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e8fdcfd226 MUL-6623 feat(agent): add host-local Devin CLI over ACP (#7485)
* feat(agent): add host-local Devin CLI over ACP

Spawn `devin acp` via the shared ACP client. Local CLI only — not
cloud Devin VMs/Playbooks/Secrets. Model via `devin acp --model`.
Catalog from `devin models list --format json` (families/variants).

* fix: skip Devin ACP handshake when browser auth is also offered

* fix: close dim case string so Devin compiles

Missing quote after dim broke runtime_config.go and every Go CI job.

* fix: stop runtimeConfigPath recursion on Devin

Devin is a builtin whose ProtocolFamily is itself. Recursing on that
overflowed the stack and killed backend-tests.

* test(agent): cover Devin model failures and final-answer delivery

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <[email protected]>

* fix(agent): honor Devin model aliases and stored login (MUL-6623)

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <[email protected]>

* fix(agent): drain Kiro panic details before terminating runtime (MUL-6623)

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Sol-Boy <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: multica-agent <[email protected]>
2026-10-26 15:11:05 +08:00

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package execenv
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"strconv"
"strings"
"testing"
"github.com/multica-ai/multica/server/internal/runtimeapps"
)
// Sub-issue Creation section — after MUL-2538 the platform posts the
// child-done parent notification itself, so the brief no longer carries
// any parent-notification rule (per Bohan's call on PR #3055: delete the
// guidance entirely, do not replace it with a "do not post one" sentence
// — the agent should not be thinking about parent comments at all). All
// that remains is the `--status todo` vs `--status backlog` rule for
// creating sub-issues, which is unrelated to the notification path.
// platformSkillFixture is the built-in every issue brief expects to be able to
// point at. The pointer is resolved from the task's actual skills, so a brief
// built without it deliberately carries no pointer at all.
func platformSkillFixture() SkillContextForEnv {
return SkillContextForEnv{
Name: "multica-platform",
Content: "---\nname: multica-platform\n---\n\nbody",
}
}
func TestSubIssueCreationSectionPresentForIssueRuns(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
cases := []struct {
name string
ctx TaskContextForEnv
}{
{
name: "assignment-triggered",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
AgentSkills: []SkillContextForEnv{platformSkillFixture()},
},
},
{
name: "comment-triggered",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "22222222-3333-4444-5555-666666666666",
TriggerCommentID: "33333333-4444-5555-6666-777777777777",
AgentSkills: []SkillContextForEnv{platformSkillFixture()},
},
},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
tc := tc
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", tc.ctx)
if !strings.Contains(out, "## Sub-issue Creation") {
t.Fatalf("expected Sub-issue Creation section in %s brief", tc.name)
}
for _, want := range []string{
// MUL-5442 demotes the full todo/backlog/stage playbook to the
// multica-platform skill. The brief keeps a one-line map (all
// three flags stay discoverable, MUL-3508 follow-up) plus the
// skill pointer; the skill side of the contract is asserted in
// internal/service (TestPlatformSkillCoversPlatformContracts).
"`--status todo` starts an agent-assigned child immediately",
"`--status backlog` parks it",
"`--stage <N>` groups children into ordered stages",
"read `references/issues.md` in the `multica-platform` skill",
} {
if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
t.Errorf("[%s] section missing %q", tc.name, want)
}
}
})
}
}
func TestIssueWorkflowCarriesSourceContextPrecedenceOnce(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{IssueID: "issue-1"})
const rule = "If the issue JSON contains `source_context`"
if count := strings.Count(out, rule); count != 1 {
t.Fatalf("source-context precedence rule count = %d, want 1", count)
}
if !strings.Contains(out, "current issue title, description, and comments are authoritative task instructions") {
t.Fatal("source-context rule does not identify the current issue as authoritative")
}
}
// The brief must no longer carry any parent-notification guidance. PR
// #2918 added a "Tell the parent when you finish a child" rule that
// turned into noise (self-mention loops, planner ack ping-pong,
// hardcoded `MUL-` prefix). PR #3055 first downgraded it to a "do NOT
// post one" guardrail, but Bohan's product call was to remove the
// guidance entirely rather than substitute a new prohibition. These
// canaries lock that in: any wording that re-introduces the
// parent-comment concept — positive, negative, or descriptive — must
// not come back through future edits.
func TestBriefHasNoParentNotificationGuidance(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
cases := []TaskContextForEnv{
{IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"},
{
IssueID: "22222222-3333-4444-5555-666666666666",
TriggerCommentID: "33333333-4444-5555-6666-777777777777",
},
}
for _, ctx := range cases {
ctx := ctx
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", ctx)
// The pre-MUL-2538 phrasing instructed the agent to compose a
// parent comment by hand — including a hardcoded `MUL-` prefix
// and an assignee mention. The intermediate revision (PR #3055
// before Bohan's call) instead told the agent NOT to post one.
// Both framings must stay out.
for _, banned := range []string{
// Old "do it yourself" framing (PR #2918).
"## Parent / Sub-issue Protocol",
"**Tell the parent when you finish a child.**",
"multica issue comment add <parent-id>",
"with NO `--parent`",
"link the child as `[MUL-",
"`@mention` the parent's assignee",
"`mention://agent/<id>`",
"`mention://member/<id>`",
"`mention://squad/<id>`",
// Intermediate "do NOT do it yourself" framing (PR #3055
// before Bohan's call) — also out per product direction.
"**Do NOT post your own parent-notification comment.**",
"Do NOT post your own parent-notification comment",
"parent-notification comment",
"system comment on the parent fires from the status transition",
"re-trigger the parent's assignee for nothing",
"platform posts a top-level system comment on the parent",
// Earlier revisions split rules by trigger type or used
// table/subsection layouts. None of those structures should
// come back either.
"| Parent assignee | Parent status |",
"The same agent as yourself",
"| Member or squad |",
"### A. Notify the parent",
"### B. Choose",
"When this issue has `parent_issue_id`:",
"**Closing out child work** (only if this issue has `parent_issue_id`)",
"**Notify the parent** (only if this issue has `parent_issue_id`",
"**Creating sub-issues** (applies to any issue-bound run)",
"For parent/child work, use these best-effort rules",
// The protocol must no longer emit a placeholder
// `<this-issue-id>` status flip — the workflow above owns
// that command with the real issue id substituted.
"`multica issue status <this-issue-id> in_review`",
// Non-existent CLI form Elon's earlier review flagged.
"issue list --parent",
} {
if strings.Contains(out, banned) {
t.Errorf("expected %q to be removed from the brief", banned)
}
}
}
}
// The status rule is a fact judgment with two write moments (MUL-6417): no
// trigger-type modes, no assignee gate. A turn that advances the issue's own
// ask records in_progress when it STARTS — judged only at turn end, a fresh
// assignment sat in todo for the whole first work turn (Bohan's post-merge
// report) — and the end of the turn records the state the work reached. The
// two invariants MUL-6300 pinned as gates (PR #205, reinforced by Elon's
// blocking review on PR #2918) survive as consequences of the fact anchor and
// stay pinned here:
//
// - a purely conversational turn changes nothing about the issue's state,
// so it writes nothing — at either moment;
// - concurrently triggered agents judging the same fact write the same
// value or nothing, so the board cannot flap.
//
// The brief must also still carry no unconditional placeholder flip: a bare
// `multica issue status <this-issue-id> in_review` command would fire on every
// turn regardless of whether the turn delivered anything.
func TestStatusRuleIsFactJudgmentAtBothMoments(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
ctx := TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "55555555-6666-7777-8888-999999999999",
TriggerCommentID: "66666666-7777-8888-9999-aaaaaaaaaaaa",
}
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", ctx)
if strings.Contains(out, "`multica issue status <this-issue-id> in_review`") {
t.Errorf("brief must not contain a placeholder `<this-issue-id> in_review` flip — status is judged from what the turn delivered")
}
for _, want := range []string{
// The anchor: issue state, not run lifecycle, written when it changes.
"**Issue status — write the state the issue is in, whenever it changes**",
"Status reflects the state the ISSUE is in, not your run's lifecycle",
// The start moment: INSIDE step 3, at the read→work boundary. A run
// on MUL-6460 proved a detached status-block bullet does not fire —
// the model is walking the numbered list when the condition triggers.
"3. If any part of what this turn will produce is what the issue itself asks for",
// Only the exact built-in key satisfies this workflow step. The
// started category also contains review and blocked statuses.
"already `in_progress`",
"the board should show the issue being worked while you work, not only after",
// No assignee gate: the judgment applies to whoever is running.
"whoever the assignee is",
// Delivery lands in in_review and the ceiling keeps `done` human.
"`done` stays human",
// Assigned deliverables must not be misread as status-neutral
// research: stage barriers and parent notifications key off the
// delivery write.
"stage barriers and parent notifications depend on that signal",
// Invariant 1: conversation does not move the board. Ancillary is
// defined by OUTPUT (no part of the issue's own deliverable), not by
// activity words like "research" that also describe real work.
"questions, discussion, and acknowledgements never touch status",
"Your turn produced none of the issue's own deliverable",
// Invariant 2: concurrent agents converge instead of flapping.
"This no-write default is what keeps concurrent runs from flapping the board",
} {
if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
t.Errorf("status rule missing %q\n---\n%s", want, out)
}
}
// The retired gates must not come back: no trigger-type modes, no
// assignee-scoped arc, no UNCONDITIONAL opening flip (the start moment is
// conditional on the turn advancing the issue's ask), and no end-only
// timing that hides a long first work turn in todo.
for _, banned := range []string{
"Turn mode",
"already in an `in_progress`-category status",
"already in a `started`-category status",
"Ownership mode",
"Reply mode",
"when this issue is assigned to you and this turn does substantive work on it",
"set `in_progress` when you start",
"Before step 3, run `multica issue status",
"judge once, at the end of the turn",
"do not open with a status write",
// The example that misled the MUL-6460 run: research that IS the
// issue's ask pattern-matched an example meant for consult pull-ins.
"asked to research stays",
// Activity-word lists must not come back in EITHER direction — the
// negative lists are the failure class behind the research and
// review cases, and the positive form-list ("in whatever form:
// code, research, ...") is the same shape read as exhaustive
// (J's review on #7295).
"A turn that only answers, reviews, or consults",
"you only answered a question, reviewed, or discussed",
"in whatever form: code, research",
} {
if strings.Contains(out, banned) {
t.Errorf("brief still carries retired status gate %q (MUL-6417)\n---\n%s", banned, out)
}
}
// Position is load-bearing, not style (J's review on #7295): a
// presence-pin cannot tell WHERE a sentence lives, and both field
// incidents came from correct sentences sitting in positions that do
// not fire. The two anchors must live INSIDE their numbered steps.
var step3, step5 string
for _, line := range strings.Split(out, "\n") {
if strings.HasPrefix(line, "3. ") {
step3 = line
}
if strings.HasPrefix(line, "5. ") {
step5 = line
}
}
if !strings.Contains(step3, "set `in_progress` FIRST") {
t.Errorf("the start write must be anchored inside step 3\n---\n%s", step3)
}
if !strings.Contains(step3, "never decides") {
t.Errorf("the never-decides guard must live inside step 3, the position that fires\n---\n%s", step3)
}
if !strings.Contains(step5, "confirm the status still matches") {
t.Errorf("the exit-side status check must be anchored inside step 5\n---\n%s", step5)
}
// The squad-leader bullet must not leak into the ordinary path.
if strings.Contains(out, "dispatching members is not delivery") {
t.Errorf("ordinary-agent brief must not carry the squad-leader status bullet:\n%s", out)
}
}
// TestPerRunCommentContextStaysOutOfBrief pins MUL-5377: no per-run comment
// routing value may be rendered into the runtime brief. The brief lands in
// messages[0], ahead of the whole conversation, so any change there throws away
// the prompt cache for the entire history on resume. The helpers are unchanged
// and still feed the per-turn user message (daemon.buildCommentPrompt).
func TestPerRunCommentContextStaysOutOfBrief(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const (
issueID = "55555555-6666-7777-8888-999999999999"
since = "2026-05-28T11:00:00Z"
)
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: issueID,
TriggerCommentID: "reply-abc",
TriggerThreadID: "thread-abc",
NewCommentCount: 4,
NewCommentsSince: since,
CommentReplyTargets: []ThreadReplyTarget{
{ThreadID: "thread-abc", ParentID: "reply-abc"},
{ThreadID: "thread-def", ParentID: "reply-def"},
},
})
for _, banned := range []string{
"reply-abc", "thread-abc", "reply-def", "thread-def", since,
"4 new comment(s) on this issue since your last run",
"DISTINCT threads",
// MUL-7344's issue-state report is per-run for the same reason the
// comment delta is, and TaskContextForEnv deliberately has no field to
// carry it. These pin the rendered text so a future "just pass it
// through to the brief" cannot land quietly.
"The issue is unchanged since your last run",
"Since your last run the issue changed",
} {
if strings.Contains(out, banned) {
t.Errorf("brief must not carry per-run comment value %q (MUL-5377)\n---\n%s", banned, out)
}
}
// The helper that now feeds the per-turn prompt still carries the per-run
// values, as ONE issue-wide `--since` delta read (MUL-7344).
hint := BuildNewCommentsHint(issueID, "reply-abc", "thread-abc", since, 4)
for _, want := range []string{
"4 new comment(s) on this issue since your last run",
"across all threads",
"multica issue comment list " + issueID + " --since " + since + " --compact --output json",
"--thread thread-abc --tail 30",
} {
if !strings.Contains(hint, want) {
t.Errorf("BuildNewCommentsHint missing %q\n---\n%s", want, hint)
}
}
// The scan the `--since` delta replaces must not also be handed over: two
// wide reads for one server-computed answer is exactly the cost MUL-7344
// removed.
if strings.Contains(hint, "--roots-only --summary") {
t.Errorf("BuildNewCommentsHint must not hand over the roots scan alongside the delta read\n---\n%s", hint)
}
}
// TestCommentHintsCarryNoModality pins MUL-6984: the per-turn comment hints
// carry this turn's facts and exact commands and never decide whether the
// wide read happens — workflow step 2 owns that. Each hint hands the scan over
// (or, on the resumed no-delta path, reports the server-computed answer to
// it); none of them makes it conditional on the agent's own guess.
func TestCommentHintsCarryNoModality(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const issueID = "55555555-6666-7777-8888-999999999999"
hints := map[string]string{
"cold": BuildColdCommentsHint(issueID, "trigger-1", "thread-root-1"),
"warm": BuildNewCommentsHint(issueID, "trigger-1", "thread-root-1", "2026-05-28T11:00:00Z", 4),
"resumed": BuildResumedCommentsHint(issueID, "trigger-1", "thread-root-1"),
}
for name, hint := range hints {
if hint == "" {
t.Fatalf("%s hint rendered empty", name)
}
for _, banned := range []string{
"Only if you need",
"Need cross-thread background",
"If your reply depends on thread context",
"read them all blindly",
"only if needed",
} {
if strings.Contains(hint, banned) {
t.Errorf("%s hint must not make the wide read optional (%q):\n%s", name, banned, hint)
}
}
}
// Cold has no server-computed delta, so it hands over the scan itself. Warm
// has one, so it hands over the read that IS the scan's answer — a single
// issue-wide `--since` (MUL-7344). Both are unconditional commands.
if !strings.Contains(hints["cold"], "--roots-only --summary") {
t.Errorf("cold hint must hand over the scan step 2 requires:\n%s", hints["cold"])
}
if !strings.Contains(hints["warm"], "--since 2026-05-28T11:00:00Z --compact --output json") {
t.Errorf("warm hint must hand over the issue-wide delta read:\n%s", hints["warm"])
}
if strings.Contains(hints["warm"], "--roots-only --summary") {
t.Errorf("warm hint must not also hand over the scan the delta read answers:\n%s", hints["warm"])
}
if !strings.Contains(hints["resumed"], "issue-wide delta is empty") {
t.Errorf("resumed hint must report the empty delta as the scan's answer:\n%s", hints["resumed"])
}
}
// Cold-start thread routing moved to the per-turn prompt (MUL-5377); the
// helper behaviour it relies on is pinned here directly.
func TestColdCommentsHintPointsAtTriggeringThread(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const issueID = "55555555-6666-7777-8888-999999999999"
hint := BuildColdCommentsHint(issueID, "trigger-1", "thread-root-1")
if strings.Contains(hint, "new comment(s) since your last run") {
t.Errorf("no since-delta hint should render on cold start, got:\n%s", hint)
}
if !strings.Contains(hint, "multica issue comment list "+issueID+" --thread thread-root-1 --tail 30 --compact --output json") {
t.Errorf("cold start must point at the triggering thread read, got:\n%s", hint)
}
if strings.Contains(buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{IssueID: issueID, TriggerCommentID: "trigger-1", TriggerThreadID: "thread-root-1"}), "thread-root-1") {
t.Error("brief must not carry the per-run thread id (MUL-5377)")
}
}
// Resumed/no-delta routing moved to the per-turn prompt (MUL-5377).
func TestResumedCommentsHintSkipsDefaultThreadRead(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const issueID = "55555555-6666-7777-8888-999999999999"
hint := BuildResumedCommentsHint(issueID, "trigger-1", "thread-root-1")
for _, want := range []string{
"triggering comment is already included above",
"No other new comments on this issue since your last run",
"issue-wide delta is empty",
"if resumed memory is not enough",
"multica issue comment list " + issueID + " --thread thread-root-1 --tail 30 --compact --output json",
} {
if !strings.Contains(hint, want) {
t.Errorf("resumed/no-delta hint missing %q\n--- output ---\n%s", want, hint)
}
}
// The anchor-restating sentence is gone (MUL-5721 OPT-1): the read command
// carries the thread anchor and the reply cookbook carries the trigger id.
if strings.Contains(hint, "active thread anchor") {
t.Errorf("resumed/no-delta hint must not restate anchors outside the commands, got:\n%s", hint)
}
if strings.Contains(hint, "scoped to the triggering thread") {
t.Errorf("resumed/no-delta hint must not claim the delta is thread-scoped, got:\n%s", hint)
}
if strings.Contains(hint, "in place of `--thread ... --tail 30`") {
t.Errorf("resumed/no-delta hint must not render the reconstruction (cold) hint, got:\n%s", hint)
}
}
// The continuity notice moved out of the brief and into the per-turn prompt
// (MUL-5377) because it is true of one run and false of the next.
func TestSessionContinuityNoticeLivesOutsideBrief(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
for _, want := range []string{
"## Session Continuity Notice",
"could NOT be restored",
"tell the user up front",
} {
if !strings.Contains(SessionContinuityNoticeUnrecoverable, want) {
t.Errorf("SessionContinuityNoticeUnrecoverable missing %q", want)
}
}
// MUL-5722: the issue variant carries the same heading and the same
// "do not assume continuity" job, but must NOT order an announcement. An
// issue's discussion lives in its comments, which the agent re-reads every
// turn, so telling the user it was lost describes a loss that did not
// happen — they hear "the discussion is gone" when every word survives.
if !strings.Contains(SessionContinuityNoticeIssue, "## Session Continuity Notice") {
t.Error("SessionContinuityNoticeIssue must keep the section heading")
}
if strings.Contains(SessionContinuityNoticeIssue, "tell the user") {
t.Errorf("issue variant must not script an apology:\n%s", SessionContinuityNoticeIssue)
}
// It still has to say what genuinely went missing, or the agent silently
// assumes it remembers work it no longer has.
if !strings.Contains(SessionContinuityNoticeIssue, "your own working memory") {
t.Errorf("issue variant must state the real loss:\n%s", SessionContinuityNoticeIssue)
}
// The web-chat / Feishu transcript variant points at the read-back command
// and must NOT order an announcement — the conversation survives in
// chat_message, so "the previous context was lost" would be a false alarm.
if !strings.Contains(SessionContinuityNoticeChatTranscript, "multica chat history") {
t.Error("transcript variant must point at the read-back command")
}
if strings.Contains(SessionContinuityNoticeChatTranscript, "tell the user") {
t.Errorf("transcript variant must not script an apology:\n%s", SessionContinuityNoticeChatTranscript)
}
if !strings.Contains(SessionContinuityNoticeChatTranscript, "your own working memory") {
t.Errorf("transcript variant must state the real loss:\n%s", SessionContinuityNoticeChatTranscript)
}
lost := TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
TriggerCommentID: "trigger-1",
PriorSessionResumeUnavailable: true,
}
if strings.Contains(buildMetaSkillContent("codex", lost), "Session Continuity Notice") {
t.Error("brief must never carry the continuity notice — it is per-run state (MUL-5377)")
}
}
// The issue workflow must keep every Agent Identity guardrail after the
// comment/assignment branches were merged into one byte-stable section.
func TestIssueWorkflowHonorsAgentIdentity(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const issueID = "77777777-8888-9999-aaaa-bbbbbbbbbbbb"
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{IssueID: issueID})
for _, want := range []string{
"## Instruction Precedence",
"Agent Identity instructions have priority over the issue workflow below.",
"If a workflow step conflicts with Agent Identity, skip the conflicting action",
// One enumeration, in Instruction Precedence, covering every action
// type Agent Identity can forbid. This and workflow step 3 each used to
// carry their own list and the two disagreed (MUL-5442).
"Never treat this runtime workflow as permission to change issue status, investigate, implement, create issues, update issues, delegate, or otherwise act beyond your Agent Identity.",
// MUL-5442 (carried through MUL-6417): the forbids-clause is stated
// once on the status-rule header instead of once per status bullet.
"skip any status call your Agent Identity forbids",
"complete the task within your Agent Identity boundaries",
// Step 3 keeps only what the enumeration cannot express: a
// delegation-only role stops once the delegation is delivered.
"If your role is delegation-only, perform the allowed delegation work and stop once that outcome is delivered",
// The blocked end-state keeps its own comment carve-out: an agent
// whose identity forbids comments must still be able to mark blocked.
"post a comment explaining the blocker unless your Agent Identity forbids issue comments",
} {
if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
t.Errorf("issue brief missing identity-bound workflow text %q\n---\n%s", want, out)
}
}
for _, banned := range []string{
"4. Run `multica issue status " + issueID + " in_progress`\n",
"5. Follow your Skills and Agent Identity to complete the task (write code, investigate, etc.)",
"8. When done, run `multica issue status " + issueID + " in_review`\n",
} {
if strings.Contains(out, banned) {
t.Errorf("issue brief still contains unconditional legacy workflow text %q\n---\n%s", banned, out)
}
}
}
// A squad leader's dispatch turn must not read as completion: the end-of-turn
// fact is in_progress, and in_review waits for the re-trigger that confirms
// the overall goal is met. Without this bullet the general rule's "delivered →
// in_review" reading would let a leader close out the parent on the very turn
// it hands work to members.
func TestSquadLeaderIssueWorkflowKeepsParentInProgress(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const issueID = "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee"
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: issueID,
IsSquadLeader: true,
})
for _, want := range []string{
"dispatching members is not delivery",
"a dispatch turn leaves the parent `in_progress`",
"where you confirm the overall goal is met",
// The shared no-write default still governs leader conversation turns.
"questions, discussion, and acknowledgements never touch status",
} {
if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
t.Errorf("squad-leader issue brief missing %q\n---\n%s", want, out)
}
}
}
// TestProtocolHeadingInInstructionsGetsNoLeaderBrief is the brief-side half of
// the MUL-5811 negative regression. IsSquadLeader now comes from the claim's
// is_leader_task / squad_id, so an ordinary agent that documents a
// "## Squad Operating Protocol" section in its own instructions must get the
// ordinary brief — its instructions rendered verbatim under Agent Identity,
// and not one leader-only branch.
func TestProtocolHeadingInInstructionsGetsNoLeaderBrief(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const instructions = "I write docs about squads.\n\n## Squad Operating Protocol\n\nHow leaders dispatch work..."
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
TriggerCommentID: "bbbbbbbb-cccc-dddd-eeee-ffffffffffff",
AgentName: "Docs writer",
AgentInstructions: instructions,
IsSquadLeader: false,
})
if !strings.Contains(out, instructions) {
t.Fatalf("agent instructions must reach the brief verbatim\n---\n%s", out)
}
for _, banned := range []string{
"### Squad maintenance",
"multica squad member set-role",
"multica squad activity",
"unless your outcome is `no_action`",
"dispatching members is not delivery",
} {
if strings.Contains(out, banned) {
t.Fatalf("ordinary-agent brief leaked leader-only content %q\n---\n%s", banned, out)
}
}
if !strings.Contains(out, "**Post your final results as a comment — this step is mandatory**") {
t.Fatalf("ordinary-agent brief lost the unconditional reply obligation\n---\n%s", out)
}
}
// Instruction Precedence belongs to the issue workflow only; the issue-less
// kinds must not inherit it. After MUL-5377 it applies to every issue run,
// comment-triggered or not, because there is a single issue workflow.
func TestInstructionPrecedenceOnlyAppliesToIssueWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
if out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
TriggerCommentID: "22222222-3333-4444-5555-666666666666",
}); !strings.Contains(out, "## Instruction Precedence") {
t.Errorf("comment-triggered issue brief must carry Instruction Precedence\n---\n%s", out)
}
cases := []struct {
name string
ctx TaskContextForEnv
}{
{"chat", TaskContextForEnv{ChatSessionID: "chat-1"}},
{"quick-create", TaskContextForEnv{QuickCreatePrompt: "create me an issue"}},
{"autopilot run-only", TaskContextForEnv{AutopilotRunID: "run-1"}},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
tc := tc
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", tc.ctx)
for _, banned := range []string{
"## Instruction Precedence",
"issue workflow below",
"Never treat this runtime workflow as permission to change issue status",
} {
if strings.Contains(out, banned) {
t.Errorf("%s brief must not inherit issue-only precedence text %q\n---\n%s", tc.name, banned, out)
}
}
})
}
}
func TestChatOutputDoesNotRequireIssueComment(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{ChatSessionID: "chat-1"})
for _, want := range []string{
"This is a chat session",
"Your reply is delivered directly to the chat window the user is reading",
} {
if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
t.Errorf("chat brief missing chat output guidance %q\n---\n%s", want, out)
}
}
for _, banned := range []string{
"Final results MUST be delivered via `multica issue comment add`",
"The user does NOT see your terminal output",
"do not call `multica issue comment add`",
"unless the user explicitly asks",
} {
if strings.Contains(out, banned) {
t.Errorf("chat brief must not inherit issue-comment output warning %q\n---\n%s", banned, out)
}
}
}
// The Output section for issue tasks must forbid mid-run progress
// comments and require the single final result comment. Guards the
// MUL-3605 regression where a review agent surfaced its progress
// narration as the result instead of posting a conclusion. (The
// pre-existing "Final results MUST be delivered … invisible without it"
// and "state the outcome, not the process" lines already carry the
// mandatory-comment and no-process-dump halves.) Chat / quick-create /
// autopilot kinds keep their own delivery channels and must NOT inherit
// this rule. Runs both the legacy and slim paths.
func TestOutputForbidsMidRunProgressComments(t *testing.T) {
wantPhrases := []string{
"Post exactly ONE comment per run",
"Do NOT post progress updates",
}
issueCtxs := map[string]TaskContextForEnv{
"assignment": {IssueID: "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee"},
"comment": {IssueID: "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee", TriggerCommentID: "tc-1"},
}
run := func(t *testing.T, label string) {
for name, ctx := range issueCtxs {
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", ctx)
for _, want := range wantPhrases {
if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
t.Errorf("%s/%s brief missing output rule %q\n---\n%s", label, name, want, out)
}
}
}
// Chat keeps its own delivery channel; it must not inherit the
// issue-task "post a final comment" rules.
chat := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{ChatSessionID: "chat-1"})
for _, banned := range wantPhrases {
if strings.Contains(chat, banned) {
t.Errorf("%s chat brief must not inherit issue output rule %q", label, banned)
}
}
}
// The `runtime_brief_slim` flag was retired (MUL-4297); there is now a
// single brief.
run(t, "brief")
}
// The sub-issue creation rule must reach top-level parents that have no
// `parent_issue_id` of their own — that is where the `todo` vs `backlog`
// decision matters most. The section must not gate on this issue being
// a child, and must not even mention `parent_issue_id`.
func TestSubIssueCreationSectionIsUnconditional(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
ctx := TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
}
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", ctx)
const header = "## Sub-issue Creation"
start := strings.Index(out, header)
if start == -1 {
t.Fatalf("sub-issue creation section missing")
}
rest := out[start:]
end := strings.Index(rest[len(header):], "\n## ")
var section string
if end == -1 {
section = rest
} else {
section = rest[:len(header)+end]
}
if strings.Contains(section, "parent_issue_id") {
t.Errorf("Sub-issue Creation section must not reference `parent_issue_id` — it applies to any issue-bound run, including top-level parents:\n%s", section)
}
}
// Workspace Context block: workspace.context (the per-workspace system prompt
// owners set in Settings → General) must reach the brief as `## Workspace
// Context` for every task kind so agents see a consistent shared system prompt
// regardless of how they were triggered. Empty content must skip the heading
// entirely — bare headings would just add noise.
func TestWorkspaceContextRenderedAcrossTaskKinds(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const wsContext = "All comments must be in English. Prefer concise PR descriptions."
cases := []struct {
name string
ctx TaskContextForEnv
}{
{
name: "assignment-triggered",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
WorkspaceContext: wsContext,
},
},
{
name: "comment-triggered",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "22222222-3333-4444-5555-666666666666",
TriggerCommentID: "33333333-4444-5555-6666-777777777777",
WorkspaceContext: wsContext,
},
},
{
name: "chat",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{
ChatSessionID: "chat-1",
WorkspaceContext: wsContext,
},
},
{
name: "quick-create",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{
QuickCreatePrompt: "create me an issue",
WorkspaceContext: wsContext,
},
},
{
name: "autopilot run-only",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{
AutopilotRunID: "run-1",
WorkspaceContext: wsContext,
},
},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
tc := tc
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", tc.ctx)
if !strings.Contains(out, "## Workspace Context") {
t.Fatalf("[%s] expected `## Workspace Context` heading", tc.name)
}
if !strings.Contains(out, wsContext) {
t.Errorf("[%s] brief missing workspace context body %q", tc.name, wsContext)
}
// The block must precede Available Commands so it acts as
// background framing, not a footer hidden below CLI usage.
ctxIdx := strings.Index(out, "## Workspace Context")
cmdsIdx := strings.Index(out, "## Available Commands")
if ctxIdx == -1 || cmdsIdx == -1 || ctxIdx > cmdsIdx {
t.Errorf("[%s] `## Workspace Context` must appear above `## Available Commands` (ctx=%d, cmds=%d)", tc.name, ctxIdx, cmdsIdx)
}
})
}
}
func TestWorkspaceContextHeadingSkippedWhenEmpty(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
cases := []struct {
name string
ctx TaskContextForEnv
}{
{
name: "empty string",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
WorkspaceContext: "",
},
},
{
name: "whitespace only",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
WorkspaceContext: " \n\t \r\n",
},
},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
tc := tc
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", tc.ctx)
if strings.Contains(out, "## Workspace Context") {
t.Errorf("[%s] empty workspace context must NOT emit the heading", tc.name)
}
})
}
}
// Connected Apps moved to the per-turn prompt (MUL-5377): the app set is
// resolved per run from the runtime MCP overlay.
func TestConnectedAppsBlockLivesOutsideBrief(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
apps := []runtimeapps.ConnectedApp{{
Provider: "composio",
ServerName: "composio",
ToolkitSlug: "notion",
ToolkitName: "Notion",
}}
block := BuildConnectedAppsBlock(apps)
for _, want := range []string{
"## Connected Apps",
"- Notion (`notion`) via MCP server `composio`",
"Use the listed MCP server when the task asks to read or act in one of these apps.",
} {
if !strings.Contains(block, want) {
t.Fatalf("connected-apps block missing %q\n---\n%s", want, block)
}
}
if BuildConnectedAppsBlock(nil) != "" {
t.Error("empty app list must render nothing")
}
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
WorkspaceContext: "Prefer source-of-truth systems.",
ConnectedApps: apps,
})
if strings.Contains(out, "## Connected Apps") {
t.Errorf("brief must not carry Connected Apps — it is per-run state (MUL-5377)\n---\n%s", out)
}
}
func TestConnectedAppsHeadingSkippedWhenEmpty(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"})
if strings.Contains(out, "## Connected Apps") {
t.Fatalf("empty connected apps must not emit the heading")
}
}
func TestSubIssueCreationSectionSkippedForNonIssueModes(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
cases := []struct {
name string
ctx TaskContextForEnv
}{
{
name: "chat",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{ChatSessionID: "chat-1"},
},
{
name: "quick-create",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{QuickCreatePrompt: "create me an issue"},
},
{
name: "autopilot run-only",
ctx: TaskContextForEnv{AutopilotRunID: "run-1"},
},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
tc := tc
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", tc.ctx)
if strings.Contains(out, "## Sub-issue Creation") {
t.Errorf("%s mode must NOT emit the Sub-issue Creation section", tc.name)
}
})
}
}
// writeRuntimeConfigFile is the safe replacement for the previous
// unconditional os.WriteFile of CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md. The two
// states it must handle correctly are: file missing, file present without
// markers (user-authored content already there — the regression case from
// MUL-2753), and file present with markers (idempotent second-run replace).
func TestWriteRuntimeConfigFileCreatesMissingFile(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
const brief = "# Multica Agent Runtime\n\nbrief body line"
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, brief); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("writeRuntimeConfigFile returned error: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back file: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
if !strings.HasPrefix(s, runtimeMarkerBegin+"\n") {
t.Errorf("output should start with begin marker, got:\n%s", s)
}
if !strings.Contains(s, brief) {
t.Errorf("output should contain brief body, got:\n%s", s)
}
if !strings.Contains(s, "\n"+runtimeMarkerEnd+"\n") {
t.Errorf("output should contain end marker followed by newline, got:\n%s", s)
}
}
func TestWriteRuntimeConfigFilePreservesUserContent(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
const userContent = "# User repo CLAUDE.md\n\n- rule one\n- rule two\n"
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(userContent), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed user file: %v", err)
}
const brief = "## Multica brief\n\ninjected body"
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, brief); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("writeRuntimeConfigFile returned error: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back file: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
// The user's original content must be untouched and appear before the
// injected marker block; this is the core regression case from MUL-2753.
if !strings.HasPrefix(s, userContent) {
t.Errorf("user content must be preserved verbatim at the top of the file, got:\n%s", s)
}
beginIdx := strings.Index(s, runtimeMarkerBegin)
endIdx := strings.Index(s, runtimeMarkerEnd)
if beginIdx < 0 || endIdx <= beginIdx {
t.Fatalf("expected a well-formed marker block in:\n%s", s)
}
if beginIdx < len(userContent) {
t.Errorf("begin marker must appear after user content, beginIdx=%d userLen=%d", beginIdx, len(userContent))
}
if !strings.Contains(s, brief) {
t.Errorf("brief body missing from output:\n%s", s)
}
}
func TestWriteRuntimeConfigFileReplacesExistingBlock(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "AGENTS.md")
const userBefore = "# User AGENTS.md\n\nuser line above\n"
const userAfter = "\nuser line below the block\n"
original := userBefore +
runtimeMarkerBegin + "\n" +
"OLD BRIEF CONTENT THAT MUST GO AWAY\n" +
runtimeMarkerEnd + "\n" +
userAfter
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(original), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
const newBrief = "## New Multica brief\n\nfresh body"
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, newBrief); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("writeRuntimeConfigFile returned error: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back file: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
if !strings.HasPrefix(s, userBefore) {
t.Errorf("content above the marker block must be preserved, got:\n%s", s)
}
if !strings.HasSuffix(s, userAfter) {
t.Errorf("content below the marker block must be preserved, got:\n%s", s)
}
if strings.Contains(s, "OLD BRIEF CONTENT THAT MUST GO AWAY") {
t.Errorf("previous block body must be replaced, got:\n%s", s)
}
if !strings.Contains(s, newBrief) {
t.Errorf("new brief body missing from output:\n%s", s)
}
if strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerBegin) != 1 || strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerEnd) != 1 {
t.Errorf("there must be exactly one begin/end marker pair, got:\n%s", s)
}
}
func TestWriteRuntimeConfigFileIsIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
const userContent = "# User CLAUDE.md\n\nimportant rules\n"
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(userContent), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed user file: %v", err)
}
const brief = "## Multica brief\n\nbody"
for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, brief); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("iteration %d: %v", i, err)
}
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back file: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
if strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerBegin) != 1 {
t.Errorf("repeated runs must not duplicate the begin marker, count=%d, file:\n%s", strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerBegin), s)
}
if strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerEnd) != 1 {
t.Errorf("repeated runs must not duplicate the end marker, count=%d, file:\n%s", strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerEnd), s)
}
if strings.Count(s, brief) != 1 {
t.Errorf("repeated runs must not duplicate the brief body, count=%d, file:\n%s", strings.Count(s, brief), s)
}
if !strings.HasPrefix(s, userContent) {
t.Errorf("user content must remain intact at the top of the file, got:\n%s", s)
}
}
// InjectRuntimeConfig is the production entry point — verify the marker
// semantics propagate through it for each provider's target filename.
func TestInjectRuntimeConfigPreservesUserContent(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
cases := []struct {
provider string
filename string
}{
{"claude", "CLAUDE.md"},
{"codebuddy", "CODEBUDDY.md"},
{"codex", "AGENTS.md"},
{"copilot", "AGENTS.md"},
{"opencode", "AGENTS.md"},
{"codearts", "AGENTS.md"},
{"openclaw", "AGENTS.md"},
{"hermes", "AGENTS.md"},
{"pi", "AGENTS.md"},
{"omp", "AGENTS.md"},
{"cursor", "AGENTS.md"},
{"kimi", "AGENTS.md"},
{"reasonix", "AGENTS.md"},
{"dsh", "AGENTS.md"},
{"dim", "AGENTS.md"},
{"devin", "AGENTS.md"},
{"zeroclaw", "AGENTS.md"},
{"kiro", "AGENTS.md"},
{"antigravity", "AGENTS.md"},
{"muse", "AGENTS.md"},
{"qwen", "QWEN.md"},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
tc := tc
t.Run(tc.provider, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, tc.filename)
const userContent = "# User-authored file\n\ndon't touch this\n"
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(userContent), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
content, err := InjectRuntimeConfig(dir, tc.provider, TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
})
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("InjectRuntimeConfig: %v", err)
}
if content == "" {
t.Fatalf("returned brief content must be non-empty")
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
if !strings.HasPrefix(s, userContent) {
t.Errorf("[%s] user content must be preserved verbatim at the top of %s, got:\n%s", tc.provider, tc.filename, s)
}
if !strings.Contains(s, runtimeMarkerBegin) || !strings.Contains(s, runtimeMarkerEnd) {
t.Errorf("[%s] %s must contain the runtime marker block, got:\n%s", tc.provider, tc.filename, s)
}
})
}
}
// CodeBuddy is a Claude Code fork but ships its own native config
// directory (~/.codebuddy, .codebuddy/) rather than reusing Claude's
// ~/.claude / CLAUDE.md paths (see
// https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/codebuddy-dir). This pins the two
// providers to different target filenames so a future edit can't
// silently re-merge them.
func TestRuntimeConfigPathDistinguishesCodebuddyFromClaude(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
claudePath := runtimeConfigPath(dir, "claude")
codebuddyPath := runtimeConfigPath(dir, "codebuddy")
if claudePath != filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md") {
t.Errorf("claude runtime config path = %q, want CLAUDE.md", claudePath)
}
if codebuddyPath != filepath.Join(dir, "CODEBUDDY.md") {
t.Errorf("codebuddy runtime config path = %q, want CODEBUDDY.md", codebuddyPath)
}
if claudePath == codebuddyPath {
t.Fatal("claude and codebuddy must not share a runtime config path")
}
}
func TestRuntimeConfigPathDevinUsesAgentsMd(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
got := runtimeConfigPath(dir, "devin")
want := filepath.Join(dir, "AGENTS.md")
if got != want {
t.Fatalf("devin runtime config path = %q, want %q", got, want)
}
}
func TestInjectRuntimeConfigUnknownProviderSkipsWrite(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
// Seed all candidate filenames so we can verify none of them get
// written when the provider is unknown.
for _, name := range []string{"CLAUDE.md", "CODEBUDDY.md", "AGENTS.md"} {
if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, name), []byte("untouched\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed %s: %v", name, err)
}
}
if _, err := InjectRuntimeConfig(dir, "totally-unknown-provider", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
}); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("InjectRuntimeConfig: %v", err)
}
for _, name := range []string{"CLAUDE.md", "CODEBUDDY.md", "AGENTS.md"} {
got, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, name))
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read %s: %v", name, err)
}
if string(got) != "untouched\n" {
t.Errorf("unknown provider must not write %s; got:\n%s", name, string(got))
}
}
}
// Parser hardening: the end marker must be found strictly after the begin
// marker so a stray end marker that appears earlier in user content (e.g.
// a documentation snippet showing what the wire format looks like) doesn't
// trick writeRuntimeConfigFile into thinking the file is malformed and
// appending another block on every run.
func TestWriteRuntimeConfigFileIgnoresStrayEndMarkerBeforeBegin(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
// Seed a file whose user-authored portion documents the marker format
// (so the *end* marker appears before any *begin* marker), then has a
// real block authored by an earlier Multica run below.
const userDoc = "# Repo CLAUDE.md\n\nExample of what Multica writes:\n" +
runtimeMarkerEnd + "\n\n# Real config below\n"
original := userDoc +
runtimeMarkerBegin + "\nFIRST BRIEF\n" + runtimeMarkerEnd + "\n"
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(original), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
const newBrief = "SECOND BRIEF"
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, newBrief); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("writeRuntimeConfigFile: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
// The user's stray end marker line plus surrounding doc text must still
// be present, and the file must contain exactly one begin marker and
// one *additional* end marker (so two end markers total — the stray
// one and the one closing our block).
if !strings.Contains(s, userDoc) {
t.Errorf("user doc with stray end marker must be preserved verbatim, got:\n%s", s)
}
if got, want := strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerBegin), 1; got != want {
t.Errorf("expected exactly %d begin markers, got %d:\n%s", want, got, s)
}
if got, want := strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerEnd), 2; got != want {
t.Errorf("expected exactly %d end markers (1 user stray + 1 closing our block), got %d:\n%s", want, got, s)
}
if strings.Contains(s, "FIRST BRIEF") {
t.Errorf("previous brief body must be replaced, got:\n%s", s)
}
if !strings.Contains(s, newBrief) {
t.Errorf("new brief body missing from output:\n%s", s)
}
// Idempotency under the stray-end pattern: a second write must not
// stack another block.
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, newBrief); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("second writeRuntimeConfigFile: %v", err)
}
got2, _ := os.ReadFile(path)
s2 := string(got2)
if got, want := strings.Count(s2, runtimeMarkerBegin), 1; got != want {
t.Errorf("repeat write must not grow begin markers, got %d, want %d:\n%s", got, want, s2)
}
}
// Parser hardening: a file containing only a begin marker (e.g. a previous
// run that crashed mid-write) must not cause every subsequent run to stack
// another block beneath the half-block.
func TestWriteRuntimeConfigFileReplacesMalformedHalfBlock(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "AGENTS.md")
const userTop = "# Repo AGENTS.md\n\nrules above\n"
const halfBlock = "leftover from crashed write\nsecond line\n"
original := userTop + runtimeMarkerBegin + "\n" + halfBlock
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(original), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
const newBrief = "recovered brief"
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, newBrief); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("writeRuntimeConfigFile: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
if !strings.HasPrefix(s, userTop) {
t.Errorf("user content above the half-block must be preserved, got:\n%s", s)
}
if strings.Contains(s, "leftover from crashed write") {
t.Errorf("half-block contents must be replaced, got:\n%s", s)
}
if got, want := strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerBegin), 1; got != want {
t.Errorf("expected exactly %d begin marker, got %d:\n%s", want, got, s)
}
if got, want := strings.Count(s, runtimeMarkerEnd), 1; got != want {
t.Errorf("expected exactly %d end marker after recovery, got %d:\n%s", want, got, s)
}
if !strings.Contains(s, newBrief) {
t.Errorf("new brief body missing from output:\n%s", s)
}
}
// Cleanup excises the marker block, preserving every byte of surrounding
// user content. This is the local_directory invariant: a `claude` /
// `codex` run started by the user after a Multica task must see the same
// file the user wrote.
func TestCleanupRuntimeConfigPreservesUserContent(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
const userBefore = "# Repo CLAUDE.md\n\nuser line above\n"
const userAfter = "\nuser line below the block\n"
const userExpected = "# Repo CLAUDE.md\n\nuser line above\n\nuser line below the block\n"
// Inject via the production write path so we exercise the actual
// marker block format, not a hand-rolled approximation.
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(userBefore+userAfter), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, "brief body"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed brief: %v", err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("CleanupRuntimeConfig: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
if strings.Contains(s, runtimeMarkerBegin) || strings.Contains(s, runtimeMarkerEnd) {
t.Errorf("marker block must be removed, got:\n%s", s)
}
if strings.Contains(s, "brief body") {
t.Errorf("brief body must be removed, got:\n%s", s)
}
if s != userExpected {
t.Errorf("user content must be preserved byte-for-byte\n got:\n%q\nwant:\n%q", s, userExpected)
}
}
// Cleanup removes the file entirely when the marker block was the only
// content — i.e. we created the file from scratch in a directory that had
// no pre-existing CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md.
func TestCleanupRuntimeConfigRemovesFileWhenOnlyBlockRemained(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
// No seed — writeRuntimeConfigFile creates the file with only the
// marker block inside.
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, "brief body"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed brief: %v", err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("CleanupRuntimeConfig: %v", err)
}
if _, err := os.Stat(path); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
t.Errorf("expected file to be removed, stat err=%v", err)
}
}
// Cleanup is a no-op when no marker block exists or when the file is
// missing — Cleanup is safe to call defensively from the daemon's defer.
func TestCleanupRuntimeConfigNoOpCases(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
t.Run("missing file", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Errorf("missing file must be no-op, got: %v", err)
}
// And the directory must remain untouched.
entries, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("readdir: %v", err)
}
if len(entries) != 0 {
t.Errorf("expected dir to remain empty, got: %v", entries)
}
})
t.Run("file without marker block", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
const userContent = "# Repo CLAUDE.md\n\nrules\n"
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(userContent), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Errorf("no-marker-block file must be no-op, got: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
}
if string(got) != userContent {
t.Errorf("file must be untouched\n got:\n%q\nwant:\n%q", string(got), userContent)
}
})
t.Run("unknown provider", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
// Seed every candidate filename to verify none of them get touched.
for _, name := range []string{"CLAUDE.md", "CODEBUDDY.md", "AGENTS.md"} {
if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, name), []byte("untouched\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed %s: %v", name, err)
}
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "totally-unknown-provider"); err != nil {
t.Errorf("unknown provider must be no-op, got: %v", err)
}
for _, name := range []string{"CLAUDE.md", "CODEBUDDY.md", "AGENTS.md"} {
got, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, name))
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read %s: %v", name, err)
}
if string(got) != "untouched\n" {
t.Errorf("unknown provider must not touch %s; got:\n%s", name, string(got))
}
}
})
}
// Cleanup must handle a half-block left by a previous crashed run: begin
// marker present but no end. Otherwise the half-block would survive
// cleanup and pollute the next manual CLI invocation in the same dir.
func TestCleanupRuntimeConfigRemovesMalformedHalfBlock(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "AGENTS.md")
const userTop = "# Repo AGENTS.md\n\nrules\n"
original := userTop + runtimeMarkerBegin + "\nhalf-written brief no end\n"
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(original), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "codex"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("CleanupRuntimeConfig: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
if strings.Contains(s, runtimeMarkerBegin) {
t.Errorf("half-block begin marker must be excised, got:\n%s", s)
}
if strings.Contains(s, "half-written brief no end") {
t.Errorf("half-block body must be excised, got:\n%s", s)
}
if !strings.HasPrefix(s, userTop) {
t.Errorf("user content above the half-block must remain, got:\n%s", s)
}
}
// Cleanup must remove the marker block for every provider's target file,
// using the same provider→filename mapping as InjectRuntimeConfig — so a
// new provider added to one side cannot drift past the other.
func TestCleanupRuntimeConfigByProvider(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
cases := []struct {
provider string
filename string
}{
{"claude", "CLAUDE.md"},
{"codebuddy", "CODEBUDDY.md"},
{"codex", "AGENTS.md"},
{"copilot", "AGENTS.md"},
{"opencode", "AGENTS.md"},
{"codearts", "AGENTS.md"},
{"openclaw", "AGENTS.md"},
{"hermes", "AGENTS.md"},
{"pi", "AGENTS.md"},
{"omp", "AGENTS.md"},
{"cursor", "AGENTS.md"},
{"kimi", "AGENTS.md"},
{"reasonix", "AGENTS.md"},
{"dsh", "AGENTS.md"},
{"dim", "AGENTS.md"},
{"devin", "AGENTS.md"},
{"zeroclaw", "AGENTS.md"},
{"kiro", "AGENTS.md"},
{"antigravity", "AGENTS.md"},
{"muse", "AGENTS.md"},
{"qwen", "QWEN.md"},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
tc := tc
t.Run(tc.provider, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, tc.filename)
const userContent = "# User file\n\ndon't touch this\n"
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(userContent), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
// Inject through the production path so cleanup runs against
// the same wire format the agent saw.
if _, err := InjectRuntimeConfig(dir, tc.provider, TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
}); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("InjectRuntimeConfig: %v", err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, tc.provider); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("CleanupRuntimeConfig: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
if strings.Contains(s, runtimeMarkerBegin) || strings.Contains(s, runtimeMarkerEnd) {
t.Errorf("[%s] marker block must be removed from %s, got:\n%s", tc.provider, tc.filename, s)
}
if s != userContent {
t.Errorf("[%s] user content in %s must be preserved byte-for-byte\n got:\n%q\nwant:\n%q", tc.provider, tc.filename, s, userContent)
}
})
}
}
// Inject → Cleanup → manual edit → Inject must converge back to the
// pre-injection state on the next Cleanup. This is the end-to-end
// regression that locks in: the user's repo is byte-identical to what
// they had before the task, every task cycle.
func TestInjectThenCleanupRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
const userContent = "# User-authored CLAUDE.md\n\n- rule A\n- rule B\n"
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(userContent), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
// Two full inject→cleanup cycles — covers both the "first task on a
// fresh user file" path and the "subsequent task hits a clean file
// again" path.
for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
if _, err := InjectRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
}); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("iter %d inject: %v", i, err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("iter %d cleanup: %v", i, err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("iter %d read back: %v", i, err)
}
if string(got) != userContent {
t.Errorf("iter %d: user file must be byte-identical to pre-injection state\n got:\n%q\nwant:\n%q", i, string(got), userContent)
}
}
}
// Byte-exact boundary coverage flagged in PR #3438 review (Elon): the
// previous cleanup used TrimRight + "\n" and TrimSpace-based file removal,
// which created a real diff in three boundary cases. The table walks each
// one through a full inject→cleanup cycle and asserts the file ends up
// byte-identical (or, for missing-file, that it stays missing).
func TestInjectThenCleanupRoundTripByteExactBoundaries(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
cases := []struct {
name string
// seed describes the pre-inject filesystem state. When seedExists
// is false the file is absent; when true the file is created with
// seedContent (which may be empty / whitespace-only / arbitrary
// bytes).
seedExists bool
seedContent string
}{
{
name: "file missing — Inject creates, Cleanup removes",
seedExists: false,
seedContent: "",
},
{
name: "pre-existing empty file (zero bytes)",
seedExists: true,
seedContent: "",
},
{
name: "pre-existing whitespace-only file",
seedExists: true,
seedContent: " \n",
},
{
name: "no trailing newline",
seedExists: true,
seedContent: "rules",
},
{
name: "one trailing newline (the common markdown shape)",
seedExists: true,
seedContent: "# Rules\n\nbody\n",
},
{
name: "two trailing newlines",
seedExists: true,
seedContent: "rules\n\n",
},
{
name: "many trailing newlines",
seedExists: true,
seedContent: "rules\n\n\n\n",
},
{
name: "CRLF line endings",
seedExists: true,
seedContent: "rule A\r\nrule B\r\n",
},
{
name: "no final newline AND embedded blank lines",
seedExists: true,
seedContent: "para 1\n\npara 2\n\npara 3",
},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
tc := tc
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
if tc.seedExists {
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(tc.seedContent), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
}
// Two cycles to cover both "first inject hits user file" and
// "subsequent inject hits a cleaned file" paths.
for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
if _, err := InjectRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
}); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("iter %d inject: %v", i, err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("iter %d cleanup: %v", i, err)
}
if !tc.seedExists {
// Missing file must remain missing after the cycle so
// the user's directory listing is also byte-identical
// (no zero-byte stub left behind).
if _, err := os.Stat(path); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
t.Errorf("iter %d: file must remain missing, stat err=%v", i, err)
}
continue
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("iter %d read back: %v", i, err)
}
if string(got) != tc.seedContent {
t.Errorf("iter %d: file must be byte-identical to seed\n got: %q\n want: %q", i, string(got), tc.seedContent)
}
}
})
}
}
// Markdown formatters collapse the blank lines before an HTML block to one
// and drop leading blank lines entirely. lfFormatter also rewrites CRLF to LF
// (Prettier's default endOfLine); crlfFormatter keeps the file's CRLF style
// and applies it to the whole file, including the managed block.
func lfFormatter(s string) string {
s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\r\n", "\n")
for strings.Contains(s, "\n\n\n") {
s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\n\n\n", "\n\n")
}
return strings.TrimLeft(s, "\n")
}
func crlfFormatter(s string) string {
return strings.ReplaceAll(lfFormatter(s), "\n", "\r\n")
}
func TestCleanupRuntimeConfigAfterFormatting(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
for _, tc := range []struct {
name, seed string
format func(string) string
want string
}{
{"no newline", "rules", lfFormatter, "rules"},
{"one newline", "rules\n", lfFormatter, "rules\n"},
{"two newlines", "rules\n\n", lfFormatter, "rules\n\n"},
{"multi-line", "# Rules\n\n- a\n- b\n", lfFormatter, "# Rules\n\n- a\n- b\n"},
{"empty file", "", lfFormatter, ""},
{"blank file", "\n\n", lfFormatter, "\n\n"},
// The formatter rewrote the user's line endings itself; the restored
// boundary follows that style instead of leaving a stray CRLF.
{"crlf to lf", "a\r\nb\r\n", lfFormatter, "a\nb\n"},
{"crlf preserved", "a\r\nb\r\n", crlfFormatter, "a\r\nb\r\n"},
{"crlf two newlines preserved", "a\r\n\r\n", crlfFormatter, "a\r\n\r\n"},
} {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(tc.seed), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if _, err := InjectRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude", TaskContextForEnv{}); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
injected, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(tc.format(string(injected))), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
// Re-inject after formatting: metadata must survive the replace path.
if _, err := InjectRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude", TaskContextForEnv{}); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("file must survive cleanup: %v", err)
}
if string(got) != tc.want {
t.Fatalf("cleanup changed user content after formatting: got %q, want %q", got, tc.want)
}
})
}
}
// Idempotency across the byte-exact boundaries: when a second Inject runs
// against a file that already carries a marker block (the "replace in
// place" branch), the surrounding bytes must stay untouched and the
// subsequent Cleanup must still restore the user's original file
// byte-exactly. This guards against a regression where the replace path
// would re-normalise pre/post bytes the way the old cleanup did.
func TestInjectReplaceThenCleanupRestoresByteExact(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
cases := []struct {
name string
seedContent string
}{
{name: "no trailing newline", seedContent: "rules"},
{name: "two trailing newlines", seedContent: "rules\n\n"},
{name: "empty file", seedContent: ""},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
tc := tc
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(tc.seedContent), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
// First inject — append path.
if _, err := InjectRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
}); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("first inject: %v", err)
}
// Second inject — replace-in-place path.
if _, err := InjectRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
}); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("second inject: %v", err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("cleanup: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
}
if string(got) != tc.seedContent {
t.Errorf("file must be byte-identical to seed after replace+cleanup\n got: %q\n want: %q", string(got), tc.seedContent)
}
})
}
}
func TestCleanupRuntimeConfigPreservesEditsAfterFormatting(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
for _, tc := range []struct {
name, seed, prefix, suffix, want string
}{
{"edited body", "rules\n", "updated rules\n\n", "", "updated rules\n"},
{"added suffix", "rules\n", "rules\n\n", "\nnew section\n", "rules\n\nnew section\n"},
{"edited boundary", "rules\n", "rules\n\n\n\n", "", "rules\n\n"},
// An empty prefix only means "blank original" when the metadata says
// so. Here the agent deleted the original body (and may have written
// a replacement after the block); the old trailing newline must not
// come back in front of the new content.
{"body replaced after block", "# Old\n", "", "# New\n", "# New\n"},
{"body deleted", "# Old\n", "", "", ""},
{"blank file gains content after block", "", "", "# New\n", "# New\n"},
// Newline-only originals: the formatter dropped the leading blank
// lines and the agent wrote a body after the block. The recorded
// newlines must not be restored in front of the new body.
{"newline-only file gains content after block", "\n", "", "# New\n", "# New\n"},
{"crlf-only file gains content after block", "\r\n", "", "# New\r\n", "# New\r\n"},
{"newline-only file left blank", "\n", "", "", "\n"},
} {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(tc.seed), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, "brief"); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
start, end, found := locateMarkerBlock(string(data))
if !found {
t.Fatal("missing block")
}
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(tc.prefix+string(data[start:end])+tc.suffix), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("pre-existing file must survive cleanup: %v", err)
}
if string(got) != tc.want {
t.Fatalf("got %q, want %q", got, tc.want)
}
})
}
}
func TestParseRuntimeBoundaryMeta(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
for _, tc := range []struct {
metadata string
ok bool
want runtimeBoundaryMeta
}{
{`"\n" -->` + "\n", true, runtimeBoundaryMeta{boundary: "\n"}},
{`"\r\n\r\n" -->` + "\n", true, runtimeBoundaryMeta{boundary: "\r\n\r\n"}},
{`"" blank -->` + "\n", true, runtimeBoundaryMeta{boundary: "", blank: true}},
{`"\n" blank -->` + "\r\n", true, runtimeBoundaryMeta{boundary: "\n", blank: true}},
{`"text" -->`, false, runtimeBoundaryMeta{}},
{`"\n"`, false, runtimeBoundaryMeta{}},
{`"\n" bogus -->`, false, runtimeBoundaryMeta{}},
{`invalid -->`, false, runtimeBoundaryMeta{}},
} {
block := runtimeMarkerBegin + "\n" + runtimeBoundaryPrefix + tc.metadata
got, ok := parseRuntimeBoundaryMeta(block)
if ok != tc.ok || got != tc.want {
t.Errorf("metadata %q: got (%+v, %v), want (%+v, %v)", tc.metadata, got, ok, tc.want, tc.ok)
}
}
}
// A daemon that predates boundary metadata strips the metadata line together
// with the block, and a current daemon cleaning a legacy block (no metadata)
// keeps the fixed-separator behaviour, including deleting files it created.
func TestCleanupRuntimeConfigLegacyBlockCompat(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
legacyBlock := runtimeMarkerBegin + "\nbrief\n" + runtimeMarkerEnd + "\n"
for _, tc := range []struct {
name, content string
want *string
}{
{"legacy appended", "rules\n" + runtimeManagedSeparator + legacyBlock, legacyWant("rules\n")},
{"legacy created", legacyBlock, nil},
} {
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(tc.content), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if err := CleanupRuntimeConfig(dir, "claude"); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if tc.want == nil {
if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
t.Errorf("%s: created file must be removed, got %q (err %v)", tc.name, got, err)
}
continue
}
if err != nil || string(got) != *tc.want {
t.Errorf("%s: got %q (err %v), want %q", tc.name, got, err, *tc.want)
}
}
}
func legacyWant(s string) *string { return &s }
// The fixed managed separator is the invariant that makes byte-exact
// cleanup possible. This test pins it: writeRuntimeConfigFile must
// produce exactly `<user-bytes><\n\n><marker-block>` for ANY non-empty
// or empty pre-existing file, with no trailing-newline normalisation.
func TestWriteRuntimeConfigFileAlwaysInsertsFixedManagedSeparator(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
for _, seed := range []string{"", "rules", "rules\n", "rules\n\n", "rules\n\n\n\n"} {
seed := seed
t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("seed=%q", seed), func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "CLAUDE.md")
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(seed), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
}
if err := writeRuntimeConfigFile(path, "brief body"); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
}
got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
}
s := string(got)
// The seed must appear verbatim at the start of the file —
// no extra newline appended, no trailing newline trimmed.
if !strings.HasPrefix(s, seed) {
t.Errorf("seed bytes must survive verbatim at the start of the file\n got: %q\n seed: %q", s, seed)
}
// Immediately after the seed we must see the fixed managed
// separator, then the begin marker.
markerStart := len(seed) + len(runtimeManagedSeparator)
if len(s) < markerStart+len(runtimeMarkerBegin) {
t.Fatalf("file shorter than expected layout\n got: %q", s)
}
if got, want := s[len(seed):markerStart], runtimeManagedSeparator; got != want {
t.Errorf("expected managed separator %q immediately after seed, got %q", want, got)
}
if got, want := s[markerStart:markerStart+len(runtimeMarkerBegin)], runtimeMarkerBegin; got != want {
t.Errorf("expected begin marker after managed separator, got %q", got)
}
})
}
}
// Cross-thread fan-out moved to the per-turn prompt (MUL-5377).
func TestMultiThreadReplyInstructionsFanOut(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := BuildMultiThreadCommentReplyInstructions("55555555-6666-7777-8888-999999999999", []ThreadReplyTarget{
{ThreadID: "c1", ParentID: "c1"},
{ThreadID: "c2", ParentID: "c2"},
{ThreadID: "c3", ParentID: "c3"},
}, false)
for _, want := range []string{
"3 DISTINCT threads",
"Post ONE reply per thread",
"OVERRIDES",
"--parent c1", "--parent c2", "--parent c3",
"OLDEST thread first",
// MUL-5825: the posting mechanism is a pointer at the brief's
// canonical section plus the one multi-thread-specific delta.
"`## Comment Formatting`",
"DISTINCT body file per thread",
"never reuse a `--parent` from an earlier turn",
} {
if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
t.Errorf("cross-thread instructions must contain %q, got:\n%s", want, out)
}
}
// Pin ledger (MUL-5825): the embedded file-operations cookbook was
// retired in favour of the `## Comment Formatting` pointer above — it
// triple-wrote the mechanism already carried by the brief and the
// single-thread cookbook (~1KB per multi-thread turn). These strings are
// the retired machinery; none may reappear in the fan-out block. The
// `--content-file` / inline `--content` anchors and the semantic
// `\n`-escape anchor (replacing the phrasing-fragile "Do NOT write
// literal") were added on Elon's #6517 review: without them, prose-only
// restatements of the flag mechanics could regrow under green tests.
for _, banned := range []string{
"For EACH thread above", // old cookbook opener
"UTF-8 file with your file-write tool", // restated mechanism
"multica issue comment add", // embedded example commands
"--content-file", // restated posting flag (#6517 review)
"inline `--content`", // restated inline ban (#6517 review)
"--content-stdin", // restated HEREDOC ban
"rm ./reply-", // unix cleanup example
"Remove-Item", // windows cleanup example
"`\\n` escape", // restated \n-escape rule, any phrasing
} {
if strings.Contains(out, banned) {
t.Errorf("fan-out block re-grew retired cookbook text %q (mechanism lives in ## Comment Formatting — MUL-5825), got:\n%s", banned, out)
}
}
}
// TestMultiThreadReplyInstructionsOSInvariant pins that the fan-out block is
// byte-identical across host OSes (MUL-5825). The only OS-dependent text was
// the embedded cleanup command pair (`rm` vs `Remove-Item`), which left with
// the cookbook; the OS split now lives solely in the brief's
// `## Comment Formatting`. If this fails, OS-specific mechanism text crept
// back into the block — move it to the brief instead.
//
// Not parallel: mutates the package-level runtimeGOOS.
func TestMultiThreadReplyInstructionsOSInvariant(t *testing.T) {
saved := runtimeGOOS
t.Cleanup(func() { runtimeGOOS = saved })
targets := []ThreadReplyTarget{
{ThreadID: "c1", ParentID: "c1"},
{ThreadID: "c2", ParentID: "c2"},
}
for _, leader := range []bool{false, true} {
runtimeGOOS = "linux"
linux := BuildMultiThreadCommentReplyInstructions("55555555-6666-7777-8888-999999999999", targets, leader)
runtimeGOOS = "windows"
windows := BuildMultiThreadCommentReplyInstructions("55555555-6666-7777-8888-999999999999", targets, leader)
if linux != windows {
t.Errorf("fan-out block (leader=%v) must be OS-invariant\nlinux:\n%s\nwindows:\n%s", leader, linux, windows)
}
}
}
// Single-thread reply cookbook moved to the per-turn prompt (MUL-5377).
func TestSingleThreadReplyInstructionsKeepSingleParent(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := BuildCommentReplyInstructions("claude", "55555555-6666-7777-8888-999999999999", "c3", false)
if strings.Contains(out, "DISTINCT threads") {
t.Errorf("single/same-thread instructions must not emit the multi-thread fan-out block, got:\n%s", out)
}
if !strings.Contains(out, "--parent c3 --content-file ./reply.md") {
t.Errorf("single/same-thread instructions must keep the single --parent=trigger cookbook, got:\n%s", out)
}
}
// TestInjectRuntimeConfigByteIdenticalAcrossTriggers is the regression guard
// for MUL-5377.
//
// Claude Code loads the runtime brief into messages[0], ahead of the entire
// conversation. A cache breakpoint is all-or-nothing, so a single differing
// byte in this file invalidates the prompt cache for the whole history: on a
// resumed session the measured cost was ~426k re-created tokens per run, with
// only tools[]+system[] surviving.
//
// Therefore the rendered managed block must be byte-identical for the same
// (agent, issue, provider) no matter what triggered the run. Every field
// varied below is per-run state that used to be interpolated into the brief.
//
// If this test fails, do NOT relax it — move the offending value into the
// per-turn user message (daemon.BuildPrompt) instead. A "skip the write when
// the block is unchanged" guard does not help here: when a volatile field
// creeps back in the block is no longer identical, so the guard never fires
// and the cache breaks anyway.
func TestInjectRuntimeConfigByteIdenticalAcrossTriggers(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const issueID = "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
base := TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: issueID,
AgentID: "agent-1",
AgentName: "Eve",
}
variants := []struct {
name string
mutate func(c *TaskContextForEnv)
}{
{"assignment-triggered", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {}},
{"comment-triggered", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.TriggerCommentID = "comment-1"
c.TriggerThreadID = "thread-1"
}},
{"comment-triggered-other-comment", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.TriggerCommentID = "comment-2"
c.TriggerThreadID = "thread-2"
}},
{"resumed-with-delta", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.TriggerCommentID = "comment-3"
c.PriorSessionResumed = true
c.NewCommentCount = 7
c.NewCommentsSince = "2026-05-28T11:00:00Z"
}},
{"resume-unavailable", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.TriggerCommentID = "comment-4"
c.PriorSessionResumeUnavailable = true
}},
{"cross-thread-fan-out", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.TriggerCommentID = "comment-5"
c.CommentReplyTargets = []ThreadReplyTarget{
{ThreadID: "t1", ParentID: "t1"},
{ThreadID: "t2", ParentID: "t2"},
}
}},
{"member-initiator", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.InitiatorType = "member"
c.InitiatorID = "user-1"
c.InitiatorName = "Bohan"
c.InitiatorEmail = "[email protected]"
}},
{"agent-initiator", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.InitiatorType = "agent"
c.InitiatorID = "agent-9"
c.InitiatorName = "GPT-Boy"
}},
{"connected-apps", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.ConnectedApps = []runtimeapps.ConnectedApp{{
Provider: "composio",
ServerName: "composio",
ToolkitSlug: "notion",
ToolkitName: "Notion",
}}
}},
}
// Non-vacuity guard: the brief must still depend on its stable inputs, or
// this whole test would pass on a function that ignores ctx entirely.
// Since MUL-5442's cross-channel dedup the brief is deliberately
// issue-id-independent (the per-turn message carries the ids), so the
// guard now varies a different stable input: the agent identity.
otherAgent := base
otherAgent.AgentName = "Someone Else"
if buildMetaSkillContent("claude", base) == buildMetaSkillContent("claude", otherAgent) {
t.Fatal("brief does not vary with agent identity — byte-identity assertions below would be vacuous")
}
// The stronger MUL-5442 invariant this PR claims as a design benefit:
// with identical stable inputs, two DIFFERENT issue ids must render the
// byte-identical brief — this is what makes a cross-issue shared cache
// prefix possible. Asserted directly, per provider, so a truncated,
// transformed, or id-conditional use of the issue id cannot slip past
// the Contains-based negative check.
for _, provider := range []string{"claude", "codex"} {
otherIssue := base
otherIssue.IssueID = "99999999-8888-7777-6666-555555555555"
if buildMetaSkillContent(provider, base) != buildMetaSkillContent(provider, otherIssue) {
t.Fatalf("%s brief differs across issue ids — the cross-issue cache invariant is broken", provider)
}
}
for _, provider := range []string{"claude", "codex"} {
provider := provider
t.Run(provider, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
var want string
for i, v := range variants {
ctx := base
v.mutate(&ctx)
got := buildMetaSkillContent(provider, ctx)
if i == 0 {
want = got
continue
}
if got != want {
t.Errorf("brief differs for variant %q — per-run state leaked into messages[0] (MUL-5377).\n%s",
v.name, firstBriefDiff(want, got))
}
}
})
}
}
// firstBriefDiff reports the first differing byte with surrounding context so a
// failure names the offending section instead of dumping two whole briefs.
func firstBriefDiff(want, got string) string {
n := len(want)
if len(got) < n {
n = len(got)
}
i := 0
for i < n && want[i] == got[i] {
i++
}
lo := i - 120
if lo < 0 {
lo = 0
}
hiW, hiG := i+120, i+120
if hiW > len(want) {
hiW = len(want)
}
if hiG > len(got) {
hiG = len(got)
}
return "first difference at byte " + strconv.Itoa(i) +
"\n--- baseline ---\n" + want[lo:hiW] +
"\n--- variant ---\n" + got[lo:hiG]
}
// TestAutopilotBriefByteIdenticalAcrossRunScopedFields is the invariant
// MUL-6984 actually moved, and the one TestBriefByteIdenticalAcrossRunsForEveryKind
// cannot see: its autopilot row pins run-1 / ap-1 and its variants only mutate
// the generic resume / initiator / connected-app fields, so reinserting the
// autopilot title, source, payload or description into the brief would leave
// it green.
//
// Every field below identifies ONE run. The brief lands in messages[0], ahead
// of the whole conversation, so a per-run value here throws away the prompt
// cache for the entire history on resume (MUL-5377) — and it also gives a
// second hand-maintained copy somewhere to drift from the per-turn one, which
// is how MUL-5696 happened. Two runs of the same autopilot, and two runs of
// different autopilots, must all produce the same bytes.
func TestAutopilotBriefByteIdenticalAcrossRunScopedFields(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
base := TaskContextForEnv{AgentID: "a-1", AgentName: "Eve", AutopilotRunID: "run-1", AutopilotID: "ap-1"}
runs := []struct {
name string
ctx TaskContextForEnv
}{
{"baseline", base},
{"second run of the same autopilot", func() TaskContextForEnv {
c := base
c.AutopilotRunID = "run-2"
c.AutopilotTitle = "Nightly dependency sweep"
c.AutopilotSource = "schedule"
c.AutopilotDescription = "Check dependencies and report outdated packages."
c.AutopilotTriggerPayload = `{"schedule":"0 3 * * *"}`
return c
}()},
{"run of a different autopilot", func() TaskContextForEnv {
c := base
c.AutopilotRunID = "run-3"
c.AutopilotID = "ap-2"
c.AutopilotTitle = "Triage inbound issues"
c.AutopilotSource = "webhook"
c.AutopilotDescription = "Read the payload and file one issue per report."
c.AutopilotTriggerPayload = `{"action":"opened","issue":{"number":7,"title":"crash on start"}}`
return c
}()},
}
want := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", runs[0].ctx)
for _, r := range runs[1:] {
if got := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", r.ctx); got != want {
t.Errorf("autopilot brief changed for %q — a per-run value reached the cache prefix\n%s",
r.name, firstBriefDiff(want, got))
}
}
// Byte-identity alone would also hold if the brief rendered none of these
// AND the values never reached the agent at all. Pin the other half here:
// the brief must not carry them, and daemon.TestBuildPromptAutopilotRunOnly
// pins the per-turn message as the surface that does.
for _, banned := range []string{
"run-1", "ap-1", "Nightly dependency sweep", "Triage inbound issues",
"schedule", "webhook", "Check dependencies", "0 3 * * *", "crash on start",
} {
for _, r := range runs {
if strings.Contains(buildMetaSkillContent("claude", r.ctx), banned) {
t.Errorf("autopilot brief (%s) carries the run-scoped value %q; the per-turn message owns it", r.name, banned)
}
}
}
}
// TestBriefByteIdenticalAcrossRunsForEveryKind extends the MUL-5377 guarantee
// past issue runs.
//
// Chat sessions resume too — handler/daemon.go:2172 hands the daemon a
// PriorSessionID from the chat_session row, with the same PriorWorkDir and
// PriorSessionResumeUnavailable plumbing as an issue task. So a chat brief that
// varied per turn would lose the prompt cache exactly the same way, and a long
// chat is precisely where that hurts most. Autopilot and quick-create are
// single-shot today, but the invariant is free to hold for them too and stops a
// future resume path from silently reintroducing the bug.
func TestBriefByteIdenticalAcrossRunsForEveryKind(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
kinds := map[string]TaskContextForEnv{
"chat": {ChatSessionID: "chat-1", ChatChannelType: ChannelTypeSlack, AgentID: "a-1", AgentName: "Eve"},
"quick-create": {QuickCreatePrompt: "make an issue", AgentID: "a-1", AgentName: "Eve"},
"autopilot": {AutopilotRunID: "run-1", AutopilotID: "ap-1", AgentID: "a-1", AgentName: "Eve"},
// WeCom is the channel a real deployment flips the file-delivery
// verdict on. The Slack row above catches the same leak today, but only
// because the brief's copy is channel-agnostic; scope that copy to
// WeCom alone and this is the row still holding the line.
"chat-wecom": {ChatSessionID: "chat-1", ChatChannelType: ChannelTypeWecom, AgentID: "a-1", AgentName: "Eve"},
}
// Per-run state that changes between turns of one resumed session.
variants := []struct {
name string
mutate func(c *TaskContextForEnv)
}{
{"baseline", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {}},
{"resumed", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) { c.PriorSessionResumed = true }},
{"resume-unavailable", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) { c.PriorSessionResumeUnavailable = true }},
{"member-initiator", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.InitiatorType, c.InitiatorID = "member", "u-1"
c.InitiatorName, c.InitiatorEmail = "Bohan", "[email protected]"
}},
{"other-initiator", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
// A Slack channel lets a different person trigger each turn.
c.InitiatorType, c.InitiatorID = "member", "u-2"
c.InitiatorName, c.InitiatorEmail = "Someone Else", "[email protected]"
}},
{"agent-initiator", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.InitiatorType, c.InitiatorID = "agent", "a-9"
c.InitiatorName = "GPT-Boy"
}},
{"connected-apps", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
c.ConnectedApps = []runtimeapps.ConnectedApp{{
Provider: "composio", ServerName: "composio",
ToolkitSlug: "notion", ToolkitName: "Notion",
}}
}},
{"channel-delivers-files", func(c *TaskContextForEnv) {
// The server's file-delivery verdict arrives on every claim and is
// a deployment fact, not a session one: an upgrade that starts
// sending the field, or object storage being turned on or off,
// flips it under a session already running. Both halves of that
// flip must render the same brief, which is why the verdict is
// stated by the per-turn chat prompt and never here.
c.ChatChannelDeliversFiles = true
}},
}
for kindName, baseCtx := range kinds {
kindName, baseCtx := kindName, baseCtx
t.Run(kindName, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
var want string
for i, v := range variants {
ctx := baseCtx
v.mutate(&ctx)
got := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", ctx)
if i == 0 {
want = got
continue
}
if got != want {
t.Errorf("%s brief differs for variant %q — per-run state leaked into the cached prefix (MUL-5377).\n%s",
kindName, v.name, firstBriefDiff(want, got))
}
}
})
}
}
// TestBriefSkillsListIsNamesOnly pins the shape of the `## Skills` section: an
// index of invocable names, with no descriptions and no per-provider branch.
//
// Descriptions were removed because every runtime CLI already builds its own
// listing from the SKILL.md frontmatter the daemon writes, so the brief's copy
// was the same routing signal paid for twice — ~3,100 tokens per brief on a
// real task, 40% of the whole brief (MUL-5529).
//
// The provider branch was removed because its fallback was wrong: it told
// providers outside a hardcoded list to look in `.agent_context/skills/`, but
// the only providers that ever reached it — grok and traecli — have their files
// written to `.grok/skills` and `.traecli/skills` and discover them natively.
func TestBriefSkillsListIsNamesOnly(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
ctx := TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "issue-1",
AgentName: "Eve",
AgentID: "eve-1",
AgentSkills: []SkillContextForEnv{
{
Name: "PR Review",
Description: "Use when reviewing a pull request for the Multica project.",
Content: "---\nname: pr-review\n---\n\nbody",
},
},
}
// grok and traecli are the providers that used to take the removed branch;
// the rest are a spread across the native-discovery list.
for _, provider := range []string{"claude", "codex", "opencode", "hermes", "grok", "traecli", "some-unknown-provider"} {
t.Run(provider, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent(provider, ctx)
if !strings.Contains(out, "- **pr-review**\n") {
t.Errorf("brief does not list the skill by slug:\n%s", out)
}
if strings.Contains(out, "Use when reviewing a pull request") {
t.Errorf("brief still carries the skill description; the CLI's own listing already has it:\n%s", out)
}
if strings.Contains(out, ".agent_context/skills/") {
t.Errorf("brief still points at the removed fallback path:\n%s", out)
}
if !strings.Contains(out, "discovered automatically") {
t.Errorf("brief lost the native-discovery framing:\n%s", out)
}
})
}
}
// TestBriefIssuePointerFollowsTheInstalledSkill ensures the sub-issue pointer
// names the platform skill only when installed. The retired legacy skill is
// no longer a fallback, even when an older backend still supplies it.
func TestBriefIssuePointerFollowsTheInstalledSkill(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
skill := func(name string) SkillContextForEnv {
return SkillContextForEnv{Name: name, Content: "---\nname: " + name + "\n---\n\nbody"}
}
cases := []struct {
name string
skills []SkillContextForEnv
want string // exact pointer text; "" = no pointer at all
}{
{
name: "current backend",
skills: []SkillContextForEnv{skill("multica-platform")},
want: "`references/issues.md` in the `multica-platform` skill",
},
{
name: "retired legacy skill alone has no pointer",
skills: []SkillContextForEnv{skill("multica-working-on-issues")},
want: "",
},
{
name: "platform pointer ignores the retired legacy skill",
skills: []SkillContextForEnv{skill("multica-working-on-issues"), skill("multica-platform")},
want: "`references/issues.md` in the `multica-platform` skill",
},
{
name: "neither installed",
skills: []SkillContextForEnv{skill("pr-review")},
want: "",
},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "issue-1",
AgentSkills: tc.skills,
})
// The flags themselves are unconditional: they stay discoverable
// with or without a skill to point at.
for _, always := range []string{
"`--status todo` starts an agent-assigned child immediately",
"`--stage <N>` groups children into ordered stages",
} {
if !strings.Contains(out, always) {
t.Errorf("brief lost unconditional content %q", always)
}
}
if tc.want == "" {
if strings.Contains(out, "Before creating sub-issues, read") {
t.Errorf("brief points at a skill with none installed:\n%s", out)
}
return
}
if !strings.Contains(out, "Before creating sub-issues, read "+tc.want+" —") {
t.Errorf("sub-issue pointer does not name %q:\n%s", tc.want, out)
}
})
}
}
// TestBriefPointsAtThePlatformSkill pins the one recall hint the Skills section
// carries (MUL-6986).
//
// Eight domain skills advertised eight descriptions in the always-loaded
// listing; they are now one skill with one description, which is cheaper but
// gives an agent one name to guess instead of eight. This line is what pays
// that back, so it must appear whenever the skill does — an agent that cannot
// find the platform contracts is strictly worse off than before the merge.
//
// Naming is by bare name, on the stated assumption that no workspace skill
// shares a built-in's name (see builtinSlug).
func TestBriefPointsAtThePlatformSkill(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
skill := func(name string) SkillContextForEnv {
return SkillContextForEnv{Name: name, Content: "---\nname: " + name + "\n---\n\nbody"}
}
cases := []struct {
name string
skills []SkillContextForEnv
want string // the slug the pointer must name; "" = no pointer
}{
{
name: "platform skill present",
skills: []SkillContextForEnv{skill("multica-platform")},
want: "multica-platform",
},
{
name: "alongside workspace skills",
skills: []SkillContextForEnv{skill("pr-review"), skill("multica-platform")},
want: "multica-platform",
},
{
name: "platform skill absent",
skills: []SkillContextForEnv{skill("pr-review")},
want: "",
},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
out := buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{
IssueID: "issue-1",
AgentName: "Eve",
AgentID: "eve-1",
AgentSkills: tc.skills,
})
if tc.want == "" {
if strings.Contains(out, "skill and open the reference") {
t.Errorf("brief emitted a platform pointer with no built-in platform skill present:\n%s", out)
}
return
}
want := "load the `" + tc.want + "` skill"
if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
t.Errorf("brief does not point at %q:\n%s", tc.want, out)
}
// Pinned as "the domains your task touches", never a count: a task
// that spans squads + issues + mentions needs all three, and
// wording that implies one would make the agent act on contracts
// it has not read.
if !strings.Contains(out, "for the domains your task touches") {
t.Errorf("pointer does not route by domain:\n%s", out)
}
if strings.Contains(out, "the one reference") {
t.Errorf("pointer narrows on-demand reading to a single reference:\n%s", out)
}
})
}
}
// Every brief that teaches `--output json` also says not to merge stderr into
// it, because the two facts are only useful together. The CLI is right:
// confirmations go to stderr, JSON goes to stdout, and `--output json | jq` has
// always worked. It stays right only while the caller keeps the streams apart,
// and `2>&1` is ordinary shell habit. The cost of merging them is not a cosmetic
// parse error: a confirmation line inside the JSON makes the parse fail, so a
// write that SUCCEEDED reads as one that failed, and the retry posts the comment
// or sends the file a second time.
//
// The assertions are on the rule's wording, not on loose substrings, because
// `2>&1` and "look like it failed" both survive a brief that says to merge the
// streams. Each builder must carry the prohibition verbatim, exactly once, with
// the consequence attached.
//
// Both brief builders are checked, not one. The quick-create brief is a
// separate function with its own copy of the `--output json` line, so guidance
// added to the full brief alone would be missing from exactly the runs that are
// given the least context to work it out for themselves.
func TestEveryBriefThatTeachesJSONOutputAlsoWarnsAgainstMergingStderr(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
const (
wantFlag = "--output json"
// The premise the rule rests on. "Do not merge them" says nothing about
// WHICH stream carries what, so a brief that swapped the two would pass
// every other assertion here while telling an agent the opposite of the
// truth — the same defect one clause to the left.
wantPremise = "writes JSON to stdout; confirmations and warnings go to stderr"
// The prohibition itself, not just the operator it names: "Always merge
// them (`2>&1`)" contains `2>&1` and would pass a bare-operator check.
wantRule = "Do not merge them (`2>&1`)"
// The consequence, in the direction that makes the rule worth obeying;
// the inverse claim ("failed write looks like it succeeded") is a
// different bug and must not satisfy this.
wantWhy = "a write that SUCCEEDED look like it failed"
)
briefs := map[string]string{
"full": buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{IssueID: "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"}),
"quick-create": buildMetaSkillContent("claude", TaskContextForEnv{QuickCreatePrompt: "make an issue"}),
}
for name, brief := range briefs {
if !strings.Contains(brief, wantFlag) {
t.Fatalf("%s brief does not mention %s at all; this test's premise is gone", name, wantFlag)
}
if !strings.Contains(brief, wantPremise) {
t.Errorf("%s brief teaches %s without saying %q — the rule below it is only correct while the streams carry what this says they carry", name, wantFlag, wantPremise)
}
switch got := strings.Count(brief, wantRule); got {
case 1:
case 0:
t.Errorf("%s brief teaches %s without saying %q — the habit it has to displace is the one thing an agent will not infer", name, wantFlag, wantRule)
continue // the reason check below would report a rule that is not there
default:
t.Errorf("%s brief repeats %q %d times; one rule, one place, or the next edit fixes only one of them", name, wantRule, got)
}
if !strings.Contains(brief, wantWhy) {
t.Errorf("%s brief states %q without %q; a rule with no reason is the first one dropped under pressure", name, wantRule, wantWhy)
}
}
}