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amosblomqvist a1596556df practice: the rarely-needed set — files, research, pdf, map readers (round 10 slice 1)
The practice registry widens beyond problem+conclude: read/ls/find/grep
(the learner-filesystem set, always), research + pdf jobs (research
honestly absent when no engine is live; demo/visual stay teach-only),
and the prober's map readers behind the SAME settings gate as the
prober's (graphToolsEnabled at the composition root). Base prompt
carries the conditional doctrine: reach for them only when the
situation genuinely requires — no propositions → look at the map;
learner references a file → read it; load-bearing uncertainty →
research it. Not toggle-filtered: problem/conclude are the session,
these are exceptions.
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/**
* THE PRACTICE AGENT (practice sessions, owner design 2026-10-04): the
* tool gating law (an agent cannot pose while a problem is active, cannot
* conclude with nothing active), the registry shape (problem + conclude
* ONLY — no question, plan, or job tools), and the prompt composition
* (practice composes its own directory alone — no teaching base, no
* shared fragments).
*/
import assert from "node:assert/strict";
import { describe, it } from "node:test";
import type { AssistantMessage, ToolResultMessage } from "@earendil-works/pi-ai";
import {
activeProblemOf,
PRACTICE_CONCLUDE_TOOL,
PRACTICE_PROBLEM_TOOL,
type LhMessage,
} from "../src/core/native-messages.ts";
import { concludeTool, createPracticeGate, problemTool, practiceTools } from "../src/agent/tools/practice.ts";
import { composeInstructions, createPracticeAgent } from "../src/agent/teacher-agent.ts";
import { allSegmentPaths } from "../src/agent/prompt-segments.ts";
// ── fixtures ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
const STAMPS = {
api: "faux",
provider: "test",
model: "test-model",
usage: {
input: 0,
output: 0,
cacheRead: 0,
cacheWrite: 0,
totalTokens: 0,
cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0, total: 0 },
},
stopReason: "toolUse",
} as const;
/** A record whose latest problem call is ACTIVE (pose + ack, nothing after). */
function activeProblemRecord(): LhMessage[] {
const pose: LhMessage & AssistantMessage = {
id: "msg_a1",
role: "assistant",
content: [
{ type: "toolCall", id: "call_p1", name: PRACTICE_PROBLEM_TOOL, arguments: { statement: "Show…" } },
],
timestamp: 1,
...STAMPS,
};
const ack: LhMessage & ToolResultMessage = {
id: "msg_r1",
role: "toolResult",
toolCallId: "call_p1",
toolName: PRACTICE_PROBLEM_TOOL,
content: [{ type: "text", text: "Problem posed — the turn ends here…" }],
details: null,
isError: false,
timestamp: 2,
};
return [pose, ack];
}
function recordStore(messages: LhMessage[]) {
return {
store: {
getChat: (_id: string) => ({ messages, kind: "practice" }),
},
};
}
const ctxOf = (messages: LhMessage[]) => ({ chatId: "c1", chatStore: recordStore(messages).store });
const PROBLEM_INPUT = {
statement: "Prove the sum is even.",
mode: "recall",
target: ["parity-sum"],
modelSolution: "Pair them; each pair is even.",
} as const;
const CONCLUDE_INPUT = {
outcome: "solved",
verdict: "Clean — the pairing came unaided.",
rung: null,
missClass: null,
retest: false,
} as const;
// ── the gating law ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
describe("the practice tool gating law", () => {
it("problem acks on a quiet record and ends the turn (terminate)", async () => {
const result = await problemTool(createPracticeGate(ctxOf([]))).execute("call_x", PROBLEM_INPUT as never);
assert.equal(result.isError, undefined);
assert.equal(result.terminate, true);
assert.match((result.content[0] as { text: string }).text, /Problem posed/);
});
it("problem is REJECTED while a problem is active (conclude first)", async () => {
const result = await problemTool(createPracticeGate(ctxOf(activeProblemRecord()))).execute("call_x", PROBLEM_INPUT as never);
assert.equal(result.isError, true);
assert.deepEqual((result.details as { problems: string[] }).problems, [
"a problem is already active — call conclude on it before posing the next one",
]);
});
it("conclude is REJECTED with nothing active", async () => {
const result = await concludeTool(createPracticeGate(ctxOf([]))).execute("call_x", CONCLUDE_INPUT as never);
assert.equal(result.isError, true);
assert.deepEqual((result.details as { problems: string[] }).problems, [
"no active problem to conclude — pose one first",
]);
});
it("conclude acks on the active problem and the turn CONTINUES (no terminate)", async () => {
const result = await concludeTool(createPracticeGate(ctxOf(activeProblemRecord()))).execute("call_x", CONCLUDE_INPUT as never);
assert.equal(result.isError, undefined);
assert.equal(result.terminate, undefined);
});
it("THE BKT INCIDENT — a mid-turn conclude → pose pair works (the gate is turn-scoped, not record-frozen)", async () => {
// One turn, one toolset: the record froze at the write-ahead with
// the old problem active. The gates used to re-read that frozen
// record per execute, so the pose after a successful conclude
// always died on "a problem is already active" until the model
// gave up ("the problem slot is stuck").
const gate = createPracticeGate(ctxOf(activeProblemRecord()));
const tools = { problem: problemTool(gate), conclude: concludeTool(gate) };
const conclude = await tools.conclude.execute("call_c1", CONCLUDE_INPUT as never);
assert.equal(conclude.isError, undefined, "the conclude acks against the seeded record");
const pose = await tools.problem.execute("call_p2", PROBLEM_INPUT as never);
assert.equal(pose.isError, undefined, "the freed gate lets the next problem through — SAME turn");
const greedy = await tools.problem.execute("call_p3", PROBLEM_INPUT as never);
assert.equal(greedy.isError, true, "the gate re-arms on the successful pose");
});
});
// ── target validation (the mastery-trace contract, owner round 9) ──────────
describe("target validation — names normalize to ids, unknowns reject", () => {
const NODES = [
{ id: "n_parity", name: "Parity of a sum", statement: "The sum of two odds is even." },
{ id: "n_pairing", name: "Pairing", statement: "Pair elements to count parity." },
] as const;
const graphNodes = () => NODES;
it("a NAME target silently normalizes to the canonical id (the record carries ids)", async () => {
const healed = problemTool(createPracticeGate(ctxOf([])), graphNodes).prepareArguments!({
...PROBLEM_INPUT,
target: ["Parity of a sum", "pairing"],
}) as { target: string[] };
assert.deepEqual(healed.target, ["n_parity", "n_pairing"], "case-insensitive name → id, whole-graph set");
});
it("an id target passes through untouched (already canonical)", async () => {
const healed = problemTool(createPracticeGate(ctxOf([])), graphNodes).prepareArguments!({
...PROBLEM_INPUT,
target: ["n_parity"],
}) as { target: string[] };
assert.deepEqual(healed.target, ["n_parity"]);
});
it("an UNKNOWN target rejects with a one-line error and does NOT arm the gate", async () => {
const gate = createPracticeGate(ctxOf([]));
const tool = problemTool(gate, graphNodes);
const rejected = await tool.execute("call_x", { ...PROBLEM_INPUT, target: ["ghost-prop"] } as never);
assert.equal(rejected.isError, true);
assert.match((rejected.details as { problems: string[] }).problems[0]!, /ghost-prop/);
assert.match((rejected.details as { problems: string[] }).problems[0]!, /proposition ids from the session context/);
// honest activation (the BKT law): a rejected pose frees the slot —
// the next, valid pose goes through.
const valid = await tool.execute("call_y", { ...PROBLEM_INPUT, target: ["n_parity"] } as never);
assert.equal(valid.isError, undefined);
});
it("NO node source (the legacy/test wiring) = no validation, free strings ack", async () => {
const result = await problemTool(createPracticeGate(ctxOf([]))).execute("call_x", PROBLEM_INPUT as never);
assert.equal(result.isError, undefined);
});
});
// ── the registry + the agent ────────────────────────────────────────────────
describe("the practice agent", () => {
it("bare registry: the session pair + the learner-filesystem set — no question, plan, or lesson tools", () => {
const tools = practiceTools(ctxOf([]));
assert.deepEqual(
Object.keys(tools).sort(),
["conclude", "find", "grep", "ls", "problem", "read"],
);
});
it("THE RARELY-NEEDED SET (owner round 10): jobs + map readers compose in when their roots are passed", () => {
const jobs = { chatId: "c1", jobStore: null as never, spawn: (() => {}) as never, searchAvailable: () => false };
const graph = { chatStore: null as never, graphStore: null as never };
const tools = practiceTools({ ...ctxOf([]), jobs, graph });
// research honestly absent (no search engine live); pdf always; the
// prober's two map readers behind the settings gate.
assert.deepEqual(
Object.keys(tools).sort(),
["conclude", "find", "grep", "list_propositions", "list_sessions", "ls", "pdf", "problem", "read"],
);
const withSearch = practiceTools({ ...ctxOf([]), jobs: { ...jobs, searchAvailable: () => true }, graph });
assert.ok(withSearch.research, "a live engine adds research");
});
it("constructs with exactly the two practice tools", () => {
// baseAgentOptions needs an engine (the BYOK thrower is the only
// fallback) — inject a never-streamed faux engine for the smoke.
const agent = createPracticeAgent(ctxOf([]), {
engine: {
model: { api: "faux", provider: "faux", id: "faux-model", contextWindow: 8192 } as never,
streamFn: (async () => {
throw new Error("not streamed in this test");
}) as never,
},
});
// The agent built with the live turn API (the registry itself is
// pinned above; pi's Agent exposes no state getter).
assert.equal(typeof agent.prompt, "function");
assert.equal(typeof agent.steer, "function");
assert.equal(typeof agent.waitForIdle, "function");
});
});
// ── the prompt composition ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
describe("practice prompt composition (own directory + the formatting appendix)", () => {
it("composes base + doctrine — never the teaching base or question/confidence mechanics", () => {
const prompt = composeInstructions("practice");
// The base's voice section and the doctrine's spine are present…
assert.match(prompt, /Everything in this section deletes a default/);
assert.match(prompt, /You run practice sessions\./);
assert.match(prompt, /## Standing prohibitions/);
// …and nothing from the teaching system prompt or shared fragments.
assert.doesNotMatch(prompt, /install understanding/);
// The shared 20-question-tools doctrine (predict/check) must not
// compose — practice has its own demand theory.
assert.doesNotMatch(prompt, /predict/i);
});
it("the SHARED formatting guide composes (owner, 2026-10-04 late): LaTeX delimiters in every setting", () => {
const prompt = composeInstructions("practice");
// The delimiter law — practice must write \(...\)/\[...\] too.
assert.match(prompt, /NEVER `\$` or `\$\$`/);
assert.ok(prompt.indexOf("# The practice session") < prompt.indexOf("## Formatting"), "formatting rides as the appendix");
});
it("base precedes doctrine (00- sorts before 10-)", () => {
const prompt = composeInstructions("practice");
assert.ok(prompt.indexOf("The agent") < prompt.indexOf("# The practice session"));
});
it("the segment registry knows practice (override paths resolve)", () => {
assert.ok(allSegmentPaths().includes("practice/00-base.md"));
assert.ok(allSegmentPaths().includes("practice/10-doctrine.md"));
});
});