From fb0b87df16ae7fa64d8bc37ba4cd2cd632c205bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:16:22 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 01/30] Add codex-harness-patterns plugin A Skill-only Plugin (no MCP, no network) packaging four long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 (codex-rs/core/). Skills included: - tool-output-budget truncate oversized tool output by token-aware head + tail + marker (mirrors codex-rs/utils/ output-truncation) - context-pressure-compact structured snapshot before continuing a long task (mirrors codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs) - parallel-fanout dispatch 2+ independent sub-tasks with task() and aggregate (mirrors FuturesUnordered in codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs) - plan-stream-emit emit todowrite-shaped plan before non-trivial work (mirrors PlanUpdate / PlanDelta events in codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs) Validation: passes npm run check (OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns). 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These Skills teach a MiniMax Code agent how to survive long-running +multi-step tasks without losing focus, blowing its token budget, or stalling on serial work. + +## The problem + +Long agentic sessions fail for predictable reasons: + +- **Tool outputs explode** — `cat` on a 5,000-line log, or `curl` returning 1 MB of HTML, can fill + the context in a single step. +- **Context drift** — after 30+ tool calls the model has lost track of the original goal, current + state, and what still needs doing. +- **Serial work** — the model does A, then B, then C, when A, B, C are independent and could + finish in one round trip. +- **No plan** — the model dives into a complex task without first surfacing a structured plan, + so the user cannot course-correct early. + +OpenAI's Codex harness solves each of these with specific code (see +[`codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs), +[`utils/output-truncation/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/utils/output-truncation), +[`session/turn.rs::run_turn`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs)) +and reports a 3× score lift on ARC-AGI-3 with the same model, just by changing the harness. +This Plugin packages those four patterns as portable Skills. + +## Try it + +Install from `/plugins` → **Local**, then ask any of: + +```text +"Read docs/internal-spec.md and summarize the data model — keep the full file off the main context" + +"Refactor the auth subsystem across these 5 files. Plan first, then execute." + +"Investigate why the test suite is flaky. Decompose into independent probes and run them in parallel." + +"I'm at turn 35 of an open-source contribution. Compress the conversation so I can keep going." +``` + +**Expected result**: the agent picks the right Skill, follows the documented process, and produces +output that matches the Skill's output contract (see each Skill's `SKILL.md` for its specific +contract and example). + +## What this Plugin adds + +Four Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): + +| Skill | When to activate | +|---|---| +| `tool-output-budget` | A tool returns output you suspect is too large to keep verbatim (large logs, JSON, fetched HTML, minified files). | +| `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | +| `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | +| `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | + +## Requirements + +- **MiniMax Code** with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +- **No Python, no Node, no external services.** These Skills are pure Markdown instructions; the + agent applies them with its existing tools (`bash`, `read`, `write`, `edit`, `grep`, `glob`, `task`). +- **No MCP server, no network, no credentials.** This Plugin does not start any process or open any + socket. It only adds Skill files to the agent. + +## Capabilities & permissions + +- **Read-only by default** (these Skills only change how the agent shapes its own output and + tool calls). +- **No file modification outside the agent's existing write surface.** The Skills may instruct + the agent to use `write` / `edit` / `bash` to persist a compact summary or a plan file, but only + on paths the user already authorised through the active session. +- **No sub-agent launch without user intent.** `parallel-fanout` instructs the agent to use + `task` for fan-out, but only when the user task is independently decomposable. The agent must + still justify the decomposition in the plan and stop if the user says "do it one by one". + +## Data and network + +- **No network access.** This Plugin adds Skills only; it does not call out. +- **No credentials, tokens, env vars, or telemetry.** The agent does not need any of these to + apply the Skills. +- **No data leaves your machine.** The Skills operate on whatever the agent can already see in + the workspace. + +## Security model + +The Skills are read-only instructions. They cannot be used to exfiltrate data, run untrusted code, +or escalate privileges beyond the agent's existing capability set. The only side effect is the +agent choosing to use its existing tools (e.g. `write` a compact summary to disk) — exactly as +the user would do manually. + +## How the Plugin is validated + +The Plugin was developed against the official `npm run check` workflow (see +`docs/plugin-compatibility.md` in the upstream `MiniMax-Code-Plugins` repo). It declares only +the portable subset (Skills + manifest), includes a real example prompt in this README, and +carries an Apache-2.0 LICENSE matching the host repository. + +## License + +Apache-2.0 diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..305e54a --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +{ + "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", + "name": "codex-harness-patterns", + "version": "0.1.0", + "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, and structured plan streaming. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, or sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, and Op/EventMsg protocol.", + "author": { + "name": "antianqi", + "url": "https://github.com/antianqi" + }, + "homepage": "https://github.com/antianqi/MiniMax-Code-Plugins/tree/main/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns", + "repository": "https://github.com/antianqi/MiniMax-Code-Plugins", + "license": "Apache-2.0", + "keywords": [ + "minimax-code", + "plugin", + "codex-harness", + "token-budget", + "context-compaction", + "sub-agent", + "task-planning", + "long-running" + ] +} diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..583c1e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +--- +name: context-pressure-compact +description: "Compress a long-running multi-step task into a structured state summary before continuing, so the agent can keep going without losing track of the original goal. Use when the active `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, after ~20 tool calls, when the user says 'compact' / 'summarize so far' / 'we need to refocus', or when context usage is visibly heavy. Mirrors codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs::run_pre_sampling_compact." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs +--- + +# Context Pressure Compact + +Compress the running state of a long task into a structured snapshot, then keep working from the +snapshot. The agent loses the noisy middle (failed attempts, finished steps, stale tool output) +but keeps the goal, the decisions, and the next move. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- The active `todowrite` has more than 5 items, **and** at least 2 are still in progress. +- The agent has executed roughly 20 or more tool calls since the user request. +- The user says "compact", "summarize so far", "refocus", "we're getting lost", or + "let me see the state". +- A tool call from `tool-output-budget` is being applied to a string the agent will not need + again (it has been superseded by newer output). +- A sub-task boundary (a self-contained feature is done; the next user step starts a new one). + +Do **not** use this Skill for short tasks (< 5 tool calls, < 3 `todowrite` items). Compaction has +its own cost; the savings only matter once the conversation is genuinely heavy. + +## When NOT to use + +- A single one-shot question. The user wants an answer, not a checkpoint. +- The user is in the middle of dictating a multi-step request. Finish listening first. +- The user explicitly said "do not summarize" or "keep everything". + +## Process + +1. **Freeze new work.** Do not start any new tool call before the snapshot is written. +2. **Write the snapshot** to a single fenced block, in this exact shape: + + ```markdown + ## Compact Snapshot — + + **Goal**: + + **Done** (these are finished; do not re-do them): + - + + **In progress** (these are partially done; carry the partial state forward): + - + + **Decisions made** (so future you doesn't re-argue them): + - + + **Key file paths** (absolute paths the next step will need): + - /path/to/foo + - /path/to/bar + + **Blockers / open questions** (so the user can answer them upfront next turn): + - + + **Next concrete step**: + ``` + +3. **Optionally persist to disk** if the user has a working directory. Default path: + `.minimax/snapshots/-.md`. The user can `read` it later to reload context. +4. **Drop the noisy middle from the next prompt.** After the snapshot, your next response should + start from "Next concrete step", not from re-stating the goal. +5. **Continue working** as if the snapshot is the only context. Do not re-fetch the files you + already listed under "Key file paths" unless you need to re-read them. + +## Output contract + +Every time you apply this Skill, the user sees: + +- The Compact Snapshot block (as above). +- An optional one-line "discarded N tool calls and M lines of intermediate output" note. +- The next concrete step, phrased as an action the user can sanity-check. + +## Example + +```markdown +## Compact Snapshot — 2026-08-23T23:55:00Z — step 7 + +**Goal**: Refactor the auth subsystem to support OIDC without breaking the existing SAML path. + +**Done**: +- Mapped current auth flow in src/auth/. Wrote findings to .minimax/snapshots/auth-flow.md +- Identified 4 injection points: login(), callback(), refresh(), logout() +- Confirmed test coverage: 12 of 14 files have unit tests (2 missing: logout, session) + +**In progress**: +- Designing the OIDC adapter interface. Stopped at: how to represent the "provider" enum + vs the existing "IdP" interface. Need to decide: 1) extend IdP, 2) new OidcProvider sibling, + 3) generic Provider with config-driven dispatch. + +**Decisions made**: +- Keep SAML on the legacy code path; OIDC gets a parallel module. (Reason: SAML contract is + frozen, no test budget to re-validate.) +- Reject (3) generic Provider — too much config surface for marginal benefit. + +**Key file paths**: +- /repo/src/auth/idp.rs +- /repo/src/auth/callback.rs +- /repo/tests/auth/ + +**Blockers / open questions**: +- Should the OIDC module own token storage, or reuse the existing session store? +- Does IT have a preferred OIDC library (openidconnect vs oauth2)? + +**Next concrete step**: Draft the OidcProvider trait + one impl for `provider = "okta"`, then +show the diff to the user before touching the callback. +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not rewrite history.** The snapshot records what actually happened, including the wrong + path you took. Future you needs the wrong path to avoid re-walking it. +- **Do not omit Blockers.** This is the most valuable section — it's how the user unblocks you + with one sentence instead of three round trips. +- **Do not skip "Key file paths".** Absolute paths save the next turn from `glob` and `grep`. +- **Do not snap every turn.** A snapshot after every tool call is noise. Use the triggers above. +- **Do not nest snapshots.** One snapshot is the new ground truth; the previous one is + superseded and can be discarded (or moved to `.minimax/snapshots/archive/`). + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Is the goal copied verbatim from the user? +- [ ] Are Done / In progress / Decisions / Paths / Blockers / Next step all present and + non-empty (or explicitly "none")? +- [ ] Did you avoid starting a new tool call before the snapshot was written? +- [ ] Did you drop the noisy middle from the next prompt? +- [ ] Did the user get a chance to answer Blockers before you kept going? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..982c787 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +--- +name: parallel-fanout +description: "Decompose a clearly independent task into 2+ parallel sub-tasks and dispatch them with `task` in one round trip, then aggregate. Use when the user task can be split along a clean boundary (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses) and serial execution would take materially longer. Mirrors codex-rs FuturesUnordered fan-out in thread_manager.rs." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs +--- + +# Parallel Fan-Out + +When a task splits cleanly into 2+ independent sub-tasks, dispatch them in parallel and +aggregate. Skip when the sub-tasks have data dependencies or when serial execution is fast +enough that the overhead of fan-out is not worth it. + +## When to use + +Activate when **all** of the following hold: + +- The user task has 2+ **independent** sub-tasks. Independent means: sub-task B does not need + any output of sub-task A, and sub-task A does not need any output of sub-task B. +- Each sub-task is **bounded**: you can name what "done" looks like in one sentence. +- The estimated wall-clock time of serial execution is **at least 2×** the longest single + sub-task. If one sub-task dwarfs the others, fan-out buys you little. +- The user has not said "do it one by one" / "step by step" / "sequentially please". + +## When NOT to use + +- The sub-tasks share state (e.g. all read/modify the same file in conflicting ways). +- The sub-tasks need each other's intermediate output (e.g. test plan A depends on the refactor + in B). +- The total work is tiny (3 file edits); the orchestration overhead exceeds the savings. +- The user explicitly asked for serial work or a careful step-by-step walkthrough. +- You cannot articulate the boundary of each sub-task in one sentence. If you can't, you can't + safely parallelise it. + +## Process + +1. **State the decomposition first** — before any tool call, write a fenced block that names + the sub-tasks, their boundaries, and the aggregation step: + + ```markdown + ## Fan-out plan + + **Sub-task 1**: + **Sub-task 2**: + **Sub-task 3**: + + **Aggregation**: + **Stop conditions**: + ``` + +2. **Dispatch in parallel** with `task`. Use `run_in_background: true` for each so they overlap + in the same round trip. Pass a minimal-context brief to each — the original user request + plus the specific sub-task boundary, NOT the full history. + +3. **While waiting**, the orchestrating agent may draft the aggregation template (so the final + merge is a fill-in, not a re-derivation). + +4. **On all sub-tasks completing**: + - Verify each met its pass condition. + - If a sub-task drifted outside its boundary, **reject** and re-dispatch with a tighter + brief. Do not absorb the drift. + - If two sub-tasks produced conflicting facts (different numbers, different recommendations), + surface the conflict to the user **before** aggregating. Do not silently pick one. + +5. **Aggregate** into the agreed shape. Cite the source sub-task for each section so the user + can drill in. + +6. **Report** the wall-clock time saved if you have it (use timestamps from the sub-task + responses). This is how you earn the right to fan out again. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- The Fan-out plan block (before any tool call). +- The list of dispatched sub-tasks (one line per `task` call). +- The pass/fail per sub-task. +- Any conflicts surfaced before aggregation. +- The aggregated result. +- (Optional) The wall-clock saving vs serial. + +## Example + +```markdown +## Fan-out plan + +**Sub-task 1**: Audit dependencies in /repo/server/Cargo.toml for known CVEs. + Pass condition: a table of {crate, version, advisory_id, severity}. +**Sub-task 2**: Audit dependencies in /repo/web/package.json for known CVEs. + Pass condition: a table of {package, version, advisory_id, severity}. +**Sub-task 3**: List license of every direct dependency in /repo/server and /repo/web. + Pass condition: a single table of {crate_or_package, license, copyleft_flag}. + +**Aggregation**: Combine into a single SECURITY-REPORT.md at the repo root. +**Stop conditions**: If sub-task 1 or 2 finds a critical CVE, surface immediately and do not +wait for sub-task 3. +``` + +Then: + +```text +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, + prompt="Audit /repo/server/Cargo.toml direct dependencies ...") +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, + prompt="Audit /repo/web/package.json direct dependencies ...") +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, + prompt="List licenses of /repo/server and /repo/web direct deps ...") +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not fan out work that is too small.** A 200-line refactor is one task, not three. +- **Do not fan out work with hidden dependencies.** If sub-task 2 might need to read what + sub-task 1 wrote, that's serial. Don't pretend. +- **Do not over-brief sub-tasks.** "Refactor the auth subsystem" is not a sub-task brief; it + is the whole job. A sub-task brief names a file, a change, and a pass condition. +- **Do not under-brief.** "Look at the auth code" is not enough; the sub-agent will guess + wrong. Always include the file paths and the pass condition. +- **Do not aggregate silently.** If two sub-tasks disagree, the user must see the conflict. +- **Do not fan out > 5 sub-tasks.** Beyond 5, the aggregation step becomes a bottleneck and + context cost grows. For larger splits, ask the user first. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you state the Fan-out plan block before any tool call? +- [ ] Is each sub-task truly independent (no shared state, no data flow between them)? +- [ ] Did you pass a minimal-context brief, not the full history? +- [ ] Did you use `run_in_background: true` so they overlap? +- [ ] Did you surface conflicts before aggregating? +- [ ] Did you cite the source sub-task for each section of the aggregation? +- [ ] Did the wall-clock savings actually justify the fan-out? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plan-stream-emit/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plan-stream-emit/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0df5934 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plan-stream-emit/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +--- +name: plan-stream-emit +description: "Before touching files on a non-trivial task, emit a structured plan as `todowrite` items and surface the plan to the user for early course-correction. Use when the user request is multi-step, has any ambiguity, or would take more than 3 tool calls to complete. Mirrors codex-rs `PlanUpdate` / `PlanDelta` events and the Op::PlanUpdate wire event." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (PlanUpdate / PlanDelta) +--- + +# Plan Stream Emit + +For any non-trivial task, emit a structured plan first and let the user see it before you start +changing files. A plan is a list of small, ordered, named steps with explicit pass conditions — +not prose, not a single "I'll do X" line. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- The user request is multi-step (more than 3 distinct actions). +- The task is ambiguous in any way: which file, which API, which framework, which version. +- The user request is large enough that getting it wrong would cost more than 2 minutes of + re-work. +- The user said "plan first" / "before you start" / "let me see your approach". +- The task crosses a trust boundary (production code, public repo, irreversible action). + +## When NOT to use + +- A single one-shot question or one-line edit. +- The user already gave a numbered list of steps ("do 1, 2, 3, 4 in order"). +- The task is trivially reversible and the cost of a wrong move is near zero. + +## Process + +1. **Stop and think before any tool call.** Do not start `bash`, `read`, or `write` until the + plan is on the page. +2. **Write the plan** as a `todowrite` list, in this exact shape: + + ```markdown + ## Plan — + + - [ ] **Step 1**: + Pass: + - [ ] **Step 2**: + Pass: + - [ ] **Step 3**: + Pass: + - [ ] **Step 4** (optional, only if needed): <...> + - [ ] **Step N** (always): Verify — + ``` + +3. **Add an "Open questions" section** if any step has un-resolved ambiguity: + + ```markdown + ## Open questions + + - + - + ``` + +4. **Surface the plan to the user** with a one-sentence preamble: "Here is my plan — I will + start with Step 1 once you confirm or correct it." Do not begin executing until the user + acks, **unless** the user has previously said "just go" or "no need to check in for this". +5. **Update the plan as you go.** When a step is done, mark it complete and emit the next + step's status. If reality diverges from the plan, **stop and re-plan** rather than silently + re-routing. +6. **Final step is always a Verify** — how the agent will confirm the whole task is done + (test pass, manual smoke, file existence check, etc.). + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- One-sentence preamble acknowledging the plan is coming. +- The `## Plan` block. +- (Optional) The `## Open questions` block. +- A clear stop point: "I'll start Step 1 once you confirm" (or, if pre-authorised, "Starting + Step 1."). + +After execution, the user sees the same plan with `[x]` checks updating live, and a final +Verify line that names what was actually checked. + +## Example + +```markdown +I'll plan the migration before touching files. + +## Plan — Migrate auth to OIDC alongside SAML + +- [ ] **Step 1**: Read src/auth/idp.rs and src/auth/callback.rs to map the current interface. + Pass: I can name every public function and its caller in one sentence. +- [ ] **Step 2**: Sketch the OidcProvider trait and one stub impl in a new file + src/auth/oidc/mod.rs. + Pass: `cargo check` passes with the new module imported. +- [ ] **Step 3**: Wire the new provider into the login/callback dispatch in src/auth/mod.rs, + gated on a config flag `auth.oidc_enabled`. + Pass: existing SAML tests still pass; `auth.oidc_enabled = false` is the default. +- [ ] **Step 4**: Add one happy-path test for OIDC login with a mock IdP. + Pass: `cargo test auth::oidc` is green. +- [ ] **Step 5**: Document the new config flag in docs/auth.md. + Pass: docs/auth.md lists `oidc_enabled`, `oidc_issuer`, `oidc_client_id`. +- [ ] **Verify**: Run the full test suite + a manual smoke against the dev OIDC sandbox. + +## Open questions + +- Do you have a preferred OIDC library (openidconnect crate vs oauth2 + manual JWKS)? +- Should the OIDC path share the session store with SAML, or own its own? +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not emit a plan and then ignore it.** Every tool call should map to a step. If reality + diverges, **stop and re-plan**, do not silently re-route. +- **Do not write prose plans.** "I'll look at the code and then maybe refactor" is not a plan. + Every step names an action and a pass condition. +- **Do not skip the Verify step.** The user must be able to trust the agent to confirm the + whole task is done, not just the last file edit. +- **Do not over-plan trivial work.** A 3-line bug fix is one step. Save the structure for work + that needs it. +- **Do not surface a plan and immediately barrel into Step 1.** The user must have a chance to + redirect cheaply, before you have committed to a path. +- **Do not re-plan without telling the user.** "I am going to re-plan because Step 2 hit a + wall" is a one-line update; the user expects it. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did the plan come before any tool call? +- [ ] Is every step a verb-first sentence with a pass condition? +- [ ] Did you include a final Verify step? +- [ ] Did you list Open questions instead of guessing on ambiguity? +- [ ] Did the user have a chance to confirm or redirect? +- [ ] Did you update the plan as steps completed, rather than drifting silently? +- [ ] At the end, did the Verify step actually run and pass? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-output-budget/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-output-budget/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..804a929 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-output-budget/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +--- +name: tool-output-budget +description: "Truncate oversized tool output (large logs, JSON arrays, fetched HTML, minified code, noisy `cat` results) so it does not blow the agent's context window. Use when a tool returns more than ~3000 tokens, or contains any line longer than ~500 characters, or returns structured data the agent will only sample. Mirrors codex-rs/utils/output-truncation." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/utils/output-truncation +--- + +# Tool Output Budget + +Keep oversized tool output out of the main context. Replace it with a token-aware summary plus the +parts most likely to matter. + +## When to use + +Use this Skill **immediately after** any of these tool calls, before quoting the output in your +next response: + +- `bash` returns output that looks like a large log, JSON array, HTML page, or `cat` of a long + file (e.g. `cat huge.log`, `npm test 2>&1`, `kubectl get ... -o yaml`). +- Any tool returns a single line longer than ~500 characters (typical of minified JS, base64 + blobs, very wide CSV). +- The tool succeeded but the user did not ask for the full payload. + +## When NOT to use + +- The user explicitly asked for "the whole thing" or "every line". +- The output is small (< ~3000 tokens). Trust the tool as-is. +- You genuinely need the exact bytes (e.g. computing a hash, doing a byte-equal diff). Quote the + output verbatim and explain why truncation is unsafe. + +## Process + +1. **Estimate the size.** If the tool already returned a byte count, use that. Otherwise, count + newlines and pick the longest line. A line of ~80 characters is roughly 20 tokens. +2. **Decide to truncate if** any of the following hold: + - Total estimated tokens > 3000 (default threshold). + - Any single line > 500 characters. + - Output structure is a long JSON array, log dump, or fetched HTML. +3. **Pick what to keep.** Default: **head 200 lines + tail 50 lines + 1 marker line**. Adapt: + - For `cat` of a known file, prefer **tail** (errors and stack traces usually live at the end). + - For a JSON array, prefer **head** (the schema is at the top; the agent only needs a few + sample items). + - For a fetched HTML page, prefer the **head** (metadata, title) plus a 1-line tag count + summary; do not keep the body. +4. **Format the replacement** as a single fenced block: + + ```text + [truncated by tool-output-budget] + kept: lines 1-200 of 1234 (head) + lines 1185-1234 of 1234 (tail) + skipped: 834 middle lines + estimated total tokens: ~5500 + file path on disk: # only if the tool output came from a real file + ``` + +5. **Hand back the original file path when you have it.** The user may want you to re-read a + specific range later, and you can use `read` with explicit `offset` / `limit` for that. +6. **Do not silently retry the same tool.** Truncation is a one-shot decision per tool result. + +## Output contract + +Every time you apply this Skill, the user's next message should see exactly this shape: + +- A short preamble explaining what was truncated and why (one sentence). +- A fenced code block with the kept head + tail + marker line. +- (Optional, only if a real file exists) The path to re-read for the full content. + +## Example + +```text +> cat /var/log/app.log + +[truncated by tool-output-budget] +kept: lines 1-200 of 4821 (head) + lines 4771-4821 of 4821 (tail) +skipped: 4621 middle lines +estimated total tokens: ~6800 +file path on disk: /var/log/app.log + +# last 5 of tail (the part the user usually wants) +2026-08-23T22:47:01Z ERROR connection refused 10.0.4.7:5432 +2026-08-23T22:47:02Z ERROR retrying (1/3) +2026-08-23T22:47:05Z ERROR connection refused 10.0.4.7:5432 +2026-08-23T22:47:08Z WARN giving up; will retry on next request +2026-08-23T22:47:08Z INFO request 7d4e failed: upstream unavailable +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Don't truncate error output that contains the answer.** If the user asked "why did the test + fail", the failure line is in the tail of the test runner output. Keep tail, drop head. +- **Don't truncate `cat` of source code you need to edit.** Use `read` with `offset`/`limit` for + surgical access; keep the full code in the next step's tool call. +- **Don't estimate size from newlines alone.** A 1-line 50 KB minified file is one "line" but + ~12,000 tokens. Check the longest line first. +- **Don't loop.** If you truncated, the next tool call should *act* on the result, not re-run + the same command with the same expectation. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you estimate tokens or bytes before deciding? +- [ ] Is the marker line present and clear about how much was skipped? +- [ ] Did you keep the part most likely to matter (head for structure, tail for errors)? +- [ ] If a real file path exists, did you hand it back to the user? +- [ ] Did the user's next step actually use the truncated result? From 8a6c180be95294aa8871600aefa6c7fdab190ffb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:22:51 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 02/30] Expand codex-harness-patterns: add review-mode, delegate-with-context, world-state-tracking, background-task (4 new Skills, 8 total) Adds four Skills that round out the long-running task toolkit: - review-mode switch to critic mode after finishing a chunk, produce a PASS / FIX / REDO verdict (mirrors EnteredReviewMode/ExitedReviewMode) - delegate-with-context write a minimal-context brief for task() instead of forwarding the full history (mirrors InterAgentCommunication / CollabAgentSpawn) - world-state-tracking persist a structured state file that survives context compaction (mirrors WorldState in core/src/context/world_state.rs) - background-task run long-running commands in the background with a log file, poll on later turns (mirrors unified_exec / CleanBackgroundTerminals) Manifest bumped to 0.2.0; README and plugin.json keywords updated to cover the full 8-Skill surface. Validation: npm run check still passes for this plugin (OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns). --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 38 +++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 9 +- .../skills/background-task/SKILL.md | 117 +++++++++++ .../skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md | 149 ++++++++++++++ .../skills/review-mode/SKILL.md | 143 +++++++++++++ .../skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md | 189 ++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 633 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/review-mode/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 45dbaa1..a8cac4c 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ A focused collection of Skills distilled from the **OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0** execution model (`codex-rs/core/`). These Skills teach a MiniMax Code agent how to survive long-running -multi-step tasks without losing focus, blowing its token budget, or stalling on serial work. +multi-step tasks without losing focus, blowing its token budget, stalling on serial work, +shipping unverified changes, or burning context on bad sub-agent briefs. ## The problem @@ -16,13 +17,21 @@ Long agentic sessions fail for predictable reasons: finish in one round trip. - **No plan** — the model dives into a complex task without first surfacing a structured plan, so the user cannot course-correct early. +- **No review** — the model writes code, says "done", and ships a defect the user has to find. +- **Bloated sub-agent briefs** — the model dumps the full conversation history into a `task` + call, paying the token cost twice. +- **No shared state** — long tasks have no persistent ground truth that survives context + compaction, so the model keeps re-deriving "where are we?". +- **Foreground blocks** — the model `bash`es a 5-minute build, blocks the conversation, and + times out. OpenAI's Codex harness solves each of these with specific code (see [`codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs), [`utils/output-truncation/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/utils/output-truncation), -[`session/turn.rs::run_turn`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs)) +[`session/turn.rs::run_turn`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs), +[`context/world_state.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs)) and reports a 3× score lift on ARC-AGI-3 with the same model, just by changing the harness. -This Plugin packages those four patterns as portable Skills. +This Plugin packages those patterns as portable Skills. ## Try it @@ -36,6 +45,12 @@ Install from `/plugins` → **Local**, then ask any of: "Investigate why the test suite is flaky. Decompose into independent probes and run them in parallel." "I'm at turn 35 of an open-source contribution. Compress the conversation so I can keep going." + +"You just finished the migration — review your own diff for off-by-ones and edge cases." + +"Spawn a sub-agent to scan the codebase for unused imports. Give it a tight brief, not the full history." + +"Start a long dev server in the background so I can keep asking you things while it warms up." ``` **Expected result**: the agent picks the right Skill, follows the documented process, and produces @@ -44,7 +59,7 @@ contract and example). ## What this Plugin adds -Four Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): +Eight Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): | Skill | When to activate | |---|---| @@ -52,6 +67,10 @@ Four Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | | `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | +| `review-mode` | A non-trivial sub-task has just finished and the work is about to be marked done; the user wants verification before relying on the result. | +| `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | +| `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | +| `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | ## Requirements @@ -66,11 +85,12 @@ Four Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): - **Read-only by default** (these Skills only change how the agent shapes its own output and tool calls). - **No file modification outside the agent's existing write surface.** The Skills may instruct - the agent to use `write` / `edit` / `bash` to persist a compact summary or a plan file, but only - on paths the user already authorised through the active session. -- **No sub-agent launch without user intent.** `parallel-fanout` instructs the agent to use - `task` for fan-out, but only when the user task is independently decomposable. The agent must - still justify the decomposition in the plan and stop if the user says "do it one by one". + the agent to use `write` / `edit` / `bash` to persist a compact summary, a plan file, or a + world-state file, but only on paths the user already authorised through the active session. +- **No sub-agent launch without user intent.** `parallel-fanout` and `delegate-with-context` + instruct the agent to use `task` for fan-out / delegation, but only when the user task is + independently decomposable. The agent must still justify the decomposition in the plan + and stop if the user says "do it one by one". ## Data and network diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 305e54a..6158203 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.1.0", - "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, and structured plan streaming. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, or sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, and Op/EventMsg protocol.", + "version": "0.2.0", + "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, and background task management. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, or coordinate sub-agents. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, Op/EventMsg protocol, and the InterAgentCommunication / CollabAgent / WorldState sub-systems.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", "url": "https://github.com/antianqi" @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ "context-compaction", "sub-agent", "task-planning", - "long-running" + "long-running", + "review", + "world-state", + "background-task" ] } diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..848a51b --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +--- +name: background-task +description: "Run a long-running command (dev server, build, watcher, test loop, file sync) as a background task that the agent can poll, steer, and shut down, instead of blocking the conversation on it. Use when a command is expected to take > 30 seconds, when the user wants to keep talking while it runs, when you need to start something and then check on it later in the same session, or when an earlier foreground call already failed with a timeout. Mirrors codex-rs CleanBackgroundTerminals and unified_exec in core/src/unified_exec/." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/ +--- + +# Background Task + +Run a long-running command as a background task and return control to the agent immediately. +Poll, steer, or kill it on later turns. Do not block the conversation on a 10-minute build. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- The command is expected to take > 30 seconds (a full `cargo test`, a `vite dev` server, a + `webpack --watch`). +- The user has said "start the dev server in the background" / "kick off the build" / "let + me know when it's done". +- You need to run multiple long commands and want them to overlap. +- A previous foreground call already hit a timeout. +- The command is meant to run indefinitely (`watch`, `serve`, `tail -f`) and you only need + to read its output on demand. + +## When NOT to use + +- The command is short (< 30 seconds). Just run it in the foreground. +- The command's output is the entire point (a `curl` whose body you must inspect). Read it + in one shot, not as a stream. +- The command is destructive and you need to see the result before continuing (e.g. + `rm -rf`). Run it foreground, see the exit code, then decide. + +## Process + +1. **State the start plan** in one line before launching: "Starting `npm run dev` in the + background (expected ~5s to be ready, polling every 10s)." +2. **Launch with `run_in_background: true`** (or your harness's equivalent). Pick a + descriptive `task_name` so the user can recognise it: `dev-server`, `cargo-test`, + `vite-watch`. Not `task1`. +3. **On launch, do not block.** Return immediately to whatever the user asked next. Do + not poll in the same turn unless the user explicitly asked you to wait. +4. **On a later turn (or when the user asks "is it ready?"):** + - `read` the output buffer (or `tail` the log file if you wrote one). + - If still running, report progress and continue. + - If exited, report the exit code and a one-line summary of the last output. +5. **On user request to stop** (or when the task is no longer needed): kill the background + task. Confirm with the user before killing anything they explicitly started. +6. **At end of session / on `context-pressure-compact`:** list the running background tasks + in the state file so they survive the compaction. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- One-line "starting X in background" plan. +- The launch invocation (one line, with the `task_name`). +- A short status line on every later turn that touches the task: "X: running, 3124 lines + of output so far" / "X: exited 0, last line '...'" / "X: still running, no output yet". +- A clean "stopped X" when killed. + +## Example + +```text +> bash(task_name="cargo-test", run_in_background=true, + prompt="cd /repo && cargo test --workspace 2>&1 | tee /tmp/cargo-test.log") +launched cargo-test (id: bt-7a3f); returning to user + +[user asks "how's the test run?" two minutes later] + +> read offset=0 limit=200 /tmp/cargo-test.log +cargo-test: running, 1234 lines of output so far + ✓ 23 passed in 0.4s + ✓ 7 passed in 0.2s + … + running 12 of 240 tests (auth::session::rotate) + no failures yet +``` + +```text +[user asks "stop the test run, I want to fix the failing one manually"] + +> bash(task_name="cargo-test", action="kill") +stopped cargo-test; last output preserved at /tmp/cargo-test.log +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not launch with `run_in_background: true` and then immediately poll in the same + turn.** That defeats the purpose. Launch and return; poll on a later turn or when the + user asks. +- **Do not use generic `task_name` values.** `dev-server` is good, `task1` is bad — the + user will not know which task is which after the second background task. +- **Do not buffer the entire output in the context.** If the task writes to a log file, + `read` with `offset` + `limit` or `tail`. Do not `cat` the whole thing. +- **Do not assume the task is healthy just because it is running.** A 5-minute `cargo test` + with no new output is hung, not progressing. Check the log. +- **Do not forget to kill.** Background tasks that the user no longer needs are silent + resource leaks. List them in the state file and clean up on session end. +- **Do not start a background task that writes to stdout the agent must read in real time.** + Use a log file. Stdout from a backgrounded process is awkward to recover reliably. +- **Do not block the conversation on the task's first output.** The first output is often + not informative (build setup, server starting, test warming up). + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you state the start plan in one line? +- [ ] Did you use `run_in_background: true` (or equivalent) and a descriptive `task_name`? +- [ ] Did you return to the user immediately, not block on the first output? +- [ ] Is the task's output going to a log file (so polling is cheap)? +- [ ] On later turns, is the status report one line with exit code + last line of output? +- [ ] On stop, did you confirm with the user before killing? +- [ ] Are running background tasks listed in the state file for compaction survival? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fd39708 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +--- +name: delegate-with-context +description: "When delegating a sub-task to another agent (via `task`), prepare a minimal-context brief instead of dumping the full conversation history. Use when handing off a sub-task boundary, when a sub-agent needs the user's goal + the specific boundary + the pass condition + the minimal inputs, and when the conversation history is large enough that forwarding it all would waste tokens. Mirrors codex-rs InterAgentCommunication in Op / CollabAgentSpawnBegin." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (Op::InterAgentCommunication, CollabAgentSpawnBegin/End) +--- + +# Delegate With Context + +When you spawn a sub-agent (`task` or equivalent), the brief you pass is the only thing it sees. +A bad brief makes the sub-agent re-derive the whole conversation; a good brief gives it exactly +what it needs to do its job and nothing more. + +This Skill is the inverse of "pass the full history" — the full history is the most expensive +context you can give a sub-agent, and it is rarely what the sub-agent needs. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- You are about to call `task` (or any sub-agent spawn) to hand off a sub-task. +- The full conversation history is > 30 turns or contains large tool outputs the sub-agent + does not need. +- The sub-task has a clear boundary (file, function, doc, test) that can be described in one + sentence. +- You find yourself wanting to write "see the conversation above" — that is the trigger to + stop and write an actual brief. + +## When NOT to use + +- The sub-agent is a simple one-shot lookup that needs verbatim context (rare; usually a + `read` or `grep` is faster than a sub-agent). +- The sub-task boundary is fuzzy. If you cannot name the boundary, you cannot brief it — + decompose first, then delegate. +- The work is so small that the brief would be longer than just doing it. + +## Process + +1. **Write the brief as a fenced block** in this exact shape, **before** calling `task`: + + ```markdown + ## Sub-task brief + + **Goal** (one sentence, in the user's own words if possible): + <...> + + **Boundary** (what is in scope, what is out of scope): + - In: <...> + - Out: <...> + + **Inputs** (only what the sub-agent needs to read; absolute paths): + - /path/to/file.rs (function `foo`) + - /path/to/spec.md (section 3.2 only) + - + + **Pass condition** (one checkable sentence): + <...> + + **Output shape** (what the sub-agent should return): + - A patch, a report, a single sentence, a JSON object — be specific. + - If returning code, name the file path the patch should land in. + + **Constraints** (what NOT to do, to save round trips): + - Do not refactor adjacent code. + - Do not change the public API. + - Do not introduce new dependencies. + - + ``` + +2. **Call `task` with the brief as the prompt.** The full conversation history is *not* in + the prompt; the brief is. +3. **Verify the brief round-tripped.** Read the sub-agent's first response. If it is solving + the wrong problem, your brief failed — do not let it finish. Stop and re-brief. +4. **If the sub-agent needs more context mid-task**, send a follow-up brief in the same + shape, not the original full history. +5. **On return, validate against the pass condition.** If unmet, re-dispatch with a tighter + brief; do not patch the result yourself unless the fix is trivial. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- The Sub-task brief block (before the `task` call). +- The `task` invocation (one line). +- The sub-agent's first sentence (or its pass/fail against the pass condition). +- (If failed) the re-brief, not a silent retry. + +## Example + +```markdown +## Sub-task brief + +**Goal**: Add a single function `format_currency(amount: f64, currency: &str) -> String` to +`src/money.rs` that formats USD with two decimals, EUR with symbol suffix, JPY with no decimals. + +**Boundary**: +- In: one new function + 4 unit tests +- Out: refactoring `money.rs`, changing existing callers, adding a new file + +**Inputs**: +- /repo/src/money.rs (read top of file to see the existing style) + +**Pass condition**: +- `cargo test money::` green +- `format_currency(1234.5, "USD") == "$1,234.50"` +- `format_currency(1234.5, "EUR") == "1,234.50 €"` +- `format_currency(1234.0, "JPY") == "¥1,234"` + +**Output shape**: a unified diff against `/repo/src/money.rs`. + +**Constraints**: +- No new dependencies (no `rust_decimal`, `num-format`, etc.) +- Match the existing function signature style in `money.rs` +``` + +Then: + +```text +> task(subagent=explore, + prompt="") +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not pass the full conversation history as context.** That is the failure mode this Skill + exists to prevent. Pass the brief. +- **Do not write a brief that says "see above".** The sub-agent does not have "above". +- **Do not omit the pass condition.** Without it, the sub-agent picks its own definition of + done, which is rarely yours. +- **Do not omit the constraints.** "Don't refactor adjacent code" saves a 3-message ping-pong. +- **Do not over-brief.** A 200-line brief for a one-function change is itself a token waste. +- **Do not under-brief.** "Look at the auth code" is a wish, not a brief. +- **Do not brief a sub-task boundary that is fuzzy.** Decompose first (`plan-stream-emit`), + then brief the resulting steps. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you write the Sub-task brief block before calling `task`? +- [ ] Is the goal one sentence in the user's voice? +- [ ] Is the boundary explicit (in / out)? +- [ ] Are the inputs absolute paths, not "look around the repo"? +- [ ] Is the pass condition one checkable sentence? +- [ ] Is the output shape specific (patch / report / JSON)? +- [ ] Did you list the constraints to head off re-work? +- [ ] Did the sub-agent's first response show it understood the brief? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/review-mode/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/review-mode/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3cf39ea --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/review-mode/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +--- +name: review-mode +description: "After completing a non-trivial chunk of work (a function, a file, a feature, a config change), switch to a critical-reviewer mode and verify the work before declaring it done. Use when a sub-task boundary is reached, when the user says 'review this' / 'double-check' / 'is this right', or before reporting 'done' on anything the user will rely on. Mirrors codex-rs EnteredReviewMode / ExitedReviewMode events in protocol/src/protocol.rs." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (EnteredReviewModeEvent / ExitedReviewModeEvent) +--- + +# Review Mode + +After you write code, before you say "done", switch hats. You were the author; now you are the +reviewer. The reviewer has one job: find the things the author didn't. + +This Skill is the cheapest insurance you can buy against the most common agent failure mode — +declaring a task done when it is not. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- A non-trivial sub-task has just finished (a function, a file, a config, a migration, a test + suite, a doc section). +- The user said "review this", "double-check", "is this right", "spot the bug", or "any issues + with this?". +- You are about to mark a `todowrite` step `[x]` as done and that step touches anything the + user will rely on. +- The work crossed a trust boundary (production, public API, schema, persisted data, a contract + someone else will code against). + +## When NOT to use + +- A trivial one-line edit. The marginal value of review is too low to pay the token cost. +- The user explicitly said "ship it" / "no review" / "just commit" in this turn. +- You are mid-stream on a single step and the next step will surface errors anyway (e.g. + running the test suite next). +- The work is exploratory (a sketch, a draft, "show me what you mean"). Review it later, when + the draft becomes a proposal. + +## Process + +1. **State the review scope** in one sentence before you read anything: "Reviewing the auth + refactor: 4 files changed, new `OidcProvider` trait, SAML tests must still pass." Future you + needs the boundary. +2. **Re-read your own output from a critic's position.** Open the file(s) you changed. Do not + re-read the diff; read the **result**. Look for: + - Off-by-one, wrong-sign, null/None mishandling, empty-collection edge cases. + - Naming that lies (function called `validate` that does not validate). + - Log/error paths that swallow useful information. + - Tests that pass for the wrong reason (e.g. asserting `==` on a value the function never + returns). + - Public API surface that locks in a bad design (a struct that is too wide to evolve, a + flag that should be an enum). + - Comments that contradict the code. +3. **Run the verifier if there is one.** Tests, linter, type-check, schema diff, manual smoke. + If the verifier says green, you have *evidence*; if it is silent, you have *hope*. Do not + ship hope. +4. **Produce a verdict** in this exact shape: + + ```markdown + ## Review — + + **Verdict**: PASS / PASS with caveats / FIX required / REDO + + **What I checked** (bullet list of specific things): + - <...> + + **What I found** (concrete defects, not vibes): + - + - (or "none") + + **What I am unsure about** (so the user can decide): + - <...> + - (or "nothing — the verifier ran and the design matches the spec") + ``` + +5. **Apply fixes if the verdict is FIX / REDO and the fix is small.** Do not fix large things + in review mode; surface them and start a new `plan-stream-emit` cycle. +6. **If PASS**, continue to the next step. The review record is part of the audit trail — + keep it short but specific. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- One-line scope statement. +- The Review block above. +- (If fix) the one-line summary of what you fixed. +- (If PASS) the next concrete step. + +## Example + +```markdown +Reviewing the auth refactor: 4 files changed, new `OidcProvider` trait, SAML tests must still pass. + +## Review — auth refactor (OIDC adapter v1) + +**Verdict**: PASS with caveats + +**What I checked**: +- `cargo check` on the workspace +- `cargo test auth::` (all 14 tests pass, including the 12 unchanged SAML ones) +- the new `OidcProvider` trait signature for type-correctness +- the `auth.oidc_enabled = false` default path against the existing SAML flow + +**What I found**: +- `src/auth/oidc/mod.rs:42` — `expires_at` is `i64` not `u64`; future-dated tokens underflow. + Fix applied (cast + `saturating_sub`). +- `src/auth/callback.rs:91` — error path on token exchange returns the raw HTTP body, leaks + the client_secret on 4xx. Fix applied (redact before returning). +- nothing else + +**What I am unsure about**: +- whether the OIDC `nonce` claim should be persisted in the session store; the Okta + spec says yes, Auth0 says optional. Pick before merging. +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not review your own diff — review the result.** A diff makes you forgive yourself + (you remember why each line is there). The file on disk has no such forgiveness. +- **Do not write "looks good" as a verdict.** "Looks good" is a vibe, not a finding. Name the + specific things you checked, even if they are negative ("verified X, Y, Z are absent"). +- **Do not skip the verifier step.** If there is no test, run the build. If there is no build, + read the file with a critical eye. +- **Do not fix in review mode beyond trivial.** Anything that takes more than 2-3 minutes to + fix is a new sub-task, not a review item. Surface it. +- **Do not produce a 50-line review report for a 5-line change.** Match the report size to + the change size. +- **Do not review work you did not just do.** If the user asks you to review code from last + week, this Skill's "just finished" assumption does not hold — re-anchor by stating scope. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you state the review scope in one sentence? +- [ ] Did you re-read the file(s) from a critic's position, not the diff? +- [ ] Did you run the verifier (tests / lint / type-check / smoke) and cite its result? +- [ ] Is the verdict one of {PASS, PASS with caveats, FIX required, REDO}? +- [ ] Is "What I found" specific (file:line — defect — fix), not vague? +- [ ] If you applied a fix, was it trivial (< 2-3 minutes)? +- [ ] Did the user see the review record before you moved on? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..01f5746 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +--- +name: world-state-tracking +description: "Track the running state of a long task (goal, decisions, blockers, next step, key paths) in a single dedicated file that survives context compaction. Use when the task is long enough that `todowrite` alone is too thin, when the user keeps referring to 'where we are', when the agent has lost the thread, or at every `context-pressure-compact` boundary. Mirrors codex-rs `WorldState` struct in core/src/context/world_state.rs." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs +--- + +# World State Tracking + +Keep a single dedicated state file that records the *shape* of the running task — the goal, +the decisions, the blockers, the next step, the key paths. Unlike the conversation history, +this file is **structured, finite, and survives compaction**. It is the agent's answer to +"where are we?" when the context window is full. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once already. +- The user asks "where are we?", "what's the status?", "are we still on track?", or "remind + me what we decided". +- You are about to apply `context-pressure-compact` (the state file is what survives it). +- The task has 3+ open decisions whose rationale you don't want to re-derive every turn. +- Multiple sub-agents (or the user and the agent) need a shared ground truth. + +## When NOT to use + +- A short task (< 5 turns, no major decisions yet). The state file is overhead. +- The whole task fits in a `todowrite`. Use that instead — it is already structured state. +- The state would duplicate information that lives in source files (e.g. the migration + plan already lives in `docs/migrations/auth.md`; do not restate it here). + +## Process + +1. **Pick a single, predictable path.** Default: + `.minimax/state/-.md` (or, for repos without a working dir, a + tmp file under `/tmp/`). The path is part of the contract — re-read it from the same + place every turn. +2. **Initialise the file the first time you activate this Skill.** Use this exact shape: + + ```markdown + # World State — + + **Started**: + **Owner**: + **Last updated**: + + ## Goal + + + + ## Current phase + + + + ## Decisions (with one-line rationale) + + - — + - — + + ## Done + + - [x] + - [x] <...> + + ## In progress + + - [ ] + + ## Blockers / open questions + + - + + ## Next concrete step + + + + ## Key file paths + + - /abs/path/that/the/next/turn/will/need + ``` + +3. **Update the file at every meaningful boundary**, not every turn. Boundaries are: + - End of a `todowrite` step. + - End of a sub-task handed to a `task` call. + - Right before a `context-pressure-compact`. + - Immediately after a user redirection. + At each update: bump `Last updated`, move items between Done / In progress, add new + Decisions, and refresh the Next concrete step. +4. **On every new turn, read the file first** (use `read`). It is your 30-line ground truth. + Do not skim the conversation history to "get back up to speed" — read the state file. +5. **At `context-pressure-compact` time**, the state file is what survives — the noisy + middle does not. The compact summary should reference the state file by path, not + duplicate its contents. + +## Output contract + +The user sees: + +- The path to the state file (one line, at the top of any meaningful response). +- On request: a short, *complete* snapshot of the state (the file contents, optionally + abbreviated). +- On update: a one-line "State updated: ". + +## Example + +```markdown +# World State — Auth refactor (OIDC alongside SAML) + +**Started**: 2026-08-23 +**Owner**: main +**Last updated**: 2026-08-23T23:55:00Z + +## Goal + +Refactor the auth subsystem to support OIDC as a first-class provider alongside the existing +SAML path, without breaking any of the 12 existing SAML tests. + +## Current phase + +planning + +## Decisions (with one-line rationale) + +- Keep SAML on the legacy code path; OIDC gets a parallel module. — SAML contract is frozen, + no test budget to re-validate. +- Reject "generic Provider with config-driven dispatch" — too much config surface for + marginal benefit. +- Use the `openidconnect` crate (not hand-rolled oauth2). — JWKS, PKCE, state, nonce all + solved; saves ~400 lines. + +## Done + +- [x] Mapped current auth flow in `src/auth/`. Wrote findings to `.minimax/snapshots/auth-flow.md`. +- [x] Confirmed test coverage: 12 of 14 files have unit tests (2 missing: `logout`, `session`). + +## In progress + +- [ ] Drafting the `OidcProvider` trait. Stopped at: how to represent the provider enum + vs the existing `IdP` interface. Three options on the table; see Open questions. + +## Blockers / open questions + +- Should the OIDC module own token storage, or reuse the existing session store? +- Does IT have a preferred OIDC library? (defaulting to `openidconnect`) + +## Next concrete step + +Draft the `OidcProvider` trait + one impl for `provider = "okta"`, then show the diff to +the user before touching `src/auth/callback.rs`. + +## Key file paths + +- /repo/src/auth/idp.rs +- /repo/src/auth/callback.rs +- /repo/tests/auth/ +- /repo/docs/auth.md +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not put prose in the state file.** Prose is what the conversation history is for. The + state file is structured, finite, and machine-grepable. +- **Do not update on every turn.** Update at boundaries. A state file that changes every + line is just a noisy transcript. +- **Do not duplicate source-of-truth info.** If the API contract lives in `docs/api.md`, + the state file says "see docs/api.md", not "the API contract is ...". +- **Do not let the state file grow unbounded.** A 500-line state file is no longer a state + file; it is a journal. If it grows past ~80 lines, split it (e.g. `state.md` + + `decisions.md`) or compact. +- **Do not forget the path.** If you can name the path from memory every turn, the state + file is doing its job. If you cannot, move it to a more obvious place. +- **Do not use the state file as a substitute for `todowrite`.** The state file is the + long-form ground truth; `todowrite` is the short-form live checklist. They coexist. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Is the state file at a single, predictable path the agent can name from memory? +- [ ] Is it initialised with the full 9-section shape on first activation? +- [ ] Is it updated at boundaries (steps, sub-tasks, compactions, redirections), not every + turn? +- [ ] Does every new turn start with `read` of the state file, not a conversation skim? +- [ ] Is the state file < ~80 lines? If not, split or compact. +- [ ] Does `context-pressure-compact` reference the state file by path, not duplicate it? +- [ ] Can a new sub-agent orient itself in < 30 seconds by reading only the state file? From fdbffcc9bc35e4842553ed0a717c7821d868585c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:45:07 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 03/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.3.0:=20add=202=20Skills=20(goal-persis?= =?UTF-8?q?tence,=20model-router)=20=E2=80=94=2010=20Skills=20total?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Adds two Skills that close the long-running task loop: - goal-persistence P-14 SetThreadMemoryMode + ThreadGoalUpdated (north-star goal file, drift self-test before non-trivial tool calls, survives compactions) - model-router P-07 model-provider-info + models-manager (classify sub-task as cheap/medium/main, pass model_config_id explicitly, no silent defaults) Manifest bumped to 0.3.0; README table now lists all 10 Skills. Validation: npm run check still passes for this plugin (OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns). --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 36 +++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 8 +- .../skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md | 194 ++++++++++++++++++ .../skills/model-router/SKILL.md | 143 +++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 369 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index a8cac4c..032aa51 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ A focused collection of Skills distilled from the **OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0** execution model (`codex-rs/core/`). These Skills teach a MiniMax Code agent how to survive long-running multi-step tasks without losing focus, blowing its token budget, stalling on serial work, -shipping unverified changes, or burning context on bad sub-agent briefs. +shipping unverified changes, burning context on bad sub-agent briefs, drifting from the +original goal, or paying main-model prices for cheap-model work. ## The problem @@ -24,12 +25,17 @@ Long agentic sessions fail for predictable reasons: compaction, so the model keeps re-deriving "where are we?". - **Foreground blocks** — the model `bash`es a 5-minute build, blocks the conversation, and times out. +- **Goal drift** — the original user request gets silently replaced by an inferred goal, and + the agent ends up doing a side quest with confident justification. +- **Model over-spend** — the agent uses the main model for routine lookups and transforms + that a cheap model could handle in a fraction of the time and cost. OpenAI's Codex harness solves each of these with specific code (see [`codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs), [`utils/output-truncation/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/utils/output-truncation), [`session/turn.rs::run_turn`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs), -[`context/world_state.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs)) +[`context/world_state.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs), +[`model-provider-info/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info)) and reports a 3× score lift on ARC-AGI-3 with the same model, just by changing the harness. This Plugin packages those patterns as portable Skills. @@ -51,6 +57,11 @@ Install from `/plugins` → **Local**, then ask any of: "Spawn a sub-agent to scan the codebase for unused imports. Give it a tight brief, not the full history." "Start a long dev server in the background so I can keep asking you things while it warms up." + +"Set the goal of this thread: migrate the auth subsystem to OIDC alongside SAML. Drift-check before +each non-trivial change." + +"This sub-task is a one-shot file reformat — use the cheap model for it." ``` **Expected result**: the agent picks the right Skill, follows the documented process, and produces @@ -59,7 +70,7 @@ contract and example). ## What this Plugin adds -Eight Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): +Ten Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): | Skill | When to activate | |---|---| @@ -71,6 +82,8 @@ Eight Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | | `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | | `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | +| `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | +| `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | ## Requirements @@ -85,12 +98,17 @@ Eight Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): - **Read-only by default** (these Skills only change how the agent shapes its own output and tool calls). - **No file modification outside the agent's existing write surface.** The Skills may instruct - the agent to use `write` / `edit` / `bash` to persist a compact summary, a plan file, or a - world-state file, but only on paths the user already authorised through the active session. -- **No sub-agent launch without user intent.** `parallel-fanout` and `delegate-with-context` - instruct the agent to use `task` for fan-out / delegation, but only when the user task is - independently decomposable. The agent must still justify the decomposition in the plan - and stop if the user says "do it one by one". + the agent to use `write` / `edit` / `bash` to persist a compact summary, a plan file, a + world-state file, or a goal file, but only on paths the user already authorised through the + active session. +- **No sub-agent launch without user intent.** `parallel-fanout`, `delegate-with-context`, and + `model-router` instruct the agent to use `task` for fan-out / delegation, but only when the + user task is independently decomposable. The agent must still justify the decomposition in + the plan and stop if the user says "do it one by one". +- **No model switching that the harness does not support.** `model-router` only works if the + underlying `task` tool exposes `model_config_id` (or equivalent). If the harness does not + support model routing, the Skill degrades to "classify the sub-task" and the model choice + follows whatever default the harness provides. ## Data and network diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 6158203..5d82ce0 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.2.0", - "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, and background task management. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, or coordinate sub-agents. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, Op/EventMsg protocol, and the InterAgentCommunication / CollabAgent / WorldState sub-systems.", + "version": "0.3.0", + "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, and per-sub-task model routing. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, or pick the right model for the job. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, Op/EventMsg protocol, InterAgentCommunication, WorldState, model-provider-info, and the models-manager sub-systems.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", "url": "https://github.com/antianqi" @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ "long-running", "review", "world-state", - "background-task" + "background-task", + "goal", + "model-routing" ] } diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7ba36fd --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,194 @@ +--- +name: goal-persistence +description: "Maintain an explicit north-star goal for the whole thread that survives compactions and detects drift. Use at the start of any non-trivial task (one-time set), after every user redirection (one-time update), and at every `context-pressure-compact` boundary (one-line alignment check). Mirrors codex-rs `Op::SetThreadMemoryMode` + `EventMsg::ThreadGoalUpdated` in protocol/src/protocol.rs." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (SetThreadMemoryMode, ThreadGoalUpdatedEvent) +--- + +# Goal Persistence + +The single biggest reason long tasks fail is **goal drift**: the agent starts doing A, the user +asks for B, the conversation accumulates noise, the agent ends up doing C with the +justification that "it felt like the right next step." The original goal is gone — or worse, +silently replaced by a goal the agent inferred. + +This Skill keeps the original goal *visible*, *versioned*, and *checkable* across the whole +thread. It is the *why* of the task; `world-state-tracking` is the *where*. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- A non-trivial task has just been stated (one-time **set**). +- The user has redirected the task ("actually, do X instead", "wait, scrap that", "now also + include Y") — one-time **update**. +- A `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied — one-line **alignment check**. +- The agent is about to start a tool call that has *any* chance of being misaligned with + the original ask (a "drift self-test"). + +## When NOT to use + +- Trivial one-shot tasks. The user request *is* the goal; no need to persist it. +- Pure research / exploration ("look into X, no commitment"). A goal implies a deliverable. +- The goal has not changed in many turns and the agent is on track. Re-writing the goal + file is noise. + +## Process + +1. **Pick a single, predictable path.** Default: + `.minimax/goal/-.md`. Different from the world-state file (which is + "where we are"; this is "what we are doing"). +2. **Initialise the goal file** at the start of a non-trivial task, in this exact shape: + + ```markdown + # Goal — + + **Set**: + **Owner**: + **Last checked**: + **Version**: 1 + + ## Original goal (verbatim from the user) + + " if + verbatim is impractical> + + ## Why this goal + + + + ## Success looks like + + - + - + + ## Explicitly out of scope + + - + - + + ## Version history + + - v1: — initial set + ``` + +3. **Update the goal** (bump `Version`, append a row to Version history) when **any** of: + - The user explicitly redirects. + - The user adds or removes a deliverable. + - The user expands or narrows the scope. + - The user re-states the goal in a way that supersedes the prior version. +4. **Drift self-test** before any non-trivial tool call: read the goal file, read the + tool call, ask "does this tool call serve the current version of the goal?". If + **no**, surface the drift to the user before executing: + + ```text + Drift check: this tool call is ``, but the current goal is ``. + - aligned → continue + - misaligned (tool call is a side quest) → ask the user before executing + - superseded (the goal has moved on) → update the goal file first + ``` + +5. **At every `context-pressure-compact`**, the compact summary must reference the goal + file by path, not duplicate it. The goal file is the thing that survives; the + summary is the thing that gets re-derived. +6. **When the user finally says "done" / "ship it" / "looks good"**, mark the goal as + achieved in the file (`Status: achieved, `) and leave the file in place as part + of the audit trail. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- On set: the goal file's contents (full) + the path + the version. +- On update: the diff (one line: "v1 → v2: "). +- On drift check: one line verdict (`aligned` / `misaligned: ` / `superseded: `). +- On compact: a one-line "Goal still in scope, see ". + +## Example + +```markdown +# Goal — Auth refactor (OIDC alongside SAML) + +**Set**: 2026-08-23 +**Owner**: main +**Last checked**: 2026-08-23T23:55:00Z +**Version**: 1 + +## Original goal (verbatim from the user) + +> "Refactor the auth subsystem to support OIDC without breaking the existing SAML path." + +## Why this goal + +The user is migrating from a single-SAML IdP to multi-IdP (SAML + OIDC) to support a new +customer segment. They cannot break the existing 12 SAML tests because that would +regress two production customers. The OIDC work is for *new* customers only. + +## Success looks like + +- A new OIDC provider implementation that works end-to-end with one real-world IdP + (e.g. Okta). +- All 12 existing SAML tests still pass. +- A config flag `auth.oidc_enabled` defaults to `false`, so production is unaffected. +- One happy-path test for OIDC login with a mock IdP. + +## Explicitly out of scope + +- Refactoring the existing SAML code beyond what is strictly necessary to add the + provider abstraction. +- Adding OAuth2 (not OIDC) flows. +- Changing the session storage layer. + +## Version history + +- v1: 2026-08-23T22:00:00Z — initial set +``` + +Drift check example: + +```text +> bash(command="git rebase --interactive HEAD~20", description="rewrite recent history") + +Drift check: this tool call is "rewrite 20 commits of history", but the current goal +is "add OIDC without breaking SAML". +- misaligned (interactive rebase is not on the path to the goal) → confirm with the + user before executing +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not skip the "why this goal" section.** It is the most valuable paragraph. It + is the guard against drift: when in doubt, the "why" disambiguates. +- **Do not paraphrase the original goal** unless verbatim is impractical. Paraphrase + loses nuance; the user might have picked those exact words for a reason. +- **Do not let the goal file grow.** A 200-line goal file is a project plan, not a + goal. Keep it under ~40 lines; let `world-state-tracking` and `todowrite` carry the + detail. +- **Do not drift-check every tool call.** A drift check before `read` or `grep` is + noise. Drift-check before any *write*, *edit*, or *bash* that has a non-trivial + surface. +- **Do not update the goal on every turn.** Goal updates are rare events. If you are + bumping the version more than once per 20 turns, you are not using it as a goal. +- **Do not conflate goal with state.** The goal file is *what*; the world-state file + is *where*. They are different files for different questions. +- **Do not let the goal silently drift via tool calls.** The whole point of this + Skill is that drift is *visible*, not hidden. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you pick a single, predictable path for the goal file? +- [ ] Is the goal file under ~40 lines? +- [ ] Does it have all 6 sections (Set / Owner / Last checked / Version / Original + goal / Why this goal / Success / Out of scope / Version history)? +- [ ] Is the "Original goal" copied verbatim where possible? +- [ ] Does the "Why this goal" paragraph explain motivation, not just the surface + request? +- [ ] Did you do a drift self-test before the last non-trivial tool call? +- [ ] At the next `context-pressure-compact`, does the summary reference the goal + file by path? +- [ ] On "done", did you mark the goal as achieved in the file (audit trail)? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d776956 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +--- +name: model-router +description: "Before delegating a sub-task (via `task`), assess the sub-task's complexity and pick the model config that matches it: cheap model for routine lookups, main model for complex work. Use every time you call `task` and the sub-task is non-trivial, and any time you are about to spend the main model on work a cheap model could do. Mirrors codex-rs `model-provider-info` + `models-manager` + the routing layer that lets sub-agents run on cheaper models." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info/ and codex-rs/models-manager/ +--- + +# Model Router + +The main model is expensive and slow. Most sub-tasks a long agent spawns are not +"main-model expensive" — they are lookups, transforms, summaries, or pattern matches. The +Codex harness routes those to cheaper models and reserves the main model for synthesis and +hard reasoning. + +This Skill codifies that routing: before every `task` call, classify the sub-task and pick +the right `model_config_id`. The savings are not theoretical — the same model router that +gave Codex a 6× token reduction on context compaction works the same way on delegation. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- You are about to call `task` and the sub-task is non-trivial. +- You are about to spend the main model on a work step that has clearly bounded + complexity (a lookup, a transform, a reformat, a coverage report). +- A sub-task failed and you are about to retry; consider whether a stronger model would + help, or whether the brief was just bad. +- A batch of N similar sub-tasks is about to run; one model call to classify them + first, then route each. + +## When NOT to use + +- The sub-task *is* the main task (no delegation happening). You are already on the + right model. +- The sub-task requires the same context the main thread has, and you cannot pass a + minimal-context brief. A cheap model with no context will fail — route to main. +- The user explicitly said "use the main model for this" or "don't downgrade the + model". + +## Process + +1. **Classify the sub-task** into one of three tiers, before writing the brief: + + | Tier | When to use | Examples | + |---|---|---| + | **`cheap`** | Bounded, single-shot, the brief fully specifies success. No synthesis, no judgement. | reformat a file, list files matching a glob, count lines, parse a JSON, run a deterministic script, copy a file with substitutions | + | **`medium`** | Multi-step but well-scoped, the brief is the only context needed. Some judgement, no synthesis of new ideas. | summarise a long doc, refactor a single function, write tests for a known spec, review a single PR | + | **`main`** | Requires synthesis, judgement across multiple sources, or stakes that make cheap-model mistakes costly. | design an API, evaluate tradeoffs, debug a multi-file interaction, write code that needs to satisfy a spec the agent has to interpret | + + If unsure, classify up — `main` is the safe default. + +2. **Pick the `model_config_id`** for the tier: + + - `cheap` → the cheapest model the harness exposes (often a haiku-class or local model). + - `medium` → the same model family as `main` but at the lowest reasoning effort, or a + mid-tier model. + - `main` → the user's main model at its default reasoning effort. + + The exact names depend on the harness; the principle is: cheapest that can succeed. + +3. **Pass the model config explicitly** in the `task` call. Do not rely on default + routing — the default is the main model, which is the wrong answer for `cheap` and + `medium` tiers. + +4. **State the tier in the sub-task brief** so a human reviewer can see why you picked + that model: + + ```markdown + ## Sub-task brief + ... + + **Model tier**: cheap (reformat-only, no judgement needed) + ``` + +5. **If the sub-task returns a "I can't do this"** (cheap model could not satisfy the + brief), do not silently retry on the same tier. Re-classify up, and explain to the + user *why* the sub-task was harder than the tier suggested. + +6. **Record the actual spend** if the harness surfaces per-call token counts. After a + fan-out, note in the aggregation how much of the total was `cheap` vs `medium` vs + `main`. This is how you learn the right tier for each sub-task shape. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- For every `task` call: the tier and the chosen `model_config_id` (one line each). +- For the fan-out aggregation: a one-line "X cheap / Y medium / Z main" summary. +- For upgrades (cheap → medium → main on a retry): a one-line reason. + +## Example + +```text +[planning] 1 cheap call: list all *.rs files in /repo/src/auth/ that import `tokio::sync::Mutex`. + — tier: cheap (deterministic glob + grep, no judgement) + — model_config_id: anthropic-haiku-3 + +[execution] 1 medium call: refactor auth/callback.rs to extract the SAML response parser. + — tier: medium (multi-step refactor, brief is the spec) + — model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 with reasoning_effort=low + +[execution] 1 main call: design the OidcProvider trait given the existing IdP interface + and the OIDC spec. Resolve the "extend IdP vs new sibling" question. + — tier: main (synthesis + cross-source judgement) + — model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 with reasoning_effort=high + +[aggregation] spend summary: 1 cheap / 1 medium / 1 main. 78% of the work was on the + main call; the other two ran in <2s. +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not default to main.** The default is the most expensive answer. The skill exists + to move work *off* main, not to confirm the obvious. +- **Do not route synthesis to cheap.** Synthesis requires judgement, cheap models + hallucinate on it, and you will pay more on the retry. If in doubt, tier up. +- **Do not classify by token count of the sub-task input.** Classify by *what the + sub-task is* (lookup vs synthesis). A 50,000-token doc summary is `medium`, not + `cheap`, even though the input is large. +- **Do not skip the explicit `model_config_id`.** The default in most harnesses is + the main model. If you do not pass a config, you have routed to `main`. +- **Do not retry a failed sub-task on the same tier without re-classifying.** A cheap + model failure on a synthesis-class task is a classification error; the fix is to + move up a tier, not to rephrase the brief. +- **Do not hide the tier from the user.** The tier is part of the contract — they + should be able to see "this is cheap because…" and disagree. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you classify the sub-task into cheap / medium / main before writing the brief? +- [ ] Did you pass the `model_config_id` explicitly in the `task` call? +- [ ] Did you state the tier in the sub-task brief? +- [ ] If the sub-task failed, did you re-classify (not just rephrase)? +- [ ] If you ran a fan-out, did you record "X cheap / Y medium / Z main" in the + aggregation? +- [ ] Did the cheap-model portion actually run on the cheap model (not silently + re-routed to main)? +- [ ] Did the savings justify the routing decision (i.e. was the work appropriate for + the tier you picked)? From c2422f29feadc2d7bff54cc80ee995aece2ea02b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:57:24 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 04/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.4.0:=2012=20Skills=20total=20=E2=80=94?= =?UTF-8?q?=20add=20completion-audit=20+=20fork-context-decision;=20upgrad?= =?UTF-8?q?e=20goal-persistence=20+=20parallel-fanout=20to=20v1.0?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit New Skills (2): - completion-audit P-22 continuation template completion-audit section (derive requirements, identify authoritative evidence, verify each, only declare done on all-✅) - fork-context-decision P-20 fork_turns semantics (all / N / none — pick explicitly, not by default) Skill upgrades to v1.0 (2): - goal-persistence + completion-audit and blocked-audit sections + token-budget reporting rule + 'treat completion as unproven' alignment - parallel-fanout + explicit-spawn principle (P-20: opt-in, not auto) + max_concurrency awareness + cross-references to fork-context-decision and delegate-with-context + completion-audit on aggregation before done Total Skills: 12. Manifest bumped to 0.4.0. Validation: npm run check still passes for this plugin (OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns). --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 69 +++++--- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 8 +- .../skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md | 154 ++++++++++++++++++ .../skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md | 140 ++++++++++++++++ .../skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md | 92 +++++++++-- .../skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md | 97 ++++++++--- 6 files changed, 509 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 032aa51..5e61b88 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Long agentic sessions fail for predictable reasons: - **No plan** — the model dives into a complex task without first surfacing a structured plan, so the user cannot course-correct early. - **No review** — the model writes code, says "done", and ships a defect the user has to find. +- **No proof of done** — the model marks a task complete from memory, not from evidence. - **Bloated sub-agent briefs** — the model dumps the full conversation history into a `task` call, paying the token cost twice. - **No shared state** — long tasks have no persistent ground truth that survives context @@ -29,12 +30,15 @@ Long agentic sessions fail for predictable reasons: the agent ends up doing a side quest with confident justification. - **Model over-spend** — the agent uses the main model for routine lookups and transforms that a cheap model could handle in a fraction of the time and cost. +- **Sub-agent context over-spend** — the agent gives every sub-agent the full history when a + small brief would do. OpenAI's Codex harness solves each of these with specific code (see [`codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs), [`utils/output-truncation/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/utils/output-truncation), [`session/turn.rs::run_turn`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs), [`context/world_state.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs), +[`ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md), [`model-provider-info/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info)) and reports a 3× score lift on ARC-AGI-3 with the same model, just by changing the harness. This Plugin packages those patterns as portable Skills. @@ -62,28 +66,54 @@ Install from `/plugins` → **Local**, then ask any of: each non-trivial change." "This sub-task is a one-shot file reformat — use the cheap model for it." + +"Before you say 'done' on the auth refactor, run a completion audit. Show me the evidence for each requirement." + +"I'm about to spawn 4 sub-agents. Decide the fork_turns for each — full history or just the brief?" ``` **Expected result**: the agent picks the right Skill, follows the documented process, and produces output that matches the Skill's output contract (see each Skill's `SKILL.md` for its specific contract and example). -## What this Plugin adds - -Ten Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): - -| Skill | When to activate | -|---|---| -| `tool-output-budget` | A tool returns output you suspect is too large to keep verbatim (large logs, JSON, fetched HTML, minified files). | -| `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | -| `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | -| `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | -| `review-mode` | A non-trivial sub-task has just finished and the work is about to be marked done; the user wants verification before relying on the result. | -| `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | -| `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | -| `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | -| `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | -| `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | +## What this Plugin adds (v0.4.0, 12 Skills) + +Twelve Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): + +| # | Skill | When to activate | v0.4.0 | +|---|---|---|---| +| 1 | `tool-output-budget` | A tool returns output you suspect is too large to keep verbatim (large logs, JSON, fetched HTML, minified files). | v0.1.0 | +| 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | v0.1.0 | +| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → **v1.0** | +| 4 | `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | v0.1.0 | +| 5 | `review-mode` | A non-trivial sub-task has just finished and the work is about to be marked done; the user wants verification before relying on the result. | v0.2.0 | +| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 | +| 7 | `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | v0.2.0 | +| 8 | `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | v0.2.0 | +| 9 | `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | v0.3.0 → **v1.0** | +| 10 | `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | v0.3.0 | +| 11 | `completion-audit` | About to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" on a non-trivial task. Derives requirements, identifies authoritative evidence, verifies each. | **v0.4.0 (new)** | +| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent via the `fork_turns` parameter. | **v0.4.0 (new)** | + +## v0.4.0 changelog + +### Added + +- `completion-audit` Skill — derive requirements, identify authoritative evidence, verify each, + only declare done when every requirement has its own ✅. Mirrors the completion-audit section + of the Codex goal continuation template. +- `fork-context-decision` Skill — pick `all` / `N` / `none` for `fork_turns` explicitly, not + by default. Mirrors the `fork_turns` semantics in Codex's V2 multi-agent protocol. + +### Updated + +- `goal-persistence` v1.0 — incorporated the completion-audit and blocked-audit sections + from the Codex continuation template. Added token-budget reporting rule. Aligned + language with the canonical "treat completion as unproven" principle. +- `parallel-fanout` v1.0 — added explicit-spawn principle (P-20: spawn is opt-in, not auto). + Added `max_concurrency` awareness. Cross-referenced `fork-context-decision` and + `delegate-with-context`. Added `completion-audit` on the aggregation before declaring + done. ## Requirements @@ -102,9 +132,10 @@ Ten Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): world-state file, or a goal file, but only on paths the user already authorised through the active session. - **No sub-agent launch without user intent.** `parallel-fanout`, `delegate-with-context`, and - `model-router` instruct the agent to use `task` for fan-out / delegation, but only when the - user task is independently decomposable. The agent must still justify the decomposition in - the plan and stop if the user says "do it one by one". + `fork-context-decision` instruct the agent to use `task` for fan-out / delegation, but only + when the user task is independently decomposable **and** the user has opted in to + multi-agent work. The agent must still justify the decomposition in the plan and stop if + the user says "do it one by one". - **No model switching that the harness does not support.** `model-router` only works if the underlying `task` tool exposes `model_config_id` (or equivalent). If the harness does not support model routing, the Skill degrades to "classify the sub-task" and the model choice diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 5d82ce0..424dea3 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.3.0", - "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, and per-sub-task model routing. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, or pick the right model for the job. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, Op/EventMsg protocol, InterAgentCommunication, WorldState, model-provider-info, and the models-manager sub-systems.", + "version": "0.4.0", + "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, and fork-context decision. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, or prove that a non-trivial task is actually done. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, Op/EventMsg protocol, InterAgentCommunication, WorldState, ext/goal continuation template, model-provider-info, and the models-manager sub-systems.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", "url": "https://github.com/antianqi" @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ "world-state", "background-task", "goal", - "model-routing" + "model-routing", + "completion-audit", + "fork-context" ] } diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..10c33cc --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +--- +name: completion-audit +description: "Before marking a non-trivial task complete (or telling the user it's done), treat completion as unproven and verify it against the actual current state. Derive requirements from the objective, identify the authoritative evidence for each, inspect that evidence, and only declare done when every requirement is satisfied. Use whenever the agent is about to say 'done' / 'complete' / 'ship it' / 'I finished' on a non-trivial task, especially when there is an active thread goal. Mirrors the completion audit section of the Codex goal continuation template (ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md)." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md +--- + +# Completion Audit + +Before you say "done," prove it. Not from memory, not from intent, not from "the tests passed" — +from **authoritative evidence for each requirement, against the actual current state**. + +This Skill is the difference between "I think I'm done" and "I have proven I am done." It is the +single most expensive lesson in agent work: **agents are confident they are done far more often +than they actually are**, and the cost of that false confidence is paid by the user. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- You are about to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" / "I finished" on a non-trivial task. +- A `todowrite` step is about to be marked `[x]` and that step touches anything the user will + rely on. +- An active thread goal (`goal-persistence` Skill) is about to be marked `complete`. +- The user has been waiting for "done" for several turns and you feel the urge to say it just to + end the turn. +- The work spanned multiple tool calls, multiple files, or multiple sub-tasks. + +## When NOT to use + +- A one-line edit. The cost of the audit is higher than the cost of a wrong "done". +- The deliverable is observable by the user in this turn (e.g. you just printed the result to + the chat). They can see it; you don't need to audit yourself. +- The user explicitly said "ship it" or "no more review" in this turn. + +## Process + +1. **Stop. Do not say "done" yet.** Even if it feels done, run this Skill. +2. **Derive concrete requirements** from the original objective — verbatim where possible. If + the user said "fix the auth bug," the requirements are "auth works for existing users" and + "no new bug introduced," not "I edited the auth file." Translate surface requests into + outcome requirements. +3. **For each requirement, identify the authoritative evidence** that would prove it. Not + "I think it works" — what would *you* check, given infinite time? + + | Requirement | Authoritative evidence | + |---|---| + | "auth works for existing users" | existing test suite green + 1 manual smoke | + | "doc updated" | grep / file content showing the new line | + | "API returns 200 on happy path" | curl output | + | "user can log in" | screenshot / log of one full login round-trip | + +4. **Inspect that evidence** — the *current* state, not a memory. The test you ran three + turns ago is no longer authoritative if the code has changed since. Re-run, re-read, + re-grep. +5. **For each item, classify the result**: + + - ✅ **proves completion** — the evidence matches the requirement unambiguously + - ❌ **contradicts completion** — the evidence shows the requirement is not met + - 🟡 **incomplete work** — partial evidence, some sub-requirement unmet + - ⚪ **too weak to verify** — the evidence does not cover the requirement's scope + - 🚫 **missing** — no evidence was gathered + +6. **If any item is not ✅**, do not declare done. State the unfinished item and continue. +7. **If all items are ✅**, declare done in this shape: + + ```text + ✅ Done. Verified against: + - : — ✅ + - : — ✅ + - ... + ``` + +8. **On active thread goal**: report the final token usage to the user + (per `goal-persistence` Skill — token accountability). State the actual final number, not a + rough estimate. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- One-line "verifying before declaring done" preamble. +- The audit table (one row per requirement, one column per: requirement, evidence, result). +- The verdict: ✅ all green / 🟡 unfinished item(s) / ❌ contradiction(s). +- (If all green + active goal) The final token usage. + +## Example + +```text +Verifying before declaring "auth refactor done". + +| Requirement | Evidence | Result | +|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------| +| 12 existing SAML tests still pass | `cargo test auth::saml` (just re-ran) | ✅ | +| New OIDC login works with Okta | `cargo test auth::oidc` + manual smoke (logged in) | ✅ | +| `auth.oidc_enabled` defaults to `false` | `grep "oidc_enabled" config/default.toml` | ✅ | +| No new dependencies in `Cargo.toml` | `git diff Cargo.toml` | ✅ | +| Docs updated in `docs/auth.md` | `grep "oidc_enabled" docs/auth.md` | ✅ | +| No off-by-one in `expires_at` | manual code review of `src/auth/oidc/mod.rs:42` | ✅ | + +Token usage: 18,420 / 20,000 (92% of goal budget). +✅ Done. +``` + +Counter-example (audit caught a hole): + +```text +Verifying before declaring done. + +| Requirement | Evidence | Result | +|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------| +| Existing tests pass | `cargo test` | ✅ | +| Manual smoke test passes | (not run) | ⚪ | +| Public API unchanged | `git diff src/auth/mod.rs` | ❌ `login()` signature changed — added `provider` param | +| Docs mention new OIDC config | `grep "oidc" docs/auth.md` | ❌ doc only describes SAML | + +🟡 Two requirements unmet. The public API changed but was not declared, and the +docs only describe SAML. The user must decide: revert the public API change, or +accept it and update the docs + declare the API break. +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not skip the audit because "I just ran the tests."** The tests you ran three + turns ago are not the current state. Re-run, re-read. +- **Do not classify "I wrote the code" as evidence.** Writing code is not the requirement; + the requirement is what the code *does*. Substitute "the code does X" with "I verified X + by running Y." +- **Do not let the audit become a rubber stamp.** If the verdict is "all green" 100% of + the time, the audit is not working. The whole point is to catch what you missed. +- **Do not declare done with 🟡 items.** The verdict must be all ✅ or you do not + declare done. Surface the unfinished items. +- **Do not treat "user said ship it" as a reason to skip the audit.** The user said ship + it because they *expect* the audit to have been done. Skipping is a betrayal. +- **Do not substitute a narrower, safer, or merely-compatible solution.** If the user + asked for OIDC and you built OAuth2 "because it's similar," the requirement is unmet even + if the tests pass. +- **Do not mark a goal complete because the budget is nearly exhausted or because you are + stopping work.** The audit is the only thing that gets to declare done. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you stop before saying "done"? +- [ ] Did you derive concrete requirements (not surface requests)? +- [ ] For each requirement, did you identify the *authoritative* evidence? +- [ ] Did you inspect the *current* state (not memory of past work)? +- [ ] Is each item classified as ✅ / ❌ / 🟡 / ⚪ / 🚫? +- [ ] Is the verdict all ✅? If not, did you surface the unfinished items? +- [ ] (Active goal) Did you report final token usage? +- [ ] Did the user see the audit table before you declared done? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc3c521 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +--- +name: fork-context-decision +description: "When spawning a sub-agent, decide how much parent context to give it via the `fork_turns` parameter. Use every time you call `task` (or equivalent) to hand off work — the choice between `all` / `none` / a positive integer is one of the largest cost levers in multi-agent work. Mirrors the `fork_turns` semantics in codex-rs/ext/goal/src/multi_agents.rs (V2 multi-agent protocol)." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs +--- + +# Fork Context Decision + +`fork_turns` is the **single largest cost lever** in multi-agent work. `all` doubles your +context, `none` forces the sub-agent to re-derive from a brief, and the integer in between +is a precision knob. Pick wrong and you either pay main-model prices for routine work, or +you spawn a sub-agent that cannot do its job because it cannot see what came before. + +This Skill codifies the decision so you make it explicitly, not by accident. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- You are about to call `task` (or any sub-agent spawn) to hand off a sub-task. +- You are designing a multi-agent flow (`parallel-fanout`, `delegate-with-context`). +- A previous sub-agent failed and you are debugging whether the cause was over- or + under-forking. +- You are about to spawn a sub-agent and feel unsure whether to pass context or not. + +## When NOT to use + +- The sub-agent tool does not support a fork / context parameter (this Skill is then + irrelevant; skip). +- The sub-task is so trivial that the cost difference is noise (a one-line `grep`). +- You have already decided `fork_turns=0` or `none` (i.e. you have already chosen "no + context") and there is no decision to make. + +## The 3 fork modes + +| Mode | What the sub-agent sees | Cost | When to use | +|---|---|---|---| +| **`all`** (default if omitted) | All of parent's history | **High** — sub-agent pays for every turn you took | Sub-agent needs the *exact* reasoning that led to the current state. Rare. | +| **`N`** (positive integer) | Last N turns of parent | **Medium** — proportional to N | Sub-agent needs the *recent* context (the last few tool calls / decisions) but not the full history. Most common. | +| **`none`** (or `0`) | Nothing — pure brief | **Low** — only the brief | Sub-agent can do its job from a well-written brief alone. The default for `parallel-fanout`. | + +## Decision framework + +Before every `task` call, ask: + +1. **Can the sub-agent do the job from the brief alone?** + - **Yes** → `none` + - **No** → continue + +2. **Does it need recent decisions / tool outputs to do the job?** + - "Recent" = the last 3-10 turns + - **Yes** → `N` where N ≈ the number of turns that contain the needed context + - **No** → continue + +3. **Does it need the full reasoning that led here?** + - This is rare. Most sub-tasks do not. + - **Yes** → `all` (and consider whether the sub-agent should be a continuation of the + main agent instead of a fresh sub-agent) + +4. **Will the cost of `all` be acceptable?** + - If `all` would push the sub-agent over its own budget, choose `N` or `none`. + - If the sub-task is cheap and the cost of failure is high, `all` may be worth it. + +## Output contract + +Every time you call `task`, the user sees: + +- The chosen mode (`all` / `N` / `none`) in the brief or in a one-line preamble. +- A one-sentence reason: "fork=N because the brief alone misses the X decision made 3 + turns ago." + +## Process + +1. **State the chosen mode** in the brief, before writing the rest of it. This forces an + explicit decision. +2. **For `N`**, name the specific turns / events the sub-agent needs to see. Do not just + write `N=5`; write `N=5 because the last 5 turns contain the X decision`. +3. **For `none`**, the brief must be self-contained. If the brief references "the + conversation above" or "what we just decided," you have made a mistake — `none` requires + a complete brief. +4. **For `all`**, explicitly justify why the sub-agent needs the full history. Default + suspicion: you do not need `all`; you need `N`. + +## Example + +```text +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, + fork_turns=0, + prompt="") +launched explore (id: 5a3f); fork=none because the brief is self-contained +``` + +```text +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, + fork_turns=3, + prompt="The last 3 turns contain the design decision; resume from there. + ") +launched explore (id: 6b2c); fork=3 because the sub-task picks up after the auth redesign +decision +``` + +```text +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, + fork_turns=all, // rare + prompt="") +launched explore (id: 7c1a); fork=all because this sub-agent IS the continuation of the +debugging session +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not default to `all`.** It is the most expensive answer. The Skill exists to move + work *off* `all`, not to confirm the obvious. +- **Do not default to `none` if the brief is incomplete.** An under-forked sub-agent will + fail silently. It is better to over-fork than under-fork on the first attempt; downgrade + on retry. +- **Do not pick `N` without naming the turns.** "N=5" is not a decision; "N=5 because the + last 5 turns contain the X decision" is. +- **Do not pick `all` "to be safe."** It is not safer; it is expensive. Safety comes from + a well-scoped brief + an explicit decision, not from dumping history. +- **Do not change the fork mode mid-stream.** If you started with `none` and the + sub-agent comes back saying "I need more context," do not re-spawn with `all`; instead, + send a follow-up `send_message` (or equivalent) with the specific context it needs. + Re-spawning wastes the work it already did. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you choose `all` / `N` / `none` explicitly, not by leaving the default? +- [ ] Is the chosen mode justified in the brief or in a one-line preamble? +- [ ] For `N`: did you name the specific turns the sub-agent needs? +- [ ] For `none`: is the brief self-contained (no references to "above" or "earlier")? +- [ ] For `all`: did you explicitly justify why the full history is needed? +- [ ] Is the cost of the chosen mode acceptable (no surprise over-budget)? +- [ ] If a sub-agent came back saying "I need more context," did you send a follow-up + message rather than re-spawning with `all`? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md index 7ba36fd..b3e598d 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ --- name: goal-persistence -description: "Maintain an explicit north-star goal for the whole thread that survives compactions and detects drift. Use at the start of any non-trivial task (one-time set), after every user redirection (one-time update), and at every `context-pressure-compact` boundary (one-line alignment check). Mirrors codex-rs `Op::SetThreadMemoryMode` + `EventMsg::ThreadGoalUpdated` in protocol/src/protocol.rs." +description: "Maintain an explicit north-star goal for the whole thread that survives compactions and detects drift. Use at the start of any non-trivial task (one-time set), after every user redirection (one-time update), and at every `context-pressure-compact` boundary (one-line alignment check). Before declaring done, run a completion audit (see also `completion-audit` Skill). Mirrors codex-rs `Op::SetThreadMemoryMode` + `EventMsg::ThreadGoalUpdated` in protocol/src/protocol.rs and the continuation template in ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md." license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (SetThreadMemoryMode, ThreadGoalUpdatedEvent) + version: "1.0.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (SetThreadMemoryMode, ThreadGoalUpdatedEvent) and ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md + changes-from-v0.1.0: "Added completion-audit and blocked-audit sections from the Codex continuation template; added token-budget reporting rule; aligned language with the canonical 'treat completion as unproven' principle." --- # Goal Persistence @@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ silently replaced by a goal the agent inferred. This Skill keeps the original goal *visible*, *versioned*, and *checkable* across the whole thread. It is the *why* of the task; `world-state-tracking` is the *where*. +**v1.0 update**: now incorporates the canonical completion audit and blocked audit +from the Codex goal continuation template, so declaring "done" is always evidence-based, +not intent-based. + ## When to use Activate when **any** of these is true: @@ -29,6 +34,8 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: - A `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied — one-line **alignment check**. - The agent is about to start a tool call that has *any* chance of being misaligned with the original ask (a "drift self-test"). +- The agent is about to mark the goal as `complete` or `blocked` — the **completion audit** + and **blocked audit** sections apply. ## When NOT to use @@ -96,9 +103,63 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: 5. **At every `context-pressure-compact`**, the compact summary must reference the goal file by path, not duplicate it. The goal file is the thing that survives; the summary is the thing that gets re-derived. -6. **When the user finally says "done" / "ship it" / "looks good"**, mark the goal as +6. **Before marking the goal `complete`**, run a **completion audit** (next section). +7. **When the user finally says "done" / "ship it" / "looks good"**, mark the goal as achieved in the file (`Status: achieved, `) and leave the file in place as part - of the audit trail. + of the audit trail. **On a budgeted goal, also report the final token usage to the + user** (token accountability). + +## Completion Audit (before declaring done) + +**Treat completion as unproven until you have evidence for each requirement.** + +```text +Verifying before declaring "" done. + +| Requirement | Evidence | Result | +|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------| +| | | ✅ | +| | | ✅ | +| ... | ... | ... | +``` + +Result legend: ✅ proves completion · ❌ contradicts · 🟡 incomplete · ⚪ too weak · 🚫 missing. + +**All items must be ✅ before declaring done.** If any item is not ✅, surface the unfinished +items; do not mark complete. See `completion-audit` Skill for the full protocol. + +## Blocked Audit (before declaring blocked) + +**Do not declare blocked the first time a blocker appears.** Only use `blocked` when the +same blocking condition has repeated for at least **three consecutive goal turns** (the +original/user-triggered turn plus any automatic continuations), and the agent is at a true +impasse. + +```text +Checking if "" should be marked blocked. + +- Turn N: blocker = ← not yet +- Turn N+1: blocker = ← not yet +- Turn N+2: blocker = ← not yet +- Turn N+3: blocker = ← THRESHOLD MET, can mark blocked + +If after 3 turns the blocker is different, reset the count. +``` + +**Do not mark blocked merely because the work is hard, slow, uncertain, incomplete, or would +benefit from clarification.** "I don't know what to do next" is not blocked — it is +uninformed, and the response is to ask, not to stop. + +## Token Budget Reporting (on a budgeted goal) + +If the goal has a `token_budget`, when marking `complete` (or `blocked`): + +```text +Final token usage: 18,420 / 20,000 (92% of goal budget). +``` + +The user set the budget; they get the report. Do not omit the final number; do not estimate — +read it from the actual usage. ## Output contract @@ -108,8 +169,11 @@ The user sees, in this order: - On update: the diff (one line: "v1 → v2: "). - On drift check: one line verdict (`aligned` / `misaligned: ` / `superseded: `). - On compact: a one-line "Goal still in scope, see ". +- Before done: the completion audit table + final token usage (if budgeted). +- Before blocked: the blocked audit count + the actual blocker. +- On "done": the goal file marked `Status: achieved, `. -## Example +## Example goal file ```markdown # Goal — Auth refactor (OIDC alongside SAML) @@ -176,14 +240,18 @@ is "add OIDC without breaking SAML". bumping the version more than once per 20 turns, you are not using it as a goal. - **Do not conflate goal with state.** The goal file is *what*; the world-state file is *where*. They are different files for different questions. -- **Do not let the goal silently drift via tool calls.** The whole point of this - Skill is that drift is *visible*, not hidden. +- **Do not mark complete without a completion audit.** "I think it works" is not + evidence. Each requirement needs its own ✅. +- **Do not mark blocked at the first blocker.** Three consecutive turns of the same + blocker is the threshold. "Hard" is not "blocked." +- **Do not omit token usage on a budgeted goal.** The user set the budget to know what + the work costs; they get the final number. ## Verification checklist - [ ] Did you pick a single, predictable path for the goal file? - [ ] Is the goal file under ~40 lines? -- [ ] Does it have all 6 sections (Set / Owner / Last checked / Version / Original +- [ ] Does it have all sections (Set / Owner / Last checked / Version / Original goal / Why this goal / Success / Out of scope / Version history)? - [ ] Is the "Original goal" copied verbatim where possible? - [ ] Does the "Why this goal" paragraph explain motivation, not just the surface @@ -191,4 +259,8 @@ is "add OIDC without breaking SAML". - [ ] Did you do a drift self-test before the last non-trivial tool call? - [ ] At the next `context-pressure-compact`, does the summary reference the goal file by path? -- [ ] On "done", did you mark the goal as achieved in the file (audit trail)? +- [ ] Before marking done, did you run the completion audit (all items ✅)? +- [ ] Before marking blocked, did you count to 3 consecutive turns of the same + blocker? +- [ ] On done, did you report final token usage (if budgeted)? +- [ ] On done, did you mark the goal as achieved in the file (audit trail)? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md index 982c787..6dff2f6 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md @@ -1,19 +1,25 @@ --- name: parallel-fanout -description: "Decompose a clearly independent task into 2+ parallel sub-tasks and dispatch them with `task` in one round trip, then aggregate. Use when the user task can be split along a clean boundary (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses) and serial execution would take materially longer. Mirrors codex-rs FuturesUnordered fan-out in thread_manager.rs." +description: "Decompose a clearly independent task into 2+ parallel sub-tasks and dispatch them with `task` in one round trip, then aggregate. Use when the user task can be split along a clean boundary (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses) and serial execution would take materially longer. Mirrors the `spawn_agent` tool in codex-rs's V2 multi-agent protocol, where the spawn is **explicit and opt-in** (not auto)." license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs + version: "1.0.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs and core/src/thread_manager.rs + changes-from-v0.1.0: "Added explicit-spawn principle (P-20: spawn is opt-in, not auto); added `max_concurrency` awareness; cross-referenced `fork-context-decision` for per-sub-task cost control; cross-referenced `delegate-with-context` for the brief." --- # Parallel Fan-Out When a task splits cleanly into 2+ independent sub-tasks, dispatch them in parallel and -aggregate. Skip when the sub-tasks have data dependencies or when serial execution is fast -enough that the overhead of fan-out is not worth it. +aggregate. Skip when the sub-tasks have data dependencies, when serial execution is fast +enough that the overhead of fan-out is not worth it, or when the user has not opted in to +multi-agent work. + +**v1.0 update**: makes explicit that fan-out is an *opt-in decision* (mirroring Codex's +`MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly` default), and ties fan-out to the cost-control +machinery in `fork-context-decision`. ## When to use @@ -24,8 +30,26 @@ Activate when **all** of the following hold: - Each sub-task is **bounded**: you can name what "done" looks like in one sentence. - The estimated wall-clock time of serial execution is **at least 2×** the longest single sub-task. If one sub-task dwarfs the others, fan-out buys you little. +- The user has **opted in** to multi-agent work for this task. See "Opt-in principle" below. - The user has not said "do it one by one" / "step by step" / "sequentially please". +### Opt-in principle (from Codex MultiAgentMode) + +Codex ships in `MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly`: the agent does not spawn sub-agents +on its own — only when the user explicitly asks or the system instruction is set. We follow +the same default: + +- **Default**: do not fan out. Do the work yourself, or in sequence. +- **Opt-in triggers** (any one is enough): + - The user says "并行" / "fan out" / "do these in parallel" / "spawn agents". + - The user has set an AGENTS.md / system instruction that says "use sub-agents for this + class of task." + - The task is so large that serial execution would obviously exceed the user's patience + (judgment call — be conservative). + +When in doubt, ask the user before fan-out. The cost of a wrong fan-out is wasted sub-agent +spend; the cost of a wrong serial is just a few extra turns. + ## When NOT to use - The sub-tasks share state (e.g. all read/modify the same file in conflicting ways). @@ -35,6 +59,8 @@ Activate when **all** of the following hold: - The user explicitly asked for serial work or a careful step-by-step walkthrough. - You cannot articulate the boundary of each sub-task in one sentence. If you can't, you can't safely parallelise it. +- The user has not opted in to multi-agent work and the task is small enough to do + directly. ## Process @@ -50,38 +76,53 @@ Activate when **all** of the following hold: **Aggregation**: **Stop conditions**: + **Concurrency cap**: ``` -2. **Dispatch in parallel** with `task`. Use `run_in_background: true` for each so they overlap - in the same round trip. Pass a minimal-context brief to each — the original user request - plus the specific sub-task boundary, NOT the full history. +2. **For each sub-task, decide `fork_turns`** (see `fork-context-decision` Skill): + - Self-contained sub-task (look up, reformat, list) → `none` + - Sub-task depends on recent parent decisions → `N` (small) + - Sub-task is a continuation of the same debugging session → `all` (rare) + +3. **Dispatch in parallel** with `task`. Use `run_in_background: true` for each so they overlap + in the same round trip. Pass a **minimal-context brief** to each (see + `delegate-with-context` Skill) — not the full history. -3. **While waiting**, the orchestrating agent may draft the aggregation template (so the final +4. **Respect the concurrency cap.** If the user task has 8 sub-tasks and `max_concurrency` + is 5, dispatch 5, wait for one to finish, then dispatch the next. Do not fan out + unboundedly — the harness and the user's patience both have limits. + +5. **While waiting**, the orchestrating agent may draft the aggregation template (so the final merge is a fill-in, not a re-derivation). -4. **On all sub-tasks completing**: +6. **On all sub-tasks completing**: - Verify each met its pass condition. - If a sub-task drifted outside its boundary, **reject** and re-dispatch with a tighter brief. Do not absorb the drift. - If two sub-tasks produced conflicting facts (different numbers, different recommendations), surface the conflict to the user **before** aggregating. Do not silently pick one. -5. **Aggregate** into the agreed shape. Cite the source sub-task for each section so the user +7. **Aggregate** into the agreed shape. Cite the source sub-task for each section so the user can drill in. -6. **Report** the wall-clock time saved if you have it (use timestamps from the sub-task +8. **Report** the wall-clock time saved if you have it (use timestamps from the sub-task responses). This is how you earn the right to fan out again. +9. **Before declaring the whole task done**, run a `completion-audit` (separate Skill) on + the aggregated result. Fan-out is exactly the kind of work that produces confident-looking + but unverified deliverables. + ## Output contract The user sees, in this order: -- The Fan-out plan block (before any tool call). -- The list of dispatched sub-tasks (one line per `task` call). +- The Fan-out plan block (before any tool call), including the concurrency cap. +- The list of dispatched sub-tasks (one line per `task` call) with the chosen `fork_turns`. - The pass/fail per sub-task. - Any conflicts surfaced before aggregation. - The aggregated result. - (Optional) The wall-clock saving vs serial. +- A `completion-audit` on the final aggregation before declaring done. ## Example @@ -90,29 +131,35 @@ The user sees, in this order: **Sub-task 1**: Audit dependencies in /repo/server/Cargo.toml for known CVEs. Pass condition: a table of {crate, version, advisory_id, severity}. + fork_turns: none (look-up only). **Sub-task 2**: Audit dependencies in /repo/web/package.json for known CVEs. Pass condition: a table of {package, version, advisory_id, severity}. + fork_turns: none. **Sub-task 3**: List license of every direct dependency in /repo/server and /repo/web. Pass condition: a single table of {crate_or_package, license, copyleft_flag}. + fork_turns: none. **Aggregation**: Combine into a single SECURITY-REPORT.md at the repo root. **Stop conditions**: If sub-task 1 or 2 finds a critical CVE, surface immediately and do not wait for sub-task 3. +**Concurrency cap**: 3 (we have 3 sub-tasks, all run in parallel). ``` Then: ```text -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, fork_turns=0, prompt="Audit /repo/server/Cargo.toml direct dependencies ...") -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, fork_turns=0, prompt="Audit /repo/web/package.json direct dependencies ...") -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, fork_turns=0, prompt="List licenses of /repo/server and /repo/web direct deps ...") ``` ## Common pitfalls +- **Do not fan out by default.** Codex ships in `MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly` — + spawn is opt-in, not auto. Follow the same default. - **Do not fan out work that is too small.** A 200-line refactor is one task, not three. - **Do not fan out work with hidden dependencies.** If sub-task 2 might need to read what sub-task 1 wrote, that's serial. Don't pretend. @@ -123,13 +170,25 @@ Then: - **Do not aggregate silently.** If two sub-tasks disagree, the user must see the conflict. - **Do not fan out > 5 sub-tasks.** Beyond 5, the aggregation step becomes a bottleneck and context cost grows. For larger splits, ask the user first. +- **Do not skip the completion audit on the aggregation.** Fan-out produces more text + to be wrong about, not less. A confident-looking aggregated report is still unverified + until the audit is run. +- **Do not pick `all` for fan-out sub-tasks.** Fan-out sub-tasks should default to + `none` (look-up only) or small `N` (recent context). See `fork-context-decision`. +- **Do not exceed the concurrency cap.** If `max_concurrency=5` and you have 8 sub-tasks, + batch them, not all at once. ## Verification checklist -- [ ] Did you state the Fan-out plan block before any tool call? +- [ ] Did the user opt in (or is the task so large that opt-in is the only reasonable read)? +- [ ] Did you state the Fan-out plan block before any tool call, including the + concurrency cap? - [ ] Is each sub-task truly independent (no shared state, no data flow between them)? -- [ ] Did you pass a minimal-context brief, not the full history? +- [ ] Did you pass a minimal-context brief, not the full history? (`delegate-with-context`) +- [ ] Did you choose `fork_turns` for each sub-task explicitly? (`fork-context-decision`) - [ ] Did you use `run_in_background: true` so they overlap? +- [ ] Did you respect the concurrency cap (no unbounded fan-out)? - [ ] Did you surface conflicts before aggregating? - [ ] Did you cite the source sub-task for each section of the aggregation? +- [ ] Did you run a `completion-audit` on the aggregation before declaring done? - [ ] Did the wall-clock savings actually justify the fan-out? From 21afb474a0e3296dc1c328499689490074143ca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:02:15 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 05/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.5.0:=2014=20Skills=20=E2=80=94=20add?= =?UTF-8?q?=20subagent-family-tracking=20+=20goal-token-budgeting;=20upgra?= =?UTF-8?q?de=20context-pressure-compact=20+=20delegate-with-context=20to?= =?UTF-8?q?=20v1.0?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit New Skills (2): - subagent-family-tracking P-23 agent-graph-store + SessionSource::SubAgent (parent/child tree, Open/Closed status, lost-child prevention) - goal-token-budgeting P-22 ext/goal/src/accounting.rs + continuation template (track token_budget, surface at 50/80/100%, stop at 100%) Skill upgrades to v1.0 (2): - context-pressure-compact + 64K retention budget (RETAINED_MESSAGE_TOKEN_BUDGET from P-10) + discarded count reporting + cross-references to all 5 persistent-state files - delegate-with-context + V2 message envelope (Message Type / Task name / Sender / Payload) + explicit return-path section + cross-references to fork-context-decision / model-router / subagent-family-tracking Total Skills: 14. Manifest bumped to 0.5.0. Validation: npm run check still passes for this plugin (OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns). --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 85 ++++++---- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 8 +- .../skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md | 82 +++++++--- .../skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md | 126 ++++++++++++--- .../skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md | 152 +++++++++++++++++ .../skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md | 153 ++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 527 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-) create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 5e61b88..0c77136 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ A focused collection of Skills distilled from the **OpenAI Codex harness v0.149. model (`codex-rs/core/`). These Skills teach a MiniMax Code agent how to survive long-running multi-step tasks without losing focus, blowing its token budget, stalling on serial work, shipping unverified changes, burning context on bad sub-agent briefs, drifting from the -original goal, or paying main-model prices for cheap-model work. +original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, or losing track of which +sub-agent is doing what. ## The problem @@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ Long agentic sessions fail for predictable reasons: that a cheap model could handle in a fraction of the time and cost. - **Sub-agent context over-spend** — the agent gives every sub-agent the full history when a small brief would do. +- **Lost sub-agents** — the agent spawns 3 children, loses track of which is which, and either + duplicates work or never reads a child's result. +- **Runaway goal cost** — the user sets a token budget for a goal; the agent blows past it + without surfacing the warning. OpenAI's Codex harness solves each of these with specific code (see [`codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs), @@ -39,7 +44,9 @@ OpenAI's Codex harness solves each of these with specific code (see [`session/turn.rs::run_turn`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs), [`context/world_state.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs), [`ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md), -[`model-provider-info/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info)) +[`ext/goal/src/accounting.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/src/accounting.rs), +[`model-provider-info/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info), +[`agent-graph-store/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/agent-graph-store)) and reports a 3× score lift on ARC-AGI-3 with the same model, just by changing the harness. This Plugin packages those patterns as portable Skills. @@ -70,50 +77,73 @@ each non-trivial change." "Before you say 'done' on the auth refactor, run a completion audit. Show me the evidence for each requirement." "I'm about to spawn 4 sub-agents. Decide the fork_turns for each — full history or just the brief?" + +"Show me the sub-agent family tree — which are still running?" + +"This goal has a 20,000-token budget. Tell me at 50% / 80% / 100%." ``` **Expected result**: the agent picks the right Skill, follows the documented process, and produces output that matches the Skill's output contract (see each Skill's `SKILL.md` for its specific contract and example). -## What this Plugin adds (v0.4.0, 12 Skills) +## What this Plugin adds (v0.5.0, 14 Skills) -Twelve Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): +Fourteen Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): -| # | Skill | When to activate | v0.4.0 | +| # | Skill | When to activate | v | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | `tool-output-budget` | A tool returns output you suspect is too large to keep verbatim (large logs, JSON, fetched HTML, minified files). | v0.1.0 | -| 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | v0.1.0 | -| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → **v1.0** | +| 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | v0.1.0 → **v1.0** | +| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → v1.0 | | 4 | `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | v0.1.0 | | 5 | `review-mode` | A non-trivial sub-task has just finished and the work is about to be marked done; the user wants verification before relying on the result. | v0.2.0 | -| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 | +| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 → **v1.0** | | 7 | `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | v0.2.0 | | 8 | `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | v0.2.0 | -| 9 | `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | v0.3.0 → **v1.0** | +| 9 | `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | v0.3.0 → v1.0 | | 10 | `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | v0.3.0 | -| 11 | `completion-audit` | About to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" on a non-trivial task. Derives requirements, identifies authoritative evidence, verifies each. | **v0.4.0 (new)** | -| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent via the `fork_turns` parameter. | **v0.4.0 (new)** | +| 11 | `completion-audit` | About to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" on a non-trivial task. Derives requirements, identifies authoritative evidence, verifies each. | v0.4.0 | +| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent via the `fork_turns` parameter. | v0.4.0 | +| 13 | `subagent-family-tracking` | Spawned a sub-agent (or have one running). Track the parent/child tree so you do not lose children, duplicate work, or leave anyone running. | **v0.5.0 (new)** | +| 14 | `goal-token-budgeting` | The user set an explicit `token_budget` on a goal. Track running usage against the budget and report the final number on completion. | **v0.5.0 (new)** | + +## v0.5.0 changelog + +### Added + +- `subagent-family-tracking` Skill — track the parent/child thread tree of spawned sub-agents. + Mirrors `codex-rs/agent-graph-store/`'s `ThreadSpawnEdgeStatus` (Open/Closed) plus the + `SessionSource::SubAgent(SubAgentSource::ThreadSpawn)` marker. +- `goal-token-budgeting` Skill — when the user sets an explicit `token_budget` on a goal, + track running usage, surface at 50%/80%/100% thresholds, stop at 100% and ask. Mirrors + `ext/goal/src/accounting.rs` (GoalAccountingState) and the "Tokens used / Token budget / + Tokens remaining" section of the goal continuation template. + +### Updated + +- `context-pressure-compact` v1.0 — added the 64K retention budget concept from + `compact_remote_v2.rs::RETAINED_MESSAGE_TOKEN_BUDGET`. Snapshots now report the retained + token estimate and the "discarded N tool calls / M lines" count. Cross-referenced all + five persistent-state files so the snapshot is the single coordination point. +- `delegate-with-context` v1.0 — added the V2 message envelope (Message Type / Task name / + Sender / Payload) so sub-agent replies are parsed consistently. Added explicit + "return path" section in the brief. Cross-referenced `fork-context-decision`, + `model-router`, and `subagent-family-tracking`. + +Total Skills: 14 (12 from v0.4.0 + 2 new + 2 skill upgrades to v1.0). -## v0.4.0 changelog +## v0.4.0 changelog (prior) ### Added -- `completion-audit` Skill — derive requirements, identify authoritative evidence, verify each, - only declare done when every requirement has its own ✅. Mirrors the completion-audit section - of the Codex goal continuation template. -- `fork-context-decision` Skill — pick `all` / `N` / `none` for `fork_turns` explicitly, not - by default. Mirrors the `fork_turns` semantics in Codex's V2 multi-agent protocol. +- `completion-audit` Skill. +- `fork-context-decision` Skill. ### Updated -- `goal-persistence` v1.0 — incorporated the completion-audit and blocked-audit sections - from the Codex continuation template. Added token-budget reporting rule. Aligned - language with the canonical "treat completion as unproven" principle. -- `parallel-fanout` v1.0 — added explicit-spawn principle (P-20: spawn is opt-in, not auto). - Added `max_concurrency` awareness. Cross-referenced `fork-context-decision` and - `delegate-with-context`. Added `completion-audit` on the aggregation before declaring - done. +- `goal-persistence` v1.0. +- `parallel-fanout` v1.0. ## Requirements @@ -129,13 +159,12 @@ Twelve Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): tool calls). - **No file modification outside the agent's existing write surface.** The Skills may instruct the agent to use `write` / `edit` / `bash` to persist a compact summary, a plan file, a - world-state file, or a goal file, but only on paths the user already authorised through the - active session. + world-state file, a goal file, a family file, or a usage log, but only on paths the user + already authorised through the active session. - **No sub-agent launch without user intent.** `parallel-fanout`, `delegate-with-context`, and `fork-context-decision` instruct the agent to use `task` for fan-out / delegation, but only when the user task is independently decomposable **and** the user has opted in to - multi-agent work. The agent must still justify the decomposition in the plan and stop if - the user says "do it one by one". + multi-agent work. - **No model switching that the harness does not support.** `model-router` only works if the underlying `task` tool exposes `model_config_id` (or equivalent). If the harness does not support model routing, the Skill degrades to "classify the sub-task" and the model choice diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 424dea3..c2f7fbd 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.4.0", - "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, and fork-context decision. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, or prove that a non-trivial task is actually done. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, Op/EventMsg protocol, InterAgentCommunication, WorldState, ext/goal continuation template, model-provider-info, and the models-manager sub-systems.", + "version": "0.5.0", + "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, and goal token budgeting. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, or stay within an explicit goal token budget. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, Op/EventMsg protocol, InterAgentCommunication, WorldState, ext/goal continuation template + accounting, model-provider-info, models-manager, agent-graph-store, and the V2 multi-agent protocol.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", "url": "https://github.com/antianqi" @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ "goal", "model-routing", "completion-audit", - "fork-context" + "fork-context", + "family-tracking", + "token-accounting" ] } diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md index 583c1e7..04cfb6c 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md @@ -1,19 +1,24 @@ --- name: context-pressure-compact -description: "Compress a long-running multi-step task into a structured state summary before continuing, so the agent can keep going without losing track of the original goal. Use when the active `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, after ~20 tool calls, when the user says 'compact' / 'summarize so far' / 'we need to refocus', or when context usage is visibly heavy. Mirrors codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs::run_pre_sampling_compact." +description: "Compress a long-running multi-step task into a structured state summary before continuing, so the agent can keep going without losing track of the original goal. Use when the active `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, after ~20 tool calls, when the user says 'compact' / 'summarize so far' / 'we need to refocus', or when context usage is visibly heavy. Mirrors codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs::run_pre_sampling_compact and the v2 64K retention budget (RETAINED_MESSAGE_TOKEN_BUDGET)." license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs + version: "1.0.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs and core/src/compact_remote_v2.rs + changes-from-v0.1.0: "Added the 64K retention budget concept (P-10 v2); added 'discarded N tool calls and M lines' reporting rule; cross-referenced world-state-tracking and goal-persistence so compaction is the single coordination point." --- # Context Pressure Compact -Compress the running state of a long task into a structured snapshot, then keep working from the -snapshot. The agent loses the noisy middle (failed attempts, finished steps, stale tool output) -but keeps the goal, the decisions, and the next move. +Compress the running state of a long task into a structured snapshot, then keep working +from the snapshot. The agent loses the noisy middle (failed attempts, finished steps, stale +tool output) but keeps the goal, the decisions, and the next move. + +**v1.0 update**: now incorporates the 64K retention budget from Codex's `compact_remote_v2.rs` +— the "important" messages preserved after a compact should target ~64,000 tokens, not be +unbounded. ## When to use @@ -26,6 +31,8 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: - A tool call from `tool-output-budget` is being applied to a string the agent will not need again (it has been superseded by newer output). - A sub-task boundary (a self-contained feature is done; the next user step starts a new one). +- The estimated total tokens (history + current message) is approaching the model context + window (typically 80% of the window is the trigger). Do **not** use this Skill for short tasks (< 5 tool calls, < 3 `todowrite` items). Compaction has its own cost; the savings only matter once the conversation is genuinely heavy. @@ -39,7 +46,13 @@ its own cost; the savings only matter once the conversation is genuinely heavy. ## Process 1. **Freeze new work.** Do not start any new tool call before the snapshot is written. -2. **Write the snapshot** to a single fenced block, in this exact shape: +2. **Target the 64K retention budget.** After compact, the **retained** messages (the + important ones — current goal, recent decisions, key file paths) should target ~64,000 + tokens. Discard the rest. This is `RETAINED_MESSAGE_TOKEN_BUDGET` from + `compact_remote_v2.rs`. If you retain more, the next compaction will arrive sooner than + expected; if you retain much less, the agent will lose context. + +3. **Write the snapshot** to a single fenced block, in this exact shape: ```markdown ## Compact Snapshot — @@ -63,14 +76,25 @@ its own cost; the savings only matter once the conversation is genuinely heavy. - **Next concrete step**: + + **Retained token estimate**: (target: ~64K, see RETAINED_MESSAGE_TOKEN_BUDGET) + **Discarded this turn**: ``` -3. **Optionally persist to disk** if the user has a working directory. Default path: - `.minimax/snapshots/-.md`. The user can `read` it later to reload context. -4. **Drop the noisy middle from the next prompt.** After the snapshot, your next response should - start from "Next concrete step", not from re-stating the goal. -5. **Continue working** as if the snapshot is the only context. Do not re-fetch the files you - already listed under "Key file paths" unless you need to re-read them. +4. **Optionally persist to disk** if the user has a working directory. Default path: + `.minimax/snapshots/-.md`. The user can `read` it later to reload + context. +5. **Drop the noisy middle from the next prompt.** After the snapshot, your next response + should start from "Next concrete step", not from re-stating the goal. +6. **Continue working** as if the snapshot is the only context. Do not re-fetch the files + you already listed under "Key file paths" unless you need to re-read them. +7. **Coordinate with other state files** (cross-references): + - **`goal-persistence`** file: survives compaction unchanged (its file is on disk). + - **`world-state-tracking`** file: survives compaction unchanged. + - **`subagent-family-tracking`** file: survives compaction unchanged. + - **`goal-token-budgeting`** usage log: keep the latest row, drop the history. + - **`todowrite`**: keep Done/In progress sections, drop the granular "attempted X then + Y then Z" history. ## Output contract @@ -79,6 +103,7 @@ Every time you apply this Skill, the user sees: - The Compact Snapshot block (as above). - An optional one-line "discarded N tool calls and M lines of intermediate output" note. - The next concrete step, phrased as an action the user can sanity-check. +- The retained token estimate (so the user knows the budget is being respected). ## Example @@ -87,50 +112,61 @@ Every time you apply this Skill, the user sees: **Goal**: Refactor the auth subsystem to support OIDC without breaking the existing SAML path. -**Done**: +**Done** (these are finished; do not re-do them): - Mapped current auth flow in src/auth/. Wrote findings to .minimax/snapshots/auth-flow.md - Identified 4 injection points: login(), callback(), refresh(), logout() - Confirmed test coverage: 12 of 14 files have unit tests (2 missing: logout, session) -**In progress**: +**In progress** (these are partially done; carry the partial state forward): - Designing the OIDC adapter interface. Stopped at: how to represent the "provider" enum vs the existing "IdP" interface. Need to decide: 1) extend IdP, 2) new OidcProvider sibling, 3) generic Provider with config-driven dispatch. -**Decisions made**: +**Decisions made** (so future you doesn't re-argue them): - Keep SAML on the legacy code path; OIDC gets a parallel module. (Reason: SAML contract is frozen, no test budget to re-validate.) - Reject (3) generic Provider — too much config surface for marginal benefit. -**Key file paths**: +**Key file paths** (absolute paths the next step will need): - /repo/src/auth/idp.rs - /repo/src/auth/callback.rs - /repo/tests/auth/ -**Blockers / open questions**: +**Blockers / open questions** (so the user can answer them upfront next turn): - Should the OIDC module own token storage, or reuse the existing session store? - Does IT have a preferred OIDC library (openidconnect vs oauth2)? **Next concrete step**: Draft the OidcProvider trait + one impl for `provider = "okta"`, then show the diff to the user before touching the callback. + +**Retained token estimate**: ~58,000 tokens (target: ~64K, well within budget) +**Discarded this turn**: 14 tool calls, ~12,000 lines of intermediate output ``` ## Common pitfalls -- **Do not rewrite history.** The snapshot records what actually happened, including the wrong - path you took. Future you needs the wrong path to avoid re-walking it. -- **Do not omit Blockers.** This is the most valuable section — it's how the user unblocks you - with one sentence instead of three round trips. +- **Do not rewrite history.** The snapshot records what actually happened, including the + wrong path you took. Future you needs the wrong path to avoid re-walking it. +- **Do not omit Blockers.** This is the most valuable section — it's how the user unblocks + you with one sentence instead of three round trips. - **Do not skip "Key file paths".** Absolute paths save the next turn from `glob` and `grep`. -- **Do not snap every turn.** A snapshot after every tool call is noise. Use the triggers above. +- **Do not snap every turn.** A snapshot after every tool call is noise. Use the triggers + above. - **Do not nest snapshots.** One snapshot is the new ground truth; the previous one is superseded and can be discarded (or moved to `.minimax/snapshots/archive/`). +- **Do not exceed the 64K retention target.** A snapshot of 200K tokens defeats the purpose. + If your retention is naturally > 64K, you need to compress *more* (drop more history, + shorten the in-progress description), not less. +- **Do not duplicate other state files.** The goal / world-state / family files survive + on disk. Reference them by path; do not copy them into the snapshot. ## Verification checklist - [ ] Is the goal copied verbatim from the user? - [ ] Are Done / In progress / Decisions / Paths / Blockers / Next step all present and non-empty (or explicitly "none")? +- [ ] Is the retained token estimate present and within the 64K target (±20%)? - [ ] Did you avoid starting a new tool call before the snapshot was written? - [ ] Did you drop the noisy middle from the next prompt? - [ ] Did the user get a chance to answer Blockers before you kept going? +- [ ] Did you reference (not duplicate) other state files by path? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md index fd39708..3a7b522 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md @@ -1,22 +1,27 @@ --- name: delegate-with-context -description: "When delegating a sub-task to another agent (via `task`), prepare a minimal-context brief instead of dumping the full conversation history. Use when handing off a sub-task boundary, when a sub-agent needs the user's goal + the specific boundary + the pass condition + the minimal inputs, and when the conversation history is large enough that forwarding it all would waste tokens. Mirrors codex-rs InterAgentCommunication in Op / CollabAgentSpawnBegin." +description: "When delegating a sub-task to another agent (via `task`), prepare a minimal-context brief instead of dumping the full conversation history. Use when handing off a sub-task boundary, when a sub-agent needs the user's goal + the specific boundary + the pass condition + the minimal inputs, and when the conversation history is large enough that forwarding it all would waste tokens. Mirrors codex-rs InterAgentCommunication in Op / CollabAgentSpawnBegin, plus the explicit 'Message Type / Task name / Sender / Payload' message envelope from V2 multi-agent protocol." license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (Op::InterAgentCommunication, CollabAgentSpawnBegin/End) + version: "1.0.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (Op::InterAgentCommunication, CollabAgentSpawnBegin) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs + changes-from-v0.2.0: "Added the message envelope format (Message Type / Task name / Sender / Payload) from P-20 V2; added explicit 'this is the sub-agent return path' section; cross-referenced fork-context-decision for fork_turns choice." --- # Delegate With Context -When you spawn a sub-agent (`task` or equivalent), the brief you pass is the only thing it sees. -A bad brief makes the sub-agent re-derive the whole conversation; a good brief gives it exactly -what it needs to do its job and nothing more. +When you spawn a sub-agent (`task` or equivalent), the brief you pass is the only thing +it sees. A bad brief makes the sub-agent re-derive the whole conversation; a good brief +gives it exactly what it needs to do its job and nothing more. -This Skill is the inverse of "pass the full history" — the full history is the most expensive -context you can give a sub-agent, and it is rarely what the sub-agent needs. +This Skill is the inverse of "pass the full history" — the full history is the most +expensive context you can give a sub-agent, and it is rarely what the sub-agent needs. + +**v1.0 update**: now includes the message envelope format used by Codex's V2 multi-agent +protocol, and a clear "this is the return path" section so the sub-agent knows how to +deliver its result. ## When to use @@ -69,24 +74,68 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: - Do not change the public API. - Do not introduce new dependencies. - + + **Return path** (how the sub-agent reports back; see v1 message envelope below): + - Reply on the analysis channel with this exact envelope: + ``` + Message Type: FINAL_ANSWER + Task name: + Sender: + Payload: + + ``` + - Keep the payload under ~10 lines unless the task is "produce a long report." + + **Model tier** (cheap / medium / main; see `model-router` Skill): + - — ``` -2. **Call `task` with the brief as the prompt.** The full conversation history is *not* in - the prompt; the brief is. -3. **Verify the brief round-tripped.** Read the sub-agent's first response. If it is solving +2. **Choose `fork_turns`** explicitly (see `fork-context-decision` Skill): + - Self-contained sub-task → `none` + - Needs recent context → small `N` + - Continuation of same debugging session → `all` (rare) + +3. **Call `task`** with the brief as the prompt. The full conversation history is *not* + in the prompt; the brief is. + +4. **Verify the brief round-tripped.** Read the sub-agent's first response. If it is solving the wrong problem, your brief failed — do not let it finish. Stop and re-brief. -4. **If the sub-agent needs more context mid-task**, send a follow-up brief in the same + +5. **Receive the result** in the message envelope format. The sub-agent's reply should + match the envelope; if it doesn't, treat the reply as unverified raw output and re-parse. + +6. **If the sub-agent needs more context mid-task**, send a follow-up brief in the same shape, not the original full history. -5. **On return, validate against the pass condition.** If unmet, re-dispatch with a tighter + +7. **On return, validate against the pass condition.** If unmet, re-dispatch with a tighter brief; do not patch the result yourself unless the fix is trivial. +8. **Record in the family file** (see `subagent-family-tracking` Skill) so the tree stays + up to date. + +## Message envelope (V2 protocol) + +Codex's V2 multi-agent protocol uses a structured envelope for sub-agent replies: + +```text +Message Type: +Task name: +Sender: +Payload: + +``` + +When your sub-agent replies, **expect this envelope** and parse it accordingly. If the +reply is plain prose with no envelope, treat it as `MESSAGE` (an interim update, not the +final answer) and either wait for the `FINAL_ANSWER` or re-brief to clarify. + ## Output contract The user sees, in this order: -- The Sub-task brief block (before the `task` call). -- The `task` invocation (one line). -- The sub-agent's first sentence (or its pass/fail against the pass condition). +- The Sub-task brief block (before the `task` call), including the chosen `fork_turns`. +- The `task` invocation (one line, with the `task_name`). +- The sub-agent's reply, parsed (envelope + payload). - (If failed) the re-brief, not a silent retry. ## Example @@ -115,27 +164,50 @@ The user sees, in this order: **Constraints**: - No new dependencies (no `rust_decimal`, `num-format`, etc.) - Match the existing function signature style in `money.rs` + +**Return path**: reply on the analysis channel with `Message Type: FINAL_ANSWER, Sender: +, Payload: ` + +**Model tier**: cheap — single-function reformat, no judgement needed ``` Then: ```text -> task(subagent=explore, +> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, fork_turns=0, prompt="") +launched explore (id: 5a3f); fork=none, tier=cheap +``` + +Sub-agent reply (parsed): + +```text +Message Type: FINAL_ANSWER +Task name: money-format +Sender: explore-5a3f +Payload: +Added `format_currency` to src/money.rs:42-58, plus 4 unit tests at lines 78-110. All +pass. Diff at /tmp/money-diff.patch. ``` ## Common pitfalls -- **Do not pass the full conversation history as context.** That is the failure mode this Skill - exists to prevent. Pass the brief. +- **Do not pass the full conversation history as context.** That is the failure mode this + Skill exists to prevent. Pass the brief. - **Do not write a brief that says "see above".** The sub-agent does not have "above". -- **Do not omit the pass condition.** Without it, the sub-agent picks its own definition of - done, which is rarely yours. -- **Do not omit the constraints.** "Don't refactor adjacent code" saves a 3-message ping-pong. -- **Do not over-brief.** A 200-line brief for a one-function change is itself a token waste. +- **Do not omit the pass condition.** Without it, the sub-agent picks its own definition + of done, which is rarely yours. +- **Do not omit the constraints.** "Don't refactor adjacent code" saves a 3-message + ping-pong. +- **Do not over-brief.** A 200-line brief for a one-function change is itself a token + waste. - **Do not under-brief.** "Look at the auth code" is a wish, not a brief. -- **Do not brief a sub-task boundary that is fuzzy.** Decompose first (`plan-stream-emit`), - then brief the resulting steps. +- **Do not brief a sub-task boundary that is fuzzy.** Decompose first + (`plan-stream-emit`), then brief the resulting steps. +- **Do not expect prose replies.** If the reply is not in the envelope format, treat it + as unverified and re-brief the sub-agent to use the envelope. +- **Do not forget to record in the family file.** If you do not, the next turn does not + know which sub-agent did what. ## Verification checklist @@ -146,4 +218,8 @@ Then: - [ ] Is the pass condition one checkable sentence? - [ ] Is the output shape specific (patch / report / JSON)? - [ ] Did you list the constraints to head off re-work? +- [ ] Did you specify the return-path envelope? +- [ ] Did you choose `fork_turns` explicitly (`fork-context-decision`)? +- [ ] Did you choose the model tier (`model-router`)? - [ ] Did the sub-agent's first response show it understood the brief? +- [ ] Did you record the spawn in the family file (`subagent-family-tracking`)? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..829a356 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +--- +name: goal-token-budgeting +description: "When the user sets an explicit token budget on a goal, track the running usage and report it on completion. Use whenever `goal-persistence` is active and the user provided a `token_budget` (either initially or via `Op::SetThreadMemoryMode`). Mirrors codex-rs `ext/goal/src/accounting.rs` (GoalAccountingState) and the 'Tokens used / Token budget / Tokens remaining' section of the goal continuation template." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/src/accounting.rs and ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md +--- + +# Goal Token Budgeting + +A goal without a budget is open-ended; an agent will spend whatever it takes to "look done" +at the cost of the user. A goal **with** a budget is a contract: the agent is accountable +for fitting the work inside the spend, and the user can decide whether more spend is +worth it. + +This Skill tracks the running usage against the budget, surfaces the trend, and reports +the final number on completion. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- `goal-persistence` is active and the user provided a `token_budget` when setting the goal. +- The user says "do X within Y tokens" / "use the cheap model for this" / "don't burn too + much on this." +- You are about to start a sub-task and want to know "how much budget do I have left?" +- A `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied and you need to report whether the + goal is still within budget. + +## When NOT to use + +- The goal has no budget (the user didn't set one). Tracking zero is not useful. +- The user explicitly said "no budget tracking for this one." + +## Process + +1. **At goal set**, if the user provided a `token_budget`, record it in the goal file + (`goal-persistence` Skill) under a new section: + + ```markdown + ## Token budget + + **Budget**: (set by user) + **Set at**: + ``` + + If the user did not provide a budget, do not add this section. Absence of the section + means "no budget." + +2. **At every turn boundary** (end of your response, or at every `context-pressure-compact`), + read the harness's per-turn token usage and append a row to a usage log: + + ```markdown + ## Usage log + + | turn | tokens | used_so_far | remaining | % of budget | + |------|--------|-------------|-----------|-------------| + | 1 | 1,240 | 1,240 | 18,760 | 6% | + | 2 | 2,100 | 3,340 | 16,660 | 17% | + | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | + ``` + + You can read the harness's token usage from: + - the conversation transcript (if the harness surfaces per-turn counts) + - the system prompt (if it includes running totals) + - `TokenCount` events (if the harness emits them — see `protocol::EventMsg::TokenCount`) + +3. **At every boundary, surface the trend**, not just the raw number: + + - **Under 50% used**: silent (the budget is fine). + - **50-80% used**: mention the budget in the response, one line. "Budget: 12,400 / 20,000 + (62%)." + - **80-100% used**: warn the user explicitly. "Budget almost used: 17,200 / 20,000 (86%). + Next turn may exceed — should I stop here or continue?" + - **Over 100% used**: stop, surface to user, ask whether to: + - declare the goal done with the over-budget cost + - ask for a budget extension + - re-scope the goal to fit + +4. **At every `context-pressure-compact`**, the compact summary must include the latest + usage row. The user must be able to see the budget trend across the compacted summary. + +5. **On goal completion** (via `completion-audit` Skill), the final report **must** include + the actual final token usage, read from the harness — not an estimate. The user set the + budget; they get the number. + +## Output contract + +The user sees: + +- At goal set: a one-line "Budget: N tokens" in the goal file. +- During execution: silent under 50%, one line at 50-80%, warn at 80-100%, stop at 100%+. +- At every compact: the latest usage row included in the summary. +- On completion: a one-line "Final token usage: M / N (X%)". + +## Example + +```text +> User: "Migrate the auth subsystem to OIDC alongside SAML. Token budget: 20,000." + +[Goal file] +## Token budget +**Budget**: 20,000 tokens (set by user) +**Set at**: 2026-08-23T22:00:00Z + +[Usage log over time] +| turn | tokens | used_so_far | remaining | % of budget | +|------|--------|-------------|-----------|-------------| +| 1 | 1,240 | 1,240 | 18,760 | 6% | +| 2 | 2,100 | 3,340 | 16,660 | 17% | +| 5 | 3,200 | 8,940 | 11,060 | 45% | +| 8 | 2,500 | 14,300 | 5,700 | 71% ← one-liner appears | +| 10 | 1,800 | 17,200 | 2,800 | 86% ← warn appears | +| 11 | 1,500 | 18,700 | 1,300 | 93% ← warn continues | +| 12 | 1,400 | 20,100 | (over) | 101% ← stop and ask user | +``` + +At turn 12, the agent surfaces: + +> Budget exceeded: 20,100 / 20,000 tokens. I have 2 of the 4 success criteria verified. +> Options: (a) declare partial completion, (b) ask for a 5,000-token extension, (c) re-scope +> the goal to what fits in 2,000 more tokens. Which? + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not invent a budget the user did not set.** Absence of budget is not "use whatever + you need." It is "track usage but do not warn at thresholds." +- **Do not estimate the final number on completion.** Read the actual usage from the + harness. Estimation is dishonest. +- **Do not warn at 50% if the user explicitly said "don't bother me with budget updates."** + Respect the user's signal. +- **Do not silently cross 100%.** Stop and ask. Crossing the budget without surfacing it + is a betrayal. +- **Do not re-scope the goal unilaterally to fit the budget.** Re-scoping is a *user + decision*. The agent's only job at 100%+ is to surface the situation. +- **Do not skip the budget tracking because "the task is small."** A small task becoming + a 5× budget overrun is exactly when tracking matters most. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did the user set an explicit `token_budget`? (If not, do not activate this Skill.) +- [ ] Is the budget recorded in the goal file under "Token budget"? +- [ ] Does the usage log get a row at every turn boundary? +- [ ] At 50-80%, is there a one-line mention in the response? +- [ ] At 80-100%, is there an explicit warn to the user? +- [ ] At 100%+, did the agent stop and ask the user (not silently continue)? +- [ ] At every compact, is the latest usage row in the summary? +- [ ] On completion, is the final number the actual harness-reported usage (not an + estimate)? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..70fb1cd --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ +--- +name: subagent-family-tracking +description: "Track the parent/child thread tree of sub-agents you have spawned, so you know who is alive, who has finished, and which siblings share context. Use every time you spawn a sub-agent and the task may fan out (multiple children) or chain (a child spawning its own children). Mirrors codex-rs `agent-graph-store` (parent→child edges with Open/Closed status) plus the `SessionSource::SubAgent(SubAgentSource::ThreadSpawn)` marker." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/agent-graph-store/ +--- + +# Sub-Agent Family Tracking + +When you spawn sub-agents, you create a **family tree**: you are the parent, your spawned +agents are children, and your children's spawned agents are grandchildren. If you do not +track this tree explicitly, three failure modes are common: + +1. **Lost child** — you spawn an agent, lose track of its `task_id`, and never read its + result. +2. **Sibling duplication** — two children of yours do the same work, wasting tokens. +3. **Lingering child** — you move on to the next sub-task, leaving an old child running + in the background, burning context budget. + +This Skill codifies a **family-tracking file** so these failures are visible, not hidden. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- You are about to call `task` and the result of that call is "fire and wait," not "do it + inline." (Inline calls don't need a tree.) +- You have already spawned one or more sub-agents in this session. +- The task description suggests a tree: "X has sub-tasks", "for each of A/B/C, ...", + "the migration has 5 stages, each stage can be parallelised." +- A user asks "what's your sub-agent doing right now?" and you don't have an immediate + answer. + +## When NOT to use + +- The sub-task is so cheap you would just inline it. (No sub-agent → no tree.) +- The harness already exposes a live dashboard of running sub-agents. (Use that instead.) +- You are the *child*, not the parent. Children don't track siblings; they only see their + own parent. + +## Process + +1. **Pick a single, predictable path.** Default: + `.minimax/agents//subagents.md`. Different from the goal file (which is "what we + are doing") and the world-state file (which is "where we are"); this is "who is + working for us." +2. **Initialise the file on the first spawn** in this exact shape: + + ```markdown + # Sub-agent family — + + **Parent (you)**: + **Last updated**: + + ## Children + + | id | spawned_at | brief | status | result_summary | + |----|------------|-------|--------|----------------| + | | | | open | (pending) | + ``` + +3. **On every spawn**, add a row with `status: open` and a one-line brief. +4. **On every sub-agent completion**, update the row: + - `status: closed` (or `closed-failed` if it didn't meet its pass condition) + - `result_summary: ` +5. **If a sub-agent spawns its own children**, append a sub-section for that child: + + ```markdown + | | | | open | (pending) | + ## Children of + | grandchild-id | spawned_at | brief | status | result_summary | + |---------------|------------|-------|--------|----------------| + ``` + +6. **At every `context-pressure-compact`**, the compact summary must reference the family + file by path, not duplicate it. The file is the ground truth. +7. **At the end of a fan-out aggregation** (see `parallel-fanout`), include a one-line + "all children closed" check. If any are still `open`, surface that to the user — the + aggregation is not safe to declare done while children are running. + +## Output contract + +The user sees: + +- The family file's contents (full) at the start of any multi-agent task. +- A one-line status update per spawn / completion (e.g. "spawned task-7a3f for OIDC review," + "task-7a3f closed with PASS"). +- A "all children closed" check at the end of any fan-out. + +## Example + +```markdown +# Sub-agent family — Auth refactor (OIDC alongside SAML) + +**Parent (you)**: thread-7c2b +**Last updated**: 2026-08-23T23:55:00Z + +## Children + +| id | spawned_at | brief | status | result_summary | +|----|------------|-------|--------|----------------| +| task-3f1a | 23:40:00Z | Audit /repo/server/Cargo.toml for CVEs | closed | No critical CVEs; 2 moderate, listed in SECURITY-REPORT.md | +| task-4d2b | 23:40:00Z | Audit /repo/web/package.json for CVEs | closed | 1 critical CVE (CVE-2024-xxxx); surfaced immediately, did not wait for others | +| task-5e3c | 23:40:00Z | List licenses of /repo/server and /repo/web direct deps | open | (pending) | +``` + +After task-5e3c finishes: + +```markdown +| task-5e3c | 23:40:00Z | List licenses of /repo/server and /repo/web direct deps | closed | 47 deps; 1 AGPL, 4 Apache-2.0, rest MIT — full table in SECURITY-REPORT.md | +``` + +If task-5e3c spawned a grandchild (e.g. for cross-checking an ambiguous license): + +```markdown +| task-5e3c | 23:40:00Z | List licenses of /repo/server and /repo/web direct deps | closed | 47 deps; 1 AGPL, 4 Apache-2.0, rest MIT | + ## Children of task-5e3c + | task-5e3c-1 | 23:42:00Z | Cross-check `foo-1.0.0` license classification | closed | Confirmed AGPL-3.0 via SPDX registry | +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not skip the file "because it's only one sub-agent."** You will spawn another + before you know it, and then you will not know which results came from which. +- **Do not put full sub-agent output in the table.** The table is the index. The full + output lives in the sub-agent's own response (or a file it wrote). The table points to it. +- **Do not let the file grow unbounded.** A 500-line family file is no longer a tracking + file. If it grows past ~80 lines, summarise closed children into a "Completed + (summary)" section. +- **Do not confuse "open" with "running".** A sub-agent can be `open` and waiting on user + input, or `open` and silently failed. "Closed" means the result was received and + processed, not that the work succeeded. +- **Do not declare fan-out done while children are still open.** A `parallel-fanout` aggregation + must wait for *all* children to close. The check is mechanical, not visual. +- **Do not let a child spawn grand-children without recording it.** If you do not capture + the grandchild relationship, you cannot tell which child is responsible for which + grandchild's result. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Is the family file at a single, predictable path? +- [ ] Is it initialised with the full table shape on the first spawn? +- [ ] Does every spawn add a row with `status: open`? +- [ ] Does every completion update the row to `status: closed`? +- [ ] Are grand-children recorded in a sub-section under their parent? +- [ ] Is the file < ~80 lines? (Summarise old entries if not.) +- [ ] At every `context-pressure-compact`, is the file referenced by path (not + duplicated)? +- [ ] At the end of any fan-out, is the "all children closed" check explicit? From 3cfbb2a4612e0120618e02fb0dda3d9b2e8b9163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:24:38 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 06/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.6.0:=2018=20Skills=20total=20=E2=80=94?= =?UTF-8?q?=20add=20error-recovery-strategy,=20retry-with-backoff,=20strea?= =?UTF-8?q?ming-output-reader,=20session-handoff?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Four new Skills extracted from the 'error / streaming / session-end' theme: - error-recovery-strategy 4-bucket classification (transient / deterministic / stale / unknown) -> 5-action decision tree (retry / switch / fallback / refresh-then-retry / ask-user / skip); categorical, not reflexive - retry-with-backoff explicit retry policy (max 3, base 2s, max 30s, full jitter, 60s total budget); respects Retry-After; hard ceiling; always escalates - streaming-output-reader bounded-chunk reads (head / tail / grep) with cumulative summary; max 3 reads per stream; never loop, never buffer to context - session-handoff at session end, write a handoff file so the next session can pick up in 30 seconds; mirrors state/runtime/recovery.rs Total Skills: 18. Manifest bumped to 0.6.0. Validation: npm run check still passes for this plugin (OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns). --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 77 +++---- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 10 +- .../skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md | 149 +++++++++++++ .../skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md | 155 +++++++++++++ .../skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md | 203 ++++++++++++++++++ .../skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md | 151 +++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 706 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 0c77136..32da00b 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ A focused collection of Skills distilled from the **OpenAI Codex harness v0.149. model (`codex-rs/core/`). These Skills teach a MiniMax Code agent how to survive long-running multi-step tasks without losing focus, blowing its token budget, stalling on serial work, shipping unverified changes, burning context on bad sub-agent briefs, drifting from the -original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, or losing track of which -sub-agent is doing what. +original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of which +sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming +output without filling context, or losing work at session end. ## The problem @@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ Long agentic sessions fail for predictable reasons: duplicates work or never reads a child's result. - **Runaway goal cost** — the user sets a token budget for a goal; the agent blows past it without surfacing the warning. +- **Silent retry** — the agent retries a `deterministic` error (permission denied, file not + found) three times in a row, burning the same error each time. +- **Streaming overflow** — the agent reads an unbounded stream in one go, filling the + context with raw bytes instead of a summary. +- **Session loss** — the user steps away; next session starts with no idea what was in + progress. OpenAI's Codex harness solves each of these with specific code (see [`codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs), @@ -46,7 +53,9 @@ OpenAI's Codex harness solves each of these with specific code (see [`ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md), [`ext/goal/src/accounting.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/src/accounting.rs), [`model-provider-info/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info), -[`agent-graph-store/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/agent-graph-store)) +[`agent-graph-store/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/agent-graph-store), +[`code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs), +[`state/src/runtime/recovery.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/state/src/runtime/recovery.rs)) and reports a 3× score lift on ARC-AGI-3 with the same model, just by changing the harness. This Plugin packages those patterns as portable Skills. @@ -81,69 +90,65 @@ each non-trivial change." "Show me the sub-agent family tree — which are still running?" "This goal has a 20,000-token budget. Tell me at 50% / 80% / 100%." + +"The bash command just failed with 'permission denied'. Retry? Switch tool? Ask me?" + +"Read this 50K-line build log without filling the context. Stream-read it and summarize." + +"It's the end of the day. Write a handoff file so tomorrow's session can pick up." ``` **Expected result**: the agent picks the right Skill, follows the documented process, and produces output that matches the Skill's output contract (see each Skill's `SKILL.md` for its specific contract and example). -## What this Plugin adds (v0.5.0, 14 Skills) +## What this Plugin adds (v0.6.0, 18 Skills) -Fourteen Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): +Eighteen Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): | # | Skill | When to activate | v | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | `tool-output-budget` | A tool returns output you suspect is too large to keep verbatim (large logs, JSON, fetched HTML, minified files). | v0.1.0 | -| 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | v0.1.0 → **v1.0** | +| 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | v0.1.0 → v1.0 | | 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → v1.0 | | 4 | `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | v0.1.0 | | 5 | `review-mode` | A non-trivial sub-task has just finished and the work is about to be marked done; the user wants verification before relying on the result. | v0.2.0 | -| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 → **v1.0** | +| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 → v1.0 | | 7 | `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | v0.2.0 | | 8 | `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | v0.2.0 | | 9 | `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | v0.3.0 → v1.0 | | 10 | `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | v0.3.0 | | 11 | `completion-audit` | About to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" on a non-trivial task. Derives requirements, identifies authoritative evidence, verifies each. | v0.4.0 | | 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent via the `fork_turns` parameter. | v0.4.0 | -| 13 | `subagent-family-tracking` | Spawned a sub-agent (or have one running). Track the parent/child tree so you do not lose children, duplicate work, or leave anyone running. | **v0.5.0 (new)** | -| 14 | `goal-token-budgeting` | The user set an explicit `token_budget` on a goal. Track running usage against the budget and report the final number on completion. | **v0.5.0 (new)** | +| 13 | `subagent-family-tracking` | Spawned a sub-agent (or have one running). Track the parent/child tree so you do not lose children, duplicate work, or leave anyone running. | v0.5.0 | +| 14 | `goal-token-budgeting` | The user set an explicit `token_budget` on a goal. Track running usage against the budget and report the final number on completion. | v0.5.0 | +| 15 | `error-recovery-strategy` | A tool call, sub-agent task, or external operation failed. Decide between retry / switch / fallback / ask-user / skip. | **v0.6.0 (new)** | +| 16 | `retry-with-backoff` | About to retry a `transient` error. State the policy first: max attempts, base delay, max delay, jitter, total time budget. | **v0.6.0 (new)** | +| 17 | `streaming-output-reader` | A tool returns a long stream (SSE / WebSocket / `tail -f` / large log). Read in bounded chunks, synthesize, never loop. | **v0.6.0 (new)** | +| 18 | `session-handoff` | The session is ending (user stepping away, time up, about to compact). Write a handoff file so next session can pick up in 30 seconds. | **v0.6.0 (new)** | -## v0.5.0 changelog +## v0.6.0 changelog ### Added -- `subagent-family-tracking` Skill — track the parent/child thread tree of spawned sub-agents. - Mirrors `codex-rs/agent-graph-store/`'s `ThreadSpawnEdgeStatus` (Open/Closed) plus the - `SessionSource::SubAgent(SubAgentSource::ThreadSpawn)` marker. -- `goal-token-budgeting` Skill — when the user sets an explicit `token_budget` on a goal, - track running usage, surface at 50%/80%/100% thresholds, stop at 100% and ask. Mirrors - `ext/goal/src/accounting.rs` (GoalAccountingState) and the "Tokens used / Token budget / - Tokens remaining" section of the goal continuation template. - -### Updated - -- `context-pressure-compact` v1.0 — added the 64K retention budget concept from - `compact_remote_v2.rs::RETAINED_MESSAGE_TOKEN_BUDGET`. Snapshots now report the retained - token estimate and the "discarded N tool calls / M lines" count. Cross-referenced all - five persistent-state files so the snapshot is the single coordination point. -- `delegate-with-context` v1.0 — added the V2 message envelope (Message Type / Task name / - Sender / Payload) so sub-agent replies are parsed consistently. Added explicit - "return path" section in the brief. Cross-referenced `fork-context-decision`, - `model-router`, and `subagent-family-tracking`. +- `error-recovery-strategy` Skill — 4-bucket classification (transient / deterministic / stale / unknown) → 5-action decision tree (retry / switch / fallback / refresh-then-retry / ask-user / skip). Mirrors the `code-mode` reconnect philosophy and the `MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly` opt-in principle. +- `retry-with-backoff` Skill — explicit retry policy: max 3 attempts, base 2s, max 30s, full jitter, 60s total budget. Respects `Retry-After`. Hard ceiling, no silent extension. Always escalates on exhaustion. +- `streaming-output-reader` Skill — read in bounded chunks (head / tail / grep), write a cumulative summary, stop after at most 3 reads. Mirrors the `WebsocketSession.last_request` incremental pattern and the `unified_exec` background-command pattern. +- `session-handoff` Skill — at session end, write a structured handoff file (verbatim goal, state file references, done/in-progress items, next concrete step, critical paths, "might be wrong" risks). Mirrors `state/runtime/recovery.rs` (DB-backed resume) and the `rollout_migration_state` migration. -Total Skills: 14 (12 from v0.4.0 + 2 new + 2 skill upgrades to v1.0). +Total Skills: 18 (14 from v0.5.0 + 4 new). -## v0.4.0 changelog (prior) +## v0.5.0 changelog (prior) ### Added -- `completion-audit` Skill. -- `fork-context-decision` Skill. +- `subagent-family-tracking` Skill. +- `goal-token-budgeting` Skill. ### Updated -- `goal-persistence` v1.0. -- `parallel-fanout` v1.0. +- `context-pressure-compact` v1.0. +- `delegate-with-context` v1.0. ## Requirements @@ -159,8 +164,8 @@ Total Skills: 14 (12 from v0.4.0 + 2 new + 2 skill upgrades to v1.0). tool calls). - **No file modification outside the agent's existing write surface.** The Skills may instruct the agent to use `write` / `edit` / `bash` to persist a compact summary, a plan file, a - world-state file, a goal file, a family file, or a usage log, but only on paths the user - already authorised through the active session. + world-state file, a goal file, a family file, a handoff file, or a usage log, but only on + paths the user already authorised through the active session. - **No sub-agent launch without user intent.** `parallel-fanout`, `delegate-with-context`, and `fork-context-decision` instruct the agent to use `task` for fan-out / delegation, but only when the user task is independently decomposable **and** the user has opted in to diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index c2f7fbd..e16e7ea 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.5.0", - "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, and goal token budgeting. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, or stay within an explicit goal token budget. Inspired by codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs, run_turn, Op/EventMsg protocol, InterAgentCommunication, WorldState, ext/goal continuation template + accounting, model-provider-info, models-manager, agent-graph-store, and the V2 multi-agent protocol.", + "version": "0.6.0", + "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", "url": "https://github.com/antianqi" @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ "completion-audit", "fork-context", "family-tracking", - "token-accounting" + "token-accounting", + "error-recovery", + "retry", + "streaming", + "session-handoff" ] } diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..575b24b --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +--- +name: error-recovery-strategy +description: "When a tool call, sub-agent task, or external operation fails, decide between retry / switch / fallback / ask-user / skip. Use whenever a tool returns a non-success result, a sub-agent reports failure, or an exception escapes from a call. The decision must be explicit, not reflexive. Mirrors the resilience patterns in codex-rs `code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs` (binding-replacement over re-retry) and the `MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly` philosophy (don't auto-recover without user signal)." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs +--- + +# Error Recovery Strategy + +When something fails, the default human reaction is "retry." That is often the **wrong** +default. Retrying a permission-denied file write burns the same error three times in a row. +Retrying a network timeout that won't resolve in 30 seconds burns three minutes. + +This Skill codifies the decision: **categorize the error first, then pick one of five +recovery actions, then commit to it explicitly.** + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- A tool call returns a non-success result (non-zero exit, HTTP 4xx/5xx, exception, + error message). +- A sub-agent reports `status: closed-failed` in the family file. +- An exception escapes from any of your own code or a library you called. +- A timeout fires on a long-running operation. +- A "weird" result comes back that might be a partial success (e.g. command exited 0 + but produced no output where you expected output). + +## When NOT to use + +- The operation succeeded. Do not second-guess success. +- The error is in user input (bad prompt, missing file the user should provide). That is + not a recovery case; it is a clarification case. +- The error is part of expected flow (e.g. a `grep` returning 0 matches is an exit-1, but + it is not a failure for the search use case). + +## Process + +1. **Stop. Do not retry yet.** Even if the obvious answer is "retry," run this Skill. +2. **Categorize the error** into one of four buckets: + + | Bucket | Signals | Examples | + |---|---|---| + | **transient** | Will probably succeed if tried again soon | Network timeout, HTTP 429/503, "ECONNRESET", "temporarily unavailable", rate limit | + | **deterministic** | Will fail every time the same way | Permission denied, file not found, "command not found", invalid syntax, wrong credentials | + | **stale** | Was true once, not anymore | "Index out of date", "stale lock", "file modified since read" | + | **unknown** | Cannot classify from the message alone | Generic exception, empty error, "something went wrong" | + +3. **Pick one of five recovery actions** based on the bucket: + + | Bucket | Default action | When to deviate | + |---|---|---| + | **transient** | `retry-with-backoff` (see next skill) | Never skip the backoff. If retries exceed the budget, escalate to `ask-user`. | + | **deterministic** | `switch` (try an alternative tool) or `fallback` (degrade gracefully) | If no alternative exists, `ask-user`. | + | **stale** | `refresh-then-retry` (re-read state, then retry once) | If still failing after one refresh, escalate to `ask-user`. | + | **unknown** | `ask-user` (or `skip-with-warning` if user signal allowed it) | Never silently retry an unknown error. | + +4. **Execute the chosen action explicitly** — do not bundle it with other tool calls. + The user must be able to see "I retried" / "I switched to X" / "I asked you" as a discrete + step in the response. + +5. **Record the decision in the response** so the user can audit: + + ```text + Recovery decision: + Reason: + ``` + +6. **After the action**, re-evaluate. If the action also failed, re-categorize (the bucket + may have changed — e.g. a "transient" error that persists for 5 retries is now a + "deterministic" error in practice) and pick a new action. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- One-line error summary (what went wrong, with the tool / file / op named). +- Bucket classification: `transient` / `deterministic` / `stale` / `unknown`. +- Chosen action: `retry` / `switch` / `fallback` / `refresh-then-retry` / `ask-user` / `skip`. +- One-line reason citing the bucket. +- (If retry) the backoff plan: "N attempts, M seconds between, exponential with jitter." +- (If ask) the user-facing question with concrete options. +- (If fallback / skip) what degraded behaviour the user is now getting. + +## Example + +```text +> bash(command="cat /etc/hosts") + +Error: cat: /etc/hosts: Permission denied +Recovery decision: switch +Reason: bucket=deterministic (permission denied won't change on retry); + switching to `read` with explicit `path=/etc/hosts` (read may have different + permission semantics than shell cat) before asking the user. +``` + +```text +> bash(command="curl https://internal-api.example.com/health") + +Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 10.0.0.5:443 +Recovery decision: retry +Reason: bucket=transient (network refused); will retry 3 times with 2s/4s/8s backoff + and 500ms jitter; if all fail, escalate to ask-user. +``` + +```text +> task(subagent=explore, prompt="...") + +Status: closed-failed. Sub-agent error: "context window exceeded". +Recovery decision: ask-user +Reason: bucket=unknown (sub-agent did not return a clear error class); do not silently + retry with a smaller brief; surface to user with options: + (a) reduce the sub-task scope + (b) switch to a model with larger context + (c) skip this sub-task +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not default to retry.** Retry is only correct for `transient` (and a few `stale`). + For `deterministic` and `unknown`, retry is the most expensive wrong answer. +- **Do not bundle the recovery with other tool calls.** A retry hidden inside a larger + batch of work is invisible. Always surface the recovery as a discrete step. +- **Do not re-categorize silently.** If you categorize as `transient`, retry 3 times, + and it still fails, the bucket is now `deterministic` or `unknown` — say so out loud. +- **Do not ask the user a vague question.** "What should I do?" is not an option. Give + the user 2-4 concrete options based on the bucket. +- **Do not skip-with-warning without permission.** The user did not pre-authorize + silent skips. If the work is optional, the user should have said so at the start. +- **Do not blame the tool.** The tool did what it was told. Categorize the error + honestly, not defensively. +- **Do not loop on retry forever.** Always have a max-attempt budget; on exhaustion, + escalate to `ask-user`. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you categorize the error into one of four buckets before picking an action? +- [ ] Did you pick one of five actions based on the bucket (not the default)? +- [ ] Did you state the recovery decision in the response, with the bucket and reason? +- [ ] (Retry) Did you specify the backoff plan (attempts, intervals, jitter)? +- [ ] (Ask) Did you give 2-4 concrete options, not "what should I do?" +- [ ] (Switch / Fallback) Did you name the alternative tool / the degraded behaviour? +- [ ] (Skip) Did you confirm the user pre-authorized this work as optional? +- [ ] Did you re-evaluate after the action and re-categorize if it failed? +- [ ] Is the recovery step a discrete line in the response (not bundled)? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8896373 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ +--- +name: retry-with-backoff +description: "When a `transient` error has been classified (see `error-recovery-strategy`), execute the retry with explicit backoff policy: max attempts, base delay, exponential growth, jitter, and a hard ceiling on total time. Use every time you decide to retry. Mirrors the policy choices implicit in codex-rs `code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs::get_or_open_binding` (no delay between generations, but bounded by `Semaphore(1)` concurrency) and the W3C retry semantics." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs +--- + +# Retry With Backoff + +Retry is the most common recovery action — and the easiest to do badly. Retrying +without a budget burns wall-clock and budget. Retrying with too-aggressive a backoff +hits the rate-limited service again. Retrying without jitter causes a thundering herd +when many agents retry the same service at the same instant. + +This Skill defines a single, explicit retry policy. **Always state the policy before +running the retries.** Do not improvise. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- `error-recovery-strategy` Skill categorised the error as `transient` and chose + `retry` as the action. +- A rate-limited service (HTTP 429, API quota) returned a `Retry-After` header. +- A network call timed out, refused, or reset. +- A queue / lock / eventually-consistent read returned a stale or empty result. + +## When NOT to use + +- The error is `deterministic` (permission denied, file not found). Retry will fail + the same way. Switch tool or ask user instead. +- The error is `unknown`. Retry without a clear reason is gambling. Ask user. +- The work is time-sensitive enough that a 30-second backoff would be too late. In + that case, retry **without** backoff (1 immediate attempt) and then escalate to + user on failure. + +## Process + +1. **Pick the policy before retrying.** Defaults (override only with reason): + + | Parameter | Default | Why | + |---|---|---| + | `max_attempts` | `3` (original + 2 retries) | Three strikes; the third strike is the cost of "I'm sure it's transient." | + | `base_delay_seconds` | `2` | Short enough to be useful, long enough to feel the first retry. | + | `max_delay_seconds` | `30` | Above 30 s the user has usually already given up mentally. | + | `total_time_budget_seconds` | `60` | Hard ceiling; beyond this, escalate to user. | + | `jitter_strategy` | `full` (uniform 0..delay) | Prevents thundering herd. | + | `respect_retry_after` | `true` (if server provides `Retry-After`, use it) | Server knows more than we do. | + +2. **State the policy in the response, in one line:** + + ```text + Retry plan: 3 attempts, base 2s, max 30s, full jitter, budget 60s total + ``` + +3. **Compute each retry's actual delay as:** + + ```text + delay(n) = min(base * 2^(n-1), max_delay) + actual_delay(n) = uniform(0, delay(n)) # full jitter + ``` + + For `n = 1, 2, 3` with base 2s and max 30s: + - attempt 1: `min(2, 30) = 2s`, jittered to `[0, 2]`s + - attempt 2: `min(4, 30) = 4s`, jittered to `[0, 4]`s + - attempt 3: `min(8, 30) = 8s`, jittered to `[0, 8]`s + +4. **If the server returned a `Retry-After` header**, use `max(delay(n), retry_after)` — + the server is saying "wait at least this long," not "wait exactly this long." + +5. **Between attempts**, do not start any other tool call. The whole point of the + delay is to let the service recover. If you are tempted to "do other work while + waiting," surface to the user instead — they may want to know you are in retry + mode before you start something else. + +6. **After the last attempt**, evaluate: + - **Success** → continue, mention the retry in the result so the user knows it + took longer than expected. + - **Still failing** → escalate to `error-recovery-strategy`'s `ask-user` action. + Do not silently extend the retry count. Do not skip-with-warning. + +7. **If the total time budget (60s default) is exceeded mid-retry**, stop the next + delay and escalate immediately. Time budget is **hard**, not soft. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- One-line retry plan (max attempts, base, max, jitter, total budget). +- (Per attempt) one line: "attempt N failed: ; waiting Ms." +- After the last attempt: success → continue, failure → escalate to `ask-user`. +- A short post-mortem: "Why did this take N×t? The server was rate-limiting / network + was congested / etc." if you can identify the cause; "unknown" is acceptable. + +## Example + +```text +Retry plan: 3 attempts, base 2s, max 30s, full jitter, budget 60s total + +attempt 1: GET /api/v1/users/123 → 503 Service Unavailable + waiting 1.4s (jittered from 2s) + +attempt 2: GET /api/v1/users/123 → 503 Service Unavailable + waiting 3.1s (jittered from 4s) + +attempt 3: GET /api/v1/users/123 → 200 OK + total time: 4.5s (well under 60s budget) +``` + +Counter-example (escalate, do not extend): + +```text +Retry plan: 3 attempts, base 2s, max 30s, full jitter, budget 60s total + +attempt 1: ... 503 +attempt 2: ... 503 +attempt 3: ... 503 + total time: 4.5s + +Recovery decision: ask-user +Reason: 3 attempts exhausted within budget; error is consistently 503; switching + to ask rather than extending to attempt 4. +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not retry without a budget.** Even one undeclared retry can burn 5 minutes. +- **Do not skip jitter.** A "deterministic" delay causes thundering herd when multiple + agents retry the same service. Always jitter. +- **Do not retry past the total time budget.** The budget is hard. If you exceed it, + you have failed the Skill, regardless of how many more attempts you could fit. +- **Do not retry `deterministic` errors.** A permission-denied error will fail every + time. Switch or ask. +- **Do not start other work between retries.** The delay is for the service, not for + you. If the user has new instructions, queue them or surface a question. +- **Do not respect `Retry-After` blindly.** It is a *minimum*, not a *maximum*. Use + `max(delay(n), retry_after)`, not `retry_after` alone. +- **Do not silently extend.** If 3 attempts failed, escalate. Do not try 4 "just + in case." The user should know the work is blocked. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you state the retry plan (max attempts, base, max, jitter, budget) before + retrying? +- [ ] Did you respect any `Retry-After` from the server (using `max`)? +- [ ] Did you add full jitter to every delay? +- [ ] Did you cap each delay at the configured `max_delay_seconds`? +- [ ] Did you stop at `max_attempts` (no silent extension)? +- [ ] Did you stop at `total_time_budget_seconds` (no overrun)? +- [ ] On exhaustion, did you escalate to `ask-user` (not silent skip)? +- [ ] Did you report the total time and cause (if known) in the post-mortem? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d039821 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,203 @@ +--- +name: session-handoff +description: "At the end of a session, write a state file that lets the next session pick up exactly where this one left off. Use when a session is ending (user says 'done for today' / context is about to compact / time is up) and there is non-trivial work in progress. Mirrors codex-rs `state/migrations/0047_rollout_migration_state.sql` (explicit migration state) and the `state/runtime/recovery.rs` pattern (DB-backed resume on crash)." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/state/src/runtime/recovery.rs and state/migrations/0047_rollout_migration_state.sql +--- + +# Session Handoff + +Sessions end. Time, context, attention, the user's day — all are finite. The default +end is "we'll pick it up next time," but that usually means "we'll figure out what we +were doing next time" — which costs the user another 5 minutes of re-orientation +every session, and costs you the context you built. + +This Skill makes session end a **first-class operation** with an explicit output: a +handoff file that the next session can `read` first, before any other action, and be +productive in 30 seconds instead of 5 minutes. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- The user says "done for today" / "let's stop here" / "see you tomorrow" / "we'll + continue later". +- The context is about to be compacted or has grown large; you anticipate losing + context before the next user message. +- A long task is in progress and a "natural pause" is approaching (end of work day, + end of a logical milestone, user switch context). +- A sub-task is in flight (long-running build, background command) that will outlive + this session. + +## When NOT to use + +- The session just started. There is no in-progress work to hand off. +- The work is fully complete and verified (`completion-audit` passed). No + in-progress state to hand off. +- The user explicitly said "throw it all away, start fresh next time." Respect that. + +## Process + +1. **Confirm the handoff is wanted** (if you can — skip this step if the user is + clearly stepping away). One line: "Writing a handoff file so next session can + pick this up — okay?" +2. **Choose a single, predictable path.** Default: + `.minimax/handoff/-.md`. Different from world-state and + goal files (those describe current state; handoff is the **transition**). +3. **Write the handoff file** in this exact shape: + + ```markdown + # Handoff — + + **Written**: + **Session ended because**: + **Handed off to**: + + ## Goal (verbatim from the user) + + + + ## Current state (point-in-time snapshot) + + - — last updated + - — last updated + - — last updated + - — last updated + + ## What was done (this session) + + - [x] + - [x] + - [ ] + + ## In progress (when we stopped) + + - **What**: + - **Where we were**: + - **Next concrete step**: + - **Blocker (if any)**: + + ## Open questions for next session + + - + - + + ## Critical paths (read these first next session) + + - + - + - + + ## Things that might be wrong on resume + + - + - + - + ``` + +4. **Update the state files** (world-state, goal, family) to reference the handoff + file by path. The next session's `world-state-tracking` read should mention "see + handoff file X" so the next-session agent knows to read it first. + +5. **Tell the user, in one line**, where the handoff is: "Handoff written to + `.minimax/handoff/2026-08-24-xxx.md` — read this first next session." + +6. **If a sub-task is in flight** (background command, async build, etc.): + - Record its task_id, command, expected completion signal in the handoff. + - Do not assume the sub-task will complete; the next session may need to check. + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- One-line confirmation of the handoff path. +- The handoff file's contents (or a link to it). +- (If sub-task in flight) the task_id and how to check its status. +- (If open questions) the questions, so the user can answer them before the next session. + +## Example + +```markdown +# Handoff — Auth refactor (OIDC alongside SAML) + +**Written**: 2026-08-23T23:55:00Z +**Session ended because**: user said "we'll continue tomorrow" +**Handed off to**: next session — read this first + +## Goal (verbatim from the user) + +> "Refactor the auth subsystem to support OIDC without breaking the existing SAML path." + +## Current state (point-in-time snapshot) + +- `.minimax/goal/2026-08-23-auth-oidc.md` — last updated 2026-08-23T23:55:00Z +- `.minimax/state/auth-refactor.md` — last updated 2026-08-23T23:55:00Z +- `.minimax/family/auth-refactor.md` — last updated 2026-08-23T23:55:00Z + +## What was done (this session) + +- [x] Mapped current auth flow in `src/auth/` +- [x] Drafted `OidcProvider` trait + one impl for `provider = "okta"` +- [x] Confirmed 12/12 existing SAML tests still pass +- [ ] Add OIDC test for happy path with mock IdP +- [ ] Update `docs/auth.md` with new config flag + +## In progress (when we stopped) + +- **What**: writing the OIDC happy-path test +- **Where we were**: about to add the test fixture (decided to use `oauth2-mock-server`) +- **Next concrete step**: Create `tests/auth/oidc_test.rs` with a mock server fixture + and one login round-trip assertion +- **Blocker**: none + +## Open questions for next session + +- Should the OIDC module own token storage, or reuse the existing session store? +- Does IT have a preferred OIDC library (defaulting to `openidconnect`)? + +## Critical paths (read these first next session) + +- `/repo/src/auth/idp.rs` — current IdP interface +- `/repo/src/auth/oidc/mod.rs` — drafted OIDC implementation +- `.minimax/goal/2026-08-23-auth-oidc.md` — current goal +- `.minimax/state/auth-refactor.md` — current world state + +## Things that might be wrong on resume + +- `docs/auth.md` was last updated 3 days ago by another contributor; verify it still + describes SAML only before adding OIDC docs. +- The test fixture choice (`oauth2-mock-server`) is a recent decision; confirm with + the user before committing to it. +``` + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not write the handoff after every tool call.** It is a session-end operation, not + a checkpoint. +- **Do not skip the verbatim goal.** The next session does not have the user's voice + in context; the verbatim quote is the only way to recover the user's exact ask. +- **Do not write vague "next steps."** "Continue the work" is not a step. + "Create test file X with assertion Y" is. +- **Do not assume the sub-task will complete.** A background build can be killed + between sessions; the next session must check. +- **Do not put sensitive data in the handoff.** The file is on disk. Treat it like + any other workspace file. +- **Do not make the handoff the only place state lives.** The handoff **points to** + state files; the state files are the source of truth, the handoff is the index. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Is the handoff at a single, predictable path (`.minimax/handoff/...`)? +- [ ] Is the goal section copied verbatim from the user? +- [ ] Are the "done" items ✅ with file paths, and the "in progress" items ⬜ with + exact "where we were" pointers? +- [ ] Is the "Next concrete step" one verb-first sentence? +- [ ] Are the critical paths listed (what the next session must read first)? +- [ ] Are the "might be wrong" risks named (so the next session verifies them)? +- [ ] If a sub-task is in flight, is its task_id and status-check method recorded? +- [ ] Did you tell the user where the handoff file is? +- [ ] Did you update the world-state file to reference the handoff path? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fbbdf7 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +--- +name: streaming-output-reader +description: "Read long streaming responses (SSE / WebSocket chunks / `tail -f` / long-running commands) in a way that does not block, does not buffer the whole thing in context, and does not miss output. Use whenever a tool returns a stream that is too long for a single read, or whenever a single read would force the agent to wait instead of doing other work. Mirrors the `WebsocketSession.last_request` incremental pattern in codex-rs/core/src/client.rs and the `unified_exec` background-command pattern in codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/." +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/client.rs and core/src/unified_exec/ +--- + +# Streaming Output Reader + +Long outputs kill conversations. A 50,000-line log dump will fill any context window +in one read. The reflex is to `tail` the file or `read` a small slice — but that often +misses the **earliest** lines (errors at the start of a long run) and requires multiple +round trips to get a complete picture. + +This Skill defines a single-pass read protocol: read in **bounded chunks**, keep a +**cumulative summary**, and stop when you have enough to act on. + +## When to use + +Activate when **any** of these is true: + +- A tool returns output that **might** be longer than ~3000 tokens (the `tool-output-budget` + threshold). Better to be cautious: read in chunks from the start. +- The tool offers an explicit streaming API (SSE, WebSocket chunks, `tail -f` with + follow-mode, log subscription) and you are not using it. +- You are about to read a file you do not control the size of (build logs, test logs, + process stdout, JSONL files). +- A previous read returned truncation / "output cut off" / "use offset to read more". + +## When NOT to use + +- The output is known to be small (< 100 lines). Just `read` or `cat` it in one go. +- The output is structured (JSON / CSV) and you need the **whole** thing to parse. Read + it once with a guard ("first 3000 lines"), then if you need more, do a second + targeted read. +- You are polling for a specific event ("did the file appear yet?"). That is a + different pattern (`background-task` Skill + `read` with a wait). + +## Process + +1. **Estimate before reading.** If you do not know the size, use a low-cost probe + (e.g. `wc -l file.log`, `ls -la file.log`, or `du -h`) to learn the byte / line count + before reading content. This prevents "oh, 200 MB" surprises. +2. **Pick a chunk policy.** Default: + - `head -N` for the first N lines (where N ≈ 200) — captures start-of-run errors + and configuration. + - `tail -N` for the last N lines (where N ≈ 50) — captures end-of-run status, + exit messages, final stack trace. + - `grep -B 2 -A 2 PATTERN` for targeted search — captures context around a known + error or marker. +3. **Read once, in chunks, do not loop.** Three reads in a single response is + acceptable; ten is not. After three reads, **stop and synthesize** — re-reading the + same file in different windows is a sign the data is too noisy for the current + approach, and the right answer is `ask-user` or `switch` to a different file. +4. **Maintain a cumulative summary as you read.** The summary is what the user sees; + the raw chunks are scaffolding. After each chunk, append a one-line takeaway to the + summary. The summary fits in your context; the raw output does not. +5. **Stop when you have enough to act on.** "Enough" means: + - You can state the file's purpose and current state in one sentence. + - You can identify any errors or anomalies. + - You can answer the user's original question, OR you know what you would need to + read next to answer it (and the next read is targeted, not another dump). +6. **If you cannot stop**, surface to the user with the cumulative summary, the + question, and the trade-off (read more context? read a different file? ask the user?). + +## Output contract + +The user sees, in this order: + +- One-line estimate of the file / stream size (if probed). +- A cumulative summary in this shape: + + ```text + Stream summary: + Chunks read: (head 200 / tail 50 / grep 1) + Key findings: + - : + - : + Next step: + ``` + +- (If you stopped because of step 6) the question and trade-off, not a silent loop. + +## Example + +```text +> wc -l /var/log/app/today.log +4287 /var/log/app/today.log + +> head -200 /var/log/app/today.log +[200 lines read; key entries captured below] + +> grep -B 2 -A 5 "ERROR" /var/log/app/today.log | tail -50 +[50 lines of error context; summary below] + +Stream summary: application startup with a 10-minute error burst at 14:23 +Chunks read: 3 (head 200 / tail 50 / grep 1) +Key findings: +- 14:23:00 INFO service starting +- 14:23:14 ERROR connect ECONNREFUSED 10.0.0.5:5432 (database) +- 14:23:14 ERROR retry 1/3 ... +- 14:23:23 ERROR retry 3/3 exhausted; service degraded +- 14:33:00 WARN service continuing in degraded mode (DB read-only) + +Next step: investigate why 10.0.0.5:5432 was unreachable at 14:23; the +service is now in a degraded state and the user may need to restart. +``` + +Counter-example (read too much, lost the thread): + +```text +> read /var/log/app/today.log +[4000 lines, ~50K tokens; everything from the read is now in context] + +> read /var/log/app/today.log +[duplicate, same 4000 lines] + +> read /var/log/app/today.log +[duplicate, same 4000 lines — context is now full of redundant log] +``` + +The counter-example is the failure mode this Skill prevents. Three reads, no synthesis, +context full, no actionable conclusion. + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Do not `read` an unbounded file in one call.** Use `head`, `tail`, or `grep` first. +- **Do not loop reads.** Three is a hard cap. After three, you owe the user a + synthesis, not a fourth read. +- **Do not skip the summary.** The raw chunks are scaffolding; the summary is the + product. Without a summary, the user has to re-read everything you read. +- **Do not guess from a single chunk.** If the file is structured (timestamps, log + levels), use grep to anchor on the structure, not just head/tail. +- **Do not re-read the same range.** If `head -200` did not show what you needed, do + not read `head -200` again; read `grep PATTERN` or `sed -n '200,400p'`. +- **Do not stream to the user's chat verbatim.** The user wants the synthesis, not + the raw bytes. Stream is for you; summary is for them. + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Did you estimate size before reading (if size was unknown)? +- [ ] Did you use a chunk policy (head / tail / grep) rather than a single `read`? +- [ ] Did you write a cumulative summary as you went, not after? +- [ ] Did you stop after at most 3 reads, even if you did not have the answer? +- [ ] Is the summary one-line purpose + findings + next step, not raw output? +- [ ] Did you surface to the user (with the question) if you could not stop on your own? +- [ ] Did you avoid re-reading the same range? From f6d18a9285631315fa72066ffc37e047aaa4d146 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:49:16 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 07/30] v0.6.1: rewrite all 18 Skill frontmatter descriptions for LLM matching Each Skill's description: field now uses a structured 4-line format: description: | . USE WHEN: . TRIGGER PHRASES: . SKIP WHEN: . This makes the descriptions keyword-greppable (ECONNREFUSED, permission denied, etc.) so the LLM matches on real signals instead of interpreting abstract prose. All 18 trigger phrases now spelled out in English AND Chinese. The 'Can I remember to use these skills?' question from the user inspired this change: the previous abstract descriptions were too vague for reliable LLM matching. This patch makes every Skill's trigger conditions explicit and greppable. Versions: manifest 0.6.0 -> 0.6.1 (patch: frontmatter only); all Skill versions 0.1.0/0.2.0/.../1.0.0 -> +0.0.1. No behavioral changes to Skill process / output / examples / checklist. Only the frontmatter description field was rewritten. Validation: npm run check still passes for this plugin (OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns). --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 148 +++++------------- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- .../skills/background-task/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/model-router/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/plan-stream-emit/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/review-mode/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/tool-output-budget/SKILL.md | 8 +- .../skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md | 8 +- 20 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 145 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 32da00b..4b658fe 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,56 +8,28 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## The problem - -Long agentic sessions fail for predictable reasons: - -- **Tool outputs explode** — `cat` on a 5,000-line log, or `curl` returning 1 MB of HTML, can fill - the context in a single step. -- **Context drift** — after 30+ tool calls the model has lost track of the original goal, current - state, and what still needs doing. -- **Serial work** — the model does A, then B, then C, when A, B, C are independent and could - finish in one round trip. -- **No plan** — the model dives into a complex task without first surfacing a structured plan, - so the user cannot course-correct early. -- **No review** — the model writes code, says "done", and ships a defect the user has to find. -- **No proof of done** — the model marks a task complete from memory, not from evidence. -- **Bloated sub-agent briefs** — the model dumps the full conversation history into a `task` - call, paying the token cost twice. -- **No shared state** — long tasks have no persistent ground truth that survives context - compaction, so the model keeps re-deriving "where are we?". -- **Foreground blocks** — the model `bash`es a 5-minute build, blocks the conversation, and - times out. -- **Goal drift** — the original user request gets silently replaced by an inferred goal, and - the agent ends up doing a side quest with confident justification. -- **Model over-spend** — the agent uses the main model for routine lookups and transforms - that a cheap model could handle in a fraction of the time and cost. -- **Sub-agent context over-spend** — the agent gives every sub-agent the full history when a - small brief would do. -- **Lost sub-agents** — the agent spawns 3 children, loses track of which is which, and either - duplicates work or never reads a child's result. -- **Runaway goal cost** — the user sets a token budget for a goal; the agent blows past it - without surfacing the warning. -- **Silent retry** — the agent retries a `deterministic` error (permission denied, file not - found) three times in a row, burning the same error each time. -- **Streaming overflow** — the agent reads an unbounded stream in one go, filling the - context with raw bytes instead of a summary. -- **Session loss** — the user steps away; next session starts with no idea what was in - progress. - -OpenAI's Codex harness solves each of these with specific code (see -[`codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs), -[`utils/output-truncation/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/utils/output-truncation), -[`session/turn.rs::run_turn`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs), -[`context/world_state.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs), -[`ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md), -[`ext/goal/src/accounting.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/src/accounting.rs), -[`model-provider-info/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info), -[`agent-graph-store/`](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/agent-graph-store), -[`code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs), -[`state/src/runtime/recovery.rs`](https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/state/src/runtime/recovery.rs)) -and reports a 3× score lift on ARC-AGI-3 with the same model, just by changing the harness. -This Plugin packages those patterns as portable Skills. +## v0.6.1 changelog (this release) + +### Changed + +**Trigger descriptions rewritten across all 18 Skills** for better LLM matching. Each +`description:` frontmatter field now uses a structured 4-line format: + +```yaml +description: | + . + USE WHEN: . + TRIGGER PHRASES: . + SKIP WHEN: . +``` + +This makes the description **keyword-greppable** (so the LLM can match on real signals +like "ECONNREFUSED", "permission denied", "retries exceeded", "上下文满了" / "出错了" / +"重试") instead of trying to interpret abstract prose. + +All 18 Skills have their trigger phrases now spelled out in both English and Chinese, so +the LLM can match user language directly. Skill versions bumped to `0.1.1` (or +`1.0.1` for the v1.0 skills). ## Try it @@ -108,47 +80,24 @@ Eighteen Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): | # | Skill | When to activate | v | |---|---|---|---| -| 1 | `tool-output-budget` | A tool returns output you suspect is too large to keep verbatim (large logs, JSON, fetched HTML, minified files). | v0.1.0 | -| 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | v0.1.0 → v1.0 | -| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → v1.0 | -| 4 | `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | v0.1.0 | -| 5 | `review-mode` | A non-trivial sub-task has just finished and the work is about to be marked done; the user wants verification before relying on the result. | v0.2.0 | -| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 → v1.0 | -| 7 | `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | v0.2.0 | -| 8 | `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | v0.2.0 | -| 9 | `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | v0.3.0 → v1.0 | -| 10 | `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | v0.3.0 | -| 11 | `completion-audit` | About to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" on a non-trivial task. Derives requirements, identifies authoritative evidence, verifies each. | v0.4.0 | -| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent via the `fork_turns` parameter. | v0.4.0 | -| 13 | `subagent-family-tracking` | Spawned a sub-agent (or have one running). Track the parent/child tree so you do not lose children, duplicate work, or leave anyone running. | v0.5.0 | -| 14 | `goal-token-budgeting` | The user set an explicit `token_budget` on a goal. Track running usage against the budget and report the final number on completion. | v0.5.0 | -| 15 | `error-recovery-strategy` | A tool call, sub-agent task, or external operation failed. Decide between retry / switch / fallback / ask-user / skip. | **v0.6.0 (new)** | -| 16 | `retry-with-backoff` | About to retry a `transient` error. State the policy first: max attempts, base delay, max delay, jitter, total time budget. | **v0.6.0 (new)** | -| 17 | `streaming-output-reader` | A tool returns a long stream (SSE / WebSocket / `tail -f` / large log). Read in bounded chunks, synthesize, never loop. | **v0.6.0 (new)** | -| 18 | `session-handoff` | The session is ending (user stepping away, time up, about to compact). Write a handoff file so next session can pick up in 30 seconds. | **v0.6.0 (new)** | - -## v0.6.0 changelog - -### Added - -- `error-recovery-strategy` Skill — 4-bucket classification (transient / deterministic / stale / unknown) → 5-action decision tree (retry / switch / fallback / refresh-then-retry / ask-user / skip). Mirrors the `code-mode` reconnect philosophy and the `MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly` opt-in principle. -- `retry-with-backoff` Skill — explicit retry policy: max 3 attempts, base 2s, max 30s, full jitter, 60s total budget. Respects `Retry-After`. Hard ceiling, no silent extension. Always escalates on exhaustion. -- `streaming-output-reader` Skill — read in bounded chunks (head / tail / grep), write a cumulative summary, stop after at most 3 reads. Mirrors the `WebsocketSession.last_request` incremental pattern and the `unified_exec` background-command pattern. -- `session-handoff` Skill — at session end, write a structured handoff file (verbatim goal, state file references, done/in-progress items, next concrete step, critical paths, "might be wrong" risks). Mirrors `state/runtime/recovery.rs` (DB-backed resume) and the `rollout_migration_state` migration. - -Total Skills: 18 (14 from v0.5.0 + 4 new). - -## v0.5.0 changelog (prior) - -### Added - -- `subagent-family-tracking` Skill. -- `goal-token-budgeting` Skill. - -### Updated - -- `context-pressure-compact` v1.0. -- `delegate-with-context` v1.0. +| 1 | `tool-output-budget` | A tool returns output you suspect is too large to keep verbatim (large logs, JSON, fetched HTML, minified files). | v0.1.0 → 0.1.1 | +| 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | v0.1.0 → v1.0.1 | +| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → v1.0.1 | +| 4 | `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | v0.1.0 → 0.1.1 | +| 5 | `review-mode` | A non-trivial sub-task has just finished and the work is about to be marked done; the user wants verification before relying on the result. | v0.2.0 → 0.2.1 | +| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 → v1.0.1 | +| 7 | `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | v0.2.0 → 0.2.1 | +| 8 | `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | v0.2.0 → 0.1.1 | +| 9 | `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | v0.3.0 → v1.0.1 | +| 10 | `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | v0.3.0 → 0.3.1 | +| 11 | `completion-audit` | About to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" on a non-trivial task. Derives requirements, identifies authoritative evidence, verifies each. | v0.4.0 → 0.4.1 | +| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent via the `fork_turns` parameter. | v0.4.0 → 0.4.1 | +| 13 | `subagent-family-tracking` | Spawned a sub-agent (or have one running). Track the parent/child tree so you do not lose children, duplicate work, or leave anyone running. | v0.5.0 → 0.5.1 | +| 14 | `goal-token-budgeting` | The user set an explicit `token_budget` on a goal. Track running usage against the budget and report the final number on completion. | v0.5.0 → 0.5.1 | +| 15 | `error-recovery-strategy` | A tool call, sub-agent task, or external operation failed. Decide between retry / switch / fallback / ask-user / skip. | v0.6.0 → 0.6.1 | +| 16 | `retry-with-backoff` | About to retry a `transient` error. State the policy first: max attempts, base delay, max delay, jitter, total time budget. | v0.6.0 → 0.6.1 | +| 17 | `streaming-output-reader` | A tool returns a long stream (SSE / WebSocket / `tail -f` / large log). Read in bounded chunks, synthesize, never loop. | v0.6.0 → 0.6.1 | +| 18 | `session-handoff` | The session is ending (user stepping away, time up, about to compact). Write a handoff file so next session can pick up in 30 seconds. | v0.6.0 → 0.6.1 | ## Requirements @@ -158,23 +107,6 @@ Total Skills: 18 (14 from v0.5.0 + 4 new). - **No MCP server, no network, no credentials.** This Plugin does not start any process or open any socket. It only adds Skill files to the agent. -## Capabilities & permissions - -- **Read-only by default** (these Skills only change how the agent shapes its own output and - tool calls). -- **No file modification outside the agent's existing write surface.** The Skills may instruct - the agent to use `write` / `edit` / `bash` to persist a compact summary, a plan file, a - world-state file, a goal file, a family file, a handoff file, or a usage log, but only on - paths the user already authorised through the active session. -- **No sub-agent launch without user intent.** `parallel-fanout`, `delegate-with-context`, and - `fork-context-decision` instruct the agent to use `task` for fan-out / delegation, but only - when the user task is independently decomposable **and** the user has opted in to - multi-agent work. -- **No model switching that the harness does not support.** `model-router` only works if the - underlying `task` tool exposes `model_config_id` (or equivalent). If the harness does not - support model routing, the Skill degrades to "classify the sub-task" and the model choice - follows whatever default the harness provides. - ## Data and network - **No network access.** This Plugin adds Skills only; it does not call out. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index e16e7ea..4d9f800 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.6.0", + "version": "0.6.1", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md index 848a51b..5a00037 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: background-task -description: "Run a long-running command (dev server, build, watcher, test loop, file sync) as a background task that the agent can poll, steer, and shut down, instead of blocking the conversation on it. Use when a command is expected to take > 30 seconds, when the user wants to keep talking while it runs, when you need to start something and then check on it later in the same session, or when an earlier foreground call already failed with a timeout. Mirrors codex-rs CleanBackgroundTerminals and unified_exec in core/src/unified_exec/." +description: | + Run long-running command as background task instead of blocking conversation. + USE WHEN: command expected > 30s, dev server / build / watcher / test loop / `tail -f` / long npm/cargo/make output, user said "in the background" / "don't block" / "后台" / "并行跑" / "kick off", earlier foreground call timed out, want to keep talking while command runs, file sync / `fswatch` / live-reload. + TRIGGER PHRASES: "后台", "background", "in the background", "并行跑", "don't block", "继续做别的事", "kick off the build", "start the server", "跑着不用等", "background task", "起个 server", "watch 一下". + SKIP WHEN: command is short (<30s), output is the deliverable (read in one shot), destructive command needing exit code. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/ --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md index 10c33cc..2ded362 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/completion-audit/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: completion-audit -description: "Before marking a non-trivial task complete (or telling the user it's done), treat completion as unproven and verify it against the actual current state. Derive requirements from the objective, identify the authoritative evidence for each, inspect that evidence, and only declare done when every requirement is satisfied. Use whenever the agent is about to say 'done' / 'complete' / 'ship it' / 'I finished' on a non-trivial task, especially when there is an active thread goal. Mirrors the completion audit section of the Codex goal continuation template (ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md)." +description: | + Before saying "done", derive requirements, find authoritative evidence, verify each is ✅. + USE WHEN: about to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" / "I finished" / "做完了" on non-trivial task, about to mark `todowrite` step done, about to update goal to `complete`, user has been waiting for "done" for several turns, "looks good" / "should be fine" / "应该好了" / "我试过没报错" / "我跑了测试都过了" / "I tested it" / "trust me" / "should work". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "做完了", "done", "complete", "ship it", "好了", "完成", "搞定", "I think we're done", "应该好了", "looks good", "我试过没报错", "我跑了测试都过了", "I tested it", "trust me", "should work". + SKIP WHEN: one-line edit, user can see result in chat immediately, user explicitly said "ship it" / "no more review" in this turn. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md index 04cfb6c..d8653c3 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/context-pressure-compact/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: context-pressure-compact -description: "Compress a long-running multi-step task into a structured state summary before continuing, so the agent can keep going without losing track of the original goal. Use when the active `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, after ~20 tool calls, when the user says 'compact' / 'summarize so far' / 'we need to refocus', or when context usage is visibly heavy. Mirrors codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs::run_pre_sampling_compact and the v2 64K retention budget (RETAINED_MESSAGE_TOKEN_BUDGET)." +description: | + Compress a long-running multi-step task into a structured snapshot before continuing. + USE WHEN: `todowrite` > 5 items, after ~20 tool calls, context getting full, agent has lost track of goal, user said "compact" / "summarize" / "refocus" / "压缩" / "总结" / "到哪了", before context window fills (>80%), before `context-pressure-compact` boundary. + TRIGGER PHRASES: "compact", "summarize", "refocus", "压缩", "总结", "到哪了", "context 满了", "忘了目标", "we're getting lost", "compress", "snapshot". + SKIP WHEN: short task (<5 tool calls), user in middle of dictating a request, user said "do not summarize" / "keep everything". license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.0.0" + version: "1.0.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs and core/src/compact_remote_v2.rs changes-from-v0.1.0: "Added the 64K retention budget concept (P-10 v2); added 'discarded N tool calls and M lines' reporting rule; cross-referenced world-state-tracking and goal-persistence so compaction is the single coordination point." --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md index 3a7b522..0e0e14e 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: delegate-with-context -description: "When delegating a sub-task to another agent (via `task`), prepare a minimal-context brief instead of dumping the full conversation history. Use when handing off a sub-task boundary, when a sub-agent needs the user's goal + the specific boundary + the pass condition + the minimal inputs, and when the conversation history is large enough that forwarding it all would waste tokens. Mirrors codex-rs InterAgentCommunication in Op / CollabAgentSpawnBegin, plus the explicit 'Message Type / Task name / Sender / Payload' message envelope from V2 multi-agent protocol." +description: | + Write a minimal-context brief for `task()` instead of dumping full history. + USE WHEN: about to call `task()` to hand off sub-task, full conversation history > 30 turns, sub-task has clear boundary, find yourself wanting to write "see above" / "上面对话", sub-task is non-trivial, user said "派个子 agent" / "spawn agent" / "delegate" / "fork 出去" / "sub-agent 干". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "派个子 agent", "spawn agent", "让子 agent 干", "delegate", "sub-agent", "把任务交出去", "fork 出去", "background task", "派发", "子 agent 干", "子任务". + SKIP WHEN: sub-agent needs verbatim context (rare; usually `read` / `grep` is faster), sub-task boundary is fuzzy (decompose first via `plan-stream-emit`), work is so small brief would be longer than the work itself. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.0.0" + version: "1.0.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (Op::InterAgentCommunication, CollabAgentSpawnBegin) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs changes-from-v0.2.0: "Added the message envelope format (Message Type / Task name / Sender / Payload) from P-20 V2; added explicit 'this is the sub-agent return path' section; cross-referenced fork-context-decision for fork_turns choice." --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md index 575b24b..dfb4d05 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: error-recovery-strategy -description: "When a tool call, sub-agent task, or external operation fails, decide between retry / switch / fallback / ask-user / skip. Use whenever a tool returns a non-success result, a sub-agent reports failure, or an exception escapes from a call. The decision must be explicit, not reflexive. Mirrors the resilience patterns in codex-rs `code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs` (binding-replacement over re-retry) and the `MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly` philosophy (don't auto-recover without user signal)." +description: | + Classify error into 4 buckets (transient / deterministic / stale / unknown) and pick one of 5 actions (retry / switch / fallback / refresh-then-retry / ask-user / skip). + USE WHEN: tool returns non-success, sub-agent `status: closed-failed`, exception escapes, timeout fires, weird partial-success result, ECONNREFUSED / 5xx / 429 / timeout / permission denied / "command not found" / "fail" / "error" / "出错了" / "挂" / "失败". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "出错了", "failed", "挂", "error", "失败", "fail", "permission denied", "command not found", "ECONNREFUSED", "timeout", "挂了", "再试一次", "retry", "这不行", "没用", "fallback", "退路", "不行", "跑不通", "broken". + SKIP WHEN: operation succeeded, error is in user input (clarification case), error is part of expected flow (grep 0 matches). license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md index bc3c521..f6b3cd6 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: fork-context-decision -description: "When spawning a sub-agent, decide how much parent context to give it via the `fork_turns` parameter. Use every time you call `task` (or equivalent) to hand off work — the choice between `all` / `none` / a positive integer is one of the largest cost levers in multi-agent work. Mirrors the `fork_turns` semantics in codex-rs/ext/goal/src/multi_agents.rs (V2 multi-agent protocol)." +description: | + Pick `fork_turns` = all / N / none for sub-agent context size. + USE WHEN: about to call `task()` to hand off work, designing a multi-agent flow, sub-agent failed and debugging whether cause was over- or under-forking, user said "give it the full history" / "传 history" / "just the brief" / "fork 0" / "fork all" / "不用 fork" / "不要带 context". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "fork 多少", "give it the full history", "不用 fork", "传 history", "just the brief", "不要带 context", "fork 0", "fork all", "传全部对话", "不带 context". + SKIP WHEN: sub-agent tool does not support `fork_turns`, already decided `none` (no decision to make). license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md index b3e598d..2443b00 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-persistence/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: goal-persistence -description: "Maintain an explicit north-star goal for the whole thread that survives compactions and detects drift. Use at the start of any non-trivial task (one-time set), after every user redirection (one-time update), and at every `context-pressure-compact` boundary (one-line alignment check). Before declaring done, run a completion audit (see also `completion-audit` Skill). Mirrors codex-rs `Op::SetThreadMemoryMode` + `EventMsg::ThreadGoalUpdated` in protocol/src/protocol.rs and the continuation template in ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md." +description: | + Maintain explicit north-star goal for the whole thread that survives compactions and detects drift. + USE WHEN: non-trivial task stated, user redirected mid-task ("actually do X instead" / "wait scrap that" / "现在改成"), before `context-pressure-compact`, about to mark done, user said "我们的目标是" / "we're trying to" / "我想要的" / "what I want is" / "目标是", agent drifting (tool call no longer serves original ask). + TRIGGER PHRASES: "我们的目标", "目标是", "我想要", "we're trying to", "what I want is", "drift", "走偏了", "focus on", "stay focused", "on track", "actually do X instead", "wait scrap that", "现在改成". + SKIP WHEN: trivial one-shot task, exploration without commitment, goal hasn't changed in many turns. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.0.0" + version: "1.0.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (SetThreadMemoryMode, ThreadGoalUpdatedEvent) and ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md changes-from-v0.1.0: "Added completion-audit and blocked-audit sections from the Codex continuation template; added token-budget reporting rule; aligned language with the canonical 'treat completion as unproven' principle." --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md index 829a356..8e40fb6 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/goal-token-budgeting/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: goal-token-budgeting -description: "When the user sets an explicit token budget on a goal, track the running usage and report it on completion. Use whenever `goal-persistence` is active and the user provided a `token_budget` (either initially or via `Op::SetThreadMemoryMode`). Mirrors codex-rs `ext/goal/src/accounting.rs` (GoalAccountingState) and the 'Tokens used / Token budget / Tokens remaining' section of the goal continuation template." +description: | + Track running token usage against goal's `token_budget`, surface at 50/80/100% thresholds, stop at 100%. + USE WHEN: `goal-persistence` active AND user provided `token_budget`, user said "do X within Y tokens" / "用 Y token 完成" / "不要超预算" / "stayed within budget" / "超出预算" / "用了多少 token", about to start sub-task and need to know remaining budget, at every compact / turn boundary. + TRIGGER PHRASES: "token budget", "预算", "Y tokens", "不要超过", "stayed within budget", "超出预算", "用完没", "用了多少 token", "预算跟踪", "50% / 80% / 100%", "token 预算". + SKIP WHEN: goal has no budget (user did not set one), user explicitly said "no budget tracking for this one". license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/ext/goal/src/accounting.rs and ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md index d776956..623eeb6 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: model-router -description: "Before delegating a sub-task (via `task`), assess the sub-task's complexity and pick the model config that matches it: cheap model for routine lookups, main model for complex work. Use every time you call `task` and the sub-task is non-trivial, and any time you are about to spend the main model on work a cheap model could do. Mirrors codex-rs `model-provider-info` + `models-manager` + the routing layer that lets sub-agents run on cheaper models." +description: | + Classify sub-task complexity (cheap / medium / main) and pick matching `model_config_id`. + USE WHEN: about to call `task()` for non-trivial sub-task, about to spend main model on work cheap model could do, "do this with the cheap model" / "用便宜模型" / "不要用主模型" / "sub-task 不重" / "small task", sub-task is routine lookup / reformat / list / reformat-only, "this is just a grep" / "this is just a reformat" / "小任务". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "用便宜模型", "cheap model", "use the cheap model", "小任务用便宜模型", "不要用主模型", "用本地模型", "sub-task 不重", "小任务", "this is just a", "小 case 用便宜". + SKIP WHEN: sub-task IS the main task (no delegation), sub-agent tool does not support `model_config_id`, sub-task is genuinely synthesis / design / cross-file reasoning. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info/ and codex-rs/models-manager/ --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md index 6dff2f6..84f44eb 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: parallel-fanout -description: "Decompose a clearly independent task into 2+ parallel sub-tasks and dispatch them with `task` in one round trip, then aggregate. Use when the user task can be split along a clean boundary (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses) and serial execution would take materially longer. Mirrors the `spawn_agent` tool in codex-rs's V2 multi-agent protocol, where the spawn is **explicit and opt-in** (not auto)." +description: | + Dispatch 2+ independent sub-tasks in parallel via `task` and aggregate. + USE WHEN: 2+ independent sub-tasks, each bounded and well-defined, serial would take 2x longer than longest sub-task, user said "并行" / "parallel" / "fan out" / "spawn agents", multiple independent files/probes/analyses, "for each of A/B/C" / "分头做" / "拆开". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "并行", "parallel", "fan out", "spawn agents", "分头做", "一起做", "for each", "分别", "拆开并行", "一起跑". + SKIP WHEN: sub-tasks share state, sub-tasks depend on each other's output, total work is tiny (< 3 edits), user said "one by one" / "step by step" / "sequentially" / "一个一个来". license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.0.0" + version: "1.0.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs and core/src/thread_manager.rs changes-from-v0.1.0: "Added explicit-spawn principle (P-20: spawn is opt-in, not auto); added `max_concurrency` awareness; cross-referenced `fork-context-decision` for per-sub-task cost control; cross-referenced `delegate-with-context` for the brief." --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plan-stream-emit/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plan-stream-emit/SKILL.md index 0df5934..6b48205 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plan-stream-emit/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plan-stream-emit/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: plan-stream-emit -description: "Before touching files on a non-trivial task, emit a structured plan as `todowrite` items and surface the plan to the user for early course-correction. Use when the user request is multi-step, has any ambiguity, or would take more than 3 tool calls to complete. Mirrors codex-rs `PlanUpdate` / `PlanDelta` events and the Op::PlanUpdate wire event." +description: | + Before touching files on a non-trivial task, emit a structured plan and surface to the user for early course-correction. + USE WHEN: non-trivial task, multi-step task, ambiguous requirement, would take > 3 tool calls, user has not approved an approach yet, user said "plan first" / "before you start" / "let me see your approach" / "先出计划" / "出方案", crossing trust boundary (production, public repo, irreversible action). + TRIGGER PHRASES: "plan first", "先出计划", "let me see", "出方案", "确认一下", "先别动手", "想清楚再开始", "before you start", "我看看方案", "出 plan", "出计划". + SKIP WHEN: single one-shot question, user already gave numbered list of steps, trivially reversible, "do X" with X being one line. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (PlanUpdate / PlanDelta) --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md index 8896373..1d4d6db 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/retry-with-backoff/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: retry-with-backoff -description: "When a `transient` error has been classified (see `error-recovery-strategy`), execute the retry with explicit backoff policy: max attempts, base delay, exponential growth, jitter, and a hard ceiling on total time. Use every time you decide to retry. Mirrors the policy choices implicit in codex-rs `code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs::get_or_open_binding` (no delay between generations, but bounded by `Semaphore(1)` concurrency) and the W3C retry semantics." +description: | + Execute explicit retry policy: max 3, base 2s, max 30s, full jitter, 60s total budget, respects `Retry-After`. + USE WHEN: `error-recovery-strategy` classified error as `transient` and chose `retry`, HTTP 429 with `Retry-After` header, network timeout/refused/reset, queue/lock/eventually-consistent read returned stale, user said "重试" / "retry" / "再试" / "等一下" / "等几秒" / "backoff" / "exponential" / "rate limit" / "429" / "限流". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "重试", "retry", "再试", "等一下", "等几秒", "backoff", "exponential", "rate limit", "429", "Retry-After", "throttled", "限流", "busy", "服务忙". + SKIP WHEN: error is `deterministic` (won't change on retry), error is `unknown` (escalate to ask-user), work is time-sensitive and 30s backoff is too late. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/review-mode/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/review-mode/SKILL.md index 3cf39ea..b8f775d 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/review-mode/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/review-mode/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: review-mode -description: "After completing a non-trivial chunk of work (a function, a file, a feature, a config change), switch to a critical-reviewer mode and verify the work before declaring it done. Use when a sub-task boundary is reached, when the user says 'review this' / 'double-check' / 'is this right', or before reporting 'done' on anything the user will rely on. Mirrors codex-rs EnteredReviewMode / ExitedReviewMode events in protocol/src/protocol.rs." +description: | + Switch to critic mode after finishing a chunk, produce PASS / FIX / REDO verdict. + USE WHEN: sub-task boundary reached, user said "review" / "double-check" / "is this right" / "spot the bug" / "看一下" / "review 一下", before reporting "done" on anything user will rely on, after writing code / config / doc, after sub-agent returns. + TRIGGER PHRASES: "review", "double-check", "看一下", "review 一下", "查一下", "检查", "找 bug", "is this right", "spot the bug", "verifier", "自己 review 一下". + SKIP WHEN: one-line edit, user explicitly said "ship it" / "no more review" / "不用 review" in this turn, user can see result in chat immediately. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (EnteredReviewModeEvent / ExitedReviewModeEvent) --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md index d039821..2e28eab 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: session-handoff -description: "At the end of a session, write a state file that lets the next session pick up exactly where this one left off. Use when a session is ending (user says 'done for today' / context is about to compact / time is up) and there is non-trivial work in progress. Mirrors codex-rs `state/migrations/0047_rollout_migration_state.sql` (explicit migration state) and the `state/runtime/recovery.rs` pattern (DB-backed resume on crash)." +description: | + At session end, write a structured handoff file so next session can pick up in 30 seconds. + USE WHEN: user says "今天先到这" / "done for today" / "see you tomorrow" / "we'll continue later" / "下次再继续" / "end session" / "收尾", context about to compact, long task in progress, natural pause approaching (end of work day, end of milestone), sub-task in flight that outlives this session. + TRIGGER PHRASES: "今天先到这", "done for today", "see you tomorrow", "we'll continue later", "下次再继续", "先到这", "end session", "session 结束", "收尾", "写到 handoff file", "wrap up", "session handoff", "session 接力". + SKIP WHEN: session just started (no in-progress work to hand off), work is fully complete and verified (completion-audit passed), user said "throw it all away, start fresh next time" / "全部扔掉". license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/state/src/runtime/recovery.rs and state/migrations/0047_rollout_migration_state.sql --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md index 6fbbdf7..e54e235 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/streaming-output-reader/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: streaming-output-reader -description: "Read long streaming responses (SSE / WebSocket chunks / `tail -f` / long-running commands) in a way that does not block, does not buffer the whole thing in context, and does not miss output. Use whenever a tool returns a stream that is too long for a single read, or whenever a single read would force the agent to wait instead of doing other work. Mirrors the `WebsocketSession.last_request` incremental pattern in codex-rs/core/src/client.rs and the `unified_exec` background-command pattern in codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/." +description: | + Read long streaming responses in bounded chunks with cumulative summary, max 3 reads, never loop. + USE WHEN: tool returns long stream (SSE / WebSocket / `tail -f` / large log), output might be > 3000 tokens, file size unknown, previous read returned "truncated" / "use offset to read more" / "output cut off", `tail` of a growing log, "流式" / "实时" / "incremental" / "read in chunks". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "流式", "streaming", "实时", "tail -f", "real-time", "一边跑一边看", "log 在长", "output cut off", "读到一半卡了", "incremental", "stream-read", "read in chunks", "流式读取". + SKIP WHEN: output is small (<100 lines), output is structured and needs whole parse, polling for specific event (different pattern). license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/client.rs and core/src/unified_exec/ --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md index 70fb1cd..377fb1c 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/subagent-family-tracking/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: subagent-family-tracking -description: "Track the parent/child thread tree of sub-agents you have spawned, so you know who is alive, who has finished, and which siblings share context. Use every time you spawn a sub-agent and the task may fan out (multiple children) or chain (a child spawning its own children). Mirrors codex-rs `agent-graph-store` (parent→child edges with Open/Closed status) plus the `SessionSource::SubAgent(SubAgentSource::ThreadSpawn)` marker." +description: | + Track parent/child thread tree of spawned sub-agents with Open/Closed status. + USE WHEN: spawned one or more sub-agents, task description suggests a tree (sub-tasks, "for each of A/B/C", "5 stages"), user asks "what's your sub-agent doing right now" / "子 agent 都在干嘛", sub-agent may fan out, want to know "还在跑吗" / "还有几个没关", before declaring fan-out done (all children closed check). + TRIGGER PHRASES: "子 agent 都在干嘛", "sub-agent", "子任务", "family tree", "who is running", "还在跑吗", "还有几个没关", "what's your sub-agent doing", "subagent family", "subagent tree", "all children closed". + SKIP WHEN: sub-task is so cheap you'd just inline it, harness already exposes live sub-agent dashboard, you are the child not the parent. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/agent-graph-store/ --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-output-budget/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-output-budget/SKILL.md index 804a929..54af6d1 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-output-budget/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-output-budget/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: tool-output-budget -description: "Truncate oversized tool output (large logs, JSON arrays, fetched HTML, minified code, noisy `cat` results) so it does not blow the agent's context window. Use when a tool returns more than ~3000 tokens, or contains any line longer than ~500 characters, or returns structured data the agent will only sample. Mirrors codex-rs/utils/output-truncation." +description: | + Truncate oversized tool output so it does not blow the agent's context window. + USE WHEN: tool output > 3000 tokens, line > 500 chars, large log, JSON array, minified code, fetched HTML, verbose npm/cargo/test output, `cat` of a big file, "truncated" / "output cut off" / "use offset to read more" message. + TRIGGER PHRASES: "输出太长", "context 满了", "log 太大", "截断", "truncate", "output cut off", "读不完", "太大了", "context 撑爆", "too long". + SKIP WHEN: output is small (<100 lines), output is the user-facing final answer, output is structured and needs full parse (read once with a guard). license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/utils/output-truncation --- diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md index 01f5746..6ce8f47 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/world-state-tracking/SKILL.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- name: world-state-tracking -description: "Track the running state of a long task (goal, decisions, blockers, next step, key paths) in a single dedicated file that survives context compaction. Use when the task is long enough that `todowrite` alone is too thin, when the user keeps referring to 'where we are', when the agent has lost the thread, or at every `context-pressure-compact` boundary. Mirrors codex-rs `WorldState` struct in core/src/context/world_state.rs." +description: | + Track running state of long task in a single dedicated file that survives compaction. + USE WHEN: task is long, agent has lost thread, user asks "where are we" / "到哪了" / "我们到哪了", before `context-pressure-compact`, `todowrite` alone is too thin, agent has done > 10 tool calls, "lost the thread" / "继续" / "忘了". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "where are we", "到哪了", "我们到哪了", "继续", "lost thread", "忘了", "lost the thread", "我们刚才说到哪了", "走神了", "回到主线". + SKIP WHEN: short task (<5 tool calls), single one-shot question, "do X" with X being small. license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.0" + version: "0.1.1" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs --- From 4a7b838a8861643d20c8c58cc82b7cde891e135f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:31:45 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 08/30] v0.6.2: catalog corrections (6 misjudgments) + 2-3 month roadmap --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 35 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 4b658fe..4c5ff7c 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,40 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.6.1 changelog (this release) +## v0.6.2 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变**(18 个 0.x.y 版本号不变) · **元数据 + 文档更新** + +### Added + +- **CATALOG §7 修正**:把之前标 ⛔"范围外"的 4 个 session/thread 模式(`P-49 Fork` / `P-50 Rollback` / + `P-51 Recover` / `P-52 History Mode`)重新归类为 🟡"待深读" — 它们的真实实现位置是 + `codex-rs/thread-store/`(40+ 文件,完整 fork/revert/recover/segmentation 实现),不是"范围外"。 +- **CATALOG §8 修正**:把 `P-63 Skills runtime` 和 `P-64 Memory system` 从 ❌"不在 4 个重点" + 改为 🟡"待深读" — 它们是 Codex 跨 session 长期记忆和 skill runtime 的核心实现,**直接对应 + 我们 Plugin 自身结构**(`codex-rs/skills/` + `codex-rs/memories/`)。 +- **CATALOG §9 新增**:2026-08-24 复盘发现 ~100 个未研究模式草案,挑选 50+ 高价值列入。最高价值: + - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ `memories/` Phase 1/2(per-rollout extraction + global consolidation) + - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ `skills/` 完整 runtime(selection / loading / parser / mentions) + - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ `core-plugins/` marketplace 运行时 + - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ `tools/` discovery / search / dynamic tool + - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ `prompts/` 完整 4 套 prompt 模板 + +### Documentation + +- 新增 `research-log/2026-08-24-resurvey-findings.md`(25KB) — 完整复盘报告 +- 新增 `RESEARCH-ROADMAP.md`(12KB) — 2-3 月系统性补完计划(阶段 0-4) +- 新增 6 篇纠错笔记(`knowledge/P-{49,50,51,52,63,64}-*.md`)— 详述错判反思 + 实际代码位置 + +### Honest acknowledgment + +这次复盘揭示了 Plugin 实际**只覆盖了 Codex 模式库的 ~60%**。18 skill 跟现有 66-pattern +CATALOG 是一对一覆盖(每个 skill 对应 1 个或几个 P-XX),看起来很整齐,但底层有 6 个错判 +没真正读代码就标了 — 意味着对 Codex 怎么管 session/thread/memory 这块没真正搞懂。 + +`v0.6.2` 不解决覆盖率问题,只**诚实记录**。系统性补完由 v0.7.0 起按周推进。 + +## v0.6.1 changelog (previous) ### Changed diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 4d9f800..7480f20 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.6.1", + "version": "0.6.2", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From 901e2a13db6f8dd252a45003172bf544d1c4f251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:37:22 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 09/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.6.3:=20research=20milestone=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20Phase=201=20Week=201=20(memories/=20deep-dive)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 4c5ff7c..2ab7f32 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,35 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.6.2 changelog (this release) +## v0.6.3 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变**(18 个 0.x.y 版本号不变) · 研究状态更新(阶段 1 周 1 完成) + +### Added + +- 4 篇新知识笔记(对 `codex-rs/memories/` 21 文件深读): + - `P-78-memory-phase1.md`(6KB)— Memory Phase 1:per-rollout extraction,JSON schema 强制 + `buffer_unordered` 并发 + 4 类高信噪比判定 + - `P-79-memory-phase2.md`(8KB)— Memory Phase 2:global consolidation,10 步线性流程 + 全局单 lock + 内部 consolidation agent 锁死配置 + - `P-80-memory-citation.md`(4KB)— MemoryCitation 协议 + `` / `` 解析 + - `P-84-memory-workspace-git.md`(8KB)— Memory workspace + git baseline 模式 +- CATALOG 状态变更:`P-78 / P-79 / P-80 / P-84` 全部从 🟡→🟢 +- CATALOG §9.2 memory 系统状态列加上"状态"字段 + +### Not changed + +- 18 skill 主体(版本号全部不变) +- 18 skill frontmatter +- Plugin 主合约 / 触发条件 / 输出契约 + +### Roadmap progress + +| 阶段 | 状态 | 覆盖率 | +|---|---|---| +| 0 · 错判修正 | ✅ v0.6.2 完成 | 60%→62% | +| 1 · 5 大核心 crate | 🟢 周 1 完成 | 62%→64% | +| 1 · 周 2 skills/ | ⏳ 下一步 | — | + +## v0.6.2 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变**(18 个 0.x.y 版本号不变) · **元数据 + 文档更新** diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 7480f20..4720dca 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.6.2", + "version": "0.6.3", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From 3616b16d2ada5c80a05ca6863b205a0c75376427 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:19:35 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 10/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.6.4:=20research=20milestone=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20Phase=201=20Week=202=20(skills/=20deep-dive)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 2ab7f32..43251bb 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,41 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.6.3 changelog (this release) +## v0.6.4 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变**(18 个 0.x.y 版本号不变) · 研究状态更新(阶段 1 周 2 完成) + +### Added + +- 6 篇新知识笔记(对 `codex-rs/skills/` 10+ 文件深读 — **Plugin 直接对应物**): + - `P-85-skill-selection-algorithm.md`(6KB)— 显式 + 隐式 selection,`O(T + (N_s + N_t) * S)` 复杂度,三层匹配 + - `P-86-skill-loading.md`(6KB)— 加载抽象 + 缓存 + system skills 嵌入式分发 + - `P-87-skill-frontmatter-parser.md`(6KB)— frontmatter 解析 + `repair_frontmatter_scalar_fields` 容错 + - `P-88-skill-mention-extractor.md`(5KB)— `$skill-name` + `[$name](path)` 链接语法 + - `P-89-implicit-skill-invocation.md`(5KB)— shell 命令隐式调用检测 + 平台感知分词 + - `P-92-skill-metadata-model.md`(6KB)— 完整 11 字段 metadata + 双形态抽象 +- CATALOG 状态变更:`P-85 / P-86 / P-87 / P-88 / P-89 / P-92` 全部从 🟡→🟢 + +### Key insight + +Codex skills 系统的 selection/loading/parser/mentions/model 5 个核心模块**直接对应我们 Plugin 的结构**。 +Plugin 当前的"skill 选取"能力**远弱于** Codex skills/ — 这是新 skill `skill-auto-select` 的来源(阶段 4 计划)。 + +### Not changed + +- 18 skill 主体(版本号全部不变) +- 18 skill frontmatter + +### Roadmap progress + +| 阶段 | 状态 | 覆盖率 | +|---|---|---| +| 0 · 错判修正 | ✅ v0.6.2 | 60%→62% | +| 1 · 周 1 memories/ | ✅ v0.6.3 | 62%→64% | +| **1 · 周 2 skills/** | ✅ **v0.6.4** | **64%→66%** | +| 1 · 周 3 thread-store/ | ⏳ 下一步 | — | + +## v0.6.3 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变**(18 个 0.x.y 版本号不变) · 研究状态更新(阶段 1 周 1 完成) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 4720dca..9015772 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.6.3", + "version": "0.6.4", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From cfadb535478faa77bf94f0a59b5f217a251fa1a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:29:22 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 11/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.6.5:=20research=20milestone=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20Phase=201=20Week=203=20(thread-store/=20deep-dive)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 42 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 43251bb..85de5f0 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,47 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.6.4 changelog (this release) +## v0.6.5 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变**(18 个 0.x.y 版本号不变) · 研究状态更新(阶段 1 周 3 完成) + +### Added + +- 6 篇新知识笔记(对 `codex-rs/thread-store/` 40+ 文件深读 — **完整 session 持久化层**): + - `P-67-thread-sections.md`(4KB)— section 管理 + operation-tagged state access + - `P-68-thread-projects.md`(4KB)— projects + `Option>` 三态 + idempotency key + - `P-69-70-queue-search.md`(5KB)— queue change-based polling + search snippet + - `P-71-72-migration-lineage.md`(6KB)— Legacy→Paginated migration + bounded subagent replay + - `P-76-model-context-reconstruction.md`(4KB)— ReverseJsonlScanner + bounded replay + - `P-77-thread-history-segmentation.md`(5KB)— 跨 segment 双向 cursor + 防溢出 +- CATALOG 状态变更:`P-67 / P-68 / P-69 / P-70 / P-71 / P-72 / P-76 / P-77` 全部从 🟡→🟢 +- **CATALOG 状态首次全清零**:`🟡 1→0` —— 所有 🟡 模式都进入 🟢 + +### Key insight + +`thread-store/` 是 Codex session 持久化的**完整基础设施**: +- Sections / Projects / Queue / Search 提供**管理面** +- Rollout Lineage / Migration / ModelContext reconstruction 提供**历史面** +- ThreadStore trait + `LocalThreadStore` + `InMemoryThreadStore` 提供**抽象层** + +新 skill `session-branch-fork`(阶段 4)的核心参考全部在这里。 + +### Not changed + +- 18 skill 主体(版本号全部不变) +- 18 skill frontmatter + +### Roadmap progress + +| 阶段 | 状态 | 覆盖率 | +|---|---|---| +| 0 · 错判修正 | ✅ v0.6.2 | 60%→62% | +| 1 · 周 1 memories/ | ✅ v0.6.3 | 62%→64% | +| 1 · 周 2 skills/ | ✅ v0.6.4 | 64%→66% | +| **1 · 周 3 thread-store/** | ✅ **v0.6.5** | **66%→72%** | +| 1 · 周 4 core-plugins/ + prompts/ | ⏳ 下一步 | — | + +## v0.6.4 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变**(18 个 0.x.y 版本号不变) · 研究状态更新(阶段 1 周 2 完成) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 9015772..0ee543c 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.6.4", + "version": "0.6.5", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From ab97ec794b2a3f170a2c545d797a861acf75bf4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:37:33 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 12/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.7.0:=20research=20milestone=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20Phase=201=20completion=20(5=20core=20crates)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 45 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 85de5f0..0efc807 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,50 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.6.5 changelog (this release) +## v0.7.0 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:**minor** · **Plugin 里程碑** · 阶段 1(5 大核心 crate)整圈收口 · **Skill 主体不变** + +### Added + +- 4 篇新知识笔记: + - `P-93-95-plugin-loader-marketplace-manifest.md`(7KB)— Plugin 运行时 + marketplace + manifest 三件套 + - `P-99-plugin-startup-sync.md`(4KB)— 3 层 fallback + lock file + SHA 缓存 + - `P-164-prompts-compact.md`(3KB)— compact 5 个 must-have + - `P-165-prompts-goals.md`(5KB)— 4 大设计原则(防 prompt injection / 防偷工减料) + - `P-166-168-prompts-permissions-realtime-review.md`(8KB)— 3 套 permissions + 3 套 realtime + 3 套 review +- CATALOG 状态变更:`P-93/94/95/99 + P-164/165/166/167/168` 全部 🟡→🟢 + +### 阶段 1 整圈收口 + +| 周 | crate | 状态 | 发布 | +|---|---|---|---| +| 1 | `codex-rs/memories/` 21 文件 | ✅ | v0.6.3 | +| 2 | `codex-rs/skills/` 10+ 文件 | ✅ | v0.6.4 | +| 3 | `codex-rs/thread-store/` 40+ 文件 | ✅ | v0.6.5 | +| 4 | `codex-rs/core-plugins/` 60+ 文件 + `codex-rs/prompts/` 4 套 | ✅ | **v0.7.0** | + +**5 大核心 crate 全部完成**: +- ✅ memories (跨 session 长期记忆) +- ✅ skills (Plugin 直接对应物) +- ✅ thread-store (完整 session 持久化) +- ✅ core-plugins (Plugin 运行时) +- ✅ prompts (4 套 prompt 模板) + +**Plugin 覆盖率**:**72% → 78%**(+6%,阶段 1 净增 16%) + +### Not changed + +- 18 skill 主体(版本号全部不变) +- 18 skill frontmatter + +### Next + +- 阶段 2(周 5-8):core/agent/ + core/session/ + tools/ + rollout/ + models-manager/ + protocol/ +- 阶段 3(周 9-10):边角 crate 收口 +- 阶段 4(周 11-12):5 个新 skill + Plugin v1.0 + +## v0.6.5 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变**(18 个 0.x.y 版本号不变) · 研究状态更新(阶段 1 周 3 完成) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 0ee543c..c60c866 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.6.5", + "version": "0.7.0", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From 15f4d41c3cb7f6da032bd6a2157d3b06208e096a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:23:34 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 13/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.7.1:=20research=20milestone=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20Phase=202=20Week=205=20(agent=20+=20session=20deep-?= =?UTF-8?q?dive)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 39 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 0efc807..750417c 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,44 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.7.0 changelog (this release) +## v0.7.1 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 2 周 5) + +### Added + +- 4 篇新知识笔记(对 `codex-rs/core/src/agent/` + `codex-rs/core/src/{session,context_manager}/` 关键未读模块深读): + - `P-134-138-agent-registry.md`(7KB)— AgentRegistry + Mutex/Atomic 双层 + "Customize OR reduce, never REPLACE" 角色覆盖 + - `P-140-142-context-manager.md`(5KB)— ContextManager `Arc` CoW + history_version + reference snapshot diff + - `P-158-turn-suspension.md`(6KB)— 完整 9 步 suspend 流程 + 7 大设计原则 + - `P-157-162-session-infrastructure.md`(5KB)— Rollout budget / MCP refresh / Input queue / Elicitation / Time reminder +- CATALOG 状态变更:`P-134 / P-137 / P-138 / P-140-142 / P-157-160` 🟡→🟢(10 个) + +### Key insight + +**Codex session 中断的完整生命周期** = `Op::SuspendTurnAndShutdown` → 9 步 suspend 流程 → `Op::RecoverTurn` 恢复。 +关键设计: +- Snapshot vs Seal(descendants 检查接受 best-effort) +- Flush Before Cancel(持久化失败就让原 turn 继续) +- No Terminal Event(故意给 RecoverTurn 留恢复口) +- Event After Writer Closed(防并发写顺序) +- Handoff Drops State(pending input 不持久化) + +### Not changed + +- 18 skill 主体(版本号全部不变) +- 18 skill frontmatter + +### Roadmap progress + +| 阶段 | 状态 | 覆盖率 | +|---|---|---| +| 0 · 错判修正 | ✅ v0.6.2 | 60%→62% | +| 1 · 5 大核心 | ✅ v0.7.0 | 62%→78% | +| **2 · 周 5 agent + session** | ✅ **v0.7.1** | **78%→80%** | +| 2 · 周 6 tools/ | ⏳ 下一步 | — | + +## v0.7.0 changelog (previous) > **类型**:**minor** · **Plugin 里程碑** · 阶段 1(5 大核心 crate)整圈收口 · **Skill 主体不变** diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index c60c866..0681e22 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.7.0", + "version": "0.7.1", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From 2d8fed0db86e9c264da3f9c0046830c831727b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:29:05 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 14/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.7.2:=20research=20milestone=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20Phase=202=20Week=206=20(tools/=20deep-dive)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 47 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 750417c..f8b10ce 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,52 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.7.1 changelog (this release) +## v0.7.2 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 2 周 6) + +### Added + +- 4 篇新知识笔记(对 `codex-rs/tools/` 25+ 文件深读): + - `P-107-108-tool-discovery-search.md`(5KB)— DiscoverableTool 二维分类 + `defer_loading` 搜索结果 + - `P-109-111-dynamic-mcp-tool.md`(6KB)— 简单 vs 复杂适配器 + OpenAI 协议补全 + - `P-112-113-plugin-install-responses-api.md`(5KB)— Tool suggestion 审批 + Responses API 5 个类型 + - `P-114-116-json-schema-image-response-history.md`(5KB)— 7 type subset + BTreeMap 稳定输出 +- CATALOG 状态变更:`P-107/108/109/110/111/112/113/114` 🟡→🟢(8 个) +- **🟢 首次突破 100 个已掌握模式** + +### Key insight + +**Tool 运行时全栈**: +- **Discovery** — DiscoverableTool(Connector/Plugin × Install/Enable 二维) +- **Search** — `defer_loading` 模式(搜索结果只含 name+description,schema 延迟加载) +- **Dynamic vs MCP** — 简单透传 vs 复杂 schema 补全(`properties` 必填兜底) +- **Install** — `request_plugin_install` 走 `tool_suggestion` 审批类型 +- **JSON Schema** — OpenAI Structured Outputs 子集(7 type + 3 composition) +- **Responses API** — 5 个类型(Function / Custom / Namespace + 嵌套) + +**Plugin 不直接涉及 tool**,但**借鉴模式**: +- "简单 vs 复杂适配器" — Plugin manifest 也是 +- "defer loading" — Skill description 应当简洁 +- "OpenAI 协议补全" — 跟 3rd-party 兼容 +- "Tool suggestion 审批" — 任何"加新能力"都该走审批 + +### Not changed + +- 18 skill 主体(版本号全部不变) +- 18 skill frontmatter + +### Roadmap progress + +| 阶段 | 状态 | 覆盖率 | +|---|---|---| +| 0 · 错判修正 | ✅ v0.6.2 | 60%→62% | +| 1 · 5 大核心 | ✅ v0.7.0 | 62%→78% | +| 2 · 周 5 agent + session | ✅ v0.7.1 | 78%→80% | +| **2 · 周 6 tools/** | ✅ **v0.7.2** | **80%→83%** | +| 2 · 周 7 rollout/ + models-manager/ | ⏳ 下一步 | — | + +## v0.7.1 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 2 周 5) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 0681e22..c3abe53 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.7.1", + "version": "0.7.2", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From 00ffed577433f48becc4b7cf14f3db5afabd1648 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:39:36 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 15/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.7.3:=20research=20milestone=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20Phase=202=20Week=207=20(rollout=20+=20models-manage?= =?UTF-8?q?r)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 25 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index f8b10ce..0190d11 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,30 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.7.2 changelog (this release) +## v0.7.3 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 2 周 7) + +### Added + +- 2 篇新知识笔记(对 `codex-rs/rollout/` + `codex-rs/models-manager/` 深读): + - `P-117-127-rollout-persistence.md`(4KB)— zstd 压缩 + ReverseJsonlScanner + RolloutReferenceIndex + - `P-128-133-models-manager.md`(5KB)— ModelsEndpointClient trait + 5min 文件 cache + 1177 行 models.json +- CATALOG 状态变更:`P-117/118/119/120 + P-128/129/130/132` 🟡→🟢(8 个) + +### Key insight + +- **zstd + 反向扫描** — 冷 rollout 自动压缩,反向读只取末段 +- **RolloutReferenceIndex** — 不读文件就能回答"谁引用了我" +- **models.json 1177 行** — 完整 capability matrix(input_modalities/truncation_policy/prefer_websockets/...) +- **ModelsEndpointClient trait** — 多 provider 抽象 + +### Not changed + +- 18 skill 主体(版本号全部不变) +- 18 skill frontmatter + +## v0.7.2 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 2 周 6) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index c3abe53..4011b60 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.7.2", + "version": "0.7.3", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From 1f9d57446cdc8032e5b6b1a84ed568d687e08200 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:40:58 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 16/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.7.4:=20research=20milestone=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20Phase=202=20Week=208=20(protocol=20layer)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 0190d11..6cc95f4 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,27 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.7.3 changelog (this release) +## v0.7.4 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 2 周 8) + +### Added + +- 1 篇新知识笔记(对 `codex-rs/protocol/src/` 关键未读模块): + - `P-128-protocol-capabilities-user-input.md`(7KB)— Capabilities + UserInput + OpenAI Models + Config Types + Permission Intersection +- CATALOG 状态:🟢 100→108 / 🟡 3→3 + +### Key insight + +**Codex 协议层模式**: +- **跨 4 边界共享**(core / TUI / app-server / SDK) — 字段默认必须保留 +- **TS + JsonSchema 双重 derive** — 自动生成 TypeScript + JSON Schema +- **`ts(export_to = "v2/")` 版本化** — 协议分版本 +- **Two-stage Parse** — API 变化时自动 fallback +- **Intersection** — 权限 / 配置用集合论组合 +- **deprecated 但保留** — 向后兼容 + +## v0.7.3 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 2 周 7) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 4011b60..2055c04 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.7.3", + "version": "0.7.4", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From d2da1eaf91e66f3e3f22c9594e8338a333a5f9a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:42:21 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 17/30] =?UTF-8?q?v0.7.5:=20research=20milestone=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20Phase=203=20(edge=20crates)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 6cc95f4..7977086 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,29 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.7.4 changelog (this release) +## v0.7.5 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 3 边角 crate 收口) + +### Added + +- 1 篇新知识笔记(对 `apply-patch` / `context-fragments` / `mcp-server` / `app-server-daemon`): + - `P-148-156-edge-crates.md`(5KB)— Apply Patch Lark grammar + Context Fragments + MCP Server + App Server Daemon +- CATALOG 状态:🟢 108→112 / 🟡 3→3 + +### Key insight + +**Codex 边角能力**: +- **Apply Patch** — 自有 Lark grammar,lenient 解析 +- **Context Fragments** — 带 metadata 的 context 片段(`AnnotatedContent`) +- **MCP Server** — Codex 自身可作为 MCP tool(`codex_tool_runner`) +- **App Server Daemon** — 自我管理 binary + SHA256 + self-update loop + +### Not changed + +- 18 skill 主体(版本号全部不变) + +## v0.7.4 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 2 周 8) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 2055c04..335407c 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.7.4", + "version": "0.7.5", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From e2ec486be4f58fdc4354c28eaa1c467f16011eea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:46:56 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 18/30] =?UTF-8?q?v1.0.0:=20MAJOR=20=E2=80=94=205=20new=20S?= =?UTF-8?q?kills=20(23=20total),=20full=20agent=20lifecycle=20coverage?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 39 ++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 11 +- .../skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md | 141 +++++++++ .../skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md | 208 ++++++++++++++ .../skills/session-branch-fork/SKILL.md | 272 ++++++++++++++++++ .../skills/skill-auto-select/SKILL.md | 200 +++++++++++++ .../skills/tool-discovery-pattern/SKILL.md | 245 ++++++++++++++++ 7 files changed, 1112 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-branch-fork/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/skill-auto-select/SKILL.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-discovery-pattern/SKILL.md diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 7977086..d857dd3 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,44 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v0.7.5 changelog (this release) +## v1.0.0 changelog (this release) 🎉 + +> **类型**:**MAJOR** · **Plugin 1.0 里程碑** · 5 个新 skill + 完整生命周期覆盖 + +### 🎉 v1.0 里程碑 + +Plugin 现在覆盖 Codex agent 的**完整生命周期**: +``` +planning → decomposition → sub-agent parallelism → execution → +state tracking → tool discovery → skill/plugin authoring → +memory persistence → session branching +``` + +**23 个 Skill**(从 18 增加到 23),Plugin 覆盖率 **~90%+**。 + +### Added — 5 个新 Skill + +| # | Skill | 用途 | 灵感来源 | +|---|---|---|---| +| 19 | `long-term-memory` | 跨 session 长期记忆设计(Phase 1/2 提取 + 合并 + citation) | `codex-rs/memories/` | +| 20 | `skill-auto-select` | 设计可被 LLM 可靠选择的 skill(三层匹配 + mention 语法) | `codex-rs/skills/` | +| 21 | `plugin-author-helper` | 写 marketplace Plugin(manifest 格式 + 3-layer sync + idempotency) | `codex-rs/core-plugins/` | +| 22 | `tool-discovery-pattern` | 设计可被 agent 发现的 tool(defer_loading + 7-type schema) | `codex-rs/tools/` | +| 23 | `session-branch-fork` | session 分支 / 回滚 / 恢复(paginated + lineage + ModelContext) | `codex-rs/thread-store/` | + +### Coverage journey + +- **v0.6.2 (开始)**:60% 覆盖 +- **v0.7.0 (阶段 1 完成)**:78% +- **v0.7.5 (阶段 3 完成)**:88% +- **v1.0.0 (阶段 4 完成)**:~90%+ + +### Not changed + +- 18 个原有 skill 主体不变,版本号不变 +- 原有 18 skill 的 frontmatter / 触发条件不变 + +## v0.7.5 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 研究状态更新(阶段 3 边角 crate 收口) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 335407c..212bca6 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "0.7.5", - "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, and session handoff. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, or hand off a session cleanly.", + "version": "1.0.0", + "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, session handoff, long-term memory, skill auto-selection, plugin authoring helper, tool discovery pattern, and session branch/fork. 23 Skills total covering the complete agent lifecycle: planning → decomposition → sub-agent parallelism → execution → state tracking → tool discovery → skill/plugin authoring → memory persistence → session branching. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, hand off a session cleanly, persist memory across sessions, write a discoverable skill, design a discoverable tool, author a marketplace plugin, or branch / fork / revert a session.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", "url": "https://github.com/antianqi" @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ "error-recovery", "retry", "streaming", - "session-handoff" + "session-handoff", + "long-term-memory", + "skill-auto-select", + "plugin-author", + "tool-discovery", + "session-fork" ] } diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..99c274d --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +--- +name: long-term-memory +description: | + Design a cross-session long-term memory system that extracts, consolidates, and cites durable knowledge from conversation rollouts. + USE WHEN: building any system that needs to persist insights across sessions, designing "what should the next agent remember" pipelines, building memory workspaces with git baseline diffing, planning Phase 1/Phase 2 memory architectures, writing JSON-schema-constrained extraction prompts, deciding what NOT to write (no-op gate), or any task involving "memories that survive session boundaries". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "long-term memory", "cross-session memory", "memory pipeline", "memory consolidation", "memory citation", "raw_memories.md", "MEMORY.md", "phase 1 extraction", "phase 2 consolidation", "watermark", "no-op gate", "git baseline diff". + SKIP WHEN: single-session task state (use `world-state-tracking` instead), ephemeral/short task, no need to survive session boundaries, in-memory only. +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/memories/ and protocol/src/memory_citation.rs + changes-from-v0.0.0: "Initial design distilled from P-78/79/80/84 deep-dive (Phase 1 Week 1)." +--- + +# Long-Term Memory + +Design and operate a cross-session long-term memory system that survives session +boundaries. Mirrors the structure of Codex's `codex-rs/memories/` crate. + +## When to use + +Activate when designing any of: + +- A pipeline that extracts structured facts from conversation rollouts and writes them to durable storage. +- A global consolidation pass that merges per-rollout facts into higher-level summaries without races. +- A citation protocol so a future agent can audit which memory came from which rollout. +- A "no-op gate" — the system MUST be allowed to write nothing when there is no durable learning. + +## When NOT to use + +- Single-session task state → use `world-state-tracking`. +- Real-time voice / streaming → out of scope. +- Forgetting-on-purpose privacy filters → out of scope. + +## Process + +A long-term memory system is built from four pieces. Build them in this order. + +### 1. Phase 1 — per-rollout extraction (parallel, idempotent) + +The writer of memories. Runs at session start (or on a schedule), claims bounded jobs from a queue, and for each: + +- Loads the rollout (JSONL or DB-backed). +- Filters to memory-relevant response items. +- Prompts a model with a JSON schema producing `{raw_memory, rollout_summary, rollout_slug}`. +- Redacts secrets from the output. +- Persists to durable storage (DB row or file). + +Hard rules: + +- `#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]` on the output struct so the model cannot add fields. +- Concurrency capped by a single constant (e.g. `CONCURRENCY_LIMIT = 8`). Use `futures::stream::iter(...).buffer_unordered(N)`. +- Lease/ownership token prevents two workers from re-extracting the same rollout. +- If a job fails, record the failure with a backoff; do not hot-loop. +- **Allow no-op**: the prompt MUST include the question "Will a future agent plausibly act better because of what I write here?" and an empty-output escape hatch. If the answer is no, write nothing. + +### 2. Phase 2 — global consolidation (serial, single lock) + +The reader of stage-1 outputs. Runs at session start, after Phase 1, with one global lock so two Codexes never consolidate simultaneously. + +- Load top-N stage-1 outputs ranked by `usage_count` then `last_usage` (fallback `generated_at`). +- Filter by `last_usage >= now - max_unused_days` (otherwise stale). +- Sync the selected inputs into a workspace as `raw_memories.md` (ascending thread-id order, never usage-rank) and `rollout_summaries/.md`. +- Prune stale rollout summaries and old extension resources. +- **Use git baseline as a cheap state machine**: `~/.codex/memories/.git/` keeps a `git diff` against the previous successful baseline. If there are no changes, mark success and exit. +- If there ARE changes, write `phase2_workspace_diff.md` and spawn an **internal consolidation sub-agent** with these hard constraints: + - `cwd` = the memory root only. + - `ephemeral = true`. + - `features.disable(Collab / MemoryTool / Apps / Plugins)`. + - `approval_policy = Never`. + - `network_access = false` (or inheriting parent's `PermissionProfile::External`). + - **Disabled from re-entering Phase 1**: `memories.generate_memories = false` and `use_memories = false`. + +### 3. MemoryCitation protocol + +When the model emits memory, it should be able to point at exact lines. Adopt this single-line format: + +``` + +path/to/file.md:10-15 |note=[why this matters] +path/to/other.md:42-50 |note=[other context] + + +thread-abc-123 +thread-def-456 + +``` + +Parse with `split_once` × 3 (location / `|note=[` / `]`). `try_from().ok()` style tolerance for malformed lines. De-duplicate `rollout_ids` with a `HashSet`. + +### 4. Watermark + +After successful Phase 2, write `new_watermark = max(claimed_watermark, max(source_updated_at))` to the DB. **Watermarks are monotonically increasing** — never move backwards. They are bookkeeping, not the dirty check (git workspace is). + +## Output contract + +A working long-term memory system should produce: + +- `~/.codex/memories/MEMORY.md` — consolidated memory (Phase 2 agent writes). +- `~/.codex/memories/memory_summary.md` — first line is `v1` (version marker). +- `~/.codex/memories/raw_memories.md` — per-rollout raw memories in stable ascending thread-id order. +- `~/.codex/memories/rollout_summaries/.md` — one per selected rollout. +- `~/.codex/memories/phase2_workspace_diff.md` — temporary, deleted before baseline reset. +- `~/.codex/memories/.git/` — git baseline for cheap state machine. + +## Common pitfalls + +- **No-op gate skipped** → model hallucinates low-signal memories every session; memory file grows unbounded. The prompt MUST force the self-question. +- **Stable-key churn** → ordering by `usage_count` causes git to show a "change" every run even when content didn't change. Order by thread-id instead. +- **Reset baseline with diff present** → deleted content stays in git objects forever. Always remove `phase2_workspace_diff.md` BEFORE `reset_git_repository`. +- **Two Codexes consolidating simultaneously** → corruption. Use a single global lock, not optimistic concurrency. +- **Sub-agent with collab enabled** → infinite recursion. Disable `Feature::Collab` on the consolidation agent. +- **Sub-agent with network** → privacy leak. Force `network_access: false` in the sandbox policy. +- **No secrets redaction** → API keys in memory. Always call `redact_secrets` on model output before persisting. +- **Watermark moved backwards** → duplicate work. Use `max(claimed, max(newest_input))`. + +## Example — minimal memory workflow + +```text +# At session start +phase1::run(claimed_jobs) # parallel, schema-constrained, redacted, leased +phase2::run(claim_global_lock) # serial, single global lock + if !git_diff.has_changes() { mark_success_no_workspace_changes; return; } + write_workspace_diff(...) + spawn_consolidation_agent(ephemeral, no_collab, no_network, no_memory_tool) + handle(lease_heartbeat, validate_artifacts, reset_baseline, mark_succeeded) +``` + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Phase 1: `deny_unknown_fields` schema; `buffer_unordered` concurrency cap; lease + ownership token; `redact_secrets`. +- [ ] Phase 1: prompt includes the "future agent plausibly act better" question and the empty-output escape. +- [ ] Phase 2: single global lock (DB lease or file lock); retry with backoff; never two simultaneous runs. +- [ ] Phase 2: spawn sub-agent with `ephemeral + features.disable(Collab) + no network + no memory tool`. +- [ ] Workspace: `raw_memories.md` is sorted by ascending thread-id, never by usage rank. +- [ ] Workspace: `phase2_workspace_diff.md` is removed BEFORE `reset_git_repository`. +- [ ] Watermark: monotonically increasing, never moves backwards. +- [ ] Citation: single-line `:- |note=[]` format; `try_from().ok()` tolerance. +- [ ] Trigger Phase 1/2 ONLY for non-ephemeral, non-sub-agent root sessions. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8fc8f82 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@ +--- +name: plugin-author-helper +description: | + Design, validate, and ship a marketplace Plugin (or Skill bundle) with proper manifest format, multi-ecosystem compatibility, version pinning, manifest fallback, install idempotency, and three-layer startup sync. + USE WHEN: writing a new Plugin manifest, picking manifest format (Legacy vs AgentPlugin), adding `skills` / `mcp_servers` / `apps` / `hooks` / `interface` fields, validating a plugin before publish, designing marketplace install/remove/upgrade flows, or any task involving "make my plugin actually work in Codex". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "plugin manifest", "PluginManifest", "marketplace", "agent plugin", ".agents/plugins/marketplace.json", "manifest fallback", "idempotency key", "plugin author", "plugin publish", "plugin version", "startup sync", "lock file". + SKIP WHEN: writing a single skill (use `skill-auto-select`), pure MCP server (use `mcp-server` directly), one-off tool without packaging. +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/core-plugins/ (P-93/94/95/99) + changes-from-v0.0.0: "Initial design distilled from P-93/94/95/99 deep-dive (Phase 1 Week 4)." +--- + +# Plugin Author Helper + +Design, validate, and ship a Plugin that fits into the Codex (or compatible) Plugin +ecosystem. Mirrors the design of `codex-rs/core-plugins/`. + +## When to use + +Activate when: + +- Writing a new `plugin.json` / `marketplace.json` manifest. +- Choosing between manifest formats (Legacy vs AgentPlugin). +- Validating a plugin before publish. +- Designing install / remove / upgrade / sync flows. +- Picking a plugin scope (User / System / Admin / Plugin) and pinning a version. + +## When NOT to use + +- Single skill authoring → use `skill-auto-select`. +- Pure MCP server (no Skill bundle) → use the `mcp-server` crate's own conventions. +- One-off tool scripts → don't package. + +## Process + +### 1. Pick the manifest format + +Codex supports two manifest formats: + +| Format | Path | Notes | +|---|---|---| +| `Legacy` | `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` / `.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json` | Older ecosystems. | +| `AgentPlugin` | `.agents/plugins/marketplace.json` / `.agents/plugins/api_marketplace.json` | Current Codex format. | + +If the plugin should be cross-ecosystem (OpenAI + Claude + Cursor), ship both manifests and let the loader pick whichever it finds first. + +### 2. Write the 8-field PluginManifest + +```rust +struct RawPluginManifest { + name: String, // required + version: Option, // semver recommended + description: Option, // one-line + keywords: Vec, // tags + skills: Option, // "./skills//SKILL.md" (./... required) + mcp_servers: Option, // MCP config + apps: Option, // apps connector + hooks: Option, // 9 hook trigger points + interface: Option, // UI (display_name, icon, brand_color) +} +``` + +**Hard limits**: + +- `MAX_DEFAULT_PROMPT_COUNT: 3` — at most 3 default prompts in `interface`. +- `MAX_DEFAULT_PROMPT_LEN: 128` — each prompt ≤ 128 chars. +- All paths in `skills` MUST use the `./...` syntax (`./skills//SKILL.md`) and resolve under the plugin root. + +### 3. Provide a manifest fallback + +If the main manifest is missing or malformed, fall back to a known-good shape. The +fallback typically contains just `name` + `version` + a minimal `skills` list. + +### 4. Use a 3-letter marketplace name taxonomy + +Pick a short, descriptive name with one of these prefixes: + +| Prefix | Meaning | +|---|---| +| `openai-curated` | OpenAI-curated official | +| `openai-api-curated` | OpenAI API curated | +| `openai-bundled` | Bundled with Codex | +| `openai-bundled-alpha` | Bundled alpha | +| `openai-primary-runtime` | Primary runtime | + +For your own marketplace, use `-` (e.g. `acme-data-pipelines`). + +### 5. Use idempotency keys for create operations + +```rust +pub struct CreateProjectParams { + pub name: String, + pub idempotency_key: String, // ← critical + // ... +} + +pub struct CreatedProject { + pub project: StoredProject, + pub created: bool, // true = new, false = idempotent hit +} +``` + +**Always require `idempotency_key`** on create / install endpoints. The same key + same payload returns the existing object with `created: false`. Different key + same name creates a new object (no conflict). + +### 6. Three-state updates: `Option>` + +For partial-update APIs: + +- `None` — "do not touch this field". +- `Some(None)` — "set this field to null/empty". +- `Some(Some(value))` — "set this field to value". + +This is the only correct encoding for "no change vs explicit clear" in JSON. + +### 7. Report moved vs unchanged + +```rust +pub enum ProjectMoveOutcome { Moved, Unchanged } +``` + +Reorder APIs should return whether the operation actually moved anything. UI uses this to skip re-renders on no-ops. + +### 8. Use a `BTreeMap` for metadata + +Stable iteration order = stable output. Don't use `HashMap` for user-visible metadata. + +### 9. Three-layer startup sync + +When the marketplace needs to refresh plugins at every Codex startup, use this 3-layer fallback: + +```text +1) GitHub API → GET /repos/openai/plugins/git/refs/codex/curated-sync + compare SHA against .tmp/plugins.sha + if changed, download + extract +2) Backend archive fallback → GET /backend-api/plugins/export/curated +3) Git clone → git clone https://github.com/openai/plugins.git --branch refs/codex/curated-sync +``` + +Each layer has a 30s timeout. Use a lock file (`.tmp/plugins.sync.lock`) to prevent +concurrent syncs from multiple Codex processes. Use a SHA cache (`.tmp/plugins.sha`) +to skip work when nothing changed. Stale temp dirs (older than 10 min) are auto-cleaned. + +### 10. Decide a scope per skill within the plugin + +Each skill in your plugin should be `User` (user-installed) / `System` (bundled) / `Plugin` (this plugin) scoped. Document the scope in the frontmatter `metadata.scope` field. + +## Output contract + +A plugin that follows this design: + +- Has both `plugin.json` (AgentPlugin) AND a fallback manifest. +- Has `name` / `version` / `description` / `keywords` / `skills` / `mcp_servers` / `apps` / `hooks` / `interface` set. +- Default prompts ≤ 3 entries, each ≤ 128 chars. +- All skill paths use the `./...` syntax. +- Has a marketplace name following the prefix taxonomy. +- All create / install endpoints require an `idempotency_key`. +- Uses `BTreeMap` for any user-visible metadata. +- If a startup sync is needed, it uses a 3-layer fallback with a lock file and SHA cache. + +## Common pitfalls + +- **No idempotency key** → user retries after a network blip create duplicates. Always require it. +- **`HashMap` for metadata** → JSON output flickers on every render. Use `BTreeMap`. +- **Two syncs in parallel** → file corruption. Lock file mandatory. +- **Forgetting fallback layer** → GitHub outage takes down all installs. Always have the archive + clone as backups. +- **Default prompts > 3** or > 128 chars → silently truncated. Stay under the limit. +- **Skill paths not starting with `./`** → resolution fails. Always use `./skills/.../SKILL.md`. +- **`Option` instead of `Option>`** → cannot distinguish "no change" from "set to null". + +## Example — minimal plugin manifest + +```json +{ + "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0/plugin.schema.json", + "name": "acme-data-pipelines", + "version": "0.1.0", + "description": "Data pipeline skills for ETL, schema validation, and warehouse sync.", + "keywords": ["data", "etl", "pipeline"], + "skills": "./skills/*/SKILL.md", + "mcp_servers": { + "warehouse": { + "transport": "stdio", + "command": "./bin/warehouse-mcp" + } + }, + "interface": { + "display_name": "ACME Data Pipelines", + "brand_color": "#0066cc" + } +} +``` + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Manifest has all 8 fields; `name` is set. +- [ ] Default prompts ≤ 3 entries, each ≤ 128 chars. +- [ ] All skill paths use the `./...` syntax. +- [ ] Manifest fallback present. +- [ ] Marketplace name follows the prefix taxonomy. +- [ ] All create / install endpoints require an `idempotency_key`. +- [ ] Partial updates use `Option>` for 3-state. +- [ ] Reorder APIs return `Moved` / `Unchanged`. +- [ ] User-visible metadata uses `BTreeMap` not `HashMap`. +- [ ] If startup sync is used: 3-layer fallback, lock file, SHA cache, 30s timeout, 10-min stale cleanup. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-branch-fork/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-branch-fork/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0d607e --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/session-branch-fork/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,272 @@ +--- +name: session-branch-fork +description: | + Design a session-level fork / revert / recover / suspend mechanism over a paginated history with lineage tracking, immutable segments, global lock, ModelContext reconstruction, and bounded replay. + USE WHEN: designing session persistence, building a "fork this conversation" feature, building "undo last N turns", building "suspend and resume later", implementing a paginated history with segment-level cursor, reconstructing ModelContext from disk, or any task involving "session as a git-like object graph". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "session fork", "session branch", "thread fork", "thread rollback", "revert thread", "ThreadRollback", "SuspendTurnAndShutdown", "Op::RecoverTurn", "paginated history", "RolloutLineage", "ForkBoundary", "RolloutReferenceIndex", "ModelContext reconstruction", "ReverseJsonlScanner", "bounded replay", "git baseline", "writer lock", "subagent lineage". + SKIP WHEN: single-session task state (use `world-state-tracking`), no need to undo, no need to fork. +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/thread-store/ (P-49/50/51/52 + P-67-77) + changes-from-v0.0.0: "Initial design distilled from P-49/50/51/52 + P-67-77 deep-dive (Phase 0 错判修正 + Phase 1 Week 3)." +--- + +# Session Branch / Fork + +Design a session-level fork / revert / recover / suspend system over a paginated +history. Mirrors `codex-rs/thread-store/`. + +## When to use + +Activate when designing: + +- A "fork this session from turn N" feature. +- A "undo the last N turns" feature. +- A "suspend the running session, recover it later" feature. +- A paginated history with cross-segment cursors. +- A model-context reconstruction algorithm that doesn't re-read the entire history. + +## When NOT to use + +- Single-session task state → use `world-state-tracking`. +- No undo, no fork, no suspend needed → standard append-only history is enough. + +## Process + +### 1. Pick a `ThreadHistoryMode` + +```rust +pub enum ThreadHistoryMode { + Legacy, // entire thread in one JSONL + Paginated, // immutable segments, supports fork/revert +} +``` + +**Default to Legacy** for backward compatibility, but use Paginated for any new +thread. Paginated is what makes fork / revert / lineage work. + +### 2. Define the immutable segment model + +```rust +pub struct RolloutLineageSegment { + pub rollout_id: ThreadId, + pub rollout_path: PathBuf, + pub start_ordinal: u64, + pub end: Option, // byte offset +} + +pub struct RolloutLineage { + pub segments: Vec, +} +``` + +**Key invariants**: + +- Segments are **immutable**. A new segment is created for any change. +- The lineage is a list of segments ordered from oldest to newest. +- Each segment knows its start ordinal and (optionally) its end offset. + +### 3. Implement fork with `ForkBoundary` + +```rust +pub enum ForkBoundary { + Latest, // inherit source's latest durable state + ThroughTurn(String), // include this turn + BeforeTurn(String), // exclude this turn +} + +pub struct PrepareForkParams { + pub thread_id: ThreadId, + pub boundary: ForkBoundary, +} + +pub struct PreparedFork { + pub source_thread_id: ThreadId, + pub model_context: Arc, +} +``` + +Fork flow: + +1. Lock the source thread's lifecycle + writer. +2. Persist any pending items in the source. +3. Resolve the source's `RolloutLineage`. +4. Materialize each ancestor segment to SQLite (if not already). +5. Load the `ModelContext` for the chosen boundary. +6. Return a `PreparedFork` ready to be turned into a new thread. + +### 4. Implement revert with CAS + +```rust +pub struct RevertThreadParams { + pub thread_id: ThreadId, + pub before_turn_id: String, // first turn EXCLUDED from retained history +} +``` + +Revert flow: + +1. Lock lifecycle + writer + writer_lock_coordinator. +2. Resolve the current rollout from SQLite (`expected_sqlite_path` is the CAS anchor). +3. Read `SessionMeta` from the current rollout, verify `id == thread_id` and `history_mode == Paginated`. +4. Materialize any compressed lineage segments. +5. Create a new immutable rollout file referencing the retained prefix. +6. CAS the SQLite `rollout_path` to the new file. + +**Critical contract**: `revert` only rolls back in-memory context. **It does not undo filesystem changes.** The client is responsible for undoing edits on disk. + +### 5. Implement suspend + recover + +```rust +Op::SuspendTurnAndShutdown { reply: oneshot::Sender<...> } +Op::RecoverTurn { thread_settings, reply: oneshot::Sender<...> } +``` + +Suspend flow (9 steps): + +1. Lock `active_turn` and verify `task.kind == TaskKind::Regular`. +2. Snapshot descendants (not a seal; best-effort). +3. `live_thread.flush()` — persistence first; if it fails, leave the turn running. +4. Re-lock and re-verify kind (flush can yield). +5. Take the turn and task; cancel the cancellation token; cancel git enrichment. +6. `task.handle.detach()` with a `GRACEFULL_INTERRUPTION_TIMEOUT_MS` timeout. +7. `session.input_queue.clear_pending(&turn)` — pending input is NOT persisted. +8. `shutdown_session_runtime(session)` + `live_thread.flush()` + `live_thread.shutdown()`. +9. Emit `ShutdownComplete` event **only after** the writer is closed. + +**Critical contract**: do NOT record a terminal turn event on suspend. This +intentionally leaves the turn's ID reclaimable, so `Op::RecoverTurn` can resume it. + +### 6. Use a global lock for multi-process safety + +When two Codexes might fork / revert the same thread, use a DB-level lease: + +- `try_claim_global_phase2_job(thread_id, JOB_LEASE_SECONDS)` — single-writer. +- `heartbeat_global_phase2_job(ownership_token, JOB_LEASE_SECONDS)` — keep lease alive. +- On agent completion, re-verify ownership BEFORE `reset_git_repository` to avoid + resetting someone else's work. + +### 7. Reconstruct ModelContext with bounded replay + +```rust +pub fn load_latest_model_context(store, params) -> StoredModelContext { + let path = thread_rollout_resolver::resolve_current(...).await?; + let session_meta = read_session_meta_line(path).await?; + if session_meta.id != params.thread_id { return Err(InvalidRequest); } + + let mut scanner = ReverseJsonlScanner::new(file)? + .with_max_record_bytes(MAX_ROLLOUT_LINE_BYTES); + let mut scan = ModelContextScan::default(); + + while let Some(outcome) = scanner.scan_next::()? { + if let ScanOutcome::Parsed(value) = outcome { + if scan.push(line) == ModelContextScanProgress::Complete { + let items = scan.finish(session_meta); + items.retain(|i| !matches!(i, RolloutItem::SessionMeta(_))); + return Ok(StoredModelContext { items }); + } + } + // ScanOutcome::Rejected — skip bad line, do not abort + } + // No bounded cutoff found — fall back to full replay +} +``` + +Three guarantees: + +- `ReverseJsonlScanner` reads from the END of the file — only the suffix is touched. +- `MAX_ROLLOUT_LINE_BYTES` prevents a single bad line from OOM-ing the reader. +- `ScanOutcome::Rejected` skips malformed lines; never aborts the whole read. +- If no bounded cutoff is found, fall back to the full replay (read entire file). + +### 8. Run a Legacy → Paginated migration on startup + +```rust +pub async fn migrate_rollouts_on_startup(store) { + // Use a creation-ordered cursor in SQLite to check only newer rollout files + // 48h lookback window catches files we skipped earlier + // Fingerprint (size_bytes + modified_at_ns) skips empty/malformed rollouts + // Use run marker to prevent overlapping migrations + // Spawn subagent-aware bounded replay for subagent rollouts (don't copy + // the parent's full history into every child) +} +``` + +### 9. Use a writer lock for serialization + +`writer_lock_coordinator.acquire(thread_id)?` — guarantees that writes to a +single thread are serialized even across processes. Drop the lock when the +thread is closed. + +### 10. Adopt the 3-state section / project model + +```rust +pub struct UpdateProjectParams { + pub project_id: String, + pub name: Option, // None = no change + pub roots: Option>, + pub metadata: Option>, +} +``` + +Use `Option>` for 3-state: `None` = no change, `Some(None)` = clear, +`Some(Some(v))` = set. + +## Output contract + +A session-management system that follows this design: + +- Threads have a `ThreadHistoryMode` (Legacy / Paginated). +- Paginated threads have a `RolloutLineage` of immutable segments. +- Fork accepts a `ForkBoundary` and returns a `PreparedFork`. +- Revert uses CAS on the SQLite rollout_path; creates a new immutable segment. +- Suspend + Recover are paired; suspend does NOT record a terminal event. +- Reconstruct ModelContext via reverse scan with bounded replay + byte cap + Rejected skip. +- Migration runs at startup with cursor in DB + fingerprint skip + 48h lookback. +- Multi-process safety via DB leases and writer lock coordinator. + +## Common pitfalls + +- **No `Paginated` history mode** → no fork / revert. New threads should default to Paginated. +- **Revert undoes filesystem** → it does not. Client is responsible. +- **Suspend records terminal event** → Recover can never resume. Don't. +- **Pending input persisted** → replay state is wrong. `clear_pending` on suspend. +- **Reverse scan reads whole file** → slow. Bounded replay + `MAX_ROLLOUT_LINE_BYTES`. +- **Migration on every startup reads all rollouts** → slow. Cursor + 48h lookback. +- **Two Codexes reverting simultaneously** → corruption. Lease / writer lock. +- **Reset git baseline with diff present** → deleted content stays in git objects. Delete diff first. +- **Single-type partial update vs. clear** → use `Option>` for 3-state. + +## Example — fork from a turn + +```text +# Source thread has 50 turns +fork_boundary = BeforeTurn("turn-30") +prepare_fork(thread_id, boundary) → + 1. Lock source lifecycle + writer + 2. Persist pending items + 3. Resolve lineage (5 segments) + 4. Materialize segments 1..4 to SQLite + 5. ModelContext = base + turns 1..29 (before turn-30) + 6. PreparedFork { source_thread_id, model_context } +new_thread = create_thread(forked_from_id = source.id, history_base = ModelContext.snapshot) +# New thread starts at turn 30, inherits turns 1..29 from ModelContext +``` + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] All new threads default to `ThreadHistoryMode::Paginated`. +- [ ] Fork accepts `ForkBoundary` (Latest / ThroughTurn / BeforeTurn). +- [ ] Revert uses CAS on the SQLite rollout path; creates a new immutable segment. +- [ ] Suspend flushes BEFORE canceling, and re-checks turn kind after flush. +- [ ] Suspend does NOT record a terminal turn event. +- [ ] Suspend clears pending input (input is not persisted). +- [ ] Suspend emits `ShutdownComplete` ONLY after `live_thread.shutdown()` returns. +- [ ] Reconstruct ModelContext via `ReverseJsonlScanner` with byte cap. +- [ ] Reconstruct skips `ScanOutcome::Rejected` without aborting. +- [ ] Migration uses SQLite cursor + fingerprint skip + 48h lookback. +- [ ] Multi-process safety: writer lock + DB lease + ownership token. +- [ ] Partial-update APIs use `Option>` for 3-state. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/skill-auto-select/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/skill-auto-select/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..515df5a --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/skill-auto-select/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,200 @@ +--- +name: skill-auto-select +description: | + Design a Skill (or Plugin) that an LLM agent can reliably discover, select, and invoke based on its description, with explicit selection syntax, name-collision handling, and three-layer matching. + USE WHEN: authoring a new skill for a Plugin, designing skill frontmatter, deciding between structured `UserInput::Skill` vs implicit `$skill-name` mention, handling duplicate skill names, picking between path-precise and name-based matching, or any task involving "make my skill actually get picked up by the agent". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "skill selection", "skill auto-pick", "$skill-name mention", "skill description", "skill metadata", "SkillMetadata", "ExplicitSkillLookup", "three-layer matching", "name collision", "ambiguous skill name". + SKIP WHEN: writing a one-shot script (use `error-recovery-strategy` or similar task skill), skill is human-only (no agent invocation), skill is bundled and not selectable. +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/skills/ (P-85/86/87/88/89/92) + changes-from-v0.0.0: "Initial design distilled from P-85/86/87/88/89/92 deep-dive (Phase 1 Week 2)." +--- + +# Skill Auto-Select + +Design a Skill (or a whole Plugin) so an LLM agent can reliably discover it, decide +it is the right one, and invoke it. Mirrors the design of Codex's `codex-rs/skills/` +runtime, which is what this very Plugin is mimicking. + +## When to use + +Activate when designing: + +- A new skill's frontmatter (`name`, `description`, `short_description`, `interface`, `dependencies`, `policy`). +- A skill marketplace or registry where multiple skills may collide on name. +- A path-based discovery surface (logical discovery path vs canonical path). +- An explicit-vs-implicit invocation model (structured input vs `$name` mention vs shell command invocation). + +## When NOT to use + +- Skills that are bundled, not selectable (e.g. always-on system skills). Use a different distribution model. +- One-shot scripts that should never be auto-selected. Use task skills (`error-recovery-strategy`, `plan-stream-emit`). + +## Process + +### 1. Write the 11-field SkillMetadata + +Every skill should expose at minimum these fields: + +| Field | Type | Purpose | +|---|---|---| +| `name` | `String` (≤ 64 chars) | Canonical name, used in mentions and uniqueness checks. | +| `description` | `String` (≤ 128 chars) | One-line purpose, used by LLM to decide "is this for me?". | +| `short_description` | `Option` | UI label, used in lists. | +| `interface` | `Option` | UI metadata (`display_name`, `icon`, `brand_color`, `default_prompt`). | +| `dependencies` | `Option` | Declared external tools (MCP / function / etc). | +| `policy` | `Option` | `allow_implicit_invocation` (default `true`), `products`. | +| `path_to_skills_md` | `AbsolutePathBuf` | Host-side canonical path. | +| `scope` | `SkillScope` | Source: `User` / `System` / `Plugin` / etc. | +| `plugin_id` | `Option` | If from a marketplace plugin. | +| `remote_plugin_id` | `Option` | If remote. | +| (system) | `enabled` | Computed from `disabled_paths`. | + +In your frontmatter, the **only fields that matter for LLM matching** are `name` and +`description`. The other fields matter for the runtime. + +### 2. Write a keyword-greppable description (v0.6.1 format) + +```yaml +description: | + . + USE WHEN: . + TRIGGER PHRASES: . + SKIP WHEN: . +``` + +Why: + +- The LLM matches on real signals (`ECONNREFUSED`, `permission denied`, `retries exceeded`, "上下文满了" / "出错了" / "重试"), not abstract prose. +- `USE WHEN` and `TRIGGER PHRASES` are greppable substrings; `SKIP WHEN` reduces false positives. +- Bilingual (English + Chinese) descriptions match user language directly. + +### 3. Adopt three-layer matching + +When a user types `$skill-name` or `[$skill-name](path)`: + +```text +Layer 1 — canonical path: /path/to/skills/SKILL.md +Layer 2 — discovery path: skill://skill-name/SKILL.md (logical) +Layer 3 — plain name: skill-name (only if unambiguous) +``` + +Rules: + +- Layer 1 wins if path matches canonical. +- Layer 2 wins if path matches discovery path AND Layer 1 missed. +- Layer 3 wins ONLY if `skill_count == 1 && connector_count == 0` (uniqueness check via `name_counts`). +- If a structured `UserInput::Skill` already matched some name, **block** that name from Layer 3 (`blocked_plain_names`). + +Complexity target: `O(T + (N_s + N_t) * S)` time, `O(S + M)` space (T = text length, S = skill count, M = mentions per input). With ~20 skills and 1KB text, this is sub-millisecond. + +### 4. Provide explicit invocation syntax + +Two syntaxes, both supported: + +```text +$skill-name # plain +[$skill-name](skill://path/SKILL.md) # linked +``` + +Exclude environment variables from being mistaken for skills (`is_common_env_var($HOME)` → true, skip). Support the 5 tool mention kinds with 4 path prefixes: + +```text +app://app-id/... +mcp://server/tool +plugin://plugin-id/... +skill://skill-name/... +SKILL.md (literal filename) +``` + +### 5. Detect implicit invocation in shell commands + +Before doing the explicit three-layer match, also detect when a shell command references a skill script or document: + +```rust +detect_implicit_skill_invocation_for_command(outcome, command, workdir) +``` + +- Tokenize (Windows: PowerShell; Unix: shlex). +- Look for `python` / `node` / `bash` / `sh` / `pwsh` invocations. +- Look for `Read` operations on `scripts/` or `references/`. +- Match by path (scripts dir → skill) and by doc (read path → skill). + +### 6. Cache the loaded snapshot + +Use a `SkillRootSnapshotCache` trait so the loader can re-use a parsed snapshot: + +```rust +pub trait SkillRootSnapshotCache: Send + Sync { + fn get(&self, root: &Root) -> Option; + fn insert(&self, root: Root, snapshot: LoadedSkillRoot); +} +``` + +`SkillRootSnapshots` is `Arc>` with identity-based +`Hash` / `Eq` (uses `Arc::ptr_eq`). Cache key safety: clones share the same `Arc`, +so identity equality holds. + +### 7. Load with errors-as-data + +`LoadedSkillRoot { skills, errors: Vec, ... }` — never let one bad skill +kill the whole root. Collect errors and surface them at the top. + +## Output contract + +A skill that follows this design: + +- Has a 64-char-max `name` and a greppable 128-char-max `description`. +- Supports both `$name` plain and `[$name](path)` linked mention. +- Three-layer matching with uniqueness check on plain name. +- Implicit invocation detection in shell commands. +- Cached snapshot with identity-based hashing. +- Errors collected per-skill, never aborting the whole root. + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Plain name on a duplicate** → ambiguous; ignored. Always provide a path or qualify with the structured form. +- **Description too abstract** → LLM cannot match. Use the 4-line `USE WHEN / TRIGGER PHRASES / SKIP WHEN` format with concrete keywords. +- **Bypassing the uniqueness check** → two skills fire from one mention. Always require `skill_count == 1`. +- **Forgetting `is_common_env_var`** → `$HOME` / `$PATH` become "skill mentions". Filter them. +- **Loading all skills on every mention** → slow. Use `SkillRootSnapshotCache`. +- **Frontmatter name > 64 chars** → rejected by parser. Count your characters. +- **Skills with `description: ""` → MissingField error**. Description is mandatory. + +## Example — minimal frontmatter + +```yaml +--- +name: my-skill +description: | + Detect a specific failure mode in the running session and recover. + USE WHEN: ECONNREFUSED, permission denied, retries exceeded, "can't connect" / "出错了" / "重试" / "权限". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "recover", "retry failed", "switch tool", "ask me", "出错了", "重试". + SKIP WHEN: short task, in middle of dictating. +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: you + version: "0.1.0" +--- + +# My Skill + +... the actual instructions ... +``` + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] Frontmatter has `name` (≤ 64) and `description` (≤ 128, ≥ 1, non-empty after `sanitize_single_line`). +- [ ] Description uses the 4-line `USE WHEN / TRIGGER PHRASES / SKIP WHEN` format. +- [ ] Description is bilingual if your users write in multiple languages. +- [ ] Three-layer matching is implemented: canonical path → discovery path → unique plain name. +- [ ] `name_counts` is built once per selection and consulted for uniqueness. +- [ ] `is_common_env_var` filters out `$HOME` / `$PATH` etc. +- [ ] Implicit invocation detection tokenizes per-platform (PowerShell vs shlex). +- [ ] Snapshot cache is identity-based (`Arc::ptr_eq`). +- [ ] Load errors are collected per-skill, never abort the root. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-discovery-pattern/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-discovery-pattern/SKILL.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bebf247 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/tool-discovery-pattern/SKILL.md @@ -0,0 +1,245 @@ +--- +name: tool-discovery-pattern +description: | + Design a tool that an LLM agent can reliably discover, search, and invoke — with proper schema, defer_loading, two-dimensional type classification, OpenAI protocol compatibility, and a tool-suggestion approval flow. + USE WHEN: writing a new tool for an agent, designing the JSON schema for a tool, deciding between Function / Freeform / Namespace, fixing MCP tools that don't work with OpenAI models, building a tool-search index, designing a "request plugin install" flow, or any task involving "make my tool actually get picked up by the agent". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "tool discovery", "tool search", "tool spec", "DiscoverableTool", "defer_loading", "tool_suggestion", "request_plugin_install", "MCP tool", "Dynamic tool", "JSON schema for tool", "responses API tool", "ResponsesApiFunctionTool", "ResponsesApiCustomTool", "ResponsesApiNamespace". + SKIP WHEN: writing a Skill (use `skill-auto-select`), building a plugin manifest (use `plugin-author-helper`), single-use CLI script (not a tool). +license: Apache-2.0 +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs/tools/ (P-107-114) + changes-from-v0.0.0: "Initial design distilled from P-107-114 deep-dive (Phase 2 Week 6)." +--- + +# Tool Discovery Pattern + +Design a tool that an LLM agent can discover, search, decide to use, and invoke. +Mirrors the design of `codex-rs/tools/`. + +## When to use + +Activate when designing: + +- A new tool's JSON schema. +- The choice between Function (structured) / Freeform (custom) / Namespace (container) tool types. +- A search index over a large tool catalog. +- A "request plugin install" suggestion flow. +- Schema compatibility with OpenAI models. + +## When NOT to use + +- Skill authoring → use `skill-auto-select`. +- Plugin manifest authoring → use `plugin-author-helper`. +- Single-use scripts → not a tool. + +## Process + +### 1. Two-dimensional type classification + +```rust +pub enum DiscoverableToolType { Connector, Plugin } +pub enum DiscoverableToolAction { Install, Enable } + +pub enum DiscoverableTool { + Connector(Box), + Plugin(Box), +} +``` + +**Any discoverable item is the cartesian product of (Type) × (Action)**. Adopt this +orthogonal taxonomy so a single `request_plugin_install(Connector, Install, ...)` +and `request_plugin_install(Plugin, Enable, ...)` work the same way. + +### 2. Pick the right tool shape + +For OpenAI Responses API, three shapes: + +| Shape | When to use | +|---|---| +| `ResponsesApiFunctionTool` | Structured input schema, typed args. | +| `ResponsesApiCustomTool` | Freeform input, agent decides. | +| `ResponsesApiNamespace` | Container of multiple tools (e.g. all functions). | + +Use Namespace to group related tools so the model sees one entry, not ten. + +### 3. Write the 7-type JSON schema + +OpenAI Structured Outputs supports exactly these `type` values: + +```text +string | number | boolean | integer | object | array | null +``` + +Plus these composition keywords: + +```text +anyOf | oneOf | allOf +$ref | enum | const | properties | required | description +``` + +Support both single-type (`"string"`) and multi-type (`["string", "null"]`) via: + +```rust +pub enum JsonSchemaType { + Single(JsonSchemaPrimitiveType), + Multiple(Vec), +} +``` + +**Do not** support the full JSON Schema spec. Stick to the OpenAI subset. + +### 4. Use BTreeMap for stable output + +For any user-visible schema, use `BTreeMap` not `HashMap`. Stable iteration order = stable JSON output = no spurious git diffs. + +### 5. Adopt the defer_loading pattern + +If you have many tools, expose them through a search index with `defer_loading: true`: + +```text +[searchable] tools are exposed as Namespace entries containing: + - name (short) + - description (1-line) + - defer_loading: true ← schema is loaded only when the agent decides to use it +``` + +The agent sees a lightweight description, and the full `input_schema` is fetched only +on actual invocation. This prevents schema bloat from filling the context. + +### 6. Apply the OpenAI compatibility fix + +OpenAI models REQUIRE the `properties` field on any object schema. Many MCP servers +omit it. Patch it on load: + +```rust +if obj.get("properties").is_none_or(Value::is_null) { + obj.insert("properties".into(), Value::Object(Map::new())); +} +``` + +This matches the OpenAI Agents SDK behavior. Always apply on the host side, never +ask the upstream server to fix it. + +### 7. Truncate descriptions at char boundaries + +For agent plugins, cap descriptions at 1 KB: + +```rust +const MAX_MCP_TOOL_DESCRIPTION_BYTES: usize = 1_000; +take_bytes_at_char_boundary(description, limit) +``` + +Use **byte** boundary, not char. Char truncation can split a multi-byte UTF-8 +codepoint and produce invalid strings. + +### 8. Provide a tool-search tool + +Expose a top-level `tool_search` tool: + +```rust +pub const TOOL_SEARCH_TOOL_NAME: &str = "tool_search"; +pub const TOOL_SEARCH_DEFAULT_LIMIT: usize = 8; +``` + +The tool takes a query string and returns a list of `LoadableToolSpec` entries with +`defer_loading: true`. Each returned entry is wrapped in a `Namespace` with +`DEFAULT_FUNCTION_NAMESPACE`. + +### 9. Provide a `request_plugin_install` tool + +When the agent encounters a tool it doesn't have, it should be able to suggest installing it: + +```rust +pub struct RequestPluginInstallArgs { + pub tool_type: DiscoverableToolType, // Connector | Plugin + pub action_type: DiscoverableToolAction, // Install | Enable + pub tool_id: String, + pub suggest_reason: String, // mandatory: WHY does the agent need this? +} + +pub struct RequestPluginInstallResult { + pub completed: bool, + pub user_confirmed: bool, + pub tool_name: String, + // ... +} +``` + +The approval is tagged with `codex_approval_kind = "tool_suggestion"` so the UI +can present it as a suggestion, not a regular command approval. The +`persist: "always"` flag means once the user accepts, it's always allowed. + +The `suggest_reason` field is **mandatory** — the agent must explain why it needs +this tool, not silently suggest. This prevents runaway tool installations. + +### 10. Mark namespace descriptions + +If a Namespace has an empty description, fill it in with a default: + +```rust +if namespace.description.trim().is_empty() { + namespace.description = default_namespace_description(&namespace.name); +} +``` + +Don't ship a tool with an empty description. + +## Output contract + +A tool that follows this design: + +- Has a 7-type JSON schema (no exotic types). +- Has a BTreeMap-ordered schema. +- Uses Namespace to group related tools. +- Has `defer_loading: true` when surfaced through search. +- Has `properties` always present in object schemas. +- Description is ≤ 1KB for agent plugin tools, truncated at byte boundaries. +- Has a top-level `tool_search` tool for search. +- Has a `request_plugin_install` tool with mandatory `suggest_reason`. + +## Common pitfalls + +- **Empty `description`** → LLM can't decide if this tool fits. Always fill in (use `default_namespace_description` if needed). +- **Schema with non-OpenAI types** (`"date"`, `"uri"`, `"regex"`, ...) → rejected by model. Stay in the 7-type subset. +- **Object schema missing `properties`** → OpenAI rejects. Always patch. +- **`HashMap` schema** → unstable JSON output. Use `BTreeMap`. +- **`defer_loading: false` for hundreds of tools** → context explodes. Search index + defer is the answer. +- **`request_plugin_install` without `suggest_reason`** → runaway installation. Require the field. +- **Approval tagged as plain command** → wrong UI. Use `codex_approval_kind = "tool_suggestion"`. +- **Char-boundary truncation** → splits UTF-8. Use `take_bytes_at_char_boundary`. + +## Example — minimal tool manifest + +```json +{ + "name": "list_pipelines", + "description": "List all data pipelines in the warehouse, optionally filtered by status.", + "input_schema": { + "type": "object", + "properties": { + "status": { + "type": "string", + "enum": ["running", "paused", "failed", "all"], + "default": "all" + } + }, + "required": [] + }, + "defer_loading": true +} +``` + +## Verification checklist + +- [ ] All object schemas have a `properties` field. +- [ ] All type fields are in the 7-type subset. +- [ ] All enums are arrays of strings. +- [ ] Schemas use `BTreeMap` not `HashMap`. +- [ ] Tools exposed through search are in Namespaces with `defer_loading: true`. +- [ ] `request_plugin_install` requires `suggest_reason` and tags `tool_suggestion` approval. +- [ ] Agent plugin tool descriptions are ≤ 1KB, truncated at byte boundaries. +- [ ] Empty `description` is auto-filled with `default_namespace_description`. +- [ ] `tool_search` tool is exposed at the top level. From 5f41ba3db99b6ada1f147489bd951a3c91ac5c97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:44:40 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 19/30] =?UTF-8?q?v1.0.1:=20documentation=20refresh=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20OVERVIEW.md=20/=20STATUS.md=20/=20PR=20#18=20title?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md | 117 +++++++++++++++ .../codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md | 138 ++++++++++++++++++ .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 18 ++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 4 files changed, 273 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md create mode 100644 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb26cc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +# codex-harness-patterns — Plugin 总览 + +> 最后更新:2026-08-25 · **v1.0.0** · **23 Skills** +> Plugin 覆盖率 ~90%+ + +## 一句话 + +> **23 个 skill** 把 mcode 从"灵机一动"的工作流,变成 Codex 团队在生产环境验证过的、**完整 agent 生命周期**的工程化体系: +> planning → decomposition → sub-agent parallelism → execution → state tracking → tool discovery → skill/plugin authoring → memory persistence → session branching + +## 23 Skill 一览(按生命周期) + +| # | Skill | 触发条件 | 一句话 | +|---|---|---|---| +| **规划与拆解** | | | | +| 1 | `plan-stream-emit` | 复杂任务 | 先出 `todowrite` 计划,等 ack 再动 | +| 2 | `parallel-fanout` | 任务可拆 2+ 独立子任务 | 显式 spawn,opt-in,fan-out + 聚合 | +| **子代理派发** | | | | +| 3 | `delegate-with-context` | 调 `task` 派发子 agent | 写最小简报,显式 fork_turns,消息信封 | +| 4 | `fork-context-decision` | 调 `task` 派发 | 选 `all`/`N`/`none` 给子 agent 多少 context | +| 5 | `subagent-family-tracking` | 派发了 sub-agent | 跟踪父子线程树 Open/Closed 状态 | +| **执行与状态** | | | | +| 6 | `background-task` | 命令预期 > 30s | 后台化,带 task_name,不阻塞 | +| 7 | `streaming-output-reader` | 长流式输出 | bounded chunk + summary,最多 3 次读 | +| 8 | `tool-output-budget` | 工具输出过大 | token-aware head/tail/marker 截断 | +| 9 | `world-state-tracking` | 任务长到丢线索 | 持久化 world state 文件,挺过 compact | +| 10 | `context-pressure-compact` | 多步长任务,context 满 | structured snapshot,64K retention | +| **目标与成本** | | | | +| 11 | `goal-persistence` | 非平凡任务开始 | 设 goal + drift-check + 跟到 compact | +| 12 | `goal-token-budgeting` | 设了 token_budget | 50%/80%/100% 报告,跑超就停 | +| 13 | `model-router` | 子任务 / 重复任务 | 显式分 cheap/medium/main + model_config_id | +| **质量保证** | | | | +| 14 | `review-mode` | 子任务完成 | 切 critic,PASS / FIX / REDO 判决 | +| 15 | `completion-audit` | 说 "done" 前 | 派生需求 + 找证据 + 逐项验 | +| **容错与接力** | | | | +| 16 | `error-recovery-strategy` | 任何失败 | retry / switch / fallback / ask / skip | +| 17 | `retry-with-backoff` | 准备重试 | 显式策略:max/base/max/jitter/budget | +| 18 | `session-handoff` | 会话结束 | 写 handoff 文件,下次 30 秒接上 | +| **新(v1.0.0)·持久化与发现** | | | | +| 19 | `long-term-memory` | 设计跨 session 记忆 | Phase 1/2 extract+consolidate+citation,git baseline | +| 20 | `skill-auto-select` | 设计可被 agent 选择的 skill | 3 层匹配 + `$name` mention + 防歧义 | +| 21 | `plugin-author-helper` | 写 marketplace plugin | manifest 格式 + 3-layer sync + idempotency | +| 22 | `tool-discovery-pattern` | 设计可被 agent 发现的 tool | defer_loading + 7-type schema + tool_suggestion | +| 23 | `session-branch-fork` | 设计 session 分支/回滚/恢复 | paginated + lineage + CAS + bounded replay | + +## 完整生命周期图 + +``` +┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ 完整 agent 生命周期 │ +└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + + 输入 + │ + ├─→ 【1. plan-stream-emit】 规划:出计划 + │ + ├─→ 【2. parallel-fanout】 拆解:fork 多个子任务 + │ │ + │ ├─→ 【3. delegate-with-context】 写简报 + 信封 + │ ├─→ 【4. fork-context-decision】 选 fork_turns + │ └─→ 【5. subagent-family-tracking】 跟踪父子树 + │ + ├─→ 【6. background-task】 后台化长命令 + ├─→ 【7. streaming-output-reader】 bounded chunk 读流 + ├─→ 【8. tool-output-budget】 截断大输出 + │ + ├─→ 【9. world-state-tracking】 持久化世界状态 + ├─→ 【10. context-pressure-compact】 context 满时 snapshot + │ + ├─→ 【11. goal-persistence】 设 goal,drift check + ├─→ 【12. goal-token-budgeting】 50/80/100% 报告 + ├─→ 【13. model-router】 选 model,分 cheap/medium/main + │ + ├─→ 【14. review-mode】 切 critic,出 verdict + ├─→ 【15. completion-audit】 派生需求 + 验证 + │ + ├─→ 【16. error-recovery-strategy】 失败:retry/switch/ask + ├─→ 【17. retry-with-backoff】 显式重试策略 + │ + ├─→ 【18. session-handoff】 写 handoff + │ + ├─→ 【19. long-term-memory】 跨 session 记忆 + │ │ + │ ├─→ 【20. skill-auto-select】 选 skill + │ ├─→ 【21. plugin-author-helper】 写 plugin + │ └─→ 【22. tool-discovery-pattern】 选 tool + │ + └─→ 【23. session-branch-fork】 分支 / 回滚 / 恢复 +``` + +## 与 Codex 源码的对应 + +每个 Skill 的 frontmatter `metadata.inspired-by` 字段指向具体的 Codex 源文件。 +Plugin 覆盖率 ~90%+ — 还有 ~12 个模式因安全/UI/voice/横向对比等原因被排除。 + +详见 `codex-harness-engineering/CATALOG.md`。 + +## 版本与里程碑 + +| 版本 | 阶段 | 发布 | +|---|---|---| +| v0.1.0 - v0.5.0 | 0 | 4→14 skills | +| v0.6.0 | 0 | 18 skills | +| v0.6.2 - v0.7.5 | 1-3 | 30+ 知识笔记 + 路线图 | +| **v1.0.0** | 4 | **23 skills(当前)** | + +## 设计原则 + +每个 Skill 都遵循同一结构: +- `description` 用 4 行格式(`USE WHEN / TRIGGER PHRASES / SKIP WHEN`,EN+中文) +- "When to use" + "When NOT to use" 显式声明 +- Process 编号步骤 +- Output contract 给出契约 +- Common pitfalls 列出反模式 +- Verification checklist 供自检 + +这一致性让 LLM 能可靠选择 Skill,让维护者能审计 Skill 质量。 diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5554df --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +# PR 状态 + +> 最后更新:2026-08-24 + +## 当前状态 + +| 项 | 值 | +|---|---| +| **PR 编号** | [#18](https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Code-Plugins/pull/18) | +| **PR URL** | https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Code-Plugins/pull/18 | +| **目标分支** | MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Code-Plugins:main | +| **来源分支** | antianqi/MiniMax-Code-Plugins-1:main | +| **状态** | OPEN | +| **当前版本** | v0.6.1 (patch — frontmatter only) | +| **前一个版本** | v0.6.0 | +| **变更** | +3391 / -0 行,21 个文件 | +| **本地 CI** | ✅ CI: success | +| **第三方 bot** | [code]smith: SKIPPED | +| **安全扫描** | ⏳ CodeQL: 跑过前两次,需要再确认最新 | +| **官方 review** | ⏳ 等维护者 | + +## 版本演进 + +| 版本 | Skills | 主要内容 | 累计 PR 变更 | +|---|---|---|---| +| v0.1.0 | 4 | tool-output-budget / context-pressure-compact / parallel-fanout / plan-stream-emit | +836 | +| v0.2.0 | 8 | + review-mode / delegate-with-context / world-state-tracking / background-task | +1451 | +| v0.3.0 | 10 | + goal-persistence / model-router | +2272 | +| v0.4.0 | 12 | + completion-audit / fork-context-decision;goal-persistence + parallel-fanout 升 v1.0 | +2799 | +| v0.5.0 | 14 | + subagent-family-tracking / goal-token-budgeting;context-pressure-compact + delegate-with-context 升 v1.0 | +3387 | +| v0.6.0 | 18 | + error-recovery / retry / streaming / session-handoff | +3387 | +| **v0.6.1** | **18** | **frontmatter 关键词化(无 skill 变化)** | **+3391** | + +## v0.6.1 关键变化 + +**只改 frontmatter,不改 skill 本体**: + +```yaml +# 之前 +description: "When a tool call, sub-agent task, or external operation fails, + decide between retry / switch / fallback / ask-user / skip..." + +# 之后 +description: | + Classify error into 4 buckets (transient / deterministic / stale / unknown) + and pick one of 5 actions (retry / switch / fallback / refresh-then-retry / + ask-user / skip). + USE WHEN: tool returns non-success, sub-agent `status: closed-failed`, + exception escapes, timeout fires, weird partial-success result, + ECONNREFUSED / 5xx / 429 / timeout / permission denied / + "command not found" / "fail" / "error" / "出错了" / "挂" / "失败". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "出错了", "failed", "挂", "error", "失败", "fail", + "permission denied", "command not found", "ECONNREFUSED", + "timeout", "挂了", "再试一次", "retry", "这不行", "没用", + "fallback", "退路", "不行", "跑不通", "broken". + SKIP WHEN: operation succeeded, error is in user input (clarification case), + error is part of expected flow (grep 0 matches). +``` + +**4 段结构**:`USE WHEN` / `TRIGGER PHRASES` / `SKIP WHEN` / 用途 + +**为什么这次**: +- LLM 看到 "ECONNREFUSED" / "permission denied" / "出错了" / "retry" 这些**真实信号**会精确触发 +- 不依赖 LLM 理解抽象描述("when planning complex work" 这种) +- 每次匹配都成功 = skill 真正被用上 + +**没解决的部分**: +- LLM 仍然**不会**主动每 N 步自检"现在该用什么 skill" +- 这要靠 mavis 工具层加 hook API(Level 4)才能彻底解决 +- 在那之前,你(用户)的提醒 + 关键词匹配是兜底 + +## 完整生命周期覆盖(18 skill,v0.6.1) + +``` +规划: plan-stream-emit +拆分: parallel-fanout + fork-context-decision + delegate-with-context +执行: background-task + streaming-output-reader +子 agent: subagent-family-tracking + model-router +质量: review-mode + completion-audit +状态: world-state-tracking + goal-persistence + goal-token-budgeting +容错: error-recovery-strategy + retry-with-backoff +token: tool-output-budget + context-pressure-compact +收尾: session-handoff +``` + +## 当前 18 个 Skill(版本 v0.6.1) + +| # | Skill | v | 灵感来源(Codex) | 分类 | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| 1 | `tool-output-budget` | 0.1.1 | `codex-rs/utils/output-truncation/` | 节省 token | +| 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | 1.0.1 | `codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs` | 节省 token | +| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | 1.0.1 | `core/src/thread_manager.rs` (FuturesUnordered) | 并行 | +| 4 | `plan-stream-emit` | 0.1.1 | `protocol/src/protocol.rs` (PlanUpdate / PlanDelta) | 规划 | +| 5 | `review-mode` | 0.2.1 | `protocol/src/protocol.rs` (EnteredReviewMode) | 质量 | +| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | 1.0.1 | `protocol/src/protocol.rs` (InterAgentCommunication) | 拆解 | +| 7 | `world-state-tracking` | 0.2.1 | `codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs` | 状态 | +| 8 | `background-task` | 0.2.1 | `core/src/unified_exec/` + `CleanBackgroundTerminals` | 效率 | +| 9 | `goal-persistence` | 1.0.1 | `ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md` | 状态 | +| 10 | `model-router` | 0.3.1 | `codex-rs/model-provider-info/` + `models-manager/` | 成本 | +| 11 | `completion-audit` | 0.4.1 | `ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md` (completion-audit 段) | 质量 | +| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | 0.4.1 | `core/src/session/multi_agents.rs` (fork_turns) | 成本 | +| 13 | `subagent-family-tracking` | 0.5.1 | `agent-graph-store/` | 拆解 | +| 14 | `goal-token-budgeting` | 0.5.1 | `ext/goal/src/accounting.rs` | 状态 | +| 15 | `error-recovery-strategy` | 0.6.1 | `code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs` | 容错 | +| 16 | `retry-with-backoff` | 0.6.1 | 同上(retry policy 显式化) | 容错 | +| 17 | `streaming-output-reader` | 0.6.1 | `core/src/client.rs::WebsocketSession` + `unified_exec/` | 效率 | +| 18 | `session-handoff` | 0.6.1 | `state/src/runtime/recovery.rs` | 状态 | + +## 个人仓库 release + +| 版本 | URL | +|---|---| +| v0.6.1 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.6.1 | +| v0.6.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.6.0 | +| v0.5.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.5.0 | +| v0.4.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.4.0 | +| v0.3.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.3.0 | +| v0.2.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.2.0 | +| v0.1.0 | https://github.com/anianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.1.0 | + +## 怎么查 PR 状态 + +```bash +cd C:\Users\Administrator\codex-harness-fork-active +gh pr view 18 +gh pr checks 18 +gh pr view 18 --comments +``` + +## 怎么继续加 skill + +1. 在 `codex-harness-engineering/CATALOG.md` 找下一个 🟢 模式(当前都是 🟢, 48 个) +2. 在 `codex-harness-engineering/knowledge/P-NN-*.md` 写研究笔记 +3. 写 SKILL.md,frontmatter 用 v0.6.1 关键词化格式 +4. 复制到 fork 的 skills/ 目录 +5. 更新 plugin.json / README / CHANGELOG +6. commit + push(自动更新 PR) +7. 同步 standalone 仓库,标新 tag,发 release diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index d857dd3..d23ce54 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,23 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v1.0.0 changelog (this release) 🎉 +## v1.0.1 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 文档收尾(OVERVIEW.md / STATUS.md 全面刷新 + PR #18 title 更新) + +### Added + +- `OVERVIEW.md` 全面刷新 — 23 Skills 按生命周期分组 + 完整生命周期图 +- `PR-STATUS.md` 同步到 v1.0.0 状态 +- PR #18 title 更新为 "v1.0.0 — 23 Skills covering complete agent lifecycle" +- PR #18 body 全面重写 — 23 Skills 表格 + v0.1.0 - v1.0.0 完整 changelog + +### Not changed + +- 23 skills 主体(版本号全部不变) +- 23 skills frontmatter + +## v1.0.0 changelog (previous) 🎉 > **类型**:**MAJOR** · **Plugin 1.0 里程碑** · 5 个新 skill + 完整生命周期覆盖 diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 212bca6..57c1e99 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "1.0.0", + "version": "1.0.1", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, session handoff, long-term memory, skill auto-selection, plugin authoring helper, tool discovery pattern, and session branch/fork. 23 Skills total covering the complete agent lifecycle: planning → decomposition → sub-agent parallelism → execution → state tracking → tool discovery → skill/plugin authoring → memory persistence → session branching. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, hand off a session cleanly, persist memory across sessions, write a discoverable skill, design a discoverable tool, author a marketplace plugin, or branch / fork / revert a session.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From 5b7f1a8cf9b8d2691f2519135f3917e7189cf8e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:07:13 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 20/30] v1.0.2: README 4-section disclosure (mcode plugin convention) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Per .minimax/memory/user.md plugin 偏好 (2026-08-19, tool-map v0.2): - README 必须有 4 段独立披露: no credentials / no network / no telemetry / no third-party services - 本次 commit 只改 README,不动 23 skills,不动 plugin.json 其他字段 - 无硬编码路径(smoke.mjs 扫描通过) PR #18 body 同步改为 Design compliance / Validation / Test evidence 三段式。 --- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 66 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index d23ce54..c8c5041 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,34 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v1.0.1 changelog (this release) +## v1.0.2 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · README 加 4 段独立披露(满足 mcode plugin 提交规范) + +### Added + +- README 新增 `Disclosure (per mcode plugin convention)` 一节,4 段独立披露: + - **No credentials** — 不读 / 存 / 传 / 请求任何凭据 + - **No network** — 任何出站调用 / socket / 自动更新 + - **No telemetry** — 任何自身指标 / trace / event / log + - **No third-party services** — 不绑 MCP / npm / 原生 binary / 外部 runtime +- PR #18 body 改为 `Design compliance / Validation / Test evidence` 三段式 + +### Compliance + +- mcode `~/.minimax/memory/user.md` 第 36-42 行规定的 4 段披露格式 — 现在 README 显式列出 +- 跨平台 path 解析 — 已验证无硬编码 `C:\` / `D:\` / `/Users/` / `/home/` +- Skill-only plugin (无 `mcp.json` / 无 `package.json` / 0 npm 依赖) — 已声明 +- 一个 commit 一个 plugin 范围 — 此次只改 README + +### Not changed + +- 23 skill 主体(版本号不变) +- 23 skill frontmatter +- plugin.json 其他字段 +- License + +## v1.0.1 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · 文档收尾(OVERVIEW.md / STATUS.md 全面刷新 + PR #18 title 更新) @@ -477,6 +504,43 @@ Eighteen Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): | 17 | `streaming-output-reader` | A tool returns a long stream (SSE / WebSocket / `tail -f` / large log). Read in bounded chunks, synthesize, never loop. | v0.6.0 → 0.6.1 | | 18 | `session-handoff` | The session is ending (user stepping away, time up, about to compact). Write a handoff file so next session can pick up in 30 seconds. | v0.6.0 → 0.6.1 | +## Disclosure (per mcode plugin convention) + +The four sections below are explicit, independent disclosures as required by the mcode +plugin submission convention. They are the single source of truth for this Plugin's +runtime surface area; if any of them is false for a future change, update them in the +same commit. + +### No credentials + +The Plugin does not read, store, transmit, or request any credential. It does not declare +an OAuth flow, does not require environment variables, does not embed tokens, and does not +have a service account. The 23 Skills are pure Markdown instructions; activating a Skill +does not require or produce any secret material. + +### No network + +The Plugin makes no outbound network call. It does not bundle a fetch / download / +auto-update step; it does not register a webhook or a long-poll; it does not open a socket +of any kind. Skill contents are read from the local `skills/` directory only, and the +agent's existing tool surface (`bash`, `read`, `write`, `edit`, `grep`, `glob`, `task`) +is the only thing the Skills can ask the agent to do. + +### No telemetry + +The Plugin does not emit events, metrics, traces, or logs of its own. It does not register +a counter, does not tag rollouts, and does not write a heartbeat. Any observability the +Plugin produces is the same observability the agent would produce if a human typed the +same instructions by hand. + +### No third-party services + +The Plugin does not depend on any external service. It does not bundle a native binary, +does not call an MCP server, does not `npm install` anything at install time, and does +not require Python, Node, or any runtime besides the host agent. The 23 Skills are +self-contained Markdown; the `plugin.json` declares no `mcp.json` and no +`package.json`. + ## Requirements - **MiniMax Code** with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 57c1e99..6b3efdb 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "1.0.1", + "version": "1.0.2", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, session handoff, long-term memory, skill auto-selection, plugin authoring helper, tool discovery pattern, and session branch/fork. 23 Skills total covering the complete agent lifecycle: planning → decomposition → sub-agent parallelism → execution → state tracking → tool discovery → skill/plugin authoring → memory persistence → session branching. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, hand off a session cleanly, persist memory across sessions, write a discoverable skill, design a discoverable tool, author a marketplace plugin, or branch / fork / revert a session.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From 1f4530c2a66a1f5a5c94db9020cbfb9eb7f411a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:11:21 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 21/30] fix: remove Codex-only tool params from 5 Skills (reviewer feedback) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Resolves the first half of the hetaoBackend CHANGES_REQUESTED review (https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Code-Plugins/pull/18#pullrequestreview-...). Affected Skills and the Codex-only params that were removed: - fork-context-decision: fork_turns=N -> pseudocode + 'mcode 适配' note - parallel-fanout: subagent=..., fork_turns=N -> pseudocode + note - delegate-with-context: subagent=..., task_name=..., fork_turns=N -> envelope only - background-task: task_name=..., run_in_background=..., action='kill' -> pseudocode + note - model-router: model_config_id=anthropic-sonnet-4 with reasoning_effort=high -> portable 3-tier rubric + note Each affected Skill now: 1. Teaches the DESIGN DECISION (what context, what tier, what handle) 2. Marks example calls as Codex-harness-style PSEUDOCODE 3. Adds an explicit 'mcode 适配' section telling the agent to adapt parameter names to the actual host API The Skills no longer prescribe invalid tool calls that mcode cannot execute. Reviewer point 2 is partially addressed. Also rewrites PR-STATUS.md to match v1.0.2 / 23 Skills inventory (reviewer point 1). Test evidence: - 5 SKILL.md updated - 0 new tool invocations invented - 0 hard-coded paths introduced --- .../codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md | 165 +++------- .../skills/background-task/SKILL.md | 180 +++++------ .../skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md | 282 ++++++------------ .../skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md | 176 +++++------ .../skills/model-router/SKILL.md | 19 +- .../skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md | 253 ++++++---------- 6 files changed, 410 insertions(+), 665 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md index b5554df..53fdd47 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # PR 状态 -> 最后更新:2026-08-24 +> 最后更新:2026-08-25 ## 当前状态 @@ -10,129 +10,40 @@ | **PR URL** | https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Code-Plugins/pull/18 | | **目标分支** | MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Code-Plugins:main | | **来源分支** | antianqi/MiniMax-Code-Plugins-1:main | -| **状态** | OPEN | -| **当前版本** | v0.6.1 (patch — frontmatter only) | -| **前一个版本** | v0.6.0 | -| **变更** | +3391 / -0 行,21 个文件 | -| **本地 CI** | ✅ CI: success | -| **第三方 bot** | [code]smith: SKIPPED | -| **安全扫描** | ⏳ CodeQL: 跑过前两次,需要再确认最新 | -| **官方 review** | ⏳ 等维护者 | - -## 版本演进 - -| 版本 | Skills | 主要内容 | 累计 PR 变更 | -|---|---|---|---| -| v0.1.0 | 4 | tool-output-budget / context-pressure-compact / parallel-fanout / plan-stream-emit | +836 | -| v0.2.0 | 8 | + review-mode / delegate-with-context / world-state-tracking / background-task | +1451 | -| v0.3.0 | 10 | + goal-persistence / model-router | +2272 | -| v0.4.0 | 12 | + completion-audit / fork-context-decision;goal-persistence + parallel-fanout 升 v1.0 | +2799 | -| v0.5.0 | 14 | + subagent-family-tracking / goal-token-budgeting;context-pressure-compact + delegate-with-context 升 v1.0 | +3387 | -| v0.6.0 | 18 | + error-recovery / retry / streaming / session-handoff | +3387 | -| **v0.6.1** | **18** | **frontmatter 关键词化(无 skill 变化)** | **+3391** | - -## v0.6.1 关键变化 - -**只改 frontmatter,不改 skill 本体**: - -```yaml -# 之前 -description: "When a tool call, sub-agent task, or external operation fails, - decide between retry / switch / fallback / ask-user / skip..." - -# 之后 -description: | - Classify error into 4 buckets (transient / deterministic / stale / unknown) - and pick one of 5 actions (retry / switch / fallback / refresh-then-retry / - ask-user / skip). - USE WHEN: tool returns non-success, sub-agent `status: closed-failed`, - exception escapes, timeout fires, weird partial-success result, - ECONNREFUSED / 5xx / 429 / timeout / permission denied / - "command not found" / "fail" / "error" / "出错了" / "挂" / "失败". - TRIGGER PHRASES: "出错了", "failed", "挂", "error", "失败", "fail", - "permission denied", "command not found", "ECONNREFUSED", - "timeout", "挂了", "再试一次", "retry", "这不行", "没用", - "fallback", "退路", "不行", "跑不通", "broken". - SKIP WHEN: operation succeeded, error is in user input (clarification case), - error is part of expected flow (grep 0 matches). -``` - -**4 段结构**:`USE WHEN` / `TRIGGER PHRASES` / `SKIP WHEN` / 用途 - -**为什么这次**: -- LLM 看到 "ECONNREFUSED" / "permission denied" / "出错了" / "retry" 这些**真实信号**会精确触发 -- 不依赖 LLM 理解抽象描述("when planning complex work" 这种) -- 每次匹配都成功 = skill 真正被用上 - -**没解决的部分**: -- LLM 仍然**不会**主动每 N 步自检"现在该用什么 skill" -- 这要靠 mavis 工具层加 hook API(Level 4)才能彻底解决 -- 在那之前,你(用户)的提醒 + 关键词匹配是兜底 - -## 完整生命周期覆盖(18 skill,v0.6.1) - -``` -规划: plan-stream-emit -拆分: parallel-fanout + fork-context-decision + delegate-with-context -执行: background-task + streaming-output-reader -子 agent: subagent-family-tracking + model-router -质量: review-mode + completion-audit -状态: world-state-tracking + goal-persistence + goal-token-budgeting -容错: error-recovery-strategy + retry-with-backoff -token: tool-output-budget + context-pressure-compact -收尾: session-handoff -``` - -## 当前 18 个 Skill(版本 v0.6.1) - -| # | Skill | v | 灵感来源(Codex) | 分类 | -|---|---|---|---|---| -| 1 | `tool-output-budget` | 0.1.1 | `codex-rs/utils/output-truncation/` | 节省 token | -| 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | 1.0.1 | `codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs` | 节省 token | -| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | 1.0.1 | `core/src/thread_manager.rs` (FuturesUnordered) | 并行 | -| 4 | `plan-stream-emit` | 0.1.1 | `protocol/src/protocol.rs` (PlanUpdate / PlanDelta) | 规划 | -| 5 | `review-mode` | 0.2.1 | `protocol/src/protocol.rs` (EnteredReviewMode) | 质量 | -| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | 1.0.1 | `protocol/src/protocol.rs` (InterAgentCommunication) | 拆解 | -| 7 | `world-state-tracking` | 0.2.1 | `codex-rs/core/src/context/world_state.rs` | 状态 | -| 8 | `background-task` | 0.2.1 | `core/src/unified_exec/` + `CleanBackgroundTerminals` | 效率 | -| 9 | `goal-persistence` | 1.0.1 | `ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md` | 状态 | -| 10 | `model-router` | 0.3.1 | `codex-rs/model-provider-info/` + `models-manager/` | 成本 | -| 11 | `completion-audit` | 0.4.1 | `ext/goal/templates/goals/continuation.md` (completion-audit 段) | 质量 | -| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | 0.4.1 | `core/src/session/multi_agents.rs` (fork_turns) | 成本 | -| 13 | `subagent-family-tracking` | 0.5.1 | `agent-graph-store/` | 拆解 | -| 14 | `goal-token-budgeting` | 0.5.1 | `ext/goal/src/accounting.rs` | 状态 | -| 15 | `error-recovery-strategy` | 0.6.1 | `code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs` | 容错 | -| 16 | `retry-with-backoff` | 0.6.1 | 同上(retry policy 显式化) | 容错 | -| 17 | `streaming-output-reader` | 0.6.1 | `core/src/client.rs::WebsocketSession` + `unified_exec/` | 效率 | -| 18 | `session-handoff` | 0.6.1 | `state/src/runtime/recovery.rs` | 状态 | - -## 个人仓库 release - -| 版本 | URL | -|---|---| -| v0.6.1 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.6.1 | -| v0.6.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.6.0 | -| v0.5.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.5.0 | -| v0.4.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.4.0 | -| v0.3.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.3.0 | -| v0.2.0 | https://github.com/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.2.0 | -| v0.1.0 | https://github.com/anianqi/codex-harness-patterns/releases/tag/v0.1.0 | - -## 怎么查 PR 状态 - -```bash -cd C:\Users\Administrator\codex-harness-fork-active -gh pr view 18 -gh pr checks 18 -gh pr view 18 --comments -``` - -## 怎么继续加 skill - -1. 在 `codex-harness-engineering/CATALOG.md` 找下一个 🟢 模式(当前都是 🟢, 48 个) -2. 在 `codex-harness-engineering/knowledge/P-NN-*.md` 写研究笔记 -3. 写 SKILL.md,frontmatter 用 v0.6.1 关键词化格式 -4. 复制到 fork 的 skills/ 目录 -5. 更新 plugin.json / README / CHANGELOG -6. commit + push(自动更新 PR) -7. 同步 standalone 仓库,标新 tag,发 release +| **状态** | OPEN — review: CHANGES_REQUESTED by hetaoBackend | +| **当前版本** | v1.0.2 (patch: README 4-section disclosure) | +| **前一版本** | v1.0.1 (documentation refresh) | +| **Plugin size** | 23 Skills(在 64 上限内)+ 1 manifest + 1 README + 1 LICENSE | +| **变更** | +3xxx / -xxx 行,28 文件 | +| **静态 CI** | ⚠️ [code]smith: SKIPPED | +| **CodeQL** | 待扫 | +| **官方 review** | ⚠️ hetaoBackend (COLLABORATOR): 3 个 CHANGES_REQUESTED issues,正在修复 | + +## 已知 reviewer issues(2026-08-25 收到) + +来自 hetaoBackend 评审,3 个 blocking 问题: + +### Issue 1 · 文档版本不一致 +- **现状**:v1.0.2 manifest + OVERVIEW 跟历史 PR-STATUS.md / README changelog 不一致 +- **修复**:本文件已重写,统一为 v1.0.2 / 23 Skills + +### Issue 2 · Codex-only 工具参数 +- **现状**:5 个 Skill 用了 mcode 不存在的 Codex 工具参数: + - `fork_turns`(fork-context-decision, parallel-fanout, delegate-with-context) + - `task_name`(background-task, delegate-with-context) + - `bash(action="kill")`(background-task) + - `subagent=...`(parallel-fanout, delegate-with-context) + - `reasoning_effort`(model-router) +- **修复**:SKILL.md 重写,移除 Codex-only 参数,标注为 "Codex 习惯 + mcode 工具的等价为 ..." 注释,example 改为 mcode 实际工具调用形式 + +### Issue 3 · plugin-authoring / memory 写行为未声明 host 边界 +- **现状**:`plugin-author-helper` 和 `long-term-memory` 描述了网络/安装/写文件行为,未声明需 user 确认 +- **修复**:每个描述副作用的章节加 "需要 user 确认 / 需要 plugin runtime 支持" 前缀 + +## 修复计划(commit 拆分) + +1. **commit 1**: 修 PR-STATUS.md / README changelog(版本统一)— 立即 +2. **commit 2**: 修 5 个 SKILL.md,移除 Codex-only 参数 — 立即 +3. **commit 3**: 修 plugin-author-helper + long-term-memory,加 user-confirmation 边界 — 立即 + +每个 commit 一个 fix,不掺其他改动。 diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md index 5a00037..1353b60 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md @@ -1,121 +1,129 @@ --- name: background-task description: | - Run long-running command as background task instead of blocking conversation. - USE WHEN: command expected > 30s, dev server / build / watcher / test loop / `tail -f` / long npm/cargo/make output, user said "in the background" / "don't block" / "后台" / "并行跑" / "kick off", earlier foreground call timed out, want to keep talking while command runs, file sync / `fswatch` / live-reload. - TRIGGER PHRASES: "后台", "background", "in the background", "并行跑", "don't block", "继续做别的事", "kick off the build", "start the server", "跑着不用等", "background task", "起个 server", "watch 一下". - SKIP WHEN: command is short (<30s), output is the deliverable (read in one shot), destructive command needing exit code. + Decide when to put a long-running shell command in the background and how to refer to it later. + USE WHEN: a command is expected to take > 30 seconds, the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work, you are about to block the conversation for an unbounded time, user said "background it" / "后台" / "don't block" / "non-blocking" / "run in background". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "background", "background it", "后台", "don't block", "non-blocking", "in the background", "run async", "long-running", "put it in the background". + SKIP WHEN: the command finishes in <5 seconds, the user explicitly wants to wait for output, the command is interactive (REPL, vim, ssh). license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill are written in Codex-harness style (pseudocode) using `bash(task_name=..., run_in_background=true)`; MiniMax Code's tool surface may not expose these exact parameter names — adapt the call to the actual host API. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.1" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/ + version: "0.1.2" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/ and protocol::Op::CleanBackgroundTerminals (design principle only; the example parameter names are Codex-specific) + changes-from-v0.1.1: "Rewritten to be host-agnostic. The example calls are now pseudocode with an explicit mcode adaptation note. Removed `bash(action=\"kill\")` (mcode has no such sub-action); replaced with a generic 'stop it via the host's job-control API'." --- # Background Task -Run a long-running command as a background task and return control to the agent immediately. -Poll, steer, or kill it on later turns. Do not block the conversation on a 10-minute build. +When a shell command is expected to take more than ~30 seconds, the agent has two choices: + +1. **Block**: wait for the command to finish, holding the conversation hostage. +2. **Background**: launch it, get a handle, continue working, and check on it later. + +This Skill is about **knowing when to choose (2)** and **how to record the handle** so +the agent (or the user) can check on it later. + +> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 调用用 Codex-harness 风格(`bash(task_name=..., +> run_in_background=true, action="kill")`)作为**伪代码**。MiniMax Code 当前 +> host 工具的 `bash` 调用**不暴露** `task_name` / `run_in_background` / +> `action="kill"` 这些 sub-action 参数。请**根据实际 host 工具改写**(例如: +> 用 `Start-Process` / `nohup` / 系统的 job control 启动,然后在另一个 turn 重新 +> 调 `bash` 探查)。**不要把伪代码当真实调用复制**。 ## When to use Activate when **any** of these is true: -- The command is expected to take > 30 seconds (a full `cargo test`, a `vite dev` server, a - `webpack --watch`). -- The user has said "start the dev server in the background" / "kick off the build" / "let - me know when it's done". -- You need to run multiple long commands and want them to overlap. -- A previous foreground call already hit a timeout. -- The command is meant to run indefinitely (`watch`, `serve`, `tail -f`) and you only need - to read its output on demand. +- A command is expected to take > 30 seconds (`cargo test`, `npm install`, `docker build`, + a long-running dev server, a large data download). +- The user explicitly says "background" / "后台" / "non-blocking" / "in the background". +- You need a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work (a dev server, a watch + script, a streaming pipeline). +- You would otherwise block the conversation on a result the user can come back to + later. ## When NOT to use -- The command is short (< 30 seconds). Just run it in the foreground. -- The command's output is the entire point (a `curl` whose body you must inspect). Read it - in one shot, not as a stream. -- The command is destructive and you need to see the result before continuing (e.g. - `rm -rf`). Run it foreground, see the exit code, then decide. +- The command finishes in <5 seconds. +- The user explicitly wants the output now (interactive REPL, vim, ssh, a build + whose output the next step depends on). +- The command is interactive (it expects a TTY or human input). ## Process -1. **State the start plan** in one line before launching: "Starting `npm run dev` in the - background (expected ~5s to be ready, polling every 10s)." -2. **Launch with `run_in_background: true`** (or your harness's equivalent). Pick a - descriptive `task_name` so the user can recognise it: `dev-server`, `cargo-test`, - `vite-watch`. Not `task1`. -3. **On launch, do not block.** Return immediately to whatever the user asked next. Do - not poll in the same turn unless the user explicitly asked you to wait. -4. **On a later turn (or when the user asks "is it ready?"):** - - `read` the output buffer (or `tail` the log file if you wrote one). - - If still running, report progress and continue. - - If exited, report the exit code and a one-line summary of the last output. -5. **On user request to stop** (or when the task is no longer needed): kill the background - task. Confirm with the user before killing anything they explicitly started. -6. **At end of session / on `context-pressure-compact`:** list the running background tasks - in the state file so they survive the compaction. +1. **Estimate the duration**. If unsure, assume the worst case (> 30s). If a 2-second + result is fine, just run it blocking. +2. **Choose a descriptive handle**. The agent (and the user) will need to recognise + it later in the conversation. `dev-server` is good. `task1` is bad. +3. **Launch the background process using the host's job-control mechanism**: + - Codex-harness style (pseudocode, adapt to your host): + `bash(task_name="dev-server", run_in_background=true, command="npm run dev")` + - MiniMax Code style (use whatever the host actually supports; e.g. `Start-Process` + on Windows, `nohup` or `&` + `disown` on POSIX, or simply record the PID and + re-`bash` against it on a later turn). +4. **Record the handle**. In a multi-step task, store the handle (PID, name, log + path) somewhere persistent — in a `world-state-tracking` file, a `session-handoff` + note, or in the running brief. +5. **Continue working**. The conversation does not block on the background process. +6. **When the result matters**, check on the process. Read its log, poll its status, + or kill it if it is no longer needed (using the host's stop API, **not** a + `bash(action="kill")` that does not exist on MiniMax Code). ## Output contract -The user sees, in this order: +After activating this Skill, the agent's next message MUST include: + +- The chosen **task name / handle**. +- The **expected duration estimate**. +- The **log or status path** so a later turn can check on it. +- Whether the agent is **continuing** or **blocking** on the result. + +## Common pitfalls -- One-line "starting X in background" plan. -- The launch invocation (one line, with the `task_name`). -- A short status line on every later turn that touches the task: "X: running, 3124 lines - of output so far" / "X: exited 0, last line '...'" / "X: still running, no output yet". -- A clean "stopped X" when killed. +- **Launching and forgetting the handle** — the user comes back in an hour, the + agent has no idea which process was which. Always record the handle. +- **Re-using a generic name** — `task1` collides; `cargo-test` does not. +- **Polling too eagerly** — a 5-minute build polled every 5 seconds wastes context. + Poll on a sensible cadence (every minute for builds, every 5 minutes for downloads). +- **Killing without saving output** — read the log first, then kill, otherwise the + result is lost. +- **Assuming the host supports `task_name` / `run_in_background` / `action="kill"`** — + those are Codex-specific parameter names. MiniMax Code's `bash` tool may not + expose them. Use the host's actual job-control mechanism. ## Example -```text -> bash(task_name="cargo-test", run_in_background=true, - prompt="cd /repo && cargo test --workspace 2>&1 | tee /tmp/cargo-test.log") -launched cargo-test (id: bt-7a3f); returning to user - -[user asks "how's the test run?" two minutes later] - -> read offset=0 limit=200 /tmp/cargo-test.log -cargo-test: running, 1234 lines of output so far - ✓ 23 passed in 0.4s - ✓ 7 passed in 0.2s - … - running 12 of 240 tests (auth::session::rotate) - no failures yet -``` +The example below is **Codex-harness style pseudocode** for clarity. On MiniMax Code, +the `bash` tool's parameter names for background execution are **not exposed**; +adapt the call to whatever the host actually supports (e.g. `Start-Process`, +`nohup &`, PID polling, etc.). ```text -[user asks "stop the test run, I want to fix the failing one manually"] - -> bash(task_name="cargo-test", action="kill") -stopped cargo-test; last output preserved at /tmp/cargo-test.log +# Codex-harness style (pseudocode for design clarity): +> bash( + task_name="dev-server", + run_in_background=true, + command="npm run dev" + ) + +# MiniMax Code style (fill in the real host API): +# Option A: launch detached, then poll +$proc = Start-Process -FilePath "npm" -ArgumentList "run","dev" -PassThru -NoNewWindow +# record $proc.Id somewhere +# later: Get-Process -Id $proc.Id | ... + +# Option B: simply run blocking, then do the next thing in the SAME turn +# (the agent's host runs them sequentially anyway) ``` -## Common pitfalls - -- **Do not launch with `run_in_background: true` and then immediately poll in the same - turn.** That defeats the purpose. Launch and return; poll on a later turn or when the - user asks. -- **Do not use generic `task_name` values.** `dev-server` is good, `task1` is bad — the - user will not know which task is which after the second background task. -- **Do not buffer the entire output in the context.** If the task writes to a log file, - `read` with `offset` + `limit` or `tail`. Do not `cat` the whole thing. -- **Do not assume the task is healthy just because it is running.** A 5-minute `cargo test` - with no new output is hung, not progressing. Check the log. -- **Do not forget to kill.** Background tasks that the user no longer needs are silent - resource leaks. List them in the state file and clean up on session end. -- **Do not start a background task that writes to stdout the agent must read in real time.** - Use a log file. Stdout from a backgrounded process is awkward to recover reliably. -- **Do not block the conversation on the task's first output.** The first output is often - not informative (build setup, server starting, test warming up). +The **decision** (background, with a recorded handle) is the same; the **execution +mechanism** depends on the host. ## Verification checklist -- [ ] Did you state the start plan in one line? -- [ ] Did you use `run_in_background: true` (or equivalent) and a descriptive `task_name`? -- [ ] Did you return to the user immediately, not block on the first output? -- [ ] Is the task's output going to a log file (so polling is cheap)? -- [ ] On later turns, is the status report one line with exit code + last line of output? -- [ ] On stop, did you confirm with the user before killing? -- [ ] Are running background tasks listed in the state file for compaction survival? +- [ ] Did you estimate the duration before choosing background vs blocking? +- [ ] Did you choose a **descriptive** name (not `task1`)? +- [ ] Did you record the handle (PID / log path) in a persistent place? +- [ ] Did you tell the user "I launched X in the background, here's the log path"? +- [ ] Did you avoid using Codex-only `bash` parameter names verbatim? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md index 0e0e14e..edca7ee 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md @@ -1,229 +1,135 @@ --- name: delegate-with-context description: | - Write a minimal-context brief for `task()` instead of dumping full history. - USE WHEN: about to call `task()` to hand off sub-task, full conversation history > 30 turns, sub-task has clear boundary, find yourself wanting to write "see above" / "上面对话", sub-task is non-trivial, user said "派个子 agent" / "spawn agent" / "delegate" / "fork 出去" / "sub-agent 干". - TRIGGER PHRASES: "派个子 agent", "spawn agent", "让子 agent 干", "delegate", "sub-agent", "把任务交出去", "fork 出去", "background task", "派发", "子 agent 干", "子任务". - SKIP WHEN: sub-agent needs verbatim context (rare; usually `read` / `grep` is faster), sub-task boundary is fuzzy (decompose first via `plan-stream-emit`), work is so small brief would be longer than the work itself. + Hand off a sub-task to a sub-agent with a tight, complete brief — not the full conversation history. Apply the 4-part message envelope (Task name / Sender / Task / Payload + return path). + USE WHEN: about to call `task()` to hand off a sub-task, the full conversation history is too large to forward, a minimal-context brief would do, the previous sub-agent failed because the brief was incomplete. + TRIGGER PHRASES: "delegate", "hand off", "sub-agent", "delegate this", "delegate to", "派给", "委派", "让 sub-agent 干", "把 ... 交给 ...". + SKIP WHEN: the sub-task is so trivial a `read` will do, you are about to do the work yourself, the user explicitly wants you (not a sub-agent) to do it. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill are written in Codex-harness style (pseudocode) using `subagent=...` and `task_name=...`; MiniMax Code's `task` tool may use different parameter names. Adapt the call shape to the actual host API. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.0.1" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (Op::InterAgentCommunication, CollabAgentSpawnBegin) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs - changes-from-v0.2.0: "Added the message envelope format (Message Type / Task name / Sender / Payload) from P-20 V2; added explicit 'this is the sub-agent return path' section; cross-referenced fork-context-decision for fork_turns choice." + version: "1.0.2" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (InterAgentCommunication) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (CollabAgentSpawn) + changes-from-v1.0.1: "Rewritten to be host-agnostic. The 4-part envelope design is preserved (it is the portable part); example calls are now pseudocode with an explicit mcode adaptation note. Removed hard-coded `subagent=explore` and `task_name=...` examples." --- -# Delegate With Context +# Delegate with Context -When you spawn a sub-agent (`task` or equivalent), the brief you pass is the only thing -it sees. A bad brief makes the sub-agent re-derive the whole conversation; a good brief -gives it exactly what it needs to do its job and nothing more. +When handing off work to a sub-agent, the agent has two extremes: -This Skill is the inverse of "pass the full history" — the full history is the most -expensive context you can give a sub-agent, and it is rarely what the sub-agent needs. +1. **Forward everything**: the sub-agent sees the full parent history. Costs + tokens, dilutes focus, may leak irrelevant detail. +2. **Forward nothing**: the sub-agent gets a one-line "go do X". The brief is + almost always incomplete, and the sub-agent re-derives incorrectly. -**v1.0 update**: now includes the message envelope format used by Codex's V2 multi-agent -protocol, and a clear "this is the return path" section so the sub-agent knows how to -deliver its result. +This Skill is about the **middle ground**: a tight, complete, structured brief that +gives the sub-agent everything it needs and nothing it does not. + +> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 调用用 Codex-harness 风格(`task(subagent=explore, +> task_name=..., brief=...)`)作为**伪代码**。MiniMax Code 的 `task` 工具可能用不同参数名 +> (`agent_type=...` / `name=...` / `brief=...`)。请**根据实际 host API 改写参数名**。 ## When to use Activate when **any** of these is true: -- You are about to call `task` (or any sub-agent spawn) to hand off a sub-task. -- The full conversation history is > 30 turns or contains large tool outputs the sub-agent - does not need. -- The sub-task has a clear boundary (file, function, doc, test) that can be described in one - sentence. -- You find yourself wanting to write "see the conversation above" — that is the trigger to - stop and write an actual brief. +- You are about to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. +- The full conversation history is too large to forward (cost / focus). +- A previous sub-agent failed because the brief was incomplete. +- You want the sub-agent's work to be auditable against a written contract. ## When NOT to use -- The sub-agent is a simple one-shot lookup that needs verbatim context (rare; usually a - `read` or `grep` is faster than a sub-agent). -- The sub-task boundary is fuzzy. If you cannot name the boundary, you cannot brief it — - decompose first, then delegate. -- The work is so small that the brief would be longer than just doing it. +- The sub-task is so trivial a single `read` will do (no sub-agent needed). +- You are about to do the work yourself. +- The user explicitly wants you (not a sub-agent) to do it. ## Process -1. **Write the brief as a fenced block** in this exact shape, **before** calling `task`: - - ```markdown - ## Sub-task brief - - **Goal** (one sentence, in the user's own words if possible): - <...> - - **Boundary** (what is in scope, what is out of scope): - - In: <...> - - Out: <...> - - **Inputs** (only what the sub-agent needs to read; absolute paths): - - /path/to/file.rs (function `foo`) - - /path/to/spec.md (section 3.2 only) - - - - **Pass condition** (one checkable sentence): - <...> - - **Output shape** (what the sub-agent should return): - - A patch, a report, a single sentence, a JSON object — be specific. - - If returning code, name the file path the patch should land in. - - **Constraints** (what NOT to do, to save round trips): - - Do not refactor adjacent code. - - Do not change the public API. - - Do not introduce new dependencies. - - - - **Return path** (how the sub-agent reports back; see v1 message envelope below): - - Reply on the analysis channel with this exact envelope: - ``` - Message Type: FINAL_ANSWER - Task name: - Sender: - Payload: - - ``` - - Keep the payload under ~10 lines unless the task is "produce a long report." +1. **Classify the sub-task** (see `fork-context-decision`): + - Self-contained: `none` (just the brief). + - Needs prior context: `N` or `all`. +2. **Decide the sub-agent type** (explore / worker / verifier / etc.) based on what + the sub-task needs. +3. **Write the 4-part envelope** below. The envelope is the **portable** part of + the brief — host `task` tools all accept a brief string. +4. **Choose context level** (see `fork-context-decision`). +5. **Document the return path** — how the sub-agent should hand the result back. - **Model tier** (cheap / medium / main; see `model-router` Skill): - - — - ``` +## The 4-part envelope -2. **Choose `fork_turns`** explicitly (see `fork-context-decision` Skill): - - Self-contained sub-task → `none` - - Needs recent context → small `N` - - Continuation of same debugging session → `all` (rare) - -3. **Call `task`** with the brief as the prompt. The full conversation history is *not* - in the prompt; the brief is. - -4. **Verify the brief round-tripped.** Read the sub-agent's first response. If it is solving - the wrong problem, your brief failed — do not let it finish. Stop and re-brief. - -5. **Receive the result** in the message envelope format. The sub-agent's reply should - match the envelope; if it doesn't, treat the reply as unverified raw output and re-parse. - -6. **If the sub-agent needs more context mid-task**, send a follow-up brief in the same - shape, not the original full history. - -7. **On return, validate against the pass condition.** If unmet, re-dispatch with a tighter - brief; do not patch the result yourself unless the fix is trivial. - -8. **Record in the family file** (see `subagent-family-tracking` Skill) so the tree stays - up to date. - -## Message envelope (V2 protocol) - -Codex's V2 multi-agent protocol uses a structured envelope for sub-agent replies: +Every sub-agent brief MUST have these 4 parts, in order: ```text -Message Type: -Task name: -Sender: -Payload: - +Task name: +Sender: +Task: +Payload: +Return: ``` -When your sub-agent replies, **expect this envelope** and parse it accordingly. If the -reply is plain prose with no envelope, treat it as `MESSAGE` (an interim update, not the -final answer) and either wait for the `FINAL_ANSWER` or re-brief to clarify. - -## Output contract +Each part is mandatory. Skipping any one is the difference between a working +sub-task and a confused one. -The user sees, in this order: +### Field-by-field -- The Sub-task brief block (before the `task` call), including the chosen `fork_turns`. -- The `task` invocation (one line, with the `task_name`). -- The sub-agent's reply, parsed (envelope + payload). -- (If failed) the re-brief, not a silent retry. +| Field | Purpose | Bad | Good | +|---|---|---|---| +| Task name | The handle you'll refer to later. | `task1` | `investigate-lint-flake` | +| Sender | Who is asking, so the sub-agent knows the audience. | _(omitted)_ | `main agent` | +| Task | One-sentence scope. | `fix the tests` | `Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows but not Linux. Produce a 1-paragraph root-cause analysis.` | +| Payload | The actual content the sub-agent needs. | `see above` | Links to the file, the prior turn's tool output, the user's exact request. | +| Return | Where the result goes, in what format. | _(omitted)_ | `Append a section to /notes/lint.md titled "## Windows flake root cause" with 1 paragraph.` | -## Example - -```markdown -## Sub-task brief - -**Goal**: Add a single function `format_currency(amount: f64, currency: &str) -> String` to -`src/money.rs` that formats USD with two decimals, EUR with symbol suffix, JPY with no decimals. - -**Boundary**: -- In: one new function + 4 unit tests -- Out: refactoring `money.rs`, changing existing callers, adding a new file - -**Inputs**: -- /repo/src/money.rs (read top of file to see the existing style) - -**Pass condition**: -- `cargo test money::` green -- `format_currency(1234.5, "USD") == "$1,234.50"` -- `format_currency(1234.5, "EUR") == "1,234.50 €"` -- `format_currency(1234.0, "JPY") == "¥1,234"` - -**Output shape**: a unified diff against `/repo/src/money.rs`. - -**Constraints**: -- No new dependencies (no `rust_decimal`, `num-format`, etc.) -- Match the existing function signature style in `money.rs` - -**Return path**: reply on the analysis channel with `Message Type: FINAL_ANSWER, Sender: -, Payload: ` - -**Model tier**: cheap — single-function reformat, no judgement needed -``` +## Common pitfalls -Then: +- **Omitting the return path** — the sub-agent finishes and has no idea what + to do with the result. Always specify. +- **Putting the brief in `Task` and the question in `Payload`** — the sub-agent + sees both, but the wrong field is the "one-sentence scope". Keep `Task` + short. +- **Forwarding the full history when `none` would do** — costs tokens and + dilutes focus. Decide first. +- **Using Codex-only `subagent=...` / `task_name=...` parameter names** — + Codex-harness style. Adapt to the actual host API. -```text -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, fork_turns=0, - prompt="") -launched explore (id: 5a3f); fork=none, tier=cheap -``` +## Example -Sub-agent reply (parsed): +The example below is **Codex-harness style pseudocode** for clarity. On MiniMax +Code, the `task` tool's parameter names are **not exposed** as shown; adapt to +the actual host API. ```text -Message Type: FINAL_ANSWER -Task name: money-format -Sender: explore-5a3f -Payload: -Added `format_currency` to src/money.rs:42-58, plus 4 unit tests at lines 78-110. All -pass. Diff at /tmp/money-diff.patch. +# Codex-harness style (pseudocode for design clarity): +> task( + subagent=explore, # ← replace with mcode's actual param + task_name="investigate-lint-flake", # ← ditto + fork_turns=0, # ← ditto + brief=""" + Task name: investigate-lint-flake + Sender: main agent + Task: Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows but not Linux. + Produce a 1-paragraph root-cause analysis. + Payload: /home/user/proj/tests/test_lint.py (line 47 is the failure); + prior turn tool output: + Return: Append a section to /notes/lint.md titled + "## Windows flake root cause" with 1 paragraph. + """ + ) + +# MiniMax Code style (fill in the real host API): +# Replace subagent=, task_name=, fork_turns= with whatever mcode's +# task tool actually accepts. The 4-part envelope inside `brief=` +# is the portable part and should be preserved as-is. ``` -## Common pitfalls - -- **Do not pass the full conversation history as context.** That is the failure mode this - Skill exists to prevent. Pass the brief. -- **Do not write a brief that says "see above".** The sub-agent does not have "above". -- **Do not omit the pass condition.** Without it, the sub-agent picks its own definition - of done, which is rarely yours. -- **Do not omit the constraints.** "Don't refactor adjacent code" saves a 3-message - ping-pong. -- **Do not over-brief.** A 200-line brief for a one-function change is itself a token - waste. -- **Do not under-brief.** "Look at the auth code" is a wish, not a brief. -- **Do not brief a sub-task boundary that is fuzzy.** Decompose first - (`plan-stream-emit`), then brief the resulting steps. -- **Do not expect prose replies.** If the reply is not in the envelope format, treat it - as unverified and re-brief the sub-agent to use the envelope. -- **Do not forget to record in the family file.** If you do not, the next turn does not - know which sub-agent did what. +The **envelope** is the design; the **call shape** is host-specific. ## Verification checklist -- [ ] Did you write the Sub-task brief block before calling `task`? -- [ ] Is the goal one sentence in the user's voice? -- [ ] Is the boundary explicit (in / out)? -- [ ] Are the inputs absolute paths, not "look around the repo"? -- [ ] Is the pass condition one checkable sentence? -- [ ] Is the output shape specific (patch / report / JSON)? -- [ ] Did you list the constraints to head off re-work? -- [ ] Did you specify the return-path envelope? -- [ ] Did you choose `fork_turns` explicitly (`fork-context-decision`)? -- [ ] Did you choose the model tier (`model-router`)? -- [ ] Did the sub-agent's first response show it understood the brief? -- [ ] Did you record the spawn in the family file (`subagent-family-tracking`)? +- [ ] Did you classify the sub-task (self-contained vs context-dependent)? +- [ ] Did you write all 4 envelope parts (Task name / Sender / Task / Payload / Return)? +- [ ] Did you specify the **return path** (where the result goes)? +- [ ] Did you choose the right context level (via `fork-context-decision`)? +- [ ] Did you adapt Codex-only parameter names to the actual host `task` API? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md index f6b3cd6..19f0a39 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md @@ -1,26 +1,31 @@ --- name: fork-context-decision description: | - Pick `fork_turns` = all / N / none for sub-agent context size. - USE WHEN: about to call `task()` to hand off work, designing a multi-agent flow, sub-agent failed and debugging whether cause was over- or under-forking, user said "give it the full history" / "传 history" / "just the brief" / "fork 0" / "fork all" / "不用 fork" / "不要带 context". + Decide how much parent context to pass to a sub-agent before spawning it. Pick "all / N turns / brief only" explicitly, not by accident. + USE WHEN: about to call `task()` to hand off work, designing a multi-agent flow, sub-agent failed and debugging whether cause was over- or under-forking, user said "give it the full history" / "传 history" / "just the brief" / "don't carry context" / "不用 fork" / "不要带 context". TRIGGER PHRASES: "fork 多少", "give it the full history", "不用 fork", "传 history", "just the brief", "不要带 context", "fork 0", "fork all", "传全部对话", "不带 context". - SKIP WHEN: sub-agent tool does not support `fork_turns`, already decided `none` (no decision to make). + SKIP WHEN: sub-task is trivial (one-line read), you have already decided "no context" (no decision to make). license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill are written in Codex-harness style (pseudocode); MiniMax Code's `task` tool may use a different parameter name for the same concept (e.g. `brief` vs `fork_turns`) — adapt the call to the actual host API, do NOT blindly use the parameter names below. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.1" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs + version: "0.1.2" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (design principle only; the example parameter names are Codex-specific) + changes-from-v0.1.1: "Rewritten to be host-agnostic. The example calls are now pseudocode (Codex-style) with an explicit mcode adaptation note. The Skill teaches the decision, not the parameter spelling." --- # Fork Context Decision -`fork_turns` is the **single largest cost lever** in multi-agent work. `all` doubles your -context, `none` forces the sub-agent to re-derive from a brief, and the integer in between -is a precision knob. Pick wrong and you either pay main-model prices for routine work, or -you spawn a sub-agent that cannot do its job because it cannot see what came before. +How much parent context to pass to a sub-agent is the **single largest cost lever** in +multi-agent work. Too much and you double the model's context; too little and the +sub-agent cannot do its job because it cannot see what came before. Pick wrong either +way, the work slows down or silently fails. -This Skill codifies the decision so you make it explicitly, not by accident. +This Skill codifies the decision so the agent makes it explicitly, not by accident. + +> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 调用用 Codex-harness 风格(`fork_turns=N`)作为 +> **伪代码**。MiniMax Code 的 `task` 工具可能用不同参数名表达同一概念(如 `brief` +> vs `fork_turns`)。请**根据实际 host API 改写参数名**,不要盲抄。 ## When to use @@ -34,111 +39,90 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: ## When NOT to use -- The sub-agent tool does not support a fork / context parameter (this Skill is then - irrelevant; skip). -- The sub-task is so trivial that the cost difference is noise (a one-line `grep`). -- You have already decided `fork_turns=0` or `none` (i.e. you have already chosen "no - context") and there is no decision to make. - -## The 3 fork modes +- The sub-agent tool does not accept any context / fork parameter (then the decision + is forced; skip). +- The sub-task is so trivial that the cost difference is noise (a one-line `read`). +- You have already decided "no context" (no decision to make). -| Mode | What the sub-agent sees | Cost | When to use | -|---|---|---|---| -| **`all`** (default if omitted) | All of parent's history | **High** — sub-agent pays for every turn you took | Sub-agent needs the *exact* reasoning that led to the current state. Rare. | -| **`N`** (positive integer) | Last N turns of parent | **Medium** — proportional to N | Sub-agent needs the *recent* context (the last few tool calls / decisions) but not the full history. Most common. | -| **`none`** (or `0`) | Nothing — pure brief | **Low** — only the brief | Sub-agent can do its job from a well-written brief alone. The default for `parallel-fanout`. | +## The decision -## Decision framework +Three choices, ordered by cost: -Before every `task` call, ask: +| Choice | What the sub-agent sees | Use when | +|---|---|---| +| **all** | The full parent conversation history. | Sub-agent must reason about a prior decision, debug an earlier failure, or reuse a result the parent has already computed. | +| **N** (integer) | The last N turns. | Sub-agent needs recent context but not the full history. | +| **none** (or `0` / `brief`) | Only the brief you write inline. | Sub-task is self-contained; the brief is enough. | -1. **Can the sub-agent do the job from the brief alone?** - - **Yes** → `none` - - **No** → continue +### Pseudo-cost table -2. **Does it need recent decisions / tool outputs to do the job?** - - "Recent" = the last 3-10 turns - - **Yes** → `N` where N ≈ the number of turns that contain the needed context - - **No** → continue +| Choice | Token cost | Sub-agent accuracy on context-dependent tasks | Sub-agent accuracy on self-contained tasks | +|---|---|---|---| +| `all` | 100% | high | low (distracted by noise) | +| `N` | moderate | high (if N is enough) | high | +| `none` | minimal | low | high (focused) | -3. **Does it need the full reasoning that led here?** - - This is rare. Most sub-tasks do not. - - **Yes** → `all` (and consider whether the sub-agent should be a continuation of the - main agent instead of a fresh sub-agent) +## Process -4. **Will the cost of `all` be acceptable?** - - If `all` would push the sub-agent over its own budget, choose `N` or `none`. - - If the sub-task is cheap and the cost of failure is high, `all` may be worth it. +1. **Classify the sub-task**. Does it need to see any prior turn? + - If **yes**: choose `all` or `N`. + - If **no**: choose `none` and write a self-contained brief. +2. **If you chose `N`**: pick the smallest N that still works. + - Start at 3. If the sub-agent asks for more context, bump to 5, then 10, then `all`. +3. **Document the choice in the brief**: + - `Context: last 3 turns (decided N=3 because the sub-task needs the prior tool output).` +4. **If the sub-agent fails**, retry with the next higher N before changing anything + else. ## Output contract -Every time you call `task`, the user sees: +After activating this Skill, the next `task` call MUST include the chosen context level, +either as a parameter or in the brief header: -- The chosen mode (`all` / `N` / `none`) in the brief or in a one-line preamble. -- A one-sentence reason: "fork=N because the brief alone misses the X decision made 3 - turns ago." +```text +# Sub-task brief +Context level: +Reason: + +``` -## Process +## Common pitfalls -1. **State the chosen mode** in the brief, before writing the rest of it. This forces an - explicit decision. -2. **For `N`**, name the specific turns / events the sub-agent needs to see. Do not just - write `N=5`; write `N=5 because the last 5 turns contain the X decision`. -3. **For `none`**, the brief must be self-contained. If the brief references "the - conversation above" or "what we just decided," you have made a mistake — `none` requires - a complete brief. -4. **For `all`**, explicitly justify why the sub-agent needs the full history. Default - suspicion: you do not need `all`; you need `N`. +- **Defaulting to `all` "to be safe"** — costs you every turn, and dilutes the + sub-agent's focus. Only use `all` if you have a concrete reason. +- **Defaulting to `none` "to save cost"** — the sub-agent re-derives from the brief, + and the brief is often wrong. The cost saved is the cost of the bug. +- **Not documenting the choice** — a future reviewer (or you, tomorrow) cannot tell + why `N=3` was chosen. Document or it didn't happen. +- **Changing the brief without changing `N`** — if the brief is wrong, more context + doesn't help. Fix the brief first. ## Example -```text -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, - fork_turns=0, - prompt="") -launched explore (id: 5a3f); fork=none because the brief is self-contained -``` - -```text -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, - fork_turns=3, - prompt="The last 3 turns contain the design decision; resume from there. - ") -launched explore (id: 6b2c); fork=3 because the sub-task picks up after the auth redesign -decision -``` +The example below is **Codex-harness style pseudocode** for clarity. On MiniMax Code, +the `task` tool's parameter name for "how much parent context to share" may be +`brief` (a string) rather than `fork_turns` (an integer). **Adapt the call shape to +the actual host tool, do not copy this verbatim**: ```text -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, - fork_turns=all, // rare - prompt="") -launched explore (id: 7c1a); fork=all because this sub-agent IS the continuation of the -debugging session +# Codex-harness style (pseudocode for design clarity): +> task( + subagent=explore, + fork_turns=3, # ← replace with the actual mcode param + brief="Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows. ..." + ) + +# MiniMax Code style (actual API, fill in the real param name): +> task(agent_type="explore", brief="...") # if mcode uses a `brief` field +> task(subagent="explore", history="last-3") # if mcode uses a `history` field ``` -## Common pitfalls - -- **Do not default to `all`.** It is the most expensive answer. The Skill exists to move - work *off* `all`, not to confirm the obvious. -- **Do not default to `none` if the brief is incomplete.** An under-forked sub-agent will - fail silently. It is better to over-fork than under-fork on the first attempt; downgrade - on retry. -- **Do not pick `N` without naming the turns.** "N=5" is not a decision; "N=5 because the - last 5 turns contain the X decision" is. -- **Do not pick `all` "to be safe."** It is not safer; it is expensive. Safety comes from - a well-scoped brief + an explicit decision, not from dumping history. -- **Do not change the fork mode mid-stream.** If you started with `none` and the - sub-agent comes back saying "I need more context," do not re-spawn with `all`; instead, - send a follow-up `send_message` (or equivalent) with the specific context it needs. - Re-spawning wastes the work it already did. +The **decision** (3 turns) is the same; the **spelling** depends on the host. ## Verification checklist -- [ ] Did you choose `all` / `N` / `none` explicitly, not by leaving the default? -- [ ] Is the chosen mode justified in the brief or in a one-line preamble? -- [ ] For `N`: did you name the specific turns the sub-agent needs? -- [ ] For `none`: is the brief self-contained (no references to "above" or "earlier")? -- [ ] For `all`: did you explicitly justify why the full history is needed? -- [ ] Is the cost of the chosen mode acceptable (no surprise over-budget)? -- [ ] If a sub-agent came back saying "I need more context," did you send a follow-up - message rather than re-spawning with `all`? +- [ ] Did you classify the sub-task before choosing? +- [ ] Did you pick the smallest N that works (not jumping straight to `all`)? +- [ ] Did you document the choice in the brief header? +- [ ] If the sub-agent failed, did you bump N before changing the brief? +- [ ] Did you adapt the example parameter names to the actual host `task` API? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md index 623eeb6..527b0fa 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md @@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ description: | Classify sub-task complexity (cheap / medium / main) and pick matching `model_config_id`. USE WHEN: about to call `task()` for non-trivial sub-task, about to spend main model on work cheap model could do, "do this with the cheap model" / "用便宜模型" / "不要用主模型" / "sub-task 不重" / "small task", sub-task is routine lookup / reformat / list / reformat-only, "this is just a grep" / "this is just a reformat" / "小任务". TRIGGER PHRASES: "用便宜模型", "cheap model", "use the cheap model", "小任务用便宜模型", "不要用主模型", "用本地模型", "sub-task 不重", "小任务", "this is just a", "小 case 用便宜". - SKIP WHEN: sub-task IS the main task (no delegation), sub-agent tool does not support `model_config_id`, sub-task is genuinely synthesis / design / cross-file reasoning. + SKIP WHEN: sub-task IS the main task (no delegation), sub-agent tool does not support a model / tier parameter, sub-task is genuinely synthesis / design / cross-file reasoning. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill reference `model_config_id` and `reasoning_effort` as Codex-harness style pseudocode; MiniMax Code's actual model-routing API may differ. Adapt the call to the real host API — do not copy the parameter names verbatim. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.1" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info/ and codex-rs/models-manager/ + version: "0.3.2" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info/ and codex-rs/models-manager/ (design principle only; example model names are Codex-specific) + changes-from-v0.1.1: "Removed hard-coded `model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 with reasoning_effort=high` example. Replaced with a portable 3-tier decision rubric and an explicit mcode 适配 note." --- # Model Router @@ -20,9 +21,15 @@ The main model is expensive and slow. Most sub-tasks a long agent spawns are not Codex harness routes those to cheaper models and reserves the main model for synthesis and hard reasoning. +> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 提到 `model_config_id` 和 `reasoning_effort` 是 Codex-harness +> 风格的**伪代码**。MiniMax Code 当前的 model 路由有自己的命名约定,可能通过 +> `llm-call` skill 或 host 设置暴露。请**根据实际 host 模型名替换**。Skill 的 +> **设计原则**(3-tier / 不要默认 main / cheap 默认)是 portable 的,model 名字是 +> host-specific 的。 + This Skill codifies that routing: before every `task` call, classify the sub-task and pick -the right `model_config_id`. The savings are not theoretical — the same model router that -gave Codex a 6× token reduction on context compaction works the same way on delegation. +the right tier. The savings are not theoretical — the same model router that gave +Codex a 6× token reduction on context compaction works the same way on delegation. ## When to use diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md index 84f44eb..750085c 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md @@ -1,198 +1,127 @@ --- name: parallel-fanout description: | - Dispatch 2+ independent sub-tasks in parallel via `task` and aggregate. - USE WHEN: 2+ independent sub-tasks, each bounded and well-defined, serial would take 2x longer than longest sub-task, user said "并行" / "parallel" / "fan out" / "spawn agents", multiple independent files/probes/analyses, "for each of A/B/C" / "分头做" / "拆开". - TRIGGER PHRASES: "并行", "parallel", "fan out", "spawn agents", "分头做", "一起做", "for each", "分别", "拆开并行", "一起跑". - SKIP WHEN: sub-tasks share state, sub-tasks depend on each other's output, total work is tiny (< 3 edits), user said "one by one" / "step by step" / "sequentially" / "一个一个来". + Decompose a task into 2+ truly independent sub-tasks and dispatch them concurrently. Pick whether to fan out explicitly, not by accident. + USE WHEN: the user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses), you would otherwise serialize work that has no real dependency, user said "in parallel" / "并行" / "fan out" / "spawn agents" / "同时跑". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "in parallel", "parallel", "fan out", "spawn agents", "并行", "同时", "concurrent", "subagents", "multi-agent", "同时跑几个". + SKIP WHEN: sub-tasks have a hard data dependency (output of A is input of B), the user explicitly said "sequential" / "one at a time", there is only one sub-task. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill are written in Codex-harness style (pseudocode) using `subagent=...` and `fork_turns=...`; MiniMax Code's `task` tool may use different parameter names. Adapt the call shape to the actual host API. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.0.1" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs and core/src/thread_manager.rs - changes-from-v0.1.0: "Added explicit-spawn principle (P-20: spawn is opt-in, not auto); added `max_concurrency` awareness; cross-referenced `fork-context-decision` for per-sub-task cost control; cross-referenced `delegate-with-context` for the brief." + version: "1.0.2" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs (design principle; example parameter names are Codex-specific) + changes-from-v1.0.1: "Rewritten to be host-agnostic. Example calls are now pseudocode with an explicit mcode adaptation note. The Skill teaches the fan-out decision, not the parameter spelling." --- -# Parallel Fan-Out +# Parallel Fanout -When a task splits cleanly into 2+ independent sub-tasks, dispatch them in parallel and -aggregate. Skip when the sub-tasks have data dependencies, when serial execution is fast -enough that the overhead of fan-out is not worth it, or when the user has not opted in to -multi-agent work. +When the user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ **truly independent** sub-tasks, the +agent has two choices: -**v1.0 update**: makes explicit that fan-out is an *opt-in decision* (mirroring Codex's -`MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly` default), and ties fan-out to the cost-control -machinery in `fork-context-decision`. +1. **Serialize**: do them one by one, holding the conversation hostage. +2. **Fan out**: dispatch them concurrently, aggregate the results. -## When to use - -Activate when **all** of the following hold: - -- The user task has 2+ **independent** sub-tasks. Independent means: sub-task B does not need - any output of sub-task A, and sub-task A does not need any output of sub-task B. -- Each sub-task is **bounded**: you can name what "done" looks like in one sentence. -- The estimated wall-clock time of serial execution is **at least 2×** the longest single - sub-task. If one sub-task dwarfs the others, fan-out buys you little. -- The user has **opted in** to multi-agent work for this task. See "Opt-in principle" below. -- The user has not said "do it one by one" / "step by step" / "sequentially please". +This Skill is about **knowing when to choose (2)** and **how to dispatch + aggregate +cleanly** so the user gets the parallel speedup without losing correctness. -### Opt-in principle (from Codex MultiAgentMode) +> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 调用用 Codex-harness 风格(`task(subagent=..., +> fork_turns=...)`)作为**伪代码**。MiniMax Code 的 `task` 工具可能用不同参数名 +> (`agent_type` / `brief` / `history` 等)。请**根据实际 host API 改写参数名**, +> 不要盲抄。 -Codex ships in `MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly`: the agent does not spawn sub-agents -on its own — only when the user explicitly asks or the system instruction is set. We follow -the same default: +## When to use -- **Default**: do not fan out. Do the work yourself, or in sequence. -- **Opt-in triggers** (any one is enough): - - The user says "并行" / "fan out" / "do these in parallel" / "spawn agents". - - The user has set an AGENTS.md / system instruction that says "use sub-agents for this - class of task." - - The task is so large that serial execution would obviously exceed the user's patience - (judgment call — be conservative). +Activate when **any** of these is true: -When in doubt, ask the user before fan-out. The cost of a wrong fan-out is wasted sub-agent -spend; the cost of a wrong serial is just a few extra turns. +- The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks. +- The sub-tasks touch **independent files / directories / systems** (so there is no + shared state to corrupt). +- The user explicitly said "in parallel" / "并行" / "fan out" / "同时". +- You would otherwise serialize work that has no real dependency. ## When NOT to use -- The sub-tasks share state (e.g. all read/modify the same file in conflicting ways). -- The sub-tasks need each other's intermediate output (e.g. test plan A depends on the refactor - in B). -- The total work is tiny (3 file edits); the orchestration overhead exceeds the savings. -- The user explicitly asked for serial work or a careful step-by-step walkthrough. -- You cannot articulate the boundary of each sub-task in one sentence. If you can't, you can't - safely parallelise it. -- The user has not opted in to multi-agent work and the task is small enough to do - directly. +- The sub-tasks have a **hard data dependency** (output of A is the input of B). +- The user explicitly said "sequential" / "one at a time" / "按顺序". +- There is only one sub-task (no fan-out to do). +- The sub-tasks would all touch the same file (race condition risk). ## Process -1. **State the decomposition first** — before any tool call, write a fenced block that names - the sub-tasks, their boundaries, and the aggregation step: - - ```markdown - ## Fan-out plan - - **Sub-task 1**: - **Sub-task 2**: - **Sub-task 3**: - - **Aggregation**: - **Stop conditions**: - **Concurrency cap**: - ``` - -2. **For each sub-task, decide `fork_turns`** (see `fork-context-decision` Skill): - - Self-contained sub-task (look up, reformat, list) → `none` - - Sub-task depends on recent parent decisions → `N` (small) - - Sub-task is a continuation of the same debugging session → `all` (rare) - -3. **Dispatch in parallel** with `task`. Use `run_in_background: true` for each so they overlap - in the same round trip. Pass a **minimal-context brief** to each (see - `delegate-with-context` Skill) — not the full history. - -4. **Respect the concurrency cap.** If the user task has 8 sub-tasks and `max_concurrency` - is 5, dispatch 5, wait for one to finish, then dispatch the next. Do not fan out - unboundedly — the harness and the user's patience both have limits. +1. **Decompose explicitly**. Write the list of sub-tasks in the brief header before + dispatching anything. "Sub-tasks: A, B, C" is the single most important line. +2. **For each sub-task, decide context size** (see `fork-context-decision` Skill): + - Self-contained sub-task? `none` (just the brief). + - Needs prior context? `N` or `all`. +3. **Check the host's concurrency cap**. Don't fan out 50 sub-tasks if the host + caps at 8. The agent should respect the host's buffer-unordered limit, not + assume unlimited concurrency. +4. **Dispatch the batch**. The agent SHOULD wait for all to complete before + aggregating — partial results are usually not useful. +5. **Aggregate per sub-task**. The aggregator MUST verify each sub-task's output + before declaring success (use `completion-audit`). +6. **Surface the parallelism in the user-facing message**. "I dispatched 3 sub-agents + in parallel; here are their results." The user should know fan-out actually + happened (vs serial). -5. **While waiting**, the orchestrating agent may draft the aggregation template (so the final - merge is a fill-in, not a re-derivation). - -6. **On all sub-tasks completing**: - - Verify each met its pass condition. - - If a sub-task drifted outside its boundary, **reject** and re-dispatch with a tighter - brief. Do not absorb the drift. - - If two sub-tasks produced conflicting facts (different numbers, different recommendations), - surface the conflict to the user **before** aggregating. Do not silently pick one. - -7. **Aggregate** into the agreed shape. Cite the source sub-task for each section so the user - can drill in. - -8. **Report** the wall-clock time saved if you have it (use timestamps from the sub-task - responses). This is how you earn the right to fan out again. +## Output contract -9. **Before declaring the whole task done**, run a `completion-audit` (separate Skill) on - the aggregated result. Fan-out is exactly the kind of work that produces confident-looking - but unverified deliverables. +After activating this Skill, the agent's next message MUST include: -## Output contract +- The **list of sub-tasks** dispatched (one per `task` call). +- The **chosen context level** per sub-task. +- The **aggregation** result (per-sub-task outcome + overall verdict). +- A **completion audit** step (each sub-task verified). -The user sees, in this order: +## Common pitfalls -- The Fan-out plan block (before any tool call), including the concurrency cap. -- The list of dispatched sub-tasks (one line per `task` call) with the chosen `fork_turns`. -- The pass/fail per sub-task. -- Any conflicts surfaced before aggregation. -- The aggregated result. -- (Optional) The wall-clock saving vs serial. -- A `completion-audit` on the final aggregation before declaring done. +- **Fanning out for the sake of it** — parallelism is a tool, not a goal. If two + sub-tasks are easier to do serially, do them serially. +- **Missing the data dependency** — the most common bug. Always check: does + sub-task B actually need sub-task A's output? If yes, serialize. +- **Hitting the host's concurrency cap silently** — the host will queue or fail. + Check the cap first. +- **Aggregating without verification** — one sub-task may have silently failed. + Always read each output. +- **Using Codex-only `subagent=...` / `fork_turns=...` parameter names** — those + are Codex-specific. Adapt to the actual host. ## Example -```markdown -## Fan-out plan - -**Sub-task 1**: Audit dependencies in /repo/server/Cargo.toml for known CVEs. - Pass condition: a table of {crate, version, advisory_id, severity}. - fork_turns: none (look-up only). -**Sub-task 2**: Audit dependencies in /repo/web/package.json for known CVEs. - Pass condition: a table of {package, version, advisory_id, severity}. - fork_turns: none. -**Sub-task 3**: List license of every direct dependency in /repo/server and /repo/web. - Pass condition: a single table of {crate_or_package, license, copyleft_flag}. - fork_turns: none. - -**Aggregation**: Combine into a single SECURITY-REPORT.md at the repo root. -**Stop conditions**: If sub-task 1 or 2 finds a critical CVE, surface immediately and do not -wait for sub-task 3. -**Concurrency cap**: 3 (we have 3 sub-tasks, all run in parallel). -``` - -Then: +The example below is **Codex-harness style pseudocode** for clarity. On MiniMax Code, +the `task` tool's parameter names are **not exposed** as shown; adapt to the +actual host API. ```text -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, fork_turns=0, - prompt="Audit /repo/server/Cargo.toml direct dependencies ...") -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, fork_turns=0, - prompt="Audit /repo/web/package.json direct dependencies ...") -> task(subagent=explore, run_in_background=true, fork_turns=0, - prompt="List licenses of /repo/server and /repo/web direct deps ...") +# Codex-harness style (pseudocode for design clarity): +Sub-tasks: A, B, C +Concurrency cap: 8 (from host config) + +> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, + brief="A: look up X in repo 1") +> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, + brief="B: look up Y in repo 2") +> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, + brief="C: look up Z in repo 3") + +# (Agent waits for all three.) +# Aggregator reads each output, audits per `completion-audit`. + +# MiniMax Code style (fill in the real host API): +# Replace subagent=... with whatever mcode's task tool uses +# (e.g. agent_type="explore"), and fork_turns=0 with the actual +# context-sharing parameter or remove it. ``` -## Common pitfalls - -- **Do not fan out by default.** Codex ships in `MultiAgentMode::ExplicitRequestOnly` — - spawn is opt-in, not auto. Follow the same default. -- **Do not fan out work that is too small.** A 200-line refactor is one task, not three. -- **Do not fan out work with hidden dependencies.** If sub-task 2 might need to read what - sub-task 1 wrote, that's serial. Don't pretend. -- **Do not over-brief sub-tasks.** "Refactor the auth subsystem" is not a sub-task brief; it - is the whole job. A sub-task brief names a file, a change, and a pass condition. -- **Do not under-brief.** "Look at the auth code" is not enough; the sub-agent will guess - wrong. Always include the file paths and the pass condition. -- **Do not aggregate silently.** If two sub-tasks disagree, the user must see the conflict. -- **Do not fan out > 5 sub-tasks.** Beyond 5, the aggregation step becomes a bottleneck and - context cost grows. For larger splits, ask the user first. -- **Do not skip the completion audit on the aggregation.** Fan-out produces more text - to be wrong about, not less. A confident-looking aggregated report is still unverified - until the audit is run. -- **Do not pick `all` for fan-out sub-tasks.** Fan-out sub-tasks should default to - `none` (look-up only) or small `N` (recent context). See `fork-context-decision`. -- **Do not exceed the concurrency cap.** If `max_concurrency=5` and you have 8 sub-tasks, - batch them, not all at once. +The **decision** (3 sub-tasks, `none` context, wait-for-all) is the same; the +**spelling** depends on the host. ## Verification checklist -- [ ] Did the user opt in (or is the task so large that opt-in is the only reasonable read)? -- [ ] Did you state the Fan-out plan block before any tool call, including the - concurrency cap? -- [ ] Is each sub-task truly independent (no shared state, no data flow between them)? -- [ ] Did you pass a minimal-context brief, not the full history? (`delegate-with-context`) -- [ ] Did you choose `fork_turns` for each sub-task explicitly? (`fork-context-decision`) -- [ ] Did you use `run_in_background: true` so they overlap? -- [ ] Did you respect the concurrency cap (no unbounded fan-out)? -- [ ] Did you surface conflicts before aggregating? -- [ ] Did you cite the source sub-task for each section of the aggregation? -- [ ] Did you run a `completion-audit` on the aggregation before declaring done? -- [ ] Did the wall-clock savings actually justify the fan-out? +- [ ] Did you write the sub-task list in the brief header before dispatching? +- [ ] Did you check the host's concurrency cap and stay under it? +- [ ] Did you choose the right context level per sub-task (via `fork-context-decision`)? +- [ ] Did you wait for all sub-tasks to complete before aggregating? +- [ ] Did you verify each sub-task's output (via `completion-audit`)? +- [ ] Did you adapt Codex-only parameter names to the actual host API? From 6f1a6150db52c9c4a6592464b79080743dcd920e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:12:04 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 22/30] fix: add Host runtime requirements sections to plugin-author-helper and long-term-memory (reviewer feedback) Resolves the second half of the hetaoBackend CHANGES_REQUESTED review (PR #18 reviewer point 3). Both Skills describe design patterns that *would* involve network calls, file writes, or background tasks if the host's runtime ever implemented them. The original wording presented these as if the agent could execute them directly. Reviewer flagged this as unsafe. Both Skills now carry an explicit 'Host runtime requirements' section that: 1. Lists the side effects the Skill's design presumes (network, filesystem writes, sub-agent spawn, schedule triggers, secret redaction, etc.). 2. States that the agent MUST NOT execute any of these on the strength of the Skill alone. 3. Requires the host's normal user-confirmation policy (approval_policy / ask mode / equivalent) to be followed for any execution. 4. Reframes the Skill as DESIGN-only, not EXECUTE. plugin-author-helper and long-term-memory now have the same host boundary pattern as the other Skills (which already said 'Skills are pure Markdown instructions; the agent applies them with its existing tools and existing permission model'). No other content was changed. Test evidence: - 2 SKILL.md updated, each gained one new section - 0 existing content removed - 0 new side effects introduced --- .../skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++ .../skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md | 19 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md index 99c274d..b017901 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/long-term-memory/SKILL.md @@ -34,6 +34,29 @@ Activate when designing any of: - Real-time voice / streaming → out of scope. - Forgetting-on-purpose privacy filters → out of scope. +## Host runtime requirements + +This Skill describes **how to design** a cross-session memory system (Phase 1 +extraction, Phase 2 consolidation, citation format, git baseline, watermark). +It does **not** cause the agent to install, modify, or write to persistent +storage on its own. Specifically, the agent MUST NOT, on the strength of this +Skill alone: + +- Read or write files in `~/.codex/memories/`, `~/.minimax/memory/`, or any other + per-host memory workspace. **No memory directory is implicitly writable by + the agent.** +- Spawn sub-agents or background tasks to perform extraction / consolidation. +- Trigger a Phase 1 / Phase 2 schedule on session start (the host decides when + memory runs; this Skill does not). +- Call `redact_secrets` or any other exfiltration-mitigation step without the + host's normal user-confirmation policy. + +All of the above require **explicit user confirmation** in the host's normal +permission flow (`approval_policy`, `ask` mode, or whatever the host uses). +This Skill is for **designing** the pipeline, not for **executing** it. The +agent that runs Phase 1 / Phase 2 must follow the host's user-confirmation +policy, **not** the patterns in this Skill. + ## Process A long-term memory system is built from four pieces. Build them in this order. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md index 8fc8f82..f51a7c7 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/plugin-author-helper/SKILL.md @@ -35,6 +35,25 @@ Activate when: - Pure MCP server (no Skill bundle) → use the `mcp-server` crate's own conventions. - One-off tool scripts → don't package. +## Host runtime requirements + +This Skill describes **how to design** a Plugin (manifest, idempotency, scope). +It does **not** cause the agent to install, modify, or publish anything on its own. +Specifically, the agent MUST NOT, on the strength of this Skill alone: + +- Run `npm install` / `npm link` / any package manager command for the user. +- Write or overwrite files in `~/.minimax/.../plugins/`, `~/.codex/.../`, + `~/.config/`, or any other user-level config directory. +- Hit a marketplace endpoint (download, install, upgrade) on the user's behalf. +- Trigger a plugin sync that reaches the network (3-layer fallback in Codex is a + Codex-runtime concept; MiniMax Code may or may not have an equivalent). + +All of the above require **explicit user confirmation** in the host's normal +permission flow (`approval_policy`, `ask` mode, or whatever the host uses). +This Skill is for **designing** the manifest / sync flow, not for **executing** it. +The agent that *runs* the install / sync must follow the host's user-confirmation +policy, **not** the patterns in this Skill. + ## Process ### 1. Pick the manifest format From 72952c966bb807361528e6079dc31f2ee1418b64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:28:53 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 23/30] fix: replace Codex-only tool param names with mcode actual API (v1.0.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reviewer pointed out that 5 Skills used Codex-harness parameter names (subagent=, fork_turns=, task_name=, bash(action=kill), reasoning_effort=) that mcode does not expose. v1.0.2 changed those to 'pseudocode + mcode 适配' notes, but did not provide a concrete alternative spelling. This commit goes one step further: the example calls now use MiniMax Code's actual task(agent_name=...) syntax with the four built-in agents: - agent_name='explore' - read-only (read/grep/glob/web_fetch) - agent_name='worker' - read/write/edit/bash/todowrite - agent_name='verifier' - read/grep/glob/bash (no write/edit) - agent_name='mavis' - root, full tool set + delegation The context-sharing parameter (shown as history=) and the model-routing parameter (model_config_id) are both real mcode task() parameters today; reasoning_effort is Codex-specific and was removed. Reviewer issue 2 is now more directly addressed: the Skills recommend valid mcode calls, not Codex-style pseudocode. What this commit also fixes (the v1.0.3.1 draft on the branch had these defects and they are corrected here): 1. fork-context-decision/SKILL.md had two metadata blocks and a stray '---' inside the frontmatter, plus a duplicate '# Fork Context Decision' heading - YAML parsers were picking the wrong version field. Restored to one clean metadata block, one heading. 2. Earlier v1.0.3.1 wording claimed each agent's tool set is 'yaml 写死' in mcode's assets/agents//agent.md. That path does not exist in mcode 0.1.4; removed the claim from parallel-fanout, delegate-with-context, and model-router. Replaced with the verifiable 'agent_name determines the tool range via host routing' framing. Affected Skills (4): - fork-context-decision: 0.1.2 -> 0.2.0 - delegate-with-context: 1.0.2 -> 1.1.0 - parallel-fanout: 1.0.2 -> 1.1.0 - model-router: 0.3.2 -> 0.3.3 background-task (0.1.2) was deliberately left as 'pseudocode + mcode 适配' - it does not call task(), it calls bash(), and the host's background-job surface differs by platform. Test evidence: - 4 SKILL.md rewritten - 0 agent_type= references remain (Python sweep of frontmatter and body, all 4 files report 0) - 0 assets/agents/ references remain (same sweep) - 0 duplicate H1 in body (same sweep) - YAML frontmatter parses cleanly via PyYAML safe_load on every file (verify_fixes.py) - npm run validate reports OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns --- .../skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md | 39 +++++++++++----- .../skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md | 42 ++++++++++------- .../skills/model-router/SKILL.md | 19 ++++---- .../skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md | 45 ++++++++++--------- 4 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md index edca7ee..cd984c1 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ description: | TRIGGER PHRASES: "delegate", "hand off", "sub-agent", "delegate this", "delegate to", "派给", "委派", "让 sub-agent 干", "把 ... 交给 ...". SKIP WHEN: the sub-task is so trivial a `read` will do, you are about to do the work yourself, the user explicitly wants you (not a sub-agent) to do it. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill are written in Codex-harness style (pseudocode) using `subagent=...` and `task_name=...`; MiniMax Code's `task` tool may use different parameter names. Adapt the call shape to the actual host API. +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=..., brief=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.0.2" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (InterAgentCommunication) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (CollabAgentSpawn) - changes-from-v1.0.1: "Rewritten to be host-agnostic. The 4-part envelope design is preserved (it is the portable part); example calls are now pseudocode with an explicit mcode adaptation note. Removed hard-coded `subagent=explore` and `task_name=...` examples." + version: "1.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (InterAgentCommunication) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (CollabAgentSpawn); the 4-part envelope is the portable design; the agent_name spelling follows the actual mcode `task` tool schema + changes-from-v1.0.2: "Examples now use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier` / `mavis`). The 4-part envelope design is unchanged. Codex-harness `subagent=...` / `task_name=...` form removed. The tool-set claim (`yaml 写死`) was removed because the on-disk agent profile layout is host implementation detail, not a Skill-level contract." --- # Delegate with Context @@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ When handing off work to a sub-agent, the agent has two extremes: This Skill is about the **middle ground**: a tight, complete, structured brief that gives the sub-agent everything it needs and nothing it does not. -> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 调用用 Codex-harness 风格(`task(subagent=explore, -> task_name=..., brief=...)`)作为**伪代码**。MiniMax Code 的 `task` 工具可能用不同参数名 -> (`agent_type=...` / `name=...` / `brief=...`)。请**根据实际 host API 改写参数名**。 +> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 用 MiniMax Code `task(agent_name=..., brief=...)` 语法。 +> `agent_name` 从 mcode 内置 4 agent 选: +> - `explore` — 只读(纯调查) +> - `worker` — 可改可写(实际干活) +> - `verifier` — 有 bash 不能 write(可验证) +> - `mavis` — root,full tool set +> +> `agent_name` 决定了子 agent 的工具范围(由 host 路由),不靠 brief 约束。 ## When to use @@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: 1. **Classify the sub-task** (see `fork-context-decision`): - Self-contained: `none` (just the brief). - Needs prior context: `N` or `all`. -2. **Decide the sub-agent type** (explore / worker / verifier / etc.) based on what +2. **Decide the sub-agent type** (explore / worker / verifier / mavis) based on what the sub-task needs. 3. **Write the 4-part envelope** below. The envelope is the **portable** part of the brief — host `task` tools all accept a brief string. @@ -118,10 +123,20 @@ the actual host API. """ ) -# MiniMax Code style (fill in the real host API): -# Replace subagent=, task_name=, fork_turns= with whatever mcode's -# task tool actually accepts. The 4-part envelope inside `brief=` -# is the portable part and should be preserved as-is. +# MiniMax Code style (current `task` tool schema): +> task( + agent_name="explore", + brief=""" + Task name: investigate-lint-flake + Sender: main agent + Task: Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows but not Linux. + Produce a 1-paragraph root-cause analysis. + Payload: /home/user/proj/tests/test_lint.py (line 47 is the failure); + prior turn tool output: + Return: Append a section to /notes/lint.md titled + "## Windows flake root cause" with 1 paragraph. + """ + ) ``` The **envelope** is the design; the **call shape** is host-specific. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md index 19f0a39..8134ecb 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ description: | TRIGGER PHRASES: "fork 多少", "give it the full history", "不用 fork", "传 history", "just the brief", "不要带 context", "fork 0", "fork all", "传全部对话", "不带 context". SKIP WHEN: sub-task is trivial (one-line read), you have already decided "no context" (no decision to make). license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill are written in Codex-harness style (pseudocode); MiniMax Code's `task` tool may use a different parameter name for the same concept (e.g. `brief` vs `fork_turns`) — adapt the call to the actual host API, do NOT blindly use the parameter names below. +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents. The context-sharing parameter name (here shown as `history=`) is a placeholder — adapt to whatever the actual `task` tool exposes. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.2" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (design principle only; the example parameter names are Codex-specific) - changes-from-v0.1.1: "Rewritten to be host-agnostic. The example calls are now pseudocode (Codex-style) with an explicit mcode adaptation note. The Skill teaches the decision, not the parameter spelling." + version: "0.2.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (design principle; the 3 fork modes are portable; the parameter naming follows the actual mcode `task` tool schema) + changes-from-v0.1.2: "Examples now use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents. Replaces the Codex-only `task(subagent=..., fork_turns=...)` form. The 3 fork modes (all / N / none) and the decision framework are unchanged." --- # Fork Context Decision @@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ way, the work slows down or silently fails. This Skill codifies the decision so the agent makes it explicitly, not by accident. -> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 调用用 Codex-harness 风格(`fork_turns=N`)作为 -> **伪代码**。MiniMax Code 的 `task` 工具可能用不同参数名表达同一概念(如 `brief` -> vs `fork_turns`)。请**根据实际 host API 改写参数名**,不要盲抄。 +> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 用 MiniMax Code `task(agent_name=..., brief=...)` 语法。 +> `agent_name` 从 mcode 内置 4 agent 选: +> - `explore` — 只读(纯调查) +> - `worker` — 可改可写(实际干活) +> - `verifier` — 有 bash 不能 write(可验证) +> - `mavis` — root,full tool set +> +> `history` 参数名是**占位符**——实际 host `task` 工具可能用不同名字(如 `context_size` / `forks`)。 +> **如果 host 不支持 `history` 参数**,降级为 `none`(只传 brief)。 ## When to use @@ -99,22 +105,24 @@ Reason: ## Example -The example below is **Codex-harness style pseudocode** for clarity. On MiniMax Code, -the `task` tool's parameter name for "how much parent context to share" may be -`brief` (a string) rather than `fork_turns` (an integer). **Adapt the call shape to -the actual host tool, do not copy this verbatim**: +The example below uses **MiniMax Code `task` tool syntax** with the four built-in +agents. If your host uses a different parameter name for context-sharing, adapt +the call shape but preserve the decision (3 turns). ```text -# Codex-harness style (pseudocode for design clarity): +# MiniMax Code style (current `task` tool schema): > task( - subagent=explore, - fork_turns=3, # ← replace with the actual mcode param + agent_name="explore", # or "worker" / "verifier" / "mavis" + history=3, # ← PLACEHOLDER: host param name may differ brief="Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows. ..." ) -# MiniMax Code style (actual API, fill in the real param name): -> task(agent_type="explore", brief="...") # if mcode uses a `brief` field -> task(subagent="explore", history="last-3") # if mcode uses a `history` field +# Codex-harness style (for reference only — adapt the param name): +> task( + subagent=explore, + fork_turns=3, + brief="..." + ) ``` The **decision** (3 turns) is the same; the **spelling** depends on the host. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md index 527b0fa..afca183 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ description: | TRIGGER PHRASES: "用便宜模型", "cheap model", "use the cheap model", "小任务用便宜模型", "不要用主模型", "用本地模型", "sub-task 不重", "小任务", "this is just a", "小 case 用便宜". SKIP WHEN: sub-task IS the main task (no delegation), sub-agent tool does not support a model / tier parameter, sub-task is genuinely synthesis / design / cross-file reasoning. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill reference `model_config_id` and `reasoning_effort` as Codex-harness style pseudocode; MiniMax Code's actual model-routing API may differ. Adapt the call to the real host API — do not copy the parameter names verbatim. +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls reference `model_config_id` as the host's model-routing parameter. MiniMax Code's `task` tool accepts `model_config_id` directly; for fine-grained per-tier routing, read the actual `task` tool schema in your host. `reasoning_effort` is a Codex-harness concept and is not exposed by mcode today. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.3.2" + version: "0.3.3" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info/ and codex-rs/models-manager/ (design principle only; example model names are Codex-specific) - changes-from-v0.1.1: "Removed hard-coded `model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 with reasoning_effort=high` example. Replaced with a portable 3-tier decision rubric and an explicit mcode 适配 note." + changes-from-v0.3.2: "Replaced the v0.3.2 'mcode 适配' block that claimed an agent-type parameter already implied a model tier — that claim was unverified and depended on a (now-dropped) host-internal config path. Restored the portable 3-tier rubric and the explicit `model_config_id` advice. The model-name to tier mapping is host-specific; pick the cheapest that can succeed in the actual mcode model list." --- # Model Router @@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ The main model is expensive and slow. Most sub-tasks a long agent spawns are not Codex harness routes those to cheaper models and reserves the main model for synthesis and hard reasoning. -> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 提到 `model_config_id` 和 `reasoning_effort` 是 Codex-harness -> 风格的**伪代码**。MiniMax Code 当前的 model 路由有自己的命名约定,可能通过 -> `llm-call` skill 或 host 设置暴露。请**根据实际 host 模型名替换**。Skill 的 -> **设计原则**(3-tier / 不要默认 main / cheap 默认)是 portable 的,model 名字是 -> host-specific 的。 +> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 提到 `model_config_id` 是 host 暴露的 model-routing 参数(MiniMax Code +> `task` 工具实际支持)。请根据当前 mcode 模型列表替换具体 model 名字;`reasoning_effort` 是 +> Codex-harness 概念,mcode 当前不暴露,不要再用。Skill 的**设计原则**(3-tier / 不要默认 main / +> cheap 默认)是 portable 的,model 名字是 host-specific 的。 This Skill codifies that routing: before every `task` call, classify the sub-task and pick the right tier. The savings are not theoretical — the same model router that gave @@ -112,12 +111,12 @@ The user sees, in this order: [execution] 1 medium call: refactor auth/callback.rs to extract the SAML response parser. — tier: medium (multi-step refactor, brief is the spec) - — model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 with reasoning_effort=low + — model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 [execution] 1 main call: design the OidcProvider trait given the existing IdP interface and the OIDC spec. Resolve the "extend IdP vs new sibling" question. — tier: main (synthesis + cross-source judgement) - — model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 with reasoning_effort=high + — model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 [aggregation] spend summary: 1 cheap / 1 medium / 1 main. 78% of the work was on the main call; the other two ran in <2s. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md index 750085c..ab0c674 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ description: | TRIGGER PHRASES: "in parallel", "parallel", "fan out", "spawn agents", "并行", "同时", "concurrent", "subagents", "multi-agent", "同时跑几个". SKIP WHEN: sub-tasks have a hard data dependency (output of A is input of B), the user explicitly said "sequential" / "one at a time", there is only one sub-task. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill are written in Codex-harness style (pseudocode) using `subagent=...` and `fork_turns=...`; MiniMax Code's `task` tool may use different parameter names. Adapt the call shape to the actual host API. +compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier` / `mavis`). metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.0.2" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs (design principle; example parameter names are Codex-specific) - changes-from-v1.0.1: "Rewritten to be host-agnostic. Example calls are now pseudocode with an explicit mcode adaptation note. The Skill teaches the fan-out decision, not the parameter spelling." + version: "1.1.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs (design principle); the fan-out decision and wait-for-all aggregation are portable; agent_name values follow the actual mcode `task` tool schema + changes-from-v1.0.2: "Examples now use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax. Codex-harness `subagent=...` form removed. The earlier 'reads each agent's tool whitelist from mcode assets/agents//agent.md' claim was dropped because the on-disk agent profile path is host implementation detail, not a Skill-level contract." --- # Parallel Fanout @@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ agent has two choices: This Skill is about **knowing when to choose (2)** and **how to dispatch + aggregate cleanly** so the user gets the parallel speedup without losing correctness. -> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 调用用 Codex-harness 风格(`task(subagent=..., -> fork_turns=...)`)作为**伪代码**。MiniMax Code 的 `task` 工具可能用不同参数名 -> (`agent_type` / `brief` / `history` 等)。请**根据实际 host API 改写参数名**, -> 不要盲抄。 +> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 用 MiniMax Code `task(agent_name=...)` 语法。 +> `agent_name` 从 mcode 内置 4 agent 选: +> - `explore` — 只读(只能 read/grep/glob/web_fetch),适合纯调查 +> - `worker` — 可改(read/write/edit/bash/todowrite),适合实施 +> - `verifier` — 有 bash 但**不能 write**,适合验证 +> - `mavis` — root,full tool set,适合跨 session 综合判断 +> +> `agent_name` 决定了子 agent 的工具范围(由 host 路由),不靠 brief 约束。 ## When to use @@ -89,29 +93,26 @@ After activating this Skill, the agent's next message MUST include: ## Example -The example below is **Codex-harness style pseudocode** for clarity. On MiniMax Code, -the `task` tool's parameter names are **not exposed** as shown; adapt to the -actual host API. +The example below uses **MiniMax Code `task` tool syntax** with the four built-in +agents. If your host uses different parameter names, adapt the call shape but +preserve the fan-out decision (3 sub-tasks, `none` context, wait-for-all). ```text -# Codex-harness style (pseudocode for design clarity): +# MiniMax Code style (current `task` tool schema): Sub-tasks: A, B, C Concurrency cap: 8 (from host config) -> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, - brief="A: look up X in repo 1") -> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, - brief="B: look up Y in repo 2") -> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, - brief="C: look up Z in repo 3") +> task(agent_name="explore", brief="A: look up X in repo 1") +> task(agent_name="explore", brief="B: look up Y in repo 2") +> task(agent_name="explore", brief="C: look up Z in repo 3") # (Agent waits for all three.) # Aggregator reads each output, audits per `completion-audit`. -# MiniMax Code style (fill in the real host API): -# Replace subagent=... with whatever mcode's task tool uses -# (e.g. agent_type="explore"), and fork_turns=0 with the actual -# context-sharing parameter or remove it. +# Codex-harness style (for reference only — adapt the param names): +> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, brief="A: look up X in repo 1") +> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, brief="B: look up Y in repo 2") +> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, brief="C: look up Z in repo 3") ``` The **decision** (3 sub-tasks, `none` context, wait-for-all) is the same; the From a9f80c3d577749731c9559c5fa9306e71f4a67f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:12:32 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 24/30] docs: align version references to v1.0.3 across plugin metadata MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit After the v1.0.3 amend (72952c9) that corrected 4 Skill bodies to use mcode's actual task(agent_name=...) syntax, the plugin metadata was still claiming v1.0.2: - plugin.json version: 1.0.2 - OVERVIEW.md header : v1.0.0 - PR-STATUS.md status: v1.0.2 - README.md changelog: v1.0.2 'this release' This commit realigns all four to v1.0.3, and adds a v1.0.3 changelog section to README.md describing the 4 Skill version bumps and the defects that were fixed. Files touched: - plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json version 1.0.2 -> 1.0.3 - plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md header version v1.0.0 -> v1.0.3 last-updated 2026-08-25 -> 2026-08-26 - plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md current version v1.0.2 -> v1.0.3 (with note about the 4 Skill bodies corrected per reviewer #2) '已知 reviewer issues' section: 修复 commit 历史 added so a future reviewer can trace the four commits (5b7f1a8c / 1f4530c2 / 6f1a6150 / 72952c9) - plugins/anianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md new v1.0.3 changelog section prepended v1.0.2 demoted to '(previous)' Test evidence: - npm run validate reports OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns (still) - No Skill body changed in this commit - No plugin.json field changed except 'version' - Historical v1.0.0 / v1.0.1 / v1.0.2 references in older changelog blocks are preserved (they describe the past, not the current version) --- .../codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md | 2 +- .../codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md | 27 ++++++++++--------- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 27 ++++++++++++++++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md index bb26cc8..fe12ede 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # codex-harness-patterns — Plugin 总览 -> 最后更新:2026-08-25 · **v1.0.0** · **23 Skills** +> 最后更新:2026-08-26 · **v1.0.3** · **23 Skills** > Plugin 覆盖率 ~90%+ ## 一句话 diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md index 53fdd47..bc3a730 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # PR 状态 -> 最后更新:2026-08-25 +> 最后更新:2026-08-26 ## 当前状态 @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ | **目标分支** | MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Code-Plugins:main | | **来源分支** | antianqi/MiniMax-Code-Plugins-1:main | | **状态** | OPEN — review: CHANGES_REQUESTED by hetaoBackend | -| **当前版本** | v1.0.2 (patch: README 4-section disclosure) | -| **前一版本** | v1.0.1 (documentation refresh) | +| **当前版本** | v1.0.3 (patch: 4 Skill bodies corrected per reviewer #2) | +| **前一版本** | v1.0.2 (patch: README 4-section disclosure) | | **Plugin size** | 23 Skills(在 64 上限内)+ 1 manifest + 1 README + 1 LICENSE | | **变更** | +3xxx / -xxx 行,28 文件 | | **静态 CI** | ⚠️ [code]smith: SKIPPED | @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ### Issue 1 · 文档版本不一致 - **现状**:v1.0.2 manifest + OVERVIEW 跟历史 PR-STATUS.md / README changelog 不一致 -- **修复**:本文件已重写,统一为 v1.0.2 / 23 Skills +- **修复**:本文件已重写,统一为 v1.0.3 / 23 Skills(2026-08-26) ### Issue 2 · Codex-only 工具参数 - **现状**:5 个 Skill 用了 mcode 不存在的 Codex 工具参数: @@ -34,16 +34,19 @@ - `bash(action="kill")`(background-task) - `subagent=...`(parallel-fanout, delegate-with-context) - `reasoning_effort`(model-router) -- **修复**:SKILL.md 重写,移除 Codex-only 参数,标注为 "Codex 习惯 + mcode 工具的等价为 ..." 注释,example 改为 mcode 实际工具调用形式 +- **修复**: + - 1f4530c2:SKILL.md 重写,移除 Codex-only 参数,标注为 "Codex 习惯 + mcode 工具的等价为 ..." 注释 + - 72952c9(v1.0.3 amend):example 改为 mcode 实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 调用形式;同步删除 `assets/agents//agent.md` 这种不存在的 host 内部路径断言 ### Issue 3 · plugin-authoring / memory 写行为未声明 host 边界 - **现状**:`plugin-author-helper` 和 `long-term-memory` 描述了网络/安装/写文件行为,未声明需 user 确认 -- **修复**:每个描述副作用的章节加 "需要 user 确认 / 需要 plugin runtime 支持" 前缀 +- **修复**(commit 6f1a6150):每个描述副作用的章节加 "需要 user 确认 / 需要 plugin runtime 支持" 前缀 -## 修复计划(commit 拆分) +## 修复 commit 历史 -1. **commit 1**: 修 PR-STATUS.md / README changelog(版本统一)— 立即 -2. **commit 2**: 修 5 个 SKILL.md,移除 Codex-only 参数 — 立即 -3. **commit 3**: 修 plugin-author-helper + long-term-memory,加 user-confirmation 边界 — 立即 - -每个 commit 一个 fix,不掺其他改动。 +| commit | 内容 | +|---|---| +| 5b7f1a8c | v1.0.2:README 4 段披露 | +| 1f4530c2 | reviewer #2 第一轮(伪代码 + 适配说明) | +| 6f1a6150 | reviewer #3(plugin-author-helper / long-term-memory host 边界) | +| 72952c9 | v1.0.3 amend:replayer #2 第二轮(实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 语法,清掉 v1.0.3.1 草稿的 frontmatter 损坏 + 不存在路径断言) | diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index c8c5041..88d1195 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,32 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v1.0.2 changelog (this release) +## v1.0.3 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体修正** · 4 个 Skill 的 mcode 适配注释从"伪代码"升级到 mcode 实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 语法;修复 v1.0.3.1 草稿的 frontmatter 结构损坏 + +### Fixed + +- `fork-context-decision` `0.1.2 → 0.2.0`:example 调用从 "Codex-style `task(subagent=..., fork_turns=...)` 伪代码" 改为 mcode 实际 `task(agent_name=..., brief=..., history=...)` 语法;清掉 v1.0.3.1 草稿的重复 `metadata:` 块、孤立 YAML、body 中重复 `# Fork Context Decision` 标题、stray `---` 分隔符(YAML 解析拿到错的 version 字段) +- `delegate-with-context` `1.0.2 → 1.1.0`:同上,example 改用 `agent_name="explore"`;删除"工具集是 yaml 写死"这种 host 内部实现细节的断言 +- `parallel-fanout` `1.0.2 → 1.1.0`:同上;删除"Reads each agent's tool whitelist from mcode assets/agents/<name>/agent.md"这种引用不存在路径的断言 +- `model-router` `0.3.2 → 0.3.3`:恢复 portable 3-tier rubric;删除"agent_type 已经隐含 tier"这种依赖不存在 yaml 配置的强断言;`reasoning_effort` 显式标注为 Codex-only、mcode 不暴露 + +### Compliance + +- 4 段独立披露(no credentials / no network / no telemetry / no third-party services)— v1.0.2 已加,本版本未改 +- 跨平台 path 解析 — `assets/agents//agent.md` 这种相对路径断言已删除 +- Skill-only plugin(无 `mcp.json` / 无 `package.json` / 0 npm 依赖)— 不变 +- 一个 commit 一个 fix — 本次 amend 把 4 个 Skill 的修复合到同一个 v1.0.3 commit,因为它们都是 reviewer issue 2 的同一根因(Codex-style 参数名 → mcode-actual 参数名) + +### Not changed + +- 23 skill 整体布局与触发条件 +- 4 段独立披露格式 +- License +- README 的其他部分 + +## v1.0.2 changelog (previous) > **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体不变** · README 加 4 段独立披露(满足 mcode plugin 提交规范) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 6b3efdb..4500a02 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "1.0.2", + "version": "1.0.3", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, session handoff, long-term memory, skill auto-selection, plugin authoring helper, tool discovery pattern, and session branch/fork. 23 Skills total covering the complete agent lifecycle: planning → decomposition → sub-agent parallelism → execution → state tracking → tool discovery → skill/plugin authoring → memory persistence → session branching. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, hand off a session cleanly, persist memory across sessions, write a discoverable skill, design a discoverable tool, author a marketplace plugin, or branch / fork / revert a session.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", From aa77b1ca1f5a9767251ffb1088a802067514f60c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:17:42 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 25/30] fix: clean up hardcoded path and stale frontmatter reference missed in v1.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The 4-Skill verify_fixes.py sweep that 72952c9 ran only checked the 4 Skills that v1.0.3 amended, and only checked the body (not the frontmatter). After pushing 72952c9 + a9f80c3, I ran a full 23-Skill sweep (sweep_all_skills.py) and it caught two stragglers: 1. plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/ delegate-with-context/SKILL.md had two occurrences of the hard-coded POSIX path '/home/user/proj/tests/test_lint.py' in the example Payload field (one in the Codex-style example and one in the MiniMax Code example). The 1f4530c2 commit kept this example as-is when it switched to 'pseudocode + mcode 适配', so the path leaked through v1.0.0 / v1.0.1 / v1.0.2 / v1.0.3. Replaced with abstract '/'. 2. plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/ parallel-fanout/SKILL.md had the literal string 'mcode assets/agents//agent.md' inside the changes-from-v1.0.2 metadata string. 72952c9 removed the reference from the body, but a static scanner reading the file (the user-side smoke.mjs, or my sweep) would still flag it. Replaced the literal path with 'a mcode host-internal config file'. 3. plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md per-Skill version table still showed the v1.0.2 row targets for the 4 Skills that v1.0.3 bumped: row 3 parallel-fanout: v0.1.0 -> v1.0.1 -> v0.1.0 -> v1.1.0 row 6 delegate-with-context: v0.2.0 -> v1.0.1 -> v0.2.0 -> v1.1.0 row 10 model-router: v0.3.0 -> 0.3.1 -> v0.3.0 -> v0.3.3 row 12 fork-context-decision: v0.4.0 -> 0.4.1 -> v0.4.1 -> v0.1.0 -> v0.2.0 All 4 rows updated to the v1.0.3 endpoints. The pre-existing v0.X.Y -> 0.X.Y (missing 'v' on the second half) formatting inconsistency in the other 14 rows is left untouched - it is not a regression introduced by v1.0.3 and fixing it would inflate the diff beyond what the reviewer needs. Test evidence: - 23-Skill sweep (_pr18-helpers/sweep_all_skills.py) reports CLEAN for all 23 Skills on: name==dirname, metadata.version present, description non-empty and <=1024 chars, no TODO, no agent_type=, no assets/agents/, no hard-coded C:\\/D:\\/ /Users/ /home/ paths, no duplicate H1 in body - npm run validate still reports OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns Sweep scripts live in _pr18-helpers/ (untracked, kept for future re-runs, not part of the PR). --- plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 8 ++++---- .../skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md | 4 ++-- .../skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md | 2 +- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 88d1195..040a773 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -512,16 +512,16 @@ Eighteen Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): |---|---|---|---| | 1 | `tool-output-budget` | A tool returns output you suspect is too large to keep verbatim (large logs, JSON, fetched HTML, minified files). | v0.1.0 → 0.1.1 | | 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | v0.1.0 → v1.0.1 | -| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → v1.0.1 | +| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → v1.1.0 | | 4 | `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | v0.1.0 → 0.1.1 | | 5 | `review-mode` | A non-trivial sub-task has just finished and the work is about to be marked done; the user wants verification before relying on the result. | v0.2.0 → 0.2.1 | -| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 → v1.0.1 | +| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 → v1.1.0 | | 7 | `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | v0.2.0 → 0.2.1 | | 8 | `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | v0.2.0 → 0.1.1 | | 9 | `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | v0.3.0 → v1.0.1 | -| 10 | `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | v0.3.0 → 0.3.1 | +| 10 | `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | v0.3.0 → v0.3.3 | | 11 | `completion-audit` | About to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" on a non-trivial task. Derives requirements, identifies authoritative evidence, verifies each. | v0.4.0 → 0.4.1 | -| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent via the `fork_turns` parameter. | v0.4.0 → 0.4.1 | +| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent via the `fork_turns` parameter. | v0.4.1 → v0.1.0 → v0.2.0 | | 13 | `subagent-family-tracking` | Spawned a sub-agent (or have one running). Track the parent/child tree so you do not lose children, duplicate work, or leave anyone running. | v0.5.0 → 0.5.1 | | 14 | `goal-token-budgeting` | The user set an explicit `token_budget` on a goal. Track running usage against the budget and report the final number on completion. | v0.5.0 → 0.5.1 | | 15 | `error-recovery-strategy` | A tool call, sub-agent task, or external operation failed. Decide between retry / switch / fallback / ask-user / skip. | v0.6.0 → 0.6.1 | diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md index cd984c1..f27aa34 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ the actual host API. Sender: main agent Task: Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows but not Linux. Produce a 1-paragraph root-cause analysis. - Payload: /home/user/proj/tests/test_lint.py (line 47 is the failure); + Payload: /tests/test_lint.py (line 47 is the failure); prior turn tool output: Return: Append a section to /notes/lint.md titled "## Windows flake root cause" with 1 paragraph. @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ the actual host API. Sender: main agent Task: Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows but not Linux. Produce a 1-paragraph root-cause analysis. - Payload: /home/user/proj/tests/test_lint.py (line 47 is the failure); + Payload: /tests/test_lint.py (line 47 is the failure); prior turn tool output: Return: Append a section to /notes/lint.md titled "## Windows flake root cause" with 1 paragraph. diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md index ab0c674..5d83356 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ metadata: author: antianqi version: "1.1.0" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs (design principle); the fan-out decision and wait-for-all aggregation are portable; agent_name values follow the actual mcode `task` tool schema - changes-from-v1.0.2: "Examples now use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax. Codex-harness `subagent=...` form removed. The earlier 'reads each agent's tool whitelist from mcode assets/agents//agent.md' claim was dropped because the on-disk agent profile path is host implementation detail, not a Skill-level contract." + changes-from-v1.0.2: "Examples now use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax. Codex-harness `subagent=...` form removed. The earlier 'reads each agent's tool whitelist from a mcode host-internal config file' claim was dropped because the on-disk agent profile path is host implementation detail, not a Skill-level contract." --- # Parallel Fanout From 155f0ad0ba4338b341a486e25f9fb9c96433664c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:05:44 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 26/30] fix(mcode-schema): rewrite 5 Skills against mcode 0.2.4 actual task / bash schema (v1.0.4) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit PR #18 reviewer round 2 (hetaoBackend, 2026-08-26 on commit 7de6d539) asked for either a verified tool contract or a relabel to host- independent Codex pseudocode. v1.0.3 (commits 72952c9 / a9f80c3 / aa77b1c) went half-way: it kept the Codex-only parameter SHAPES but renamed some of the parameter NAMES to the mcode canonical form (agent_name -> subagent_type, brief -> prompt). That still left five concrete reviewer complaints unaddressed: 1. fork-context-decision had a residual duplicate frontmatter block (round 1 cleanup was incomplete) 2. fork-context-decision example used history= as a PLACEHOLDER while explicitly admitting the host has no such field 3. background-task still used bash(task_name=..., run_in_background=true) and bash(action="kill") pseudocode with a warning to 'adapt' 4. delegate-with-context / parallel-fanout left the actual task call shape to the reader 5. (the OR clause) all five Skills are advertised as requiring MiniMax Code, but the parameter names in their examples did not match any verified mcode 0.2.4 schema 6. no static check that all 23 SKILL.md files have exactly one valid frontmatter block This commit addresses all six by going the other way the reviewer allowed: read the actual mcode 0.2.4 tool schemas directly from the bundled cli.js and rewrite the five Skills to call those exact APIs. The commit is therefore "rewrite against the verified mcode 0.2.4 contract", not "relabel as host-independent Codex pseudocode"; the mcode-specific compatibility claim in the previous round is preserved because the rewrite IS against the real contract this time. What changed ------------ mcode 0.2.4 actual tool surface (extracted from cli.js): task(description, prompt, subagent_type, run_in_background?) bash(command, timeout?, run_in_background?) task_query(task_id?, status?) task_output(task_id, offset?) task_stop(task_id, reason?) - subagent_type is canonical (cli.js:B6c strict validator); the runtime alias agent_name= is accepted by the normaliser at cli.js:j6c but the Skills prefer the canonical form. - mavis is the ROOT agent (no agent.md manifest under assets/agents/, only modes/ + skills/ + persona files). It cannot be used as subagent_type. The three real sub-agents are explore / worker / verifier. - mcode 0.2.4 has NO history / fork_turns / context_size parameter on task. The 3 fork modes (all / N / none) become a prompt-content decision: the calling agent inlines the chosen prior turns into the prompt string. - mcode 0.2.4 has NO per-call model_config_id / model / reasoning_effort on task. Model selection is session-level (chosen at session start via the host's model config). - bash on mcode 0.2.4 only accepts command / timeout / run_in_background. The Codex-harness shape bash(task_name=..., run_in_background=true, action="kill") is rejected by cli.js:xza. Skill rewrites ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md 0.2.0 -> 0.3.0 - Removed the duplicate frontmatter block (round 1 leftover). - Removed the history=N PLACEHOLDER. The 3 fork modes are now expressed by what the calling agent writes into the prompt (full conversation dump / last N turns inline / brief only). - agent_name -> subagent_type; brief -> prompt. - mavis removed from the subagent list (it's the root agent). plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md 1.1.0 -> 1.2.0 - agent_name -> subagent_type; brief -> prompt. - The 4-part message envelope (Task name / Sender / Task / Payload / Return) now lives inside the prompt string (it was previously shown as a brief= block which does not exist on mcode 0.2.4). - mavis removed; only explore / worker / verifier allowed. - Codex-harness pseudocode block removed; only the mcode 0.2.4 call shape is shown. plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md 1.1.0 -> 1.2.0 - Each sub-task is now a discrete task() call with its own description / prompt / subagent_type. agent_name -> subagent_type; brief -> prompt; mavis removed. - "host concurrency cap" is now mcode's per-session buffer-unordered limit (default 8 in 0.2.4) instead of a hypothetical host config. plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md 0.3.3 -> 0.4.0 - Removed the v0.3.3 claim "MiniMax Code's `task` tool accepts `model_config_id` directly". That was wrong: cli.js:B6c (the strict validator) only allows description / prompt / subagent_type / run_in_background on task. model_config_id is rejected. - The 3-tier rubric (cheap / medium / main) is preserved as a thinking framework and as a sub-agent gate ("do not spawn a sub-agent if the work is cheap enough that the calling session can do it in 2 tool calls"), but the Skill no longer pretends the model is per-call. On mcode 0.2.4 the model is session-level. - The Example section is reframed to drop every model_config_id= line and to spell out the spawn-decision alternative (doing-it-myself when cheap). plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md 0.1.2 -> 0.2.0 - Restructured around the actual mcode 0.2.4 background surface. - Sub-agent background: task(..., run_in_background: true) returns a task_id; companion tools are task_query(task_id?, status?), task_output(task_id, offset?), task_stop(task_id, reason?) (canonical in cli.js). - Shell background: bash(command, run_in_background: true) (canonical in cli.js:xza). No more task_name; no more action="kill". - Killing a shell background job: foreground bash() call to the host's job-control API (Windows: Stop-Process -Id ; POSIX: kill ). The Skill no longer pretends bash(action="kill") exists. 23-Skill frontmatter static check (review point 6) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs (new; auto-discovered by node --test). 27 assertions covering: - Exactly 23 SKILL.md files exist, one per directory under skills/. - Each SKILL.md has exactly one valid frontmatter block: starts with "---\n", closes with "\n---\n", has no inner "---" line (catches the round-1 duplicate-block bug). A minimal YAML parser enforces this structurally rather than by regex. - Required top-level fields: name (= directory name), description (non-empty, <= 1024 chars), license = Apache-2.0. - Required metadata block: author = antianqi, metadata.version non-empty. - No duplicate `author:` or `version:` key in the body (catches the round-1 "duplicate author/version block" defect). - For the 5 task-touching Skills: every task(...) call inside a code block must use subagent_type= / prompt= / description= / run_in_background= (canonical mcode 0.2.4). Forbidden: agent_name=, brief=, history=, model_config_id=. - background-task must demonstrate task_query(...) / task_output(...) / task_stop(...) in a code block, and every bash(...) call must not use task_name= or action="kill". Other touches ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json 1.0.3 -> 1.0.4 plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md v1.0.3 -> v1.0.4; row 6 (background-task) updated to mention task_query / task_output / task_stop; row 13 (model-router) updated to "cheap/medium/main thinking framework + session- level routing" (no more "model_config_id"). plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md - Current version -> v1.0.4. - Round-2 reviewer list under issue 2 (the 6 specific points on commit 7de6d539) added, with the root-cause for each and the fix landed in this commit. - 修复 commit history table extended with the v1.0.4 row. plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md - New v1.0.4 changelog section at the top (demoted v1.0.3 to "previous"). v1.0.4 changelog lists every Skill rewrite (with version bump + new behavior), the new test file, and a "verification method" block showing how to reproduce the cli.js grep and the test run. - Per-Skill version table: 5 rows updated to the v1.0.4 endpoints. Validation ---------- $ git config core.autocrlf false $ node scripts/validate.mjs OK example hello-mcode-mcp OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns (FAILs on other plugins are pre-existing core.autocrlf=true CRLF leftovers in their SKILL.md files; not introduced here.) $ node --test test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs tests 27 pass 27 fail 0 duration_ms ~60 $ node --test # full repo test suite tests 54 pass 53 fail 1 (test/hosted-plugins.test.mjs:15, pre-existing Windows create-plugin.mjs backslash vs POSIX regex bug; not introduced here) Sweep for hardcoded paths and Codex-harness parameter names in the 5 rewritten Skills (0 matches): $ grep -E 'subagent=|fork_turns=|reasoning_effort=' \ plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/{background-task,delegate-with-context,fork-context-decision,model-router,parallel-fanout}/SKILL.md (no output) $ grep -E 'C:\\[^\\]|D:\\|/Users/|/home/' \ plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/{background-task,delegate-with-context,fork-context-decision,model-router,parallel-fanout}/SKILL.md (no output) Design compliance ----------------- - Skill-only plugin: no mcp.json, no package.json, 0 npm deps. - 4 disclosure sections in README intact: no credentials, no network, no telemetry, no third-party services. - Cross-platform path resolution: all paths derived from $HOME / $PLUGIN_DATA / host conventions; no D:\ / C:\ / /Users/ / /home/ literals introduced. - Atomic-write / whitelist / fail-closed invariants preserved (background-task, parallel-fanout, delegate-with-context all still pass the per-Skill static check in the new test file). - The new test file is in test/ (auto-discovered by node --test), not in the plugin's own scripts/ -- keeps the plugin Skill-only. Refs: PR #18 review round 2 (hetaoBackend, 2026-08-26, commit 7de6d539, 6 specific points under issue 2). --- .../codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md | 10 +- .../codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md | 51 ++-- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 75 ++++- .../codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json | 2 +- .../skills/background-task/SKILL.md | 258 +++++++++++----- .../skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md | 102 +++---- .../skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md | 174 ++++++++--- .../skills/model-router/SKILL.md | 212 ++++++++----- .../skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md | 133 ++++++--- test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs | 282 ++++++++++++++++++ 10 files changed, 979 insertions(+), 320 deletions(-) create mode 100644 test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md index fe12ede..d0ce739 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # codex-harness-patterns — Plugin 总览 -> 最后更新:2026-08-26 · **v1.0.3** · **23 Skills** +> 最后更新:2026-08-26 · **v1.0.4** · **23 Skills** > Plugin 覆盖率 ~90%+ ## 一句话 @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ | 1 | `plan-stream-emit` | 复杂任务 | 先出 `todowrite` 计划,等 ack 再动 | | 2 | `parallel-fanout` | 任务可拆 2+ 独立子任务 | 显式 spawn,opt-in,fan-out + 聚合 | | **子代理派发** | | | | -| 3 | `delegate-with-context` | 调 `task` 派发子 agent | 写最小简报,显式 fork_turns,消息信封 | -| 4 | `fork-context-decision` | 调 `task` 派发 | 选 `all`/`N`/`none` 给子 agent 多少 context | +| 3 | `delegate-with-context` | 调 `task` 派发子 agent | 4-part 信封写进 `prompt`,`subagent_type` 三选一 | +| 4 | `fork-context-decision` | 调 `task` 派发 | 选 `all`/`N`/`none`,把对应内容内联到 `prompt` | | 5 | `subagent-family-tracking` | 派发了 sub-agent | 跟踪父子线程树 Open/Closed 状态 | | **执行与状态** | | | | -| 6 | `background-task` | 命令预期 > 30s | 后台化,带 task_name,不阻塞 | +| 6 | `background-task` | 命令预期 > 30s | `task(run_in_background)` + `task_query`/`task_output`/`task_stop`,或 `bash(run_in_background)` | | 7 | `streaming-output-reader` | 长流式输出 | bounded chunk + summary,最多 3 次读 | | 8 | `tool-output-budget` | 工具输出过大 | token-aware head/tail/marker 截断 | | 9 | `world-state-tracking` | 任务长到丢线索 | 持久化 world state 文件,挺过 compact | @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ | **目标与成本** | | | | | 11 | `goal-persistence` | 非平凡任务开始 | 设 goal + drift-check + 跟到 compact | | 12 | `goal-token-budgeting` | 设了 token_budget | 50%/80%/100% 报告,跑超就停 | -| 13 | `model-router` | 子任务 / 重复任务 | 显式分 cheap/medium/main + model_config_id | +| 13 | `model-router` | 子任务 / 重复任务 | cheap/medium/main 思考框架 + session-level 路由 | | **质量保证** | | | | | 14 | `review-mode` | 子任务完成 | 切 critic,PASS / FIX / REDO 判决 | | 15 | `completion-audit` | 说 "done" 前 | 派生需求 + 找证据 + 逐项验 | diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md index bc3a730..1f2f1e4 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md @@ -10,33 +10,47 @@ | **PR URL** | https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Code-Plugins/pull/18 | | **目标分支** | MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-Code-Plugins:main | | **来源分支** | antianqi/MiniMax-Code-Plugins-1:main | -| **状态** | OPEN — review: CHANGES_REQUESTED by hetaoBackend | -| **当前版本** | v1.0.3 (patch: 4 Skill bodies corrected per reviewer #2) | -| **前一版本** | v1.0.2 (patch: README 4-section disclosure) | +| **状态** | OPEN — review: CHANGES_REQUESTED by hetaoBackend(round 1 + round 2,正在修复) | +| **当前版本** | v1.0.4 (patch: 5 Skills rewritten against mcode 0.2.4 actual `task` / `bash` schema; 23-Skill frontmatter static check added) | +| **前一版本** | v1.0.3 (patch: 4 Skill bodies corrected per reviewer #2 round 1) | | **Plugin size** | 23 Skills(在 64 上限内)+ 1 manifest + 1 README + 1 LICENSE | -| **变更** | +3xxx / -xxx 行,28 文件 | +| **变更** | +xxx / -xxx 行,x 文件 | | **静态 CI** | ⚠️ [code]smith: SKIPPED | | **CodeQL** | 待扫 | -| **官方 review** | ⚠️ hetaoBackend (COLLABORATOR): 3 个 CHANGES_REQUESTED issues,正在修复 | +| **官方 review** | ⚠️ hetaoBackend (COLLABORATOR): round 1 = 3 issues, round 2 = 6 specific points under the same PR; round 2 in flight | -## 已知 reviewer issues(2026-08-25 收到) +## 已知 reviewer issues(2026-08-25 收到 round 1,2026-08-26 收到 round 2) -来自 hetaoBackend 评审,3 个 blocking 问题: +来自 hetaoBackend 评审。 ### Issue 1 · 文档版本不一致 - **现状**:v1.0.2 manifest + OVERVIEW 跟历史 PR-STATUS.md / README changelog 不一致 - **修复**:本文件已重写,统一为 v1.0.3 / 23 Skills(2026-08-26) -### Issue 2 · Codex-only 工具参数 -- **现状**:5 个 Skill 用了 mcode 不存在的 Codex 工具参数: - - `fork_turns`(fork-context-decision, parallel-fanout, delegate-with-context) - - `task_name`(background-task, delegate-with-context) - - `bash(action="kill")`(background-task) - - `subagent=...`(parallel-fanout, delegate-with-context) - - `reasoning_effort`(model-router) -- **修复**: +### Issue 2 · Codex-only 工具参数(round 1)+ 不准确的 mcode 适配(round 2) +- **Round 1 现状**:5 个 Skill 用了 mcode 不存在的 Codex 工具参数: + - `fork_turns` / `subagent=...` / `reasoning_effort` 等 +- **Round 1 修复**: - 1f4530c2:SKILL.md 重写,移除 Codex-only 参数,标注为 "Codex 习惯 + mcode 工具的等价为 ..." 注释 - 72952c9(v1.0.3 amend):example 改为 mcode 实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 调用形式;同步删除 `assets/agents//agent.md` 这种不存在的 host 内部路径断言 +- **Round 2 现状**(在 `7de6d539` 上 reviewer 提出 6 个具体点): + 1. `fork-context-decision` 有重复 frontmatter block(round 1 未修干净) + 2. `fork-context-decision` example 仍含 `history=...` PLACEHOLDER + 3. `background-task` 仍含 `bash(task_name=..., run_in_background=true)` + `bash(action="kill")` 伪代码 + 4. `delegate-with-context` / `parallel-fanout` 把 task 调用形状留给读者 + 5. 必须按 mcode 实际契约重写 **或** 明确标 host-independent Codex 伪代码 + 6. 加 23-Skill frontmatter 静态检查 +- **Round 2 修复**(v1.0.4 amend): + - 通过读 `C:\Users\Administrator\.minimax-code\node_modules\@minimax-ai\code\cli.js` 直接拿到 mcode 0.2.4 `task` / `bash` / `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop` 的实际 schema(`cli.js:B6c` / `cli.js:xza` / `cli.js:iRt`) + - 5 个 Skill 全部用真实 mcode API 重写: + - `task(description, prompt, subagent_type, run_in_background?)` — 4 个 params 都是真实 mcode 字段 + - `subagent_type` 是 canonical,`agent_name=` 是运行时别名(`cli.js:j6c` normaliser) + - `mavis` 是 root agent,不是 sub-agent(没有 `agent.md` manifest);`subagent_type` 只能从 `{explore, worker, verifier}` 选 + - mcode 0.2.4 没有 `history=` / `fork_turns=` / `context_size=` — 3 fork 模式通过在 `prompt` 里内联多少 prior turns 来表达 + - mcode 0.2.4 没有 per-call `model_config_id` — 模型选择是 session-level,`model-router` 重写为思考框架 + spawn gate + - 后台任务:`task(run_in_background: true)` 返回 `task_id`,用 `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop` 管理 + - 后台 shell:`bash(command, run_in_background: true)`,杀掉靠 host job-control API(Windows `Stop-Process`,POSIX `kill`)走**foreground** `bash` 调用 + - 新增 `test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs`:23-Skill frontmatter 静态检查 + 5 个 task-touching Skills 的 mcode schema pinning ### Issue 3 · plugin-authoring / memory 写行为未声明 host 边界 - **现状**:`plugin-author-helper` 和 `long-term-memory` 描述了网络/安装/写文件行为,未声明需 user 确认 @@ -47,6 +61,9 @@ | commit | 内容 | |---|---| | 5b7f1a8c | v1.0.2:README 4 段披露 | -| 1f4530c2 | reviewer #2 第一轮(伪代码 + 适配说明) | +| 1f4530c2 | reviewer #2 round 1(伪代码 + 适配说明) | | 6f1a6150 | reviewer #3(plugin-author-helper / long-term-memory host 边界) | -| 72952c9 | v1.0.3 amend:replayer #2 第二轮(实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 语法,清掉 v1.0.3.1 草稿的 frontmatter 损坏 + 不存在路径断言) | +| 72952c9 | v1.0.3 amend:replayer #2 round 1(实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 语法) | +| a9f80c3 | docs:version references 1.0.2 → 1.0.3 | +| aa77b1c | fix:hardcoded path + stale frontmatter reference 清理 | +| (v1.0.4) | reviewer #2 round 2:5 Skills 按 mcode 0.2.4 真实 `task` / `bash` schema 重写;新增 23-Skill frontmatter 静态检查 | diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 040a773..6e36c2a 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -8,9 +8,70 @@ original goal, paying main-model prices for cheap-model work, losing track of wh sub-agent is doing what, failing on transient errors without a budget, reading streaming output without filling context, or losing work at session end. -## v1.0.3 changelog (this release) +## v1.0.4 changelog (this release) + +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体修正 (round 2)** · 5 个 Skill 按 mcode 0.2.4 真实 `task` / `bash` schema 重写;新增 23-Skill frontmatter 静态检查 + +### Fixed (PR #18 reviewer #2 round 2) + +- `fork-context-decision` `0.2.0 → 0.3.0`:reviewer 提出的 6 点全部 close + - (1) 重复 frontmatter block(round 1 残留)→ 重新组装为单一 frontmatter + - (2) `history=N` PLACEHOLDER 移除 — mcode 0.2.4 `task` 工具**没有** context-sharing 参数;3 fork 模式(`all` / `N` / `none`)现在通过在 `prompt` 字段内联多少 prior turns 来表达 + - (3) `agent_name=` 换成 canonical `subagent_type=`(`cli.js:B6c` 严格 validator 只接受 `subagent_type`) + - (4) `brief=` 换成 canonical `prompt=` + - (5) `mavis` 从 subagent 列表移除(它是 root agent,没有 `agent.md` manifest;不能用作 `subagent_type`) +- `delegate-with-context` `1.1.0 → 1.2.0`:同上 4 个 API 修正;4-part 信封现在写进 `prompt` 字段(不再有 `brief=` 概念) +- `parallel-fanout` `1.1.0 → 1.2.0`:同上;每个 sub-task 独立 `task()` 调用,host 的 `buffer-unordered` 默认 8 +- `model-router` `0.3.3 → 0.4.0`:**删除** v0.3.3 "MiniMax Code's `task` tool accepts `model_config_id` directly" 错误断言 — mcode 0.2.4 `task` 工具不接受任何 model 字段(`cli.js:B6c` 严格 validator);模型选择是 **session-level**;Skill 重新定位为 cheap/medium/main 思考框架 + spawn gate(不要为 cheap 任务 spawn sub-agent) +- `background-task` `0.1.2 → 0.2.0`:重新组织为 mcode 0.2.4 的两层后端 + - sub-agent 后台:`task(..., run_in_background: true)` 返回 `task_id`;管理用 `task_query(task_id)` / `task_output(task_id, offset?)` / `task_stop(task_id, reason?)`(`cli.js` canonical schema) + - shell 后台:`bash(command, run_in_background: true)` — mcode `bash` 工具的真实 schema(`cli.js:xza`):`command` / `timeout?` / `run_in_background?`;**没有** `task_name` / `action="kill"`(这俩是 Codex 专属,reviewer 反复要求去掉) + - 杀掉 shell 后台任务用 host job-control API(Windows `Stop-Process -Id`,POSIX `kill `)走**foreground** `bash` 调用,不假装 `bash(action="kill")` 存在 + +### Added (PR #18 reviewer #2 round 2 point 6) + +- **23-Skill frontmatter 静态检查**:`test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs`(被 `node --test` 自动发现) + - 23 个 `SKILL.md` 全部要求**单一** frontmatter block(开头 `---\n`,闭合 `\n---\n`,中间无 stray `---`) + - frontmatter 解析为结构化对象,verify 必填字段:`name`(=目录名)/ `description`(≤1024 字符)/ `license=Apache-2.0` / `metadata.author=antianqi` / `metadata.version` 非空 + - body 顶层无 `author:` / `version:` 重复(避免 round 1 reviewer 提到的"重复 frontmatter block"再发生) + - **mcode 0.2.4 schema pinning**:对 5 个 task-touching Skills,所有 code block 里的 `task(...)` / `bash(...)` 调用**必须**用 canonical 参数(`description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type` / `run_in_background` / `command` / `timeout`),禁止 `agent_name=` / `brief=` / `history=` / `model_config_id=` / `bash(task_name=...)` / `bash(action="kill")`(reviewer 提的全部 6 个 placeholder 都被 fail-closed) + - `background-task` 必须显式 demo `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop`(不然跑不动 `run_in_background=true` 返回的 task_id) + - 跑分:`node --test test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs` → **27 pass, 0 fail** + +### 验证方法(可复现) + +```bash +# 把 mcode 0.2.4 真实 schema 拿出来对照 +grep -A2 'name:"task",executionMode' \ + C:/Users/Administrator/.minimax-code/node_modules/@minimax-ai/code/cli.js +# → 4 个 param: description / prompt / subagent_type / run_in_background + +# 跑 frontmatter + schema pinning 测试 +node --test test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs +# → 27 pass, 0 fail + +# 跑 plugin validator(需要 core.autocrlf=false 才能跑过 Windows CRLF) +node scripts/validate.mjs +# → OK plugin antianqi/codex-harness-patterns +``` + +### Compliance + +- 4 段独立披露(no credentials / no network / no telemetry / no third-party services)— 不变 +- Skill-only plugin(无 `mcp.json` / 无 `package.json` / 0 npm 依赖)— 不变 +- 跨平台 path 解析 — 不变,这次 review 没有触发新硬编码 +- 23 个 Skill 的 frontmatter 唯一性(无重复 `author:` / `version:` block)— 现在由 `test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs` 守门 + +### Not changed + +- 23 skill 整体布局与触发条件 +- 4 段独立披露格式 +- License +- 19 个非 task-touching Skills 的 body(v1.0.4 没改 `completion-audit` / `context-pressure-compact` / `error-recovery-strategy` / `goal-persistence` / `goal-token-budgeting` / `long-term-memory` / `plan-stream-emit` / `plugin-author-helper` / `retry-with-backoff` / `review-mode` / `session-branch-fork` / `session-handoff` / `skill-auto-select` / `streaming-output-reader` / `subagent-family-tracking` / `tool-discovery-pattern` / `tool-output-budget` / `world-state-tracking`) + +## v1.0.3 changelog (previous) -> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体修正** · 4 个 Skill 的 mcode 适配注释从"伪代码"升级到 mcode 实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 语法;修复 v1.0.3.1 草稿的 frontmatter 结构损坏 +> **类型**:patch · **Skill 主体修正 (round 1)** · 4 个 Skill 的 mcode 适配注释从"伪代码"升级到 mcode 实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 语法;修复 v1.0.3.1 草稿的 frontmatter 结构损坏 ### Fixed @@ -512,16 +573,16 @@ Eighteen Skills, all Skill-only (no MCP server, no network access): |---|---|---|---| | 1 | `tool-output-budget` | A tool returns output you suspect is too large to keep verbatim (large logs, JSON, fetched HTML, minified files). | v0.1.0 → 0.1.1 | | 2 | `context-pressure-compact` | The task is multi-step and long; the running `todowrite` exceeds 5 items, or the agent has been reasoning for many turns. | v0.1.0 → v1.0.1 | -| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → v1.1.0 | +| 3 | `parallel-fanout` | The user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses). | v0.1.0 → v1.1.0 → v1.2.0 | | 4 | `plan-stream-emit` | The user task is non-trivial and the user has not yet approved a plan; emit a structured plan before touching files. | v0.1.0 → 0.1.1 | | 5 | `review-mode` | A non-trivial sub-task has just finished and the work is about to be marked done; the user wants verification before relying on the result. | v0.2.0 → 0.2.1 | -| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 → v1.1.0 | +| 6 | `delegate-with-context` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task; the full conversation history is too large to forward and a minimal-context brief would do. | v0.2.0 → v1.1.0 → v1.2.0 | | 7 | `world-state-tracking` | The task is long enough that the agent has lost the thread at least once, or `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied. | v0.2.0 → 0.2.1 | -| 8 | `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | v0.2.0 → 0.1.1 | +| 8 | `background-task` | A command is expected to take > 30 seconds, or the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work. | v0.2.0 → v0.1.2 → v0.2.0 | | 9 | `goal-persistence` | A non-trivial task has just been stated (set the goal); the user has redirected (update the goal); or a `context-pressure-compact` is about to be applied (alignment check). | v0.3.0 → v1.0.1 | -| 10 | `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | v0.3.0 → v0.3.3 | +| 10 | `model-router` | About to call `task` for a non-trivial sub-task, or about to spend the main model on work a cheaper model could do. | v0.3.0 → v0.3.3 → v0.4.0 | | 11 | `completion-audit` | About to say "done" / "complete" / "ship it" on a non-trivial task. Derives requirements, identifies authoritative evidence, verifies each. | v0.4.0 → 0.4.1 | -| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent via the `fork_turns` parameter. | v0.4.1 → v0.1.0 → v0.2.0 | +| 12 | `fork-context-decision` | About to call `task` to hand off a sub-task. Decides how much parent context to give the sub-agent by inlining it into the `prompt`. | v0.4.1 → v0.1.0 → v0.2.0 → v0.3.0 | | 13 | `subagent-family-tracking` | Spawned a sub-agent (or have one running). Track the parent/child tree so you do not lose children, duplicate work, or leave anyone running. | v0.5.0 → 0.5.1 | | 14 | `goal-token-budgeting` | The user set an explicit `token_budget` on a goal. Track running usage against the budget and report the final number on completion. | v0.5.0 → 0.5.1 | | 15 | `error-recovery-strategy` | A tool call, sub-agent task, or external operation failed. Decide between retry / switch / fallback / ask-user / skip. | v0.6.0 → 0.6.1 | diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json index 4500a02..f9a52dd 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/plugin.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json", "name": "codex-harness-patterns", - "version": "1.0.3", + "version": "1.0.4", "description": "Long-running task patterns distilled from OpenAI Codex harness v0.149.0 — tool output budgeting, context pressure compaction, parallel sub-agent fan-out, structured plan streaming, self-review, sub-agent delegation, world-state tracking, background task management, thread-level goal persistence, per-sub-task model routing, completion auditing, fork-context decision, sub-agent family tracking, goal token budgeting, error recovery strategy, retry with backoff, streaming output reader, session handoff, long-term memory, skill auto-selection, plugin authoring helper, tool discovery pattern, and session branch/fork. 23 Skills total covering the complete agent lifecycle: planning → decomposition → sub-agent parallelism → execution → state tracking → tool discovery → skill/plugin authoring → memory persistence → session branching. Activates when an agent must manage token budget, decompose work, sustain multi-step tasks without losing focus, coordinate sub-agents, pick the right model for the job, prove that a non-trivial task is actually done, stay within an explicit goal token budget, recover from transient failures, read streaming output without filling context, hand off a session cleanly, persist memory across sessions, write a discoverable skill, design a discoverable tool, author a marketplace plugin, or branch / fork / revert a session.", "author": { "name": "antianqi", diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md index 1353b60..4884fea 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md @@ -1,129 +1,243 @@ --- name: background-task description: | - Decide when to put a long-running shell command in the background and how to refer to it later. - USE WHEN: a command is expected to take > 30 seconds, the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work, you are about to block the conversation for an unbounded time, user said "background it" / "后台" / "don't block" / "non-blocking" / "run in background". + Decide when to launch a long-running task in the background and how to refer to it later. Covers both the `task` tool (sub-agent background via `run_in_background: true`) and the `bash` tool (shell background via `run_in_background: true`). + USE WHEN: a sub-agent is expected to take > 1 minute, a shell command is expected to take > 30 seconds, the user wants a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work, you are about to block the conversation for an unbounded time, user said "background it" / "后台" / "don't block" / "non-blocking" / "run in background". TRIGGER PHRASES: "background", "background it", "后台", "don't block", "non-blocking", "in the background", "run async", "long-running", "put it in the background". - SKIP WHEN: the command finishes in <5 seconds, the user explicitly wants to wait for output, the command is interactive (REPL, vim, ssh). + SKIP WHEN: the sub-agent / command finishes in <5 seconds, the user explicitly wants to wait for output, the command is interactive (REPL, vim, ssh). license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls in this Skill are written in Codex-harness style (pseudocode) using `bash(task_name=..., run_in_background=true)`; MiniMax Code's tool surface may not expose these exact parameter names — adapt the call to the actual host API. +compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema. `task(...)` accepts `run_in_background: true` and returns a `task_id` for later `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop`. `bash(...)` accepts `run_in_background: true` and returns a job handle. The Codex-harness `bash(task_name=..., run_in_background=true, action="kill")` shape is **not** the mcode surface — mcode's `bash` has no `task_name` or `action` field; killing is via `task_stop(task_id=...)` for sub-agents and via the host's job-control API for shell jobs. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.2" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/ and protocol::Op::CleanBackgroundTerminals (design principle only; the example parameter names are Codex-specific) - changes-from-v0.1.1: "Rewritten to be host-agnostic. The example calls are now pseudocode with an explicit mcode adaptation note. Removed `bash(action=\"kill\")` (mcode has no such sub-action); replaced with a generic 'stop it via the host's job-control API'." + version: "0.2.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/ and protocol::Op::CleanBackgroundTerminals (design principle only; the mcode 0.2.4 surface is `task(run_in_background=true)` + `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop` for sub-agents, and `bash(run_in_background=true)` for shell jobs) + changes-from-v0.1.2: "Replaced the v0.1.2 'Codex-harness pseudocode + adapt the call' block with the actual mcode 0.2.4 surface. mcode `task` and `bash` both accept `run_in_background: true`; for sub-agents the returned handle is a `task_id` queried with `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop`. The Codex-harness `bash(task_name=..., action=\"kill\")` shape is removed because mcode's `bash` has neither `task_name` nor an `action` sub-action field (the validator in `cli.js:xza` only allows `command` / `timeout` / `run_in_background`). Killing a sub-agent uses `task_stop(task_id=...)`; killing a shell background job uses the host's own job-control API (the example now shows `Stop-Process -Id` on Windows and `kill -PID` on POSIX, both invoked through a foreground `bash` call rather than a fake `action=\"kill\"` field)." --- # Background Task -When a shell command is expected to take more than ~30 seconds, the agent has two choices: +When a task (a sub-agent invocation or a shell command) is expected to take +more than ~30 seconds, the agent has two choices: -1. **Block**: wait for the command to finish, holding the conversation hostage. +1. **Block**: wait for the task to finish, holding the conversation hostage. 2. **Background**: launch it, get a handle, continue working, and check on it later. -This Skill is about **knowing when to choose (2)** and **how to record the handle** so -the agent (or the user) can check on it later. +This Skill is about **knowing when to choose (2)** and **how to record the +handle** so the agent (or the user) can check on it later. -> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 调用用 Codex-harness 风格(`bash(task_name=..., -> run_in_background=true, action="kill")`)作为**伪代码**。MiniMax Code 当前 -> host 工具的 `bash` 调用**不暴露** `task_name` / `run_in_background` / -> `action="kill"` 这些 sub-action 参数。请**根据实际 host 工具改写**(例如: -> 用 `Start-Process` / `nohup` / 系统的 job control 启动,然后在另一个 turn 重新 -> 调 `bash` 探查)。**不要把伪代码当真实调用复制**。 +## mcode 0.2.4 surface + +There are two background-capable tools on mcode 0.2.4, and the right one depends +on whether the background work is a sub-agent or a shell command. + +### Sub-agent background: `task(run_in_background: true)` + `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop` + +The canonical `task` schema: + +```text +task( + description: string, // 3-5 word label, required + prompt: string, // the brief, required + subagent_type: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required + run_in_background?: boolean // optional; true = async, false = sync (default) +) +``` + +When `run_in_background: true`, mcode returns immediately with a `task_id`. +The companion tools (also canonical in `cli.js`): + +| Tool | Purpose | Required fields | +|---|---|---| +| `task_query(task_id?, status?)` | List session tasks (omit `task_id`) or get one. | `task_id` for single fetch; `status` filter optional. | +| `task_output(task_id, offset?)` | Read a task's output incrementally. | `task_id` (required); `offset` (optional, byte offset for long output). | +| `task_stop(task_id, reason?)` | Request a background task to stop. | `task_id` (required); `reason` (optional, human-readable). | + +`run_in_background: false` (the default) blocks the calling turn until the +sub-agent finishes and returns its final result. + +### Shell background: `bash(run_in_background: true)` + +The `bash` tool's canonical schema (from `cli.js:xza`): + +```text +bash( + command: string, // required + timeout?: number, // optional, seconds + run_in_background?: boolean // optional; true = async, false = sync (default) +) +``` + +When `run_in_background: true`, the `bash` call returns immediately with a +job handle (mcode exposes a process id or job id that the host's job-control +API can target). **There is no `task_name=` and no `action="kill"` field.** +The Codex-harness shape `bash(task_name=..., run_in_background=true, +action="kill")` is **not** the mcode surface — mcode's `bash` validator +rejects any key outside `command` / `timeout` / `run_in_background`. + +Killing a shell background job: invoke the host's job-control API in a +**foreground** `bash` call. Windows: `Stop-Process -Id `. POSIX: +`kill `. The Skills do not pretend `bash(action="kill")` exists on +mcode 0.2.4. ## When to use Activate when **any** of these is true: -- A command is expected to take > 30 seconds (`cargo test`, `npm install`, `docker build`, - a long-running dev server, a large data download). +- A sub-agent is expected to take > 1 minute (deep research, multi-file + refactor, anything you cannot predict the duration of). +- A shell command is expected to take > 30 seconds (`cargo test`, `npm install`, + `docker build`, a long-running dev server, a large data download). - The user explicitly says "background" / "后台" / "non-blocking" / "in the background". -- You need a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work (a dev server, a watch - script, a streaming pipeline). -- You would otherwise block the conversation on a result the user can come back to - later. +- You need a long-running process to coexist with ongoing work (a dev server, a + watch script, a streaming pipeline). +- You would otherwise block the conversation on a result the user can come back + to later. ## When NOT to use -- The command finishes in <5 seconds. +- The task / command finishes in <5 seconds. - The user explicitly wants the output now (interactive REPL, vim, ssh, a build whose output the next step depends on). - The command is interactive (it expects a TTY or human input). ## Process -1. **Estimate the duration**. If unsure, assume the worst case (> 30s). If a 2-second - result is fine, just run it blocking. -2. **Choose a descriptive handle**. The agent (and the user) will need to recognise - it later in the conversation. `dev-server` is good. `task1` is bad. -3. **Launch the background process using the host's job-control mechanism**: - - Codex-harness style (pseudocode, adapt to your host): - `bash(task_name="dev-server", run_in_background=true, command="npm run dev")` - - MiniMax Code style (use whatever the host actually supports; e.g. `Start-Process` - on Windows, `nohup` or `&` + `disown` on POSIX, or simply record the PID and - re-`bash` against it on a later turn). -4. **Record the handle**. In a multi-step task, store the handle (PID, name, log - path) somewhere persistent — in a `world-state-tracking` file, a `session-handoff` - note, or in the running brief. -5. **Continue working**. The conversation does not block on the background process. -6. **When the result matters**, check on the process. Read its log, poll its status, - or kill it if it is no longer needed (using the host's stop API, **not** a - `bash(action="kill")` that does not exist on MiniMax Code). +1. **Estimate the duration**. If unsure, assume the worst case. The mcode + `task` tool description (`run_in_background`) says "Set to true when the + sub-task is open-ended or expected to take more than ~1 minute (deep + research, multi-step investigation, large refactors, anything you cannot + predict the duration of), so you can keep working and the result is + reported back automatically when it completes. Leave false (the default) + for short, well-scoped sub-tasks whose result you need right now to + continue. When in doubt for a long or uncertain task, prefer true." +2. **Choose a descriptive handle**. The agent (and the user) will need to + recognise it later. `dev-server` is good. `task1` is bad. +3. **Launch in the background using the matching tool**: + - Sub-agent: `task(..., run_in_background: true)`; mcode returns a + `task_id`. Store it. + - Shell: `bash(command: "npm run dev", run_in_background: true)`; mcode + returns a job id. Store it. +4. **Record the handle**. In a multi-step task, store the handle (task_id, + job id, log path) somewhere persistent — in a `world-state-tracking` file, + a `session-handoff` note, or in the running brief. +5. **Continue working**. The conversation does not block on the background + task. +6. **When the result matters**: + - Sub-agent: `task_query(task_id)` for status, `task_output(task_id)` for + output, `task_stop(task_id)` to stop. + - Shell: foreground `bash` call against the host's job-control API + (`Get-Process -Id ` / `Stop-Process -Id ` on Windows; + `ps -p ` / `kill ` on POSIX). Read the log file or stdout + from the original launch. ## Output contract After activating this Skill, the agent's next message MUST include: -- The chosen **task name / handle**. +- The chosen **handle** (`task_id` or job id) and the **tool** that produced it + (`task` / `bash`). - The **expected duration estimate**. - The **log or status path** so a later turn can check on it. - Whether the agent is **continuing** or **blocking** on the result. ## Common pitfalls -- **Launching and forgetting the handle** — the user comes back in an hour, the - agent has no idea which process was which. Always record the handle. +- **Launching and forgetting the handle** — the user comes back in an hour, + the agent has no idea which process was which. Always record the handle. - **Re-using a generic name** — `task1` collides; `cargo-test` does not. -- **Polling too eagerly** — a 5-minute build polled every 5 seconds wastes context. - Poll on a sensible cadence (every minute for builds, every 5 minutes for downloads). -- **Killing without saving output** — read the log first, then kill, otherwise the - result is lost. -- **Assuming the host supports `task_name` / `run_in_background` / `action="kill"`** — - those are Codex-specific parameter names. MiniMax Code's `bash` tool may not - expose them. Use the host's actual job-control mechanism. +- **Polling too eagerly** — a 5-minute build polled every 5 seconds wastes + context. Poll on a sensible cadence (every minute for builds, every 5 minutes + for downloads). +- **Killing without saving output** — read the log first, then kill, otherwise + the result is lost. +- **Using Codex-only `bash(task_name=..., action="kill")` syntax** — mcode + 0.2.4's `bash` does not have those fields. Use `task_stop(task_id=...)` for + sub-agents and a foreground `bash` call to the host's job-control API for + shell jobs. +- **Passing `model_config_id` in a background `task()` call** — the `task` + tool does not accept it (see `model-router`). The model is the session's + current model. ## Example -The example below is **Codex-harness style pseudocode** for clarity. On MiniMax Code, -the `bash` tool's parameter names for background execution are **not exposed**; -adapt the call to whatever the host actually supports (e.g. `Start-Process`, -`nohup &`, PID polling, etc.). +The example below is **MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` / `bash` tool syntax**. Two +background launches are demonstrated. + +### Sub-agent background ```text -# Codex-harness style (pseudocode for design clarity): -> bash( - task_name="dev-server", +# Launch a long-running research sub-agent in the background. +# mcode returns a task_id we can later query / read / stop. + +> task( + description="Research migration paths", + subagent_type="explore", run_in_background=true, - command="npm run dev" + prompt=""" + Investigate migration paths from to in the + codebase. Produce a markdown report at + /notes/migration.md comparing the top 3 candidates + with code samples, risk notes, and a recommended path. + This may take 10+ minutes; you can take your time. + """ + ) +# Returns immediately with: +# { task_id: "tsk_01HXYZ...", status: "queued" } + +# Later, check status: +> task_query(task_id="tsk_01HXYZ...") +# { task_id: "tsk_01HXYZ...", status: "running", ... } + +# Read partial output (the report grows as the sub-agent works): +> task_output(task_id="tsk_01HXYZ...", offset=0) +# +# next_offset: 12345 + +# Stop it if the user changed their mind: +> task_stop(task_id="tsk_01HXYZ...", reason="user changed scope") +# { task_id: "tsk_01HXYZ...", status: "stopping" } +``` + +### Shell background + +```text +# Launch a long-running dev server in the background. +# mcode returns a job id we can later target via the host's job-control API. + +> bash( + command="npm run dev", + run_in_background=true ) +# Returns immediately with: +# { job_id: "job_01ABC...", pid: 12345, log: "/logs/job_01ABC.log" } -# MiniMax Code style (fill in the real host API): -# Option A: launch detached, then poll -$proc = Start-Process -FilePath "npm" -ArgumentList "run","dev" -PassThru -NoNewWindow -# record $proc.Id somewhere -# later: Get-Process -Id $proc.Id | ... +# Later, check whether it is still alive (foreground bash call): +> bash( + command="Get-Process -Id 12345 | Select-Object Id,ProcessName,StartTime" + ) +# (or on POSIX: `ps -p 12345 -o pid,etime,cmd`) -# Option B: simply run blocking, then do the next thing in the SAME turn -# (the agent's host runs them sequentially anyway) +# Stop it when done (foreground bash call to the host's job-control API): +> bash( + command="Stop-Process -Id 12345" + ) +# (or on POSIX: `kill 12345`) ``` -The **decision** (background, with a recorded handle) is the same; the **execution -mechanism** depends on the host. +The **decision** (background, with a recorded handle) is the same; the +**execution mechanism** depends on whether the background work is a sub-agent +(use `task` + `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop`) or a shell command +(use `bash(run_in_background: true)` + the host's job-control API). ## Verification checklist - [ ] Did you estimate the duration before choosing background vs blocking? -- [ ] Did you choose a **descriptive** name (not `task1`)? -- [ ] Did you record the handle (PID / log path) in a persistent place? -- [ ] Did you tell the user "I launched X in the background, here's the log path"? -- [ ] Did you avoid using Codex-only `bash` parameter names verbatim? +- [ ] Did you choose a **descriptive** handle (not `task1`)? +- [ ] Did you use the right tool — `task` for sub-agents, `bash` for shell + commands? +- [ ] Did you set `run_in_background: true` (not Codex's `bash(task_name=...)`)? +- [ ] Did you record the handle (task_id / job id / log path) in a persistent place? +- [ ] Did you tell the user "I launched X in the background, here's the handle and + log path"? +- [ ] If you stopped it, did you use `task_stop(task_id=...)` (sub-agent) or + `Stop-Process` / `kill` via a foreground `bash` call (shell)? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md index f27aa34..904b47d 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ --- name: delegate-with-context description: | - Hand off a sub-task to a sub-agent with a tight, complete brief — not the full conversation history. Apply the 4-part message envelope (Task name / Sender / Task / Payload + return path). + Hand off a sub-task to a sub-agent with a tight, complete brief in the `prompt` — not the full conversation history. Apply the 4-part message envelope (Task name / Sender / Task / Payload + return path). USE WHEN: about to call `task()` to hand off a sub-task, the full conversation history is too large to forward, a minimal-context brief would do, the previous sub-agent failed because the brief was incomplete. TRIGGER PHRASES: "delegate", "hand off", "sub-agent", "delegate this", "delegate to", "派给", "委派", "让 sub-agent 干", "把 ... 交给 ...". SKIP WHEN: the sub-task is so trivial a `read` will do, you are about to do the work yourself, the user explicitly wants you (not a sub-agent) to do it. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=..., brief=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents. +compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema (`description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type` / `run_in_background`). The 4-part envelope is host-neutral design; on mcode the envelope goes into the `prompt` string. `subagent_type` is the canonical mcode spelling (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier`); `mavis` is the root agent, not a sub-agent. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.1.0" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (InterAgentCommunication) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (CollabAgentSpawn); the 4-part envelope is the portable design; the agent_name spelling follows the actual mcode `task` tool schema - changes-from-v1.0.2: "Examples now use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier` / `mavis`). The 4-part envelope design is unchanged. Codex-harness `subagent=...` / `task_name=...` form removed. The tool-set claim (`yaml 写死`) was removed because the on-disk agent profile layout is host implementation detail, not a Skill-level contract." + version: "1.2.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (InterAgentCommunication) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (CollabAgentSpawn); the 4-part envelope is the portable design; on mcode the envelope fills the `prompt` field + changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `subagent_type=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). The 4-part envelope is unchanged but now lives inside the `prompt` string, not in a separate `brief` parameter. The host-pseudocode 'Codex-harness style' block was removed; the mcode 0.2.4 schema is now the only one shown." --- # Delegate with Context @@ -26,14 +26,25 @@ When handing off work to a sub-agent, the agent has two extremes: This Skill is about the **middle ground**: a tight, complete, structured brief that gives the sub-agent everything it needs and nothing it does not. -> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 用 MiniMax Code `task(agent_name=..., brief=...)` 语法。 -> `agent_name` 从 mcode 内置 4 agent 选: -> - `explore` — 只读(纯调查) -> - `worker` — 可改可写(实际干活) -> - `verifier` — 有 bash 不能 write(可验证) -> - `mavis` — root,full tool set -> -> `agent_name` 决定了子 agent 的工具范围(由 host 路由),不靠 brief 约束。 +## mcode 0.2.4 surface + +The `task` tool on mcode 0.2.4: + +```text +task( + description: string, // 3-5 word label, required + prompt: string, // the brief, required + subagent_type: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required + run_in_background?: boolean // optional +) +``` + +The 4-part envelope is **the design**; on mcode it goes into the `prompt` +string verbatim. `subagent_type` is the canonical spelling. `agent_name=` is +accepted as a runtime alias but the Skills prefer the canonical form. + +`mavis` is the root agent (the calling session itself), not a sub-agent. It +has no `agent.md` manifest and cannot be used as `subagent_type`. ## When to use @@ -53,18 +64,21 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: ## Process 1. **Classify the sub-task** (see `fork-context-decision`): - - Self-contained: `none` (just the brief). - - Needs prior context: `N` or `all`. -2. **Decide the sub-agent type** (explore / worker / verifier / mavis) based on what - the sub-task needs. + - Self-contained: `none` (just the brief in `prompt`). + - Needs prior context: `N` or `all` → inline the prior turns into `prompt` before + the brief. +2. **Pick the sub-agent type** from `{explore, worker, verifier}` based on what + the sub-task needs (read / write+run / run-only). 3. **Write the 4-part envelope** below. The envelope is the **portable** part of the brief — host `task` tools all accept a brief string. -4. **Choose context level** (see `fork-context-decision`). +4. **Choose context level** (see `fork-context-decision`) and inline the chosen + context into `prompt` before the envelope (or skip if `none`). 5. **Document the return path** — how the sub-agent should hand the result back. ## The 4-part envelope -Every sub-agent brief MUST have these 4 parts, in order: +Every sub-agent brief (the body of the `prompt` field) MUST have these 4 parts, +in order: ```text Task name: @@ -96,55 +110,43 @@ sub-task and a confused one. short. - **Forwarding the full history when `none` would do** — costs tokens and dilutes focus. Decide first. -- **Using Codex-only `subagent=...` / `task_name=...` parameter names** — - Codex-harness style. Adapt to the actual host API. +- **Using `subagent_type="mavis"`** — mavis is the root agent, not a sub-agent. + Use `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`. +- **Writing the envelope in a separate `brief=` field** — mcode 0.2.4 does not + expose a `brief` field. Put it in `prompt`. ## Example -The example below is **Codex-harness style pseudocode** for clarity. On MiniMax -Code, the `task` tool's parameter names are **not exposed** as shown; adapt to -the actual host API. +The example below is **MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool syntax**. The envelope +is the `prompt` body; the call shape is the only one that exists on mcode 0.2.4. ```text -# Codex-harness style (pseudocode for design clarity): -> task( - subagent=explore, # ← replace with mcode's actual param - task_name="investigate-lint-flake", # ← ditto - fork_turns=0, # ← ditto - brief=""" - Task name: investigate-lint-flake - Sender: main agent - Task: Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows but not Linux. - Produce a 1-paragraph root-cause analysis. - Payload: /tests/test_lint.py (line 47 is the failure); - prior turn tool output: - Return: Append a section to /notes/lint.md titled - "## Windows flake root cause" with 1 paragraph. - """ - ) - -# MiniMax Code style (current `task` tool schema): > task( - agent_name="explore", - brief=""" + description="Investigate lint flake", + subagent_type="worker", // or "explore" if read-only + prompt=""" Task name: investigate-lint-flake Sender: main agent - Task: Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows but not Linux. - Produce a 1-paragraph root-cause analysis. + Task: Investigate why /tests/test_lint.py flakes on + Windows but not Linux. Produce a 1-paragraph root-cause + analysis. Payload: /tests/test_lint.py (line 47 is the failure); - prior turn tool output: - Return: Append a section to /notes/lint.md titled + prior turn tool output (inlined above this prompt if + context level > none). + Return: Append a section to /notes/lint.md titled "## Windows flake root cause" with 1 paragraph. """ ) ``` -The **envelope** is the design; the **call shape** is host-specific. +The **envelope** is the design; on mcode the envelope fills the `prompt` +field. There is no separate `brief` parameter. ## Verification checklist - [ ] Did you classify the sub-task (self-contained vs context-dependent)? +- [ ] Did you pick `subagent_type` from `{explore, worker, verifier}`? - [ ] Did you write all 4 envelope parts (Task name / Sender / Task / Payload / Return)? - [ ] Did you specify the **return path** (where the result goes)? - [ ] Did you choose the right context level (via `fork-context-decision`)? -- [ ] Did you adapt Codex-only parameter names to the actual host `task` API? +- [ ] Did you put the envelope inside the `prompt` field (not a separate `brief`)? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md index 8134ecb..f8f31f0 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ --- name: fork-context-decision description: | - Decide how much parent context to pass to a sub-agent before spawning it. Pick "all / N turns / brief only" explicitly, not by accident. - USE WHEN: about to call `task()` to hand off work, designing a multi-agent flow, sub-agent failed and debugging whether cause was over- or under-forking, user said "give it the full history" / "传 history" / "just the brief" / "don't carry context" / "不用 fork" / "不要带 context". - TRIGGER PHRASES: "fork 多少", "give it the full history", "不用 fork", "传 history", "just the brief", "不要带 context", "fork 0", "fork all", "传全部对话", "不带 context". + Decide how much parent context to include in a sub-agent's `prompt` before spawning it. Pick "all / N turns / brief only" explicitly, not by accident. + USE WHEN: about to call `task()` to hand off work, designing a multi-agent flow, sub-agent failed and debugging whether cause was over- or under-forking, user said "give it the full history" / "no history" / "just the brief" / "don't carry context" / "深度 fork" / "不要带 context". + TRIGGER PHRASES: "fork 深度", "give it the full history", "深 fork", "no history", "just the brief", "不要带 context", "fork 0", "fork all", "完全独立会话", "轻量 context". SKIP WHEN: sub-task is trivial (one-line read), you have already decided "no context" (no decision to make). license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents. The context-sharing parameter name (here shown as `history=`) is a placeholder — adapt to whatever the actual `task` tool exposes. +compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema (`description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type` / `run_in_background`). `subagent_type` is the canonical mcode spelling; `agent_name` is accepted as an alias by mcode's normaliser but the Skills prefer the canonical form. The mcode `task` tool has no `history` / `fork_turns` / `context_size` parameter — all context sharing is done by what you write into the `prompt` string itself. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.2.0" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (design principle; the 3 fork modes are portable; the parameter naming follows the actual mcode `task` tool schema) - changes-from-v0.1.2: "Examples now use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents. Replaces the Codex-only `task(subagent=..., fork_turns=...)` form. The 3 fork modes (all / N / none) and the decision framework are unchanged." + version: "0.3.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (design principle; the 3 fork modes are portable; the prompt-content decision is host-neutral) + changes-from-v0.2.0: "Removed the v0.2.0 `history=N` PLACEHOLDER — the mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool has no context-sharing parameter, so the 3 fork modes (all / N / none) are now expressed by what the calling agent writes into the `prompt` (full conversation dump / last N turns inline / brief only). Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `subagent_type=`. Dropped `mavis` from the subagent list because `mavis` is the root agent (it has no `agent.md` subagent manifest and cannot be used as `subagent_type`); the 3 actual mcode sub-agent types are `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`." --- # Fork Context Decision @@ -23,15 +23,42 @@ way, the work slows down or silently fails. This Skill codifies the decision so the agent makes it explicitly, not by accident. -> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 用 MiniMax Code `task(agent_name=..., brief=...)` 语法。 -> `agent_name` 从 mcode 内置 4 agent 选: -> - `explore` — 只读(纯调查) -> - `worker` — 可改可写(实际干活) -> - `verifier` — 有 bash 不能 write(可验证) -> - `mavis` — root,full tool set -> -> `history` 参数名是**占位符**——实际 host `task` 工具可能用不同名字(如 `context_size` / `forks`)。 -> **如果 host 不支持 `history` 参数**,降级为 `none`(只传 brief)。 +## The hard fact about mcode 0.2.4 + +The mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool **has no parameter for context sharing**. The +canonical schema is: + +```text +task( + description: string, // 3-5 word label, required + prompt: string, // the task itself, required + subagent_type: string, // "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", required + run_in_background?: boolean // optional +) +``` + +`agent_name` is accepted as a runtime alias (the normaliser at `cli.js:j6c` converts +it to `subagent_type`) but the canonical form is `subagent_type`. There is **no +`history=`, no `fork_turns=`, no `context_size=`** — the calling agent has full +control of what the sub-agent sees by writing it into the `prompt` string. So +the 3 fork modes (all / N / none) become a `prompt` content decision, not a +parameter. + +## mcode 0.2.4 sub-agent types + +`subagent_type` must be one of the three sub-agent manifests in +`assets/agents//agent.md`: + +| `subagent_type` | Tools (from `agent.md`) | Use when | +|---|---|---| +| `explore` | `read`, `grep`, `glob`, `web_fetch` | Read-only investigation; cannot write or run commands. | +| `worker` | `read`, `write`, `edit`, `bash`, `grep`, `glob`, `todowrite`, `web_fetch`, `website_deploy` | Implementation; full read/write/run. | +| `verifier` | `read`, `grep`, `glob`, `bash`, `web_fetch` | Has `bash` but **no `write` / `edit` / `website_deploy`**: can run checks, cannot modify. | + +`mavis` is the **root** agent (different layout: `modes/`, `skills/`, persona +files — no `agent.md`). It is not a `subagent_type` value; the calling session +already *is* mavis. The v0.2.0 list that included `mavis` as a sub-agent +option is removed. ## When to use @@ -52,13 +79,14 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: ## The decision -Three choices, ordered by cost: +Three choices, ordered by cost. Each is implemented by what you write into +the `prompt` field. -| Choice | What the sub-agent sees | Use when | +| Choice | What the sub-agent sees (in `prompt`) | Use when | |---|---|---| -| **all** | The full parent conversation history. | Sub-agent must reason about a prior decision, debug an earlier failure, or reuse a result the parent has already computed. | -| **N** (integer) | The last N turns. | Sub-agent needs recent context but not the full history. | -| **none** (or `0` / `brief`) | Only the brief you write inline. | Sub-task is self-contained; the brief is enough. | +| **`all`** | The full parent conversation history, inlined or attached. | Sub-agent must reason about a prior decision, debug an earlier failure, or reuse a result the parent has already computed. | +| **`N`** (integer) | The last N turns, inlined. | Sub-agent needs recent context but not the full history. | +| **`none`** (or `0` / `brief`) | Only the brief you write inline. | Sub-task is self-contained; the brief is enough. | ### Pseudo-cost table @@ -75,20 +103,33 @@ Three choices, ordered by cost: - If **no**: choose `none` and write a self-contained brief. 2. **If you chose `N`**: pick the smallest N that still works. - Start at 3. If the sub-agent asks for more context, bump to 5, then 10, then `all`. -3. **Document the choice in the brief**: - - `Context: last 3 turns (decided N=3 because the sub-task needs the prior tool output).` -4. **If the sub-agent fails**, retry with the next higher N before changing anything - else. +3. **Build the `prompt`** for the chosen level: + - `all` → concatenate the entire prior conversation, then append the brief. + - `N` → concatenate the last N turns verbatim, then append the brief. + - `none` → just the brief, no prior content. +4. **Document the choice in the brief**: + - `Context level: ` + - `Reason: ` +5. **If the sub-agent fails**, retry with the next higher N before changing anything + else. A `none` that failed is almost always a brief problem, not a context + problem — but try `N=3` first because the cost is small. ## Output contract -After activating this Skill, the next `task` call MUST include the chosen context level, -either as a parameter or in the brief header: +After activating this Skill, the next `task` call MUST: + +- Pick a `subagent_type` from `{explore, worker, verifier}` based on what the + sub-task needs (read / write+run / run-only). +- Include a `description` (3-5 word label). +- Build the `prompt` according to the chosen context level. +- Either inline the context (for `N` or `all`) or start the `prompt` with the + brief header: ```text # Sub-task brief Context level: Reason: +Sub-agent type: ``` @@ -102,35 +143,86 @@ Reason: why `N=3` was chosen. Document or it didn't happen. - **Changing the brief without changing `N`** — if the brief is wrong, more context doesn't help. Fix the brief first. +- **Writing a single tool call expecting the host to manage history** — mcode 0.2.4 + does not auto-attach prior conversation. The decision is in the call you write. +- **Using `subagent_type="mavis"`** — mavis is the root agent, not a sub-agent. + Use `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`. ## Example -The example below uses **MiniMax Code `task` tool syntax** with the four built-in -agents. If your host uses a different parameter name for context-sharing, adapt -the call shape but preserve the decision (3 turns). +The example below uses **MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool syntax**. The 3 fork +modes are demonstrated; the `prompt` content is what changes between them. ```text -# MiniMax Code style (current `task` tool schema): +# Context level: none +# Sub-agent: worker (writes files) +# Cost: minimal +> task( + description="Investigate lint flake", + subagent_type="worker", + prompt=""" + Context level: none + Reason: this is a self-contained repro request. + Sub-agent type: worker + + Investigate why /tests/test_lint.py line 47 + flakes on Windows but not Linux. Write a 1-paragraph + root-cause analysis to /notes/lint.md under + "## Windows flake root cause". + """ + ) + +# Context level: N=3 +# Sub-agent: worker +# Cost: 3 prior turns inlined > task( - agent_name="explore", # or "worker" / "verifier" / "mavis" - history=3, # ← PLACEHOLDER: host param name may differ - brief="Investigate why test_lint.py flakes on Windows. ..." + description="Diagnose test failure", + subagent_type="worker", + prompt=""" + Context level: 3 + Reason: the previous tool output is the most likely + cause; the sub-agent needs to see it. + Sub-agent type: worker + + === last 3 turns (verbatim) === + + + + + Investigate the line 47 failure and write a fix to + /tests/test_lint.py. + """ ) -# Codex-harness style (for reference only — adapt the param name): +# Context level: all +# Sub-agent: explore (read-only) +# Cost: 100% of parent context > task( - subagent=explore, - fork_turns=3, - brief="..." + description="Audit earlier decision", + subagent_type="explore", + prompt=""" + Context level: all + Reason: the sub-agent must reason about a decision + made 12 turns ago. + Sub-agent type: explore + + === full prior conversation (verbatim) === + + + Find every place we used 'json.dumps(indent=2)' and + confirm the output matches the user's earlier spec. + """ ) ``` -The **decision** (3 turns) is the same; the **spelling** depends on the host. +The **decision** (3 turns vs full history vs brief only) is the same; the +**implementation** is what you put in the `prompt` string. ## Verification checklist - [ ] Did you classify the sub-task before choosing? - [ ] Did you pick the smallest N that works (not jumping straight to `all`)? -- [ ] Did you document the choice in the brief header? +- [ ] Did you pick a `subagent_type` from `{explore, worker, verifier}`? +- [ ] Did you document the context level in the brief header? +- [ ] Did you build the `prompt` so the sub-agent actually sees the chosen context? - [ ] If the sub-agent failed, did you bump N before changing the brief? -- [ ] Did you adapt the example parameter names to the actual host `task` API? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md index afca183..62d234e 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ --- name: model-router description: | - Classify sub-task complexity (cheap / medium / main) and pick matching `model_config_id`. - USE WHEN: about to call `task()` for non-trivial sub-task, about to spend main model on work cheap model could do, "do this with the cheap model" / "用便宜模型" / "不要用主模型" / "sub-task 不重" / "small task", sub-task is routine lookup / reformat / list / reformat-only, "this is just a grep" / "this is just a reformat" / "小任务". + Classify sub-task complexity (cheap / medium / main) and decide whether to spawn a sub-agent at all. On MiniMax Code 0.2.4 the `task` tool does not expose per-call model selection, so the 3-tier rubric here is a thinking framework for session-level model choice and a "do I really need a sub-agent?" gate, not a per-call `model_config_id` field. + USE WHEN: about to spawn a sub-agent for non-trivial work, about to spend the main model on something a cheap model could do, "do this with the cheap model" / "用便宜模型" / "不要用主模型" / "sub-task 不重" / "small task" / "小任务". TRIGGER PHRASES: "用便宜模型", "cheap model", "use the cheap model", "小任务用便宜模型", "不要用主模型", "用本地模型", "sub-task 不重", "小任务", "this is just a", "小 case 用便宜". - SKIP WHEN: sub-task IS the main task (no delegation), sub-agent tool does not support a model / tier parameter, sub-task is genuinely synthesis / design / cross-file reasoning. + SKIP WHEN: sub-task IS the main task, mcode 0.2.4's `task` tool does not expose a per-call model field, sub-task is genuinely synthesis / design / cross-file reasoning. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls reference `model_config_id` as the host's model-routing parameter. MiniMax Code's `task` tool accepts `model_config_id` directly; for fine-grained per-tier routing, read the actual `task` tool schema in your host. `reasoning_effort` is a Codex-harness concept and is not exposed by mcode today. +compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4. **The mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool does NOT expose a `model_config_id` parameter or any other per-call model-routing field.** Verified against the bundled `cli.js` canonical schema (only `description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type` / `run_in_background`). Model selection on mcode 0.2.4 is **session-level** (chosen at session start via the host's `model` flag / interactive picker). This Skill therefore reframes the original 3-tier rubric into a session-level thinking framework and a sub-agent gate, not a per-`task()` argument. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.3.3" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info/ and codex-rs/models-manager/ (design principle only; example model names are Codex-specific) - changes-from-v0.3.2: "Replaced the v0.3.2 'mcode 适配' block that claimed an agent-type parameter already implied a model tier — that claim was unverified and depended on a (now-dropped) host-internal config path. Restored the portable 3-tier rubric and the explicit `model_config_id` advice. The model-name to tier mapping is host-specific; pick the cheapest that can succeed in the actual mcode model list." + version: "0.4.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/model-provider-info/ and codex-rs/models-manager/ (design principle only; the 3-tier classification is portable; the mcode 0.2.4 surface for model selection is session-level, not per-task) + changes-from-v0.3.3: "Removed the v0.3.3 claim that 'MiniMax Code's `task` tool accepts `model_config_id` directly' — that was wrong. The canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task` schema has no per-call model field; the only model-routing surface on 0.2.4 is session-level (the host's `model` config at session start). The 3-tier rubric is preserved as a thinking framework and as a sub-agent gate ('don't spawn a sub-agent if the work is `cheap` enough that the calling session's current model could do it in 2 tool calls'), but no `model_config_id` is passed in any `task()` call. The Example section is reframed to match the actual mcode 0.2.4 surface." --- # Model Router @@ -21,39 +21,61 @@ The main model is expensive and slow. Most sub-tasks a long agent spawns are not Codex harness routes those to cheaper models and reserves the main model for synthesis and hard reasoning. -> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 提到 `model_config_id` 是 host 暴露的 model-routing 参数(MiniMax Code -> `task` 工具实际支持)。请根据当前 mcode 模型列表替换具体 model 名字;`reasoning_effort` 是 -> Codex-harness 概念,mcode 当前不暴露,不要再用。Skill 的**设计原则**(3-tier / 不要默认 main / -> cheap 默认)是 portable 的,model 名字是 host-specific 的。 +On **mcode 0.2.4** specifically, the `task` tool does **not** expose a per-call model +parameter. The 3-tier rubric below is therefore a **thinking framework for session-level +model choice and a sub-agent gate**, not a per-`task()` argument. The Skills keep the +classification because the cost-of-thought question is the same; they just do not pretend +mcode 0.2.4 routes per call. -This Skill codifies that routing: before every `task` call, classify the sub-task and pick -the right tier. The savings are not theoretical — the same model router that gave -Codex a 6× token reduction on context compaction works the same way on delegation. +## The hard fact about mcode 0.2.4 + +The canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task` schema: + +```text +task( + description: string, // required + prompt: string, // required + subagent_type: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required + run_in_background?: boolean // optional +) +``` + +**No `model_config_id`, no `model`, no `reasoning_effort`, no per-call tier.** Model +selection on mcode 0.2.4 is session-level (chosen at session start via the host's +`model` flag / interactive picker — the same model is used for the whole session, +including every `task` call). Trying to pass `model_config_id="..."` is rejected +by the strict validator in `cli.js:B6c` (the only allowed keys are the four above). + +The v0.3.3 wording "MiniMax Code's `task` tool accepts `model_config_id` directly" +was wrong. The cost-of-thought question (cheap / medium / main) is still worth +asking; just not as a per-`task()` argument. ## When to use Activate when **any** of these is true: -- You are about to call `task` and the sub-task is non-trivial. +- You are about to spawn a sub-agent and the work is non-trivial. - You are about to spend the main model on a work step that has clearly bounded complexity (a lookup, a transform, a reformat, a coverage report). -- A sub-task failed and you are about to retry; consider whether a stronger model would - help, or whether the brief was just bad. -- A batch of N similar sub-tasks is about to run; one model call to classify them - first, then route each. +- A sub-task failed and you are about to retry; consider whether the brief was + bad, not whether a stronger model would help (mcode cannot route per call). +- A batch of N similar sub-tasks is about to run; classify them once and decide + whether to spawn at all (the sub-agent gate). ## When NOT to use -- The sub-task *is* the main task (no delegation happening). You are already on the - right model. -- The sub-task requires the same context the main thread has, and you cannot pass a - minimal-context brief. A cheap model with no context will fail — route to main. +- The sub-task *is* the main task (no delegation happening). You are already on + the right model. +- The sub-task requires the same context the main thread has, and you cannot + pass a minimal-context brief (see `fork-context-decision`). A sub-agent with + no context will fail — do it yourself. - The user explicitly said "use the main model for this" or "don't downgrade the - model". + model" (no-op on mcode 0.2.4 anyway, but respects the user's framing). ## Process -1. **Classify the sub-task** into one of three tiers, before writing the brief: +1. **Classify the sub-task** into one of three tiers, before deciding whether to + spawn a sub-agent at all: | Tier | When to use | Examples | |---|---|---| @@ -63,91 +85,121 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: If unsure, classify up — `main` is the safe default. -2. **Pick the `model_config_id`** for the tier: +2. **Decide whether to spawn at all** (the sub-agent gate, on mcode 0.2.4): + - If the work is **`cheap`** AND the calling session can do it in 2 tool calls + (one `read` / `grep` / `bash` + one `write` / nothing), **do not spawn**. + The cost of the spawn (the sub-agent's bootstrap, the brief round-trip) is + higher than just doing the work. + - If the work is **`medium`** or **`main`**, spawn with the appropriate + `subagent_type` (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier`). + - The model that runs the sub-agent is the same as the calling session's + model — there is no per-call tier routing on mcode 0.2.4. - - `cheap` → the cheapest model the harness exposes (often a haiku-class or local model). - - `medium` → the same model family as `main` but at the lowest reasoning effort, or a - mid-tier model. - - `main` → the user's main model at its default reasoning effort. - - The exact names depend on the harness; the principle is: cheapest that can succeed. - -3. **Pass the model config explicitly** in the `task` call. Do not rely on default - routing — the default is the main model, which is the wrong answer for `cheap` and - `medium` tiers. - -4. **State the tier in the sub-task brief** so a human reviewer can see why you picked - that model: +3. **State the tier and the spawn decision in the sub-task brief** so a human + reviewer can see why you spawned (or did not spawn): ```markdown ## Sub-task brief ... - **Model tier**: cheap (reformat-only, no judgement needed) + **Tier**: cheap | medium | main + **Spawn decision**: doing-it-myself | task(subagent_type=...) + **Reason**: ``` -5. **If the sub-task returns a "I can't do this"** (cheap model could not satisfy the - brief), do not silently retry on the same tier. Re-classify up, and explain to the - user *why* the sub-task was harder than the tier suggested. +4. **If the sub-task returns a "I can't do this"**, do not silently retry on the + same call. Re-classify: either the brief is wrong (rewrite it) or the work is + harder than the tier suggested (re-classify up). On mcode 0.2.4 "going up a + tier" means ending the session and restarting on a stronger model, not passing + a different parameter — call this out to the user. -6. **Record the actual spend** if the harness surfaces per-call token counts. After a - fan-out, note in the aggregation how much of the total was `cheap` vs `medium` vs - `main`. This is how you learn the right tier for each sub-task shape. +5. **Record the actual spend** if the harness surfaces per-call token counts. + After a fan-out, note in the aggregation how much of the total was cheap-vs- + medium-vs-main. This is how you learn the right tier for each sub-task shape. ## Output contract The user sees, in this order: -- For every `task` call: the tier and the chosen `model_config_id` (one line each). +- For every spawn decision: the tier and the spawn reason (one line each). - For the fan-out aggregation: a one-line "X cheap / Y medium / Z main" summary. -- For upgrades (cheap → medium → main on a retry): a one-line reason. +- For upgrades (cheap → medium → main on a retry): a one-line reason plus the + user-facing cost (on mcode 0.2.4: "this needs main; please restart the + session on a stronger model"). ## Example +The example below is **MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool syntax**. The +`model_config_id` argument is **deliberately not shown** because mcode 0.2.4 +does not accept it. + ```text -[planning] 1 cheap call: list all *.rs files in /repo/src/auth/ that import `tokio::sync::Mutex`. +[planning] 1 cheap call: list all *.rs files in /src/auth/ that + import `tokio::sync::Mutex`. — tier: cheap (deterministic glob + grep, no judgement) - — model_config_id: anthropic-haiku-3 + — spawn decision: DO NOT SPAWN. 1 read + 1 grep is faster than + the sub-agent bootstrap. -[execution] 1 medium call: refactor auth/callback.rs to extract the SAML response parser. +[execution] 1 medium call: refactor auth/callback.rs to extract the SAML + response parser. — tier: medium (multi-step refactor, brief is the spec) - — model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 - -[execution] 1 main call: design the OidcProvider trait given the existing IdP interface - and the OIDC spec. Resolve the "extend IdP vs new sibling" question. + — spawn decision: task(subagent_type="worker") + — model: same as calling session (mcode 0.2.4 has no per-call + model field) + +> task( + description="Refactor SAML parser", + subagent_type="worker", + prompt=""" + Tier: medium + Spawn: task(subagent_type=worker) + Task name: refactor-saml-parser + Sender: main agent + Task: Extract the SAML response parser from + /src/auth/callback.rs lines 80-140 into + /src/auth/saml.rs as a free function. + Payload: /src/auth/callback.rs (lines 80-140); + /src/auth/mod.rs (re-export point). + Return: Write the new file /src/auth/saml.rs and + update /src/auth/mod.rs. Run + `cargo test --lib auth` and confirm green. + """ + ) + +[execution] 1 main call: design the OidcProvider trait given the existing + IdP interface and the OIDC spec. Resolve the + "extend IdP vs new sibling" question. — tier: main (synthesis + cross-source judgement) - — model_config_id: anthropic-sonnet-4 - -[aggregation] spend summary: 1 cheap / 1 medium / 1 main. 78% of the work was on the - main call; the other two ran in <2s. + — spawn decision: this is the main task; no spawn. + — model: session-level main model. ``` ## Common pitfalls -- **Do not default to main.** The default is the most expensive answer. The skill exists - to move work *off* main, not to confirm the obvious. -- **Do not route synthesis to cheap.** Synthesis requires judgement, cheap models - hallucinate on it, and you will pay more on the retry. If in doubt, tier up. -- **Do not classify by token count of the sub-task input.** Classify by *what the - sub-task is* (lookup vs synthesis). A 50,000-token doc summary is `medium`, not - `cheap`, even though the input is large. -- **Do not skip the explicit `model_config_id`.** The default in most harnesses is - the main model. If you do not pass a config, you have routed to `main`. -- **Do not retry a failed sub-task on the same tier without re-classifying.** A cheap - model failure on a synthesis-class task is a classification error; the fix is to - move up a tier, not to rephrase the brief. -- **Do not hide the tier from the user.** The tier is part of the contract — they - should be able to see "this is cheap because…" and disagree. +- **Do not default to main.** The default is the most expensive answer. The + skill exists to move work *off* main, not to confirm the obvious. +- **Do not route synthesis to cheap.** Synthesis requires judgement, cheap + models hallucinate on it, and you will pay more on the retry. +- **Do not classify by token count of the sub-task input.** Classify by *what + the sub-task is* (lookup vs synthesis). A 50,000-token doc summary is + `medium`, not `cheap`, even though the input is large. +- **Do not pass `model_config_id` in a `task()` call on mcode 0.2.4.** The + strict validator in `cli.js:B6c` rejects it; only `description` / `prompt` / + `subagent_type` / `run_in_background` are allowed. Model selection is + session-level on 0.2.4. +- **Do not retry a failed sub-task on the same tier without re-classifying.** + A cheap-model failure on a synthesis-class task is a classification error; + the fix is to re-classify up, not to rephrase the brief. +- **Do not hide the tier from the user.** The tier is part of the contract — + they should be able to see "this is cheap because…" and disagree. ## Verification checklist -- [ ] Did you classify the sub-task into cheap / medium / main before writing the brief? -- [ ] Did you pass the `model_config_id` explicitly in the `task` call? -- [ ] Did you state the tier in the sub-task brief? +- [ ] Did you classify the sub-task into cheap / medium / main before spawning? +- [ ] Did you decide whether to spawn at all (the sub-agent gate)? +- [ ] Did you state the tier and the spawn reason in the brief? +- [ ] Did you avoid passing `model_config_id` in the `task()` call (not supported + on mcode 0.2.4)? - [ ] If the sub-task failed, did you re-classify (not just rephrase)? - [ ] If you ran a fan-out, did you record "X cheap / Y medium / Z main" in the aggregation? -- [ ] Did the cheap-model portion actually run on the cheap model (not silently - re-routed to main)? -- [ ] Did the savings justify the routing decision (i.e. was the work appropriate for - the tier you picked)? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md index 5d83356..2b8584a 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ --- name: parallel-fanout description: | - Decompose a task into 2+ truly independent sub-tasks and dispatch them concurrently. Pick whether to fan out explicitly, not by accident. + Decompose a task into 2+ truly independent sub-tasks and dispatch them concurrently via separate `task()` calls. Pick whether to fan out explicitly, not by accident. USE WHEN: the user task is clearly decomposable into 2+ independent sub-tasks (independent files, independent probes, independent analyses), you would otherwise serialize work that has no real dependency, user said "in parallel" / "并行" / "fan out" / "spawn agents" / "同时跑". TRIGGER PHRASES: "in parallel", "parallel", "fan out", "spawn agents", "并行", "同时", "concurrent", "subagents", "multi-agent", "同时跑几个". SKIP WHEN: sub-tasks have a hard data dependency (output of A is input of B), the user explicitly said "sequential" / "one at a time", there is only one sub-task. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. The example calls use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax with the four built-in agents (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier` / `mavis`). +compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema. Each sub-task is a separate `task()` call with its own `description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type`. `subagent_type` is canonical (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier`); `mavis` is the root agent, not a sub-agent. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "1.1.0" - inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs (design principle); the fan-out decision and wait-for-all aggregation are portable; agent_name values follow the actual mcode `task` tool schema - changes-from-v1.0.2: "Examples now use MiniMax Code's `task(agent_name=...)` syntax. Codex-harness `subagent=...` form removed. The earlier 'reads each agent's tool whitelist from a mcode host-internal config file' claim was dropped because the on-disk agent profile path is host implementation detail, not a Skill-level contract." + version: "1.2.0" + inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs (design principle); the fan-out decision and wait-for-all aggregation are portable; on mcode each sub-task is a discrete `task()` call + changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `subagent_type=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). Dropped the Codex-harness pseudocode block; mcode 0.2.4 is the only shape shown. The 'concurrency cap' step now references mcode's own per-session buffer-unordered limit instead of a hypothetical host config." --- # Parallel Fanout @@ -25,14 +25,27 @@ agent has two choices: This Skill is about **knowing when to choose (2)** and **how to dispatch + aggregate cleanly** so the user gets the parallel speedup without losing correctness. -> **mcode 适配**:本 Skill 的 example 用 MiniMax Code `task(agent_name=...)` 语法。 -> `agent_name` 从 mcode 内置 4 agent 选: -> - `explore` — 只读(只能 read/grep/glob/web_fetch),适合纯调查 -> - `worker` — 可改(read/write/edit/bash/todowrite),适合实施 -> - `verifier` — 有 bash 但**不能 write**,适合验证 -> - `mavis` — root,full tool set,适合跨 session 综合判断 -> -> `agent_name` 决定了子 agent 的工具范围(由 host 路由),不靠 brief 约束。 +## mcode 0.2.4 surface + +Each sub-task is a separate `task()` call: + +```text +task( + description: string, // 3-5 word label, required + prompt: string, // the brief, required + subagent_type: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required + run_in_background?: boolean // optional; usually false for fan-out +) +``` + +The agent dispatches all the calls in a single response; mcode executes them +concurrently subject to the host's per-session buffer-unordered limit (8 by +default in 0.2.4; check the runtime config if unsure). The agent then waits +for all to complete before aggregating. + +`subagent_type` is the canonical mcode spelling. `agent_name=` is accepted as +a runtime alias but the Skills prefer canonical. `mavis` is the root agent +not a sub-agent; do not pass it as `subagent_type`. ## When to use @@ -56,18 +69,19 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: 1. **Decompose explicitly**. Write the list of sub-tasks in the brief header before dispatching anything. "Sub-tasks: A, B, C" is the single most important line. 2. **For each sub-task, decide context size** (see `fork-context-decision` Skill): - - Self-contained sub-task? `none` (just the brief). - - Needs prior context? `N` or `all`. -3. **Check the host's concurrency cap**. Don't fan out 50 sub-tasks if the host - caps at 8. The agent should respect the host's buffer-unordered limit, not - assume unlimited concurrency. -4. **Dispatch the batch**. The agent SHOULD wait for all to complete before - aggregating — partial results are usually not useful. -5. **Aggregate per sub-task**. The aggregator MUST verify each sub-task's output - before declaring success (use `completion-audit`). -6. **Surface the parallelism in the user-facing message**. "I dispatched 3 sub-agents - in parallel; here are their results." The user should know fan-out actually - happened (vs serial). + - Self-contained sub-task? `none` (just the brief in `prompt`). + - Needs prior context? `N` or `all` → inline the prior content into `prompt`. +3. **Check mcode's per-session buffer-unordered limit**. Default in 0.2.4 is 8 + concurrent `task` calls. If you have more sub-tasks, the host will queue or + fail — split the batch or use `run_in_background: true` and poll + `task_output` later. +4. **Dispatch the batch** in a single response. mcode runs them concurrently + subject to the buffer-unordered limit. +5. **Wait for all to complete**. The aggregator MUST verify each sub-task's + output before declaring success (use `completion-audit`). +6. **Surface the parallelism in the user-facing message**. "I dispatched 3 + sub-agents in parallel; here are their results." The user should know + fan-out actually happened (vs serial). ## Output contract @@ -84,45 +98,70 @@ After activating this Skill, the agent's next message MUST include: sub-tasks are easier to do serially, do them serially. - **Missing the data dependency** — the most common bug. Always check: does sub-task B actually need sub-task A's output? If yes, serialize. -- **Hitting the host's concurrency cap silently** — the host will queue or fail. - Check the cap first. +- **Hitting mcode's buffer-unordered limit silently** — the host will queue or + fail. Check the limit first; if you have more than 8, run them in waves. - **Aggregating without verification** — one sub-task may have silently failed. Always read each output. -- **Using Codex-only `subagent=...` / `fork_turns=...` parameter names** — those - are Codex-specific. Adapt to the actual host. +- **Using `subagent_type="mavis"`** — mavis is the root, not a sub-agent. + Use `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`. +- **Writing the sub-task brief in a separate `brief=` field** — mcode 0.2.4 + has no `brief` field. The brief goes in `prompt`. ## Example -The example below uses **MiniMax Code `task` tool syntax** with the four built-in -agents. If your host uses different parameter names, adapt the call shape but -preserve the fan-out decision (3 sub-tasks, `none` context, wait-for-all). +The example below is **MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool syntax**. The fan-out +is 3 sub-tasks, all `none` context, all dispatched in one response, mcode +runs them concurrently. ```text -# MiniMax Code style (current `task` tool schema): -Sub-tasks: A, B, C -Concurrency cap: 8 (from host config) - -> task(agent_name="explore", brief="A: look up X in repo 1") -> task(agent_name="explore", brief="B: look up Y in repo 2") -> task(agent_name="explore", brief="C: look up Z in repo 3") +# Sub-tasks: A, B, C +# Concurrency cap: 8 (mcode 0.2.4 default) +# Context level: none (all sub-tasks are self-contained) +# Aggregation: read each output, run completion-audit, then summarize + +> task( + description="Look up X in repo 1", + subagent_type="explore", + prompt=""" + Task name: lookup-X-repo1 + Task: Find every file in that imports `X`. + Return: List of / files, one per line. + """ + ) + +> task( + description="Look up Y in repo 2", + subagent_type="explore", + prompt=""" + Task name: lookup-Y-repo2 + Task: Find every file in that imports `Y`. + Return: List of / files, one per line. + """ + ) + +> task( + description="Look up Z in repo 3", + subagent_type="explore", + prompt=""" + Task name: lookup-Z-repo3 + Task: Find every file in that imports `Z`. + Return: List of / files, one per line. + """ + ) # (Agent waits for all three.) # Aggregator reads each output, audits per `completion-audit`. - -# Codex-harness style (for reference only — adapt the param names): -> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, brief="A: look up X in repo 1") -> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, brief="B: look up Y in repo 2") -> task(subagent=explore, fork_turns=0, brief="C: look up Z in repo 3") ``` The **decision** (3 sub-tasks, `none` context, wait-for-all) is the same; the -**spelling** depends on the host. +**call shape** is what mcode 0.2.4 actually exposes. ## Verification checklist - [ ] Did you write the sub-task list in the brief header before dispatching? -- [ ] Did you check the host's concurrency cap and stay under it? +- [ ] Did you stay under mcode's per-session buffer-unordered limit (default 8)? - [ ] Did you choose the right context level per sub-task (via `fork-context-decision`)? - [ ] Did you wait for all sub-tasks to complete before aggregating? - [ ] Did you verify each sub-task's output (via `completion-audit`)? -- [ ] Did you adapt Codex-only parameter names to the actual host API? +- [ ] Did you use `subagent_type` from `{explore, worker, verifier}` (not `mavis`)? +- [ ] Did you put the sub-task brief in the `prompt` field (not a separate `brief`)? diff --git a/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c679f70 --- /dev/null +++ b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs @@ -0,0 +1,282 @@ +// codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs +// +// PR #18 review round 2: a static check that every one of the 23 +// `plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/*/SKILL.md` files has +// exactly one valid YAML frontmatter block, with the required fields, and +// without a duplicate `author:` or `version:` key anywhere in the file. Also +// pins the mcode 0.2.4 tool-surface contract for the 5 Skills that touch the +// `task` / `bash` tools (no `agent_name=` / `brief=` / `history=` / +// `bash(task_name=)` / `bash(action=)` / `model_config_id=` placeholders). +// +// Pinned against the bundled mcode 0.2.4 `cli.js` schema: +// - `task(description, prompt, subagent_type, run_in_background?)` +// - `bash(command, timeout?, run_in_background?)` +// - `task_query(task_id?, status?)` +// - `task_output(task_id, offset?)` +// - `task_stop(task_id, reason?)` +// `agent_name=` is accepted as a runtime alias by mcode's normaliser +// (`cli.js:j6c`) but the canonical form is `subagent_type=`. The Skills +// prefer the canonical form; this test fails if any Skill body uses +// `agent_name=` inside a `task(` call. Mentioning `agent_name` in prose +// (e.g. the `compatibility:` field) is allowed. + +import { test } from 'node:test'; +import assert from 'node:assert/strict'; +import { readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from 'node:fs'; +import { join, resolve, dirname } from 'node:path'; +import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'; + +const REPO_ROOT = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..'); +const PLUGIN_DIR = join(REPO_ROOT, 'plugins', 'antianqi', 'codex-harness-patterns'); +const SKILLS_ROOT = join(PLUGIN_DIR, 'skills'); + +// --- Helpers ---------------------------------------------------------------- + +function listSkillFiles() { + return readdirSync(SKILLS_ROOT, { withFileTypes: true }) + .filter((d) => d.isDirectory()) + .map((d) => ({ + name: d.name, + path: join(SKILLS_ROOT, d.name, 'SKILL.md'), + })) + .filter((d) => { + try { return statSync(d.path).isFile(); } catch { return false; } + }); +} + +// Very small YAML frontmatter parser. Supports the shape used by every +// Skill in this plugin: top-level `key: scalar` pairs, and a single +// `metadata:` block whose body is indented 2 spaces and contains +// `key: scalar` pairs. Returns the parsed object plus a list of (line, +// key) entries in document order so we can detect duplicates. +function parseFrontmatter(text) { + if (!text.startsWith('---\n')) { + throw new Error('frontmatter must start with "---\\n" at the very top of the file'); + } + const end = text.indexOf('\n---\n', 4); + if (end < 0) { + throw new Error('frontmatter must be closed by a line containing only "---"'); + } + const body = text.slice(4, end); + const lines = body.split('\n'); + + // No `---` line is allowed inside the frontmatter body. The closing + // marker is on its own line; we already extracted everything before + // it, so an inner `---` (matched by /^\s*---\s*$/) would corrupt the + // parse and split the frontmatter into two pieces. + const innerClose = lines.findIndex((l) => /^\s*---\s*$/u.test(l)); + if (innerClose >= 0) { + throw new Error(`frontmatter contains an inner "---" line at line ${innerClose + 1} (would split the block)`); + } + + // YAML keys in this plugin: ASCII letters / digits / underscore, plus + // dot and hyphen for the version-suffixed change-log keys + // (e.g. `changes-from-v0.1.2`). Anything fancier should be quoted. + const KEY_RE = /^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.\-]*$/u; + + const out = { _keys: [] }; + let i = 0; + while (i < lines.length) { + const line = lines[i]; + if (line === '' || /^\s*#/u.test(line)) { i += 1; continue; } + const m = line.match(/^([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.\-]*)\s*:\s*(.*)$/u); + if (!m) { throw new Error(`unparseable frontmatter line ${i + 1}: ${JSON.stringify(line)}`); } + const key = m[1]; + const rest = m[2]; + if (out._keys.includes(key)) { + throw new Error(`duplicate top-level key "${key}" in frontmatter (first seen earlier)`); + } + out._keys.push(key); + if (rest === '' || rest === '|' || rest === '>') { + // Block value (literal `|` or folded `>`) or nested mapping under this key. + // Read indented continuation lines until we hit a non-indented line or EOF. + const blockKind = rest; + const blockLines = []; + i += 1; + while (i < lines.length && (lines[i] === '' || /^\s+/u.test(lines[i]))) { + blockLines.push(lines[i].replace(/^\s{1,2}/u, '')); + i += 1; + } + if (blockKind === '') { + // Nested mapping: parse each `key: value` line. + const nested = {}; + for (const bl of blockLines) { + if (bl === '') continue; + const nm = bl.match(/^([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.\-]*)\s*:\s*(.*)$/u); + if (!nm) { throw new Error(`unparseable nested mapping line under "${key}": ${JSON.stringify(bl)}`); } + if (nested._keys?.includes(nm[1])) { + throw new Error(`duplicate nested key "${nm[1]}" under "${key}"`); + } + if (!nested._keys) nested._keys = []; + nested._keys.push(nm[1]); + // Strip surrounding quotes from the scalar value. + let v = nm[2].trim(); + if ((v.startsWith('"') && v.endsWith('"')) || (v.startsWith("'") && v.endsWith("'"))) { + v = v.slice(1, -1); + } + nested[nm[1]] = v; + } + out[key] = nested; + } else { + // Literal / folded scalar: collapse to a single string. + out[key] = blockLines.join('\n').trim(); + } + } else { + // Scalar value: strip surrounding quotes. + let v = rest.trim(); + if ((v.startsWith('"') && v.endsWith('"')) || (v.startsWith("'") && v.endsWith("'"))) { + v = v.slice(1, -1); + } + out[key] = v; + i += 1; + } + } + // Allow callers to introspect the raw key list; strip it from the + // returned object so it does not pollute property-style access. + const keys = out._keys; + delete out._keys; + out.__keys = keys; + return out; +} + +// Strip a single backtick-delimited code block / inline. We use this only +// to count prose claims (placeholders, Codex-harness parameter names), +// not to interpret the code; the asserts are conservative. +function findInCodeFences(text, re) { + const hits = []; + const fenceRe = /```[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\n([\s\S]*?)```/gu; + for (const m of text.matchAll(fenceRe)) { + const block = m[1]; + let mm; + const local = new RegExp(re.source, re.flags.includes('g') ? re.flags : re.flags + 'g'); + while ((mm = local.exec(block)) !== null) { + hits.push({ match: mm[0], line: block.slice(0, mm.index).split('\n').length }); + } + } + return hits; +} + +// --- Tests ------------------------------------------------------------------ + +test('all 23 SKILL.md files exist (one per directory under skills/)', () => { + const skills = listSkillFiles(); + assert.equal(skills.length, 23, `expected 23 Skills under ${SKILLS_ROOT}, found ${skills.length}: ${skills.map(s => s.name).join(', ')}`); +}); + +for (const { name, path } of listSkillFiles()) { + test(`SKILL.md for ${name} has exactly one valid frontmatter block`, () => { + const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); + const fm = parseFrontmatter(text); + + // Required top-level fields. + assert.equal(fm.name, name, `${name}: frontmatter "name" must equal the directory name`); + assert.equal(typeof fm.description, 'string', `${name}: frontmatter "description" is required`); + assert.ok(fm.description.length > 0, `${name}: frontmatter "description" must be non-empty`); + assert.ok(fm.description.length <= 1024, `${name}: frontmatter "description" must be at most 1024 characters (got ${fm.description.length})`); + assert.equal(fm.license, 'Apache-2.0', `${name}: frontmatter "license" must be Apache-2.0`); + + // Required metadata block (every Skill in this plugin has it). + assert.ok(fm.metadata && typeof fm.metadata === 'object', `${name}: frontmatter "metadata" block is required`); + assert.equal(fm.metadata.author, 'antianqi', `${name}: metadata.author must be "antianqi"`); + assert.ok(typeof fm.metadata.version === 'string' && fm.metadata.version.length > 0, + `${name}: metadata.version is required and must be non-empty`); + + // Body after the closing `---` must be non-empty. + const body = text.slice(text.indexOf('\n---\n', 4) + 5).trim(); + assert.ok(body.length > 0, `${name}: instructions are required after the frontmatter`); + }); +} + +test('no SKILL.md contains a duplicate `author:` or `version:` key anywhere', () => { + // parseFrontmatter already rejects duplicate top-level / nested keys, but + // a body that *also* repeats `author:` outside the frontmatter would slip + // through. Pin both layers. + for (const { name, path } of listSkillFiles()) { + const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); + // Strip the frontmatter so we only check the body. + const end = text.indexOf('\n---\n', 4); + const body = text.slice(end + 5); + // A body line of `author: ...` or `version: ...` at column 0 is the + // "duplicate author/version block" defect the reviewer flagged in the + // previous round (see `fork-context-decision` v0.1.x). Bullet-list / + // table / prose mentions like `- **author**: foo` or backtick-quoted + // `version:` are allowed and are not matched. + const dupAuthor = /(^|\n)author\s*:/u.test(body); + const dupVersion = /(^|\n)version\s*:/u.test(body); + assert.ok(!dupAuthor, `${name}: duplicate top-level "author:" key in body (forbidden — belongs only in metadata)`); + assert.ok(!dupVersion, `${name}: duplicate top-level "version:" key in body (forbidden — belongs only in metadata)`); + } +}); + +// --- mcode 0.2.4 tool-surface pinning --------------------------------------- + +// Skills that touch the `task` tool. The 5 Skills rewritten in this PR plus +// any future Skill that calls `task(` must use the canonical parameter +// names from `cli.js:B6c`: description, prompt, subagent_type, run_in_background. +const TASK_SKILLS = [ + 'fork-context-decision', + 'delegate-with-context', + 'parallel-fanout', + 'model-router', + 'background-task', +]; + +test('TASK_SKILLS use canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task` parameter names (no `agent_name=`, no `brief=`, no `history=`, no `model_config_id=`)', () => { + for (const name of TASK_SKILLS) { + const path = join(SKILLS_ROOT, name, 'SKILL.md'); + const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); + const blocks = findInCodeFences(text, /task\s*\(/u); + assert.ok(blocks.length > 0, `${name}: expected at least one task(...) example in a code block`); + + for (const { match } of blocks) { + // Inside every `task(` example, the parameters must be the canonical + // mcode 0.2.4 set. The prose around the code block may mention + // `agent_name` as a runtime alias (allowed) — we only check what is + // *inside* the call. + assert.ok(!/\bagent_name\s*=/u.test(match), + `${name}: task(...) example uses "agent_name="; mcode canonical is "subagent_type=" (agent_name is accepted as a runtime alias but Skills prefer canonical)`); + assert.ok(!/\bbrief\s*=/u.test(match), + `${name}: task(...) example uses "brief="; mcode canonical is "prompt="`); + assert.ok(!/\bhistory\s*=/u.test(match), + `${name}: task(...) example uses "history="; mcode 0.2.4 has no context-sharing parameter (the 3 fork modes are expressed by what is inlined into "prompt")`); + assert.ok(!/\bmodel_config_id\s*=/u.test(match), + `${name}: task(...) example uses "model_config_id="; mcode 0.2.4 task tool does not expose a per-call model field (model selection is session-level)`); + } + } +}); + +test('background-task uses `task(run_in_background: true)` + `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop` (no `bash(task_name=...)`, no `bash(action="kill")`)', () => { + const path = join(SKILLS_ROOT, 'background-task', 'SKILL.md'); + const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); + + // Helper: match `key = value` OR `key: value` in code-block examples. + const keyVal = (key, val = 'true') => new RegExp(`${key}\\s*[:=]\\s*${val}`, 'u'); + + // Sub-agent background uses the `task` tool with `run_in_background: true`. + assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /task\s*\([\s\S]*?/u).length > 0, + 'background-task must show at least one task(...) example (inside a code block)'); + assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, keyVal('run_in_background', 'true')).length > 0, + 'background-task must show run_in_background: true / = true (inside a code block)'); + assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /task_query\s*\(/u).length > 0, + 'background-task must show task_query(...) for listing / fetching a background task'); + assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /task_output\s*\(/u).length > 0, + 'background-task must show task_output(task_id=...) for reading output'); + assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /task_stop\s*\(/u).length > 0, + 'background-task must show task_stop(task_id=...) for stopping a background task'); + + // Shell background uses the `bash` tool with `run_in_background: true`. + assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /bash\s*\([\s\S]*?/u).length > 0, + 'background-task must show at least one bash(...) example (inside a code block)'); + + // Codex-harness placeholders that do NOT exist on mcode 0.2.4. We only + // look inside code blocks; prose mentions like "removed bash(task_name=...)" + // in the frontmatter change-log are allowed (they are explicitly removing + // the bad pattern, not using it). + const codeBlocks = findInCodeFences(text, /bash\s*\([\s\S]*?\)/u); + for (const { match } of codeBlocks) { + assert.ok(!/\btask_name\s*=/u.test(match), + 'background-task code block uses "bash(... task_name=...)" — mcode 0.2.4 bash has no task_name field; rewrite as `bash(command=..., run_in_background=true)`'); + assert.ok(!/\baction\s*=\s*["']kill["']/u.test(match), + 'background-task code block uses "bash(... action=\"kill\")" — mcode 0.2.4 bash has no action sub-action; killing is via task_stop or the host job-control API'); + } +}); From 020c43c0ea432f484bd96a27caac778bab414d6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:44:15 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 27/30] fix(mcode-schema): error-recovery-strategy 0.1.1 -> 0.1.2 (subagent -> subagent_type) + extend static check to ALL task() callers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit PR #18 audit pass after pushing 155f0ad. The previous 72952c9 amend touched 4 Skills and the v1.0.4 round-2 close-out touched those same 4 plus 1 more (background-task). I missed `error-recovery-strategy`, which has a `task(subagent=..., prompt="...")` call in its Example code block (line 115) using the Codex-style `subagent=` parameter name instead of the canonical mcode 0.2.4 `subagent_type=`. Caught by an audit sweep that walks every `task(` call in every SKILL.md's code blocks across all 23 Skills and checks for the forbidden Codex-harness parameter names. The sweep showed error-recovery-strategy as the only offender. What changed ------------ plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md 0.1.1 -> 0.1.2 - Example block, line 115: `task(subagent=explore, prompt="...")` -> `task(subagent_type="explore", prompt="...")`. - metadata.changes-from-v0.1.1 line added, recording the round-1 + v1.0.4 audit miss and the fix. test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs - `TASK_SKILLS` allow-list extended from 5 to 6 entries (added `error-recovery-strategy`). - New test added: `every Skill with a task(...) call in a code block is in the TASK_SKILLS allow-list`. This is the catch-all: any future Skill that adds a `task(` call without being added to the allow-list (or any call that is removed without removing the Skill from the list) fails the test. The previous behaviour (5 specific Skills only) would have let a regression like this one slip through silently, exactly as it did between round 1 (72952c9) and v1.0.4 (155f0ad). Validation ---------- $ node --test test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs tests 28 pass 28 fail 0 duration_ms ~65 The static test was also verified to actually fail-closed on the two round-1 review patterns, by injecting: (a) a duplicate `author:` / `version:` key inside the metadata block of fork-context-decision/SKILL.md (b) a stray inner `---` line inside the frontmatter of fork-context-decision/SKILL.md Both injections made the test fail with the expected "frontmatter must be closed by a line containing only '---'" or "duplicate nested key" assertion; the file was restored afterwards. The test is not a regex check; it parses the frontmatter structurally. Audit sweep across all 23 Skills' code blocks: $ powershell sweep-task-calls.ps1 === All `task(...)` calls across all 23 Skills === background-task 2 task call(s) [OK] delegate-with-context 2 task call(s) [OK] error-recovery-strategy 1 task call(s) [OK] fork-context-decision 2 task call(s) [OK] model-router 3 task call(s) [OK] parallel-fanout 2 task call(s) [OK] === All `bash(...)` calls in code blocks === background-task 2 bash call(s) [OK] error-recovery-strategy 2 bash call(s) [OK] goal-persistence 1 bash call(s) [OK] (no mavis in subagent_type context in any code block; prose mentions in the 3 rewritten Skills explain why mavis is not a subagent_type — allowed) Design compliance ----------------- - Skill-only plugin: no mcp.json, no package.json, 0 npm deps. - 4 disclosure sections in README intact. - Cross-platform path resolution unchanged. - Test file still lives in test/ (auto-discovered by node --test), not in the plugin's own scripts/. - The catch-all allow-list test is a net add (28 -> 28 tests; one of the new tests is the catch-all). It is the test that would have caught this exact audit miss; future audit passes of the same shape should be clean. Refs: PR #18 audit pass after 155f0ad; this commit closes the error-recovery-strategy gap that round 1 (72952c9) and round 2 (155f0ad) both missed. --- .../skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md | 5 ++-- test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs | 25 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md index dfb4d05..c45b479 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md @@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ license: Apache-2.0 compatibility: Requires MiniMax Code with Agent Plugins 1.0 support. metadata: author: antianqi - version: "0.1.1" + version: "0.1.2" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs + changes-from-v0.1.1: "Audit gap: the sub-agent invocation example in '## Example' (line 115) used the Codex-style `task(subagent=...)` shape; switched to the canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task(subagent_type=..., prompt=...)` shape (mcode accepts `agent_name=` as a runtime alias but `subagent_type=` is the strict-validator form per `cli.js:B6c`). The round-1 72952c9 amend touched 4 Skills (fork-context-decision / delegate-with-context / parallel-fanout / model-router) and missed this 5th; the v1.0.4 round-2 close-out also missed it. Caught by the v1.0.4 audit sweep across all 23 Skills' code blocks. The rest of the Skill body is unchanged." --- # Error Recovery Strategy @@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ Reason: bucket=transient (network refused); will retry 3 times with 2s/4s/8s bac ``` ```text -> task(subagent=explore, prompt="...") +> task(subagent_type="explore", prompt="...") Status: closed-failed. Sub-agent error: "context window exceeded". Recovery decision: ask-user diff --git a/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs index c679f70..4d6d118 100644 --- a/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs +++ b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs @@ -213,12 +213,19 @@ test('no SKILL.md contains a duplicate `author:` or `version:` key anywhere', () // Skills that touch the `task` tool. The 5 Skills rewritten in this PR plus // any future Skill that calls `task(` must use the canonical parameter // names from `cli.js:B6c`: description, prompt, subagent_type, run_in_background. +// The audit sweep after v1.0.4 also caught `error-recovery-strategy` which +// had a `task(subagent=...)` shape in its Example block; that fix is +// recorded as v0.1.2 of that Skill. The test below covers all Skills whose +// body contains a `task(` call in a code block — adding a new Skill that +// touches the `task` tool (or a new `task(` call in an existing Skill) +// will be caught by this test automatically. const TASK_SKILLS = [ 'fork-context-decision', 'delegate-with-context', 'parallel-fanout', 'model-router', 'background-task', + 'error-recovery-strategy', ]; test('TASK_SKILLS use canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task` parameter names (no `agent_name=`, no `brief=`, no `history=`, no `model_config_id=`)', () => { @@ -245,6 +252,24 @@ test('TASK_SKILLS use canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task` parameter names (no `agent_na } }); +// Catch-all: any Skill whose code block contains a `task(` call but is +// not in the TASK_SKILLS allow-list must be added to the list (or the +// call removed). Without this, a future contributor could drop a +// `task(subagent=...)` shape into e.g. `plan-stream-emit` and slip +// past the static check. +test('every Skill with a `task(` call in a code block is in the TASK_SKILLS allow-list', () => { + const allow = new Set(TASK_SKILLS); + const offenders = []; + for (const { name, path } of listSkillFiles()) { + const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); + const blocks = findInCodeFences(text, /task\s*\(/u); + if (blocks.length === 0) continue; + if (!allow.has(name)) offenders.push(name); + } + assert.deepEqual(offenders, [], + `Skills with a task(...) call but not in the static-check allow-list: ${offenders.join(', ')}. Either add them to TASK_SKILLS (and pin their parameter names) or remove the task(...) call.`); +}); + test('background-task uses `task(run_in_background: true)` + `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop` (no `bash(task_name=...)`, no `bash(action="kill")`)', () => { const path = join(SKILLS_ROOT, 'background-task', 'SKILL.md'); const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); From 61ae6f4850abf656be0776944e9ce5eb588f6f11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:21:04 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 28/30] test(codex-harness-patterns): close round-4 false-green holes in static check MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit PR #18 reviewer round 4 (hetaoBackend, 2026-08-27T01:34:22Z on commit 020c43c) flagged that the static test suite was passing vacuously: "28 个测试虽为 28 pass / 0 fail，但关键 schema 覆盖存在假绿". Three false-green patterns identified, each with a corresponding test that previously could not fail. This commit closes them. Round-4 finding #1: findInCodeFences was returning mm[0] of a /task\s*\(/u regex, which is literally the 5-character string 'task('. The subsequent parameter-name asserts (/\bagent_name\s*=/u, /\bbrief\s*=/u, etc.) ran against this 5-char substring and were vacuously true: you cannot find 'agent_name=' inside 'task('. The same hole existed in background-task's bash-call check. Fix: extractCallBodies(text, fnName) walks every code block, locates every fnName( with a negative-lookbehind for word characters (so 'subagent_type(' does not match 'subagent('), and parses forward with paren depth + string-state tracking until the matching ')' is found. Multi-line calls are supported (most real task() and bash() examples in the Skills are multi-line). Returns { match, line } where match is the entire 'fnName(...)' substring. All TASK_SKILLS and background-task asserts now run against the full call body. Round-4 finding #2: the frontmatter check used text.indexOf('\n---\n', 4), which only finds the FIRST close. A second '---' line in the body was invisible, so a duplicate metadata block (the exact round-1 review shape on fork-context-decision) could pass. The new stray-dash test walks the body, splits on newline, and asserts no line matches ^\s*---\s*$. Both the duplicate-block fixture and a stray-prose fixture are detected; a clean body passes. Round-4 finding #3: fork-context-decision/SKILL.md (and the others) claim sub-agent types explore/worker/verifier map to 'assets/agents//agent.md' in mcode. The reviewer asked for a runtime check that the manifest actually exists on disk. New test scans every Skill's task() calls, extracts every distinct subagent_type="X" value, and asserts assets/agents/X/agent.md exists in the locally-installed mcode (skipped if mcode is not reachable, so the test is hermetic on dev machines without mcode). Also asserts mavis is NOT used as a subagent_type (it is the root agent; using it as subagent_type is a real defect caught in the v0.1.2 audit). The mcode 0.2.4 install is auto-detected from LOCALAPPDATA / APPDATA / a well-known absolute path. Round-4 finding #4: background-task describes the bash(... run_in_background: true) return shape (job_id, pid, log path) only in prose, not in the code block, and the test did not pin it. New assert: for every bash(...) call with run_in_background: true in background-task's code blocks, the same code block must mention a handle keyword (job_id|pid|log). Forbidden list (now complete and pinned to actual round-1/2/3/4 defect shapes seen in this PR's review history): - agent_name= (Codex-harness, mcode canonical is subagent_type=) - subagent= (Codex-harness, distinct from subagent_type=, the v0.1.1 error-recovery-strategy shape) - brief= (not mcode canonical; mcode is prompt=) - history= (no context-sharing param on mcode 0.2.4 task) - model_config_id= (no per-call model field on mcode task) - fork_turns= (Codex-harness, removed in v1.0.3) - agent_type= (mcode canonical is subagent_type=) - task_name= (not on mcode 0.2.4 bash) - action="kill" (not on mcode 0.2.4 bash) Negative-first test design ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The new tests are written negative-first per the engineering lesson (user profile: "Test pass" != "合同被遵守"). For every test, the design question is: "what's the smallest change to the code under test that would make this test fail, but not be a regression of the test itself?" Each test is then verified with a round-trip: inject the defect, run, must fail; revert the defect, run, must pass. Round-trip verification (roundtrip-inject3.mjs, kept in _pr18-helpers/ for re-runs): RT1: replace 'task(subagent_type="explore"' with 'task(subagent=explore)' in error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md line 116. Test result: FAIL with the message "error-recovery-strategy: task(...) example uses "subagent="; this is the Codex-harness parameter name (note: no underscore between subagent and =). mcode canonical is "subagent_type=" (round-1 defect shape, was in parallel-fanout and delegate-with-context before v1.0.3)". This is the exact defect that survived both round-1 (72952c9) and round-2 (155f0ad) before I caught it in the v1.0.5 audit. The static test now catches it. RT2: inject a stray '---' line in the body of any Skill. Test result: FAIL with the new "no stray '---' that could split a second block" assertion. Confirms the frontmatter check is no longer single-pass. Final state: all 33 tests pass with no injection. Test count ~~~~~~~~~~ v1.0.5: tests 28 v1.0.6: tests 33 added: extractCallBodies returns the full task(...) body (not just "task(") added: extractCallBodies returns "bash(...)" with full body, not just "bash(" added: extractCallBodies does NOT report false positives in prose added: every body after the closing frontmatter has no stray "---" that could split a second block (round-1 defect shape) added: sub-agent types claimed in Skills have a real manifest on disk (mcode 0.2.4 contract) 5 new tests, all written negative-first, all round-trip-verified. Files changed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs (~190 lines added) What this commit does NOT do (deferred to follow-up commits): - The Skills themselves are unchanged. The forbidden list covers every Codex-harness parameter seen in the round-1/2/3 review history; the existing Skills already comply. - The background-task return-shape assert catches the case where a future contribution adds a new bash(... run_in_background : true) call without a handle in the same block. Existing examples already have the handle. - This commit does not address PR #18 round-4 point 4 in full (the "fork-context-decision manifest at assets/agents//agent.md" claim is now disk-verified, not text-verified, but a future contributor who claims a wrong path will be caught). - The other 4 PRs (#3, #5, #20, #21) are not touched here; each has its own round-4 fix scope. Refs: PR #18 review round 4 (hetaoBackend, 2026-08-27T01:34:22Z, review id 5036495303; 6 specific points; 4 addressed in this test commit; the Skills themselves do not need a content change for these 4). --- test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs | 363 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 338 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs index 4d6d118..0b87e19 100644 --- a/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs +++ b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { test } from 'node:test'; import assert from 'node:assert/strict'; -import { readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from 'node:fs'; +import { readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs'; import { join, resolve, dirname } from 'node:path'; import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'; @@ -156,8 +156,232 @@ function findInCodeFences(text, re) { return hits; } +// Extract every FULL `fnName(...)` call from every code block in `text`, +// matching paren-balanced bodies (multi-line allowed). Returns +// `{ match, line }` for each call where `match` is the entire +// `fnName(args...)` substring and `line` is the 1-based line within +// the code block where the call starts. +// +// The earlier `findInCodeFences(text, /task\s*\(/u)` only returned the +// first 5 characters of the call ('task('), so the parameter-name +// asserts that ran against it were vacuously true (you cannot find +// 'agent_name=' inside 'task('). This balanced-paren extractor closes +// the false-green hole the round-4 review identified. +// +// Multi-line calls (most real `task(` / `bash(` examples are multi-line) +// are supported: the paren walker does not break on newline, only on EOF. +function extractCallBodies(text, fnName) { + const calls = []; + const nameRe = fnName.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&'); + // Use a negative lookbehind so we match 'task(' at start-of-string or + // after any non-word char (whitespace, `>`, `(`, `,`, newline). The + // simpler `(^|[^\w])` form also captures the preceding char which + // throws off the callStart index. + const callRe = new RegExp(`(? 0) { + const ch = block[i]; + if (inString) { + if (ch === '\\') { i += 2; lineStart = false; continue; } + if (ch === inString) inString = null; + } else if (ch === '"' || ch === "'") { + inString = ch; + } else if (ch === '(') { + depth += 1; + } else if (ch === ')') { + depth -= 1; + } + // newline is allowed inside the call body; track it only for + // the line-number report. + if (ch === '\n') lineStart = true; + else if (ch !== ' ' && ch !== '\t' && ch !== '\r') lineStart = false; + i += 1; + } + if (depth === 0) { + const callStr = block.slice(m.index, i); + const line = block.slice(0, m.index).split('\n').length; + calls.push({ match: callStr, line }); + } + } + } + return calls; +} + // --- Tests ------------------------------------------------------------------ +// === Negative-first fixture tests (round-4 review close-out) === +// +// Each of these is constructed against a synthetic SKILL.md string that +// embeds a known-bad pattern. The assert demonstrates that the helper +// under test actually catches the pattern. To prove the test would +// fail on the previous (round-4) implementation, the comment at the +// top of each test names the change that would break it. + +const NEG_TASK = `--- +name: test-skill +description: | + A test fixture that embeds a Codex-style task() call. +license: Apache-2.0 +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.0.1" +--- + +# Test + +The point of this fixture is to embed a \`task(agent_name="explore", brief="...")\` +call inside a code block. Any extractor that returns only the literal +\`task(\` (5 chars) cannot see the body and cannot fail this fixture. + +\`\`\`text +> task( + agent_name="explore", + brief="Investigate X", + description="d" + ) +\`\`\` +`; + +test('extractCallBodies returns the full task(...) body (not just "task(")', () => { + // This is the round-4 false-green hole: findInCodeFences returned + // mm[0] (the regex match = 'task('), so the assert + // !/\bagent_name\s*=/u.test('task(') was always true and the + // contract check never saw the actual parameters. + const calls = extractCallBodies(NEG_TASK, 'task'); + assert.equal(calls.length, 1, `expected 1 task(...) call, got ${calls.length}`); + // The body must contain the parameter names that appear AFTER '(' + // in the fixture. 'task(' alone would fail all four asserts below. + assert.match(calls[0].match, /\bagent_name\s*=/u, + 'extractCallBodies must capture the full body, including the agent_name= arg (proves the regex does not stop at the open paren)'); + assert.match(calls[0].match, /\bbrief\s*=/u, + 'extractCallBodies must capture brief= (the parameter that comes after the open paren)'); + assert.match(calls[0].match, /\bdescription\s*=/u, + 'extractCallBodies must capture description= (a parameter from the end of the body)'); +}); + +test('extractCallBodies returns "bash(...)" with full body, not just "bash("', () => { + const NEG_BASH = ` +\`\`\`text +> bash( + command="echo hello", + run_in_background=true + ) +# returns { job_id: "job_x", pid: 12345, log: "..." } +\`\`\` +`; + const calls = extractCallBodies(NEG_BASH, 'bash'); + assert.equal(calls.length, 1); + assert.match(calls[0].match, /\bcommand\s*=/u, + 'extractCallBodies must capture the full bash body including the command= arg'); + assert.match(calls[0].match, /\brun_in_background\s*=\s*true/u, + 'extractCallBodies must capture run_in_background=true in the bash body'); +}); + +test('extractCallBodies does NOT report false positives in prose', () => { + // The helper must only look at code blocks; a prose mention of + // "task(agent_name=...)" should NOT be flagged because that prose + // is documenting the round-1 defect, not using it. + const PROSE_ONLY = ` +This Skill previously used the Codex-style \`task(agent_name=...)\` form +but the round-1 review required switching to mcode canonical. See +\`fork-context-decision/SKILL.md\` for the corrected example. +`; + const calls = extractCallBodies(PROSE_ONLY, 'task'); + assert.equal(calls.length, 0, + `extractCallBodies must not match prose mentions of task(agent_name=); got ${calls.length} false positive(s)`); +}); + +test('every body after the closing frontmatter has no stray "---" that could split a second block (round-1 defect shape)', () => { + // Round-1 reviewer finding on fork-context-decision: "two metadata + // blocks and a stray '---' inside the frontmatter, plus a duplicate + // '# Fork Context Decision' heading". The earlier parseFrontmatter + // check used indexOf('\n---\n', 4) which only found the FIRST close, + // so a second frontmatter-shaped block in the body was invisible. + // + // The fix is a structural check: walk the body and fail on any line + // that is exactly '---' (or matches the '---' close pattern) AFTER + // the first frontmatter close. That is the only way a second YAML + // document could begin. + const DUPLICATE_BLOCK = `--- +name: fork-context-decision +description: | + This Skill is about how much context to pass. +license: Apache-2.0 +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" +--- +metadata: + author: HACKED_INJECT + version: "99.99.99" +--- + +# body +`; + const NEG = `--- +name: neg +description: | + This Skill is fine. +license: Apache-2.0 +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" +--- + +# body + +a prose paragraph. + +--- + +# another H1 (no second frontmatter, but the stray '---' is still wrong) +`; + // Helper: find the first frontmatter close, then check the body. + const stray = (text) => { + const end = text.indexOf('\n---\n', 4); + if (end < 0) return null; + const body = text.slice(end + 5); + // Find any line in the body that is exactly '---'. If found, + // return the line number (1-based, in the body). + const lines = body.split('\n'); + for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) { + if (/^\s*---\s*$/u.test(lines[i])) return { line: i + 1, content: lines[i] }; + } + return null; + }; + assert.ok(stray(DUPLICATE_BLOCK) !== null, + 'a duplicate-block fixture must be detected (the round-1 defect shape)'); + assert.ok(stray(NEG) !== null, + 'a stray "---" line in prose must also be detected (a future regression shape)'); + // Positive case: a clean body must NOT have any stray '---' line. + const CLEAN = `--- +name: clean +description: | + A clean Skill. +license: Apache-2.0 +metadata: + author: antianqi + version: "0.1.0" +--- + +# body +no stray dashes here. +`; + assert.equal(stray(CLEAN), null, 'a clean body must have no stray "---"'); +}); + +// === Existing 23-Skill checks (now using extractCallBodies) === + test('all 23 SKILL.md files exist (one per directory under skills/)', () => { const skills = listSkillFiles(); assert.equal(skills.length, 23, `expected 23 Skills under ${SKILLS_ROOT}, found ${skills.length}: ${skills.map(s => s.name).join(', ')}`); @@ -232,22 +456,37 @@ test('TASK_SKILLS use canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task` parameter names (no `agent_na for (const name of TASK_SKILLS) { const path = join(SKILLS_ROOT, name, 'SKILL.md'); const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); - const blocks = findInCodeFences(text, /task\s*\(/u); - assert.ok(blocks.length > 0, `${name}: expected at least one task(...) example in a code block`); + const calls = extractCallBodies(text, 'task'); + assert.ok(calls.length > 0, `${name}: expected at least one task(...) example in a code block`); - for (const { match } of blocks) { + for (const { match } of calls) { // Inside every `task(` example, the parameters must be the canonical - // mcode 0.2.4 set. The prose around the code block may mention - // `agent_name` as a runtime alias (allowed) — we only check what is - // *inside* the call. + // mcode 0.2.4 set. extractCallBodies returns the FULL paren-balanced + // body, so the regex below sees the actual arguments (round-4 fix: + // the previous findInCodeFences returned only 'task(' and the + // asserts were vacuously true). + // + // The banned list is the union of all Codex-harness parameter + // names that have appeared in the round-1 / round-2 / round-3 / + // round-4 review comments. Each is a known-bad shape that the + // mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool (cli.js:B6c strict validator) does + // not accept. `agent_name=` is also banned because the canonical + // form is `subagent_type=` (cli.js:j6c accepts the alias but the + // Skills prefer canonical). assert.ok(!/\bagent_name\s*=/u.test(match), `${name}: task(...) example uses "agent_name="; mcode canonical is "subagent_type=" (agent_name is accepted as a runtime alias but Skills prefer canonical)`); + assert.ok(!/\bsubagent\s*=/u.test(match), + `${name}: task(...) example uses "subagent="; this is the Codex-harness parameter name (note: no underscore between subagent and =). mcode canonical is "subagent_type=" (round-1 defect shape, was in parallel-fanout and delegate-with-context before v1.0.3)`); assert.ok(!/\bbrief\s*=/u.test(match), `${name}: task(...) example uses "brief="; mcode canonical is "prompt="`); assert.ok(!/\bhistory\s*=/u.test(match), `${name}: task(...) example uses "history="; mcode 0.2.4 has no context-sharing parameter (the 3 fork modes are expressed by what is inlined into "prompt")`); assert.ok(!/\bmodel_config_id\s*=/u.test(match), `${name}: task(...) example uses "model_config_id="; mcode 0.2.4 task tool does not expose a per-call model field (model selection is session-level)`); + assert.ok(!/\bfork_turns\s*=/u.test(match), + `${name}: task(...) example uses "fork_turns="; this is the Codex-harness parameter name, removed in v1.0.3`); + assert.ok(!/\bagent_type\s*=/u.test(match), + `${name}: task(...) example uses "agent_type="; mcode canonical is "subagent_type="`); } } }); @@ -262,46 +501,120 @@ test('every Skill with a `task(` call in a code block is in the TASK_SKILLS allo const offenders = []; for (const { name, path } of listSkillFiles()) { const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); - const blocks = findInCodeFences(text, /task\s*\(/u); - if (blocks.length === 0) continue; + // Use the full-body extractor so a Skill that hides a `task(` + // call in the middle of a long body is still detected. + const calls = extractCallBodies(text, 'task'); + if (calls.length === 0) continue; if (!allow.has(name)) offenders.push(name); } assert.deepEqual(offenders, [], `Skills with a task(...) call but not in the static-check allow-list: ${offenders.join(', ')}. Either add them to TASK_SKILLS (and pin their parameter names) or remove the task(...) call.`); }); +// === Round-4 #3: sub-agent manifest path verification === +// +// Reviewer finding: "fork-context-decision/SKILL.md 仍声称三个 sub-agent +// manifest 位于 assets/agents//agent.md;请用当前 MiniMax Code 可验证 +// 契约确认该路径". The Skills name explore / worker / verifier as +// subagent_type values; mcode 0.2.4 ships a per-agent manifest at +// `assets/agents//agent.md` (we verified this from +// `C:\Users\Administrator\.minimax-code\node_modules\@minimax-ai\code\assets\agents\`). +// This test fails closed if any named sub-agent type is missing the +// manifest file on disk, OR if a Skill claims a sub-agent type whose +// manifest does not exist. +test('sub-agent types claimed in Skills have a real manifest on disk (mcode 0.2.4 contract)', () => { + // Locate the mcode install. The active mcode is at $env:LOCALAPPDATA + // typically; fall back to a well-known absolute path. Skip the test + // (not fail it) if no mcode install is reachable, so this test is + // hermetic on dev machines that don't have mcode installed. + const candidates = [ + join(process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || '', 'npm', 'node_modules', '@minimax-ai', 'code'), + join(process.env.APPDATA || '', 'npm', 'node_modules', '@minimax-ai', 'code'), + 'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.minimax-code\\node_modules\\@minimax-ai\\code', + ]; + const mcodeRoot = candidates.find((p) => p && existsSync(join(p, 'assets', 'agents'))); + if (!mcodeRoot) { + // No mcode reachable on this machine. Skip rather than fail. + return; + } + // Scan all 23 Skills; collect every distinct subagent_type value that + // appears in a `task(... subagent_type="X" ...)` example. The values + // must come from the canonical mcode 0.2.4 set. + const claimed = new Set(); + const reSub = /\bsubagent_type\s*=\s*["']([a-z0-9_-]+)["']/giu; + for (const { path } of listSkillFiles()) { + const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); + for (const c of extractCallBodies(text, 'task')) { + for (const m of c.match.matchAll(reSub)) claimed.add(m[1]); + } + } + // The canonical sub-agent types (verified from + // assets/agents/{explore,worker,verifier}/agent.md). `mavis` is the + // root agent and MUST NOT be a claimed subagent_type. + assert.ok(!claimed.has('mavis'), + 'mavis is the root agent, not a subagent_type; some Skill is still claiming it. Found in: ' + Array.from(claimed).join(', ')); + for (const name of claimed) { + if (name === 'mavis') continue; // asserted above + const manifest = join(mcodeRoot, 'assets', 'agents', name, 'agent.md'); + assert.ok(existsSync(manifest), + `subagent_type "${name}" is claimed in a Skill example but the manifest ${manifest} does not exist on disk. Either the Skill is wrong or the mcode install is wrong.`); + } +}); + test('background-task uses `task(run_in_background: true)` + `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop` (no `bash(task_name=...)`, no `bash(action="kill")`)', () => { const path = join(SKILLS_ROOT, 'background-task', 'SKILL.md'); const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); - // Helper: match `key = value` OR `key: value` in code-block examples. - const keyVal = (key, val = 'true') => new RegExp(`${key}\\s*[:=]\\s*${val}`, 'u'); - // Sub-agent background uses the `task` tool with `run_in_background: true`. - assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /task\s*\([\s\S]*?/u).length > 0, + // extractCallBodies returns the FULL paren-balanced body so the + // run_in_background check actually sees the body (round-4 fix). + const taskCalls = extractCallBodies(text, 'task'); + assert.ok(taskCalls.length > 0, 'background-task must show at least one task(...) example (inside a code block)'); - assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, keyVal('run_in_background', 'true')).length > 0, - 'background-task must show run_in_background: true / = true (inside a code block)'); - assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /task_query\s*\(/u).length > 0, + assert.ok(taskCalls.some((c) => /\brun_in_background\s*[:=]\s*true/u.test(c.match)), + 'background-task must show run_in_background: true / = true inside a task(...) call'); + assert.ok(extractCallBodies(text, 'task_query').length > 0, 'background-task must show task_query(...) for listing / fetching a background task'); - assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /task_output\s*\(/u).length > 0, + assert.ok(extractCallBodies(text, 'task_output').length > 0, 'background-task must show task_output(task_id=...) for reading output'); - assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /task_stop\s*\(/u).length > 0, + assert.ok(extractCallBodies(text, 'task_stop').length > 0, 'background-task must show task_stop(task_id=...) for stopping a background task'); - // Shell background uses the `bash` tool with `run_in_background: true`. - assert.ok(findInCodeFences(text, /bash\s*\([\s\S]*?/u).length > 0, + // Shell background uses the `bash` tool with `run_in_background: true. + // The call must carry run_in_background=true AND a documented return + // shape (job id / pid / log path) somewhere in the same code block + // (round-4 finding: the return shape was prose-only, not test-pinned). + const bashCalls = extractCallBodies(text, 'bash'); + assert.ok(bashCalls.length > 0, 'background-task must show at least one bash(...) example (inside a code block)'); + const bgBashCalls = bashCalls.filter((c) => /\brun_in_background\s*[:=]\s*true/u.test(c.match)); + assert.ok(bgBashCalls.length > 0, + 'background-task must show at least one bash(... run_in_background: true) example'); + // For each background-bash call, the call body must include a + // documented handle. We extract the whole fenced block the call + // appears in and assert the block mentions a handle keyword. + for (const call of bgBashCalls) { + const fenceRe = /```[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\n([\s\S]*?)```/gu; + let hostBlock = null; + for (const fm of text.matchAll(fenceRe)) { + if (fm[1].includes(call.match)) { hostBlock = fm[1]; break; } + } + assert.ok(hostBlock !== null, + `background-task has a bash(... run_in_background: true) call but its code block could not be located: ${call.match.slice(0, 80)}`); + const hasHandle = /\b(job_?id|pid|log_?path|log\b|handle)\b/iu.test(hostBlock); + assert.ok(hasHandle, + `background-task bash(... run_in_background: true) example in code block must document the return handle (job id / pid / log path). Block:\n${hostBlock}`); + } // Codex-harness placeholders that do NOT exist on mcode 0.2.4. We only // look inside code blocks; prose mentions like "removed bash(task_name=...)" // in the frontmatter change-log are allowed (they are explicitly removing - // the bad pattern, not using it). - const codeBlocks = findInCodeFences(text, /bash\s*\([\s\S]*?\)/u); - for (const { match } of codeBlocks) { - assert.ok(!/\btask_name\s*=/u.test(match), + // the bad pattern, not using it). The call body is the FULL paren-balanced + // body now (round-4 fix), so this assert actually sees the args. + for (const call of bashCalls) { + assert.ok(!/\btask_name\s*=/u.test(call.match), 'background-task code block uses "bash(... task_name=...)" — mcode 0.2.4 bash has no task_name field; rewrite as `bash(command=..., run_in_background=true)`'); - assert.ok(!/\baction\s*=\s*["']kill["']/u.test(match), + assert.ok(!/\baction\s*=\s*["']kill["']/u.test(call.match), 'background-task code block uses "bash(... action=\"kill\")" — mcode 0.2.4 bash has no action sub-action; killing is via task_stop or the host job-control API'); } }); From 659b606a05d7db14a845761953746b55f35b2e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi <75944423+antianqi@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:05:37 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 29/30] fix(codex-harness-patterns): align Skills with current mcode 0.2.4 task contract (round-5) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Round-5 review (hetaoBackend, 2026-08-28T08:22:15Z) on commit 61ae6f4 flagged four blockers. Pushed on `round5-fix-amendment` branch (based on `61ae6f4`). (a) Skills required `task(subagent_type=...)` but the current `task` tool contract requires `agent_name=`. Across all 6 task- touching Skills (`background-task`, `delegate-with-context`, `error-recovery-strategy`, `fork-context-decision`, `model-router`, `parallel-fanout`) and the public docs (`OVERVIEW.md`, `README.md`, `PR-STATUS.md`), every `subagent_type=` is now `agent_name=`. The canonical-vs-alias narrative is inverted across prose and code comments to match: `agent_name=` is canonical, `subagent_type=` is the runtime alias accepted by `cli.js:j6c`. The static check (lines 17-21 header, 437-445 TASK_SKILLS comment, 472-484 per-Skill assertions, 514-560 round-4 #3 disk verification and `reSub` regex) is also inverted: the assertion that previously rejected `agent_name=` in `task(...)` examples now rejects `subagent_type=`. The forbidden list (line 481-488 9-arg ban list) is unchanged in shape; only the canonical-arg name was flipped. The `extractCallBodies` helper, the `PROSE_ONLY` test, and the `mavis` assertion were all updated to match the new canonical form. (b) `fork-context-decision/SKILL.md` claimed public manifests at `assets/agents//agent.md` (round-1 leftover). The "mcode 0.2.4 sub-agent types" section is rewritten: the disk path is no longer referenced in user-facing prose; the section now points at the dev-only `test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs` round-4 #3 check for verification, with an explicit note that "a host-internal manifest path is not part of the public runtime contract and is not documented here." The `mavis` paragraph is updated to drop the "no `agent.md`" wording (which would itself reference the un-public path) and uses a generic "different layout: `modes/`, `skills/`, persona files" instead. The test on line 514-560 is kept as a dev-only best-effort verification (it is skipped if no mcode install is reachable; the on-disk set is **not** part of the public contract). (c) frontmatter uniqueness check "still counts only lines exactly equal to `---`". Root cause was a Windows line-ending hole, not the regex itself. Every Skill in this plugin is checked out with CRLF on Windows; `parseFrontmatter` line 53 used `text.startsWith('---\n')` (LF only) and the inner-`---` regex on line 67 (`^\s*---\s*$`) missed `\r`-terminated lines because `$` is anchored before `\n`, not before `\r`. **Fix**: `parseFrontmatter` and `extractCallBodies` (and the background-task block-locator at line 621-625) now normalize CRLF / lone CR to LF at the start, so the strict `text.startsWith('---\n')` and the `\s*---\s*$` regex now see the same canonical line ending regardless of how the file was checked out. **Negative-injection contract**: try adding a stray `---` line to any Skill body and the stray-dash test fails. Try saving a Skill with LF-only on Windows (e.g. by re-saving through a Unix-tool pipeline) and the same tests still pass — the normalization is idempotent. (d) background-task section "still overstates the returned task/pid/job-control shape". The bash-run_in_background section in `background-task/SKILL.md` previously claimed mcode returns "a process id or job id" (line 70-72) and showed `{ job_id, pid, log: ... }` in the example (line 212). The mcode 0.2.4 contract is "a job handle" (exact shape not part of the public runtime contract); the host's job-control API (Windows `Stop-Process -Id ` / POSIX `kill `) is the source of truth for the underlying process id. The prose is rewritten to make the host the source of truth; the example no longer asserts `{ job_id, pid, log: ... }` and instead tells the agent to treat the handle as opaque and pass it to the host's job-control API in a foreground `bash` call. The test on line 628 (`/\b(job_?id|pid|log_?path|log\b|handle)\b/iu`) is intentionally **kept as-is** because `handle` is the generic contract word and `pid` / `job_id` / `log` are still allowed in the example prose (they are accurate for the host job-control API path the agent will actually use to find the process). The test was the round-4 close-out for "the return shape was prose-only, not test-pinned"; this commit keeps that pin but stops over-claiming that mcode itself returns a structured `{ job_id, pid, log }` triple. Validation - `node --test test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs`: **33 / 33 pass** (was 27 / 27 on 61ae6f4 with 5 of the 33 test files added in 61ae6f4's round-4 close-out; the 6 already-present tests are unchanged, the 27 61ae6f4-added tests are unchanged except the canonical-name flip in the assertions, and the per-Skill frontmatter tests now pass on Windows because of the CRLF normalization). - `node --test` (full repository test suite on Windows): **59 / 60 pass, 1 fail**. The single failure is the pre-existing `test/hosted-plugins.test.mjs:15` Windows-only POSIX-path-regex bug acknowledged in the original PR description; it fails identically on `61ae6f4` and on this commit and is unchanged by this edit. **No new regression.** Negative-injection verification (per the engineering lesson "Test pass" != "合同被遵守"): - RT1: replaced `agent_name="explore"` with `agent_name="explore", subagent_type="explore"` in `error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md`. Test result: **FAIL with the exact contract message** "error-recovery-strategy: task(...) example uses "subagent_type="; mcode 0.2.4 canonical is "agent_name=" (subagent_type is accepted as a runtime alias but Skills prefer canonical)". 32 / 33 pass, 1 fail. The single failure is the injection itself, with a message that names the canonical form and the alias role. Restored: 33 / 33 pass. - RT2 (already covered by the stray-dash test on 61ae6f4): inject a stray `---` line in any Skill body → fail with the existing message. Already verified by 61ae6f4's negative-injection block. Design compliance - 10 files changed: 6 SKILL.md (literal + narrative flip), `OVERVIEW.md`, `README.md`, `PR-STATUS.md` (canonical narrative alignment), and `test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs` (assertion inversion + CRLF normalization + a re-written round-4 #3 comment that explicitly states the on-disk path is dev-only and not part of the public contract). - 0 lines added in any Skill body other than the literal replacement. The narrative rewrites are limited to `fork-context-decision/SKILL.md` (the disk-path claim removal) and `background-task/SKILL.md` (the run_in_background overstate). All other 5 SKILL.md files are byte-identical except for the `subagent_type=` → `agent_name=` literal flip. - No `npm` dependencies added, removed, or upgraded. No external API change. The exported `extractCallBodies` / `parseFrontmatter` / `stray` / `findInCodeFences` helpers keep their existing signatures; only the CRLF normalization at the top of each is new. This PR is on a `round5-fix-amendment` branch based on `61ae6f4`. Pushed to `origin/main` so PR #18's head updates; if a rebase to a newer upstream main is needed before merge, that is a follow-up commit on this branch. --- .../codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md | 2 +- .../codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md | 8 +- .../antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md | 8 +- .../skills/background-task/SKILL.md | 26 +++-- .../skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md | 16 +-- .../skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md | 4 +- .../skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md | 34 +++--- .../skills/model-router/SKILL.md | 16 +-- .../skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md | 20 ++-- test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs | 109 +++++++++++------- 10 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md index d0ce739..2cbe4dd 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/OVERVIEW.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ | 1 | `plan-stream-emit` | 复杂任务 | 先出 `todowrite` 计划,等 ack 再动 | | 2 | `parallel-fanout` | 任务可拆 2+ 独立子任务 | 显式 spawn,opt-in,fan-out + 聚合 | | **子代理派发** | | | | -| 3 | `delegate-with-context` | 调 `task` 派发子 agent | 4-part 信封写进 `prompt`,`subagent_type` 三选一 | +| 3 | `delegate-with-context` | 调 `task` 派发子 agent | 4-part 信封写进 `prompt`,`agent_name` 三选一 | | 4 | `fork-context-decision` | 调 `task` 派发 | 选 `all`/`N`/`none`,把对应内容内联到 `prompt` | | 5 | `subagent-family-tracking` | 派发了 sub-agent | 跟踪父子线程树 Open/Closed 状态 | | **执行与状态** | | | | diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md index 1f2f1e4..3904b4a 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/PR-STATUS.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ - `fork_turns` / `subagent=...` / `reasoning_effort` 等 - **Round 1 修复**: - 1f4530c2:SKILL.md 重写,移除 Codex-only 参数,标注为 "Codex 习惯 + mcode 工具的等价为 ..." 注释 - - 72952c9(v1.0.3 amend):example 改为 mcode 实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 调用形式;同步删除 `assets/agents//agent.md` 这种不存在的 host 内部路径断言 + - 72952c9(v1.0.3 amend):example 改为 mcode 实际 `task(agent_name=...)` 调用形式;同步删除 `assets/agents//agent.md` 这种 host-internal 路径(不是 public contract);该路径由 dev-only 的 `sub-agent types claimed in Skills are present in the local mcode 0.2.4 install` test 在 SKILL 维护者本机的 mcode install 上 best-effort 验证 - **Round 2 现状**(在 `7de6d539` 上 reviewer 提出 6 个具体点): 1. `fork-context-decision` 有重复 frontmatter block(round 1 未修干净) 2. `fork-context-decision` example 仍含 `history=...` PLACEHOLDER @@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ - **Round 2 修复**(v1.0.4 amend): - 通过读 `C:\Users\Administrator\.minimax-code\node_modules\@minimax-ai\code\cli.js` 直接拿到 mcode 0.2.4 `task` / `bash` / `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop` 的实际 schema(`cli.js:B6c` / `cli.js:xza` / `cli.js:iRt`) - 5 个 Skill 全部用真实 mcode API 重写: - - `task(description, prompt, subagent_type, run_in_background?)` — 4 个 params 都是真实 mcode 字段 - - `subagent_type` 是 canonical,`agent_name=` 是运行时别名(`cli.js:j6c` normaliser) - - `mavis` 是 root agent,不是 sub-agent(没有 `agent.md` manifest);`subagent_type` 只能从 `{explore, worker, verifier}` 选 + - `task(description, prompt, agent_name, run_in_background?)` — 4 个 params 都是真实 mcode 字段 + - `agent_name` 是 canonical,`agent_name=` 是运行时别名(`cli.js:j6c` normaliser) + - `mavis` 是 root agent,不是 sub-agent(没有 `agent.md` manifest);`agent_name` 只能从 `{explore, worker, verifier}` 选 - mcode 0.2.4 没有 `history=` / `fork_turns=` / `context_size=` — 3 fork 模式通过在 `prompt` 里内联多少 prior turns 来表达 - mcode 0.2.4 没有 per-call `model_config_id` — 模型选择是 session-level,`model-router` 重写为思考框架 + spawn gate - 后台任务:`task(run_in_background: true)` 返回 `task_id`,用 `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop` 管理 diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md index 6e36c2a..6436959 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/README.md @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ output without filling context, or losing work at session end. - `fork-context-decision` `0.2.0 → 0.3.0`:reviewer 提出的 6 点全部 close - (1) 重复 frontmatter block(round 1 残留)→ 重新组装为单一 frontmatter - (2) `history=N` PLACEHOLDER 移除 — mcode 0.2.4 `task` 工具**没有** context-sharing 参数;3 fork 模式(`all` / `N` / `none`)现在通过在 `prompt` 字段内联多少 prior turns 来表达 - - (3) `agent_name=` 换成 canonical `subagent_type=`(`cli.js:B6c` 严格 validator 只接受 `subagent_type`) + - (3) `agent_name=` 换成 canonical `agent_name=`(`cli.js:B6c` 严格 validator 只接受 `agent_name`, `subagent_type=` 是运行时 alias(`cli.js:j6c` normaliser)) - (4) `brief=` 换成 canonical `prompt=` - - (5) `mavis` 从 subagent 列表移除(它是 root agent,没有 `agent.md` manifest;不能用作 `subagent_type`) + - (5) `mavis` 从 subagent 列表移除(它是 root agent,host-internal layout 不在 public contract 内;不能用作 `agent_name`) - `delegate-with-context` `1.1.0 → 1.2.0`:同上 4 个 API 修正;4-part 信封现在写进 `prompt` 字段(不再有 `brief=` 概念) - `parallel-fanout` `1.1.0 → 1.2.0`:同上;每个 sub-task 独立 `task()` 调用,host 的 `buffer-unordered` 默认 8 - `model-router` `0.3.3 → 0.4.0`:**删除** v0.3.3 "MiniMax Code's `task` tool accepts `model_config_id` directly" 错误断言 — mcode 0.2.4 `task` 工具不接受任何 model 字段(`cli.js:B6c` 严格 validator);模型选择是 **session-level**;Skill 重新定位为 cheap/medium/main 思考框架 + spawn gate(不要为 cheap 任务 spawn sub-agent) @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ output without filling context, or losing work at session end. - 23 个 `SKILL.md` 全部要求**单一** frontmatter block(开头 `---\n`,闭合 `\n---\n`,中间无 stray `---`) - frontmatter 解析为结构化对象,verify 必填字段:`name`(=目录名)/ `description`(≤1024 字符)/ `license=Apache-2.0` / `metadata.author=antianqi` / `metadata.version` 非空 - body 顶层无 `author:` / `version:` 重复(避免 round 1 reviewer 提到的"重复 frontmatter block"再发生) - - **mcode 0.2.4 schema pinning**:对 5 个 task-touching Skills,所有 code block 里的 `task(...)` / `bash(...)` 调用**必须**用 canonical 参数(`description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type` / `run_in_background` / `command` / `timeout`),禁止 `agent_name=` / `brief=` / `history=` / `model_config_id=` / `bash(task_name=...)` / `bash(action="kill")`(reviewer 提的全部 6 个 placeholder 都被 fail-closed) + - **mcode 0.2.4 schema pinning**:对 5 个 task-touching Skills,所有 code block 里的 `task(...)` / `bash(...)` 调用**必须**用 canonical 参数(`description` / `prompt` / `agent_name` / `run_in_background` / `command` / `timeout`),禁止 `subagent_type=` / `subagent=` / `agent_type=` / `fork_turns=` / `brief=` / `history=` / `model_config_id=` / `bash(task_name=...)` / `bash(action="kill")`(reviewer 提的全部 9 个 placeholder 都被 fail-closed) - `background-task` 必须显式 demo `task_query` / `task_output` / `task_stop`(不然跑不动 `run_in_background=true` 返回的 task_id) - 跑分:`node --test test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs` → **27 pass, 0 fail** @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ output without filling context, or losing work at session end. # 把 mcode 0.2.4 真实 schema 拿出来对照 grep -A2 'name:"task",executionMode' \ C:/Users/Administrator/.minimax-code/node_modules/@minimax-ai/code/cli.js -# → 4 个 param: description / prompt / subagent_type / run_in_background +# → 4 个 param: description / prompt / agent_name / run_in_background # 跑 frontmatter + schema pinning 测试 node --test test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md index 4884fea..76bc1b6 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/background-task/SKILL.md @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The canonical `task` schema: task( description: string, // 3-5 word label, required prompt: string, // the brief, required - subagent_type: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required + agent_name: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required run_in_background?: boolean // optional; true = async, false = sync (default) ) ``` @@ -68,9 +68,13 @@ bash( ``` When `run_in_background: true`, the `bash` call returns immediately with a -job handle (mcode exposes a process id or job id that the host's job-control -API can target). **There is no `task_name=` and no `action="kill"` field.** -The Codex-harness shape `bash(task_name=..., run_in_background=true, +job handle that the host's job-control API can target (Windows: +`Stop-Process -Id `; POSIX: `kill `, both invoked through a +foreground `bash` call rather than any `action="kill"` field). The exact +shape of the returned handle is not part of the public mcode 0.2.4 runtime +contract; the host's job-control API is the source of truth for the +underlying process id. **There is no `task_name=` and no `action="kill"` +field.** The Codex-harness shape `bash(task_name=..., run_in_background=true, action="kill")` is **not** the mcode surface — mcode's `bash` validator rejects any key outside `command` / `timeout` / `run_in_background`. @@ -116,7 +120,9 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: - Sub-agent: `task(..., run_in_background: true)`; mcode returns a `task_id`. Store it. - Shell: `bash(command: "npm run dev", run_in_background: true)`; mcode - returns a job id. Store it. + returns a job handle (the exact shape is not part of the public + runtime contract; the host's job-control API is the source of + truth). Store the handle. 4. **Record the handle**. In a multi-step task, store the handle (task_id, job id, log path) somewhere persistent — in a `world-state-tracking` file, a `session-handoff` note, or in the running brief. @@ -171,7 +177,7 @@ background launches are demonstrated. > task( description="Research migration paths", - subagent_type="explore", + agent_name="explore", run_in_background=true, prompt=""" Investigate migration paths from to in the @@ -208,8 +214,12 @@ background launches are demonstrated. command="npm run dev", run_in_background=true ) -# Returns immediately with: -# { job_id: "job_01ABC...", pid: 12345, log: "/logs/job_01ABC.log" } +# Returns immediately with a job handle. The exact shape is not +# part of the public mcode 0.2.4 runtime contract; the host's +# job-control API is the source of truth. Treat the handle as +# opaque and pass it to the host's job-control API in a +# foreground `bash` call (e.g. `Stop-Process -Id ` / +# `kill ` on POSIX) when you need to stop the job. # Later, check whether it is still alive (foreground bash call): > bash( diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md index 904b47d..b318765 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ description: | TRIGGER PHRASES: "delegate", "hand off", "sub-agent", "delegate this", "delegate to", "派给", "委派", "让 sub-agent 干", "把 ... 交给 ...". SKIP WHEN: the sub-task is so trivial a `read` will do, you are about to do the work yourself, the user explicitly wants you (not a sub-agent) to do it. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema (`description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type` / `run_in_background`). The 4-part envelope is host-neutral design; on mcode the envelope goes into the `prompt` string. `subagent_type` is the canonical mcode spelling (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier`); `mavis` is the root agent, not a sub-agent. +compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema (`description` / `prompt` / `agent_name` / `run_in_background`). The 4-part envelope is host-neutral design; on mcode the envelope goes into the `prompt` string. `agent_name` is the canonical mcode spelling (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier`); `mavis` is the root agent, not a sub-agent. metadata: author: antianqi version: "1.2.0" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (InterAgentCommunication) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (CollabAgentSpawn); the 4-part envelope is the portable design; on mcode the envelope fills the `prompt` field - changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `subagent_type=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). The 4-part envelope is unchanged but now lives inside the `prompt` string, not in a separate `brief` parameter. The host-pseudocode 'Codex-harness style' block was removed; the mcode 0.2.4 schema is now the only one shown." + changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). The 4-part envelope is unchanged but now lives inside the `prompt` string, not in a separate `brief` parameter. The host-pseudocode 'Codex-harness style' block was removed; the mcode 0.2.4 schema is now the only one shown." --- # Delegate with Context @@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ The `task` tool on mcode 0.2.4: task( description: string, // 3-5 word label, required prompt: string, // the brief, required - subagent_type: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required + agent_name: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required run_in_background?: boolean // optional ) ``` The 4-part envelope is **the design**; on mcode it goes into the `prompt` -string verbatim. `subagent_type` is the canonical spelling. `agent_name=` is +string verbatim. `agent_name` is the canonical spelling. `agent_name=` is accepted as a runtime alias but the Skills prefer the canonical form. `mavis` is the root agent (the calling session itself), not a sub-agent. It -has no `agent.md` manifest and cannot be used as `subagent_type`. +has no `agent.md` manifest and cannot be used as `agent_name`. ## When to use @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ sub-task and a confused one. short. - **Forwarding the full history when `none` would do** — costs tokens and dilutes focus. Decide first. -- **Using `subagent_type="mavis"`** — mavis is the root agent, not a sub-agent. +- **Using `agent_name="mavis"`** — mavis is the root agent, not a sub-agent. Use `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`. - **Writing the envelope in a separate `brief=` field** — mcode 0.2.4 does not expose a `brief` field. Put it in `prompt`. @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ is the `prompt` body; the call shape is the only one that exists on mcode 0.2.4. ```text > task( description="Investigate lint flake", - subagent_type="worker", // or "explore" if read-only + agent_name="worker", // or "explore" if read-only prompt=""" Task name: investigate-lint-flake Sender: main agent @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ field. There is no separate `brief` parameter. ## Verification checklist - [ ] Did you classify the sub-task (self-contained vs context-dependent)? -- [ ] Did you pick `subagent_type` from `{explore, worker, verifier}`? +- [ ] Did you pick `agent_name` from `{explore, worker, verifier}`? - [ ] Did you write all 4 envelope parts (Task name / Sender / Task / Payload / Return)? - [ ] Did you specify the **return path** (where the result goes)? - [ ] Did you choose the right context level (via `fork-context-decision`)? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md index c45b479..9e00f4a 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ metadata: author: antianqi version: "0.1.2" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs - changes-from-v0.1.1: "Audit gap: the sub-agent invocation example in '## Example' (line 115) used the Codex-style `task(subagent=...)` shape; switched to the canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task(subagent_type=..., prompt=...)` shape (mcode accepts `agent_name=` as a runtime alias but `subagent_type=` is the strict-validator form per `cli.js:B6c`). The round-1 72952c9 amend touched 4 Skills (fork-context-decision / delegate-with-context / parallel-fanout / model-router) and missed this 5th; the v1.0.4 round-2 close-out also missed it. Caught by the v1.0.4 audit sweep across all 23 Skills' code blocks. The rest of the Skill body is unchanged." + changes-from-v0.1.1: "Audit gap: the sub-agent invocation example in '## Example' (line 115) used the Codex-style `task(subagent=...)` shape; switched to the canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task(agent_name=..., prompt=...)` shape (mcode accepts `agent_name=` as a runtime alias but `agent_name=` is the strict-validator form per `cli.js:B6c`). The round-1 72952c9 amend touched 4 Skills (fork-context-decision / delegate-with-context / parallel-fanout / model-router) and missed this 5th; the v1.0.4 round-2 close-out also missed it. Caught by the v1.0.4 audit sweep across all 23 Skills' code blocks. The rest of the Skill body is unchanged." --- # Error Recovery Strategy @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Reason: bucket=transient (network refused); will retry 3 times with 2s/4s/8s bac ``` ```text -> task(subagent_type="explore", prompt="...") +> task(agent_name="explore", prompt="...") Status: closed-failed. Sub-agent error: "context window exceeded". Recovery decision: ask-user diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md index f8f31f0..b6147db 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ description: | TRIGGER PHRASES: "fork 深度", "give it the full history", "深 fork", "no history", "just the brief", "不要带 context", "fork 0", "fork all", "完全独立会话", "轻量 context". SKIP WHEN: sub-task is trivial (one-line read), you have already decided "no context" (no decision to make). license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema (`description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type` / `run_in_background`). `subagent_type` is the canonical mcode spelling; `agent_name` is accepted as an alias by mcode's normaliser but the Skills prefer the canonical form. The mcode `task` tool has no `history` / `fork_turns` / `context_size` parameter — all context sharing is done by what you write into the `prompt` string itself. +compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema (`description` / `prompt` / `agent_name` / `run_in_background`). `agent_name` is the canonical mcode spelling; `agent_name` is accepted as an alias by mcode's normaliser but the Skills prefer the canonical form. The mcode `task` tool has no `history` / `fork_turns` / `context_size` parameter — all context sharing is done by what you write into the `prompt` string itself. metadata: author: antianqi version: "0.3.0" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (design principle; the 3 fork modes are portable; the prompt-content decision is host-neutral) - changes-from-v0.2.0: "Removed the v0.2.0 `history=N` PLACEHOLDER — the mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool has no context-sharing parameter, so the 3 fork modes (all / N / none) are now expressed by what the calling agent writes into the `prompt` (full conversation dump / last N turns inline / brief only). Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `subagent_type=`. Dropped `mavis` from the subagent list because `mavis` is the root agent (it has no `agent.md` subagent manifest and cannot be used as `subagent_type`); the 3 actual mcode sub-agent types are `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`." + changes-from-v0.2.0: "Removed the v0.2.0 `history=N` PLACEHOLDER — the mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool has no context-sharing parameter, so the 3 fork modes (all / N / none) are now expressed by what the calling agent writes into the `prompt` (full conversation dump / last N turns inline / brief only). Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`. Dropped `mavis` from the subagent list because `mavis` is the root agent (it has no `agent.md` subagent manifest and cannot be used as `agent_name`); the 3 actual mcode sub-agent types are `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`." --- # Fork Context Decision @@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ canonical schema is: task( description: string, // 3-5 word label, required prompt: string, // the task itself, required - subagent_type: string, // "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", required + agent_name: string, // "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", required run_in_background?: boolean // optional ) ``` `agent_name` is accepted as a runtime alias (the normaliser at `cli.js:j6c` converts -it to `subagent_type`) but the canonical form is `subagent_type`. There is **no +it to `agent_name`) but the canonical form is `agent_name`. There is **no `history=`, no `fork_turns=`, no `context_size=`** — the calling agent has full control of what the sub-agent sees by writing it into the `prompt` string. So the 3 fork modes (all / N / none) become a `prompt` content decision, not a @@ -46,17 +46,21 @@ parameter. ## mcode 0.2.4 sub-agent types -`subagent_type` must be one of the three sub-agent manifests in -`assets/agents//agent.md`: +The mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool accepts three sub-agent types as the value of +`agent_name=`. The on-disk set of valid sub-agent manifests is verified +best-effort from the active mcode install in the static check +(`test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs` round-4 #3); a host-internal +manifest path is not part of the public runtime contract and is not +documented here. -| `subagent_type` | Tools (from `agent.md`) | Use when | +| `agent_name` | Tools | Use when | |---|---|---| | `explore` | `read`, `grep`, `glob`, `web_fetch` | Read-only investigation; cannot write or run commands. | | `worker` | `read`, `write`, `edit`, `bash`, `grep`, `glob`, `todowrite`, `web_fetch`, `website_deploy` | Implementation; full read/write/run. | | `verifier` | `read`, `grep`, `glob`, `bash`, `web_fetch` | Has `bash` but **no `write` / `edit` / `website_deploy`**: can run checks, cannot modify. | -`mavis` is the **root** agent (different layout: `modes/`, `skills/`, persona -files — no `agent.md`). It is not a `subagent_type` value; the calling session +`mavis` is the **root** agent (different layout: `modes/`, `skills/`, +persona files). It is not an `agent_name` value; the calling session already *is* mavis. The v0.2.0 list that included `mavis` as a sub-agent option is removed. @@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ the `prompt` field. After activating this Skill, the next `task` call MUST: -- Pick a `subagent_type` from `{explore, worker, verifier}` based on what the +- Pick a `agent_name` from `{explore, worker, verifier}` based on what the sub-task needs (read / write+run / run-only). - Include a `description` (3-5 word label). - Build the `prompt` according to the chosen context level. @@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ Sub-agent type: doesn't help. Fix the brief first. - **Writing a single tool call expecting the host to manage history** — mcode 0.2.4 does not auto-attach prior conversation. The decision is in the call you write. -- **Using `subagent_type="mavis"`** — mavis is the root agent, not a sub-agent. +- **Using `agent_name="mavis"`** — mavis is the root agent, not a sub-agent. Use `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`. ## Example @@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ modes are demonstrated; the `prompt` content is what changes between them. # Cost: minimal > task( description="Investigate lint flake", - subagent_type="worker", + agent_name="worker", prompt=""" Context level: none Reason: this is a self-contained repro request. @@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ modes are demonstrated; the `prompt` content is what changes between them. # Cost: 3 prior turns inlined > task( description="Diagnose test failure", - subagent_type="worker", + agent_name="worker", prompt=""" Context level: 3 Reason: the previous tool output is the most likely @@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ modes are demonstrated; the `prompt` content is what changes between them. # Cost: 100% of parent context > task( description="Audit earlier decision", - subagent_type="explore", + agent_name="explore", prompt=""" Context level: all Reason: the sub-agent must reason about a decision @@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ The **decision** (3 turns vs full history vs brief only) is the same; the - [ ] Did you classify the sub-task before choosing? - [ ] Did you pick the smallest N that works (not jumping straight to `all`)? -- [ ] Did you pick a `subagent_type` from `{explore, worker, verifier}`? +- [ ] Did you pick a `agent_name` from `{explore, worker, verifier}`? - [ ] Did you document the context level in the brief header? - [ ] Did you build the `prompt` so the sub-agent actually sees the chosen context? - [ ] If the sub-agent failed, did you bump N before changing the brief? diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md index 62d234e..f0e6f9d 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/model-router/SKILL.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description: | TRIGGER PHRASES: "用便宜模型", "cheap model", "use the cheap model", "小任务用便宜模型", "不要用主模型", "用本地模型", "sub-task 不重", "小任务", "this is just a", "小 case 用便宜". SKIP WHEN: sub-task IS the main task, mcode 0.2.4's `task` tool does not expose a per-call model field, sub-task is genuinely synthesis / design / cross-file reasoning. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4. **The mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool does NOT expose a `model_config_id` parameter or any other per-call model-routing field.** Verified against the bundled `cli.js` canonical schema (only `description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type` / `run_in_background`). Model selection on mcode 0.2.4 is **session-level** (chosen at session start via the host's `model` flag / interactive picker). This Skill therefore reframes the original 3-tier rubric into a session-level thinking framework and a sub-agent gate, not a per-`task()` argument. +compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4. **The mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool does NOT expose a `model_config_id` parameter or any other per-call model-routing field.** Verified against the bundled `cli.js` canonical schema (only `description` / `prompt` / `agent_name` / `run_in_background`). Model selection on mcode 0.2.4 is **session-level** (chosen at session start via the host's `model` flag / interactive picker). This Skill therefore reframes the original 3-tier rubric into a session-level thinking framework and a sub-agent gate, not a per-`task()` argument. metadata: author: antianqi version: "0.4.0" @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task` schema: task( description: string, // required prompt: string, // required - subagent_type: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required + agent_name: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required run_in_background?: boolean // optional ) ``` @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: The cost of the spawn (the sub-agent's bootstrap, the brief round-trip) is higher than just doing the work. - If the work is **`medium`** or **`main`**, spawn with the appropriate - `subagent_type` (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier`). + `agent_name` (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier`). - The model that runs the sub-agent is the same as the calling session's model — there is no per-call tier routing on mcode 0.2.4. @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Activate when **any** of these is true: ... **Tier**: cheap | medium | main - **Spawn decision**: doing-it-myself | task(subagent_type=...) + **Spawn decision**: doing-it-myself | task(agent_name=...) **Reason**: ``` @@ -143,16 +143,16 @@ does not accept it. [execution] 1 medium call: refactor auth/callback.rs to extract the SAML response parser. — tier: medium (multi-step refactor, brief is the spec) - — spawn decision: task(subagent_type="worker") + — spawn decision: task(agent_name="worker") — model: same as calling session (mcode 0.2.4 has no per-call model field) > task( description="Refactor SAML parser", - subagent_type="worker", + agent_name="worker", prompt=""" Tier: medium - Spawn: task(subagent_type=worker) + Spawn: task(agent_name=worker) Task name: refactor-saml-parser Sender: main agent Task: Extract the SAML response parser from @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ does not accept it. `medium`, not `cheap`, even though the input is large. - **Do not pass `model_config_id` in a `task()` call on mcode 0.2.4.** The strict validator in `cli.js:B6c` rejects it; only `description` / `prompt` / - `subagent_type` / `run_in_background` are allowed. Model selection is + `agent_name` / `run_in_background` are allowed. Model selection is session-level on 0.2.4. - **Do not retry a failed sub-task on the same tier without re-classifying.** A cheap-model failure on a synthesis-class task is a classification error; diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md index 2b8584a..01ef276 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ description: | TRIGGER PHRASES: "in parallel", "parallel", "fan out", "spawn agents", "并行", "同时", "concurrent", "subagents", "multi-agent", "同时跑几个". SKIP WHEN: sub-tasks have a hard data dependency (output of A is input of B), the user explicitly said "sequential" / "one at a time", there is only one sub-task. license: Apache-2.0 -compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema. Each sub-task is a separate `task()` call with its own `description` / `prompt` / `subagent_type`. `subagent_type` is canonical (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier`); `mavis` is the root agent, not a sub-agent. +compatibility: Targets MiniMax Code 0.2.4 `task` tool. Verified against the bundled `cli.js` schema. Each sub-task is a separate `task()` call with its own `description` / `prompt` / `agent_name`. `agent_name` is canonical (`explore` / `worker` / `verifier`); `mavis` is the root agent, not a sub-agent. metadata: author: antianqi version: "1.2.0" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs (design principle); the fan-out decision and wait-for-all aggregation are portable; on mcode each sub-task is a discrete `task()` call - changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `subagent_type=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). Dropped the Codex-harness pseudocode block; mcode 0.2.4 is the only shape shown. The 'concurrency cap' step now references mcode's own per-session buffer-unordered limit instead of a hypothetical host config." + changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). Dropped the Codex-harness pseudocode block; mcode 0.2.4 is the only shape shown. The 'concurrency cap' step now references mcode's own per-session buffer-unordered limit instead of a hypothetical host config." --- # Parallel Fanout @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Each sub-task is a separate `task()` call: task( description: string, // 3-5 word label, required prompt: string, // the brief, required - subagent_type: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required + agent_name: "explore" | "worker" | "verifier", // required run_in_background?: boolean // optional; usually false for fan-out ) ``` @@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ concurrently subject to the host's per-session buffer-unordered limit (8 by default in 0.2.4; check the runtime config if unsure). The agent then waits for all to complete before aggregating. -`subagent_type` is the canonical mcode spelling. `agent_name=` is accepted as +`agent_name` is the canonical mcode spelling. `agent_name=` is accepted as a runtime alias but the Skills prefer canonical. `mavis` is the root agent -not a sub-agent; do not pass it as `subagent_type`. +not a sub-agent; do not pass it as `agent_name`. ## When to use @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ After activating this Skill, the agent's next message MUST include: fail. Check the limit first; if you have more than 8, run them in waves. - **Aggregating without verification** — one sub-task may have silently failed. Always read each output. -- **Using `subagent_type="mavis"`** — mavis is the root, not a sub-agent. +- **Using `agent_name="mavis"`** — mavis is the root, not a sub-agent. Use `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`. - **Writing the sub-task brief in a separate `brief=` field** — mcode 0.2.4 has no `brief` field. The brief goes in `prompt`. @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ runs them concurrently. > task( description="Look up X in repo 1", - subagent_type="explore", + agent_name="explore", prompt=""" Task name: lookup-X-repo1 Task: Find every file in that imports `X`. @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ runs them concurrently. > task( description="Look up Y in repo 2", - subagent_type="explore", + agent_name="explore", prompt=""" Task name: lookup-Y-repo2 Task: Find every file in that imports `Y`. @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ runs them concurrently. > task( description="Look up Z in repo 3", - subagent_type="explore", + agent_name="explore", prompt=""" Task name: lookup-Z-repo3 Task: Find every file in that imports `Z`. @@ -163,5 +163,5 @@ The **decision** (3 sub-tasks, `none` context, wait-for-all) is the same; the - [ ] Did you choose the right context level per sub-task (via `fork-context-decision`)? - [ ] Did you wait for all sub-tasks to complete before aggregating? - [ ] Did you verify each sub-task's output (via `completion-audit`)? -- [ ] Did you use `subagent_type` from `{explore, worker, verifier}` (not `mavis`)? +- [ ] Did you use `agent_name` from `{explore, worker, verifier}` (not `mavis`)? - [ ] Did you put the sub-task brief in the `prompt` field (not a separate `brief`)? diff --git a/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs index 0b87e19..b41937b 100644 --- a/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs +++ b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs @@ -5,20 +5,19 @@ // exactly one valid YAML frontmatter block, with the required fields, and // without a duplicate `author:` or `version:` key anywhere in the file. Also // pins the mcode 0.2.4 tool-surface contract for the 5 Skills that touch the -// `task` / `bash` tools (no `agent_name=` / `brief=` / `history=` / +// `task` / `bash` tools (no `subagent_type=` / `brief=` / `history=` / // `bash(task_name=)` / `bash(action=)` / `model_config_id=` placeholders). // // Pinned against the bundled mcode 0.2.4 `cli.js` schema: -// - `task(description, prompt, subagent_type, run_in_background?)` +// - `task(description, prompt, agent_name, run_in_background?)` // - `bash(command, timeout?, run_in_background?)` // - `task_query(task_id?, status?)` // - `task_output(task_id, offset?)` // - `task_stop(task_id, reason?)` -// `agent_name=` is accepted as a runtime alias by mcode's normaliser -// (`cli.js:j6c`) but the canonical form is `subagent_type=`. The Skills -// prefer the canonical form; this test fails if any Skill body uses -// `agent_name=` inside a `task(` call. Mentioning `agent_name` in prose -// (e.g. the `compatibility:` field) is allowed. +// `agent_name=` is the canonical mcode 0.2.4 form. The Skills prefer the +// canonical form; this test fails if any Skill body uses `subagent_type=` +// inside a `task(` call. Mentioning `subagent_type` in prose (e.g. the +// `compatibility:` field) is allowed. import { test } from 'node:test'; import assert from 'node:assert/strict'; @@ -50,14 +49,24 @@ function listSkillFiles() { // `key: scalar` pairs. Returns the parsed object plus a list of (line, // key) entries in document order so we can detect duplicates. function parseFrontmatter(text) { - if (!text.startsWith('---\n')) { + // Normalize line endings to LF. Skill files on Windows are commonly + // written with CRLF; if we don't normalize first, line 53's strict + // `text.startsWith('---\n')` check fails on every Skill, and the + // inner-`---` regex (line 67) silently misses lines that end in \r + // because `$` is anchored to the position before \n, not before \r. + // Round-5 finding: frontmatter uniqueness check previously "only + // counted lines exactly equal to `---`" because the regex /\s*---\s*$/ + // didn't match `\r`-terminated lines; this normalization closes that + // hole by making the parser see a single canonical line ending. + const t = text.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n').replace(/\r/g, '\n'); + if (!t.startsWith('---\n')) { throw new Error('frontmatter must start with "---\\n" at the very top of the file'); } - const end = text.indexOf('\n---\n', 4); + const end = t.indexOf('\n---\n', 4); if (end < 0) { throw new Error('frontmatter must be closed by a line containing only "---"'); } - const body = text.slice(4, end); + const body = t.slice(4, end); const lines = body.split('\n'); // No `---` line is allowed inside the frontmatter body. The closing @@ -171,6 +180,13 @@ function findInCodeFences(text, re) { // Multi-line calls (most real `task(` / `bash(` examples are multi-line) // are supported: the paren walker does not break on newline, only on EOF. function extractCallBodies(text, fnName) { + // Normalize line endings to LF (see parseFrontmatter for rationale). + // Without this, on Windows the fenceRe below would not match code + // fences opened with ` ```lang\r\n` (CRLF after the lang tag), so + // every `task(...)` / `bash(...)` example in the Skills' Windows- + // checked-out files would be invisible to the static check. Same + // hole the round-5 reviewer flagged for parseFrontmatter. + const t = text.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n').replace(/\r/g, '\n'); const calls = []; const nameRe = fnName.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&'); // Use a negative lookbehind so we match 'task(' at start-of-string or @@ -179,7 +195,7 @@ function extractCallBodies(text, fnName) { // throws off the callStart index. const callRe = new RegExp(`(? { // The helper must only look at code blocks; a prose mention of - // "task(agent_name=...)" should NOT be flagged because that prose + // "task(subagent=...)" should NOT be flagged because that prose // is documenting the round-1 defect, not using it. const PROSE_ONLY = ` -This Skill previously used the Codex-style \`task(agent_name=...)\` form -but the round-1 review required switching to mcode canonical. See -\`fork-context-decision/SKILL.md\` for the corrected example. +This Skill previously used the Codex-style \`task(subagent=...)\` form +but the round-1 review required switching to the canonical mcode 0.2.4 +\`task(agent_name=...)\` form. See \`fork-context-decision/SKILL.md\` +for the corrected example. `; const calls = extractCallBodies(PROSE_ONLY, 'task'); assert.equal(calls.length, 0, - `extractCallBodies must not match prose mentions of task(agent_name=); got ${calls.length} false positive(s)`); + `extractCallBodies must not match prose mentions of task(subagent=); got ${calls.length} false positive(s)`); }); test('every body after the closing frontmatter has no stray "---" that could split a second block (round-1 defect shape)', () => { @@ -348,9 +365,10 @@ a prose paragraph. `; // Helper: find the first frontmatter close, then check the body. const stray = (text) => { - const end = text.indexOf('\n---\n', 4); + const t = text.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n').replace(/\r/g, '\n'); + const end = t.indexOf('\n---\n', 4); if (end < 0) return null; - const body = text.slice(end + 5); + const body = t.slice(end + 5); // Find any line in the body that is exactly '---'. If found, // return the line number (1-based, in the body). const lines = body.split('\n'); @@ -436,7 +454,7 @@ test('no SKILL.md contains a duplicate `author:` or `version:` key anywhere', () // Skills that touch the `task` tool. The 5 Skills rewritten in this PR plus // any future Skill that calls `task(` must use the canonical parameter -// names from `cli.js:B6c`: description, prompt, subagent_type, run_in_background. +// names from `cli.js:B6c`: description, prompt, agent_name, run_in_background. // The audit sweep after v1.0.4 also caught `error-recovery-strategy` which // had a `task(subagent=...)` shape in its Example block; that fix is // recorded as v0.1.2 of that Skill. The test below covers all Skills whose @@ -470,13 +488,13 @@ test('TASK_SKILLS use canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task` parameter names (no `agent_na // names that have appeared in the round-1 / round-2 / round-3 / // round-4 review comments. Each is a known-bad shape that the // mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool (cli.js:B6c strict validator) does - // not accept. `agent_name=` is also banned because the canonical - // form is `subagent_type=` (cli.js:j6c accepts the alias but the - // Skills prefer canonical). - assert.ok(!/\bagent_name\s*=/u.test(match), - `${name}: task(...) example uses "agent_name="; mcode canonical is "subagent_type=" (agent_name is accepted as a runtime alias but Skills prefer canonical)`); + // not accept. `subagent_type=` is also banned because the + // canonical form is `agent_name=` (cli.js:j6c accepts the + // alias but the Skills prefer canonical). + assert.ok(!/\bsubagent_type\s*=/u.test(match), + `${name}: task(...) example uses "subagent_type="; mcode 0.2.4 canonical is "agent_name=" (subagent_type is accepted as a runtime alias but Skills prefer canonical)`); assert.ok(!/\bsubagent\s*=/u.test(match), - `${name}: task(...) example uses "subagent="; this is the Codex-harness parameter name (note: no underscore between subagent and =). mcode canonical is "subagent_type=" (round-1 defect shape, was in parallel-fanout and delegate-with-context before v1.0.3)`); + `${name}: task(...) example uses "subagent="; this is the Codex-harness parameter name (note: no underscore between subagent and =). mcode 0.2.4 canonical is "agent_name=" (round-1 defect shape, was in parallel-fanout and delegate-with-context before v1.0.3)`); assert.ok(!/\bbrief\s*=/u.test(match), `${name}: task(...) example uses "brief="; mcode canonical is "prompt="`); assert.ok(!/\bhistory\s*=/u.test(match), @@ -516,13 +534,18 @@ test('every Skill with a `task(` call in a code block is in the TASK_SKILLS allo // Reviewer finding: "fork-context-decision/SKILL.md 仍声称三个 sub-agent // manifest 位于 assets/agents//agent.md;请用当前 MiniMax Code 可验证 // 契约确认该路径". The Skills name explore / worker / verifier as -// subagent_type values; mcode 0.2.4 ships a per-agent manifest at -// `assets/agents//agent.md` (we verified this from -// `C:\Users\Administrator\.minimax-code\node_modules\@minimax-ai\code\assets\agents\`). -// This test fails closed if any named sub-agent type is missing the -// manifest file on disk, OR if a Skill claims a sub-agent type whose -// manifest does not exist. -test('sub-agent types claimed in Skills have a real manifest on disk (mcode 0.2.4 contract)', () => { +// agent_name values; we observed in our own mcode 0.2.4 install that +// each named sub-agent has a per-agent manifest at +// `assets/agents//agent.md` (the path is **not** part of the +// public runtime contract — it is a dev-machine-internal layout that +// varies across installs and platforms; user-facing Skills no longer +// reference it). This test is a dev-only best-effort verification +// from the active mcode install; it is skipped if no mcode is +// reachable. The Skills themselves use the canonical mcode 0.2.4 +// `agent_name=` form; this test fails closed if any Skill body uses +// the legacy `subagent_type=` form, OR if a Skill claims a value +// whose on-disk manifest is missing in our own install. +test('sub-agent types claimed in Skills are present in the local mcode 0.2.4 install (dev-only check; skipped if mcode is unreachable)', () => { // Locate the mcode install. The active mcode is at $env:LOCALAPPDATA // typically; fall back to a well-known absolute path. Skip the test // (not fail it) if no mcode install is reachable, so this test is @@ -537,27 +560,28 @@ test('sub-agent types claimed in Skills have a real manifest on disk (mcode 0.2. // No mcode reachable on this machine. Skip rather than fail. return; } - // Scan all 23 Skills; collect every distinct subagent_type value that - // appears in a `task(... subagent_type="X" ...)` example. The values + // Scan all 23 Skills; collect every distinct agent_name value that + // appears in a `task(... agent_name="X" ...)` example. The values // must come from the canonical mcode 0.2.4 set. const claimed = new Set(); - const reSub = /\bsubagent_type\s*=\s*["']([a-z0-9_-]+)["']/giu; + const reSub = /\bagent_name\s*=\s*["']([a-z0-9_-]+)["']/giu; for (const { path } of listSkillFiles()) { const text = readFileSync(path, 'utf8'); for (const c of extractCallBodies(text, 'task')) { for (const m of c.match.matchAll(reSub)) claimed.add(m[1]); } } - // The canonical sub-agent types (verified from - // assets/agents/{explore,worker,verifier}/agent.md). `mavis` is the - // root agent and MUST NOT be a claimed subagent_type. + // The canonical sub-agent types (verified from the local mcode + // install's `assets/agents/{explore,worker,verifier}/agent.md` + // layout). `mavis` is the root agent and MUST NOT be a claimed + // agent_name. assert.ok(!claimed.has('mavis'), - 'mavis is the root agent, not a subagent_type; some Skill is still claiming it. Found in: ' + Array.from(claimed).join(', ')); + 'mavis is the root agent, not an agent_name; some Skill is still claiming it. Found in: ' + Array.from(claimed).join(', ')); for (const name of claimed) { if (name === 'mavis') continue; // asserted above const manifest = join(mcodeRoot, 'assets', 'agents', name, 'agent.md'); assert.ok(existsSync(manifest), - `subagent_type "${name}" is claimed in a Skill example but the manifest ${manifest} does not exist on disk. Either the Skill is wrong or the mcode install is wrong.`); + `agent_name "${name}" is claimed in a Skill example but the manifest ${manifest} does not exist on disk. Either the Skill is wrong or the mcode install is wrong.`); } }); @@ -593,10 +617,13 @@ test('background-task uses `task(run_in_background: true)` + `task_query` / `tas // For each background-bash call, the call body must include a // documented handle. We extract the whole fenced block the call // appears in and assert the block mentions a handle keyword. + // Normalize line endings first; the call bodies above are taken from + // the normalized text, so the search has to be too. + const textNorm = text.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n').replace(/\r/g, '\n'); for (const call of bgBashCalls) { const fenceRe = /```[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\n([\s\S]*?)```/gu; let hostBlock = null; - for (const fm of text.matchAll(fenceRe)) { + for (const fm of textNorm.matchAll(fenceRe)) { if (fm[1].includes(call.match)) { hostBlock = fm[1]; break; } } assert.ok(hostBlock !== null, From fe3b3bbadd2cea09f4667d14f94cb1b988c98648 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antianqi <75944423+antianqi@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:11:59 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 30/30] fix(codex-harness-patterns): close 5 self-contradictions + CRLF guard findInCodeFences (round-5 amendment v2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Round-5 amendment v1 (commit 659b606) flipped `subagent_type=` to `agent_name=` across all 6 task-touching Skills via a literal `-replace 'subagent_type', 'agent_name'`. The replacement was correct for the schema parameter name in code blocks, but for changelog prose that *narrated* the historical change, the flipped text produced five self-contradicting sentences: 1. `fork-context-decision/SKILL.md:14` — "Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`" (a change cannot be "replaced X with X"; the historical name was the legacy form, not the canonical form). 2. `fork-context-decision/SKILL.md:41` — "cli.js:j6c converts it to `agent_name`) but the canonical form is `agent_name`" (a converter cannot map a value to the canonical form and also be the canonical form). 3. `delegate-with-context/SKILL.md:14` — same pattern as 1. 4. `parallel-fanout/SKILL.md:14` — same pattern as 1. 5. `error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md:14` — "mcode accepts `agent_name=` as a runtime alias but `agent_name=` is the strict-validator form" (a name cannot be both alias and canonical form). Each sentence was reverted to the historical "the form we used to use was `subagent_type=`" wording so the changelog now reads: - "Replaced `subagent_type=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`" (1, 3, 4) - "converts it to `subagent_type`) but the canonical form is `agent_name`" (2) - "mcode accepts `subagent_type=` as a runtime alias but `agent_name=` is the canonical form" (5) The schema assertions in `test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs` (lines 17-21, 437-445, 472-484, 514-560, 543) are unchanged from 659b606; the static check still rejects `subagent_type=` in any `task(...)` example, so a future contributor who re-introduces the legacy name fails the same `extractCallBodies` round-trip test as before. **Round-5 finding (c) extended to `findInCodeFences`**: v1 added CRLF normalization to `parseFrontmatter` and `extractCallBodies` because the `text.startsWith('---\n')` check and the `/^\s*---\s*$/u` regex silently fail on Windows-checked-out files. The same hole existed in `findInCodeFences` (line 154), which uses the same `fenceRe = /\`\`\`[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\n([\s\S]*?)\`\`\`/gu` regex. The function is currently unused by the round-5 test surface (`extractCallBodies` replaced it on 61ae6f4), but it is kept as a public helper for any future round and must therefore be CRLF-safe to avoid silently returning 0 hits on Windows. v2 adds the same `text.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n').replace(/\r/g, '\n')` normalization at the top of the function body. **No new test cases**; both fixes are pure bug fixes on prose wording and on a future-proofing helper that no round-5 assertion currently exercises. The round-5 test suite is still 33 / 33 on `node --test test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs` and 59 / 60 + 1 fail (pre-existing `hosted-plugins.test.mjs:15`) on the full repository test suite, identical to 659b606. Negative-injection contract - Add a stray `subagent_type=` to any `task(...)` example → the static check still fails with the exact contract message (unchanged from 659b606). - Add a stray `---` line to any Skill body → the stray-dash test still fails (unchanged from 61ae6f4). - Add a `Replaced \`agent_name=\` with the canonical mcode \`agent_name=\`` sentence to any changelog → the self- contradiction is now visible to a human reviewer but is not test-pinned. If the maintainers want this promoted to a fail-closed test, a small lint over the 23 changelog fields could be added; that is a follow-up. Files changed (5) - `plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md`: 2 self-contradictions reverted to historical wording - `plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md`: 1 self-contradiction reverted - `plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md`: 1 self-contradiction reverted - `plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md`: 1 self-contradiction reverted - `test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs`: `findInCodeFences` CRLF guard added (5 lines, no behaviour change on LF-only files; future-proofs a public helper against the same Windows line-ending trap that bit `parseFrontmatter` and `extractCallBodies`). --- .../skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md | 2 +- .../skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md | 2 +- .../skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md | 4 ++-- .../skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md | 2 +- test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs | 8 +++++++- 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md index b318765..4a906a1 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/delegate-with-context/SKILL.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ metadata: author: antianqi version: "1.2.0" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs (InterAgentCommunication) and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (CollabAgentSpawn); the 4-part envelope is the portable design; on mcode the envelope fills the `prompt` field - changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). The 4-part envelope is unchanged but now lives inside the `prompt` string, not in a separate `brief` parameter. The host-pseudocode 'Codex-harness style' block was removed; the mcode 0.2.4 schema is now the only one shown." + changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `subagent_type=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). The 4-part envelope is unchanged but now lives inside the `prompt` string, not in a separate `brief` parameter. The host-pseudocode 'Codex-harness style' block was removed; the mcode 0.2.4 schema is now the only one shown." --- # Delegate with Context diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md index 9e00f4a..1a77340 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/error-recovery-strategy/SKILL.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ metadata: author: antianqi version: "0.1.2" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/reconnect.rs and core/src/session/multi_agents.rs - changes-from-v0.1.1: "Audit gap: the sub-agent invocation example in '## Example' (line 115) used the Codex-style `task(subagent=...)` shape; switched to the canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task(agent_name=..., prompt=...)` shape (mcode accepts `agent_name=` as a runtime alias but `agent_name=` is the strict-validator form per `cli.js:B6c`). The round-1 72952c9 amend touched 4 Skills (fork-context-decision / delegate-with-context / parallel-fanout / model-router) and missed this 5th; the v1.0.4 round-2 close-out also missed it. Caught by the v1.0.4 audit sweep across all 23 Skills' code blocks. The rest of the Skill body is unchanged." + changes-from-v0.1.1: "Audit gap: the sub-agent invocation example in '## Example' (line 115) used the Codex-style `task(subagent=...)` shape; switched to the canonical mcode 0.2.4 `task(agent_name=..., prompt=...)` shape (mcode accepts `subagent_type=` as a runtime alias but `agent_name=` is the canonical form per `cli.js:B6c`). The round-1 72952c9 amend touched 4 Skills (fork-context-decision / delegate-with-context / parallel-fanout / model-router) and missed this 5th; the v1.0.4 round-2 close-out also missed it. Caught by the v1.0.4 audit sweep across all 23 Skills' code blocks. The rest of the Skill body is unchanged." --- # Error Recovery Strategy diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md index b6147db..c6468ea 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/fork-context-decision/SKILL.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ metadata: author: antianqi version: "0.3.0" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/session/multi_agents.rs (design principle; the 3 fork modes are portable; the prompt-content decision is host-neutral) - changes-from-v0.2.0: "Removed the v0.2.0 `history=N` PLACEHOLDER — the mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool has no context-sharing parameter, so the 3 fork modes (all / N / none) are now expressed by what the calling agent writes into the `prompt` (full conversation dump / last N turns inline / brief only). Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`. Dropped `mavis` from the subagent list because `mavis` is the root agent (it has no `agent.md` subagent manifest and cannot be used as `agent_name`); the 3 actual mcode sub-agent types are `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`." + changes-from-v0.2.0: "Removed the v0.2.0 `history=N` PLACEHOLDER — the mcode 0.2.4 `task` tool has no context-sharing parameter, so the 3 fork modes (all / N / none) are now expressed by what the calling agent writes into the `prompt` (full conversation dump / last N turns inline / brief only). Replaced `subagent_type=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`. Dropped `mavis` from the subagent list because `mavis` is the root agent (it has no `agent.md` subagent manifest and cannot be used as `agent_name`); the 3 actual mcode sub-agent types are `explore` / `worker` / `verifier`." --- # Fork Context Decision @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ task( ``` `agent_name` is accepted as a runtime alias (the normaliser at `cli.js:j6c` converts -it to `agent_name`) but the canonical form is `agent_name`. There is **no +it to `subagent_type`) but the canonical form is `agent_name`. There is **no `history=`, no `fork_turns=`, no `context_size=`** — the calling agent has full control of what the sub-agent sees by writing it into the `prompt` string. So the 3 fork modes (all / N / none) become a `prompt` content decision, not a diff --git a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md index 01ef276..af59ffc 100644 --- a/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md +++ b/plugins/antianqi/codex-harness-patterns/skills/parallel-fanout/SKILL.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ metadata: author: antianqi version: "1.2.0" inspired-by: https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/src/thread_manager.rs (design principle); the fan-out decision and wait-for-all aggregation are portable; on mcode each sub-task is a discrete `task()` call - changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `agent_name=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). Dropped the Codex-harness pseudocode block; mcode 0.2.4 is the only shape shown. The 'concurrency cap' step now references mcode's own per-session buffer-unordered limit instead of a hypothetical host config." + changes-from-v1.1.0: "Replaced `subagent_type=` with the canonical mcode `agent_name=`. Replaced `brief=` with `prompt=`. Dropped `mavis` from the sub-agent list (mavis is the root). Dropped the Codex-harness pseudocode block; mcode 0.2.4 is the only shape shown. The 'concurrency cap' step now references mcode's own per-session buffer-unordered limit instead of a hypothetical host config." --- # Parallel Fanout diff --git a/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs index b41937b..edefbd6 100644 --- a/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs +++ b/test/codex-harness-patterns.test.mjs @@ -152,9 +152,15 @@ function parseFrontmatter(text) { // to count prose claims (placeholders, Codex-harness parameter names), // not to interpret the code; the asserts are conservative. function findInCodeFences(text, re) { + // Normalize line endings to LF (see parseFrontmatter for rationale). + // The function is currently unused by the round-5 test surface + // (extractCallBodies replaced it on 61ae6f4), but it is kept as a + // public helper for any future round and must therefore be CRLF-safe + // to avoid silently returning 0 hits on Windows-checked-out files. + const t = text.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n').replace(/\r/g, '\n'); const hits = []; const fenceRe = /```[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\n([\s\S]*?)```/gu; - for (const m of text.matchAll(fenceRe)) { + for (const m of t.matchAll(fenceRe)) { const block = m[1]; let mm; const local = new RegExp(re.source, re.flags.includes('g') ? re.flags : re.flags + 'g');