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tool.rs

1//! Tool abstraction.
2//!
3//! Both builtin tools (`defect-tools`) and MCP adapters (`defect-mcp`) integrate
4//! into the agent main loop by implementing the [`Tool`] trait.
5//!
6//! ## ACP alignment
7//!
8//! [`Tool::describe`] and [`ToolEvent::Progress`] / [`ToolEvent::Completed`]
9//! directly reuse ACP's [`ToolCallUpdateFields`] to avoid duplicating fields.
10//! The main loop enriches the fields produced by the tool with metadata such as
11//! [`ToolCallId`] and [`raw_input`], then forwards them as `session/update` and
12//! `session/request_permission`.
13//!
14//! [`ToolCallId`]: agent_client_protocol_schema::ToolCallId
15//! [`ToolCallUpdateFields`]: agent_client_protocol_schema::ToolCallUpdateFields
16//! [`raw_input`]: agent_client_protocol_schema::ToolCallUpdateFields::raw_input
17
18use std::path::Path;
19use std::pin::Pin;
20use std::sync::Arc;
21
22use agent_client_protocol_schema::{ToolCallId, ToolCallUpdateFields};
23use futures::Stream;
24use futures::future::BoxFuture;
25use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
26use thiserror::Error;
27use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
28
29use crate::error::BoxError;
30use crate::fs::FsBackend;
31use crate::http::HttpClient;
32use crate::session::EventEmitter;
33use crate::shell::ShellBackend;
34
35mod background_tasks;
36mod goal_done;
37mod skill;
38mod spawn_agent;
39pub use background_tasks::{CancelBackgroundTaskTool, InspectBackgroundTaskTool};
40pub use goal_done::{GOAL_DONE_TOOL_NAME, GoalDoneTool};
41pub use skill::{SkillEntry, SkillTool, SkillTriggers};
42pub use spawn_agent::{SpawnAgentTool, SubagentProfile};
43
44/// Tool's "public face": describes the parameter shape without any execution capability.
45///
46/// [`crate::llm::CompletionRequest::tools`] accepts `Vec<ToolSchema>`.
47/// Providers don't hold `dyn Tool`; they serialize schemas into wire JSON.
48#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
49pub struct ToolSchema {
50    pub name: String,
51    pub description: String,
52    /// JSON Schema for the parameters. Uses a subset of Draft 2020-12 (the exact subset
53    /// and escaping rules are documented in `tool-trait.md`).
54    pub input_schema: serde_json::Value,
55}
56
57/// Self-description of a tool call, directly mapping to ACP's [`ToolCallUpdateFields`].
58///
59/// Purpose (the same data drives three ACP messages):
60/// - First push of a `ToolCall` (`status = Pending`)
61/// - The `tool_call` field in a `RequestPermission` request
62/// - Baseline for incremental updates via [`ToolEvent::Progress`]
63///
64/// Field conventions:
65/// - `tool_call_id` is not in this struct; it is assigned uniformly by the main loop
66///   (using the LLM's `tool_use_id` or a self-generated UUID). The tool does not care
67///   about it.
68/// - `raw_input` is filled by the main loop with the original args. Tool implementations
69///   must not set it themselves, to avoid divergence from the real parameters on the
70///   wire.
71/// - `status` is inferred from the [`ToolEvent`] variant: `Progress` → `InProgress`,
72///   `Completed` → `Completed`, `Failed` → `Failed`. Tools must not set it themselves.
73///
74/// [`ToolCallUpdateFields`]: agent_client_protocol_schema::ToolCallUpdateFields
75#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
76pub struct ToolCallDescription {
77    pub fields: ToolCallUpdateFields,
78}
79
80/// Safety level for a tool.
81///
82/// This is only a **hint** fed to the external sandbox policy; the final Allow / Deny /
83/// Ask decision is made by the policy (in combination with user configuration, prior
84/// authorization, etc.). The trait itself does not enforce any policy.
85///
86/// The `serde` representation uses `snake_case` (`read_only` / `mutating` / `destructive`
87/// / `network`), so that `defect-config` can deserialize it directly from TOML in hook
88/// matchers and similar contexts.
89#[non_exhaustive]
90#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
91#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
92pub enum SafetyClass {
93    /// Read-only: list directories, read files, query metadata.
94    ReadOnly,
95    /// Mutating: writes files or modifies state; side effects may or may not be
96    /// reversible.
97    Mutating,
98    /// Destructive: deleting files, moving, executing commands.
99    Destructive,
100    /// Outbound network: HTTP / DNS / any remote I/O.
101    Network,
102}
103
104/// Elements of the event stream produced by [`Tool::execute`].
105///
106/// Terminal semantics: the stream contains **at most one** [`ToolEvent::Completed`] or
107/// [`ToolEvent::Failed`], and it must be the last event in the stream. When the main
108/// loop encounters a terminal event, it considers the tool call finished and does not
109/// consume any further elements.
110#[non_exhaustive]
111#[derive(Debug)]
112pub enum ToolEvent {
113    /// Progress delta: the main loop forwards this as a `tool_call_update` in an ACP
114    /// `session/update`.
115    /// Contains only the fields that changed, matching the "patch" semantics of
116    /// [`ToolCallUpdateFields`].
117    ///
118    /// [`ToolCallUpdateFields`]: agent_client_protocol_schema::ToolCallUpdateFields
119    Progress(ToolCallUpdateFields),
120
121    /// Successful completion. `fields` contains the remaining final-state fields (e.g.,
122    /// final content, locations, raw_output); the main loop is responsible for setting
123    /// `status` to `Completed`.
124    Completed(ToolCallUpdateFields),
125
126    /// Terminal failure. Carries the Rust-side error so the caller can retry or log it;
127    /// when mapping to ACP, the main loop sets `status` to `Failed` and places the
128    /// [`ToolError`] text into `content`.
129    Failed(ToolError),
130}
131
132/// Event stream for [`Tool::execute`]. Type-erased so that `dyn Tool` can be used
133/// directly.
134pub type ToolStream = Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = ToolEvent> + Send>>;
135
136/// The execution environment injected into [`Tool::execute`].
137///
138/// An explicit struct rather than environment variables or thread-locals, making it easy
139/// to construct in tests and avoiding implicit global state. Fields are marked
140/// `non_exhaustive` to allow future additions (sandbox handles, ACP backchannels, etc.)
141/// without breaking existing implementations.
142#[non_exhaustive]
143pub struct ToolContext<'a> {
144    /// The default working directory for the tool (typically the ACP session's `cwd`).
145    pub cwd: &'a Path,
146    /// Cancellation token: triggered by upstream `session/cancel`, user Ctrl+C, timeout,
147    /// etc.
148    /// Tool implementations should check `cancel.is_cancelled()` at long loops or await
149    /// points and exit as soon as possible.
150    pub cancel: CancellationToken,
151    /// Filesystem backend. The `fs` tool family (`read_file` / `write_file` /
152    /// `edit_file`) reads and writes files through it. During assembly, `defect-acp`
153    /// selects either `LocalFsBackend` or `AcpFsBackend` based on the client-negotiated
154    /// [`FileSystemCapabilities`]; tool implementations are completely unaware of this.
155    ///
156    /// Uses [`Arc`] instead of a borrow: `Tool::execute` returns a `'static` future /
157    /// stream, and tools typically `clone` the fs into async tasks. A borrow cannot
158    /// survive across `.await`.
159    ///
160    /// [`FileSystemCapabilities`]: agent_client_protocol_schema::FileSystemCapabilities
161    pub fs: Arc<dyn FsBackend>,
162    /// Shell execution backend. The `bash` tool uses it to create a terminal and run
163    /// commands; during assembly, `defect-acp` selects either `LocalShellBackend` or
164    /// `AcpShellBackend` based on the client-negotiated [`ClientCapabilities::terminal`],
165    /// and tool implementations are unaware of the choice.
166    ///
167    /// Same `Arc` trade-off as `fs` — `Tool::execute` returns a `'static` future.
168    ///
169    /// [`ClientCapabilities::terminal`]: agent_client_protocol_schema::ClientCapabilities
170    pub shell: Arc<dyn ShellBackend>,
171    /// HTTP fetch backend. The `fetch` tool uses it to perform network reads; it is set
172    /// up at the CLI entry point (constructed from `HttpClientConfig` as a process-level
173    /// [`HttpClient`] instance and reused). Tool implementations receive an [`Arc`]
174    /// clone; `Tool::execute` is a `'static` future, so borrowing cannot survive across
175    /// await points.
176    pub http: Arc<dyn HttpClient>,
177    /// The model id selected for the current turn. Most tools do not need this; the
178    /// `spawn_agent` sub-agent tool uses it to "fall back the model to the parent
179    /// session's current selection" — `ToolContext` does not carry a provider registry,
180    /// but carrying this string is enough for `spawn_agent` to call `entry_for_model` on
181    /// its own captured registry to resolve the provider the parent is currently using.
182    /// Populated from `config.model` by [`TurnRunner`](crate::session::TurnRunner) when
183    /// constructing the context.
184    pub current_model: &'a str,
185    /// The provider vendor selected for the current turn. Together with
186    /// [`Self::current_model`] this forms a `(vendor, model)` selection pair — when a
187    /// `spawn_agent` sub-agent falls back to the parent's choice, it uses this pair to
188    /// call `entry_for` on the registry for exact resolution (avoiding provider
189    /// mis-selection when multiple gateways serve the same model name). An empty string
190    /// means the value was not injected (legacy/test paths); in that case `spawn_agent`
191    /// falls back to looking up the first entry by bare model id. Populated by the turn
192    /// runner from `config.provider` when constructing the context.
193    pub current_provider: &'a str,
194    /// Session-level background task handle. When `Some`, tools can fire-and-forget a
195    /// task that outlives the current turn (primarily for `spawn_agent {
196    /// run_in_background: true }`); `None` means the context does not support background
197    /// execution (e.g., nested sub-agent turns or tests), and tools should fall back to
198    /// synchronous execution.
199    ///
200    /// Uses an owned [`Arc`]-backed handle instead of a borrow: `Tool::execute` returns a
201    /// `'static` future, and a borrow cannot survive across await. Injected by the
202    /// top-level [`TurnRunner`](crate::session::TurnRunner) when constructing the
203    /// context; not injected for nested sub-agent turns (structurally prevents background
204    /// tasks from spawning themselves).
205    pub background: Option<crate::session::BackgroundTasks>,
206    /// Subagent event bridge: when `Some`, a tool can wrap internally spawned sub-turn
207    /// events as [`crate::event::AgentEvent::Subagent`] and forward them back to the
208    /// parent session's event stream for nested observability display. Currently only
209    /// used by `spawn_agent`. Injected by the turn runner in `session::turn` for each
210    /// tool according to its [`ToolCallId`] — **injected for both top-level and nested
211    /// sub-agent turns** (recursive bridging), with the mount point expressed by
212    /// [`SubagentBridge::parent_tool_call_id`].
213    pub subagent_bridge: Option<SubagentBridge>,
214    /// The active sandbox policy for this turn snapshot. `spawn_agent` uses it to pass
215    /// the parent's current real policy to child agents — after a `session/set_mode`
216    /// switch, newly created turns propagate the new policy through this field, so child
217    /// agents never see a stale process-level default. When `None`, `spawn_agent` falls
218    /// back to the policy captured at construction time (testing / uninjected scenarios).
219    /// Most tools ignore this field.
220    pub policy: Option<Arc<dyn crate::policy::SandboxPolicy>>,
221    /// Shared state for the `--goal` goal-driven loop. When `Some`, this session runs in
222    /// goal mode; the `goal_done` tool calls [`crate::session::GoalState::mark_reached`]
223    /// to set the flag, and the `goal-gate` hook uses it to decide whether to release or
224    /// extend a turn when it voluntarily stops. `None` means non-goal mode (the default);
225    /// the `goal_done` tool is not registered and this field is never read.
226    pub goal: Option<Arc<crate::session::GoalState>>,
227    /// How many more layers of subagent can be dispatched from the current layer. The
228    /// top-level turn starts at the configured initial limit; `spawn_agent` decrements it
229    /// by one when injecting a nested turn for a child agent. `0` means the child agent
230    /// cannot obtain the `spawn_agent` tool (depth exhausted, structurally preventing
231    /// further recursion) — replacing the old hard-coded "whitelist never contains
232    /// `spawn_agent`". This is a functional gate, unrelated to observability, so it is
233    /// independent of the optional [`Self::subagent_bridge`] and also takes effect in
234    /// test / no-bridge scenarios. Defaults to `0` (most conservative: no explicit
235    /// injection means no dispatch; the top-level turn must explicitly use
236    /// [`Self::with_subagent_depth`]).
237    pub subagent_depth: u32,
238}
239
240/// A handle for bridging sub-turn events (spawned internally by a tool) back into the
241/// parent session's event stream.
242///
243/// Holds the parent session's [`EventEmitter`] and the [`ToolCallId`] that initiated this
244/// tool invocation. `Clone` is cheap (internally `Arc` + small string).
245///
246/// ## Recursive bridging: each layer only prepends its own id
247///
248/// The full ancestor chain is not stored here — it is accumulated incrementally as events
249/// **bubble upward** through each layer's bridge. The bridge subscriber (e.g.,
250/// `spawn_agent`'s `bridge_task`) at each layer:
251/// - Receives a **leaf** event from the sub-turn → wraps it as
252///   `Subagent{ ancestor_path: [parent_tool_call_id], agent_type: <this layer's profile>,
253///   inner: leaf }`;
254/// - Receives an **already** `Subagent` (from a deeper layer, already carrying a partial
255///   chain) → **prepends** `parent_tool_call_id` to the head of its `ancestor_path`,
256///   leaving `inner` leaf and deeper `agent_type` unchanged.
257///
258/// Thus after passing through N layers of bridging, `ancestor_path` is exactly the
259/// complete id chain from the top layer down to the leaf. Each layer only needs to know
260/// its own hop — this lets frontend, backend, and arbitrary depths share the same logic.
261///
262/// The recursive **depth gate** is not here — it is functional and must always apply
263/// (including in non-observability / test scenarios), so it lives in the separate
264/// [`ToolContext::subagent_depth`] field rather than in this optional bridge.
265#[derive(Clone)]
266pub struct SubagentBridge {
267    /// Event bus of the parent session. Wrapped [`crate::event::AgentEvent::Subagent`]
268    /// events are emitted here.
269    pub parent_events: Arc<EventEmitter>,
270    /// The tool call ID that spawned this subagent (the corresponding tool span in the
271    /// parent trace). The bridge prepends this ID, serving as the mount point of this
272    /// subagent within the parent trace.
273    pub parent_tool_call_id: ToolCallId,
274}
275
276impl<'a> ToolContext<'a> {
277    /// Constructs a minimal `ToolContext`. The `#[non_exhaustive]` attribute prevents
278    /// external crates from constructing the struct directly with a literal — this
279    /// constructor is the only cross-crate entry point. When adding new fields, add
280    /// default values to the signature or provide a new constructor to avoid breaking
281    /// existing call sites.
282    pub fn new(
283        cwd: &'a Path,
284        cancel: CancellationToken,
285        fs: Arc<dyn FsBackend>,
286        shell: Arc<dyn ShellBackend>,
287        http: Arc<dyn HttpClient>,
288        current_model: &'a str,
289    ) -> Self {
290        Self {
291            cwd,
292            cancel,
293            fs,
294            shell,
295            http,
296            current_model,
297            current_provider: "",
298            background: None,
299            subagent_bridge: None,
300            policy: None,
301            goal: None,
302            subagent_depth: 0,
303        }
304    }
305
306    /// Inject the provider vendor selected for the current turn, forming a selection pair
307    /// with `current_model`.
308    /// If not called, defaults to an empty string (`spawn_agent` falls back to picking
309    /// the first entry by bare model id).
310    #[must_use]
311    pub fn with_current_provider(mut self, vendor: &'a str) -> Self {
312        self.current_provider = vendor;
313        self
314    }
315
316    /// Inject the remaining subagent dispatch depth from this layer onward. The tool
317    /// driver for the top-level turn calls with the configured initial cap; `spawn_agent`
318    /// injects the decremented value for nested child-agent turns. If not called,
319    /// defaults to `0` (most conservative: no subagent dispatch allowed).
320    #[must_use]
321    pub fn with_subagent_depth(mut self, depth: u32) -> Self {
322        self.subagent_depth = depth;
323        self
324    }
325
326    /// Inject the active sandbox policy for this turn snapshot. The top-level turn's tool
327    /// driver uses this to pass the parent turn's policy to `spawn_agent`; if not called,
328    /// `policy` is `None` (child agent nesting / testing), and `spawn_agent` falls back
329    /// to the policy captured at construction time.
330    #[must_use]
331    pub fn with_policy(mut self, policy: Arc<dyn crate::policy::SandboxPolicy>) -> Self {
332        self.policy = Some(policy);
333        self
334    }
335
336    /// Inject a session-level background task handle. The top-level turn's tool driver
337    /// uses this to enable `run_in_background`; if not called, `background` is `None`
338    /// (the default for sub-agents / tests), and tools fall back to synchronous
339    /// execution.
340    #[must_use]
341    pub fn with_background(mut self, background: crate::session::BackgroundTasks) -> Self {
342        self.background = Some(background);
343        self
344    }
345
346    /// Inject shared state for the `--goal` goal-driven loop. The `goal_done` tool sets
347    /// `reached` based on this state; if not called, `goal` is `None` (non-goal mode, the
348    /// default).
349    #[must_use]
350    pub fn with_goal(mut self, goal: Arc<crate::session::GoalState>) -> Self {
351        self.goal = Some(goal);
352        self
353    }
354
355    /// Inject a subagent event bridge. The tool driver injects one per tool call in
356    /// `session::turn`, keyed by [`ToolCallId`], so that `spawn_agent` can nest child
357    /// turn events back into the parent trace.
358    #[must_use]
359    pub fn with_subagent_bridge(mut self, bridge: SubagentBridge) -> Self {
360        self.subagent_bridge = Some(bridge);
361        self
362    }
363}
364
365/// Tools callable by the agent.
366///
367/// Implementors are typically stateless (each invocation receives all dependencies via
368/// `args` + [`ToolContext`]); if you need to hold state such as connections or caches,
369/// place the state on `Self` and register an `Arc<Self>` with the main loop.
370pub trait Tool: Send + Sync {
371    /// Tool metadata. Returns a reference to avoid allocating on every call.
372    fn schema(&self) -> &ToolSchema;
373
374    /// Provides a safety-level hint to the sandbox policy without actually executing the
375    /// tool.
376    ///
377    /// `args` is the already-deserialized JSON value — the same tool's safety level may
378    /// vary by arguments (e.g., the `bash` tool escalates to [`SafetyClass::Destructive`]
379    /// when `command` contains `rm`). The implementation should be a **pure function**
380    /// and perform no IO.
381    fn safety_hint(&self, args: &serde_json::Value) -> SafetyClass;
382
383    /// Generates a "self-description" before execution, for display to the ACP client.
384    ///
385    /// The async signature and [`ToolContext`] injection allow implementations to perform
386    /// lightweight IO during the describe phase (typical example: `write_file` reads the
387    /// old content before requesting authorization, producing a precise old↔new diff for
388    /// the client—more reviewable than "entirely new content").
389    ///
390    /// Performance constraint: `describe` runs before every ACP `ToolCall` push.
391    /// Implementations should remain fast and graceful on failure (on IO failure, degrade
392    /// to returning basic fields; do not let `describe` itself throw—the signature
393    /// provides no error channel).
394    ///
395    /// See the field conventions on [`ToolCallDescription`] for which fields are filled
396    /// by whom.
397    fn describe<'a>(
398        &'a self,
399        args: &'a serde_json::Value,
400        ctx: ToolContext<'a>,
401    ) -> BoxFuture<'a, ToolCallDescription>;
402
403    /// Initiates a tool call and returns an event stream.
404    ///
405    /// See [`ToolEvent`] for the stream elements. The stream must end immediately after
406    /// the terminal event. Dropping the stream is treated as cancellation (equivalent to
407    /// `ctx.cancel.cancel()`).
408    fn execute(&self, args: serde_json::Value, ctx: ToolContext<'_>) -> ToolStream;
409}
410
411/// Tool execution error.
412///
413/// The granularity is intentionally coarse — finer-grained error types are carried by
414/// built-in tools themselves in the `Execution` source. Here we only distinguish the
415/// broad categories that the main loop needs to handle differently.
416#[non_exhaustive]
417#[derive(Debug, Error)]
418pub enum ToolError {
419    /// Canceled by the caller (triggered via [`ToolContext::cancel`]).
420    #[error("tool canceled")]
421    Canceled,
422
423    /// The tool arguments failed JSON parsing or schema validation. The main loop can
424    /// send this back to the LLM so the model can fix the parameters and retry.
425    #[error("invalid tool arguments: {0}")]
426    InvalidArgs(#[source] BoxError),
427
428    /// Runtime error (I/O failure, non-zero subprocess exit, network error, etc.).
429    #[error("tool execution failed: {0}")]
430    Execution(#[source] BoxError),
431}