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/**
* Sub-agent job contracts — the async ack-and-steer protocol
*
* Part of the domain-split contracts (src/core/contracts/): each domain file
* is owned outright by its stream — cross-domain schema changes go through
* master. Pure types + protocol docs + tiny pure helpers; type-only imports
* of "ai" (safe everywhere: server, client, tests). See docs/vision.md.
*/
import type { UIMessage } from "ai" ;
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import type { CallUsage , GraphContextData } from "./chat.ts" ;
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// ─── Async sub-agent jobs (vision §2.5; plan.md Wave 0 protocol) ────────────
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export type JobKind = "research" | "demo" | "visual" | "pdf" | "graph-context" ;
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export type JobStatus = "running" | "done" | "error" ;
export interface JobRecord {
id : string ;
kind : JobKind ;
chatId : string ;
/** The tool part this job fulfills. */
toolCallId : string ;
status : JobStatus ;
/** Latest human-readable activity line, e.g. `web_search: "sigma.js v3"`. */
activity : string ;
createdAt : string ;
updatedAt : string ;
/** The sub-agent's result (steer-artifact payload). */
result? : unknown ;
error? : string ;
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/** Money channel (observability, 2026-09): accumulated token usage of
* the sub-agent's run, written by the runner as steps complete. Cost is
* inferred at read time (core/prices.ts). Absent on pre-2026-09 jobs and
* until the runner's capture lands — renderers show "—", never zero. */
usage? : JobUsage ;
}
/** A sub-agent run's accumulated usage — the same accounting shape as a
* chat turn (contracts/chat.ts CallUsage), flattened to one running total
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* plus a step count. Token fields are optional exactly like CallUsage: a
* field NO model call reported stays undefined — absent is not zero (the
* money-channel doctrine; cost renders "—", never $0). */
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export interface JobUsage {
/** The OpenRouter model id that ran the sub-agent. */
model : string ;
/** Running totals summed over the run's model calls so far. */
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inputTokens : number | undefined ;
outputTokens : number | undefined ;
cacheReadTokens : number | undefined ;
cacheWriteTokens : number | undefined ;
reasoningTokens : number | undefined ;
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/** How many model calls the run has made (each bills separately). */
steps : number ;
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/** The MOST RECENT model call's accounting (2026-09 dock contract): the
* per-blob context line reads last-step input+output against the model's
* CONTEXT_LIMITS — never the cumulative totals. Absent until the first
* call completes; absent provider fields stay absent (never zero). */
lastStep? : CallUsage ;
}
/** The per-model-call usage shape we fold into JobUsage — the SDK's
* LanguageModelUsage narrowed structurally (no runtime "ai" import: any
* object with these fields folds, including the real thing and test fakes). */
export interface UsageStepLike {
inputTokens? : number | undefined ;
inputTokenDetails ?: { cacheReadTokens? : number ; cacheWriteTokens? : number } | undefined ;
outputTokens? : number | undefined ;
outputTokenDetails ?: { reasoningTokens? : number } | undefined ;
}
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/** pi-ai's Usage shape (input/output/cacheRead/cacheWrite/reasoning?) →
* UsageStepLike. Structural — no pi import here; the engine band maps at
* its boundaries. */
export function piUsageToStep ( usage : {
input : number ;
output : number ;
cacheRead : number ;
cacheWrite : number ;
reasoning? : number ;
}) : UsageStepLike {
return {
inputTokens : usage.input ,
outputTokens : usage.output ,
inputTokenDetails : { cacheReadTokens : usage.cacheRead , cacheWriteTokens : usage.cacheWrite },
outputTokenDetails : usage.reasoning !== undefined ? { reasoningTokens : usage.reasoning } : undefined ,
};
}
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/** Fold one model call's usage into the run's running total (pure). A
* field neither the total nor the step reported stays undefined; once
* reported, later unreported calls contribute 0. The `steps` counter is
* the billing count: one per model call, reported or not. */
export function accumulateJobUsage (
total : JobUsage | undefined ,
model : string ,
step : UsageStepLike ,
) : JobUsage {
const add = ( a : number | undefined , b : number | undefined ) : number | undefined =>
a === undefined && b === undefined ? undefined : ( a ?? 0 ) + ( b ?? 0 );
return {
model ,
inputTokens : add ( total ? . inputTokens , step . inputTokens ),
outputTokens : add ( total ? . outputTokens , step . outputTokens ),
cacheReadTokens : add ( total ? . cacheReadTokens , step . inputTokenDetails ? . cacheReadTokens ),
cacheWriteTokens : add ( total ? . cacheWriteTokens , step . inputTokenDetails ? . cacheWriteTokens ),
reasoningTokens : add ( total ? . reasoningTokens , step . outputTokenDetails ? . reasoningTokens ),
steps : ( total ? . steps ?? 0 ) + 1 ,
lastStep : {
inputTokens : step.inputTokens ,
outputTokens : step.outputTokens ,
cacheReadTokens : step.inputTokenDetails?.cacheReadTokens ,
cacheWriteTokens : step.inputTokenDetails?.cacheWriteTokens ,
reasoningTokens : step.outputTokenDetails?.reasoningTokens ,
},
};
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}
/**
* THE ASYNC PROTOCOL — "ack now, steer later" (the pi sub-agents model,
* vision §2.5):
*
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* 1. Job tools (research / demo / visual / pdf) are SERVER-EXECUTED. The model
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* calls one MID-TURN; execute creates the job record, fires the
* background runner, and resolves IMMEDIATELY with an acknowledgement
* ("dispatched — continue your turn"). The teacher's turn does NOT end
* at the call: it keeps teaching, may dispatch other independent jobs
* (full parallelism), and ends whenever it ends. The tool part's output
* is the ack, forever.
*
* 2. The background runner (src/agent/subagents/runner.ts) runs the kind's
* sub-agent loop — isolated context, modelFor(role), the
* verify-never-one-shot doctrine (headless-tested demos, looked-at SVGs,
* sourced briefs) — tracking a live activity line in the job record.
* ONE central client poll of GET /api/jobs?chatId=… (in Chat) drives every
* job surface: the transcript dispatch cards (live activity by
* toolCallId, quiet one-liner after delivery), the sub-agents sidebar
* panel, and the single re-sync when a job settles.
*
* 3. On completion the runner builds a STEER MESSAGE (buildSubagentSteer)
* and hands it to the wake pipeline (src/server/jobs.ts): a user-role
* UIMessage carrying the result — a text part with what the MODEL needs
* (the research brief, the builder's notes), plus a data-subagent-artifact
* part with what the UI renders (the full result: brief + sources /
* SVG / demo HTML). Provider conversion drops data parts, so artifact
* payloads never enter the teacher's context. metadata.subagentResult
* identifies the job; the UI renders these as sub-agent result cards,
* NEVER as learner interjections.
*
* 4. The wake pipeline delivers the steer by firing a SERVER-SIDE teacher
* turn through the same turn composition as a client request
* (handleChatRequest) — write-ahead persist, turn liveness, extraction
* trigger: one code path. A per-chat serialized queue: a steer waits
* while a turn is in flight OR a question tool part is pending (an
* unanswered client-side tool call breaks provider conversion — the
* steer fires right after the learner's continuation), then fires; a 409
* (a client turn raced in) retries. Delivery is idempotent per jobId, so
* a crashed wake can be re-entered by the stale-job recovery sweep. The
* job's status flips to done/error only AFTER the wake turn completes —
* a polling client that sees the flip re-syncs once and gets the
* finished record.
*
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* CONTINUATION COALESCING: the idle window above can starve — a
* quiz-chaining teacher ends every turn with a new pending check, so
* the gates never stay open long enough for a wake to fire. The fix:
* when a client turn wins the turn registry, the handler CLAIMS every
* queued, undelivered steer (jobs.ts claimSteers) and appends it after
* the learner's answer in that very turn — conversion-safe, because the
* answered quiz carries its output. Every answer flushes pending
* steers immediately; the wake pump remains for turns that end with no
* pending question. The pump re-checks steerDelivered right before
* firing, so a claim racing the pump converges to exactly one delivery.
*
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* 5. No pending job parts ever exist, so the composer never gates on jobs
* (the learner can interject mid-job; the steer queues behind their
* turn) and job tool outputs never trigger the client-side
* sendAutomatically continuation — that mechanism stays quiz/ask-only.
*/
export interface ResearchToolInput {
question : string ;
/** What the teacher needs it for — focuses the research brief. */
context? : string ;
}
export interface ResearchResult {
brief : string ;
sources : { title : string ; url : string }[];
}
export interface DemoToolInput {
title : string ;
/** Precise brief: concept, parameters/interactions, visual style. */
brief : string ;
}
export interface DemoResult {
title : string ;
/** Self-contained single-file HTML/JS document (sandboxed-iframe ready). */
html : string ;
/** The builder sub-agent headlessly executed the demo before delivery. */
tested : true ;
notes? : string ;
}
export interface VisualToolInput {
/** Precise brief for ONE visual (what it must show, exactly). */
brief : string ;
}
export interface VisualResult {
/** Complete SVG markup (verified by the maker looking at the render). */
svg : string ;
notes? : string ;
}
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/** The pdf-reader (sources v0, 2026-09): reads a learner-provided PDF on
* the teacher's behalf — triage, targeted extraction, look-at-the-page
* renders inside its own loop — and returns a text brief with page
* citations (user-decided: rendered images never leave the sub-agent's
* context; the teacher gets text). */
export interface PdfToolInput {
/** Path to the learner's PDF (relative or absolute). */
path : string ;
/** What the teacher needs from the document — focuses the brief. */
question : string ;
}
export interface PdfResult {
path : string ;
question : string ;
/** The distilled brief. Page citations inside the text point at
* pagesConsulted. Failure shape: /^PDF failed:/i (mirrors research). */
brief : string ;
/** Pages the reader actually consulted. */
pagesConsulted : number [];
}
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// ─── Sub-agent steer messages (THE ASYNC PROTOCOL §3–4) ─────────────────────
/** Message metadata marking a sub-agent steer (contracts.ts §3). */
export interface SubagentResultMeta {
jobId : string ;
kind : JobKind ;
toolCallId : string ;
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/** Present only on an abort steer (2026-09 abort semantics): the
* learner aborted the job (it lands as error "Aborted by learner");
* the teacher is told so its promise of a result doesn't hang
* silently in the lesson. */
aborted? : true ;
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}
/** The data-subagent-artifact part payload: what the UI renders. */
export interface SubagentArtifactData {
kind : JobKind ;
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result : ResearchResult | DemoResult | VisualResult | PdfResult ;
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}
/**
* The steer message: user-role on the wire (UIMessage roles are fixed), but
* NEVER a learner interjection — metadata.subagentResult is the marker the
* UI branches on, and the artifact rides the data part (stripped by provider
* conversion, so the model sees only the text part).
*/
export interface SubagentSteerMessage extends UIMessage {
role : "user" ;
metadata : { subagentResult : SubagentResultMeta };
parts : [
{ type : "text" ; text : string },
{ type : "data-subagent-artifact" ; data : SubagentArtifactData },
];
}
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/** The abort steer: user-role like any steer, but NO artifact part —
* there is no result to render, only the teacher-facing text. Shares the
* result steer's deterministic id space (`steer_${jobId}`): steerDelivered
* matches on metadata jobId, so an abort and a (racing) result steer
* can never BOTH deliver — exactly one wakes the teacher. */
export interface AbortSteerMessage extends UIMessage {
role : "user" ;
metadata : { subagentResult : SubagentResultMeta & { aborted : true } };
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parts : [
{ type : "text" ; text : string },
{ type : "data-subagent-aborted" ; data : SubagentResultMeta & { aborted : true } },
];
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}
/** Anything the wake pipeline may queue and deliver. */
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export type SteerMessage =
| SubagentSteerMessage
| AbortSteerMessage
| ProbeHandoffSteerMessage
| GraphContextSteerMessage ;
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/** Whether a result is the failure shape (html/svg empty, failure brief). */
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export function isSubagentFailure (
kind : JobKind ,
result : ResearchResult | DemoResult | VisualResult | PdfResult ,
) : boolean {
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if ( kind === "research" ) {
const r = result as ResearchResult ;
return r . sources . length === 0 && /^Research failed:/i . test ( r . brief );
}
if ( kind === "demo" ) {
const r = result as DemoResult ;
return typeof r . html !== "string" || r . html . length === 0 ;
}
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if ( kind === "pdf" ) {
const r = result as PdfResult ;
return /^PDF failed:/i . test ( r . brief );
}
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const r = result as VisualResult ;
return typeof r . svg !== "string" || r . svg . length === 0 ;
}
/** The model-facing text of a steer: what the result IS, what to do with it. */
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function steerText ( kind : JobKind , result : ResearchResult | DemoResult | VisualResult | PdfResult ) : string {
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if ( isSubagentFailure ( kind , result )) {
if ( kind === "research" )
return ` ${ ( result as ResearchResult ). brief } \ n \ nContinue with what you can establish and flag the uncertainty to the learner.` ;
if ( kind === "demo" )
return `The demo " ${ ( result as DemoResult ). title } " could not be built: ${
( result as DemoResult ). notes ?? "unknown reason"
} . Fall back to explaining in prose; if the brief was the problem, re-call demo with a tighter one.` ;
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if ( kind === "pdf" )
return ` ${ ( result as PdfResult ). brief } \ n \ nContinue with what you can establish from the session and flag the gap to the learner.` ;
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return `The figure could not be made: ${ ( result as VisualResult ). notes ?? "unknown reason" } . Fall back to prose or mermaid, or re-call visual with a tighter brief.` ;
}
if ( kind === "research" )
return `Research complete — the researcher's full brief follows. Weave it into the lesson and cite its sources when you use its findings: \ n \ n ${ ( result as ResearchResult ). brief } ` ;
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if ( kind === "pdf" )
return `PDF reading complete — the reader's brief on " ${ ( result as PdfResult ). path } " follows, with page citations. Weave it into the lesson and cite pages when you use it: \ n \ n ${ ( result as PdfResult ). brief } ` ;
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if ( kind === "demo" )
return `The demo " ${ ( result as DemoResult ). title } " is built, headlessly tested, and rendered in the lesson. Builder notes: ${
( result as DemoResult ). notes ?? "(none)"
} . \ nTeach with it — reference its controls by name and point the learner at what to try.` ;
return `The figure is drawn, verified by inspection, and rendered in the lesson. Maker notes: ${
( result as VisualResult ). notes ?? "(none)"
} . \ nReference its elements as you teach.` ;
}
/**
* Build the steer message for a finished job (pure — shared by the runner,
* the wake pipeline, and tests). Deterministic id per job makes re-delivery
* idempotent.
*/
export function buildSubagentSteer (
job : Pick < JobRecord , "id" | "kind" | "toolCallId" >,
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result : ResearchResult | DemoResult | VisualResult | PdfResult ,
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) : SubagentSteerMessage {
return {
id : `steer_ ${ job . id } ` ,
role : "user" ,
metadata : { subagentResult : { jobId : job.id , kind : job.kind , toolCallId : job.toolCallId } },
parts : [
{ type : "text" , text : steerText ( job . kind , result ) },
{ type : "data-subagent-artifact" , data : { kind : job.kind , result } },
],
};
}
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/** Build the abort steer for an aborted job (pure — shared by the
* abort path in src/server/jobs.ts and tests). Same id space as the result
* steer; see AbortSteerMessage. */
export function buildAbortSteer (
job : Pick < JobRecord , "id" | "kind" | "toolCallId" >,
) : AbortSteerMessage {
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const meta = { jobId : job.id , kind : job.kind , toolCallId : job.toolCallId , aborted : true } as const ;
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return {
id : `steer_ ${ job . id } ` ,
role : "user" ,
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metadata : { subagentResult : meta },
parts : [
{ type : "text" , text : abortText ( job . kind ) },
// The message-type marker (the custom-message scheme): the UI
// renders the abort badge off this part, not off metadata.
{ type : "data-subagent-aborted" , data : meta },
],
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};
}
/** What the teacher reads: one line telling it the result is not coming,
* how to acknowledge, and that re-dispatching is allowed. */
function abortText ( kind : JobKind ) : string {
if ( kind === "research" )
return "Research aborted — the learner aborted the research job, so no brief is coming. Acknowledge it in one line and continue teaching without it (or offer to re-dispatch it)." ;
if ( kind === "demo" )
return "The demo job was aborted by the learner — no demo is coming. Acknowledge it in one line and teach the topic in prose instead (a re-dispatch is fine if the learner wants it)." ;
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if ( kind === "pdf" )
return "The PDF reading job was aborted by the learner — no brief is coming. Acknowledge it in one line and continue without it (a re-dispatch is fine if the learner wants it)." ;
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return "The figure job was aborted by the learner — no figure is coming. Acknowledge it in one line and teach without it (a re-dispatch is fine if the learner wants it)." ;
}
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// ─── the probe handoff steer (the probe→teach split, docs/probe-teach-split.md §2) ──
//
// probe_done's execute queues this through the same wake pipeline; the
// pump fires it once the prober's turn ends (gates + grace). It carries no
// artifact — the assessment it references is durable in the transcript as
// the probe_done tool part. Deterministic id per chat: exactly one
// handoff, idempotent re-delivery.
export interface ProbeHandoffSteerMessage extends UIMessage {
id : `steer_probe_ ${ string } ` ;
role : "user" ;
metadata : { probeHandoff : { chatId : string } };
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/** The custom-message scheme (2026-09-12): NO text part — the wake is
* scaffolding, not speech. The model-facing instruction is owned by the
* adapter (record-adapter.ts flattens this part to HANDOFF_TEXT in
* core/contracts/chat.ts); the UI renders the quiet system line off the
* part. Nothing human-looking is persisted, ever. */
parts : [{ type : "data-probe-handoff" ; data : { chatId : string } }];
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}
export function buildProbeHandoffSteer ( chatId : string ) : ProbeHandoffSteerMessage {
return {
id : `steer_probe_ ${ chatId } ` ,
role : "user" ,
metadata : { probeHandoff : { chatId } },
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parts : [{ type : "data-probe-handoff" , data : { chatId } }],
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};
}
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// ─── the graph-context steer (vision-context-injection.md) ───────────────────
//
// The injection's delivery: same wake pipeline, same gates — it queues
// behind a pending quiz and rides the turn after the learner's answer, or
// fires in the pump's idle window. Marker-only (the custom-message scheme):
// no text part; the adapter flattens data-graph-context to graphContextText
// (core/contracts/chat.ts owns the wording). One per chat, ever — the id is
// deterministic per chat, so re-delivery is idempotent.
export interface GraphContextSteerMessage extends UIMessage {
id : `steer_ctx_ ${ string } ` ;
role : "user" ;
metadata : { graphContext : { chatId : string ; jobId : string } };
parts : [{ type : "data-graph-context" ; data : GraphContextData }];
}
export function buildGraphContextSteer (
meta : { chatId : string ; jobId : string },
data : GraphContextData ,
) : GraphContextSteerMessage {
return {
id : `steer_ctx_ ${ meta . chatId } ` ,
role : "user" ,
metadata : { graphContext : meta },
parts : [{ type : "data-graph-context" , data }],
};
}
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/** True when the transcript already carries this steer — idempotent
* delivery for ANY steer kind: every steer id is deterministic per its
* event (steer_<jobId> for jobs, steer_probe_<chatId> for the handoff). */
export function steerDelivered ( messages : UIMessage [], steerId : string ) : boolean {
return messages . some (( m ) => m . id === steerId );
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}