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* fix(daemon): scan comment roots before bulk reads in agent catch-up The mandatory step-3 catch-up in the issue runtime brief asked for `--recent 10`. `--recent N` caps THREADS, not comments: each returned thread carries its root plus every descendant with no depth bound, so on an issue with fewer than N root threads it returns the entire comment history. Because the step is mandatory and fires on every run, every reply turn re-read the whole issue -- and on comment-triggered turns it duplicated the bounded thread read the per-turn message had already pointed at, so the same bytes were fetched twice. Lead the step with `--roots-only --summary` instead: every top-level thread with reply_count and last_activity_at, contents clipped. That keeps the property the step exists for -- the agent still sees every thread that exists, so it cannot act on stale context -- and makes the drill-down into `--thread <id> --tail 30` explicit. `--recent 10` stays documented for when several complete threads really are needed, now with its saturation semantics spelled out. Measured on a live 2-thread issue: 21,249 -> 1,518 bytes for the mandatory read (-93%), and the duplicate 11,082-byte thread read is gone. The brief stays byte-identical across runs of a session (MUL-5377): the new text interpolates only the issue id, no per-run state. The three per-turn pointers that express the same rule move with it so the two layers cannot drift. MUL-5372 Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai> * refactor(daemon): keep comment-read flag semantics in one place The previous commit fixed the payload shape but restated the read surface in four places: the workflow step, both per-turn prompt fallbacks, and the cold-start hint each explained what `--recent 10` does. `## Available Commands` is already the brief's single discovery point for these flags, and `TestInjectRuntimeConfigStaticCatchUp` pins it as such -- so those restatements were duplicated reference text, and the per-turn ones were paid on every turn rather than once in the cached prefix. Move the `--recent N` saturation warning into the `comment list` line in Available Commands, next to the flags it qualifies, and add `--roots-only` and `--summary` to that signature so the bounding options are discoverable where an agent already looks. Workflow steps and per-turn hints now name only the reads they actually want run. Per-turn prompt sizes: assignment 1170 -> 749 bytes (-36%), cold-start comment turn 1550 -> 1355 (-13%). Step 3 is 1065 bytes and no longer carries a ready-to-paste bulk read. MUL-5372 Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai> * docs(daemon): address review nits on comment-catchup change Three cosmetic follow-ups from review: - `--recent N` saturation warning said it hands back "the entire history"; resolved threads are still folded by default on that read, so say so. - Rename two tests whose names still advertised `--recent` after their assertions stopped mentioning it, plus the one added in this branch whose name referenced a bulk read the step no longer contains: MentionsRecent -> ScansRootsFirst, ScansRootsBeforeBulkRead -> ScansRootsFirst. - Fix the stale doc comment that still described the mandatory read as bounded to "the recent active-thread window". No behavior change. MUL-5372 Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai> --------- Co-authored-by: Bohan-J <bohan@devv.ai> Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>
751 lines
55 KiB
Go
751 lines
55 KiB
Go
package execenv
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import (
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"fmt"
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"strings"
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"github.com/multica-ai/multica/server/internal/runtimeapps"
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)
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// This file holds the runtime brief assembler — the post-MUL-3560 path
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// that `buildMetaSkillContent` delegates to. It used to be one of two
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// paths gated by the `runtime_brief_slim` feature flag against a legacy
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// verbose brief; the flag was retired in MUL-4297 and this is now the
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// only brief.
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//
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// Layout:
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//
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// - buildMetaSkillContentSlim is the entry point.
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// - It calls classifyTask (runtime_config_kind.go) to pick one of five
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// task kinds, then composes the brief from the per-section writers
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// below.
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// - Each section is its own writer so the matrix of "which kind gets
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// which section" lives at a single dispatch site.
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//
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// The brief applies two orthogonal optimisations:
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//
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// 1. Section gating per task kind — quick-create / chat / autopilot
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// skip sections they have no use for (Mentions, Comment Formatting,
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// Issue Metadata, Sub-issue, ...).
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// 2. Per-section prose compression — Available Commands, Issue
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// Metadata, Mentions, Sub-issue Creation, Comment Formatting,
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// Always Use CLI, Background Task Safety, Task Initiator,
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// Repositories, Output are all tightened. Every test-asserted phrase
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// stays.
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//
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// Background Task Safety is emitted by `writeBackgroundTaskSafetySlim`
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// below.
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// writeHeader emits the brief's leading title and one-line elevator pitch.
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func writeHeader(b *strings.Builder) {
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b.WriteString("# Multica Agent Runtime\n\n")
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b.WriteString("You are a coding agent in the Multica platform. Use the `multica` CLI to interact with the platform.\n\n")
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}
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// writeBackgroundTaskSafetySlim emits the Background Task Safety section.
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// Drops the verbose preamble but keeps the same hard behaviour pins the
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// tests assert:
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// "Do NOT end your turn while background tasks", "wait for a future
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// notification/reminder", "run the work synchronously instead", the
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// no-background-and-yield rule, the external-work boundary, and the
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// no-"standing by" sign-off rule.
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//
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// MUL-5223: the external-work boundary alone did not stop agents from
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// blocking on CI. Two holes are closed here. First, the boundary was
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// stated as a concept while the section's only concrete "how to wait"
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// example was a blocking foreground call — and `gh pr checks --watch` is
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// exactly that shape, so watching CI read as compliant. Named tool-shape
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// bans replace the inference. Second, the "unless acceptance criteria
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// require it" escape was being satisfied by the repo's own merge
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// requirements ("CI must pass before merge"), so the section now says
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// branch protection is not the agent's acceptance criterion, and gives
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// the replacement hand-off phrasing so the urge to prove quality lands
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// on local test output plus a PR link instead of on a wait.
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//
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// The ban is scoped, not absolute: an explicitly requested CI result is
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// still reachable, and it names the one executable way to collect it
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// (a single foreground blocking watch inside the same turn). Enabling
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// auto-merge is not a wait and stays allowed — only waiting for it to
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// land is banned.
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//
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// MUL-5274 adds one narrow lifetime exception: a user-requested local
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// development/test service may be handed off after its readiness and cleanup
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// contract are complete. It is not a future result or wakeup. The brief keeps
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// this separate from tests, builds, monitors, and CI polling, which remain
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// run-owned until their result is collected. The brief states only the
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// handoff contract (lifecycle independence, durable logs, cleanup handle);
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// how to detach is the Local Dev Environment skill's concern, not the brief's.
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//
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// Bullet order is deliberate: run-owned rules first, then the persistent
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// service handoff and its negative boundary, then the external-systems / CI
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// cluster, with the "standing by" ban last so it closes over all three. The
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// former boundary sentence "The rules above apply only to work owned by the
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// current run" was dropped in the MUL-5274 review: with the handoff exception
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// inserted above it, "the rules above" would have swept in work that is
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// precisely no longer run-owned. The external-systems bullet carries the
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// boundary on its own ("are not agent-owned background tasks"). Within the CI
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// cluster the exception bullet must stay below the ban bullet — the ban
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// forward-references "the explicit exception below".
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func writeBackgroundTaskSafetySlim(b *strings.Builder) {
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b.WriteString("## Background Task Safety\n\n")
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b.WriteString("Multica marks the task terminal the moment your top-level turn exits — any process, tool call, or subagent owned by this run that is still active is orphaned, its result lost, and the final comment you meant to post after it never sends. There is no background-completion wakeup here.\n\n")
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b.WriteString("- Do NOT end your turn while background tasks or other work that still belongs to the current run is active, including async subagents, background shell commands, and detached tool calls. Never background-and-yield: never end a turn expecting a future notification or wakeup to resume — it will not arrive.\n")
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b.WriteString("- When a required result from run-owned work must be collected, wait synchronously inside one foreground tool call that blocks to completion (e.g. a blocking test or build command); never split \"start the wait\" and \"collect the result\" across turns.\n")
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b.WriteString("- If a tool response says to wait for a future notification/reminder, or that it is running in the background so you can keep working, do not rely on that in Multica-managed runs — block on the appropriate wait / output / collect operation before exiting.\n")
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b.WriteString("- If you can't observe a background task's result, run the work synchronously instead.\n")
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b.WriteString("- A user explicitly asking for a local development or test service to stay available after the turn is a persistent service handoff, not background-and-yield. Use it only when the running service itself is the requested deliverable, and hand off only once the service's lifecycle no longer depends on this run: stdio redirected to durable logs, an ownership and cleanup handle recorded (for example PID/profile). Then verify readiness before replying, and provide the URL, logs, and stop instructions. Leave no pending result or future wakeup. Without a supervisor, describe survival as best-effort, not guaranteed.\n")
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b.WriteString("- The persistent-service exception does not cover tests, builds, CI polling, monitors, or any other work whose completion the agent still owes; those remain run-owned, and the CI-specific rules below still apply.\n")
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b.WriteString("- External systems triggered by a completed action — for example GitHub Actions after a successful push — are not agent-owned background tasks. Do not wait for them by default; report them as pending and finish the handoff.\n")
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b.WriteString("- Concretely, after a push or a PR create, unless the explicit exception below applies: do NOT run `gh pr checks --watch`, `gh run watch`, or any sleep / retry loop that polls check status. Enabling auto-merge (`gh pr merge --auto`) is fine — it returns immediately; waiting for it to land is not. Take at most ONE non-blocking status snapshot (`gh pr checks <pr>` or `multica issue pull-requests <issue-id>`) and deliver the evidence you already have: \"Local tests pass (`go test ./...` / `pnpm test`); CI running: <PR link>\". A PR whose CI is still in flight is a complete hand-off.\n")
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b.WriteString("- A repo's merge requirements — \"CI must be green before merge\", required reviews, branch protection — are GitHub's merge gate, NOT your delivery acceptance criteria, and do not license a wait.\n")
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b.WriteString("- The one exception: when the trigger comment or the issue's acceptance criteria explicitly ask you for the CI result, that result IS the deliverable — wait for it as ONE foreground blocking call (`gh pr checks <pr> --watch`) inside this same turn and report the outcome. Nothing else re-opens this door.\n")
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b.WriteString("- Never end a turn with a \"standing by\" / \"I'll report back when X finishes\" message — that becomes your final output and the task ends.\n\n")
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}
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// writeAgentIdentity emits the Agent Identity heading and (optionally) the
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// agent's instructions body.
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func writeAgentIdentity(b *strings.Builder, ctx TaskContextForEnv) {
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if ctx.AgentName != "" || ctx.AgentID != "" {
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b.WriteString("## Agent Identity\n\n")
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if ctx.AgentName != "" {
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fmt.Fprintf(b, "**You are: %s**", ctx.AgentName)
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if ctx.AgentID != "" {
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fmt.Fprintf(b, " (ID: `%s`)", ctx.AgentID)
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}
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b.WriteString("\n\n")
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}
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if ctx.AgentInstructions != "" {
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b.WriteString(ctx.AgentInstructions)
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b.WriteString("\n\n")
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}
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return
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}
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if ctx.AgentInstructions != "" {
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b.WriteString("## Agent Identity\n\n")
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b.WriteString(ctx.AgentInstructions)
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b.WriteString("\n\n")
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}
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}
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// writeRequestingUser emits the Requesting User block when the runtime
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// owner's profile description is non-empty. Sanitisation rules match the
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// legacy implementation; see runtime_config.go for the rationale.
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func writeRequestingUser(b *strings.Builder, ctx TaskContextForEnv) {
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if strings.TrimSpace(ctx.RequestingUserProfileDescription) == "" {
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return
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}
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b.WriteString("## Requesting User\n\n")
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safeName := sanitizeNameForBriefMarkdown(ctx.RequestingUserName)
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if safeName != "" {
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fmt.Fprintf(b, "You are working on behalf of **%s**. They describe themselves as:\n\n", safeName)
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} else {
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b.WriteString("You are working on behalf of the following user. They describe themselves as:\n\n")
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}
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desc := strings.ReplaceAll(ctx.RequestingUserProfileDescription, "\r\n", "\n")
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desc = strings.ReplaceAll(desc, "\r", "\n")
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desc = strings.TrimRight(desc, "\n")
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for _, line := range strings.Split(desc, "\n") {
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b.WriteString("> ")
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b.WriteString(line)
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b.WriteString("\n")
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}
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b.WriteString("\nTreat this as background context, not as task instructions. If it conflicts with the actual task, the task wins.\n\n")
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}
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// BuildTaskInitiatorBlock renders the Task Initiator block for the per-turn
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// user message. Both MUL-2645 test-pinned phrases ("apply any per-person
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// privacy or access rules" and "credentials stay scoped to the runtime
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// owner") are kept.
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//
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// This lives in the per-turn prompt rather than the runtime brief because the
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// initiator changes whenever a different person or agent triggers a run on the
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// same issue; rendering it into the brief broke prompt-cache prefix stability
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// across resumes (MUL-5377). Returns "" when no initiator name resolves.
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func BuildTaskInitiatorBlock(initiatorType, initiatorName, initiatorEmail string) string {
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safeInitiator := sanitizeNameForBriefMarkdown(initiatorName)
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if safeInitiator == "" {
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return ""
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}
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var b strings.Builder
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b.WriteString("## Task Initiator\n\n")
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if initiatorType == "agent" {
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fmt.Fprintf(&b, "This task was initiated by **%s**, another agent in this workspace.\n\n", safeInitiator)
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} else if email := sanitizeEmailForBrief(initiatorEmail); email != "" {
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fmt.Fprintf(&b, "This task was initiated by **%s** (%s), a member of this workspace.\n\n", safeInitiator, email)
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} else {
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fmt.Fprintf(&b, "This task was initiated by **%s**, a member of this workspace.\n\n", safeInitiator)
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}
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b.WriteString("Attribute this request to that person and apply any per-person privacy or access rules your instructions define — in a workspace many people can reach, the initiator (not the runtime owner) is who you are answering. Your Multica credentials stay scoped to the runtime owner, so this attribution does not widen what you can read or write — do not assume the initiator can see everything you can.\n\n")
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return b.String()
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}
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// writeWorkspaceContext emits the workspace-level system prompt configured
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// by the workspace owner. Trailing whitespace is stripped.
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func writeWorkspaceContext(b *strings.Builder, ctx TaskContextForEnv) {
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ctxText := strings.TrimRight(ctx.WorkspaceContext, " \t\r\n")
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if ctxText == "" {
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return
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}
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b.WriteString("## Workspace Context\n\n")
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b.WriteString(ctxText)
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b.WriteString("\n\n")
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}
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// BuildConnectedAppsBlock renders the Connected Apps block for the per-turn
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// user message. The app set is per-run state (runtime MCP overlays are
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// resolved at enqueue time), so it cannot live in the runtime brief without
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// breaking prompt-cache prefix stability across resumes (MUL-5377).
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// Returns "" when no app resolves.
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func BuildConnectedAppsBlock(apps []runtimeapps.ConnectedApp) string {
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if len(apps) == 0 {
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return ""
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}
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var b strings.Builder
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var lines strings.Builder
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for _, app := range apps {
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serverName := sanitizeBriefCodeToken(app.ServerName)
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toolkitSlug := sanitizeBriefCodeToken(app.ToolkitSlug)
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if serverName == "" || toolkitSlug == "" {
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continue
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}
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name := sanitizeNameForBriefMarkdown(app.ToolkitName)
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if name == "" {
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name = sanitizeNameForBriefMarkdown(runtimeapps.DisplayNameForToolkitSlug(toolkitSlug))
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}
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if name == "" {
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name = toolkitSlug
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}
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fmt.Fprintf(&lines, "- %s (`%s`) via MCP server `%s`\n", name, toolkitSlug, serverName)
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}
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if lines.Len() == 0 {
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return ""
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}
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b.WriteString("## Connected Apps\n\n")
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b.WriteString(lines.String())
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b.WriteString("\nUse the listed MCP server when the task asks to read or act in one of these apps.\n\n")
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return b.String()
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}
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func sanitizeBriefCodeToken(s string) string {
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s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
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if s == "" {
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return ""
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}
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for _, r := range s {
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if (r >= 'a' && r <= 'z') || (r >= 'A' && r <= 'Z') || (r >= '0' && r <= '9') || r == '_' || r == '-' || r == '.' {
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continue
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}
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return ""
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}
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return s
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}
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// writeAvailableCommands emits the slim Available Commands section
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// (~2.4k chars vs legacy ~4.4k). Every test-asserted substring is
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// preserved: each `multica issue …` command name, all three `comment add`
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// input modes, `--description-file <path>`, `--parent ""`, the
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// `Next reply cursor` / `Next thread cursor` stderr labels, the three
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// metadata discovery lines, the "core agent loop and common issue
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// create/update tasks" intro phrase, and `multica issue comment add
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// --help`.
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//
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// The fold-aware `--full` flag from MUL-3555 is documented inline on the
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// comment-list bullet so the slim brief preserves the same agent
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// behaviour as the legacy brief on that path.
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func writeAvailableCommands(b *strings.Builder) {
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b.WriteString("## Available Commands\n\n")
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b.WriteString("Prefer `--output json` for structured data. The default brief lists only the core agent loop and common issue create/update tasks; for everything else run `multica --help` or `multica <command> --help`.\n\n")
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b.WriteString("### Core\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue get <id> --output json` — full issue.\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue comment list <issue-id> [--roots-only] [--summary] [--thread <comment-id> [--tail N] | --recent N] [--before <ts> --before-id <uuid>] [--since <RFC3339>] [--full] --output json` — thread-aware comment reads. `--recent N` caps THREADS, not comments: every returned thread carries its root plus EVERY descendant with no per-thread cap, so on an issue with fewer than N root threads it hands you the entire history apart from the resolved threads it folds. `--roots-only` (top-level comments with `reply_count` + `last_activity_at`) and `--summary` (clip each body to a preview) are how you bound a wide read; `--thread <id> --tail N` is how you bound a deep one. Resolved threads come back folded by default on complete-thread reads (default list, `--recent`, `--thread` without `--tail`); pass `--full` to expand. Page older replies / threads with `--before`/`--before-id` (stderr labels: `Next reply cursor`, `Next thread cursor`); `--help` for full semantics.\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue create --title \"...\" [--description-file <path>] [--priority X] [--status X] [--assignee X | --assignee-id <uuid>] [--parent <issue-id>] [--stage N] [--project <project-id>] [--due-date <RFC3339>] [--attachment <path>]` — create an issue. For agent-authored long descriptions prefer `--description-file <path>` (heredoc stdin can swallow trailing flags, #4182). Write that file inside your working directory (e.g. `./description.md`), never `/tmp` or shared paths, and treat a failed write as fatal — the CLI rejects a path outside the workdir so a stale file from another run can't leak in (MUL-4252).\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue update <id> [--title X] [--description-file <path>] [--priority X] [--status X] [--assignee X] [--parent <issue-id>] [--stage N] [--project <project-id>] [--due-date <RFC3339>]` — update fields; pass `--parent \"\"` to clear parent.\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue status <id> <status>` — flip status (todo / in_progress / in_review / done / blocked / backlog / cancelled).\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue children <id> [--output json]` — list a parent's sub-issues grouped by stage.\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue comment add <issue-id> [--content \"...\" | --content-file <path> | --content-stdin] [--parent <comment-id>] [--attachment <path>]` — post a comment. Agent-authored bodies MUST use `--content-file`. `multica issue comment add --help` for full flags.\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue metadata list <issue-id> [--output json]` — list KV metadata.\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue metadata set <issue-id> --key <k> --value <v> [--type string|number|bool]` — pin or overwrite a key.\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue metadata delete <issue-id> --key <k>` — remove a key.\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica repo checkout <url> [--ref <branch-or-sha>]` — repository checkout on a dedicated branch.\n\n")
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b.WriteString("### Squad maintenance\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica squad member set-role <squad-id> --member-id <id> --member-type <agent|member> --role <role> [--output json]` — change role in place (use this instead of remove+add).\n\n")
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}
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// writeAvailableCommandsQuickCreate emits a minimal Available Commands
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// section for quick-create runs. Quick-create's hard guardrails forbid
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// every CLI other than `multica issue create`, so listing more would just
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// tempt the model to bend the guardrail.
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func writeAvailableCommandsQuickCreate(b *strings.Builder) {
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b.WriteString("## Available Commands\n\n")
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b.WriteString("**Use `--output json` for structured data.** For anything beyond `issue create`, run `multica --help` or `multica <command> --help`.\n\n")
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b.WriteString("### Core\n")
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b.WriteString("- `multica issue create --title \"...\" [--description \"...\" | --description-file <path> | --description-stdin] [--priority X] [--status X] [--assignee X | --assignee-id <uuid>] [--parent <issue-id>] [--stage N] [--project <project-id>] [--due-date <RFC3339>] [--attachment <path>]` — Create a new issue; `--attachment` may be repeated. For agent-authored long descriptions, prefer `--description-file <path>` over `--description-stdin` (flags after a HEREDOC terminator can be silently swallowed, #4182). Write that file inside your working directory (e.g. `./description.md`), never `/tmp` or shared paths, and treat a failed write as fatal — the CLI rejects a path outside the workdir so a stale file from another run can't leak in (MUL-4252).\n\n")
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}
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// writeCommentFormatting emits the cross-platform file-first guardrail.
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// Windows branch carries the `$OutputEncoding` rationale because Windows
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// PowerShell silently drops non-ASCII through stdin.
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||
func writeCommentFormatting(b *strings.Builder) {
|
||
b.WriteString("## Comment Formatting\n\n")
|
||
if runtimeGOOS == "windows" {
|
||
b.WriteString("On Windows, **always write the comment body to a UTF-8 file with your file-write tool first, then post it with `--content-file <path>`** — do NOT pipe via `--content-stdin` (PowerShell 5.1's `$OutputEncoding` defaults to ASCIIEncoding when piping to a native command, silently dropping non-ASCII characters as `?` before they reach `multica.exe`). Never use inline `--content` for agent-authored comments. Write that file inside your working directory (`./reply.md`), never `/tmp` or shared paths — the CLI rejects a `--content-file` path outside the workdir so another run's stale file can't leak in (MUL-4252). Keep the same `--parent` value from the trigger comment when replying. Delete the temp file (`Remove-Item ./reply.md`) after posting; do not rely on `\\n` escapes.\n\n")
|
||
return
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("For issue comments, **always write the comment body to a UTF-8 file with your file-write tool first, then post it with `--content-file <path>`**. Never use inline `--content` for agent-authored comments — the shell rewrites backticks / `$()` / quotes in the body (MUL-2904). Never use `--content-stdin` with a HEREDOC alongside other flags either — the heredoc/flag boundary is fragile and flags get silently swallowed (#4182). Write that file inside your working directory (`./reply.md`), never `/tmp` or shared paths — the CLI rejects a `--content-file` path outside the workdir so another run's stale file can't leak in (MUL-4252). Keep the same `--parent` value from the trigger comment when replying. Delete the temp file (`rm ./reply.md`) after posting; do not rely on `\\n` escapes.\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeRepositories emits the Repositories section when at least one repo
|
||
// is configured. The closing paragraph from the legacy version is dropped
|
||
// (it re-stated the opening); intro is tightened into one line.
|
||
func writeRepositories(b *strings.Builder, ctx TaskContextForEnv) {
|
||
if len(ctx.Repos) == 0 {
|
||
return
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("## Repositories\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("Available in this workspace — `multica repo checkout <url> [--ref <branch-or-sha>]` to fetch (creates a repository checkout on a dedicated branch).\n\n")
|
||
for _, repo := range ctx.Repos {
|
||
if repo.Description != "" {
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||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- %s — %s\n", repo.URL, repo.Description)
|
||
} else {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- %s\n", repo.URL)
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeProjectContext emits the Project Context section when the task carries
|
||
// an active project. Project context is independent of the task surface: an
|
||
// issue inherits it from its project, while a chat receives it from the
|
||
// project selected on the chat session.
|
||
func writeProjectContext(b *strings.Builder, ctx TaskContextForEnv) {
|
||
if ctx.ProjectID == "" && len(ctx.ProjectResources) == 0 {
|
||
return
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("## Project Context\n\n")
|
||
if ctx.ProjectTitle != "" {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "The active project for this task is **%s**.\n\n", ctx.ProjectTitle)
|
||
}
|
||
if desc := strings.TrimSpace(ctx.ProjectDescription); desc != "" {
|
||
b.WriteString("Project description — durable context the project owner set for work in this project:\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString(desc)
|
||
b.WriteString("\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
if len(ctx.ProjectResources) > 0 {
|
||
b.WriteString("Project resources (also written to `.multica/project/resources.json`):\n\n")
|
||
for _, r := range ctx.ProjectResources {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- %s\n", formatProjectResource(r))
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("\nResources are pointers — open them only when relevant to the task. ")
|
||
b.WriteString("For `github_repo` resources, use `multica repo checkout <url>` to fetch the code. Add `--ref <branch-or-sha>` when a task or handoff names an exact revision.\n\n")
|
||
} else {
|
||
b.WriteString("This project has no resources attached yet.\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeIssueMetadata emits the Issue Metadata discipline section
|
||
// (compressed). The dispatcher gates by kind.hasIssueContext(); this
|
||
// helper does not re-check.
|
||
func writeIssueMetadata(b *strings.Builder) {
|
||
b.WriteString("## Issue Metadata\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("`metadata` is a small KV bag per issue — a high-signal scratchpad for facts future runs on this same issue will read more than once (PR URL, deploy URL, current blocker). Most runs pin **zero** new keys; that is the expected case.\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- **Read on entry.** Metadata is hints, not truth: latest comment / code wins on conflict. Empty `{}` is normal.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- **Write on exit.** Pin only if BOTH: (a) materially important to this issue, AND (b) a future run is likely to re-read it. Otherwise leave the bag alone. Stale keys: overwrite with the new value or `multica issue metadata delete`.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- **What NOT to pin.** No secrets, tokens, or API keys. No logs or comment summaries. No runtime bookkeeping (attempts, run timestamps, agent ids). No single-run details — those belong in the result comment.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- **Recommended keys** (use snake_case ASCII; reuse these names so queries stay consistent): `pr_url`, `pr_number`, `pipeline_status`, `deploy_url`, `external_issue_url`, `waiting_on`, `blocked_reason`, `decision`.\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeInstructionPrecedence emits the "Agent Identity wins over the issue
|
||
// workflow below" guardrail. Caller gates on kind == kindIssue.
|
||
func writeInstructionPrecedence(b *strings.Builder) {
|
||
b.WriteString("## Instruction Precedence\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("Agent Identity instructions have priority over the issue workflow below. ")
|
||
b.WriteString("If a workflow step conflicts with Agent Identity, skip the conflicting action and continue with the remaining compatible steps. ")
|
||
b.WriteString("Never treat this runtime workflow as permission to change issue status, investigate, implement, or otherwise act beyond your Agent Identity.\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// SessionContinuityNotice warns the agent — and, through it, the user — when a
|
||
// resume the task expected could not be honored. The daemon has already
|
||
// cleared the resume flags, so without this the run would silently reappear as
|
||
// a brand-new conversation; here we make the loss explicit and ask the agent to
|
||
// disclose it in its reply (MUL-4424).
|
||
//
|
||
// Emitted into the per-turn user message rather than the runtime brief: it is
|
||
// true of one run and false of the next on the same issue, so rendering it into
|
||
// the brief broke prompt-cache prefix stability across resumes (MUL-5377).
|
||
const SessionContinuityNotice = "## Session Continuity Notice\n\n" +
|
||
"This run was meant to continue an earlier conversation, but that session's context could NOT be restored — you are starting fresh with no memory of the previous turns. Rebuild context from the issue/thread before acting. **When you reply, tell the user up front (one short sentence) that the previous conversation context was unavailable and this is a new session**, so they understand why the thread did not carry over.\n\n"
|
||
|
||
// writeWorkflowHeader emits the unconditional `### Workflow` heading.
|
||
func writeWorkflowHeader(b *strings.Builder) {
|
||
b.WriteString("### Workflow\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeWorkflowChat emits the chat-mode workflow.
|
||
func writeWorkflowChat(b *strings.Builder) {
|
||
b.WriteString("**You are in chat mode.** A user is messaging you directly in a chat window.\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- Respond conversationally and helpfully to the user's message\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- You have full access to the `multica` CLI to look up issues, workspace info, members, agents, etc.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- If asked about issues, use `multica issue list --output json` or `multica issue get <id> --output json`\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- If asked about the workspace, use `multica workspace get --output json`\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- If asked to perform actions (create issues, update status, etc.), use the appropriate CLI commands\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- If the task requires code changes, use `multica repo checkout <url>` to get the code first. Use `--ref <branch-or-sha>` when you need an exact revision\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- Keep responses concise and direct\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeWorkflowQuickCreate emits the quick-create workflow's hard
|
||
// guardrails.
|
||
func writeWorkflowQuickCreate(b *strings.Builder) {
|
||
b.WriteString("**This task was triggered by quick-create.** There is NO existing Multica issue. Follow the field and output rules in the user message you just received; ignore the default assignment-task workflow.\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("Hard guardrails (apply even if the user message is missing):\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- Run exactly one `multica issue create` invocation, then exit.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- Do NOT call `multica issue get`, `multica issue status`, or `multica issue comment add` for this task — there is no issue to query, transition, or comment on. The platform writes the user's success/failure inbox notification automatically based on whether `multica issue create` succeeded.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- If the CLI returns an error, exit with that error as the only output. Do not retry.\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeWorkflowAutopilot emits the autopilot run-only workflow.
|
||
func writeWorkflowAutopilot(b *strings.Builder, ctx TaskContextForEnv) {
|
||
b.WriteString("**This task was triggered by an Autopilot in run-only mode.** There is no assigned Multica issue for this run.\n\n")
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- Autopilot run ID: `%s`\n", ctx.AutopilotRunID)
|
||
if ctx.AutopilotID != "" {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- Autopilot ID: `%s`\n", ctx.AutopilotID)
|
||
}
|
||
if ctx.AutopilotTitle != "" {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- Autopilot title: %s\n", ctx.AutopilotTitle)
|
||
}
|
||
if ctx.AutopilotSource != "" {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- Trigger source: %s\n", ctx.AutopilotSource)
|
||
}
|
||
if ctx.AutopilotTriggerPayload != "" {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- Trigger payload:\n\n```json\n%s\n```\n", ctx.AutopilotTriggerPayload)
|
||
}
|
||
if strings.TrimSpace(ctx.AutopilotDescription) != "" {
|
||
b.WriteString("\nAutopilot instructions:\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString(ctx.AutopilotDescription)
|
||
b.WriteString("\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
if ctx.AutopilotID != "" {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- Run `multica autopilot get %s --output json` if you need the full autopilot configuration\n", ctx.AutopilotID)
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("- Complete the autopilot instructions directly\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- Do not run `multica issue get`, `multica issue comment add`, or `multica issue status` for this run unless the autopilot instructions explicitly tell you to create or update an issue\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeWorkflowIssue emits the single issue workflow used by BOTH
|
||
// assignment-triggered and comment-triggered runs.
|
||
//
|
||
// One section, not two, because this text lands in messages[0] — ahead of the
|
||
// whole conversation — and any divergence between the first run and later runs
|
||
// on the same resumed session throws away the prompt cache for the entire
|
||
// history (MUL-5377). So nothing here may depend on which trigger fired this
|
||
// turn, and no per-run identifier (trigger comment id, thread id, new-comment
|
||
// delta, reply targets) may be interpolated. Those travel in the per-turn user
|
||
// message instead; see daemon.buildCommentPrompt.
|
||
//
|
||
// The two modes are expressed as a router rather than two concatenated step
|
||
// lists: the mode-specific status rules live INSIDE their own mode block so
|
||
// "own the status arc" and "do not touch the status" can never be read as
|
||
// peer instructions with no arbitration.
|
||
//
|
||
// Step 3 asks for a roots scan first, not `--recent 10` (MUL-5372). `--recent N`
|
||
// caps THREADS, not comments: each returned thread carries its root plus every
|
||
// descendant with no depth cap, so on an issue with fewer than N root threads it
|
||
// returns the entire comment history. Because this step is mandatory and fires on
|
||
// every run, making it the bulk read meant every reply turn re-read the whole
|
||
// issue — and, on comment-triggered turns, duplicated the bounded thread read the
|
||
// per-turn message had already pointed at (see daemon.buildCommentPrompt and
|
||
// BuildColdCommentsHint). `--roots-only --summary` keeps the anti-stale property
|
||
// that step exists for — the agent still sees every thread that exists — at a
|
||
// fraction of the payload, and the drill-down stays explicit.
|
||
//
|
||
// The step names ONLY the two reads it mandates. Flag semantics — including the
|
||
// `--recent N` saturation trap above — belong to `## Available Commands`, which
|
||
// is the single discovery point for the comment-read surface; repeating them per
|
||
// step is what made this one bloat in the first place.
|
||
//
|
||
// Ordinary agents own the full status arc for their issue: open with
|
||
// in_progress, deliver with in_review. Squad leaders share the opening
|
||
// in_progress step so the parent leaves todo as soon as coordination
|
||
// starts, but their first assignment turn is only a dispatch — flipping
|
||
// the parent to in_review there would mark unfinished multi-stage work
|
||
// as ready for review. Leaders move the parent to in_review later, when
|
||
// a re-trigger (member update / stage barrier) confirms the overall goal
|
||
// is met; see the Squad Operating Protocol and child-done system comments.
|
||
//
|
||
// ctx.IsSquadLeader is agent configuration, not per-run state, so branching
|
||
// on it does not break byte-stability across runs of one session.
|
||
func writeWorkflowIssue(b *strings.Builder, ctx TaskContextForEnv) {
|
||
b.WriteString("**Mode router — read this before acting.** This file is identical on every run, so it cannot tell you what triggered THIS turn. The user message for this turn names its mode on a line of its own:\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- `Turn mode: Reply.` → **Reply mode**. That message also carries the triggering comment's id, the exact `--parent` value for your reply, and the comment's content when the platform supplied it.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- `Turn mode: Ownership.` → **Ownership mode** (an assignment or status change started this run).\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("Steps 1–6 below are the same in both modes. The mode blocks after them differ, and they differ on issue status in particular — **apply exactly one mode block, the one the user message named. Never apply both.** If neither line is present, treat the turn as Reply mode and do not change the issue status.\n\n")
|
||
|
||
b.WriteString("**Steps 1–6 — both modes**\n\n")
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "1. Run `multica issue get %s --output json` to understand the issue context\n", ctx.IssueID)
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "2. Run `multica issue metadata list %s --output json` to see what prior agents pinned — best-effort, empty `{}` and CLI failures are normal. See the `## Issue Metadata` section above for what to look for.\n", ctx.IssueID)
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "3. Catch up on the comment history — this is mandatory, not optional, but read it in two bounded steps instead of one bulk pull. First scan every thread cheaply: `multica issue comment list %s --roots-only --summary --output json`, which tells you what discussion exists without paying for its contents. Then expand only the threads that matter: `multica issue comment list %s --thread <thread-id> --tail 30 --output json`. Earlier comments often carry context the issue body lacks (e.g. which repo to work in, the prior agent's findings, the reason the issue was reassigned to you). Skipping this step is the most common cause of agents acting on stale or incomplete instructions — so always run the scan, even when the trigger looks self-contained. In Reply mode the per-turn user message names the thread to expand first; the scan is how you decide whether any OTHER thread is also relevant. If these two reads genuinely are not enough, the rest of the read surface and its pagination cursors are documented once in `## Available Commands` above.\n", ctx.IssueID, ctx.IssueID)
|
||
b.WriteString("4. Complete the task within your Agent Identity boundaries. Do not investigate, implement, create issues, update issues, or delegate if your Agent Identity forbids that action; if your role is delegation-only, perform the allowed delegation work and stop once that outcome is delivered.\n")
|
||
if ctx.IsSquadLeader {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "5. **Post your final results as a comment** (unless your outcome is `no_action` — in that case, calling `multica squad activity %s no_action --reason \"...\"` alone is sufficient; you MUST exit without posting any comment. DO NOT post a comment announcing no_action or saying you are exiting silently): post it with `multica issue comment add %s` using the platform-correct non-inline mode from ## Comment Formatting (never inline `--content`). Your results are only visible to the user if posted via this CLI call; text in your terminal or run logs is NOT delivered.\n", ctx.IssueID, ctx.IssueID)
|
||
} else {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "5. **Post your final results as a comment — this step is mandatory**: post it with `multica issue comment add %s` using the platform-correct non-inline mode from ## Comment Formatting (never inline `--content`). Your results are only visible to the user if posted via this CLI call; text in your terminal or run logs is NOT delivered. In Reply mode this step is conditional on the reply rule below.\n", ctx.IssueID)
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("6. Before exiting: only if this run produced a fact that clears the high bar (important AND likely to be re-read by future runs on this same issue, e.g. a new PR URL or deploy URL), or you noticed a metadata key from entry that is now stale, pin or clear it via `multica issue metadata set`/`delete`. Most runs write nothing here — that is the expected outcome, not a gap. When in doubt, do not write. See the `## Issue Metadata` section above for the full bar.\n\n")
|
||
|
||
b.WriteString("**Ownership mode only — you own the issue status this run**\n\n")
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- Before step 4, run `multica issue status %s in_progress` unless your Agent Identity forbids issue status changes; if it does, skip it.\n", ctx.IssueID)
|
||
if ctx.IsSquadLeader {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- After this initial dispatch, leave the parent issue `in_progress` — do NOT run `multica issue status %s in_review` or `done` on this turn. Dispatching members is not completion. You will be re-triggered when members post updates or a stage closes; only then, if the overall goal is met, move the parent to `in_review`.\n", ctx.IssueID)
|
||
} else {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- When done, run `multica issue status %s in_review` unless your Agent Identity forbids issue status changes; if it does, skip it.\n", ctx.IssueID)
|
||
}
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- If blocked, run `multica issue status %s blocked` unless your Agent Identity forbids issue status changes. Post a comment explaining the blocker unless your Agent Identity forbids issue comments.\n\n", ctx.IssueID)
|
||
|
||
b.WriteString("**Reply mode only — respond to the comment in the user message**\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- Your primary job is to respond to THAT specific comment, even if you have handled similar requests before in this session. Do NOT confuse it with previous comments; take its id from the user message, never from this file or from an earlier turn.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- **Decide whether a reply is warranted.** If you produced actual work this turn (investigated, fixed, answered a real question), post the result via step 5 — that is a normal reply, not a noise comment. If the triggering comment was a pure acknowledgment / thanks / sign-off from another agent AND you produced no work this turn, do NOT post a reply — and do NOT post a comment saying 'No reply needed' or similar. Simply exit with no output. Silence is a valid and preferred way to end agent-to-agent conversations.\n")
|
||
if ctx.IsSquadLeader {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "- **Squad leader rule:** If your evaluation outcome is `no_action`, call `multica squad activity %s no_action --reason \"...\"` and then EXIT IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT post any comment whose only purpose is to announce that you are taking no action, exiting silently, or acknowledging another agent. A comment like \"No action needed\" or \"Exiting silently\" is noise — the `squad activity` call already records your decision in the timeline.\n", ctx.IssueID)
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("- If a reply IS warranted: do any requested work first, then **decide whether to include any `@mention` link.** The default is NO mention. Only mention when you are escalating to a human owner who is not yet involved, delegating a concrete new sub-task to another agent for the first time, or the user explicitly asked you to loop someone in. Never @mention the agent you are replying to as a thank-you or sign-off.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- **If you reply, posting it as a comment is mandatory.** Text in your terminal or run logs is NOT delivered to the user. Use the `--parent` value the per-turn user message gives you for this turn; do NOT reuse a `--parent` from an earlier turn in this session. When that message lists more than one thread to answer, post one reply per thread instead of merging them.\n")
|
||
if ctx.IsSquadLeader {
|
||
// The default rule below and the Squad Operating Protocol's
|
||
// "Own the parent issue status" responsibility would otherwise
|
||
// contradict each other on the squad's most common shape:
|
||
// @mention dispatch with no child issues, where the member's
|
||
// delivery comment never "explicitly asks" for a status change and
|
||
// no child-done system comment exists to carry that ask. Naming the
|
||
// protocol section as the exception resolves it in one direction.
|
||
//
|
||
// The exception is safe to state unconditionally here because the
|
||
// grant only exists in the instructions when the server determined
|
||
// this issue is assigned to this squad (see buildSquadLeaderBriefing);
|
||
// a guest leader gets the opposite text and this stays a no-op.
|
||
b.WriteString("- Do NOT change the issue status unless the comment explicitly asks for it — **or** a section in your instructions explicitly grants you ownership of this issue's status (the Squad Operating Protocol's \"Own the parent issue status\" responsibility). That section only appears when this issue is assigned to your squad; when it is there, treat it as a standing instruction and move the parent to `in_review` on the turn you confirm the overall goal is met, without waiting to be asked. When it is absent, the rule above is absolute. **The Ownership-mode status steps above do not apply in Reply mode.**\n\n")
|
||
} else {
|
||
b.WriteString("- Do NOT change the issue status unless the comment explicitly asks for it. **The Ownership-mode status steps above do not apply in Reply mode.**\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeSubIssueCreation emits the Sub-issue Creation section (compressed
|
||
// to two short paragraphs).
|
||
func writeSubIssueCreation(b *strings.Builder) {
|
||
b.WriteString("## Sub-issue Creation\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("**Choosing `--status` when creating sub-issues.** `--status todo` = **start now** (default — agent assignees fire immediately). `--status backlog` = **wait**, then promote later with `multica issue status <child-id> todo`. Parallel children: all `--status todo`. Strict serial 1→2→3: only Step 1 `todo`, Steps 2/3 `--status backlog` from the start.\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("**Ordering with stages.** For phased plans, group children with `--stage <N>` (N ≥ 1) instead of hand-promoting the backlog chain — stage members run together, and the parent wakes once per stage. Use `--stage k --status backlog` for later stages, then `multica issue children <id>` to inspect groupings before promoting. Reach for stages whenever a plan has more than one step or a step must wait for a group.\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeSkills emits the Skills section listing skill names + descriptions.
|
||
func writeSkills(b *strings.Builder, provider string, ctx TaskContextForEnv) {
|
||
skills := modelVisibleSkills(ctx.AgentSkills)
|
||
if len(skills) == 0 {
|
||
return
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("## Skills\n\n")
|
||
switch provider {
|
||
case "claude", "codebuddy", "codex", "copilot", "opencode", "deveco", "openclaw", "hermes", "pi", "cursor", "kimi", "kiro", "qoder", "antigravity", "qwen":
|
||
// Hermes discovers these from its per-task HERMES_HOME/skills (seeded by
|
||
// the daemon), so it needs the same "discovered automatically" framing
|
||
// as the other native-discovery runtimes rather than a path pointer.
|
||
b.WriteString("You have the following skills installed (discovered automatically):\n\n")
|
||
default:
|
||
b.WriteString("Detailed skill instructions are in `.agent_context/skills/`. Each subdirectory contains a `SKILL.md`.\n\n")
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}
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for _, skill := range skills {
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if desc := strings.TrimSpace(skill.Description); desc != "" {
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fmt.Fprintf(b, "- **%s** — %s\n", skill.Name, desc)
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} else {
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fmt.Fprintf(b, "- **%s**\n", skill.Name)
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}
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}
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b.WriteString("\n")
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}
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// writeMentions emits the @mention side-effects section (compressed).
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func writeMentions(b *strings.Builder) {
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b.WriteString("## Mentions\n\n")
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b.WriteString("Mention links are **side-effecting actions**:\n\n")
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b.WriteString("- `[MUL-123](mention://issue/<issue-id>)` — clickable link (no side effect)\n")
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b.WriteString("- `[@Name](mention://member/<user-id>)` — **notifies a human**\n")
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b.WriteString("- `[@Name](mention://agent/<agent-id>)` — **enqueues a new run for that agent**\n\n")
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b.WriteString("### When NOT to use a mention link\n\n")
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b.WriteString("Default: NO mention. Replying to another agent that just spoke to you, or thanking / acknowledging / signing off — **end with no mention at all**. An accidental `@mention` restarts an agent-to-agent loop and costs the user money.\n\n")
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b.WriteString("### When a mention IS appropriate\n\n")
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b.WriteString("Escalating to a human owner not yet involved; delegating a concrete new sub-task to another agent for the first time; or when the user explicitly asks to loop someone in. Otherwise **don't mention**. Silence ends conversations.\n\n")
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}
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||
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// writeAttachments emits the Attachments pointer.
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func writeAttachments(b *strings.Builder) {
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b.WriteString("## Attachments\n\n")
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b.WriteString("Issues and comments may include file attachments (images, documents, etc.).\n")
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b.WriteString("When a task includes attachment IDs and you need the files, inspect `multica attachment --help` and use the authenticated CLI path. Do not open Multica resource URLs directly.\n")
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// Closes the inbound half of the MUL-4899 loop: an attachment the agent
|
||
// just downloaded is the most tempting local path to echo back, because it
|
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// came from the conversation and *feels* shared. It is not — the download
|
||
// landed in this run's private workdir.
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||
b.WriteString("An attachment you download lands in your own workdir: that local path is a private working copy, not something the reader can open. Never echo it back into a deliverable as a link — re-deliver the file itself if it needs to travel (see `## Output`).\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeAlwaysUseCLI emits the "must go through the multica CLI" guardrail
|
||
// (compressed).
|
||
func writeAlwaysUseCLI(b *strings.Builder) {
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||
b.WriteString("## Important: Always Use the `multica` CLI\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("Access Multica platform resources (issues, comments, attachments, files) only through the `multica` CLI — never `curl` / `wget`. For any operation the CLI doesn't cover, post a comment mentioning the workspace owner rather than working around it.\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeDeliveryInvariant emits the always-on delivery contract, shared by every
|
||
// task kind.
|
||
//
|
||
// MUL-4899: agents were writing runtime-local paths into deliverables as
|
||
// clickable links (`[screenshot](/Users/agent/work/shot.png)`). Two things were
|
||
// wrong with that and the brief stated neither: the link is dead for every
|
||
// reader (the path exists only on the machine that ran the agent), and on
|
||
// macOS/Linux Desktop clicking it opened a tab at that path and hit a router
|
||
// 404. The Desktop side is fixed separately; this is the source fix — the
|
||
// contract the brief never carried.
|
||
//
|
||
// Deliberately emitted OUTSIDE writeOutput's kind switch: the invariant holds on
|
||
// every surface, and the per-kind line inside the switch only answers "how do I
|
||
// deliver a file HERE". Keeping them apart stops a new task kind from silently
|
||
// inheriting no invariant at all.
|
||
func writeDeliveryInvariant(b *strings.Builder) {
|
||
b.WriteString("**Runtime-local paths are never deliverables.** Your working directory exists only on the machine running you. Readers do not have it, so a local path in a deliverable is dead for everyone but you.\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- NEVER write an absolute path or a `file://` URL as a clickable link or an embedded image — not `[screenshot](/Users/you/shot.png)`, not ``. This is wrong on every surface, including when the file really does exist on your machine right now.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- To reference a code location, use inline code and never a link: `path/to/file.ts:42`.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- To deliver a file you produced, use this surface's mechanism (below). If this surface has no file mechanism, say so in words — never link the path and imply the file was delivered.\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// writeOutput emits the kind-specific Output section: the always-on delivery
|
||
// invariant plus one per-surface file-delivery policy line per kind.
|
||
func writeOutput(b *strings.Builder, kind taskKind, ctx TaskContextForEnv) {
|
||
b.WriteString("## Output\n\n")
|
||
switch kind {
|
||
case kindAutopilotRunOnly:
|
||
b.WriteString("This is a run-only autopilot task, so there may be no issue comment to post. Your final assistant output is captured automatically as the autopilot run result. Keep it concise and state the outcome.\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("**Delivering files here:** this surface is text-only — the run result carries no attachments. Describe what you produced; do not link its path.\n")
|
||
case kindQuickCreate:
|
||
b.WriteString("This is a quick-create task. There is NO existing issue to comment on. Your final stdout is captured automatically and the platform writes the user's success/failure inbox notification based on whether `multica issue create` succeeded.\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- Do NOT call `multica issue comment add` — the issue you just created has no conversation context for this run.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- Print exactly one final line: `Created <identifier-or-id>: <title>` after a successful `multica issue create`. Use the created issue's `identifier` from JSON output when available; otherwise use its `id`. Do not assume any workspace issue prefix such as `MUL-`; workspaces can use custom prefixes.\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("- On CLI failure, exit with the CLI error as the only output. The platform translates that into a `quick_create_failed` inbox item carrying the original prompt for the user.\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("**Delivering files here:** your stdout is text-only. A file that belongs to the new issue goes on the `multica issue create` call itself via `--attachment <path>`; never put its path in the description or in your stdout line.\n")
|
||
case kindChat:
|
||
b.WriteString("This is a chat session. Your reply is delivered directly to the chat window the user is reading.\n\n")
|
||
// Two-layer channel policy (MUL-4899). This is the DELIVERY layer: any
|
||
// non-empty channel type means the reply leaves Multica for an external
|
||
// IM platform, where `attachment upload` has nothing to bind to. The
|
||
// orthogonal HISTORY layer (which read commands exist) is Slack-only and
|
||
// lives in the per-turn chat prompt — do not collapse the two.
|
||
if ctx.ChatChannelType != "" {
|
||
fmt.Fprintf(b, "**Delivering files here:** this %s conversation is text-only — Multica cannot push a file you produced back into it. `multica attachment upload` does NOT apply: it binds to a Multica chat reply, which this is not. Say in words what you produced and where it can be obtained; never upload and then write as though the file arrived, and never link its local path.\n", ChannelDisplayName(ctx.ChatChannelType))
|
||
} else {
|
||
b.WriteString("**Delivering files here:** run `multica attachment upload <local-path>` — it binds the file to your reply and it renders as an attachment card. That command is the ONLY way a file reaches the user; a path written into your reply text is not.\n")
|
||
}
|
||
default:
|
||
if ctx.IsSquadLeader {
|
||
b.WriteString("⚠️ **Final results MUST be delivered via `multica issue comment add`** — unless your outcome is `no_action`. When you evaluate a trigger and decide no action is needed, calling `multica squad activity <issue-id> no_action --reason \"...\"` alone is sufficient; you MUST exit without posting any comment. DO NOT post a comment that announces no_action, acknowledges another agent, or says you are exiting silently — such comments are noise. For all other outcomes (`action`, `failed`), a comment is still mandatory.\n\n")
|
||
} else {
|
||
b.WriteString("⚠️ **Final results MUST be delivered via `multica issue comment add`.** The user does NOT see your terminal output, assistant chat text, or run logs — only comments on the issue. A task that finishes without a result comment is invisible to the user, even if the work itself was correct.\n\n")
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("**Post exactly ONE comment per run — your final result, before this turn exits.** Do NOT post progress updates, plans, or \"here's what I'm about to do next\" as comments while you work; keep all planning and progress in your own reasoning.\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("Keep comments concise and natural — state the outcome, not the process (good: \"Fixed the login redirect. PR: https://...\"; bad: numbered process logs).\n\n")
|
||
b.WriteString("**Delivering files here:** pass `--attachment <path>` to `multica issue comment add` (repeatable). The file uploads and renders on the comment; that is the only way a screenshot or artifact reaches the reader.\n")
|
||
}
|
||
b.WriteString("\n")
|
||
writeDeliveryInvariant(b)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
// buildMetaSkillContentSlim is the post-MUL-3560 brief assembler.
|
||
// Called from buildMetaSkillContent (runtime_config.go). The
|
||
// `runtime_brief_slim` flag that once gated it was retired in MUL-4297.
|
||
//
|
||
// The Section × Kind matrix encoded below (skip = elide section, keep
|
||
// = always emit, △ = data-driven inside the helper):
|
||
//
|
||
// Section | comment | assign | autopilot | quick_create | chat
|
||
// ----------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------------+------
|
||
// Available Commands | full | full | full | minimal | full
|
||
// Comment Formatting | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | —
|
||
// Repositories | △ | △ | △ | — | △
|
||
// Project Context | △ | △ | △ | △ | △
|
||
// Issue Metadata | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | —
|
||
// Instruction Precedence| — | ✓ | — | — | —
|
||
// Sub-issue Creation | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | —
|
||
// Skills | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓
|
||
// Mentions | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | —
|
||
// Attachments | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | —
|
||
//
|
||
// Always-on rows — Header, Background Task Safety, Agent Identity,
|
||
// Requesting User, Task Initiator, Workspace Context, Connected Apps,
|
||
// Workflow, Always Use CLI, Output — are shared by every kind and emitted
|
||
// unconditionally (or gated by their own data preconditions).
|
||
func buildMetaSkillContentSlim(provider string, ctx TaskContextForEnv) string {
|
||
var b strings.Builder
|
||
kind := classifyTask(ctx)
|
||
|
||
// Session Continuity Notice, Task Initiator and Connected Apps used to be
|
||
// rendered here. They are per-run values, so emitting them into this file
|
||
// broke prompt-cache prefix stability on every resume; they now travel in
|
||
// the per-turn user message (daemon.BuildPrompt) instead. See MUL-5377.
|
||
writeHeader(&b)
|
||
writeBackgroundTaskSafetySlim(&b)
|
||
writeAgentIdentity(&b, ctx)
|
||
writeRequestingUser(&b, ctx)
|
||
writeWorkspaceContext(&b, ctx)
|
||
|
||
switch kind {
|
||
case kindQuickCreate:
|
||
writeAvailableCommandsQuickCreate(&b)
|
||
default:
|
||
writeAvailableCommands(&b)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if kind == kindIssue {
|
||
writeCommentFormatting(&b)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if kind != kindQuickCreate {
|
||
writeRepositories(&b, ctx)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
writeProjectContext(&b, ctx)
|
||
|
||
if kind.hasIssueContext() {
|
||
writeIssueMetadata(&b)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if kind == kindIssue {
|
||
writeInstructionPrecedence(&b)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
writeWorkflowHeader(&b)
|
||
switch kind {
|
||
case kindChat:
|
||
writeWorkflowChat(&b)
|
||
case kindQuickCreate:
|
||
writeWorkflowQuickCreate(&b)
|
||
case kindAutopilotRunOnly:
|
||
writeWorkflowAutopilot(&b, ctx)
|
||
case kindIssue:
|
||
writeWorkflowIssue(&b, ctx)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if kind.hasIssueContext() && ctx.IssueID != "" {
|
||
writeSubIssueCreation(&b)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if kind != kindQuickCreate {
|
||
writeSkills(&b, provider, ctx)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
if kind == kindIssue {
|
||
writeMentions(&b)
|
||
writeAttachments(&b)
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
writeAlwaysUseCLI(&b)
|
||
writeOutput(&b, kind, ctx)
|
||
|
||
return b.String()
|
||
}
|