wcode_harness/protocol.rs
1//! The kernel's request/event interface — one protocol for every peer.
2//!
3//! The kernel already exposes one half of a protocol: [`AgentEvent`] is a
4//! typed, serializable stream of everything a session does (text deltas, tool
5//! lifecycle, turn boundaries). This module adds the inbound half, [`Request`],
6//! and a versioned, addressed envelope, [`Frame`], so that a client and a peer
7//! become the same kind of thing:
8//!
9//! - a **request** goes into a session's mailbox,
10//! - an **event** comes out of its stream.
11//!
12//! A TUI client, a script, and another session differ only in which address
13//! ([`Frame::session`]) they hold and how they render the stream — not in the
14//! protocol they speak. That is what lets the client seam and the future
15//! agent-to-agent seam share one implementation.
16//!
17//! Transport is deliberately absent: today the seam is an in-process
18//! `tokio::mpsc`; framing and sockets live above the kernel (a future
19//! `wcode-protocol` crate). This module is serde types only, so it adds no
20//! behavior — it is the shape the actor (S1) and the socket (S2) will speak.
21//!
22//! See `docs/interface-protocol-brainstorm.md` for the design and the staged
23//! path that lands these types.
24
25use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
26
27use crate::event::AgentEvent;
28
29/// Wire-protocol major version. Bumped only by a breaking change; additive
30/// changes leave it alone. [`Request`] already carries a [`Request::Unknown`]
31/// fallback so an older peer survives a newer request; the matching catch-all
32/// on the event side lands with the actor (S1), where an unknown event can be
33/// handled rather than silently dropped.
34pub const PROTOCOL_VERSION: u32 = 1;
35
36/// The well-known address of the human peer (brainstorm §5.2): the sender an
37/// in-process actor attributes an inbound message to until addressing lands
38/// (S4-2).
39pub const USER: &str = "user";
40
41/// Whether `request` is an A2A inbound message — the delivery verbs a peer sends
42/// (`Notify`/`Interrupt`/`Wake`), as opposed to a local command. The actor runs
43/// its `before_inbound` policy on exactly these.
44pub fn is_inbound(request: &Request) -> bool {
45 matches!(
46 request,
47 Request::Notify { .. } | Request::Interrupt { .. } | Request::Wake { .. }
48 )
49}
50
51/// A session's stable address.
52///
53/// Reuses the id already written in `SessionEntry::Header`, so a session is
54/// reachable by the same name it persists under. Transitively serialized as a
55/// bare string. Newtypes a plain `String` only to keep addressing legible at
56/// call sites — the conventions (the human is `"user"`, a peer is
57/// `"agent:<id>"`) are not encoded in the type yet.
58#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
59#[serde(transparent)]
60pub struct SessionId(pub String);
61
62impl SessionId {
63 pub fn new(id: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
64 Self(id.into())
65 }
66
67 /// The well-known address of the human peer (see [`USER`]).
68 pub fn user() -> Self {
69 Self(USER.to_string())
70 }
71
72 /// A peer session's address: `"agent:<id>"` (§5.2).
73 pub fn agent(id: impl AsRef<str>) -> Self {
74 Self(format!("agent:{}", id.as_ref()))
75 }
76
77 pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
78 &self.0
79 }
80}
81
82impl From<String> for SessionId {
83 fn from(id: String) -> Self {
84 Self(id)
85 }
86}
87
88impl From<&str> for SessionId {
89 fn from(id: &str) -> Self {
90 Self(id.to_string())
91 }
92}
93
94impl std::fmt::Display for SessionId {
95 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
96 f.write_str(&self.0)
97 }
98}
99
100/// A session's run-state — the server-side liveness fact (bug 2).
101///
102/// The wire twin of the TUI's client-local `TeamState`: born at the actor's
103/// `run()` boundary (actor.rs), mirrored into the registry roster, and carried
104/// on [`SessionInfo`] so it RIDES the existing
105/// [`crate::event::AgentEvent::Sessions`] push — no new `Request`/`Reply`
106/// variant is needed for the query (`Request::ListSessions` already returns
107/// `Sessions`; making it `state`-aware is the whole poll path).
108///
109/// serde shape: `snake_case` — `"idle" | "running" | "done" | "failed"`.
110/// `Default = Idle`, so an older server's [`SessionInfo`] (no `state` key)
111/// still deserializes.
112#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
113#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
114pub enum MemberState {
115 /// Not running and never has — a fresh worker before its first turn.
116 #[default]
117 Idle,
118 /// A run (a `Submit`/`Wake` turn) is in flight right now.
119 Running,
120 /// The last run finished normally; idle but not virgin.
121 Done,
122 /// The last run ended on a run-failure (`StopReason::Error`); sticky
123 /// across the run boundary, cleared by the next start.
124 Failed,
125}
126
127impl MemberState {
128 /// Lowercase label the roster push / `peers` listing render.
129 pub fn label(self) -> &'static str {
130 match self {
131 MemberState::Idle => "idle",
132 MemberState::Running => "running",
133 MemberState::Done => "done",
134 MemberState::Failed => "failed",
135 }
136 }
137}
138
139// Follow-on (not this change): the map from `MemberState` to the TUI's
140// `TeamState` does NOT live here — the harness must not depend on `wcode-tui`
141// (layering). That map, and the glyph styling it drives, is a separate TUI
142// change outside the roster work.
143
144#[cfg(test)]
145mod member_state_tests {
146 use super::*;
147 use serde_json::json;
148
149 #[test]
150 fn serde_is_snake_case() {
151 assert_eq!(
152 serde_json::to_value(MemberState::Running).unwrap(),
153 json!("running")
154 );
155 assert_eq!(
156 serde_json::from_str::<MemberState>("\"failed\"").unwrap(),
157 MemberState::Failed
158 );
159 assert_eq!(MemberState::Done.label(), "done");
160 }
161
162 #[test]
163 fn absent_state_field_defaults_to_idle() {
164 let info: SessionInfo = serde_json::from_value(json!({"id": "agent:w1"})).unwrap();
165 assert_eq!(info.id, SessionId::agent("w1"));
166 assert_eq!(info.state, MemberState::Idle);
167 }
168}
169/// A served session's address plus the little metadata a roster shows: its
170/// **effective model**, **reasoning effort**, and **context window** (each
171/// `None` when the server does not know it). Carried by
172/// [`crate::event::AgentEvent::Sessions`], so a client can label each member by
173/// its own model instead of substituting the root's.
174#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
175pub struct SessionInfo {
176 pub id: SessionId,
177 /// The session's effective model id, when the server knows one (a worker
178 /// registered with its model); `None` for a peer whose model is unknown.
179 #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
180 pub model: Option<String>,
181 /// The session's effective reasoning effort, when the server knows one (a
182 /// worker set to `high`, a root launched `--effort xhigh`); `None` when
183 /// unset/inherited. Absent on the wire for an older peer.
184 #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
185 pub effort: Option<String>,
186 /// The session's context window in tokens, when known (the root's
187 /// `limits::model_limit(base_url, model).context`, else
188 /// `limits::DEFAULT_CONTEXT_WINDOW`). The GAUGE's denominator.
189 #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
190 pub context_window: Option<u64>,
191 /// Server-side liveness (see [`MemberState`] above). `#[serde(default)]`
192 /// keeps an older peer's `SessionInfo` (no `state` key) round-tripping as
193 /// `Idle`.
194 #[serde(default)]
195 pub state: MemberState,
196}
197
198/// Inbound intent: the requests a session's mailbox accepts.
199///
200/// Every variant maps one-to-one onto an existing [`crate::agent::Agent`]
201/// method, so the current session behavior is expressible without the actor
202/// inventing anything new:
203///
204/// | `Request` | today |
205/// |-----------|-------|
206/// | `Submit` | `Agent::run` |
207/// | `Notify` | `Agent::notify` (append, no turn) |
208/// | `Interrupt` | `Agent::steer` |
209/// | `Wake` | run — a turn even when idle |
210/// | `Cancel` | `Agent::cancel` |
211/// | `SetModel` | `Agent::set_model` |
212/// | `SetEffort` | `Agent::set_effort` |
213/// | `Compact` | `Agent::compact` |
214///
215/// The one exception is [`Request::ListSessions`]: a transport-level probe the
216/// server answers, not an `Agent` method.
217///
218/// Inbound payloads carry user **content**, not an `AgentMessage`: a remote peer
219/// must not be able to inject an `Assistant`/`ToolResult` message and impersonate
220/// the model. The session wraps content as a user message, exactly as
221/// `Agent::run` does. `GetHistory` is a read: it carries no payload and its
222/// answer comes back as [`AgentEvent::History`]
223/// (with the other replies — [`AgentEvent::Ack`],
224/// and [`AgentEvent::Error`] — alongside it).
225/// These reply variants are never *streamed*: they answer a specific request,
226/// which the transport correlates (an in-process oneshot today, the envelope's
227/// `reply_to` on the wire).
228#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
229#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
230pub enum Request {
231 /// Start a turn: persist the text as a user message and run the loop until
232 /// it stops. The run's progress and result stream back as [`AgentEvent`]s.
233 Submit { text: String },
234
235 /// Append `content` to the conversation *without* starting a turn (recorded
236 /// now if idle, or at the next turn boundary if a run is in flight). The
237 /// "tell, don't ask" delivery mode — `Agent::notify`.
238 Notify { content: String },
239
240 /// Inject `content` at the next turn boundary of the in-flight run — a soft
241 /// interrupt that does not cancel the run. Formerly `Steer`; `"steer"`
242 /// still deserializes here.
243 #[serde(alias = "steer")]
244 Interrupt { content: String },
245
246 /// Wake the session: run `content` as a turn **even if it is idle** (mid-run
247 /// it rides the follow-up channel instead). Formerly `FollowUp`;
248 /// `"follow_up"` still deserializes here.
249 /// `"follow_up"` still deserializes here.
250 #[serde(alias = "follow_up")]
251 Wake { content: String },
252
253 /// Cancel the in-flight run (and any retry/backoff wait). Idempotent.
254 Cancel,
255
256 /// Swap the model for subsequent turns.
257 SetModel { model: String },
258
259 /// Set the reasoning effort, or clear it (`None` = send nothing).
260 SetEffort { effort: Option<String> },
261
262 /// Summarize the older prefix of the conversation now, optionally focused
263 /// by `instructions`.
264 Compact { instructions: Option<String> },
265
266 /// Toggle plan mode. The actor flips the agent's shared `PlanModeHandle`
267 /// (removing mutating tools + mutating `bash`) and recomposes the system
268 /// prompt. Infallible — replies [`AgentEvent::Ack`].
269 SetPlanMode { on: bool },
270
271 /// Ask a side question (`/btw`): answer `text` tool-free, from the current
272 /// context, WITHOUT recording it. A read — carries user content, names no
273 /// `AgentMessage` (see the enum doc above). Reply:
274 /// [`AgentEvent::SideAnswer`]. A `SideAsk` arriving mid-run is answered from
275 /// the latest turn-boundary snapshot (like `GetHistory`), not refused.
276 SideAsk { text: String },
277 /// Read back the conversation so far. Reply:
278 /// [`AgentEvent::History`].
279 GetHistory,
280
281 /// A compact read of the session's latest activity — the text of its most
282 /// recent assistant message — WITHOUT shipping the transcript (unlike
283 /// [`Request::GetHistory`]). A `member`-style peek: the reply is one small
284 /// string, not the whole history. Reply: [`AgentEvent::Status`].
285 Status,
286
287 /// Ask the **transport** for the sessions a server serves — serve order,
288 /// root first. The one request that names no `Agent` method: an in-process
289 /// session has no roster, so the actor answers it with [`AgentEvent::Ack`]
290 /// (like [`Request::Unknown`]); a socket server intercepts it and replies
291 /// [`AgentEvent::Sessions`].
292 ListSessions,
293
294 /// Ask the **transport** for the model catalog the provider advertises
295 /// (`streamfn::list_models`). Mirrors [`Request::ListSessions`]: it names
296 /// no `Agent` method, so an in-process session answers it with
297 /// [`crate::event::AgentEvent::Ack`] (like [`Request::Unknown`]); a socket
298 /// server intercepts it and replies [`crate::event::AgentEvent::Models`].
299 ListModels,
300
301 /// Define a worker **on a served peer** (§8, S4). Like [`Request::ListSessions`]
302 /// it names no `Agent` method: a socket server intercepts it and asks an
303 /// injected handler to build a session, replying [`AgentEvent::Spawned`] with
304 /// its address (or a correlated [`AgentEvent::Error`]). Mirrors the CLI's
305 /// worker spec, so a peer can customize the worker's model, role, tool set,
306 /// `read_only`, `effort`, and provider. An in-process session has no
307 /// factory, so the actor answers
308 /// it with [`AgentEvent::Error`].
309 Define {
310 /// The worker's address; auto-assigned (`w1`, `w2`, …) when absent.
311 name: Option<String>,
312 /// Model id override; `None` inherits the server's model.
313 model: Option<String>,
314 /// Role text appended to the worker's system prompt.
315 role: Option<String>,
316 /// Tool allow-list; `None` = the full default set.
317 tools: Option<Vec<String>>,
318 /// Provider base URL override; `None` inherits the server's.
319 base_url: Option<String>,
320 /// Provider API key override; `None` inherits the server's.
321 api_key: Option<String>,
322 /// Enforce read-only for the defined worker (D1/D2); default false.
323 #[serde(default)]
324 read_only: bool,
325 /// Reasoning-effort override (D3); `None` inherits, synonyms clear.
326 #[serde(default)]
327 effort: Option<String>,
328 },
329
330 /// Forward-compatibility catch-all: an older peer must skip a request it
331 /// does not understand rather than fail the connection.
332 #[serde(other)]
333 Unknown,
334}
335
336/// Versioned, addressed envelope around a [`Request`] or an [`AgentEvent`].
337///
338/// Generic over the body so the same frame carries either direction: the
339/// request-to-a-session frame and the event-from-a-session frame have identical
340/// headers. The body is `#[serde(flatten)]`ed, so on the wire a frame is one
341/// flat JSON object — `{"v":1,"id":7,"session":"s1","type":"cancel"}`.
342#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
343pub struct Frame<P> {
344 /// Protocol major version ([`PROTOCOL_VERSION`]).
345 pub v: u32,
346 /// Sender-assigned id, monotonic per connection; answers echo it in
347 /// `reply_to`.
348 pub id: u64,
349 /// The request this frame answers, if any. Streaming events that are not
350 /// direct replies leave it absent.
351 #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
352 pub reply_to: Option<u64>,
353 /// The session this frame concerns — the target of a request, the origin of
354 /// an event. The whole addressing scheme.
355 pub session: SessionId,
356 /// The sender's address, when it is not the transport's own client (an
357 /// in-process handle leaves it unset; an A2A peer sets its `"agent:<id>"`).
358 #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
359 pub sender: Option<SessionId>,
360 #[serde(flatten)]
361 pub body: P,
362}
363
364impl<P> Frame<P> {
365 /// A fresh top-level frame at the current version, not a reply.
366 pub fn new(id: u64, session: SessionId, body: P) -> Self {
367 Self {
368 v: PROTOCOL_VERSION,
369 id,
370 reply_to: None,
371 session,
372 sender: None,
373 body,
374 }
375 }
376}
377
378/// A client-to-session frame.
379pub type RequestFrame = Frame<Request>;
380/// A session-to-client frame.
381pub type EventFrame = Frame<AgentEvent>;
382
383#[cfg(test)]
384mod tests {
385 use super::*;
386 use crate::event::{TodoItem, TodoStatus};
387 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
388 use serde_json::json;
389
390 fn roundtrip<P>(p: P, expected_tag: &str)
391 where
392 P: Serialize + DeserializeOwned + PartialEq + std::fmt::Debug,
393 {
394 let v = serde_json::to_value(&p).unwrap();
395 assert_eq!(v["type"], expected_tag);
396 let back: P = serde_json::from_value(v).unwrap();
397 assert_eq!(back, p);
398 }
399
400 #[test]
401 fn request_roundtrip_all_variants() {
402 roundtrip(Request::Submit { text: "hi".into() }, "submit");
403 roundtrip(Request::Cancel, "cancel");
404 roundtrip(Request::SetModel { model: "m1".into() }, "set_model");
405 roundtrip(
406 Request::SetEffort {
407 effort: Some("high".into()),
408 },
409 "set_effort",
410 );
411 roundtrip(Request::SetEffort { effort: None }, "set_effort");
412 roundtrip(
413 Request::Compact {
414 instructions: Some("focus on the parser".into()),
415 },
416 "compact",
417 );
418 roundtrip(Request::Compact { instructions: None }, "compact");
419 roundtrip(Request::SetPlanMode { on: true }, "set_plan_mode");
420 roundtrip(Request::Notify { content: "n".into() }, "notify");
421 roundtrip(Request::Interrupt { content: "i".into() }, "interrupt");
422 roundtrip(Request::Wake { content: "w".into() }, "wake");
423 roundtrip(Request::SideAsk { text: "why?".into() }, "side_ask");
424 roundtrip(Request::Status, "status");
425 roundtrip(Request::ListSessions, "list_sessions");
426 roundtrip(Request::ListModels, "list_models");
427 roundtrip(
428 Request::Define {
429 name: Some("w1".into()),
430 model: Some("m".into()),
431 role: Some("reviewer".into()),
432 tools: Some(vec!["read".into()]),
433 base_url: Some("http://w/v1".into()),
434 api_key: Some("k".into()),
435 read_only: true,
436 effort: Some("high".into()),
437 },
438 "define",
439 );
440 roundtrip(
441 Request::Define {
442 name: None,
443 model: None,
444 role: None,
445 tools: None,
446 base_url: None,
447 api_key: None,
448 read_only: false,
449 effort: None,
450 },
451 "define",
452 );
453 }
454
455 #[test]
456 fn list_models_roundtrips_and_session_info_carries_effort_and_window() {
457 roundtrip(Request::ListModels, "list_models");
458
459 let info = SessionInfo {
460 id: SessionId::new("root"),
461 model: Some("m1".into()),
462 effort: Some("high".into()),
463 context_window: Some(200_000),
464 state: MemberState::Idle,
465 };
466 let v = serde_json::to_value(&info).unwrap();
467 assert_eq!(v["effort"], "high");
468 assert_eq!(v["context_window"], 200_000);
469 assert_eq!(serde_json::from_value::<SessionInfo>(v).unwrap(), info);
470
471 // Absent effort/window round-trip to None (older peer / unset) ...
472 let bare: SessionInfo = serde_json::from_value(json!({"id": "w1"})).unwrap();
473 assert!(bare.effort.is_none() && bare.context_window.is_none());
474 // ... and `skip_serializing_if` keeps them OFF the wire when None.
475 let out = serde_json::to_value(SessionInfo {
476 id: SessionId::new("w1"),
477 model: None,
478 effort: None,
479 context_window: None,
480 state: MemberState::Idle,
481 })
482 .unwrap();
483 assert!(out.get("effort").is_none() && out.get("context_window").is_none());
484 }
485
486 #[test]
487 fn legacy_verb_tags_deserialize_to_canonical_variants() {
488 let steer: Request = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"type":"steer","content":"s"}"#).unwrap();
489 assert_eq!(steer, Request::Interrupt { content: "s".into() });
490 let follow: Request = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"type":"follow_up","content":"f"}"#).unwrap();
491 assert_eq!(follow, Request::Wake { content: "f".into() });
492 }
493
494 #[test]
495 fn request_unknown_tag_is_caught_not_fatal() {
496 let back: Request = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"type":"from_the_future"}"#).unwrap();
497 assert_eq!(back, Request::Unknown);
498 }
499
500 #[test]
501 fn is_inbound_marks_only_the_delivery_verbs() {
502 assert!(is_inbound(&Request::Notify { content: "x".into() }));
503 assert!(is_inbound(&Request::Interrupt { content: "x".into() }));
504 assert!(is_inbound(&Request::Wake { content: "x".into() }));
505 assert!(!is_inbound(&Request::Submit { text: "x".into() }));
506 assert!(!is_inbound(&Request::GetHistory));
507 assert!(!is_inbound(&Request::Status));
508 assert!(!is_inbound(&Request::SideAsk { text: "x".into() }));
509 assert!(!is_inbound(&Request::SetPlanMode { on: true }));
510 assert!(!is_inbound(&Request::Cancel));
511 assert!(!is_inbound(&Request::ListSessions));
512 assert!(!is_inbound(&Request::ListModels));
513 assert!(!is_inbound(&Request::Define {
514 name: None,
515 model: None,
516 role: None,
517 tools: None,
518 base_url: None,
519 api_key: None,
520 read_only: false,
521 effort: None,
522 }));
523 }
524
525 #[test]
526 fn frame_flattens_body_and_omits_absent_reply_to() {
527 let f = Frame::new(7, SessionId::new("s1"), Request::Cancel);
528 let v = serde_json::to_value(&f).unwrap();
529 assert_eq!(
530 v,
531 json!({"v": PROTOCOL_VERSION, "id": 7, "session": "s1", "type": "cancel"})
532 );
533 let back: Frame<Request> = serde_json::from_value(v).unwrap();
534 assert_eq!(back, f);
535 }
536
537 #[test]
538 fn frame_carries_reply_to_and_an_event_body() {
539 let f = EventFrame {
540 v: PROTOCOL_VERSION,
541 id: 8,
542 reply_to: Some(7),
543 session: SessionId::from("s1"),
544 sender: None,
545 body: AgentEvent::AgentEnd,
546 };
547 let v = serde_json::to_value(&f).unwrap();
548 assert_eq!(
549 v,
550 json!({"v": PROTOCOL_VERSION, "id": 8, "reply_to": 7, "session": "s1", "type": "agent_end"})
551 );
552 // `AgentEvent` is not `PartialEq` (see event.rs); compare re-serialized
553 // JSON, matching that module's round-trip convention.
554 let back: EventFrame = serde_json::from_value(v.clone()).unwrap();
555 assert_eq!(serde_json::to_value(&back).unwrap(), v);
556 }
557
558 #[test]
559 fn frame_carries_a_todo_event_body() {
560 let f = EventFrame {
561 v: PROTOCOL_VERSION,
562 id: 9,
563 reply_to: None,
564 session: SessionId::from("s1"),
565 sender: None,
566 body: AgentEvent::Todo {
567 todos: vec![TodoItem {
568 content: "write tests".into(),
569 status: TodoStatus::Pending,
570 }],
571 },
572 };
573 let v = serde_json::to_value(&f).unwrap();
574 assert_eq!(
575 v,
576 json!({
577 "v": PROTOCOL_VERSION, "id": 9, "session": "s1", "type": "todo",
578 "todos": [{"content": "write tests", "status": "pending"}],
579 })
580 );
581 let back: EventFrame = serde_json::from_value(v.clone()).unwrap();
582 assert_eq!(serde_json::to_value(&back).unwrap(), v);
583 }
584
585 #[test]
586 fn session_id_serializes_transparently() {
587 assert_eq!(
588 serde_json::to_value(SessionId::new("abc")).unwrap(),
589 json!("abc")
590 );
591 assert_eq!(SessionId::new("abc").as_str(), "abc");
592 assert_eq!(SessionId::new("abc").to_string(), "abc");
593 assert_eq!(SessionId::from("x"), SessionId(String::from("x")));
594 assert_eq!(SessionId::user().as_str(), USER);
595 assert_eq!(SessionId::agent("abc").as_str(), "agent:abc");
596 }
597}