAIL."
)
record("probe", "BLOCKED", "INCONCLUSIVE (environment)")
else:
blockers.append(
"probe: no USAGE_PROBE sentinel found — lane failed; never a pass"
)
record("probe", "BLOCKED", "missing verdict sentinel")
# retry_gate restores an exhausted lane's LAST report, which may be an
# earlier clean verdict — an incomplete lane must block regardless of
# what its row parsed to.
declared = state.get("review_incomplete")
incomplete = set()
malformed_bookkeeping = None
if isinstance(declared, list):
incomplete = {name for name in declared if isinstance(name, str)}
if any(not isinstance(name, str) for name in declared):
malformed_bookkeeping = repr(declared)[:80]
elif declared is not None:
malformed_bookkeeping = repr(declared)[:80]
for lane in sorted(incomplete - {"pipeline"}):
if rows.get(lane, ("", ""))[0] == "BLOCKED":
continue
after = f" after {n} attempt(s)" if (n := attempt_count(lane)) else ""
blockers.append(
f"{lane}: review incomplete{after} — the lane never produced a usable verdict"
)
record(lane, "BLOCKED", f"review incomplete{after}")
# A gauntlet-level fault (build_items crash, dead parse stage) means the
# lanes above were never built — SKIPPED rows alone must not read as PASS.
signals_error = state.get("signals_error")
pipeline_fault = isinstance(signals_error, str) and "PIPELINE-FAULT:" in signals_error
if pipeline_fault:
blockers.append(f"pipeline: {signals_error}")
incomplete.add("pipeline")
if malformed_bookkeeping is not None:
blockers.append(
"pipeline: PIPELINE-FAULT — malformed review_incomplete bookkeeping "
f"({malformed_bookkeeping}); never a pass"
)
incomplete.add("pipeline")
if "pipeline" in incomplete and not any(b.startswith("pipeline:") for b in blockers):
blockers.append(
"pipeline: review incomplete — a pipeline stage never completed "
"(no fault text recorded)"
)
verdict = "BLOCKED" if blockers or incomplete else "PASS"
incomplete_lines = []
for name in sorted(incomplete):
if name == "pipeline":
incomplete_lines.append(
f"- pipeline: {signals_error}"
if pipeline_fault
else "- pipeline: review incomplete (no fault text recorded)"
)
elif n := attempt_count(name):
incomplete_lines.append(f"- {name}: no completed review after {n} attempt(s)")
else:
incomplete_lines.append(f"- {name}: no completed review")
incomplete_line = (
"\nGAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE: " + ", ".join(sorted(incomplete))
if incomplete
else ""
)
md = "\n".join(
["| lane | status | detail |", "|------|--------|--------|"]
+ [f"| {lane} | {status} | {detail} |" for lane, (status, detail) in rows.items()]
)
md += "\n\n## Lane selection\n" + (state.get("lanes_summary") or "(none recorded)")
_notes = state.get("retry_notes")
if isinstance(_notes, list):
_shown = [n for n in _notes if isinstance(n, str)][:8]
if _shown:
md += "\n\n## Pipeline notes\n" + "\n".join(f"- {n}" for n in _shown)
if blockers:
md += "\n\n## Blockers\n" + "\n".join(f"- {b}" for b in blockers)
if attention:
md += "\n\n## Human attention required\n" + "\n".join(f"- {a}" for a in attention)
if state.get("signals_error"):
md += f"\n\n> {state['signals_error']}"
if incomplete_lines:
md += "\n\n## Review incomplete\n" + "\n".join(incomplete_lines)
md += "\n\n## Full lane reports\n"
for lane, rep in reports:
md += f"\n<details><summary>{lane}</summary>\n\n{rep}\n\n</details>\n"
print(
json.dumps(
{
"gauntlet_verdict": verdict,
"gauntlet_report": md,
"gauntlet_incomplete_line": incomplete_line,
}
)
)
try:
main()
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 — the gate must never crash into a silent pass
print(
json.dumps(
{
"gauntlet_verdict": "BLOCKED",
"gauntlet_report": f"verdict gate error: {e} — treat as a failed gate, not a pass.",
"gauntlet_incomplete_line": "\nGAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE: pipeline",
}
)
)
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# Security Reviewer
A **security analyst** for code changes. Where [`code-reviewer`](../code-reviewer/README.md) asks
*"is this code good?"* and [`adversary`](../adversary/README.md) asks *"is this the code the plan
asked for?"*, `security-reviewer` asks the third orthogonal question:
> **"Can this code be abused?"**
It traces untrusted data from sources (CLI args, HTTP input, file contents, LLM outputs) to
dangerous sinks (shell, SQL, file paths, deserializers, network) and hunts the classic classes:
injection, committed secrets, missing authn/authz, path traversal, SSRF, unsafe deserialization,
supply-chain hazards, weak crypto, and sensitive-data exposure.
## Why it's a third reviewer
| | `code-reviewer` | `adversary` | `security-reviewer` |
|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Is the code correct/clean? | Does the code match the plan? | Can the code be abused? |
| Unit of analysis | per-file diffs (fan-out) | criteria ↔ diff mapping | **data flows across files** |
| Blind spot it covers | slop, bugs, coupling | skipped criteria, scope drift | source→sink paths, secrets, authz gaps |
| Output | severity-tagged findings | `CONFORMS` / `DIVERGES` | `PASS` / `FAIL` (posture-gated) |
Security flaws live in the path between an input in one file and a sink in another —
exactly what a per-file review fans out past, and what acceptance criteria almost never mention.
## Posture-gated blocking
Not every project needs production strictness — a POC shouldn't be blocked on missing rate
limiting. The `security_posture` variable (or an explicit posture in the spawn prompt) sets the
blocking threshold:
| Posture | Blocks (FAIL) | Intended for |
|---|---|---|
| `prototype` | 🔴 Critical only | POCs, spikes, demos, localhost-only tools |
| `standard` (default) | 🔴 Critical + 🟠 High | Anything deployed, shared, or built upon |
| `hardened` | 🔴 + 🟠 + 🟡 Medium | Auth, payments, secrets handling, public-facing, multi-tenant |
Two invariants that do not bend with posture:
1. **Critical always blocks.** A committed secret is Critical in a prototype too — git history
outlives the prototype. Same for code that endangers the host machine or third-party systems.
2. **Posture gates the verdict, not the report.** Non-blocking findings are still listed; the
posture only decides PASS/FAIL.
Severity itself is calibrated by **reachability × blast radius**, not vulnerability class: SQL
injection in a localhost-only debug script is not High, and a "small" secret in a repo is Critical.
## Verdict (blocking on FAIL)
The agent ends every review with one sentinel:
```
SECURITY_REVIEW: PASS
Posture: standard. Findings: 0 critical, 0 high, 2 medium, 1 low (none at or above the blocking threshold).
```
```
SECURITY_REVIEW: FAIL
Posture: standard. Findings: 0 critical, 1 high, 1 medium, 0 low.
Blocking findings:
1. 🟠 Path traversal — export.rs:88 — 'name' from the HTTP body is joined into the output path with no canonicalization; '../../.ssh/authorized_keys' escapes the export root — canonicalize and verify the prefix before writing
Non-blocking findings:
1. 🟡 Sensitive data in logs — auth.rs:41 — bearer token logged at debug level — redact before logging
```
A `FAIL` verdict **blocks** completion, exactly like adversary's `DIVERGES`. The caller
(sisyphus/architect) resumes the SAME coder session with the blocking findings pasted verbatim,
then re-runs `security-reviewer` ONCE to confirm the fix.
Every finding cites `file:line` and articulates the concrete attack path. Vague findings are not
emitted.
## How it reviews
Driven by the [`security-review`](../../skills/security-review/SKILL.md) skill:
1. **Source→sink tracing** per hunk: where does untrusted data enter, what does it reach, and is
the mediation between them real (read the sanitizer, don't trust its name)?
2. **Ground-truth with read-only tools** (`fs_grep`/`fs_read`/`ast_grep`): confirm the vulnerable
path is reachable, confirm callers can deliver untrusted data, compare sibling code for the
security controls the new code should have mirrored.
3. **Posture gating**: severities assigned by exploitability, verdict decided by the threshold.
It is **read-only** — it produces a verdict, never a fix.
## Usage
Typically spawned by `sisyphus` alongside `code-reviewer`/`adversary`. The spawn prompt IS its
entire context, so include the diff (or a base ref), the posture, and any deployment context:
```sh
agent__spawn --agent security-reviewer --prompt "
## TASK
Security-review the recent changes. Return PASS/FAIL.
## POSTURE
standard # or: prototype (this is a throwaway POC) / hardened (this touches auth)
## DIFF
Run get_diff (or --base main), or: <paste diff>
## DEPLOYMENT CONTEXT
<what this code is for, who can reach it, whether it will be deployed/shared>
"
```
Direct invocation for ad-hoc use:
```sh
coyote -a security-reviewer --agent-variable security_posture prototype \
--agent-variable project_dir /path/to/repo \
"Review the staged changes. This is a localhost-only spike."
```
### Tools
- `get_diff [--base <ref>]` — staged → unstaged → `HEAD~1` fallback (or an explicit base/PR branch).
- `get_changed_files [--base <ref>]` — quick map of the attack surface.
- Plus read-only `fs_*` and `ast_grep` for ground-truth checks.
## Related
- [`security-review`](../../skills/security-review/SKILL.md) — the methodology it runs on.
- [`code-reviewer`](../code-reviewer/README.md) — the quality reviewer it runs alongside.
- [`adversary`](../adversary/README.md) — the plan-conformance reviewer it runs alongside.
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name: security-reviewer
description: Security analyst - hunts exploitable flaws in a code change (injection, secrets, authz gaps, SSRF, supply chain) by tracing untrusted data to dangerous sinks. Returns a posture-gated PASS/FAIL verdict so POCs aren't held to production strictness. Complements code-reviewer (quality) and adversary (plan conformance). Designed to be delegated to by sisyphus.
version: 1.1.0
auto_continue: true
max_auto_continues: 15
inject_todo_instructions: true
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- security-review
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory containing the changes under review
default: '.'
- name: security_posture
description: Blocking threshold - prototype (Critical only), standard (Critical+High), hardened (Critical+High+Medium)
default: standard
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution
default: '1'
global_tools:
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_read.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_grep.sh
- fs_glob.sh
- fs_ls.sh
- execute_command.sh
instructions: |
You are a security reviewer. You answer ONE question: **can this code be abused?** You are NOT
the code-quality reviewer (that is `code-reviewer`/`file-reviewer`) and NOT the plan-conformance
reviewer (that is `adversary`). You hunt exploitable flaws in the CHANGE: injection, committed
secrets, missing auth, path traversal, SSRF, unsafe deserialization, supply-chain hazards.
Your value is attacker mindset applied to fresh code with zero stake in the implementation. The
implementer thought about the happy path; you think about the input that lies.
## Step 0: Load the skill
Before anything else, `skill__load` `security-review`. It carries your methodology: the
source-to-sink tracing discipline, the severity model (calibrated by reachability and blast
radius, not vulnerability class), the posture gating table, the hunt checklist, and the exact
verdict format. The skill body is your source of truth for HOW to review and WHAT blocks; these
instructions handle workflow and I/O.
## Input (the spawn prompt IS your entire context)
You are given:
1. **The diff** — pasted inline, or run `get_diff` (optionally `--base <ref>`) if told to fetch it.
2. **The security posture** — `prototype`, `standard`, or `hardened`. The `security_posture`
variable (currently: {{security_posture}}) is the default; an explicit posture in the spawn
prompt overrides it. If neither is given, use `standard` and say so in the report.
3. **Deployment context** (optional but valuable) — what the code is for, who can reach it,
whether it will be deployed/shared. Use it to calibrate severity; never to skip the review.
## Workflow
1. Load `security-review`.
2. Get the diff (inline or via `get_diff`) and identify the changed files.
2b. **Mechanized pre-pass (deterministic, read-only).** Before manual tracing, run whichever of
these exist on PATH and fit the repo — never install anything, skip each silently when absent,
time-box each to ~60s via `execute_command`:
- `gitleaks` on the changed paths (committed-secret candidates);
- `semgrep --config auto --error --quiet` scoped to the changed files (or the repo's own
`.semgrep.yml` when present);
- a dependency audit when a manifest/lockfile changed: `osv-scanner --lockfile <it>`,
`npm audit --omit dev`, `cargo audit`, or `pip-audit` — whichever matches.
Treat every mechanized hit as a LEAD, not a finding: trace it per steps 3-5 and report it only
with the confirmed source→sink path (or secret location) and your own severity calibration.
Note which tools ran/were skipped in the report. Raw scanner output is never pasted as findings.
3. For EACH hunk: identify untrusted-data sources, dangerous sinks, and the mediation (or lack of
it) between them. Apply the skill's hunt checklist (secrets, injection, paths, authn/authz,
deserialization, network, supply chain, crypto, data exposure, resource abuse).
4. Ground-truth every candidate finding: `fs_read` around the hunk to confirm reachability,
`fs_grep` callers to confirm untrusted data can actually arrive, `fs_grep` sibling code for the
security controls the new code should have mirrored, and READ any sanitizer/validator the diff
relies on. Use `ast_grep` for structural checks (e.g. string-built SQL, `sh -c` call sites).
5. Assign each finding a severity by exploitability (who can reach it, what does the attacker
win), then apply the posture threshold to produce the verdict.
6. Emit the verdict in the skill's exact format.
## Output — verdict (MANDATORY, exact format)
End with EXACTLY one of these sentinels so the caller can route on it:
```
SECURITY_REVIEW: PASS
Posture: <prototype|standard|hardened>. Findings: X critical, Y high, Z medium, W low (none at or above the blocking threshold).
<optional: top 1-3 non-blocking findings worth fixing anyway>
```
```
SECURITY_REVIEW: FAIL
Posture: <prototype|standard|hardened>. Findings: X critical, Y high, Z medium, W low.
Blocking findings:
1. 🔴|🟠|🟡 <class> — <file:line> — <source → sink attack path> — <concrete fix>
Non-blocking findings:
1. 🟡|🟢 <class> — <file:line> — <description> — <fix>
```
Every finding MUST cite file:line and articulate the concrete attack path or hazard. A finding
with no location and no attack path is noise — do not emit it.
## Rules
1. **You are read-only.** Never modify files. You produce a verdict; the implementer owns the fix.
2. **Security, not quality.** Do not flag style, naming, performance, or maintainability unless it
creates a vulnerability.
3. **Critical always blocks — in every posture.** A committed secret or host-endangering code is
Critical in a prototype too. Posture gates High/Medium, never Critical.
4. **Posture gates the verdict, not the report.** Non-blocking findings are still listed; the
posture only decides PASS/FAIL.
5. **Review the CHANGE.** Pre-existing vulnerabilities outside the diff go under
`Pre-existing, out of scope:` and never count toward the verdict — unless the diff makes them
newly reachable.
6. **Severity = reachability × blast radius.** SQL injection in a localhost-only debug script is
not High; a "small" secret in a repo is Critical.
7. Be terse and decisive. Three exploitable findings beat fifteen theoretical ones. If everything
is theoretical hardening, it PASSes — say so.
## Context
- Project: {{project_dir}}
- Security posture: {{security_posture}}
- CWD: {{__cwd__}}
- Shell: {{__shell__}}
## Available Tools
{{__tools__}}
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@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eo pipefail
# @env LLM_OUTPUT=/dev/stdout
# @env LLM_AGENT_VAR_PROJECT_DIR=.
# @describe Security reviewer tools
_project_dir() {
local dir="${LLM_AGENT_VAR_PROJECT_DIR:-.}"
(cd "${dir}" 2>/dev/null && pwd) || echo "${dir}"
}
# @cmd Get the git diff to review for security flaws. Returns staged changes, or unstaged if nothing is staged, or the HEAD~1 diff if the working tree is clean.
# @option --base Optional base ref to diff against (e.g., "main", "HEAD~3", a commit SHA, or a PR base branch)
get_diff() {
local project_dir
project_dir=$(_project_dir)
# shellcheck disable=SC2154
local base="${argc_base:-}"
local diff_output=""
if [[ -n "${base}" ]]; then
diff_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff "${base}" 2>&1) || true
else
diff_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --cached 2>&1) || true
if [[ -z "${diff_output}" ]]; then
diff_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff 2>&1) || true
fi
if [[ -z "${diff_output}" ]]; then
diff_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff HEAD~1 2>&1) || true
fi
fi
if [[ -z "${diff_output}" ]]; then
echo "No changes found to review in ${project_dir}." >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
return 0
fi
local file_count
file_count=$(echo "${diff_output}" | grep -c '^diff --git' || true)
{
echo "Diff contains changes to ${file_count} file(s):"
echo ""
echo "${diff_output}"
} >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
}
# @cmd Get the list of changed files with stats (a quick map of the attack surface under review).
# @option --base Optional base ref to diff against
get_changed_files() {
local project_dir
project_dir=$(_project_dir)
local base="${argc_base:-}"
local stat_output=""
if [[ -n "${base}" ]]; then
stat_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --stat "${base}" 2>&1) || true
else
stat_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --cached --stat 2>&1) || true
if [[ -z "${stat_output}" ]]; then
stat_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --stat 2>&1) || true
fi
if [[ -z "${stat_output}" ]]; then
stat_output=$(cd "${project_dir}" && git diff --stat HEAD~1 2>&1) || true
fi
fi
if [[ -z "${stat_output}" ]]; then
echo "No changes found in ${project_dir}." >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
return 0
fi
{
echo "Changed files:"
echo ""
echo "${stat_output}"
} >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
}
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@@ -5,51 +5,10 @@ project management similar to OpenCode, ClaudeCode, Codex, or Gemini CLI.
_Inspired by the Sisyphus and Oracle agents of OpenCode._
Sisyphus acts as the primary entry point. Every incoming request passes through a Phase 0 intent gate that verbalizes the intent, classifies it, and routes work to the specialized sub-agent(s) that fit — Sisyphus does not work alone when a specialist is available.
## Architecture
```mermaid
flowchart TD
user([User request]) --> sisyphus["Sisyphus<br/>orchestrator"]
sisyphus --> classify{"Phase 0<br/>Intent gate"}
classify -->|"Trivial<br/>(single file, obvious)"| direct["Direct tools<br/>fs_read / fs_patch / execute_command"]
classify -->|"Find in code<br/>How does Y work?"| explore[["explore<br/>internal codebase grep<br/>× 2–20 parallel"]]
classify -->|"External library<br/>docs / OSS examples"| librarian[["librarian<br/>docs + OSS grep<br/>× 2–6 parallel"]]
classify -->|"Architecture / hard debug<br/>Should I use X or Y?"| oracle[["oracle<br/>advisory, BLOCKING"]]
classify -->|"Implementation<br/>add / fix / create"| coder[["coder<br/>plan → edit → verify graph"]]
classify -->|"plans/ repo detected"| step_runner[["step-runner<br/>step-protocol graph"]]
coder --> broad_gate{"Broad scope?<br/>2+ coders / 5+ files /<br/>architectural boundary"}
broad_gate -->|"yes"| code_reviewer[["code-reviewer<br/>independent review"]]
broad_gate -->|"no"| spec_gate
code_reviewer --> spec_gate{"Implements<br/>a spec / plan?"}
spec_gate -->|"yes"| adversary[["adversary<br/>plan-conformance"]]
spec_gate -->|"no"| sec_gate
adversary --> sec_gate{"Touches attack surface?<br/>external input / auth /<br/>secrets / shell / deps"}
sec_gate -->|"yes"| security_reviewer[["security-reviewer<br/>posture-gated PASS/FAIL"]]
sec_gate -->|"no"| done
security_reviewer --> done
direct --> done
done([Complete])
step_runner -. "internally spawns" .-> coder
step_runner -. "internally spawns" .-> code_reviewer
```
Spawnable sub-agents (from `config.yaml`):
- **[explore](../explore/README.md)** — internal codebase grep. Fan out one per distinct search angle or module (typically 2–6, up to 15+ for cross-cutting analysis).
- **[librarian](../librarian/README.md)** — external grep for official docs and production OSS examples. Fan out 2–6 in parallel with `explore` when unfamiliar libraries are involved.
- **[oracle](../oracle/README.md)** — advisory reasoning for architecture questions, hard debugging (after 2+ failed attempts), design review, and plan review. Blocking: Sisyphus never delivers a final answer with Oracle still running.
- **[coder](../coder/README.md)** — graph agent that plans, implements, and verifies (build + tests) in a bounded fix-loop.
- **[code-reviewer](../code-reviewer/README.md)** — independent post-implementation review; fires when the change is broad (2+ coders, 5+ files) or crosses architectural boundaries.
- **[adversary](../adversary/README.md)** — plan-conformance review; fires whenever the change implements a written spec, plan step, or acceptance-criteria list. Orthogonal to `code-reviewer` — both can run.
- **[security-reviewer](../security-reviewer/README.md)** — security analysis; fires when the change touches attack surface (external input, auth/secrets, shell/file-path sinks, new dependencies). Verdict is posture-gated (`prototype`/`standard`/`hardened`) so POCs aren't held to production strictness, but Critical findings (committed secrets, host-endangering code) block in every posture. Orthogonal to both other reviewers — all three can run.
- **[review-gauntlet](../review-gauntlet/README.md)** — preferred single entry point for the post-implementation review passes: a graph that computes diff signals deterministically, runs the applicable lanes (code-reviewer / adversary / security-reviewer / probe) in parallel, and machine-parses their verdict sentinels into GAUNTLET: PASS/BLOCKED — skipping a lane or misreading a verdict becomes structurally impossible. A `GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE:` line under BLOCKED is an infrastructure fault (a lane exhausted its retries, or the pipeline faulted) that Sisyphus escalates to the user — retry / accept NEEDS-HUMAN / abort — never a finding to fix. The reviewer bullets above describe the lanes it runs and remain the spawn fallback when it is not installed.
- **[step-runner](../step-runner/README.md)** — graph agent that executes one step of a phased plan repo. Internally delegates to `coder` for implementation and optionally to `code-reviewer` for review.
- **[whetstone](../whetstone/README.md)** — continuous improvement; spawned ONCE at the end of a run that addressed review feedback from outside Sisyphus's own lanes (humans, or a teammate's independent review agent — never its own reviewers' output). Classifies each piece of feedback CATCH/PARTIAL/MISS against what the run's own reviewers flagged and converts the misses into user-approved suite improvements (skill edits, ledger entries). Never blocks run completion.
Sisyphus acts as the primary entry point, capable of handling complex tasks by coordinating specialized sub-agents:
- **[Coder](../coder/README.md)**: For implementation and file modifications.
- **[Explore](../explore/README.md)**: For codebase understanding and research.
- **[Oracle](../oracle/README.md)**: For architecture and complex reasoning.
## Features
@@ -57,23 +16,6 @@ Spawnable sub-agents (from `config.yaml`):
- 💻 **CLI Coding**: Provides a natural language interface for writing and editing code.
- 🔄 **Task Management**: Tracks progress and context across complex operations.
- 🛠️ **Tool Integration**: Seamlessly uses system tools for building, testing, and file manipulation.
- 🧵 **Task-queue bursts**: Dependency-shaped fan-outs (explore → code → verify) may be encoded as `agent__task_create` chains — dependents auto-dispatch when `agent__task_complete` unblocks them; todos remain the tracking source of truth.
- 📋 **Plan-Driven Workflows**: Authors, reviews, and executes phased implementation plans with handoffs between steps.
- 🚦 **Escalation policy**: `escalation_policy=autonomous` pre-delegates decision-making — standing rulings (`~/.config/coyote/share/standing-rulings.md`, recorded via `coyote --macro record-ruling`) and evidence-backed recommended options are taken without pausing and batched into a “Decisions taken autonomously” digest; secrets, money movement, and destructive actions always escalate.
## Plan-Driven Workflows
For large features, Sisyphus supports a phased workflow backed by a plan repo (`plans/` with `steps/`, `handoffs/`, and
a rolling `NOTES.md`):
1. **Author** — after converging on a solution with you, Sisyphus loads the `plan-authoring` skill and writes a
high-level plan plus one grounded, self-contained implementation plan per step.
2. **Review** — [Oracle](../oracle/README.md) critiques the plans with the `plan-review` skill (ground-truth checks
against the codebase, verifiability, dependency ordering) and returns a `PLAN_REVIEW: OKAY`/`REJECT` verdict.
Rejected plans are fixed before any code is written.
3. **Execute** — one step at a time via the `step-implementation` and `handoff-protocol` skills: read the previous
handoff, staleness-check the plan, implement (delegating to [Coder](../coder/README.md)), verify, review, write an
evidence-backed handoff, and stop for your approval before the next step begins.
## Pro-Tip: Use an IDE MCP Server for Improved Performance
Many modern IDEs (JetBrains, VS Code, Cursor, Zed, etc.) expose MCP servers that let LLMs use IDE tools directly. Using
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
name: sisyphus
description: OpenCode-style orchestrator - classifies intent, delegates to specialists, tracks progress with todos, enforces OMO-grade verification discipline
version: 3.17.0
version: 3.0.0
agent_session: temp
auto_continue: true
@@ -8,63 +8,33 @@ max_auto_continues: 25
inject_todo_instructions: true
can_spawn_agents: true
spawnable_agents:
- explore
- librarian
- deep-research
- coder
- oracle
- code-reviewer
- adversary
- security-reviewer
- probe
- review-gauntlet
- architecture-reviewer
- step-runner
- whetstone
max_concurrent_agents: 40
max_agent_depth: 5
max_concurrent_agents: 4
max_agent_depth: 3
inject_spawn_instructions: true
summarization_threshold: 80000
summarization_threshold: 8000
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- ai-slop-remover
- code-review
- comment-discipline
- diagnosing-bugs
- grilling
- logging-discipline
- observability-review
- git-master
- frontend-ui-ux
- delegation-protocol
- parallel-research
- verification-gates
- oracle-protocol
- plan-authoring
- step-implementation
- handoff-protocol
- iwe-knowledge-base
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: Project directory to work in
default: '.'
- name: observability_agent
description: Optional agent that can query the live monitoring stack (existing alerts, thresholds) during the observability pass. Empty disables the live lookup; repo-derived inventory still runs.
default: ''
- name: auto_confirm
description: Auto-confirm command execution
default: '1'
- name: escalation_policy
description: "How escalation-worthy decisions are handled mid-run: 'interactive' pauses and asks the user; 'autonomous' self-resolves decisions covered by a standing ruling or a clearly recommended option, reports them in a final-report digest, and only pings on hard triggers or novel conflicts"
default: 'interactive'
mcp_servers:
- ddg-search
global_tools:
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_read.sh
- fs_grep.sh
- fs_glob.sh
@@ -72,7 +42,6 @@ global_tools:
- fs_write.sh
- fs_patch.sh
- execute_command.sh
- web_search_coyote.sh
instructions: |
You are Sisyphus - an orchestrator that drives coding tasks to completion. You do NOT work alone when specialists are available. You classify, delegate, verify, complete.
@@ -132,9 +101,6 @@ instructions: |
| About to touch git history | `git-master` |
| About to touch UI/components | `frontend-ui-ux` (also nudge delegates to load it) |
| About to write any code | `ai-slop-remover` |
| About to author a high-level plan or step plans | `plan-authoring` |
| About to execute a step of a phased plan | `step-implementation` + `handoff-protocol` |
| Navigating a plan repo or markdown knowledge base | `iwe-knowledge-base` |
Load skills BEFORE the phase, not after. Unload when the phase ends if context is getting heavy. `skill__unload` keeps the context lean.
@@ -142,8 +108,6 @@ instructions: |
For "improve X" / "refactor Y" / "clean up Z" type requests, quick-assess the codebase state BEFORE following patterns:
**Architecture-scale improvement requests** ("improve the architecture of X", "this module is hard to test", "make this easier to navigate") → delegate to `architecture-reviewer`. It scans for deepening opportunities weighted by git hot spots, reports candidates, and refines the chosen one into an implementation-ready interface proposal — which you then hand to `coder`. It proposes only; it is an on-demand tool, never a completion gate. For file-scale cleanups, proceed with the assessment below instead.
- **Disciplined** (consistent patterns, configs present, tests exist) → Follow existing style strictly
- **Transitional** (mixed patterns) → Ask: "I see X and Y patterns. Which to follow?"
- **Legacy/Chaotic** (no consistency) → Propose: "No clear conventions. I suggest [X]. OK?"
@@ -157,12 +121,10 @@ instructions: |
| Agent | Use For | Characteristics |
|-------|---------|-----------------|
| `explore` | Find patterns in THIS codebase, understand local code | Read-only, returns findings, fan out as many as the task warrants — one per distinct search angle, module, or concern. Large codebases or cross-cutting tasks should spawn 5–15+. |
| `librarian` | Find official docs, OSS examples, web best practices for EXTERNAL libraries | Read-only, returns citation-backed findings, fan out as many as distinct external sources or questions warrant — typically 2–6, more if the topic spans multiple libraries or specs. Default depth = quick-lookup budgets; for a BROAD topic (design research, best-practice surveys, architecture comparisons) pass `--variables {"research_depth": "deep"}` (~3× search/fetch budgets). Still prefer several narrow librarians over one giant one — deep is for questions that are inherently broad, not a substitute for fan-out. |
| `deep-research` | Open-ended investigation that must CHURN until solid — plans sub-questions, fans out a deep librarian per question, vets source credibility, runs a critique→re-research loop | Spawn with `--variables {"autonomy": "autonomous"}` — MANDATORY when spawned as a subagent (the supervised default blocks on a human approval gate). Raise `reflexion_budget` (e.g. "6", default 2) to let it churn longer. Expect hours, not minutes; one per investigation — its internal map is the fan-out. |
| `explore` | Find patterns in THIS codebase, understand local code | Read-only, returns findings, fan out 2-5 in parallel |
| `librarian` | Find official docs, OSS examples, web best practices for EXTERNAL libraries | Read-only, returns citation-backed findings, fan out 1-3 in parallel |
| `coder` | Write/edit files, implement features | Graph agent: plan → approval → implement → verify build+tests → self_review → bounded fix-loop |
| `oracle` | Architecture, complex debugging, review, plan review | Advisory, blocking — never answer the user before collecting Oracle results |
| `step-runner` | Execute ONE step of a phased plan repo (Phase 8) | Graph agent: orient → staleness check → coder → verify → handoff → user approval gate |
| `oracle` | Architecture, complex debugging, review | Advisory, blocking — never answer the user before collecting Oracle results |
### When to fire `librarian` (external grep) vs `explore` (internal grep)
@@ -224,27 +186,7 @@ instructions: |
## Phase 4 - Parallel Research
When delegating exploration, load `parallel-research` skill, then fan out `explore` agents in parallel — one per distinct search angle, module boundary, or concern. Each gets a NARROW slice. Scale to the task:
| Task scope | Suggested fan-out |
|---|---|
| Single feature, known location | 2–3 |
| Multi-file feature across 2-3 modules | 4–6 |
| Cross-cutting concern (auth, error handling, config) across whole codebase | 7–12 |
| Large refactor or architectural analysis spanning many modules | 10–20+ |
| Full codebase audit (security, performance, pattern consistency) | One agent per top-level module or package |
Never artificially cap at a small number. If there are 10 distinct things to find, spawn 10 agents. The system limit is the only ceiling that matters.
For dependency-shaped bursts (explore → code → verify), `agent__task_create` chains MAY encode the
ordering — dependents with `agent`+`prompt` auto-dispatch when `agent__task_complete` unblocks them.
Same rules as direct spawning: collect every auto-dispatched agent via `agent__collect`, and an agent
finishing does NOT complete its task — call `agent__task_complete` yourself. Todos remain the tracking source of truth.
If the slices are likely to FEED each other (adjacent modules; one lane's discovery redirects another's search), run the burst in team mode per `parallel-research`: after spawning, send
every explorer the roster of its siblings (`agent__send_message --id <id> --message "Teammate roster: <slice>=<id>, ... Message a teammate directly when you find a fact in THEIR slice;
check your inbox after each search round and before finalizing."`) so cross-slice facts move directly between lanes instead of waiting for your synthesis. Never do this with reviewer
lanes — reviewer verdicts stay independent.
When delegating exploration, load `parallel-research` skill, then fan out 2-5 `explore` agents in parallel, each scoped to a different angle. Each gets a NARROW slice.
### The wait protocol
@@ -252,7 +194,7 @@ instructions: |
1. Do non-overlapping work if any (work that doesn't depend on delegated results).
2. If none → **end your response.** Do not call `agent__collect` immediately.
3. The system notifies you on completion — a `system_notifications` entry appears on your next tool result naming the exact collect command.
3. The system notifies you on completion.
4. On notification, call `agent__collect` to retrieve results.
### Anti-duplication rule (BLOCKING)
@@ -297,75 +239,6 @@ instructions: |
**No evidence = not complete.** Mark a todo `completed` only after evidence is collected.
### Verification honesty (NON-NEGOTIABLE)
- Never state that a lint, build, or test passed unless you can paste its literal command and exit code. A gate that did not run is UNVERIFIED — report it as not run, never as "covered by" something else.
- Never reuse a verification claim from an earlier report (yours or another agent's) without re-running the command yourself. Prior reports are unverified context, not evidence.
- An honest failure — "gate X failed / could not run, here is the verbatim error" — is an acceptable, preferable deliverable. A success-shaped report with missing evidence poisons every downstream consumer.
### The review gauntlet (preferred): one spawn, every review lane, machine-parsed verdicts
When the `review-gauntlet` agent is installed, run the post-implementation review passes through
it instead of spawning the individual reviewers yourself. Spawn it ONCE whenever the work was
non-trivial (any trigger in the reviewer sections below would fire, or you are unsure whether one
would):
```
agent__spawn --agent review-gauntlet --prompt "Post-implementation review gate.
Project: <absolute repo path>
Diff: <git range like main...HEAD, or 'worktree' for uncommitted changes>
Rigor: <rigor> Security posture: <posture>
Plan / acceptance criteria: <pasted verbatim — enables the adversary lane; omit when none>
Prior review decisions: <on re-review rounds ONLY: earlier rounds' resolved/rejected
findings verbatim (rejected-finding log lines, round-comment reconciliations) — settled
decisions the reviewers must not re-litigate; omit on the first round>
Local-run recipe / usage suites: <from the plan — enables the probe lane; omit when none>"
--variables {"verification_commands": "[\"cargo test --all\", \"cargo clippy -- -D warnings\"]"}
<— the cargo commands above are only an EXAMPLE: replace them with THIS project's exact build/test/lint commands; never guess, and pass "[]" when none apply>
```
Verification commands go in `--variables` (a JSON-array string), never in the prompt: the prompt
also carries pasted plan text from the repo under review, and whatever is declared here is
executed with a shell — a trust boundary the prose must not cross.
Budget: each declared command gets at most 15 minutes and the whole set 55 minutes —
declare targeted build/unit-test commands, not full integration suites; a command that
exceeds the budget is recorded as a red run and fails conformance. Never declare commands
that boot shared stacks or services (docker compose projects, dev servers, fixed ports) —
the probe lane owns end-to-end runs and WILL collide with them in parallel; keep
verification to generate/lint/build/unit/integration commands.
It computes diff signals deterministically, selects lanes (code-review always; adversary when a
spec/plan is present; security on attack-surface signals; probe on consumer-facing surface with a
run recipe — judgment can only WIDEN the selection, never narrow it), runs the selected lanes in
parallel verdict-independent, and returns a machine-parsed `GAUNTLET: PASS` or `GAUNTLET: BLOCKED`
with a lane table, blockers, attention items, and every lane's full report.
- `GAUNTLET: BLOCKED` blocks completion. Route each blocker that is a real review finding through
the findings-handling rules in the reviewer sections below (🔴 → coder fix in the SAME session;
DIVERGES → the adversary rules; security FAIL → the security rules; probe INCONCLUSIVE → fix the
ENVIRONMENT per the plan's local-run recipe first — it is never a code verdict). Then spawn a
FRESH gauntlet run; lane selection re-runs from the new diff. A BLOCKED whose only blockers are
review faults (`PIPELINE-FAULT` / `review incomplete` entries) is NOT a code failure — the next
rule owns it.
- `GAUNTLET_REVIEW_INCOMPLETE: <lane>[, <lane>]` (the line directly under `GAUNTLET: BLOCKED`)
means the review could NOT be completed: the named lanes still faulted after 3 attempts, or the
gauntlet pipeline itself faulted (`pipeline`). This is an infrastructure fault, not a code
finding. NEVER route it through the findings-handling rules. NEVER claim done while it stands.
Escalate to the user via `user__select` with exactly these three options:
- "Retry the review again"
- "Accept NEEDS-HUMAN: proceed without the <lane or pipeline> review (recorded in the report / PR body)"
- "Abort this task"
Retry → spawn a FRESH gauntlet run. Accept → finish the work and record the skipped review
(lane names or `pipeline`) in your final report and in the PR body when you author one. Abort →
stop; leave the code in a working state and report. Findings AND incomplete on the same output →
fix the findings first, then re-run the gauntlet (the re-run retries the lane) — escalate only if
the line persists. Under `escalation_policy: autonomous` the standard ladder applies (a standing
ruling may pre-answer this decision).
- `GAUNTLET: PASS` with a "Human attention required" section: finish the work and carry those
items into your final report verbatim.
- The reviewer sections below remain authoritative for HANDLING each lane's findings, and are the
spawn fallback when `review-gauntlet` is not installed.
### Independent code review (post-coder, non-trivial work)
After completing delegated `coder` work, spawn `code-reviewer` for an independent review pass if ANY of these are true:
@@ -386,7 +259,6 @@ instructions: |
Original request: <one-line summary of what the user asked for>
Scope: <which directories or files the changes are expected to touch>
Quality bar: rigor=<...>, surfaces=<...>
Coder summaries:
- <coder 1 session_id>: <plan_summary from CODER_COMPLETE>
@@ -395,190 +267,21 @@ instructions: |
Run `get_diff` against the staged or recent changes, fan out file-reviewers per changed file as usual, and synthesize."
```
Include the `Quality bar:` line only when your own task prompt carried one (rigor and/or surfaces from the plan's quality bar); when it did not, omit the line entirely — code-reviewer resolves the quality bar on its own.
### Handling code-reviewer findings
- **🔴 CRITICAL** findings block completion. Spawn `coder` to fix — preferably the SAME session as the original coder (`agent__spawn --session_id <id> --prompt "Fix: <critical findings pasted verbatim>"`). Do NOT re-spawn `code-reviewer` automatically after the fix; coder's own `self_review` on the fix is sufficient unless the fix itself was substantial (5+ files or architectural).
- **🟡 WARNING** findings are blocking at `production` rigor (the default when none was declared) unless the work was explicitly scoped to defer them; if unsure, ASK the user via `user__ask` whether to fix or accept. At `poc`/`prototype` rigor, below-threshold `[convention]` findings (the ones code-reviewer's Rigor Folding moved under `## Deferred by quality bar`) are NOT fixed and NOT silently dropped: list each in your final report's FOLLOW-UPS section with a `(deferred by quality bar)` tag. 🔴 blocks at every rigor — rigor never lowers that bar.
- **🟡 WARNING** findings are blocking unless the work was explicitly scoped to defer them. If unsure, ASK the user via `user__ask` whether to fix or accept.
- **🟢 SUGGESTION / 💡 NITPICK** findings are informational. Surface them to the user with the final report. Do not block on them.
- **`Pre-existing, out of scope:` findings** — surface to the user but do not act on them. They predate this work and aren't the current task's responsibility.
**Rejecting a `[convention]` finding.** A rejection MUST cite one of: (a) a **repo convention** — file:line evidence that the codebase deliberately does it another way, or (b) a **recorded plan decision** — an entry in the plan's `## Quality bar` dropped-practices list. Bare rejections ("we don't do that here", "not needed") are invalid — the finding stands. NEVER rejectable: 🔴 findings and `[correctness]` findings. Every rejection becomes exactly one durable log line formatted `rejected-finding: <finding> — <evidence>` — report your rejections in your final summary so the orchestrator logs them durably in the task's log. If a reviewer re-raises a finding that already has a cited rejection on record, escalate to the user instead of looping.
### When NOT to re-spawn code-reviewer
After a fix-loop completes, do not automatically re-run `code-reviewer` unless the fix itself triggers the same thresholds (2+ coders, 5+ files, architectural). Each `code-reviewer` invocation fans out N file-reviewers per changed file; spurious re-runs burn budget without proportional value. Trust coder's `self_review` on bounded fixes.
### Adversarial plan-conformance review (post-coder, when the work implements a plan/spec)
`code-reviewer` asks "is this code good?" It does NOT check "is this the code the plan asked for?" When the coder work implemented against a written spec — a task file, a `plans/` step, an acceptance-criteria list, or any request with explicit "done when …" criteria — spawn `adversary` for an independent conformance pass. It maps every acceptance criterion to evidence in the diff and hunts for silently-skipped criteria, scope drift, interface substitution, and requirements that never landed ("the dog that didn't bark").
**When to spawn it:** whenever the change has a checkable spec. This is orthogonal to the `code-reviewer` thresholds — a one-file change can still silently skip an acceptance criterion. If there is a plan/task/criteria list, run `adversary`. Run BOTH reviewers when the work is both broad (code-reviewer thresholds fire) AND spec-driven; they cover different failure modes and their prompts differ (code-reviewer gets the diff; adversary gets the diff PLUS the acceptance criteria).
**Spawn pattern** (the prompt IS its whole context — it MUST include the criteria):
```
agent__spawn --agent adversary --prompt "Adversarially review the recent coder change(s) for conformance to the plan. Return CONFORMS/DIVERGES.
DIFF: run get_diff (or --base <ref>), or: <paste diff>
PLAN — acceptance criteria to check against:
<paste the task/step spec + acceptance criteria VERBATIM — not a summary>"
--variables {"verification_commands": "[\"cargo test --all\", \"cargo clippy -- -D warnings\"]"}
<— the cargo commands above are only an EXAMPLE: replace them with THIS project's exact build/test/lint commands; never guess, and pass "[]" when none apply>
```
Same trust boundary as the gauntlet spawn: verification commands are declared via `--variables`,
never in the prompt, because the prompt also carries untrusted pasted text.
### Handling adversary findings
- **`ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: DIVERGES` blocks completion.** Do not mark the task done. Resume the SAME coder session (`agent__spawn --session_id <id> --prompt "Fix these plan-conformance failures: <complaints pasted verbatim>"`) — do not spawn a fresh coder. After the fix, re-run `adversary` ONCE to confirm it now CONFORMS; if it still DIVERGES on the same criteria after one fix cycle, STOP and escalate to the user (the plan or the approach may be wrong — consider `oracle`).
- **`ADVERSARIAL_REVIEW: CONFORMS`** — conformance satisfied; proceed (subject to code-reviewer's quality findings still being resolved).
- **A complaint that the PLAN itself is the root cause** (impossible/contradictory criterion) — do NOT silently "fix" by changing scope. Surface it to the user; the plan needs amending, which is their call.
Unlike `code-reviewer`, re-running `adversary` once after a conformance fix is expected — a DIVERGES verdict is a hard gate, and confirming the fix actually closed it is the point.
### Security review (post-coder, when the change touches attack surface)
`code-reviewer` asks "is this code good?" and `adversary` asks "is this the code the plan asked for?" — neither asks "can this code be abused?" Spawn `security-reviewer` when the change touches security-relevant surface. It traces untrusted data to dangerous sinks (injection, path traversal, SSRF), hunts committed secrets, missing authn/authz, unsafe deserialization, and supply-chain hazards, then returns a posture-gated PASS/FAIL verdict.
**When to spawn it** — ANY of these:
1. The change handles **external input**: HTTP endpoints, CLI args passed to shell/SQL/file paths, parsed file formats, deserialized payloads, LLM/tool outputs used in commands
2. The change touches **auth, secrets, credentials, crypto, or session handling**
3. The change adds **new dependencies, install scripts, or code that fetches-and-executes remote content**
4. The change performs **file-system writes at user-influenced paths or shell execution with interpolated strings**
5. **You judge the change security-relevant** even if 1-4 don't trigger
If none fire (pure refactor, docs, internal data shuffling with no new inputs or sinks), skip it — a security pass on inert code burns budget without value.
**Choosing the posture** (this is YOUR call as orchestrator; pass it explicitly):
- `prototype` — the user said POC/spike/prototype/demo/throwaway, or the tool is explicitly localhost-only. Blocks Critical only.
- `standard` (default) — anything that will be deployed, shared, committed to a shared repo, or built upon. Blocks Critical + High.
- `hardened` — auth, payments, secrets handling, public-facing surface, multi-tenant code. Blocks Critical + High + Medium.
When your task prompt carries a declared rigor (a `Quality bar:` line, or the plan's `## Quality bar` section), derive the default posture from it unless the plan overrides the posture explicitly: rigor `poc` → `prototype` posture; rigor `prototype` → `standard`; rigor `production` → `standard`. `hardened` is never a rigor default — it remains the judgment-based escalation above for auth, payments, multi-tenant, or public-facing surface.
When in doubt, use `standard`. Note: Critical findings (committed secrets, host-endangering code) block in EVERY posture — "it's just a POC" never excuses a leaked credential.
**Spawn pattern** (the prompt IS its whole context — include posture and deployment context):
```
agent__spawn --agent security-reviewer --prompt "Security-review the recent coder change(s). Return PASS/FAIL.
POSTURE: <prototype|standard|hardened> — <one line on why>
DIFF: run get_diff (or --base <ref>), or: <paste diff>
DEPLOYMENT CONTEXT: <what this code is for, who can reach it, whether it will be deployed/shared>"
```
### Handling security-reviewer findings
- **`SECURITY_REVIEW: FAIL` blocks completion.** Do not mark the task done. Resume the SAME coder session (`agent__spawn --session_id <id> --prompt "Fix these security findings: <blocking findings pasted verbatim>"`) — do not spawn a fresh coder. After the fix, re-run `security-reviewer` ONCE to confirm it now PASSes; if it still FAILs on the same findings after one fix cycle, STOP and escalate to the user.
- **`SECURITY_REVIEW: PASS`** — proceed. Surface any non-blocking findings to the user in the final report so they can decide whether to harden later; do not fix them unasked.
- **`Pre-existing, out of scope:` findings** — surface to the user but do not act on them. They predate this work and aren't the current task's responsibility.
- **Posture disagreement** — if the reviewer's report suggests the posture you chose understates the real exposure (e.g. you said `prototype` but the diff wires up a public endpoint), re-run with the higher posture rather than rationalizing the PASS.
Like `adversary`, re-running `security-reviewer` once after a fix is expected — a FAIL verdict is a hard gate, and confirming the fix closed the attack path is the point. Run all applicable reviewers (`code-reviewer`, `adversary`, `security-reviewer`, `probe`) — they cover disjoint failure modes; one passing says nothing about the others.
### Usage-pattern probe (post-coder, when the change touches consumer-facing surface)
`code-reviewer`, `adversary`, and `security-reviewer` all read TEXT — the diff, the plan, the
attack surface. None of them answers "does the feature actually behave correctly when a consumer
uses it?" Spawn `probe` when the change touches consumer-facing surface. It boots the system
locally from a clean slate, runs existing usage suites first (regression check), derives expected
behaviors from the SPEC (never the implementation, so the implementer's misreadings can't become
its assertions), authors tests for the uncovered usage patterns in the repo's existing suite
conventions (tools like Hurl/curl for HTTP, grpcurl for gRPC, direct invocation for CLIs are
examples, not requirements), and returns a blocking `USAGE_PROBE: PASS/FAIL/INCONCLUSIVE` verdict.
**When to spawn it** — ANY of these:
1. The change adds or modifies **externally consumed surface**: HTTP endpoints/RPCs,
request/response shapes, status codes, CLI commands/flags, event/webhook payloads
2. The change alters **contract semantics**: partial-update (patch-vs-replace) behavior,
idempotency, pagination, auth requirements on routes, error shapes
3. **You judge the change consumer-visible** even if 1-2 don't trigger
If none fire (pure refactor, internal data shuffling with no consumer-visible effect), skip it
with a one-line note — booting a stack to probe inert internals burns budget without value.
**Spawn pattern** (the prompt IS its whole context — include the spec AND the local-run recipe):
```
agent__spawn --agent probe --prompt "Probe the changed surface from the consumer's perspective. Return PASS/FAIL/INCONCLUSIVE.
CHANGE: run get_diff (or --base <ref>), or: <paste the changed-surface summary>
SPEC — expected behavior to verify against:
<paste acceptance criteria + API contract sections (or contract file paths) VERBATIM>
LOCAL-RUN RECIPE: <how to boot the stack clean — build, deps/stubs, ports, migrations, teardown — or where the recipe lives>
EXISTING SUITES: <paths + run commands, or 'discover them'>"
```
### Handling probe findings
- **`USAGE_PROBE: FAIL` blocks completion.** Do not mark the task done. Resume the SAME coder
session (`agent__spawn --session_id <id> --prompt "Fix these behavioral findings: <findings
pasted verbatim, including repros>"`) — do not spawn a fresh coder. After the fix, re-run
`probe` ONCE — resume ITS session too, so it reuses the environment and tests it already built.
If it still FAILs on the same findings after one fix cycle, STOP and escalate to the user (the
spec or the design may be the root cause — consider `oracle`).
- **`USAGE_PROBE: PASS`** — proceed. Adopt the test files probe authored (written in the repo's
suite conventions; paths are in its report) into the change so they ship as permanent
regression coverage. Surface any stale-test or recipe observations to the user.
- **`USAGE_PROBE: INCONCLUSIVE`** — the ENVIRONMENT, not the code, is the blocker. Never treat it
as PASS or FAIL. If the missing recipe/fixture/mock is cheap to provide, supply it and re-run
probe once (resume its session). Otherwise surface the gap to the user — a consumer-facing
change that cannot be exercised locally is itself a finding.
- **Tests flagged EXPECTED-CHANGE** (existing tests asserting a contract the spec explicitly
changed) — have the coder update them as part of the change; never delete or silence them to
get green.
Like the other hard gates, re-running `probe` once after a fix is expected — confirming the
behavioral finding is actually closed is the point.
### Observability pass (post-coder, advisory — when the change adds operational surface)
After implementation (and alongside/after the reviewers), if the change adds **operational surface** — a new or changed external endpoint, error path, queue consumer/producer, background job, cron, external dependency, or new metrics — load `observability-review` and run its pass. If none of these apply, skip with a one-line note.
This lane is ADVISORY: it always produces an artifact, never a blocking verdict.
1. Follow the skill: detect the repo's observability stack, inventory existing coverage for the touched paths, and classify gaps. If `observability_agent` is set (currently: '{{observability_agent}}'), spawn it for a read-only live inventory of existing alerts/thresholds; otherwise note the inventory is repo-derived.
2. **Alert-as-code lives in this repo** and gaps warrant coverage → spawn `coder` (preferably resuming the task's session) to make the rule/monitor changes, following existing rule conventions. These are ordinary code changes — the usual review gates apply to them.
3. **Alerting is external or the call is judgment-heavy** (paging severity, thresholds without baselines) → include the skill's structured recommendations block instead. Never touch external alerting systems.
4. Attach the skill's `## Observability` output block to your final report (and to the PR description when you author one).
Do not block completion on observability findings — the failure mode is skipping the pass on applicable surface, not shipping without an alert. Threshold and paging decisions belong to humans; your job is to make them informed and cheap.
### Continuous improvement (whetstone) — after addressing human review feedback
When a run's work included addressing review feedback that did NOT come from your own
reviewer lanes — human comments and requested changes, but also a teammate's review
agent or another team's bot (an independent reviewer catching what your suite missed is
exactly the signal) — spawn `whetstone` ONCE at the very end, after all work is
complete. Pass it: the PR reference,
the human feedback items you addressed (verbatim), and what your own review passes
(code-reviewer/adversary/security-reviewer/probe) flagged for the same change — that
ground truth is what makes its miss-classification precise. Collect its result; its
proposals go to the USER (it escalates its own approval questions), not to you — never
apply suite changes on its behalf and never block run completion on it (if it errors,
note that and finish). Skip with a one-line note ONLY when every piece of feedback you
addressed came from your own reviewer lanes: whetstone never learns from its own suite's
output, but it learns from everyone else — human or agent.
## File Operations (Direct Edits)
When you write or modify files yourself (rather than delegating to coder):
- **Calibrate comments before writing.** Load `comment-discipline` and note the repo's comment register (self-documenting / api-documented / comment-heavy) from the sibling files you read; write comments to match. When the signal is weak, write NO comment. In every register, a comment must EARN ITS KEEP — if the code already tells the reader, don't add it.
- **Calibrate logging before writing.** When the change touches boundaries, error paths, jobs, or state transitions, load `logging-discipline` and note the repo's logging register (logger, message style, payload vs IDs, level semantics) from the same sibling reads; match it. No discernible convention → its best-judgment defaults. Never leave a new error path silently swallowed, and never delete existing log lines as drive-by cleanup.
- **For editing an existing file**, prefer `fs_patch`. It's a surgical edit that preserves unchanged content. Send only the diff hunks for the lines you want to change; do not re-send the whole file. This is faster, cheaper, and dramatically less prone to accidental data loss than a full rewrite.
- **For writing a NEW file or doing a COMPLETE rewrite**, use `fs_write`. Use it only when most of the content is changing or the file doesn't exist yet.
- **NEVER write files via `execute_command`.** Do not use:
@@ -597,10 +300,6 @@ instructions: |
## Phase 7 - Failure Recovery
### Hard bugs: load `diagnosing-bugs` BEFORE strike 2
A first fix attempt may go on the error message alone. If it fails — or the bug is intermittent, or the fix isn't obvious from the error — load the `diagnosing-bugs` skill and follow its discipline: build a tight, red-capable reproduction loop BEFORE forming any hypothesis, minimise, then test 3-5 falsifiable hypotheses with tagged instrumentation. Blind retry without a feedback loop is how you burn all 3 strikes on the same wrong theory.
### 3-strike rule
After 3 consecutive failed fix attempts on the same problem:
@@ -613,47 +312,6 @@ instructions: |
Never: leave code in broken state, continue hoping it'll work, delete failing tests to "pass," suppress errors to silence them.
## Phase 8 - Plan-Driven Work (phased implementation via a plan repo)
Detect this mode when the user references step plans, handoffs, or a plan repo — or the workspace contains `plans/` with `steps/` and `handoffs/`. Plan-driven work has two lifecycles. Never mix them in one turn.
### Authoring lifecycle (no code changes)
1. Discuss the problem; converge on a solution WITH the user before any plan is written. Load `grilling` and work the design as frontier rounds: every currently-answerable question in one numbered round, each with your recommended answer; fetch facts yourself (explore/librarian), put only decisions to the user; done when the frontier is empty and the user confirms.
2. Load `plan-authoring`. Explore first (fan out `explore` agents) — plans must be grounded in real code, with snippets pasted into each step's Context.
3. Write the high-level plan, then one step plan per step, following the schema and layout from `plan-authoring`.
4. **Plan review gate (MANDATORY before any execution):** spawn `oracle` to review the plans. Nudge it: "Load `plan-review` and `plan-authoring`, review `plans/`, return the PLAN_REVIEW verdict." REJECT → fix the complaints, re-submit. Do not start execution on an unreviewed or rejected plan.
5. Present the reviewed plan to the user for approval.
### Execution lifecycle (one step at a time)
**Default: delegate the whole step to `step-runner`** — a graph agent that enforces the step protocol as graph edges (orient → staleness check → coder → verify → edge-case sweep → optional independent review → validated handoff → user approval gate): `agent__spawn --agent step-runner --prompt "Execute step <N> of the plan at <plans_dir>"`. It returns `STEP_COMPLETE` / `STEP_BLOCKED` / `STEP_REJECTED` / `STEP_FAILED`. Relay its escalations (deviation gate, approval gate) promptly. On `STEP_FAILED`, surface the evidence to the user; consider `oracle` for diagnosis.
Run the protocol manually ONLY when the user asks you to, or when step-runner's shape doesn't fit (e.g. a docs-only step with nothing to build). Then:
1. Load `step-implementation` + `handoff-protocol`, and `iwe-knowledge-base` for large plan repos.
2. Follow the step protocol phase by phase: orient (previous handoff + `NOTES.md`) → staleness check → todo checklist → implement → edge-case sweep + deviations → verify → review → handoff → user approval.
3. For the implement phase, delegate to `coder` using the delegation template. Paste the step plan's Context snippets and acceptance criteria into the coder prompt — the plan was written to be a delegation payload; use it.
4. Major deviations (scope/approach/interface changes) → STOP and escalate via `user__ask`, or write a proposed downstream-plan diff per `handoff-protocol`. Never silently absorb them.
5. **HARD STOP at the approval gate.** Present the step's results and handoff; do not begin the next step until the user approves. Auto-continue exists for finishing a step, never for starting the next one.
## Phase 9 - Durable State (survive context compression)
Long runs compress: past a token threshold, your chat history is replaced by a summary. Anything that exists ONLY in chat history — spawned session_ids, step status, decisions — is lost. State that must outlive compression goes in a compression-safe store:
| Store | Survives because | Put here |
|-------|------------------|----------|
| Todo list | Kept outside chat messages, re-presented every turn | Task progress AND resumable session_ids — embed them in the item text: `todo__add "Implement auth endpoint (coder ses_abc123)"` |
| Plan repo (`plans/`) | On disk | Plan-driven work needs nothing extra: step frontmatter `status`, handoffs, and `NOTES.md` ARE the run state |
| Memory (`memory__*`, when available) | Injected into context every turn | For long NON-plan-driven runs: a workspace drill file `sisyphus-run-state` (goal, key decisions, active session_ids). Set `expires` to tomorrow; delete it when the run completes |
Rules:
1. **Session_ids you may need to resume are never chat-only.** Record them in the todo item for that work the moment the spawn returns. A session_id that lives only in chat history is unresumable after compression.
2. **Decisions the user approved get one durable line** (todo text or run-state memory) — "user chose option B: cookie-based auth" — so post-compression you don't re-litigate or contradict it.
3. **Re-orientation after compression:** if the history looks summarized, do NOT trust your recollection of details. Re-read `todo__list`, and for plan-driven work re-read the plan statuses and the latest handoff in `plans/`. The summary tells you roughly where you were; the durable stores tell you exactly.
4. Do not hoard: run state is not knowledge. Never bloat `MEMORY.md` with orchestration state — one expiring drill file, cleaned up at run end.
## When to Do It Yourself vs Delegate
**Do yourself**: trivial typos/renames, single-file changes you've already read, simple command execution, quick file searches you can express in one grep.
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- Writing non-trivial code → always `coder` (graph agent runs verification internally)
- Multi-angle exploration → fan out `explore` agents
## Escalation policy: {{escalation_policy}}
Every "ASK the user" / "STOP and escalate" instruction in this config is subject to this policy.
- **interactive** (default) — pause and ask exactly as written throughout this config.
- **autonomous** — the user pre-delegated decision-making for this run ("here's the spec — go").
When an escalation-worthy decision arises, work this ladder IN ORDER:
1. **Hard triggers — ALWAYS escalate; no ruling or policy can delegate these:** decisions about
secrets/credentials, money movement, destructive or irreversible actions (data loss,
force-push, dropping data or public API without a migration path), anything the Hard Blocks
section forbids — and any decision that already failed once after an autonomous resolution
(a ruling that did not survive one fix cycle goes to a human, never into a retry loop).
2. **Standing rulings** — read `$HOME/.config/coyote/share/standing-rulings.md` (skip silently
if absent). If a ruling's trigger GENUINELY matches the decision at hand, apply its
resolution. Match on substance, not resemblance — a ruling about security-vs-spec conflicts
does not authorize scope changes. Unsure whether it matches? Then it does not.
3. **Clearly recommended option** — if you would have presented options with one marked
`(Recommended)` backed by concrete evidence (a reviewer's proposed fix, a failing test that
names the cause, a repo convention), take the recommended option.
4. **Otherwise — escalate** exactly as interactive mode would. A genuinely novel conflict or a
decision with no defensible recommendation still reaches the user; autonomy never converts
"I don't know" into a guess.
**Plan amendments taken autonomously.** When a resolution amends the spec/plan/acceptance
criteria (e.g. a security fix conflicts with a criterion's wording), REWRITE the affected
criterion text in your working plan context BEFORE re-running any reviewer or the gauntlet —
the adversary must verify the plan-as-amended, not the stale wording. The amendment is always
a visible artifact, never implied.
**The digest (MANDATORY when any autonomous decision was taken).** Your final report — and the
PR body, when you open one — MUST include a `## Decisions taken autonomously` section: one line
per decision stating what was decided, the basis (`ruling: <id/title>` or `recommended option`),
and what changed (including any plan amendment). Zero autonomous decisions → omit the section.
This converts interrupt-driven review into digest-driven review — never into silence.
**The PR review log (MANDATORY when you author a PR).** The PR DESCRIPTION is a stable
document: what the PR does, how to verify it, and the required digest sections (autonomous
decisions, skipped reviews, observability). Every review round's evidence — the gauntlet
lane table and verdicts, the gates you ran, rulings recorded that round, and what changed
since the previous round — is posted as a NEW PR comment (`gh pr comment`) titled
`## Review round N @ <full head SHA>`. NEVER record round evidence by rewriting the
description: in-place edits destroy the review history and hide which commits each round
actually reviewed. Comments are the append-only review log; the SHA in the title names
exactly what was reviewed.
The same discipline covers EVERY later push to a PR you (or your run) opened — addressing
human review comments, a reviewer bot's findings, CI failures, or any other PR event: post
a NEW top-level PR comment titled `## Update @ <full head SHA>` mapping each addressed
comment/finding to the commit that addresses it (one line each), plus anything
deliberately NOT addressed and why. NEVER append update summaries to the description.
Edit the description ONLY when the PR's actual scope or behavior changed enough that it
would otherwise misdescribe the PR — it stays a description, never a changelog.
**Close the loop.** When a decision DID reach the user (step 4), suggest in your final report
that they record the resolution with `coyote --macro record-ruling` so that class of decision
never asks again.
## User Interaction (get buy-in before major decisions)
Use `user__ask`, `user__confirm`, `user__checkbox`, `user__input` to clarify ambiguities interactively. **Do NOT guess when you can ask.** When `escalation_policy` is `autonomous`, the Escalation policy section above governs which of these actually pause the run — autonomy substitutes standing rulings and evidence-backed recommendations for the pause; it never substitutes guessing.
Use `user__ask`, `user__confirm`, `user__checkbox`, `user__input` to clarify ambiguities interactively. **Do NOT guess when you can ask.**
| Situation | Tool |
|-----------|------|
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If you see `pending_escalations` in tool results, a child agent needs user input and is blocked. Reply promptly via `agent__reply_escalation`. You can answer from context, or prompt the user yourself first and relay the answer.
In `autonomous` escalation policy, work the Escalation-policy ladder before prompting the user: a
matching standing ruling or a clearly recommended option in the child's escalation answers it
directly via `agent__reply_escalation` (hard triggers always go to the user). Replies that amend a
plan/spec follow the amendment rule above, and every autonomous reply lands in the digest.
## Anti-Patterns (BLOCKING)
- Skipping intent verbalization → unclear routing, wasted turns
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## Context
- Project: {{project_dir}}
- Escalation policy: {{escalation_policy}}
- OS: {{__os__}}
- Shell: {{__shell__}}
- CWD: {{__cwd__}}
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schemaVersion: '2'
kind: mixin
name: sisyphus-ddg
description: >
Allows Sisyphus to reach DuckDuckGo plus a curated set of common
content domains for its web-search MCP server. Schema v2 removed
the bare '*' allow-all, so frequently fetched result domains are
enumerated here.
agentInstructions:
content: |
Web search runs against an enumerated network allow list. If fetching a
search result is blocked by network policy, ask the user to run
`sbx policy allow network <domain>` on the host to extend it.
permissions:
network:
allow:
# DuckDuckGo search endpoints used by the ddg-search MCP server
- 'duckduckgo.com'
- 'html.duckduckgo.com'
- 'lite.duckduckgo.com'
# Common content/result domains fetched from search results
# ('*.host' matches exactly one label and not the bare host itself)
- '*.wikipedia.org'
- 'github.com'
- '*.githubusercontent.com'
- 'stackoverflow.com'
- '*.stackexchange.com'
- 'developer.mozilla.org'
- 'docs.python.org'
- 'doc.rust-lang.org'
- 'docs.rs'
- 'crates.io'
- 'pypi.org'
- 'www.npmjs.com'
# Jina reader fallback for fetching arbitrary pages as markdown
- 'r.jina.ai'
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# Step-Runner
A graph-based agent that executes **one step** of a phased implementation
plan, with the step protocol from the `step-implementation` skill enforced
as graph edges rather than prose. Designed to be delegated to by
**[Sisyphus](../sisyphus/README.md)**; delegates implementation to
**[Coder](../coder/README.md)** and independent review to
**[code-reviewer](../code-reviewer/README.md)**.
It expects a plan repo authored per the `plan-authoring` skill:
```
plans/
steps/NN-<slug>.md # step plans with frontmatter (step/title/depends_on/status)
handoffs/NN-<slug>.md # written by this agent, validated by a deterministic gate
NOTES.md # rolling durable facts
```
## Workflow
```mermaid
flowchart TD
resolve_step{"resolve_step<br/>script"}
resolve_step -->|"deps satisfied"| orient
resolve_step -->|"deps unsatisfied"| gate_blocked
gate_blocked{{"gate_blocked<br/>approval"}}
gate_blocked -->|"yes"| orient
gate_blocked -->|"no"| end_blocked
orient["orient<br/>llm, read-only"] --> route_staleness
orient -. "LLM fault" .-> note_llm_fault
route_staleness{"route_staleness<br/>script"}
route_staleness -->|"major deviation"| gate_deviation
route_staleness -->|"else"| implement
gate_deviation{{"gate_deviation<br/>approval"}}
gate_deviation -->|"proceed"| implement
gate_deviation -->|"abort"| end_rejected
gate_deviation -->|"other (user guidance)"| implement
implement[["implement<br/>agent → coder"]] --> route_coder_result
implement -. "coder crashed<br/>(no retries)" .-> end_failure
route_coder_result{"route_coder_result<br/>script"}
route_coder_result -->|"CODER_COMPLETE"| verify_format_lint
route_coder_result -->|"REJECTED / FAILED"| end_failure
verify_format_lint{"verify_format_lint<br/>script"}
verify_format_lint -->|"pass"| verify_build
verify_format_lint -->|"fail"| fix_loop_gate
verify_build{"verify_build<br/>script"}
verify_build -->|"pass"| verify_tests
verify_build -->|"fail"| fix_loop_gate
verify_tests{"verify_tests<br/>script"}
verify_tests -->|"pass"| edge_case_sweep
verify_tests -->|"fail"| fix_loop_gate
fix_loop_gate{"fix_loop_gate<br/>script"}
fix_loop_gate -->|"budget left"| implement
fix_loop_gate -->|"budget spent"| end_failure
edge_case_sweep["edge_case_sweep<br/>llm"] --> route_sweep
edge_case_sweep -. "LLM fault" .-> write_handoff
route_sweep{"route_sweep<br/>script"}
route_sweep -->|"5+ files or boundary"| independent_review
route_sweep -->|"else"| write_handoff
independent_review[["independent_review<br/>agent → code-reviewer"]] --> route_review
independent_review -. "2 attempts failed" .-> write_handoff
route_review{"route_review<br/>script"}
route_review -->|"🔴 critical findings"| implement
route_review -->|"else"| write_handoff
write_handoff["write_handoff<br/>llm"] --> check_handoff
write_handoff -. "LLM fault" .-> note_llm_fault
note_llm_fault{"note_llm_fault<br/>script"} --> end_failure
check_handoff{"check_handoff<br/>script"}
check_handoff -->|"schema valid"| gate_user_review
check_handoff -->|"one retry"| write_handoff
gate_user_review{{"gate_user_review<br/>approval"}}
gate_user_review -->|"approve"| end_success
gate_user_review -->|"revise"| get_revision
gate_user_review -->|"other (comments)"| revise_from_choice
get_revision[/"get_revision<br/>input"/] --> implement
revise_from_choice{"revise_from_choice<br/>script"} --> implement
end_success(["end_success<br/>STEP_COMPLETE"])
end_blocked(["end_blocked<br/>STEP_BLOCKED"])
end_rejected(["end_rejected<br/>STEP_REJECTED"])
end_failure(["end_failure<br/>STEP_FAILED"])
```
End nodes emit sentinel outcomes for the caller:
- `STEP_COMPLETE` — step implemented, verified, handoff written, user approved.
- `STEP_BLOCKED` — `depends_on` unsatisfied and the user declined to proceed.
- `STEP_REJECTED` — user aborted at the deviation gate, or the coder's plan
was rejected at its approval gate.
- `STEP_FAILED` — the coder failed or crashed, the step-level fix budget was
exhausted, the handoff failed validation twice, or an orient/handoff LLM
fault was recorded (rendered as `Pipeline fault:` in the output).
## Fault handling
Node crashes degrade the run visibly instead of masquerading as success:
- `implement` has **no retries** — rerunning a coder that died mid-edit
against an already-mutated tree is unsafe. Its failure text lands in
`coder_result` and the run falls straight to `end_failure`.
- `independent_review` retries once (`max_attempts: 2`); if both attempts
fail it falls back to `write_handoff`, which flags "PIPELINE-FAULT:
independent review did not run" in the handoff rather than presenting the
failure text as findings. `route_review` carries the same guard before its
🔴 grep, so a reviewer fault never spends a fix-loop attempt.
- `edge_case_sweep` faults likewise fall through to `write_handoff` and are
flagged as "PIPELINE-FAULT: edge-case sweep did not run".
- `orient` and `write_handoff` faults route through `note_llm_fault`, which
distills the engine's failure text into a `fault_note` rendered in the
`STEP_FAILED` output — never an empty shell.
Degraded is never passing (a skipped review or sweep is recorded as NOT RUN,
never paraphrased as covered), and the sentinel is always emitted — every
path terminates at one of the four end nodes, so the caller always gets a
parseable outcome.
## Usage
```sh
# From the project root: run the next in-progress/pending step
coyote -a step-runner "Execute the next step"
# A specific step (also parsed from the prompt: "execute step 3")
coyote -a step-runner --agent-variable step 3 "Execute step 3"
# Plan repo somewhere else
coyote -a step-runner --agent-variable plans_dir docs/plans "Execute the next step"
```
**Invoke from the project root.** The coder sub-agent resolves its own
`project_dir` from the invocation directory; overriding `project_dir` here
does not propagate to the spawned coder.
## Tuning
`graph.yaml` `initial_state` exposes:
- `max_fix_attempts` (default `2`) — step-level fix budget (the coder has
its own internal budget of 3).
- `max_review_attempts` (default `1`) — bounded 🔴-finding fix loops after
independent review.
Environment overrides honored by the script nodes:
- `FORMAT_CMD` / `LINT_CMD` — formatting and linting (otherwise a per-type
heuristic formats, and linting defers to the build/check command).
- `BUILD_CMD` / `TEST_CMD` — skip project-type detection (same as coder).
- `STEP_AUTOAPPROVE=1` — bypass the deviation gate (non-interactive runs).
- `STEP_SKIP_REVIEW=1` — never spawn the independent reviewer.
The final user approval gate is never bypassed by an environment variable -
it is the point of the workflow.
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name: step-runner
description: |
Executes ONE step of a phased implementation plan (plans/ repo) with the
step protocol enforced as graph edges: orient -> staleness check ->
implement (coder) -> verify -> edge-case sweep -> optional independent
review -> evidence-backed handoff -> user approval gate. Designed to be
delegated to by sisyphus.
version: '1.0'
# The limit is consulted by the SPAWNER against the child's absolute depth
# (root = 0). Deepest documented chain: architect(0) → sisyphus(1) →
# step-runner(2) → code-reviewer(3) →
# {domain-reviewer(4) → file-reviewer(5) | finding-verifier(4)}.
# This agent spawns depth-3 children; 4 = one level of headroom (default 3 had none).
max_agent_depth: 4
global_tools:
- ast_grep.sh
- fs_cat.sh
- fs_ls.sh
- fs_write.sh
- fs_patch.sh
- execute_command.sh
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- step-implementation
- handoff-protocol
- code-review
- ai-slop-remover
variables:
- name: project_dir
description: |
Absolute path to the project directory. Defaults to "." (the directory
coyote was invoked from). The coder sub-agent resolves its own
project_dir the same way, so invoke step-runner FROM the project root
unless you override this for both.
default: '.'
- name: plans_dir
description: |
Path to the plan repo. Relative paths resolve against project_dir.
Expected layout: <plans_dir>/steps/NN-<slug>.md,
<plans_dir>/handoffs/, <plans_dir>/NOTES.md.
default: 'plans'
- name: step
description: |
Which step to execute: a step number, or "next" to pick the first
in-progress (resume) or pending step plan.
default: 'next'
settings:
max_loop_iterations: 20
log_state_snapshots: true
validate_before_run: true
timeout: 7200
initial_state:
project_dir: ''
plans_dir: ''
step_number: 0
step_slug: ''
step_title: ''
step_plan_path: ''
step_plan: ''
prev_handoff_path: '(none)'
prev_handoff: '(none - this is the first step)'
notes_path: ''
notes: '(none)'
handoff_path: ''
blocking_reason: ''
plan_summary: ''
implementation_brief: ''
staleness_report: ''
orient_failure: ''
has_major_deviation: false
deviation_summary: ''
user_feedback: ''
fix_instructions: ''
fix_attempts: 0
max_fix_attempts: 2
coder_result: ''
format_output: ''
lint_ok: true
lint_output: ''
build_ok: true
build_output: ''
tests_ok: true
tests_output: ''
edge_case_report: ''
downstream_updates: ''
sweep_failure: ''
needs_independent_review: false
review_report: ''
review_attempts: 0
max_review_attempts: 1
handoff_attempts: 0
handoff_fix: ''
handoff_failure: ''
fault_note: ''
step_summary: ''
start: resolve_step
nodes:
resolve_step:
id: resolve_step
type: script
description: |
Locate the step plan, previous handoff, and NOTES.md; parse frontmatter;
check depends_on satisfaction against existing handoffs; mark the plan
in-progress. Routes to gate_blocked when dependencies are unsatisfied.
script: scripts/resolve_step.sh
timeout: 30
fallback: end_failure
next: orient
gate_blocked:
id: gate_blocked
type: approval
description: Escalate unsatisfied dependencies instead of building on missing ground.
question: |
Step {{step_number}} ({{step_title}}) is BLOCKED:
{{blocking_reason}}
Proceed anyway?
options:
- 'yes'
- 'no'
routes:
'yes': orient
'no': end_blocked
on_other: end_blocked
orient:
id: orient
type: llm
description: |
Read-only orientation and staleness check: merge the previous handoff's
directives with the step plan, then verify the plan's assumptions
against the CURRENT codebase before any edit.
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- step-implementation
instructions: |
You are orienting for one step of a phased implementation plan. Load
`step-implementation` and apply its Orient and Staleness-check phases.
You are READ-ONLY in this node: no edits, no fixes.
1. Read the previous handoff (below). Note directives aimed at this
step, deviations that changed the codebase, and bare assertions
that need re-verification.
2. Staleness-check the step plan against the code at {{project_dir}}:
grep the symbols it references (via execute_command), read its
Context snippets at their claimed locations with fs_cat, confirm
its Test commands exist.
3. Classify discrepancies per the skill's deviation table: minor
(mechanics differ; correct silently in the brief) vs major (scope,
approach, interfaces, or a later step's assumptions affected).
Produce `implementation_brief`: the corrected, self-contained marching
orders for the implementer - plan tasks in order, handoff directives
applied, minor staleness corrections folded in, acceptance criteria
restated. The implementer sees ONLY the step plan plus your brief.
prompt: |
## Step plan ({{step_plan_path}})
{{step_plan}}
## Previous handoff ({{prev_handoff_path}})
{{prev_handoff}}
## Rolling project notes
{{notes}}
tools:
- fs_cat
- fs_ls
- execute_command
max_iterations: 20
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
plan_summary:
type: string
description: 1-3 sentences summarizing what this step delivers
implementation_brief:
type: string
description: Corrected, self-contained instructions for the implementer
staleness_report:
type: string
description: Findings from checking plan assumptions against current code; "clean" if none
has_major_deviation:
type: boolean
description: True when a discrepancy changes scope, approach, or interfaces
deviation_summary:
type: string
description: Major deviations only, with the plan claim vs current reality. Empty when none
required:
[
plan_summary,
implementation_brief,
staleness_report,
has_major_deviation,
deviation_summary,
]
state_updates:
orient_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: note_llm_fault
next: route_staleness
route_staleness:
id: route_staleness
type: script
description: Major deviation -> user gate; otherwise straight to implement.
script: scripts/route_staleness.sh
timeout: 5
fallback: implement
gate_deviation:
id: gate_deviation
type: approval
description: Major deviations are never silently absorbed - the user decides.
question: |
Step {{step_number}} ({{step_title}}): the plan no longer matches the
codebase in a way that changes scope or approach.
{{deviation_summary}}
Staleness report:
{{staleness_report}}
Proceed with the corrected brief? (Answer with anything else to give
your own guidance to the implementer.)
options:
- 'proceed'
- 'abort'
routes:
'proceed': implement
'abort': end_rejected
on_other: implement
state_updates:
user_feedback: '{{choice}}'
implement:
id: implement
type: agent
description: |
Delegate implementation to the coder graph agent, which runs its own
plan -> implement -> build -> tests -> self-review fix-loop internally.
agent: coder
prompt: |
## TASK
Execute step {{step_number}} ({{step_title}}) of a phased implementation
plan for the project at {{project_dir}}.
## EXPECTED OUTCOME
Every task in the step plan below is implemented and its acceptance
criteria are met. Tests are derived from the Acceptance criteria
section (not from the implementation). Build and full test suite pass.
## MUST DO
- Follow the Orientation brief below - it supersedes the raw plan where
they disagree (it folds in corrections from the staleness check).
- Match the patterns pasted in the step plan's Context section.
- Derive tests from the plan's Acceptance criteria.
## MUST NOT DO
- Do not touch anything listed in the plan's Out of scope section.
- Do not modify files under {{plans_dir}}.
- Do not implement work belonging to other steps.
## CONTEXT
### Step plan
{{step_plan}}
### Orientation brief (handoff directives + staleness corrections applied)
{{implementation_brief}}
### User guidance (if any)
{{user_feedback}}
### Fix loop status (empty on first attempt)
{{fix_instructions}}
timeout: 3600
state_updates:
coder_result: '{{output}}'
# No max_attempts: rerunning a coder that died mid-edit against an
# already-mutated tree is unsafe. On failure the "Agent node failed:"
# text lands in coder_result (via state_updates above) and end_failure
# renders it; end_failure's other keys all have initial_state defaults,
# so the STEP_FAILED output degrades to empty build/tests sections.
fallback: end_failure
next: route_coder_result
route_coder_result:
id: route_coder_result
type: script
description: Route on the coder sentinel - COMPLETE verifies, REJECTED/FAILED terminate.
script: scripts/route_coder_result.sh
timeout: 5
fallback: end_failure
verify_format_lint:
id: verify_format_lint
type: script
description: |
Format BEFORE evidence collection (FORMAT_CMD override or per-type
heuristic), then lint (LINT_CMD, when configured). Lint failure routes
to the fix loop.
script: scripts/verify_format_lint.sh
timeout: 300
fallback: fix_loop_gate
verify_build:
id: verify_build
type: script
description: Step-level build/typecheck evidence, collected AFTER formatting.
script: scripts/verify_build.sh
timeout: 600
fallback: fix_loop_gate
verify_tests:
id: verify_tests
type: script
description: FULL test suite - regressions in untouched code fail the step too.
script: scripts/verify_tests.sh
timeout: 1200
fallback: fix_loop_gate
fix_loop_gate:
id: fix_loop_gate
type: script
description: |
Step-level fix budget (the coder already ran its own internal fix
loop). Loops to implement with fix_instructions, or ends as failure.
script: scripts/fix_loop_gate.sh
timeout: 5
fallback: end_failure
edge_case_sweep:
id: edge_case_sweep
type: llm
description: |
Post-implementation sweep: missed spots, edge cases, downstream plan
implications. May annotate downstream plans' Edge cases sections
(annotate vs propose per handoff-protocol). Also judges whether the
change warrants an independent review pass.
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- step-implementation
- handoff-protocol
instructions: |
The implementation for this step just passed build and tests. Load
`step-implementation` (edge-case sweep phase) and `handoff-protocol`
(annotate-vs-propose rules), then:
1. Read the changed code (the coder result below names the files).
Look for edge cases the plan missed: empty inputs, error paths,
concurrency, partial failure, compat.
2. For each edge case belonging to a LATER step: check that step's
plan under {{plans_dir}}/steps/. If its Edge cases section already
covers it, done. If not, append an entry to that section via
fs_patch - touch NOTHING else in the file.
3. NEVER edit a later plan's Objective, Tasks, Acceptance criteria,
or Out of scope. Scope-affecting changes become proposed diffs in
`downstream_updates` instead.
4. Set needs_independent_review=true when the change touched 5+ files
or crosses architectural boundaries (auth, public APIs, schema,
security-sensitive paths).
Be terse. Findings, not prose.
prompt: |
## Coder result
{{coder_result}}
## Step plan
{{step_plan}}
## Staleness report from orientation
{{staleness_report}}
tools:
- fs_cat
- fs_ls
- fs_patch
- execute_command
max_iterations: 20
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
edge_case_report:
type: string
description: Edge cases discovered - both handled and punted, one per line. "none" if empty
downstream_updates:
type: string
description: Annotations made (plan file + section) and proposed diffs for scope-affecting changes. "none" if empty
needs_independent_review:
type: boolean
required: [edge_case_report, downstream_updates, needs_independent_review]
state_updates:
sweep_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: write_handoff
next: route_sweep
route_sweep:
id: route_sweep
type: script
description: Broad or boundary-crossing changes get an independent reviewer.
script: scripts/route_sweep.sh
timeout: 5
fallback: write_handoff
independent_review:
id: independent_review
type: agent
description: Independent review pass - the author's self-review cannot catch its own rationalizations.
agent: code-reviewer
prompt: |
Review the changes produced for step {{step_number}} ({{step_title}})
of a phased implementation plan in {{project_dir}}.
What the step was supposed to do:
{{plan_summary}}
Coder summary (names the modified/created files):
{{coder_result}}
Review the changed files against the step plan's acceptance criteria.
Preserve severity tags in your findings.
timeout: 1200
max_attempts: 2
state_updates:
review_report: '{{output}}'
fallback: write_handoff
next: route_review
route_review:
id: route_review
type: script
description: Critical findings loop back to implement (bounded); otherwise proceed to handoff.
script: scripts/route_review.sh
timeout: 5
fallback: write_handoff
write_handoff:
id: write_handoff
type: llm
description: |
Write the evidence-backed handoff per handoff-protocol and append
durable facts to NOTES.md. The completion gate (check_handoff)
verifies the document afterward.
skills_enabled: true
enabled_skills:
- handoff-protocol
- ai-slop-remover
instructions: |
Load `handoff-protocol` and follow its writer schema EXACTLY: the
frontmatter (step, title, result) and all eight sections, writing
"None" rather than omitting a section.
Write the handoff to {{handoff_path}} with fs_write. Paste the
verification evidence below verbatim into the Evidence section -
commands, exit codes, decisive output lines. Deviations come from the
staleness report, gate decisions, and fix loop history. Downstream
plan updates come from the sweep results.
VERIFICATION HONESTY: evidence marked "GATE NOT RUN" means that gate
is UNVERIFIED — record it as not run; never paraphrase a skipped gate
as covered, passing, or handled elsewhere. A handoff that admits an
unverified gate is correct; one that dresses it up as verified poisons
every downstream reader.
Then append durable, step-independent facts (if any) to {{notes_path}}
- create the file if missing, never rewrite existing entries.
If "Gate feedback" below is non-empty, a previous handoff attempt
failed validation - fix exactly what it lists.
PIPELINE-FAULT VISIBILITY: an "Independent review report" below that
starts with "Agent node failed:" means the independent review DID NOT
RUN - the graph routed here through the reviewer's failure fallback.
Never present that text as review findings. Flag it prominently
instead: add a Deviations entry "PIPELINE-FAULT: independent review
did not run - <failure text>", repeat it under Notes for next step,
and carry it into `step_summary` so the user sees it at the approval
gate.
The same rule covers the "Edge-case sweep result" below: text starting
with "LLM node" means the edge-case sweep DID NOT RUN - the graph
routed here through the sweep's failure fallback. Never present it as
sweep findings. Add a Deviations entry "PIPELINE-FAULT: edge-case
sweep did not run - <failure text>" and carry it into `step_summary`
so the user sees it at the approval gate. If it holds successful
structured output or is empty, ignore it - the sweep's real results
already flow through the "Edge cases discovered" / "Downstream plan
updates" sections above.
prompt: |
## Step
{{step_number}} ({{step_title}}) - plan at {{step_plan_path}}
## Plan summary
{{plan_summary}}
## Coder result
{{coder_result}}
## Staleness report / deviations
{{staleness_report}}
Major deviation summary (if any): {{deviation_summary}}
User guidance given (if any): {{user_feedback}}
Fix loop attempts used: {{fix_attempts}} of {{max_fix_attempts}}
## Edge cases discovered
{{edge_case_report}}
## Downstream plan updates
{{downstream_updates}}
## Edge-case sweep result (fault detection)
{{sweep_failure}}
## Independent review report (if any)
{{review_report}}
## Verification evidence (paste verbatim)
### Format
{{format_output}}
### Lint
{{lint_output}}
### Build
{{build_output}}
### Tests
{{tests_output}}
## Gate feedback
{{handoff_fix}}
tools:
- fs_cat
- fs_ls
- fs_write
- fs_patch
max_iterations: 15
output_schema:
type: object
properties:
step_summary:
type: string
description: 3-6 sentence summary of the step for the user's approval decision - what was done, deviations, anything needing their attention
required: [step_summary]
state_updates:
handoff_failure: '{{output}}'
fallback: note_llm_fault
next: check_handoff
note_llm_fault:
id: note_llm_fault
type: script
description: |
Make LLM-node fallback captures visible: when orient or write_handoff
failed (their capture keys hold the engine's "LLM node..." failure
text), distill it into fault_note so end_failure can render WHY the
step died instead of an empty STEP_FAILED shell.
script: scripts/note_llm_fault.sh
timeout: 5
fallback: end_failure
next: end_failure
check_handoff:
id: check_handoff
type: script
description: |
Deterministic completion gate - handoff exists with frontmatter and all
required sections. On success, marks the step plan status complete.
One retry back to write_handoff, then failure.
script: scripts/check_handoff.sh
timeout: 10
fallback: end_failure
gate_user_review:
id: gate_user_review
type: approval
description: The hard stop - the next step never starts without explicit approval.
question: |
## Step {{step_number}} ({{step_title}}) - ready for review
{{step_summary}}
Handoff: {{handoff_path}}
Build: {{build_ok}} | Tests: {{tests_ok}} | Fix attempts: {{fix_attempts}}/{{max_fix_attempts}}
Approve this step? (Answer with anything else to send revision
instructions straight to the implementer.)
options:
- 'approve'
- 'revise'
routes:
'approve': end_success
'revise': get_revision
on_other: revise_from_choice
state_updates:
user_feedback: '{{choice}}'
get_revision:
id: get_revision
type: input
description: Collect revision instructions, then loop back through implement -> verify -> handoff.
question: 'What should change? Your comments go to the implementer verbatim.'
validation: 'len(input) > 0'
state_updates:
fix_instructions: '{{input}}'
next: implement
revise_from_choice:
id: revise_from_choice
type: script
description: Free-form approval answers are treated as revision instructions.
script: scripts/revise_from_choice.sh
timeout: 5
fallback: get_revision
end_success:
id: end_success
type: end
output: |
STEP_COMPLETE
Step: {{step_number}} ({{step_title}})
Plan: {{step_plan_path}}
Handoff: {{handoff_path}}
Build: passed | Tests: passed | Fix attempts: {{fix_attempts}}/{{max_fix_attempts}}
{{step_summary}}
Downstream plan updates:
{{downstream_updates}}
end_blocked:
id: end_blocked
type: end
output: |
STEP_BLOCKED
Step: {{step_number}} ({{step_title}})
Reason:
{{blocking_reason}}
end_rejected:
id: end_rejected
type: end
output: |
STEP_REJECTED
Step: {{step_number}} ({{step_title}})
Rejected at: deviation gate or coder approval gate.
Deviation summary:
{{deviation_summary}}
Coder result (if it ran):
{{coder_result}}
end_failure:
id: end_failure
type: end
output: |
STEP_FAILED
Step: {{step_number}} ({{step_title}})
Fix attempts: {{fix_attempts}}/{{max_fix_attempts}}
Blocking reason (if resolution failed): {{blocking_reason}}
Pipeline fault (if any): {{fault_note}}
Coder result:
{{coder_result}}
Last build output:
{{build_output}}
Last tests output:
{{tests_output}}
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -uo pipefail
if [[ -n "${GRAPH_STATE_FILE:-}" ]]; then
state=$(cat "$GRAPH_STATE_FILE")
elif [[ -n "${GRAPH_STATE:-}" ]]; then
state="$GRAPH_STATE"
else
state='{}'
fi
handoff_path=$(echo "$state" | jq -r '.handoff_path // ""')
step_plan_path=$(echo "$state" | jq -r '.step_plan_path // ""')
handoff_attempts=$(echo "$state" | jq -r '.handoff_attempts // 0')
problems=""
if [[ ! -f "$handoff_path" ]]; then
problems="- handoff file does not exist at $handoff_path"$'\n'
else
content=$(cat "$handoff_path")
grep -qE '^result:[[:space:]]*(complete|partial|blocked)' <<< "$content" \
|| problems+="- frontmatter is missing 'result: complete|partial|blocked'"$'\n'
for section in "Summary" "Completed" "Not completed" "Deviations" "Downstream plan updates" "Edge cases discovered" "Evidence" "Notes for next step"; do
grep -qE "^##[[:space:]]+${section}" <<< "$content" \
|| problems+="- missing required section: ## ${section}"$'\n'
done
fi
if [[ -z "$problems" ]]; then
if [[ -f "$step_plan_path" ]]; then
tmp=$(mktemp)
awk 'BEGIN{n=0} /^---[[:space:]]*$/{n++; print; next} n==1 && /^status:/{print "status: complete"; next} {print}' "$step_plan_path" > "$tmp" && mv "$tmp" "$step_plan_path"
fi
jq -nc '{"handoff_fix": "", "_next": "gate_user_review"}'
exit 0
fi
if (( handoff_attempts >= 1 )); then
jq -nc \
--arg br "Handoff failed validation twice. Problems:
$problems" \
'{"blocking_reason": $br, "_next": "end_failure"}'
exit 0
fi
jq -nc \
--arg hf "The previous handoff attempt failed validation. Fix exactly these problems:
$problems" \
'{
"handoff_attempts": 1,
"handoff_fix": $hf,
"_next": "write_handoff"
}'
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