objectiveai_cli/command/agents/spawn.rs
1//! `agents spawn` — in-process chunk-or-id streaming handler.
2//!
3//! The agent input is the shared [`AgentSelector`] — a direct ref
4//! (inline / file / python / remote), a tag, or an existing
5//! instance. Tags resolve first: BOUND → the live hierarchy
6//! (historic case), GROUPED → the group's stored spec plus the tag
7//! threaded into the conduit for the BOUND upgrade, ABSENT → error.
8//!
9//! Stream-true (`dangerous_advanced.stream = Some(true)`): resolve
10//! + lock + drive the SDK streaming WS connection inside this cli
11//! process. The INITIAL lock (try_acquire, failure = error; skipped
12//! when `dangerous_advanced.skip_lock` says a parent already
13//! transferred the claim into this process): historic case → the
14//! AIH lock, un-upgraded tag case → the tag lock, plain ref → no
15//! initial lock. Historic spawns load their agent params +
16//! continuation from the stored session. Mid-stream, every newly
17//! revealed hierarchy gets a best-effort AIH claim
18//! ([`AgentInstanceRegistry::observe`]); the first success releases
19//! the tag claim. End-of-stream: if the hierarchy has undelivered
20//! `message_queue` rows, restart with the latest continuation —
21//! restart passes flow into the same output stream.
22//!
23//! Stream-false (the default): re-invoke `objectiveai-cli agents
24//! spawn ...` as a **detached subprocess** with the same arguments
25//! plus `stream = true` (so the resolution + locking above runs in
26//! the child), read the first `ResponseItem::Id` line off the
27//! child's stdout, yield it, and return. The subprocess runs
28//! orphaned to completion (Unix: kernel re-parents to init;
29//! Windows: `DETACHED_PROCESS | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP` keeps
30//! it alive past parent exit).
31//!
32//! `params.stream` on the wire is always `Some(true)`; the
33//! `dangerous_advanced.stream` setting only controls cli-side
34//! output.
35
36use std::pin::Pin;
37
38use futures::Stream;
39use futures::StreamExt;
40use objectiveai_sdk::agent::InlineAgentBaseWithFallbacksOrRemoteCommitOptional;
41use objectiveai_sdk::agent::completions::message::{Message, UserMessage};
42use objectiveai_sdk::agent::completions::request::AgentCompletionCreateParams;
43use objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::agents::selector::{AgentRef, AgentSelector};
44use objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::agents::spawn::{
45 Request, RequestDangerousAdvanced, ResponseItem,
46};
47use objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::{BinaryExecutor, CommandExecutor};
48
49use crate::context::Context;
50use crate::error::Error;
51use crate::websockets::agent_hierarchies::ChunkAgentHierarchies;
52use crate::websockets::agent_registry::AgentInstanceRegistry;
53
54type ItemStream = Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = Result<ResponseItem, Error>> + Send>>;
55
56pub async fn execute(
57 ctx: &Context,
58 request: Request,
59) -> Result<ItemStream, Error> {
60 let want_stream = request
61 .dangerous_advanced
62 .as_ref()
63 .and_then(|a| a.stream)
64 .unwrap_or(false);
65 if want_stream {
66 execute_streaming(ctx, request).await
67 } else {
68 execute_detached(request).await
69 }
70}
71
72/// Stream-false: re-invoke `objectiveai-cli agents spawn`
73/// as a detached subprocess with `stream = true`, capture the
74/// first `ResponseItem::Id` off the child's stdout, yield it, and
75/// return. The subprocess outlives this call — its
76/// `tokio::process::Child` handle is dropped without kill (the
77/// SDK's `BinaryExecutor` default + Windows `DETACHED_PROCESS`
78/// flag).
79async fn execute_detached(request: Request) -> Result<ItemStream, Error> {
80 // Re-invoke with stream=true so the child runs the real
81 // streaming path. Same argv otherwise — `BinaryExecutor` will
82 // ask `Request::into_command()` for it.
83 let mut child_request = request;
84 match child_request.dangerous_advanced.as_mut() {
85 Some(adv) => adv.stream = Some(true),
86 None => {
87 child_request.dangerous_advanced = Some(RequestDangerousAdvanced {
88 stream: Some(true),
89 ..Default::default()
90 })
91 }
92 }
93 // The child is a re-exec of this CLI — it must not inherit the
94 // parent's transform / token budget (timeout survives).
95 crate::command::reexec::strip_inherited(&mut child_request.base);
96
97 // Self-respawn: point the executor at *this* binary (whichever
98 // path the OS recorded for the current process), then arm
99 // Windows-detach so the child survives parent exit. Unix gets
100 // re-parent-to-init for free via the default kill_on_drop=false.
101 let exe = std::env::current_exe()
102 .map_err(|e| Error::Spawn("current_exe".into(), e))?;
103 let executor = BinaryExecutor::from_path(exe).detach(true);
104
105 let mut stream = executor
106 .execute::<Request, ResponseItem>(child_request, None)
107 .await
108 .map_err(|e| Error::Instance(format!(
109 "self-respawn for agents spawn: {e}"
110 )))?;
111
112 // Take exactly the first ResponseItem (the LogStreamReady Id),
113 // yield it, return. Drop the rest of the stream + the Child
114 // handle without kill. On Windows the detach flags keep the
115 // child running; on Unix the kernel re-parents to init.
116 let first = stream
117 .next()
118 .await
119 .ok_or(Error::EmptyStream)?
120 .map_err(|e| Error::Instance(format!(
121 "self-respawn for agents spawn: {e}"
122 )))?;
123 Ok(Box::pin(
124 objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::StreamOnce::new(Ok(first)),
125 ))
126}
127
128/// Spawn modes after selector resolution: a fresh agent (direct
129/// ref, or a GROUPED tag carrying the tag name for the conduit
130/// upgrade) or an existing hierarchy resumed via its stored
131/// session + continuation.
132enum Mode {
133 Fresh {
134 agent: InlineAgentBaseWithFallbacksOrRemoteCommitOptional,
135 tag: Option<String>,
136 },
137 Historic {
138 hierarchy: String,
139 },
140}
141
142async fn execute_streaming(
143 ctx: &Context,
144 request: Request,
145) -> Result<ItemStream, Error> {
146 // Required user-message slot — gets wrapped into a single
147 // `Message::User` at the head of the API call's `messages`
148 // array. Reuses `agents message`'s `resolve_message`
149 // so the five wire variants (`Simple` / `Inline(RichContent)`
150 // / `File` / `PythonInline` / `PythonFile`) round-trip
151 // identically. EMPTY resolved content (`--simple ""`, an empty
152 // Inline text, empty parts) means a wake-up/resume turn: send an
153 // EMPTY `messages` array — never a user message with an empty
154 // string — and let the API drive from the continuation + the
155 // conduit's queue drain.
156 let content = super::message::resolve_message(ctx, request.message).await?;
157 let messages = if content.is_empty() {
158 Vec::new()
159 } else {
160 vec![Message::User(UserMessage {
161 content,
162 })]
163 };
164 let seed = request.dangerous_advanced.as_ref().and_then(|a| a.seed);
165 let skip_lock = request
166 .dangerous_advanced
167 .as_ref()
168 .and_then(|a| a.skip_lock)
169 .unwrap_or(false);
170
171 let mode = match request.agent {
172 AgentSelector::Ref { agent } => Mode::Fresh {
173 agent: resolve_agent_ref(ctx, agent).await?,
174 tag: None,
175 },
176 AgentSelector::Tag { agent_tag } => {
177 match crate::db::tags::lookup(ctx.db_client().await?, &agent_tag).await? {
178 crate::db::tags::LookupState::Bound { agent_instance_hierarchy } => {
179 Mode::Historic {
180 hierarchy: agent_instance_hierarchy,
181 }
182 }
183 crate::db::tags::LookupState::Grouped { agent_spec, .. } => {
184 let agent = agent_spec;
185 Mode::Fresh {
186 agent,
187 tag: Some(agent_tag),
188 }
189 }
190 crate::db::tags::LookupState::Absent => {
191 return Err(Error::TagNotFound(agent_tag));
192 }
193 }
194 }
195 AgentSelector::Instance {
196 parent_agent_instance_hierarchy,
197 agent_instance,
198 } => {
199 let parent = parent_agent_instance_hierarchy
200 .as_deref()
201 .unwrap_or(&ctx.config.agent_instance_hierarchy);
202 Mode::Historic {
203 hierarchy: format!("{parent}/{agent_instance}"),
204 }
205 }
206 };
207
208 // Initial lock + params assembly. try_acquire only — a held lock
209 // means the agent (or another spawn of the tag) is already live,
210 // and this spawn errors out. `skip_lock` skips exactly this step:
211 // the parent `agents message` already holds the lock through the
212 // handles it transferred into this process (re-acquiring would
213 // fail against ourselves). Mid-stream best-effort AIH claims in
214 // `run_multi_pass` are unaffected.
215 let state_dir = ctx.filesystem.state_dir();
216 let mut registry = AgentInstanceRegistry::new(state_dir.clone());
217 let (agent, agent_tag, continuation) = match mode {
218 Mode::Fresh { agent, tag } => {
219 if !skip_lock {
220 if let Some(tag) = &tag {
221 let (dir, key) = super::locks::agent_tag_lock(&state_dir, tag);
222 match objectiveai_sdk::lockfile::try_acquire(&dir, &key, "").await {
223 Some(claim) => registry.hold_tag_claim(claim),
224 None => return Err(Error::AgentTagActive { tag: tag.clone() }),
225 }
226 }
227 }
228 (agent, tag, None)
229 }
230 Mode::Historic { hierarchy } => {
231 if !skip_lock {
232 let (dir, key) = super::locks::agent_instance_lock(&state_dir, &hierarchy);
233 match objectiveai_sdk::lockfile::try_acquire(&dir, &key, "").await {
234 Some(claim) => registry.preseed(hierarchy.clone(), claim),
235 None => {
236 return Err(Error::AgentInstanceActive {
237 agent_instance_hierarchy: hierarchy,
238 });
239 }
240 }
241 }
242 let lookup = crate::db::logs::lookup_session(ctx.db_client().await?, &hierarchy)
243 .await?
244 .ok_or(Error::AgentNoPriorRequest {
245 agent_instance_hierarchy: hierarchy,
246 })?;
247 (lookup.agent, None, lookup.continuation)
248 }
249 };
250
251 let params = AgentCompletionCreateParams {
252 messages,
253 provider: None,
254 agent,
255 response_format: None,
256 seed,
257 stream: Some(true),
258 continuation,
259 };
260
261 // Message-queue delivery to the live API happens through the
262 // conduit's `read_pending_and_upgrade_tag` call — the API
263 // pulls pending rows on demand as the stream runs and stamps
264 // their ids onto the first emitted assistant chunk's
265 // `request_message_ids`. No pre-spawn drain + prepend here.
266 let ctx_clone = ctx.clone();
267 Ok(Box::pin(run_multi_pass(ctx_clone, params, agent_tag, registry)))
268}
269
270/// Drives one or more stream passes until no seen hierarchy has
271/// pending `message_queue` items. Each pass opens a fresh WS
272/// stream + log writer + MCP server + conduit; the
273/// [`AgentInstanceRegistry`] (carrying any initial AIH/tag claim)
274/// persists across passes so an agent's lock stays held for the
275/// whole spawn lifetime, not per-pass — and is released when the
276/// stream (and with it the registry) drops.
277pub(crate) fn run_multi_pass(
278 ctx: Context,
279 initial_params: AgentCompletionCreateParams,
280 agent_tag: Option<String>,
281 mut registry: AgentInstanceRegistry,
282) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<ResponseItem, Error>> + Send {
283 async_stream::try_stream! {
284 let mut params = initial_params;
285 // A spawn has exactly one `(agent_instance_hierarchy,
286 // agent_full_id)` pair — set by the API on the very first
287 // chunk and never changes across restart passes. Capture
288 // once; reuse forever. `None` until the first chunk lands.
289 let mut identity: Option<(String, String)> = None;
290 // Has `ResponseItem::Id` been yielded yet? Persists across
291 // restart passes — the spawn-id handshake is a one-time
292 // event, gated on the LogWriter's `written_once` signal so
293 // the caller only sees the Id after at least one log row
294 // has been persisted.
295 let mut id_emitted = false;
296 // Resolve the MCP client tuning once for the whole spawn; every
297 // pass's conduit reuses these (cheap to pass per pass).
298 let mcp_timeout_ms = ctx.resolve_mcp_timeout_ms().await?;
299 let backoff_max_elapsed_time_ms =
300 ctx.resolve_backoff_max_elapsed_time_ms().await?;
301
302 loop {
303 // Per-pass resources. New WS connection, new log writer,
304 // new conduit + MCP server. The registry survives across
305 // passes (see above).
306 let mcp_server =
307 crate::websockets::mcp_server::spawn(ctx.clone());
308 let conduit =
309 crate::websockets::conduit::ConduitMcpHandler::new(
310 mcp_server,
311 ctx.clone(),
312 agent_tag.clone(),
313 mcp_timeout_ms,
314 backoff_max_elapsed_time_ms,
315 );
316 // Spawn.rs doesn't need the primary-id ready signal —
317 // it yields `ResponseItem::Id` from
318 // `chunk.agent_instance_hierarchy` directly on the first
319 // chunk. Drop the receiver.
320 let (log_writer, _ready_rx) = crate::db::logs::write_agent_completion(
321 ctx.db_client().await?,
322 ¶ms,
323 ctx.config.agent_instance_hierarchy.clone(),
324 )
325 .map_err(|e| Error::Instance(format!(
326 "failed to build agent-completion log writer: {e}"
327 )))?;
328
329 let (sdk_stream, notifier) =
330 objectiveai_sdk::agent::completions::create_agent_completion_streaming(
331 ctx.api_client().await?,
332 params.clone(),
333 conduit.clone(),
334 )
335 .await
336 .map_err(|e| Error::Instance(format!(
337 "failed to open agent-completion stream: {e}"
338 )))?;
339 conduit.install_notifier(notifier);
340
341 let mut sdk_stream = Box::pin(sdk_stream);
342 let mut last_continuation: Option<String> = None;
343 // Per-pass buffer of chunks held back until the
344 // LogWriter confirms it has persisted at least once.
345 // Only meaningful for pass 1 — pass 2+ already has
346 // `id_emitted = true` from a prior pass, so the buffer
347 // gate never triggers and chunks flow through directly.
348 let mut buffered: Vec<
349 objectiveai_sdk::agent::completions::response::streaming::AgentCompletionChunk,
350 > = Vec::new();
351 let mut stream_err: Option<String> = None;
352
353 while let Some(item) = sdk_stream.next().await {
354 let chunk = match item {
355 Ok(c) => c,
356 Err(e) => {
357 stream_err = Some(format!("agent stream item error: {e}"));
358 break;
359 }
360 };
361
362 // First chunk EVER (first pass, first chunk):
363 // capture the spawn's identity + claim the lock
364 // file. Tag-group upgrade is owned by the conduit's
365 // `read_pending_and_upgrade_tag`, which the API
366 // fires before the very first chunk is produced —
367 // no upgrade fan-out is needed here. The
368 // `ResponseItem::Id` handshake itself fires later,
369 // gated on `log_writer.written_once()`.
370 if identity.is_none() {
371 let hier = chunk.agent_instance_hierarchy.clone();
372 let full_id = chunk.agent_full_id.clone();
373 registry.observe(&hier).await;
374 identity = Some((hier, full_id));
375 }
376
377 // Latest continuation seen on the wire — what we
378 // use to restart if pending messages turn up at
379 // EOF. Only the terminal chunk usually carries one.
380 if let Some(c) = chunk.continuation.as_deref() {
381 last_continuation = Some(c.to_string());
382 }
383
384 // Upsert any `(AIH, continuation)` pairs the chunk
385 // carries into the `agent_continuations` registry
386 // (cumulative chunks always yield exactly one pair;
387 // the Vec is 0-or-1 long depending on whether
388 // `continuation` is `Some`). Awaited before the
389 // log-writer send + downstream yield so the registry
390 // row is visible by the time the chunk leaves this
391 // body.
392 let mut continuation_upserts: Vec<_> = Vec::new();
393 for (hier, continuation) in chunk.agent_instance_hierarchies() {
394 if let Some(c) = continuation {
395 continuation_upserts.push(
396 crate::db::agent_continuations::upsert(ctx.db_client().await?, hier, c),
397 );
398 }
399 }
400 if let Err(e) =
401 futures::future::try_join_all(continuation_upserts).await
402 {
403 stream_err =
404 Some(format!("agent_continuations upsert: {e}"));
405 break;
406 }
407
408 // Log + forward. The write is a synchronous mpsc
409 // send into the LogWriter's listener task — DB IO
410 // happens off this critical path. Clone the chunk
411 // for the listener; the original yields downstream
412 // (or sits in the buffer until the Id gate opens).
413 if let Err(e) = log_writer.write(chunk.clone()) {
414 stream_err = Some(format!("log writer error: {e}"));
415 break;
416 }
417
418 // Id gate: once the LogWriter signals it has
419 // persisted at least one batch, yield the Id and
420 // drain any chunks buffered up to this point. The
421 // gate flips exactly once per spawn (across all
422 // passes) — `id_emitted` persists outside the
423 // restart loop.
424 if !id_emitted && log_writer.written_once() {
425 let (hier, _) = identity
426 .as_ref()
427 .expect("identity set above on the first chunk");
428 yield ResponseItem::Id(hier.clone());
429 for c in buffered.drain(..) {
430 yield ResponseItem::Chunk(c);
431 }
432 id_emitted = true;
433 }
434
435 if id_emitted {
436 yield ResponseItem::Chunk(chunk);
437 } else {
438 buffered.push(chunk);
439 }
440 }
441
442 // Post-stream: if the SDK closed before the LogWriter
443 // ever flipped `written_once` true (e.g. very fast EOF
444 // ahead of the listener's first batch), wait for the
445 // first persistence to land, then emit the Id + drain
446 // any held chunks. Only fires when we actually have
447 // chunks queued behind the gate.
448 if !id_emitted && !buffered.is_empty() {
449 if let Err(e) = log_writer.wait_written_once().await {
450 stream_err.get_or_insert_with(|| format!("log writer wait: {e}"));
451 } else {
452 let (hier, _) = identity
453 .as_ref()
454 .expect("identity set on the first chunk");
455 yield ResponseItem::Id(hier.clone());
456 for c in buffered.drain(..) {
457 yield ResponseItem::Chunk(c);
458 }
459 id_emitted = true;
460 }
461 }
462
463 // Finalize the log writer (consumes it; drops the
464 // sender; awaits the listener task). By construction
465 // this returns only after the queue is empty AND no
466 // work is in flight.
467 if let Err(e) = log_writer.finalize().await {
468 stream_err.get_or_insert_with(|| format!("log writer finalize: {e}"));
469 }
470 drop(sdk_stream);
471 drop(conduit);
472
473 if let Some(e) = stream_err {
474 Err(Error::Instance(e))?;
475 }
476
477 // End-of-pass: a pure EXISTS check against the spawn's
478 // single hierarchy. The conduit already promoted every
479 // sibling tag in the group during its in-stream reads
480 // via `read_pending_and_upgrade_tag` — so this check
481 // sees the post-upgrade `tags` state and catches
482 // anything queued mid-stream against a now-BOUND
483 // sibling. On `false`, fall through to the implicit
484 // registry drop on function return (no explicit destroy
485 // needed — there's only one claim and we're done with it).
486 let Some((hier, _full_id)) = identity.as_ref() else {
487 // Empty stream — nothing was claimed, nothing to
488 // restart. Just exit.
489 break;
490 };
491 let pending = crate::db::message_queue::check_any_pending(
492 ctx.db_client().await?, hier,
493 )
494 .await
495 .unwrap_or(false);
496 if !pending {
497 break;
498 }
499
500 // Restart with the latest continuation only. No new
501 // messages — the API picks up state from the
502 // continuation token.
503 params.messages = Vec::new();
504 params.continuation = last_continuation;
505 }
506 }
507}
508
509/// Resolve an [`AgentRef`] into a typed agent. `Resolved` passes
510/// through; `File` / `PythonInline` / `PythonFile` run their IO /
511/// Python here via the shared 5-variant resolver (the `simple`
512/// slot is never populated for agent refs — `--agent <ref>`
513/// strings parse at the clap layer).
514pub(crate) async fn resolve_agent_ref(
515 ctx: &Context,
516 agent: AgentRef,
517) -> Result<InlineAgentBaseWithFallbacksOrRemoteCommitOptional, Error> {
518 let (file, python_inline, python_file) = match agent {
519 AgentRef::Resolved(resolved) => return Ok(resolved),
520 AgentRef::File(p) => (Some(p), None, None),
521 AgentRef::PythonInline(code) => (None, Some(code), None),
522 AgentRef::PythonFile(p) => (None, None, Some(p)),
523 };
524 crate::source_resolver::resolve_source(
525 ctx,
526 None,
527 None,
528 file,
529 python_inline,
530 python_file,
531 |_| unreachable!("agent refs have no plain-text variant"),
532 )
533 .await
534}
535
536pub mod request_schema {
537 use objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::agents::spawn as sdk;
538 use objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::agents::spawn::request_schema::{Request, Response};
539
540 use crate::context::Context;
541 use crate::error::Error;
542
543 pub async fn execute(_ctx: &Context, _request: Request) -> Result<Response, Error> {
544 Ok(objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::ResponseSchema(schemars::schema_for!(sdk::Request)))
545 }
546}
547
548pub mod response_schema {
549 use objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::agents::spawn as sdk;
550 use objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::agents::spawn::response_schema::{Request, Response};
551
552 use crate::context::Context;
553 use crate::error::Error;
554
555 pub async fn execute(_ctx: &Context, _request: Request) -> Result<Response, Error> {
556 Ok(objectiveai_sdk::cli::command::ResponseSchema(schemars::schema_for!(sdk::Response)))
557 }
558}